20 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1969
Page
1
A reader asks if 18-year-olds who turn 19 after January 1970 are affected. The Dec 1 lottery applied to men who reach 19 by Dec 31 and are under 26. A new drawing will be held each year for those turning 19 that year. A Selective Service spokesman explains the 1970 drawing.
The column covers questions about the 1933 Long Beach earthquake timing, coloring candles, and Social Security eligibility. It advises readers to request fact sheets from Selective Service, shops selling candle color tablets, and explains widow benefits versus benefits based on own work and quarters for a reader who lost her spouse.
Readers are advised that transcription delays on ACTION LINE have caused mail requests to receive swifter attention. Those seeking information from past ACTION LINE items can visit the newspaper library in Long Beach from 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays for assistance.
A conference committee reached a 1.86 billion foreign aid package adding 54 million for Nationalist China jet aircraft and 50 million for South Korea. Senator Fulbright opposed the Taiwan and Korea components and pledged to continue opposing them. Conference spokesmen said the Defense Department could seek funds in a future supplemental bill if justified.
Whale watchers at Marineland saw nine S30 ton mammals as the annual grey whale migration begins. Experts expect 20 to 30 per day next week on their 12,000 mile journey from the Arctic to Baja California lagoons where cows will give birth.
Vice President Spiro Agnew hailed the Nixon Administration at a yearend Cabinet meeting, saying foreign and domestic policy moved straight ahead. He credited Nixon's calm leadership, noted Vietnam withdrawal progress, and cited welfare, draft, postal, and tax reforms as taking effect.
Pacific Northwest storm sends breakers crashing on South land beaches with 15 foot waves along Ventura County shores. The Long Beach area escapes the worst as Weather Bureau warns only higher tides and scattered sprinkles through Sunday.
Texan multimillionaire Perot launches a bid to stir Hanoi by airlifting POW relatives to Paris on Christmas gifts for U S prisoners. The plan costs about 200000 dollars, with Perot funding the effort from United We Stand. Government and press campaigns prior sought to sway Nixon policy. Heavy storms lash Northern California with high waves, flooding, and navy damage near Bodega Bay while seawalls are rebuilt at Oxnard.
A sharp observation on finance companies notes that the man who writes the advertisements is not the person who approves or issues the loans. The piece contrasts marketing claims with the actual lending practice and hints at public skepticism toward financial advertising.
Washington negotiators approved a broad tax reform package to aid the wealthy through a 750 personal income tax exemption in 1973 plus rising Social Security benefits. The plan, costing 9.1 billion, tightens corporate tax rules and aims to avoid a presidential veto by stretching exemption increases into 1973.
The article notes an ex prosecutor being assigned to defend a hippie cult murder suspect in a high profile case. It references parallel coverage on pages A-3 and progression of other news items.
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