ACTION LINE answers on work, repairs, and launches in Long Beach
Long Beach readers ask about applying for work on the Project HOPE ship and learn that openings exist for doctors nurses and secretarial workers with hires by maritime unions. Also guidance on a $24.50 repair service fee, launching boats at Golden Avenue ramp for $1.56, and transit options to LAX from Downey plus Greyhound service.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ifelp
Hope
USS Hope
Project Hope
Education Department
Wisconsin St. NW
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Parant
Martime
Campbell
Electra
Long Beach Blvd
J. M
California State Electronics Association
P.O. Box
Hawthorns
Action Line
al Rozenstratell
Electro TV
Uell
Rozenstraten
Pierpoint Landing
Q. B. Ty
Lakewood
Golden Avenue
Thomas McIntorff
Marine Stadium
Los Angeles International Airport
Downey
H. F. Downey
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Los Angeles
RTD
Broadway
Greyhound Bus Lines
Compton
Pipe impales SP train killing three injuring eighteen
A 50 foot pipe pierced a double decker car of Southern Pacific train 127 near San Bruno at 8 am, killing three and injuring at least 18. Ambulances transported victims to Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame and Mary's Help in Daly City as the train was halted for over an hour. The pipe, being installed near the tracks, was moved by a tractor or crane from A R B Co and pierced the lead passenger car after clipping the engine footboard. The train continued to San Francisco afterward.
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San Bruno
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
San Jose
Peninsula Hospital
Buringame
Mary's Help Hospital
Daly City
A.R.B. Co
Miami Hijacked Jetliner Escapes to Havana Cuba
A jetliner with 119 aboard hijacked from San Juan to Cuba landed in Havana at 11 07 local time. Pilot Captain William Latimer reported a gunman on board and requested Havana air traffic control assistance. The aircraft used was FAL Flight 950, with 171 passengers and eight crew, all Miami based.
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Miami
Cuba
Willam Latimer
San Juan
Puerto
FAL Flight 950
DCS
Havana
Latimer
William Hoelacher
Richard Shaw
Vincent Coccolo
Susan Q’connor
Donna . Madara
Carolyn Hammond
Russ Hit Nixon's West Berlin Trip
Izvestia reported in Moscow that President Nixon's planned West Berlin visit would worsen tensions in the city amid a new crisis tied to West German political developments and the broader Cold War situation.
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Russ
Nixon
West Berlin
Berlin
Izvestia
Moscow
Froot
Key
Biscayne
Fla
White House
Washington
Ronald Ziesler
Ziegler
Sully
Bonn
East Germany
Snowstorm Holds 6 000 at Airport
A snowbound Kennedy Airport stranded 6 000 passengers, with about 500 at the National terminal hungry since 8:30 p.m. National Airlines sought a helicopter to deliver food. Pan American and TWA provided meals to thousands. Police aided victims of heart attacks and ulcers.
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New York
L— A National Airlines
Kennedy Airport
National Terminal
Pan American
Trans World Airlines
Wny
TWA
Oil-stained Beaches Clean-Up Off Santa Barbara Progress
Crews work to clean up 30 miles of oil-stained beaches near Santa Barbara using straw and live steam. The account highlights cleanup efforts, local involvement, and ongoing challenges while noting related stories on pages A-3 and other sections.
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Santa Barbara
Ship Eximinister Amid 17 Foot Seas Near Nantucket
A freighter named Eximinister with 46 crew aboard was battered and taking on water in 17 foot seas about 180 miles southeast of Nantucket. Coast Guard said pumps dropped from a plane helped momentarily but vessel still taking on water as two Coast Guard aircraft circled the area and the cutter Sherman rushed toward the scene.
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New York
Nantucket
Mass
Coast Guard
Export-Isbrandtsen Line
Sherman
Lost Boy Found Dead on Cougar Mountain Snow
The body of a 1-year-old, Dale Greenback, was found Sunday on Cougar Mountain east of Seattle with his dog Goldie by his side. He apparently died from exposure after getting lost in six foot snowdrifts while hiking with searchers reporting the boy battled through deep snow.
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Seattle
Dale Greenback
Goldie
Cougar Mountain
Here
Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast
LB area expects low overcast tonight with cloudy conditions and sun on Tuesday. Mountain regions will have clear skies with highs in the mid 50s while deserts reach 68 inland and 75 in lower valleys.
Snowbound New York Struggles Amid Historic Blizzard
New York and suburbs cut off as record snows strand hundreds for up to 15 hours. Transit halted with Long Island Rail Road and trains canceled. 11 deaths reported. City digout under way as storms ease later, 16 to 20 inch accumulations in NYC area.
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New York
Oiis
New York City
Fifth
Madison
Lexington
Midtown
Butea
Central Park
Weather Bureau
Long Island
Penn Central
New Haven
Albany
1000 Cars Stranded on Hudson Bridge in Snowstorm
A foot of snow stranded about 1,000 cars on the three mile long Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River near Tarrytown. Motorists filtered off the span into neighboring towns seeking shelter in churches firehouses and other warm places. About 600 people found refuge at the Transfiguration Church in Nyack while the rest moved to firehouses and Legion posts along Orangetown Nyack and nearby areas.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
Tappan Zee
Hudson River
Red Cross
Ernest Kinsgren
New York Thruway
American Legion
Orangetown
Nyack
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A cryptic line notes that any man who gives it where he is right is well and possibly wed, suggesting a proverb-like mood about honesty and status in marriage. The fragment reads as an old verse or marginal quip from a historic page.
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Esperanto League of North America
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Times Square
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