Pesticide victim names two firms in injury suit
A 47 year old Mexican native, Luis Menninza, who suffered near fatal parathion exposure, plans a personal injury action in Los Angeles Superior Court against a Carson flower grower and the Ortho pesticide maker. The suit seeks damages for negligence by his former employer Venegas and the product makers as state investigators review the case.
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Parathion
Carson
Starvey Gerber
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Superior Court
Sebastian Venegas
Jefferson St
Ralph Liehty
Soledad Brother Release Ordered by L A Court
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered the release of John Clutchette from custody citing insufficient grounds to hold him on parole violation allegations. He had been taken into custody in Compton by parole officers and police after authorities said he violated parole rules against association with criminal elements.
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LOS Angours Uw
John Clutchette
Los Angeles
Clutchette
Compton
Soledad
Soledad Brothers
James G. Kolts
Leo Branton
Tuna boats wait for higher tuna prices in port
26 tuna seiners vote to remain in port as price gains lag. American Tuna Sales Association says a $5 per ton rise since January does not cover rising operating costs. Canner bids at $482 for yellowfin and $452 for skipjack, while US cannery payments to foreign fishermen reached $790 per ton.
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San Diego
UPI
Lester Ballinger
American Tuna Sales Association
Ballinger
Cauners
San Pedro
Bargain on melons offered near Fresno
John Harris invites the public to pick and haul melons from his 900 acre patch on the Fresno Coalinga road 43 miles southwest of here. Workers will direct visitors to the melon patch with no limit on melons per person at a penny per pound, amid a past labor dispute with the United Farm Workers Union.
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Fresno
John Harris
Harris
Fresno-Coalinga
Here
United Form Workers Union
Mystery Mustang Case Reveals Dusty Long Beach Garage
Long Beach’s oldest garage rental houses a 1965 Ford Mustang owned by Hilda Buss of Las Vegas. The car has 614 miles on the odometer, $15 monthly rent for seven years, and Nevada plates last registered to Buss. Police and city officials have no current renter or registration records, and the case echoes the Hughes mystery while underscoring unclear ownership.
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Kris Dulaney
Long Beach
Howard Hughes
Shan- Bar
al Pier E
Hilda Mary Buss
S. Sixth St
Las Vegas
Lincoln Park
Nevada
Buss
Police Department
National Auto Feetstralen
Long Beach City
Cials
Hughes
Divers target Andrea Doria riches in underwater habitat
Two divers prepared to live 24 percent feet below in a 12 foot cylinder named Habitat for a 10 day salvage mission on the sunken Andrea Doria. They aim to cut into the ship to recover art, jewels, and cash valued around 4 million, with a 10 member support crew and a projected 250 thousand cost.
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Nantucket Island
Andrea Doria
Donald Rodecker
Rodecker
Christopher DeLucchi
San Diego
Navy
Indictments in Van Gogh theft case in San Diego
A federal grand jury indicted six people from Las Vegas and Long Beach in a $100,000 theft of Vincent van Gogh’s Apysage de Brabant from the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery on April 14 1972. The scheme involved conspiracy and interstate transport with the painting recovered in Las Vegas ten days later.
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San Diego
UPI
San Diego Fine Arts
William John Artemis
Michael Z. Raite
Las Vegas
John Edward Soares
Kathleen Mary Soares
Rudolf Mesa Navarro
Carol Chavez Navarro
Lantena
Raite
U.S. Justice Department
Artemia
Raife
Soares
Artemis
Santa Ana
Navarro
Feud in Corcoran Leads to Sept Scattered Murders
Police in Corcoran arrest seven as investigation widens into the shooting deaths of three men linked to a family feud. Domingo Rangel 32, Ernest Rangel 28, and Albert Sanchez Jr. 21 were found dead near a bloodstained car. Arrests include Andrew Rodarte 23 Mary Rodarte Rodriguez 27 Francisco Pineda 26 Elutario Rodarte 26 Domingo Castillo 21 and Rosalva Alcala 26 with ties to Corcoran and Delano. the feud began after Rueben Sanchez 22 was slain in August 1971 and Lupe Rodarte 18 was killed a month later.
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Corcoran
Domingo
Rangel
Ernest
Hanford
Albert Sanchez Jr
Andrew Rodarte
Mary Rodarte Rodriguez
Francisco Pineda
Elutario Rodarte
Alice Rodarte
Domingo Castillo
Rosalva Alcala
Alcala
Delano
Rueben Sanchez
Lupe Rodarte
Obituary notices from the Long Beach area
Obituaries list multiple individuals with survivors and funeral details. Names include Dorothy Baker and Isabel Boyum, plus Arthur Cusick and Ronald Davidson, with services at Forest Lawn Cypress, Sunnyside, and local mortuaries. Dates indicate mid to late July and various church and cemetery ceremonies across California communities.
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Richard A. Cusick
U.S. Navy
Twila Stanley
Joseph L
Helen R. Reber
Miriam
Langland
Marguerite ¥. Peterson
VFW
Luyden Familortuary
West LA
Veterans Cemetery
Davidson
Ronald C
Dona Web
Long Beach
Leona Meza
el Paso
Texas
Platerville
California
Elmore
Grace
Bertha
Gheslah Strickiin
Glenn Edward
Myrtle Held
Shee Sheelah Steicklin
Henderson
D. C
Rocail
Deanie Hose
Dana Way
Byony
Lloyd
Bradley Henderson
Ernest Clark
Arizona
Drs
Gene Campbell
Georgia
Arnel Henderson
Daniel Henderson
Alabama
Bath Fienderson
Yorba Linda
Josh Henderson
Downey
Falmadge Henderson
John Paul Henderson
Valhalla Mortuary
Victory Blvd
Spongberg Mortuary
Krafft
Rille M
Snather
Batata
Aymon
Arthur J. Krafft
Carol M. Sturges
Rilla McFadden
Pierce Brothers
South Cities
Long Beach Blvd
South Gate
Krieger
Joseph George
KE. Collins
Orange
Grace Krieger
Robert Krieger
Helle Gee
Fontana
Donegan Funeral
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Cathedral Chapel
Cherry Ave
Sunnyside
Heart Fund
Lyddon
Lola Be
Clarence E. Freeman
Ruth Marshall
Nellie M. Pendleton
Don
Ken Pendleton
Jean Hansen
Davyl Freeman
Mis
Ackie Sanger
N. J. Kirkpatrick
Hazel Mendersai
Lincoln Memorial Park
Compton
Calif
Harris Colonial Mortuary
MC. Coy
Joseph J
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Mercer
Alexia Karen
Arles Mercer
Jerry
Anthony
Randparents
Ands
E. D. Mercer
Randmother
Alexa
Hanna
Forest Lawn
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Molly Burrell Statt
Luis Menninza
Vermont Ave
Torrance
Venegas
Wilmington Avenue
190Th Street
Mendoza
Las Campanas Hospital
Martin Luther King Hospital
David Dyer
Dyer
Lincoln
Rodacker
DeLucchi
Rodeeker
Cias
Rodocker
Hodacker
Stockholm
Genoa
Rangel Brothers
Sanchez
Aim
Bell Matthews Church
Sheelar/Stricklin Mortuary
Bentley
Isabel
Bet Family Chapel
Pacific Ave
Ginsherg
Alex L
Gertrude
Susan
Rachelle
Lana Ginsberg
Lena Levine
Lillian Elkins
Isaac Ginsberg
Home of Peace Mausoleum
Groman
Green
Kenneth F. Service
Pacific
Harry
Cday
Ann
Sharon Hosier
Shannon Archbold
Ethyl 10
Warren Norton
Geneva McCoy
Aby
Oner
Joy Bullard
Larissa
Pamily
American Cancer Society
Los Altos Brathren
Patterson & Uel Mortincy Direc
Oakland
Edehl P
Mottell
Pachorik, Adam
Fatterson & Snivaly
Reiter
Signe
Charles
Aughter
Ethel M. Sieberg
Sunnyside Mortuary
Sunnyside Memorial Garden
Selby
Donald E
Disday Family Chapel
Shaha
Charles Michael
Arabe
Gregory
Shaka
Robert Snyder
Buena Park
Kathryn Shaha
Lakewood
Long Beach Symphoony Orchestra
White Funeral
Charles Michael Shaha
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Linden
Spaulding
Barney K
Fraida
Susan J. Montgomery
Bellflower
Robert B. Spaulding
Cyrea Huodber
Viglet Stewart
Montana
Rose Falls Memorial Park
Rose Hills
Otto
Aga
Sii
Mary
Arde Ansenard
Ronald
Robert
Peace Haven
Walnut
Iowa
Sulaski
Elizabeth
Albine
Michael
Leo
Anne Mm
Booker) Blewe
Therese Péaffa
Sunnyside Memorial Chapel
Sunnyside Memorial Gardens
Townsend
Margaret M
Clifford W. Townsend
Carrie Millburn
Beverly Nixon
Guy F_ Millburn
Hunter Mortuary
Cancer Society of
Neema Bessie
Bal Agi
Weber
Elfrieda Karla
Geor Afey
Kenneth
Karla
Dorothy Weber
Liesa Jones
Herta Digiacinto
Bernice Q
Grace Chapel
Nglewood Park Cemetery
McMillan Mortuay
Gardena Direc-Ons
Shinee Family
Nis Ciba
Long Aac Brothers Mortuary
B.W Cogn Funeral Home
JOE Obisps
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