Action Line Answers Your Questions From Long Beach Readers
Readers send inquiries on peace symbols and archery clubs in the region. The panel confirms olive branch symbolism in ancient myth and reports two local archery clubs with dues and locations. It also clarifies left turn signals at a Long Beach intersection and explains a five month overdue Social Security check traced to Treasury with forged endorsement and replacement steps.
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Long Beach
Calif
L.B. Long
Greece
Athena
Athens
San Pedro
Los Angeles
M.B
Bay Cities
Entradero Park
Towers St. Torrance
South Bay
Rolling Hills
Long Beach Boulevard
Carson Steet
Terry Searles
Carson Street
San Antonio Drive
Searles
Social Security Office
A.B. Long Beach
New York
B. J. McCarthy
Treasury Department
Spikes on Freeway Off-Ramps Questioned
A.M. of Long Beach asks why the Division of Highways cannot install tire puncturing spikes on off-ramps to deter wrong-way drivers and prevent fatalities. The reader cites Disneyland parking lot spikes as a model.
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Division of Highways
Disneyland
Long Beach
Skipper Reassigned At Atlantic Fleet Duty
Capt. J. Edward Snyder, skipper of the New Jersey, has been ordered to become chief of Destroyer Force of the Atlantic Fleet effective August 27. On that date Capt. Robert C. Peniston, formerly with the Bureau of Personnel in Washington, D.C., will assume command of the Big J. The battlewagon is now
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J. Edward Snyder
New Jersey
Stroyer
Atlantic
Robert C. Peniston
Navy
Bureau of Personnel
Washington, D.C
Crash Kills Companion in PM Air Force Set
A PM Air Force transport from Long Beach crashes killing companion Sgt. John William Calhoon 21 of 2006 W Canton St and an unidentified person. The incident details remain unclear as investigators probe the scene.
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Pm Air Force
Long Beach
John William Calhoon
W. Canton St
Gunman Shoots and Kills La Mirada Liquor Store Owner
A 63 year old liquor store owner, Robert Neilsen, died after a holdup attempt at a La Mirada store. Deputies said he succumbed around 6 p.m. at La Mirada Community Hospital despite two surgeries and transfusions.
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la Mirada
Robert Neilsen
la Mirada Community Hospital
Neilsen
Cardinal Liquors
la Mirada Blvd
Norwalk
Sheriff's Deputies
Noguchi Named Acting Coroner After Firing
Dr. Noguchi wins appointment as acting coroner and vows to work with County Chief Administrative Officer Lindon Hollinger. He plans a conference to review events since his removal as a major step amid ongoing testimony and staff reactions at the Los Angeles County hearing.
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Lindon Hollinger
Hollinger
Herbert McRoy
Noguchi
Portland
Robert F. Kennedy
Commission
O. Richard Cepen
Los Angeles
Gist
Hisako
Coroner’s Office
Coroner's Department
Thelma Mahoney
Wrong-Way Crash Kills Torrance Woman on Sepulveda Blvd
Torrance resident Jolanda Marshh, 52, died after a head on collision as a wrong way driver crossed into her lane on Sepulveda Boulevard near Hickory Avenue. The other driver, Justin Bennett, 66, of Palos Verdes Estates, was booked on suspicion of felony manslaughter.
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Torrance
Sepulveda Blvd
Jolanda Marshh
Robert Rd
Tor- France
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Sepulveda Boulevard
Hickory Avenue
Justin Bennett
Anita, Palos Verdes Estates
Father Donates Kidney to Phoenix Boy in Transplant
Surgeons at Children’s Hospital removed a kidney from Marshall Ryan, 41, in Phoenix and implanted it into his 12-year-old son Terry Ryan. The boy and father were stable, with Terry in intensive care as doctors reported the transplant functioning well after months of prior evaluation and hospitalization.
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Children’s Hospital
Phoenix
Ariz
Terry Ryan
Marshall Ryan
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