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Pilot in Stolen Plane Terrorizes California Coast
A 20 year old student pilot Allen Labelle stole a twin engine aircraft from Long Beach airport and terrorized a southern California coast region from Huntington Beach to Catalina Island. He buzzed a neighborhood at tree top level forced evacuations, fired at pursuing police and rammed a helicopter before landing at a Navy base and surrendering. He vowed death by own action over religious disputes with his girlfriend Marjorie Sterling.
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Seal Beach
Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
Allen Labelle
Labelle
Huntington Beach
Catalina Island
Long Beach
William Peters
Sterling
Catalina
U.S
U.S. Naval Weapons Station