Action Line answers and local inquiries in Long Beach
A Long Beach reader seeks help from Action Line with a Marine KIA in Vietnam, a stadium project’s fate after 1933 quake debris use, Avant Garde magazine publication delays, and a neighbor dog bite. The column provides contact tips, historical context, and practical guidance from city officials on dog control and health reporting.
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Action Line
Mary Suda
St. Louis
Youth Drug Arrests Threaten Teens Future
A letter urges tightening drug laws to protect youths from lifelong felony records after juvenile arrests. It notes cosmetic reform, seeks the sealing of one time offenses under 18 after five years of good behavior by court order, with adult rules for ages 18 to 21.
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Heneforth
Action Line: readers urged to use special number
Readers are asked to use ACTION LINE s special 432 345 number for queries and to send one question at a time with name address and phone. Do not include photos or items for return and do not expect personal acknowledgment due to high volume.
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Press-Telegram
Big Offensive Reported At Khe Sanh In Vietnam War
UPI reports North Vietnamese troops breached Khe Sanh defenses and fought Marines in close quarters as the siege marked the possible start of a major offensive. More than 100 NVA dead found on the barbed wire ring, Hue endured heavy bombardment, and 17,000 Viet Cong deaths were tallied in six days with Allied casualties nearing 10,000.
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Khe Sanh
U.S
Vietnam
Moderate Walkout Elects CYR President in Anaheim
A moderate conservative, Steve Lewis of San Mateo, was chosen to lead the California Young Republicans after 99 delegates backing an ultraconservative rival walked out of the Anaheim convention. Rod Schapel backers faced seating fights in five counties, while Marsha Staunton withdrew citing factionalism. Delegates from Los Angeles backed Schapel but only cast three votes.
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California Young Republicans
Anaheim
Rod Schapel
Garden Grove
Marshall Staunton
Menlo Park
CVR
Los Angeles
Orange
Sacramento
Sky Drama Ends in Death Crash Near Orange
Retired U.S. Air Force major Lewis G. Oden, 55, of Apple Valley, died after his plane crashed into the Santa Ana River channel near Orange Sunday night. He had refused landing at March Air Force Base and told controllers he aimed for the Apple Valley airstrip before the crash.
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Santa Ana
Orange
Lewis G. Oden
Apple Valley
Long Beach Naval Hospital
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Reagan Presents Record Budget In California
Governor Reagan unveiled a record high state spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, totaling nearly 5.7 billion dollars, surpassing the current year's 5.607 billion. Separate budget bills will be sent to Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means for study as the 1968 session enters its fifth week.
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Reagan
Senate
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Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means
Interhouse
Discouragement: secretary yawns over shabby letters
A reader laments the secretary’s inattentive manner as letters appear poorly written. The piece conveys frustration with the tone and quality of correspondence from the office.
Beach crowds swarm as 80 degree winter sun shines
Warm winter day draws massive crowds to Southland beaches from Santa Barbara to San Diego. About 15,000 at Cabrillo Beach stroll and picnic while Lifeguards report eight rescues and no major dangers. Culver City posts 84 degrees. weather bureau forecasts more 80s with possible fog and no rain ahead.
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Cabrilla Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
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Los Angeles Civic Center
Montebello
San Gabriel
Torrance
Inglewood
Weather Bureau
Johnson forces Chiefs to sign Khe Sanh defense pledge
President Johnson ordered every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to commit in writing that Khe Sanh could be defended in South Vietnam. Time magazine notes Johnson's warning against a Dien Bien Phu outcome and questions the reasons for this gesture.
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Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Catty
Dien Bien Phu
Time Magazine
Joint Chiefs
McNamara Rusk Doubt Pueblo Violated Korea Waters
Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara expressed doubt that the USS Pueblo violated North Korea's 12 mile limit before its seizure, citing lack of information and caution about potential military escalation. They defended the delayed response as avoiding a bloodier confrontation and noted risks to the mission and escalation.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert
McNamara
North Korea
Rusk
Rusk Says We Eased Bombing As Peace Talks Aim
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States has tapered bombing of North Vietnam as a goodwill gesture to spur peace talks. He noted the Viet Cong attacks last week escalated the war to South Vietnamese cities and the U.S. embassy lawn, calling it the bloodiest offensive. Rusk stressed the restraint was not a halt and hinted that direct exploratory talks with Hanoi broke off after the attacks.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Rusk
Hanoi
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