2007
#314
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CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Photo: Canal Lights
3,878 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,118,846 Iraqi Dead
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters:
- From a Beachhead Founder - Bill Olive
- Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi - Terence Pearce
- The Lighted Way - Ron Lowe
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PAGE THREE
Who's Stealing Venice Parking Spaces? - Jim Smith
Here come the thought police - Ralph E. Shaffer and R. William Robinson
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PAGE FOUR
The Greatest Generation? Not who you think - Jim Smith
The Free Venice Beachhead - 39 Years Later
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PAGE FIVE
Writers Put Down Their Pencils - Carol Gronner
Photos: Writers Strike - Deverill Weekes
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PAGE SIX
Autumn Venice - Photos by Alexandria
Thanksgiving Meals Served on Westminster - Photos by Alexandria
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PAGE SEVEN
Post Office Mural Dedication - 66 Years Later - Jim Smith
Edward Biberman and the painting of the post office mural - Suzanne W. Zada
Don't Forget the Beachhead this Holiday Season!
PAGE EIGHT
Close-out at the Army/Navy Store - Sherman Pearl
Field of Play - Alan Rodman
Thinking of Milton Bratton on Veterans Day - Kitty Bratton
For the Last Time - Yolanda Miranda
Tallest Building in Venice
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PAGE NINE
Poetry
- Elkgrove - Doug Eisenstark
- Save The Trees - Hillary Kaye
- Mr. Price has come to town - Jim Smith
- Will's Crusade - Lily Tanner
- reflection - Rebecca M. Frey
- Mendocino Haiku - erica snowlake
- There is no sure protection from poetry - John Thomas
The Venice Beat Poets (Tony Scibella) - The Great River Outside the Mainstream - Hillary Kaye
- poetry is the game - Tony Scibella
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PAGE TEN
Are Cell Towers, Phones and Laptops Bad for Your Health? - Stan Cox
PAGE ELEVEN
CommUnity Calendar Events - by the numbers
Dolls for Tots - Erica Snowlake
Anti-homeless group tries to close St. Josephs
Towers, Phones, Laptops - continued from page 10
PAGE TWELVE
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