Action Line assists seamen seeking Scandinavian ship postings
The note explains how to contact Action Line in Long Beach for help with finding ship assignments. It cites Helen Knudsen in San Francisco, notes a long waiting list, and states most crews sign on in Norway, Sweden, or Denmark with the local SF office handling replacements. It lists the Norwegian Consulate at 244 California St and the Swedish Consulate at 1968 Jackson St.
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Merchant Marine
San Francisco
D. L
Long Beach
Scandinavian Shipping Office Transport
Embarcaders Aumagston Street
Action Line
Helen Knudsen
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Bay City
California St
Jackson St
Daily Alta San Francisco history and early Californian news
Questions about the Alta lineage and editorials, noting Bret Harte as editor and Mark Twain as a contributor. Describes a September 11, 1852 report of wild street driving, six arrests, and harsh penalties. Includes inquiries about legacy, property deeds, and Santa Anita track opening with Las Palmas winning first race in 1934, Westrope aboard.
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A. Yourf
Alta
Los Angeles
Worth St
Californian
Monterey
Alta Californian
F. C. Kemble
The
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
San Francisco
Recorder
A. Action
Las Palmas
Jack Westrope
Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc
California
Santa Anita
Mexico hunting permits and visas for youths debated
A Long Beach reader asks if a S-year-old can obtain hunting permits and visas to hunt wild peccaries in Mexico. Mrs. Chavez of the Mexican Consulate outlines a signed parental consent, birth certificate copies, photos, and firearm details plus a $19.20 hunting license upon arrival. The second reader asks about wood-grain panels for a Pontiac LeMans and is told the feature was optional and installable by dealers.
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Mexico
Sian
Long Beach
E. 4. Chavez
40Th St
Los Angeles
Europe
East Long Beach faces oil island beautification critique
A reader from Long Beach blasts East Ocean Boulevard redevelopment in Islands A through 7 as an eyesore, comparing the plan to an oil field and questioning city officials. They warn of future subsidence risks and argue taxes show no benefit from offshore revenue, urging officials to relocate.
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Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach
East Long Beach
F.B
SLAIN OFFICERS PROMPT DISCUSSION ON GUNS FOR POLICE
A Long Beach inquiry into police armament follows two rookie patrolmen Isham and Knott killed on duty. The piece notes officers often face lethal threats and questions whether heavier calibers like magnums would have saved them. Bakers near-fatal wounds are cited to illustrate potential outcomes. Different agencies reportedly equip 45 caliber pistols. coast departments consider options. Continued on Page Axes, Gol, 1
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Police Academy
William J. Isham
Ronald V. Knott
Isham and Knott
Properalion
Jos Alamitns
EL Montn
Ramsey Selecting Jurors in Kirschke Murder Case
Ramsey as Kirschke's attorney resumes jury selection in Los Angeles Superior Court. Ramsey will continue questioning Friday morning to form a suitable panel, then Assistant Atty. Gen. Albert Harris will review and dismiss unsatisfactory jurors. Each side may dismiss 20 jurors without explanation. Kirschke, suspended from the Downey district attorney’s office, faces charges over the April slayings of his wife Elaine and her lover Orville Brankhan at the Naples apartment on 15 Rivo Aly Canal.
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Kirschke
Los Angelés
Albert CS. Ramsey
Albert Harris
Downey
Elaine
Orville William Brankhan
Viet Pre Election Terror Toll 500
Viet Cong launched a coordinated wave of attacks across Vietnam aiming to disrupt elections. Reports cite about 500 killed or wounded, including at least seven Americans and 103 wounded. Attacks stretched from Hue to Can Tho, with Viet Cong overrunning Hoi An and shelling Da Nang. U.S. forces intensified sweeps near Saigon and uncovered a large arms cache. One American killed and 11 wounded at Hoi An. Da Nang helicopter base raid killed four Americans and wounded 80. Maj. Vat Huy Minh, commander of the 102nd Engineering Battalion, was kidnapped in Hoi An.
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Saigon
Hue
Cantoa
Mekong
U.S
America T
25Th Infantry
Hoi An
da Nang
102Nd
Vat Huy Minh
Froparst SchmuckLE Neighborly Wedding Tolerance
A quirky note on neighborly harmony cites shared moments and mutual patience as the best foundation for tolerance when a neighbor marries. The piece uses playful language to suggest community acceptance strengthens social bonds.
Western Demos Back Johnson Viet Policy at LA Conference
The Western States Democrats urged full support for President Johnson's Vietnam policy at a four day Los Angeles conference. John Bailey and William Connell praised the resolution backing U S efforts for peace in Vietnam and an unfettered electoral process in South Vietnam. Johnson sent a message praising the gathering's democratic will to win.
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John Bailey
Humphrey
William Connell
Iniinson
Vietnam
Bailey
Finn
Connell
Johnson
Mass Jump Tragedy After 14 of 18 Parachutists Missing
Fourteen of eighteen sky divers leapt from a converted World War II chamber and vanished into Lake Erie as conditions turned deadly. Two bodies were recovered, two rescued. Coast Guard kept an overnight hunt for more as survivors recounted near drowning and turbulent waves. Survivors Robert Coy and Bernard Johnson described fear, equipment issues, and the perilous eruption from the clouds into icy water.
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Huron
Ohio
Bernard Johnson
Raobert Coy
Lake Evie
Chiaumh
Lake Erie
Guar
Uhere
Highway Patrol Spt. R
Sehell
Robert Coy
Springfield
Bernard
Bud) Johnson
West Richfield
Johnson
Coy
Underworld raises funds to free Hoffa in Life Magazine report
Life Magazine reports a two million dollar underworld and union effort to free James Hoffa, with one million offered to a former government witness. The piece links Cosa Nostra figures in New Orleans and Baton Rouge to attempts to influence Partin, Hoffa’s key witness, through offers to alter testimony.
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Chicago
Teamster
James Hoffa
Life Magazine
Sandy Smith
Life
Hoffa
Cosa Nastia
New Orleans
Louisiana
Marcella
Edward Grady Partin
Baton Rouge
Partin
Chattanooga
Tenn
Johnsons popularity noted by friends and pages cited
A fragmented notice references Johnsons popularity as noted by friends and directs readers to page A-7 for full story. Additional brief items mention a 24 hour underground shelter test ending with 000 volunteers on page A-9 and police dispatched to a scene where 10 officers were slain on page B-4.
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