Action Line helps readers on questions and scams
A Long Beach area advisory column answers reader queries about an arthritis cure claim from mining radiation, a finance contract refund, and Post Office box rental rate disparities. Medical officials warn against unproven mine cures, regulators note past quack schemes, and a GE Credit Corp. manager promises processing timelines. The column notes many victims lose money yearly to dangerous medical quacks.
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Jerome Cope
Long Beach Medical Association
Gordon Wood
Los Angeles
Food and Drug Administration
Wood
Action Line
Long Beach
Gordon Wheeler
General Electric Credit Corp. Whittier
Wheeler
Post Office Department
Long Beach Box Rent Higher Than Burbank and Honolulu
Rental rates for post office boxes vary by city with Long Beach charging 4.50 per month, Burbank 2.25, and Honolulu 3.00, reflecting differences in mail volume. A reader asks about Marine enlistment for a husband with a missing right thumb. Sgt. Hoes says minor disabilities may be eligible after evaluation in Los Angeles. Also notes golf drive records: Jack Summers 420 yards, Guinness 445 yards, Bayer 428 yards, Nicklaus 341 yards.
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Long Beach
Burbank
Honolulu
L. P. A. Burbank
O. J. Wiborg
Marines
Hoes
Los Angeles
E. Broadway
Independent
Oklahoma
Jack Nicklaus
N. R.G
Westminster
Jack Summers
E.C. Bliss
Herne Bay
Kent
England
George Bayer
Campers Sparking Waterfront Hassle At Pier Point Landing
A Long Beach reader complains that officials allow campers to park along the waterfront at Pier Point Landing from Friday through Sunday, blocking views and space while hundreds search for brief parking to glimpse open water. They urge shifting campers back or limiting parking to improve access and reduce crowding.
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Pierpoint Landing
G. J
Long Beach
Suggest Aid to Vietnam Troops Faces Delivery Delay
A reader from Long Beach urges reform of Action Line to ensure care packages labeled for Vietnam reach frontline infantry units. They note items often go to civil affairs or general addresses and are intercepted by rear echelon units, delaying or preventing delivery to the soldiers who need them.
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Vietnam
G. ML
Long Beach
Haiphong Area Raid Hits MIG Base and Power Plants
A force from three US aircraft carriers bombed a MIG airfield near Haiphong and two local power plants, with one Skyhawk shot down. The Haiphong strike, third on MIG bases, followed earlier raids and amid ongoing heavy fighting in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Haiphong
U.S
Kien An
North Vietnam
Space Plane Crashes at Calif Base During Landing Test
A wingless NASA lifting body, the M2, crashed at Edwards Air Force Base during a landing test at a dry lake bed. The pilot Bruce A. Peterson was seriously injured. NASA said the vehicle was damaged severely and the crash is under investigation.
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Edwards Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bruce A. Peterson
NASA
California lottery measure gains first legislative approval
SACRAMENTO UPS A constitutional amendment to authorize a state lottery won initial approval from the Assembly Government Organization Committee. The proposal by Assemblyman Alan G. Pattee would allow a lottery if voters ratify it, targeting about 150 million dollars annually for the state treasury. If approved by both chambers and voters, the measure would permit creation of a lottery, not itself run one.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly Government Organization Committee
Blyman
Alan G. Pattee
R-Salinas
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Pattee
New York
Senate
Assembly
U.S. Destroyer Collides With Soviet Vessel in Pacific
A U.S. Navy destroyer USS Walker scraped a Soviet destroyer in the Sea of Japan as part of a task group with USS Bennington. The Pentagon said the Soviet ship harassed the American vessel. The United States protested to the Soviet government and noted past harassment in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Washington
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
Walker
Bennington
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
State Department
Burns Predicts Abortion Bill Will Die in California Senate
In Sacramento Senate leader Hugh Burns said efforts to liberalize California abortion law will likely die in the upper house and be buried without a vote. The comment targets Beilenson, the bill’s author, after Governor Reagan opposed parts of the measure. Burns warned the bill is in serious trouble and hinted senators may have decided before Reagan’s remarks.
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Senate
California
Hugh M. Burns
Fresno
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Gov
Reagan
Beilenson
Colorado
Burns
Draft Boards Pause I A Classifications in L A County
A Selective Service official said 13 of Los Angeles County 48 draft boards halted I-A classifications due to a shortage of government appeal agents. Boards in Long Beach and Torrance face backlogs, with numbers reaching 350 cases at Torrance Draft Board 17 and 83 at Long Beach Draft Board 128. Backlogs described as very light as agents are recruited.
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Selective Service
Los Angeles County
Long Bah
Torrance
Malcolm F. Miller
Southern California
Miller
Palos Verdes
Manhattan Beach
Long Beach
Forced relocation of 100,000 Japanese Americans
Reporter Bob Geiver begins a series detailing the wartime forced migration from the West Coast. The piece, appearing on Page A-14, outlines inland detention centers and the experiences of those displaced during World War II.
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West Coast
Bob Geiver
Son of Greek Ex-Premier Faces Death
Andreas Papandreou, son of the former Greek premier, was arrested in Athens and charged with conspiracy to commit high treason. The maximum penalty if convicted is death. He was the former UC Berkeley economics chair, held since the April 2 coup in custody outside Athens.
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Athens
UPI
Andreas Papalidreou
Economics Department
University of California At Berkeley
Socrates Socralidis
Papandreou
Expense account as a glorious flower of budgets
An expense account is described as a glorious flower frequently nipped by the budget. The line humorously highlights the tension between lavish spending and financial constraints within organizations.
Hero Risks Life Twice Saves 4 Tots in Blaze
Downey man James William McAdam 40 braved fire and smoke to rescue four children from a neighbor's burning home on Passons Boulevard. He entered through the front door and carried five children to safety before escaping amid flames and heat.
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James William McAdam
Passons Blvd
Juanita Lyning
S. Passons Blvd
Hhr
McAdam
Mel Adam
Weather Tonight and Thursday SB
AREA Mostly cloudy with showers this afternoon and tonight. Clearing Thursday. High about 8. Rain probability 50 percent tonight dropping to 20 percent Thursday. MOUNTAINS Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers today and tonight. Snow level to 5008 feet tonight and Thursday, then clearing with strong gusty winds. DESERTS Partly cloudy today and Thursday with strong gusty winds up to 35 mph. High near 88.
More Rain Forecast for Tonight in Long Beach
Rain fell in Long Beach Tuesday night and today, marking measurable but light rainfall. The Weather Bureau warns more showers may arrive late today or tonight with a 30 percent chance rising to 40 percent, then clearing by Thursday as scattered clouds give way to sun.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
AMC recalls 13245 cars over steering shaft defect
Detroit based American Motors Corp recalls 13 245 Canadian built American and Rebel 1967 model passenger cars for possible steering shaft replacement. AMC says shafts may have been improperly assembled and 9 690 of the cars were built for sale in the United States.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
AMC
United States
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