U S Desegregation Suit Targets Pasadena Schools
The U S Justice Department filed its first West Coast desegregation suit, seeking to intervene in a Pasadena case. It accuses Pasadena City Board of Education and Superintendent Ralph W Hornbeck of racially biased student zoning and staffing practices that cap Negro enrollment in white schools and concentrate Black teachers in predominantly Black schools. The action cites violations of the Civil Rights Act and HEW rules.
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U.S. Justice Department
West Coast
Pasadena
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Department
U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Clark
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Younger Urges Gauer Resign Over Pornography Controversy
Dist. Atty. Evelle J. Younger urged county supervisors to accept the resignation of County Commissioner Raymond Gauer who chairs the Obscenity and Pornography board. Younger defended the office and noted Gauer’s charges and his own nine page response filed with the board.
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Evelle J. Younger
Raymond Gauer
Gauer
Younger
Man Sought in Gardena Explosion Death
The sheriff arson squad sought a man for questioning after an explosion at Enviro netics Inc in Gardena killed engineer Jack Hartman and injured three others. The bystander allegedly shouted a fraud remark and pulled a wire from test equipment linked to a Volvo solid fuel cell. Joseph Papp said the act may have caused a pressure surge triggering the blast. A Palos Verdes resident, Joseph Quagletti, remained critically injured but improving at Memorial Hospital Gardena. Hartman’s autopsy pending.
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Gardena
Environetics Inc
S. Broadway
Jack Edward Hartman
Anza Ave
Torrance
Volvo
Joseph Papp
Joseph J. Quagletti
Palos Verdes
Memorial Hospital
Death penalty sought in double murder plot trial
Prosecutors in Los Angeles said the state would seek the death penalty if Kristina Cromwell and Paul Perveler are convicted of conspiring to murder Cromwell’s husband for life insurance. The case, tied to separate murders and attempted murders, features a large defense and a long trial ahead with up to nearly 100 witnesses.
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Vincent T. Bugliosi
Kristina Cromwell
Paul S. Perveler
Cromwell
Perveler
Los Angeles
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Mel Albaum
Davis Kogus
Bugliosi
Narcotics Suspects Face Court After Pico Rivera Long Beach Raids
Six individuals are arraigned on narcotics charges from Pico Rivera and Long Beach raids. Deputies seized 124 kilos of marijuana valued at 110000 dollars fueling an 88000 dollar weekly operation. The Bornns David and Lydia aged 21 and 20 were booked for possession for sale. In Long Beach three men and a Norwalk girl faced felony counts for possession and sale of marijuana and benzedrine pills with Canwels found carrying 950 dollars.
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Pico Rivera
Long Beach
Lakewood
Downey
David and
Lydia Bornn
Bortolo Ave
Bornn
Norwalk
Wilton Place
Richard Anthony Gustave
Ronald Clifford Brewer
Apt
Ronald Canwels
Lees Ave
Patricia Grace Isaac
Rosecrans Ave
Canwels
Study Dope Patrol Plan For Schools
A study was ordered into hiring off duty police officers and deputies to patrol high school vicinities facing heavy drug traffic. County officials were asked to report within two weeks on a bonus plan proposed by Supervisor Hahn to pay off duty officers for lunch hours and after school patrols.
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Board of Supervisors
Lindon S. Hollinger
Kenneth Hahn
Hahn
Suspension Lifts for 21 Valley Students
San Fernando Valley State College acting president lifted suspensions of 21 students who seized the administration building on Nov 4. Charges against those students stay, to be reviewed by a student-faculty judicial board as the college develops new disciplinary procedures. Civil authorities will pursue criminal cases where filed.
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San Fernando Valley State College
Paul Blomgren
Blomgren
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Citizens For Decent Literature
James Clancy
The
District Attorney’s Office
Clancy
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Hartman
United Press International
Mrs. Beasley
B. O
Madame Alexander
Mattel
Ideal
Horsman
Amsco Metal
Dol
Thumbelina
Santa Ana
Pomona
la Habra
Pine
Broadway
Main
Palos Verdes Hawthorne At
Silver Spur Rd
Lakewood de Amo
Graywood
Marina
Pacific Coast Hwy
Newport Center
Fashion Island
Fashion Square
Pomona, la Habra
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