Columnists: Small Town in the Big Town

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Outside the Limits. Writing "On the Move" is not exactly a pensioner's job. Ainsworth often packs his wife into his well-worn white Chevrolet for weekend camping expeditions, spends so much time on the road that when a Times editor is asked where he can be reached, the usual answer is a shrugged "Who knows?"

An incorrigible booster who plugs for the preservation of "our outdoor heritage intact and unspoiled," Ainsworth has only one continuing gripe. His official beat excludes Los Angeles, and the city is growing so fast (current pop. 2,600,000) that his own territory keeps shrinking. "I'm losing ground all the time," he says, "and one of these days I may be crowded up against the Colorado River."