ACTION LINE PROVIDES ANSWERS ON BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
A reader asks where Robert Stroud is now. ACTION LINE reports Stroud died Nov 21 1963 at Springfield MO U S Medical Center at age 73 after 54 years in prison. He studied birds and their diseases and wrote a four volume history of the federal prison system.
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Alcatraz
Robert Stroud
P.C
Long Beach
A. Stroud
U. S. Medical Center
Springfield
Stroud
Alcohol by volume versus weight explained in beverages
A reader asks about the difference between alcohol by volume and by weight. The answer explains that volume measures the actual alcohol content in a beverage, while weight compares alcohol to the overall weight of the drink, noting the common discrepancy due to water being heavier than alcohol.
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G.B
Compton
Oliver Elliot
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
Suffragette Memories and National Geographic Answers
AC TION LINE helps locate Mrs. E. J. Green of Long Beach, 81, active in Montana suffragette and prohibition movements. She recalls lawful activism, notes film portrayals, and mentions figures Fanny Spencer and Cora Morgan with a League of Women Voters contact in California. Also explains National Geographic magazine ordering and subscription details.
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League of Women Voters
League
Long Beach
P.S
Action Line
E. J. Green
Montana
U.S
Nixon moves toward end of draft with allVolunteer plan
President Nixon directed the Pentagon to draft a detailed plan for ending the draft after Vietnam expenditures are reduced as part of advancing an all volunteer military. The White House said Laird was urged to form a commission to develop action steps and move toward a volunteer force once costs are cut.
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Washington
Nixon
Pentagon
Vietnam
White House
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Ronald L. Ziegler
U S Government Signals Worry Over Living Beyond Means
The piece notes a government concern that about a quarter of the population now lives beyond its means. The tone hints at skepticism about officials speaking on the issue.
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U.S
Million Dollar Drug Raid Nets Two Arrests in Playa Del Rey
County narcotics officers seized a cement mixer used to blend batter for black market barbiturates and more than $1 million worth of amphetamines during a raid on a Playa Del Rey home. Two suspects were arrested on charges of possessing dangerous drugs. Capt. Dennis Cook said the haul could have sufficed to intoxicate Los Angeles County. The report notes two electrically operated machines were also seized.
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Playa del Rey
Los Angeles County High
Capt
Dennis Cook
Sheriff's Narcotics Bureau
Police Clear Berkeley Campus Demonstrators at Lather Gate
San Francisco police cleared about 200 demonstrators from UC Berkeley's Lather Gate as strike leaders warned peaceful picketing could not be guaranteed with police on campus. Deputies highway patrolmen and campus force moved the crowd after a professor was roughed up.
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Berkeley
University of California
Carl Mack
Third World Liberation Front
Albert Black Jr
Manhunt Follows Fatal Shootings Across Southland
Police pursue a suspected gunman described as a Negro in his late 20s to early 30s after four robbery victims and a bystander are killed at point blank range in South Central Los Angeles. The same suspect is also tied to a Commerce liquor store robbery that claimed another life.
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Los Angeles
Ben Dreskin
O.B. Hunt
Hunt
Samuel Hahn
Pelted Officers Face Brick Barrage Near San Francisco State
About 200 students from high schools and colleges pelted police at an intersection near San Francisco State College as 16 mounted units and other officers dispersed the crowd. Five arrests reported as leaders of two student groups hailed what they called a victory amid a noisy picket of 500.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
San Jose State College
Black Students Union
Third World Liberation Front
Oil Slick Threatens California Coast After Offshore Blowout
A massive oil spill from a Union Oil well 51 miles off Santa Barbara extended over 200 square miles from Santa Barbara to Rincon Point. Coast Guard crews, barring three Ventura Harbor entrances, battled slicks while Gov Reagan offered aid and Interior officials termed the situation serious.
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Southern
California
Santa Barbara
Rincon Point
Coast Guard
Union Oil Co
Rincon
Ventura County
Jerry Spinak
Oxnard
Washington, D.C
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Ronald Reagan
Union Oil
Fish and Game Department
Laird Launches Review Of Pueblo Affair And Espionage Roles
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced a Pentagon review of the Pueblo affair to determine if ocean espionage missions should continue and how to safeguard them. The study will assess protections for crew rights and the role of such ships, with high level examination driven by public interest.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pueblo
Laird
David Packard
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