Long Beach Dancer Returns as Ringling Girl Showleader
Rebecca Meinhart grew up in Long Beach and, now a circus showgirl and dance captain, returns for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus engagements at Long Beach Arena August 9 through 12. She and husband Mike live in a private circus train compartment, traveling the country with the European heavy acts still common in the show.
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Rebecca Meinhart
Rebecca
Rin
Going Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Harth
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach
Prisk Elementary
Stanford
Millikan
Long Beach City College
Buffums
Warren Espen
McDonnell Douglas
New York
Mike
Circus
Cireus
America
Philadelphia
Rebecca Meinhary
Ringling Bros. Barmim & Bailey Circus
Bike Safety Rules for Urban Cyclists
The article stresses protecting life and the environment through cautious riding in New York. It cites 1,100 bike-related deaths and 50,000 injuries yearly and presents safety rules from the National Safety Council and Bicycle Institute of America, covering traffic laws, gear, positioning, road hazards, signaling, night lighting, and bike maintenance.
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New York
Central Park
Wall Street
National Safety Council
Bicycle Institute of America
Iarold Heldreth
Council
Nuptial vows mark multiple weddings in California
Rites at Los Altos United Methodist Church unite Terry Portella and Mark Heckethorn with maid of honor Robin Bailey and best man Gregg Heckethorn. Separate ceremonies unite Catherine Lee and Dennis Mare Pickens at Chapel of the Wedding Bells with Mary Mitchell as maid of honor and Tony Wells as best man. A third couple, Janet Grace Needham and Robert Lansing Parker II, wed at the Needham home in West Los Angeles with Ruth Ann as maid of honor and Ric Carrot as best man. All couples share ties to Long Beach area schools and colleges including Polytechnic High School Long Beach City College UCLA Palos Verdes High School and Pepperdine University.
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Terry Portella
Mark Heckethorn
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Robin Bailey
Tom Moody
Waynesburg
Ohio
Roderick Portello
Gregg Heckethorn
James Heckethorn
Long Beach
Polytechnic High School
Jordan High School
Catherine Jean Lee
Dennis Mare Pickens
Bellflower
Mary Mitchell
Wanda M. Lee
W. J. Neugebaer
Ter
Ruth Ann
Ric Carrot
Sin
Robert L. Parker
Palos Verdes
Lakewood High School
Long Beach City College
UCLA
Dental Hygiene
Sigma Phi Alpha Sorority
Palos Verdes High School
Menlo College
Pepperdine University
Sigma Della Chi Journalism Organization
TV Ads, Housewives, and Apathy in Joyce Maynard Essay
A reader recalls Joyce Maynard’s claim of 5000 hours in front of TV and notes a broader shift from shock to apathy toward commercials. The piece recounts playful home scenes, skeptical reactions to ad fantasies, and a closing nudge about school starting soon.
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Joyce Maynard
Dick van Dyke
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Forum
Inglewood
Kate
Long Beach Civic Light Opera
Ringling Bros
Culm Johnson
Joyce Christansen
AMY
Long Geach
Calif
Jeff
M. Heckethorn
Dennis Pickens
Heckethorn
Portello
Was
Long Beach State University
Pickens-Lee
Wit’s End
By Erma Bombeck
Amsterdam
Thurber
Lye
Vera
Marilyn
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