Action Line helps Long Beach readers seek theater and charity aid
Readers ask why film prints may have cuts and how to obtain repairs or replacements. The column guides on film edits, theater policies, and community help, noting managers do not cut films and detailing local donations of paint, hardware, and electronics to the North Long Beach Carmelites Summer Program.
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Lakewood Center Theater
Towne Theater
Bellflower
Paul Caylor
Caylor
Pacific Theaters
North Long Beach
Action Line
D.H
Long Beach
Standard Brands Paint Co
W. 190Th St
Torrance
John de Gregory
Standard Brands
Harry Macon
Paramount Sales and Salvage
Paramount Blvd
Carmelites
Long Beach Blvd
Robeson recorded Old Man River three times says ACTION LINE
The inquiry shows Paul Robeson recorded Old Man River from Show Boat on at least three occasions. Copies are available from Music Man Murray in Hollywood. Robeson, 70, lives in seclusion after years of controversy, with a Rutgers law degree and fame from ONeill plays. In Yosemite August trip, motorbikes allowed in campgrounds and on roads but not on trails or backcountry.
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Paul Robeson
Action Line
D.H
Garden Grove
Robeson
Murray
Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood
United States
Rutgers University
Eugene O’neill
U.S
Yosemite
L.A
Lakewood
Linda Gruen
National Park Service
Back Mountain
Star Shoe Co. and Warschaw Respond to Missing Shoes Claim
Attorney for Max Warscaw and Star Shoe Co. states a shopper did not receive two shoes after a third party picked them up for her. The store says no cheating occurred and invites the purchaser to contact Warschaw for full cooperation and resolution of the $54.50 matter.
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Max Warscaw
Star Shoe Co
S. Broadway
Los Angeles
Action Line
Warschaw
Warshaw
L.E.C
Monterey Park
Gun Curbs Vote Wins Major Test in California
In Sacramento the Assembly passed 40 to 33 a Mills measure creating a rare voter plebiscite on gun registration. Speaker Unruh spearheaded the push. Republican Badham opposed, predicting a fall ballot on stronger gun control and penalties. The debate touched on a broad shift toward public input on firearm regulation.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
James R. Mills
San Diego
Jesse M. Unruh
Inglewood
Unruh
Robert E. Badham
Newport Beach
Mills
Winfield A. Shoemaker
D-Lompoc
Robert Burke
Huntington Beach
Hayes Outquips Reagan In California Session
In Sacramento Governor Reagan, fresh from a Southern swing tied to possible presidential plans, quipped about July weather and lightning. Assemblyman James A. Hayes of Long Beach interrupted with a joke about lightning striking, prompting Reagan to note he would accept the GOP nomination if lightning strikes and the convention turns to him.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
South
California
James A. Hayes
Long Beach
Two Die as Light Plane Crashes Near Compton
Compton pilot instructor Robert Hagen aged 47 and student Sam Sortland 33 died when their Champion Cetoric light plane crashed in a Dominguez Hills field near Central Avenue and Victoria Street around 4 p.m. Witnesses reported engine trouble and a straight-down plunge after Hagen radioed equipment trouble. The aircraft belonged to 47 Flying Service Inc. and had been flown there for six years without incident.
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Compton
Robert Hagen
N. Maie Ave
Sam Sortland
17Th Place
Manhattan Beach
Cetoric
Central Avenue
Victoria Street
Dominguez Hills
Hagen
47 Flying Service Inc
Today’s Schuckl Travel Note Promotes Home Comforts
A brief travel remark urges all to journey to learn the value of home comforts. The piece frames travel as a means to appreciate familiar surroundings and routines.
Cleveland curfew calm extends to riot scarred east side
National Guardsmen and police enforced a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew in Cleveland's riot torn east side after looting complaints. Officers patrol in groups amid nonfatal shooting and fires, as Mayor Carl B. Stokes tightens control and urges residents to stay home.
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Cleveland
UPI
East Side
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Rampage in Chicago as pickets clash with police
In Chicago groups of about 1000 marchers picketed a North Side A and P supermarket over employment policies prompting a breakaway of 100 youths who looted and assaulted pedestrians and damaged the store. A photographer was beaten and 10 people injured as security guards failed to quell the violence. In Detroit police sealed 17 blocks of 12th Street after sporadic looting and firebombing attempts.
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North Side
Operation Breadbasket
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Detroit
12Th Street
Kennedy Hearing Pressure Over Vice Presidential Pick
Exclusive report discusses whether Edward Kennedy will withdraw or wait for the GOP convention to influence a Humphrey Kennedy reconciliation. Debate centers on pressuring Kennedy if Nixon secures the Republican nomination and preventing Rockefeller from gaining an edge. The piece notes potential post convention statements and past Kennedy Johnson dynamics.
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Miami Beach
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
White House
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Edward Kennedy
Johnson
Humphrey
Reagan Declares Open Convention As Nixon Trails
Governor Ronald Reagan predicts Nixon lacks the magic number for the GOP nomination and will not seek the nomination openly. Reagan tours delegate-rich states and says his name will not be placed in nomination until the convention. He notes George Wallace has gained some South support but won’t allow a neutralized South to lose votes.
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Ronald Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Reagan
Maryland
Virginia
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Kentucky
South
Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Regan
Wallace
GOP
Kennedy to Withdraw from 1968 Vice Presidential Consideration
Senator Edward M. Kennedy drafts a clear withdrawal statement from the 1968 Democratic vice presidential race. Humphrey, confident of the presidential nom and considering McCarthy or Shriver as running mate, awaits word on timing for the public release.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Sargent Shriver
United States
France
Republi
Bolla Chica plant partners seek revive project
Partners behind the Bolla Chica nuclear plant press to revive the stalled project as state actions move on reopening talks and potential financing. Officials indicate renewed interest amid regulatory reviews and market conditions.
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Bolla Chica
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Rollin’ Along
Roger Coar
Celler
National Rifle Association
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