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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1974
Page
10
In San Francisco the smut business is flagging across Tenderloin bookshops nightclubs and North Beach venues. Operators report fewer customers and lower film prices while theaters push high budget releases. North Beach topless bars struggle as tourists thin and crime scares investors.
Murder charges against a 28 year old man accused of beating an ice cream vendor to death were dropped due to lack of evidence as eyewitnesses did not come forward. Judge Hayden said insufficient evidence existed to try Johnny B. Thompson. Two teenagers still face trial on murder charges related to the case. No trial date set.
The FBI issued updated flyers for Patricia Hearst and SLA members William and Emily Harris with new photos aliases and a request to 52000 law enforcement officials across states to aid the manhunt. Hearst 20 was kidnapped Feb 4 and linked to the April 15 $10600 Tiberia Bank robbery in San Francisco.
Richmond police pursued a young Black woman about 22 years old in connection with the robbery and deadly shooting of 19 year old Gerdale Bonnifield, whose nude body was found in a hospital parking lot. Her sister Renee Bonnifield was wounded and in critical condition.
The body of Robert Duke Johnson Sr of Rochester New York, found Sept 12 in a Los Angeles driveway with a bullet wound, has been identified by the police as a defendant in the 1911 Attica prison riot case. Johnson, serving time for robbery, was linked to murder charges in Eldred Pannell’s death in Benton New York. Police noted no foul play. Johnson had been in Los Angeles briefly before his death and was wanted on a murder warrant issued Aug 26.
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