Show HOT WEATHER STRIKES COAST LOS ANGELES Oct 21 1 H-By H By By The Th Associated Press The Tho delayed summer sum sum- summer mer heat which struck southern Call Call- fornia Wednesday continued Thursday with Ith official weather bureau thermometers thermometers eters climbing to 96 the October rec- rec record record ord breaking mark reached on the first lr day Low ati humidity and a stirring breeze breez tempered the atmosphere although thousands sought the beaches Weather er cr officials who reported the mercury was hitting 20 degrees dere higher than th the average for October described the phenomenon phe phe- phenomenon phenomenon as due to the highly heated hea ted air of the deserts of or Arizona Nevada Utah and southern California b being forced coastward by a a. high pressure area in the mountain states Predictions were for another da day of high temperatures with normal norma coolness due on Saturday |