Action Line answers reader questions and investigates records
The Action Line column notes more than 20 000 calls and 10 000 letters since December 29, 1966, promising to remove charges if records are unavailable and to check a reader’s order. It also explains the historical Airplane Hill near Huntington Beach was regraded in the late 1940s after multiple accidents including a fatal crash and a tanker fire.
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Action Line
Jane Wilson
Chile
Miss Wilson
Airplane Hill
Huntington Beach
L.I.C. Cong Beach
A. No
D. G. Higgins
Ellis Avenue
Golden West
Gothard Streets
Higgins
Community notices include volunteer help and printing aid in Long Beach
Letters reveal locals seeking weekly volunteer work for the blind or mentally retarded at Intercommunity Exceptional Children's Home and School. Another reader offers club support, printing car window stickers, and help with fundraising. A misidentified mission bell is clarified as a Long Beach Yacht Club vessel used for races and events.
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Long Beach
G.L
International, Good Sports Club, Inc
Mrs. L.S
Q. Pm
E.N
Long Beach Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Everett Boyette
Action Line
German dances offered by Oberlandlers group in LA
Morrie Gelman, leader of the Oberlandlers Bavarian social group, invites you to Tuesday meetings at 8:30 in the ratskellar at Eighth and Figueroa, Los Angeles. Beginners may also join folk dance classes in Long Beach or Inglewood. a clubs list from the Folk Dance Federation of California will be sent.
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A. Ja Wol
Oberlandlers
Morrie Gelman
Ratskellar
Figueroa
Los Angeles
Gelman
Long Beach
Inglewood
The
Folk Dance Federation of California
Public questions tideland oil funds and subsidence
A Long Beach reader questions how long to educate residents about tideland oil expenditures and subsidence. The Press Telegram argues the oil revenue funds tidelands projects only, notes shoreline beautification, and says subsidence is halted, urging readers to rely on the paper.
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Long Beach
Tideland
Independent, Press - Telegram
Tidelands
Parks Hotel
Rainbow Pier
Belmont Pier
Marinda
Marine Stadium
F.B
Mra. J. W
Riptides strike Southland beaches as 700 rescued
Lifeguards rescued more than 700 people from dangerous surf and riptides along Southern California beaches as Hurricane Katrina’s far reach brought southerly swells. Crowds packed Newport, Seal Beach, Long Beach, and Huntington Beach, with dozens of children separated from guardians and multiple calls to Harbor Patrol.
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Southland
Long Beach
Seal Beach
L. A
Tom Shaw
Reagan signs tax cut for oil firms in state measure
Gov Ronald Reagan announced he signed legislation reducing property taxes on oil companies that pay royalties to city and county governments. The measure, backed by Sen George Miller, shifts royalties from lease values to tax assessments, costing Long Beach about 100000 and cutting county revenues by 22.25 million in Los Angeles and 900000 in Orange County.
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Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
George Miller
D-Martinez
Reagan
Sen. Miller
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Orange County
James A. Hayes
Gov
Veto override dream fades as legislature debates bills
Capitol observers note that no rejected bills are likely to gain the two thirds needed to override a veto. The last time a legislature overcame a governor was 1946 with a $900 million public works bill after Gov. Earl Warren vetoed it. Reagan vetoed a Teale measure on Social Security in aid calculations for seniors.
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Capitol
Earl Warren
Reagan
Stephen P. Teale
Dwest Point
Alternate Jurors in Kirschke Murder Trial Final Preliminaries
The final preliminary round for Jack Kirschke murder case in Los Angeles begins today with Judge Kathleen Parker in court at 9 45 am. Attorneys will question jurors seeking four alternates as a six and six panel sits. opening arguments to follow and testimony that could determine Kirschke’s fate. The case involves the murder of his wife Elaine and her lover Crankhan, with bodies found April 8 at 185 Rivo Alto Canal Naples. A key prosecution witness, Ralph Simonds, Long Beach criminologist, may be unable to testify after heart problems.
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Jack Kirschke
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Kathleen Parker
Sen
Kirschke
Elaine
Orville William Crankhan
Kirschkes
Naples
Rivo Alto Canal
Beaten 21 Year Old Long Beach Driver Found in Alley
A 21 year old Long Beach truck driver, Dennis David Hillstrom, was found dead in Rosaleg Alley in Paramount after a beating. Robbery appears likely as his wallet was removed and later found in a nearby vacant lot. Deputies seek to retrace his movements Sunday night to identify suspects as investigation continues.
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Long Beach
Paramount Alley
Rosaleg’ Alley
Dennis David"Hillstrom
Jackson
Barnes & Delaney
Tire Cs
A. Landry
Hillstrom
Landry
Strument
Lakewood
John Mancini
John Keels
Hillstom
Lorida
Dorothy Kauch
Lewis Ave
Francis Kyle
Junipero “Ave
Truce Broken As UN Patrol Halts Suez Canal Fight
Egypt and Israel clashed along the Suez ceasefire line near Port Said and Port Fuad, the heaviest fighting in six weeks. The UN patrol reported Canberra ships and Egyptian claims of enemy casualties, with towns hit and civilian casualties cited.双方互 accuse each other of initiating shelling and civilian damage.
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Israel
Suez Canal
Red Sea
United Nations
Porl
Mediterranean
Alexandria
U.N
Israél
Port Suez
Port Taufig
Caro
68 Year Old Slain as Father Held for Murder
Riverside report says a 56 year old man was jailed on suspicion of murder after his daughter Emma Rosuelo, age 68, was shot Friday at her Woodcrest home near March Air Force Base. Sheriff's Lt. Ralph Gallagher said the father Montre Jackson confessed shooting to stop alleged abuse by her husband Augustin, 62.
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Jack Prince
Kelly Printing Co
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Belmont Shore
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L.B. Man
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