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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1967
Page
1
ACTION LINE offers public assistance by solving problems and cutting red tape. Readers write BOX 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 between 9 am and 1 pm and 9 pm Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for their general interest and usefulness.
W S Compton asks why his company group life policy, begun at Ford Motor Co, was not received after turning 65 in September 1967. Frances Dunham of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co says the policy was mailed, first to the wrong address then to the current one, and a lost certificate form will be sent to obtain a copy of the policy to be mailed promptly.
Reader asks for a complete Phyllis McGinley collection. ALine notes no single volume exists though she has over a dozen adult and children’s books. Some titles are in Los Angeles shops or the Long Beach Public Library, with two popular verse volumes still in print.
The Speech and Hearing Clinic at California State College at Long Beach offers speech therapy for about $30 per semester. Call to obtain a questionnaire, then attend an evaluation before starting treatment. Graduate students provide therapy under professional supervision.
In a Time magazine piece from December 1864 the Musicwriter is described as a device that types musical notes on paper using 46 keys to reproduce 8000 chords. Lily Pavey, a former circus clown, spent 14 years refining the concept in South London with Cecil Effinger completing the invention. models priced around $300 are allegedly available on the West Coast through Western International Music in Los Angeles, though notes must be typed individually for each note in a chord.
South Gate reader seeks an accessible quilting frame due to arthritis. Letter notes a metal quilting frame via Sears Roebuck at 2564812C for 8.98 dollars, or a 27 inch oval hoop for 2.69 dollars at Walker's Department Store in Long Beach, Fourth Street and Ping Avenue.
Letter from Mrs. A.C. of Long Beach protests city policy forcing layoffs for living outside the city. She argues civil service pay and traffic costs deny workers the right to reside where they choose, citing two dependable city employees losing their jobs for doing so.
LOS ANGELES based report recalls President Reagan pledging a tax reform package that avoids tax increases. He defends economic moves, warns California’s finances are still tight, and calls for further economies in state government to fund promised tax relief. He cites welfare, medical assistance, and higher education budgets needing cuts, while noting reductions in the deficit, staff, and overhead as part of ongoing reforms.
A Sunday blaze at the Nu-Pike game concession 147 W. Pike caused about 10000 dollars in damage with no injuries. Six city fire units led by Battalion Chief Tom Cady contained the fire in twenty minutes, origin uncertain, it started in a rear utility room near packed structures.
A new storm moving down Shower Alley from a low pressure center off the Washington Oregon coast is expected to drop one inch or more of rain on the Long Beach area today. Forecasters say most of the downpour will end in the morning with showers easing tonight and Tuesday. High near 57 with a low around 45 degrees.
A store room fire aboard the U S Navy carrier Kitty Hawk sent 125 sailors to sick bay with smoke inhalation near Subic Point, 20 miles NW of Manila. Nine were in serious condition after a three hour blaze in a 20 by 40 foot below deck tire storage area. No aircraft were damaged. injuries treated aboard the carrier and at nearby hospitals.
A vast, ongoing search for Prime Minister Harold Holt continued at Portsea Victoria after his disappearance during a sea swim. Helicopters, ships, and divers joined a record Australian effort, as officials and world leaders expressed shock and concern.
A misfit is a guy who fights with everybody but the enemy.
Mrs Ida F Gustafson 83 arrived from Minnesota to stay with Bellflower relatives. She was found dead in a sauna bath at their apartment complex Sunday night with extensive burns. Autopsy ordered. deputies say it appears she was struck and unable to escape. Body taken to White Funeral Home pending services.
The worst autumn storm in decades paralyses the Southwest with up to five feet of snow and sleet sweeping the Great Plains into the Midwest. At least 39 deaths blamed, including a 25 year old man in Batón New Mexico and a light plane crash near Corona NM.
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