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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1967
Page
1
The notice promotes ACTION LINE as a service to solve problems and answer questions. It provides mailing address Box 230 Long Beach California 9980 and phone numbers 422-2452 with hours 9 to 12 and 5 to 9 Monday through Friday. It notes questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
A reader seeks honest help to book a Las Vegas hotel for New Year’s Eve. ACTION LINE arranges with Jack Walsh of the Algiers to reserve a room at regular prices, noting New Year’s Eve is Las Vegas’ biggest party and that reservations aren’t always secured early. Details will be sent.
Bird Cage Theater displays a dried fish dubbed a herbivious hectra by manager Bill Hunley. Experts from Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and others assess it as a skate or shark dressed to resemble a mythic man fish. They note carnivals and totem traditions once used similar dried specimens for display.
A Long Beach reader seeks help after eight store visits to White Front in Torrance for a missing refrigerator kickplate. Action Line reports store manager Murray Propper saying the part has been located and will be shipped immediately to complete the purchase.
Police report a 14 year old boy wandered into the DeMille damier High School lot, was guided by a passerby to stores, and was returned to his mother at 5:45 p.m. No complaint filed. Juvenile division head notes 400 to 500 city children reported lost yearly.
Prosecutor's witness DeWayne Walter testifies in Los Angeles Superior Court that a gunshot would have echoed along Naples canal, yet no reports of gunfire came from the community. He notes two sharp concussions near 2:30 am and that the killer fired accurately, killing two people with two shots.
The Board of Trustees for California State colleges adopted a five point policy banning demonstrations similar to past protests at Long Beach and San Jose. It targets outbreaks tied to the Vietnam war and Black Power, while reaffirming rights to debate and dissent. The measure strengthens presidents’ authority to handle violence or coercion interrupting education.
Forecasters warn of a seaward storm front likely by Saturday as Los Angeles County endures record December rainfall. Thursday brought more showers, raising Long Beach to 7.24 inches season total and Los Angeles to 9.69 inches, far above normal. Orange County reports high tides and dune erosion near Newport Beach, with 30,000 sand bags deployed after a nightlong battle to halt the sea.
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through four UC Berkeley buildings in a milk protest aimed at the suspension of two students for leading unauthorised anticraft rallies last month. Police arrested Nicholas Gruenberg and Jack G. Harris, both nonstudents, after attempts to clear Sproul Hall.
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota challenged the Democratic establishment in Washington, railing against party leadership and calling for reforms amid ongoing intra party tensions.
Senator Eugene McCarthy announced plans to run in at least four presidential primaries in 1968 challenging Johnson over Vietnam policy. He criticized Humphrey and the Democratic National Committee while hinting Kennedy could benefit. He expects possible wins in Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon and California, with more in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
A clipped saying notes women can keep secrets as well as men but require more people to accomplish the task. The remark reflects social views on discretion and collective effort. The line echoes a humorous take on gender and secrecy.
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