From sails to fashion jeans in American history
In Bicentennial year denim lore traces jeans from Columbus era sails to Levi Strauss in the gold rush. WWII boosted workwear with women in factories. Brando and Dean popularized jeans in film, and 70s to 80s added color, fades, and diverse styling for all ages.
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America
Columbus
New World
California
Levi Strauss
New York
Blue Jeans
Ixteane
JEANS
Marlon Brando
James Dean
Birthday Proclamation Party for Mayor Inspires Parade
A festive surprise for Mayor Tom Clark turned into a small town parade as Marvin Marker led his Long Beach Junior Concert Band to serenade the mayor on his 50th birthday at the Beebe home on First Street. Family, friends, and local officials attended amid hors d oeuvres, cocktails, and celebratory chatter, while guests toured a Beebe kitchen bathroom scene and marveled at unique house charm.
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Carolyn McDowell
Tom Clark
Marvin Marker
Long Beach
Lois
Dr. Set
Sherrie Beebe
First Street
Rene
le Clos
Atlan
Clark
Tom
Sheen
Sherri
Leukopheresis device aids cancer patients with infections
Long Beach Community Hospital offers leukapheresis to harvest granulocytes from donors to treat life threatening infections in cancer patients. The device can concentrate white cells to intravenously transfuse daily for several days when antibiotics fail. Donations require screening and donor recruitment.
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Long Beach Community Hospital
Nathaniel B. Kurnick
Kurnick
Richard C. Steiner
Community
Steiner
Long Beach
Eilean Bailey
Barbara Tisdale
Bruceaire
Community Hospital
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Press-Telegram
Joyce Christensen
Sears
Europe
Frank Olney
St. Peter
Frank
Jean
Laguna
Clarks
Jim
Caral Gon Paul Ds
Washington D. C
Bill Diney
June
Anne Finnegan
Mike
Queensway Hilton
Queen Mary
Knotts
Berry Farm
Universal Studios
Gene Bishop
Bud Moore
Reef
Jack
Eva Caraco
Eva
Bob McLaren
Jim Meador
John and
Shirley McCune
Rose Bishop
Lyman
Nancy Lough
Gene
Virginia Kester
Hans Sjmeson
Shirley Gustafson
Terry Moore
Winnie McCarty
Angie Ladner
Fenna Howell
Mae Cohn
American Association of Rinod Banks
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George Sardis
Eileen Bailey
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