Former bookie king Harry Gross, brother jailed in assault case
Long Beach police booked 58 year old Harry Gross and his brother Jack on charges of assault with a deadly weapon in a March 9 beating of a truck driver at Ports of Call. Both men posted $1,900 bail and were released on writs of habeas corpus.
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Warry Gross
East Coast Bookies
Long Beach
Gross
Jack
Fountain Valley
Frank Castillo
Jim Fortier
Gross Brothers
Castillo
Peter Racich
Ports of
Argo
Pacific Coast Highway
Harry Gross
Racidh
Jack Gross
New York
Police Department
Top drug fighter resigns amid criticism of abuse unit
Ingersoll, a leading narcotics official, resigns after blasting the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement and accusing its agents of unprofessional conduct. He notes pressure from police chiefs and says the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was hindered by duplicative operations. Myles J. Ambrose also leaves government service in a Justice Department move.
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Ingersoll
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Trung
Dean cites pressure to quash tax audits in Watergate hearings
In televised Senate hearings Dean testifies that no White House staffer is involved in the scandal while discussing a memo on handling political enemies. He says he did not conduct an investigation for the President and that the Dean Report did not exist.
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White House
Senate
Montoya
Ronald L. Ziegler
Watergate
Newsweek
Nixon
Ziegler
Ehrlichman
Sen
Daniel Inouye
O-Hawaii
Inouye
Haldeman
Ehbruchman
West Germany Ups Mark Value as Dollar Sinks Lower
West Germany revalued the mark up 5.5 percent, sending the dollar to a record low 2.4250 marks in Frankfurt. The move, aimed at curbing a booming export economy, raises German prices for U.S. buyers while making U.S. goods cheaper abroad. Wolkswagens and other exports face higher costs in the U.S., while American cars become cheaper in Germany.
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West Germany
BOMN
Frankfurt
Zocall
Helmut Schmidt
Willy Brandt
Frankfurt Currency Exchange
U.S
Germany
AMA President-Elect Calls for Mercy Killing Study
Dr Malcolm Todd of Long Beach named AMA president elect in 1973. He urged forming a commission with doctors lawyers clergy and the public to study mercy killing amid growing debate. He cautioned against quick policy changes and highlighted legal cases and member opinions.
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Todd
AMA
Chile
Malcolm Todd
Long Beach
American Medical Association
New York City
New York
House of Delegates
UPI
Connecticut
AMA Judicial Council
Anaheim
Organized Medicine
Russell B. Roth
Erie
California Medical Association
Long Beach Medical Association
el Parque
Shotgun Blast Kills Youth in Long Beach Home
A sixteen year old Lakewood youth, Gerald Machado, was shot to death while handling a shotgun with a friend in a Long Beach residence. Detective J J Hurlbirt said Machado was struck in the chest and died at the scene at 3017 Chapman Avenue, where he was visiting a married couple both aged sixteen, Steven and Barbara Acosta.
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Lakewood
Long Beach
Homicide
Det
Set
J. J. Hurlbirt
Gerald Machado
Hurlbirt
Machado
Steven
Barbara Jean Acosta
Chapman Ave
Los Angeles report highlights rising child drinkers
The piece notes a growing problem of underage alcoholism in the United States with 9 to 12 year olds affected. Dr. Morris Chafetz cites estimates of 440,000 young alcoholics, while Alcoholics Anonymous expands youth programs and parents are urged to recognize early signs and seek help. Raul Elias records a 700 percent rise in youth alcohol offenses over four years.
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Los Angeles
Morris Chafetz
National Institute On Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse
Chafetz
Alcoholics Anonymous
Airecent Alcoholics Anonymous
Here
Aheath
Nafets
Ben
Raul Elias
Alcohol Planning Council
East Los Angeles
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OMO Press Telegram
Tong
Galt
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Egil Krogh
Pye
DALF
Myles J. Ambrose
Justice Department Today
Atty. Gen
Elliot L. Richardson
Combined News Services
Washington
Allende
Bulnes Plaza
Defense Ministry
Arthur M. Golden
Ricardo Corree
UPI Bureau
Carlos Prats
Santiago
Prats
Palacio de Moneda
Jose Toha
Salvador Allende
Roof
Atkins
Roos Atkins
Los Cemritos Center
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