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Top of the World: He made it. Calabasas attorney Norman Schwartz returned this week from a successful flight to the North Pole. Although unexpected bad weather prompted his 10-pilot caravan to divert its path, the caravan still arrived (one day late) in Eureka, Canada. That’s where you’ll find the globe’s northernmost landing strip, just a few hundred miles south of the geographical North Pole. “It was a winter wonderland,” Schwartz said. “Indescribable.” So where is he off to next? “I’m going to take out a map and throw a dart at it.”
* WELFARE REFORM: County authorities, along with business and community leaders, pledged to work together to create jobs for aid recipients removed from welfare rolls. Carol Lee Thorpe, above, of St. Francis Medical Center was among those attending a Welfare to Work Summit at CSUN. B1
* VALLEY 200: Long before he became one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, Michael Ovitz was just another student at Birmingham High School. B2
* FALL GUY: Leonard Shapiro, a Granada Hills retiree and one of City Hall’s best-known gadflies, has been temporarily sidelined after taking a spill at, of all places, City Hall. Political Briefing. B5
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