Action Line helps mail aid to Vietnam orphans
Readers ask about shipping food and clothing to a Vietnamese orphanage via Project Handclasp. Navy Lt Kalabany explains donations go to a San Diego warehouse for space‑available transport to Da Nang where an orphanage representative will pick up goods. CARE handles cash gifts for Vietnamese children, not for specific orphans.
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Q. My Son
Vietnam
Toulon
Compton
U.S. Navy
Vietath
San Diego
da Nang
Sigs Navy
Steven Kalabany
Li. Kalabang
Hendelasp
Eleventh District Naval Supply Headquarters
Meter Readers Climb Fences Alarm Westminster Residents
Action Line addresses a back fence issue with Edison meter readers who climb six foot barriers to access yards. National guidance suggests reporting the climber’s name to the supervisor or district manager. The district manager states policy forbids fence climbing and repairs for plant damage will be covered.
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Ralph Kiser
Federal of Lcers
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sacramento
Ky Lomip
Beach
California
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Los Angeles
United States Treasury Department
Federal
Gunason destroyer now in Pacific Reserve Fleet at Mare Island
The USS Gunason, named for a son killed in World War II, served at the war's end and is now on the inactive list with the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Mare Island near San Francisco. Homeported in San Diego, it rests in mothballs after duty in the war. In another note, Long Beach residents can appeal city hiring rulings to the Long Beach Civil Service Commission if the Health Department disqualifies them.
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M. G
Long
Keach
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Mare Island
San Francisco
San Diego
Long Beach
Health Department
B. L
J. D. Litwack
Post Office Frustrations Prompt Civic Outcry in Long Beach
LH, Long Beach resident vents at a Doctor secretary’s “Post Office-Battle” site about slow mail and misdelivered insurance forms. He argues postage hikes are coming and questions Postal Service efficiency, urging citizens to protest City Hall.
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Long Beach
Europe
Calif
Fair Lawn
Los Angeles
City Hall
Post Office
LBJ bids for open housing program in civil rights package
President Johnson urged a seven point civil rights package in a new Congress to ban discrimination in housing sales and rentals. He cited riots and fear as factors in 1966 defeat and backed staged steps from immediate bans on federally funded housing to a total 1969 prohibition, plus jury selection reforms and stronger protections for civil rights workers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Senate
Koreans Kill 246 Viet Cong in Four Vietnam Battles
In four battles described as this year's bloodiest, American infantrymen and South Korean marines fought Communist forces in the Central Highlands and surrounding areas. Koreans stormed through flamethrower fire to tally 246 Viet Cong deaths as U.S. Air Force B52s supported from above. The 4th Division infantry faced a large assault while building a base camp about 41 miles south of Kontum city.
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Saigon
U.S
Kontim
Market Basket ends trading stamps and hours cut
Market Basket Inc. said it will drop trading stamps and promotional gimmicks and cut store hours as part of a new discount policy aimed at cutting prices across its 76-store chain in Los Angeles Orange Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Officials said prices will be the same at all times with no weekend specials and that quality and variety would not be sacrificed. The move follows consumer protests by housewives over rising food costs and was supported by market research and customer interviews.
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Southland
Market Basket Inc. J
Clifford Earl Armstrong
Los Angeles
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Armstrong
Market Basket
George Robinson
Robinson
Mystery Object Lights Long Beach Sky Over Wednesday Night
A fiery airborne object streaked across the southern California sky drawing thousands of calls from Santa Barbara to Las Vegas. FAA and Coast Guard officials weighed possibilities from meteor to spacecraft while Long Beach observers tracked the blaze but could not confirm its identity.
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Long Beach
Giant-Size Footprint on Moon Foreshadows New Clues
A page A-6 item notes a giant footprint motif on the moon, suggesting possible future clues or discoveries. The brief outlines the speculative angle and ties it to ongoing space exploration coverage. No dates or named missions are provided in the readable text.
Man dies in Long Beach Jail suicide attempt
A 26 year old inmate, Robert E Denton of 1420 Cherry Avenue, choked himself with his shirt in an isolation cell at Long Beach City Jail shortly before a routine prisoner check on Wednesday around 240 PM after speaking to two officers.
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Long Beach City
Robert E. Denton
Cherry Avenue
Typo Causes Rush on Purex Stock Market Flurry
A Forbes Magazine typography error sparked a Nasdaq day of trading in Purex shares. Lakewood HQ reports over 77 000 shares traded as investors chased a falsely listed quarterly earning of 1 85 dollars, with the price opening around 21 and closing near 22 14.
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Purex Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Lakewood
Little
Forbes
Purex
Lite
Texarkana shell blast kills ten on depot loading line
An 104 mm artillery shell exploded on a loading line at the Army ammunition depot near Texarkana on Wednesday night, killing 10 soldiers. A military spokesman offered details on the incident and casualties.
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Texarkana
Tex
Army
Here
Reagan vows fight over UC budget cuts
Santa Barbara UC budget battle heats up as Governor Reagan pledges continued opposition. A UC finance expert warned the proposed cuts could block 9,200 student admissions and reduce faculty by 235, undermining educational standards while Reagan seeks eventual budget approval.
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University of California
Regents
Reagan
Charles J. Hiteh
U.S .Defense Department
Reagan Talks Tuition Charge At Nine Campus University
Reagan, arriving for a three day meeting of the university board of regents, voiced a plan to introduce tuition charges for the nine campus system in fall 1968. He said mechanics could not be set by September and defended the move as a moral issue for students already registered when fees would rise beyond the current 275 dollar annual incidental charge. The plan, paired with budget cuts to the university and state college system, sparked major controversy.
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Reagan Iold
Board of Regents
Reagan
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