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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1974
Page
1
GEORGE MALLIN 64, hired Feb 1 1971 at 27500 a year, quits citing insufficient work to justify salary. He led Bettur Government Association for 12 years, a watchdog group fighting corruption on multiple government levels.
Southern California's large building sector faces disruption as 7,000 bricklayers and helpers stay off the job in a three day old dispute over wages and fringe benefits. Although a tentative contract offered 12 percent raises was rejected by a two to one vote, activity across the region has slowed with multiple sites halted including a condominium project on Ocean Boulevard and 18th Place.
A masked grand jury session at the Hall of Justice heard testimony against three men charged with murder in the Zebra street killings. Four white and one other witness testified in a three hour hearing amid tight security and a gag order. The case involves an informer linked to a top police official meeting Mayor Allote, triggering arrests.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports SLA tied to a Berkeley kidnapping and bank robbery claim involving heiress Patria Hearst. Agent Bates says apartment not a bomb factory while threats remain unclear. Steven Weed sought a handgun permit and a passport. magazine notes police denied permits amid city gun ban. A separate Icelandic charter plane crash near Germany killed three Norwegian pilots with ten tons of flowers aboard.
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