Action Line health and home advice column excerpt
Readers seek help on delayed product orders from Lakewood store with Japan-made dishes, a Pennsylvania calling scam, easement disputes with Southern California Edison, and a marshal's duties. The column provides responses about refunds, call investigations, easement utility access, and federal court roles.
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Lakewood
A. H
Artesia
Japan
Dorothy Tucker
1M. H
General Telephone Company
L. H. Kelley
F. S
Lakewood. A
George Hanawalt
Southern California Edison
Hanawalt
Handicapped swimming pools and Titanic deaths details
Health Department confirms two warm water pools at Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic and Memorial Hospital for handicapped patients referred by doctors for corrective exercises. No recreational pool yet. Cerritos Communities Pool for the Handicapped Inc. seeks funds. Mrs. Evelyn duPont offers summer pool access via volunteers. Titanic disaster killed 1,513 of 2,224 aboard. 711 survivors. Molly Brown noted as the famed Unsinkable Molly Brown.
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Long Beach
J. M
Health Department
Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic
Memorial Hospital
Cerritos Communities Pool For the Handicapped Inc
Evelyn duPont
B. M
Lakewood
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Molly Brown
Denver
Meredith Willson
Residents complain about college student traffic on La Marina streets
Letter from a Long Beach resident describes intrusion by California State College at Long Beach students. Cars park and race through a residential area from early morning to late night, disturbing children, litter, and property. Caller urges action and safety measures amid perceived law defiance.
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la Marina Estates
California State College At
Long Beach
Reagan Hikes Budget for UC Colleges
Sacramento reports show taxes must rise by 672 million dollars this year to sustain state services and erase general fund debt. The Legislative Analyst and Auditor General split on the outlook, backing Reagan’s fear of first-year repayment shortfalls while Democratic legislators warn the books will close with a surplus. Reagan plans to boost his budget proposal further as negotiations continue.
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Sacramento
California
Senate Finance Committee
George Miller Jr
Martinez
Reagan
Army Lt. Col. Whalen Sentenced Over Spy Case
Retired Army Lt. Col. William Henry Whalen was given 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to seeking to pass military secrets to Russian agents. Sentences of 10 and 5 years on related counts may run consecutively. Whalen, 53, once an intelligence officer at the Pentagon, lived in Fairfax County. The espionage charge was dropped after plea to two lesser counts.
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Alexandria
Army
William ‘Henry Whalen
U.S. District Court
Oren R. Lewis
Turyvan
Merger Set for April 28 between Douglas and McDonnell
Donald W. Douglas and James S. McDonnell announced a target date of April 28 for the merger of Douglas Aircraft Co Inc and The McDonnell Co. The new firm will be McDonnell Douglas Corp. Shareholders will vote at meetings on April 19, with March 10 as record date for voting rights. A 10 cent cash dividend and a 6 percent stock dividend are planned, contingent on approvals.
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Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc
McDonnell Co
Donald W. Douglas
James S. McDonnell
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Douglas Co
McDonnel
McDonnell
McDonnell, Douglas Corp
Bavarian Homemaker Defeats War Planes With Dumplings
Helmut Winter of Munich used flour dumplings as improvised missiles to deter low flying U S and NATO aircraft near Fuerstenfehlbrick Air Base. After a staged peace with West German pilots and officials, he vows to keep targeting helicopters if planes do not stay 900 feet away. Neighbors hail his sticky victory.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Helmut Winter
Winter
Air Force
NATO
Fuerstenfehlbrick
Pasing
U.S. Air Force
Helmut
U.S
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
A concise guide lists sections and pages for readers. It notes where to find stories on draft evasion, beach combing, bridges, classifieds, comics, crosswords, editorials, finances, obituaries, astrology, shipping tables, sports, theaters, TV radio, tides and temperatures, vital statistics, and columnists.
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Omarr
George Robeson
Wilson
Junction City heavy fight in Vietnam claims many lives
U S infantry battled Viet Cong in War Zone C near the Cambodian border for 12 hours. The clash produced heavy American casualties and the heaviest Communist tear gas attack to date, as 150 enemy bodies were reported.
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Saigon
U. S
Junction City
Vietnam
U.S
Driver Dies as Fuel Truck Flips in Harbor Blaze
A tanker truck overturn spilled burning cargo into a storm drain near the Port of Los Angeles. Driver William C. Cowan, 38, of Belflower, died in the flames as more than 100 firefighters battled the inferno engulfing West Basin and surrounding oil and lumber facilities. The Shell Chemical Co. tanker overturned on the Harbor Freeway offramp at 10 13 pm, with Albert Sandoval, 28, of San Pedro nearby. Continued coverage on page A 4 column 6.
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Harbor Freeway
William C. Cowan
Bellflower
Walt Murray
Sherm William
Dick Emery
Los Angeles
Ryan Ave
Belflower
Harbor District
Shell Chemical Co
Harbor
Albert Sandoval
Oliver St
San Pedro
Strike Ends on Three Oil Islands After Picket Promise
A 13 day stoppage halted all offshore island construction while Local 12 of the Operating Engineers agreed not to picket the harbor landing dock. Wonderly Constructing Co. of Long Beach employed the workers as members of the Long Beach Building and Construction Trades Council had refused to cross picket lines. Continued on Page A-4.
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Pinterventionst Union of Operating Engineers
Wonderly Constructing Co
Long Beach
Alll
Long Beach Building and Construction Trades Council
Senate backs forces in Vietnam war effort
The Senate approved 89 to 28 a resolution to record U S support for U S forces in Vietnam and for efforts of men of good will to end the war. The measure, led by Mike Mansfield and backed by Everett Dirksen, was approved as an amendment to a 4.5 billion military authorization bill, the first Johnson financing for the Vietnam war.
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Washington
Debt Limit Bill Increases to 336 Billion Figure
The House approved a bill raising the temporary national debt limit by six billion to 336 billion and sent it to President Johnson for signature. The measure, approved by voice vote, mirrors last month’s House version, while Senate leaders had sought a permanent 336 billion ceiling.
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Washington
UPD
House
White House
Johnson
Senate
House-Senate
Weatherman Predicts Beautiful Warm Days Through Thursday
A forecaster calls the next few days beautiful with sunny skies and warm air. Coastal beaches will see about 75 while mountains hold in the 60s. desert highs near 78 to 88. Long Beach records a February high of 85 before temperatures ease slightly.
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Long Beach
Weather Tonight and Thursday in the L. E. Area
Tonight and Thursday forecast shows variable high clouds and coastal fog late at night and in the early morning. Highs around 84 in the L. E. area, about 60s in the mountains, and near 90 in the deserts with cooler conditions at resort levels and minimal temperature change elsewhere.
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L.E
Tow
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