17 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1969
Page
1
The notice promotes ACTION LINE as a service to solve problems and answer questions. It provides Box 230 in Long Beach California 90801 and contact numbers 432-3451 with service hours from 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm, Monday through Friday.
M L A of Beverly Hills faced state and national investigations as a false advertising and fraudulent business practices injunction was issued by California AG on Oct 14. Mark Poland, president, was arrested on extradi tion warrants from Illinois and Maryland in October.
A Pearl Harbor Survivors Association member asks if Billy Mitchell predicted the December 7 1941 attack. Webb says Mitchell warned of weak defenses during 1924 inspections and faced a six year battle to alert nonflying generals. Mitchell was court martialed for insubordination and died in 1956. Cornish pasties explained as miner lunchd pies from Cornwall now available in Long Beach with Michigan ties cited.
Reader asks for camps for mentally and physically handicapped children. The Long Beach YWCA sponsors a camp June 23 to 27 with interview contact Tina Lasater 550 Pacific Ave. Long Beach phone 436-6294. Other camps are run by the Crippled Children Society at 3770 E Willow St Long Beach 426-6161 and by the Foundation for the Junior Blind at 5300 Angeles Vista Blvd Los Angeles 295-4555.
Washington reports say the Nixon administration seeks mutual troop withdrawals from Vietnam as Paris talks stall. Some officers consider pulling a division by year end, possibly 15 000 to 50 000 troops, while avoiding unilateral action.
A homemade bomb shattered windows at San Francisco State College as it prepared to reopen for spring. Acting President S I Hayakawa vowed to be in control and warned of more bombings and disruptions. He ordered discipline for Dr Nathan Hare amid fallout from a campus clash with protesters.
Red Chinese gunboats raided six pleasure yachts from Hong Kong. three were captured and towed toward the mainland. Nineteen aboard included four Americans, four Hong Kong Chinese, Swedes Britons French and Australians. Diplomats sought confirmation as details remained unclear.
Saigon reports President Nguyen Van Thieu in a Tet address denounced any coalition with the Communists and pledged that South Vietnam will not cede land or permit open communization. He said victory at the front means no defeat at the conference table.
An Eastern Airlines jet with 97 aboard landed in Hamilton after a man announced a gun threat. Salvatore Sperduto, described as the suspect, was subdued by Bermuda police after boarding the plane at the terminal. The flight continued with a replacement aircraft to San Juan.
Thousands protest in Istanbul Adana and Gaziantep as rightist and leftist factions clash amid a visit by U S Sixth Fleet ships. Reports say two killed and many injured. Police used tear gas and truncheons to disperse crowds in Taksim Square.
A fast-moving storm from the north was expected to bring more rain to Long Beach and surrounding areas late today and tonight with clearing by Tuesday. After a near springlike day, highs in the mid-60s gave way to showers late in the afternoon and a 60 percent chance of rain.
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