BRIEFLY : ATF SEIZES SILENCERS AT VAN NUYS HOME.VAN NUYS - Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
Special Agent John Torres, assistant in charge of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. field division, said undercover agents bought five silencers for $325 from Anthony Berry Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British politician, Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. He was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing. , 52, in the past two months. When they learned Berry was in jail on unrelated traffic citations, they got a warrant to search his house at 14710 Blythe St., Torres said. ``They were of good quality,'' Torres said. Berry is expected to be in federal court today to be arraigned on 24 counts of violating the National Firearms Act The National Firearms Act (NFA), cited as the Act of June 26, 1934, Ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, as amended, currently codified as Chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code, through , is a United States federal law passed in 1934 that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on , which was enacted at a time when Al Capone and other gangsters used silencers to carry out crimes. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines, he said. Agents also found several firearms, a lathe lathe (lāth), machine tool for holding and turning metal, wood, plastic, or other material against a cutting tool to form a cylindrical product or part. It also drills, bores, polishes, grinds, makes threads, and performs other operations. used to make the devices and a threading machine used to fit the silencers to the weapons, Torres said. - Daily News Police seek youth in shooting of boy VAN NUYS - Police continued to search Monday for a 16-year-old boy who accidentally shot a 12-year-old friend in the right shoulder while playing with a gun at the younger boy's home, officials said. The 16-year-old, who was not identified because of his age, is being sought for questioning and may be armed with the .38-caliber revolver he found in his friend's home, said Detective Craig Rhudy of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Division. The shooting occurred at 3:30 a.m. Sunday in an apartment in the 7000 block of North Woodley Avenue, he said. The victim, who was not identified, was treated at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and has been released, he said. - Daily News Ex-museum director pushes arts for kids The former head of the Getty Museum on Monday called for a rigorous arts education program to be implemented in Los Angeles schools The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. . Harold Williams
Dr. Harold Williams, M.Sc, Ph.D, FRSC (born March 14, 1934) is one of the premier field geologists in the history of geology and the foremost expert on the , president emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. , urged the Los Angeles Board of Education to adopt standards that would restore arts as a ``basic curriculum for all students'' as well as increase the budget to provide increased training and materials. Included in the standards would be a fine arts graduation requirement and increased teacher training. The standards were drawn up by the Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Arts Committee, which was chaired by Williams and included representatives from from several Los Angeles major arts institutions. Superintendent Ruben Zacarias said that ``in order for our students to benefit from involvement in the arts, it is incumbent upon us to see that every child will receive a well-rounded education that includes a comprehensive, sequential, high-quality arts education program taught by qualified teachers.'' On March 23, the board will vote to direct the superintendent to prepare an arts education action plan and budget. - Daily News U.S. backs merger of utility companies The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday signed off on a merger between the parent companies of the Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Co. and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Gas & Electric. The announcement marks the end of the government's review of the proposed merger of Los Angeles-based Pacific Enterprises and San Diego's Enova Corp., said Enova spokesman Doug Kline. Under the Department of Justice agreement, Enova will auction off two SDG&E fossil-fuel power plants by the end of the year. ``Under California's electric industry restructuring, SDG&E and the state's other electric utilities have been encouraged by regulators to exit the generation business,'' said Enova Chairman Stephen L. Baum. ``As a result, we announced in November 1997 our plans to divest ourselves of SDG&E's generating assets.'' - City News Service |
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