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FfltST In Circulation —In Header ship— In Advertittlny Phone MONDAY FA 8-4000 Entered .econcl clan matter Jan. TORRANCE .10, 1914, at poitoftlce, Torrance. Cnll- TORRANCE'S ONLY COMPLETE NEWSPAPER - WITH OFFICE AND PIANT AT 1619 GRAMERCY AVE., TORRANCE (ornla, under Act of March >, 1879.

-list Year-No. 97 10< per copy TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1955 CIRCULATION OFFICE FA 8-4004 12 PAGES LAD DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE DOG Torrance Property Owner Buddies' Commends City on Lease Rescue (I Binder Say* City Now Hat Proper Lease and Believes Try Fails P Store Properties Will Put Over First Class Shopping Center A dog's best friend Is his The City Council is to be commended on its decision to complete the lease arrange ments with boy. Store Properties, Inc., for tho 35-acre airport site at Crenshaw and Pacific A sad-eyed mixed Coast Hwy., George cocker ^Binder, major downtown property owner, told the HERALD Sat­ spaniel named "Rusty" urday. "Inasmuch as we are important tax payers in the city of Torrance and are vital­ learned that lesson Friday ly Interested in this source of revenue for t he city, we wish to commend the City Council aftornoon as his 11-year-old mas­ for their action, even though ter, William "Billy" Bomers- ve, ourselves, were Interested back. Jumped Into a 10-foot, parties," Binder said. crater to save his pet from Slogan Contest In a letter Binder gald he was Slowest Building drowning. Ironically, tho dog sending to the City Council, hi swam to safety. The boy could cited the opinion of Olty Attor­ not swim. Deadline Falls ney James M. Hall last week Despite the heroic efforts of that the Council must, not only Month in Three his two companions, Hilly, the look to actual rental offered fi son of Mr. and Mrs. I,. Bomers- the land, but also must look i back, of 263-18 Fall-view Ave., Tomorrow Night the potential revenue from Lomita. drowned in a crater on Tomorrow venlng, Tuesday, property and safes taxes which Years Reported Chandler's Sand & Gravel Co. a major tenant can provide. Dec. 6, Is the deadline for en­ The rock and gravel (rtrlki several blocks south of tho tries In the HEKALD-sponsored Has High Regard firm's office at 20311 Nat-bonne "We feel wllh Mr. Ben Swig continued to put a crimp In clean-up slogan' contest, Tor­ Torrance's building last month, Ave. His body was not found rance .students were reminded of San Francisco In the picture unMI about 30 mlnnt.cs after he ami in control of this develop­ as the r.lfy recorded Itn slowest yesterday by HERALD Pub­ month In sank from sight. lisher King Williams. ment, that the city now has the building activity In proper loasce as we know of the past thrw-and-a-half years. Boyn Cllinlml Pence Hundreds of slogans have Only l>con submitted Mr. Swig's accomplishments In $974,812 worth of build- Aceompanled by two fellow in competition Ing permits were taken out sixth graders at St. Margaret for tho $26 Savmgs Bond ns San Francisco an many other last (H«r»ld Plioto) places and have a very high re­ month of which more than half WHERE BOY DIED ... Although It look* like a placlil scene The dog swam to *afety, but the boy drowned despite the Mary's School, Tcny Carstens first prize and the $25 cash now, the arrow Indicates the point where Billy Boinerahack and Nlcky Andrade, Billy fol­ which will be distributed among gard for his ability to put over -$523,636 worth- were taken effort* of his buddies to save him. In the foreground In an a first class shopping center," out by the Torrance Unified jumped Into the water to nave his dog and drowned hlinw-if. old pump, formerly used In digging operations. lowed "Rusty" under a fence on the next nlno winners. HER­ the gravel firm's property. The ALD Publisher Williams Is of­ Binder said. School District. The monthly Binder was referring to the average so far this year has dog, Tony said, was chasing fering $28 bond for tho slogan mud-hens and the boys wanted " chosen best nmong the entries revelation last week that Swig been $4,148,715. was to assume principal control For the first time In several to throw rocks in the large while $28 cash has been offered Record Crowds crater there. for slogans by chamber of of Store Properties, Inc., fol- years, the city will not break I Commerce President Paul Lor- lowiing the death of Samuel the previous building record un­ The dog*clthcr fell jumped anger. Gcnis, formcf president of the less the strike ends almost Im­ Into the water while chasing Entries will be Judged Oils [roup. mediately. Although the total Witness Parade the birds and the alarmed Billy, week and the results published Some Final Retails to date Is 541,873,123, slightly "who loved animals," Jumped