Patrick Moore

James D. Hodgson Former secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, 96, who as secretary of Labor in the early 1970s helped shepherd the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, died Nov. 28 at his Malibu home, his family announced. The cause was complications after hip surgery. He was director of industrial relations at Lockheed Aircraft Co., where he had worked for nearly three decades, when President Nixon appointed him undersecretary of Labor in 1969 and secretary of Labor in 1970.

James D. Hodgson Former secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, 96, who as secretary of Labor in the early 1970s helped shepherd the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, died Nov. 28 at his Malibu home, his family announced. The cause was complications after hip surgery. He was director of industrial relations at Lockheed Aircraft Co., where he had worked for nearly three decades, when President Nixon appointed him undersecretary of Labor in 1969 and secretary of Labor in 1970.

Patrick William Moore, 91, who appeared as a child and youth actor in nearly three dozen silent pictures, including a 1923 version of "The Ten Commandments," died Sunday in Los Angeles of natural causes. Moore was believed to be the last surviving cast member of the epic biblical film made by Cecil B. DeMille and remade by DeMille in 1956 in the version starring Charlton Heston as Moses. In the silent film, Moore played the pharaoh's son.

Patrick William Moore, 91, who appeared as a child and youth actor in nearly three dozen silent pictures, including a 1923 version of "The Ten Commandments," died Sunday in Los Angeles of natural causes. Moore was believed to be the last surviving cast member of the epic biblical film made by Cecil B. DeMille and remade by DeMille in 1956 in the version starring Charlton Heston as Moses. In the silent film, Moore played the pharaoh's son.

When some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities--including Tom Cruise, Penny Marshall, Oliver Stone, Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand--signed a full-page newspaper advertisement in May condemning the "chain saw massacre" of Canada's West Coast forests, the Forest Alliance of British Columbia reacted quickly.

Leave it to some desk jockey yahoo at the Department of Fish and Game (the most ludicrous department in the government) to come up with the statement in your article "Lion Sightings Force Irvine Park Closure" (Sept. 24): "They are trying to expand their habitat and they are coming into the human habitat." What? Who is expanding into whose habitat? I think Patrick Moore needs a serious reality check. LANA SCOTT Irvine

A small plane crashed into a house, killing the male pilot and a woman on the ground, authorities said. The pilot apparently was trying to land at a nearby airport. Faulkner County Coroner Patrick Moore said the woman killed was an occupant of the house, which is about 500 feet from the runway at Conway Municipal Airport. A passenger in the plane and another person in the house survived.

A parolee living in a state- supervised home in East Hollywood was charged with murder Tuesday in connection with the stabbing and dismemberment of a man whose remains were found last week in two trash bins. Frank Ruiz, 21, is accused of killing Patrick Moore, 47, and has been ordered held on $1.1-million bond, according to court records. Ruiz, who was arrested Sunday, has pleaded not guilty.

A two-week search for a mountain lion believed responsible for the mauling of a 9-year-old boy ended when trackers treed the animal and shot and killed it. The lion is believed to have attacked Darron Arroyo, 9, of Lompoc on March 12 as he biked with his family in Gaviota State Park, 20 miles north of Santa Barbara. The boy needed 600 stitches for more than 50 puncture wounds.

In an effort to crack down on poachers, the state Department of Fish and Game has tried to enlist the help of concerned sportsmen. "One of the best ways we have to stop poaching," DFG spokesman Patrick Moore said, "is the help we get from other sportsmen and the concerned public who use our toll-free phone number to report poaching." Moore said that some hunters carry a card with the number, 1-800-952-5400, in their wallets while they're hunting. "It's a 24-hour phone line," he added.

When some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities--including Tom Cruise, Penny Marshall, Oliver Stone, Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand--signed a full-page newspaper advertisement in May condemning the "chain saw massacre" of Canada's West Coast forests, the Forest Alliance of British Columbia reacted quickly.

Authorities shot and killed a mountain lion Sunday as it devoured a 40-pound dog in the yard of an Arcadia home. The pet's owner called 911 when he saw "a tiger" on top of his dog, said Patrick Moore, spokesman for the state Department of Fish and Game.

The city has a new fishing hole. The state Department of Fish and Game this week released about 600 rainbow trout in a one-acre lake in Wilderness Park at Florence Avenue and Little Lake Road. The lake had been unsuitable for fish for about six years because of contamination and low oxygen levels, but the city decided to clean it up after draining the water so that police could search for a gun used in a crime. The gun was never found, said Richard C. Redmayne, director of public works.