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Independent from Long Beach, California • 2

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k2 INDEPENDENT, PRESS-TELEGRAM iia, at. cm. od.wTiwi SPORTING GOODS People in the News sdn faces sex OPEN TODAY SATURDAY 9 to 9 OPEN. -SUNDAY, 10 to Also named were Gregorio Orozco 26, of Hollywood; James Brasldms, of Riverside; John F. Rafferty, 58, of North Hollywood; Daniel Marvin Yert, 29, of Hollywood; Frank Hershey, 66, of Manhattan Beach; and George Easter, 30, of Playa del Rey.

Investigators said the Case came to light after an informant turned over a pornographic "chicken" film Combined News Services Fourteen men have been charged with sex offenses in connection with allegedly pornographic films involving young authorities said Friday. Among the 14, they said, were Christopher Paul fewis, 29, a Beverly Hills film producer and the son of Actress Loretta Young; and William Byars, 37, of Hollywood, identified by authorities as an heir to the Humble Ofl Co. fortune. Authorities said the defendants were named in nine i a plastic ski boot that js custom Contour Foam1 Injected 1 to fit your foot motion pictures involving young boys last Aug. 3.

The youths were shown performing homosexual acts. Seized in the course of the three-month investiga tion were numerous sex magazines, as well as 2,000 8-mm. films replete with scenes of masturbation, oral sex and sodomy. separate secret indictments handed down Thursday but held for release until Friday. This whole thing involves the procurement of young boys for the making of pornographic movies and still photographs, said Deputy Dist Atty.

James Gredin, who presented the case to the grand jury. He 4 fc s- Gradin said the films sold for $50 each and the magazines for $5 and $10. Many of the alleged hardcore films were produced by Lyric Film Productions, reportedly owned by Byars. A Houston, photographer, William Johnson worked for Byan and also was named in the indictment. Grodin was quick to say.

there has been no link discovered between the. alleged Los Angeles crimes and the mass homosexual murders in Houston, uncovered 8. He Mid Johnson and Byars may have transported some of their "actors from the Houston area to California for the films. One movie clip allegedly showed nude children frolicking on a beach believed to be in Corpus Chris ti, Tex. Arrested and charged with similar offenses on Said the children in the films ranged in age from 6 to 17.

Lewis is charged with six counts of sex perversion and Byars with four. Lewis was arraigned Friday before Superior Court Judge James' G. Kelts. Byars is believed to be in Europe, making a film. Also named in the indictment were Walter Gene Morton, 28, of 10901 Blix St, North Hollywood.

Morton is a former YMCA counselor currently involved with youth programs in the South Bay area. A fourth defendant, Richard George, 36, of 2315 Gates Redondo Beach, also is charged with multiple sex perversion acts. George is a Boy Scout leader who works as a systems analyst at Warner Brothers Studio. The indictment additionally listed Francisco Jose de Soto, 43, a recently-resigned teacher at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks. a' 4 'i I 4 Sept.

1 stemming from those films were Guy Straight, Is, 38, of 53, of Studio City, and Melvin C. Reynolds, Cudahy. Both were named in the indictments. Honored tlie I XyTTBlRJMATIOlSrAXj I Former Rep. Emanuel Celler, who served as a Democrat from Brooklyn for 50.

years, was honored by his borough Friday in ceremonies officially renaming the federal building there for him. Celler, 85, defeated by Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman in a primary election last year, said he hoped statutes would preserve the law and knowledge that no man, no man is above it 56 oil price biEe i Ooom pah pah Laura Carr smiles happily from the bell of the worlds largest (6 feet) tuba, which is being held by Sam Shaw, left, and Tom Everett, all of the class of 77 at Harvard University. The tuba was featured at the Harvard bands annual Dartmouth Concert Friday night Eve- Combined News Services CARACAS Venezuela Friday hiked its oil prices 56 per cent, raising 1hehverag'pricTtf ror" in four years of sectarian violence. The army said more than 100 vehicles were hijacked overnight by terrorists who often booby trap the vehicles with casualties were reportedJbuL the bombings, hijackings and blockades disrupted nearly every main highway rett is a conductor with the hand that owns the giant instrument.

Osmonds Princess Sextuplets regular 60.00 toUoJOfllffe FOAM INJECTED PLASTIC SKI BOOTS of Nov. 1. The increase is expected to hit file U.S. the hardest, the leading buyer of Venezuelan crude. The hike, the tenth announced this year, by the South American oil giant, came 10 days after Persian Gulf producers announced a 70 per cent increase in their prices pnd was about 35.

cents more than the full states $2 increase! Mines Minister'1 BUENOS AIRES A cloak of secre-Huga Perez La Salvia said that with the cy was thrown around the kidnaping of increase, Venezuelan state oil, -revenue an American business executive Friday, is barrel, a 150 percent- Neither police not the Amoco Oil hike of the level Jan. 1. -v Companys Argentine Subsidiary, which 'T the kidnaped executive headed, would comment on ransom David MaakfMUMu tanriteNn Hwbmiifaw Qt. bad. fn pi Wp eathr iMc mMfn, Ant pfe i.

d'lft VltlllklAIrl I Two of the Osmond Brothers pop group, who were mobbed by fans at London Airport a few. days ago, unnoticed through the gates of Buckingham Palace Jay and Alan Osmond, wearing. T-shirts, blue jeans 1 and leather jackets, waited unnoticed in a line of tourists who 3SQM1 ma i.kuui il Uf I trie BOnS: IAJLT UTTIBIT SI SDWSAT Hi Princess Anne Ind her fiance, Capt Mark Phil-ks lips, walked in the crisp autumn air of Boeklo, in the. picturesque Dutch farmland area the cross-country course they will ride in their: last public appearance abroad before their They spent two-: hours pacing jumps for the international military equestrian competition. Two of the Denver Stanek sextuplets will home today six wee after birth and doctors said Friday only one of the babies still show signs of a lung disease that kill-ed their sister.

As things stand how, John and Steven will be said Dr. James Strain. Three remaining children Jeffrey, Nathan and Catherine will join their brothers at home after thty gain' a little more weight, said Strain. go Oil sharing plan LONG BEACH 50 10NG BEACH BtVD. 1ATNNTH SI.) LAKEWOOD 5249 IAOWOOO UVD.

(AT CANDIEW000 ST.) DOWXEY 9100 E. FKSI0NE' (ACROSS FROM ST0NEW000 CENTER) TV, president of the Amoco subsidiary, was kidnaped Tuesday en route to. work. Police sources said a $1 million ransom demand was received. Wilkie -was the ninth foreign businessman kid- the group fromSalt Lake naped this year.

are allowed to go through the main gates two at a time and sign a. visitors book. Donny, the star of City, was not there. PARIS Representatives of leading 1 non-Communist oil-consuming nations agreed Friday to accelerate work on Digs it Joann Chapman says she Rice road9 battle plan for mutual sharing of oil supplies, but said' there was no need for such sharing now, despite the Middle East crisis. The decision came after a twoday meeting of the6iI committee of the 24- -I i a- operating-tj ac k-hammer for the Michis igan Super glide nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Highway chaos SAIGON Communist troops, -apparentiy-attemptingtOTeut-thfr--rice road from the Mekong Delta to the South Vietnamese capital during harvest time.iought a bloody.pitched battle with, government soldiers, the Saigon com- mand reported Friday, v.

Lt Cd. Le Trims Hien, the Saigon spokesman, listed 40 Communists and 32 soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division killed in the battle. Another 43 soldiers were wounded and five were missing from the battalion-size government unit Consolidated Gas Co. was a little hard at first, Mrs. Chapman said, but its beginning to come to me.

She was hired three weeks ago and spent a week with other learning about, the jackhammer, other tools, fire fighting and job safety. Shes better than some of the guys weve got, said supervisor Pat Kennedy. BELFAST least 17 bombs7 ex-ploded and more than 50 bomb scares reported along Ulster roads Friday, the provinces highway system into chaos in what an army-spokesman said was most widespread wave of ter- A 30-year-old electrical engineer from Plymouth, astonished resi-r dents Friday by making gliding descent from ihe summit of Mont Blanc. Rudy Kishaxy jumped off the top of Eu- ropes highest peak holding on to a metal-tubed kite structure. Thirty minutes and.

15 miles plater, Kishazy landed near the village of Servoz. local news agency termed- the Hungarian-born Americans feat a world record that can in never be beaten, even NATIONAL Skylab Sset ztq go Chess win I be carried by a potential hijacker. But Nader said the machines are less effective in detecting weapons than physical searches." Bent Larsen of Denmark defeated national master Renato Naranja of the Philippines Friday the Himalayas night to take the tempo- -rary lead in the eighth round of the $10,000 First DuWieQ Philippine International Tlie East German in-Chess Tournament. The terior ministry has baiK-rand-v-nedJ ulius Cardinal Danish grand-v-ne CAPE CANAVERAL The space agency Friday confirmed Nov. 10 as the launch date for Skylab 3 and said the "missions three astronauts might stay in orbit a record 85 days.

The announce-. -ment -came after experts determined. there was no structural damage to two first-stage fuel tanks which had budded Prime rate cut NEW YORK handful of large slightly in a fueling mishapyThey were commercial banks ut the interest rat-year-old popped back into place by gas pressure for prune business loanstdjarge firms master tookthelead posi- Doepfner, Roman a th en Thursday, That avoided a two-to-four-week: launch delay which-would have been required if the tanks or the from 9 to 9ft per cent Friday. The as Lubomir Kavalek olic archbishop of decreases are effective Monday for the "of the U.Sr with whom Jrom attending the- 200th mosfpart. FUut National City Bank of -Larsen-had shared-top anniversary on Nov.

1 of ath-T New Yorkrone of thecountrys largest. place-after-theseventh-jEast Berlins SL Hedwigs: first stage of the Saturn lB rockethad had to be replaced. kicked off cut. It was the adjourned his a West Berlin auarter ooint slash the rate for Citibank- match with international church snokesman an-- 1 A Strike, averted point slash the rate for Citibank: successive weeks. Banks following Citibanks lead included Manufacturers match with international master! Eugene Torre of the Philippines.

ir Larsen, church spokesman announced iFriday.The spokesman said the V- the. top favorite among 16 entries in the three-week tournament, beat Naranjai in the 18th ministry barred the archbishop on the grounds he Jiad an aggressive attitude" toward East Angeles, Commerce Bank and First National Bank 1 Lp.i s'. -DETROIT The Ford Motor Co. Friday agreed to a new coptract the United Auto Workers that averted a second industry-crippling strike and -1-'1 mant 'i'1' Ki A Ilia Bank of Los of Kansas City foundry, workers full retirement Big J. 'T, mrT 4 V1 1 4 5' trade surplus And wtiat could be a better way than ona of these beautiful curio cabinets; each an outstanding example of.

fine cabinetry and craftsmanahip? gave after 24 yean on the job. Despite the agreement, aboqt 7,700 workers walked off the job at seven Ford plants when i the strike deadline was reached Ford said it hoped the later shifts would report. UAW President Leonard ARAB TERRORIST VICTIM BURIED you cm proudly display your most precious coflections, memorabilia pr art obtocta with- style and grace, end enjoy the beauty of a fine piece of furniture well. Each WASHINGTON -The U.S. recorded biggest monthly, trade surplus ip more than eight years in September in what was a.

major payoff from the two devaluations of. the dollar, the Commerce DepqtfQippt reported -Trade officials admitted surprise at the size of the September surplus $873 million, and especially a decline in imports emerged from a 21-hoir bargain- A' mg session to announce the settlement a Pi to an exquisite patina. The first cabinet, sixty-three inches tad, features a unique pedestal base an unuaual octangular shape tor viewing in the "round. Also featuring a storage cab-' inet, this lovely cabinet Is finished in walnut and aim burl veneers. Second, a classically simple cabinet done In warm walnut and elm burl veneers with three adjustable shelves, a storage, drawer below end a mirror back for depth end a unique visual effecL Sixty-four inches tali and very slender, this fine display piece Is plate glass shelves, interior lighting and fine, warm wood fin- John Cl Maxwell was buried one week after, he was killed by burst of gunfire during a five-man commando raid on a Bank of America branch in X-rays held threat 7 jO.V.; JyV.S extremely versatile end can turn a narrow empty spot" into a bright focal point during the month of 7.4 cent.

Ex-; Beirut. Maxwell, 52, was one of more than three dozen hostages held by terrorists for 25 hours in the bank building. He was killed moments before Leba-nese soldiers And police stormed the building in hail of gunfire. irs One policemen was killed and six others funded in the Five bank employes and five passers-by also were wounded in the rescue which was punctual- i WASHINGTON. Consumer advo-; ports were up by 7.4 per cent, totaling cate Ralph Nader asked a federal court $6.4 billion during, the Imports Friday to bar airport X-ray machines totaled $5.5 billion.1 used to search passenger carryon lug gage.

He claimed the devicespose I radiation threat to millions of travelers.UI In a suit filed against Federal AViation LOUISVILLE The pqr Democratic Z-. Finally and slegantly, a sixty-three inch tall cabinet with hand bent curved glass; door. Three adjustable glass eheivea provide display space and. the fine glow of i tmpresRtai piece of oir yourself today. They're a trematiijow buy and a See these beautiful cabinets for great way to show off too both your favorite possessions and your ability to pie-' cover a greet value I.

Available in our Decorator Galleries. I 1 V- 1 i J-. r. Administrator Alexander National', Committee Friday endorsed, ed by machine gun and hand grenade blasts. Thirty- nine hostages were rescued.

Two of Maxwells Arab critically Nader and the Aviation Consumers, Ad- 5 the current-pre-impeachment investigation Project told the U.S. District Courts tion of President Nixon and said captors were killed and two others were lyT SINCE 1924 1 Jftl Wetan.uos Horn rutxiw-W IS AVBUGB Con-the FA A has only voluntary guidelines grew should go forward toward remov-for the X-ray machines. fog him from office if the evidence The airlines have installed about 175 warrants it. After two days of seeking X-ray machines at! major airports as language acceptable to factions that on part of the ahtihijacking Mcurity.pro-,: 7 Hand opposed any condemnation of gram: The X-ray machines are used to the President and on the other. fayored spot weapons or explosiyes which may a flat call for impeachment.

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Author; ities said all were members of the Marxist Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement -xt-S. Maxwell was the senior sales representative. in the-: Middle East for Douglas Aircraft Corp. He had worked at the finps Long Beach office before leaving for Beirut a month mv miwhw jl, HOME FASHION SQUAXB VveHUM.iHOOH-mt m. im 4321 AdsmjcJU Long Beach 013) 427-5431.

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