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Free Health Clinic Opens at the LA Sports Arena
Hundreds of unemployed, uninsured or under-insured people showed up today for the first day of a four-day free clinic at the Sports Arena in downtown Los Angeles...
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenHundreds of unemployed, uninsured or under-insured people showed up today for the first day of a four-day free clinic at the Sports Arena in downtown Los Angeles. We hear some of their stories, ask about their ailments and the prospects for follow-up care by Los Angeles County. What does it mean that such a clinic had to be held at all in the world's richest country? Also, a look back at radio's most creative pioneer, Norman Corwin. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the death of Moammar Gadhafi.
In this episode
3 storiesMedical Treatment for Desperate Californians
On Monday thousands waited in line for hours just to get plastic wristbands, their tickets to a four-day free medical clinic at the Sports Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Read the story22 minRemembering Norman Corwin
Norman Corwin , the legendary writer of books and radio programs, died this week at the age of 101. Corwin, who spent his last years at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, started there in 1979, and he was writer in residence until the day of his death.
Read the story8 minThe Death of Moammar Gadhafi
The dictator who terrorized Libya for 42 years was killed today, shot while trying to escape rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte. Since rebel forces deposed Moammar Gadhafi two months ago, he’s been on the run. Today, al Jazeera TV aired gruesome footage of armed men dragging a wounded, bloody person said to be Gadhafi.
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