Action Line answers readers questions in Long Beach
Readers seek help on genealogy homesteading in Nebraska. Action Line traces a grandfather to Thayer County land purchased in 1880s, notes a Becketington deed, and Nebraska Gazetteer references. Other items include free city swimming lessons, adult education options, and coffee bean roasting tips.
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Thayer County
Neh
B.V
Long Beach
St. Joseph
Charles
Adeline Beckington
Paris
France
Louis McLaughlin
Hebron
Douglas Bakken
Nebraska State Historical Society
Byron
Neb
Kansas
Nebraska Gazetteer
R. St. Lincoln
Long Beach Recreation Department
Millikan High School
Skip Skibicki
Skibicki
Poly
Wilson and
Jordan
YMCA
Ethiopia
California highway patrols cut fatal crashes on freeways
Officer Ted Bradley says adding 88 patrol officers to a 36 mile Santa Ana Freeway stretch and 9 officers to a 50 mile San Bernardino corridor reduced fatal crashes by 42.9 percent and 35.3 percent respectively under Operation 500. Total accidents rose due to more injuries and property damage and higher traffic volumes this year.
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Ted Bradley
Highway Patrol
San Bernardino
Santa Ana
Bradley
Sound Off on Littering Children in Restaurants
A Long Beach reader laments poorly behaved children in dining spots, noting mothers overlook trash left by kids while restaurant owners strive for cleanliness. The letter urges parents to teach children to keep tables tidy and respect business spaces.
Reaction to aircraft workers parking near Lakewood home
A Long Beach reader supports T S of Lakewood and shares frustration over aircraft employees parking daily in front of homes. The letter notes litter and blocked street sweeping, asks the company to direct workers to the designated lot, and urges an effective solution.
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T. S
Lakewood
L. C
Long Beach
Huge Phone Blackout From Errant Drill On Long Beach Blvd
A contractor's boring machine severed a MW trunk telephone line at 20th Street and Long Beach Boulevard, knocking out service between Long Beach and Los Angeles and parts of Orange County. Pacific Telephone Co. said the line was about half restored by midnight and 95 percent in service by morning. The break occurred around 3 p.m. during underground conduit work for a beautification project replacing the Red Car rail lines. The bore was withdrawn after striking the cable twice. General Telephone Co. handles Long Beach area telephones. Pacific serves Los Angeles and nearby regions.
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20Th Street
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Orange County
Pacific ‘Telephone Co
Long Beach Boulevard
General Telephone Ga
Pacific
Shipyard Picketers Briefly Block Gates as Talks Falter
Thousands of workers at Todd Craig and Bethlehem shipyards faced brief gate blocks by Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilders of America pickets. Negotiations with contractor Syd Carpenter stalled after a 24 hour extension expired at midnight Tuesday. Franklin said lines formed at 6 45 am and dissolved by 8 am as talks resumed. If no deal is reached, pickets may return Thursday at 8 am.
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Todd, Craig
Bethlehem
Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilders of America
Syd
Carpenter
Were
Charles Franklin
The
Shipbuilders Union
Union
Franklin
House Unit Approves Near Total Foreign Aid Request
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to give President Jokinson nearly all requested funds for a 3.4 billion current year aid program and about 3.5 billion for 1969. It cut less than 200 million from the request, despite Senate cuts and stricter country eligibility rules. The panel delayed final authorization rules until Thursday.
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Washington
UPI
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Johonsom
Jokinson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Weather Tonight and Thursday Forecast by Area
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY LB mostly clear with night and morning low clouds. High today about 82, low 70. MOUNTAINS clear except isolated thunder showers in some areas, highs around 53. DESERTS clear with isolated thunder showers, highs 108 to 115, lows 70 to 78.
Queen Mary Bidters Threaten Legal Action Over Sale
In Saigon reports butterfly actions and air losses amid Vietnam fighting while in New York a bidder battles Long Beach over the Queen Mary sale. Richard R. Falk claims Cunard Lines breached sealed bid rules and seeks legal remedy after Long Beach outbid him for the 1,000 ton liner.
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New York
Long Beach
Queen Mary
Falk
Car Michael Calls for Attacks on U S Leaders in Havana
Stokely Carmichael told a Havana news conference that American Negroes should strike first at President Johnson and top U S officials including Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara. He urged armed action across the United States, denounced capitalism, and linked his remarks to a Latin American solidarity meeting.
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Havana
UPI
Stokely Carmichael
Johnson
Nean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Carmichael
Britain
North America
UPL
CIA
Malcolim X
Iney
United
McNamara
Dean Rusk
Abraham Lincoln
New York
California
Canada
Mexico
Fire breaks out on British freighter Manchester Exporter
A fire erupted on the 7,506-ton British freighter Manchester Exporter Laday about 450 miles west of Northern Ireland. One crewman died. The RAF later said the fire was apparently under control. The ship, bound for Canadian and U S Great Lake ports, carried a crew of 41 and nine passengers including women and children.
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London&~ Tire
Laday
Northern Ireland
Royal Air Force
U.S. Great Lake Ports
Manchester
California’s new tax hits smokers with higher cigarette prices
The state imposes a four cent per pack rise effective Tuesday and a subsequent three cent hike by October. County revenue will grow by about 2 million this year with Long Beach gaining, Los Angeles breaking even, and the tax also boosting the five cent state sales tax on tobacco products. Cigars and pipes face no tobacco tax but are subject to state sales tax.
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Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Treasuries
Race violence erupts across six cities overnight
Across six cities violent clashes continued with police clashing against gangs as Milwaukee faced a sniper attack near a police command post. Providence saw racial tensions flare in a mainly black section, while Chicago Peoria Hartford Wyandanch reported rock throwing and bombing incidents. Detroit National Guardsmen patrolled streets as federal troops departed and a Mentor City recovery effort began after last week’s damage.
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Milwaukee
Providence
R.I
Chicago
Peoria
Hartford
Detroit
Michigan
Mentor
Harold Breier
California rehab center warns pep drug as addictive as heroin
A California Rehabilitation Center report states widespread intravenous injection of the pep drug matches heroin in addictive potential. The notice appears in the Beach Combink and Bridge sections with related references across Classifieds and Comics.
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California
Rehabilitation Center
Beach
Editoria
Omarr
Wilson
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