08 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1969
Page
1
The notice explains ACTION LINE service offering answers to questions and solving problems. Readers can write to Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
A reader asks where to get immediate biopsy care for a growth while having low income. The Orange County Medical Center offers outpatient and cancer treatment with potential aid via welfare programs. Contact Margaret Eberly of the American Cancer Society for counseling or transport.
Action Line checked histories of Israel's formation and found no evidence supporting the claim that the nation was called Israeli to avoid confusion with the Biblical land. Independence was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 with David Ben-Gurion reading the proclamation.
Readers ask about specialty cigars printed granddaugh ter or grandson and baby themed options with prices. A Los Angeles Jewish state naming note and local education permit guidance outline district boundaries and Cerritos Junior College restrictions for Lakewood residents.
President Nixon arrives in Florida for a sun drenched weekend of foreign policy planning with Secretary of State Rogers and Henry Kissinger. He lands at Homestead Air Force Base then travels to Key Biscayne to rest and plan his Europe trip amid informal talks on global issues.
A Japanese jet fighter plunged into a residential block in Kanazawa during a snowstorm, setting homes on fire. Authorities say at least one ground casualty occurred while the pilot reportedly parachuted to safety.
Rocco Pompeo, an auto sales firm employee and 138th passenger on Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, sues for more than 5880 dollars plus hospital, lost wages, and 175 dollar camel hair coat with 156 dollars in cash, claiming negligence after the Jan. 2 hijacking to Cuba where a gunman forced entry to the cockpit.
A storm brings four foot waves as crude oil from a spill coats beaches from Ventura to Carpinteria. Surfers vanish from the seven mile stretch north of Long Beach area while birds and seals avoid the blackened shoreline and sailboats close to Santa Barbara show heavy oil contamination.
A rolling earthquake hit Humboldt County causing no damage reports. The Ferndale seismic station 75 miles southwest of Eureka logged the quake at 1 25 p m. and noted the pins were knocked from its recorder.
Defense chief Grant Cooper says Sirhan Bishara Sirhan unlikely to receive not guilty verdict in the Robert F. Kennedy murder case. He explains possible verdicts first and second degree murder or manslaughter and notes diminished responsibility as a defense focus.
Police investigate the slayings of two elderly women in Los Angeles found Friday in separate homes less than a quarter mile apart. Isabel Stainbrook 73 was strangled and Dagmar Kerkhoven 84 beaten. both homes ransacked, robbery suspected but connections uncertain.
A brief opinion notes that even if every proposed remedy from politicians were tried, outcomes could still be worse. The piece uses a sardonic tone to question policy effectiveness and public expectation.
A joint plan by Long Beach Los Angeles ports and the Navy will place floating booms across the entrances to Angels Gate and Queen’s Gate to guard harbor waters from the Santa Barbara oil spill. A three man task force led by Capt Rowell Hart John Parkinson and John R Mansell will coordinate city state and federal agencies. Weather and oil flow from Union Oil’s offshore platform will determine next actions as mud injection reduces leakage from a north east offshore well.
The article notes John G. Veneman tabbed as a principal aide to HEW Secretary Finch with details on placement Page A-3. It also previews tomorrow’s special updates with I V using a soft sell approach and mentions irregular hours and routine tedium on Page B-6.
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