Valley News, The (Newspaper) - November 22, 1973, Van Nuys, California TODAY'S VALLEY WEATHER with wini and Blight chance of High 55- with in 30s art APCD predicts no News WEST VALLEY EDITION 154 PAGES and GREEN SHEET Established 1911 VOL. 75 HOME BY CARRIER NOVEMBER 22, 1973 p 340-0560 342-6101 786-7111 lOc Copy Compiled from the wires of United Press International President Richard Nixon has ruled out a ban on Sunday driving to meet the energy but closing gas stations on week ends still was being Roy director of the Office of Management and said emerging from a meeting with Mr. Nixon in Washington to discuss the energy said the Important wire news will be found on Page President had a number of options for dealing with the matter and would announce a program the ly near Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger warned Arab oil-producing yesterday the United States would be forced to consider retaliatory measures if they continue their oil embargo and in- Kissinger said it was unreasonable to continue the embargo now that Israel and Egypt have stopped ing and are moving toward negotiations on a long-range peace A survey by shows that 11 states have decided to lower their speed an effort to save Worldwide shortage of oil caused by Arab oil cutbacks is blamed for some unusual problems that are cropping U.S. military officials in Bangkok said about 400 American warplanes based in Thailand as an Indo- China deterrent have had their British Construction workers in tore out part of an apartment house wall to free a man trapped in the building's garbage the newspaper Express Wieczorny The man had been with another man's wife when her busband and several Mends arrived home the newspaper and the group escorted the unfortunate lover to tbe building's top where stuffed him head first into tbe narrow became stuck between tbe eighth and ninth floors and could be extricated only by knocking down part of the the newspaper police did their to ease the oil shortage by advising officers to catch a bus to the scene of crimes rather than drive their if And the United States and European nations will hold high-level talks next month to coordinate oil a member of the West German Parliament said Common Market foreign ministers drafted a new stand on the Middle East conflict aimed at teeing oil supplies to all nine including target of a total Arab petroleum In Middle East Egypt said Israel's refusal to pull its troops back to the Oct. 22 cease-fire lines jeopardizes chances for Israeli Prime ister Golda Meir said she expected to be pressured by the United States to make concessions to Egypt to the deadlock in the current cease-fire Egyptian and Israeli senior officers were scheduled to hold their sixth meeting today in a tent at Kilometer 101 on the where they signed the point cease-fire pact last On the political Gov. Nelson Re- publican presidential possibility for 1976, said yesterday in he would decide before the January state legislative session whether to resign or finish his fourth term as And Congressman Gerald R. Ford is well on his way to confirmation as vice but some House Democrats who oppose his nomination had eral left to put to The House judiciary committee plans to have a recommendation ready for a House vote not later than Dec. 6. Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said yesterday his family did not want him to ran for but that did not necessarily mean he would not seek the nomination in 1976. President Nixon is planning a further series of Continued on Page 24 TODAY'S NEWS INDEX October Consumers Spend More for Services The federal government yesterday released new cost of living figures ing hopes that consumer prices in metropolitan Los Angeles finally might be leveling off after rocketing all Although retail food prices here declined in tober for the first time this housing and other areas of consumer spending surged The result was a 0.8% in- crease last month in the over-all consumer price in- dex for Los Angeles and Orange A like increase was re- ported Con- sumer prices in the metro- area had risen only 0.2% in raising hope that October might continue to reflect an easing of the in- assault on the consumer's All-Time High Although meat and many other supermarket costs did this was than offset by a 2.3% rise in housing a 0.8% rise and recreation and a rise in trans- portation reported the Bureau of Labor The 0.8% October rise third biggest in a single month this year pushed the consumer price index for the metro- area to another tune It reached 132.3, meaning that s u m ers were spending for the goods and services which cost in 1967. S u z a nne chief of the agency's Southern California said consumer prices have spiraled 6.8% locally since October of This was the biggest 12-month rise since 1948. Housing Cost Rise Most of the increase 64% has come in the first 10 months of this That compares with rises of 2.9% and 3.3% over the first 10 months of 1971 and 1972 The increase in housing costs w-s the biggest in a single month since May 1971. Higher interest rates and other costs with home purchase were chiefly Fuel Continued on Page Three 815% Assessment Increase Slapped on Lighting District Call Taxpayers Meeting for Downtown Van New Illumination Maintenance Hits Apprehension Voiced By RUTH CROFT and DURWOOD SCOTT DADDY SNOWMAN Example courtesy Institute for In- of 1973 UNICEF greeting cards Tras Development of contributed to United Nations Card sales go toward UNI- dren's Fund by Alain Bailhache of CEF programs in 111 WORKS OF ART FEATURED Cards Carry on Tradition Sale of UNICEF cards for the holidays has be- come one of the al highlights of the mas In the past 24 noted artists such as Pablo Andrew Henri Henry Salvador Dali and Grandma Moses have con- their paintings for the greeting cards of the United tions International dren's Emergency This year's selection in- cludes works from Georgia who has created a graceful black bird ing across snow-covered four American painters and artists from Germany and other Pictures from several museum collections also are including a pre-Columbian gold ture of the legendary golden raft of El The real purpose of UNICEF is to help the children of the Approximately 40% of the gross proceeds from UNICEF card sales and engagement calendars go into p in nutrition and a UNICEF man The sale of cards counts for 10% of UNI- annual budget for long-term child assistance programs in developing In more specific UNICEF men have a box of cards will buy 20 medicine droppers for a health ter and five boxes will buy 16 baby chicks for an nutrition Thus UNICEF cards fit in well with the Christmas spirit because they offer a chance to help children as Continued on Page 24 Cool Chance of Rain Seen Gusty winds will keep Valley skies only partially clear this Thanksgiving thus allowing for a slight chance of showers near the the National Weather Service Temperatures will re- main on the cool side with a high range of 55 to 60 predicted today after over- night lows in the 30s and lower 40s as winds ish in the A high of 61 was ed both yesterday and Tuesday at Weather tion 15-B in Van The overnight low yesterday Avas 56, and 45 on The Air Pollution Con- trol District predicts no smog in the Los Angeles basin where visibility will be up to 12 Families looking for some holiday fun in the snow will find the white stuff around the 5000-foot level in Southern nia mountain Light showers of rain or Continued on Page 24 VAN Hit by an 815% increase in for energy and maintenance of new street lights along Van and Victory in the tral business area property owners will look for viable illumination at a meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 6517 Van Blvd. E x p to the are representatives of the Los Angeles City Bureau of Street Lighting and Councilman Ernani in whose District the lighting dis- is The meeting has been organized by Robert C. owner of property with 100-feet frontage at 6511-6517 Van Blvd. Cost Greater was astounded when I found my 1973-74 tax listed for street light Previously this item has been Vasey told The he learned that the figure re- maintenance for a 22-month rather than 12 But sey has reasoned that in future years when billing for the new district gets on a regular he will be required to pay a minimum of an- or 815% more than charged with the old If the two boulevards involved were lined with high-rise office Vasey it would be relatively simple to pass the increase on to the Individual rents would only be raised -a minimal he ex- to hit a lessee of a small shop with that kind of a hike is like asking him to move Vasey Hurt Jerome S. di- rector of the City Bureau of Street said he would be agreeable to at- tend or send a tive to the Valley meeting to explain and help thrash out the Lapporte said it pears that tile system be ly toned down if it is tile desire of the He was quick to point out that any change in the current setup would be to City Council who said he has discussed the ation Van Chamber said he has received two letters in the past few days that have made him aware of Continued on Page 24 Seven Indicted in Valley Rigged Gaming Operation Involved Prostitutes Luring Clients to Manipulated Dice Table Remember Reject Our Doomsayers A Closer Look Jack Anderson Ossified Crossword Employment Q A Happenings for the Handicapped Kantar en L.A. Police Job Opportunities Lost Northridge One Public Fonim Park Senior Citizens Today Sports and Woodland Hills Television Turning It On Vital Record Page West Valley Occupational Center Women Your Birthday JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Nobel Northridge Francis Francisco John Doomsayers tell us that our country is in If we are to believe what business have we to be feeling thankful let us try a few odious How about the plight of George Washington and his troops as they retired in defeat from delphia to face a bleak winter at Forge in 777? That year was to prove the turning point in the struggle for but they had no son to know it. How could our forefathers feel optimistic after their capital had been burned and President son driven into exile from it during the War of 1812? Things were not going so good for the North in its conduct of the Civil War in 1862. And certainly there was no cause for cheer on the part of Atlantans after Sherman had left their city in ruins in 1865. Yet Atlanta rose from its ashes to become the great modern metropolis of the old How about the year 1917? Thousands of young Americans were being shipped to Europe to fight in a war whose outcome was still There was peace at Thanksgiving time in 1933, but what reason for cheer was there for the en people m the Dust And as winter approached in 1942, was there any assurance of defeat for the Nazis and the How comfortable did Americans feel just 10 years ago today as their young President lay the victim of an assassin's More there was dread in many can homes as casualty reports came from Let us reject the Let us hope that this can he another turning point year as was 1777. We do have cause to be S- An illegal gambling op- in tutes were used to lure customers into rigged dice and blackjack games in private San Fernando ley homes was revealed yesterday with the in- of seven The U.S. Attorney's of- fice said profits ran as high as a month with the aid of marked and an device which controlled the roll of the United Press International ed. Officials said the tutes steered their to the games which were moved among a number of vate rented homes in sub- urban San Fernando Exact locations of the homes were not SIMI NEWS INSIDE CITY GETS FOR BUS STUDY Story on Page One of the ter John Milano 47, of operator of a bail bond agency in Van was identified by the FBI as a ranking ber of the Nick Licata Cosa Nostra Others named in the in- Continued on Page 24 Closures Scheduled on Holiday In celebration of the 352nd anniversary of the P i 1 Thanksgiving Day at in 1621, all government of- post offices and banks will be closed Schools in Los and the Simi and Santa Clarita Valleys will be closed day and Burbank municipal of- fices also are scheduled to take a two-day Gov offices in Thousand Oaks will be closed but will be Continued on Pace 24
