ACTION LINE answers reader questions on gifts and history
Action Line helps readers with problems and curiosities. It identifies Bolivar as Liberator of several nations, notes his 1834 death, and describes early Central American independence. It details recovering a lost gold bracelet via a lodge and comments on converting a battery charger to an arc welder.
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A. Simon Bolivar
Tent Tien Coe “Santa Grainracas
Ana
Madrid
Spain
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Col Contemporary
Yepeya
Arhe
Aristo
Central
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Q. I
Snow Valley
Action Line
C.H
Long Beach
Hawthorne
Welfare takeover urged by California Democrats
Two Democratic leaders proposed that the federal government finance all welfare costs nationwide and provide a state tax break. Assemblyman Burton and Assemblyman Unruh argued full federal funding would cut property taxes for schools and stabilize population, with Unruh noting potential migration effects and gridlock over residency rules.
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Sacramento
UPS
Democratic Assembly
Unruh
Burton
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
California
Abernathy Arrested With Hospital Workers in Charleston Picket
Rev Ralph Abernathy and 49 hospital workers were charged with violating a court injunction restricting gatherings on a Charleston picket line demanding hospital unionization. Earlier in the day, Abernathy led about 2 500 demonstrators to the State Medical College Hospital without incident. National Guardsmen stood by as the march passed the hospital.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
Ralph Abernathy
State Medical College Hospital
Charleston County
William F. Kelly
Abernathy
State Medical
Tal
Regulations on VA grave markers for spouses
A reader from Long Beach asks if a veteran spouse can obtain a Veterans Administration grave marker similar to one for a veteran brother. The inquiry seeks rules governing eligibility and process for placing a marker on a spouse grave.
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Veterans Administration
L.M.T
Long Beach
State Water Job Bids Are Called
Sacramento UPI reports the State Water Project calls for bids on a 1.7 million dollar contract to finish the Oso pumping plant. Bids will be opened on a specified date by state officials and construction firms may submit proposals.
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Sacramento
Oso
Columbus Proves Gains From Three Galleons
Old Chris sails mileage masterfully showing how three galleons collectively stretch voyage distance and load with maximal output across multiple legs. The note highlights endurance, resource use, and navigational efficiency attributed to Columbus era shipping.
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Christopher Columbus
Police clashed with bands of youths under Chicago viaduct
In Chicago bands of Negro students and police traded missiles under a railroad viaduct separating black and white neighborhoods. A 16 year old youth was shot in the back and was in serious condition at Cook County Hospital awaiting surgery. An off duty officer fired shots into the air claiming defense of his home after rocks were thrown at his windows and his daughter was struck.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County Hospital
Campus unrest widens across several universities
Dr James Perkins of Cornell demands guns be removed from Ithaca campus as activists seize buildings at Colgate to press for a black cultural center. NYU Bronx sees firebombs in the engineering library while students occupy spaces at Hamp ton Institute and City College of New York. Security fears rise as protests escalate at Princeton Harvard and Vermont ROTC events.
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Cornell University
Colgate University
New York University
Cornell
City College of New York
Hampton Institute
Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Vermont
Princeton University
Harvard University
University of
James Perkins
Ithaca, N.Y
Colgate
Merrill House
Hamilton
N.Y
SDS
Engineering
NYU
Bronx
AF Craft on Mission to Vietnam
A U S Air Force reconnaissance plane identical to a Navy type crashed on takeoff from Korat Air Base killing all 18 crew. The embassy described the mission as routine tactical reconnaissance tied to the Vietnam war. cause awaiting investigation.
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Bangkok
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Korea
Korat Air Base
U.S
Air
Korat
Vietnam
Air Force
Sea of Japan
U S Warplanes Hit N Viet Gun Positions in Cambodia
American warplanes and artillery attacked gun positions in Cambodia as ground forces of about 400 launched a follow up assault. South Vietnamese headquarters reported an offensive operation dating back more than a year, with militia forces appearing ambushed as they moved.
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U.S
Cambodia
Saigon
Police arrest Hawthorne bar murder suspect
A 22 year old machinist was arrested by Hawthorne police after the shooting death of 37 year old Herbert M. Greminger outside a bar on Imperial Highway. Witnesses said the men argued about a half hour before the midnight shooting. Robert Heath of Inglewood was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Hawthorne
Herbert M. Greminger
San Carlos Ave
Imperial Highway
Robert Heath
Burin Ave
Inglewood
Greminger
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Calif
Publishers’ Central Bureau
New York
C.G
Los Angeles
Lakewood
Bolivar
San Martin
del Valle
L.B
Edward Secord
Leary
Supreme Court
Jerry Mitchell
Bacote
Tilden High School
United Press International
Hawthorne Bar
Sirhan
Rafferty
Sen
McCarthy
Democratic Party
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