Action Line cannot supply old city street signs for birthdays
The Action Line column explains that Long Beach signs slated for replacement are removed and placed in a central bin. City officials cannot spare individual signs due to volume and manpower limits. After removal the signs will be sold as scrap at a public auction, with bidders named afterward.
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Long Beach
Calif
A. Action Line
Thomas Cowger
Central Services
City of
Cowger
Conger
Death Certificate Sought in Chicago Case and LA Transit History
Readers seek verification of a missing Chicago death certificate and learn about historic Los Angeles double decker buses and senior citizen resources. Answers reference Gook County Vital Statistics records, a 1967 to 1887 filing window, and Edward J. Barret. Transit history notes 25 early double deckers on Sunset Boulevard in 1825 and 40 more on Wilshire Boulevard three years later, with wartime service restrictions. Senior citizen publications include Senior Citizen Sentinel and California Senior Citizen News, plus Foster Family Homes Program for Older Adults in LA.
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Gook County
Los Angeles
Sunset
Wilshire
C-W.p
Anaheim
Sunset Boulevard
Don Becker
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles Railway Corp
Becker
United States
California League of Senior Citizens
Senior Citizen Sentinel
Pensioner
League of Senior Citizens
Grand Ave
Calif
Senior Citizens Association of
Los Angeles County
California Senior Citizen News
Royal Younger
Association
Fifth St
Pico Blvd
Bullfight season opens in Tijuana this May at two arenas
The Tijuana Tourist Bureau says the bullfighting season runs from May 19 to September with shows on Sunday afternoons. Fights occur at Plaza El Toro downtown to mid July and at Plaza Monumental by the sea from late July to mid September. Ticket prices range from 3.85 to 13.75 dollars and can be bought through Fiesta Travel Service in Los Angeles or at the bullring.
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Tijuana
California Divorce Rules Favor Women or Not
A reader from Torrance argues that California divorce law appears biased toward men in practice, noting court orders for child support and alimony often go unenforced or linger before action can be taken, leaving mothers unable to feed children during delays and questioning the value of court rulings.
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California
G. R
Torrance
Jail Pair in Mates Deaths
Los Angeles police described a 18 month manhunt for a murder-for-insurance plot involving former officer Samuel Perveler and his girlfriend Kristina Cromwell. They seek murder warrants for the Dec 11 1966 killing of Cromwell’s husband Maclin and the Apr 20 1968 killing of Perveler’s wife Cheryl.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Perveler
Burbank
Kristina Cromwell
McCallum Ave
Downey
Kristina
Maclin
Perveler
Cheryl
Highland Park
Twentynine Palms
Cromwell
Southern California Automobile Club
Dominican Republic Hit by Moderately Strong 6.0 Earthquake
Seismologists report a moderately strong magnitude six quake centered about 50 miles west of Santo Domingo. They warn damage is possible if it hit a populated area. Authorities monitor aftershocks and assess damage potential across the capital's surroundings.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Bandits Loot Merrin Jewelry Store in Midtown Heist
Two seedy men entered Merrin's Jewelry Store at Madison Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan and left with bags of jewels after pulling guns. Police estimate the haul at 350000 to 500000 dollars. the suspects had prior visits, with a $100 deposit once placed on earrings. The men returned around 10 am and demanded a change in their apparent purchase before the robbery.
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New York
Edward Merrin
Merrin
Madison Avenue
54Th Street
Hanoi Awaiting Hanoi Reply to Ship-Talk Offer
UPI reports Hanoi has not rejected Indonesia's offer to supply a warship for Vietnam's scene. An American spokesman said Hanoi's reply is awaited with U.S. Ambassador Sullivan and Counselor Murwich exchanging notes with North Vietnamese officials in Vientiane. Hanoi position unclear. Jakarta dispatch denies knowledge of the proposal.
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Hanoi
Vientiane
UPI
United States
Indonesia
Vietnam
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Robert Murwich
Hurwich
North Vietnam
Tran Ngoc
Legation
Viétiane
Jakarta
Knott's Berry Farm Gold Thief Arrested in Heist
Gilbert Glen Cornell, a 48 year old Knott's Berry Farm employee, was arrested in Buena Park on charges of stealing more than 20 000 in gold from the Prospectors mine over two years. Auditors found discrepancies as officials noted Cornell earned 95 dollars weekly yet owned a 40 000 home and a Cadillac. He allegedly took three cans of gold bearing soil daily but kept one for himself, averaging one can a day. Eight ounces of gold were recovered from his home. Bail set at 46 250 dollars.
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Knott’s Berry Farm
Buena Park
Gilbert Glen Cornell
Fox Hills Drive
Entertainment
Cornell
Knott's
Sach Can
Walter Knott
Comell
Cometl
Tivuition Enables Notian to Contradict Husband
Notian gains power to contradict her husband before he speaks, highlighting a shift in household dynamics and communication. The claim presents Tivuition as a mechanism reinforcing autonomy within a traditional setting, suggesting tensions and evolving roles.
Stanford Performs Eighth Heart Transplant at Palo Alto Hospital
Stanford University announced the world's eighth heart transplant was performed at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital. Details were not released due to family requests. Led by Dr Norman E Shumway, the team built on early work by Barnard with the first cardiac transfers.
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Stanford
UPN
Stanford University
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
Norman E. Shumway
America
Shumway
Christian Barnard
South Africa
Philip Blasberg
Barnard
Subway
Virginia Mae White
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Bus Crash Kills 20 Bound for Bogota
A bus heading to Bogota, Colombia, left the road and plunged down a mountainside, killing twenty passengers and injuring six others in the early hours. Local authorities inspected the scene as rescuers treated the injured and recovered victims.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
Weather Forecast For Tonight And Friday In Region
Tonight and Friday low clouds in the Bay Area with hazy sun in the afternoon. Desert areas expect mostly clear skies with highs near 90 in upper valleys and near 100 in lower valleys. Mountains remain mostly clear with highs around 70 at resort levels.
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L.B
Reagan declines to reject Oregon nomination push
Ronald Reagan faced Oregon supporters seeking the Republican presidential nomination and did not clearly reject the effort. In Boise, Idaho, Kennedy campaign leaders reported Reagan said he is assessing his situation daily.
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Reagan
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Oregon
Independent
Press- Telegram
Robert Hazen
Portland
Citizens For
Hazen
Independent, Press-Telegram
Miami Beach
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Settle Phone Strike Ends Nationwide Bell Agreement
A tentative three year contract raises wages and benefits by 19.58 percent overall for 600,000 Bell System workers, with non supervisory staff included. AFL CIO CWA chief Joseph A Beirne says the deal will cost about 2 billion over three years and may end the first nationwide phone strike in 21 years after ratification. Pacific Telephone Calif Nevada workers reach similar terms for 40,000 in the region.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communication Workers of America
Bell System
Beirne
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone Co
CWA
California
Nevada
Goldfish Swallowing Contest Hits 269 Mark
Dan Cavuto of Philadelphia won the annual goldfish swallowing contest at St. Joseph's College with 269 wigglers. BiH Shuda, also of Philadelphia, was runner up, twice tripping on fish and forcing emergency fish purchases as officials enforcing a No 200 rule caused a loss on the bite. The event drew a protest from a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent but finished as planned.
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Philadelphia
Dan Cavuto
St. Joseph's College
Bih Shuda
Shuda
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Brand new appliances offered with no down payment
Sylvia Porter explains a program that installs a dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, refrigerator, stove and color TV in a home without any money down. The note appears in the Beach section with references to pages across the edition and sections on obituaries, astrology, sports, theaters and vital statistics.
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Sylvia Porter
Omart
George Robeson
Todd Thomey
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Action Line
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G.L
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Viva Torero
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E.M
Betty Mintz
U.S. Naval Observatory
Earth
Warsaw
Phnom Penh
Berry Farm
Srodat
McHuckle
Phinge
Goy
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