Action Line answers readers on local traffic and labels
Readers ask about changing a street signal at Fair Oaks and California and a pedestrian safety fight plan. The column notes a 1967 city approval, with plans drawn and funding for signal improvements and a mastarm pedestrian signal. It also explains Olympia beer label codes, Cal Vet loan eligibility, a poem from Splendor in the Grass, and flood control work on Project 1223 in Altadena with road department limits.
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King of Comics Icon Lahr Dies at 72 in New York
The 72 year old actor and king of comics died Monday in New York after a brief illness that interrupted filming of his 21st movie. His career spanned nearly six decades in theater and film across state and screen.
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Survey Reveals Orbit Salaries in Los Angeles County
The Barry survey of county executive salaries became public, detailing potential raises for officials including CAO L. Hollinger, County Counsel John Maharg, District Attorney Evelle Younger, Sheriff Peter Pitchess, and Assessor Philip Watson. Dr. Gerald Heidbreder could have gained the largest boost, up to 13 083 a year, with Barry's maximum. The Board of Supervisors discussed the proposals, but no increases were approved this fiscal year amid secrecy and debate.
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Johnson laughs off rumor of more Cabinet resignations
Washington reports President Johnson denied on Monday that any other Cabinet members planned to quit after Defense Secretary McNamara announced his retirement to head the World Bank. He dismissed rumors as gossip from unreliable sources and said he has no information that any Cabinet officer intends to resign, though he could imagine possible departures under certain circumstances.
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Chapman Chosen as New Marine Commandant
President Johnson announced Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Chapman as the new Marine Commandant. The 54 year old deputy commandant was selected over Lt. Gen. Lewis W. Wall and Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak after months of internal corps politics.
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Supreme Court to Hear Racial Housing Issue
The Supreme Court will review whether suburban housing developments must be opened to Negroes on an equal basis with whites. The Joneses of St. Louis allege they were denied a home due to race and seek a court order compelling sales under existing statutes and constitutional provisions. In 1965 they were rebuffed in buying a house in Paddock Woods subdivision.
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Columnist Analyzes De Gaulle Gatt Withdrawal Joke
Russell Baker reviews President De Gaulle's move to withdraw from NATO and ponders the global reaction in a pointed column. The piece appears on page 11, offering sharp commentary from a leading Independent columnist on a major geopolitical shift.
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Big Mekong Delta Battle Claims 235 Viet Cong
In a day long clash 235 Viet Cong fighters were reported killed as U S and Vietnamese troops fought guerrillas along the Cuu Long River and Ruong Canal in the Mekong Delta. Eight Americans died and 128 wounded as Navy monitors and air power supported the sweep from Saigon.
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New Heart Takes Hold In Patient
CAPE TOWN UPI Doctors said Louis Washkansky made major progress after the historic Sunday operation that replaced his heart with a young woman's heart. Within 24 hours he spoke with doctors and began sipping water as he recovered, while receiving steroids and anticoagulants to prevent rejection and clotting.
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Stop the Draft Week: Protests Break Out Across Cities
Demonstrators with Women Strike for Peace, Students for a Democratic Society, and The Resistance clash with police in Manchester while protests spread to Cincinnati and Madison as hundreds rally outside induction centers and selective service offices. In Manchester 22 of 200 pickets were arrested after a fist fight, and in Cincinnati nine men surrendered draft cards claiming they were dipped in blood.
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Heart Stops Half Hour Man Restored to Life
Jones a 64 year old assistant pharmacist at Sierra Madre Community Hospital collapsed in the hospital pharmacy last Friday. Two physicians immediately treated him with external heart massage artificial respiration adrenalin and defibrillator shocks after 30 minutes without a heartbeat. Doctors credited hospital equipment and skilled care for his recovery noting he was unconscious two hours and then able to talk.
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Nikita Khrushchev Death Rumors Denied
A Moscow source close to Nikita Khrushchey’s family denied reports of his death. The source said Khrushchev was alive that afternoon and had no reason to believe anything had happened. Unconfirmed rumors from Paris and elsewhere suggested he had died or been fired, but no confirmation came from Soviet authorities.
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