ACTION LINE answers readers with civic guidance
Readers ask about horseshoe luck insurance liability and ACLU basics plus veteran papers and refunds. The column cites Lincoln Library information on luck, DMV consent withdrawal, ACLU founding figures and budget, army records tracing, and consumer complaints routing to BBB and postal inspectors.
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Paris peace talks set to test harden positions from both sides
South Vietnam vows to walk out if a Communist dictated peace emerges while Hanoi rejects direct talks with Saigon. Paris and Hanoi officials warn of tough protocol battles as the expanded talks approach, with Saigon and U.S. officials at odds over bargaining terms.
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Saigon
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Vietnam
United States
DRVN
South Vietnam Front For National Liberation
Viet Cong
San Francisco State reopens looming as court scrutiny nears
Dr. S I Hayakawa, acting president, weighs Monday reopening amid student strike threats after Black Students Union demands a Black Studies Department and amnesty for strikers. A Marin court showed cause why 18 000 students should return to class, following Craig Craemer petition and Murray suspension.
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San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Frederick Craemer
Greenbrae
Joseph G. Wilson
Marin County
San Rafael
Compton Chef Feeds 900 thankful Viet GIs in Saigon
Compton known chef feeds about 900 American and allied soldiers in Saigon on a hot Thursday. Traffic clogged the city as relief efforts moved through the busy streets.
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Compton ‘Chef
Saigon
Fuel Line Leak Floods Avalon Boulevard Amid Thanksgiving Feeds
A ruptured pipeline dumped nearly 4000 gallons of gasoline fuel oil mix onto Avalon Boulevard near Bayport Street in Carson. Four county fire companies monitored the spill as vacuum trucks removed the liquid, while soldiers in Saigon prepared Thanksgiving meals for troops in a hotel mess hall nearby.
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Bayport Street
Carson
Avalon
Lee Hambleton
Army
Clarence McCray
Compton
Saigon
1 000-Mile Mission of Mercy Aboard the Jouett
A Navy crew aboard the guided missile frigate Jouett rushed from San Diego to sea for a mercy mission to aid an ill sailor aboard the Long Beach based minesweeper Acme. A medical team and helicopter crew joined at Balboa and Imperial Beach to decide if the sailor could be moved. Commander Capt. R. C. Barnhart Jr. assumed command the day before.
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San Diego
Jouett
R. C. Barnhart Jr
Acme
Balboa Naval Hospital
Imperial Beach Naval Air Station
Special Middle East Mission Slated for Scranton by Nixon
President-elect Nixon plans to send former Pennsylvania Gov William Scranton on a Middle East mission to meet leaders in Cairo and other Arab nations. Al Ahram reports Scranton will arrive in Cairo December 5 to confer with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egyptian officials and visit Israel Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Scranton
Nixon
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Israel
Cairo
Gamel Abdul Nasser
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Jordan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Money buys misery in comfort, says proverb
The saying notes money cannot buy happiness yet can ease misery by affording comforts. It suggests a skeptical view of wealth’s ability to improve inner well being, implying material gains do not guarantee joy.
Washington think tank experts unveil 620 page Nixon book
Think tank experts present a 620 page critical and cautionary Nixon book. Johnson photo collection draws both criticism and praise, while a page A-9 note discusses a possible wobble in Earth's rotation as the cause of an earthquake.
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Washington
Nixon
Johnson
Earth
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