Winter hardships and warm shelter in Fort Bidwell area
In Fort Bidwell and Surprise Valley, harsh winter storms bring heavy snows high winds and near freezing temperatures. Roads close and pipes freeze while cattle work continues. Yet sunlit days offer clear views of Upper Lake and the Warner Mountains as rabbits reappear and wildlife tracks dot the snow.
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Fort Bidwell
Cowhead Lake
Surprise Valley
Cowhead Road
Upper Lake
Warner Mountains
Eagle Peak
No One Left Now for Oscar Steffen a Lonely Senior
Oscar Steffen, 71, lives alone in a furnished apartment overlooking a parking lot. He recalls a full life, open heart surgery, and longing for companionship, aided by the Sunset Club meals and Senior Opportunities Services but still waits by a rarely ringing phone.
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Oscar Steffen
Sunset Club
Coleus
Steffen
Senior Opportunities Services
First Street
The
Volunteers of America
E. Broadway
Long Beach Plans Five Housing Act Meetings This Week
Public meetings on the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in Long Beach aim to explain provisions and gather input for about 26 million dollars over six years. About 250 people attended five hearings. five more sessions are set this week across Franklin Junior High, Millikan High, California Recreation Center, Hughes Junior High and Starr King School, with a seniors meeting Feb 13.
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Long Beach
Ray Brosterhous
Department of Community Development
E. Artesia Blvd
Brosterhous
City Council
City Hall
One-day study on latest cancer diagnostics in Long Beach
A concentrated one day session on modern cancer diagnostic techniques is set for January 29 at the Center for Health Education in Long Beach. The event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, features speakers from UCLA UC Irvine Scripps Wayne State and USC detailing blood tests skin signs radiology x rays ultrasound bronchoscopy endoscopy and GI tract scope exams for early cancer detection.
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Center For Health Education
Atlantic Ave
American Cancer Society
UC Irvine College of Medicine
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Long Beach
Leroy Fass
The
Cancer Society
Thomas Edgington
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
la Jolla
Victor Newcomer
UCLA
John N. Wolfe
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit
Duane E. Townsend
USC School of Medicine
Richard J. Steckel
Ucla Cancer Center
Robert E. O'Mara
University of Arizona Medical Center
George R. Leopold
Angelo E. Dagradi
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
UC Irvine
Plan for 50 acre shoreline aquatic park proposed
Sasaki Walker Associates will present a plan to develop a 50acre shoreline aquatic park southwest of Pacific Terrace Center at a joint Long Beach City Council and Planning Commission meeting Tuesday at 9 a.m. The meeting is not a public hearing and no action will be taken.
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Pacific Terrace Center
Long Beach
Foreign students seek host families at Long Beach State
The International Center at Long Beach State University seeks local families to house new foreign students this spring. Many students come from the Near East or Far East and want a semester with an American family to learn about the United States and improve English. Hosts can contact the International Center on campus.
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International Center
Long Beach State University
Lynne Ehren
The
Center
United States
Near East
Far East
LBSU
City converts Pier A oil wells to safer pumps
In a quarterly report the Department of Oil Properties says Long Beach Oil Development Co is installing electrical service at Pier A to convert about 70 wells from oil powered hydraulic pumps to submersible or rod pumps. The upgrade will allow abandonment of the 25 year old high pressure system.
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Pier A
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Department of Oil Properties
Laguna Beach greeter Eiler Larsen gravely ill in Long Beach
Eiler Larsen Laguna Beach unofficial greeter for three decades is again gravely ill at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital at age 84. Known for long hair, beard and his Hal loo greeting he drew crowds while giving directions and advice to visitors through the years.
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Eiler Larsen
Laguna Beach
Long Beach Veterans’ Administration
Larsen
Beach City
Laguna
Southland
Denmark
Long Beach
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Malcolm Epley
Bob Shumway
Denise Kusel
Indiana
California
Oscar
Two
Archie Johnston
George Washington
Citizens Advisory Committee For Community Improvement
Sidney S. Guthman
Deborah Hill
Lael Hughes
Henry Taboada
Paul McKenzie Jr
Department of Senior Citizen Affairs
Pely High
Poly High School
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Y. Fred Fujikawa
Leonard W. Brock
Oil Properties
Brock
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