Action Line offers home help and answers for readers
This service explains how to contact ACTION LINE for assistance. It invites readers to write Box 230 in Long Beach California or call 432 3451 during specified hours Monday through Friday.
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Long Beach
Calif
J.F
Black Perspective
Newark
N.J
Bob Farrell
Los Angeles
Billy G. Mills
Farrell
Action Line
ABC
CBS
Elmer Lower
ABC News
W. 66Th St
New York
N.Y
KNX Radio
George Mair
Sunset Blvd
Right Track and Mine Detector Queries From Action Line
Action Line answers questions on four vs eight track car stereos noting eight tracks store more music with equal fidelity today. It investigates a claim about a mine detector order from Treasure Probe and advises providing a canceled check copy to receive refund. It explains why Cape Hatteras Seashore sections appear in a different color on maps and notes the area’s Park System status and historic wrecks.
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Action Line
E.W
Lakewood
A. Doyle Cargill
Scott Radio Supply
Cargill
Jerry Jennings
Popular Science Magazine
Cape Hatteras Seashore
North Carolina
J.E
Westminster
A. Ernest Jorgensen
H. M. Gousha Co
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Pamlico Sound
Atlantic
Cape
Blackbeard
Ocracoke Island
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras Seashore Links to Flight and Shipwrecks
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore links maritime loss and aviation history with wrecks buried in sand and the Wright brothers first powered flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Readers are urged to contact the National Park Service for more details and to explore postwar media diversity efforts in Long Beach.
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Cape
Merrimac
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
National Seashore
National Park Service
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
P.O
Manteo
N.C
Readers urge centers to hire youth for summer cleanup
A Lakewood reader argues that shopping centers should hire young people for summer cleanup in front of stores. They complain of years of gum and dirt in front of several centers and note people avoid looking down while walking.
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M. R
Lakewood
Rockefeller Leads Houyh Humphrey McCarthy Rivalry Debate
Gallup and Harris issued a joint assessment showing Rockefeller with an open lead over Humphrey and McCarthy, while Nixon would struggle against Humphrey in a race held that day. The two pollsters also noted Nixon as strongest among Republicans in their July surveys, with Rockefeller potentially carrying momentum into the Miami convention.
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George H. Gallup Jr
Louis Harris
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Gallup
Harris
Nixon
New Harris
Reagan Aide Sees Early GOP Win On Third Ballot
F. Clifton White at a Miami Beach press conference predicted Ronald Reagan could win the GOP presidential nomination on the third or fourth ballot as Nixon falters in early balloting next week. He said Reagan and a growing campaign group will meet delegates from about a dozen states after Reagan returns for the convention opening. White indicated a Reagan floor manager would be named soon.
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Rockefeller
Nixon
Miami Beach
Ronald Reagan
California
F. Clifton White
Richard Nixon
Reagan
White
Shipyard Pact Ratified by San Pedro Workers
About 800 members of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America Local 9 voted more than two to one to approve a new three year contract at the San Pedro union hall. The agreement provides 70 cent pay increases over three years plus a cost of living clause tied to the consumer price index.
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Bethlehem Shipyard Workers
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Local 9
Sixth St
San Pedro
Quake Strikes Manila Killing Hundreds in Early Dawn
A powerful earthquake toppled multistory blocks in Manila at 4 21 a m. Witnesses described a five story building collapsing. By dawn 62 bodies were recovered and authorities feared a toll near 200 in one apartment block. President Marcos mobilized the armed forces. Temblors and aftershocks continued.
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Manila
UPI
Santa Cruz
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippine Armed Forces
Steel Firms Defy LBJ as Prices Rise in Bid for Restraint
U.S. Steel leads a new round of steel price hikes after President Johnson urged restraint. Inland Steel, Pittsburgh Steel, and Republic Steel announce 5 percent increases. Armco plans a hike. Defense Dept. says orders go to price adherents. Senate probe urged. Pittsburgh merges with Wheeling Steel.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel Corp
Johnson
Defense Department
Inland Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Republic Steel
Armco Steel
Wheeling Steel
Prague Leaders Seek Talks With Moscow Allies This Weekend
Czechoslovak leaders plan broader discussions with Moscow allies and Soviet officials on reform. Protests flare in Prague as President Svoboda, though fatigued, vows to maintain liberal policy after 34 days of meetings with the Soviet Politburo in Kosice. A joint communique says talks will include Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria in Bratislava Saturday.
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Prague
Moscow
Ludvik Svoboda
Cierna
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Bratislava
Long Beach couple tied to costly poor box thefts across counties
Long Beach pair Edward Smith and Barbara Smith dubbed the poor box prowlers kept a rating system for burglarized Catholic churches in Los Angeles Orange Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Police say their alleged take ran 300 to 350 dollars monthly for four months. The couple were arrested in Monterey Park after a sergeant thwarted the theft at a church and found rosary beads medals and a van full of marked church listings and tools.
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Long Beach
Southland Catholic
Los Angeles
Orange
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Edward Smith
Barbara
E. Pleasant St
Alhambra
Monterey Park
Smith
Pleasant Street
Joseph Durban
St. Stephen’s
Durban
Police say two patrolmen seriously wounded in Brooklyn
Police reported two patrolmen were seriously wounded in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early today. Details on the incident and suspects were not immediately released.
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New York
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Agreement halts picketing at harbor terminals
A brief notice reports a cease in labor picketing at the harbor terminals after an agreement between parties. The item notes no violence or injuries and lists the involved labor or company entities in concise terms.
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Herbert Klein
Lees Reagan
Baxter Omohundro
National Bureau
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White House
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