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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1968
Page
1
The notice explains ACTION LINE as a service to answer questions and get issues resolved. It invites readers to write Box 230 in Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours on weekdays for general interest guidance.
Reader seeks colored glass eyes used by taxi dermists for wooden decoy ducks. AC TION LINE locates Jonas Brothers Taxi dermy Supplies, 1037 Broadway, Denver, CO. they offer handmade German glass eyes in sizes and colors from 15 to 60 cents a pair and a catalog is to be sent. A second inquiry asks about a print of The Doctor painting by Luke Fildes. LA County Museum of Art Bookshop offers an 17 by 26 inch print for $10.
Former Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner George Watson was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of bribery and conflict of interest in harbor transaction irregularities. The 50 year old testified he was misled in a stock deal by Keith Smith as fellow ex commissioners Karl Rundberg and Nick Starr had previously been convicted of taking bribes from Smith. Mayor Sam Yorty and several council members reacted with statements of regret and concern as the two week trial concluded.
A playful peek shows why people call money dough. The phrase dough sticks to the fingers and fuels a brief humorous riff on money.
Sacramento sources say the state attorney general's eight month Medi Cal probe revealed abuses totaling more than 100 million dollars within a 600 million dollar health care program. Officials foresee a press conference to release a full report, citing double billing overcharges and possible fraud but anticipate few criminal charges due to information gaps and enforcement challenges.
Olaf Harringer notes the original hangs at Tate Gallery in London and depicts an event at Forester's Cottage on the Braemar Estate in Scotland. The queen’s ill servant girl recovered after the queen telegraphed for her physician. The column also details a consumer complaint about Golden Life supplements and notes on mathematics education books from SRA.
Actionfine Denholm and Dr. Edse Stiel of California State College Fullerton publish Insights into School Mathematics for seventh and eighth graders. SRA offers the series at 4.84 per book. Parents can either relearn with classes or have their child teach them, focusing on understanding math principles rather than memorized rules.
A Wilmington reader, Mrs. C. M. H., defends the cemetery's general upkeep in response to a complaint about conditions. She notes she does not own a lot or plan to buy one but aims to present a fair, overall picture based on frequent visits.
Harbor Division detectives identified the injured man as Michael McGee 31 of Los Angeles after he was found Sunday night outside Seaview Medical Group at 1127 N Avalon Blvd with a bullet wound to the head. He was moved to Harbor General Hospital in critical condition. A woman who claimed to be his mother called police but did not provide her name.
A stag movie flashed briefly on Coachella Valley cable channels early Sunday turning up on Palm Desert screens and across Palm Springs Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells. police noted 30 to 40 calls but found no break in and no entry at the Edom Hill repeater station.
Hundreds of viewers flooded NBC switchboards in Burbank objecting to a Nixon Humphrey war and poverty ad aired during Rowan and Martin Laugh In at 8 47 p m It was paid for by the Nixon Agnew Campaign Fund and drew a heated protest from the Democratic National Committee.
Senator Eugene McCarthy will announce support for the Democratic ticket with Hubert Humphrey and will declare he will not seek a third Senate term in 1970. The move aims to heal Chicago wounds and block Nixon, despite dissent on Vietnam and reform.
One Navy wife, Haru Chuhay, 44, died from massive head injuries and another, Tomi Kibe, 32, was critically injured when struck by a car at Santa Fe Avenue and 25th Street. The driver, James Larry Bludworth, 23, was cited for failing to yield and may face manslaughter charges.
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