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Photograph caption date stamped September 26, 1964 reads, "Carrying a torch - Ron White, 14, Encino, prepares to start the Olympic torch through Van Nuys today. Behind him is the map he used to plot his course where he will join a centuries-old chain of Olympic torch bearers."
Gaspar De Portola Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Boy Scouts of America Associations, institutions, etc Junior high school students Boys--Societies and clubs Boy Scouts Torches Maps Boys Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs
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