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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1976
Page
12
Dear Abby letters address privacy invasion by hospital staff, credit card destruction by a husband, and a distressed wife facing an uncooperative spouse and son. Readers seek guidance on confidentiality, financial independence, and marriage strain amid medical and religious tensions.
A panel titled Chemical Dependency and You will discuss dangers of alcohol tranquilizers and daily pills. Dr. Vernelle Fox of Long Beach General Hospital will speak at 1 a.m. in College Center Gokstad Room, 4901 E Carson St. Dy, followed by a Q A session. Public invited.
Marymount Palos Verdes College requests used books for its May benefit book fair at Del Amo Shopping Center. Donations of children's books to encyclopedias and records are welcome at 30800 Palos Verdes Drive East on weekdays. Cochairs are Rena Baker and Ann Armstrong. Proceeds from May 20 to 22 fund new library materials.
Tim Seres of Australia, noted for avoiding ladders, played a sharp bridge hand against West’s weak no bid. He entered the heart of the game, faced a spade lead, and navigated a sequence resulting in a rubber win after strategic discards, finesses, and a careful diamond switch.
In a North South versus East West deal West opens with a six spade promise. Declarer sees East void and aims to establish a second spade in dummy to curb defense. The suggested line yields three no trump as the practical result with hearts as primary tricks.
Marjorie Zwart won the Autoerts Chapter International Toastmistress Club speech contest. She advances to face other winners in the Council One speakoff on April 13 at Golden Sails Inn. Contestants included Dorothy Howlett Betty Freeman and Helen Lehman.
Edward Dixon 24 and Daniel Smith 23 from Long Beach win in the 18th annual Young Artists Award regional in Fresno. Dixon takes first place with a cello solo. Smith earns honorable mention. Both pursue Master of Music degrees at USC. Sponsored by the Junior League of Fresno and the Fresno Philharmonic Association.
The 19th annual Children's Foundation Brunch, sponsored by Southern California parlors of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Beverly Wilshire ballroom. Delegations from Long Beach and Wilmington parlors head the arrangements, with Mrs. Leonard Hummel as special guest and NDGW’s history noted since 1886.
A Lakewood Village Community Church ceremony united couples in a double wedding. The first couple, Jane Lynn Simpson and Stephen M. Pade, of Long Beach, plan a Belmont Shore home and a Hawaii honeymoon after graduation credentials from USC. The second pair, Joyce Lena Elliott and Bruce Emerson Wood, wed at Bellflower Church of the Nazarene and will honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands while relocating to Long Beach.
The Long Beach Buddhist Church sponsors a semi annual chow mein dinner this Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at 2360 Santa Fe Ave. Tickets are 2 and will be available at the door. Proceeds fund church maintenance. Dinners may be eaten at the church or taken home with flower arranging and sumi e demonstrations.
The Mothers' Club of Kappa Alpha Theta at USC plans a Day at the Races fundraiser at Santa Anita Race Track with a picnic before post time at 1 30 p.m. Mrs Edward Ellis of Newport Beach chairs the event benefiting the scholarship fund. USC collegiate chapter president Vicki Laughlin of Newport Beach is the 1976 Maid of Cotton. Long Beach participant Cheryl Loftis is among attendees. A public card party follows Wednesday noon at St Cyprian Church and Ohare Ave Sena by the G.
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