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NEWS-FILOT Soa Padre Colit Friday Oct IKS US Fire Losses In 1965 Expected To Pass $15 Billion Figure By SYLVIA PORTE I Before 1965's end our dollar losses from fires will almost surely top SI billion for the first time in US history In this year alone a virtual certainty the number of building fires mostly in homes and in communities of 2500 cr more population will reach an all-time record of over 546 000 and the total of human lives lost will approximate a horrifying 12000 Every 24 seconds on average a fire breaks out somewhere in American Insurance Association always been the same: People accounts for 75 per cent of all fires The numbers of fires increases because there are more people The dollar kiss increases because there is more property of greater value to A less obvious reason for our mounting fire losses is our soaring use of electricity and e'ec-trical appliances Along with careless smoking habits misuse of electricity should ask yourself what measures you might take to reduce your risk of devastating personal and financial tragedy from fire and to take those measures Specifically: Have a qualified electrician check your house for proper wiring the condition of your major appliances the use of your electrical circuits If your home is a modern one make sure you have enough circuits to carry the load you are putting on your appliances If your home is an old one make sure the US Every two minutes one American home is damaged or destroyed by fire Every 44 minutes a human life is lust in fire What accounts for these grim and growing lasses? Is your home now adequately protected and insured against the danger of a major fire? With Fire Prevention Week beginning this coming Monday Oct 4 today seems a most appropriate time for you to consider the answers to these vital questions reason for the rise in the number of fires" says the stands at the tap of causes fires today One in five borne fires is caused by faulty electrical wiring overloaded circuits unsafe appliances To underline our ever-rising dependence on electricity we'll probably use more than one trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 1965 a full 40 per cent more than we used as recently as 1960 The peak home fire months are December and January It is now therefore that you it is adequately wired for your! appliances Review your fire insurance While we have steadily in- creased our coverage a major-1 ity of American homes are still 1 under-insured many of them seriously so The fire insurance stems from the fact mil lions of families have failed to boost their coverage to keep pace with the climbing value of their homes and contents of their homes As an illustration are you aware that a home you built for $7000 in 1945 would to apartment dwellerm Make sure you are rfcg the most reasonable rate available to you when you review your fire insurance For insurance you generally can save the equivalent of a full year's premium simply by buying a five-year policy at one time Also if you have made major hazard reducing improvements in your electrical wiring tell yout insurance agent This could be an important factor in your rates You yourself can drastically slash your fire risks Use your head listen to your heart and do it NOW cost you S1S209 to replace today? Or that a home you built as recently as 1959 would cost you a fuU 15 per cent more to reproduce now? Have your home appraised by your local insurance broker or some other qualified appraiser if you have not had this done within the past three years particularly if you live in an area which is growing fast Draw up a complete inventory of your possessions and their current replacement cost Keep this inventory in a safe place for it will be of crucial value in the event of an actual fire loss This rule applies equally Goldwater Campaigns For Non-Existent Senate Vacancy By LYN NOFZIGER Copley News Service WASHINGTON Barry Gold-water is expected to spend increasing time in Arizona in the near future actively campaigning for a still non-existent vacancy in the United States but there has been talk that he might quit before that time In Arizona if a Senate vacancy occurs it must be filled by special election rather than by appointment Goldwater is aiming first toward this and then if necessary toward 1968 Goldwater who still maintains a residence in Washington already is hard at work The seat he is seeking is now held by the dean of the Senate and is president pro tern Carl Hayden who will be 88 Oct 2 Hayden is not up for election until 1968 when he will be 91 The former GOP presidential method of campaigning in Arizona is unique It identifies him as an Arizonan interested in Arizona rather than as a Republican politician In recent weeks he has appeared in front of a number of PORTABLE TV WORLD SERIES SPECIAL AT 15th and PACIFIC AVE IN SAN PEDRO TE 2-7518 Afterward far from shying away from the crowd as he often did during his campaign he stayed and shook every hand and signed autographs for all who sought them Goldwater already is moving to put his campaign machine together This will be helped by coincidence that one of his closest friends Harry Rosenzweig a Phoenix jeweler is now the GOP state chairman service clubs and other organizations not to talk conservatism but to show movies of Arizona his trips down the Grand Canyon and similar journeys Goldwater is admittedly an excellent photographer On occasions like this he also is known as a relaxed and easy speaker The senator also recently appeared as a speaker at Tucson school where he made what friends call his and Country" speech Open Friday Evenings tiU 9 PM Budget Terms TELEVISION SALES SERVICE Representative Rivers Bucks Pentagon AMERICA'S LARSEST FAMILY CLOTHINS CHAIN By COPLEY NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says new legis- zone" to general and admial rank "We may do said Rivers specifying the number of years required as a captain or a colonel before being eligible for promotion or by just putting a flat limitation on the number of officers who may be so The South Carolina Democrat told McNamara he fears and experience are being in the fad which seems to sweeping the Department of Already he said new Navy admirals are being promoted over more senior officers may end up with many flag and general officers who are long on brains but short on Rivers predicted Rivers said he has no objections to occasional below zone promotions based on outstanding merit But Defense personnel planners have failed to analyze the ill effects of excessive of the practice he charged it is not he said are going to destroy morale In addition we will create a hump in our promotion system which will prove very costly in the years ahead" Since becoming chairman of the Armed Services panel in January Rivers has tangled with McNamara on many major issues most notably military pay base closings and the proposal to merge the Army Reserves into the National Guard Palisades Meet Slated Monday A regular meeting of the Palisades Association of San Pedro will be held Monday at 7:30 pm in the White Point School Auditorium I Progress reports by the committee chairmen will be made and a discussion of the by-laws will be held Robert Schultz newly elected president of the organization will preside and will introduce the new board of directors lation may be needed to curb a Pentagon of promoting relatively junior officers to flag rank am thoroughly convinced personnel planners in the Pentagon are being carried away by the so-called youth savs Rep Mendel Rivers D-SC In a statement in the Congressional Record Rivers criticized a recent directive from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to the military service secretaries In his message McNamara expressed concern that in grade and seniority criteria are having a deleterious impact on the caliber of our generals and flag officers and on the morale and retention of promising younger Rivers disagreeing included with his remarks a letter he sent McNamara Sept 7 and an article by Lt Gen Ira Eaker USAF (Ret) a Copley News Service columnist In the letter Rivers warned that his committee next year may prepare a bill to limit the number of officers who can be promoted from the BIRTHDAY CHORE On his birthday it 1785 George Washington transplanted several lilac bushes and young dogwood sassafras and redbud trees Taxpayer Group To Meet Oct 18 Formation of a united taxpayers front composed of home and property owners associations will be discussed at a meeting to be held In Los Angeles Oct 18 Anyone interested should call William Millar before Oct 4 SEBESTA GKNKKA1 CONTRACTOR 985 Sixth St TE 2-7107 or TE 2-6785 Restdfnttiil-Commprrfal-AltcnUions Rfpilrt Cabinet Work FREE ESTIMATES Sft l'eara In the Harbor Aren TE 1-0881 24 HOURS Guo Brazil Plumbing Ine TWO PANTS SUDTS OF NEW FALL FAEPDCS coming to our 25th birthday party tonight you join us too for Evening Concert? The date was October lThe year 1940 The place KFAC The event the beginning a Southern California tradition the Gas Evening Concert The to broadcast the world's finest music Since then eome 7831 evenings have been enriched with two hours devoted to the entire world of fine music program for example features Wagner's Tannhauser Overture Sym-rhonyNo2 in Major and the first recording of Pacem in Terris a choral symphony by Darius Milhaud based on the texts of Pope John) Thirty-seven programs have covered the opening concerts of the Hollywood Bowl and Ios Angeles Philharmonic seasons Recently Stations KPRO in Riverside and KDB In Santa Barbara have joined The Evening Concert network Thomas Cassidy host of The Evening Concert since 1943 has also become the Voice of the Hollywood Bowl If you have never heard The Evening Concert why not start wilh this 25th birthday program tonight You'll be in great company Thanks to Robert Hall you can now buy a suit with two pair of pants for less than you normally pay for a suit with one pair! 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