BRIEFLY BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN AN ALLEY.A woman whose burned body was found Saturday in a South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. alley had been shot, authorities said. The body was found about 6:10 a.m. in an alley in the 9800 block of South Central Avenue, said 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. police spokeswoman Renee Montoya. ``The Fire Department received the (initial) call and they notified (police),'' said Montoya. ``She had been shot and set on fire,'' said Montoya. Investigators were not immediately able to identify the victim. - City News Service 2 Southlanders win lottery money TARZANA - A Tarzana administrative assistant won $55,000 in California Lottery's Big Spin broadcast Saturday. Theresa Pasqualino said she will use the money to go back to school and get a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. . Armando Chairez, a truck driver from Ontario, won $100,000 on the program and plans to use his winnings to help his family. - Daily News Man sentenced for anti-war act SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. - An anti-war protester who threw his own blood at the entrance sign at Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. was sentenced to two months in federal prison. Dennis Apel, 52, of Guadalupe was sentenced Friday in federal court. A probation report Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: California I was reading through my husbands probabtion report. had suggested a six-month jail term, saying his conduct ``is severely aggravated by current affairs current affairs npl → (noticias fpl de) actualidad f current affairs current npl → (questions fpl d')actualité f and cannot be tolerated by a civil society.'' He also was fined $50, which Apel said he would refuse to pay, though failure to do so could carry a one-year jail term. Apel was arrested March 14 after he threw four ounces of his blood across the metal sign in front of the base. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of vandalism and trespassing. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Father Dollar Bill to visit Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure The Catholic priest known as Father Dollar Bill plans to be at downtown's Skid Row for Easter this afternoon, passing out money to the down-and-out on the street. For some 20 years the Rev. Maurice Chase has distributed money - donated by a host of celebrities - to needy men, women and children in the Southland. The former assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University said he will hand out $15,000, beginning at 1 p.m., in front of the Fred Jordan Mission at Fifth and Towne streets. Chase said some people will get a single dollar, with mothers with children receiving larger amounts. The poorest and very neediest will receive $100. His Skid Row ministry is supported by Bob and Dolores Hope, Barbara Sinatra, Bob Newhart, Eli Broad, Gregory Peck, Georgia Frontiere and Vin Scully, among others. - Daily News $15,000 is won in jumping meet GLENDALE - A Glendale man won $15,000 and a new convertible Saturday, reaffirming his place among the world's horse-jumping elite, U.S. equestrian officials said. Richard Spooner, 32, who trains at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, has been in Las Vegas since Thursday competing for the Budweiser FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. World Cup Final of Show Jumping. Saturday, one of the World Cup's off days, Spooner won a separate Las Vegas show-jumping competition - the Grand Prix - and walked away with the cash and new Pontiac TransAm. Today, Spooner will compete for the $75,000 World Cup Championship, which is in its third and final day of competition. - Daily News |
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