Gin Rummy Spreads Through Fort Bidwell Community
A Fort Bidwell note recounts gin rummy’s rise as a local pastime sparked by storekeeper Harold Ascherman and amplified by nearby players. The piece humorously laments the game’s grip while praising Fort Bidwell women’s kitchen talents at church potlucks. It also mentions Lloyd Hanks’s statewide VFW publicity role and recalls 1911 community dining at the Fort Bidwell Hotel with John Steven McGroarty.
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Long Beach
Harold Ascherman
Don Phillips
Warren Mitchell
Bob Devitt
Nina Todd
Jim Gray
al Davis
Ernie Folsom
Fort Bidwell
Pearly Gates
William van Vleet
Lakewood
Bill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lloyd Hanks
VFW
Lloyd Ranches
van Vleet
John Steven McGroarty
John Steven
LBSU workshop urges tougher action against bias in hiring
Long Beach State University officials and government experts urged stronger measures to end discrimination in hiring and promotion. The program highlighted that neutral rules can be illegal if they disproportionately affect women and minorities, and scrutinized Ph.D. requirements and recruitment practices.
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Walt Murray
Long Beach State University
Carol Schiller
State Fair Employment Practices Commission
LBSU
University
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Stephen Horn
Horn
College hires scrutinized for bias as new officer begins
Dr. Walter Reed, the college's affirmative action officer, will audit departmental and staff hiring to root out discrimination. Officials reported only minor gains for women and minorities from 1968 to 1973, sparking concerns over hiring costs and potential future complaints while HEW representatives urged compliance. The seminar drew over 100 attendees.
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Horn
Walter Reed
Reed
Toccmaen
Board seeks end to police, fire age limit
The Civil Service Board will urge the City Council to remove the maximum age for Long Beach police and fire applicants, leaving only a 60 year mandatory retirement. It also backs dropping height requirements for firefighters and notes the change follows federal law.
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Board
Long Beach
Civil Service Board
Roger Keast
The
Keast
Civil Service
Long Beach Arena
Laguna Pageant Seeks 650 Plus Cast For Old Master Roles
More than 650 job seekers lined up in Laguna Beach to audition for non speaking roles in the 1975 Pageant of the Masters. Casts total about 400 with 145 roles, summer six week run begins July 11.
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Laguna Beach
Laguna
Sally Reeve
Hamburg
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Lbsu Workshop Fights College
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Jean Kresy
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Mike Jelf
Irvine Bowl
Don Williamson
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William Som
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