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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1968
Page
1
The service offers help by mail at ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 and by phone at 432 3451. Hours are 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
Grower asks about blooms drying with ring on stem. C A Loos, senior biologist, says no remedy. drop in temperature in the cold mornings causes blossom abortion. With warmer, steadier weather the plants should set fruit.
A reader asks about carpenters jobs. expert notes most area carpenters are union members hired through union halls. He advises joining the nearest carpenters union, taking exams to be labeled apprentice or journeyman, and being assigned via a non discriminatory rotation system. He also suggests buying carpentry books from the Carpentry Joint Apprenticeship Fund Office.
The Long Beach Match book Cover Club meets the first Sunday each month at 2 p.m. in the Houghton Park Clubhouse. Members remove matches from books and store the covers in albums sold by the club. Collectors specialize by category and display at conventions for prizes.
Reader asks if a law prevents leaving a chartered bus on a tour to Lake Arrowhead. Official says no ordinance bars exiting. schedule was tight so no stops were made. The column also notes few Downey mobile home parks offer rentals with purchase options and advises checking Western Mobile Home News.
A Long Beach reader complains that the coastline suffers daily dust storms and dust coats buildings and vegetation. The letter suggests removing blown papers and trash, and planting to curb erosion, asking for more imaginative beach cleanup benefits.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey begins a four day California tour to stump for the presidential nomination. He attends a private reception with a 174 member Democratic delegation and plans appearances at El Mercado de Los Angeles and televised programs.
Unidentified intruders attacked the U S air base at Udorn Thailand wounding four Americans and damaging one plane A C 141 Starlifter was set afire but quickly put out The attack lasted about 30 minutes one intruder was killed Thai soldier wounded unconfirmed Local base serves reconnaissance transport and rescue missions near North Vietnam
Police narcotics officers arrested four men in a major raid early today in Los Angeles and seized drugs including more than 100 pounds of marijuana pressed into bricks. The haul also included LSD thousands of amphetamine pills and smaller amounts of hashish heroin and cocaine.
The piece notes an old-fashioned blacksmith focuses on the horse in the shed and avoids juggling multiple tasks at once. It contrasts past craft discipline with modern multitasking.
In Cleveland three white officers were shot and killed during rioting. Fred Evans is charged with first degree murder. National Guard plans a staged withdrawal, curfew remains, and bars close early as the east side shows signs of returning to normal. Bar and gas station curfews stay in effect. Memorial services are set for officers.
Washington reports last minute Senate action exempted the Post Office from manpower cuts. The department had planned Sunday holiday schedules and closures for the first time in 11 years, but the vote allows a one week delay while awaiting House action. Mail delivery remains, with limited morning pickups.
Stanley C. Bateman withdrew an application to sell beer at Millberry Student Union after university attorneys warned the state constitution bars state agencies from selling or manufacturing alcoholic beverages.
In Haight-Ashbury the Love Generation capital sees a second youth murder in 72 hours as rioting arrests rise and robberies, rapes, and drug dealing surge. The latest victim Walter Wayne Bishop, 20, Pensacola, Fla, found in a pet shop doorway with a .45 revolver and cash. Police note drug trade ties and prior San Diego charges as a Oakland contractor’s son is also killed nearby.
Governor Ronald Reagan will testify Wednesday before the Republican National Convention platform committee in Miami. His preconvention trip includes a Republican fund-raiser address in Winston-Salem North Carolina Tuesday night.
Former Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Roosevelt Grier was sworn in Friday as a member of the California Delinquency Prevention Commission, adding a high profile figure to the state panel.
United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther will present details of a proposed three year contract with McDonnell Douglas Corp to a mass meeting of Long Beach Local 148 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. If approved locally and nationally, the pact could avert a 40,000 worker strike and signals a potential aerospace industry pattern.
McDonnell Douglas Corp. reports after tax profit of 33.4 million for the first six months of 1968, reversing a loss from the prior year. Consolidated sales reach 1.8 billion for January–June, with strong Long Beach jetliner deliveries rising to 51 DC-8s and 103 DC-9s.
Political page notes a scramble for the No 2 berth after Sen Edward Kennedy declined. Cal Expo attendance averages 6,173 daily as organizers push for higher turnout.
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