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A30 43RD CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 6117 Shoup Woodland Hills Sunday Service and Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Testimony Meeting 7:30 p.m. Reading Room 20929 Ventura Blvd. Open 7 days RR 818-340-1130 christiansciencewoodlandhills.com 818-347-4418 UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu (Pepperdine Campus) Sunday, Worship Elkins Auditorium, Bible Classes, Worship Elkins Auditorium www.universitychurchofchrist.us 310-506-4504 CHURCHOFCHRIST WEST VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 22450 Sherman Way, West Hills Sunday Morning 9 10:45 am Sunday Evening 5 pm www.wvcch.org (818) 884-6480 THE BRIDGE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 18644 Sherman Way, Reseda English Sunday Services 8:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.

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Originally known by her given name, Adele Pearce, she adopted the stage name Pamela Blake in 1942, the same year she signed with MGM, according to the All Movie Internet database. From 1934 to 1954, Blake appeared in about 50 films, and had aminor breakthrough in the classic 1942 film noir Gun for with Alan Ladd. That same year, she also appeared in the popular Gets Her with Ann Sothern and Red Skelton, and the western Omaha with James Craig. By the early 1950s, she was regularly appearing in TV westerns such as Cisco and Range In 1953, she moved to Las Vegas and permanently retired to raise her two children with Mike Stokey, who created the TV game show That marriage, and an earlier one to actor and stuntman Malcolm McTaggart, ended in divorce. She was the widow of John Canavan, an Air Force master sergeant she married in 1983.

Her son, Michael Stokey II, has been a military advisor on such films as Thin Red (1998) and (2008). Ben Ali Founder of diner in Washington Ben Ali, 82, the founder of Chili Bowl diner, a landmark in black business and entertainment district and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, died of congestive heart failure Wednesdayat his home in Washington. Ali opened the restaurant with his wife, Virginia, in an old movie house in 1958, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. It became a longtime fixture in the black business community, serving up bowls of chili and its trademark chili-covered half-smoke sausages.

Born in Trinidad in 1927, Ali earned a degree at the University of Nebraska and moved to Washington to study at Howard medical and dental schools. He withdrew, however, after injuring his back in afall. He and his new wife opened the restaurant on nearby UStreet, then known as for its thriving black-owned shops and theaters. Jazz greats Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald performed along the strip and were known to visit More recently, Bill Cosby and President Obama have been favorite guests. This year the Ali family put up a sign: eats free at Bill Cosby The Obama Before, only Cos- by ate for free.

The restaurant has survived tumultuous times, including the 1968 race riots after Martin Luther King assassination, but remained open, serving both protesters and police. The following years saw urban blight and subsequent gentrification in the surrounding neighborhood. Virginia Ali, who oversaw the business with sons Kamal and Nizam in recent years, said the business survived because of community support and will be open for many years to come. staff and wire reports news.obits@latimes.com PASSINGS Dennis Cook Associated Press CELEBRITY CLIENTELE Ben Ali, right, and his wife, Virginia, are joined by Bill Cosby during Chili 45th anniversary celebration. the 105-foot schooner Gloria Marisand the subsequent perilous trip to Okinawa for repairs.

Finally, Crealock settled in California and joined the burgeoning boat industry. When computers began to be used in design work, Crealock said he preferred working by hand, mixing art and engineering in his designs. designs were used for every craft from dinghies and brigantine-rigged sailing ships to catamarans and 70-foot powerboats. He even made some preliminary designs for a charter submarine. In the 1970s, he moved to northern San Di- Crealock, a yacht designer, sailor and sailing author, died Sept.

26 at his home in Carlsbad after breaking his hip in a fall. He was 89. Crealock was part of the of fiberglass design in the the use of fiberglass made boats quicker and less expensive to build and easier to handle. He worked for several boat some of his designs became bestsellers. was a good designer, a good sailorand avery good said Richard Valdez, retired founder of Orange County-based Columbia Yachts.

Crealock was known for his meticulous concern for details and his rigorous work ethic. He rode his bicycle to work and could be seen late into the night working at his office in Newport Beach. He became friends with many of the Hollywood set, including Rock Hudson, Jane Russell, Claire Trevor and Natalie Wood, through their interest in boating. For Trevor and her husband, he designed the Lady Claire, a 56- foot trawler yacht. When CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite bought a boat designed by Crealock, he called the designer to express his admiration.

In 2002, one of designs, the Pacific Seacraft 36, was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame. The citation called the craft classic American sailboat with an honesty of design that, combined with the highest standards of boatbuilding has shown the sailing industry that there is a place in the hearts and budgets of sailors for a boat created expressly to go to sea and bring the crew back William Ion Belton Crealock was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Westcliff-on-Sea, about 35 miles east of London. His father was a railway bridge designer for the British government, and young Crealock spent much of his childhood in India. He studied nautical architectureat Glasgow University and worked in the Glasgow shipyard during World War II.

He attempted to enlist in the shipyard work was considered too valuable to the war effort. In the 1950s, Crealock and three friends pooled their money and bought the ancient cutter Content and began a sailing trip around the world. Crealock chronicled their adventures in his first book, Under Other trips and adventures followed, including a typhoon in the South Pacific aboard ego County and ran a boatyard in Oceanside. After that, he worked at his home in Carlsbad. He is survived by his wife, Lynne; a daughter, Anne; a stepson, Bevan Iredell; and a grandson.

ashes will be scattered at sea on Nov. 8. The public can watch from Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. Instead of flowers, the family has requested donations to the Los Angeles Maritime Brigantine Project Completion Loan, www.lamitopsail.org tony.perry@latimes.com W.I.B. CREALOCK, 1920-2009 Hall of fame designer of a American sailing author Tony Perry Tom Hepworth Pacific Seacraft LLC VERY GOOD W.I.B.

Pacific Seacraft 36 design was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame. Known for his meticulous concern for details and rigorous work ethic, he designed dinghies to brigantine-rigged sailing ships, and catamarans to 70-foot powerboats. He even made preliminary designs for a charter submarine. ichael Kuryla one of 317 sailors who survived the sinking of the ill- fated Navy cruiser Indianapolis during World War II and later bonded with other activists to exonerate their captain, died of cancer Oct. 3 at his home in Bartlett, Ill.

He was 84. Kuryla found strength from his fellow stranded Navy comrades floating in shark-infested waters of the Philippine Sea for nearly five days in 1945. Their ship, the cruiser Indianapolis, sank in just 12 minutes after being hit by two Japanese torpedoes shortly after delivering the atomic bomb that would level Hiroshima. Three hundred of shipmates died that day when the ship went down. Nine hundred were left floating in only life preservers, facing a harsh sun and sharks, as three SOS calls went unanswered.

An anti-submarine plane spotted them four days after the attack, and only 317 survived when help finally arrived. Kuryla, who for years was reticent to share details of the ordeal unless asked, found his voice and strength once again from his comrades. He and other Indianapolissurvivors came together to help clear the name of Capt. Charles B. McVay III, whothey believed was unfairly court-martialed and blamed for putting the ship in way.

made numerous trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with government officials to speak on his said son, Michael. An act of Congress, signed by President Clinton in 2000, exonerated McVay. Kuryla remained an active speaker. became his life his son said. traveled the country speaking to schoolchildren and honoring the memory of his lost Born in 1925 and rearedon Side, Kuryla was a junior in high school when he enlisted in the Navy and later began serving aboard the Indianapolis.

He participated in several major battles at sea before the deadly attack on his ship in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945. many died from just drinking the salt his son said. father was rescued, but for years he suffered nightmares and felt the guilt of being a After the war, Kuryla returned to Chicago and in 1952 married his future wife of 57 years, Lorain. The family settled in Hillside, where he operated a construction and painting business, family members said. For several years in the 1980s, Kuryla also served as public works director.

For many years, Kuryla also held a leadership role in the USS Indianapolis Survivors Organization. In the early 1990s, the group raised money to build the USS Indianapolis Memorial which was dedicated as a national landmark in 1995 in downtown Indianapolis. According to the Indianapolis Star, there were 67 Indianapolis survivors as of June. In addition to his wife and son, Kuryla is survived by two daughters, Diane Schnursteinand Jody brother; two sisters; and five grandchildren. news.obits@latimes.com PROUD VETERAN Michael Kuryla Jr.

was among 317 crew members rescued after nearly five days in shark-infested waters after their ship was sunk by two Japanese torpedoes in 1945. MICHAEL KURYLA 1925-2009 Sailor survived WWII sinking of Navy cruiser Indianapolis chicago tribune CMYK.