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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated July 25, 1961 reads "Melson shows car damage at Encino avenue freeway exit." The article partially reads "Fearing for the safety of 168 school children, an Encino man met this morning with Mayor Yorty's Valley field secretary to push for elimination of a Ventura Freeway offramp at Encino avenue. Louis F. Melson, chairman of a freeway action committee, says children at Bethel Lutheran Church School, 17500 Burbank Blvd., Encino, are in danger because of the offramp."
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