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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1971
Page
6
Action Line offers help by answering questions and cutting red tape. Readers are invited to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432.3451 from 9 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday for general interest inquiries and helpful answers.
A Long Beach reader asks about why places like the Virginia Hotel, Virginia Country Club, and Virginia Court carried the name.ACTION LINE sought local history input to explain this minor but intriguing footnote.
President Nixon spoke at a Smithsonian dedicatory ceremony for an international center for scholars named after Wonodraw Wilson. He said he aims to give Americans a single generation of peace as a long step away from perennial war, aligning with his broader reform agenda.
Pasadena attention turns to criminal justice reform as Attorney General John N. Mitchell urges LEAA funding and a national goals framework for police, courts, and corrections. He envisions a coordinated effort among federal, state, and local governments to measure progress toward a modern system.
G.7. of Long Beach asks how to inform tenants about a rent increase when their income is tight. He notes a veteran’s widow, unemployed husband, seniors on Social Security, students, and widows relying on benefits, all residing in his long-held rental property. He seeks guidance on balancing rising property taxes with compassionate communication and fair rents.
Portland Zoo veterinary staff announced Rosy is expectant, with Me Tu the calf due in late summer. If born as predicted, it will be the 10th Portland elephant and the 18th elephant born in the United States on record. Thonglaw is the sire, noted as a manageable male among a generally difficult species.
President Nixon's white tie dinner in Washington honors Italian premier Emilio Colombo with a guest list heavy on Italian Americans. Notables include Henry Mancini Phil Rizzuto Joe Garagiola and Anna Maria Alberghetti. Colombo later met Nixon to discuss world peace prospects and Mediterranean naval strength amid Soviet activity.
Representative Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii announced victory as the Post Office Department dropped a job rule that barred women from postal inspector roles. The discriminatory qualification standard was lifted on Thursday, allowing qualified women to apply.
In Los Angeles Alvin L. Glatkowski, charged with hijacking the SS Columbia Eagle to Cambodia, testified in a sanity hearing that he used LSD 200 to 250 times and had a homosexual relationship with accomplice Clyde W. McKay Jr. Doctors said he was sane at the time of the hijack and remains sane, while McKay remains a fugitive. The psychiatrists declined to diagnose paranoid schizophrenia.
In Detroit at St. Raymond Convent a 60 dollar robbery and rape were reported. A youth with a gun forced entry through a basement boiler room window, assaulted a man, and fled. One youth was arrested nearby and detained for investigation.
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