Lost Santa Letter Spurs Nationwide Gifts Drive
A Seattle misaddressed letter reading Dear Santa from a boy named Craig, who says his father is gone, prompts a national gift drive with food toys and money. Shirley Martin leads donations at Francisco's restaurant while The Seattle Times seeks Craig through local schools.
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CHP Over Time Aims To Curb Holiday Drinking Driving
Sacramento AP reports California Highway Patrol will deploy 2,000 overtime hours during Christmas and New Year weekends to curb drunk driving. Commissioner Glen Craig cites holiday congestion and safety concerns. Past holidays saw 28 killed at Christmas and 23 at New Year in 1954, with later tolls rising to 39 and 38 respectively.
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Long Beach Boy Improves After Botulism Case
A year old Long Beach boy, Paul De Voy, stricken with botulism after eating a supposedly improperly cooked beef pie, is improving at Long Beach Community Hospital. He was rushed Tuesday, placed on a respirator, then moved to intensive care. By Thursday his arms and legs were initially paralyzed but he later regained movement as doctors traced the illness to the frozen pie. tests in Berkeley confirmed botulism.
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Mother and daughter slain in North Long Beach home
A North Long Beach mother and her 42 year old daughter were stabbed to death in their home Thursday. Police held 26 year old Donald Windham, a church youth director, after he was found in Buena Park and noted for erratic behavior. Investigators say no motive is known. The Windhams rented the Cerritos College students resided home since last April, described by neighbor Margaret Hinton as quiet and religious.
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Compton man arrested in stabbing death
A man was stabbed to death during a knife fight shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday at Roy's Rib Inn in Long Beach. Willie James Young Jr. 87, of Long Beach, died at St. Mary Medical Center. Alfred Thompson 24, of Long Beach, fled the scene, was found later at Smitty's Bar and surrendered to police. He was booked for investigation of murder.
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Harry Kartinen
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Fire gutting Linco Elementary School in Bellflower causes major blaze
A fire of undetermined origin gutted the Linco Elementary School building at 9553 Beach Street in Bellflower near the Artesia Freeway. The fire alarmed early Friday around 3 am in the auditorium, sending flames about 50 feet high as officers spotted the blaze. The closed school, used as storage, forced firefighters to cut through heavy chains restraining doors with bolt eaters.
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Three Die Seven Injured In Firestone Gun Battles
In two separate shootings hours apart in the Firestone area of south Los Angeles three men were killed and seven officers and firefighters were injured. Deputies and a sergeant were injured, with one suspect wounded and later hospitalized in critical condition. In the second incident a deputy was shot in the hand and the suspect died after a high speed chase through Firestone. Names of the slain and wounded were reported for the first incident with limited details on the second.
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Weather Tonight and Saturday for LB Area
Tonight and Saturday forecast shows fair conditions across LB area with cooler mountain and desert zones. LB Area: low 48 and high 67. Mountains: low 18 and high 8. Deserts: low 0 and high 64.
Coast Guard Probe Limits Press Then Grants Access
A Coast Guard inquiry into the Sansinera explosion in Los Angeles Harbor barred news media from hearings briefly before relenting and allowing escorted area access. Rear Adm. James Moreau led the four man panel as it shifted hearings from Long Beach to the blast site at Berth 46. Salvage operations paused as investigators sought evidence of unsafe equipment amid the destroyed tanker and a fatal blast with at least four crew deaths.
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Long Beach Harbor
Clemente Gugliott
Christmas City Under Sniper Threat in North Carolina
Police urge residents of Burham North Carolina to stay away from windows and keep drapes closed through the holidays as a sniper spree leaves two dead and two injured. Police Chief Jon Kindice says several suspects are being pursued with none in custody. The latest victim, 68 year old Herbert C Bradshaw, was killed when a bullet shattered the kitchen window as he and his wife prepared dinner. Neighbors express concern yet emphasize calm and vigilance amid reports of robberies and break-ins in the old-home neighborhood. Authorities ask residents to report suspicious activity and remain cautious during the season.
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Crowd laughs as man dies at San Francisco drive-in
AP report says 33 year old Joseph Romiero died after a crowd at the Tri-Tork drive-in in San Francisco watched as three men demanded money and fled. Witnesses described customers remaining and laughing during the 30 minute ambulance wait to the hospital. Local employees confirm the scene as horrifying.
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San Francisco General Hospital
Carol Peppars
Tri-Tork
Antismog chief critiques federal auto standards
State antismog chief Tom Quin argues that proposed federal auto emission rules are too stringent for manufacturers. Also noted are a controversial pin ball game incident, zoning debates in Bluff Park, a yacht update, NCAA sanctions on Long Beach State sports, transit cost questions, payola charges revival, and other sports and business items across pages.
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Firey apartment blaze in Costa Mesa kills teen
A fire at a Costa Mesa apartment complex killed a 16 year old youth and injured three others. Valerie Anderson, 17, was treated for second degree burns. Kenneth Higgs died on arrival at Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital. Carlita Dayton and Ken York were treated for smoke inhalation and released. cause under investigation.
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Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital
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University Hospital
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