The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet from Van Nuys, California • 1

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HOUTWOOD THOUSAND OAKS NORTHRIDGS TOLUCA LAKE FACOIMA VAN NUTS PANORAMA an WmNRXA RESEDA WOODLAND BUS AND VALLEY GREEN SHEET Established 1911 Year LEADS Of HOME DELIVERIES LEADS IN CLASSQTED ADVERTISING SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1962 DIARY OF A GRIPER No Law Says You Must Sf and in Line Id- Wail Your Turn What kind of a Christmas would it it without its Scrooge? Dont answer that But you will Save to admit that there always IS a Scrooge, and this year's no excep-, the seasons true spirit of good will, weU admit that' gripers occasionally do have their -side. At least well concede that this one THINKS he has a side. Ed. I' i PROCESSION ST A RTS Cavalcade of cars par-ticipating in official opening of San Diego Freeway link through Sepulveda Canyon sets out on southbound tour of new link.

Procession was led by Mayor Sam Yorty's helicopter for part of trip. Magnificent 5.7 miles between Valley and West Los Angeles eliminates necessity to travel winding, dangerous Sepulveda Blvd. Some 1000 persona attended dedication ceremony on freeway near Mulholland Drive bridge. TWNcwashWa ,1 'V SAN DIEGO FREEWAY LINK A Catholic was killed and other persons in-Jntyd In a gigantic plle-ap of vehicles on ths fop shrouded Santa Ana Freeway Jnst south of Santa Ana yesterday. Ten imbalances, two fire rigs, two Firs Dept, mens anils and SI tow tracks were naked to ths arena on the oatboaad lanes ear El Toro Road, tha California Highway Patrol reported.

Two hand red ears wire reported Involved la the rhain crashea. Fifty-aevea of them were towed away. Traffic was barked np IS miles aad the freeway was dosed fur foar hoars. Clear skies In the Valley today have been forecast by the UR. Weather Bureau with little temperature change.

At high reading of 70 to 74 is pected after an overnight low of 38 to 44 degrees. However, the Air Pollution Control District predicted light to moderate smog will Invade all but coastal areas. At the beaches considerable morning fog will give way to some midday sun with tem-jioratures exjiected to be near tiO. Water will he 59 degrees. Mountain areas will be sunny and temperature! In the 50s have been forecast at resort levels.

Bunny skies also will prevail in desert regions. Upper valleys should record tern-lieraturrs In the 80s with lower valleys experiencing a high in the 70s. Loa Angeles and vicinity will remain mostly dear except for the early morning fog along the coast High and low tempera lures recorded at Van Nuya Weather Htation 15-B dai Ing the week ending yesterday are: High Low Honda Monday Tnenday Wednesday Thursday Friday r-, Natarday Sepulveda Now 2 Assign Extra Valley Policemen to Patrol The holiday traffic toll continued to inount at an alarming pace in tha Los Angelei area late yesterday. However, no fatalities had een reported in the Valley. A total of aix had been tilled in Loa Angeles County since ths start of the holiday week end Friday noon.

Half of the fatalities occurred after Friday midnight. Extra police are on duty in the Villey making every effort to cut down the accident toll. Nevertheless, a larger number of accldenta than 1 usual occurred Friday night, 1 accident investigation officers reported. -An extra deployment of officers will be used for the rest of the long holiday period LIST TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR YULE HOLIDAY Holiday truffle statistics for the city of Ism Angeles from Friday noon nntll yesterday afternoon are: Acrldrnts 234 Falalitira 2 Injury Accident ISO Persons Injured 234 Fehmy Drunk Driving Arrests 2 Misdemeanor Drank Driving Arrests 109 t'nlnroriMrated County Territory Fatalities 2 Fatalities In other cities 2 ending Christmas night, CapL Peter F. Hagan, commander of the Van Nuya Police Division, announced.

The Loa Angeles traffic victims Include a young Los Angeles girl killed in a violent broadside collision near Huntington Park, in which the glriXfather also was critically injured and five other persona hurt The driver of the other car Continued on Faqe Four "LH HE SHOW YOU 1HE REASON WHY, Soys O. Howio Hustles, "Tso go tha host multi la the ctoailiri isitisa sf The NEWS aid GREEN SHEET." Mr. Epprwft of Van Nuyi tan-th foSCTwng ad SWJO 2 8EMOOM Chtldrm Pm OK. Spacina yard Fanead School! I Mock ST JMOCXK "I racohwd 40 sc mors colli oftor placing the ad. Bahian SO and 40 goapleeSe coma by lo laa tha To plact 'your od limply call on of our fivt conveniently located Von Nsyi STeto 4-7111 er TRtosgto 3-2011 Rew4e Dlckem 2-4101 Die mend 0-4540 POptor 4-3171 In Sirs! VeHey coll Fireside 4-3901 By.

HERB MAAS You can bank on it You just want to cssh a little old check, and, as usual, you're in a whale of a hurry. All til lines are lo-o-ng. In fact, theyre even lo-o-o-nger than that Muttering non-Cub Scout words, you step up to the end of one. And wait. And finally, at long last take one step forward.

Then wait. Falling in behind you is something in skin-tight pants and a top-heavy hairdo accompanied by a screaming, smeary-faced little monster with a wildly-waving wet and gooey all-day sucker. You wiggle this way and that trying to keep your newljwieaned trousers from getting all suckered up, while little Sticky plays coits-and-robbcrs solitaire in and out of the Hue, And, all the while, you keep glancing out of the corner of your eye at the line to the left, which seems to be moving better than yours and which momentarily at least, is sticky suckers. Finally, with six still ahead of you and the gooey sucker still behind you the left line dwindles to two. A young man who appears to be get' ting on with his business In a hUiry is at the window, and Little Old Lady la behind him.

No doubt shes a pensioner wanting to cash her monthly check. Not much time will be lost there. That clinches it You take two quick side-steps to the left and are behind the Little Old Lady. The young man finishes nt the window nnd the Little Old Lady steps up. Ah-h-h-h, yon breathe In relief.

It wont be long now. And then The Little Old Lady opens a shabby black bag and pulls out a jar. And whata in the jar? Pennies. Oodles of em. Probably a two-year accumulation; So you wait And the teller counts.

And wraps the pennies in rolls of 50. And you wait some more. And still the teller counts. At last, the job Is done. Ah-h-h, you breathe again.

Bat yon qatrkly sack back that breath, because with those wrapped-ap pennies the Little Old Lady wants to bay bank money orders to pay her utility bills. Meantime, your original line haa moved up. The top-heavy hairdo and the sticky sucker have long since transacted their business and gone. Only one man la left at the window. So you take two sidesteps to the right just as the man steps away and the teller closes the window for lunch.

Thats the last straw. You leave the bank, jump into your car and drive to the supermarket two blocks down the street You go in, get carton of cigarets from the shelf, join a long line of heaped-up grocery carts, wait your turn at the check stand, pay for your cigarets, and Get your check cashed. Others to Manage Tomorrow with Skeleton Crews The majority of Civil employee in Los Angeles today are enjoying a four-day holiday. City, county and state offices Will operate on skeleton crews tomorrow. Including courts and various licensing bureaus However, air federal "employes are being allowed the day off.

Libraries also are being 'allowed the extended holiday this week remaining closed tomorrow and Tuesday, all city libraries will re-: open until 6 p.m. on Year's Eve. Post Offices Clotted Post offices will keep stamp and parcel post windows open between 1 and 5 p.m. and regular Monday are slated tomorrow. All Valley "post offices will be closed Christinas Day.

There will be no postal de- liveries except special dellv today and Tuesday, but service will be in effect tomorrow. All packages on hand Christinas morning will be delivered that day. Many retail stores will be 'open today to accommodate last-minute holiday shoppers. Included are many drug stores, smaller retail outlets and some chain stores. Nearly all stores will be Topen part of Christmas Eve, tomorrow, but most will be on Ishort hours, closing earlier than normal.

1 Check Before Going Nearly all stores will be closed Christmas Day, It is recommended that any-fine planning to shop at these times check the advertise-iments in. todays edition of The News or telephone, the stores before going over. John R. Mudd Sails on Carrier John R. Mudd, seaman apprentice USN, son of Mrs.

Clara J. Mudd of 8424 Corbin Ave, Northridge, is serving aboard the attack aircraft car The big cut" is open. Two years of work on 5.7 miles of freeway through Sepulveda Canyon now links the Valley with West Los Angeles'. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty officially opened the San Diego Freeway link when his helicopter led a 200-car cavalcade on the start of a south and northbound tour of the magnificent new road. Some 1000 attended F.

y. YOU WERE PREVIOUS, There still are Mine kinks to be ironed out." This was the nndmtatrd Opinion of harried (raffle officer, one of a number of policemen trying to straighten out the traffic jam which befell the newly opened section of the Han Diego Freeway on Friday evenin, during its first rnsh hours. Gov. Edmund G. Brown's freeway-opening statement, read for him rarlirr in the day, told of his desire to be at the freeway daring rash bonr to see the rommnlers coming home from their jobs on the other side of (the) mountains.

He continued, Tonight, they'll be gliding along a modern right-lane freeway. Theyll be home with their families about IS minutes earlier, and tbryJl he happy and relaxed instead of 1 1 red and Jitter j. Above all, they will -main -regular l' tier LSS Constellation, the worlds largest conventionally-powered aircraft carrier. The Constellation is a vital unit of American seapower at home and abroad. TODAY'S NEWS INDEX Caloada of Enuti Fas A-3 Owhhssi Mamsgsi Nfs A-22 VCtomlftod Tags 3-7 Cnwwwd Psnla Fsga S-4 Csidoto S1 KaptoaTUeetti Psfa A-7 Tha lamfBfhfer Page A-2 Mad Chatter PafsA-27 Perent-Teecfcen Faft A-20 1 Rasl btataasd Fag A-29 Fags A-12 Fags A-ll Psgt A-17 persons the speech-making ceremonies Friday morning near the' Mulholland Drive bridge at the highest point on the freeway.

State, county and city officials joined with civic dignitaries from all parts of the Los Angeles basin, including representatives of Chambers of Commerce as far south as the harbor area and Long Beach. Earth Mass Moved Described as the largest single freeway construction project ever undertaken in California, the road eliminates treacherous Sepulveda Blvd. with its many sharp turns and hazardous conditions. Although the old road will remain open, police expect traffic to be cut to a minimum. Knifing through the Santa Monica Mountains, the eight-lane road was 92 federally financed as a link of Inter state Route 405.

The Sepulveda Pass section Is part of an 11.9-mile project costing more than $20,000,000. Approximately 18,000,000 cubic yards of earth were moved under this and previous contracts. Motorists are afforded a Reptilian et' GIRL OWNER IS SAD If a two-foot, charcoalmh lisard wanders into yoar office party tomorrow Just call him Kitten and offer him a banana. Then eaU Miss Sidney Qaant at 41-5904 and say yoave foand her lost pet The Iguana escaped from home, 21008 Bryant 8t, last Thursday. Sidney, who' framed him from angry ignana connoisseurs near Taxco in 1961, is disconsolate.

If yon dont have a banana. Kitten wUI take a disk of cornflakes with strawberries. EXTRA 10 ACRES WILL BE LEASED FOR TEEN (ENTER Leasing of an additional 10 acres, adjacent to the San Fernando Valley Youth Foundation site on the south side of Victory Blyd. west of Balboa has been approved by the City Recreation and Parks Commission. The foundations facilities are on the government-owned Sepulveda Flood control basin land under lease to the Recreation Dept The board was told the additional lo acres will he Used by the non-profit youth foundation corporation to build a larger auditoifum, more meet ing rooms and offices for the foundations staff.

Canyon A LITTLE GOVERNOR! and dangers of the old rosd to work are gone forevrr." The sit an bin was not what the Governor had anticipated. Bet wren 4 and 7 p.m. the-northbound lanes of the Han Diego Freeway were practically at a Mandkiill between Burbank Blvd. and approximately the Mulhol-land Drive bridge. In.

addition, the Yenlnra Freeway was barked np for nearly two miles on either ride of the inlrrrliangr. Police blamed the Jam-up nn a combination of things everybody wanting to try tbe new route, no 'one knowing where ths off. -ramps are bieated, annul heavy. Friday evening traffic nnd a lew motorist who had been at office Christ, man parties. Police i xpert things to even onl ns motorists learn more of Ibe route and some rrfnrn to.

their old routes through other canyon roods. to them, while most of the Saviour, a stable in hack on Page 4 MMMMOTIBfeMMMnamMiasnaiMSMIMMMMmSMI Christmas Story KAREN COLE about Christmas, the wey it RAILROAD GATES DELAYED AT TWO VAUET CROSSINGS Southern Pacific Railroad Co. did not complete automatic gate installation as ached-1 uled on a portion of the Coast' Line In the Valley, the com! pany had announced today. Two crowing ten, at' Woodley and Luidley were scheduled for installation Friday, which would, have enabled Sp. trains to go1 back to 60 mph speed limits on a 10-mile stretch between' Reseda Blvdrdtt the west and the Woodman Ave.

overpass on the east. A company spokesman said the two gates were not installed Friday, due to engineering decisions. They probably will be installed on' Wednesday or Thursday, the spokesman- said. SP Is limited now to 35 mph at Valley mainline crossings' not protected by gates. Crossing gates already are installed at all Coast Line crossings between Reseda Blvd.

and the Woodman Ave. overpass except Woodley and Lindley AVes. magnificent view of theVal-! Know lhat ibe frustration ley from the northbound lanes at the crest of the hill. Officials Attend The maximum grade of 5, -long sweeping curves, a 22-foot median strip with cable chain link barrier, 10-foot shoulders on each ride and an extra southhound lane for truck traffic all are designed to give the motorist every safety measure known to freeway- builders. Official opening ceremonies were to have been shared by Mayor Yorty and Goy.

Edmund G. Brown, but tbe Governor was unable to leave Sacramento due to fog and his message was read by Robert Bradford, state director of public Gratifying Experience" The Governors statement said, irrpare "With the possible excep- The iiMMSMIIMMMMSMU By Have you ever thought ought to he? Not -just a lot of toys and tree? It has another meaning, What actually happened long ago. Outside of the town of watched their sheep, An engfl came end spoke MINISTERS MESSAGES PRESENTED BY NEWS Tho News publishers today present the annual issue containing Christmas messages from individual pastors of churches in the Valley. More than, four pages are given over to churches and Christmas messagesJa-taflay's News, Page A-22 to A-26. The ministers wrote the messages especially for headers of The News at the request of the publishers.

A listing of spdeial services that will' be held today, tomorrow and Christmas appears on PageA-2 1 News takes pride in providing at Christ- gifts, and a great big Christmas I guess you really know on Christmas Day, so very Bethlehem, while shepherds mostimo every year this tion of the dedication of the most gratifying expert Continued on Page Four 1 town was asleep. -TUns-day-ikere hom a of the inn. Continued 1 4. 'Vv.