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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1973
Page
3
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Industrialist James Hawthorne recalls his daughter Linda Carol Hawthorne during a 1960s kidnapping attempt in Escondido. A ransom of 186500 was paid, the suspect arrested, but Linda died after 14 months with a malignant brain tumor. In Van Nuys, thirty four Anglo American Aviator employees escaped a fire causing 350000 in damages with no injuries.
Ray mond A. McMahon, 31, is jailed in Tampa charged with murdering two children in a July hit and run on city streets. He was returned from Baxley Georgia after surrendering to police, and held without bond. Authorities say the deaths of Robyn Caton, 5, and Roxanne Caton, 13, were deliberate. Witnesses report the car, seen cruising the neighborhood with no lights, swerved into the children. a brother was injured. McMahon described the incident as an accident amid drinking and a fight, saying he panicked and disposed of Roxanne’s body. The prosecutor says motive and insanity are under review.
An 11-year-old Compton High School student, Joseph Meloncon, was shot once in the head while with four youths near 843 West Plum Street around 9:25 p.m. He died at Martin Luther King Hospital at 1 a.m. Police described no gang involvement and offered no motive.
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