Indian man tied to ambush hoax held after park scuffle
A year-old Indian man claiming to be bait in an elaborate plan to ambush Long Beach police was arrested after a scuffle over an air pistol at Houghton Park in North Long Beach. Robert Warlan, also called Indian Robert, faces assault on a police officer charges as investigators found no accomplices. Police said his tale of three visiting Indians and a planned siege appeared to be a hoax or the product of imagination following FBI agents’ Wounded Knee trip.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Park
Robert Warlan
Robert
Hi B. Édth St
Houghton Park
North
Harlan
FBI
Jack &. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
South Dakota
Wounded Knee
Sailor slain in Long Beach robbery after party lure
A Long Beach sailor, James Bartley of USS St. Louis, was killed at 12 15 a m in a city alley during a robbery after he and shipmate Norris were invited from the enlisted men’s club to a party. Norris was critically wounded with a bullet in the back. both suspects described as about 18 year old black men fled in a Plymouth Gold Duster.
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Long Beach
James Bartley
St. Louis
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Bes
1545
9Th St
Norris
Bartley
Long Banch Naval Station
Natural gas rate hike approved for PG and E customers
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. won a $36.36 million natural gas rate increase to offset higher California producer prices. The Public Utilities Commission approved a 44 cent per month rise for the average household for 60 days, after which rates for residential customers will be set by tariffs excluding the increase. Non residential charges will be apportioned starting September 18.
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Ban Francisco
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Todal
California
State
Public Utilities Commission
Pg&e
Gas Prices Expected to Rise 3-5 Cents This Summer
Federal energy officials project gasoline prices to climb 3 to 5 cents per gallon this summer with no shortages anticipated. Shell, Amoco, Richfield, and Texaco announced wholesale increases as part of a seasonal pattern. Prices vary regionally, and refiners have raised supply forecasts amid slightly higher than expected fuel use.
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Washington Iap
John Hill
Federal Energy Administration
Shell Oil Co
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Allinte Richfield Co
Texaca Inc
PISA
Hill
Mill
FEA
Brown cuts Long Beach area building projects
Governor Brown trimmed nearly 5 million in Long Beach area allocations from the 1976-77 budget. He deleted 3.9 million for a Dominguez Hills physical education facility and 354,000 for planning an 118 million downtown Long Beach office building. He also axed 703,310 for five community college projects while preserving most funding for the Irvine campus medical school and teaching hospital planning.
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Sacramento
Brown
Long Beach
California State College
Dominguez Hills
University of California
Irvine
Grange County Medical Center
Irvine Medical School
Sunds
California State University and Colleges
Brown Signs California Budget After Deep Cuts
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the $11.47 billion fiscal plan early at 2:58 a.m. with no ceremony, after deep cuts to state salaries and programs. The budget, up 4.7 percent from last year, projects a $313.6 million surplus by end of 1975-76 and includes $65 million more for elderly and disabled aid.
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Sacramento
UPI
Brown
Coleege
California
Howald Reagan
University of California and State University and College System
Ford declares economic decline over to NAACP crowd
President Ford told NAACP delegates in Washington that the nation’s economic decline is ending and pledged to protect the poor. He cautioned some indicators will remain depressed for months but expressed confidence the downturn is over. AFL-CIO head Meany criticized the administration’s policies, citing high unemployment among blacks and urging a broad protest against the economic philosophy.
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NAACP
Ford
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George Meany
AFL Cio
Roy Wilkins
Meany
Waterfront labor pact reached after night talks in San Francisco
Dock worker and shipper unions announce a tentative settlement after an all night bargaining session in San Francisco. Details of the contract were withheld pending ratification and potential further talks after the 1978 expiry date to avert a coast wide strike. The pact promises no work interruption and uninterrupted service for West Coast ports, with shipper and union leaders citing a guaranteed pay or work scheme and no layoffs as core terms.
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Eee
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Edmund 4. Flynn
Pacific Maritime Association
San Francisco
Wold
PAA
Imtis
Bridges
Los Angeles
TLWU
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Nom Shaw
John Edwards
Dong
Pacific Hospital
Myberts
L.B
Financial NU Life
Oaletsa Television
Rey
New York State
Washington
Tion
Shipper Accord
Eles
San Diego
Seattle
UWU
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