Two of four Long Beach officers back on duty
Two of four suspended Long Beach police vice detectives were reinstated by acting Chief Carl Calkins after charges were filed against the others. John Abrego and David Kenison returned to duty as the investigation into alleged assault at Brave Bull Bar and report falsification continues. Barbee and Schmeck face disgraceful conduct and insubordination charges. a departmental hearing is slated next week.
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Carl Calkins
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Brave Bull Bar
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Avid Kenison
Bruce Campbell
Calkins
Barbee
Sehmock
Campbell
Special Investigations Division
Flood swampes Johnstown amid massive Pennsylvanian flood
Floodwaters cut counties in western Pennsylvania isolating towns including Johnstown. Mayor Pfuhl ordered looters shot if needed as Civil Defense and National Guard evacuated residents from rooftops. Three dead, five missing in Ebensburg area. Red Cross aided thousands, trains halted, and industry shut down due to the surge.
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Herbert Hiuht Jr
Civil Defense
Salamon Homes
Bill
Dixon
Citizens Band
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Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
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Alio
National Guard
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Winther
Elmer
Shank
Cambria County
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Police
Heli
Bus driver wounded in shoot spree at city park
A bus driver was shot near Bixby Park at Cherry and Ocean Avenues as a park crowd of sunbathers and children watched. The driver Clark Church was treated for a superficial head wound at St Mary Medical Center. The suspect, who refused to name himself, was wounded and captured after a gunfight with a police officer whose car window was shot out. An independent reporter nearby alerted officers and helped locate the gunman behind a park bench before officers closed in. No motive or exact charges were disclosed.
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Independent, Press-Telegram
Larry LaRue
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Lncation Hhe
Heat wave turns killer in Midwest and elsewhere
A severe heat wave across the U S turns deadly in Iowa and nearby areas with several elderly deaths and a mother witnessing her four children drown in the river. Four seniors in an apartment building died Monday and five more deaths in the region followed on Tuesday as officials blamed extreme temperatures. Meanwhile Southern California enjoyed higher temps and popular vacation shifts as Easterners and Midwesterners head west to cool areas.
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Los Angeles
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Long Beach woman held in bayonet murder at home
Kathy Elizabeth Frooge of 1640 Sherman Place is charged with murder after William Edward Edison 24 was fatally stabbed with a bayonet outside his Long Beach residence. Witnesses say Ellison had harassed residents before being chased and stabbed after a gun threat. he died at St Mary Medical Center. Frooge was arrested after witnesses identified her.
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Wiliam Edward Edison
Cedar Ave
Ellison
St. Mary Medical Center
Robert Hall
Weather Forecast for Tontgut Thivrsday Area
Morning low clouds and fair conditions with a low around 34. Mountain region shows a chance of thundershowers with a low near 82 and high about 83. Deserts face a chance of thundershowers with a low near 88 and a high near 112.
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Questioned on crime links Council bars exclusive L.B. club
Long Beach City Council refused an operating license to Tiffanys Astrological Club owners and deputy city attorney accused them of legal violations. The two, Ronald Benville and Thomas Marino, reportedly sold memberships without a business license and altered ownership papers while seeking private club and alcohol licenses. Police identify alleged organized crime links and improper ownership statements. Jerry Quarry testified that his name was used without permission.
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Robert Gore Saft
Long Beach
Tiffanys Astrological Club
Pacific Coast Highway
Jerry Quarry
Tiffanys
Robert
Retired sheriff's aide wins Lakewood vote
Kris Sherman Weller Paul Eugene Zeltner former commander of the Lakewood sheriff's station won a landslide election to the Lakewood City Council Tuesday night. He will be seated next week to fill the remaining 19 months of a four year term begun by Donald R Plunkett in March 1976. Plunkett was recalled April 14 in a movement led by the Committee for Responsible Government, the same group that backed Zeltner. Final results show Zeltner with 4,430 votes to Plunkett 1,259. Bob Baker finished third. Ballots go to the county clerk for certification. about 4,800 registered voters cast votes. Zeltner, who retired as a sheriff's captain in 1974 after 26 years of service, said his first order of business will be to help stabilize the council and work with all members. He emphasized limiting political influence and focusing on Lakewood's needs.
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Foremer
Lakewood
Aetoer
Donald R- Plunkett
Plunket
Fice
Committee For Responsible Government
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Plunkett
Baker's
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Cope
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Beverly Arons
Jenny Mercerah
Andersen
Caslots
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Lakewanil
Priva
Water projects cut to aid Carter program limits
Senate House compromise trims federal water works funding to a limited set of projects including Auburn Dam California while dropping nine of 18 disputed items and axing funds for the Clinch River reactor. Conferees accept the Senate version to back a public works bill Carter can sign.
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Senate Sind Hause
Clinch River
Carter
Auburn Dam
California
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Senate
Authorities bust marijuana grow in Cleveland National Forest
Uprooting two tons of marijuana with an estimated street value near $1 million, authorities arrested three persons as efforts to cultivate the drug were thwarted in the Cleveland National Forest. Page references note other items on politics and policy.
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