Action Line helps readers with California topics and requests
Readers seek material about California living and education through Action Line. The column offers book recommendations, magazine subscriptions, and a chance to obtain pamphlets on narcotics. It notes a Santa Monica Synanon open house for addicts and a Bunny Suit pajamas gift idea for a Marine in Vietnam.
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Pye
Saar Basin
California
Action Line
Long Beach
A. Sure
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Judy’s
Lakewood
Bunny Suit
Vietnam
Theme songs for Alka Seltzer ads and Adele St Johns contact
Readers asked about a song from an Alka Seltzer commercial and available records. Ted Mingo confirms two themes, There are two theme songs. No Matter What Shape Your Stomach is In by the T-Bones on Liberty Records. Que For the Road may be released soon due to demand. Adele St Johns contact details shared. she is a pioneering Los Angeles sports writer, reachable via her brother Richard at 801 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills 90210.
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Ted Mingo
Alka Seltzer
T-Bones
Liberty Records
A. Adele St. Johns
Richard
Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills
Gratitude From Long Beach For Glacier Park Bear Coverage
A reader praises The Independent and other papers for Glacier National Park bear mauling coverage. The note commends detailed anatomy notes and bold display, calling it a real triumph by local editors.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
United Pressternational
Long Beach
Glacier National Park
Ts Fl
How To Use Action Line At The Independent
Reader guidance on contacting ACTION LINE with questions or problems. Use special number 432 M51 not regular lines. Include name address and phone for assistance. Do not send pictures receipts or items for return. One query at a time. No acknowledgement possible due to volume.
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Action Line
Machine Gun Attack on U S Embassy in London
An unknown group fired a machine gun burst at the U S Embassy in Grosvenor Square London injuring no one and leaving a note reading solidarity with anti Yankee fascism. Marines guarding the embassy were unharmed. Police recovered spent cartridge cases and information points to anti Vietnam demonstrations. The incident occurred just before midnight as a white sedan with three men fled the scene. Ambassador David Bruce was away on leave. (Continued Page A-6)
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London
UPT
Grosvenoor Squire
Revolutionary — Solidarity Committee
Grosvenor Street
Grosvenor Square
Riptides Close Southern California Beaches Amid Erosion
Severe waves and six foot tides cause unprecedented erosion from Santa Monica to Newport Beach. Beachgoers must stay away as lifeguards halt swimming at multiple piers while a sand replenishment program shifts sand from 13th to 19th Street beaches over an estimated 210 days. Rescue counts rise across Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Cabrillo, Huntington, Seal Beach, and Newport Beach as hundreds of thousands visit the coast.
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California
Santa Monica
Newport Beach
13Th Street
435Th Street
39Th Street
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Cabrillo Beach
Huntington Beach
Seal Beach
Huntington Beach State Park
Fifteen Die in Gunfight at Acapulco
A coconut union faction clash in Acapulco’s slum district headquarters sparked a two story gun battle after a banquet broke up. Police and troops halted the fighting as at least 15 were killed and about 70 wounded, with 16 bodies reported and nearly 100 wounded overall. The clash occurred at the copra workers union headquarters.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Coconut Pickers Union
Associated Press
Twor Story
New Haven Curfew Defied as Rioting Flairs Night Two
Small bands of youths defied a surprise 8 p.m. curfew in the Hill area as windows were smashed and bottles hurled. Sixty-eight arrested since 6 p.m. brings total over two nights to more than 100. Curfew and emergency order by Mayor Lee restrained most activity, while fires were quickly tackled. Leroy Jones of the state department condemned the incidents amid praise for New Haven's urban renewal programs.
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New Haven
Richard C. Lee
Hill
Lee
Leroy Jones
New
Department of Community Affairs
New Jlaven
Head-on Crash Kills Mother and Five Children
A mother Phyllis Langston 31 of Pomona and her five children aged 6 to 13 died in a head-on crash Sunday night one half mile west of Pear Blossom near Lancaster. They were dead on arrival at Swan Memorial Hospital.
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Pearblossom
Lencaster
Phyllis Langston
Pomona
Swan Memorial Hospital
Weekend Traffic Toll Mounts to 9
Nine people died in Long Beach area weekend traffic crashes including a Vietnamese couple, an Episcopal vicar and his wife, a Gardena pair, and others. Names and ages listed with addresses show victims from Torrance Downey Gardena San Pedro La Puente and related service members.
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Hollywaod
Long Beach Area
Fire Bombs Thrown in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge police armed with shotguns moved into Negro neighborhoods after fires erupted in several city sectors. Mayor Dumas planned to recall the National Guard, used earlier at a Negro rally on the state capitol steps. One fire started at a lumberyard by a gasoline bomb. one man arrested.
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Baton Rouge
Sunda
W. W. Dumas
National Guard
Louisiana
California Cracks Down as Medical Quackery Becomes Felony
Inside Independent reports California is the only state to make medical quackery a felony after a young girl’s death, signaling strong new consumer protection. The piece notes broader national headlines and references other sections on smoke dangers, Nixon and Romney campaigning, and Fulbright’s stance on impeaching Johnson over escalation of the war.
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Nixon
Romney
Sen
Fulbright
Congress
Johnson
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