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Classified jOM -2V l--l- i Gannett Suburban NewspapersMonday June 5 1905 rfS T- I i i 'VXiZ rrt 'i 55 PLUS J'itV' BILL BOOKMAN i -H' '-5 A 1 $: 4 vJ- 4 Conference On the Aging yields resolutions 1995 White House Conference on the' Aging took place from Hay 2 to Key 5 during the very week Congress began in earnest to debate the threat (Republicans called it the promise) of cutbacks in nodal programs At the Washington Hilton the location of the conference the 2JM)0 delegates from across the nation labored mightily to do their own cutting back They took some 5000 recom-mendations from non than 900 local miniconferences and boiled them down to 40 resolutions intended to be a platform for the elderly going into the next century The prindpal resolutions called not only for the retention of Medicare at present levels but also for protection of the Social Security system and other social programs as well Did any of the delegates sense (Utility in presenting these resolutions to Congress? 'Alter all the congressional majority Is committed to lessen the role of the federal government In social programs as hart of a crash program to bring down the national deficit Jnd to balance the budget in seven years' -m r-- i Si f-- i 60 0 GO 0 MS Jf JC Glenn Close of Bedford received a Tony for best actress in a musical 9 are w- i -f' tiA Rose Dobrof of Mount Vernon executive director ofthe Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College wu a delegate to the convention and a member of its national policy committee Shealsowasadelegatetothe 1981 White House Conference on Aging Dobrof says sbel ibouttomorrowbutnotpessi- mistic over the long pull at think that people under- stand that middle aged middle- Dobrof says 1 thqr have to carry their doctor bills I think they understand that they have self-interest in what Dobrof sstatement reflected bneoftheaimsoftheconf- pnee: to encourage agreement among the generations on the Issues ofapng bringing to younger Americans the under-' standing that they too have a stake In those issues (That aim however was not brought out in the set of resolutions finally approved by the delegates TheraHdutimwvotedmtby the delegates will now be night back to the delegates' ties for discussions ofhow the resolutions can be implemented The conference leaders grill have 270 days to cotneup with a final report to Congress try to balance the budget is ri-diculous I think that the firmness of (the conference's) rcpnviction about community- aaed services will affect policy-16 the short ran we may not see implementation but I lnthe ihext we Close local Nnwnwr Andrew won best best play Tony show Theatre' Glenn Norma musical Hearn Stephnaqen amonq winneps i actress in a play She is the meddlesome Aunt Lavinia Fennlman in Lin- coin current production of Heiress" which got three more Tonys including best revival of a play The revival award was accepted by Lincoln Center producers Bernard Gersten a 23-year resident of Katonah and Andre Bishop a 1947 Washington Square drama by Ruth and Augustus Goetz also won Tonys for best actress in a play Cherry Jones and best director Gerald Gutierrez a Broadway COMPLETE LIST newcomer and OF TONY WINNERS 3C movie star Ralph Fiennes -V -v A Lloyd seven Tony Awards including musical and Terrence McNally's Valouri won last night in the 49th annual at Minskoff 1 Westchester residents George Hearn left and Frances Stemhagen received Tony Awards at last ceremony won the best actor Tony for his grunge-style Hamlet and Matthew Broderick won best actor in a musical for the lead to Succeed in Business Really 'i 4 In his acceptance speech Broderick thanked the show's choreographer Wayne Cilento of Mamaroneck making dancing so much Cilento a Tony nominee lost to Susan Stroman for award for that performance as best featured actor in a musicaL The $13-million also won Tonys for best book and score (both uncontested) and lighting Actress Frances Sternhagen a 36-year resident of New Rochelle was the evening's first winner getting a Tony for best performance by a featured The Minskoff is home to and John gilded mansion set for the show whlch also won a Tony last night served as the setting for the prize-giving as welL Actor George Hearn who moved back to northern Westchester from Hoi- lywood to take the role of Max von Mayerling Norma Desmond's mysterious chauffeur in won a Tony Close of Bedford who plays- Desmond In the Lloyd Webber through July 2 won the Tony as best actress In a musical Close hosted the live Tony telecast on i1lCBS with Gregory Hines and good sport Lane who had starred in Valouri but felled to be nominated for his performance tx 1 'fw 'K Please TONYS 3C 'ivs '1 Theo T1 JACODSON i-n 'V 'I Out lor Mood Eleanor Lltwak of Sdarsdalfv (resident of the New York State Council of Senior Citi- sens was also a delegate She i believes that not enough timer! 'Was spent mi discussion of the resolutions because delegates were named to three different Issue committees It she says "that instead ofspending dose to a week working intensively In grea we spent three hours over three areas Those of us Who had a (Ur knowledge of the issues did very well but it really give enough time for dialogue and a really In- tense learning Both Dobrof and Litwak were enthusiastic about the Speech to the delegates deliv-end by 94-yeardd Arthur Fleming a Republican who Was secretary of health educa-' tion and wdmre in the Elsen- bower administration wu An impassioned Ut-jwk says for gearing compassionate national cmn- inunity responsible for our pothers and Bookman is rrtirsd associate editor qffeis-r newspaper Reader may write hfo to rare qf Lifestyle' Gannett Suburban Ni Gannett Prh in part on Vlad the Impaler a particularly sadistic 15th-century Romanian prince In our time several articles have detailed the activities of people who drain you emotionally and actual bloodmickers who drink Mood don stereotypical dark duds and wear pale makeup Fictional vampires are more Am Favorite fswgai Dracula of course (Check out the atmospheric 1931 Spanish film as well as Essential Leonard Wolfs Insightful annotated edition of novel) Lestat in and the other three books In Anne Rice's Vampire (Alfred A Knopf will publish the fifth novel In this series the in July) Nocturnal cop Nick Knight in the syndicated series (1230 sjb Mondays WPlX-Channel II also this fell on USA Network) Barnabas Collins in the series (11 -am-noon weekdays on the Sci-Fi Channel also available on video) And not forget Grampa on the 800 CBS series SMI Writer Warner Home Video is releasing With the (priced for rental) tomorrow and frankly my dears we cant wait to sink our teeth into it again Ifyou missed It In theaters last fell and put off by highly stylised violence Is 7 worth a look a surprisingly en- tertaining film with judicious spe- -rial effects a superb score by Elliot Goldenthal and perfor-mances that range from the sen- sual (Antonio Banderas) to the 1 The promotional poster for the film affecting (Brad Pitt) to the rave- interview WlththeVi 'ampW' 1- ii -ruVr1: Cruise latory (Tom Cruise) features a toothy Tom xn The success of it than $100 million i I preferthoold poeoT T' -1 are forever caught between our base thirsts and bur better I £gre for an R-rated horror film is due In part to vampirism as ZSSR' man cot vampires we --a a I- I 1 I 1 I Stokft based his novel -If yf 1 iS I Mdjhem.