ACTION LINE answers on race pay and Ben-Hur stunt rumors
Readers ask if a Ben Hur chariot stunt actor died during filming in 1959. The response notes the stunt man survived with a knee gash, explains jockey pay by purse with typical California scales, and recounts ACTION LINE’s effort to secure a missing America’s Best-Loved Music records order.
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Action Line
Chariton Heston
D. M. Jr
Long Beach
Biliie Carfanto
Mg? Studios
Rome
Charlton Heston
P. I
Giles Wright
Thoroughbred of California Magazine
California Morse Racing Board
Wright
Indery
California
Long Beach City College
Pax
America
Imperial Gift Center
Minneapolis
Minn
Action
Imperial GH Center
Long Beach Free Clinic Serves Unemployed in Welcoming Atmosphere
A reader from Long Beach describes visiting the Long Beach Free Clinic at 1228 Pine Ave. He notes informal surroundings, a mix of ages, and a nonjudgmental policy that accepts all, praising the volunteers who donate time. He questions why such services require begging for support without official recognition.
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Long Beach Free Clinic
Pine Ave
Seal Beach blaze destroys home in Surfside Colony
A Wednesday hour-long fire at 110 A Surfside Ave in Seal Beach damaged the Haley residence and nearby stucco walls. Fire Chief Howard Adams estimated losses at about 70000 dollars. Fire units from Seal Beach Huntington Beach and Westminster fought the blaze, injuring three firefighters including Captain William Helmstad and Engineer Jack Ewing from Huntington Beach. The cause was suspected as an electrical malfunction.
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Jack
Jack W. Haley
Seal Beach
Surfside
Howard Adams
Huntington Beach
Westminster
Surfside Ave
Adams
Tax indictments name woman two doctors in California
A Buena Park woman and two doctors in Garden Grove and Los Angeles were indicted Wednesday by the federal grand jury in Los Angeles on income tax violations. Elizabeth Frances Wood, 34, faces 23 counts of false deductions for clients to inflate refunds. Dr J D Leggett allegedly falsified returns by claiming marriage to Rita Leggett while divorced. Dr Edward J Sorenson, 63, of Los Angeles, charged with five counts of evading income taxes and five counts of false statements for 1965 to 1967.
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Buena Park
Garden Grove
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Elizabeth Frances Wood
Belle Ave
Internal Revenue Service
J. D. Leggett
Rita Leggett
Edward J. Sorenson
Los Agneses
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Yale University
Mary Abnasov
Harrison's
Marco
Dresden
May Co
Farstuds
Dias
Sapph
Lakewood
Lakewand
del Amo
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