Insurance delay for VFW beneficiary in hit and run case
Mrs. M. L. of Long Beach reports her husband, a VFW member, was killed by a hit and run. Department quartermaster Robert Racob of Sacramento says he is pursuing the claim and has contacted the insurance company twice, urging verification of beneficiary designation on file and promising further contact through the post commander.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
M.L
Long Beach
Robert Racob
VFW
Sacramento
Autograph requests and a help line guide readers
Readers seek Montgomery autographs and photos with help from ACTION LINE. The column lists autograph dealer Paul Richards in Brookline offering Montgomery items. Other queries cover Contouressa Bras complaints, Indian child adoption through LA County Bureau of Adoptions, and Seventh Step Foundation activities in Long Beach with meeting info and outreach needs.
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E.E
Long Beach
Action Line
Paul C. Richards
Harvard St
Brookline
Mass
Richards
Henry VII
Viscount Montgomery
Montgomery of
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montgomery
Normandy
Rhine
Miontgomery
NATO
Europe
Contouressa Bras
Costa Mesa
Action ME
P.L.L
Huntington Beach
A. No. Action Line
Orange County Better Business Bureau
G.W
San Pedro
Los Angeles County Bureau of Adoptions
Jean Selden
Bureau
E.cean Blvd
RENA
The
Bureau of Adoptions
Seventh Step Foundation
N.W
Tenth Step Foundation
E. Seventh St
County Pay Hike Stirs Budget Alarm in Question County
County supervisors pledged a thorough review of proposed pay raises that could add about 45 million to the next fiscal year's budget. Supervisor Burton Chace urged scrutinizing director of personnel recommendations while Frank Bonelli urged trimming new hires to ease costs.
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Burton Chace
Long Beach
Frank Bonelli
Bonelli
Gordon Nesvig
Survey Rodman
Nixon plans 12 percent cut in Peace Corps training
The Nixon Administration seeks to cut Peace Corps volunteers trained next year from 8,500 to 7,500, reducing the budget by 8.7 million to 101.1 million. Sen. Fulbright disclosed the move in the Congressional Record and may oppose the cut during authorization discussions. Acting director Brent Ashabranner says total volunteers remain stable for now, but trainee cuts may reduce service in 1971.
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UPI
Peace Corps
Congressional Record
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Brent Ashabranner
12 Marines Die in Viet Copter Crash
Saigon reports two helicopters collided Friday night about 214 miles south of the demilitarized zone. The CH 46 carrier with 12 Marines aboard crashed and burned. The Army UH 1 sustained minor damage with no casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
Heaven by a Close Shave Jokes
A humorous quip notes that men reach heaven through a close shave, contrasting male angels without whiskers with the idea of facial hair as a sign of earthly life.
Nixon Surprises Children During White House sidewalk visit
President Nixon spent about 15 minutes on the sidewalk outside the southeast gate greeting a line of school children on a sunny Friday. He spoke with teachers from Gloucester City New Jersey and a 12 year old asthma patient from Wakefield Rhode Island who showed a football trophy from the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital in Denver.
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White House
Capital
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Pat Regen
Florence Merker
Mary Ethel Costello
Gloucester City
N.J
Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital
Denver
Nixon seeks three laws to curb unsolicited sex ads
President Nixon told Congress that American homes face a record flood of sex oriented mail. He urged three measures to shield youths, block offensive ads from mailboxes, and stop delivery of sex oriented ads to unwilling receivers. He noted legal limits but argued action is needed.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Arm Reattachment Hope After Four Hour Surgery
Jack Marzo, foreman at the Schwartzwalder uranium mine near Golden Gate Canyon, had his left arm severed five inches above the elbow by a saw. Surgeons at Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge performed a four hour reimplantation and say the arm is viable. He noted feeling in the fingers as he smiles, ahead of a possible full recovery. Marzo turns 57 on Sunday.
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Wheat Ridge
Colo
Jack Marzo
Lutheran Hospital
Marzo
Schwartzwalder
Golden Gate Canyon
Vandalism at Queens College Sparks Campus Clash
In New York a thousand white students drove about 200 militant black students from Queens College after vandalism by the Negro students for a second day. About 500 helmeted police moved in to restore order as the campus faced unrest amid the confrontation. In Minneapolis educator Dr G Theodore Mitau proposed a flying squad of distinguished professors to investigate student flareups on campuses at a conference of the AAUP.
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New York
Queens College
Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
G. Theodore Mitau
Minnesota State College System
American Association of University Professors
College Shuts Down Amid Racial Violence on Campus
At a 24,000-student college SEEK students clashed with white protesters after militants invaded the social science building and cafeteria. Windows were smashed, noon classes canceled, and fights erupted as crowds blamed each other. police were urged to intervene.
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Search For Education, Enlightenment and Knowledge
SEEK
Jordan Resting After Stroke Leaves Secretary in Serious Condition
Sacramento report states Frank M. Jordan 80 year old Republican Secretary of State is resting comfortably but remains in serious condition Friday night after a stroke that left him partly paralyzed.
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Sacramento
UPS
Frank M. Jordan
Bonnie-Clyde chase ends in death
A dramatic pursuit ends with fatalities after a Bonnie and Clyde style chase. Police recovered the wounded suspect amid bombed vehicles and overturned cars, as authorities cordoned off the scene and began investigations.
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Bonnie-Clyde
Chase
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