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Independent from Long Beach, California • 18

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Independenti
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Long Beach, California
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18
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"1 A. v- -K a 'i'y vV-'-: v-v -v yv v- 1 "'T-' vv ENDENT. WKMElEGtAM 1 1 i 7 o' B-6 INDEPENDENT, f. 'Vd--! s' "ie cases As part of the Tidmore as his assailant. Tidmore, who is black, 5 i HM oh.

the morning of. Sept. 17, had been beaten and by-spmeone who hid the Irody oh-an island in the duck pond part of the parkrHer emgty purse and part of her Witnew Service. A $1,000 reward to "a Witness pounds, is believed to' be still in the Long Beach-Comptonarea. Rewards totaling sweeping machine, which was standing at the corner with the motor still running.

Rewards totaling $3,000, including $2,000 guaranteed by Secret Witness and $1,000 posted by families of -the victim, will be paid for information leading to the arrest ecret clothing were found near g4000 will be paid for a picnic table in the park information leading to the be paid for -information leading to the arrests and convictions rof the members of a Long Beach area auto theft gang who steal cars from throughout the Southland and then, at one of a number of auto repair shops, strip; them for parts. ecret Witness sleeks information from the public-leading to the capture -of fugitives and the arrest and conviction of other and conviction of the kill: Dorothy l. er of Mrs. arrest and conviction of the killer of Velma Harris, -44. shot to death In her Long beach home on Aug.

17, 1971. Her body was discovered by her husband, Ralph K. Harris, 47, when he eame home from work at 11 a.m- Mr. has posted a $2,000 reward in the case, and this amount la being matched by the Secret A $500 reward will be paid for information lead- ing to the arrest and con-. viction of Freddie Tid-more, alias Fred Douglas Mabson, 20, sought in connection with the holdup shooting of John Bell, year-old clerk at the Wooden Shoe Liquor store, 2053 Orange last Dec.

20. Bell, critical-Jv wounded, identified ent, Press-Telegrams Se-. cret. Witness program, summaries of cases in which rewards of sped- tied, amounts offered are printed in- thtf Independent and Press-Telegram each Thursday and Sunday. Rewards paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of in any other criminal cases, not cover-fed in these summaries, will vary in.

amount depending on the serious-' ness of the offense, summaries follow: A $2,000 reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murder-' er of 11-year-old Linda 0-Kfefe, kidnaped and strangled in Newport Beach last July 6. Linda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard OKeefe, left summer school sessions at Lincoln Intermediate School in the Corona del This ia how (ho lart mo rv 1 WMmd letter look alter foi A $2,000 reward is in force fop information leading to the arrest and. conviction of the killer of Mrs.

Marguerite June IbIotmHoo ohoiit a DO ROT SK TO0I (Continued next page) Truxa, 68, and Mrs, Margaret B. Miller, 57, on Aug. 14, 1971. Mrs Truxa. -of Downey; and her widowed sister-in-law, Mrs.

Miller, of Paramount, had driven to a shopping cen- ter at Firestone and Lake-wood Boulevards in Downey, and failed to return home. Thier bodies were. found in Mrs. Millers car near the shopping center on the following day. Both women had been shot to death and their purses had -been rifled.

A $2,000 reward will Press-Telegram 'and the Santa Monica Evening Outlook will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Kathleen Ann La Chance, aspiring Long Beacb-24-y ear-old actress. Miss La Chance Was last stfen alive at 5 p.m. on Nov. 15, 1972, when she left an actors play rehearsal at the apartment of a friend in Los Angeles. Her nude body, arms bound by leather straps, and mouth stuffed with sand, was found late that night near the pier the Santa Monica beachfront.

She had been raped- and stabbed rdbeaterilv. A $2,025 reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers oi pharmacist Patrick Hor gan, 59, at the Morgan Pharmacy, 1403 Cherry on March 9. Horgac was shot in the back as he waited on three men whe fled without taking any money after the shot was fired. The killers, black men in their early or middle 30s, drove away in a 1963 or 1964 maroon Chevrolet convertible. A 000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murder-1 er of Victor Joseph Zal- For this purpose, a guaranteed fund of $100,000 has been established by the Independent, Press-Telegram to be used for rewards of vary-ing 'amounts.

Identities of informants will be kept secret You -will be paid a re-' ward if the information you give Secret Witness results in the arrest and conviction of a criminal, or the capture of a fugitive in cases publicized tn this column. Rewards also will be paid for information resulting in arrests, and convictions in cases not published by Secret Secret Wit- ness, telephone -436-2526 from. 8 a.m.-.to midnight weekdays, of from 3 p.m. to ll p.m. Saturdays, and Sundays.

Po NOT. give us your name. Or to Secret Witness at the fol- lowing address: Seeret Witness, P.O. Box 67, Long Beach, Calif. 90801.

Mar area, of Newport for information Beach at noon to walk to leading to the arrest and P'S conviction of the murderer of Michael Vander -Schaaf, 28, who was shot to death during a holdup of Vander Schaaf Liquor Store, 486 W. Wardlow Road; Long iBeaith, last June 10. One jgunman shot Vander Schaaf three times without provocation conviction of the murder- of Deborah Ann Baker, At our prices it's almost cheaper than staying home. Go any Saturday. -after the victim had turned ov over money from the 18, whose strangled body, neraitis, of Long Beach, was found 91 i March 21 in a whose body was i in the oil fields puthwest of Cherry Ayfr near Beach Boulevard Go Thursday and Save 9.00.

(Starting September 13th) her home about a mile away. Witnesses told investigators a girl an-. awering her description picked up by a male Caucasian 24-30 years old, with' brown; curly hair, small and droopy His vehicle was described as a turquoise colored 1969 or later model van, no Windows on the left, side, and double doors with windows in the rear. The license plate was mounted on the left rear door. Lindas fully clothed body was found the following day in the Back Bay.

area of Newport Beach. A $2,000 reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Robert, and Florence who were shot to death by an intruder who entered their Long Beach at 1602 Burnett on the niight of last July 10; Mr. and Mrs. Buckley, both 68 and both Witness program and $500 posted ly the Culinary Alliance infor-. l-DAY ONE-ISLAND HOLIDAY FEATURING EXCITING WAIKIKI Floral lei greeting Seven (lights at the air-conditioned Holiday Isle Hotel in the heart of Waikiki Ample leisure to explore Waikiki and Honolulu, or to register as ordered.

The team, only as four young black of two men who entered -the store and two getaway drivers waiting in separate cars outside. A $1,000 reward is offered, for information, leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who robbed an East Long 'Beach branch of the Bank of America on last June. 4. dragged her- to. a nearby The man who fled the vacant house where she bank at 6437 E.

Spring SL was raped by hqr abduc-' with $709 matches the de- tor and another man, then scription of a bandit who stabbed in the chest and committed four bank rob- seriously wounded' -beries within 90 minutes and Hotel-Motel Workers Union of Long Beach and Orange County will be paid for matron to the ar- rest and conviction of. the man or men who raped and stabbed a North Long Beach woman on the night of last June 14. The woman was starting her house after returning from work when a man grabbed her, threw a sheet over her head and and Rosecrans Avenue in Fullerton. Fullerton police theorize the young womans body was dumped in the field after she was killed in the early morning hours on that date in another location. Miss Baker was last seen alive by a girlfriend with whom she was temporary ly sharing an apartment at 1313 Wilshire Ave.

Fullerton, at 1 p.m. on the previous At that time, she left the apart-, ment and told her a job. nue and Bifrnett Street Jn. Signal Hill laist March 30. Zalneraitis had been slaiq by multiple stab wounds in the chest and back, apparently inflicted with a pocket knife.

The 6-foot, 180-pound victim was last seen alive in a pool par-low at 2499 E. Pacific Coast Highway in Signal Hill late on the night fore the body was discovered by an industria worker. A $2,000 is offered for information leading; to the arrest; and I I enjoy the beach, the sun and all the fun of Hawaii U-drive car for 24 hours (mileage additional) Admission to the Polynesian Cultural Center Admission to the "Hawaii Experience.1' IT-OIH-471 S-DAY TWO-ISLAND HOLIDAY FEATURING OAHU AND CHOICE OF TAUAITMAUr OR HAWAII- Inter-island flights Floral lei greeting face down and each days and is a sus- ing to the arrest and con-, interview. er 0j Mrs.Helga Dorothea pect in two earlier South- viction of the. driver re-1 Rewards totaling Brown, 64,086 nude land bank holdups.

The sponsible for the hit-run $4,000 -including foudtoSchereT- death eachTrom the Secret Wit- Part last SepL. 23. Mrs. was shot through the head someone 1 who later ransacked the house, suspect is described-iHT minTlihteF" having blondish hair, conviction-of-the-murdeiy LL by Rewards totaling Marcjj 23 of Four nights in jIVaikiki at thp Holiday Isle Hotel City knd Mt Tantalus drive is )--' I on Oahu Three nights at yogr choice of: Poipu Beach Hotel on Kauaj with ness programs of the Long Beach about 5 feet 10 inches in Brown, last seen alive by. her 'husband! and friends; $4,000 including $2,000 guaranteed byi the Inde- and weighing Waimea Canyon tour; or Kaanapali Beach Hotel on Maui with Kula-lao-La- haina tour; or King Kamehameha Hotel pn Hawaii with Hilo-volcano-Kona tour I Beach bag for ladies; valet for men.

L. rr-GIH472 'v 6-year-old Gary Perkins, of 625 Magnolia Ave. Gary, son of Eugene and Barbara Perkins; was walking with two adult friends of his Barents to a nearby de-icatessen and had stepped out in front of them to cross the street at Seventh Street and Magnolia Avenue when a car speet- pendent, Press' Tele grams f- Secret Witness program and $2,000 offered by the Compton City Council, will be paid for information leading to the, arrest and conviction of the murderer of 55-year-old Compton city em- aboutl60. '-r- A $2,000 reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Julia Holan, 88, who died. April.

14 of injuries received when she was knocked down by a purse thief on Eighth Street uu 8-DAY THREE-ISLAND HOLIDAY FEATURING WAIKIKI PLUS THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS Inter-island flights Floral lei greeting Three nights in Waikiki at the Holi-. day Islt Hotel City and Mt. Tantalus I drive Two nights each. at two of the ploye Raymond Adams. ing south on Magnolia mn I Adams was shot to death -near -Pacific-Avenue -onv the red lieht anTSk1 by an unknown gunman the previous day.

The kill--gj and keDt WM Peratinf iLKC8 PoliSoud 55! street sweeper- at .4:45 about 18 years rpj uIlct9n0 a.m. Sunday at the north- about 5 feet 8 inches tail, Si Queen wst of Cmon mehum bmlj and MaryQ thJnext day. ThS i and. Long Boule- neatly trimmed brown Gwnei; sa had? been following: Poipu Beach Hotel on Kauai with-Waimea Canyon tour; Kaanapali I Beach Hotel on Maui with Kula-lao-La- haina tour; Hotel King Kamehameha on Hawaii with Hilo-volcano-Kona tour I Beach bag for ladies; valet for men. "IT-IH-47S 3 yards.

Officers answering a call of shots fiicdufthe central Compton area found Adams slumped over the wheel of his Rewards "4 totaling $1,000 $500 guaranteed by the Independent, Press-Telegram Secret A $2,000. reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and. 8-DAY U-DRIVE MAGIC WEEK I Floral lei greeting Compact U-drive car to explore atyour pace, set your own scheddles (mileage additional) Your choice of any one or combination of islands with choice of: The Holiday Isle or Waikiki Beachcomber on Oahu; the King Kamehameha or Keauhou Resort on Hawaii; the Poipu Beach, Kauai Beach boy, Hanalei Plantation or I Coco Palms Resort on Kauai; the Kaana-I pali Beach or Royal -Lahaina on Maui 1 Beach bag for ladies; valet for men. JT.OIW7 l-DAY ROYAL LAHAINA jOUSEPARTY. I Four nights at thalRoyal Lahaina Re-I sort on Maui with swimming, tennis and golf available One dinner in the Alii 1 Room 'Three additional nights at choice 1 -vof: Royal Lahaina with Lahaina Village -sightseeing: Coco Palms on Kauai with I Waimea Canyon tour, Wailua River I cruise; Waikiki Beachcomber on -J With dinner and.show at Don the Beach- -1" I Keauhou Beach Resort on Hawaii with Captain Cook iraiMir-t w.

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