Relatively free of propaganda says wife of Pueblo skipper
Mrs Rose Bucher, wife of Lt Cmdr Lloyd Bucher, received a handwritten three page letter dated Aug 28 from her husband held by North Korea since the Pueblo was captured 240 days ago. She said the letter is personal, relatively propaganda free, and confirms the sailors are being treated humanely. A photo of Bucher and another of six officers were enclosed. She noted the men look thin and weight loss due to diet, and hopes for their release.
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Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
North Korea
New York City
Bucher
Navy
San Diego
Dope Raid Suspects Face Possible Dismissal Linked to Sales
Seven county social workers were arrested in a narcotics raid and could be fired if prosecutors link them to selling dope through the county's Unattached Men's Center in Los Angeles. The operation yielded 60 cans of marijuana, 14 marijuana plants, six grams of LSD, hashish, and 1,000 dangerous-drug capsules. welfare officials said recipients were not involved. Suspects include social workers Jack Sandweiss Lee Wright Gary Gray Paul Stein Charles Watts Kim Douglas Rudolph Parks and two former center employees Nathaniel Bliss Jr and Charles Hartman. Arrested as wholesalers were Hollywood accountant Todd White and actor Gary Dean Rethmeir.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Los Angeles
East Fourth Place
Aacility
Jack Sandweiss
Lee Wright
Gary Gray
Paul Stein
Charles Watts
Kim Douglas
Rudolph Parks
The
Center
Nathaniel Bliss Jr
Charles Hartman
Todd White
Hollywood
Gary Dean Rethmeir
Fearful Woman Shot to Death by Ex Mate
A blonde San Clemente beauty operator, Donna Jean Ritter, 23, was killed in the parking lot of a San Clemente inn after her ex husband Douglas Retzel, 26, shot her twice and killed himself. Retzel had pursued her after a January remarriage, with Ritter fearing his harassment. a salon employee witnessed him entering Ritter’s car as it pulled in and alerted police before the fatal shots. Ritter’s husband William awaited shipment to Vietnam.
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San Clemente
Donna Jean Ritter
Camp Pendleton
Douglas Retzel
Capistrano Beach
Mrs. Ritter
Clifford Murray
Retzel
Reizel
Murray
ARCO and Bank of America to Build 52 Story Downtown Los Angeles Tower
Atlantic Richfield Co and Bank of America plan a 52 story complex in downtown Los Angeles named Atlantic Richfield Plaza. The 140 million project will be the citys largest office space, set between Figueroa and Flower streets and Fifth and Sixth streets.
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Atlantic Richfield Co
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Atlantic Richfield Plaza
Louis B. Lundberg
Bank of Amercia
Figueroa and
Flower Streets
Fifth and Sixth Streets
Marijuana Haul Recovered From Freight Office Shipment
Head and Hitchings recovered a marijuana crate addressed to Harman from a freight office. The 300 pounds, shipped Sept 12 to Long Beach, were divided into 2 to 3 pound packs, wrapped for checkout value of about 200000 on the street. Suspects include John Marshall Miller and Jess Carson Little, with San Beach officer James M. Little’s son among them.
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Lip
Head
Sald
Harman
Ben Baker
Joseph
Long Beach
Hitchings
James Rhoades
Missouri State Highway Patrol
John Marshall Miller
Catalina Ave
Jess Carson Little
James M. Little
Seal Beach
Rhoades
Jim Miller
Opposition to Watson tax plan faces voters in November
Orange County Employer's Association opposed State Proposition No. 9 on the November ballot. Joe Dickerson, its president, called the Watson plan a cruel hoax and warned it would damage public schools and communities. He said only commercial property owners would benefit, mainly landlords and real estate speculators.
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Orange County
Joe Dickerson
Watson
PUC May Ask Phone Workers to Testify
The California Public Utilities Commission forwarded a 25 page report from the TelePhone Underground group alleging General Telephone Co. provides unsatisfactory service. A Los Angeles hearing on Oct 31 and Nov 1 may include a witness from the group. The report accuses the company of exorbitant costs for equipment and an overly aggressive extension sales campaign invading privacy.
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California Public Utiliies Commission
San Francisco
General
PUC
Commission
Los Angeles
Representa
Tive
Telephone Underground
General Telephone Co
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