BRIEFLY : AUTRY NAME CLOSER FOR FREEWAY JUNCTION.

The state Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill Wednesday to rename the Golden State and Ventura freeways junction the Gene Autry Memorial Interchange.

``Gene Autry represents the best of popular movies and television, a very simple man who was true to himself and sought to portray the values we all admire in his life and work,'' said the bill's author, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena.

The full Senate now must approve the measure. The interchange leads to the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park.

Autry's career as a television cowboy spanned more than 60 years. He is the only entertainer with five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Autry also owned several businesses, including the Angels baseball team.

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Burbank to honor WWI vets, families

BURBANK - The Burbank Veterans Committee is looking for World War I veterans and family members of the 177 Burbank men who served in WWI to be honored at a Memorial Day event May 31 at the McCambridge Park War Memorial.

The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. The park is at Amherst Drive and San Fernando Boulevard.

Veterans and family members can contact Deborah McMurray of the Park and Recreation Department at [phone].

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College will offer 2 summer sessions

GLENDALE - Glendale Community College is offering two five-week summer sessions, enabling students to earn up to 14 units.

Applications for admission are now being accepted for the first session, which will run from June 1 to July 2, and for the second session, July 6 to Aug. 6. Late registration will run through June 4 for the first and second summer sessions and again from July 6 through July 9 for the second.

Most three-unit classes meet for more than two hours a day, five days a week. The class load is limited to seven units per session.

For application and registration information, call [phone], Ext. 5910, or by accessing the college Web site at www.glendale.cc.ca.us.

The fall semester will begin Aug. 17.

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Car, truck crash into minimart

BURBANK - A woman lost control of her Lincoln on Wednesday, which crashed through the front of a 7-Eleven along with a pickup truck that it hit, causing no injuries, authorities said.

The crash happened about 5:50 p.m. at Verdugo Avenue and Hollywood Way, said Burbank police Sgt. Dave Gabriel.

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