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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1967
Page
1
Action Line offers help for problems and rights. Send requests to Box 248 Long Beach California 9080 or call 432-345 between 9 am and 5 pm or 5 pm and 9 pm Monday through Friday.
A reader from Long Beach reports being billed for three records never received and tasks Jane Wilson to cancel the account after return of the items. The reply notes prank signups occur when names are used for memberships without consent and promises to cancel the bill once the three December records are returned.
Jim Mangan of the Stretch campaign says the concept of expanding Long Beach Veterans Memorial Stadium remains, though no action has occurred in the past year. Donations are in two savings accounts earning interest and may be used again for publicity, as Mangan notes.
A reader in Long Beach questions why the State Department of Harbors and Watercraft spent 2000 on 50,000 liter bags to keep water clean while criticising reductions in medical aid and education funding. The letter expresses frustration over what it calls absurd programs during lean economic times.
A reader from Long Beach writes that city officials should address street trash before planting ornamental median gardens. The letter emphasizes cleaning up existing mess as a prerequisite to any beautification effort.
President and Mrs. Johnson announce the engagement of Lynda Bird to Marine Capt. Charles Robb of Milwaukee. They plan an early December White House wedding, the first there since 1914, with the couple marrying before Robb heads to Vietnam for a tour. Robb presented the engagement ring at the LBJ ranch.
Milwaukee saw open housing militants smash shop windows and car windshields as 2000 marchers clash with white hecklers. Police watched as tear gas shells fired in two volleys sent gas through blocks. NAACP members voted a selective buying campaign against Jos Schlitz Brewing Co. for not adopting fair housing.
PASADENA APs report Surveyor 3 survived a fuel leak crisis and touched down near the Sea of Tranquility. Minutes after impact it sent radio signals, about an hour later imaging the undamaged craft and lunar landscape, with telemetry showing a nine degree angle but no transmission issues.
In New York City 14 856 teachers voted Sunday to reject a 125 million contract and quit Monday, signaling the nation’s largest school system could strike as 1.1 million students face first day. AFL CIO United Federation of Teachers flocked to the vote with 12 393 against and 2 523 for acceptance amid pickets and a court restraining order.
South Vietnamese leader Thieu proposed to Hanoi a one week halt to bombing as a prelude to talks on Vietnam peace. He said Viet Cong could join, but would not negotiate as a Vietnamese representative. Bunker said negotiations might occur before the US election.
Beulah hurled 125 mph winds at the Dominican Republic southern coast as toll rose to 16. The storm veered toward Santo Domingo then shifted west grazing Barahona Penins ula and Haiti’s south with rains and 10-foot surf. Doria skirted the U S Eastern Seaboard with 80 mph winds as Chloe roared at sea.
Tropical Storm Lily moves toward the coast south of San Diego with 65 mph gusts and heavy rain. The system, once a hurricane, is predicted to bring thundershowers to Long Beach and choppy surf to Orange County beaches as it nears Ensenada.
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