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TODAY'S VALLEY WEATHER Hlffc ehw4t ABd mattered with hlfh tetnpcra- turw In the low Wi fallowed by lows mid 40's. APCD predicts no eyo irritation from roof today and tomorrow. NORTHEAST EDITION 92 PAGES and VALLEY GREEN SHEET Established 1911 VOL 60--NO. 79 FRL MONTHLY HOME DELIVERY BY CARRIER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER, 29, 1970 Mail Address: P.O. Box Nuyi, Calif.

91408 1-4539 Sylvan Strict Phone 786-7111 lOc Copy Campaign in Valley for Helping POWs Continues Unabated Students Write Individual Letters to Hanoi on Behalf of Prisoners Local efforts in the Prisoner of War Campaign continue to provide impetus for the drive to obtain as many letters and signatures on petitions as possible before the Dec. 15 deadline, The News had learned today. Student effort at two of the Valley's junior high schools and that of several individuals is notable, as the drive to obtain hum a a ent for POWs, through the pressure of public concern, continues. More Active The estimated 1600- member student body at Richard E. Byrd Junior High School in Sun Valley is preparing individual letters addressed to the President of North Vietnam demanding fair treatment to U.S.

servicemen being held captive. The students are providing their own money for the 25 cents" postage necessary to send the letters to Hanoi This is thought to be the first effort by a school group to directly request Hanoi to abide by the Geneva Convention which establishes international law regarding treatment of prisoners. Across the Valley at Alfred-B. Nobel Junior High in Northridge, three young girls are becoming more and more active in the POW campaign. See "News" Article Cindy Murray 14, Nicki French 13 and Heidi Baskin 14 are i diligently hi filling POW petitions with signatures.

The all students at the school, have obtained approximately 250 signatures in i -e week. They have secured 35 or 40 more petitions to work with from Mrs. Charles A. Kerner of Northridge. Mrs.

Kerner, of 10568 DesMoines said she became interested in the campaign after seeing-an article published in The News about a POW booth set up by Mr. and Mrs. a Fleekenstein of Continued on Page 16 Action Due on City Lease for Jessup Archery Area By BILL PACKER Approval of a five-year lease with the city of Los Angeles for the grounds and operation of the Roger Park archery range will be requested of the County Supervisors when they meet Tuesday. Last June the county transferred a portion of the park to the city. Currently, however, the county is still operating the adjacent archery range.

Real estate management Arthur G. Will said the city is "desirous" of leasing the range because it is an integral part of the park operation. Designed For Use The proposed lease is the controversial park. Initially there were about 191 acres at the regional park, designed originally for use by individuals from surrounding Of the Initial 191 acres, however, only about 14 acres wifl be left for the park if plans are approved by the Board. Some 150 acres are earmarked for airpark expansion and the TODAY'S NEWS INDEX remaining 27 have been- and will be used by various county departments.

Tile 150 acres are planned to be used to expand Whiteman Airpark, which is adjacent to the park. The county paid about $1.700.000 for the eility and 33 acres. Will Expand A county official told The News that the facility will be expanded by construction of additional aircraft parking units and operator buildings. Officials hope the expansion will help alleviate some of the general aviation congestion at Van Nuys and Hollywood-Burbank airports. The archery range is included in the 150 acres planned for expansion.

The county transferred Continued on Page 1-1 Debs Slates Meeting on DA Selection Says Board Not Ready to Make Quick Decision Supervisor Ernest E. Debs said he hopes to convene an executive session tomorrow to discuss selection of a new Los Angeles County district attorney. But Debs, chairman of the board, said he does not think the five supervisors are ready to make any quick decision on filling the post. "I don't think' anybody has got three votes," he explained. Debs said the closed door meeting tomorrow -which will be in his office will be merely to set down "ground for picking a successor to Evelle J.

who was elected state attorney general Decisions Due He pointed out it is "highly unlikely" the question- can be resolved before the Board's regular meeting Tuesday. Debs said it is possible i ict attorney might be named at the Dec." -3 session. This will be the Board's i i a reorganization meeting where Supervisor Dorn is expected to succeed Debs as chairman. It also will be the meeting where the supervisors are expected to make a showdown decision on i of a county chief administrative officer. Since County Administrative -Officer Lindon S.

Hollinger's retirement becomes effective Dec. 11, the supervisors will probably tackle this matter before getting into the issue of a new district attorney. In Forefront While there are many hopefuls, the list has been somewhat narrowed by a law which bars judges from accepting other ap- -pointments during their terms of office. Several judges, who would like the job, have challenged the statute but so far, their appeals have been unsuccessful. A new petition from Superior Judge William B.

Keene is currently pending before the State Supreme Court If judges are out of the competition, four other Continued on Page 10 SPARKS FLY as Stephen Sorenson, employe of "John Duffy, Master Junksmith" in Reseda, puts finishing touches on nuts-and-bolts dentist and patient Duffy creates originals, young employes make copies for sale The A Christmas Clubs Will Pump 491737 into Trade Area The economy of the Valley areas should get a boost this month when some 45,705 Christmas Club account members begin spending their total savings of $9,491,737. Some 142 branches of 10 major banks and two savings and loan institutions reported to The News that they began placing Christ- "nas Club checks in the mail last week with each averaging an approximate $206.45. While the number of area savers increased by 2675 over last year's total of 43,030, the average check was only some 43 End of Front Brings Light Rains Today Variable high clouds and scattered showers are forecast fo today as the tail end of yesterday's weather front moves over Southern California and eastward, said the National Weather Service. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with little or no chance of rain. High, temperatures today will be in the low 60's with overnight lows around 45 degrees.

Although the sun is expected to come out tomorrow from tune to tune; temperatures will remain about the same the result of a cold front following last night's storm, said the Weather Service. The Air Pollution Control District predicts no smog in the Los Angeles basin today or tomorrow. Brought Snow Ski areas will most likely be crowded today as thousands of ski buffs head for mountain recreation areas to find the heavy snow predicted by the Weather Service for locations above 6000 feet Mountain resort areas will be partly cloudy with occasional rain below 5000 and snow flurries above 6000 today. High temperatures will be in the i overnight lows Continued on Page 14 cents higher than those mailed out when the mean was $206.02. Major share of the total some $8,840,700 is destined for use mainly by San Fernando Valley and Burbank residents, but sizable sums also have been socked away for holiday year-end expenditures by persons in the Conejo-Simi and Santa Clarita Valley All told, thrifty savers in the Conejo-Simi area will have a total 9f $377,046 to spend or reinvest, while $218,488 will be distributed to persons holding accounts in Newhall.

Saugus-Valencia. As in years past, Christmas Club checks sent by a ando Valley banking institutions have a higher average than in CRUSADE CITES YOUTH GROUP AIDES Some 100 members of Brownie and Girl Scouts and Gamp Fire Girls take part in United Crusade fund-raising campaign and collect more than $2000. Accepting "We Gave" stickers on behalf of children from left are Mrs. Ed French, Newhall-Saugus-Valencia dis- trict chairman, Girl Scouts of America; Mrs. Lee Fogle, N-S-V district chairman.

Camp Fire Girls, aiA Mrs. Roger Addington, co-leader of area Brownie Troop. Carnegie Commission Offers Future Education Blueprint The time spent in earning a Bachelor's degree from a college or university can be reduced now from four to three years for many students in the United States and for most of them by 1980. Time spent in earning the Doctor of Philosophy degree and in qualifying for medical practice can also be reduced by an additional one or two years without sacrificing educational quality. These are major conclusions of a report on post-secondary education made by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.

Its findings were reviewed at a press conference in San Francisco by Dr. Clark Kerr, chairman of the commission. The report anticipates that citizens and employes in American society in the future will need post-high school education that remains available throughout their lives, offers rewarding alternatives to college attendance, and i des frequent opportunities for people to assess their progress and, if they want to, change di- rection in life and learning. The report's recommendations are directed not only toward creation of a more dynamic higher education system but toward economy as well If the reforms proposed by the commission, particularly those calling for shorter formal education periods, were put into effect, they could result in a reduction of operating expenditures for higher education by 10 to 83,000,000,000 to $5,000.000,000 a year below levels that would Continued on Page 14 adjacent areas. This year averaged $222.40 which is $12.21 over 1969.

The number of savers was 39,691, slightly, less than the 39,954 recorded last year. i tmas Club accounts increased in the Conejo-Simi areas this year wih 2192 persons taking advantage of the program in comparison to 2047 in 1969. However, average check of $172 dropped below the $178 distributed last year. Savers Grow Checks distributed, in Newhall Saugus-Valencia also dipped below those of 1969. This year the average was.

$191.60 in comparison to the average last year of $193.50. On the other hand the total number of savers jumped from 1022 in 1969 to 2192 this year. The summary figures -reported here are deriveji from data covering 49 a of Bank of America, 39 of Security Pacific National Bank, 10 of United California, 14 of, Crocker Citizens National Bank, five of Trans-Woria Bank, four of Valley National Bank, three of Independence Bank, two each of Santa Clarita National Surety National and Wells Fargo Banks and one of First Western National Bank. Offers Suggestions The report also includes figures from four Valley offices of Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association and two of California Federal Savings and Loati Association. -For both the who will utilize his Christ-- mas Club money and those who have not budgeted for the holidays, Claude Humph, a Crocker-Cifib- zens National Bank vifc president and manager of installment loans in Southern California, oj- fered some suggestions tp avoid overspending.

"The Christmas season is a time for careful thought and calculatiqn regarding he cautioned, "since many families are prone to impulse buying. "The mature buyer wijl have budgeted knowing exactly what tie Continued Page tit MASTER JUNKSMITH Reseda kulptor Welds Talent With Nuts, Bolls By PETER BRONSON It's an interesting looking place The sign on the building, located at 7040 Darby Reseda, says Duffy. Rock music wails, while Ihe young employes twist and weld bits of metal together In the name of art. i i ed rodwcts ready for shipment are all around the studio ingenious motorcyclists, musicians, aviators and other characters created from nuts, bolts, oil cans and other everyday items. The mastermind of the alien is Calabasas sculptor John has made more than 500 different pieces both humorous and serious in lone and who employs some 30 people making copies of his originals.

Duffy 5s now Europe, so the managing director of his Reseda studio, Stephen Askin, explained the recent progress made by Duffy's operation and the general field of "'junk sculpture." Askm said Duffy has on Page 14 TORCH is used by jerry Medrano to obtain parts of aviator and his plane. Original inetalwork was done by John Duffy, whose Reseda studio now employs about 30 young people making copies of Duffy's creations. MAN FINDS 1 BELL RINGER: IN 'NEWS' AD Bells were ringing for a North Hollywood man when he received continuous phone responses to the following car ad placed in- The classified section: "VW Bus. 3500 engine. Hew tires.

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