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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
1
The service Dial 52 5451 Action Line offers answers, guidance, and red tape relief. Write Action Line Box 23 Long Beach California 80801 or call 442 3461 between 9 am and 1 pm or 5 pm and 9 pm Monday through Friday. Questions chosen for general public interest.
Long Beach residents questioned nursery schools closing playground gates. Recreation official Robert Van Antwerp said nurseries with permits may share park facilities and keep gates closed only to prevent wandering, but gates must not be locked. Contact the park director or the Recreation Department at 436-9041 to file a complaint.
Action Line identifies Long Beach West Side, bounded by Santa Fe Avenue, LA River flood channel, Pacific Coast Highway, and Wardlow Road, as the most integrated residential area. The middle-class neighborhood features a pleasant, tree lined, heterogeneous mix of races near the Central District.
A local Action Line column discusses neighborhood diversity in Pacific Coast Highway areas and notes mixed integration in Wrigley District and Park Estates. It recounts a Lakewood realty agent’s anger at inquiry and reports a lost order for a brass fisherman. The column also explains Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles Inc. offers adult male mentoring for boys aged 8 to 17 with screening and training for volunteers.
The reader asks if a will can be written without a lawyer. Bert Ballard, State Bar of California PR in San Francisco, says a will signed by the writer is legal with no fixed form if its meaning is clear. He warns against making out your own will due to legal pitfalls the writer cannot foresee.
Mrs. D.W. of Lang Beach laments discrimination from neighbors while searching two weeks for a rental for herself and her young daughter. She notes full time work and night college attendance, yet faces rude responses and doors slammed on her due to being divorced and single-parent.
A Venezuelan DCQ jetliner with 76 aboard was hijacked over the Caribbean and diverted to Cuba. Four Americans were among the passengers including Henry and Wanda Hosten, W Taylor, and Edward Russo. Captain Harry Gibson was the pilot. The flight, operated by Viasa and partners, landed in Santiago after the hijackers seized control over Santo Domingo to Caracas. Cuban authorities confirmed the landing and were withholding details.
Allied sources say US planes sank a U S patrol boat last week and mounted accidental missile strikes on the cruiser USS Boston and the Australian destroyer Hobart. Reports claim North Vietnamese helicopters were sighted near the Demilitarized Zone for five days, triggering chaotic air defense responses.
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill 29 to 6 led by President Johnson to ban mail sales of all firearms including rifles and shotguns. It would restrict over the counter sales to in state residents, set minimum ages for handgun and long gun purchases, and prohibit inter state shipments of ammunition.
Downey Baptist minister Rev William Arthur Asbill Jr 63 killed Teko Otsuko 36 in his home at 10787 Cecilia St after she planned to marry a Catholic man. Police say he fired five shots then killed himself in the living room. Otsuko died at Downey Community Hospital an hour after the left temple shot. Esther 52 and Charles Edward Asbill 23 were home during the incident.
Clear tonight and Friday for the LB area with night and morning sun clouds near the coast. Highs around 8 for today. Desert regions will be clear and hot with highs near 103 and Valleys reaching 113. Mountains clear with warm temperatures.
A woman reflects on aging and certainty in a compact line about how once an age is set, it is not forgotten. The phrase plays on memory and self perception in a brief, reflective note.
Governor Ronald Reagan, amid anti poverty demonstrations, spoke briefly after being hustled from a news conference. About 350 protesters demanded higher welfare aid, housing, and a $2 minimum wage. Police reported no arrests as the crowd left peacefully after several hours.
The Medical Association opposes legalizing marijuana but advocates against harsh penalties. This stance appears in the publication’s editorial and related briefs, touching on policy and public safety implications.
Washington reports the House moved to pass the first income tax increase since Korea war era. Rep. William D. Colmer led debate saying he reluctantly supports a $15 billion tax package with $36 billion in mandatory spending cuts. He warned against a “wild orgy of spending.”
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford announced a nationwide extension of the Pentagon ban on servicemen renting in apartments or trailer courts with discriminatory owners. Starting after July 34, a serviceman may lease near his base if the owner adheres to fair leasing. He cited the civil rights law and a Supreme Court ruling as grounds and ordered quick access to legal aid and counseling for discrimination cases, excluding single family units.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to provide 1.8 billion in the coming year for the anti poverty program. The panel cut 356 million from this year's elementary and secondary school aid amid a budget cutting mood on Capitol Hill.
US officials report American combat deaths in Vietnam exceed twenty five thousand. They note 363,935 Communist troops killed, with 324 US servicemen killed in action last week and 2,325 wounded. Wounded total rises to 154,297. South Vietnamese losses were 286 dead and 1,189 wounded as Communist casualties fell from earlier weeks.
Around 3,500 United Nations staff members joined a cafeteria boycott over price rises, halting business as coffee costs jumped from 10 to 15 cents. It marked the first intentional civil servant strike by UN employees who are prohibited from strikes against the organization.
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