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ACTION LINE provides mail options for political buttons and bumper stickers from major campaigns. It notes limited fixes for Terminal Island Freeway litter and reports a $250,000 restoration plan for Rancho Los Alamitos open by July 1969 with city and trustees funding.
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Action Line
J.L.W
Long Beach
A. Action Line
Terminal Island
O. P. McComas
Los Angeles Harbor
Bixby Ranch
Rancho Los Alamitos
Bixby Home Property Trust
Seventh Street
California State College
Alamitos Avenue
John Bixby
I. W. Hellman
Bixby
Draft Kennedys Draft-Kennedy movement gains steam
Michigan Democrats Philip Hart and Sandor Levin endorsed Edward Kennedy amid reports Jesse Unruh and Chicago Mayor Daley might dump Humphrey for Kennedy. Rumors spread after Daley and Unruh met. McGovern aides denied a Kennedy entry, while Clark backed McGovern. Continued on Page A-4.
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Michigan
Sen
Edward Kennedy
California Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Chicago
Richard Daley
Humphrey
Kennedy
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Sandor Levin
United Press International
New York Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Unruh
Daley
Illinois
Willam Clark
Everett Dirksen
U.S
Sen. McGovern
McCarthy Still Looks for Miracle in New Hampshire
Senator Eugene McCarthy arrived in New Hampshire after an eight month trek seeking a political miracle to convert popular support into delegates for the Democratic presidential race. He faced uncertainty and pessimism as the convention nears while TV coverage outlined the contest. He was greeted by about 10,000 supporters at Midway Airport, with a 14 member band and daisies, as backers chanted for Gene.
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Chicago
Eugene McCarthy
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Washington
Midway Airport
North Viet Guns Fire on Maddox
North Vietnamese coastal batteries fired 200 rounds at the USS Maddox 45 miles southeast of Vinh, but the Long Beach destroyer was not damaged. This marks a fourth attempt to sink Maddox in four years, with prior Tonkin Gulf actions in 1964 and recent shore battery fire.
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Long Beach
Maddox
Vinh
North Vietnam
Navy
Saigon
Tonkin Gulf
Fire Destroys Two East Long Beach Garages
A Sunday blaze in East Long Beach damaged two garages and a home at 5300 El Prado Ave and 5301 El Parque St. Fire units battled the second alarm fire, injuring a firefighter who was rescued after a roof collapse. The Jones residence suffered severe damage as contents and a prized dish collection were destroyed.
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EL Prado Avenue
Long Beach
Park Estates
Vincent A. Jones
el Prado Ave
Jones
el Parque St
East Bloc backs Russ Czech deal in Moscow talks
East European leaders allied with Moscow met in the Kremlin to back a settlement restoring Alexander Dubcek to power in Prague. Talks lasted about 12 hours and aimed for a staged withdrawal of Soviet and other Warsaw Pact troops from Czechoslovakia with Dubcek returned to leadership.
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OK Russ
Moscow
UPI
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Prague
Tass
Kremlin
Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Firefighters Battle Threateing Blaze Near San Gabriel Wilderness
Firefighters fought a holding action Sunday night to stop a rampaging brush and timber fire from entering the San Gabriel Wilderness. Over 1,500 firemen battled the blaze in the San Gabriel Mountains above Glendora as 18,000 acres including watershed and Douglas fir stands burned out of control since Friday. Seven youths and their fire boss died in the same region amid the fast-moving flames.
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West Fork
San Gabriel River
San Gabriel Wilderness
San Gabriel Mountains
Glendora
Humphrey Emerges as Hawk in Chicago Preps
Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Chicago amid strike tension and pre convention drama. An AP poll showed him leading first ballot strength with 88 to 47 for McCarthy and 36 for McGovern, though he remained short of 1,312 needed.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
George S. McGovern
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