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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
1
The notice invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 for answers between 9am and 1pm or 5pm and 9pm Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
The tune likely derives from Dutch origins known in England in the mid 1600s as Lydia Fishers Jig. Yankee Doodle lyrics were possibly written in Albany during the American Revolution by Richard Shuckburgh to mock colonial recruits. The word Yankee may come from English or Dutch roots. doodle means a foolish fellow.
Action Line resolves a $50 charge on an unsolicited ARCO travel plan and confirms a billing error. It also explains California state park reservations now exist but first come sites remain available, with details on booking windows and select parks. Then it locates Queen Mary postcard views at Seacomber Shop Pierpoint Landing with contact.
The 36th annual Highland Gathering and Games will be held Saturday at Corsair Field Santa Monica City College 16th Street near Pico Boulevard Santa Monica. Events include highland dancing professional drumming piping soccer and caber tossing. Admission is 1.50 with free entry for children under 12.
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed for two weeks the debate on new gun control measures. With three key supporters absent, the panel voted 7 to 5 to push discussions to July 9 on Johnson proposals to ban mail order firearms and require licensing. A related bill faces a judiciary subcommittee review on juvenile delinquency.
The White House welcomed a Thursday Soviet offer to discuss mutual limits on missile systems. Vice President Humphrey called the proposal potentially good news for peace as the Soviet Foreign Minister Anrei Gromyko responded in parliament saying no reason exists for conflict if the United States seeks better relations.
A Long Beach reader argues that many single mothers with children make reliable tenants while others are high risk due to supervision issues and babysitting problems. The writer, a property management specialist, urges managers to conduct thorough background checks, obtain references, and use the Long Beach Apartment Association forms to improve tenant reliability.
A sharp adage frames health costs with a nod to medicine as a wonder drug. The line suggests concern over whether people can afford to fall ill and access care. Potential critique of affordability in healthcare rhetoric.
James Earl Ray told Bow Street Magistrates Court he never met Martin Luther King and bore no grudge. Prosecutors claimed he killed King single handed with fingerprints on the rifle and a witness sighting. Judge adjourned the case to next Tuesday and remanded Ray to Wandsworth Prison with no bail.
The Watson Amendment seeks a 1 percent property tax cap in California for property related services and a phased education and welfare tax cut. If approved it would take effect July 1, 1969 with a 20 percent yearly phase-out by 1973, backed by Los Angeles County Assessor Philip E. Watson.
California's 1968-69 budget faced stiff rejection in the Assembly where an 11 vote margin stopped the $5.7 billion package from reaching the required two thirds. In the Senate Democrats backed a compromise budget after pressure and a 20 minute meeting between Gov. Reagan and Sen. Richardson who refused to back the plan over UC and state college pay raises.
Three key witnesses against James Earl Ray reportedly dropped from sight and may be in protective custody. A fourth witness is confined to a mental institution. Briton David Calcutt said a witness named Stevens saw Ray enter the boarding house bathroom used as a sniper post.
Sirhan B. Sirhan enters a makeshift Los Angeles courtroom to face charges over the Kennedy assassination. Defense attorney Parsons seeks a three week continuance to study the case including the grand jury transcript. The preliminary hearing is expected to be postponed with Sirhan likely to avoid entering a plea before July 19.
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