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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1971
Page
4
The service invites readers to write ACTION LINE at Hox 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 2459 between 9 am and 9 pm Monday through Friday. Questions are chosen for general interest and usefulness.
A widow recalls her husband a Army captain for 24 years who died in May 1970 from a service connected condition. She filed with the Veterans Administration in Los Angeles for a widow’s pension and was told she would receive $167 monthly with retroactive adjustments. After ignored letters, an adjustment raised her monthly to $234, retroactive to May, following records retrieval from St. Louis. The Navy warns lobster fishers of restricted zones near San Clemente Island, as marker buoys cause gear entanglements.
A Saturday night incident near a Main Street candy shop in Seal Beach drew a complaint to ACTION LINE from Mr. Busybody. The letter argues for stricter law enforcement and criticizes meddling locals over four 16-year-olds who argued with police about playing checkers on the sidewalk.
From Quy National Bureau reporter Walter T. Ridder describes India on edge as troops move to the north, reservists are called, and broadcasting fuels tension. Refugees from East Pakistan swell northern India, crippling the economy and heightening a volatile prewar mood.
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