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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
1
The Action Line column offers answers on tape residue removal with solvents from 3M and MEK while noting surface care. It shares Christmas flocking guidance and donor help for a home flocked tree, and promotes dancing lessons for Girl Scouts. It also explains services for over forties employment via Forty Plus and Oasis, with details on dues and placements.
A reader from Torrance condemns parents in Long Beach who criticize films they take their children to. The writer argues adults should research movie content before bringing children, sparing others from such complaints.
Instructions from The Independent Press Telegram outline how to contact ACTION LINE with one query at a time. Provide name address and phone for internal use only. Do not send photos or documents and expect published replies.
Maj. Gen. Clenn C. Ames warns federal call-up could come any day as California prepares for riot control amid fears of new violence. The Air Guard's 146th Military Airlift Group receives the Air Force unit award while riot training is expanded.
A B52 bomber with eight airmen aboard vanished near the Texas mainland while eight miles off a radar station. The aircraft disappeared from radar at 12 pm Wednesday during a Gulf of Mexico patrol and no debris or explosion flash was observed. Fleets and ships searched but found nothing.
U S Navy patrol boats and Coast Guard cutters destroyed three 100 foot trawlers attempting to run guns to the Viet Cong along South Vietnam's coast. A fourth trawler turned back after challenges. Crews on the sunken ships presumably perished. one vessel was destroyed in a gun duel near Nha Trang, another sank near the Cua Be Do River, and a third ashore near Chu Lai.
State College trustees ruled that enrollment cuts will not be imposed even if the governor refuses to restore any portion of the operating budget reduction. A last minute motion to cap future enrollments was defeated, while the board asked Gov Reagan and the legislature to reinstate all but 1.5 million of the 25.6 million cut. The smaller sum would fund San Francisco State College’s transition to a four quarter year system, though facilities limit timing.
A nationwide hunt began for the killer of Navy civilian engineer Donovan A. Dutton in San Diego. Dutton, 50, was found beaten to death in his Kona Motel room on Ocean Boulevard. Investigators believe robbery was the motive. A suspect described as a 30 year old man, about 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, with a blood stained shirt, called Dutton's room from the motel lobby. Dutton's missing white 1965 Oldsmobile and wallet were not found. A blunt instrument was used in the assault.
The Downey Board of Education filed suit against California seeking declaratory relief after the attorney general ruled that Downey schools must order the textbook Land of the Free for eighth grade. Deputy County Counsel Elaine Grillo and Betty Kilpatrick signed the filing, naming the State Department of Education and State Superintendent Max Rafferty as defendants.
Washington report by the National Commission on Civil Disorders warns that racism and urban unrest threaten the nation and urges massive funding for slum housing education job training and welfare. Leaders say the cost would rival Vietnam war spending but the plan aims to reverse the growth of two separate societies. The panel notes riots were not orchestrated by a single conspiracy and cites militant groups and agitators as factors.
Four Cuban exiles in a small boat armed with a cannon and an automatic rifle were arrested in U S waters as they planned to attack the Cuban freighter 26 of July. The freighter had rammed a lifeboat carrying three would be defectors in international waters off Virginia.
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