SAN PEDRO : Longshoremen Set Rally Honoring Slain Students
Los Angeles longshoremen will hold a rally at a San Pedro Ralphs supermarket at noon Friday in memory of the two Japanese students who died after being shot in the store’s parking lot last week.
The rally at Western Avenue and Park Western Drive will be open to the public. The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union plans to lay a wreath in the students’ honor and to announce a program aimed at stemming violent crime.
“We have to tell others that we will not put up with this, and that we will do what we can to stop this violence,” said Norman Tuck, secretary/treasurer of ILWU Local 13, which he said has 2,700 area members, including many living in San Pedro.
Tuck said that he is contacting major shipping firms to ask their backing in anti-violence efforts. Those might include promoting jobs for disadvantaged youths and educating students from foreign countries about safety in Los Angeles, he said.
The two 19-year-old students, Takuma Ito and Go Matsuura, attended Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes.
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