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a SATURDAY JANUARY 20 1990 THE MIAMI HERALD 38 DEATHS Fox taps Miami executive to launch national news Bhagwan Rajneesh Oregon guru 4 in afternoon and dinnertime news and became a threat with an hour-long 10 pm news Personalities will air on Channel 4 which recently purchased the show Cheatwood leaves in three weeks for his job in Los Angeles He called the move the "toughest professional decision of my life For two years I've lived this place Channel 7 and fallen in love with the people" Channel 7 announced Friday that Cheatwood's departure ends national hopes for the tabloid show he created Inside Report Come September Channel 7 will pull it out of the 25 cities where it airs and concentrate on South Florida stories The station pays all production costs for Inside Report and MCA the syndica-tor only distributes it With only 25 markets the program was not profitable enough to survive Channel 7 news director Mark Toney will remain in his current post and "things are going to continue to run just as they have run for the last 2Vi years" he said ing community Working 12-hour days disciples built with their own hands a city that included a shopping mall an airport a hotel and city hall But the initial flush of welcome soon turned to conflict with neighbors and local officials Federal authorities said there was wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping at the commune so leaders could spy on followers and the outside world in their purported campaign to usurp local government Disciples were said to be committing crimes in and out of their retreat Rajneesh's top aide was eventually convicted in an elaborate scheme that authorities say was designed to gain political control of Wasco County Rajneesh himself pleaded guilty in November 1985 to two counts of violating immigration laws by arranging sham marriages to help his foreign disciples remain in the United States illegally Oregon when he toured his 64000-acre ranch clad in plush robes that were accented with costly jewels being driven in one of his flotilla of 93 customized Rolls-Royces Rajneeshpuram as the commune was called was home to 4000 of his disciples year-round with thousands more swelling their ranks during the summer when young people sought out his blend of free sex and pop metaphysics "Explode! Go totally mad Jump up and down shouting the mantra 'Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" he would tell his devotees "Each time you land on the flats of your feet let the sound hammer deep into the sex center" Rajneesh's Ugic-us movement which at one time claimed 500000 members around the world had moved its headquarters to Oregon from Poona in 1981 Over the next years the Bhagwan (a Hindi word for supervised the spending of more than $100 million on development of grazing land into a flourish Los Angeles Times Service Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the be-jeweled Indian guru who once spread his message of free love and mysticism from a commune in central Oregon eliciting both devotion and dissension died of apparent heart failure Friday Rajneesh died in Poona in the south of India where he had been living in relatively modest circumstances since being deported from the United States in 1985 He had not spoken publicly since April and was reported to be in failing health He was 58 and had met with his disciples as recently as Wednesday at his Indian commune's prayer center He was scheduled to appear again Thursday but complained of a pain in his chest Although his influence had waned but little in the years since he left American soil his recent pronouncements produced almost none of the public clamor that raged in By JUAN CARLOS COTO Herald Entertainment Writer Fox Broadcasting Co the up-and-coming fourth network has hired a Miami TV executive to start its first national newscast Joel Cheatwood who masterminded a turnaround at Fox affiliate WSVN-Channel 7 with 6V2 hours of news every day will sign a multi-year deal with Fox to be vice president of reality-based programming Cheatwood 31 will oversee the national news which has no immediate premiere date and will be executive producer for a magazine show Personalities slated for fall 1990 "If you meet this guy Cheatwood you feel the heat coming off of him right away" said Michael Lambert president of syndication for Fox "He is filled with energy and ideas" Cheatwood created Channel 7's punchy crime-heavy newscasts a year ago when it lost NBC affiliation Pundits predicted Channel 7 would hit ratings bottom but the strategy paid off it overtook the new NBC affiliate WTVJ-Channel GURU IS GONE: Bhagwan Rajneesh had free love and Rolls He was jailed for 12 days and then deported after receiving a suspended 10-year sentence paying a $400000 fine and agreeing not to return to US soil for five years Myles Horton teacher of civil rights activists Police ready to issue water tickets NEW MARKET Tenn (AP) Myles Horton founder of one of the most influential training grounds in the American labor and civil rights movements died Friday after a 2V2-year battle with cancer He was 84 He died at the Highlander Research and Education Center which evolved from the Highlander Folk School he helped create 30 years ago The unconventional private school was derided as a "finishing school for Communists" its adherents "a cancerous growth" spreading throughout the South The state of Tennessee raided and padlocked Highlander in 1959 alleging it violated its charter and illegally sold beer "You can padlock a building" Mr Horton said at the time "but you can't padlock an idea" Eleanor Roosevelt folk singer Pete Seeger training for the Congress of Industrial Organizations which merged with the American Federation of Labor to create the AFL-CIO and supported coal miners textile workers and farmers Highlander and Mr Horton served as a bridge between the labor and civil rights movements Herbert Kohl said Rosa Parks for example had been to Highlander two months before she sparked the 1955 Montgomery Ala bus boycott by refusing to sit in the back of a bus In the book Mr Horton described himself as a catalyst for social change "If you want to change people's ideas you shouldn't try to convince them intellectually What you need to do is get them into a situation where they'll have to act on ideas not just argue about them" and civil rights figures Martin Luther King Jr Andrew Young Septima Clark Rosa Parks and Ralph David Abernathy among others backed Highlander when Southern governors attorneys general and legislators tried to shut it The school in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains 20 miles east of Knoxville served as a network for activists in battles over the environment racism poverty and illiteracy Mr Horton survived firebombings by the Ku Klux Klan and interrogations by followers of anti-Communist zealot Sen Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s The Long Haul an autobiography written with Judith and Herbert Kohl and soon to be published by Doubleday recounts Horton's role in the 1930s That was when Highlander provided Feldman said for the first violation most police will issue warnings On second instances tickets will be issued Feldman for one said he would not issue a second warning to a violator an action he called "fruitless" "If they didn't pay attention the first time why would they pay attention to a second warning?" he said A first ticket costs a violator $25 A second can cost up to $500 and can bring 60 days in jail It is a second-degree misdemeanor "Once they make an arrest those cases will be treated like any other case" warned Kafka Most calls regarding violations come from neighbors turning in neighbors Feldman said WATER FROM 1B ah and Hialeah Gardens also are issuing water warnings Carl Kafka an assistant state attorney who is chief of the county court confirmed Friday that Dade police agencies have been given instructions by his office on how to proceed Ticket books were issued this week Some police departments already have been issuing warnings but Kafka said he has seen no citations All police agencies in Dade County from Metro-Dade police on down are empowered to issue warnings and tickets for violations of the restrictions imposed by the South Florida Water Management Authority Dr Lawrence Adler 'perfect family doctor9 for 44 years We sell the boat lor less daily in the classified pages of The Herald By KAREN BRANCH Herald Staff Writer Dr Lawrence Adler who ran a private family practice in Miami and Coral Gables from 1940 to 1984 died Wednesday of leukemia He was 78 Since his childhood in Brooklyn he had known that he wanted to be a physician Dr Adler graduated from the Long Island College of Medicine in 1938 served an internship at Kings City Hospital in Brooklyn then headed to Miami After a stint with a county hospital in Dade he opened up a family practice that lasted more than 40 years "He has delivered babies and then delivered their babies" said his wife Sylvia whom he married Thanksgiving Day in 1941 "He was the perfect family doctor People would say that if they just talked to him they felt better" Dr Adler was on staff at a number of hospitals: Coral Gables Mercy Larkin General South Miami and Cedars He joined Cedars the year it opened in 1961 "He was a fellow who spent a lot of time talking to his patients" said Dr Morris Blau a long time friend and retired Cedars staff member "He was very compassionate" After retiring in 1984 Dr Adler continued to sit on several hospital committees In his spare time his favorite activity was taking medical courses "We'd go out of town for courses or he would take the courses here at different hospitals" his wife said "Medicine was the love of his life" In addition to his wife Dr Adler is survived by a daughter Carolyn Adler and a sister Mi-nette Stanzler Private services were Friday DEATH NOTICES Classified Advertising AA-01 Death Notices AA-01 Death Notices AA-01 Death Notices Maurice Jr (Bert) 65 of ADLER PI IIZZOTTO RUSTY HAMER Child star in '50s Los Angeles Times Service Rusty Hamer the precocious young star of television's legendary Make Room for Daddy series and a FRANK 76 of Miami Beach passed away Thursday January 18 1990 A resident here 29 years coming from LI NY A veteran of WW II member of St Josephs Catholic Church and Harvey Seeds American Legion Post No 29 Survived bv wife Sadie of MB son Joseph (Rachel) daughter Sandra Pulizzotto grandson Ian Pulizzotto all of Miami stepson Robert (Luh) Madera Ft Lauderdale Mass of Christian Burial wil be celebrated today (Saturday) 11 AM at St Josephs Catholic Church followed bv interment in Southern Memorial Park Arrangements under (he direction of JOSEPH COFER MIAMI SHORES FUNERAL HOME LEARY WILLIAM (BUBBA) JR 61 born in Norfolk VA on November 21 1928 He was a Staff Sgt in the 82nd Airborne Div for 28 years and was active in Korea and the Reserves He was a Miami Beach Police Officer and was also a US Deputy Marshall active in the OPBA he was known as "Mr Congeniality" He will be re-memberedd for his integrity sincerity and most of ail for his kind and gentle soul He Is survived by his beloved wife of 28 years Patricia and his children Trlsha and William Survivors also include his parents William Learv and mother Mattie sisters Dorothy and Fave and brother Ralph Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 AM Monday at St Brendan Catholic Church 8725 SW 32 St The family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 PM Sunday at STANFILL KENDALL FUNERAL CHAPEL Stanfill Funeral Homes 10545 Dixie 657-2518 talent Danny Thomas called "the best boy actor I ever saw in my life" has killed himself He was 42 when he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a 357-cali-ber revolver in the trailer BumM Florence 94 of Miami Services 1:30 pm today Van Orsdel Coral Gables Chapel Chtorea Miguel 69 Burial 9 am today Vista Memorial Gardens Rivero Hia-leah Funeral Home Fleming Kenneth 25 of Miami Services 1 pm today Range Memorial Chapel Foreman Susan 24 of Miami Services 1 0 a today Christ the King Catholic Church Van Orsdel Kendall Chapel Gallon Jack 38 of Miami Services 10 am today Manker Memorial Chapel Garcia Eglantina 66 Burial noon today Vista Memorial Gardens Rivero Hia-leah Funeral Home Garcia Lorenzo 80 Burial 2 pm today Flagler Memorial Park Bernardo Gar-cia-Brake Miami Funeral Home Garcia Rafael 23 Burial 10:30 am today Pine Lawn Memorial Park Rivero Miami Funeral Home Goldsmith Lotta 64 of Miami Beach Services 10:30 am Sunday Lakeside Memorial Park Riverside-Gordon Alton Road Chapel Hill Minnie Lee 92 of Miami Services 2 pm today St Luke Baptist Church Manker Funeral Home Jacob Joseph 76 of North Miami Beach Services 1 Sunday Riverside-Gordon North Miami Beach Chapel Jones Earl 73 of Miami Springs Services 8 pm Monday First Presbyterian Church of Miami Springs Lowe-Hanks Funeral Home Danes Jesus 33 Burial 1 1 am today Miami Memorial Park Bernardo Garcia-Brake Miami Funeral Home McManigal Hugh 83 of Miami Memorial services today Van Orsdel Kendall Chapel recently died and Thomas said that he thought of Hamer as his own son both on and off the set "He had a great memory great timing and you could change a line on him at the last minute and he came right back with it ALDO GUCCI Family name was linked with luxury ROME (UPI) Aldo Gucci son of the founder of the leather goods firm and the man who transformed the Gucci name into a synonym for luxury and a model for imitation died Friday of complications from the flu He was 84 He had retired two years ago but still acted as a consultant to Guccio Gucci SpA the Italian corporate parent He launched the marketing of the Gucci name in the United States and opened the manufacturer's New York store in 1953 He later added shops in Palm Beach Beverly Hills Chicago and Bal Harbor Maine MIAMI AREA Adlr Lawrence of Coral Gables Private services were held Van Orsdel Coral Gables Chapel North Miami Services 7:30 pm today Van Orsdel Gratlgny Road Chapel Newman Dwtght of Miami Arrangements by Cremation Society of South Florida Perez Ana Luisa 74 Burial 10:30 am today Our Lady of Mercy Rivero Hialeah Funeral Home Pulizzotto Frank 76 of Miami Beach Services 1 1 am today St Joseph'sCath-olic Church Joseph Cofer Miami Shores Funeral Home Rico Rafael 79 Burial 1 1:30 am today Miami Memorial Park Rivero Miami Funeral Home Santana Jacinta 86 Private services Rivero Miami Funeral Home Sinn Mona 91 of Miami Funeral Mass 1:30 pm Monday St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church Van Orsdel North Miami Chapel Torres Angel A 53 Burial 1:30 pm today Palm Memorial Park Rivero Westchester Funeral Home Vasta Joseph Sr 77 of Homestead Services in New York Branam Funeral Home Villalobos Pedro 80 Burial 9:30 am today Graceland Memorial Gardens Rivero Miami Funeral Home Weber Israel of North Miami Beach Services in Flushing NY Menorah North Miami Beach Chapel Young Margaret 55 of Phoenixville Pa Services were held Campbell-Ennis Funeral Home Zalinger Sophie 82 of North Miami Beach Services in New York Levitt-Wein-stein's Memorial Chapels Zorrilla Estela 73 Burial 1 1 am today Our Lady of Mercy Caballero Coral Gables Funeral Home LAWRENCE MD of Coral Gables He practiced here since 1940 and was a native of Brooklyn NY He graduated from Long Island Univ I College of Medicine (1938) and interned at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn He served in the US Army Med Corps for 3 years Prior to his retirement in 1984 he was an active member of the Staff at Coral Gables Mercy Larkin General So Miami Hospitals and Cedars' Medical Center A Charier Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians member of the Dade County Medical Assn Life Member of the Southern Medical Assn Life Member Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity and a member of Temple Israel of Greater Miami Survived by his wife Sylvia daughter Carolyn Adler and sister Minette Stanzler Private Graveside Services were held Friday a Graceland Cemetery VAN ORSDEL CORAL GABLES BURRUS FLORENCE 94 of Miami January 18 1990 Survived by 2 sons Edward and Robert 2 daughters Nell Blevins and Ella Cochran 1 1 grandchildren 15 greatgrandchildren sister Laura Burrus and brother Lee Carter Visitation one hour before services 1:30 PM Saturday (Today) VAN ORSDEL CORAL GABLES CHAPEL 4600 SW 8th St Burial Woodlawn South FINN MONA died January 17 1990 Born in London England Preceded In death by her husband Greg Finn Resided at Marion Towers Apts and was a former member of the Coral Gables Music Club Coral Gables Women's Club and Opera Guild Mass of the Christian Burial 1:30 PM Monday St Mary Magdelan Catholic Church Burial Southern Memorial Park VAN ORSDEL NORTH MIAMI Hamer where he lived in in 1964 DeRidder La "He hasn't really been happy since his early 20s" said his brother John "But he didn't show any signs of this happening" Mr Hamer appeared in several Abbott and Costello films before joining Make Room for Daddy in 1953 the year the situation comedy went on the air He was 6 "He was the best boy actor I ever saw in my life" Thomas recalled Friday The boy's own father had MEYERS MAURICE (BERT) L- JR 65 of North Miami A veteran of WW II member of VFW Post No 471 Survived bv loving wife Doris sons Maurice 111 Robert Michael Joseph and Johnny daughters Victoria Suzan Kathleen Diane and Laurie 8 grandsons and 4 granddaughters Visitation 7-9 PM Saturday Services 7:30 PM Saturday at VAN ORSDEL GRATIGNY ROAD CHAPEL 770 NW 119 St MICHAELIS JOSEPHINE EMMA 73 Of Winter Park FL lived in Miami for 29 years passed away Jan 15 1990 She was a WWII veteran US Army a member of the American Legion No 29 in Miami and a GO Chap Womens Army Corps Veteran Assoc Survivors Include sister Frances Edrington and a niece Leslee Henschel Graveside Services Tuesday Jan 23 2 PM at Glen Haven Memorial Pk Winter Pk FL RABIN HARRY 84 of Miami passed away January 19 1990 Mr Rabin had made his home here for the past 51 years coming from Newark NJ Harry founded the Miami Footwear Co in 1946 He was a member of the Nor Mi Lodge No 253 and The Mahi Shrine Beloved husband of Alice loving father of Joel (Dorothy) Patricia (Robert) Markowitz and Susan (Irwin) Becker all of Miami dear brother of Edith Stock Miami adored grandfather and great-grandfather Graveside Services and interment will be held 11 AM Sunday January 21 1990 at Lakeside Memorial Park 10301 NW 25 St All arrangements by RIVERSIDE GORDON MEMORIAL CHAPEL 710 SW 12th Ave Miami 858-5566 WASSERMAN LILLIAN 89 of Tama-rac Cemetery Services 1:00 PM Sunday at Levitt-Weinstein's Mt Nebo-Kendali Cemetery LEVITT-WEINSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPELS 949-631S Carnaval stars not asked where they Ve played GOODK1N Carnaval organizers say they will emphasize family involvement in this year's festival especially at the March 11 Calle Ocho street fair One addition planned is the world's largest pinata which is to be built by Pepsi Children will pull strings attached to the pinata releasing gift certificates from the festival's corporate sponsors ANN Beloved wife of George devoted mother of Joan Miriam Siegel and Michael Edward Goodkin dear sister of Freda Rubenstein Cherished grandmother of Amy Jeffrey Lori Jonathan Amanda and Jennifer Services Sunday 2:15 PM at STAR OF DAVID CHAPELS 7701 BAILEY RD NO LAUDERDALE FL One of the banned entertainers Brazilian singer Denise de Kalafe sued the Kiwanis and WSCV-TV Channel 51 in April She claimed the Kiwanis interfered with her contract with Channel 51 to perform at the festival defamed her character and inflicted emotional distress The suit was dismissed in August In addition to Emmanuel per formers at this year's Carnaval Night March 3 at the Orange Bowl will include Cuban American singer Martika Brazilian entertainer Xuxa Dominican merengue singer Johnny Ventura Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodriguez Cuban American performer Willy Chirino Venezuelan singer Henry Zakka and Don Francisco of Chile host of the television show Sabado Gigante CARNAVAL FROM 1B had performed in Cuba from the Calle Ocho street festival the Carnaval's closing event Debate over censorship became more heated when the group allowed Dominican merengue star Wilf rido Vargas to appear at the festival despite revelations he had performed in Cuba ZALINGER PEREZ DR AURELIO 88 of Sebring FL died January 18 1990 in Avon Park He was born and raised in Key West practiced dentistry in Key West Miami and in the service during WW II He was a life member of Kev West Lodge No 551 BPOE and a member of the Harvey Seeds Post No 29 American Legion Survived by 2 sisters Anna Richardson of Neranja and Margaret Hurton of Sebring Private services will be held at a later date Request no flowers POMERAINTZ DORA 97 passed away January 11 1990 Services in Lancaster PA SOPHIE 82 of NMB Services in New York LEVITT-WEINSTEIN MEMORIAL CHAPELS 949-6315 JONES Obituary Moticet Camaros Firebirds drive thieves to steal EARL 73- Of Miami Springs died January 19 1990 A native of Wilson NC he had lived here for the past 25 years Worked for the Bendix Avionics Corp from 1950 until 1982 Survived by his wife Mary 3 daughters Sharon (Greg) Hicks Nancy Jones (Ralph) Wakefield Barbara Sue Jones 2 brothers 3 sisters and a granddaughter Elary The family will receive friends at the Edna Rucks Parlor at the Church on Monday 7-8 PM followed bv a Memorial Service at 8 PM In the First Presbyterian Church of Miami Springs Memorials to the Oncology Dept of Baptist Hospital or the Memorial Fund at the Church U-M Cftttryloh WOODLAWN Park sec 22A i sires Jvuu ea hh-bv OBITUARY NOTICES Paid Obituary Notices Miami Herald J47S-hne To Place An Obituary Call Between 9anv4pm: Miami 376-8901 Monday-Sunday Broward State of Florida National immw Monday-Friday MT NEBO 2 adjoining lots good loca lot A plot 22 sec 12 S450 ea 904-386-6064 bye land of foreign export Either way in this instance you are apt to never see your trusty ride again It is "almost impossible to trace back" stolen parts to the original car and body shops pay 50 percent less for hot used parts vs new he said Only about half of all the cars stolen in Dade are recovered said DeRemer In 1989 in unincorporated Dade there were 19788 cars reported stolen up from 18568 the year before according to figures compiled this week That is an increase of 106 percent Not too bad said DeRemer compared to other counties in Florida where theft rates jump 35 and 40 percent a year In fact some Dade police agencies have recorded fewer car thefts for the year DeRemer takes a professional view that any device slowing down a thief is a good safeguard His favorite is a cut-off switch that simply shuts off all power to the car They are as cheap as $10 and with a moderate knowledge of electricity can be installed yourself DeRemer has such a switch on his own car Locks attached to the wheel and brake pedal are also effective but DADE MEMORIAL PARK 3 spaces Acacia section S800 ea 823-7980 FLAGLER MEMORIAL St Joseph's Seel 2 lots side by side £3000 904-245-4165 U-07 la Htaoriin MIA MEM PARK section Mt Calvary lot 741 spaces 3 8 4 $2000 666-8629 EDWARD A STILES 1925-1985 We Miss You! Your Loving Fa MT NEBO PLOTS 3 Adioining $695 each Rotfort 854-2911 Bkr FBI: 4 Dade firms part of fake car parts ring CARS FROM 1B proved that the work is part of an organized ring Some thieves take home $100000-a-year tax-free he said In one recent case investigators found 15 cars with popped ignitions in a shopping mall None was stolen but police figured it was a training session for a new crop of thieves DeRemer has been working auto theft for years and says the modern profile of the garden-variety car thief is not a teen out for a thrill "Very very little joy riding if any occurs anymore" said DeRemer Most cars are stolen today for one purpose: their parts Either the thief wants the car for a specific part such as a radio for himself or the thief is stealing to order for an illegal body shop operation that needs a fender or a front end from a specific model or is sending the car into the kiss-it-good must take into account mat some cars have tilt steering wheels which limits their effectiveness Audio alarms are "not going to attract much attention" DeRemer said He cited an example in a Miami parking garage where a car alarm was sounding while thieves stole a car two spaces away But the best safeguard is human presence "The easiest car to steal is one that is unoccupied The best way to protect it is to sleep in it" said CORRECTION The Board of County Commissioners meeting advertised for Tuesday January 23 1990 has been cancelled The next Board of County Commission meeting Is scheduled for Tuesday February 6 1990 The FBI is investigating four Florida businesses as part of a nationwide probe into businesses believed to be producing and selling counterfeit automobile parts Federal agents served 30 search warrants in 15 states as the result of a 2Vs-year undercover operation into the counterfeiting of automobile replacement parts and packaging Federal agents said the counterfeit parts deprive shoppers of getting the true value for their dollar They said the parts sometimes are of substandard construction and can cause safety problems The FBI received assistance in the investigation from Chrysler General Motors and Ford The Miami companies named in the search warrants were Raleigh Manufacturing and Poli Auto Parts Other search warrants were served in Cape Canaveral and Sarasota said FBI spokesman John Anthony FOP 7-atKv- ome caU.