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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1975
Page
1
In rural northeast California, Fort Bidwell offers isolation away from urban sprawl. Residents value a simple, agriculture‑driven life with limited amenities and wary newcomers. The piece notes a past gold boom, a small population, and a desire to keep the area from rapid development while acknowledging inevitable change.
More than nine demonstrators gathered outside Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institute in Los Angeles to support Martha Tranquilli, a grandmother serving a month for tax evasion over antiwar filings. The march titled Pilgrimage for Peace drew Amnesty International and War Resisters League figures, with organizers calling for release of prisoners of conscience. Tranquilli’s supporters cited continued US funding to South Vietnam and vowed to hold a party upon her March 4 release.
Long Beach Beautiful members led by Gene Page secured a state decision to drop commercial development plans for highway land at the Studebaker Road and Route 22 entrance. The group pressed for landscaping instead, citing East Long Beach's residential character and aiming to beautify the area before the Centennial in 1876.
Dr J Kenneth Altig, a 64 year old Long Beach physician, leaves today by plane for Colombia to join medical missionary work. He will ride a motorcycle to reach remote frontier areas, treating about 30 people daily and flying patients in for intensive care when needed. He will be the sole doctor for 15 000 natives, with his wife Lucile joining him in three weeks.
A $110,000 state grant will reopen Long Beach Unified School Districts Professional Development Center at Hudson Elementary to retrain teachers from central city schools with high disadvantaged student populations. The program uses a diagnostic prescriptive teaching approach to tailor instruction to diverse learning styles and improve reading and core skills. funding is half of earlier years and staff may substitute fewer long term teachers to cover classes.
Long Beach area dog rescuers confront county rule that since November requires killing pit bulls at animal control centers regardless of prospective adoption. Officials say dogs pose risk and weight of stray intake forces lethal outcomes. couple seeks rescue for three month old pit bull amid grim odds for rehoming of thousands yearly.
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