Action Line solves reader queries on visas and notices
Independent Star-News readers seek guidance on changing a tourist visa to permanent residence, locating the correct offices, and filling forms. The column also answers questions about Mrs. America contest info, rental market shifts near freeway construction, a billing dispute over a costume, and a request for a coat of arms maker.
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Inside Today Bridge and Society Pages Feature Digest
Local newspaper notices list sections including Bridge C and Horoscope Comics All Society Crossword Sports and Deaths. Circulation and desk phone numbers for Pasadena East Valley and Los Angeles are provided with after hours contacts for sports.
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Talks Extend as Soviet Czechoslovak Meeting Continues
Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia extend talks into a fourth day over liberalization reforms. CTK reports meeting in Cierna near the frontier to decide on press freedom, reforms, and a possible grace period while Brezhnev's stance remains unclear.
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Cottage Rented Fast by ISN Act
Daniel Cooper reports a seven bedroom cottage in Pasadena rented quickly after an Independent Star-News classified ad. He recalls about 50 inquiries and urges others to place ads. phone numbers from Monrovia El Monte and Covina provided for placing ads.
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More Steel Firms May Up Prices
Pittsburgh AP report says the nation’s two largest steel producers announced price increases on Wednesday marking one of the first across the board hikes since the Kennedy era. Other firms signaled readiness to follow to cover a new billion dollar contract, with Inland Steel noting its 1962 stance against price rises. The industry has since rolled back and raised prices in stages to avoid federal confrontation.
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Johnson Seeks Firm Price Line In Steel
President Johnson urged the steel industry to hold the price line and roll back Bethlehem Steel's 5 percent across the board increase announced earlier in the day. He contrasted this with a selective rise by U S Steel and noted Bethlehem’s profit jump to 93.4 million in the first half of 1968, a 40 percent rise from the prior year.
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Reagan Nixon Call Crusade on Crime In Platform Talks
Nixon and Governor Reagan pressed a militant anti crime agenda before the Republican Platform Committee in Miami Beach joined by Mayor Lindsay. The pair sought to shift party support toward law and order while aiming to reduce Wallace influence and attract conservative delegates ahead of the national campaign.
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County Officials Laud Wallace Nixon and Humphrey Speech
county officials at the 33rd annual National Association of Counties conference in Washington applauded speakers George Wallace Richard M Nixon and Vice President Humphrey Their remarks focused on law and order civil justice and bringing power closer to local governments Nixon favored tax sharing and a reassessment of government roles while Humphrey urged stopping urban rioting and enforcing order McCarthy opposed tax sharing and Rockefeller proposed new cities outside metro cores
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June Price Leap Hits Consumer
Washington AP reports a broad rise in living costs in June with the consumer price index up 0.5 percent from May, led by apparel gasoline and cigarettes. Mortgage interest rose about 4 percent for new home buyers while home taxes and insurance added to costs for homeowners. Food at home showed a bright spot with some price declines in retail and wholesale meats and produce, but clothing rose further led by women’s wear.
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Reagan Delegates Threaten to Bolt at Convention
California delegates pledged to Ronald Reagan threaten to bolt the Republican national convention. Vera Glaser, in her Independent column, explains the dissension and outlines a possible loophole in the delegate binding law in today’s editorial on page 11.
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Calvert Retires After Pioneering Pasadena Radio Service
Herschel B. Calvert, Pasadena’s radio communications supervisor, retires after 37 years shaping California’s first police radio network. He helped install early wireless gear in patrol cars, expanded service beyond police to city functions, and foresees future image and data transmission between units.
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