ACTION LINE answers: box for discontinued Eldon road race set
Reader asks for a replacement box for a discontinued Eldon Industries triple deck road race set. Eldon halted production. Donna Leeds found a box for a similar road race item. The exchange offers a substitute box from the same brand while supplies last. The rest of the column discusses The 12 Days of Christmas and Epiphany origins.
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Eldon Industries
B. C
Long Beach
A. Eldon Industries
W. el Segundo Blvd
Hawthorne
Donna Leeds
Epiphany, Saturnalia, and Christmas origins discussed
The piece notes Saturnalia as a late December festival of gift giving and merriment. It cites church leaders who shaped Christmas in the third and fourth centuries to steer Christians away from pagan customs, while noting Eastern Orthodox Christmas may fall on Epiphany. It also covers community efforts for a Long Beach sheltered workshop for adults with mental retardation, seeking equipment and work contracts.
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England
Michael Engels
All Saints Episcopal Church
Long Beach
Action Line
Christ
Cana
Engels
David de L. Scovil
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Long Beach Human Relations Committee Faces Housing Bias Hurdles
The 10 member Long Beach committee formed in 1963 operates as a civil rights fact finding body appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council. It has sponsored housing and discrimination seminars and neighborhood meetings but faces barriers in changing attitudes to minority housing. it has no fixed budget though the council may fund special projects. Meetings are held the second Thursday at 3 p.m. in the City Council chambers at 205 W. Broadway and are open to the public.
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Long Beach
E. John Hanna
Hanna
Long ‘Beach
W. Broadway
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Red) Easley
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Santa Ana
Pomona, la Habra
Famous Maker
Marina
Pomona
la Havra
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Great Savings
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