ADVISORY/Movie Stars Help Father Maurice Chase on Christmas Day.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Dec. 25)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:       Father Maurice Chase, Los Angeles Catholic priest,
            former Assistant to the President of Loyola Marymount
            University, and Skid Row activist will "give out" on
            Christmas Day, $15,000 in one dollar bills to the poor and
            homeless on L.A.'s Skid Row!

            The "free" money will be handed out at the Fred Jordan
            Mission at 5th and Towne Streets beginning Wednesday,
            Christmas Day, at 1:00 p.m.

            The Christmas gift will be given to the poor and homeless,
            larger amounts to mothers with children; and a number of
            one hundred dollar bills to the poorest and very neediest.

            The Skid Row ministry is financially supported by Mr. and
            Mrs. Bob Hope, Mrs. Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart, Eli Broad,
            Gregory Peck, Mrs. Henry Mancini, Georgia Frontiere, Vin
            Scully and many others.

WHERE:      Fred Jordan Mission
            5th and Towne Streets

WHEN:       Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25
            1:00 p.m.

CONTACT:    Father Maurice Chase of the Skid Row Charity Fund can be
            contacted at [phone]. He is available only in the
            mornings.