13 Jul 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1970
Page
1
The column invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 4323451 during posted hours for answers. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness and action is promised to help readers cut red tape and stand up for their rights.
A reader asks about a delayed August reservation at Humboldt State Park after paying a $23 fee. The Department of Parks and Recreation in Sacramento says August confirmations are being processed by hand after the previous computer firm failed, with a spokesman predicting a confirmation within a week to 10 days.
Local aquatics experts say wait times vary by meal. A heavy meal may require about an hour before strenuous activity while light snacks may permit shorter waits. If you are cooling off or relaxing, no wait is needed.
The Long Beach Water Department will absorb the cost of water fluoridation in its $9.5 million 1970 71 budget, Public Information Officer Harold C. Levy said. The department estimates the equipment cost to store and feed fluorides into the system.
Officials estimate water fluoridation will cost about 39000 yearly with total water plan expenses around 47000, plus a small rate increase from March to offset the fluoridation. The Action Line notes several summer tennis camps including Pancho Gonzales Tennis Ranch in Malibu with 495 per session, plus Carmel Valley and Van der Meer King camps in California. others are booked.
Letter from Long Beach resident supports HP on excessive car and motorcycle noise in Belmont Shore but argues police use should be targeted. Proposes posting an officer at Park Avent and Livingston Drive from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. to issue citations and reduce disturbance.
Negotiators for Long Beach Public Transportation Co and the Amalgamated Transit Union remained in session late Sunday seeking to avert a strike that could strand 40,000 riders. Union members had already voted to strike, rejecting a 40 cent hourly raise plan and other concessions. Company president William Farell pledged no strike before Tuesday with two days’ notice to the public.
Two Oregon men escaped serious injury when their twin engine plane struck a parked car while attempting a forced landing. Pilot William Rozell, 40, and passenger Albert Stevenson, 52, both of Portland, suffered minor cuts and bruises and were treated and released at Centinela Valley Community Hospital after the 5 p.m. crash at Menlo Avenue and Broadway near Hawthorne Municipal Airport.
Thor Heyerdahl and six crew aboard Ra II reached Bridgetown Harbor in Barbados after a 3,200 mile Atlantic voyage. The papyrus boat sailed from Safi to test if ancient Egyptians could reach the New World, with Ra II’s sail and crew amid cheering crowds and UN flag symbolism.
A Harris Survey of 820 undergraduates in 50 four year colleges shows broad student disillusionment beyond Vietnam. Many doubt establishment leadership and want major national change, with 76 percent negative view of Nixon’s war handling and 78 percent saying U.S. society lacks values. Parents’ views differ on several points and most students see U.S. imperialist policies as troubling.
A 48 year old woman Eloise Hurly was beaten to death in an Inglewood mobile home, shot as sixth victim in a wave of killings. Marlin Edward Brown 45 booked for Hurly murder. Gerard Trent Jr. 25 booked for the Wilshire District murders of Carolyn Stafford and her two daughters Julie and Carol Lyn. Trent worked at a sanitation firm after the killings. Police say no clear link yet among the attacks and motive remains under inquiry. Wanda Ryan and husband Jack allegedly forced their way into the Stafford residence prior to the discovery of the bodies.
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