Smog study in Long Beach aims to gauge lung response
Research financed by Christmas Seal funds will test healthy volunteers exposed to cigarette smoke and histamine, then to filtered air and smog. The project led by Dr. George Burton at Loma Linda University Medical Center includes chronic lung disease patients and involves measurements of tiny airway function during exercise. Other grant recipients study lung tissue cells after oxygen exposure and electron microscopy of lung samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Zinser
Long Beach
Sara J. Wenkle
Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association
Func
Los Angeles Basin
George Burton
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Michael John Evans
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Downey
California researchers get grants for lung studies
Medical Center Los Angeles and UCLA researchers receive study grants on lung pathology and function. Eric Fonkalsrud and others will study transplant function, gas exchange, emphysema, carbon dioxide in asthmatics, and infant blood and heart factors. Lawrence Wayne of the VA hospital is funded for tuberculosis-like germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armando Miranda
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte
Donald R. Sperling
Bruce D. Ackerman
Department of Pediatrics
University of
California College of Medicine
Irvine
Donald P. Tashkin
UCLA
CSLB Administrator Recalls Early Campus Growth
Dr J Wesley Bratton reflects on California State College at Long Beach expanding from a few dozen to 28 000, moving from apartment homes to lower campus, and facing faculty revolts and shifting public attitudes as he nears retirement after 19 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.’ Wesley Bratton
California State College At
Long Beach
CSLB
Bratton
P. Victor Peterson
Elephant Walkathon Announces Giant Circus Parade
The Long Beach area hosts an elephant walk on Pine Avenue to preview the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The parade features 17 elephants 50 horses and ponies 3 camels and 9 cages of tigers. The event runs before three days of circus shows at the Long Beach Arena and travels to Anaheim Convention Center for performances through Aug. 20.
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Pine Avenue
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Long Beach Arena
Pine
Sixth Street
Southern Pacific
Buffums
Long Beach
Anaheim Convention Center
Street Scene and Notable Moonshot Memory
A curbside girl hails a ride as a long-haired youth lingers by a trash can then acts when a Georgia licensed driver stops. The driver and girl enter, leaving the youth to figure the outcome. The item hints at misdirected heroism and tense street dynamics.
Elam Named Assistant In Long Beach Planning Council
Charles M. Elam is hired as program assistant for the Community Planning Council of the Long Beach area. He will help organize a survey of teen needs where recreational and welfare services are scarce. George Logan notes staff limits held back health and welfare planning for nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Elam
Community Planning Council
Long Beach Area
Elam
Anaheim
George Logan
Long Beach
Logan
The
Community Welfare Council
United Way
United Crusade Funds
Arkansas watermelon weighs 87 pounds covers Simpson lawn
James W Simp son's Arkansas watermelon weighs 87 pounds and sits on his front lawn after Greyhound freight fee of 18.85. Neighbors and friends confirm weight and origin as Carlos West paid 1.87 at Winemiller's in Hope Ark then shipped via bus to Long Beach. Simpson faces choice of eating or hosting a pit-splitting party.
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Arkansas
James W. Simpson
Simpson
Greyhound Bus Lines
Greyhound
Ray Ree
Bill Eagle
Walton St
Walton
Carlos W. West
E. Adderly Drive
Winemiller’s
Hope
Ark
Texarkana
Texas
Long Beach
West
Sadie
Michael
Carlos
Cerritos College Press Resign for New Posts
Cerritos College trustees accepted resignations of two instructors. Bruce Browning, longtime associate with Cerritos since 1962, left to join Mc Masters College in Texas. Wallace Soper resigned to become dean of vocational education at the College of the Redwoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerritos College Press
Cerritos College
Bruce Browning
McMasters College
Texas
Bellflower
Browning
Cerritos
Wallace Soper
College of the Redwoods
Evening Health Services and Peace Meeting Schedule
Free medical services at the Long Beach Free Clinic 2060 Atlantic Ave available in the afternoon. Individual psychiatric counseling for problem pregnancies runs until 10 PM. At 8 PM a peace meeting is sponsored by Citizens for Peace at Brewett Library 4036 E Anaheim Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Free Clinic
Atlantic Ave
Citizens For Peace
Brewett Library
Anaheim Street
Long Beach Banking Titan Bob Reid Shaped Civic Life
Profile of Robinson A. Bob Reid a Long Beach financier who built a four decade banking career. He led United California Bank Long Beach office from 1946 and later became president of Bank of Long Beach. Reid chaired Heart Association Cancer Society and Community Chest campaigns and held numerous civic roles across local organizations.
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Bob Reid
United California Bank
Reid
Annie
Oklahoma
Long Beach
Long Beach Harbor Commission
Long Beach Heart Association
American Cancer Society
Long Beach Community Chest
Long Beach Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Jotham Bixby Co
Los Angeles County Aid
Memorial Hospital
Long Beach Kiwanis
California Hockey League
Virginia Country Club
National Parole Association
Long Beach Clearing House Association
Long Beach Associates
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Convention Bureau
Ceremo
UCB
New
Bank of
Watson
San Francisco
Bay
San Diego
Bob
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Southland
Gerald B. Dermer
Hospital of the Good Samaritan
California
National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Lawrence G. Wayne
Veterans Administration Hospital
San Fernando
Walt Murray
Wilson High
J.W. Bratton
Sadie Simpson
Tom Shaw
Elephant
Eighth Street
Pico Avenue
Broadway and
Malcolm Epley
3Rd
Long Beach Blvd
Georgia
Bdresident
Nixon
D.C
Reagan
Gov
J. J. Lawrence
Lincoln St
By Bill Homer
Stewart Lestch
Linden Ave
Frank Anderson
Long Beach Banks
Robinson A
Bob) Reid
Nies
Service Club
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