Green Thumb aims to reclaim 500 acres near Surprise Valley
Long Beach longshoreman Frank Davies with Dr. Jared Piety pursues developing 500 acres east of Surprise Valley Fort Bidwell. Davies plans hay and grain crops within five years irrigating from a preexisting well, while weather and arid conditions delay spring work.
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Fort Bidwell
Long Beach
Frank Davies
Surprise Valley
Cedarville
Davies
Jared Piety
Toni Page
Northern California Bank of American
Toni
Boondocks
Long Beach fiddle fest draws huge crowds for Banjo Fiddle and Guitar Festival
More than 80 performers played from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with paid acts for six hours at the Banjo Fiddle and Guitar Festival on the Long Beach State University campus. Attendance topped 7,000 inside the fenced area and about 5,000 more outside. Organizers including KNAC Radio and the Rugby Club helped run the event, described as a unifying Southland gathering for youths and seniors amid sun and live country music.
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Long Beach State University
Kelly Farrah
Knac Radio
Southland
Tom Shaw
SAD Liberation Army founder fights river of fear
Kris Sherman profiles John Lombardi, 57, a multiple sclerosis patient in Los Alamitos, who founded the SAD Liberation Army to mobilize help for the sick, aged, and disabled. He condemns nursing homes as warehouses of death and urges volunteers to visit and comfort residents and challenge apathy.
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John Lombardi
Lombardi
SAD
Liberation Army
Alamitos West Convalescent Hospital
Los Alamitos
Peo
SAD Liberation Army
Margaret Mitchell
Glue May Build Planes of Future At Douglas Long Beach
A $17.6 million Air Force Douglas program tests aircraft built with adhesive bonding instead of rivets. The PABST project assesses weight and cost savings using YC15 prototypes in Long Beach, with full-scale fuselage testing planned in early 197.
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Herb Shannon
Rosie
Douglas
Gertie
Gluer
Bert
Bender
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
McDonnell Douglas
Marvin D. Marks
PABST
Boeing Aircraft Co
Edward W. Thrall
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Malcolm Epley
WAC
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