Action Line answers reader questions from Long Beach
A compiled correspondence column delivers answers on property title checks in Pine County Minnesota, advertising portrait prints for Lentheric, Civil War drafts, alley maintenance responsibility in Long Beach, and donations to local writing groups. The column cites local officials and the Douglass House Center as key contacts.
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Long Beach
Calif
Minnesota
Pine County
Bruno
Action Line
Lentheric
D. C
Woodland Hills
A. Action Line
Pat King
New York
Miss King
Leatherie
Salvador Dali
Pierre Henri
Peter Blake
Fifth Ave
N. Y
John Williams
Williams
Clarence Price
City of
Carol Bell
Douglass House
Lime Ave
Miss Bell
Johnson pushes Congress for stronger gun control after NYC sniper
President Johnson links the Central Park sniper attack to the need for tougher gun laws. Mayor Lindsay urges immediate firearm registration as Rockefellar also calls for sensible gun controls amid national concern. The New York incident prompts ongoing political debate as pages note continued coverage.
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Washington
Johnson
New York
Congress
Central Park
John V. Lindsay
Ders
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
New York City
U S Viet toll tops all 67 dead
Saigon reports that in the first six months of the year 9 557 American deaths in South Vietnam exceed the 1967 total. The weekly toll reached 187 the previous week, the lowest since January 6, as official figures show.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Puerto Rican youths spark third night of unrest in Paterson
Puerto Rican and Negro youths roamed Paterson New Jersey Wednesday night and early today hurling bricks opening fire hydrants and triggering fire alarms in what marked the third straight night of disturbances in the Puerto Rican community.
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Paterson
N.J
Americans celebrate Fourth with pageantry and reenactments
The article describes nationwide Fourth of July events with speeches by President Johnson in San Antonio and Hubert Humphrey in Philadelphia. It notes colonial militia reenactments in Williamsburg and a 1778 Revolutionary War march by 16 buckskin-clad men from Metropolis Illinois toward Kaskaskia to celebrate American victory.
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San Antonio
Tex
HemisFair
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Williamsburg
Illinois
Kaskaskia
George Rogers Clark
Ft. Gage
National
Brotherhood of man lacking brothers, filled with hoods
A commentary notes that the brotherhood of man has produced too few genuine brothers and an excess of hoodlums, urging reflection on social decay and the need for moral reform.
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The
Brotherhood of Man
Soviet MIGs Force Seaboard DC8 Landing In Kuriles
Airliner captain Tosolini described a Soviet MIG confrontation over Iturup in the Kurile Islands. The Seaboard World DC8 landed after a machine gun burst, detaining 231 Americans aboard for two days before transfer to a new plane and crew for Vietnam.
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Star
Tosolini
Bethany
Conn
Seaboard World Airlines
Iturup
Kurile Islands
U.S
Vietnam
Yokota
Japan
Cam Ranh Bay
Tokyo
Berkeley Gives Way Rally OKd on Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley City Council reversed its prior stance and voted 5 to 3 to close Telegraph Avenue near the UC campus for a July 4 rally. The decision came despite opposition from Mayor Wallace Johnson amid protests and boos at two days of hearings. Gov Reagan had said the closure should not be allowed.
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Berkeley
Telegraph Avenue
University of California
Wallace Johnson
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Pasadena man in protective custody after alleged freeway shooting
Sirhan Saydallah Sirhan told Pasadena police he faced an attempted shooting on the freeway by seven white men in two cars. He said two .38 slugs hit his car and one man in a pursuing bus pointed a pistol as he drove through downtown Los Angeles Chinatown.
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Pasadena
Robert F. Kennedy
Saidallah Sirhan
Sirhan Bashara Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Gerald Wright
Sirhan
Chinatown
Los Angeles
Ray linked to London bank robbery in May, extradition ordered
James Earl Ray, the accused King killer, reportedly robbed a London bank of 100 pounds in May. Evidence cited includes a paper bag with his fingerprints. Ray, in Britain with a Canadian passport, was arrested June 8 and ordered held for extradition to the United States.
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London
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Scotland Yard
Ray
Britain
Ramon George Sneyd
Brussels
Frank Milton
United States
Birmingham
Ala
U.S
Hanes
Home Office
Memphis
Tenn
King
Reagan Will Run Backer Says in Amarillo
Frank Whetstone of Cut Bank Montana, Western states coordinator for the Reagan for President Committee, said Reagan will announce as an active candidate about two days before the August 6 GOP convention. Reagan's press secretary Paul Beck said the governor has clearly stated his position in the past.
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Amarillo
Tex
UPI
Frank Whetstone
Cut Bank
Mont
Western States
California
Ronald Reagan
Paul Beck
Reagan
Sacramento
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Lakewood
Robert Kennedy
N.Y
LBJ
Combined Wire Services
U.S. Viet
Bulletin
Aps
Joseph D. Tosolini
Link Ray
New York Times Service
Arthur J. Hanes
Gov. Reagan
Backer
Humphrey
Page
Monty
Southland
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T. Thomey
Asports
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