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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 17, 1963 reads, "A turnout of more than 550 senior citizens jammed the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Recreation Center Tuesday afternoon for the first Information Day sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Senior Citizens Affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wetzel, Van Nuys, left, learn opportunities from Margaret Richer of the Van Nuys office of the Bureau of Public Assistance. Representatives from service agencies at community, city, county, state and federal levels, told the senior citizens just what services are available to them. Arthur H. Tyron, director of the county senior citizens department, explained that this is actually the 18th session held in the county, but the first in the Valley."
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