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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1973
Page
19
A Norwalk court begins jury selection for four defendants in the Bellflower man’s contract murder. The trial opens Wednesday as judges contemplate a key ruling after a four month delay.
Police report details seven collisions across Long Beach with eight injured. Names include Darrell Attardo, Lanette Stephens, Kimberley King, Alphonse Vandale, Paula Parham, Lawrence Sturm, Traci Pierre, and others. Incidents occurred from 8:10 a.m. to late afternoon on avenues and streets such as Stude Baker Road, Los Santos Drive, Atlantic Avenue, Seventh Street, Walnut Avenue, and Coronado Avenue.
Dean Skall, 56, a manufacturers’ representative from Balboa Island, admitted Wednesday that he failed to file state income tax reports and agreed to pay more than $6,000 in back taxes and penalties. He will be sentenced June 7 in Santa Ana Superior Court by Judge James K. Turner after pleading guilty to one count of state income tax evasion.
The dispatch lists numerous emergencies across streets such as Seaside Boulevard, Myrtle Avenue, and Walnut Avenue. Reports include two injuries and a fatality, a grass fire, trash fires, a trash-laden vehicle, and multiple traffic incidents. First aid and investigation teams responded, with units on Tocost Avenue, Seaside Boulevard, and nearby intersections.
The nuclear frigate USS Bainbridge arrives at Long Beach Navy Station after seven months off Vietnam. 550 sailors greet families as customs clears the ship. Liberty ports included Hong Kong, Olongapo City, Philippines, and Yokosuka, Japan. a sailor meets twins born during the voyage.
Thirteen directors were elected to two year terms on the Lakewood Pan American Festival committee. Winners announced at a Lakewood Country Club breakfast include Helen Amestoy Madge Brock Tim Connaghan Bud Ekstrand Carol Farrell Harold Judson Dee Molina Dick Robinson Marilyn Scofield Lil Worthington Bernie Robinson Larry Kline and Tim Tyler joining 14 other local citizens to stage the 1974 Pan Am Festival. The 27th Pan Am Festival will run April 30 to May 6 and honor the Dominican Republic.
A state parolee Ralph Reyes Madera aged 42 and his Bakersfield waitress wife Patricia faced Long Beach Superior Court after a preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Walter S. Binns in San Pedro. They are charged with the Nov 4 1972 Hootenanny Bar robbery. Bail for Madera was set at 5000 dollars while Mrs. Madera was released on her own recognizance pending arraignment on April 18 at 9 am in Superior Court Department K.
Final rites and a will are set for Albert Gross a Milwaukee native and longtime Long Beach businessman and philanthropist who died at 75. founder and president of Long Beach Ship Pixhire Company and active in charity work he served on St Marys Hospital board Survived by wife Jeannette daughter Wendy and several siblings Gl bereaved family arrangements handled by Glasband Willon Mortuary
About 70 residents at the first Northeast Cerritos neighborhood meeting heard Lakewood sheriff’s deputies share burglary prevention tips from Walker Force. Advice included deadbolts, top-screw fixes for sliding doors, interior garage locks, a peep hole, and not opening the door to strangers.
John Pandora, leader of Local 12 ILWU during a 142 day port strike, will be reinstalled as head of the 2,800 member union at the Wilmington headquarters. New officers Lou Loveridge, Richard Bochn, and Richard Lomell also to be installed. A pre election issue cited a memorandum of agreement involving Johnston, the Teamsters, and Koppel Bros Grain Terminal. Burglars stole 450 dollars from Cathy Mans in Lakewood.
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