BRIEFLY : PLEA OF NOT GUILTY ENTERED IN SLAYINGS.A parolee accused of the 1988 strangulation strangulation /stran·gu·la·tion/ (strang?gu-la´shun) 1. choke (2). 2. arrest of circulation in a part due to compression. See hemostasis (2). stran·gu·la·tion n. death of Janet Leigh's body double in ``Psycho'' and the March slaying of another elderly woman pleaded not guilty to murder Monday. Kenneth Dean Hunt remained jailed without bail after entering his pleas at West Los Angeles
DNA evidence linked Hunt to both slayings, prosecutors said. - Associated Press Charitable-gift rate constant, data say The proportion of Los Angeles County residents who made charitable donations in the past 12 months was 73 percent, virtually unchanged from a survey conducted for the California Community Foundation The California Community Foundation, located in Los Angeles, California serves all of Los Angeles County and is the United States' second-oldest community foundation. It has assets of over $1 billion and makes grants for several different charitable purposes. a year ago, the foundation reported Monday. - Daily News Youth center will host holiday gala PANORAMA CITY - The Hank Lacayo Hermandad Youth Center will host its third annual Christmas Posada with a night of authentic Mexican food, music, entertainment and a Christmas toy giveaway for children today starting at 6 p.m. The posada, which is free to the public, will be held at the center, located at 7915 Van Nuys Blvd. in Panorama City. - Daily News County gets break in computer charge Unisys Corp. agreed Monday to shave $5 million off a proposed $52.8 million contract increase for a computer system to run Los Angeles County's welfare program. - Daily News Olympic designer tapped by church The designer of the Olympic Gateway for the 1984 games in Los Angeles was chosen to create bronze doors for the archdiocese's new cathedral, Cardinal Roger Mahony announced Monday. Robert Graham, who is working on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table). in Washington, D.C., was commissioned to design three sets of doors for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a cathedral church of the United States in the City of Los Angeles in California. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles[1] and seat of its archbishop, Roger Cardinal Mahony. . - City News Service Researcher charts prostate mutation A medical researcher at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX said on Monday he has identified a gene mutation that affects growth of prostate cancer cells, a discovery that could help in the development of a drug to combat the disease. A gene that controls growth-regulating signals can mutate, causing too many growth signals to drive prostate cells to divide out of control, which can lead to cancer, Dr. Charles Sawyers said. - City News Service Wilson honors 33 with Medal of Valor For other medals of the same name, see . The Medal of Valor (O't Ha'gvora, Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה) is the highest Israeli Military decoration. Gov. Pete Wilson has bestowed the state Medal of Valor on 33 Californians. It is the highest honor the state confers on its public servants. One of the medals was awarded in the name of California Highway Patrol Officer Bruce Hinman, who died after an extraordinary act of heroism on Sept. 26, 1995, when he tried to protect the occupants of a disabled vehicle on a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. freeway. Another Medal of Valor was awarded to CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Doug Reynolds, who risked his life to help three teen-agers in a burning Ford Bronco on the Liberty Canyon off-ramp of the 101 freeway in the Agoura area. - Daily News |
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