Questions and answers from the Action Line column
The Independent Star-News Action Line responds to reader queries on symbols origins political figures pensions marriage law and collectible pottery. Topics include peace signs and the nuclear disarmament emblem origins Nixon education law pension eligibility remarriage legality and vintage Citrus pattern dishes from Winfield and Gabriel Pottery.
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Pasadena
Calif
Winfield Pottery
Union Avenue
Gabriel Pottery
Santa Monica
New Oiey
H.S
Reaction to delayed delivery and pest odds
The editor laments repeated delivery failures of pea cock watt plagues, noting four months of wait and two additional four week delays. The writer boasts control over mice men and birds and criticizes the recipient for not returning a duplicate package as directed.
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Altadena
Plane hijacker from Key West linked to Tate VP family
William Barkley Truitt, grandson of Aiben Barkley the Tate Vice President, hijacked a small plane bound for Cuba and abandoned his wife and three children in a Key West trailer park. The item appears among inside today features and notices in the paper.
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William Barkley Truitt
Tate
Aiben Barkley
Cuba
Key West
Fla
Pasadena sheds light on city light bulb venture
City officials debate whether Pasadena should sell light bulbs and fluorescent lamps at cost to residents. Director Robert W. Oliver questions why the city should buy and discount electrical goods for the public while competing with private vendors. Supporters defend the service as traditional and potentially profitable, noting the city sells power at a loss if necessary. If money is made, Oliver jokes about shifting to a laundry business.
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Pasadena
Ciy
Water and Power Department
Pasadeighth
Robert W. Oliver
Hecht
Oliver
Joseph D. Messler
Walter L. Benedict
Edison Co
Dr. Messler
Astronauts Return to Hero's Welcome at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 7 crew Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham received a hero's welcome at Cape Kennedy after 163 earth orbits. President Johnson promoted Eisele to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force as part of a spaceflight reward policy. The team underwent medical and technical debriefings before flying to Houston for a family reunion.
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UPI
Apollo
Cape
Donn Eisele
Walter Schirra
Walt Cunningham
Schirra
Wisele
Johnson
Air Force
Cape Kernedy
Earth
Houston
First Stage Smog Alert Foreseen In Valley Today
Smog is expected to reach first stage alert levels in the valley today as readings in the San Gabriel Valley reached .45 parts per million ozone and downtown Los Angeles hit 30. A fogged Los Angeles International Airport halted operations for nine hours and coast harbor shipping paused after the mist reduced visibility to 200 feet. Pasadena posted a high of 97 degrees on Wednesday.
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San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Ontario International Airport
Pasadena
Pep Squad Reinstated At Marshall
The Marshall Pep Squad is back with full cheerleader status after 10 members were suspended. A letter from Principal Dr. Gene Six says the incident over a fist raise at the FTA football circus is closed, with new rules to be adopted within a week by the student council to govern conduct, academics, and citizenship.
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Marshall
Gene Six
Marshall Junior High
FTA
Dent
Arab Israeli Jets Clash First Time Since 1967
In a brief clash above the Suez Canal Israeli and Egyptian jets fought. Egyptian spokesmen said four Israeli planes violated air space over Ismailia. two were shot down and a third was damaged before retreating to base. President Johnson proclaimed November 11 Veterans Day.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Ismailia
Paris peace talks stall as envoys clash over South Vietnam representation
In Paris, U.S. Ambassador Harriman and North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy clashed over who may speak for South Vietnam at the talks. Both urged deadlock breaking moves while reports linked a bombing halt to representation. Washington pressed Hanoi for a reply to the halt proposal.
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Clashiea Wadenesday
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Libera
Harriman
Thuy
U.S
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Washington
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
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George Christian
Vietnam
Humphrey unveils 27 million job training plan in California
Vice President Hubert Humphrey announced a 27 million job training program aimed at Mexican American voters during a Monterey Park speech. About 1,748 East Los Angeles residents would be trained in plastics electronics and other industries in El Monte and Lincoln Heights. The federal government would invest over 3 million under the Manpower Opportunity Act with four private firms contributing the rest. Humphrey did not name the firms.
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Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Monterey Park
Los Angeles
el Monte
Lincoln Heights
Humphrey
Earler
California
Hanoi Silent on Assurances of Good Faith in Bombing Halt
UPI reports prospects for an early bombing pause in Vietnam appear dim as Hanoi refuses Johnson’s demand for assurances it will not exploit a suspension. Officials say North Vietnam may be regrouping amid talks, while Le Duc Tho’s Moscow and Peking consultations loom over any possible breakthrough. The State Department dismisses a London dispatch linking Russia to pressuring Hanoi.
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Hanoi
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Soviet Union
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Hanois
Welara
le Duc Tho
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Peking
State Department
London
United States
Russia
Robert 3. McCloskey
Barricades Erected at Entrance Berkeley Campus Hall
Demonstrators seized a UC Berkeley building to demand academic credit for lectures by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver. About 75 to 200 protesters, including nonstudents, barricaded Moses Hall with furniture and bricks as campus police warned arrests were imminent.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPD
University of California
Black Panthers
Peter Camejo
Young Sovislist Alliance
Anotier Building
Roger Heyns
Highard
Moses
Eldridge Cleaver
Mustang Ad Promises Quick Sale via ISN Classifieds
An ISN classified ad claims a 1965 Mustang sold rapidly, attributed to reader W. B. Osborne of 459 N. Los Robles Ave Pasadena. The notice urges placing ads by calling 796-031 or 681-4871, toll free 443-2424, from Monrovia El Monte and Covina exchanges.
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W. B. Osborne
Los Robles Ave
Fasadena
Monrovia
el Monte
Covina
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