Bridgeman dies as seaplane crashes off Catalina Island
William B Bridgeman 55 a noted test pilot perishes when Catalina Seaplanes craft crashes while en route to Avalon off Catalina Island. Eyewitnesses report pilot may have been ill before the plunge. Coast Guard ends search as body and wreckage remain submerged. Bridgeman famed for rocket plane tests and record flights with ties to Navy aviation and the Octave Chanute Award.
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William B. Bridgeman
Catalina Island
Stanford Orfila
Lomita
Bridgeman
Malibu
Catalina Seaplanes, Inc
Avalon
Seaplane Service
Orfila
The
Coast Guard
Jacqueline
Chris. G. Bridgeman
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Theater
Institute of Aeronautical Science
Octave Chanute
Con Victim Defense Description in Harbor Official Trial
George D. Watson, a Harbor Commission appointee, is on trial for bribery and conflict of interest. His attorney portrays him as a victim of a con game tied to stock dealings with San Pedro developer Keith Smith and a loan to Charles Sutton for a Princess Louise liquor license. The case follows earlier convictions of two Harbor Commissioners in related bribery counts.
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George D. Watson
Los Angeles
Sam W. Yorty
Harbor Commission
Monday
Karl Ransom
Watson
William B. Keene
Ransom
Robert N.nick Starr
Karl L. Rundberg
Smith
Michael Montagna
Los Angeles Harbor
World Trade Center
Terminal Island
Montagna
Princess Louise
Charles Gerald Sutton
Sutton
Princess Louise Corp
Negro doctors warn birth control could target Negro population
Three Black physicians from Watts based health group warned at a news conference that federally funded birth control programs might be used to diminish African Americans. They urged that Watts program be run by Black people only and linked sterilization proposals to state wards and welfare mothers. The letter drew on racist history and cited Oregon and U.S. Senate sterilization proposals. Sacramento reporters note two publishers named to the California American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
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America
Extended Health and Family Planning Group Inc
Hubert Hemsley
Herbert Avery
University of Southern California
Medical School
Phillip M. Smith
Watts
Los Angeles
Office of Economic Opportunity
Oregon
U.S. Senate
Avery
South
Cyclist Mickelson Hit by Hit‑and‑Run Car in Los Angeles
Jim Mickelson a noted Southern California motorcycle racer and current Ft Ord soldier was critically injured when a hit‑and‑run driver struck him on the Harbor Freeway near Florence Avenue while he and Carol Sims editor of American Motorcycle Magazine assisted two motorists after a minor collision. He received emergency care then was moved to County USC Medical Center for multiple fractures and possible internal injuries.
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Jim Mickelson
Mickelson
County-Usc Medical Center
Pair Arraigned in Compton Gun Slaying
Two murder suspects Kenneth Turner 20 and John Turner 21 from Compton will be arraigned in Compton Municipal Court for the shotgun slaying of 28 year old motorcyclist James Burns a former Indianapolis resident. Burns was killed with a shotgun blast early Sunday in Compton.
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Compton Municipal Court
Kenneth Turner
W. Raymond Sr
John Turner
S. Nestor Ave
Compton
James Burns
Indianapolis, Ind
Coed Found Slain In Car Trunk In Los Angeles
The body of Wendy Halison a 22 year old art major from San Fernando Valley State College was found naked in the trunk of her 1964 car by her brother in law Gilbert R Kort. Police said the victim disappeared from her Los Angeles home Sunday and was believed strangled with a bloodstained rope and the bag found in the trunk.
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Los Angeles
UPI
San Fernando Valley State College
Two Whittier youths arraigned in Anaheim shooting case
Two 20 year old Whittier men Charles Raymond Alger and William Frederick Fares face arraignment in Anaheim Municipal Court for a Sunday night shotgun attack. Victims Raymond Harrigan 21 Terry Sims 18 and Bruce Amico 19 were hospitalized after the incident.
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Whittier
Anaheim
Charles Raymond Alger
William Frederick Fares
Raymond Carl Harrigan
Terry Lee Sims
Bruce Leslie Amico
Anaheim General Hospital
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Wilmington
McClellan
San Pedro
Charley Stillwell
Catalina Seaplanes
Stillwell
W. B. Bridgeman
County National Bank
Orange
United Press International
Sacramento
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Lee Whitebrook
Advertiser-Press
Hawthorne
Los Angeles County
Abe Kofman
Alameda Times-Star
COED
Welch’s Restaurant
Welch's
San Antonio Dr
Atlantic
Houston
National Airlines
Astrodome
Oilers
Gulf Coast
National
Los Angeles International Airport
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