Voice activated artificial arm unveiled for paralyzed
In Long Beach Anthony Staros presented a voice controlled and computer driven arm to aid quadriplegics. The manipulator attaches to a wheelchair and can move fingers and pick up objects with a minicomputer recognizing 32 one word commands. Joint effort by Scope Inc NASA JPL VA and Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. Conference drew about 375 attendees.
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Long Beach
Anthony Staros
Veterans’ Administration Prosthetics Center
New York
Staros
Scope Inc
Reston
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Veterans’ Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Downey
Spleen Study Probes Sharks for Cancer Immunity Clues
Patricia Byfield of Harbor General Hospital works with Dr. Richard Gershon at Yale using horn and swell sharks to extract primitve spleen cells. They inject into chickens to produce antibodies and test against mice to identify lymphocytes that may enhance cancer immunity. The project, funded by the National Cancer Institute, aims to locate cell types that more effectively attack cancer.
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Patricia Byfield
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Byfield
Richard Gershon
Yale University
National Cancer Institute
Pacific Bio-Marine
Culver City
Secrecy concerns cloud Long Beach joint council education meeting
Long Beach residents worry a proposed joint meeting between the City Council and the Board of Education may be closed to the public. The Long Beach Area League of Women Voters requests notice of date time and place, citing the Brown Act to ensure openness.
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Long Beach
Board of Education
League
Ina Aronow
Ralph M. Brown
Brown
Long Beach League
Avalon
Lakewood
Signal Hill
League of Women Voters
Education Department
Great Earth Festival comes to Costa Mesa October
The first Great Earth Festival runs October 15 to 19 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa featuring arts crafts and bluegrass with family activities daily and special Sunday finale. Joseph A. Cooper named operations manager for Orange County Transit District. acts include Hoyt Axton Byron Berline and several bands.
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Costa Mesa
Orange County Fairgrounds
Joseph A. Cooper
Long Beach
Long Beach Public Transportation Co
Orange Coun
The
Dillards
Montezuma’s Revenge
Tarzan Swing Band
Brodie Mountain Express
Buffalo Chips
Funk Dog Surf Band
Wild Hickory Nuts
Blue Grass Cardinals
Hoyt Axton
Byron Berline
Orange County
Norwalk group pushes Halloween safety ordinance
Norwalk Citizens' Action Council asks the city council to urge parents to stop trick or treating this Halloween and instead organize church recreation and civic events for children to avoid hazards seen in a Houston cyanide candy incident last year. Al Palladino, president, says the letter will be on the Tuesday agenda.
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Norwalk
Palladino
Citizens’ Group
Ha Penny Players seek Injun Joe and Judge Thatcher in Tom Sawyer
Long Beach Ha Penny Players seek actors for Tom Sawyer casting. Barton urges a 20 to 40 year old to play Injun Joe as a heavy non singing role and a tall lean late 40s to 50s actor to portray Judge Thatcher with political flair. Calls to 155 Queens Way Landing urged.
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Injun Joe
Judge Thatcher
Dave Barton
Long Beach Recreation Department
The
Ha’Penny Players
Barton
Queens Way Landing
UC Irvine Scientist Receives John Wiley Jones Award
UC Irvine professor Dr. F. S. Rowland, who warned that fluorocarbon spray propellants endanger the ozone shield, earns the John Wiley Jones Award for outstanding research. He will speak at Rochester Tech and lecture at Colgate, Iowa, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Florida on ozone concerns.
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F. S. Rowland
UC Irvine
Rochester Institute of Technology
New York
John Wiley Jones
Rowland
Rochester Tech
Colgate University
University of Iowa
University of Colorado
University of New Hampshire
University of Florida
Frontiers of Science
Long Beach Offices Closed for Columbus Day
Long Beach city offices including the Public Library and branches will close Monday for Columbus Day. Emergency services run on holiday hours and trash collections proceed on the normal schedule.
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Long Beach
Public Library
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Cooper
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Norwalk Group
Sawyer
L.B
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