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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
3
Gets Things Done announces ACTION LINE service to solve problems and defend rights. Readers are invited to write to Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours for responses on general interest questions.
J R C of Long Beach asks about Arnold Glasow a full time one line gag supplier from Freeport Illinois. He writes brief witticisms started in school and college and now syndicates to many business publications and contributes to Readers Digest The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. He will send samples if you write to P O Box 599 Freeport IL 61032.
D.Z. of Los Angeles reports sending two rolls of film and an $8 check to United Film Club Inc in Philadelphia on November 25. Although the club cashed the check, the film has not arrived and the post office returned the film due to a wrong address. Sandy Lindbeck of customer service says the film was returned but will be resent to the correct address. She cites holiday rush as the reason for slower processing.
The column discusses backlogs in film processing and enlargements, with many complaints about mail-in orders being lost or delayed. It contrasts few complaints from local retailers and covers questions on sale item limits and a fence at College Shopping Center, including legal clarifications from officials.
Gillespie notes the city can request traffic signs on private lots when hazards are observed. He says entrance visibility matters for pedestrians and that property owners often seek city guidance. He welcomes citizens to report conditions they deem hazardous.
A Civil Service official says adults with felony convictions must disclose the felony on every job application for life. Those convicted in a juvenile court may be exempt under certain conditions, according to William A. Rice, chief of the investigative division in San Francisco.
Mrs. W P of Long Beach recalls two medical emergencies when her husband collapsed and needed oxygen. She praises the fire department for prompt dispatch and on scene care helping with hospitalization and safe release, noting the same rapid response again last week.
Three deaths highlighted a busy Sunday for local coroner’s deputies. Christopher L. Duran, 21, of South Gate, died after his car ran a red light on Alameda Street at Imperial Highway and was ejected as his vehicle struck another auto. Oester’s car ran a stop sign in Tustin and crashed into a house. while staggered from the wreck, he was struck by a fleeing driver. Rene Rowell, 18, of Stanton, was thrown from a car on Bolsa Chica Road and Heil Avenue in Huntington Beach. she died later at a hospital. Ronald Treece, 19, Santa Ana, was in a collision that involved multiple cars and led to Rowell’s death.
Torrance detective Gary Rippstein, 29, died after being shot in the abdomen by Ted Xanthis, 35, of Hermosa Beach who allegedly stole an aircraft from Torrance Airport. Xanthis died in a barrage of police bullets later in his barricaded apartment. Detective Holmes survived the confrontation.
The Weatherman says a cold bright Christmas will dominate the Southland with highs near 65 and lows around 40. Light showers may hit mountain and desert areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, while mountain resorts northwest of LA report 2 to 7 inches of snow from Sunday night. Temperatures in Long Beach dipped to the 30s and some Orange County farming areas neared freezing as nationwide snow flurries and storms affect northern and eastern states.
A Long Beach man and his mother were tied up and pistol whipped when four men entered at 4658 Goldfield Ave at 8:30 am. The thieves demanded a coin collection and fled with 125 dollars, jewelry, a watch, a 30 06 rifle, and a .410 shotgun.
A Los Angeles family tragedy left 3-year-old John Guzman dead after a house fire in Silverlake. Father Vega 34 and mother Josephine 27 were in very serious condition at County US Medical Center, while Vega jr 1 had minor burns and Donna 2 was uninjured. Hospital spokesmen credited Bronwyn Jones and Patricia Entz with rescuing others from the blaze.
Nineteen patients on Memorial Hospital's fifth floor psychiatric ward were evacuated as smoke filled hallways. Nine Long Beach fire units responded to the 2:32 p.m. alarm at 2801 Atlantic Ave. The mattress fire caused minor damage, with foam rubber mattress destroyed and some wallpaper charred. Cause undetermined per Deputy Chief Tulio Rizzo.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine said at a Los Angeles press conference he is not interested in becoming Senate majority whip. He spoke before 1,700 people at a Jewish National Fund banquet at the Beverly Hilton and said he would work to broaden the Democratic base and liberalize procedures if given the opportunity. He avoided criticizing Saigon and Ky, preferring to let Paris resolve matters, and warned against heedless exploitation of natural resources while noting the country bears the costs of discrimination and exploitation.
A Texaco Oil Co. worker, Raymond Danes, 35, from Torrance, suffered burns over 50 percent of his body after a 5:30 p.m. explosion ripped through a five story cracking tower at a Wilmington refinery. Los Angeles firefighters aided, ammonia fumes contained, no other injuries reported. Exterior damage estimated at 40,000 dollars with potential higher repair costs after machinery assessment.
Firemen extinguished a five day fire at a gas and oil well in Granada Hills but could not cap the unsealed pipe immediately. Alger Boots Hanson led the operation as water streams flooded the flame while gas continued to escape posing a serious hazard to the surrounding area.
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