Sisters Rise as Western Cascade Peaks Define Oregon Vista
Malcolm Epley describes the Sisters North Middle and South as a magnetic Western skyline shaping Central Oregon. He notes land rushes selling five acre parcels to Californians and locals, then catalogs litter issues around Camp Sherman Metolius headwaters and Bend mirrors Mirror Pond. He observes litter tied to youth habits, contrasting with scenic beauty and forest stewardship.
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Sisters
Ore
Cascade Range
Survey details chronic housing and social ills among blacks
A Community Improvement League and Long Beach School District survey reports a housing shortage for low income black families, substandard dwellings, and a high poverty rate in central Long Beach. It links black tenants with higher property neglect by landlords, urges more day care centers, and calls for an expanded housing program and a central housing clearinghouse.
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Community Improvement League
Long Beach
Olive Ave
Carmelitos
Central District
League
J. L. Weaver
P. S. Ullman
J. Dackawich
California State College At
James Plusch
Richard Harris
Ing
33 Mile March on Hunger Seeks City Backing
Long Beach students open a 33 mile Walk Against Hunger headquarters at 1030 Long Beach Blvd to gain City Council endorsement for the John F Kennedy Memorial Walk. Organizers plan pledges per mile from sponsors to aid local poverty efforts and world hunger projects coordinated by the American Freedom From Hunger Foundation.
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John F. Kennedy
Long Beach
America
Long Beach Blvd
Randi Gottlieb
Walk
Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Sally Jackson
Edwin Wade
Office
What’s Happening At The Long Beach Community Center
A morning film Rob Roy at 10 30 sponsored by Institute of Lifetime Learning at 215 Long Beach Blvd. A 2 pm community sing led by Mae Fielding for AARP at Andrus Building 215 Long Beach Blvd. Evening classes and services include drama and camera techniques at California Recreation Center 1550 California Ave. free medical and counseling at Long Beach Free Clinic 2060 Atlantic Ave. an illustrated lecture on photojournalism by Earl Theisen at Boyd High School auditorium 235 E Eighth St. and Wardlow Park Improvement Association meeting at Wardlow Park Clubhouse 3457 Stanbridge Ave.
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Mae Fielding
American Association of Retired Persons
Andrus
Long Beach Blvd
Tom Moses
Actors’ Workshop
California Recreation Center
California Ave
Long Beach
Atlantic Ave
Hemingway
Earl Theisen
Boyd High School
E. Eighth St
Wardlow Park Improvement Association
Wardlow Park
Stanbridge Ave
Bus Plea Denied by School Board
The Board of Education rejected the Signal Hill bus request and a push to expand airline service over Long Beach area schools. Members declined to overturn a ruling cutting bus service east of Cherry Avenue to Signal Hill Elementary. The panel also restored 58115 to the budget and left tax levy intact, while approving a marker request for Lincoln Elementary School.
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Signal Hall
Board of Education
Cherry Avenue
Signal Hill Elementary School
West Signal Hill
John Mansell
City Demolition Meet Delayed by Councilman
Councilman Emmet M Sullivan on vacation in Europe caused cancellation of the City Council ordinance committee meeting. Vice Mayor Bert Bond said the next meeting is scheduled for November 6 and will review possible revisions to demolition ordinances for quake hazard buildings. Sullivan stated he did not seek to cause hardship but wishes to be present for discussions of serious matters.
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Emmet M. Sullivan
Europe
Bert Bond
Bond
Sullivan
Border War on Drugs Not Easing Local Marijuana Prices
After two weeks of Operation Intercept, Long Beach reports stable local marijuana prices amid inflation elsewhere. Police say sellers lie low, with kilo prices often doubling in six months, while an ounce climbs from eight to about fifteen dollars. San Diego notes a price rise and fewer narcotics arrests, reflecting statewide tightening near the border.
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Long Beach
U.S
Art Koelle
Koelle
Dennis Cook
Cook
Intercept
Operation Intercept
Roger Guindon
Los Angeles Police Department
Alfalfa
Guindon
San Diego
Nelson Murray
Police
Sacramento
State Narcotics Bureau
Calfornia
Missing Fishermen Found on Rugged Island Coast
Ronald Yearman 25 Fontana Flood 27 San Bernardino and Jerry Marx 26 co owner of the boat were found alive after an all night search along Catalina Island. The trio were picked up near Church Rock at about 6 am by the Coast Guard tug Pendant. They reported their 20 foot boat flooded and adrift after anchors failed and one engine quit during a fishing trip.
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Catalina Island
Church Rock
Coast Guard
Ronald Yearman
Fontana
Flood
San Bernardino
Jerry Marx
Yearman
Ray Rabreau
Huntington Beach
Steve Rittenberg
San Diego
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Malcolm Epley
Oregon
Tearby
Camp Sherman
Forest Service
Bend
Deschutes River
Mirror Pond
Shade
Ment League
Howard van Elgort
Legal Aid Foundation of
Hugh McIsaac
Family Service
Young World Development Program
Tom Shaw
Long Beach Area
Rob Roy
Institute of Lifetime Learning
Long Beach Bivd
Long Beach Airport
M.A
Bud) Duncan
Signal Hill
Barbara Carne
Jerald S. Jacobs
Marianne Walker
Long Beach Jet Control Association
California State College
W. Odie Wright
Wright
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lincoln
St. Long Beach
L.B
Marx
CPO
J. J. Tyler
Ron Yearman
John Flood
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