Action Line Provides Quick Answers To Local Inquiries
Readers submit questions from Long Beach area concerns including engine muffler repairs at Atlantic Richfield wells and a deceased neighbor inquiry in Los Angeles. Action Line connects with company officials to verify deaths, fix billing disputes, and advise on service steps, offering follow up by phone and letter.
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Q. I
Atlantic Richfield Co
W. J. Long Beach
J. B. Handley Jr
Atlantic Richfield Company
Handley
Los Angeles
J.P
Eight Mile
Ala. A
Action Line
J. D
Bellflower
Aron Rappaport
Secreatary
Kunin & Sons
Rare Blood Club delays and fan mail for Sammy Davis Jr
Action Line helps AB Negative donor get an application from Leon Post of the Southern Counties Rare Blood Club. The club, sponsored by Lakewood Long Beach Lodge of Knights of Pythias, supplies rare donors to area hospitals via the Red Cross. Also, a Charleston photo studio will replace poor prints, and fan mail for Sammy Davis Jr. can be sent to Jay Bernstein at Sunset Boulevard. The Red Cross Long Beach chapter offers Breath of Life resuscitation film and a volunteer instructor to Camp Fire Girls groups.
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Rare Blood Club
Charleston
S. C
California
Action Line
R. C
Huntington Beach
Ruby Cox
Atlanta
Sammy Davis Jr
Ucla
Paramount
Jay Bernstein
Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles
Davis
P. J
Long Beach
American Red Cross
Breath of Life
Arthur Garrett
Safety Services
Downtown Long Beach Needs Action Not Reflection
A reader letter urges immediate civic effort to clean and brighten downtown Long Beach. It blames both merchants and public apathy for rundown storefronts, trash, dim street lighting, and peeling signs, calling for action-oriented leaders and visible cleanup work.
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Long Beach
M.E
Tragic Pt Fermin Drowning Claims Pair
A Navy veteran James Smith and his wife Dianne, both 19, drowned near Pt Fermin after waves swept them from rocks. Larry Allen, 21, and Patsy Elaine Allen, 18, survived. Allen’s wife aided as lifeguards rescued them. Mrs. Smith died. Allen treated for exposure. Coast Guard found the husband later missing.
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Pt. Fermin
James
Dianne Smith
Seventh St
Apt. B
San Pedro
Larry Allen
Patsy Elaine
Allen
Smith
New York to Hire Housewives as Bingo Undercover Players
New York City will employ undercover housewives to monitor legalized bingo across venues. They will earn 20 dollars a night plus expenses, with city proceeds around 800000 dollars yearly. Detecting cheating includes extra cards, weighted tokens, and stacked cubes, often aided by accomplices.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Joel J. Tyler
Tyler
Police Halt Dixie Riot at City Park in Baton Rouge
Police with tear gas grenades and billy clubs broke up a 2000 strong crowd at City Park in Baton Rouge on Sunday. Seven arrests were made after bottles rocks and cans were thrown. A tear gas grenade fired inside the police station startled officers and reinforcements were deployed to restore order.
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Baton Rouge
City Park
David J. Keyser
Todays Chuckle Bachelor Joke
A light humor item noting a fellow who never discovers how many faults he has. The quip offers a playful take on self awareness and vanity in a concise newspaper style.
Waseca Suffered Severe Tornado Toll In Sunday Strike
Spring tornadoes ripped through Minnesota and neighboring states leaving at least 13 dead in Minnesota and 16 total with three boys lost on Lake Superior. Over 100 injured, as more twisters threatened Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. Waseca hardest hit with five dead and 35 in hospital.
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Minnesota
Lake Superior
Duluth
Waseca
Blizzards Paralyze Dakotas State of emergency declared
Gov William Guy declared North Dakota in a state of emergency after 65 mile per hour winds and destructive blizzards. Electric power and telephone service were wiped out as Western and south central areas received heavy snowfall and sleet while Pierre suffered a blackout and highways needed for utility repair were opened to oversize vehicles. Sixteen inches fell in Wester Wyoming and Colorado.
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Bismarck
N.D
Ufi
William Guy
North Dakota
Black Hills
South Dakota
Pierre
Wester Wyoming
Colorado
Soviet Missiles Beef Up Red DMZ Position for Attack
North Vietnam moves Soviet supplied surface to air missiles into positions just north of the demilitarized zone. About 35,000 North Vietnamese troops are poised for a possible southward thrust as U S forces report destroying a missile complex 16 miles north of the buffer zone. The buildup accompanies intensified air support and bombing by B 52s and fighter bombers.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
7Th Fleet
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
Beef Box Debuts Today in Page B-3 Feature
The front page announces a new feature titled Today's Biles and invites readers to look closely. It signals the start of the Beef Box series and invites engagement with the new section. The note points to Page B-3 for the Beef Box debut.
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Biles
Lakewood Man Shot and Killed in Street Argument
Robert Enbody, 23, of 5425 Premiere Ave., was shot once in the chest Sunday night during a dispute on West 154th Street near Lawndale. Deputies say the men may have been drag racing and pulled to the curb at 4121 West 154th Street before Enbody ran toward the other man, who then fired. Enbody died on arrival at Gardena Memorial Hospital at 1:05 p.m. The killer fled.
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Robert Enbody
Lakewood
Lawndale
Enbody
Premiere Ave
West 154Th Street
154Th St
Gardena Memorial Hospital
Marines Fight North Vietnamese For Border Fortresses
Thousands of U S Marines battled North Vietnamese troops on twin fortress hills near the North South Vietnam border as a major Communist offensive was predicted. Front reports said about 200 Americans were killed or wounded and at least 200 enemy troops slain in the bitter clash for the strategic summits.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
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