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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1968
Page
1
The Action Line provides a consumer help service in Long Beach instructing readers to write Box 230 or call 432 3451 during specified hours for answers to questions chosen for general interest.
ACTION LINE addresses a reader seeking a fiberglass cartop carrier similar to a mysterious Auto Attick. Local rental options are Cal-Rent Trailers Reddy Rent and Hand H Rentals. The piece also explains Join Hands emblem meaning and activities. It covers a misbilled Gerster jacket case, Hail to the Chief authorship, and DMV guidance on correcting a driver license age error.
A Seal Beach reader signs a letter thanking President Johnson for his five years in office. The writer praises his dedication and workload and suggests sending personal notes of appreciation despite occasional criticisms.
In Saigon and across South Vietnam 540,000 GIs mark Thanksgiving amid war. Army cooks prepped two months for a turkey heavy feast with 185000 pounds of turkey and 182000 pounds of mashed potatoes. Some units serve battlefield meals by helicopter while others stock camps. Wives of officials travel Bangkok to Saigon for rare reunions, with fresh tablecloths and paper tabs marking the holiday.
The Pacific Maritime Association resumes longshore hiring in Long Beach and Los Angeles after a 10 day tie up. PMA southern division manager John D. MacEvoy says operations should near normal by Monday 8 a.m. The dispute over hold work infested with rats triggered a wider walkout and cargo diversions to other West Coast ports. A federal court order requires the ILWU Local 13 to show cause why it should not follow the arbitrator’s Nov 18 decision.
Aboard USS Berkeley Long Beach missile destroyer Thanksgiving dinner featured roast turkey as 345 crew members marked the Navy Chaplain Corps 193rd anniversary. Cmdr. Tom Ward led the ship whose crew reflected on a near-miss during Tuesday’s collision involving USS Camden and USS Hancock in the Tonkin Gulf with no casualties.
Ralph Cabrera, a Santa Fe steel painter, trekked 150 miles on foot from Grants to reach Sanctuario de Chimayo in Chimayo New Mexico to keep a vow for his son's safe return from Vietnam. He carried a 60 pound pack in freezing snow and said he would finish on Thanksgiving Day.
A husband answers the phone for Mrs. Smith and asks if a rumor should be left, noting she is not at home. The fragment suggests a tardy or gossip centered interaction in a domestic setting.
Police hunted Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver in San Francisco as a fugitive amid speculation he fled the country after failing to surrender for parole violations. The 33-year-old author and Panther minister of information was declared wanted 114 hours after his due return date. Cleaver had stated he would not show up for prison.
October saw the Long Beach Los Angeles metropolitan area report a record rise in the cost of living with a 0.8 percent monthly gain and a 4.1 percent year over year increase. Nationwide, clothing food and autos drove the largest monthly rise in six years.
The state high court set aside four capital sentences in a ruling reported on page A-10, signaling a major shift in capital punishment cases. A separate item notes a blind student reducing phone call costs using a whistle, highlighted on page A-14.
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