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Odyssey of Ira Hope spans wars to American life in Lompoc
A multi story piece traces Ira Hope born Spiridon Nadeyeff through WWI and the Bolshevik Revolution to life as a refugee, trader, and painter in the United States. It details his family, emigration in 1949, and later years with daughter Mara Walton in California.
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Wilma Jack
Spiridon Nadeyeff
Russia
Nadeyeff
Ira Hope
Robert Walton
Ebony
Vandenberg Afb
Ira
Walton
Hope
Austria
Volga
Europe
Iva
Biysk
Siberia
Elena
Vitaly
Peking
China
Mongolia
Dalai Lama
Hangchow
Belgium
England
Tion
Chiang Kai- Chek
Shanghai
East China Sea
Cal-Tex Oil Company
Rita
Mara
Dina
United States
Bell
Calif
el Paso
Tex
Los Angeles Times
Tacoma
Wash
Bob
Ft. Lewis
Air Force
the Sands
Dean Martin
Danny Thomas
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis, Jr
Paul Gilbert
Jerry Lewis
Peg Leg Bates
Julius la Rosa
Buddy Hackett
Nat King Cole
Diane
Elaina
10Th Air Defense Group
Vandenberg
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Sooners
Wyatt Earp
Indi
Buffalo Wallows
Bill
Allan Hancock College
Cabrillo High School
Northern Ireland
Waltons
Lompoc
California
Unruh
Chicago
Sports Afield