Who Will Imposter Be
The article recounts Jack Kenneth Brown, an impersonator who forged officer IDs and promotions, evaded arrest, served prison terms, and moved through air force ranks unrealistically before FBI involvement. After a string of deceptions ending in a Long Beach presence, Brown remains a jailed figure awaiting future prospects amid a life of crime.
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San Diego
Naval Aviation
Brown
Pentagon
Nathan ¥. Twining
USAF
Civilien Brown
Williams Afb
Ariz
Leavenworth
Bermuda
FBI
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Jack Kenneth Brown
Jury Ponders Fate of Pearl Birch in Compton Trial
A 10 man and a two woman jury begin deliberations in the Pearl Choate Birch trial. The 60 year old widow faces two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder for a shooting during a dispute at a Compton duplex. Witnesses testified about accidental and alleged intentional firing, with the rifle bullet narrowly missing officers and a bystander. The defense claims an accidental discharge. the prosecution argues intent to kill.
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Pearl Birch
Compton
Pearl Choate Birch
South Pasadena
Albert Otis Birch
Kathleen Parker
Charles Hollopeter
Rod’ Ferguson
Cohen
Puisonter
Long Beach Tide Oil Output Reaches 26.5 Million in 1966-67
City Auditor Murray T. Courson said Thums Bong Beath Co produced 12.8 million barrels of crude oil from the tidelands in fiscal 1966-67 valued at 26,508,628 dollars. The Long Beach Unit total production since inception to last July stood at 16.7 million barrels valued at 34.8 million dollars. Wet gas and overall investments pushed totals higher, with ongoing well expansion plans of about 858 wells across Island A to uplands.
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Murray T. Courson
Courson
Long Beach
Island A
Island B
Island c
Island
Piép J
Uplands
Port Figure Smith Quits Rights Panel
Keith Smith, 41, resigns from the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission amid perjury and bribery indictments connected to Harbor Department probes. Mayor Yorty appoints a successor as the grand jury lists Smith and three others in ongoing Harbor Department corruption inquiries. One probe focuses on a $12 million World Trade Center project on Terminal Island.
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Keith Smith
Los Angeles Harbor Department
Theos Angeles Huan Relations Commission
Sala Yorty
Smith
Los Angeles
County Grand Jury
Harbor Department
Harbor Commission
World Trade Center
Bite N Hold Dentures Promised With Perimeter Suction
Los Angeles authorities promote Bite N Hold dentures with perimeter suction claiming a secure feel like real teeth lasting months. First users report a distinct sensation and confidence, while officials urge firsthand experience to believe the product’s claims.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Probe Set Into Bias at School
The ABC Unified School District ordered a complete investigation into charges of discrimination at Artesia High School. The Monday hearing drew more than 100 Mexican-American parents and community leaders as district officials, including Superintendent Murrell Miller, pledged examination and possible board representation from Mexican-American and Anglo communities.
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ABC Unified School District Board
Artesia High School
Florsons
Murrell Miller
Richard Lucero
Bank Holdup Suspect Arrested In California
A 23 year old man, Kenneth Ray Dean, was arrested by Lakewood sheriff's deputies on the San Gabriel Freeway at Del Amo Boulevard at 12 16 p.m. A federal warrant charges him with robbing Crocker Citizens National Bank branch of nearly 4000 dollars on January 5.
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Los Alamitos
Lakewood
Kenneth Ray Dean
John Frazee
San Gabriel Freeway
del Amo Boulevard
Dean
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Hecklers Blamed for Stir at Nuns Dispute Meeting
A San Pedro public meeting on the Immaculate Heart sisters dispute with the Los Angeles archdiocese dissolved after about a dozen hecklers disrupted the gathering at Yugoslav Hall. Mrs. William Roberts, whose daughter is a local nun, said petitions signed by over 500 parents called for clarification from Cardinal McIntyre on the matter and that several petitions were destroyed.
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San Pedro
Immaculate Heart-sisters
Los Angeles
William Roberts
Velez Drive
Immaculate Heart
Yugoslav Hall
Jay Halt
San Fredro
Roberts
Nispr
Montrose
Archdiocese
Chancery
City Residency Question Becomes Council Debate
At a City Council meeting the discussion focused on whether Long Beach city employees should be required to live within city limits. Council members Deats and Sullivan debated whether to refer the issue to the charter amendment committee or pursue an initiative, noting divisions among employees and claims of address falsification. Sullivan urged official action only with a people mandate and suggested reporting nonresidents.
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Long Beach City
Donald S. Kessler
Ladoga Ave
Charter Amendment Committee
Paul R. Deats
Emmet M. Sullivan
Deats
Council
Sullivan
Deans
Killer Sentenced for Manslaughter in Palos Verdes Case
Lebume Walter Farr was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the July 5 1965 slaying of his wife Marcile 39 at their home 30721 Rue Valois Palos Verdes. Farr had been freed by an appellate reversal of a second degree murder conviction from October 1965.
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Lebume
Walter’ Farr
Farr
San Quentin
Long Beach
Marcile
Rue Valois
Palos Verdes
Policeman Exonerated in Los Angeles Death
A coroner inquest in Los Angeles returned a verdict of justifiable homicide in the death of 18 year old William Ez Hall who was shot by Long Beach Patrolman Jerry W. Boyd after Hall allegedly pointed a gun during a street carl brawl. The shooting occurred on the front lawn of 1921 Lemon Ave at 2 53 a.m. Authorities said Boyd fired a warning shot before the fatal shot.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Jerry W. Boyd
William Ez. Hall
Hall
Lemon Ave
Boyd
Forester Promoted as Bellflower School Classified Chief
Thomas Forester, Bellflower tire dealer, elected to lead the Bellflower Unified School District Classified Personnel Commission. Dr Richard Vermillion becomes vice chairman, Mrs Geneva Goodhan named the third member. Jack Peterson serves as personnel director.
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Thomas Forester
Bellflower
Richard Vermillion
Bellflower Unified School District
Vermillion
Geneva Goodhan
Jack Peterson
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Mary Star of the Sea
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