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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1969
Page
6
The Los Angeles County Grand Jury urges changing sheriff patrol car fee calculations for contract cities to reflect full unit costs. If adopted, 1969 figures show Lakewood and Carson could pay $303,212 versus $139,131 now, with higher helicopter charges and broader administrative costs.
Torrance officials refused a solicitation license for John D. Kirby to raise funds for Project Prevention and petition drives for harsher narcotics penalties. Testimony cited diverting funds and inconsistent records. Kirby avoided presenting his own financials before leaving the chamber. Burglars stole $225 in stereo gear from George Sweet’s home on Geneva Walk during the same period.
County supervisors will hold a hearing on December 18 to consider abandoning a private street planned for conversion to public use in Carson. The site covers 1,800 square feet on Mariposa Avenue near Kenwood Avenue.
Prosecution and defense in the Arthur D. League case agreed to a pre trial compromise in Santa Ana. Witness names will be exchanged with one secret until 30 days before trial for the murder of Officer Nelson A. Lasseer on June 4. A death weapon box and a .38 slug and empty cartridge case were admitted as evidence. League, a 20 year old Black Panther, remains set to enter a plea on November 28 in Superior Court.
Four charges of misleading advertising against Costa Mesa dealer Harbor Dodge were dismissed in Harbor District Municipal Court. Judge Donald J. Dungan ruled no proof Swick and Harbor Dodge refused to sell at the advertised leader price. one of five counts by the Orange County Grand Jury was dropped before trial.
Officials halt bid process for a proposed strain drain in San Pedro near Paseo Mar as crews conduct soil tests to assess conditions after a landslide. Fl control will resume after results determine next steps.
Orange County Auditor-Controller Vic Heim Friday asked the state for 13,214,286 in reimbursement for homeowners exemptions authorized by the state. He said 184,500 homeowners filed claims and were ruled qualified, with exemptions totaling 138,374,900 or 750 per homeowner, equating to 75 tax dollars per qualifying person. If granted, 1,462,243 would go to cities, 2,457,956 to the county, 7,343,226 to school districts, and 1,950,861 to special districts, with Garden Grove Unified School District receiving 925,152 the largest share.
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