Price index shows mixed effects from freeze on living costs
Amid a freeze the bureau notes some prices rise while others stay level with housing up 0.5 percent and gasoline up 0.7 percent. Medical care and transportation each gain about 0.5 percent as clothing falls 0.3 percent, while rent remains frozen and other items not covered by the freeze may shift later.
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Farlure
United Medical Service Incv
Park Ave
New York City
Medicare
United
Blue Shield
New York Telephone Group
Action Line
M.H
Long Beach
New York
Insurance Company
Freeze panel bottles servicemen pay hike
The Cost of Living Council opposes a congressionally approved $2.4 billion military pay raise during the wage freeze. Pentagon officials favor enacting the Oct 1 date, with a delay to after the freeze and potential retroactivity questioned by lawmakers.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Pentagon
Defense
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House Armed Services Committee
Hebert
Nixon
Critics Clash Over National Presidential Primaries
The present presidential primary elections in many states are viewed by political scientists as limited polls. Critics say they are no more democratic than caucuses and favor a direct national primary. Opponents warn it would disrupt party solidarity while leaders defend a national convention as needed for party consensus.
Meals on Wheels seeks downtown Long Beach volunteer drivers
Meals on Wheels requests volunteer drivers and aides for two hours or more weekly to deliver two daily meals to elderly and disabled residents. Meals are prepared at First Congregational Church and served five days a week for one dollar per meal. Shifts run 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Call Nessie Valerio at 432-6215 from 10 a.m. to p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Meals On Wheels
Long Beach
First Congregational Church
Third Street
Cedar Avenue
Nessie Valerio
1959 Champagne Bottle Question From Germany
A reader from Bellflower asks if a 1959 champagne bottle stored lay horizontal with a leaking cork is still drinkable after about 10 percent loss. A spokesman from a major producer says the leaking cork nearly certainly ruined the champagne, advising a spare for celebrations.
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Germany
Champigne
Wife kisses manager and wrecks store in burst of rage
BATON ROUGE Louisiana police report Alvin Glenn Davis 26 smashed windows and merchandise at a supermarket after catching his wife kissing the store manager. He hurled vegetable oil at the manager, then kicked in windows turned over cash registers and tore merchandise. The manager suffered a head cut. Davis was arrested on aggravated battery criminal damage to property and disturbing the peace.
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Baton
Rouge
OPI
Alvin Glenn Davis
Davis
Japan backs Two China policy as UN debate looms
The United States gains support from Japan and Thailand for its Two China approach. Albania and 19 pro-Peking members push to restore PRC rights in the United Nations, while the U S seeks to combine both China resolutions for a single debate at the 26th General Assembly.
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U.S
United Nations
General Assembly
China
Rigkt
United Nasions
Assembly
Albania
pro-Peking
People's Republic of China
United Sates
Maine requires permits to walk catfish on Sundays
Augusta Maine UPI reports the 16th Maine Legislature enacted 700 bills effective Thursday. A public dancing repeal opens Sundays, a repeal of the criminal statute against common pitters, and a new permit requirement for importing piranha and walking catfish.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
San Diego mayor race shifts after indictments and park land gift
The San Diego mayoral contest features Curran facing rivals Wilson and Walsh amid a legal push involving the Yellow Cab case. A proposed 1400 acre gift for a Penasquitos Canyon city park draws opposition over potential strings and regional growth concerns. Wilson, a 1967 onward GOP stalwart, backs by staunch Republicans with Butler backed by both parties. Turnout reached 56.7 percent of 275,533 eligible voters with 11,409 first-time under 21 voters.
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Curran
Wilson
Walsh
San Diego
Penasquitos Canyon
del Mar
Irvin J.kabny
San Diego County
Kahn
California
Butler
Charles Sexton
Fare lower tolls eyed for Thomas span workers and visitors
The plan would reduce tolls on the Terminal Island crossing, with a 25 cent cash toll still in place. Officials cited increased traffic tied to the Queen Mary as offsetting revenue losses, noting May to July traffic rose 10 percent this year. Ticket books would be sold at Terminal Island toll booths for those paying cash.
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Terminal Island
U.S
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Navy
Mike Foley
Bay Toll Crossings
Modern-day Jesse James robs Greyhound bus
A young man boarded a Greyhound at Fort Wayne and robbed 17 passengers on a Chicago run, escaping with $85 in cash and jewelry after ordering the driver to retrieve luggage. J L Kerrigan said it was the first such robbery on a bus. The driver Walter Triboluet, 63, reported the robber fled on foot after threatening to remove luggage.
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Ghicago
Jesse James
Greyhound
J. L. Kerrigan
Fort Wayne
Tnd
Chicago
de- Taniel
Walter ‘Triboluet
Ima
Ohio
Triboluet
Peninsula areas denied cityhood in two year span
Two peninsula areas failed to gain cityhood after a state law dispute over land ownership. A prior approval was halted when opponents controlled over 51 percent of assessed land. The case, appealed to the state Supreme Court after a state appeals ruling, centers on whether the law violates one person one vote. Economic concerns influenced the Rancho Palos Verdes decision, with Debs and Bond voting for San Pedro Hills.
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Peninsula
U.S
State Supreme Court
Frank Bonelli
San Petro Hills
Tonelli
Commission
Rancho Palos Verdes
Ernest Debs
Bert Bond
San Pedro Hills
Pathologist nails back shot path in Jackson death
The autopsy on Soledad Brother George Jackson at San Quentin concluded the fatal bullet struck him in the back and traveled upward through the body to exit the skull. Pathologist John Manwaring described the trajectory as entering near the rib cage, fracturing ribs, and lacerating the brain before exiting at the top of the skull.
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San Rafael
Soledad
George Jackson
San Quentin
Bay
San Francisco
Marin County
Donovan 0
Cooke
Louis
Nelson
Tower Guard
Jackson
John Manwaring
Manwaring
Offshore airport plan for Long Beach sparks council debate
City officials and developers clash over a 1.6 billion offshore airport proposal near Long Beach. Proponents argue potential oil-field access and drills, while opponents warn of ecological harm and questionable economics. Council members question feasibility and regional study support.
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Sharp
Mansell
Atlantic
Pacific
Long Beach
San Clemente Island
Paul R. Yeats
Deats
Signal Hill
Raymond C. Kealer
SCAG
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Long Beach Police Department
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Bush
Thailand
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Thomas Span
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V.O
Mansell Hps
E-Seagram & Sons
Canada
Bigtillern
Anada's Binest
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