Action Line helps Bellflower families and birders in need
The Action Line page offers ready aid from the community, with Bellflower Women’s Club supplying clothing to a fire victim and Bird Club leaders inviting inquiries about local birding groups. Earl Sanders and Audubon Los Angeles extend meetings, field trips, and a magazine. A Springfield cemetery plot question ends with deed tips and a note on ad rates.
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Women’s Club of
Bellflower
Bettie Sherer
Long Beach
Orange County
Bird Club
Earl Sanders
Sanders
N. Flower St
Apt. 2
Santa Ana
The
Audubon Society of
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Blvd
Marjorie Green
Springfield
Gould Action
Jack Diemer
Diemer
Action Line
Long Beach Health Fees and Public Safety Rules
A Long Beach health notice explains a $10 annual apartment license fee for buildings with more than five units. Funds cover official inspections under state housing acts to detect health hazards and unsanitary conditions. Other letters discuss a Gideon Bible gift for a serviceman, Green River Ordinance limits on door to door solicitors, and demand for easier street signs in the city.
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Q. E
Long Beach Health Department
Long Beach
I. D. Litwack
Litwack
Drivers urged to turn signals off for safety
Mrs. R. M. H. of Long Beach warns that some drivers forget to switch off indicator signals, causing dangerous, mistaken highway behavior. A simple dashboard check could prevent potential accidents and improve road safety.
Marines Hit Hard by Reds on Viet Nam Border Battle
UPI reports Marines used bombers tanks and bayonets to repel a major Communist offensive near Con Thien on the North South Vietnam border. Casualties ran 255 Marines and 34 Communist bodies counted. U.S. forces including B52s and Phantoms pushed back Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
Leathernecks
Featherneck
Con Thien
U.S
America
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Tuy An
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Two New Clashes at Suez Rise in Middle East Tensions
Fresh fighting along the Suez Canal marked a second straight day as Israel and Egypt reported exchanges of machine gun and mortar fire near El Qantara. Israeli spokesmen said counterattacks silenced the Egyptian gunners while Cairo claimed Egyptian forces repelled an Israeli assault east of the canal and destroyed tanks.
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Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
el Quantara
Tel Aviv
el Qantara
Radin Cairo
In-Law Feud Ends in Death and Jailing of 2
Two Long Beach men Ar thur Virgil Morgan and Billy Lee McHenry were held on suspicion of murder after a 2 a.m. backyard shootout in Rolling Hills that killed James Gilbert Frutchey, owner of Los Cal Lumber Co. Morgan and McHenry faced deputies as evidence tied to a long in-law feud emerged. Frutchey died from gunshot wounds while Morgan was treated for head and hand injuries.
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Long Beach
Rolling Hills
Sheriff's Deputies
Arthur Virgil Morgan
Sunrise Rlvd
Orbit
E. Willow SL
Billy Lee McHenry
Pine Ave
James Gilbert Frutchey
Middleridge Lane
Morgan
McHenry
Frutchey
Los Cal Lumber Co
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Hospital
Lennox Station
Bomb threat targets Linfield Victory at Long Beach port
An anonymous caller warned of a bomb aboard the Linfield Victory, a 439 foot Vietnam cargo ship with 1 000 tons napalm, prompting a multi agency search as Coast Guard escorts moved the vessel from Pier E Berth 122 to an eastern breakwater anchorage. Police fire FBI and ship officers joined the investigation after the 5 15 p m call.
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Linfield Victory
Coast Guard
Pier E
Long Beach
Vietnam
FBI
Traffic Toll Rises as Independence Day Weekend Proves Deadly
The halfway point of the four day Fourth of July holiday saw traffic fatalities rise, with the National Safety Council predicting 760 to 800 deaths for the period. By midnight at least 44 people had died in traffic accidents since the holiday began, led by Texas with 38 fatalities. California had 26, New York 25, Illinois 24, Ohio 17, Indiana and Oregon 15, with Virginia and Pennsylvania reporting fewer.
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National Safety Council
Texas
California
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Oregon
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Rescue 5 in Wreck Power Cut Near East Long Beach
A single engine plane failed engine and struck power lines in a busy Bell Flower Boulevard area, skidding into a dirt lot near East Long Beach homes and an outdoor theater. The crash cut power to a square mile for nearly two hours as crews untangled lines. The 30 year old Long Beach pilot Carroll A. Thomas and a Bellflower passenger Edward Swearingen were hospitalized with serious injuries while three rear passengers, all boys, escaped major harm. Motorists aided victims, with one rescuer injured by debris and gasoline.
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Long Beach
Bell Flower Boulevard
Spring Street
Bellflower
Lakewood
Carrol A. Thomas
Marber Ave
Edward J. Swearingen
Cedar St
Swearingen
Edward J. Jr
My Dear Matron Opens Bridge Party Gossip Caution
A matron at a bridge party exhorts sisters to guard against repeating gossip this year. She emphasizes careful speech and restraint as her resolution, urging mindful conversation and discretion among guests.
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Calif
T.S
Action Ine
Korea
C. C
Willard C. Elliss
Gideons International
United States
Green River
B. E
Wya
Hans Held
Los Angeles County Law Library
Torrance
Southland
Marines
Vierce
Westmoreland
L.B
Bellflower Boulevard
Curt Johnson
Suez
Charleen Joan Frutchey
Palos Verdes Hills
Dorothy
Donald Berkey
Bill Farrington
Sheriff's Homicide Squad
Mrs. Morgan
Linda Frutchey
Janes and
Charleen Frutchey
Slots
Arthur V. Morgan
Chester Gregory
Public Safety Building
Pier FE
Bropear
Wchiuchl
Reagan
Romney
Percy
Nixon
Sylvia Porter
Warren Commission
JFK
Pg Ca
Page B.L
CHI Radio-Tv
Sole Shipping Sports
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