Two Liberals Defeated on Los Angeles School Board
In Los Angeles two City Board of Education incumbents lost their seats on Tuesday. A third member from a self-proclaimed Liberal slate won, while the remaining running mate on the slate was victorious. The outcome shifts the board toward a conservative majority.
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Los Angeles
City Board of Education
Conserv
Robert Doctor
San Fernando Valley State College
Laurel Martin
Doctor
Hugh ¢. Willett
Newman
Ferrara
Martin
Bradley and Yorty Clash in Los Angeles Mayoral Race
Los Angeles mayoral race results show Yorty edging Bradley as voters turnout surged above 80 percent. Yorty, in office since 1961, vows to make the city greater, while Bradley, a city councilman and former police officer, concedes and urges calm amid liberal backlash and high school notes.
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Yorty
Los Angeles
Weil
State Assembly
Congress
US. Senate
John F. Kennedy
Edmund G
Stevenson and Lorenzen win seats on Los Angeles City Council
In finales of unofficial returns Robert J. Stevenson 53, former Lamport aide, and mortician Don Lorenzen 49, won council seats. Stevenson led with 26,335 votes to Lamport 22,935. Lorenzen beat Howard W. Speer 32,387 to 23,888 in the 3rd district. City charter amendments favored include planning procedures, regional power programs, and property tax date change, while license tax and a fourth amendment were defeated.
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Los Angeles
Robert J. Stevenson
Don Lorenzen
Stevenson
Paul H. Latport
Hollywood
Lamport
James B. Potter
Lorenzen
Howard W. Speer
San Fernando Valley
Thomas Shepard
Speer
Water and Power Department
Don Muchmore Statement on LA mayoral poll dispute
Don Muchmore, publisher of a Los Angeles Times poll dated May 24 1969 and released May 26, contends the survey used standard methods and mirrored accuracy in prior elections but admits the sample may not have represented the population. He notes possible data processing errors and the challenge of surveying race issues, promising a full analysis.
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Dunn M. Muchmore
Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles Times
California
George Gallup
Secretary Cried for Noguchi Hearings Reveal Petitions
A witness testified that Dr. Noguchi’s former secretary Ethel Fields cried while drawing up a petition to keep him as coroner. The petition aimed to persuade the Board of Supervisors amid a three week Civil Service hearing in Los Angeles.
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Thomas T. Noguchi
Board of Supervisors
Richard H. Kottke
Ethel Fields
Dr. Noguchi
Norse to Seek 4,000 Prison Ship Bodies
The Norwegian government announced an June 2 start to recover bodies of more than 4,000 people who drowned when a Nazi prison ship was sunk by British bombers during World War I.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Reagan Budget Bill Stalls in California Assembly
SACRAMENTO UP I Assembly Republicans vowed to press again for Gov Ronald Reagan s $6 2 billion budget after a 37 to 5 stalled vote the Democrats clinging to their tax reform and education financing stance while Speaker Robert Monagan urged passage to clear the decks for other business Porter of Compton crossed party lines to join 36 Republicans in opposing the measure in a split assembly.
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Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
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Reagan
Senate
Carley V. Porter
Compton
Jess Unruh
GOP
Unruh
Monagan
William T. Bagley
Brown's Son Wins in His First Race for College Board
Edmund G. Brown Jr's son Jerry Brown won the plurality in a seven seat race for the new junior college governing board with 466 073 votes amid 14 candidates and 3503 uncounted. Other winners include Mike D. Antonovich Frederic A. Wyatt Robert C. Kline Kenneth S. Washington Joseph W. Orozco and Marian W. LaFollette as the state budget battle looms and political maneuvering continues.
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Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Junior College Governing Board of Trustees
Brown
Jer.ry
Pat
Mike D. Antonovich
Frederic A. Wyatt
Robert C. Kline
Kenneth S. Washington
State Colleges
Joseph W. Orozco
Marian W. LaFollette
Cranston Endorses Reelected Mayor Yorty for Los Angeles
Sen Alan Cranston of California offered support to Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty after his reelection. He stated he wishes Yorty well and pledges constructive cooperation to tackle the citys next four years and major problems facing Los Angeles.
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Washington
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
FBI arrests one of Ten Most Wanted in Ohio
George Edward Wells, 63, of Belmont County, a former Ten Most Wanted fugitive, was arrested by FBI agents in southern Ohio. He was arraigned after being held at a motel in South Point and jailed on a 10000 dollar bond. Wells is wanted for a coin-collector beating and a jewelry-store robbery in suburban Cleveland.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
UPI
George Edward Wells
Fbis
FBI
Wells
Belmont County
South Point
U.S
D. Edgar Hoover
Cleveland
Brazil Gunmen kill officer in Carandira attack
In Sao Paulo state two cars stopped before Carandira police station as six men opened fire with submachine guns. A policeman was killed and another officer wounded when a gunman seized a submachine gun.
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Paulo
Brazil
UPI
Carandira
Ford recalls 382000 cars over hood latch flaw
Ford Motor Co. recalls 382000 1969 model Fords and Mercury Cougars due to faulty latches causing hoods to pop open in motion. 346200 regular Fords and 5800 Mercury Cougars will be notified for inspection and possible latch replacement. no accidents reported.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
DA Sees Long Fight by Sirhan
Los Angeles District Attorney Evelle Younger said Sirhan B. Sirhan’s case will run through appeal courts for years and he questioned if Sirhan would ever be executed. A new-trial petition was planned as defense attorney Grant Cooper sought relief. Younger noted California’s death-penalty delays.
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UPI
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Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Younger
Hat
San Quentin
California
Anc
Grant Cooper
California Court of Appeals
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