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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
1
Readers are invited to send questions to Action Line Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 between 9 am and 1 pm or 5 pm and 9 pm Monday through Friday Questions are selected for general interest and usefulness.
Flower Girl Q T seeks a full color print of Jean Frederic Bazille painting Negro Girl With Ponies from Paul Mellon collection in Washington DC. A secretary says Mellon asked the National Gallery to arrange new prints. exhibitions drew demand. Also notes controversy over Land of the Free history book, available at Lou's Stationers for 7.50 and in libraries, with debate over curriculum uniformity and potential legislative changes.
No youth only bird-watching groups found in Orange County. Suggest joining the Santa Ana Audubon Society Sea and Sage Chapter at Santa Ana Library Board Room, third Tuesday, Sept through May, 7 30 to 9 35 pm. Yearly fee 8 50 includes Audubon magazine and Wandering Tattler. field trips and meetings open to you and your son.
A reader seeks local help for two suitcase repairs a handle repair and canvas bag sewing reinforcement. Richie's Luggage and Handbag Repair Shop at 217 E Fourth St Long Beach 435-5020 owner D A DeWeese says he can fix both. The exchange also explains the FIA rally license basics and how to apply via ACCUS in Stamford Connecticut.
A Long Beach reader notes pedestrians overly fixated on white crosswalk lines as they walk along Pine Avenue. The observer reports near-fights as people refuse to leave the line and asks why the city does not paint the entire crosswalk white to avoid conflicts.
Republicans meet in closed caucuses on the eve of the 1968 session vowing to challenge Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh and Senate leader Hugh M. Burns. Don Mulford says Unruh’s re-election will not be routine and predicts a heavily partisan session as an election year begins.
A gibe about a man who quit smoking for health and switched to chewing toothpicks ends with him contracting Dutch Elm disease, using a humorous, locally flavored line to poke fun at health trends and misfortune.
In Palo Alto, Mike Kasperak, 54, remained critical but stable after receiving a woman's heart in a 44 hour operation at Stanford University Medical Center. Surgeon Norman Shumway led a 15 member team, with Mrs Virginia Mae White as donor. Kasperak shows signs of recovery while remaining under sedation and monitored for rejection.
Attorney Ramsey says there is a strong possibility convicted double killer Jack Kirschke will testify as the penalty phase of his Los Angeles Superior Court trial opens Today. Kirschke is charged with the gas chamber death penalty for the murders of his wife Elaine and her lover Orville Brankhan in Naples.
In Phnom Penh Prince Norodom Sihanouk stated that North Vietnamese leaders do not want to talk to the Americans, though he would host talks in Phnom Penh with full facilities if both sides desired and American de escalation occurs.
The Louis Harris Survey, cited by the Washington Post, shows President Johnson leading or tied with top Republican hopefuls in a national poll. Johnson ties with Rockefeller at 43 percent if Wallace is added, reflecting a late surge linked to Vietnam war gains and shifting support among 2,003 households surveyed.
In a review of national security trends, the article notes a fivefold increase in threats against the president since the Kennedy era, analyzing sources and implications for public safety and political climate. Obscure pages hint at related features on working mothers and entertainment listings.
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