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Movie Stars Help Father Maurice Chase on Christmas Day.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Father Maurice Chase, Los Angeles Catholic priest, former Assistant to the President of Loyola Marymount University Marymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university whose main campus is located in Arlington, Virginia. History
Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school.
, and Skid Row skid row

a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.]

See : Alcoholism


Skid Row

district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008]

See : Failure
 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 in front of the Fred Jordon Mission at 5th and Towne Streets beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Christmas Day, Monday, December 25th.

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

The Skid Row ministry is financially supported by Mrs. Bob Hope, Mrs. Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life
Bob Newhart was born in Oak Park, Illinois to George David Newhart and Julia Pauline Burns. He was drafted in the U.S.
, Eli Broad, Mrs. Henry Mancini, Georgia Frontiere, Vin Scully and many others.

Father Maurice Chase of the Skid Row Charity Fund can be contacted at 310-839-0023. He is mostly available in the mornings.
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