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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1968
Page
1
The notice promotes ACTION LINE as a service to solve problems and cut red tape. Readers may write to Bus 236, Long Beach CA 90401 or call 432 8451 between 9 am and 1 pm, or 5 pm and 9 pm, Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
Q and A column covers growing tobacco at home in Los Angeles County. No law bans backyard cultivation, but commercial viability is unlikely in the climate. Seeds offered by Desert Seed Co. for $1 per pack. soil should be sandy with good drainage and full sun. Library resources on curing exist. buying finished product may be easier.
In a suburban hamlet southwest of Saigon, Captain Jeffrey Dalia of Long Beach Calif. directed Delta Company 1st Battalion 7th Infantry as Viet Cong fire raked the paddy dike. Sergeant Frederick Wallake from Pennsylvania led a charging assault, tossed a grenade, and helped silence a hostile building while remaining under heavy fire. Three men were wounded as the fight continued four miles from Saigon City Hall.
U S Marines crossed the Perfume River and moved into Hue’s northeast to join Vietnamese forces in an end run against Communist troops. They seek to trap foes who still hold the northern half and the Citadel, despite prior fighting that gave control of the southern city and provincial HQ last week.
An overheard quip about a coworker in an office setting notes she is a slow typist. The comment links interruptions to coffee breaks and a rhythmic bell from a typewriter as the humorous trigger. The line reflects workplace humor and casual banter.
Fire at Franklin Pennsylvania killed 11 people including 10 children of Mrs. Alfred Gossman. In Howick Quebec Allan Champ and eight of his 10 children died as their house burned. A hotel blaze in Acapulco razed lower floors of the Hotel Majestic killing four and injuring 10. Two children died in Hulmes and Pittsburgh house fires. Victims included an American Robert Mayo Davis and Miss Pura Gonzalez of Argentina.
A Navy jet trainer from Los Alamitos Air Station struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in dense fog, killing two airmen Lt. Bruce C. Turnbull and Lt. Anthony Miller of Los Angeles. The bridge upper deck was closed for repairs as divers searched the bay.
Intermittent showers are forecast for the Long Beach area today as a weather front moves through the Southland. Rain may spatter off and on through mid week with a tapering off by Tuesday and generally cloudy skies. Highs near 60 and lows around 55 degrees, with snow levels in the Southern California mountains near 7,000 feet.
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