15 Nov 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1969
Page
1
The notice outlines how readers can reach ACTION LINE to get answers and assistance. It provides mailing address Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 and phone numbers 432 3451 with hours 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm, Monday through Friday.
A reader asks for cleanup under the Stearns Street viaduct at Palo Verde Avenue in Long Beach. A city spokesman says the area is hard to reach by ordinary sweepers but is cleaned regularly and the Street Maintenance Division welcomes calls about special problems.
Narcotics Education Foundation of America offers immediate supply of 1,000 pamphlets on drug abuse. Nonprofit group can print at about $15 per thousand with options to pick up or ship. Contact Lorraine White at 663-5171 for details.
In 1968 a Long Beach reader asked ACTION LINE to recover a Stahly live blade razor under warranty after returning it for repairs. The company replied delays, but the line notes Stahly Inc withdrew its corporate license in Illinois in 1966 and went bankrupt in 1968, leaving the reader with no recourse.
Apollo 12 commander Charles Conrad Jr and astronaut Alan Bean returned to the lunar module twice to fix a switch and check for damage after an unexplained electric surge at liftoff. Ice formed on the window panes and concerns about power for instruments lingered, but the crew remained confident and asked to hearlaunch tapes.
President Nixon witnessed the Apollo 12 liftoff from Cape Kennedy as a 300 foot ramp greeted him in pouring rain. An estimated 250000 people filled the Kennedy Center area while Jimmy Stewart and other celebrities watched from covered vantage points amid soggy fields and crowded buses.
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 with 98 passengers diverted to Edwards Air Force Base after nose gear hydraulics failed shortly after takeoff from Phoenix. The crew manually lowered the nose gear, landed safely with no injuries, and passengers continued to Los Angeles aboard another TWA plane.
Protesters gathered across San Francisco Berkeley Pomona and Claremont in a coordinated antiwar action. In San Francisco 200 demonstrated near the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange watched by 2 500 onlookers. At Berkeley about 3 000 picketed entrances and heard speakers including David Hilliard. In Pomona 24 students occupied the ROTC office as a 48 hour sit in continued.
Police used tear gas to disperse a 3 000 strong crowd outside the South Vietnam Embassy in Washington on Friday night. The unrest interrupted the three day March Against Death and drew 13 arrests as violence spread toward Dupont Circle.
A fragmented editorial note remarks that the dollar has diminished in value, proposing the term dollar ette as a tongue in cheek descriptor. The piece hints at economic humor and public concern over currency worth.
National lawmakers challenge the Guard’s use of intelligence powers amid internal disorder debates. The dispute centers on civil liberties and security authority with broader implications for state response to unrest.
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