Action Line answers Long Beach readers on local issues
Citizens ask why junk floats at Los Angeles River mouth and who should clean it. Marine staff says open water means little cleanup, patrol boats collect large debris but cannot remove all litter. A second note details an abandoned vehicle problem with police dispatch and 72 hour removal timeline. Readers are urged to report abandoned cars to Long Beach Police at HE 68-9811.
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Los Angeles
Nike
Han
Golden Avenue
M. M
Paramount
Long Beach
Millvine Department
Larry McDowell
A. J
Forrest H. Smith
Local Readers Service mystery prompts consumer caution
A college student sale of Loci Readers Service subscriptions led to missing magazines. The Terre Haute firm acts with 9 to 0 day service, but 60 days without delivery triggers a personal write to Lilian Hamblen, subscription director. BBB and police warn about porch solicitors and dishonest sales, with registry rules in place.
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Loci
Readers Service Inc
W. E
Long Beach
Ohio St. Terre Haute
Ind
Lilian Hamblen
Hamblen
Action Line
Long Beach Better Business Bureau
Chanco
Police Department
California Attorney General's Office
Jane Welding
BBB
Bureai
Bureau
Bob Tally
Chance Detail
Indiana
Gerald Genard
Sanitation Truck Stops Spark City Complaint in Long Beach
R C Dy of Long Beach vents about city sanitation trucks failing to stop at boulevard intersections on California Avenue. He says drivers ignore stops, nearly hitting pedestrians twice in a month, and demands action after filing complaints with no result. He emphasizes paying taxes but not for drivers’ amusement.
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Longleach
California Avenue
Pasadena
R. C. Dy
Long Beach
Parking saga at California State College at Long Beach
Chief C Lee Chandler defends campus parking and transportation policy at Long Beach amid student space growth since 1968. He notes 2,400 spaces added near the athletic field and argues most students walk or ride to campus, with 1000 spaces already available during peak periods.
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Long Beach
C. Lee Chandler
Campus Police
California
Staite Colege
California Democrats warn Johnson if Vietnam war not ended by September
Fresno report says the California Democratic Council vows to oppose President Johnson at the next year's primary with a pledged delegation if Vietnam bombing continues. Delegates, about 30,000 workers, back Kennedy peace plans and a slate of presidential delegates for the June 1968 California primary, while Johnson is expected to run again.
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Fresno
California Democratic Council
Johnson
Gerald Hill
San Francisco
John ‘Thorne
San Jose
Thane
California
Col. Vy
Six Sailors Wounded by Red Fire Near Keppler
In Saigon, six sailors aboard the USS Keppler were wounded by North Vietnamese artillery as the destroyer shelled targets on Saturday. Military spokesmen said the attack marked a rare shore battery strike on U.S. warships in the North Vietnamese conflict situation.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Keppler
Lon
Rusk Says Vietnam War Could Last 50 Years Without Bombing
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that Hanoi could wage war against South Vietnam for half a century if the United States halted bombing North Vietnam. He argued a unilateral ceasefire would not advance peace talks or ease the conflict and would free North Vietnam to resupply its war effort.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Rusk
U.S
American sailors suffer serious casualties as ship gun hit
The excerpt notes American sailors in serious condition after the forward S-Inch gun mount was struck. The destroyer Inpersoll opened fire on a shore battery 30 miles north of Vinh, claiming the battery was silenced while heavy white smoke hung over the target area. American planes from carriers and From Shailand bombed a key power facility.
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Inpersoll
Vinh
Spook raids Mickey Thompson shop in Long Beach
Mickey Thompson reported a theft from his Long Beach garage as a man, later identified as Frederick Collier, stole an $800 aluminum oil tank with hoses from his workshop while Thompson and crew worked on a race car. A high speed chase ensued, ending with Thompson recovering the tank and Collier arrested on grand theft charges.
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Mickey ‘Thompson
Long Beach
West Long Beach
Thompson
U.S
Baj
Ned
Frederick "Thomas Collier
E- 238Th St
Wilmington
Stuart Gordon
Mickey ‘Thompson Enterprises
Cota Ave
Burglars Strike at Walkers Store Hold Janitor Five Hours
Janitor Sandor Szabo, working the night shift at Walkers Department Store in Long Beach, was held for five hours as two masked men with a gun forced him to assist while they pried open a safe on Saturday night. They escaped with several thousand dollars after a stop at the fourth street Pine Avenue store.
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Walt Murray
Sevistore
Jter
Sandor Szabo
Long
W. 17Th St
Iman
G. E. Bolton
Fourth Street
Pine Avenue
Revolver
Szabo
Harold Seymour
Prine
Sus Gect
Child Prodigy in Crime Arrest Shocks Glendora Suburb
Police in Glendora California report the arrest of a 10 year old boy described as a prodigy in burglary. He is accused of about 200 dollars in burglaries over recent weeks and carried his own tools to jimmy locks. Detective Ray Heersma commends him for politeness and intelligence while hoping for proper guidance and future citizenship.
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Glendora
Los Angeles
Hose
Ray Heersma
Teersma
Hieremia
Heersma
Meredith withdraws from Harlem congressional race
James Meredith, after facing threats and past segregation battles at the University of Mississippi, abruptly quits the race against Adlai Clayton Powell for the 18th Congressional District. He offered no further comment beyond stating his decision not to run and to refrain from elaborating.
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New York
James Meredith
Adan Clayton Powell
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Harlem
Powell
L B Area Escape From Heavy Weekend Storm Toll
Heavy weather battered the Southland Sunday with 15 deaths as storms paralyzed mountain highways and resorts. Long Beach area largely escaped while Los Angeles drenched and the Sierras saw blizzard like havoc. Victims included a Wilmington cocktail waitress a Santa Ana teen and a Long Beach photo service owner. Rainfall reached 39 inches in Long Beach with more rain likely through Tuesday.
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Southland
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Sierras
Gorman
Golden State Freeway
Newhall
Wilmington
Santa Ana
Long Beach Area
Susan D. Stone
Paradise Valley Road
John S. Smith
Marble Arch Drive
B.sumner
Ren) Ackerman
Drugstore bandit escapes with over $2000 in Long Beach
A masked robber at Clinic Pharmacy 219 Cherry Ave in Long Beach retrieved more than $2000 in cash checks and dangerous drugs after holding up pharmacist Arthur A. Brown 71 and a customer at 8:20 am. The thief wore sunglasses a black leather jacket dark green trousers and boots and fled after brandishing a pistol.
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Long Beach
Arthur A. Brown
Clinic
Cherry Ave
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