Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children

A pack of furry, feathery and scaly critters slithered, hopped and crawled into the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children on Tuesday. But the only squeals were those of delight that came from about 50 children staying at the charitable center for burn and accident victims who petted, hugged and tugged at the visitors from the Los Angeles Zoo.

A pack of furry, feathery and scaly critters slithered, hopped and crawled into the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children on Tuesday. But the only squeals were those of delight that came from about 50 children staying at the charitable center for burn and accident victims who petted, hugged and tugged at the visitors from the Los Angeles Zoo.

Jim Murray winning the Pulitzer Prize for commentary is another deserved award for someone already at the top of his profession. When Murray first wrote for our North-South Shrine Game in 1962, he immediately made the public aware of his grasp of and interest in the situation at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. As long as there are crippled children, we won't run out of Shriners. Let us hope that we will never run out of the Jim Murrays of the world, either. M.R. (ROSIE)

Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, a San Francisco landmark for 67 years, will close and move to a new, $65-million hospital in Sacramento in 1993. There's been no discussions about the future of the 48-bed facility on 4.7 acres in the Sunset District or how many of the 200 staff members might move to the state capital, a hospital spokesman said. Shriners officials said they saw no indication that the annual East-West Shrine college football game would be moved from Stanford University.

Walter M. Meehan, a retired general contractor who worked in the Los Angeles area for 25 years, has died in Northridge. He was 73. A longtime resident of Van Nuys, Meehan died Tuesday of leukemia, said his wife, Lorraine Meehan. The New York City native moved to Van Nuys in 1965. Meehan worked on numerous construction projects, including Verdugo Hills Hospital, 300 homes on the El Toro U.S. Marine Corps base and the 14-story Ventura County National Bank building in Oxnard.

The Shrine North-South all-star high school football game is on the move once again, having switched sites for the third time in the last four years. The 43rd Shrine game will be played tonight at 7 at Citrus College in Glendora. It was played at Long Beach Veterans Stadium the last two years and at the Rose Bowl before that. The game, a benefit for the Shriners' Hospital for crippled children, matches 32 graduated seniors from Northern California and 32 from Southern California.

Emmett R. (Mike) Shannon, who worked as a real estate broker in the San Fernando Valley for more than 30 years, has died at a Van Nuys hospital. He was 81. A longtime Northridge resident, Shannon died Sunday of complications of old age, said his wife, Florence Shannon. Born in Minneapolis, Shannon came to California in 1936. He worked as a car salesman before he entered real estate in the mid-1950s. He worked as a real estate broker and district manager for Forest E. Olson Inc.

Virginia Fay Lindsay Collins, a 65-year resident of Burbank and community volunteer, has died in Glendale. She was 70. Mrs. Collins died Nov. 15 of cancer, said her daughter, Carole Collins. Born Virginia Fay Lindsay on Nov. 17, 1919, in Crosby, Minn., she moved to Burbank in 1925 and graduated from Burbank High School. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Burbank, Order of Eastern Star Bethel No. 97 of Burbank, International Order of Jobs Daughters No.

Joe Thomas defeated Thad Langford, 6-4, 6-4, in singles and the Grossmont College men's tennis team went on to a 7-2 victory over Clemson University's B team at Clemson, S.C. Grossmont (1-2), the state's No. 1-ranked community college team in the preseason rankings, completes its four-match tour of South Carolina today against Lander College in Greenwood, S.C.. In doubles, the Clemson team of Jim Spencer and Langford defeated Thomas and Dave Mercado, 6-2, 7-6.

Maxine Gates Unland, a roly-poly comedienne who appeared in vaudeville and in dozens of films, has died in Panorama City. She was 73. She died Friday of complications from respiratory problems, said her daughter, Binnie Smith. A native of Hebron, Neb., she used her large size to create a comic character that carried her through a 35-year career in nightclubs, vaudeville and films. She used her maiden name of Maxine Gates, but was often billed as "250 Pounds of Pep and Personality."

For the third consecutive year, UCLA will get the biggest share of the 64 football players who participate in the Shrine All-Star high school game, which is scheduled for July 23 at the Rose Bowl. Of the 56 who have signed letters of intent to attend Division I schools, seven will go on to play for the Bruins.