Train in a Lake and Desert Night Sounds Near Fort Bidwell
A desert drive in Nevada between Fort Bidwell and Reno reveals a train appearing to cross a mirage lake near Gerlach. Night sounds include dogs, coyotes, and wind while Bidwell Mountain and the Warner range frame a quiet, expansive valley viewed from the homestead of Jane Epley and husband.
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Fort Bidwell
Nevada
Here
Reno
Gerlach
Southland
Jim Fee
Surprise Valley
Warners
Eagleville
Eagle Peak
Jane
Nevada Hills
Lake
Supervisor Batsin Proposes Public Funding to Ban Campaign Contributions
Orange County supervisors will consider a proposed ordinance that would criminalize campaign contributions and require full public funding of county election costs. Robert W. Battin argues the measure cuts private wealth influence, aiming for elections decided by ideas, not money.
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Orange County
Robert W. Battin
Board of Supervisors
Battin
Battin Proposes Cutoff on Campaign Contributions and Public Funds
A proposed election reform by Battin would criminalize contributions and gifts to campaigns and ban using campaign funds for personal gain. Public funding would be allocated at $10 per valid signature, totaling $19,600 for 1,960 signatures in a supervisor race and $28,300 for 2,830 signatures in the assessor race. Violations carry a $1,000 fine, six months in jail, and civil damages up to ten times the improper amount, with proceeds partly returned to the county.
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Battin
April Fools Day a long history of pranks and myths
The article surveys April Fools Day origins from ancient festivals to modern hoaxes. It notes Hilaria in Rome, poisson d avril in France, gowk in Scotland, and media pranks from BBC smells to Copenhagen dog paint. It also recalls local Long Beach antics and a 1968 scandalous sculpture debut.
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Orson Welles
Mars
Long Beach
Cal State College
Bill Spater
St. Mary’s Hospital
Scotland
Jesus
Pilate
Herod
Jerusalem
BBC TV
London University
Copenhagen
Myrna de Forest
Mr. Lion
Miss Spaniel
Doberman Pinscher
Long Beach City College Sponsors Seven Free Lecture Series
Long Beach City College launches seven admission free lectures at various sites covering investments book reviews Far East and Southern California coast. Programs include Summer in Brittan and Eire Investing during Troubled Times and Southern California Coast with experts such as Dr S Marshall Fram Olga Ogden and Everett Noonan.
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Long Beach City College
Far East
California
Brittan
Eire
Boyd Center
Eighth St
College Center
Liberal Arts
E. Carson St
S. Marshall Fram
International College of Applied Nutrition
George W. Cushman
Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Japan
Olga Ogden
America
Elks Club
Willow St
Jess W. Grundy
Bateman Eichler
Hill Richards Inc
Long Beach Community Hospital Foundation
Angelo M. Iacoboni
Clark Ave
Lakewood
Everett Noonan
Charles J. Mertz
California Coast
Kettering Elementary School
Silvera Ave
Weather SatelliteHistory From TIROS to Modern Forecasting
A history of weather satellites from TIROS I launched April 1, 1960, through NOAA era, describing RCA’s early TV infrared tech, 22 000 images in 88 days, and how orbiting sensors transformed global observation and warnings for airlines, shipping, and ice monitoring.
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Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Tiros I
Abraham Schnapf
RCA Engineers
TIROS
Earth
NOAA
RCA
Television Infrared Observation Satellite
National Weather Service
Astro-Electronics Division
Princeton
N.J
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Great Lakes
Gulf of St. Lawrence
North Atlantic
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Malcolm Epley
Bidwell Mountain
Bidwell
WAC
Newport Beach
Tom Shaw
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Ocean
Ic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Globe
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