Heavy Surf Shapes Southland Shores Action
Heavy surf continues to threaten the Southland as officials warn of further damage from high waves. A 22 foot boat Fiesta ran aground near White Point Cabrillo Beach but all five aboard escaped unharmed. Coast Guard says no new weather shifts. multiple rescues reported along Long Beach and area beaches as lifeguards monitor worsening breakers.
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Cabrillo Beach
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Southland
Long Beach
Dad
Daughter
Junipero Street
Police Net Jails 19 as Bookies Ring Busted Across LA Area
Police from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and multiple city forces arrested 19 suspects Sunday in a major roundup of a $1 million weekly bookmaking ring. Among those nabbed were agents Frank Williamson and Jesse Johnson Jr. from Compton, John Buford of Walnut Park, and kingpins Philip Alaimo of Burbank and Anthony Caliva of Alhambra.
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Compton
Burbank
Los Angeles County
Frank Williamson
Oris St
Jesse Johnson Jr
N. Grape Ave
Ring
John Buford
Hope St
Walnut Park
South Gate
Philip Alaimo
Anthony Caliva
Alhambra
Fleeing Youth Shot by Officer After Flight From Halt Command
An 18 year old San Fernando youth, Stanley Windford, was wounded by a police officer at a service station after fleeing a halt command. Windford, in satisfactory condition at LA County USC Medical Center, was booked on suspicion of burglary along with William Warnock, 20.
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San Fernando
Stanley Windford
Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center
David Horne
Windford
William Warnock
Horne
Warnock
Van Nuys Boxer Shot Dead. Occupant Held on Murder Charge
Jerry Burke 25 is booked on suspicion of murdering Danny Konoff 22 a semi professional boxer. Police say Konoff forced entry by breaking a window at Burke's Van Nuys home after being refused admission Sunday. he was shot to death.
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Jerry Burke
Danny Konoff
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Burke
van Nuys
Bead Options From Los Angeles Stores
Beads and materials are offered by Facts n Fashions at 4464 California Place eight foot strings at 15 to 25 cents. Moskatel’s at 717 S San Julian St posts eight foot bead strings priced 35 cents 50 cents and 1.25 dollars. Berger Specialty Co at 211 E Eight St stocks beads in all sizes and varieties and will assist with layout and quantity.
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California Place
Moskatel
Alcoholism is a Disease Not Moral Failing
A Long Beach reader argues the Sound Off item on August 28 misinforms readers by framing alcoholism as a moral issue. The writer cites AMA and World Health Organization views and urges understanding plus support from Alcoholics Anonymous and the Long Beach Health Department's Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center.
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AMA
World Health Organization
Alcoholics Anonymous
Long Beach Health Department
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
D.H
Long Beach
M S T Widens Car Race Advantage
Caltech's Volfswagen comes to East St Louis as M S T rivals pull 825 miles ahead in the cross country race. Caltech faces 1350 miles to Cambridge Massachusetts at 18 mph. M L T's Corvair nears Flagstaff at 21.1 mph, possibly reaching Pasadena by 2:30 pm today.
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M.st
Cambridge
Mass
M.lt
Flagstaff
Ariz
Pasadena
Woman falls from Palos Verdes cliff after fatal Hawthorne party attack
Dianne Marie Holt 20 threatens suicide at Paseo Del Mar cliff after brother dies in a party stabbing. Fire helicopter rescues her, she is treated and released. Earlier, at 14608 Yukon Ave Hawthorne, Holt argued with Donald Gonzales 22 amid a melee. Dennis Davis 16 and John Sidelo 18 were injured. Davis died. Gonzales booked on suspicion of murder.
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Hawthorne
Palos Verdes
Dianne Marie Holt
Paseo del Mar
Los Angeles County
Miss Holt
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Torrance
Yukon Ave
Donald Joseph Gonzales
Marconi St
Huntington Park
Dennis A. Davis
John M. Sidelio
Davis
Two Brothers Drown During Lennox Pool Party
Mathew Muldrew 21 and Steven Muldrew 19 visiting from San Francisco drowned at a Lennox home party in Southern California. Their bodies were recovered from the bottom of the pool after guests reported them missing and searched. They were taken to Morningside Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
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California
San Francisco
Lennox
Mathew Muldrew
Steven
Morningside Hospital
Local burglaries report two thefts in Long Beach
Joe Sawinski of 3164 Leos Coyotes Diagonal said thieves used a wire to break into his car and steal a tape player and tapes worth 200 dollars. Sandra L Bey of 2227 Lime Ave told police burglars forced open a living room window and removed a television set and stereo valued at 500 dollars.
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Joe Sawinski
Leos Coyotes
Sandra L. Bey
Lime Ave
Long Beach
Mayor Yorty to break ground for $38.5 million Convention Hall
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty will shovel the first dirt on the site of a $38.5 million Los Angeles Convention Hall and Exhibition Center. The center, 500000 square feet, will open in 1970 or 1971 with 18 meeting rooms, an auditorium for 5000, 4000 parking spaces, and restaurants.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Burglars Take Clothing From Bertha O'Brian Home
Long Beach police report a burglary at 1421 East South Street where intruders forced the rear door and stole clothing valued at 650 dollars on Sunday.
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Bertha O'Brian
South St
Long Beach
Sharks as Gourmets Say Sharks Bite Then Spit
Dr Shelton Applegate curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History says sharks bite a man then spit it out. He suggests sharks mistake a swimmer for a seal or fish and bite in curiosity after years of study.
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Los Angeles
Shelton Applegate
Los Angeles County
Museum of Natural Hisory
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