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22 Newhall Signal Saugus Enterprise Wednesday, January 23, 1S35 Children's Safety Object Of Program 5 Dep. Gordon Ewing of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Depart-. ment said locating missing children is not made: easier by fingerprints, photographs and dental records. "It's usually a fluke when we' find a child," Ewing said. Visual records, he said, are for identifying bodies.

Fingerprints in particular- are of limited usefulness since they cannot be used to identify someone who has been dead longer than 48 hours. Authorities rely on dental x-rays instead. Dental records, fingerprints and even photographs are rarely used in child finding, he said, citing the impossibility of distributing such records to all law enforcement officials. Records are "just on file somewhere, period, and the child is still gone," Ewing said. "It's a media hype thing, and it's very popular right now.

AH these concerns are surfacing and Phone Int ervenf ion Saves Life Of Child Continued from Page 1 breathing. Stanidley immediately dispatched a Sheriff's car to the Canyon Country home and notified the fire department and paramedics. He then called Smith back. The conversation was recorded on tape. Standley very calmly instructed Grass, who had answered the phone, on how to apply CPU while she related the information to Smith, who was with the baby.

"Lay him on his back," Standley instructed. "Pinch his nose off," he said repeatedly. "Pinch his nose off," Grass repeated to her sister. And within seconds, the baby began to cry. Paramedics arrived shortly after and took the Young, to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital where he was reported in good condition, according to Sheriff's deputy Art Reddy.

Cartons Will Carry Children's Faces Continued from Page 1 be most concerned. Saban explained that many of the reported missing children are runaways who have been transients for years. "Someone who runs away and is now 17 years old will be emancipated soon," he said. "We're going to concentrate on the younger child who is not as street-wise, not as educated as the older (teen) who has a better chance of survival." There are five missing juvenile cases from the Santa Clarita Three are older teen-age boys who ran away from local Continued from Page 1 cards, which are available from school nurses, are filled out by parents. On the federal level, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was founded with a $3.3 million grant from the Department of Justice last spring.

The center acts as an information clearinghouse. Its toll-free hotline is i 800) 543-5678. When a childls reported missing, local law enforcement officials notify the FBI, which puts the child's name and physical description into a nationwide computer index. Scores of private groups around the nation are involved in efforts to locate missing children and prevent abduction. For example, last spring, Pepsi-Cola, Safeway and NBC collaborated on a fingerprinting program at local supermarkets.

One of the private organizations which have sprung up as a result, of increased public awareness of the problems faced by. parents. in protecting their children is Child Safe, which keeps a registry of fingerprints and information on the location of dental and medical records of clients' children. Clients are given labels imprinted with the Child Safe 24-hour toll-free hotline number and a code number identifying the child to sew inside their child's collars. The information on file is available to hospitals and law enforcement officials.

If someone finds a lost child, he can call the hotline. Child Safe then notifies the parents. If the parents cannot be reached, Child Safe calls emergency contacts designated by the parents. Child Safe's fee, which includes a subscription a magazine which gives tips for parents on child protection, is $20 a year for the first child, $10 a year for the second and $7.50 for each additional child. The local telephone number for Child Safe is 254-0336.

A spokeswoman for Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital said that the hospital's policy is to treat children with "life-threatening' injuries even if no responsible adult can be located, but that such a hotline would be useful. She suggested that parents buy Medi-Alert bracelets, available at schools and pharmacies. District Reaches Out For Young Students Tips For Protecting Children Offered county boys' homes, and probably will not qualify for the pro gram, Saban said. The other two are both child stealing cases one dating back to 1978, the other to 1981. Deputy Pam Sehrick, of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's station, said missing children "from a statistical standpoint" are not much of a problem in this "area.

Occassionally, she said, there will be a custody dispute and one parent may take a child temporarily. These cases are reported as missing children, but they are usually quickly resolv- him in a strange way and says "Don't tell anyone," that the child should always tell you, no matter who the person is. Teach your child, not to tell telephone callers he is home alone, or with a babysitter. Teach your child not to let anyone in the house he does not know. If your child walks to school, have him walk with other children.

Teach your child to walk the other way if a car pulls up alongside. Do not buy clothing such as T-shirts or hats imprinted with the child's name. a a a of remembering car colors and license plate numbers. ecutive of the Ventura County Association of Governmentsthe local road planning committee, said that because California faces a $750 million deficit over the next five years for currently planned non-interstate road projects, widening work on Highway 126 may be delayed indefinitely. In any case, he said, work is not expected to start on the section of highway from Piru to the county line until 1989 or 1990, Blatcher said the deficit would if the governor decides Funeral Continued from Page 1 vestigator Gene Sundeen, the wreckage will be examined to determine the cause of the Crash.

That investigation was to begin -yesterday. When the investigation is complete, the results will be sent to the NTSB headquarters in Washington, where a detailed analysis Radar Warnings On Hvy. 126 people want to maxe a duck. However, he added: VI can't argue with any program that gets the parents motivated to protect their child." With the exception of one kidnap case, Ewing said, all the children reported missing in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last ten years have been runaways; He added that indecent exposure and child molestation are more serious problems locally than child abduction. ed, she said.

One -of the most difficult aspects of the program, Saban said, is finding enough cases where the parent is able to supply a portrait-type picture suitable for printing. He stressed the importance of keeping up-to-date pictures of children. Saban said he is hoping the program will increase public awareness of missing children. unless they look at the cartons, discuss the problem at and look around, it's not going to work," he The two children featured on the milk cartons this month are: Dora. Paige Yarbrough, a 13-year-old Lancaster girl, 5-foot-4, 105 pounds with long brown hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen at home on Nov. 11, 1984; and Monica Judith Bonilla, a 7-year-old from Burbank who was last seen on Sept. 22, 1982, and was possibly abducted by her father, Guillermo Bonilla Ruiz. She is 4 feet 6 inches tall, 65 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. In another effort to aid the search for missing children, a plan to use photographs of children on postage stamps recently received the backing of the county board of supervisors.

The idea was suggested to Supervisor Mike Antonovich by Harry Deadman of Canyon Country. Deadman could not be reached for comment. Last week, all five board members signed a letter that was sent to the Postmaster General and the House and Senate Postal Operations Committees. The letter requested an investigation into the feasibility of the proposal. Totaled to allocate part of the projected billion-dollar General Fund surplus toward highway projects.

Another avenue being explored is an increase in the state gasoline tax. A bill to increase the tax by 5 cents per gallon will be introduced this month by Sen. John Foran (D-San Francisco), who initiated a similar bill for a 2-cent-per-gallon increase in 1982. Hunt Braly, spokesman for Sen. Ed Davis, said Davis will support the bill.

Today will begin. The official results of the investigation may not be available for two or three months. The Bell 205 helicopter that crashed was following another chopper during filming of a chase scene for the television series, which is a product of Universal Television seen on the CBS network. 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 Friday morning.

According to a report, the room where the computer was kept was locked and secure Friday morning. Only teachers and the night custodian have keys to the room. Also burglarized sometime Friday night was a Newhall insurance office. The door was apparently kicked in and about $90 in cash and more than $100 worth of postage stamps were stolen. There was also a foiled burglary attempt at the Canyon Country Safeway Friday night.

Burglars again broke windows to gain entrance to Dial Rent-A-Car in Newhall and Newberry's in Canyon Country sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning. The Newberry's'manager was unable to determine if anything had been stolen, according to a Sheriff's report. But four calculators and three bottles of liquor were stolen from the car rental office. Deputy Terry Sonntag yesterday said he had not yet had enough time to properly evaluate the burglaries, but said some of the cases seemed similar and may be related. Experts on child disappearance agree that the most important thing parents can do to protect their children is to train them how to deal with potential trouble.

Child Safe and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department offer these tips: Teach your child not to go for a walk or accept a ride, candy or presents from anyone unless you say it is all right. Designate "safe" homes to which your child can go if you are detained. These can be homes of neighbors, relatives or friends. Tell your child that if he gets lost he should tell a Explain to your child that if someone tries to play with Year's Day there was a serious collision involving three fatalities and three injuries. The accident happened at the intersection of Highway 126 and the road to the fish hatchery east of Fillmore, which has been the site of eight fatalities, counting the New Year's deaths.

The accidents were caused by cars swerving across the center line to avoid cars waiting to turn left into the hatchery. Caltrans has marked the intersection for widening this year. Carl Barringer, chairman of the association, requested a representative of Caltrans to in-, vestigate posting a warning sign at the intersection. The association also discussed the timetable for ongoing highway improvements. Norm Bla tcher, chief ex program has several advantages for both students and parents.

Compared to the traditional schedule, where students often get tired of school toward the end of the year, the shorter "quarters" are much more conducive "to" learning, Foster has said in the past. In addition, there are no long summer layoffs, which traditionally result in many students forgetting much of what they learned the previous school year. With the four-vacation plan, there is little if any classroom time wasted on reviewing what students have already learned, Foster said. A great advantage of the four-vacation program for is that families can take vacations at different times of the year without having to be limited to the summer months, when most vacation resorts are crowded. For more information on the pros and cons of the two schedules, parents can call Charles Helmers, director of instruction, at 259-1886.

In order to register their child, parents should bring birth certificate or other document verifying the child's birthdate. They will also need to have verification of immunization shots diptheria-tetanus and percussis (DPT), polio, measles, mumps and rubella. For further information, parents should call their local school offices. The following is a list of the eight Saugus School schools: Cedarcreek, 27729 Camp Plenty Road, Canyon Country, 252-2819; Emblem, 22635 Espuella Drive, Saugus, 259-8808; Highlands, 27332 Catala Avenue, Saugus, 255-0773; Hon-by, 19059 Vicci Street, Canyon Country, 252-1444; Rio Vista, 20417 Cedarcreek Street, Canyon Country, 252-7766; Rosedell, 27853 Urbandale Avenue, Saugus, 252-8611; Santa Clarita, 27177 Seco Canyon Road, Saugus, 259-2060 and Skyblue Mesa, 28040 Hardesty Avenue, Canyon Country, 2524410. IT'S HELL BETTER FOUND A LIBERAL BE, HONEY.

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Under the latter, students go to school for ten-week periods and then get three weeks of vacation time, four times a year. Hence, the name "four vacation." Most Saugus District officials recommend this year-round program. According to superintendent James Foster, the four-vacation Lancaster Prison Sites Are Chosen Continued from Page 1 legislators opposed to a rural site particularly in Agua Dulce. Action by' the Legislature in 1982 mandated that an acceptable site be found in Los Angeles County before prisons in San Bernadino and San Joaquin counties can be occupied. Gore also said that rumors of the sale of the 103-acre Vernon site owned by Bethlehem Steel were just rumors.

Two of the five parcels in the property were sold, Gore said, but there is still enough room for the proposed 1700-bed prison. "As far as we're concerned, if it hasn't closed escrow, it isn't sold," he said. A site in Los Angeles, called the Crown Valley site, is no longer under consideration for the prison, but might be used as a holding area for prisoners. Doonesbury SIR! MAKEUP! WNPERFUL NEWS' THE GODS ARB Him IJUSTHOPB mJAHATA.THINK HIS TISSUE 15 OF WEODPS AGAINST COMPATIBLE I FINDING A LIBERAL UUITHTHERE-J STIFF SO SOON OPIENTS. MI mwyi i Continued from Page 1 the CHP and Leach said that he has observed that about half the speeding offenders are local people.

Residents of Piru, Fillmore and Santa Paula "people who should know better" are among the worst offenders, Leach said. The highest speed clocked so far this month was 86 m.p.h., Leach said. He said some daytime speeders had their lights on in compliance with the safety program. Ilustrative of one major effect of the daytime headlight program was the announcement that association secretary Connie Worden had left her headlights on. Only two minor accidents occurred in December along the "Killer Highway," but on New YES.SIRlTHEBODYS ONITSMYlsmW WHAT? 15 SCHEDULED FOR, ALREADY? TONIGHT! YOU DONtWANT TO PICK A NEW RIGHT OR GOLPMIER REPUBLICAN.

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The owner told deputies that 41 ski jackets, worth about $4920, had been stolen from the store. The Alamo Restaurant in Valencia was also hit Thursday morning, sometime between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. The owner came to work to find the front glass door had been smashed, apparently with a rock, according to a Sheriff's report. The lock also had been tampered with, but apparently nothing was stolen.

Later that afternoon, a man walked into the Thrifty, drug store in Newhall anastole three bottles of prescription drugs Percodan and Percocet from the pharmacy while two companions apparently, distracted the pharmacist, according to a Sheriff's report. The three fled the store and were seen by witnesses driving from the parking lot heading west on Lyons Avenue toward 1-5. And an Apple He computer system was stolen from Canyon High School sometime between i i.