Long Beach Grand Prix draws civic zeal and big volunteers
Residents rally behind the Grand Prix Formula 5000 race set for Sept 28 as volunteers and enthusiasts exceed expectations. Christopher Pook heads the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach with 70 angels owning shares and $750,000 seed. The nonprofit committee, chaired by James Willingham, plans a kickoff lunch Sept 26 and VIP events while the FIA and SCCA oversee race control.
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Long Beach
Pasadena
Angels
America
New York
Watkins Glen
Civic Action Organization
James C. Serles
Stephen Connedy
Frank Blum
Diane Coltrane
Chuck Davis
Jim Gray
Bernie Jones
George Murchison
Thomas A. Ramsey
Norman B. Reed
Pook
California group takes direct governance of SUCCESS SCCA
Success SCCA delegates authority to the California group which provides direct governance. Race Chief Steward Thomas W. Binford reports to SCCA. Founding GP Association members include Don Dwyer Dan Gurney Stu Eber and Jack Queen with Les Richter initially involved before withdrawing. Phil Hill replaces Richter as director of racing in the local lineup.
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SCCA
California
Thomas W. Binford
Cscc
Pook
GP Association
Don Dwyer
Dan Gurney
Stu Eber
Jack Queen
Les Richter
Ontario Speedway
Phil Hill
America
Long Beach Teens Launch Small Businesses After Nine-Week Course
A group of 14 to 19 year olds completes a bootstrap free enterprise program by Inner City Services and Long Beach State students. They plan ventures including Seasons in the Sun plant business and R&R Clothiers, aiming to secure bank loans with collateral after selling at swap meets. Some ideas like an ice cream parlor face funding hurdles.
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Long Beach
R&r Clothiers
North
Refugee family finds path to good life in America
Dien Duc Tran, 36, and his family move from Fort Chaffee to Westminster with sponsorship by his sister Yen Lindsay and husband Gary. Tran works as an accountant clerk for Vinnell Corp and attends Golden West College while his family settles in Alhambra and Huntington Beach. The Lindsays sponsor 36 other Vietnamese refugees, aided by a church English program for parents and children adapting to life in the United States.
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America
Camp Pendleton
Dien Duc Tran
Yen Lindsay
Gary
Westminster
Saigon
Tran
Vinnell Corp
Lindsay
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Red Cross
Hawaii
Pendleton
Han
Lindsays
Notre Dame Ave
Vinnell
Vietnam
Alhambra
Golden West College
First Methodist Church
Huntington Beach
Candee
Steve
Brian
Lisa
Buffum widow Nina Buffum dies at 86 rites Thursday
Nina E. Buffum widow of Edwin E. Buffum and longtime Buffums' co founder dies at 86 after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Thursday at Mottell's Mortuary with burial in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens. She leaves daughters Pat Hortense Buffum and Loren Buffum Robinson both of Long Beach.
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Nina Kramer Buffum
Buffums
Edwin E. Buffum
Mottell’s Mortuary Chapel
E. Third St
Sunnyside Memorial Gardens
Buffum
Michigan
Beta Sigma Phi
St. Mary's Hospital
Memorial Sports Medicine Clinic Opens at Long Beach Hospital
A new Memorial Sports Medicine Clinic at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center opens to diagnose and treat injuries in high school athletes. Staffed by physicians and paramedical specialists, it targets athletes under 20 and operates weekdays 4 to 6 pm and Saturdays 10 am to noon during football season.
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Long Beach Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Long Beach
Memorial Sports Medicine
Douglas W. Jackson
Jackson
Supreme Court
Drivers as killers on the freeways raise a grim toll
The writer warns that drivers on the San Diego and Long Beach freeways are deadly threats. He recalls near misses on U.S. 101 from Buellton to Thousand Oaks and cites combat fear to stress roadway danger, noting accident statistics and high memorial risk on Labor Day.
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San Diego
Long Beach
U.S. 101
Buellton
Thousand Oaks
Santa Barbara
Pacific
San Clemente
Camp Pendleton
Bill Vukovich
Indianapolis
U.S. 99
Calif
U.S. Road
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Ralph Hinman JR
E. Ocean Blvd
Grand Prix Association of Long Beach Inc
Auto Club
California Sports Car Club
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile
Sports Car Club of America
L.B
George Bernard Shaw
Inner City Services, Inc
International Black Employer Union
Sidney Lee
LBSU
Anaheim Street
Lee
Rudy Diaz
Russell Hastings
R&r
Clothiers
Ernesto Samaniego
Cindy Chang
Curt Johnson
Genero B. Garcia
Long Beach Unified School District
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