It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Police reveal that an as-yet-uncaptured killer dubbed “the Hillside Strangler” is responsible for at least 10 of the 13 recent strangulation-murders of young women and girls in and around L.A.
* James Canterbury pays a $51 filing fee to petition the Los Angeles Superior Court to appoint a guardian for Mayor Bradley on the grounds of incompetence. Bradley declines to respond.
* Quote of the day: “I think . . . our efforts at [controlling] drug abuse have really been a failure.”--Mario Obledo, state health, education and welfare secretary.
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