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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
1
Action Line offers help with problems by mail or phone. Readers may write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 2451 between 9 am and 1 pm and 5 pm Monday through Friday with questions chosen for broad usefulness.
A reader asks where to obtain the "IQ" I Quit buttons. The American Cancer Society in Long Beach offers the free buttons. Also advised are drying flowers with silica gel and sprays, plus library and book referrals for floriculture methods and dyeing tips.
Lakewood resident asks for continuous speech training for son Q Mygon who attends Downey Training School for Retarded Children. Assistance League of San Pedro offers year round speech clinic at 1441 W Fight St with Mrs Virginia Stoner arranging appointments at 885-9231. Fees scaled to family ability.
Gatlinburg Tennessee will host two rival folk music gatherings next year. The Yok Festival of the Smokies directed by Mrs Jean Schilling runs May 23 31 and the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival headed by William Davis runs May 28 30. The events drew more than 3000 bluegrass and country fans this year with performers including Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, Jeanette Carter, and Elizabeth Cotten. Information available from Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce.
Two American pilots captured in North Vietnam spoke to Lock Magazine while guarded by Communist captors in Hanoi. Navy Lt. Robert Frishman and Air Force Maj. Roger Ingvalson said they would have faced justification for killing them, and that they felt shame for destroying villages.
SACRAMENTO Assembly Democrats press for tax reform and school finance programs before approving a budget. The minority party refuses to vow support without measures they deem acceptable. A budget conference committee reports progress but deadlock on tax reform risks delaying the state’s spending plan.
Los Angeles financier and arts patron Bart Lytton, 56, died Sunday night from a heart attack in his apartment. Known for a bold, flamboyant style, he built Lytton Financial Corp into a large savings and loan empire before resigning as head in 1968 amid creditor pressures. His physician said he had long treated a heart condition.
Entrants can win a Jamaican trip or share in 166 daily and weekly cash prizes totaling 7000. The wheel spins Tuesday. To enter send name address and California driver's license number on a post card to LUCKY DRIVER Independent Press Telegram P O Box 230 Long Beach California or clip the coupon on page 4 22.
A federal report accuses California and the Blue Cross organization of costly errors in aged care. It claims 227 nursing homes violated standards while state agencies paid about 129000 a month too much in medical claims and may have underestimated Medicare premiums by 160009 a month. Duplicate payments exceeding 100000 were reported for care under federally supported programs due to lack of coordinated procedures.
NASA administrator Thomas Paine warned in a U.S. News interview that Apollo 11 may fail to land the first man on the moon on the planned July 16 launch. He stressed inherent risks with Armstrong and Aldrin's lunar module approach, noting a failure could strand astronauts on the moon with no rescue option.
A Long Beach lawyer, Frank Weber, 39, died when his sail plane nose-dived 4000 feet into the desert near Victorville at El Mirage Dry Lake. He was active in Juvenile Court cases and served as a Juvenile Court referee, flying solo about 10 to 15 minutes before the crash. Weber was an associate of Albert C. S. Ramsey and a Sierra Club member.
The piece notes ScHurckLes sonar devices describe motorists as lazy and their cars as shiftless, reflecting a humorously critical view of driving habits.
A six member joint Senate Assembly Conference Committee labors to complete a compromise of Gov Ronald Reagan's 6.2 billion dollar 1964 70 state budget. They aim to have a report ready for the Senate at 9 30 am and the Assembly at 10 am.
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