Show WES LIFES A SONGO SONG strange town of velville yet Vet ville planned for disabled GIs features LOS ANGELES CALIF lif life e should be a song fo for r hundreds of disabled war veterans if plans of harry revel popular song writer materialize his pa plan an which has received the enthus enthusiastic las backing of ex servicemen civic officials and business leaders embraces embrace s the toun aing of 01 a town ol of tor for disabled veterans it would be a strange town judged al afy the ordinary concepts of city planning rin ng A town of 0 houses with extra wide doorways to accommodate wheel heel chairs of sidewalks and ramps instead of curbs of 0 one story buildings with no ste pups A tawn with modern facto factories ries providing lob that crippled fighting men can do with back yard workshops with land for farming with its own civic center en hospital open air theater motion picture house swimming pool schools any and hurches churches A town in which a thousand bandi handicapped capped ex GIs for each can have their own homes and raise their families living their lives alveh under the be most favorable birc circumstances u instances the in inspiration for the unique town arme to revel bevel while he was entertaining servicemen during and since the war with a 10 by 15 foot scale model he has been able to give others an accurate picture of the proposed city the model shows eight houses to the block back yards open into a central recreation area public buildings are on a wide main street running through the center of the town revel will endeavor to raise money for the project through public gifts and benefit shows both fund raising enterprises and actual colstr construction action of the village will be in hu the hands ads of a committee coin comprised of civic religious and screen personalities hearty endorsement of the project has come from veterans administrator omar bradley and from veterans themselves typical of the reaction of handicapped veterans was that of ed sweeney an ex marine paralyzed from the waist down who Is a patient in birmingham veterans hospital in van nuys the boys in the hospital feel t that hat velville Vet ville is a wonderful thing we anve can be together there and work for our living A national bank has promised to finance veteran loans several corporations po rations including a spark plug manufacturer and a nail polish maker have agreed to locate factories in Vet vIlle |