Action Line Offers Help with Community Inquiries
Out 452 5457 ACTION LINE provides a service to solve problems and cut red tape. To get action send requests to ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 during listed hours Monday through Friday.
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Long Beach
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Vietnam
Army
Army Finance Center
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Long Beach. A
Maj
Ronald Larson Jr
Action Line
Finance Center
Indianapolis
Mystery black boxes on Long Beach streets puzzle officials
Residents notice black metal boxes padlocked on city light posts with a slot on top and no markings. City official says they do not belong to the city and their purpose is unknown, after removing one box at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue.
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Long Beach
K.S
John Williams
Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
San Francisco Ave
Springmaid ad scandal and WWI flyer satin campaign
In the 1939 to 1959 period Springs Mills Inc led a controversial double entendre ad campaign using risque imagery including a hammock scene with an Indian and a curvaceous squaw to boost bed linen sales. Copies of the ads could be requested from Springs Mills Inc Public Relations in Ft. Mill South Carolina.
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Imperial
Calif. A
Springs
Springs Mills Inc
Ft. Mill
S. C
Draft rights lecture at UCLA on the draft system
William Smith, UCLA draft law lecturer, will discuss the new draft lottery at 7:30 p.m. December 18 at UCLA Law School in Los Angeles. Admission is free. write to 3325 Wilshire Blvd Suite 501 Los Angeles 90005. Long Beach service offers free Wednesday and weekday evening draft advice with attorney presence.
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Los Angeles
UCLA
Action Line
J.E.R
Long Beach
William Smith
Ucla Law School
Hilgard Ave
Wilshire Blvd
Suite
Smith
Anaheim St
1967 Triumph 658cc Sets Bonneville Speed Mark
In 1967 a 658cc Triumph ridden by Michigan’s Belt set a speed of 245 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, per Des Dees. The federation’s record remains with other contenders as the exact world record title is contested and not officially declared.
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Venice. A
Michigan
Bonneville Salt Flats
Des Dees
Hunt
Federation Motecycliste
F.1.m
Manson seeks to defend himself in Tate murder case
Charles Manson asked a Los Angeles judge to represent himself at his murder trial for the Tate killings and six others. He requested two professional aides, but the judge postponed ruling on competence to represent himself, with a decision due December 22.
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Charles Manson
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
William B. Keene
Manson
Luke McKissack
Lawrence Steinberg
McKissack
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Keene
Three Die When Plane Hits Wires and Crashes Near Van Nuys
A twin engine Cessna 310 clipped high tension wires and crashed into a Sepulveda home near Van Nuys Airport killing three men all 23. Thomas Childs the pilot and Philip Stern coowner of Tops Flying School Van Nuys along with Michael Stoll of Van Nuys were aboard. The plane rented from Viking Aero Service.
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van Nuys
Sepulveda
Thomas John Childs
Burbank
Philip Carl Stern
Michael Lee Stoll
Childs
Stern
Tops Flying School
Vancy
Mike O. Blakenship
Northridge Military Academy
Blakenship
Viking Aero Service
Nixon Warns Congress to Curb Spending to Save Economy
President Nixon condemns Democratic Congress for spending excess, warns that inflation and loss of consumer buying power loom if the budget remains unchecked. He urges a bipartisan effort to cut appropriations and hold down costs despite political costs, noting a $192.9 billion ceiling and recent increases.
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Washington
APS
Nixon
Democratic Congress
House
Senate
Congress
Executive Branch
Oil Leak At Platform Shut In By Union Oil Co
The platform blowout leak formed a slick about 50 square miles before Union Oil Co shut the wells on the platform and a nearby platform. The leak was spotted by a USGS crew on a leg of the platform. Union Oil expected to replace the pipe within 36 hours. Oil on feathers showed contamination but far less than the January spill.
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Union Oil Co
USGS
Union
Heaviest Surf Yet Due Tonight Lounges Long Beach Area
A violent storm off the Oregon coast drives an expected surge of breakers to 15 feet with six to nine foot westerly swells in the Long Beach area. Coast Guard and Weather Bureau advisories urge vessel owners to prepare as Seal Beach and Surfside bolster sand dikes against high tides.
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Long Beach
U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S. Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Coast Guard
Seal Beach
Surfside
Oregon
Newark Mayor Amid Indictments Faces Tax Evasion Allegations
The federal government charged 15 individuals in a second grand jury indictment, including Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and 10 current or former city officials, with tax evasion.
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Newark, N. J
UPI
Newark
Hugh J. Addonizio
U.S
Sinatra Defies Testimony In New Jersey Probe
In Newark, Frank Sinatra is accused of acting above the law as he fights a court order to testify in a New Jersey organized crime probe. His lawyers seek a three judge federal panel to review the State Investigations Commission's constitutionality while officials denounce his resistance.
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Newark
Frank Sinatra
Singer
New Jersey
U.S. District Court
Sinatra
State Investigations Commission
James A. Coolahan
Andrew Phelan
Commission
Phelan
Schucks View on Digging the Country Out of the Hole
Ane Schuck argues Washington faces a tough task to pull the nation from a deep hole without widening it further. He stresses cautious policy steps and fiscal restraint to avoid introducing new problems while addressing existing ones.
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Washington
Independent spies to remain on job
The article notes that independent spies will continue in their positions with ongoing assignments. Details on individuals or agencies are provided in the continued coverage on page A-7. The piece frames the spy workers as essential to current operations and security policies.
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White House
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