Action Line answers reader questions on Playboy and more
The Action Line column addresses Playboy circulation complaints with Playboy executive Parker Cole and Miss Lee Whitney directing readers to a Swashbuckers Service. It covers free diving records, library censorship policy for minors, missing vitamin orders from Nature Food Centers, Scottish plaid sourcing, and local inquiries.
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Playboy
Jay
Long Beach
Parker Cole
Cole
Miss Lee Whitney
Swasehkers Service
Playboy Building
Michigan Ave
Chicas
Gukut
Miss Whitney
Action Line guidance for readers from The Independent
A reader service note explains use of ACTION LINE number 432 $451 for recording questions. If lines are busy, mail or postcard receives attention. Include name, address, and phone for contact, but not for publication. Do not send photos or returns. submit one query at a time.
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Action Line
Preas-Telegram
Divorce Reform Foes Stage Burn-In Of Marriage Licenses
Women protesting California divorce reform bill burned copies of marriage licenses in downtown Long Beach in front of Assemblyman James Hayes’s office. The group, led by Mrs. Wayne Smith and others, rallied with placards while cameras captured the scene as the bill moved to the governor.
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Long Beach
Janes E. Hayes
Trene Carlson
California
Burtein
Ocean Boulevard
James W. Hayes
Wayne Smith
Rowland Heights
Ene Carlson
West Covina
Betty Roenicke
Claremont
Pauline Conklin
Covina
Mariner 6 Photos Mars May Solve Life Puzzle
Mariner 6, an 820 pound unmanned craft, sent television images from 58 million miles away as it nears Mars after a five month flight. If on schedule, images will begin transmitting at 6 38 p m PDT and appear on home screens. Scientist Norman Horowitz notes the probe will test Mars environment for life and measure atmospheric temperature and liquid water presence with its instruments.
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Mars
Mariner F
Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Norman Horowitz
Maltech Biology
JPT Bioscience
Mariner 6
Mariner 7
Horowitz
Doctor's Daughter, 16, Confronted Intruder in Compton Home
A 16 year old girl and her 86 year old grandmother were attacked in their Compton residence late Monday night by a man who said he used heroin. He entered the home around 10 30 p m and terrorized them for hours before fleeing near 1 30 a m Police said the doctor and his wife were away in San Francisco the woman and girl were alone when the intruder entered THE DOCTOR'S offices are in the house and narcotics may have been the target. The intruder wandered the house and seized a heavy glass container before confronting the grandmother in the kitchen.
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Compton
Husk
San Francisco
Weather Outlook By Region
LB area shows variable clouds then partly sunny skies with a light temperature change and a chance of sprinkles in the early morning. Mountains see variable dense clouds and scattered showers or thundershowers in the afternoon and evening, with highs near 80. Deserts: variable clouds with scattered shower activity in the afternoon and evening.
Nixon and Mrs Nixon to visit Saigon troops
White House sources say President Nixon and Mrs Nixon will fly to Saigon on Wednesday to visit troops and hospitals. Nixon planned discussions with Thai leaders and Far Eastern envoys during the Asia tour as security concerns kept plans tentative.
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UPI
White House
Nixon
Asia
Romania
Air Force One
Nison
Thanon Wittikachorn
Chanat Khoman
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Shoman
Size of Reagan's Staff Draws Solon's Inquiry
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee sent to the floor a pay raise bill lifting the governor’s annual salary from 44100 to 49100 and boosting other constitutional officers and staff pay. Assemblyman Crown questioned Reagan staff numbers, asking for disclosure as analyst said the exact size is not public information.
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Reagan
Solon
Sacramento
Assembly Ways and Means
Randolph Collier
D-Yreka
Robert W Crown
b-Alameda
Gov
Alan Post
Crown
Boss urges openness despite risk to jobs
The boss tells employees not to fear him and to voice complaints even if it costs them their jobs, signaling a stance on confronting problems within the organization. The remark emphasizes accountability and direct communication between workers and management.
President's commission urges gun licensing
A government commission recommends federal and state licensing to remove hand guns from circulation. The note appears in the newspaper's page B section with references to editorial and various classified items. Names and dates are not clearly specified in the visible fragment.
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President's Commission On Violence
Page
Blythe Parents Question After Child Shackled In Desert Box
Anthony Gibbons six found in a roofless wooden box in the Mojave Desert after being kept there for up to two months. Deputies say he was pale underweight and dehydrated. James Gibbons and Beverly Gibbons face questions as authorities probe possible arrests in the case.
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Blythe
Anthony Gibbons
James Gibbons
Beverly
Los Angeles
Riverside County
Anthony
Mojave Desert
Robert Bickmore
Western Airlines mechanics strike cancels all flights
Western Airlines canceled all flights today as mechanics staged a walkout affecting 44 cities in 14 western states plus western Canada Mexico and Hawaii. Only an 8 am flight to San Francisco and a 10:50 am incoming flight from Idaho Walls Salt Lake City and Las Vegas operated from Long Beach Airport under a policy to return crews to bases. Pickets gathered at the airline HQ and LA airport as negotiations with Teamsters Local 2707 broke off after mechanics rejected a tentative three year wage and benefit deal.
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Western Airlines
Western
Long Beach
San Francisco
Idaho Walls
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Atung Beach
Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
Airlines
Teamsters Union Local 2707
Suspected murderer kills self in Long Beach case
Long Beach detectives disclosed that Richard Numata, 25, was slain last October by a suspected killer who then took his own life in November. A second man tied to Numata’s death, Terry Kevin Stelzriede, 23, was held in Quincy, Illinois. The self-inflicted killer was Dennis West, 23, who died Nov 21, 1968 in El Monte. Acquaintances say West was despondent over the abortive narcotics robbery tied to the murder.
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Long Beach
Richard Numata
California State College At
Quincy
Til
Terry Kevin Stelzriede
el Monte
Baldwin Park
Charles R. Dillon
Robert M. Bell
Numata
Dennis West
West
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