Ex-Yippie Jerry Rubin, the anti-war activist of...

Ex-Yippie Jerry Rubin, the anti-war activist of the ‘60s, recently moved to Brentwood, a few miles north of the headquarters of Jerry Rubin, the anti-war activist of the ‘90s.

Is the Westside big enough for two Jerry Rubins? Maybe. But General Telephone is taking no chances. To reduce the inevitable confusion, its information operators have been instructed to ask those seeking Jerry Rubin’s phone number:

“Do you want Jerry Rubin, in network marketing, or Jerry Rubin, the peace activist ?”

The peace activist Rubin, 47, head of Venice’s Alliance for Survival, hopes that the ex-Yippie, 52, will speak at a future anti-war rally here. But it doesn’t appear likely.

The older Rubin, who was out of town Monday, now markets nutritional drinks while touting the glories of self-employment.

“Jerry feels that the way to achieve freedom is to become financially free of corporations that shackle us to routines,” said William Wilson, an assistant, of the former Chicago Seven conspiracy defendant.

Perhaps the nutritional-drink marketeer could cater the peace activist’s next rally.

Scott DeWees of L.A. saw a group of nuns drive up to one of Christo’s umbrellas and disembark from a van with the license plate:

NUNSRUS.

The name “Gates” is in the news often these days, whether it’s Police Chief Daryl, Orange County Sheriff Brad or CIA-Director-nominee Robert.

L.A. County Sheriff Sherman Block came upon still another Gates when he attended a meeting of law enforcement chiefs in Minneapolis. An area newspaper said that one item on the agenda was the police beating in L.A. of Rodney Gates.

If the drought doesn’t end soon, Cal State Long Beach might have to consider shortening its name (see photo).

Officers in the LAPD’s Rampart Division have an assignment that might baffle the world’s greatest detectives:

Find some courteous drivers on the streets of L.A.

The gendarmes have been given 200 free passes to the Ice Capades to hand out to good drivers. Fifty will be distributed near the corner of Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard today.

Ice Capades spokeswoman Lisa Carey is cautiously optimistic that the officers can fulfill their quotas.

“We gave each officer 10,” she said. “And they do work eight-hour shifts.”

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The first power pole for overhead lines in L.A. was erected by the Bureau of Power and Light in the Highland Park area on March 30, 1916. More than 6,000 miles of overhead power lines now crisscross the city.