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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1968
Page
9
Complaints flood ACTION LINE and agencies as 65 000 letters over two years show about 10 percent relate to mail order merchandise. Federal inspectors and BBB report balky refunds and delayed or missing shipments from box number operators.
Independent Press Telegram reports markets on pages B-2 and B-3 stopped selling an additive and could not obtain reimbursement. A Lakewood woman battled a $108 check to Geriatrex Products Co in Canonsburg, Pa, got a canceled check but no order. Postal inspectors say investigation is under way into the company. With state help she received her refund. The issue shows that nonperformance by mail order firms is not necessarily fraud, as intent to defraud must be proven for prosecutions. Fast shippers can delay shipments to wear down customers, but many mail order houses are reliable.
Long Beach hospital officials from four major facilities urged visitors with flu symptoms or cold signs to avoid in person contact to curb spread. Children under 14 should stay home, and calls should be used instead. Absentee rates soared in schools and industry as the feverish wave persisted.
An unconventional Christmas card resolution signed by over 10 percent of LBCC students and faculty urges support for S I Hayakawa. It condemns violence at San Francisco State, commits to intellectual ferment and reform, and rejects vilification and weapons used by fanatics.
On Friday business and technological students approved a merger of student body organizations spanning the business and technology campus and the liberal arts campus. Spring officers were Randy Mitchell president Michael Salazar vice president Bobbi Nation secretary Sue Bergman treasurer and Walter Schneidereit district 1 representative. The liberal arts students will vote on the merger after the holidays.
An appeal is made for Christmas toys for children in shelter care at MacLaren Hall in El Monte. The program aids children abused or neglected who come to the hall. past donations have failed, leaving no toys. Donations can be arranged through Constance Verssen at 8618 S Shadyside Ave Whittier or by calling 692-7346.
L. S. Hollinger county chief administrative officer will ask the Board of Supervisors Tuesday to authorize a $100,000 payment before June 30 to Long Beach for lifeguard services and beach maintenance. State law allows county aid to cities operating facilities used by residents beyond city limits.
Several festive events unfold this weekend including the Naples Christmas Boat Parade with 40 floats in the canals and a 50 craft Christmas Afloat along the San Pedro waterfront. Also featured are Disneyland Fantasy on Parade and a Long Beach medieval pageant with extensive choruses plus a West Long Beach parade down Santa Fe Avenue.
Three judges chose top winners in the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lighting Contest. Religious category went to James Farrington for a Nativity scene of broken glass. Merle Combs won the Tree category for a plain tree dressed with yarn bows and felt animals. Ambrose Fortna led Outdoor Lighting with a snow mantle scene featuring Santa, sleigh, reindeer, a church and elves. Perrin Endriss earned Novelty for a leprechaun and reindeer tableau. Judges were John Calhoun Jack Snow and Malcolm Epley.
Long Beach police captured 24 year old Robert Earl Benson after a Lakewood bank robbery in which a baby rattle served as a weapon. He fled in a stolen car and was turned over to the FBI after booking for robbery. The Bank of America on East Spring Street yielded $270.
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