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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
1
The message promotes ACTION LINE offering problem solving and rights assistance. Readers can write to Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 during specified hours Monday through Friday for questions chosen for general interest and usefulness.
A reader asks where to donate cookies for ill children. The Public Relations Office at Memorial Hospital of Long Beach directs cookies to the pediatrics ward with thanks from Norm Nager, hospital PR director.
A Southern California Gas Co advertising project explains the egg sequence in a gas appliance promo. The chef started with two eggs in each hand, broke one in each hand, then the second with a double yolk, yielding three eggs per pan and about four dozen eggs used in retakes.
A reader in Long Beach asks ACTION LINE about a refund from Norfolk Hill Ltd New York for a Memocard tape recorder returned in February under the guarantee. The company says the refund check is sent but offers no explanation for the delay or missing order.
A reader asks about an optical school with a patient friendly setup like USC dental care. Los Angeles College of Optometry runs a student clinic at 950 W. Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles offering eye exams supervised by staff. Summer hours run 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m weekdays with a 4 dollar registration fee and reduced rates for other services.
A.C.V. of Long Beach asks where to buy a uniform for an eight year old. Logan Costume Co. in Los Angeles offers a miniature airline hostess uniform. F A O Schwarz Toy Menagerie in Beverly Hills provides various children's costumes including drum majorette gypsy Dutch girl and ballerina.
The Juilliard School sits at 120 Claremont Ave New York NY 10027. Founded 1905 as Institute of Musical Arts by Frank Damrosch later funded by Augustus Juilliard the name changed in 1920 and plans to move to Lincoln Center with expanded drama and dance offerings. Notable alumni include Van Cliburn Leontyne Price Richard Rodgers and Howard Hanson.
A reader argues historian John L. Ferguson should study Arkansas history more. The letter recalls teaching in Bay in 1919 1920 and claims Arkansas Indians migrated from Indiana or Ohio to the area now Arkansas. The writer says the state name derives from them and an unknown person added an incorrect R to Akansas.
New York Times Service reports the United States privately warned the Soviet Union that military intervention in Czechoslovakia could jeopardize efforts at improving U.S. Soviet relations. Tito plans to travel to Prague to show solidarity with Dubcek as Brezhnev seeks talks between party presidiums in Kosice.
A concise note defines a cold war as nations flexing their missiles and military posture, highlighting the tense standoff without direct armed conflict between powers.
Black Panther leader Huey Newton said he was framed for the killing of Patrolman John Frey. In a jail interview he described harassment and solitary confinement as attempts to break his spirit as jury selection continues in his Oakland murder trial.
A Field Research Corp survey of Californians, conducted July 10 to 15, shows 71 percent support a universal gun registration law, 82 percent approve prohibiting mail order gun sales, 22 percent oppose registration, and 14 percent oppose mail order bans, with small percentages undecided.
Arthur Charloff, former FBI agent and Orange County chief deputy public administrator, was indicted on six counts of misapplying decedent estate assets after devising cash handling procedures. He headed the probe that led to the conviction of Louis Van Scourt for taking over $14,000 from estates.
A Lakewood teen and a Garden Grove man died in separate accidents. Steven Bliss, 17, was injured in a two car crash in Bellflower on Woodruff Avenue. Anthony Poglinco, 32, died after losing control on the San Gabriel River Freeway.
Justice Abe Fortas testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he phoned Ralph Lazarus, president of Federated Department Stores, to express concern about his public critique of President Johnson's Vietnam war budget. He said the call was as a citizen, not at Johnson's behest, as hearings on his Supreme Court nomination continued.
A National Airlines DC8 with 56 passengers was forced to Cuba by a hijacker who demanded Fidel Castro, then returned to Miami after Cuban authorities detained the group for nearly six hours. Passengers were taken to Varadero then flown back to Florida on a government charter.
California State College Long Beach will not be renamed a university for another year as the Senate Governmental Efficiency Committee rejected a measure granting the State College Board of Trustees authority to change campus names. Assemblyman Richard Barnes plans to retry next year despite testimony arguing the colleges already meet the university definition.
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