Action Line answers reader questions on refunds and tow contracts
In Long Beach guidance covers a Fingerhut refund delay and City Tow Service contracts. Forging details include Fingerhut's promise of a refund by mail and City Tow's three-area bidding system, with Walter Detlef noting rate setting by the city and police-tow involvement. Tom Mix death note adds location and date context.
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Long Beach
Calif
Or & Pan
Fingerhut Manufacturing Co
Minnesota
Action Line
P.W.0
City Tow Service
San Francisco Ave
Walter Detlef
City Tow
Detlef
Family Corporation
Wardlow Road
Cherry Avenue
Harbor
Cherry
California
City Few
Highway Padro
Delici
Three U S fliers freed by Hanoi regime
The United States welcomed the release of three U S airmen shot down over North Vietnam. Maj Norris M Overly Capt Jon D Black and Navy Ens David P Matheny were flown to Udon Royal Thai Air Base after being freed by North Vietnamese authorities. The men were identified by the Defense Department and accompanied by peace group delegates on the Hanoi to Vientiane leg.
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Washington
Defense Department
Norris M. Overly
Nola
Overly
Wurtsmith Base
Oscoda
Mich
Jon D. Black
Carol W. Black
Laredo
Tex
Navy Ens
David P. Matheny
C. 5
Matheny
Bakersfield
Calif
Hanoi
North Vietnam
State Department
Berrigan
Zinn
Vientiane
Thailand
Black
Watts hospital bond plan uses private funds eyeing state and federal aid
County officials say voters rejected the June 1968 bond issue for the Watts district hospital but not the hospital itself. They financed early plans and site with general funds and formed the Los Angeles County Southeast General Hospital Authority with Los Angeles to finance construction. Construction bids begin Feb 28 and revenue bonds will cover about 15.6 million of the 24 million project, with federal and state matching funds covering the rest under Hill Harris.
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William Le‘one
Capital Projects Division
Watts District
General Purpose Fund
Leone
City of
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Southeast General Hospital Authority
Sound Off on Fussy Volkswagen Drivers
A reader from Lakewood complains that Volkswagen drivers are the fussiest on the road, citing near misses and red light infractions by VW cars in a 40 mile zone. The letter notes truckers agreeing and urges caution on Studabaker Mond streets.
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Volkswagen
Cadillac
Studabaker Mond
Carson Street
Los Cayoles
R. W
Lakewoud
Seven Killed in Crash of 727 Jetliner
A Civil Air Transport 727 en route from Hong Kong to Taipei crashed 12 miles from Taipei Airport in light rain. Seven killed including one on the ground. 22 aboard injured and another ground casualty. Pilot Capt Stewart E Dew, Ark, led the flight with about 10 foreigners aboard.
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Taipei
Taiwan
UPI
Taipei International
Civil Air Transport
Stewart E. Dew
Pine Bluff
Ark
George . Marshall
Chris
Hong Kong
Dodays Scruch The Trouble With Parenting
A wry line notes that parental experience often arrives after children leave home and the parent finds themselves unemployed, reflecting on the ironic curb of aging and career status. The quip pairs life insight with a sharp social bite about modern parenthood.
Hue Fight Rages as 17th Day Passes in Citadel
In Hue, a Communist suicide force using captured American tanks holds the Citadel wall against U S Marines. About 400 die hard fighters press the defense, pinned near the southern Citadel wall while U S tanks shell from across the Perfume River. Marines advance from the north as the siege stretches on with heavy casualties and stubborn resistance.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Hue
Perfume River
America
UPJ
Alvin RB
Woman 26-year-old lieutenant joins Navy training for Viet Nam
A 26-year-old woman lieutenant completes counter-insurgency training in the Navy, including machine gun handling, and heads toward Vietnam. The item references internal pages Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Editorial Obituaries Sports Theaters TV Radio Vital Statistics and various column notes.
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Leutenant
Vietnam
Omar
George Robeson
Todd Thomey
Frantic Rescue Delivers 4-Year-Old From Hole Near Harbor City
Carlos Garcia, trapped 105 minutes in a nine inch wide vertical hole nine feet deep near Harbor City, was rescued unharmed by Harbor Division firefighters. After failed attempts, they dug a 10 foot pit and tunneled to reach him. A cheering crowd of 209 watched as he was lifted to safety and treated at Harbor General Hospital.
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Carlos Garnica
Harbor City
Jie
Peet
Carlos Garrita
Harbor Division
Carlos
Muddy
Harbor General Hospital
Murphy to resign as UCLA chancellor amid regents meeting
UCLA Chancellor Franklin B D Murphy reportedly plans to resign as the UC Riverside meeting opens. The Daily Bruin cites an imminent exit to a high LA Times-Mirror post or possibly Stanford presidency, with official comment unavailable. Weather updates follow for West Coast regions with cloudiness and shower chances.
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Murphy
UCLA
Riverside
Franklin BD
California
Board of Regents
UC Riverside
Ls Angeles
Charles J. Hitch
Daily Bruin
Priday
Los Angeles Times
1st Fatal Crash on Bridge
A Sal Pedro man, Harry Frank Peer, 42, of 722 W. Santa Cruz St, was killed in a center bridge collision on the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles Harbor. Rush-hour traffic backed up for an hour as eastbound car crossed the center line and struck another vehicle. Peer died on arrival at Harbor General Hospital. the crash marked the bridge’s first highway fatality since opening.
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Sal Pedro
Vincent Thomas
Los Angeles Harbor
Harry Frank Peer
W. Santa Cruz St
Harbor General Hospital
H c
California Highway Patrol
Willian J. Freeman
Peer
Burl
Weather forecast shows 50 50 rain chance today
The weatherman predicts considerable cloudiness with a 50 percent chance of rain late this afternoon and evening. Saturday looks partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. temperatures range from a low of 54 tonight to a high of 68 Saturday, with mountain snow level near 7000 feet.
Policy change ends most occupational draft deferments
Washington reports the Selective Service System will end most occupational draft deferments and limit graduate student deferments to medicine and related fields. Local boards may grant exemptions for community needs, while second year or older graduate students may qualify. recent graduates and those starting grad school last fall face induction. The National Security Council supported the move as reducing inequities while monitoring manpower needs.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service System
Selective Service
National Security Council
Lewis B. Hérshey
Commerce and Labor Departments
Defense, Labor and Commerce Departments
Kidnapped Girl Found Murdered in Gaffney
The body of 15 year old Opel Dianne Buckson, a likely Gaffney strangling victim, was found today. Sheriff Julian V. Wright identified Leroy Martin as the suspect, taken into custody at his textile mill job. He is charged with this murder for now, with no charges yet for other killings. The girl had disappeared Tuesday after being kidnapped and forced into a car trunk along the highway. Her body was found half a mile off a state highway in thick woods.
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Gaffney, S.C
Opel Dianne Buckson
Gaffney
Julian V. Wright
Leroy Martin
Wright
Bryant Phillipson
Wolun
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