03 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1972
Page
1
Louisiana Supreme Court refused to order release for Billy Wayne Sinclair at Angola, ruling lack of rehabilitation via absence of sexual activity does not justify freeing him. The decision upholds the writ denial pending further action.
Donald W. Thorpe files an $800,000 alienation of affection lawsuit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against former Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller. Thorpe alleges Feller won his wife Anne’s love through baseball fame and frequent visits since 1989, seeking $300,000 punitive and $100,000 compensatory damages as Mrs Thorpe seeks divorce.
Judge Jack Etheridge released Anthony a 28 year old fugitive who fled a prison camp in 1963 after a six year run and living as James Burnett. He had been arrested last summer after an informant linked him to a Atlanta produce business with a wife and four children. Anthony said he pled guilty under frightful circumstances to a robbery when a gunman and accomplice took 341.50 from a store. He claimed an uncle pressured the plea with promises of money and a car, while the judge noted lack of effective counsel. Etheridge voided the sentence and granted freedom. Also in Miami, Police Chief Bernard Garmire fired officer Donny Zell for insubordinate conduct over grooming rules. Zell plans to seek new work as Paul Pollack appeals a Civil Service case.
More than 500 American Indians occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington as part of the Trail of Broken Treaties. They renamed the building The Native American Embassy and demanded abolition of Indian Affairs. Nightlong negotiations allowed overnight use of the bureau auditorium while housing arrangements were debated. an attorney for the group prepared to challenge an Army order barring religious services at gravesites.
A gunman and an accomplice hijacked a northbound truck carrying 416 cases of scotch and bourbon in the Cerritos Norwalk area. They unloaded the liquor at a Brea location before abandoning the driver and recovering the Simon Levi Co. truck valued about $20,000. The driver was ordered to follow a circuitous route and then hidden in the back of the cab.
The bodies of David Keltt Hahn and Raymond Charles Kauth Jr were recovered about two miles east of Isthmus Cove nine thirty a.m. after a search for two divers missing since Wednesday. Officials noted an improperly mounted air regulator and possible joint use of an air tank. Lifeguards, sheriff divers, and mainland units aided the recovery near a rock quarry.
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