Action Line answers Disneyland Tinker Bell questions
The Action Line provides details on who plays Tinker Bell at Disneyland, noting Judy Kaye, 25, as the current aerialist, with past performers Mini Zerbini and Tiny Kline. It records Kaye’s three summers at the park and Kline’s death at 74 in 1964.
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A. Circus
Judy Kaye
Tinkerbell
Matterhorn Mountain
Mrs. Kaye
Disneyland
Peter Pan Fairy
Mini Zerbini
Tiny Kline
Names and consumer questions answered in a Long Beach letter page
Readers seek meaning of first names with library resources. The piece notes a publishing company facing delays for a name book order and highlights three specific titles. A reader details a June car purchase with mismatches and repair refusals, illustrating consumer complaint processes.
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Long Beach
Pacific Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Flora Loughead
Dorothy Burton
Car dealer refuses refund on special order vehicle dispute
A California reader claims a $100 deposit on a special order car is nonrefundable and seeks remedies after the dealer proposes repairs and a trade instead of returning funds. The article also answers a reader query about the Up With People program, providing contact details and noting the group’s touring and magazine Pace.
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Paramount Chevrolet
Italy
Cast C
Up With People
R.W.H
Paramount
S. Flower St
Los Angeles
Susan Cruse
PACE
Africa
Canada
Colwell Brothers
Steve, Ralph
Paul
Sing Out
Rockefeller Nixon clash over polling at convention
In Miami Beach a preconvention battle unfolds as Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon each claim delegate strength. Rockefeller aides challenge Nixon’s 700 delegate tally while Nixon supporters claim Rockefeller gains with delegates and voters. Ogilvie backs Nixon and Percy hints at a Nixon VP possibility, arguing poll momentum has shifted.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Reagan in Miami Still Not Running
Ronald Reagan maintained his non candidacy for the presidency as he testified before the Republican platform committee in Miami Beach. He disavowed any bid for the vice presidency, predicted no nominee on the first ballot, and denied a stop Nixon movement while visiting delegates and addressing a party fundraiser.
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Miami Beach
California
Ronald Reagan
Republican Platform Committee
Reagan
North Carolina
Consulate rocked by explosion in Los Angeles
A bomb type explosion damaged the British Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard late Tuesday night. No deaths or injuries were reported though the fourth floor office was heavily damaged and debris scattered. Police dispatched guards to other consulates after the blast.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Wilshire Boulevard
A.A.E. Franklin
New York
Chicago
Miami
Newark
Beverly Hills
Shell Oil Co
No Accord in Czech Russ Talks
Prague talks between Russia and its Czechoslovak ally continued Tuesday night amid hard bargaining signals. Soviet military and political moves mounted pressure on the reformist Prague regime as officer Samuel Kodaj met the Soviet army staff operating on Czechoslovak soil since June Warsaw Pact maneuvers ended. The Prace trade union paper noted the Strecno discussion near the Slovak border, about 150 miles from Cierna and 15 miles from Poland’s border.
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Prague
Russia
Cierna
Samuel Kodaj
Prace
Strecno
Slovakia
Poland
Raging Volcano Death Toll Rises in Costa Rica
Mt Arenal erupted through the night ending 500 years of dormancy. Officials report 51 dead and 90 missing amid lava, ash, rocks and boiling water. Over 100 injured, many critical, hospitals swarm. Property damage runs into millions. Cattle perished and about 4,000 refugees fled 62 miles NW of San Jose as the cone blasted skyward.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Mt. Arenal
Costa Rican Volcano Erupts Prompting Emergency Aid
A Costa Rican volcano erupts after a five century quiet period, spewing lava and ash over a broad area. Winds carry ash hundreds of miles, burning and asphyxiating residents. The Costa Rican government requests aid from the U S Air Force. Two UH-1 helicopters with paramedics arrive from Albrook AFB to evacuate injured families. The legislature declares a state of emergency.
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US Air Force
UHIF
Albrook Air Force Base
Panama
U.S. Air Force Southern Command
Costa Rica
Costa Mesa Knife Slaying Indicts Councilman's Wife
Dark eyed 37 year old Irene Tucker, wife of a Costa Mesa council member, was indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury for murder in the stabbing death of neighbor Harriet Westphal, 68. A preliminary hearing was set for Aug. 8 in Harbor District Municipal Court.
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Irene Tucker
Costa Mesa
Orange County Grand Jury
Tucker
Harriet Westphal
Minorca Place
Harbor District
U.S. Posts Largest One-Year Deficit Since WWII
The government reports the fiscal year 1968 deficit at 25.4 billion dollars as expenditures at 178.9 billion exceed receipts of 153.5 billion. The shortfall is in line with unofficial estimates and well above the 19.8 billion forecast, marking the largest gap since 1943 to 1945.
S1 4-Billion Pact Ends Steel Strike Threat
United Steelworkers union approved a 1.5 billion dollar three year wage package for 400000 basic steel workers, ending a strike threat as the top negotiators I W Abel and R Conrad Cooper praised the settlement. The deal raises wages by 44 cents an hour total, with 20 cents first year, 12 second year, 12 third year, plus enhanced fringe benefits and insurance. Labor costs for the 11 basic steel producers rise by about 1.5 billion over the life of the pact, with 561 million more for 150000 allied steel workers.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel
Allied Steel
Big Steel
USW
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
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A. Action Line
Jim Ferber Jr
S. Paramount Blvd
Downey
Ferber
Rocky Vs Nixon
Nixon
Lions
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
GOP
Eisenhower
Vietnam
George L. Hinman
Hinman
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ogilvie
Charles H. Percy
Ilinois
Percy
Mitami
Czechoslovakia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Mikhail A. Suslov
P. Y. Shelest
Ukraine
Oldrich Cernik
Alexander Dubcek
Liberal Party
Ludvik Svobodia
Jozef Smrkovsky
Schuckl
Tiing
George Tucker
Orange County
Westphal
U.S
Washington
Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Abel
Todd Shipyard Workers
Robert F. Kennedy
James Reston
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
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