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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, (992 LOS ANGELES TIMES Obituaries METRO NEWS Vincent Tumamait; Helped Revive Chumash Culture Vincent (Beaver) Tumamait, an elder and spiritual leader of the Chumash died Tuesday in an Ojai hospital. Tumamait, who helped bring about a renaissance of his people's culture, was 73. He worked for 30 years as an oil field roustabout, trucker and mechanic with Shell Oil Co. in Ventura before retiring in 1983. But Tumamait was best known for his contributions to Chumash culture, which he helped preserve by sharing stories, dances cultural knowledge at schools and public gatherings.

He was a frequent lecturer at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Ventura County Museum of History and Art, and was a subject of "Voices of the Planet," a Public Broadcasting System documentary. "His death is a big loss for his family and for all of the Indian nation," said Tony Romero, a Chumash elder who lives on the tribe's reservation in Santa Barbara County. "He was a wonderful philosopher of the traditional Chumash way," Romero said. When the Spanish arrived in the area 200 years ago, as many as 20,000 Chumash inhabited the coast between Malibu and San Luis Obispo. Because of diseases the Spaniards brought with them, fewer than 1,000 Chumash survived by the mid-1800s.

Today, an estimated 4,000 residents of Chumash descent live in the region. No full- -blooded Chumash are known to survive. Tumamait was born July 19, 1919, in Ventura and graduated from Ventura High School and Ventura Junior College. His father, Cecilio Tumamait, was a fullblooded Chumash and his mother, Maria, was half Chumash. Tumamait -Chumash for "scat of the chief" -is the only Chumash surname known to remain in the area, said Kathleen Conti, the director of Chumash art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Selden Ring; Pioneered Idea of Garden Apartments Selden Ring, who four decades Brentwood and Fox Hills. Conago brought the concept of spa- struction was valued at nearly $1 cious garden apartments for young billion. married couples to Los Angeles The Ring family sold most of and with his brother built more their company to Monogram Inthan 5,000 individual units in the dustries in the early 1970s, Douglas intervening years, is dead. Ring said, but kept their holdings Douglas Ring said Tuesday that at Marina del Rey, including the his father had died of the complica- marina's largest waterfront comtions of cancer and Parkinson's plex, Mariner's Village. Disease at his Bel- Air home Aug.

5. The first of the journalism prizes He was 74. was awarded in 1990, Douglas Ring Ring, who was so impressed by said. He said the delay between his the media's performance during father's conception of the prize in the Watergate era that he estab- the late 1970s and the actual award lished a $25,000 annual prize for came from media leaders who were investigative reporting, came to cautious about giving such a large Los Angeles in the early 1950s. amount to an individual reporter.

He and his brother, Ellis, devel- The winner is selected by a panel oped apartment complexes featur- of prominent national journalists ing waterfalls, artificial lakes and and awarded through USC. other amenities then new to the Ring also was a trustee at the construction industry. University of La Verne and served "Their models were copied by on the board of advisers at UCLA competitors, and the whole idea of Medical Center. apartments aimed at young mar- Besides his son Douglas and ried couples without children be- brother Ellis, Ring i is survived by gan to grow," said Douglas Ring. another brother, Irving, another The developments, which son, Grant, and a daughter, Karen.

earned the brothers several beau- The family asks contributions in tification awards from the City of his name to the USC School of Los Angeles, included units in Journalism. Lou Krugman; Acted in Radio, TV and Shakespearean Roles Lou Krugman, whose dramatic career began in the 1930s with Maude Adams' legendary Shakespearean company and advanced through the glory years of radio and the halcyon days of television, has died of cancer. He was 78 when he died Saturday at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, said Peggy Webber, a longtime friend and fellow actor. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

today at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park in Burbank. Until illness curtailed his work two months ago, Krugman had continued to broadcast for the California Artists Radio Theatre group, most recently as a co-star of "Macbeth," which won two gold medals from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. His links with radio dated to the 1940s and epic adventure shows such as "'The Adventures of Phillip Marlowe" and "Gunsmoke," melodramas and comedies such as "'The Buster Brown Gang" and "Dear Mom" and a long- running favorite, "The Romance of Helen Trent," in which he he played Tony Griffin. In television he was a regular on both "I Love Lucy" and the subsequent "The Lucy Show," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "The Colgate Comedy Hour," "The Untouchables" and other top-rated shows of the 1950s and '60s.

His film credits include "To the Ends of the Earth," "I Want to Live," "The Perils of Pauline" and "Our Man Flint." Krugman once estimated that he had appeared in more than 10,000 radio programs and done voiceovers for 700 commercials. Last year he was honored by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters for lifetime achievement. Survivors include his wife, Grace; two daughters, Melissa and Patricia, and a grandson. The family asks that any contributions be made in Krugman's name to the Actors' Fund. Gertrude Bugler; Stage Star of 'Tess' LONDON -Gertrude Bugler, 95, "Tess," he asked that she play the a farmer's wife and amateur ac- part -and with her baby in her tress who was Thomas Hardy's arms she traveled 18 miles twice a choice to portray Tess of the d'Ur- week to rehearsals.

bervilles on stage in London, died Hardy's wife, Florence, howevThursday, her family reported er, vetoed Mrs. Bugler's appearTuesday. ance when the play was first It was the first and last London produced in London in the early venture for Mrs. Bugler, who hap- 1920s because, Mrs. Bugler said, returned to farm life in the the 85-year-old author had bepily Dorset countryside where Hardy come "infatuated" with her.

She all of his novels. was then in her 30s. set Mrs. Bugler had joined the Har- Hardy died in 1928, and Mrs. Bugler made her London debut the dy Players, an amateur dramatic -with Florence group in Dorsetshire where Hardy following yearlived, in 1913.

In 1921, she created told the Guardian newspaper carliHardy's support. And, Mrs. Bugler the role Vye a stage er this year, that was enough of the of Eustacia in presentation of "The Return of the bright lights for her. Native." When Hardy presented the players with his staging of Associated Press LOMAX: Appointment to DWP Panel Rejected Continued from B1 Joseph Duff, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, said the action will not help to heal post -riot Los Angeles.

Duff called Lomax's rejection "a demonstration of white power on the City Council. When you draw the line on race, there are consequences." But Councilwoman Ruth Galanter, a vocal opponent of the selection, argued that Lomax was simply not the best candidate for the "I'm sick and tired of being called a racist every time I disagree with someone who is black," Galanter said. "It might just be a disagreement on the merits." Galanter said there are other AfricanAmericans with better environmental credentials that she would support. Bradlcy personally lobbied council members to support his appointment of Lomax, a black civil rights activist who resigned from the Police Commission a year ago. But Bradley could muster only four votes from the 12 council members present -Richard Ala- HOTEL: Wilshire Plaza Cited Continued from B6 The federal board also charged that hotel employees assaulted a union representative during attempts to distribute leaflets and promised another employee that "he would be hired if he would agree not to participate in picketing." Company officials denied the findings, saying they represented only the union's side of the argument.

Union officials presented the NLRB's findings Tuesday during a rally in front of the hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, an event attended by several dozen former hotel employees and City Councilman Michael Woo. Woo said the conflict between the hotel's South Korea -based owners and the predominantly Latino work force represented by the union is exacerbating tensions in a city still struggling with the effects of recession and riots, "When a company comes into this city and buys a hotel, it's important to play by the rules," he said. "In the case of the Koreana, they are not playing by the Angela Oh, a Korean- -American attorney who has frequently spoken out on the responsibility of South Korea- based companies in Los Angeles to be sensitive to surrounding communities, said the hotel's actions have hurt efforts by Korean- -American merchants to repair strained relations with the city's black and Latino communities. "We cannot look our neighbors in the face with any dignity, with any self-respect," Oh said. "This is about human relations and not just about profit.

If you do the human relations right, there's a lot of money to be made." The Koreana Hotel Co. purchased the former Hyatt Wilshire in December, 1991. The company 'brought in a new set of workers, hiring fewer than a fifth of the hotel's former employces. The practice, which is legal, is often used to eliminate unionized work forces. Maria Elena Durazo, president of Local 11 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employecs Union, said the hotel's refusal to rehire its former employees is "no less than economic and physical violence against predominantly Latino immigrant workers and their families." Durazo added that "a company like this must be made to understand that this city and its leaders will not tolerate this reckless conduct." Alan Barmaper, director of sales and marketing for the Wilshire Plaza, discounted the NLRB's findings, saying they were based on unsubstantiated union allegations.

"We're not an anti -union hotel," he said. The Koreana Hotel Co. is owned by the Bang family of South Korea, which also has a controlling share of Chosun Ilbo, the largest daily newspaper in that country. Barmaper said the vast majority lof the hotel's former employees never applied to be rehired when (the Wilshire Plaza was sold, "We tried to hire them back. We gave them priority," Barmaper said.

"There are now more people working here than before. We're enhancing the economy, not committing economic violence." For Home Delivery, Call 1-800-LA TIMES. torre, Mark Ridley -Thomas, Rita Walters and Michael Woo. "The last thing this city needs right now is a political shootout with environmentalists on one side and the African -American community on the other side," Woo said. Opposing the appointment were council members Ernani Bernardi, Hal Bernson, Joan Milke Flores, Joy Picus, Zev Yaroslavsky, John Ferraro, Marvin Braude and Galanter.

Councilmen Mike Hernandez, Joel Wachs and Nate Holden were absent. Lomax said Holden's absence was especially painful. "That bothered me because I called him several times and asked for his support," Lomax said. "As a princess in the African -American community at this point in time, I thought I could count on him to show up." The appointment was opposed by such environmental groups as Heal the Bay and the Coalition for Clean Air, which contend that Lomax does not have enough experience in environmental issues to replace prominent environmentalist Mary Nichols. Nichols, whose term expired June 30, will continue to serve on the board until Bradley comes up with a new nominee who can win council confirmation, Bradlcy appointed Nichols to replace Carol Wheeler, an AfricanAmerican, in 1990.

Supporting Lomax were more than a dozen African leaders, including the Rev. Cecil Murray of First African Methodist Episcopal Church; Constance Rice, Western regional counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Duff. In defense of her environmental record, Lomax told a city panel earlier in the day, "I am a life member of the Sierra Club. I am a hiker. I believe very strongly in protecting the environment." She also pointed out that when Bradley approached her about joining the city -owned utility, he indicated a strong interest in improving the agency's affirmative action record.

"I believe I am capable of being a strong advocate for both the environment and affirmative action," Lomax said. "And I refuse to believe that one is more important than the other." Outside the council chamber, Lomax was more blunt. "I think the opposition by some to my nomination is directly connected to, my positions on the Police Commission and has nothing to do with the environment," Lomax said. Lomax left the Police Commission after she was accused of leaking confidential documents to a civil ri rights group seeking Gates' ouster in the aftermath of the King beating. She was later cleared by the State Bar of wrongdoing in providing the documents to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

While a police commissioner, Lomax also came under fire from the City Council, which overturned the commission's attempt to place Gates on furlough. Council President Ferraro scolded her during the council meeting for exercising poor judgment during her tenure. "The fact she gave confidential city information to the enemy is another example of poor judgment," Ferraro said. "Are we going to face this kind of poor judgment on the board?" Lomax said she was astounded by Ferraro's remarks. "Obviously, he has a fair amount of bitterness and hostility based on my being the chief critic of Daryl Gates," she said.

Williams Says He Will Take Spanish Class in Fall Los Angeles Police Chief Willie L. Williams is returning to the classroom for courses he last studied three decades ago. Saying the chief needs to be able to communicate with the people of Los Angeles, Williams told a meeting of about 50 Eastside residents Tuesday evening that he and his wife will begin a Spanish class in the fall. "I have to set the tone for my own department," he said, adding that he has not spoken or read Spanish since taking a high school class 30 years ago in Philadelphia. The residents had invited Williams to the meeting at the Legal Aid Foundation's East Los Angeles office to discuss their concerns with law enforcement.

Williams said the department will undergo more extensive cultural sensitivity training and recruit more bilingual officers and dispatchers to respond to calls from the Latino and Asian communities. "Cultural sensitivity is going to be right at the top of the list of what we're going to do in this department," he said. "It's been made clear to me that there is a need to have this type of training from the chief on down." Mock Trial Jury Splits on Oswald's Guilt in Assassination From Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO- -A mock trial jury on Tuesday didn't come any closer to closing the book on questions about Lee Harvey Oswald, splitting 7 to 5 on whether he killed President John F. Kennedy. The two-day mock trial presented by the American Bar Assn.

involved testimony from witnesses portrayed by actors, computer animation and enhancement of the home movie made in 1963 as Kennedy was shot to death in Dallas. The "verdict" was reached de la RENTA Tuesday afternoon after two hours of deliberation -an hour longer than originally allotted. "Obviously the jury didn't deliberate until it reached a unanimous verdict," said Theodore Tetzlaff, chairman of the ABA Special Litigation Section that presented the event. "But we had quite an exciting trial, and I think everyone learned how the technology of the 1990s can be applied to what we do." Because of the brevity of the trial, there were time constraints on evidence presentation and re- buttal. The purpose was not to come up with a definitive verdict but to demonstrate advances in the art of lawyering, Tetzlaff said.

Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who lived in the Soviet Union for a time, was determined by the Warren Commission to have been the sole assassin. He was slain shortly after his arrest. The brief presentation of evidence did not explore theories of conspiracy or an additional gunman but rather whether Oswald was responsible for firing the fatal shot. Lou Krugman Premiara showing of the Oscar de la Renta 1992 Fur Collection at I.

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