Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • 23

"1 rv ri PRESS-TELEGRAM 8-1 1 Load Inc Cellt Mm Nev 2 1M imons GEORGE ROBESON'S NIGHTCAP Mis Strange Costume MafeJfDay I I have a cardboard outhouse in the room I built it myself I would have had-two cardboard outhouses but I abandoned the project when I found they fit in my car MMy outhouse fit in my car' 3 believe in free enterprise and will vote on 15 HILL 6448 Los Santon Dr PAY TV in the future will offer such sums of money to actors that they will perform for Pay-TV only We will be forced to Install Pay-TV if we want to continue to enjoy the programs I do not call this free enterprise but the threat of monopoly MRS SPECKMAN 1456 220th St Torrance PAY-TV adds extra channels to your TV set It does not displace those already available MARY STEFFENS 2276 Easy Ave PROP 16 EDITOR California has al ways taken pride in the right of private enterprise so give the proposed lottery a try It can do something truly dramatic about our heavy tax burden and aid in the education of our children in the years ahead I urge on Proposition 16 IVAN SUDDETH 3512 2nd St I complained to my friend Bemie the other night Unfortunately the bar-: tender heard me say it but another story else just stops at a gas station" said Bemle you've got to have your own outhouse in the Well the reason the outhouse is in the room is because I can't think of any other place to put it and he seem to mind As a matter of fact he thinks it's his and pretty pleased with it The reason I built a cardboard outhouse was to 'wear it to a i -Halloween party I was feVVAa going to build the sec-ond one for my wife' ROBESON The reason I wanted to get them in the car was to transport them1 to -the party The reason they fit in is that they are too big Or the car is too small Someone suggested I strap them onto the top of the car to get them to the party But I could Just see myself saying what do they lode like Officer? outhouses is what they are" At any rate I have an outhouse if anybody wants one about two feet square and a little less than five feet high and it has a crescent moon cut in it to see through and a flat roof that overhangs the walls by about two inches A slanted roof is not needed unless you are going to use it outdoors in the rain IN Aa ALPHA BETA MARKETS MONDAY AND TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2 two trick-or-treaters stop a camper- truck at the comer of Sixth Street and Aiamitos Avenue Saturday night A house is a house they figured even if on wheels The camper pulled to the curb and somebody reached out the window and gave the kids some' candy And down on the Nu-Pike two boys about 7 or 8 years old were hitting concession stands and game booths Their faces were blacked with cork Their clothes were ragged but you knew when you saw them that it was not part of the Halloween costume You knew this is what they always wore Their pitch was a poem an noxious one as small boy's poems often are: 'v: or treat smell iny feet give me something good to eat" I think I may say that many carhie people the people who work the amusement parks like the Nil-Pike do not bear striking 1 a to clergymen or nuns Their faces are set in an expression that says try to cheat me boy been tried by experts" You might call them hard But there's a legend about those people with the hard faces that says the hearts are soft and it may be true Those two raggedy kids collected something at every stop Coins at one booth At another the prizes intended for people who knock over the milk bottles or break the balloons or whatever A bunch of marbles at a booth where marbles are shot from slingshots And so on Those kids cleaned up It was a great night for driving around town and watching the little ones march bravely up to strange doorways to demand a treat with the traditional threat of a trick If you them a treat they have idea what kind of a trick to play you It just occur to them do it' TJie only people who have a good time on Halloween are those whom no small children visit By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK! OP) Things a columnist might never know if he didn't open his mail: The safest day far drivipg a car is Tuesday One in five Americans killed or hurt in a traffic' accident is a victim of Saturday driving the second most dangerous day is Sunday Now a fact amaze your bartender: Science has found that a hummingbird beats its wings only about 55 times a second while feeding but up to 200 times a second while Courting Ever hear of the spinster's prayer? It goes like this: Lord please answer my prayer not for me but for another Please' send a to my SH-H-H-H! "if got a secret tell it to the federal government Uncle Sam already has enough of his own to keep His agencies are to have on file some three billion secret or re stricted documents Prosperity note: A third of all families in the 18-to-24 age bracket buy a car every year but four out of five of the cars are used Quotable notables: has meant to be lived and curiosity must be kept alive One must never for whatever reason turn his back on life" Eleanor Roosevelt The only person our as tronauts meet when they land on the moon may be first murderer An Italian legend holds that the Biblical character Cain as punishment for killing his brother Abel was doomed to wander friendless forever on the moon In the front seat: Of some 175000 taxi drivers and professional chauffeurs more than 4500 are women HISTORY LESSON: Can ydu name a US first lady who born on this continent? She was Mrs John Quincy Adams wife of the sixth President Her birthplace was London Feb 12 1775 As hostess she improved the White House table by serving choice foods and rare wines peril: Better whittle down that paunch pal Insurance companies say obesity threatens the longevity of 10 of men between 20 and 30 years old 20 of those? in -their 30s and a third of those in the 'V li A WITH A FREE ICE CREAM SCOOP PROP 17 EDITOR: This measure will wipe out all public supervision of railroad safety in California deprive the California Public Utilities the right of the California Legislature to legislate for the safety of the people legalize skeleton crews on California trains and kill highly effective minimum crew law' FRED BRAMLEY HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 2061 Oregon Ave and the cardboard construction makes that a pretty poor plan I guess more of an inhouse than an outhouse actually But sure you can think of something to do with it They make lamps out of all sorts of i 'i i give any on to SWEET LUSCIOUS Ji '3 pvl it HALF GALLON CATERING DUALITY pound carton (The large volume of null on political matten prevents use of all letters In fuU The following are representative excerpts) PROP 14 Vk EDITOR: You say you hesitate to support measure which: shuts off all legislation in a sensitive field and may be unconstitutional" The Legislative Counsel of the State believes Proposition 14 to be constitutional NEUAM DOSSER 5461 Orange Ave ARE THE people of California going to choose the Meals and principles of George Wallace or the Ideals and principles of God? DICK PLATTENBERGER 3030 Chatwin Ave EVERY property owner jnustbe allowed to own and dispose of property in his own way and Judge for him-' self the acceptability of buyer or renter NOH 1728 3rd St THE ONLY this measure could restore would be the use of religious and racial prejudice and discrimination in housing practices RONALD NELSON 3018 Knoxville Ave REPEAL of the Rumford Act will not stop federal aid to California as some opponents of Prop 14 are claiming ROACH 6728 Myrtle Ave THOSE supporting Proposition 14 are in effect saying that persons of one color are acceptable and those of another unacceptable I think America has outgrown this kindergarten stage SAM WHITMAN 226 Corona Ave PROP 14 does not my you can't? rent or sell to in fact It guar- antees your right to do so if you wish PERKINS 412 20th St NO PROPERTY owner during the first year of the Rumford Act was fined or ordered to pay a penalty CLIVE GRAHAM Chairman California FEPC fc" 'VOTE' SENSE' not' pity oh Prop 4--Vote -Yes DAVID HOLLAND 721 Maine Ave IF THIS proposition passes the light of brotherhood will be dimmed by legal bigotry KENNETH MAST 40 Belmont PROPERTY owners are being discriminated against Give us our rights Vote Yes on 14 MARGARET MERRICK 1M5 lime Ave UNLESS Proposition 14 is defeated our free enterprise system will have a permanent Only" label MYRON BLUMBERG Security Bldg AN EXCERPT from a letter of mine may have given the wrong impression as to which way I think the vote should go on Prop 14 I strongly recommend a -vote MARGARET SCHIFF 4803 Matney THE RUMFORD Act reg-- ulatesthe principles by which a person exercises his right to rent or sell We be- lieve the government has the duty to deny its citizens the use of those principles which are harmful to society as a whole MR A MRS JOWELL 6228 Keynote St PROP 15 EDITOR: Since when can a private company kill its competition by getting a law passed? The theater people are realty anti all TV and would kill ail TV if they could 1 returns to our world Fri Sat at the Town Country Dyanne Thome in Vaughn show at AuGoGo just Joined Hall of Femme as a Wilson girl Robert Preston hearing some reviews of Franklin in Paris" during a party at shrugged ordered champagne and said let my hair grow back in and get TV Preston been work-: ing with cracked ribs ac-complished one thing: he taught theater-goers that Ben Franklin was a i a By EARL WILSON NEW YORK My wife flipped for James Gamer as a movie star so I guess in As you probably know the was first and when William McKinley came a long she said day that boy will be Gamer admits JAMfl SARNERV right He like to be thought of as a TVatarwho sa made it in movies no such thing as a TV he says Cooper Clark Gable Spencer Tracy they were stars who lasted Your TV stars last a few years Zoom gone never heard of a movie star wanting to get out of pictures into TV" Big Jim hitting the heights now deliverd this salty slant at the Rainbow Room while being applauded for Americanization of Emily" He mentioned five big TV stars of yesterday-all forgotten now As for "Maverick" in which he starred on TV Jim said "I never made a penny out of it All the money I got I paid lawyers to get me out of Jim the difference between a TV star and a movie star you imagine anybody going up to Gary Grant on the street and saying I want to bring the wife and kids over to -your house Sunday to say hello? Weil it happens to TV "Happy" Rockefeller's chums say we should get out an extra to state that Hap-pyTl have another happy bulletin to issue shortly Victor Borge playing Canada prior to his one-man show on B'wity asked everybody please to refer to LBJ as Anne Sheridan attended an LBJ rally in Jacksonville Fla after which LBJ kissed her and told her McKay "You call me up at the White House you Whereupon Anne broke into tears a a DOLORES GRAY appears set for the London i Louis Armstrong inserwho practical bouand he may geW back to A Hm1 wngiKT 1 doir excited about a TV project SAVE 30' LB Louella i GRADE AA FIRST QUAUTY SAVE 6c diplomacy (Do they know this in Philadelphia?) When I was made an honorary citizen of Cognac France recently they told me that on election day -when you buy drinks in you ask the waiter to put cognac in the scrambled eggs soup beefsteak hamburger applesauce horseradish or apple pie and never notice that you can't get a drink There are 150 cognac drinks for other days: including cognac tonic and the cognac blazer where you set fire to your drink: Then the Toots Shor's special: A Cognac Cognac THE MIDNIGHT EARL: The casts of Had a Ball" had an opening night party in Detroit with food flown in from the Stage Delicatessen Producer Fred Bris-son's having trouble getting entry permits for the Eng: Jish members of his PROP EDITOR: Proposition the public parks measure will do more to insure t)ie future beautification of our city than any other single measure in a greatmany years The pres- ence of pleasant green islands about the city tends to carry over to residential maintenance and give the entire community a desirable pyschological lift With your support and the help of all thoughtful citizens of Long Beach who want to provide a better place in which to live I-am sure Proposition will receive an affirmative vote DR THOMAS CLARK: -5479 Abbeyfield St PROP EDITOR: The wonderful people of Long Beach have contributed much to -the great strides' taken in Southern California To keep ourselves up in this great movement forward it is most imperative to: have available the tremendous amounts of new knowledge resulting from the vast research and experimentation that is creating a world of Constantly unfolding opportunities The ONLY place where this important information can be maintained and made readily available to us and our boys and girls in an ADEQUATE Main Library This we do not have Vote YES on Proposition VIRGINIA RUSSELL 33 The Colonnade THE FAILURE of previous efforts to pass a bond issue for a new library strongly indicates that the present library and location are desired by the citizenry The need for expanded facilities appears to be real Why then we keep the old one but use that very same building and property to serve as a base for the Improved facilities? To remodel and refurbish the present building would no doubt be costly but certainly not as costly as a brand new structure with expensive real estate still to be purchased It makes more sense to say to Proposition to a new building with expensive land acquisition costs and wait for a chance to vote on remodeling NANCY KRAUS 127 15th St cast Van Johnson said at Gallagher's been asked to do the show Me If You Can" Lee Remick flew in fromi LA to talk to Alan Jay Ler-ner about the lead in his a Clear Day You Can See Forever" Andy Griffith visited Eddie sat in at the piano Liza Minnelli phoned Tony Bennett from London asked him to sing a couple of songs for her party guests Dezi former Don Sharpe has him work TODAYS BEST LAUGH: Actor Sheldon Allman announced bought a Jaguar XXKE car and his dtr said hate when you spell things in front of me!" WISH SAID THAT: Arnold Glasow offers this couplet: about ready to admit defeat We even make one end REMEMBERED QUOTE: is business with a Democrat He claims he work at it but he keeps telling you what do if he was working at it" PEARLS: The quickest way to get a lot of undivided attention is to make a mistake Mc-Candless COCKTAIL LOUNGE DIALOGUE: "Why do hurricanes have names?" did you ever hear of a himacane?" earl brother suooartlen Listen So toady for eur-prisa communication SCORPIO (Oct 2Mlov 21): Cvcla mavat up Clraumitoncw now work in your favor Your hunch can mv oil Coma out of amotion tl ihWI Sot peo-oo dp things Many wlH ba im-prassad by your personality idtas SAOITARRIUS (Nov 22-Dec 2t): Pina lor abtahiinu braathlno spoil Bo far oer- roiax Hnslblt1 No tuna to otrlvo faetton Do vour boot than Thera jn pleasant surprlsce Know tiui and CAPRICORN comldorata tactl Hul Combina fricmfthlp ylh -atH-awaronai af--tsponnMttini Rafuia to throw caution atMo ApoIh ospociolly to purchnoi invoilmonti tspeciallv la purchaiai invaslmonli tiptclilly tonight -AQUARIUS (Jon 2BFt II): FinKh proiocli Loovt no looio ondi Con-ccntralo on homo thorough Important Individual may clwck vour oHortt Ba aware of rnponiiblllllti' Obtain valuable hint from Capricorn mtsiaec PISCES (Fob If-March 20): Favor-' able lunar aspect highllgtiH laumevi ol Iho mind Your Imagination la creatively (lira Put thoughts on poocr Outline programs campaigns Duplay confidence In future IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY vau hove much wit brilliant sense of humor but vau do not elwavi live uo ta Potential GENERAL TENDENCIES: Cycle blob lor Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Special word lo Loo: One who ureas you to lake backward stao does not hove vour bast intoroils at heart 1 1 1 40-69 group a 1 Folklore: According to Chinese belief a child who teethes early will grow up to eat his parents but if he gets his teeth late he will support them in their old age The Chinese also believe that one mature until 40 and shouldn't speak his mind in the presence of the wise before that time Worth remembering: all my patients in the second half of that is to say over 35 there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of rinding a religious outlook on Psychologist Carl Jung UP THE LADDER: You think having a hard time getting ahead? Joseph Van had 25 different jobs at the Hotel Edison here before being named manager and feels this may be some kind of a record Quickies: Farmers are almost twice as lively to get arthritis as city dwellers Germans and Irish are the greatest potato eaters Indians along the Amazon River can catch fish with their hands Ameri cans are now buying a million paperback books a day It was Robert Frost who observed makes up in height what it lacks in length FUNNYBONERS From a stOTVOn Selection of 'MlSS Universe in the Hunt- ington (W Va) Advertiser of the judges disclosed it was her reserved baring plus her intelligence that helped swing the title to From an ad in the San Francisco Examiner Oak Posture Chairs for Sec- retaries ding" with Built-in Pad- Louella PINT CUP SAVE 4c COTTAGE CHEESE QUART CUP 49c A Louella HALF PINT CUP SAVE 4c SOUR TH)gc CREAM A5) TINT CUP a a a-V -a 43C SYDNEY OMAM FOR TUESDAY MISS (March 21-Aartl 11: Ou-tlMt cpncamlna momv pavmanlt arlaa You may bo disanoeinlod In ultoo af friand Bo patient tor co hwof You hove much In your favor Brlnu this to attention at m-Barton TAURUS (April May IO): Soma 00-Mdatea will come to you with prop-tamo Show you pro wflllna to I titan So But http only thooa wftnn to aid thamootvai Jtefuoa la ba a toll ayv ba tkapttcal atart MINI (May 21-June 20): Key I Whence tact tense at humor Tnort ora praeeurao but not wrlout a they item an surface Realize opoosl to- -meotly- bhntor-Avo-d -umwco- Mjy loymay Exordia caution CANCER (Juno Il-july 221: Onowhp formorlv taught you ttow rcaulrci Bid Glvo with oeon mind and heart Good lunar asooct itrouai romance affac- -lion Could bo a very vital day Ur-' amt- kaap fiat on around LEO (July 22-Aua 221: One who modi aramlMO li to bo catted to talk Could Involve family circle You could bt calltd upon to modiato dlwuto Bo Imoartlal Diplomatic Obtain valuable hint from todov i TAURUS VIRGO (Aun 21-Soot 22): Bd wllllno to leer down In ardor to rebuild Don commit vounolf to oM-laihionad meth-odi Key li vdriatlllty humor wn-como change of routine Accept chel- Quottlon at flnaneei budoat lhoutd bo umd Stop talklnu and do Mmclhino about It Mott or butlnoid oartnor hot valid IF YOU'REf IN THE MARKET FOR i BETTER BUYS li YOU'RE IN AN ALPHA BETA STORE -pr i 3 Xj Ipt vir lb I.