Action Line helps readers with requests and answers
The column explains how to contact Action Line in Long Beach for assistance, noting methods to reach the service by mail or phone. It includes sample reader questions about locating the latest baseball encyclopedia and airliner flight paths, with concise answers from local sources and officials.
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Long Beach
Calif
Action Line
New York
T. H. Lakewood
Lakewood Center
Candlewood Star
A. S. Barnes & Co
Farsgate Drive
Cranbury, N. J
Titl Action Line
Maternity Aid Q Aged Teen Seeks Prenatal Help
A 16 year old, unmarried, five months pregnant, living with her niece and husband, asks about help with doctor and hospital bills. She receives $4 monthly from Social Security and may qualify for Medi Cal to cover prenatal visits and related care.
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A.J
Lakewood
Baby Birth Aid Eligibility Hinge on Unknown Father
Susan Culler of the Department of Public Social Services explains that eligibility for hospital action fines upon birth depends on the father's whereabouts being unknown and the mother being unemployed. She advises visiting the Long Beach Panteyard office with a legal guardian to apply for aid.
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Susan Culler
Department of Public Social Services
Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach Panteyard
Rehabilitation service offers vocational training for disability barriers
The California Department of Rehabilitation provides a program at 238 E Fourth St to help young adults with mental physical and emotional disabilities gain work skills. Counselors assess abilities and design tailored training to improve employability and create meaningful life paths.
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M.M
Long Beach
California Department of Rehabilitation
E. Fourth St
Poem by Kipling Read At Football Halftime
A reader asks for a copy of a Kipling poem read during the Colts Rams halftime show on Sept 22. The verse begins If you can keep your head and ends with doubting, too. It appears in Kipling A Selection of His Stories and Poems in Huntington Beach Library and in A Book of Treasured Poems in Long Beach Library.
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Los Angeles International Airport
Washington, D. C
Long Beach
T. C
Los Angeles International
Tucson
Miami
Ont International Airport
Redondo Beach
P. D
Huntington Beach
Rudyard Kipling
Hershey May Soon Retire From Selective Service
President Nixon summoned draft chief Lewis B. Hershey to the White House for a meeting that sparked renewed talk of Hershey's imminent retirement. Ziegler said Hershey had not submitted a resignation, though the 76 year old general heads the Selective Service System since 1941 and discussed his immediate and long-range future.
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Washington
Nixon
Lewis EB. Hershey
White House
Hershey
Nixon-Hershey
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Trains Hit in Belgian Fog Six Die Near Namur
A Paris to Hannover express crashed 40 miles southeast of Brussels in thick fog killing six. The engine derailed down a bank dragging a coach into a house and setting it afire near Selaigneaux between Namur and Huy in the Meuse Valley. Four women reported the engine struck a house and the coach burned entirely.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paris
Hannover
Synagogue Bombed in Istanbul Downtown
A small dynamite charge exploded early today at the entrance to the Neve Shalom Synagogue in downtown Istanbul, shattering several windows of the synagogue and neighboring buildings. No injuries were reported.
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Istanbul
Regular vigorous exercise to prevent heart attacks
Southland industrial medicine expert funds a story on Page B-1 notes that regular vigorous exercise can prevent heart attacks. Other items listed include Beach Combing on B-1, Bridge on B-7, and various sections such as Classifieds C-13 to C-28 and Sports C-1 to C-7.
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Southland Industrial Medicine Expert
Jeane Dixon
L.ac
Robeson
Todd Thomey
Wilson
Foes Gain on Court Nominee Haynsworth Debated in Senate
Washington reports the fight over Clement F. Haynsworth moving from committee to the Senate cloakroom. The AP survey shows 46 votes against, 33 for, and 21 undecided, with shifts possible before floor action likely in two weeks. ABA position may pivot after a review meeting. Maryland Republican Charles Mathias abstained in committee.
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Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
American Bar Association
Haynsworth
U.S. Court of Appeals
Richmond
ABA
Sniper Kills Woman Wounds Man. Suspect Nabbed
A sniper fired from an alley near the downtown business district killing a woman and wounding a man. Glenn H. Bal law, 43, was captured after being wounded by police. Patrolman Frank Yates and King Daly helped stop the attack. a passerby named James R. Crofton was seriously wounded. Janice McCullough, 40, died from earlier shots.
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Mobile
Alan
Glenn H. Ballaw
Frank Yates
King Daly
Yates
Daly
Janice McCullough
James R. Crofton
Many a Small Boy Is The Kind Of Kid His Mother Warns
A compact quip notes that many boys pursue risky play despite parental cautions, reflecting a common parental warning about dangerous companions and activities during youth.
Blonde Tells of Army Club Graft in Vietnam
Australian dancer and former booking agent June Collins testified before a Senate subcommittee that a Mafia-like network of Army club custodians in Vietnam demanded kickbacks from suppliers and profited from entertainment, food, and liquor for troops. She claimed dealers received money, villas, and other gifts, stating every club custodian she knew took a cut, while soldiers bore the cost of corruption.
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Washington Air
Army
Vietnam
Senate
Miss Skewes
June Collins
Judge Hears Autopsy Petition in Mary Jo Kopechne Case
A Massachusetts prosecutor seeks an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne's body after a Chappaquiddick incident. Judge Bernard Brominski orders a hearing on exhumation, denying delay requests from Kopechne family while aiming to uncover full facts.
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Wilkes-Barre, Paim
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. [Kaminski
Mary Do
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Mary Jo
Kopechnes
Dist. Adv
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
Cal. J
Thuy Says U S Must Hike Pullout From Viet Nam
York University professor Joseph Starobin recounts a Hanoi offer relayed by Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Thuy. Thuy reportedly said talks could start if the United States agrees to troop withdrawal, specifically 100000 troops, a condition he conveyed to Henry Kissinger via Nixon after informing Kissinger on September 10.
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Toronto
Farlay
Paris
United States
Joseph Starobin
York University
Vuan Thuy
Vietnam
Starobin
Hanoi
Dent Nixon
Nenry Kissinger
Nixon
Snoopy Solons Report Peanut Convoy Near General Window
In testimony from Cu Chi, June Trene Skewes described Sgt. Liberio Giambra as a crook overseeing enlisted men's clubs with kickbacks from snack orders. She said $40,000 monthly in snack items fed the clubs, with a $4,000 monthly kickback, and recalled a $400,000 to $480,000 last month. A misdirected shipment created a peanut convoy seen by a general at his window, described as a disaster.
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Miss Skewes
Giambra
Bui
Cu Chi
Mise Skewes
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Sénate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Vietnam
Probation Aides Held in Pot Raid
Nine people including three Los Angeles County Probation trainees were arrested in Brentwood on suspicion of marijuana possession. The group also includes former UCLA Bruins players Zachary Zorn, Victor Lepisto, Alexander Ross, and Larry Poindexter, along with several UCLA students. Police described a kitchen pot party found after officers responded to a disturbance near the UCLA campus.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles County Probation Office
Long Beach
Zachary Zor
Ucla Bruins
Brentwood
Zorn
Guena Park
Nu-Fike
Ucla
Victor A. Lepisto
Bruin
Alexander P. Ross
Larry L. Poindexter
Weather Tonight and Saturday SB Area
Partly cloudy becoming fair with hazy sunshine and little temperature change. Mountains mostly sunny with local gusty northwest winds. Deserts mostly sunny with winds gusty 15 to 25 mph at times. Highs 65 to 70 in the upper valleys. lower in the inner valleys.
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Leary
Lewis B. Hershey
Maryland
Charles McC. Mathias
Mathias
June I. Skewes
Sydney
Australia
Saigon
Abraham Ribicoff
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
9Th Infantry Division
Blonde
Deny Kopechnes
Miss. Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick 1Stand
Cape Cod
Brominski
Tris
Thuy
U.S
Snoopy Solons
J. F
Bo) Bohunicky
Mark T. Gustafson
Wayne R. Condiel
Henry W. Jansen
James A. Campbell
Frances Armstrong
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