Action Line Answers Question on Naturalization Delays
The Los Angeles immigration district director says the husband has no record of the original naturalization filing but another form was sent and, if in order, it should be processed in 8 to 10 weeks. The inquiry comes from J G, Lakewood, answered by George K. Rosenberg.
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Los Angeles
Department of Immigration
Action Line
J. G
Lakewood
George K. Rosenberg
Immigration Department
How to Start a State or Federal Employee Credit Union
Readers seeking to form a employee credit union can choose state or federal status. For state rules contact the California Department of Corporations, Los Angeles, 90012. For federal guidance contact the Health Education and Welfare Bureau, San Francisco, 94102. The California Credit Union League can assist and arrange an on site discussion at (714) 628-6044.
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California Department of Corporations
S. Broadway
Los Angeles
Calif
Federal
E. W. Smith
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal Bureau of Credit Unions
Fulton St
San Francisco
California Credit Union League
S. Garey Ave
Pomona
Lost Wizard Boats Stock Value Confirmed Bankruptcy
A reader reports buying 50 shares of Wizard Boats through Walston & Co. in 1957 and cannot locate an agent or company. Walston closed its Long Beach office a year ago and is now based at 731 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles. An agent says Wizard Boats went bankrupt two years ago and cautions against discarding the stock despite potential for a future comeback.
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Wizard Boat
Walston & Co
J. B
San Pedro
A. Walston & Co. Inc
Long Beach
Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles
Action Line
Wizard Boats
Tax Cut Appears Likely to Pass Senate Finance
The Senate Finance Committee approved a broad tax bill offering about 9 billion dollars in annual relief for individual income taxpayers and a 6.5 billion revenue gain from reforms. It would cut rates, raise the standard deduction, and remove millions from the tax rolls, with a House version already passed and a conference needed. President Nixon is expected to sign if the final bill preserves relief but faces resistance over middle-income relief and reform details.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Nixon
Dip in 23rd Street Intersections Lakewood Boulevard
A reader asks to fill a dip at 23rd Street and Lakewood Boulevard. City engineer explains the dip is a cross gutter for drainage with no storm drains along Lakewood Boulevard and no plans to install a storm drain system.
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23Rd Street
Lakewood Boulevard
Independent gas stations defend octane and pricing
A Bell, writing as W B from Bell, argues against claims that independent gas stations offer inferior products to major brands. He says octane content, regulated by the Bureau of Weights and Measures, determines quality, not branding, and notes independents keep prices low by lower overhead and minimal services.
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Government Bureau of Weights and Measures
W. B
Bell
Plane Explodes After Emergency Landing At Edwards AFB
Two test pilots Lt. Col. Jack W. Gillette and Jude R. McNamara escaped unharmed after their F 111A caught fire due to a fuel leak during an emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The swingwing jet, developed from General Dynamics TFX, saw fourteen of these aircraft crash in just over two years.
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Air Force
General Dynamics
Jack W. Gillette
Jude R. McNamara
Nixon lays out Latin America policy with Alliance for Progress
President Nixon announced a new Latin America policy stressing local initiative, tariff preferences, and flexible aid. He kept the Alliance for Progress but enhanced its stature and proposed an undersecretary of state for inter American affairs. He also ordered loans freed for regional purchases and argued for broader trade preferences.
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Nixon
Latin America
U.S
Agency For Interational Development
Congress
San Pedro Cliff Slippage Recurred After Friday Quake
A cliff section near San Pedro again slipped Friday after noon following a moderate offshore quake. City engineers called to assess movement found it very slight. Four homes on Paseo del Mar in Point Fermin already suffered partial to total destruction from fissures, uninsurable due to high landslide risk. The quake sequence, the fifth in nine days, registered 4.75 on the Richter scale with epicenter about 70 miles off the Southern California coast near San Nicolas Island.
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San Pedro
California
Paseo del Mar
Point Fermin
James N. Brune
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
San Nicholas Island
State OKs two freeway bus lanes on San Bernardino median
Sacramento UPI reports the Federal Highway Administration has authorized the state to proceed with plans to construct two exclusive bus lanes in the median of the San Bernardino Freeway. The announcement came Friday.
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Sacramento
UPI
Federal Highway Administration
San Bernardino
Long Beach Ranked Second Hottest in Continental U S
Long Beach reached 85 degrees on Friday, second only to Palm Springs in the continental United States. The Weather Bureau forecast calls for sunny skies and rising thermometers through the weekend with highs in the upper 80s to 90s in desert regions and 60s to 80s elsewhere.
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Long Beach
United States
Weather Bureau
Palm Springs
Old-Timer Reflects on Parental Roles and Sitters
An elderly observer recalls a bygone era when parents and babysitters were the same people. The piece notes how community norms and child care practices have changed over time.
Marine Believed Headed for Naples Hijack Turns Longest Air Piracy
A young AWOL Marine believed to be Lance Cpl. Raffaele Minichiello hijacked a jet from Los Angeles to San Francisco using a rifle and steered the plane to Denver New York Bangor Shannon and finally Rome. After forcing an armed escort to Naples he fled into woods near Rome. Passengers were released in Denver and a hostage stewardess stayed aboard. The hijack ended with Minichiello surrounded and captured near Rome.
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UPI
California
Man
Lance Cpl
Raffaele Minichiello
Seattle
Wash
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
New York
Bangor
Maine
Shannon
Ireland
Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
Naples
Minichiello
End of B-52 Bomber Nears, Laird Says
Nixon faced Halloween fog causing flight detours while reports on the B-52 bomber program target an early 1970s completion, with statements attributed to Laird and noted on pages A-2 and C-9.
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Laird
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