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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2004
Volume 3, Issue 237
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
DAILY LOTTERY
Flushing out downtown’s toilet troubles
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BY JOHN F. MULLER
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DOWNTOWN — For city residents, tourists and transients alike, securing a clean restroom in the downtown area has long been one of the more agonizing of urban experiences. Although City Hall has continued to work on a group of complex downtown development plans — including a $73.9 million library renovation, a $250 million plan to replace parking structures and add nearly 2,000 downtown parking spaces, and a plan to renovate the Santa Monica Place Mall — the restroom struggle doesn’t appear to be getting any easier. In the past few years, a number of downtown retailers have increased limitations on bathroom usage. The ranks of aggravated shopkeepers include two major corporate chain branches that, contrary to their national policies, decided to shut down their restroom facilities to the public rather than cope with the constant abuse that amounted to both a health concern and a safety hazard.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPARD
■ A Police Officer's Dream Question: Vincent Morrissey's police brutality lawsuit went to trial in New Haven, Conn., in 1997, and the alleged perp, West Haven police officer Ralph Angelo, was on the witness stand, claiming that Morrissey himself had provoked the encounter by swinging at Angelo. Morrissey's attorney, openly skeptical of Angelo's version of the incident, asked Angelo to demonstrate to the jury just how hard Morrissey had swung at him. Before the lawyer could clarify what he meant by "demonstrate," Officer Angelo popped the lawyer on the chin, staggering him and forcing an immediate recess. ■ Obituaries from the Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph during the first week in August 1998: Aug. 2, Mr. Charles E. "Catfish" Loving, 69. Aug. 4, Mr. W.S. "Bull" Barber, 79. Aug. 6, Mrs. Ada L. "Turtle" Jowell, 83.
TODAY IN HISTORY FIFTY YEARS AGO, on Aug. 16, 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Incorporated. ■ In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington, Vt. ■ In 1829, the original “Siamese twins,” Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston to be exhibited to the Western world.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY “If a man wants his dreams to come true, he must wake up.”
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Delays continue in SM murder victim case BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer
It will be nearly two years since the murder of a Santa Monica woman that her accused killer will stand trial, prosecutors said. Victor Paleologus, who faces capital murder charges for allegedly killing 21-year-old Kristi Johnson in early 2003, was scheduled to be in court with his
defense attorney Office spokeslast Thursday for woman Jane a pre-trial conferRobison. ence. But Los Angeles Andrew Flier, Deputy District Paleologus’ priAttorney Eleanor vate attorney, Hunter filed a motion in July asked for a conJohnson and Paleologus tinuance. The asking the judge next court date is to allow to be used scheduled for Oct. 8, according to at trial Paleologus’ prior felony Los Angeles District Attorney’s convictions, as well as testimony
from women who were allegedly lured by Paleologus. “It tells a story about this guy,” Hunter said. “It goes for his intent and his (method of operation).” During Paleologus’ preliminary trial last June, prosecutors laid out evidence that they say links him to the events leading up to Johnson’s disappearance. The evidence also establishes a pattern of Paleologus See MURDER, page 5
INDEX
COMMUNITYPROFILES | COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA.
Horoscopes Make your heart sing, Gem
2
Getting older, getting better
Local On the campaign highway
3
Surf Report Water temperature: 71°
BY SHRADDHA R. JAISWAL
3
Special to the Daily Press
Opinion Informing the vote
6
National The wake of Charley
10
Comics Hardy har har
12
Classifieds Personal space
13-14
Legal Notices DBAs
15-19
Service Directory Fix it fast
Ebba Rosenblad
In a city of Botox needles and skin stretches, one woman has found a way to stay young gracefully and naturally. Even after 72 years, Ebba Rosenblad is still able to do things most 20-year-olds couldn’t fathom. Born in 1931 and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, Ebba has always rebelled against norms. Challenging her parents to become a dancer and then rekindling
her performing spirit after she had pushed it aside for a family life, Ebba remains her own woman. Her refusal to assume the life of a cookie-cutter girl — and later on, woman — gave her the opportunity to rub elbows with Hollywood’s elite and build a memory bank of priceless encounters and events. Although most people see growing older as the end of a cycle, Ebba’s dedication to her health, gymnastics and perSee PROFILES, page 8
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