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"Jessica Dlugos goes over some of the paperwork involved in her trip to Australia and New Zealand" [Dlugos was a senior at San Pasqual High School, and went with People to People Student Ambassador Programs to Australia and New Zealand. President Eisenhower started the program in the 1950s to send "peace ambassadors" to the Soviet Union during the cold war. Envelope contains related images.]

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"Griff Griffin of San Marcos [California] was one of many to benefit from the GI Bill. See comments from local veterans, A4." [Envelope contains related images.]

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"The San Paqual [High School] golf and baseball teams will be cleaning and planting along the freeway. It's a fund-raiser, their 6th annual, about 80 students and adults will be on hand."

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[Envelope contains images of a road closure at Ramona. Sign in some images says "ROAD CLOSED LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY"]

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[Portrait of Ed Johnson wearing a ballcap that says "Movie Man" and a "Bubba Gump" t-shirt. Johnson was one of four winners of an Academy Awards contest put on by the Times-Advocate. Story ran on April 2, 1995 but images were never published.]

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"Need a mug -- One of four winners of the TA [Times-Advocate] contest to name Academy Award winners, Jo Ann Thomas of Escondido." [Notecard also in envelope. Notecard indicates woman's name may be Joann Thomas. Story ran on April 2, 1995 but images were never published.]

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"Danielle Jerde, 4, suffers from Angelman syndrome, a condition characterized by [intellectual disability] and epilepsy." "Lunch for Danielle is a [sic] 3 ounces of mayonnaise, tomatoes and chicken."

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"Drawing in 3-D addembly by Mark Kistler of Carlsbad teaches children to draw in 3-dimension. They will bring paper to draw as he shows them how he has taught in 5,000+ elementary schools for 15 years and taught on public television and written books on art." [Images of Kistler and students in assembly, Light & Life School, Escondido.]

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"Robert Sniffin of Escondido, 51, executive director of San Diego Veterans Services. A Vietnam vet who dropped out of school to help support his family after his father's death, Sniffin graduated with honors and became a teacher. He eventually received an appointment by President Jimmy Carter as the first assistant secretary of labor for veterans."

Scope and Contents "A countless number of Allied soldiers' lives were saved due to the pioneering efforts of Dr. Charles Richard Drew. This American physician and surgeon studied methods to preserve and store human blood for transfusion. A method to safely store blood was unknown prior to WWII. Drew's efforts resulted in his appointment to oversee the medical division of the British Blood Transfusion Service and the American Red Cross Blood Bank. Though Drew was credited with "life saving" research, bigotry...