Art Fraud Victims Reluctant to Talk
Los Angeles officials pursue a probe into an art fraud ring tied to a Los Angeles art auction firm. Investigators report phony appraisals and misrepresented paintings valued at up to 81 million, with loans secured by fake works. Victims are reluctant to come forward, complicating the case across California and into Northern regions.
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Vics
Investifrand Ring
California
O'Brien
Bay Toll Increase Aids Bay Area Transit Plan
Sacramento proposes raising the Oakland Bay Bridge toll from 25 to 36 cents to help fund Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Senator J Eugene McAteer says bonds and truck tax revenue may cover $125 million in unexpected costs, aiming to complete the system as promised voters in 1962. Westin Paris report notes Paris police action over mini skirts amid Paris smuggling case involving Gerald Walter, a San Francisco man and former San Quentin guard.
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Bruce Bales
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Gerald Walter
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Froja
Greek King names Canellopoulos to form interim government
In Athens King Constantine seeks to ease a political crisis triggered by an alleged leftist plot to overthrow the monarchy. Panayiotis Canellopoulos, a centrist leader of the National Radical Union, is requested to form a caretaker government to govern until new elections. The crisis follows caretaker Premier Paraskevopoulos resignations amid party differences. history notes past coups and reshuffles dating back to 1963 and 1966.
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Panathiotis Canellopoulos
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Georges Papandreiu
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