ACTION LINE answers readers questions on cats, legal aid, and Philippine Scouts
The column recounts Room 8 the school cat who died at 22 and was buried in Calabasas after 15 years at Elysian Heights. It also advises on a San Pedro car wreck matter with a summons expected in weeks and outlines steps to settle. It mentions HR 12252 benefits for Philippine Scouts with notes on committee status and advocacy.
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Beverly Mason
Elysian Heights
Virginia Finkey
Jordan
E. Second St
Lou’s Stationers
Atlantic Ave
Los Angeles
Ventura Blvd
Calabasas
A. Action Line
San Pedro
Phillip Burton
San Francisco
Action Line
Committee On Armed Services
Burton
Armed Services Committee
Beverly Hills Kidnapping Banker's Daring Ransom Payed?
The 4 year old Stanley Stafford Jr. was abducted from his Beverly Hills home. Police report the banker father arranged a $250000 ransom and money may have been paid. FBI and police mobilized. the missing boy's Cadillac was found near LAX as investigators pursued clues.
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Beverly Hills
UPI
Stanley Stafford Jr
Clinton Anderson
Stanley Stafford
San Diego
Los Angeles International Airport
Medicare rules for 65 plus no Social Security credits
A reader asks if someone who turns 65 this year and has no Social Security quarters can claim hospital Medicare. Yes state Yvonne Cummings, Long Beach Social Security, such a person lacks hospital coverage but may still enroll in the voluntary medical portion. For details call 1235 Pacific Ave Social Security office.
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L.W
Seal Beach
Yvonne Cummings
Long Beach
Social Security Office
Pacific Ave
Frustration Over Firing Sales Manager in Family Ties
A reader voices frustration at not being able to dismiss a sales manager because he is the brother in law, and unable to complain to the chairman who is the father in law, citing family conflict within the company.
Mass Arrests and Tear Gas at Chicago Democratic Rally
Illinois National Guardsmen in gas masks used tear gas to disperse a large crowd as 79 demonstrators were arrested near the International Amphitheatre and Hilton Hotel. Delegates and alternates were taken into police vans amid clashes, with police and guardsmen clashing as a marching band and crowds pressed along Michigan Avenue.
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Chicago
Illinois
International Amphitheatre
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Hubert H
Michigan Avenue
18Th Street
Hilton
Wisconsin
Dick Gregory
New Hampshire
David Hoeh
Must End Fear Ruling U S Cities
Hubert Humphrey accepted the Democratic nomination at Chicago urging unity and action to end violence in cities and pursue peace in Vietnam. He warned that fear governs urban America and called for new realities, justice, and national renewal.
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Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Vietnam
Humphrey
America
Humphrey Names Muskie as Running Mate
Vice presidential selection comes after days of deliberation with party leaders. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine is chosen over two other finalists, seen as a strong campaigner and likely to attract ethnic minority and Catholic voters. Julius Bond of Georgia is nominated but withdraws due to age.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
Muskie
Gov
Two Slayings End in Separate Arguments in LA Area
In Compton Mackie Enge 21 was shot in the chest after an argument with Howard Bellard 26 at Bellard’s home. Enge died later and Bellard was booked on suspicion of murder. In south central Los Angeles Jose Lozana about 30 was stabbed at a South Gate manufacturing firm and died at St Francis Hospital. An APB was issued for coworker Pedro Barba 28 after a quarrel. Police said a pocket knife was the likely weapon.
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Independent
Action Line
Memorial Hospital of
Long Beach
Long Beach Heart Association
Long Beach Community Hospital
Termino Ave
Pacific Hospital of
Pacific Ave
St. Mary’s Long Beach Hospital
E. 10Th St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Seventh Street
Bellflower Blvd
Woodruff Gables Hospital
Woodruff Ave
Bellflower
South Coast Community Hospital
Pacific Coast Highway
South Laguna
Orange County
B.Z
Compton
Southcentral
Los Angeles
Mackie L. Enge
E. 152Nd St
Howard Bellard
S. Corlett Ave
Enge
Bellard
Jose Lozana
South Gate
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Lozana
Pedro Barba
Chicago police brutality seen by Newsman on Michigan Avenue
I P T Newsman recalls violent Chicago police conduct during a DNC week on Michigan Avenue. He describes being chased by officers, hearing insults toward his mother, and witnessing billy clubs in hand. He warns officials and media share blame for escalating tensions.
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Chicago
Windy City
Michigan Avenue
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Stoday
Schuckl
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Our
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Winston Churchill
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Kennedy
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Julian Bond
Georgia
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Bill Broom
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Todd Thomey
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