Eight Cities Sweep Out Incumbents In Local Elections
Voters in nine Southeast Los Angeles County cities turned out eight incumbent councilmen Tuesday. In Artesia two incumbents and a third new member were seated, in Downey three incumbents faced defeat, and Bellflower, Cerritos, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, and Cerritos saw incumbents retained or replaced as voters approved an ordinance banning most animals and fowl with exceptions for household pets in the small city of Downey and backed new council teams in several towns.
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Los Angeles
Downy
Artesia
Paramount
Hawaiian Gardens
Palls
Luther Holliday
Carson St
Five-to-Life Terms in Hermosa Beach Robbery Case
Torrance Superior Judge Newell Barrett sentenced New Jersey man Walter Kramer to a five-year-to-life term after guilty pleas on armed robbery and two assault counts stemming from a January crime spree in Hermosa Beach. His co-defendant Raymond Davis also pleaded guilty and faces sentencing April 30. A motel shoot-out and a liquor store robbery on Pacific Coast Highway linked the pair, who were wounded during the arrest. A burglary at Evelyn Jenkins’s home yielded jewelry worth 662 dollars and 60 dollars in cash plus other items.
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Torrance
Newell Barrett
New Jersey
Hermosa Beach
Walter Kramer
Kramer
Raymond Davis
Davis
Pacific Coast Highway
Six South Bay councilmen ousted in local elections
Voters in South Bay ousted six incumbent councilmen in a wave that also toppled Lomita's veteran mayor and Rolling Hills' two term mayor. In Torrance, a No on pay hikes and a repeal of the Housing Inspection Code passed, while Kane and Russ won council seats amid wide totals.
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South Bay
Lomita
Rolling Hills
Board of Education
Torrance
Two Avalon Councilmen Re-Elected
Avalon voters re-elected two city council members and chose a broker for a vacant seat. Harvey H. Cowell led with 402 votes and Herbert A. Wegmann earned 275 to keep their posts, while William C. Krug captured 319 votes for the new third seat amid a 74 percent turnout of 908. Harry W. Stiritz was re-elected city treasurer 444 to 121.
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Avalon
Harvey H. Cowell
Herbert A. Wegmann
William C. Krug
James E. Burke
Frank S. Campbell
Arnold
Mateand
John C. Mack
Jack D. Radde
Harry W. Stiritz
Terri J. Spinak
Long-Time Lakewood City Councilmen Re-elected
Three incumbents Mayor William J. Burns and Councillors Robert W. Baker and George Nye Jr. were returned to the Lakewood City Council by a four-to-one margin. Baker led with 4 241 votes, Nye 4 174, Burns 4 102, while challengers Leonard P. Kramer 1 051, Steven H. Lyons 1 038, William J. Stewart 718. Fewer than 5 000 of 34 000 eligible voters cast ballots. Final returns from 78 precincts were tallied before 10 p.m. Purex across city hall donated data processing machines for vote counting.
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Hawaiian Gardens
Venn W. Furgeson
Lee Johnson
C. Robert Lee
Lee Ware
Bonnie L. Christensen
Louis Curtl
George W. Ja Croix
Charles Z. Leehuga
Lois Rytaldh
Robert R. Kane
Edmon J. Russ
Kane
Russ
T. Pete Jensen
Donald L. Dear
Robert M. Firsman
Taor
Sidney Lemberger, Jr
Harald
Lakewood
Los Angeles County
Purex Company
City Hall
Keith Tengwald
Purex Management Services
Jo Bennitt
Steff
Hal Lowe
William J. Burns
Robert W. Baker
George Nye Jr
Baker
Burns
Nye
Leonard P. Kramer
Steven H. Lyons
Wiliam J. Stewart
Joe Hyde Wins Seat on Alamitos Council
Chemist Joe Hyde, who led a bitter fight against a condominium near the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in 1964, was elected to the Los Alamitos City Council. Hyde won 420 votes, 16 behind incumbent Mayor Charles Leng, and 24 ahead of incumbent James Bell. Kenneth Gilbert had 392. About 25 percent of 3,078 residents voted. Hyde previously led the Los Alamitos Citizens Committee for Fair Zoning to victory over the council’s condo plan and later helped recall three councilmen.
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Joe Hyde
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
Hyde
Charles Leng
James Bell
Kenneth Gilbert
Los Alamitos Citizens Committee For Fair Zoning
Incumbents Win and Lose in Signal Hill Election
Signal Hill voters kept one incumbent and ousted another while electing two newcomers to the City Council. Mayor Thomas W. Denham Sr. led with 493 votes, Gertrude B. Beebe close behind at 491, and Sandra C. Miller won the third seat with 472. Councilman Paul Keamer was defeated at 393. Other results: Harold Ewing 164, Floyd A. Jones 365, Michael Mitchell 210, George Papadakis 414. canvass due April 16.
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Signal Hill
Thomas W. Denham Sr
Gertrude FB. Beebe
Sandra CL. Miller
Paul
Keamer
Helen Bradlaw
Harold H. Ewing
Floyd A. Jones
Michael Mitchell
George Papadakis
Judge Sumner to Represent County at Juvenile Court Institute
Judge Bruce W. Sumner of Oyanse County Juvenile Court will represent the county on the high court bench at the 968 Institute for Juvenile Court Judges and Referees in Monterey on April 5 and 6.
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Bruce W. Sumner
Oyanse County
Institute For Juvenile Court
Monterey
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Joe Nieto
Harold R
Buzz) Whitney
Norman P. Murray
Mary Lewis
Bellflower
Murray
Young
Paul E. Inzia
Cerritos
Gul
Frank C. Leal
Villes
Louis Kuikman
Io Patton D. Winslow
Simon Koolhaas
Downey
Ben D. Corbin
Corbin
Priscilla Dunnum
Donald H. Winton
Joseph G. Ferris
Charles W. Dickerson
Lynwood
J.vnwond
Eugene Green
Nicholas A. Siokas
Guy Smith
Kennedy
Scott
Jules Ff. Appelman
Sandra H. Paisley
Santa Fe Springs
Ernesto .R
Ernie) Flores
Manuel R. Magana
Grace H
Betty) Wilson
Jessie
Gigerich
Simeon
Sam) Ladines
Connie Lehman
William J. McCann
Genevieve Meraz
Richard D. Brown
Michael
Mike) Saldi
Charles F. Storms
Norwalk
Peter H
Pete) Fogarty
Robert E
Bob) White
Fogarty
Macuen Freeman
Poyarty
White
Charles F
Bill) Kennedy
Paramount City Council
Walter R. Scott Sr. Wise
John A. Mies
Ted J. Mosier
Lnyd Therd
Mies
Mosler
Norman Murray
Pete Fogarty
Bill Kennedy
Evelyn M. Jenkins
Park Ave
Donald Wilson
By Don Kirkland
Gardena
Joe Haslam
Petters
Charles Belba
Lee Stratford
R. E. Meyer
Vernon M. Fay
Fred J. Tourtelot
Fred Sauer
Tourtelot
Fay
Sauer
Tourlelol
Richard C. Calyear
Tor Tna
David K. Lyman
George Vico
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Sevenman
William Uerkwitz
Orin P. Johnson
Edward J. Ferraro
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Uerkwitz
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Lee Salisbury
Max Kelly
Nick Drale
Roque Garcia
Rolling Hills Estates
Clyde A. Hall
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
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Hall
Lewis Roland
Ernie Howlett
Robert Wealtherup
Palos Verdes Estates
George N. Beaton Jr
Peter T. Prince
Anne Leeper
Beaton
Prince
Albert Coakley
George Nash
John Sullivan
James Monda
Betty Stoffers
Adele M. Steele
A. B. Turbeville
Joe H. Brock
Hallowe
Alamitos
Joe Ryde
Vint Mader
Dooley
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