Avalon Picket Guards Palm Trees as Council Links Move
About 30 demonstrators including merchants picketed Crescent Street to oppose the removal of three Washingtonian Palms planted in 1934 by William Wrigley. They gathered 300 signatures from Avalon voters and planned to present them at a council meeting at 9 a.m. The palm trees and planter boxes remain as contractors delay work.
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Avalon
Island
Gene Smith
Crescent Street
William Wrigley
Indicted Los Angeles Officials Face Bribery Charges
Los Angeles County Grand Jury indicted City Councilman Thomas D. Shepard and former Recreation and Parks Commissioner Mel Pierson on bribery and conspiracy counts. Shepard, 42, and Pierson, 44, surrendered after indictments tied to alleged zoning irregularities in the San Fernando Valley.
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Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Thomas D. Shepard
Recreation and Parks
Mel Pierson
Shepard
San Fernando Valley
Pierson
Recreation and Parks Commission
Sepulveda Basin
Hansen Dam
Hall of Justice
21 Million Quit Smoking Says Doctor
Los Angeles based psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Horn says about 21 million Americans have quit smoking, including three million in the last two years. He cites studies showing fewer young people taking up smoking and more adults giving it up, credited to work absence links, antismoking media, and concerns over the Strickman filter.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Horn
The
Public Health Service
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Horn
FAA Blames Airports for Congestion Crisis
FAA official Arvin O Basnight said shortages at airports, not controllers, cause congestion. He warned air traffic may rise 250 percent in ten years and urged a new international class of airports and regional megaproports to bring demand closer to urban areas and handle varied aircraft from super jets to STOL planes.
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Los Angeles
Federal Aviation Administration
Arvin O. Basnight
FAA
IRS Confiscates Gun Halts Tax Defier's Car
An elderly couple protesting the Vietnam War picketed the Los Angeles IRS building after their car was towed for an excise tax dispute. Rev. Ashton Jones, 72, and his wife, 67, carried placards and warned they would not pay taxes supporting the war. The IRS confirmed the car may be reclaimed if the $17.08 tax is paid. otherwise it will be auctioned to cover the debt and storage costs.
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Internal Revenue Service
Los Angeles
Ashton Jones
Vista
Federal Building
Jones
IRS
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Jeannie
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Empire Savings
Long Beach
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Westwood
Westchester
Sepulveda
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Vanowen
Palos Verdes Estates
Malaga Cove Plaza
Pacoima
Nordhoff and
Woodman
Sth & Pacific
Santa Ana
W. 17th _ E
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Reguar
Empire Savings and Loan Association
Air West
Tucson
Britain
Hardy Amies
Lakewood
Marina
Pomona
Newport Center
Palos Verdes
LA Habra
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