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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1976
Page
6
West Hollywood fire killed actor-singer-dancer Jack Cassidy who was found burnt in his top floor apartment after a blaze that evacuated 100 tenants. Investigators cited cigarette litter as a possible cause while Cassidy's identity was confirmed by dental records.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr visited Camarillo State Hospital for nine hours touring 15 of 16 adult units and concluding that mentally ill patients are being cared for. He praised staff dedication and predicted improvements with more personnel and executive leadership.
LOS ANGELES (UPI) Only 12 of 100 felons convicted in the county last year were sent to prison, a figure the newly elected president of the Association of District Attorneys calls a travesty. Deputy D A David Ross says sentencing records by judge should be public to hold the judiciary accountable. He notes the 1975 rate was 25 percent lower than the state average, with Central Los Angeles worst at 9 percent.
At Camp Pendleton a 14 black Marines unit faces a careful investigation into a barracks attack on six white servicemen who were mistaken for Ku Klux Klan members. Maj. Gen. Hoffman said the probe will determine if Marine regulations were violated and whether KKK activity affected relations on base. NAACP leaders pressed for congressional scrutiny while defense lawyers arrange counsel for the 14 charged, three seeking new attorneys.
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