06 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
1
Twenty members of the Quincy Taxpayers Revolt attended a City Council meeting where the mayor and council salaries were approved for a 100 percent increase. The group said they were unaware of the vote. Mayor’s salary rose from 10,000 to 25,000, council pay doubled to 2,000.
Twenty six youths mostly students at Los Alamitos High School were arrested in a six week undercover drug operation on the Orange County campus. Officials said $1500 to $2000 in drugs were sold weekly. a city police agent posed as a student and bought hashish, cocaine, LSD and marijuana with cooperation from principal Dale Schroeder.
Police delayed reporting the Tuesday killings of two South Central Los Angeles teens after a Monday evening street argument at Oith and Wall Streets. Ronald Williams, 18, a Southwest College freshman, died at Martin Luther King Hospital along with Robert Smith, age 16. Wayne Tourgeois, 25, of 154 98th St, was arrested on suspicion of murder as authorities note prior criminal history. the case follows a surge of local violence drawing officials into action.
Police identify 723 juveniles as hardcore offenders with 8 950 total arrests in Los Angeles County. Downing notes one teen arrested seven times in a year for theft robbery and assault with a deadly weapon with charges held in abeyance. Committee urges courtroom return for each new charge and reform of juvenile law and probation practices.
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