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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
1
The notice promotes ACTION LINE as a service to solve problems and answer questions. It lists Box 230, Long Beach California 90801 and phone numbers 432 3451 with hours 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm, Monday through Friday.
In Long Beach a Los Angeles Post Office spokesman urges adding Zip Codes to Christmas cards. He says the code speeds sorting and routing, helps carriers with overlapping routes, and prevents delays as mail volume grows.
The column recalls Sarah Lincoln born 1807 and buried in Gentryville Indiana. It notes she married Aaron Grigsby, was called Nancy in some bios, died in 1828, and Abraham Lincoln’s cool relation to the Grigsbys is unclear. It also answers inquiries about a purse repair, New Hope Home housing details, and disability earnings rules for Civil Service retirees.
Los Angeles County Grand Jury will seek indictments against at least six persons in the Sharon Tate killings and related conspiracy. Charles Manson is expected to face a conspiracy count while witnesses include Susan Atkins and law enforcement and forensic experts. The proceeding begins at 10 a.m. on the Hall of Justice fifth floor with 16 to 18 witnesses anticipated.
Washington Captain Ernest Medina testified he did shoot a wounded Viet Cong woman but denied ordering a massacre at My Lai 4. He told reporters he did not see civilians shot and noted intelligence had suggested no women or children would be present, though bodies later showed women and children.
Linda Kasabian, pregnant and 19, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court facing Tate murder charges. Attorneys said she fears for her life and has hired a hypnotist to help, with a preliminary hearing set for December 15 and no bail. She was escorted by deputies and requested in-cell confinement similar to Sirhan Sirhan.
The Senate agreed to consider a proposal to add a 15 percent across the board rise in Social Security benefits to the 9 billion dollars in tax cuts already approved. Finance Committee chair Russell B. Long said he would try to tack the increase onto the tax reform bill amid Nixon’s push for action and possible post holiday special session threats. Debates to begin today with a potential vote on the measure.
Waves up to 40 feet battered Hawaii as a Pacific storm forced 2,000 residents from homes. Shelters opened across Oahu and Kauai after seven homes were damaged and one destroyed. Police warned sightseers to leave the leeward coast as the high surf persisted.
Heavy surf from Hawaii battered Southland shores Wednesday night and will persist through Saturday per the Weather Bureau. In Seal Beach public works built a sand dike along the 13th and 14th street beach as tides remain high. Swells lessen from 20 to 40 feet down to 8 to 12 feet after 242 days of travel.
An office bulletin states this year's Christmas party is canceled due to last year's party. No further details provided.
Sacramento lawmakers and Gov. Reagan clash over a proposed welfare cost shift in a major tax reform plan. Assemblyman William Bagley backs state takeover of welfare costs requiring $300 million more revenue, while Caspar Weinberger warns it would raise overall state costs by about $1.13 billion and push income taxes up as much as 85 percent. The plan ties to a California Teachers Association and County Supervisors Association ballot petition seeking to shift 90 percent of welfare costs to the state and provide half of school costs from nonproperty sources.
In Vietnam reports, military leaders advocate a relatively modest reduction in U S forces as President Nixon considers further troop pullbacks. The page A-4 note highlights strategic expectations from commanders amid ongoing operations.
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