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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1968
Page
1
This Public Service notice explains how to contact ACTION LINE for assistance. It lists mailing address Box 230 Long Beach California and phone numbers with available hours for questions chosen for general interest and helpfulness.
A reader asks how to smooth sharp coral beads that wear on collars. Harry Condo of Condo's Rock Shop in Seal Beach says he would inspect the piece to judge finish and the problem and notes coral can be ground sanded and polished like rock if properly prepared.
Velma Slack of the Social Security office in Long Beach explains that money paid into Social Security before age 22 does count toward retirement benefits, addressing a common misconception about its purpose and impact on future benefits.
In Answers to readers, residents seek help meeting Eastern Europe contacts while traveling. Mrs. Kaliterna and Mrs. Orloff offer connections in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, with embassy addresses provided. A Romanian Church contact suggests Lido Hotel Bucharest and Carpati Agency for tourist help. A Survivors Assistance official confirms gold star pins are issued to immediate families of soldiers killed in Vietnam.
A spokesman for Johnny Hart Productions in Union says there is no national fan club for the B C comic strip. This statement comes in response to inquiries from Long Beach readers about a formal fan organization.
In New York many schoolchildren organize their own clubs around popular comic characters. Collections of the comic strip exist in book form and as note paper and stationery featuring the characters are sold in bookstores and stationery shops.
Reader asks how to reach Ivy Baker Priest now serving as California Treasurer. The note provides her Sacramento address at the State Capitol P O Box 1919 Sacramento California 95809. Priest formerly served as United States Treasurer for eight years and was born in Bingham Utah.
The column advises readers to use ACTION LINE 432-3451 for questions while avoiding mail items with attachments. Include name address and phone for contact but not for publication. Do not send photos or receipts and limit to one query at a time due to high volume.
President Johnson praised Latin American nations for creative change and democracy during talks with Bolivian President Rene Barrientos at the LBJ Ranch. In San Salvador, about 2000 students protested the summit with placards calling him the murderer of Vietnam as police watched.
The nationwide traffic death toll rose during the Independence Day holiday weekend. By Friday night 376 people had died, with the four day nonholiday weekend tally at 553. The National Safety Council had estimated 700 to 800 potential deaths from the holiday period ending Sunday.
In Halawaka Creek Opelia Alabama a salvage diver found a woman's body presumed missing along with a pistol and a strong box from a February 1966 burglary in Columbus Georgia. The body remains unrecovered as authorities plan another search.
The USS Yorktown returned to Yorktown Friday with over 1,000 spectators at Pier E. Capt. Bill Bennett noted the ship’s achievements since departing Long Beach last December, including rescuing four downed pilots, maintaining vigilance after the Pueblo incident, a night helicopter recovery with tail-rotor failure, and delivering more than a million gallons of fuel in 53 refuelings.
Brezhnev and Egyptian President Nasser held a day of talks in Moscow and pledged steadfast Soviet aid to Arab nations in their conflict with Israel. They gave no sign of compromise. Nasser postponed departure for Yugoslavia, prompting talk of possible extended negotiations in Belgrade.
Valor is set to sail on one ocean liner without tipping and will return on a different ship to maintain discretion. The plan involves discreet travel and a change of vessel for the return trip.
A fire destroyed the Stanford University president Wallace Sterling offices in a blaze blamed on activists. Investigators found filing cabinets rifled and flammable liquid poured, with a green bag containing Stanford Research Institute documents left near an exit. The incident follows prior arsons at ROTC headquarters, with potential damages topping $300,000.
The Southland expected mixed conditions with morning low clouds inland and hot desert heat. Traffic remains heavy with higher casualty risk. through mid holiday seven fatalities in Los Angeles County and two in Orange County reported as beaches await sun breaks.
Four U S entertainers and an Army sergeant were ambushed by Viet Cong 18 miles east of Saigon while driving a jeep. Two entertainers were killed. the sergeant and two other entertainers were wounded and hospitalized at Long Binh. Roadblock tactics and a Thai troop reaction followed the attack.
The Army widens the eligibility window for early discharge by extending the remaining service days from 90 to 150. Soldiers may extend their Vietnam tours so that they have fewer than 150 days left in their term when they depart the war zone.
The retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren defends Fortas and rejects claims that President Johnson’s critics are correct, declining to label the administration as failing.
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