Show Standard-Examine- 7No high officers7 (AP) — Ameri- niversary of his birth traditionally Day (from Nov 11 to the fourth cans celebrate George Washing- has been celebrated 11 days later Monday in October) ton’s birthday on the third Monday on Feb 22 A deluge of complaints trom sandWASHINGTON ing a space and odor problem in the basement property room but there is no evidence officers are getting “high” from the smell of the illegal weed “Storing 11200 pounds of marijuana in the police department property room takes up a lot of space and it’s giving out an awful odor” Assistant US Attorney Layn Phillips said in a petition asking to destroy the mari- in February a day forever That was the case at least until veterans organizations has since wiched between his two “real” Rep Samuel S Stratton resulted in a restoration of Vete speareaded a drive to change sevbirthdays The celebration will be Feb 15 eral holidays to Mondays to allow either four days after or seven days government workers more three-da- y weekends before the date on which the father born was of our country Celebrating Washington’s birthactually a a choice The first president has day on the third Monday in Febof birthdays like everyone in his ruary means it never can fall on generation because of the adoption the 11th or 22nd of the month This of the Gregorian calendar in 1752 year’s date of the 15th is the earliest it can occur and the latest is when he was 20 years old 21st had the calendar The older Julian The legislation signed into law not been accurate and as a result got out of tune with nature When by President Lyndon B Johnson on the new method was adopted 11 June 8 1968 changed the observdays were added to all dates to get ance of Washington’s birthday Memorial Day (from May 30 to the things straightened out Thus although the Washington fourth Monday in May) Columbus family Bible records the birth of Day (from Oct 12 to the second George as Feb 11 1732 the an Monday in October) and Veterans D-N- Y juana An officer in the property room said the marijuana was stored in the rear of storage area and that several policemen had com- plained about the smell None of the officers reported getting “high” from the odor he said The marijuana was confiscated Jan 3 in one of the biggest drug hauls on the West Coast in several years the US ready for 'Big Avocado7? Is nation’s third largest city by a local newspaper columnist In a story lamenting the hard times befallen the avocado industry — “a fruit profoundly identified with our Southern California culture” — the Los Angeles Times’ Jack Smith said “The Big Avocado’s time has come “Los Angeles has been called The Big Orange” a title shared with Miami “It has but the also been called The Big Enchilada name that would truly represent it and set it apart I think is The Big Avocado” Smith wrote His ruminations pointed out this city’s glaring lack of a ready identity as captured in a single snappy phrase “There’s ‘The Smog Capital of the World’ or a ‘Hollyweird’” suggests Carrie Marlas Comof Chamber for the city spokeswoman merce citing two epithets hurled at Los Angeles over the years Donald Swenson managing director of the city’s Rotary Club said he favors the traditional “City of the Angels” but concedes it has never truly captured the imagination or fostered much popular use “Something like that just has to evolve over time it’s not anything people want to make up” says Lydia Cubin a member of Mayor Tom Bradley’s staff d contest ended last After a September the city came up with less than flattering results in pursuit of the definitive Los Angeles song Chosen from more than 800 entries the win- -' ner included a chorus of “Oh lovely LA I love your big brown skies and your freeways and LAPD are swell The people are so friendly when you meet them on the street whether they’ll rob kill or befriend you it’s hard to : ' ! 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The nickname is one of two the other being The Big Enchilada recently suggested for the image-conscio- Sunday Feb George's birthday always third Monday in February LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Five tons of marijuana stored at police headquarters is creat- 1 r till 6 626-166- 6 s Revlon Order by mail or call toll-fre- e 1 1 8 24 hours a day |