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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
1
The notice promotes 452 5451 ACTION LINE as a service to solve problems and answer questions. Readers are told to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 during stated hours. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
Local antique shops offer vintage oil lamps and lampposts. Firehouse Antiques in Venice lists old posts with John Gabrouck as owner who can assist assembling one. Cal's Antiques & Trading Post in Lawndale suggests registering to be notified of antqiue oil lampposts. Adams & Westlake Co in Elkhart sells Model 300 oil lanterns for 6.98 postpaid.
A Sears refriger ator manager notes the only ice equipment included with the model is two trays and offers to send replacements on request. In a separate Q A, the duties of godparents are described as spiritual supporters who should attend christenings and ensure religious upbringing, varying by denomination.
A reader asks for a small dog cart or a pattern. Pearson Town and Country Carts offers a tubular steel cart at 64.50 with a 24.50 harness and will mail a brochure. Vernon Spring of Downey offers DIY instructions. he is soon competing in a sled dog derby at Fawnskin near Big Bear Lake on February 8–9.
Prime Minister Tran Van Huong told reporters in Saigon that the Paris negotiations would fail. He dismissed chances of success as do not at all. U.S. negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge announced substantive talks would begin Saturday with full South Vietnamese agreement.
President Nixon meets his first Senate hurdle as Walter J. Hickel’s nomination to be secretary of the interior is delayed for at least 24 hours. Senate Interior Committee report and five day hearing record are seen as prerequisites before debate can begin. Mansfield notes hold was not from Interior panel members who backed confirmation.
The American Federation of Teachers unit at California State College at Long Beach will run a campus informational picket from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today to show sympathy for 28 San Jose State College professors fired for not attending classes. The statewide AFT plans a one-day action.
Union workers at Atlantic Richfield Wilmington refinery ratified a wage agreement Tuesday night for the second major break through in the 19 day nationwide oil strike. About 2 000 members return to their jobs today as the strike expands to 14 of 19 state college campuses. The San Jose State faculty walkout began January 9 in support of San Francisco State demonstrations. John Stafford of the Academic Senate urged collective bargaining to avoid further teacher strikes.
A rigged supply vessel for offshore oil wells named Rigger 1 capsized and sank in heavy seas about five miles west of Malibu Pier. Five crewmen were rescued earlier by a Coast Guard cutter.
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer warns before a House subcommittee that aging U.S. ships threaten sea supremacy. He cites 58 percent of the fleet over 20 years old vs smaller Russian fleet, and calls for a leaner 850-ship mix to meet Cold War deployments.
Occasional April showers clear after a winter storm that broke many Weather Bureau records. Gov Ronald Reagan declares a state of emergency to help flood victims and fund flood control and loans. Assembly Rules Committee approves a 5.4 million emergency appropriation for flood counties with action expected soon.
The Pueblo's skipper Lloyd M. Bucher testified at a Naval Court of Inquiry that he did not order gun action to save the ship as torpedo boats and a submarine chaser closed at close range. He said the crew was hopelessly outgunned and four PT boats with two MIGs loomed overhead while shells fired left several wounded. Bucher recalled sending a message to the White House about being surrounded and an armed boarding party attempting to come aboard. He spoke in a restrained tone about losing the ship and moving to escape, noting the Pueblo was slow compared with the pursuing vessels. He did not reveal any received instructions and the timing of White House or Joint Chiefs notices remained unclear.
Police find a hippie hangout in a related report while city leadership argues for controlled airport expansion. The page references speeches by Nixon and Kennedy and notes financial coverage on pages A-20 and A-21.
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