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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
11
The text describes a help service named Teen Action Line offering answers and problem solving. It lists contact details including Box 230 in Long Beach California and a phone number, with hours of operation Monday to Friday. The fragment references a service model and aims to assist with general interest questions.
A reader asks how Nixonettes became known and where to contact the Nixon for President Committee in Los Angeles for campaign events. TEEN ACTION LINE provides bios for Dino Desi and Billy and explains UNICEF outreach through the United Nations Association in Long Beach with contact details and UNICEF’s global mission.
In Long Beach readers N H C S Su argue against A B Sound Off on higher babysitter pay. They stress experience over money, note responsibilities stay high with low fees, and hope neighbors will support future caregivers, enabling tired mothers to take breaks.
A survey shows 75 percent of teens favor gun laws with six of ten owning weapons or family gun access. Four in ten report possessing a pistol. 13 percent know someone who bought a gun by mail. Most cite hunting and marksman practice, while a minority push hard antiregulation or registration. Majorities lean toward age limits and stricter rules, though opinions vary by region and beliefs about rights.
California State College Fullerton proposes a five year reading preparation study employing 50 ninth graders from each of Compton seven junior high schools and 50 tenth graders from three high schools as home tutors for preschool children. Funds sought from foundations led by the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Hazel M. Croy cites Tel Aviv research linking vocabulary of 4 000 words to reading readiness. Tutors will visit homes to show film strips and stories to broaden vocabularies. Study notes that 50 percent of intelligence develops before age four and stresses need in Compton Willowbrook and Enterprise districts amid state reading results showing eighth graders lagging behind national norms.
The Watts center under Rev. James H. Mims will open Sunday at 3 pm with three buildings: a bunkhouse for youths and troubled locals, an instruction workshop to teach low income Indigents new trades, and a wash and rehabilitation facility. It aims to help burned out families and those needing work and guidance.
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