Question and answer on seal and sea lion protection law
Action Line provides readers with legal guidance on hunting seals and sea lions. A warden explains the California Fish and Game Code allows killing only when a fisherman is at sea and damaging gear or catch, with fines from 25 to 500 dollars and reporting to Marine Law Enforcement at 832 7224.
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R. S. Decker
California Fish and Game Department
Marine Law Enforcement
California Fish and Game Code
Department
Marine Law Enforcement Section
Scrimshaw Pieces Sold At Newport Beach Shop
Long Beach reader asks where to find scrimshaw bone carvings. Minney’s Ship Chandlery in Newport Beach offers pieces priced from 15 to 75 dollars with items ranging from contemporary to 19th century styles.
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C. C
Long Beach
Minney
Coast Highway
Newport Beach
George Minney
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
Plastic Drain Safety Advice for Seal Beach Home
A reader asks about safe drain cleaning for a home in Seal Beach with plastic pipes. Kip Wixson of ABI Plastics in Oakland says Drano is safe to use in plastic drain systems.
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Seal Beach
A. Drano
Kip Wixson
ABI Plastics
Oakland
New Loan Rate Increase Raises Housing Shortage Fears
Preston Martin new chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank board warned a 7.14 percent prime rate will impact the entire building industry. Wright Patman urged President Nixon to rollback the rate rise, warning of a deepening depression without action.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Preston Martin
Los Angeles
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Martin
Elderly Couple Killed in Lakewood Hit and Run
A 75-year-old couple named John T. Hoekstra and Lillian Hoekstra were killed Monday while walking on Lakewood Boulevard near Ashworth Street Bellflower. A 22-year-old Long Beach woman, Barbara Kay Meredith, was arrested after being forced to the roadside by a pursuing motorist and faces felony manslaughter and hit-and-run charges. The victims were taken to Spongberg Mortuary in North Long Beach.
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Lakewood Boulevard
Ashworth Street
Bellflower
Lakewood
John T. Hoekstra
Lillian
Lakewood Blvd
Spongberg Mortuary
Long Beach
Barbara Kay Meredith
Olive Ave
No Jet Sabotage Put Forward in Caracas Crash
A top police official said preliminary data indicate the DC-9 crash near Maracaibo Airport was an accident, though sabotage rumors will be investigated. Authorities launched a U S Venezuelan probe, sent the flight recorder to Washington, and deployed eight investigation teams after the disaster that killed at least 154 people, including 46 Americans.
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Caracas
UPI
U.S
DC-9
Washington
Maracaibo
Pedro Perez Perazo
Interior Ministry
Laos Raids Cost U S 100 Planes
U S air forces claim about 300 to 400 raids daily on the Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos in operations near South Vietnam. Since Nov 1, losses reach at least 100 aircraft, from fighters to light recon planes, amid high intensity after North Vietnam bombing ended.
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Saigon
UPS
Laos
North Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
UPI
Hotel Manager Receives Odd Inquiry About Accommodations
A hotel manager received a letter asking if suitable accommodations exist to put up with his wife. The message appears to involve lodging options and the tone conveys personal domestic inquiry rather than a standard reservation. The anonymous note suggests a peculiar domestic intent.
Youths turn from parents on sex education say doctors
Dr Harriett B Randall of Los Angeles schools told the California Medical Association meeting that youths increasingly seek sex information from peers and other adult models rather than parents. She noted the withdrawal is part of maturation and not abnormal.
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Ben Zinser
Los Angeles
Ing
Harriett B. Randall
Randall
California Medical Association
Ambassador Hotel
California Senate approves campus disruption control bills
The Senate approved a four bill package giving administrators new powers to handle campus disturbances. Measures authorize declaring a state of emergency on campus, ban re admission for disruptive students, dismiss faculty involved, and impose up to five years in prison and a five thousand dollar fine for using force or threats to disrupt classes. The bills move to the Assembly after cross party support.
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Sacramento
UPS
Senate
John L. Harmer
Glendale
Assembly
Harmer
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
Mario Savio
University of California At Berkeley
Petris
State College
California campus turmoil spurs four way crackdown proposal
The subcommittee debates a four way crackdown on student unrest led by Sen. Schmitz who cites Spock era draft resistance. Sen. Wedworth criticizes top officials while Harmer argues academic freedom is threatened without action. Deukmejian supports the bills as Kennick is absent.
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California
John G. Schmitz
R-Tustin
Spock
Benjamin Spock
Schmitz
John Birch Society
James Q. Wedworth
D-Hawthorne
Glenn S. Dumke
Harmer
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Joseph Kennick
Boards banned for students in Cuba
A government order limits classroom materials in Cuban schools. Officials cite ideological control as the rationale while educators promise continued teaching with approved resources amid growing tensions.
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Cuba
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