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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1967
Page
1
Readers are invited to send questions to Action Line, Box 230, Long Beach, California. Service operates weekdays with two daily windows for inquiries and promises to protect rights and cut red tape.
A reader requests a careful honest helper with a medium truck for a short move at a modest price. Alpha Phi Omega at California State College Long Beach offers 40 members with a truck. Dr. Wiener confirms Bob Hartsuyket will arrange details. The fraternity is noted for campus service awards and efficient guiding on campus.
Writer reports two firearms held by court with no wrongdoing alleged. One gun is an antique collector item. another was allegedly taken by a former roommate and pointed at a neighbor. Seeks guidance on retrieving or protecting the guns before disposal.
A reader from Anaheim seeks help about two guns taken by officers from a roommate and possibly dumped at sea. The action line arranged a meeting with the case judge who is studying the facts to determine if there is no connection to the defendant. If approved, the guns will be returned. police confiscations are destroyed or returned at the judge’s discretion.
Publicity director Dick Nash confirms jockey George Woolf, aged 36, died after a fall in the fourth race on January 3, 1946 at Santa Anita Race Track. Woolf, a diabetic on insulin, may have suffered a diabetic coma. A yearly bronze statue miniature honors Woolf in memory at the track paddock gardens.
Long Beach readers hear from RM Ariss, curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of History and Science, about facial hair in Mongoloid peoples. He notes Indians along the West Coast reportedly pulled out facial hair, reflecting historical grooming practices.
Ariss notes Indians with facial hair and offers to discuss physical traits and share photos. Action Line will provide contact information to reach him.
In Downey there are no current meetings of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Members nearby meet in Inglewood with secretary Mrs. Marilyn Thaper at CL 6 0077 for details. For Long Beach meetings contact secretary Mrs. Florence Colt at NE 1 3952.
Los Alamitos reader defends nonprofit hospitals saying cost rises reflect higher salaries for nurses and staff, inflation and supply expenses. He argues a typical ER visit involves numerous workers from doctors to orderlies and clerks, all contributing to the price.
Three prisoners en route to court on felony charges escaped after Lipman threatened bailiff George Jackson with a knife on the ninth floor. Jackson was cuffed to a railing as guards halted entrances and searched floor by floor. Suspects include Robert E. Emery 20, Robert Regner 23, and Edgar A. Lipman 26. Regner is 6 ft 1 in and Lipman 6 ft 2 in with distinctive clothing noted.
Groups of students at Oliver High School fought and threw stones for about 30 minutes. A force of more than 150 policemen used chemical mace to restore order. Seven white students were injured and sent to hospitals. one Negro youth was arrested. Two school windows were broken and furniture overturned.
Tonight and Thursday clear and cooler with highs near 84 in the LB area and 60 in the mountains and 95 in the deserts. Lows range from 58 LB area to 30 mountains and 35 deserts.
An unnamed Los Angeles County employee, fired after a $1,264 long distance bill, dialed home in Jackson, Mississippi from the County Welfare Building. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn called for stricter controls on long distance direct dialing and said the county will seek to recover the charges.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey visited Kuala Lumpur as police used tear gas and clubs to disperse anti American protests in Georgetown and nearby areas. Security was tightened after threats by Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, while Humphrey planned talks on rubber prices and U S surplus stock impacts.
In Saigon UPI reports the eighth straight day of large scale air strikes on Hanoi and Haiphong with B52s pounding Mu Gia Pass. Vice President Humphrey, touring battlefronts, said the U.S. is winning and pledged support to troops in Chu Lai and Con Thien as air campaigns persist.
Quotation attributed to Borack refers to speech that follows anger. The saying warns that loud words in the moment yield the best speech one may later regret. It captures a cautions tone about temper and rhetoric.
Early dawn raids across Torrance Gardena and Manhattan Beach by Immigration Service teams netted 128 people suspected of illegal status. Special Agent Frank Brechtel said random street stops yielded uneven results with eight arrests at some sites and twelve from Hunter Woodworks Co.
The foreign secretary accuses the press of being prostituted as he reveals plans to sell England’s largest publisher to silence critics. The report on page A-10 outlines the controversial move amid tensions over media freedom and government influence.
Lighter winds aid fire fighters as two remaining blazes in the Southland are contained. State Forestry reports isolated pockets in San Diego County still burning. Governor Reagan considers requesting federal disaster declarations. Los Angeles and Orange County supervisors push for aid. Since Sunday, the fires have scorched 140000 acres, leveled about 186 homes, killed four people and caused over 4 million dollars in damage. Chief Ranger Elmer Osterman notes several hot spots remain within a 50 mile area and lie in uninhabited terrain.
Cincinnati bus drivers began a historic strike leaving about 70 000 commuters and 25 000 school children without bus service. The dispute comes as the city endures a third day of its first newspaper strike with two papers shut down since Monday after union members rejected a proposed contract with the Cincinnati Transit Co.
The trial reveals Kirschke claimed to drive to Las Vegas the night his wife and her lover were slain, aided by a Karman Ghia left at International Airport. The car’s relevance as alibi evidence was challenged when a deputy district attorney testified about its ownership and repairs.
Two strong earthquakes struck Sicily Tuesday night causing widespread damage across many towns. In Mistretta the bell tower and church wings collapsed onto the parish house. about 100 houses were evacuated. No casualties were reported.
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