ACTION LINE answers on draft dodgers and authority
The service explains the Selective Service System cannot retrieve draft dodgers from Canada. Indictments for failure to appear are issued by federal grand juries, with no statute of limitations, and defendants are arrested and tried promptly.
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Long Beach
Calif
Canada
A. No
Selective Service
Matt Byrne
U.S
Central District of California
Armed Services
Whale Shark Described On TV Show Explained
Mrs. H L from Long Beach asked about a large shark on The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Tom Fuchs of Wolper Productions identified it as a whale shark. Don Hackett of Marineland described the whale shark as immense and distinct from other species.
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Jacques Cousteau
Tom Fuchs
Wolper Productions
Hollywood
Don Hackett
Marineland of the Pacific
Whale shark described as harmless giant of the seas
Hackett notes the whale shark, a 35 to 40 foot plankton eater weighing up to 10 tons, with greenish brown back and white belly, and three dorsal ridges. The tropical Pacific coast near La Paz hosts it, while a TV sequence was shot in the Red Sea. Marineland features displays of variously sized whale sharks.
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Hackett
Pacific Ocean
Mexican
la Paz
Red Sea
Marineland
City owes widow $200 for Westchester Park stand fixtures
A. James Wheeler of the Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks Department says the concession section has recommended full payment of $200 to Mrs P M of Long Beach for permanent fixtures she installed at a Westchester Park stand. Final decision rests with management amid doubt the stand will reopen.
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A. James Wheeler
Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks Department
Wheeler
Concession Stand Fixtures Sit After High Standards Talk
Wheeler says the department does not penalize higher standards but notes custom fixtures likely cannot be reused elsewhere. Management faces a problem deciding what to do if no one leases the concession stand.
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Wheeler
Doggerel Limericks Delay Payment From Magazine
Reader complains to ACTION LINE after submitting limericks to Tép per magazine and not receiving the promised $50 check. Publisher David Zentner confirms payment on publication and asks for original copies, noting two letters on file and that the piece was slated for Rogue magazine October 1967 but was not printed.
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Tépper Magazine
D.E.B
Seal Beach
A. David Zentner
The
Douglas Publishing Co
New York
Rogue
Zentner
Action Line
Don Rickles TV and Las Vegas appearance update
The Insultin Sultan Don Rickles hosts Kraft Music Hall on Channel 4 January 31 at 9 p.m. His personal manager says no West Coast appearances before March 19 when he performs at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. Rickles has acted in films including Rum Silent Run Deep.
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Sultan
Channel 4
Rickles
Mel Shayne
Scandore
Yorktown Now Off N Korea With Task Group
Tokyo reports the Long Beach antisubmarine carrier USS Yorktown has joined the American task group off Won san Korea commanded by Capt Bill Bennett. The Yorktown carries advanced ASW systems and is accompanied by USS Trux tun, USS Enterprise, Canberra, four destroyers and a repair ship in the Sea of Japan.
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Tokyo
Long Beach
Yorktown
Wonsan
Korea
Bill Bennett
Enterprise
Sea of Japan
Tye
Reds Name Yanks to Be Freed
Tokyo based report says Hanoi named three captured U.S. airmen to be released for the lunar new year after showing repentance. Identified are Air Force Capt. John David Black, Maj. Norris Miller Overly, and Navy Ens. David Paul Matheny. Pentagon would not comment until release. The announcement marks the first time Hanoi has freed U.S. captives. The Viet Cong also freed 14 South Vietnamese soldiers during Tet in Saigon.
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Tokyo
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Radio
Cambodia
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North
Dieter Dengler
South Vietnam
Saigon
Viet Cong
Support Sought in UN over Pueblo incident
Washington officials said the Johnson administration seeks diplomatic backing at the United Nations while maintaining a military buildup. It argues the Pueblo was in international waters when seized and cites intelligence on North Korean coordinates. Officials declined to reveal exact monitoring methods, noting ongoing private and public diplomacy.
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U.S
Pueblo Se Los Alamitos
Korea
North Korea
North Ko
L B Scouts Rescued as Snow Pelts Camp
A weekend storm blankets Southern California with rain and snow as 22 Long Beach Boy Scouts and adults from Troop 218, sponsored by Patrick Henry Elementary PTA, are evacuated from a Mt Gleason area camp. Names of Scouts and leaders are listed. most stayed overnight at Nike Missile site until roads opened.
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California
Mountain Rescue
Long Beach
Troup 218
Patrick Henry
PTA
John Marshall
Army
Mt Gleason
Suspect Arrested in Tavern Death at Fate's Place
Long Beach man Ciem R. Moffett died at St. Marys Hospital after a Sunday shooting outside Fate's Place tavern. Frank Brackins was booked on murder investigation after a prior argument with the victim. officers recovered a .38 revolver as the suspected weapon.
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Long Beach
Ciem R. Moffett
Lewis St
St. Mary's Hospital
Revalyer
Jerry W. Boyd
Robert A. Fowks
Frank Brackins
Olive Ave
Brackins
Moffett
French Sub With 52 Aboard Missing in Mediterranean
A French 1040 ton submarine Minerve with 52 crew members is missing after last report 20 miles off Toulon in 8200 foot waters. An Israeli Dakar also lost near Cyprus with 69 crew, both failing to signal distress as searches continue by air and sea. The French carrier Clemenceau joins destroyers, patrol boats, minesweepers, tugs, helicopters and planes in the hunt.
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Toulon
France
UPI
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Dakar
Israel
England
Clemenceau
Million Dollar DMT Haul Reported In Detroit Suburb Lab
Federal agents raided a Lincoln Park home finding a laboratory that allegedly produced between 800000 and 1 million dollars worth of DMT a powerful hallucinogen. Equipment valued at about 300000 dollars was seized as William Stephenson attempted to flee.
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Detroit
UPI
Federal Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
William Stephenson
Lincoln Park
vAgent
Don Schnettler
South Korea Rejects Trade for Pueblo Crew
South Korea rejected today the idea of exchanging North Korean infiltrators captured in the South for the American intelligence ship Pueblo and its crew. A foreign ministry spokesman called the proposal outrageous and nonsensical.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
South
Pueblo
Foreign Ministry
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