Pasadena Q and A on Park Land and Traffic Signals
A letter asks about a triangular lot once intended as a city park near Altadena Drive and Eaton Canyon Nature Center. The owner still holds the land, with talks of selling. park use would require permission from the elderly owner. Also notes Alhambra’s new traffic signals at Atlantic Boulevard and Garfield Avenue aim to ease congestion with a long overhead bar and adjusted timing. Birds’ chirping is tied to territory and nesting, not happiness, experts say.
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Coyotes Charm Pasadena Residents Amid Feeding Bond
A Pasadena letter recalls years of adopting a coyote family in the Foothill area. The author describes morning visits, wall jumps, and interactions with pets, praising the creatures and opposing trapping while noting coyotes’ fear of power. Conclusion: responsable, ongoing co existence with wildlife brings daily delight.
How to Use Action Line for Help and Contact
Instructions advise readers to provide name, address, and phone number for Action Line help while excluding photos and items for return. It notes mail volume prevents acknowledgment of every query and requests no stamps or self addressed envelopes as responses are issued in this column.
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Inside Today Scientists Find Smoking Affects Body Differently
A reader friendly note reports that researchers see smoking harming the body but suggesting certain individuals may experience reduced danger. The brief snippets reference sections like Financial, Classifieds, Horoscope, Comics, Society, and TV listings, with contact numbers for Pasadena and Los Angeles offices.
Hue Attack Seen Before Khe Sanh
In Saigon Vice President Ky and a senior U.S. officer forecast the next Communist strike will target Hue rather than the Khe Sanh fortress. They warn Hanoi aims to harass cities to regain rural control, concentrating attacks on Hue and Saigon with pressure on Khe Sanh and the DMZ.
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Johnson Urges Business View of Riot Study Findings
President Johnson urged American bankers to study the White House riots commission report and consider its recommendations to rebuild inner cities. He stressed action over full adoption, emphasized open housing in civil rights debates, and criticized segregation barriers facing returning servicemen as unjust.
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Johnson Won’t Enter Primaries in Fifteen States
President Johnson has decided not to enter any of the 15 presidential primaries except in Wisconsin Nebraska and Oregon where state law would make his candidacy automatic. His advisers cite aloofness from primaries as the main reason for not allowing his name or a stand-in in the Massachusetts primary.
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High Soviet Bloc General Flees to U S
Maj. Gen. Jan Sejna of Czechoslovakia defects to the United States with his son and the son's fiancee. Sejna, 40, is treated as the bloc’s highest ranking officer to defect. He fled Prague last week amid a purge by the new Czech Communist leadership, after holding posts on the General Staff, National Assembly Presidium, and as chief of the Party Central Committee in defense.
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Classified Ad Promises Fast Carpet Sale Results
An advertising blurb boasts quick results selling 90 yards of wall-to-wall carpeting to First Callers. Richard Alvarey reports satisfaction at 424 Cabrilla Tenad Arcadia. Readers are urged to place a classified ad by phone with Monrovia Fl Monte Covina exchanges.
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Reds Pay Gory Toll In Infiltration Battles
U S Marines and Army units in South Vietnam report heavy fighting along borders. 132 Communist troops killed in major infiltration clashes near DMZ and near Con Thien. U S forces suffer 7 killed and 35 wounded. 41 Viet Cong killed near Cambodian border. A U S Air Force crew plane shot down with 49 aboard. Bombing runs target Phuc Yen area and Hanoi docks, with B52s hitting near Khe Sanh and Saigon area rocket positions. Quan Long a Vietnamese government force victory site amid ongoing mortar attacks. Additional clashes near Saigon leave 3 American dead and 15 wounded, plus losses from another unit.
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Eight Die In Houston Rooming House Fire
Flames swept a rundown rooming house in Houston killing eight persons in what authorities call the worst blaze there in 25 years. A separate fire at a nearby hangout killed another transient. Investigators suspect arson in the second blaze while the rooming house fire is blamed on the landlord smoking in bed. One resident, known as Ag Dave, attempted to douse the flames with a kitchen faucet before awakening others. The dead include Mary Fern Hill, 46, found in a bathtub.
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Rescuers optimistic as mine fire traps 21
A large salt mine near Belle Isle is on fire trapping 21 miners at the 4,192 foot level. Rescuers dropped lines into the shaft and prepared an emergency elevator as thick smoke filled the entrance. Air supplies and breathing devices were rushed to the scene amid hope all trapped are alive.
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Former House Speaker Martin Dies on Vacation
Former House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts, the last Republican to hold the post, died Wednesday while vacationing in Florida. He served 42 years in Congress and was Speaker from 1947 to 1949 and 1952 to 1954. He died on arrival at Memorial Hospital in Fort Lauderdale after arriving by ambulance around 6:50 p.m. EST. Cause of death not immediately known.
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Reagan Admits Being Overly Optimistic on Tax Reform
SAN FRANCISCO AP Gov Reagan conceded for the first time that they may have been overly optimistic about major reform of California tax structure. He reiterated opposition to withholding state personal income taxes, saying it would be a disservice to taxpayers. He spoke prepared remarks to the California Taxpayers Association and warned against new administration reform plans.
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