Action Line offers help with consumer issues and red tape
Reader asks how to notify Hartford Insurance Group for a deceased beneficiary on a former Columbian Life policy now cross filed under her name. Action Line identifies policy as 241995 and directs writing to Hartford Policy Holders Service. A separate case about misaddressed Enid Oklahoma oil bills is resolved with Champlin Petroleum official Gary Phipps promising proper routing and a letter clarifying the mix up.
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Columbian Life Insurance
New York City
Nye
California
F, ML
Arcadia
Hartford Insurance Group
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Manistique
Mich
Austin Avery
A. Sure
Action Line
Gary Phipps
Champlin Petroleum Company
Enid
Elles
Phipps
Action Line Help With Starch Premium and Car Title
A reader seeks Action Line help after sending 35 cents for a Squid starch premium bottle and receiving no reply. Purex says refund of 35 cents and a Vano Fabric Finish sample are on the way, notes Premiums may be handled by specialty firms and offers expire. Also, a separate case: a car loan payoff in Muncie yielded a $33.09 refund check cashed in Long Beach. title handling may involve photostatic copies, advise to check papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Action Line
Jane Oldham
Consumer Service Department
Purex Corporation
Ralph Smith
Muncie
Long Beach
Indiana
Smith
Widow eligible for California Veterans home loan guidance
A widow asks if her late husband, Army officer 1942 to 1846, qualified for a California Veterans home loan and if she as his widow can obtain loan benefits. Harris Bakken, district supervisor for the California Veterans office in Inglewood, will contact her to assist. If eligibility existed before his death and she has the certificate, she is entitled. Partial forms and a letter will follow.
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California Veterans Home Loan
Lang Besch
Harris Bakken
California Veterans Office
Inglewood
Bakken
Action Line guidance for reader inquiries
Guidance for contacting Action Line via special number 432-3451 or the Independent Press Telegram regu lar number. Send name address and phone for contact but not for publication. Include info without pictures or receipts. limit to one query. no stamps or SASE.
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Action Line
Press-Telegram
Sound Off on rude treatment at Torrance Social Security office
Mrs A L of Torrance writes that Social Security checks are earned benefits after 20 years of work, but delays and rude staff, especially one woman, imply beggar status. She urges courteous, humane treatment for elderly or frail claimants who may not be here next year.
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Bis
Social Security
Torrance
A. L
Is Romney Eligible to Run
A brief note on presidential eligibility appears on page A-5 with focus on constitutional requirements and potential implications for Mitt Romney's candidacy.
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Romney
Openers Hit Heat Wave Draws Massive Beach Crowds
A Long Beach area heat wave drew more than 352,000 sun worshippers to beaches Sunday as downtown hit 89 degrees and nearby Orange County rose to 92. Lifeguards reported rescues and a high number of boat assists with crowds at Huntington Beach, Newport, and Malibu.
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Long Beach Area
Beathes
Mercury
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Orange County
Bill Ward
Huntington Beach
Huntington State Beach
Cabrillo
L.A
el Segundo
Manhattan
Redon Go
Hermosa
Torrance
Newport
Laguna
Seal Beach
Ef] Segundo
Malibu
Long Teach
S & Up
Canillo
Casing of Navy Mine Found on Long Beach Shore
Two Long Beach seamen sighted a four foot by three foot mine casing on Kel lmont Shore Beach near the 4700 block about 8 30 p m The casing had been emptied and altered for use as a buoy police kept sightseers away A munitions expert from Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station identified the object as a disarmed harmless Mark IV Navy mine and the casing was removed.
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Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
John Andrews
Long Beach
Quote on trouble from narrow mind and wide mouth
A maxim states that much trouble in the world arises when a narrow mind is paired with a wide mouth. It warns of the hazards of talking beyond understanding and the damage of bold opinions without full knowledge.
Hiker Dies After Fall From Pt Fermin Cliff
Robert Craig Cervine, son of Mr and Mrs Linyd Cervine of Downey, fell from a Pt Fermin precipice around 3 p.m. while hiking with friends Gordon Dixon and Dan Carrier. Lifeguards and a Los Angeles Fire Department unit responded. Cervine suffered multiple serious injuries and died after hours of surgery.
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Robert Craig Cervine
Linyd Cervine
Pivot St
Downey
Fermin
Gordon Dixon
Horton Ave
Dan Carrier
St. Horton Ave
Cervine
Cabrilio Beach
William O'Sullivan
John Burich
Los Aneles
Forte
Carrier
Dixon
Crevine
Korea
Ceryine
Craig
2 Car Crash Kills Housewife and Sailor
A 21 year old Long Beach sailor and a 47 year old San Pedro housewife died in a head on collision on Westminster Boulevard West of Bolsa Chica Road in Seal Beach. Police said Shirley Halling of Long Beach crossed the center line and hit Martin Berkich, who was driving. Both Berkich and Halling were injured and hospitalized in guarded condition.
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Long Beach
San Pedro
Melvin D. Tapley
Caliente
Margaret Berkich
St. San Pedro
Westminster
Bolsa Chica
Seal Beach
Lee Gatti
Shirley Halling
Martin Berkich
Community Hospital
Clergy Splash Mud as Hecklers Harass Open Housing March
In Louisville Kentucky white hecklers harassed about 80 marchers for an open housing ordinance. Steel ball bearings flew from a group nearby and a Presbyterian minister was punched in the mouth. Mud water hit several ministers as three police cars trailed. No arrests were made.
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Louisville
Ufa
South End
Brooke Gibson
Gibson
Mobs Rampage Spreads Chaos at Playland Beach
San Francisco police quelled a two hour beach riot by about 1,000 youths with riot guns and dogs as windows were smashed and robberies occurred. Ticket booths were robbed and a kiosk keeper rescued. At least 40 police cars and multiple ambulances responded as the unrest began at 6 30 p m and eased by 8 30 p m amid threats in the Oak and Ashbury hippie district.
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San Francisco
Playland-at-the-Beach
Oak
Ashbury
Soviet Anecdotes and 1937 Terror Reference
A brief, period toned note recalling Soviet humor about Moscow and Svetlana with an UPI citation, and a line about 1937 as the worst year of Stalin's terror, noting widespread arrests and executions across Russia during that year.
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Moscow
UPI
Svetlana
Josef Stalin
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