Two Guilty Pleas In Lakewood Bar Seige Case
Raymond Johns and Willan Mitchell pleaded guilty in Norwalk Superior Court to first degree robbery and use of a firearm after a 17 hour siege at the Pike Room Bar Lakewood. Both face 10 years to life with consecutive terms. two bar employees were held hostage during the June 29 incident. A third suspect Wilbert Lee Lewis remains charged and another count pending for both Johns and Mitchell. They scheduled sentencing for October 13 after probation hearings.
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Raymond Johns
Willan Mitchel
Norwalk
Lakewood
Julius Leetham
Johns
Pomona
Mitchell
Fullerton
David Feldman
Feldman
Fendant
Sheriff's
Pike Room
Lakewood Blvd
Barney Fraser
Tony Silva
Ingu
Lakewood Sheriff's Station
Flite Room
Wilbert Lee Lewis
First St. Seal Beach
Nor. Din Leetham
Mutiny charge filed against griping sailor in San Diego
A 21 year old sailor, David Medina of Las Vegas, faces mutiny charges after attempting to organize a news conference to expose what he called unsafe gear aboard the destroyer Agerholm. Medina, jailed in San Diego, is also charged with distributing unauthorized material amid claims of leaky firefighting equipment, broken gear, and poor ventilation on a ship that had previous on board fires injuring three.
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San Diego
Cis
Center For Servicemen's Rights
Presidio of
San Francisco
Presidio 27
Navy
Medina
Vest Saves Officer in May Shootout in Wilmington
Long Beach Harbor Division officer Edwin Goulart testified in Long Beach Superior Court that his flak vest and name plate deflected a bullet during a May traffic stop near Wilmington. Goulart described four explosive minutes as a shooter opened fire, backed by a fleeing suspect.
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Harbor Division
Long Beach Superior Court
Edwin Goulart
Charles Eugene Draper
Carson
Goulart
Pat Mulendore
Flocita
Rick
Coar
Gaulart
Carson Intercommunity Hospital
Vere
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Devitt
Draper
Stearns Electric Paste Promises Pest Elimination
An old advertisement touts Stearns Electric Paste as a guaranteed kill for mice rats and roaches after one feeding. It claims quick action, easy use, and a one dollar order with delivery from Chicago Illinois.
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Stearns
Soult State St
Chicago
Stanford performs second heart transplant on Trout
Ralph Trout, 111, after a first transplant five years four months ago, received another heart. Surgeons led by Day Norman Shumway at Stanford Medical Center reported Monday he is doing fine, conscious and resting. The four hour operation followed degeneration of graft tissue causing congestive heart disease. Trout, a professional organ player, becomes Stanford’s second second heart recipient. six to eight weeks recovery expected.
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Stanford
Ralph Trout
Jay Mason
Stanford University Medical Center
Trout
Doelors
Norman
Shumway
Redwood City
Secon
Medical Center
Mason
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Bar Seige
Leetham
Staman Recrui David Medina
Las Vegas
Nev
Dearese Agerholms
L. B. Court
Vest
Mauritania Street
Wilmington Boulevard
Wilmington
Atty
Allen Field
Robert Devitt
Albert Florita Jr
Florita
Flovila
Leey Pree Okat di Cae
West Artesia Blvd
Long Beach
L.A
United Press International
Guadalajara
Mexico
Manuel Melentez-Vera
Ignacio Leon Valdovinos
U.S
William P. Gray
Mexicana Airlines
Los Angeles International
Melendaz-Vera
Jorge Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Lon Angeles
Continental Airlines
Vantage
Waring
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