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8 Port I May 17, 1977 Hos ilngrlrs Imifs IF Grillo Will Seek Disability Was Under Deadline to Act or Face Retirement Possible Probe movie, "The Greatest." As he is only too willing to point out, Ali possesses one of the world's most familiar voices. Not even his most fervent critics accuse him of having a limited vocal range. His acting range is another question. Preliminary reviews especially those from Ali have been favorable. He predicts he will "outdraw Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood, Marlon Brando and John Wayne rolled into one," modestly excluding Robert Redford.

Fellow boxer-thespian Ken Norton reserves judgment, except to say: "If you can't play yourself, who can you play?" Ali, incidentally, played himself once before when he was still Cassius Clay in "Requiem for a Heavyweight" 1962). But his brief part was somewhat less than true-to-life since he uttered but six words (to a fallen opponent): "Nice fight, kid, you were great." Ali joins O.J. Simpson, Alex Karras, Don Meredith and Chuck Connors among the latest in a long line of famous athletes drawn to the entertainment world, dating back to vaudeville players John L. Sullivan and Babe Ruth. What is the attraction? It's more than money.

Ex-Dodger first baseman Wes Parker (of television's All That Glit ters) said not long ago: "It's a lot of reasons, really. I guess what it boils down to is, I didn't want to just disappear." More often than not, Hollywood seems interested in athletic performers for their bodies and names. Witness the sprint scenes of football running stars Simpson in "Towering Inferno" and "Roots" and Jim Brown in "The Dirty Dozen." Max Baer fought Primo Camera in "The Prizefighter and the Lady" (1933), which coincidence! came out a few months before the two were to fight in real life for the heavyweight title. Baer triumphed in both instances. In the movie, a young actress Please Turn to Page 20, Col.

1 Carter Picks N.Y. Woman to Head Jobs Commission WASHINGTON (UPI)-Elcanor Holmes Norton, 40, head of the Human Rights Commission in New York City, has been nominated by President Carter as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the White House announced Monday. Mrs. Norton has been an assistant legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and was executive assistant to the mayor of New York from 1971 to 1974. ALI'S TURN And in This Corner, the Camera BY STEVE HARVEY Timti Staff Writer Weighing in at 189 pounds, Jack Dempsey made his Broadway debut as Tiger Jack Dillon in a play called "The Big Fight" in 1925.

The 30-year-old heavyweight champ didn't exactly knock over the critics, one of whom wrote: "Out of the upper regions where his head and shoulders reside piped a gentle rather wistful little voice, just the sort of voice that floats across City Hall Park (at) the spring beginning of marble season." But if Dempsey surprised critics of the silent movie era with his tenor voice, the same won't be true of Muhammad Ali, the current champ, who plays himself in the forthcoming hand-delivered to Nebron, stated: "In response to your letter requesting my decision regarding Dr. Evans' recommendation, please be advised that I have decided to apply for disability retirement. "I had hoped to delay the final determination pending additional treatments," Grillo wrote, "but your deadline of May 16, together with the results of a new examination on May 13, compel that I do so (sic)." Please Turn to Page 14, Col. 1 Yugoslavia Honors Tito as 'Hero' for Third Time BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UPI)-Parliament Monday awarded President Tito the Order of National Hero Yugoslavia's highest decoration for the third time for his "exceptional merits" in war and peace. Tito, who will be 85 May 25, was given the national hero order for the first time in November, 1944, and in May, 1972, for the second time.

commission if Grillo declined to retire voluntarily. The commission can ask the Supreme Court to retire a judge unable to handle his duties because of illness, as well as recommend censure or removal for misconduct of his office. The Bar Assn. referral concerned misconduct, not Grillo's health. The commission and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird must approve Grillo's disability retirement, now that he is seeking it voluntarily.

He would receive 50 of his annual salary as a disability pension, if it is approved. According to the sliding scale of the state judges' pension system, Grillo probably would receive about 45 of his salary after reaching 65, if the retirement were for age. (Maximum pension is 75 for judges over 60 with 20 years' service, or age 70 with 10.) Grillo was appointed to the bench by former Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown on Nov.

6, 1964. The letter under Grillo's letterhead, BY MYRNA OLIVER Timt Staff Writr Former Los Angeles Municipal Court Presiding Judge Joseph R. Grillo, censured last fall by the Los Angeles County Bar Assn. and referred to the Commission on Judicial Qualifications over his use of the contempt power, Monday said he will seek a disability retirement. Grillo, 63, placed himself on sick leave last Jan.

4 and has handled no cases since the end of his term as head of the 64 -judge court last Dec. 31. A diabetic with a history of heart trouble, he remained at his Courthouse desk until Feb. 25 when his successor, Presiding Judge Irwin J. Nebron, approved the sick leave and ordered him home to recuperate.

Grillo made his announcement in a brief letter to Nebron, who requested May 6 that he decide by Monday whether he would follow the advice of his own doctor and seek the disability retirement. At that time, the current presiding judge threatened to refer Grillo to the Here's our newest casual, softside luggage. Now at introductory prices of just 14.99 to 39.99. It's Henry Rosenfield's Voyageur luggage and its designed Hand tote, 14.99. to take you where you're going in style.

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