Suspect and Officer Shot in Bell Gardens Shootout
A holdup at Don’s Aqua store on Eastern Avenue led to a shootout with Bell Gardens police. Officer William Hower was wounded in the hand as he pursued suspects who fled toward Ajax Avenue. One suspect and the officer were treated at Downey Community Hospital, while the other suspect, George L. Stewart, 45, was held at Bell Gardens station.
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Bell Gardens
Bate
Don’s Aquor
Eastern Ave
Robert Savage
Savage
William Hower
Hower
Ajax Ave
Robert Ramirez
Downey Community Hospital
Usc-County Medical Center
George L. Stewart
Attica
Bungled kidnap bid hinted in Hammarskjold's death
London reports quote Knut Hammarskjold and George Ivan Smith as saying a bungled kidnap attempt by white mercenaries may have caused Dag Hammarskjold's death in a crash on September 17, 1961. Interviewers discuss foul play and the accident's nature during a BBC feature marking the crash anniversary.
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Hammarskjold
London
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Moise Tshambe
Katanga
Knut
Hammmarskjold
George Ivan Smith
U.N
British Broadcasting Corp
Knut Hammmarskjold
James Hogg
Brushland arson suspected in Riverside County fire
Investigators probed the Hanning Idlewild brushland where a fire burned 730 acres and a firefighter died. Arson suspected as the blaze appeared to start in two places in San Bernardino National Forest. A $500 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.
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Hanning -Idlewild
U.S. Forest Service
San Bernardino National Forest
Riverside County
Jack McCurnin
Forest Service
Perris
Banning
Arrowhead Lake Change of Ownership in San Bernardino
Arrowhead Lake area in San Bernardino Mountains changes hands for the second time since 1967. A private investor group buys the 11,000 plus acre resort from Boise Cascade for millions, plans include hotel, motels, shops, 600 residential lots, and Arrowhead Utility Co. Far West Financial via its subsidiary provides financing.
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Lake Arrowhead
San Bernardino
Boise Cascade Corp
Boise Cascade
Remi J. Gils
Grass Valley Lake
Arrowhead Utility Co
Far West Financial Corp
State Mutual Savings and Loan Association
Attica prison siege details emerge from cells
Reporters describe inmates in damp cells with mud on shoes, injured and awaiting treatment after the Attica revolt. Parole of the first Attica prisoner is noted, while Green Haven shelters more inmates, reopening an old cellblock to accommodate them as uneasy whispers about key figures circulate among captives.
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Attica
Robert Narrowicz
New York
Russell Hime
Dodd
Green Haven
Zelker
Herbie
Herbert Blyden
Jerry
Big
Frank Smith
Champ
L.D
Senator Cranston Backs End to Santa Barbara Channel Drilling
Senator Alan Cranston of California criticized the Interior Department ruling as the first sign of sanity in the Santa Barbara Channel issue since the 1969 oil well blowout. He said it would buy Congress time to push a proposal ending channel drilling and protect California beaches and ocean water from further disasters.
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Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Interior Department
Santa Barbara Channel
Congress
California
California Senate approves abortion reporting bill
Sacramento lawmakers push for mandatory abortion reports from all hospitals to the Department of Public Health. The Harmer measure passed the Senate 34 to 0 with no debate and now goes to the assembly. The same session also votes to require state and local governments to buy recycled paper.
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Abortion Reports
Sacramento
API
California
State Department of Public Health
Senate
John L. Harmer
Glendate
Assembly
Recycled Paper
UPI
FTC pressed to end centuries-old credit rule
Washington hearings opened as the FTC considers banning the holder in due course doctrine. Advocates from the administration and consumer groups urge federal action to hold finance firms and sellers liable for defective goods sold on installment plans. Ford Credit opposed FTC authority and urged state legislatures handle reform.
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Washington
UPL
Better Business Bureau
Ralph Nader
Rethairman
Ford Motor Credit O
Ford
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Bank of Finance Company
Virginia H Knauer
Nixon
Consuimer
Dean
W. Determan
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc
Robert §. Olson
Ford Muter Credit Co
Olson
Alioto plea fails jury picks begin in Vancouver
In Vancouver Washington, jury selection for the 2.3 million civil suit against San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto started after a motion to delay testimony was denied. Paul Cressman urged delaying until Nov 3 due to San Francisco mayoral races. Judge Donald Gaines rejected the request and jurors were called in.
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Alioto
Vancouver
Wash
UPL
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Paul Cressman
Donald Gaines
Alinta
Cressman
Gaines
Chambers
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Russ MacDonald
Ajax
Florence Avenues
Ramona Banuelos
Treasury
John Connally
White House
U.S
Banuelos
Pan American National Bank of East
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Robert Miller
Banlig
Karl Hemmarskiold
International Air Transport Association
Smith
United States
Australia
Civil Aeronautics Board
Arrowhead
United Press International
Dale Carnegie
Long Beach
Lafayette
Broadway & Linden
Pacific Institute of Leadership Training
BRING
Akewodo
Bigelow
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