Narco raid tragedy ends in wrongful entry and fatal shot
A Whit tier man dies when a police raid on the wrong apartment leads to a gun misfire. Vernon Police Sgt Frank Sweeney held a rifle as narcotics officers search 8033 S Comstock. Dyer, 22, comforted his infant son before a bullet struck from above, killing him. The infant suffered a minor head cut. Police pursue the investigation to determine why the sergeant was armed with the rifle.
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Heyward Henry Dyer
Francis
Whittier
Vernon
Frank Sweeney
Robert H. Backhacker
Sweeney
Sheriff’s
Comstock Avenue
Dyer
Harbor Model Berth Studies Stir California Harbors
Monterey California officials debate federal funding for a hydraulic model of Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors to study small boat berthing versus deep draft needs. Robert Walker of the California Navigation Conference argues for inclusive mooring space and public tidelands policy while ports weigh marina plans and a $250000 study phase.
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Monterey
California Department of Harbors and Watercraft
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Robert C. Walker
California Navigation Conference
Tidelands
Marine Affairs Conference
Corps of Engineer
California
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Walker
Public Works
House
Senate
John Parkinson
Port of
Los Angeles
Harbor Department
Corps of Engineers
House Appropriations Committee
Vicksburg
Miss
Los Angeles Harbor Department
Department of Harbors and Watercraft
Bernard J. Caughlin
Marine dogs Doc Lisa and Rebel aid marijuana search at Pendleton
The Marine Corps deploys three German shepherds named Doc Lisa and Rebel as marijuana sniffing dogs at Camp Pendleton. Trainer Sgt. Larry Lemmon says they have the best noses and will deter dope use with entrances and barracks checks. Their training completed in Plymouth Michigan and could be shared with other Southern California commands. In a demonstration, dogs found marijuana packages but led to pills instead revealing misdirected initial search.
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Doc
Lisa
Rebel
Marine Corps
Larry Lemmon
Police K9
Plymouth
Mich
Kelly
California
Winds Raise Fire Danger Across California
Winds of 20 to 30 mph swept the state raising fire danger to a 1969 peak. A fire burned 12 miles southwest of Sonora in Tuolomne County as Richard Ernest urged extreme caution for the weekend. Five tankers fought the Tuolomne blaze while a private plane crash killed two women in Azusa with no ID yet.
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California
State Division of Forestry
Sonora
Tuoleumne
Forestry Division
Richard Ernest
Ernest
Tuoloumne County
Azusa
Sunday magazine debut新聞 style headline
Sunday magazine debuts with a color cover photo by Roger Coar and varied features for Independent Press Telegram readers. It surveys kooky canines, a China facility visit by ex assistant district attorney Jack Kirschke, plus Long Beach Nu Pikes scene and sections on books art astrology and medicine by Ben Zinser and the Wells Report.
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Southland Sunday
Roger Coar
Press-Telegram
Jack Kirschke
China Correctional Facility
Long Beach
Nu-Pike
Ben Zinser
Wells Report
Sun- Southland Sunday
County considers topless and bottomless shows rules
Ordinances to ban topless or bottomless performances in unincorporated areas move to the Board of Supervisors for adoption. Enforceable Nov. 10 under new state laws, penalties include a 500 dollar fine or six months in jail. The measures exempt theaters with permanent stages and fixed seating.
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Board of Supervisors
John Maharg
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Florence Meehan
Susan
Mommy
Camp Pendleton
Robert Davis
Pfc
Ronald Zwolak
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Nose Power
J.J. Kelly
Provost Marshall
Magazine
Ana Coats
TS TN Ae
Mohair & Wool
Paramount
Maharg
San California
Welch's
Atlantic Ave
San Antonio Dr
Atlantic
Naugahyde
Rockers
Wardlow
Orange County
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