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"Lt. John Jensen of 1942 S. Broadway, Escondido, barks an order to his men aboard a tank at National Guard headquarters at Fort Irwin, apparently unimpressed with their pride in target accuracy. North County men are (from right) Larry Jones of Leucadia, George Miller and Ted Matzen of Escondido. The men wind up two weeks training Saturday at the desert base." [Additional images in envelope are of other activities at Fort Irwin. Images in envelope 00015, 00020, 00023 possibly related.]

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""Maybe some day I can win an award too," said Tom Manderfeld (left), food controller at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, as, with apparent envy, he eyed the Carte Blanche award won recently by chef Manfred Hacker. The credit firm named Hacker "best in U.S." in recent judging. Hacker, who lives in Escondido came from Austria." [Envelope contains similar images of Hacker and other unidentified individuals, likely patrons of Rancho Bernardo Inn.]

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"Horses - Phooey says Fido, but Ronald Reid, 18 months old finds them interesting during showmanship-in-hand judging Thursday at the 4-H Club horse show at Kit Carson Park. Today's Horseshow, the second during Kit Carson Days is open to all parcipitants, the show which gets underway at 5pm also features a beef barbecue". [Images in the folder show various angles of this event and child mentioned in the description, and also include spectators at the event and horses in the show]

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[Unpublished images of a balloon race, which was intended to run from San Marcos to San Diego, but ended shortly after takeoff due to a capricious wind. Images of racers and hot-air balloons. Associated with envelope 00227.]

Scope and Contents [Images 008-010: Images of Jasper Catalano, Escondido landlord that boarded up rental units rather than fix them up. Catalano moved from Texas to California and article is about him and his properties which were rented mostly to itinerate laborers. Caption to photograph says "With eyes that have witnessed nearly 50 years of change, Jasper Catalano sits and watches a continuously growing Escondido. Catalano recently closed down some rental units in the downtown area voluntarily rather than...

Scope and Contents "Jerome Lawrence who has collaborated on successful plays and musicals for stage and screen with Robert E. Lee, counsels young Ronald Heller who will play lead role in Old Globe Theatre production." and "Mammoth metal sculpture by Arnaldo Pommodoro, an Italian who now works in California, attracts attention of college students in Balboa Park. The exhibit, which continues free to the public through October is at the Fine Arts Gallery, but large pieces overflow into the nearby outdoors. The...

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"Service awards for volunteer lifesaving swim instructors were presented recently by Jim Felix, Palomar Family YMCA Chairman (right), and Doug Reiman, Y program director (Left), recipients were (from left) Terry Craig, Lynn Gerfen, Greg McCord, Penny Hyatt and Karen McCord." [Images in the folder show the group receiving the award.]

Scope and Contents "A king-sized white cane - approximately - was pinned on Sandy McLeod (left), president of the Sunrise Lions Club, by Dave Larson, vice president, at a recent meeting to help launch "White Cane Days," the Lions' annual fund drive to aid the blind. During the drive, Friday and Saturday, Oct 2-3, Lion members will be selling White Cane lapel pins all over town, on streets, in businesses and at residences. Also, coin cannisters will be placed at strategic business locations, according to Llyod...

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"Examining handmade clocks by Rancho Bernardo craftsman Walter Carson, is Mrs. Vi Harmon, owner of the recently-opened Creative Handicrafts shop at 2200 S. Escondido Blvd. The store will offer items made by local artisans."

Scope and Contents "If the sky seemed to be full of flying things Saturday, you weren't just seeing things. These bulky, but fragile balloons, shown above, were racing. In the basket in the foreground is Red Enright of Torrence and his passenger Larry Cilestio of Escondido, the team which came in last but which covered the longest distance between takeoff in San Marcos and landing southeast of that city about half an hour later." Other images in folder also of hot-air balloons and racers. Envelope 00226 also...