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The Sun MONDAY, September 16, 1991 Actor's widow Industry better at fund Associated Press LOS ANGELES The widow of actor Brad Davis called on Hollywood's top executives and entertainers to confront an industry-wide discrimination that forces many with AIDS to suffer in silence. "Whatever the rules are in Hollywood today, they must be changed so that people like Brad can come forward before they die," Susan Bluestein said in a letter to be read at Sunday night's Commitment to Life, a star-studded AIDS benefit at the Universal Amphitheatre. Benefit patrons should "go to work tomorrow more determined than ever to fight discrimination in this industry," Bluestein urged. "The warriors are among you. And though many have remained silent, the time has come to lift the veil of secrecy." Davis died Sept.

8 at age 41 of complications from AIDS. Bluestein said that Davis, who won a Golden Globe award for his starring role in "Midnight Express," learned he had AIDS in 1985 but kept it secret for fear he would be ROBERT ROGERS JR. Former hospital employee Robert Rogers 72, of Fontana died of a heart attack on Sept. 9 in Lawton, Okla. Rogers, a native of Lawton, lived in Fontana 25 years.

He was assistant director of central service for San Bernardino Community Hospital and a member of Loveland Baptist Church in Fontana. Survivors include his daughter, Jean Fryson of Seaside; two sisters, Dorothy York and Arnita Clay, both of Oakland; and two grandchildren. Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. today a at Tillie's Memorial Chapel, 1557 W. Base Line, San Bernardino.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, also at the chapel. DANIEL A. McMILLAN Colton resident Daniel A. McMillan of Colton died Saturday at his home.

The cause of death is unknown, pending a coroner's report. He was 58. McMillan, a native of New York, had lived in San Bernardino County for four years. Survivors include three sons, Danny, Keith and Bruce; two daughters, Kathy and Coleen; five brothers, James, Robert, Steven, Kenneth and Scott; four Births MAYER A girl Aug. 6 to Cheryl Mayer, San Bernardino.

San Bernardino Community Hospital. MENDOZA A boy Aug. 6 to Frances Mendoza, Bloomington. San Bernardino Community Hospital. MILLER A boy Sept.

11 to Gabriele and Todd Miller, San Bernardino. Redlands Community Hospital. MIRANDA-ZIMMERMAN A girl Aug. 27 "to Aurora Miranda and Chris Zimmerman, Hesperia. Victor Valley Community Hospital.

MOBLEY A girl Sept. 10 to Cynthia and James, Redlands. Redlands Community Hospital. MOORE A boy Aug. 29 to Jacen Moore and Lara East, Apple Valley.

Victor Valley Community Hospital. PALMIRE A boy Aug. 9 to Judith Palmire, Hesperia. San Bernardino Community Hospital. PERRY A girl Aug.

30 to Frances Perry, Oak Hills. Victor Valley Community Hospital. PICOS A girl Aug. 10 to Maria Picos, Fontana. San Bernardino Community Hospital.

PIERCE A girl Sept. 6 to Mary and Eddy Pierce, Landers. Victor Valley Community Hospital. Monday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS Chapter 224, 9 a.m., York Rite Masonic Temple, 29th Street and Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino. Information: Don Delaney, (714) 845- 2578.

BREAKING BARRIERS: ASPECTS OF POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS A support group for people who are divorced, single, or separated, 7:30 p.m., Community Center, 22130 Barton Road, Grand Terrace. Discussion topic: "Child-like Play and Loving." Fee: $5. Information: Brannigan Leishman, (714) 825-5780. CIVIL AIR PATROL A civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, dedicated to community service through emergency services, aerospace education, and motivation for young men and women, meets 6:30 p.m. at Norton AFB.

Ages 13-18 are eligible to join cadet program. Information: (714) 794- 7642. raps AIDS raising than helping Brad Davis Died of AIDS on Sept. 8 unable to find work. In a book proposal, Davis lambasted what he called Hollywood's hypocrisy in raising funds for AIDS research and care while at the same time abandoning those with AIDS.

His accusations overshadowed the industry's main benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles, expected to raise more than $1 million. The feature lineup included Bette Midler, Carol Channing, Tyne Daly, Angela Lansbury, OBITUARIES sisters; Susan, Lisa, Maryann and Barbara; and five grandchildren. Services are private. MARY ELIZABETH REAVES Grocery checker Mary Elizabeth Reaves of San Bernardino died of cancer Saturday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana. She was 66.

Reaves, a native of Corbin, had lived in San Bernardino County for 45 years. She worked as a checker for Market Spot Grocery Store. She was a member of First Baptist Church of San Bernardino. Survivors include her husband, Odis a son, Ronald of San Bernardino; a daughter, Sharon M. Mobley of Highland; and four grandchildren.

Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, 1299 E. Highland San Bernardino. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mt.

View Cemetery on Highland and Waterman avenues in San Bernardino. The family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society, 2060 Chicago Suite A-17, Riverside 92507 or the American Heart Association, 575 Birch Court, Suites and Colton 92324. FELICIA LARDIERI Retired supervisor Felicia Lardieri of Fontana died of heart failure Saturday at home. She was 67. Lardieri, a native of Newark, VITALS PILCHER A boy Aug.

6 to Marjorie Pilcher, Rialto. San Bernardino Community Hospital. QUIROZ A boy Sept. 1 to Nancy and Ray Quiroz, Apple Valley. Victor Valley Community Hospital.

REED-CROSS A girl Sept. 10 to Kathleen Reed and George Cross, Rialto. Redlands Community Hospital. ROBERTS A boy Sept. 9 to Kathryn and Jackie Roberts, Highland.

Redlands Community Hospital. ROBLES A girl Aug. 10 to Arlene Robles, San Bernardino. San Bernardino Community Hospital. RUIZ A girl Aug.

6 to Christina and James Ruiz, Rialto. San Bernardino Community Hospital. SALAZAR A girl Aug. 26 to Jo Ann and Jerome Salazar, Victorville. Victor Valley Community Hospital.

SHORT A girl Aug. 29 to Revie and James Short, Victorville. Victor Valley Community Hospital. SMITH A boy Aug. 9 to LaRissa Smith, Fontana.

San Bernardino Community Hospital. SOTO A boy Aug. 10 to Rita Soto, San Bernardino. San Bernardino Community Hospital. STONEBRAKER-LONGORIA A girl Sept.

3 to Cindy Stonebraker and Jeff- MEETINGS GRAND TERRACE CHESS CLUB 7:30 to 11 p.m., Lions Club, 22130 Barton Road, Grand Terrace. New members wanted. Information: Andrew J. Casto, (714) 370-0566. MEN ONLY CLUB Features programs and 3-5 mile walks, meets 8 a.m., Joslyn Senior Center, 21 Grant Redlands.

Information: Ray Doyle, (714) 793-7154. PASS CHORALE 6:30 p.m., San Gorgonio Catholic Church Parish Hall, 1234 N. Palm Beaumont. REDLANDS CAMERA CLUB 7:30 p.m., Joslyn Senior Center, 21 Grant Redlands 92373. Program: "Creating and White Print" by Bob Cutshaw.

SIERRA CLUB Los Serranos Group, 6:30 p.m., Upland Public Library, 450 N. Euclid Upland. Program: "Desert Tortoise" by Ray Bransfield, deofficial regulator and enforcement endangered species expert a and discrimination individuals, she says Melissa Manchester, Richard Dreyfuss and the Irish rock group The Commitments in their first U.S. appearance since the debut of the film of that name. Midler, MCA Inc.

President Sidney Sheinberg and Joel Weisman, who was Davis' doctor, founding chairman of APLA and board chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, were to receive APLA's "Commitment to Life" award. "I make my money in an industry that professes to care very much about the fight against AIDS that gives umpteen benefits and charity affairs with proceeds going to research and care," Davis wrote in his book proposal. "But in actual fact, if an actor is even rumored to have HIV he gets no support on an in'dividual basis." HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Weisman said that Davis' refusal to seek early treatment for fear of stirring gossip could have cost him "years of vitality and life." N.J., lived in Fontana for 16 years. She was a retired supervisor for Barton Press Book Bindery.

Survivors include her brothers, Anthony, who is superintendent of Fontana Unified School District, Ralph of Rockaway, N.J., and Mario of Grand Terrace; and a sister, Michele Todd of Fontana. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 with scripture service at 7 p.m., both Tuesday at Pierce Bros. Ingold Chapel 8277 Juniper Fontana. Mass is 10 a.m. Wednesday at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church, 17080 Arrow Fontana. Interment will be at Green Acres Memorial Park in Bloomington. LOUISE POTTER San Bernardino resident Louise Potter of San Bernardino died of cancer Saturday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana. She was 70. Potter, a native of Milan, lived in San Bernardino County for 47 years.

She is survived by her husband, Toby of San Bernardino; two sons, Phillip of San Bernardino and Terry of San Diego; a sister, Gwenivere Funk of Rockford, five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, 1299 E. Highland San Bernardino. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at the chapel. Interment will be at Mt. View Cemetery on Highland and Waterman Avenues, San Bernardino. ery Longoria, Apple Valley. Victor Valley Community Hospital.

TABOR A girl Sept. 3 to Libby and Lee Tabor, Victorville. Victor Valley Community Hospital. THOMAS A girl Sept. 2 to Elizabeth and Norman Thomas, Apple Valley.

Victor Valley Community Hospital. THOMPSON A boy Aug. 28 to Tammy Thompson, Adelanto. Victor Valley Community Hospital. THOMPSON A boy Aug.

29 to Valerie and Michael Thompson, Victorville. Victor Valley Community Hospital. THOMPSON A boy Aug. 10 to Jacqueline and Ralph Thompson, San Bernardino Community Hospital." TOPPARI A girl Sept. 2 to Barbara and Andy Toppari, Hesperia.

Victor Valley Community Hospital. WAGGONER-GENTLES A boy Sept. 6 to Arlene Waggoner and Bruce Gentles, Apple Valley. Victor Valley Community Hospital. Marriage licenses EDWARDS-BIBB Matthew Carol both San Bernardino.

FONTAINIES-McDANIEL Moises Charlotte both San Bernardino. REYES-FRY Elonzo Kimberly both San Bernardino. person for the United States Fish and Wildlife Department for Desert Species. Information: Billie Schwarz, (714) 983-2213. SWEET ADELINES Inland Empire Chorus rehearsal, 7 p.m., Redlands Community Center, 111 W.

Lugonia Redlands. New members welcome. Information: (714) 820-0344. TOPS CA807, Weigh-in 6:30 to 7 p.m., followed by meeting, Association for Retarded Citizens, 796 E. Sixth San Bernardino.

Information: (714) 381-3875 or (714) 883-9764. TOWN AND COUNTRY AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY 1 p.m., Board of Education Room, 25 W. Lugonia Redlands. Program: "Trailers and How to Care for Them" by Faye Shirley. Information: (714) 794-3696.

WESTSIDE ACTION GROUP Noon, Boys Club, 1180 W. Ninth San Bernardino. Information: (714) 887- 6964 or (714) 820-1836. Repossessed car lot Jeff Freidman, president of Sherlock company repossessed. All vehicles Car 'repo' Associated Press EL MONTE Car repossession man Jeff Friedman says he hopes his autobiography, "License to Steal," will vindicate his profession while shoehorning him into less dangerous work.

Take movies, for example. "I'm not an actor, but I can sure see myself as a technical adviser on something like that, telling them how something would be done," he said. "I definitely don't want to do this much longer." The owner of Sherlock Recovery Services Inc. admits the title of his book implies some dirty dealing. But he insists it's just a catchy title intended to generate sales.

"I know some people believe we go out and 'repo' people who are down on their luck, but that really doesn't happen very often," Friedman said. Sociot Recovery Services leans pictured, except the tow truck, were man wants Typically, those who get their cars repossessed are able to make their payments, he said. "You have criminal law and civil law, with the police in charge of enforcing the criminal side. What we do is enforce the civil side, which is the other side of the fence," he said. "If somebody takes something from you and I go and get it back for you, that isn't stealing." Friedman's book chronicles some dangerous vehicle recoveries in the streets of Los Angeles.

During one, Friedman claims he saved his own life by uttering his 5-year-old daughter's name when an angry defaulter pressed a gun to his temple. In another, Friedman says he succeeded in repossessing a car from a 400-pound man who tried to stop him by lying across the hood of the vehicle. That incident earned Friedman more business with the AP against one of the many vehicles his repossessed. new career bank that hired him for the job. But it was one of many reminders of the dangers of repo work.

"I think you get little signs that you should be doing something else," he said. "The reality is that if you do this long enough, sooner or later you're going to be killed." Friedman said he has another reason for wanting to leave. Like other companies, his firm has been hit hard by recession. "People think we do well in bad times, but the truth is we ride along right with the economy," he said. He estimates his El Montebased agency handles about 200 repossessions a month about 100 per month fewer than it did in 1989.

"During the 1980s, it seemed like every year was better than the previous years," Friedman said. "Now no one is buying cars anymore, and if they aren't buying anything, there's nothing to repossess." Gulf War created health crisis, Clark says Associated Press the International Court of Justice or less than one-fourth including in The Hague. humanitarian aid, Mirkarimi said SAN FRANCISCO A traveling commission led by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark says a public health disaster in Iraq followed the Persian Gulf War. Clark's New York-based Commission of Inquiry held hearings in San Francisco Saturday that were co-sponsored by the local Committee to Stop the U.S.

War in the Middle East. The former attorney general hopes to present evidence of U.S. "war crimes" at The commission said the United States could be held accountable for the destruction of water purification and sewage facilities. Fecal coliform tests of Iraqi waters show the water system is so contaminated by diseases that last for another two to three years, said Ross Mirkarimi of San Francisco's Arms Control Research Center. Food production in Iraq has dropped to 13 percent of normal, at the hearings, held at Mission High School.

Dr. David Levinson of Berke-, ley, who recently toured Iraq's medical facilities, said continued U.S. sanctions have prevented many Iraqis from getting drugs, such as insulin for diabetics. Last week's report that U.S. forces used bulldozers and earthmovers to bury thousands of soldiers alive in their trenches was labeled a "war crime," by the panel.

Czechs seek help in guiding new democracy Associated Press U.S. constitutional theory. dations of U.S. political theory SAN DIEGO Czechoslovakian leaders trying to build a post-Communist structure of government have asked a San Diego State University professor to provide the blueprints. Czech officials want to model their new government on the democratic form of the United States but lack reference books describing how the U.S.

Constitution and the Bill of Rights are put into practice. Those books previously were banned by the Czech government and that country's struggle to shrug off Communist rule has left it too poor to buy them, SDSU economics professor Yannis Venieris said. "They have adopted the U.S. model, but the government officials don't have any reference books to read when a question comes up," said Venieris, directors of SD SU's Institute for Central and Eastern European Studies. Jiri Payne, vice chairman of the Czechoslovakian National Council's Foreign Relations Committee, asked Venieris for help in assembling a library of books on Job seeker puts message on balloon WALNUT CREEK (AP).

She tried it before looking for a husband. Now Anita O'Hearn has sent up a balloon looking for a job. O'Hearn made headlines and heads turn in 1988 when she advertised herself as available for marriage. O'Hearn floated her message on a large hot air balloon above Oakland. She also advertised for a husband the same way in early 1989.

Although she said she received thousands of telephone calls and some interesting proposals, O'Hearn remains single today. "We are creating a new political structure and we are looking for books on modern political theory, on party politics and their role in society," Payne said in his letter last month to Venieris. Venieris met Payne during a trip to Prague in May and has agreed to lead the effort to gather those materials to sent to the fledgling democracy. "It's very inspiring, really, that educated scholars outside the United States respect the intellectual achievement of (the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights)," he said.

"They see them as fresh as ever." The Czechs primarily are seeking books that describe how the Bill of Rights and other democratic foundations are implemented and how other laws are created to support those rights. Books about recent judicial rulings on U.S. constitutional law aren't needed as much as those that explain how the U.S. legal and political systems originally were designed to work, Veneiris said. He intends to collect between 500 and 1,000 books on the foun- Mark B.

Shaw MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1525 No. Waterman Avenue San Bernardino, CA 889-0173 Vera Wade Graveside Service Monday, 1:00 P.M. Mt. View Cemetery Willie Cole Monday, 1:00 P.M. Mary C.

Desantos Evening Service Monday, 7:00 P.M. Mass: Tuesday, 9:00 A.M. St. Anthony's Church and then apply for a grant to them to Czechoslovakia. Though he's collected only' about 50 books so far, Veneiris, said libraries at UCLA, Southern Cal, the University of San Diego and other universities have, pledged to supply used textbooks: for the Czech National Council.

Veneiris also is seeking con-. tributions of books on the U.S. legal system from attorneys. The institute that he heads at-. tempts to foster cooperation between Central and Eastern Euro-: countries and the United aid States.

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La Cadena Colton Louise W. Potter Wednesday, 11:00 A.M. Chapel Laura E. Shirey Memorial Service Friday, 6:00 P.M. Chapel.