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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
1
Action Line answers how to preserve eucalyptus leaves. Bruce Mason of Park Nursery recommends fresh cuts, a half water half glycerin soak, and splitting stems to speed absorption. leaves reportedly last indefinitely. The tip appears in the Garden Pages each Saturday.
Reader asks about tours to Warner Bros Seven Arts studio. Warner Bros offers no public studio tours. Universal Studios tours run 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m daily with set pricing. MGM Studios in Culver City offers 3 hour tours with lunch for 7.95, and 2 hour tours without lunch for 2.50 adults, 2.50 juniors, 1.60 children. Call 451-5435 for reservations.
The Department of Public Social Services coordinates Christmas parties for underprivileged children in Long Beach. Organizations or individuals willing to host should contact Marilyn Brown before November 10 at 591-6614 extension 535, between 8:00 am and 2:30 pm.
The reader asks for rattlesnake cooking advice after skinning a desert catch. Martha Westlake in A SideSnake Under Glass recommends chopping meat, flouring pieces, browning in hot oil, frying, and serving on toast with optional garnish. Her book priced 3.95 offers broiled rattlesnake and other Western dishes.
The Motion Picture Association of America rate films for the industry to avoid government censorship. Member studios submit films for ratings, while independent firms often seek ratings too. Ratings are popular and guide theater showings though some critics argue X ratings may entice minors.
A request from G B K of Long Beach seeks two copies of the essay What Is a Girl by Allen Beck, first published in a Boston magazine 11 years ago. Beck also wrote What Is a Guy. The company says they still receive requests and local copies are available at Morfell's Mortuary on Third Street and Alamitos Boulevard.
A glass jar at Selective Service headquarters holds 366 plastic capsules as a draftee lottery begins the first draft lottery since 1940. The scene mirrors past photos of Stimson and Baker but marks a yearly ritual unless law or policy changes.
The 102 hour Thanksgiving period ended with 694 traffic deaths nationwide, far below last year’s record. California reported 74 fatalities, while Texas had 39 and Georgia 38. Air and train incidents, fires, and other causes contributed to 856 total deaths across the period.
Showers drenched Long Beach area Sunday and again this morning while forecasters predict a wet first week of December. The Weather Bureau says a 30 percent chance of showers remains today through Tuesday with higher showery periods statewide and temperatures up to four degrees above normal. The rain ends a 10 day dry spell.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and little temperature change tonight. Rainfall probability 30 percent. Mountains partly cloudy with showers and snow level near 6000 feet. highs near 40 at resort levels. Deserts partly cloudy with a few light showers. highs around 60 in upper valleys and 73 in lower valleys.
A fragment notes a story about Alcatraz Indians seeking homesteads amid tourist activity. Details are unclear on the page reference and related sections such as Beach Combing Bridge and various columns. The item appears in a classified style note with many page pointers.
In Chattanooga, a 7 year old woman shot outside a divorce court by another woman who shouted threats about an affair. Robbie Turner was shot three times, fell down stairs breaking her leg, and remains in serious condition at Ex. Jangey Hospital. Martha Capshart faces felonious assault charges. Witnesses say Turner was leaving the steps when shot. Turner had filed for divorce from Luther Turner, whom she married in 1968 and separated last August.
Attorney KF Lee Bailey, representing Capt. Ernest L. Medina, says Medina issued no orders to massacre civilians during the March 1968 My Lai assault. Bailey notes Medina reported civilians killed ranged 25 to 28 and that a major said it sounded normal. Bailey asserts Medina ordered the attack only against Viet Cong and did not instruct soldiers to kill women or children.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to send two investigators to Vietnam to examine Vietnamization and Saigon's military and political situation. Chairman Fulbright said no fixed mandate on the My Lai massacre, but investigators will not ignore it and will report before hearings next month.
Four men arrested in a weekend federal probe yielding 65 machine guns 62 more guns and 50 000 rounds of ammo across Los Angeles County plus Nazi relics and wartime gear. Los Alamitos reserve officer Gary Stella 34 rangemaster at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station arrested after taking 4000 from an undercover operator and delivering 84 guns. Co arrestee Charles Hatfield 36 Buena Park market manager. In a separate case Los Altos High teacher James Steward 32 and Alan Okte 32 Baldwin Park seized with three machine guns a 250 foot explosive cord coil grenades sawed off shotgun and more. 2014 listing indicates Nazi uniforms helmets and WWII items found at Steward home.
A quirky line about the difference between spotting wrong answers and wrong questions appears. The text features repeated names and a quoted moral about creativity and inquiry. No clear event, place, or date is provided to anchor a concrete news item.
A Los Alamitos clerk killed co worker Dolores Voorhes, 30, in a car outside 4321 De Ora Way Long Beach, then attempted suicide with sleeping pills. Robert McClaren, 35, was found unconscious inside the home. he faced murder investigation as police denied immediate danger to Mundt.
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