Action Line offers custom baskets from Long Beach and Palos Verdes
A reader asks for a place to get a basic woven item or reed basket made to order. Basket services are cited from a Long Beach address linked to a Hong Kong factory and Basketville at Palos Verdes with a spokesperson noting custom baskets at a high cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ong Beach
Calif
B.S
Lakewood
Santa Fe Ave
Long Beach
Hong Kong
Apokesman
Basketville
Peninsula Shopping Center
Palos Verdes
Microdot system info for library book theft deterence
In Los Angeles Electronics Informatic Corp. at 5455 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1800 provides the microdot system details. Contact Ben S., company vice, at 931-6968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.O
Los Angeles
Electronics Informatic Corp
Wilshire Bivd
Aite
Calif
Ben S. Company Vice
Public restrooms at Sunset Beach question
A reader asks why Sunset Beach has no public restrooms and urges facilities for visitors. Another letter questions Jack Valenti’s appointment as industry czar, seeking duties and salary, noting the post has limited real power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Beach
W.M
Jack Valenti
President Johnson
Washington, D.C
Valenti
The
Post
Nixon Pace Quickens in Newport Beach Office Visit
President Nixon sped through a busy California schedule at Newport Beach testing Villa San Remo as a press point. He announced nominations for the Veterans Administration and State Department post, created a 15 member Arms Control advisory panel, and proclaimed Flag Day and National Flag Week while signaling no troop withdrawal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
White House
Washington
Nixon
Nouncements
Villa San Remo
Newporter Inn
San Clemente
California
Rogers signals flexible stance on South Vietnam leadership
Secretary Rogers says the Nixon Administration is not wed to any Saigon government but supports free voting by South Vietnamese. A diplomat notes the talk could presage U S willingness to accept Communist participation if elected, hinting at possible unilateral US force reductions discussed with Thieu at Midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Saigon
Roger
Ae Nixon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Rogers
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Thirty at Compton College Take Over Campus Building
About 30 students from the Black Students Union staged a three hour sit in at the Compton College administration building after a rally in the free speech area. They occupied the switchboard and called media to the scene seeking abolition of military recruiting on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton College
Black Students Union
BSU
Harvey Lewis
Viet Hero Sheds Claim of Two Wives in Captivity
Eva Gregory Shaw told reporters she was the Army sergeant Kenneth R. Gregory's wife while he was held by the Viet Cong, but Las Vegas officials later verified she was not his legal spouse. The tangled case adds a second marriage claim and a planned reunion amid ongoing custody of the couple's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Kenneth R. Gregory
Richard L
Sgt
Gregory
Ft. Sill
Okla
U.S
Pat
Colorado Springs
Michelle
Eva Gregory
San Diego
Gregory Shaw
Red Cross
Gregory's
SAC Plane Missing With 19 Aboard Near Aleutians
A four engine SAC RC-135 reconnaissance plane with 19 servicemen aboard disappeared after takeoff from Shemya toward Eielson AFB. Search 180 miles east of Shemya. Officials say not shot down and distress message cited with vibrations reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
API
Strategic Air Command
Bering Sea
Aleutian Island
Shemya
Aleutians
Eielson Afb
U.S
Soviet Union
SAC
Omaha
Pentagon
Air Force
Elmendorf Afb
Anchorage
Coast Guard
Santa Ana Jeweler Defends Store in Fatal Robbery
A Santa Ana jewelry store owner shot and killed a robbery suspect and was critically wounded during the exchange of gunfire. Police identified the deceased as Louis Asmond, 37, of San Juan Capistrano. Another suspect, Arthur Frank Kleis, 25, of Anaheim, was arrested four blocks from the scene at 213 East Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Louis Asmond
San Juan Capistrano
Arthur Frank Kleis
Anaheim
E. Fourth St
Humphrey Urges Immediate Vietnam Cease Fire
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey called for a bold step toward ending the Vietnam War urging an immediate cease fire by all sides. Detectives reported two gunmen robbed Brown's Jewelry Store run by Sam Brucker and opened fire wounding him seven times. Asmond died at the scene. Brucker was hospitalized in critical condition. Kleis faces charges of attempted murder and armed robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Brown
Sam Brucker
Brucker
Asmond
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Kleis
The Real Optimist Marries His Secretary
A wry note on marriage and control posits the optimistic spouse as one who marries his secretary and continues to dictate.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larceny
Ereti
Raffiti
Leary
eSee Rover
Jack
Clown Clan
Newport
Donald E. Johnson
West Branch
Iowa
Veterans Administration
John Reese Stevenson
New York
New West Coast
Ronald Midway Island
Johnson
Mary Jean
China Sea
Evans
South China Sea
Pal
Chills
Hedrick Smith
New York Times Service
Stan Leppard
Evagory Shaw
Clark County
Las Vegas
Altus
Rob
Humphrey
Independent Todays
L.A
Noguchi
Start
von Braun
Thomas Bradley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!