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Aug el Mime New York Stocks Late Final 0 Circulation: 1072500 Daily1358420 Sunday Thursday December 22 1983 166 pagesCopyright 1983 Los Angeles TimesDaily 25s Son Resales Gene Kelly fi Fire ow ILA All 11 Trapped Actor Led Down Stairs House Is Destroyed By ERIC MALNIC Times Staff Writer The son of Oscar-winning entertainer Gene Kelly braved smoke and flames to rescue his 71-year-old father early this morning when a fire that started in a Christmas tree spread rapidly through the family home in Beverly Hills "He did one heck of a job" Fire Capt Mike Smollen said of Tim on the sidewalk in front of their Kelly a 21-year-old UCLA student burning home who suffered minor facial burns and "I think they were more shocked singed hair in the blaze Gene Kelly thful frightened" Smollen recalled and Tim's sister Bridget 19 es- "They said 'Everyone's out Don't caped unharmed worry about us' Fire officials said the blaze which "Had it not been for the fire broke out about 1:25 am gutted the detector and Tim's quick action we home and destroyed its contents could have had a real tragedy" Damage to the house was estimated Bridget who was home for the at $350000 with the loss of its holidays from her studies in France contents adding "much much and Tim are Kelly's only children more" by his second wife choreographer All that remains of the rustic Jeanne Coyne who died in 1973 His two-story home in which Kelly had first marriage to actress Betsy lived for 40 years is "a blackened Blair ended in divorce in 1957 shell" according to Dale Olson a Kelly first won national acclaim spokesman for the family in 1941 with his title role in the "The artwork the Broadway musical "Pal Joey" everything is gone" Olson said "Al! He made his movie debut a year Gene Kelly has left is the pajamas later starring with Judy Garland in he was wearing" "For Me and My Gal" It was the first of dozens of film successes for Gesture for His Fans ha AorkroaesottswnirtergmAiwzaoltevo Capt Mike Smollen Baia of Tim on the sidewalk in front of their Kelly a 21-year-old UCLA student burning home who suffered minor facial burns and "I think they were more shocked singed hair in the blaze Gene Kelly thfut frightened" Smollen recalled and Tim's sister Bridget 18 es- "They said 'Everyone's out Don't caped unharmed worry about us' Fire officials said the blaze which "Had it not been for the fire broke out about 1:25 am gutted the detector and Tim's quick action we home and destroyed its contents could have had a real tragedy" Damage to the house was estimated Bridget who was home for the at $350000 with the loss of its holidays from her studies in France contents adding "much much and Tim are Kelly's only children more" by his second wife choreographer All that remains of the rustic Jeanne Coyne who died in 1973 His two-story home in which Kelly had first marriage to actress Betsy lived for 40 years is "a blackened Blair ended in divorce in 1957 shell" according to Dale Olson a Kelly first won national acclaim spokesman for the family in 1941 with his title role in the "The artwork the Broadway musical "Pal Joey" everything is gone" Olson said "Al! He made his movie debut a year Gene Kelly has left is the pajamas later starring with Judy Garland in he was wearing" "For Me and My Gal" It was the first of dozens of film successes for Gesture for His Fans the dancer director actor- singer- Olson said that Kelly's home on choreographer including "Singin' Rodeo Drive "was the most identifi- in the Rain" with co-star Debbie able movie-star house" in Beverly Reynolds and the picture that is Hills because Kelly who made some considered his classic "An Amen-of Hollywood's most memorable can in Paris" with co-star Leslie musicals in the 1940s and '50s "had Caron lived there all those years" In 1951 Kelly received a ppecial "The Christmas tree was right in Oscar from the Academy of Motion the front window" Olson said "He Picture Arts and Sciences in appre left the lights on as a gesture to his elation for his versatility in the film fans" arts That was the same year that But it may have been that the "An American in Paris" won an gesture almost cost the entertainer Academy Award as the best film and his family their lives fire Among his most recent appear-officials said ances was one with Olivia New-Kelly was upstairs getting ready ton-John in the 1980 movie kx1 A dtl" "The Christmas tree was right in the front window" Olson said "He left the lights on as a gesture to his fans" But it may have been that the gesture almost cost the entertainer and his family their lives fire officials said Kelly was upstairs getting ready for bed and his 4 wa- 7 4 $tf- -v r)ifi r17: tf tr 'Is i i '-J 4- 1- 1 lk ixoi' viue' 3 1 tt vo ik a I 4 Nekt i 4 la i A ''4A' i 4or -f-411 4 1'''4 44)-41 i 44" ''''''''Y'A 44 ot: 0- AK' I li ft 4 NI44: -iit i 1 i i I ct le 'N 1- t- qk 4 Ab14 mot -0 A I t- Ai 4 it 7 f11 ft 41 i 4- 0 I tZ -1 4 4 4 A 41 1 4 MI 1 0 4 41- i tt Cry 4 owitio t' 11134 -Z SI'NinimmZ1 1 r4tr4 1 i I III to o-4411- i- 1 41 1 LI 1 il 4 i twuZ 11117z Nr aol 'Irl i 1 dil IP i Igt 4 tt 4' 1 i i 'Iti 1' lc 1 I tr) i -ft 'l coo I 0 A 11 t) t) "'Ni' 1 1 1 4) 44 kibt'' 4ts i 1111 II I 4 'tzr: 0 it) 4 mrgp 1 mum IIIP 'ij VP rI 7 A 0 ii) i ii ii ii Wet Christmas Predicted children were downstairs watching television when Tim heard a smoke alarm go off Smollen said "He went to investigate and found the Christmas tree and a portion of the front room on fire" the fire captain said "Mr (Gene) Kelly was momentarily trapped by the fire licking up the stairwell' Smollen said that despite the flames Tim dashed upstairs to find his father By the time they started back down the stairwell was engulfed in fire so the two retreated to the back of the house and dashed down a rear staircase "Bridget had to run through the room where the fire originated in order to call the Fire Department" Smollen said Moments later Beverly Hills firefighters arrived to find dressed only in his and his children huddled together 4 2 1 LATE I I Dow Slides After a Spurt From Times Wire Services NEW prices fell in active trading today reversing early gains with airline and electric utility stocks leading the slide The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed down 132 at 125366 New York Stock Exchange volume was about 10668 million shares compared with 10808 million shares Wednesday Tables in Business Section Abducted Baby Found Safe SAN and the FBI today found a baby girl who was kidnaped from her mother's hospital room on Saturday They said one of hundreds of tips led them to a house in the Spring Valley in eastern San Diego County where Amelia Leal Ramirez was found apparently safe and a suspect was taken into custody Police spokesman Bill Robinson said that the woman who was arrested appears to match the description of the one believed to have taken the baby on Dec 17 The baby was taken to Mercy Hospital and was to be immediately reunited with her parents Sandra Leal and John Ramirez of Texas The parents of the week-old infant had issued an impassioned plea Wednesday for the child's safe return Beirut Attack Report Critical WASHINGTON Secretary Caspar Weinberger said today that a military report on the terrorist bombing of the US Marine headquarters at Beirut Is critical and blames a number of people for not exercising better judgment Weinberger said he is reviewing the report of a five-man commission headed by former Adm Robert LI Long on the suicide truck bombing that killed 241 US servicemen and said it will be released to the public perhaps by Friday But Weinberger interviewed on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" also said it is impossible to guarantee the safety of American servicemen in Lebanon where a "war of terrorism" is under way Holtz Named U-Minn Coach MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) Holtz former University of Arkansas football coach was named head coach today at the University of Minnesota succeeding Joe Salem who resigned at the end of the 1983 season after his team finished last in the Big Ten Holtz 46 compiled a 60-21-2 record in seven years at Arkansas Before 1983 he had a 100-47-5 collegiate coaching record Before switching to college football he coached the New York Jets of the National Football League He resigned Monday from the Arkansas 1 coaching position citing personal reasons that he declined to discuss THE LATEST WEATHER Mostly cloudy skies are forecast I for Friday by the National Weather Service The downtown high should be 65 after an overnight low near 50 I Gene Kelly surveys what is left of his Beverly Hills home which was GARY ARNOTE destroyed by fire this morning Rod Cameron Rugged Star of Westerns TV Dies a113 Rod Cameron the ruggedly handsome star of more than 100 films most of them Westerns has Rod Cameron the ruggedly handsome star of more than 100 films most of them Westerns has 77711" q6 4 z-- --Nx w4: :::0:: It looks like a soggy Christmas weekend as a storm front moving from Hawaii nears the California Coast the National Weather Service said The low pressure system mixing with cold Arctic air moving south from Canada and Alaska is expected to hit the California coast late Friday or early Saturday bringing with it light to heavy rain a weather service spokeswoman said today Cloudy skies covered much of the state this morning and light showers were reported in central California said Frank's lynching was "a stain upon the state of Georgia" But noting that 70 years have passed since the crime as committed it said "it is impossible to decide conclusively the guilt or innocence of Leo Frank" The lynching has been cited as the worst single Incident of anti-Semitic violence in the United States 4 -Ilk c41114441191 t-1- t-fl 1'4 ok Sill GARY ARNOTS- A GARY kr Supreme Court Upholds Drunk Driving Law SAN FRANCISCO state Supreme Court reacting to what it said has become a "monstrous" problem today upheld California's law making it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol content of 10 or more The unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Rose Bird ruled against Richard Joseph Burg of Santa Clara County who had claimed that the law was unconstitutional because it failed to give adequate notice of the conduct it prohibits The high court said the "very fact that he (Burg) has consumed a quantity of alcohol should notify a person of ordinary intelligence that he is in jeopardy of violating the statute" Person May trr Reaction from those involved in curbing drunken driving was swift "What a beautiful Christmas present" said Jo Anne Sanzeri president of the San Mateo chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving "We are pleased to see the Supreme Court accept what science has long known This may very well be the second giant step for mankind" The chief justice's decision said "Although it is true that even with use of a chart a person may err in his estimate and thereby violate the statute this fact does not render the statute invalid We are aware of none that has been declared unconstitutional for that reason "We decline to frustrate the Legislature's clear and legitimate purpose in enacting the statute involved here" the court said died in a Gainesville Ga hospital it was learned today Cameron was 73 and died "after a long illness" said Anita Smith a spokesman for Lanier PIA Hospital where Cameron died Wednesday Born in Canada he was a "sandhog" who came to Los Angeles to work on Metropolitan Water District tunnels He turned to acting only after a chemical fertilizer business failed in the 1930s At 6 feet 5 inches he became a stunt double for Buck Jones and a stand-in for Fred Mac Murray By 1939 he was playing bit roles in a variety of Paramount productions moving to leads in second-feature Westerns Among his many films were "Northwest Mounted Police" "Wake Island" "Gtmg Hot" "Panhandle" and dozens more On television he played detective Bart Grant in the "City Detective" series which ran from 1953 to 1955 and starred in "State Trooper" on TV from 1956 to 1959 Cameron retired to Georgia several years ago INDEX Ate Part VI CALENDAR Miyake II mEnto Books VIEW Bridge VIEW Gilead VII CLASSIFIED Combs VIEW Outward VII CIASSIFIED De Abby II METRO Edited II METRO Ms VI CALENDAR Local News II METRO Market" IV BUSINESS Music VI CALENDAR Recipes VIII FOOD Spelt III SPORTS SW VI CALENDAR 1V-Ratibo VI CALENDAR WeatbrsDeades II METRO Page 1 2 32 30 1-12 33 12 2 07 1-7 1-5S 1-12 290 1-20 1-11 4 Kelly and his son Tim talk to policeman after the fire Rod Cameron in 1959 Financier Buys LA Express San Francisco financier William Oldenburg purchased the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League today and announced the hiring of veteran National Football League executive Don Klosterman as president and general manager Oldenburg declined to disclose the price he paid in buying the franchise from Denver cable television magnate Bill Daniels but there have been published reports that the amount was about $7 million Klosterman 53 was general manager of the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL from 1972 to 1980 but he was put on the sidelines with no apparent authority with the Rams in the last two years Klosterman announced that coach Hugh Campbell will remain with the team Posthumous Pardon Denied ATLANTA Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles refused to grant a posthumous pardon today for Leo Frank a Jewish businessman lynched nearly 70 years ago after his death sentence for murdering a teen-age girl was commuted The board which has exclusive power in Georgia to grant pardons.