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FEAtllUES INDEX WEATHER ,3 Considerable cioudlneis with light ihowers and gusty winds. High 62, Complete weather on Page A-2. 1 Jnts Marlwti C-7 Oasairied D-2 Radlo-TV C-i Comic CS Shipping C-5 0-1 Sport 01,4 Editorial B-2 Women B-3, 5 afwaci.j."iLias The Southland's JJ Finest Morning Ncivspancr if- 1 i A A 3 LONG BEACH 12, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1964 VOL 26 NO. 215 HOME EDITION lOe phono HE S-H4I CUwified No. HE 2-5959 36 PAGES Today on Prosecution Tells By BOB SCHMIDT Two Long Beach Police Department detectives committed "involuntary manslaughter-irrtherAprih23z: Creighton A.

Wiggins whose gun caused the death of William B. Hunter, Independent, Press-Telegram police reporter, called thel, city desk Mon-: day night and read the text of a letter to Police Chief -William J. Mooney. This is from the heart, Wiggins said. The letter follows: -i shooting death of Independent, Press-Telegram re- porter William B.

Hunter, a coroners jury decided Monday. .3 -v 3.j, Chief Deputy DisL Atty. Manley Bowler was -scheduled tomeet at 9 a. m. today with Lynn D.

Compton, deputy in charge of the Long Beach office, to de. termine if detectives Creighton A. Wiggins Jr. and Errol Greenleaf are to be. prosecuted.

Compton had conducted an investigation into the circumstances of Hunter's "'Th subsequent developments "Monday, Wiggins and Green William JMopney7Chief Long Beach Police 4Q0W7Broadway: Long Beac.H7CaTif6mi forOuster Dear It ijrwith deep regret and sorrow that I hereby leaf were fired from the force by. City Manager-JohaJL Mansell, and Wiggins wrote a letter of resignation and phoned Its contents to the Independent, Press -Telegram city desk. tender my resignation as of this date from the Long Beach Police Department, truly a jineorganization with the same caliber of men. It is a tragic thing that' this must come about in this manner, for I have lost wmnriwfiil friend in Rill Hunter and sn have all the police officers of'. the department because he was truly the policemens frieniL.3 tragic action to occur.

I know that as in the past all iny brother' officers must suffer for. the misfortunes of To me this seems unfair because in any other profession the. remaining members would hot suffer for the deeds of -another. IamsorrylihatJecause-pFme, you and other Creighton A. -Wiggins and Errol Greenleaf late Monday were fired from the Long Beach Police Department -The two former officers fprljiw Mnniayh wA neris inquest jury hold that involuntary, manslaughter" had-occurrod-when-Independ ent, Press-Telegram reporter William B.

Hunter was slain April 23 by a bullet fired from Wiggins' gun. WIGGINS'a Greenleaf had testified at the Inquest that theywere engaged in horseplay" when Wiggins gun discharged in the pressroom of the Public Safety Building. Assistant City Manager. Robert C. Creighton signed the name of City Manager John R.

Mansell to: the dis? missal after conferring at length with Mansell by tele- 35-yearrold award-winniAg newsman and father of three children7was In thechest; as Jheat his desk in the press room of the Public Safety Building. during his emotional testimony Monday, admitted Ifiringthefatal shot He said his gun discharged accidentally as ho and Greeh-. leaf were engaged in horseplay" near Hunter's desk. Both he -and Greenleaf testified they had engaged in similar "horseplay" on prior occasions. officers have been chastised by certain political powers and news media.

I know our local news media feel griefintheir loss but I feel the same grief as Mrs. Hunter must, Probably this kind of publicity should be expected but is really unjust 7 You are a fine chief and the department has progressed under your leadership. I hope by my mis fortune that all officers everywhere will realize, what could happen-to-them-and-form a tighter bond and" strive harder for their, goals. -v TESTIFYING MONDAY at coroner's inquest, DeL Errol F. Greenleaf said he lied in his first story on theshootingof reporterWilliam B.

Hunter in attempt to conceal gun carelessness. The letters of dismissal, delivered to the residences of THE TWO officers also admitted lying when they firstphone in Sacramento, reported thie shooting, Greenleaf because I didnt want to admit my carelessness with a gun" and Wiggins because I was fn fear of probably lidring my jpK.P the twp, detectives Monday DEJECTED. DETECTIVE Creighton A. Wiggins Jr. Again, I.

express my deep regret and sorrow- Sincerely, acts amounting to jnsub- 7 wigguis-di- flMth was invhinnranr. mangMiigntPr. 1 -v 1 i dirath' was lnvnlirnFairv. rrianslflueThfer. Wiggins broke down twice inquest He sat with hl eyes closed as Deputy Cotorier Cbaries Langhauser read.

the- Verdict and shook his hea(Lviolently from ride to ride when -Langhauser pro By jiM McCauley kt SACRAMENTO A Senate subcommittee, meet- nouncedtoephraseihvoli ing in secret session, decided Monday, to tack amend-mento'on JhrrLong JJeach tidelands compromise bill which city. spokesmen say are unacceptable. which city spokesmen say are unacceptable. tary The; inquest by, the five-man, two-womaa jury came after, five, tense hours 1 52- tense ho1UE4 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican. Republic Troops movcd wilh fixed bayonets into Santo Doming ps street! Monday, in an attempt to crush the mounting disorder threatening the countrys triumvirate re- l.V3:t.The move the possibility- that tfdelands-oill018 ltKin Wiltb.

toieJ the. i amendments: he guvemniefflgavr'Cr-: Tornadoes ders to a mixed force of 2,000 nayrlriropqt Strip the punw-Unyubf LANGHAUSER read the bill i-bf a proviriotr settling decision at 32 p.m; after, toe emu police troop, to'pfoceed with extreme -energy after fight- Wisconsin ity-state boundaiydispute which hai impounded oil ues. i- had erupted in the city. utes. The verdict, after citing Hunters.

namet.age,ari(L toei location of shooting, said THEJIIOTERS hurled rocks. forsnnual audits of tidelanda projects ji death was caused by two -fr: lr TM Amclttl fTM Tornadoes stnick-two rurri with police responding with barrages of tear gas shells. penditures. by the legislative Dockworker walked off toe communities in Wisconsin known parties playing with Mmc A guns. ibe jury also found, toat thereHvas "involuntary man- -riaughteron the part utbothr iuditor generaL toe office that sharply criticized toe city of Long BeachJn.1963 re port Monday night as turbulent weather plagued-; broad stretch -ofthe northern United .7.

States from thie Great Lakes -to Idaho. known parties." SACRAMENTO (UPI) The Senate Eladionjl Committed dealt a swift death blow Mon-. day to hopes of removing Sen. Clair Engle's name from the June 2 primary electionballot An administration backed bill to allow the ailing senator, now recovering Jrpmlhis second brain --opeiattoiriu Neither Wiggins nor Green- leaf was tjientidned by name. Compton told newsmen af-ter the inquest was adjourned; -I 3.

Take away from Long Beach primary control over land-rinkage. Under one section, it provides that a state executive officer shall be empowered to arbitrate any dis-putes between iLongBeach Lands CO and. the state job to join university students' fn support of a three-day strike bytaxi and bus driverif A polled' cordoh7wis put around the dock area and the government said sailors would be used if neejessary to keep the port functioning. The president -of the Dominican court of appeals, Jose Salvador an order to toe striking, transport workers. tfr return to their jobs within hours.

The, newspaper rensa Libre said it tamaed that if. the drivers toil to obey toe order, transit services will bb in Jackson ssidra-torniadb near the village of Melrose, destroying barns and injuring one farm All telei phone and dectrical service in' (6ohlinuI Page A-6. CoL. i) the- western Wisconsin sion. 4.

Eliminate Aiamltoa State Parka land from the offshore bU development plan for the East Wilmington field." 4Phe park tidelands would be put out to separate bid. 5. Reduce fpin 80 to 60 percent toe amount of produc 1- eight months, to stay off the ballot failed to gain i single vote Among the five commits fee members present ENGLE announced list through his California campaign chairman, Tom Carrell, D-San Fernandorthat he was withdrawing from his re-election campaign V-l hour later, Sen. Ed- AJ Col I) tnlhe of are some late laws about thatf snioggy car "you may be fuming around im Page B-l. was-knocked out.

i- Further south; near -the hamlet of Rising Sun, tornado' damaged Nor injuries were reported, Threejnche of fitsh snow fell in Butte, Mont, as like weather, continued across the state. Temperatures -were ip the 30 it Wtrtw to'SOS IHUMWAY revolver that Fears ih Santo Domingo increased that the nation faced a military dictatorship if orw der was At the same time, su; efirof exiled President Juan Bosch wprjud to achieve his sL 1 tion any person-or bidding grohp coiild control. 6, Provlde.tba't'oiLls est marketed- for 'the hin 'hdl SANDY Koufax proves' arm -is sound 'again, to lC-inn-" POLICE TECHNICIAN Ralph' Simonds shows coroners juiy a i fired wot which killed reporter William B- HunterT There are killed reporter William EUHuqtei3 There are two safetytie- 1 1 1-4 vices, he jaid, and it can be fired only by pulling the trigger. hig wift over Chicago. 2-1.

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