It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. is named an assistant district attorney for Los Angeles. The Criminal Courts Bar Assn. had named Cochran Criminal Trial Lawyer of the Year the previous February.
* Men’s shrink-to-fit Levi’s 501s sell at Wild West Stores for $9.99.
* Quote of the day: “I bring no glad tidings to the citizens who live here day by day.”--Baxter Rice, director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control board, on the prospects of cleaning up Hollywood.
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