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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1969
Page
7
A flood of letters from readers in Long Beach, Lynwood, Buena Park, and Seal Beach respond to a Vietnam infantryman’s complaint about a war game. They defend leaders, recount personal losses, and praise the training and sacrifice involved in combat.
The Mississippi River remained at crest along an 80 mile stretch from Sabula Iowa to Muscatine Iowa with Quad Cities area under high water. Army Corps of Engineers warned heavy rains and winds could undermine dikes but officials hoped a milder storm would spare the flood zone. Fort Riley troops aided ongoing dike patrols as upstream levels receded and downstream levels fell toward St. Louis.
A blizzard lashed southeastern Montana while tornadoes touched down in Missouri near Edgerton and Lee's Summit. Funnel clouds were sighted near Oklahoma City, with hail in Hollis and Blanchard. Winter storm warnings and tornado watches covered Western Texas, Western Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Montana as cold air swept south.
Javelinas are wild peccaries in the Southwest with short hunting seasons and non transmitters of trichinosis. The column also answers on entering window display work, advising trainees start in department stores, develop an artistic flair, and subscribe to Display World for techniques and job listings. It cites John Hersey and Fred Taylor as experts. notes a transfer permit from Long Beach City College before enrolling.
Editors of Sunset Magazine offer an 814 byll inch hardback with 280 California photographs including 32 color plates. Available for $8.95 in Torrance at Ryan's Book Villa or Buffums' Long Beach, and from Sunset Books in Menlo Park. Other titles include Los Angeles for $11.75 and California Missions for $13.75.
Marchie Harper writes the Ludington post office about a mailbox at Harrison and Stray Street that bites and snags her finger. She asks for its replacement or rabies shots, noting blood blisters and fear of sickness if ignored.
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