Lehi explorer Baker hunts oil in shale fields
Capt Devere Baker, famed raft explorer and Mormon Church advocate, now promotes shale oil in the eastern Uintas as a solution to US energy woes. He cites a 1918 National Geographic piece by Guy E Mitchell and USGS estimates of billions of barrels, noting potential but heavy costs and ongoing technical hurdles before any commercial production.
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Devere Baker
Free Enterprise
Baker
W. 20Th St
San Pedro
Red Sea
America
California
Hawaii
National Geographic
Soe
Mitchell
Capt
Uinta
Utah
Colorado
Roy Wills
Brigham Young
Uinta Basin
US Geological Survey
W.B. Cashion
Tme
Cerritos auditorium plan tangled with strings and trust
Cerritos College faces a redevelopment proposal to build a two thousand seat auditorium on campus. Trustees narrowly approved concept terms while clashing with City Hall over preferential city use and fee limits. Westside residents fear eviction as talks to draft conformity standards stall.
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Cerritos
Cerritos Redevelopment Agency
Contrac
Cerritos College
Westside
Board of Trustees
Louis Banas
Katie Nordbak
United Way selects Richard A McDonald as 1977 78 board chair
Richard A McDonald of Long Beach named United Way 1977 78 board chairman overseeing a network of more than 250 Los Angeles County care agencies. Vice chairmen include George Christensen Rose Dacquisto Daniel Ridder Dr Julius Robbins Gilbert Smith Elizabeth Wallace and Jim Willingham. Committee heads are Clyde Smith administration and finance Tom Gabbert agency relations and budgeting Leo Vander Lans planning council Roy Anderson public information. McDonald, president of Paper Products Inc, also serves on the boards of St Anthony's Foundation St Mary Medical Center and Catholic Welfare Bureau.
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Richard A. McDonald
Long Beach
United Way
Los Angeles County
George Christensen
Rose Dacquisto
Daniel Ridder
Julius Robbins
Gilbert Smith
Elizabeth Wallace
Jim Willingham
Clyde Smith
Tom Gabbert
Leo Vander Lans
Planning Council
Roy Ander
McDonald
9 Paper Products, Inc
St. Anthony's Foundation
St. Mary Medical Center
Catholic Welfare Business
Bellflower studies garage license fees and arcade limit ordinance
Bellflower City Council will meet at city hall to consider raising garage sale business license fees from $1 to $30 daily and cap residents to two two day sales or one three day sale annually. The agenda also includes arcade game restrictions, eased parking rules for Belflower Boulevard, and bids for Holiday Theater remodeling.
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Bellflower
City Hall
Belmont St
Clamber of Commerce
Belflower Bowevard
Commercial Credit Promises Help With Loans Across Cities
A vintage ad notes Commercial Credit offering loans from 100 up to 5000. It lists locations in Long Beach Downey Lakewood Torrance and Del Amo Shopping Center with a promotional tone promising assistance for various needs and a long history of service.
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Long Beach
Law Altos Raza A Downey
Lakewood Blvd
Torrance
del Ammo Shopping
del Amo Fashion Sg
Utility Woman at Edison Weighs Job Satisfaction and ERA
A female Edison substation worker discusses outdoor tasks, training, and career advancement while addressing the Equal Rights Amendment. She notes a preference for freedom, the need for physical readiness, and occasional drawbacks like an uneven tan. The interview covers workplace dynamics with male colleagues and the value of nontraditional roles for women.
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Sheila
Lucky's Market
Edison
Cerritas College
Pye
Newspaper adds mail-back envelope for distributor payments
A daily paper informs readers that adult distributors delivering home subscriptions will include a prepaid return envelope in the paper this week or next to collect monthly payments. The notice promises indication of due dates and amounts.
Moonlight Express Flight to Mexico City Bargain
LA to Mexico City Moonlight Express operates seven nights a week with departures at 12 55 AM arriving at 5 AM One way fare is 69 dollars with 40 percent off regular price Children under 12 pay 34 50 No 30 day advance required Targeted through IMMEXICATE promotion and travel agent or (213) 487 6950.
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Mexico City
Mtevicana
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Paternoster
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Norwalk
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Downey
Hawaiian Gardens
la Mirada
Lakewood
Banas
Richard McDonald
Commercial Credit Plan, Inc
Suns
Pabby
Sheila Rogers
Tools of the Trade
Roger Coar
Mexicana
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