Lady teacher saves blacked-out diver off Catalina Island
An 18-year-old Long Beach scuba diver Pat Barron blacked out 175 feet beneath the Island Clipper near Catalina Island. He was brought to the surface by his partner Mrs Mary Ellen Overs a Polytechnic High School teacher. A Coast Guard helicopter evacuated him to the Repose recompression chamber at Long Beach Naval Station where he recovered.
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Catalina Island
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Barron
Long Beach Naval Station
Marina Palace Converted to After Hours Club in Seal Beach
The Marina Palace became an after hours dance club named the Airport Club at 11 Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach. Police cited owner W L Robertson for violating zoning code Section 1600 as patrons were found dancing from 2 a m to 6 a m. One patron was arrested for public intoxication. Mayor Morton A Baum said the citation will go to the district attorney for prosecution.
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Seal Beach
W.L. Robertson
Morton A. Baum
District Attorney’s Office
Baumi
Robertson
Pacific Coast Highway
Jim Bentson
Robert E. Mayers
Bentson
Robert Neprud
Baum
Los Angeles
Airport Club
Orange County
Long Beach
ACTION LINE answers Catalina Island pool question
A reader asks if Catalina Island has swimming pools. ACTION LINE notes flights to the East may pass over Catalina, but most are directed over Palos Verdes Peninsula. Avalon Chamber reports only four pools on Catalina, three at hotels and one private, due to water costs. water is salt for toilets.
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Iowa
Catalina Island
Catalina
Palos Verdes Peninsula
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Carson
Los Angeles International Airport
Kay Stonebreaker
Avalon Chamber of Commerce
Knitter seeks group to donate knitting machine
An inquiry from Knitter Q. We have a knitting machine no longer used and seek an organization that could use it. Mr R Ei W of Long Beach asks Action Line to find a recipient. The Beachcomber Center for Handicapped Youth at 1208 Mahamna Ave will be delighted to receive the knit item.
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Action Line
Heaviest US toll in single attack at Da Nang base
North Vietnamese sappers attacked a U.S. artillery base 50 miles south of Da Nang, killing 33 American soldiers and wounding 76 in an hour-long assault. The strike followed a mortar barrage as helicopters and air power blasted the base perimeter. 12 enemy fighters were killed. The 196th Brigade held the post, which remained in friendly control.
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U.S
da Nang
U.S. Command
Henderson
Demilitarized Zone
196Th Brigade
Americal Division
Quake rattles San Fernando Valley after 3.3 tremor
A 3.3 magnitude quake shook the San Fernando Valley at 9:16 a.m. Sunday, causing no damage. It followed a sequence of more than 200 aftershocks from the devastating February 9 quake, according to Caltech scientists.
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San Fernando Valley
Caltech
Pakistan revolt crumbling in East Pakistan city of Dacca
West Pakistan's army seized control of Dacca after two days of heavy fighting that left thousands dead or missing. Sheik Mujibur Rahman reportedly arrested as martial law restored. residents fled and curfews were reimposed while job lines and state broadcasting resumed normal operations.
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Ceylon
Pakistan
Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik
West
Sheik Mujib
Agha Mohammed Ahya Khan
Awami League
National Assembly
Washington
Radio Pakistan
Pakistan Television Corp
Riday
Nixon risks week of domestic policy as inflation alert rises
President Nixon readies a new inflation alert and construction wage guidelines at the Western White House. He plans to meet Labor Secretary James Hodgson to discuss steps to curb costs on federal projects and to secure union cooperation on wage guidelines, with Davis Bacon provisions under reconsideration.
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Nixon
Southeast Asia
White House
James Hodgson
Davis-Bacon
Crime rate drops in 22 major U S cities
United Press International reports 1970 crime rose 11 percent, the smallest gain since 1966, with 22 large cities showing overall reductions in total crimes. Seattle led declines in all categories. Chicago and several others showed mixed results with murders rising in some, while burglaries and larceny fell in others. Violent crime up 12 percent, robbery up 17, larceny 14, burglary 10.
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UPI
MBE
Ally
John N. Mitchell
FBI
Pittsburgh
St. Paul, Minn
Reading
Mitchell
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D. C
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St Louis
Kansas City
Berkeley
Fresno
Calif
Savannah
Rockford
Waterbury, Conn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tlint
Mich
Duluth
42 jailed in S D protest sparks riot at park rally
Six policemen were injured and 42 youths arrested after a rock and bottle throwing melee that followed a Sunday rally protesting the Vietnam War and apartment construction on Collier Park. About 90 officers were called as 300 youths swarmed two residential streets, blocking traffic.
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Collier Park
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