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Independent from Long Beach, California • 1

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Independenti
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I5i 7- -v MOTHER, DAUGHTER SURVIVE IN SURF Dad to -V -Ati. Clayton, were thrown' clear, 'ing the babys head above All three Buchanans -7 a t. Mrs. Buchanan father, mother and baby said. The; gasoline fumes the surf on.

a surfboard were trapped under the were? very- bad. I was -Jyr i lrr lifeguards 7, helping 20-foot open-construction: side-down boat, which was trying to inflate inboard boat. While, they kept afloat by air impris- jacket. My husband were fishing a quarter-mile oned in the me, think going offshore near the Hunting- 7. What 5 happened in that P85 out- O-OO accident and rescue of.

four ton Beach-Bolsa Chica surging watpry prison, in Beach line, the boat drifted the next several minutes, into the breaker line. was told by Mrs. Buchanan jlA'r s- ysSs; -7 4 remember nothing more uninjured. Surfers and life-until I was riding through guards quickly learned three persons a man, a woman and a baby were trapped in the upside-down By DICK EMERY Floyd Buchanan, trapped beneath his familys over- then blacked out herself. When she regained con- sciousness, she and' the 7 baby were safely ashore.

Her husband was dead. Little April was being gasoline-tainted seawater Buchanan, 35, a heavy-equipment operator at Long Beach' Naval Shipyard, drowned in the deep surf despite efforts of rescuers. The Buchanans, of 6804 San Vincente Para-. mount, and two guests, Mrs. Sarah 42, of 14711 Garfield Para- turned boat off Huntington Beach Sunday, gasped for breath and turned in pMUon toward wife, ytowlnl amlr ramcia.

night at Hoag Memorial UI think I'm going to pass Hospital in Newport Beach, out, he said. hold.She was in' serious condi-7 the baby above the water. told us they knocked on the outside of and shouted, Any there? Are you and. got an answer In another room in the mount, and Robert Lee, 37, A Pool houts. hospital, her mother of 6834 Compton Blvd.the boat broadside 7 and 7 later-.

-at 7 Hoag Memorial above the water! were; Mrs. Buchanan took the same jk 7T remember taking baby and holding. her jip. 1 water, -waves to-six-feet .11:11 am Two a 1 1 got out 'under here were OJLr77 I baby 16-month-old April was being treated for. ef- Paramount, had embarked v.

rolled upside downiVTheiy Allison Buchanan and Elects of near-drowning fin on a fishing trip Sunday two My' husband, was hold (Continued Pg. A-3, Col. 3) 0M- mi iS.T I' I A V.J i if WEATHER cr. LBJfHAILStfBROOKEf REVERSAL ON WAR i 5 morning and Tuesday. Gusty about 63.

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CALIFORNI MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1967 SLOOP HELD A WEEK C'-K-- "rt-V. IBM fir -iik'tAvt. m4S2-S4St Combined News Services -v' Action tine is your service, solving your problems, getting your answers, cutting red tape and standing up for your rtghts. To get action, write ACTION LINE, Box 230, I Long Reach, Cali. 90801, or dial 432-3451 between 9 (Lm.

and p.m.,' or 5 p.m. and 9 pnu, Monday through Friday, Dzbourhs -r. t-. Personnel V-vy-. Two Newport Beach schoolteachers and their lian friend sailed back to Hong Kong Sunday and said they 7 had been captured by Chinese Communists and held pris- for a week.

7 JsrV- William Hanke, 33, his wife Carol, 29, and the Australian, Gariy Sharp, 26, had left iohg Kong harbor St Pat- rick's Day in the sloop Adventure in an attempt to sail the United States. Hanke is a geography and history teacher at Harbor High School in Newport Beach. His wife -teaches English at the same school. ON MARCH 18, the Hankes said, their craft was cap-, tured by armed junks (n international waters, about 30 miles off the Red China mainlandThe junks were part bf a Iiuge fleet and the 30-foot Adventure Was sandwiched between the two vessels. 7 7.77' Five or six Hanke said, scrambled aboard the -Adventure.

Some carried submachine guns, some rifles, and one youth among them clutched hand At first, Hanke said, we. thought they were Filipino But then, we noticed one of them was wear- 7 ing a small Mao Tse-tung badge. The Chinese searched the sloop and then forced the three captives to sail it to Ping Combined News Services The Long Beach-based Q. When I went to Iowa last summer 1 found some-' body had been buried in the cemetery plot 1 purchased years ago; What Can be done about this? O.S., Long Beach. When the frozen ground thaws about May the misplaced body will be disinterred and reburied in the correct space; says Carl Haesemeyer, director of the Stan-wood Cemetery.

The mixup in plots resulted from a cleri- cal error four new trustees were elected last summer and the frozen earth makes faster action impossible. a family I know; has a 20-year-old son with muscu-- lar dystrophy which is complicated by polio. The family has offered to pay for a mechanized wheelchair for him; but the Muscular Dystrophy Association refuses to get it at the standard discount Wl does the worker refuse to make personal visits to the home of this Navy family, and why was a decision qiade to discontinue physical therapy treatments, even though the. boys mother was instructed to continue home treatments? M. S.

Long beach. A The association hasnt refused to help get the motorized wheelchair, and if the family will contact Mrs. Helen Saunders, representative for the association at 945 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, shell help arrange the 10 per cent discount. As you know, because of the fathers Navy assignments, the family moves often, and Mrs.

Saunders says shes made five visits to the home without being able to contact the boys mother. Discontinuation of the n- I Hoi, a large fishing port On the northeast of Hong Kong. 7. 'jys THE HANKES and the Australian were forced to stay on board the Adventure four straight days and nightsand 7 -if; Ozbcium sped to Su-Ibic Bay, the Philippine, for repairs today after being shelled hy shore gunnen' off the coast of South" Vietnam. The gunners scored hits.

No one on. board the Ship was injured. It was the first U.S. ship fired on south of. the demilitarized zone.

TJie destroyer was on patrol two miles offshore, just south of the. demilitarized zone, when the mortar blasts bracketed her. i THE 0ZBOURN took speedy evasive action through early Sunday morning fog, then returned the enemy fire. OzbQum guns roared -77 times In 10 -minutes, Lt (j.g.) William M- Hogan said the fog made it impossible to determine the effectiveness of the counterfire. were allowed on shore the fifth' day only for three hours of The Americans said jio one attempted to harm' them.

They were given fresh water, meal; eggs and fruit. "7 iV An English-speaking Communist official went on board the sloop the second day. After examining pass-, ports, he told the three that the Chinese had no hatred" for American but were completely against the policies of the American government. SATURDAY, the two Americans and the Aussie1 were told they were free to leave. A junk towed us out beyond the 12-mile limit and we sailed for Hong Kong, Hanke said.

ins hospital therapy replaced by home treatment Mrs. Saunders says, Was recommended In this youngsters case. You can telephone Mrs. Saunders at 735-1346 to discuss the problems. Mention ACTION UNE.

''rtV' '-ft ret hfLW I -lV i i 1 X. -r'fv-f 1 I fj Tt 'Jf I I Si. I V'li si I At A The Adventure was damaged slightly when the two junks sandwiched it, and is undergoing repairs. The Callage again as soon as the. craft is seaworthy.

Isnt -there some law to prohibit big ships from SoniedmeswheneyfiretheirC0WLt1 the thick black smoke damages, canvas and paintTl Twffflnrirr fWieils Sirs. J. Wilmington A. the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control struck the Ozbpum, igniting a fire, but damage-control personnel, headed byEns. Alan i A group urges escalation of airwar.SeeWorid- Nation, Page A-2.

District (APCD) has authority to control air pollution I fik even, on the bounding main within the three-mile limit 7 James APCD information officer, says ships arent allowed to blow boiler tubes inside the' harbor be-' I I cause of excessive soot and smoke. District inspectors have authority to board all offending ships, except United A SOUTHLAND LOVE-IN DestrKGrazirig'BM; States Navy vessels, and cite them or violations of Sec 'tions 24242 and 24243 of California Health and Safety trimmed the. ship for. a crash in a big field a mile southr ofr Corona del. Mar and para- 7 chuted.

v'ii V7 These personalities were amohg the 4,500 who participated in an Easter 7 Sunday love-in at Los Angeles Elysian Park-The love-in similar to the be-in held Sunday in New York Gty and previous Vbe-ins in San Francisco, was called to exhibit a desire for loveinstead of hate in the 5 rea dings and speeches featured 7 thc-well-behaved gatheringSee Page A-3 for story ori three Long Beach students jousted by. police for. snuddng bananas in preparation for the love-iri. rode If boilers are Mown inside the harbor. To report yio-Nation call the APCD at 629-4711 VQ.

An l8-year-old girl Tve sponsored for the pastsix years in an Italian orphanage! wants fo coine to the. United 1 States to live with me. Can you tell me the. immigration procedures? Miss J. A.

Santa Monica. but the. outlook Isnt bright The giri would be classified; as a nonpreference immigrant1 and probably couldnt be Included in Italy's 5,000 annual Immigration quota because It is quickly filled by -preference 7 W- Swinger, -quickly extih-giiished iL. John G. Denham, the-'ships praised Swinger1 and fthe entire gun: nery crew for their workr TRE 4 OZBOURN Supporting the new Marine operation Beacon Hill uses Japan, as a home port while dqIoyed.

One of. her. aister xmg Beach amphibious assault carrier USS Princeton, was neaf theOz: bourn, when the Communists opened She moved back out to sea, acccxnpani by the amphibious transport Ogden and the landing ship Mon-ticello. While a pilot parachuted safely to earth, ah abandoned small airplane crashed into a ield -three-eighths pf.S; mile nland from the Coast High way near Corona Del Marnt 8 a.m. Sunday striking 'and killing one of the Irvine Companys registered bulls.

1 Deputy. Sheriff James. Mar tin was told by the pilot; M. G. RighettL 43, of Covina, wjio had been flying alone, that smokq.had started pour-ng from under the planes dashboard as the plane flew above the on.

rfiigbt out of Oritarid Airport. Righettl cut switches, THE PILOT landed. Only a short distance from the spot where the plane, a onetime military trainer for private use, "crashed to. earth: where the big bull was. graz-.

ing bn spring grass. The plane was demolished. So urns bull -yf- si; Deputy Martin gave a preli-; 7 minaryTestimate of value as from $1,000 1, to $2,000 pending a study of (Continued PageA-6, CoL 1) By JEAN HELLER nam. sunrise services for Associated Press Writer' hundredsr of thousands7 afid A snowy, "white Easter a fur-coat Easter parade in-in' Jerusalem, a papal plea New York marked 1967 for hope; from. Rome, an first spring holiday.

uneasy Easter lull in Viet- In a 900-word message to the animals registration papers. ftfA, i V-' 7X7-- i- Vh'Vv-'- -11 1 the world, Paul Vl conceded: that his own. joy on the holiday, markipg the resurrection of Christ was dimmed by persistent conflicts and by menacing and gigantic problems. But he implored: -VLeLnot saddened at the fight of the' adversity of the. things of this world, at the futility of i- Mr.

MORE STUDY OBVIOUSLY IS NEEDED storm that waited 2.. litely land patiently at sea until the Easter parade was over A light drizzle Was pro, dieted tor the' pre-dawn hours, with heavier rain following GUARDS UPSET BOAT Jackie, Children Get exicans J'i- 1 ACAPULCO, Mexico (UPD Jacqueljne 1 nedy, her daughter Caroline and a piece were, dumped bl0. iSby mid-morning. today with an BECAUSEv-one of the 1 bodies dug up in 'Mafia graveyard is not that of. the man they thought it was, FBI hunts more.

Page AsS. 7 MOST, of the Toni' Awards for performances? Gusty winds will accompany rain, dropping; the days high to 63 and plummet: ing the to about .50 Southland rain. JO The. Bureau said there is ah 80-per-cent chance rot ishoyretp today and Tuesday: THURMONT, Md, CW President and Mrs. Johnson enjoyed a warm and sunny Easter at thei mountain retreat, Interruptii'th I stay briefly to attend Episcopal Church services in Smithsburg, MiLThe Johnsons and their daughter, drove miles td -Ken- Into.

the. Pacific Ocean Sunday, Yheir sailboat was tipped over by waves churned up by a speedboat maimed by Mexican security guards whp Were chasing away two boatloads of. Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline and Tina. Radziwill were, not injured.

All are goOd wimmers; Mrs; Kennedy righted the. small boat, a surfboard equipped With a sail, and the' three i-U- -t -St, Anns, a' village church-They took on Brbadway.go to, tbe musical, YJbareL Page A-6. W. J-'- ft TWO KIDS from Westminster have, a closet full of Page B-l. ft SENATOR BROOKE supports Johnsons war policy during television show.

Page A-5. AUTHOR 7 SPENDS year with HeUs Angels, becomes one. Page 1 400 TEEN-AGERS hud bottles, rocks at police Hollywood; 15 arrested. Page D-l. j- S3--'' WASHINGTON (tlPI) Research, for obvious ifea-sons, is continuing on an oral contraceptive for men that turned the users eyeballs pink if he drank any alcoholic, beyerages, James L.

Goddard, the Food and Drug commissioner, said Sunday. It was sort of an adver-tisement, you might the Individual was taking anoraj thus it wouldnt -be acceptable in itself, Goddard said, on the television program. Issues and Answers (See People in' the' News, fageArS) i' 1 lb Sailed back to Jins is the daugher of Kenner dys sisterJPrincess Lee RadziwiU i efforts towards He proclaimed his -Easter message vho' mere- simple mes1 sage of joy; it is also a message of bope. i 1 in the holyity- bf Jeru- Salem, first Easter, snow in decades cut the number Y'sw-'J; ''e' v-- V.T Vha- a 7.C-6 hour, after accident at SL Josephs HospitaL The boy was visitlng rela- fives In Santa Ana, He was truck while running across, the freewap; just north of 17th Street. Padilla lived at 1715 Palmer' Ave, Compton.

An 8-year-okl Compton was' killed Sunday night strack Mm as, he- tried ran. cross the SantaAnaFTee-wity In Santa Ana. Ronald Phdflla, of 1715 Palmer Ave Compton, died sn Mrs; Kennedy is spending an Easter week vacation as the guest of Fernando a. wealthy Mexican architect; who owns a villa here. Wearing a vriiite one-piece bathing suit; Mrs.

Kennedy had taken Caroline and Tina for a sail aboard the seven-foot craft. Radio-TV Classified V. 7 D-4 Shipping C-7 Comics 7tui(fiD4 Sports Editorial V1U1 Statistics Obituaries Women (Continued Page 1) SBSESnSB sasjmggsas li i -Ji- 77 I--' V-i 1 J. -'I w. it.

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