| Show 2A The Salt Lake Tribune Monday September : 14 1987 Producer Mervyn LeRoy 86 Dies By Vernon Scott United Press International ProducBEVERLY HILLS Calif er-director Mervyn LeRoy who gave Hollywood “The Wizard of Oz” - “Little Caesar” and the fabled “Sweater Girl” Lana Turner died Sunday at his home his widow said He was 86 LeRoy was found dead in his bed at about 8 am by his wife of 41 years Kitty who said her husband died of natural causes compounded by a heart problem He had been bedridden for about six months she said “Mervyn went peacefully in his sleep” Kitty LeRoy said “His heart just gave away He was a dear sweet man whom everybody loved I’m happy to say he had very few problems in his life” It was LeRoy who introduced Ronald Reagan to Nancy Davis The president and Mrs Reagan in a White House statement Sunday said “we always referred to him as our Cupid” “Mervyn LeRoy was a special part of our lives” the Reagans said “It was he who introduced us And he was always a precious friend” They also described him as “one of the pillars of the entertainment industry responsible for some of the finest motion pictures ever” and said he knew “just what to say to get his actors to make it right” LeRoy made his name as a director in 1930 with “Little Caesar” Edward G Robinson’s classic portrait of a Prohibition-er- a gangster and went on to produce or direct more than 75 films As one of Hollywood’s most sucfor four cessful producer-director- s decades few of his films were losers at the box office He won a special Academy Award for his 1945 film “The House I Live In” starring Frank Sinatra His films “Waterloo Bridge” in 1940 “Random Harvest” in 1942 and “Little Women” in 1948 were nominated for Oscars Autoworkers Prepare for Strike As Ford Talks Near Deadline - Strike DEARBORN Mich (AP) preparations are all but completed at the locals of the United Auto Workers as negotiators for Ford Motor Co and the union face Monday’s contract deadline Ford For the 104000 Motor Co workers little was left to do but wait for word on whether union and company bargainers would reach a contract by the 11:59 pm Monday deadline The talks resumed Sunday after a Saturday session that lasted late into the night rank-and-fi- UAW le President Owen Bieber scheduled a meeting of the union’s executive board for Sunday evening but a UAW spokesman declined to give a reason for the gathering of union executives and regional directors At most of the UAW’s 53 local Ford unions the picket signs have been printed the strike duty rosters have been prepared and local contract negotiations have slowed or stopped until bargainers hear of progress in national talks National union leaders have told local union officials to be ready to strike at midnight Monday unless they are notified of a pending agreement If Ford workers do strike it will be the first time they’ve walked out since 1976 when workers stayed off the job for 28 days “Everybody’s in suspense right now We really don’t know If we don’t have an agreement prior to midnight we walk them out” said Cleveland Ware financial secretary of Local 551 at Ford's Taurus-Sabl- e assembly plant in Chicago Ware said the 3000 workers at his plant “want job security more than anything" He said they’ve been working overtime for three years putting in days every day “It is strenuous Everybody gets tired after a while” Ware said adding that workers are both angry at Ford and worried about their futures David Schaar chairman of Local 898 at Ford’s Rawsonville parts plant said the 2700 workers at his plant are ready to strike if they have to and “I’m becoming less and less optimistic that there’s going to be a settlement” Schaar said the main obstacles to a by the deadline are the main issues in this year’s talks: job security transfer of work to outside companies wages and work rules Workers have heard very little about the talks here from closemouthed bargainers and have been relatively quiet on the subject Schaar said The UAW is demanding a reduction of overtime so the company will be forced to hire some of Ford’s 7248 laid-of- f workers Schaar said some workers would have a hard time adjusting to paychecks with fewer overtime payments but “it would create more jobs in the plants” Jeff Washington president of Local 900 at Ford’s Wayne Escort-Lyn- x assembly plant said local contract negotiations had slowed but bargainers were set to return to the table Sunday night and stay there until the deadline settlement Spotlight Other films he directed or produced include “Gypsy” “The Devil at Four O’clock” “The FBI Story” “No Time for Sergeants” “The Bad Seed” “Mister Roberts” “Quo Vadis” “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” and “The Wizard of Oz” In 1937 LeRoy discovered the curvaceous Turner later labeled Hollywood’s “Sweater Girl” and starred her in “They Won’t Forget” which he directed and produced “I took her out of high school and all of that stuff about her being found at Schwab’s Drugstore isn’t true at all” LeRoy once said “Zeppo Marx one of the famous Marx Brothers who was in the agency business at the time brought her in to see me The minute I saw Lana I signed her for the picture” In 1975 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored g LeRoy’s career with its Irving Thal-ber- for another tour as Johnny Carson say he recently “Tonight” show host because he’s still having fun “I certainly don’t want to retire” says Carson who will celebrate his 25th anniversary as host with a prime-tim- e special Oct 1 “If you like to work and enjoy what you do and you retire it’s a way to grow old very quickly” The anniversary show will feature clips of all-st“Tonight" guests like Jack Benny Judy Garland Groucho Marx and Martin Luther King Jr but when it comes time for his final show Carson says he wants to keep things low key “My final ‘Tonight’ show will not be a one because then it would be a mawkish tribute” he says “I couldn’t handle that I may just sit there with Ed and Doc I think you ought to go out like you came in — low key After all it’s just a television show and nothing more than that and I’ve never tried to make it any more than star-studd- that” Award He also bred and raced thoroughbred horses and helped organize the Hollywood Turf Club operator of the Hollywood Park race course five decades ago He served as president of the club for more than a quarter century Born in San Francisco Oct 15 1900 LeRoy was the son of a prosperous r importer-exportewhose business was wiped out by the 1906 earthquake and fire After liis father died in 1910 LeRoy sold newspapers in front of the Alcazar Theater where he was discovered for a small part in a play His winning impersonation of Charlie Chaplin from among 600 contestants started a brief vaudeville career that was followed by bit parts in silent pictures He made his directing debut in 1928 with “No Place to Go” Jack Warner the late studio mogul brother-in-lae and LeRoy’s once said LeRoy “more than any other director who worked for Warner Bros has helped shape the history of the studio” one-tim- w He is survived by his wife their two children Linda Jacklow and Warner LeRoy both of New York City and five grandchildren Funeral services are pending Chaim Potok who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in New York says the British novel “Brideshead Revisited” changed his life forever “I’ll never forget the effect the book had upon me” the author 58 said during a recent lecture at Emory & Henry College in Abington Va “I found myself in a world the barest existence of which I had never known anything about before” CathoEvelyn Waugh’s story about the inner turmoil of an upper-clas- s lic family inspired Potok to become a writer and put him at odds with his religious and cultural heritage he said The conflict between the “small and particular world” of a Jewish yeshiva student and the world at large provided him fodder for his popular novels including “The Chosen” “The Promise” and “My Name is Asher Lev” Potok said Despite misgivings his religious mother Mollie Potok eventually grew proud of her son’s achievements said Potok who is also an ordained conservative rabbi Armand Hammer the industrialist and citizen diplomat plans to donate his personal papers to the Library of Congress The Hammer collection will include correspondence and personal papers from his career in business the arts and public service along with films and recordings documenting his contacts with world leaders A special exhibit is planned for Hammer’s 90th birthday next May 21 “Armand Hammer’s life is a brilliant American saga of enterprise energy and imagination” said Daniel J Boorstin the librarian of Congress “His career shows us too the role that leaders in our nation of nations can play in bringing the world together All future Americans and future historians will be grateful to Dr Hammer for letting them share his struggles hopes and triumphs” Hammer currently is on a business trip in China —Complied From Tribune Wires by Tim Fitzpatrick Pope Praises ‘Courageous’ Sanctuary Movement Continued From A-- l agement to the sanctuary movement to continue their efforts” The pope flew Sunday morning from New Orleans to San Antonio to begin the fourth day of his US tour and went by motorcade from Kelly Air Force Base to the Mass site 14 miles west of San Antonio He was joined by San Antonio Archbishop Patrick Flores in the popemobile for a brief parade to the Mass site Later the Polish-bopontiff addressed Catholic welfare officials and seminarians and met with citizens of the village of Panna Maria 60 miles from San Antonio the oldest Polish settlement in the United States Many of the 300000 people who gathered in the sweltering site were pilgrims who came from Mexico to see John Paul But Catholic officials had originally expected half a million celebrants at the Mass Parish Masses in this heavily Hispanic heavily Catholic city were canceled in hopes of swelling attendance at the Pope's Mass The only shade on the field was at tents Celethe altar and at first-ai- d brants many of them arriving before dawn baked in the near heat “It's Catholic to sacrifice" said Fernando Ortiz 47 of Los Angeles swatting flies and brushing away ants “But this kind of sacrifice is a bit ridiculous” In his homily at the Mass the pope m 144-ac- noted that in the sanctuary movement “the Hispanic community itself faces the greatest challenge Those of you of Hispanic descent — so numerous so long present in this land so well equipped to respond — are called to hear the world of Christ and take it to heart “The Hispanic community also needs to respond to its own needs and to show generous and effective solidarity among its own members” John Paul said “I urge you to hold fast to your Christian faith and traditions especially in defense of the family and I pray that the Lord may provide many more vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life among your young people” “My skin just wrinkled” said Judy Brooks 72 a retired nurse when the popemobile brought John Paul within a couple of feet of her “My husband and I argued about it He said ‘No Babe don’t go” but there was something burning inside me “It was wonderful to see him standing there blessing everybody” she said At Kelly Air Force Base two children headed the receiving line and presented John Paul with flowers The pontiff grabbing his hat to save it from the stiff northerly breeze waved to the crowd kissed Mandy Lynn Wolff and Steve Rodriguez drew close to him The two breathless children hugged the pope's waist Sunday was a busy day for the Armand Hammer Chaim Potok Johnny Carson Hopi Architect Plans Papal Extravaganza - Dennis Num-ken- a PHOENIX (AP) is known here as the architect for such projects as the Yavapai-Apach- e Visitors Center south of Flagstaff After Monday he’ll also be remembered as the man who made the pope rotate Numkena a member of the Hopi tribe was given the assignment of transforming Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Arizona State Fairgrounds into an appropriate setting for a meeting between Pope John Paul II and 16000 Native American Catholics “We tried to make it look very festive” Numkena said in a recent interview “But we didn’t want to steal the show from the pope After all the pope is the show” The pope’s meeting with what is expected to be the largest gathering of Native American Catholics ever is a scheduled as part of the 48th Conference an annual gathering of Indian Catholics from throughout North America Numkena said the pope will address the gathering in the middle of d the Coliseum from a stage that is 16 feet in diameter and designed to rotate slowly so the entire audience will be able to see the pontiff as he speaks The pope will sit in an oritate chair made in the museum’s carpentry shop from solid ash with designs d by Indian artist David Montour a Delaware-Mohaw- k who is an at the museum “I didn’t hesitate when they asked me to do this” Montour said “It’s a high honor” Nunkema’s designs for the chair include inlays of turquoise ivory and coral being provided by silversmith Richard Aguilar a Santa Domingo Pueblo Indian The chair is 6 feet wide From its d cross 13 pointed back a feet tall rises on a slender staff A design of three arcs at its top and at each end of the crossbar represent “Hopi rain clouds” a figure repeated elsewhere in the setting Numkema said banners will be Thirty- - to suspended from the ceiling above the dais and the stage will be surrounded by as many as 200 banners provided by the various tribes represented at the meeting The pope will enter the Coliseum via a corridor the floor of which will be covered by Navajo rugs Two bronze statues — one a work titled Zuni Girl by Doug Hyde the other a piece on a pedestal The Act of Forgiveness by Alvin Marshall — mark the end of the corridor Additionally large doll-lik- e representations of Hopi religious nature spirits will stand at each corner of the floor area Numkena said that transforming the huge barn-lik- e building into a setting for a papal address was a major challenge Teka-kwith- bowl-shape- -- Thousands attempt to gain a papal while catching a glimpse of Pope John greet- - Associated Press Laserphoto Paul II and San Antonio Archbishop Pat-in- g rick Flores along the route to Mass site hand-carve- Evangelist Surprises Field In Iowa GOP Straw Poll AMES Iowa (AP) a! Hi 1 — Television evangelist his backers an emotional charge with a call for “moral strength” and won an easy victory in a straw poll of activists who Pat Robertson gave rir- - gathered to listen to seven GOP presidential hopefuls Robertson got a third of the votes in the straw poll Saturday at the state GOP's “Cavalcade of Stars” outdistancing Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole and Vice President George Bush Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig was the only candidate who did not attend the state GOP’s “Cavalcade of Stars" “I was surprised and I was impressed” said Iowa Republican Chairman Michael Mahaffey “They Robertson backers were able to marshal their forces" “He is a serious candidate and this is another indication of the seriousness of his candidacy” said George Wittgraf Bush’s Iowa campaign manager “He Robertson got a lot of respect tonight from the other candidates” said Dole spokesman Steve Roberts “He’s a force to be reck- — Associated Press Laserpftoto Presidential hopeful Pat Robertson got cheerwith his cJl for “moral strength” oned with” Most polls have shown Bush and Dole locked in a close race in Iowa with the other candidates trailing far behind While Bush leads in most national polls Dole has built a strong in Iowa which holds an important early test of the candidates' ambitions with its Feb 8 precinct caucuses Robertson got 33 6 percent of the votes compared to Dole’s 249 percent and Bush’s 224 percent Rep Jack Kemp of New York was favored by 135 percent while former Delaware Gov Pierre du Pont got support from 41 percent Bush to Enter ’88 Race Next Month - Vice PresWASHINGTON (UPI) ident George Bush the undisputed leader of the GOP pack in money and organization will formally announce his candidacy for the White House on Oct 12 in Houston aides said Sunday Confirming a report in the Chicaaides to the vice go Sun-Timpresident said Bush will make his entrance into the 1988 campaign in his adopted home town then fly on to the Windy City for a round of interviews and appearances the following day While his intentions have been clear for months the timing of Bush’s formal announcement has been a closely guarded secret within his campaign withheld for maximum exposure and to keep his rivals at bay The announcement will follow by nine days his return from a trip to Europe where Bush — who has emphasized his experience in foreign affairs — will spend three days in Poland and meet with allied leaders in five West European capitals It also will precede by 16 days the first debate among the Republican presidential hopeful! es n candidates Ben FerHaig and nandez and Kate Heslop were under 1 percent Roughly 4200 ballots were cast though GOP officials said 5700 tickets were sold for the little-know- event “I think the Robertson people have shown tonight that they’re going to be there at the caucuses Feb 8 regardless of the weather and that’s the most significant thing tonight” Mahaffey said All of the candidates’ campaigns had worked hard to organize their backers to attend and vote in the straw poll and the turnout was nearly double what party officials had predicted Mahaffey conceded that campaign organizations had bought tickets but said all had an equal shot “We made an effort to get people out everybody tried to get people here” Wittgraf said Robertson drew by far the warmest reception of the night with his call for “a crusade to restore the greatness of America through moral strength” ft long-awaite- d high-profi- full-sca- le artist-in-residen- hand-carve- 40-fo- ot ot 44-in- as |
