Action Line offers help for problems and repairs
Public advice column features reader questions from Long Beach areas. A boy seeks help to replace a broken fishing pole. a Lakewood playground delay is explained as redevelopment funding. a reader asks about infant care resources and is directed to a Red Cross course. Ted Bélinski arranges free repair.
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Health dept offers day course on childhood diseases
The Long Beach Health Department will start a day course on childhood diseases from June 6. Ruth McCaig notes the program is timed for convenience, with some classes at night to suit husbands and wives, and contact 437-2921 for details.
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Navy chief backs Mexican police hair crackdown
A reader praises Mexican police for clipping hair on beatniks and credits a Navy chief with discipline. He urges fathers to emulate the chief, suggests police brutality accusations would arise here, and donates to the Navy Relief Fund via Action Line.
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Parking program praised for solving spemes and delays
Public relations director James Nager credits the program for reducing parking problems and delays after it began. The public's cooperation helped the initiative work, allowing longer parking periods and smoother operations.
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Memoria
Tension Rises in Mideast
United Arab Republic demands UN withdraw peacekeeping forces from Egyptian territory and Gaza Strip as Arab-Israeli tensions escalate. Cairo Radio quotes Foreign Minister Riyad calling for immediate UN troop removal while UAR asserts approval is needed for any continued presence. The UAR, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Kuwait pledge support. U.S. opposes force and backs UN efforts to maintain peace. The UNEF has guarded the border since 1956.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Manhunt in $1 Million Portugal Bank Heist
Portuguese police and troops sealed routes from Figueira da Foz as they hunted robbers who seized 1 million dollars from Bank of Portugal. communications blackout hampered effort. a four seat single engine plane stolen near Coimbra suspected in escape. In France two masked bandits robbed bank messengers and fled with 1 million francs.
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Faculty at Long Beach State call for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam
Eighty nine California State College at Long Beach faculty members including three department heads urge end to American intervention in Vietnam. They claim half a million U.S. troops are in Asia without justification and push for negotiations, bombing halt, recognizing the National Liberation Front, and a prompt troop withdrawal as part of a possible armistice.
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Long Beach
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14 Hour Rescue in Cave-in Captures Palomino
Eddie Palomino, 36, a sewer-line construction worker from La Habra, was rescued after a 14 hour entombment in a 20 foot ditch on La Veta Avenue near Lemon Street. He was buried under 10 feet of earth and held in a watery tomb for 30 minutes before head was freed. rescuers then freed him after about an hour.
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Unruh Calls TV Debates With Reagan On Tax Withholding
California Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh proposed a televised face to face debate with Gov Reagan over withholding of personal income taxes. He argues such a debate could break a deadlock over Veneman's 1.5 billion tax increase and clarify public understanding of withholding amid Reagan opposition.
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Democratic Assembly
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Ways and Means Committee
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California
Outnumbered American Platoon Fights Off Attack Near Pleiku
A 4th U.S. Infantry platoon, about 30 miles west of Pleiku, faced an estimated battalion of Communist troops. Three Americans were killed, 21 wounded, 24 missing after fierce hand to hand combat and artillery bombardment. Communist rocket and mortar barrages punctured key fronts along the northern border, pushing U.S. deaths in Vietnam past 10,000. The AP report notes the war's human toll surpassing combined losses in four earlier wars.
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Giant Block Traded on Stock Mart
NEW YORK UPI The largest block of stock in history 1 million shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange today. Pacific Petroleums Ltd a Calgary based firm dealing in oil gas and natural gas liquids was the issuer. The block was traded at 1444 off 44 totaling 13 250 000 dollars. The buyer and seller were not disclosed by Kidder Peabody & Co. This block though largest in shares was only eighth in dollars.
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UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Pacific Petroleums, Ltd
Kidder Peabody & Co
Pacific Petroleums
Calgary
Alta
Xerox
Love starts when she sinks into his arms
A playful quip contrasts romance with domestic mishap as a couple’s embrace leads to a humorous sink incident. The line frames love as a start and an awkward end in a light, witty moment.
Suppressed Japanese Films Display Atomic Aftermath
A US government action has kept a selection of Japanese films hidden for 22 years. The films depict the ghastly after-effects of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing, raising questions about censorship and wartime memory.
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U.S
Hiroshima
Ford warns on auto price hikes to cover safety costs
Henry Ford warned at the Ford annual meeting that government safety and exhaust controls will force substantial 1968 model price increases. He accused the federal government of bowing to intense political pressure in drafting standards for cars after January 1. Ford criticized UAW gains in upcoming contract talks and urged a peaceful, within-reason settlement while stating new exhaust controls will cut hydrocarbons by 65 percent and carbon monoxide by 68 percent.
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UPI
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford
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United Auto Workers
UAW
Sonic booms injure girl in Long Beach area
A series of rapid-fire sonic booms jolted the Long Beach area shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. A 9 year old San Pedro girl was cut when her living room window was blown out by the booms. Lupe Moran, 2333 Meyter Ave, received several cuts near her left eye. She was treated at San Pedro Receiving Hospital.
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Weather Tonight and Friday Le Area Summary
Night and morning clouds give way to mostly sunny afternoons. Cooler with low around 37 tonight. Mountains stay mostly clear with variable high clouds and cooler highs in the 70s. Deserts see mostly clouds with highs 90s to 106 and lows around 50s to 70s.
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