Page 2, The Herald, Monday, December 31, 1979 Richard Rodge NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Rodgers, the prolific composer who wrote the melsdies for such Broadway hits aa Okla- homal, South Pacific and The King and I, is dead at the age of 77, Rodgers died late Sunday at his Eaat Side home with his wife, Dorothy, at his side. Cause of death was not dis- closed, but the composer had been ill for some time with a threat ailment and five weeks ago had received a pacernaker to help his heart, Over the last 40 years, Tany of Rodgers’ 1,000-plus songs — most written in collaboration with lyriclat Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein — have become clasaica. “All J really want to do is to provide a hard-working man in the blouse business with a method of expressing himself,’’ Rodgers once said, “If be likes a tune, he can whlatle it, and it will make his life happier." “T have an almost religlous falth in what an audience wants and what It is willing to accept,” he sald of his abillty to consistently write hits. “I think they want to see a good show. They want to be moved, to be captured, and 1 don’t think they care very much what it is that captures them.” The speed with which he wrote some of his hits was almost unbelievable. For in- stance, he wrote Balj ba't in five minutes and the full ' peore of Oklahoma! in three days. “When you hand him a lyric, get out of his way,” Hammerstein once said. Rodgers said his fluldity at the plano was the result of hard work, concentration and good lyrics, which he was usually given flrst, Broadway historians credit him with turning the musical theatre into a tight package that fully integrated music and dramatic plot, Oklahoma!l, which he wrote in collaboration with Hammerstein, was regarded as the pinnacle, The musical, which opened in 1943, was the perfect mix of song, dance and story and was followed two years later by Carousel. Rodgers wrote sweet, and catchy songe that en- dured. Among them: Some Enchanted Evening, People Will Say We're in Love, Climb Every Mountain, If I Loved You, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Oh, What = Beautiful Mor- ning, My Funny Valentine and There Is Nothing Like A Dame. He was born June 28, 1902, ‘in Manhattan. His father, a wellto-do physician, and his mother exposed Rodgera to many musical scores and Classical composers, He firat played piano at age four, waa writing by age nine and at sophisticated, inspirational . age 15 published his first NEW YEAR'S EVE Traditional c Mystic, Conn., la stepping back 100 years to celebraie the end of the 1970s as Americans sit back for an overdose of televialon foatball and New Year's merrymaking, In New York City, police are hoping to keep the peace at Times Square where mare than 50,000 merrymakers are expected to ring in the new year, Others will gather at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel ballroom where Bill Lom- bardo, who took over Guy Lombardo's Royal Ca- nadiang after his uncle's death two years ago, will conduct a disco version of Auld Lang Syne. In Boston, at the Lying-in Unit of Boaton Hospital for women, mothers-to-be will slp champagne and celebrate with nolsemakera, balloons and party hata as ee ae they await the first child of: the 1 Firet night 1999 — which actually begins on the -last night of 1979 — also offers Bostonians an arte celebration with more than 100 performances of dance, music, theatre, pootry and mime, There are fireworks al | midnight from City Hall 28. The Seamen's Inne in. Mystic, Conn,, is recreating a New England New Year's Eve celebration from Dec. 31, 1879, with a 20-plece string ensemble and dinner served by costumed waiters. But the biggest party will be in Times Square, where 50,000 revelers are expected to hoot in the new year as a white ball of light drops from 1 Times Square at the stroke of midnight. . About 900 police will be on hand to see that the SELL THINGS YOU DON’T WANT WITH A CLASSIFIED AD! All it takes is a phone call to place your classified ad. You get cash and make a moving day profitable. Almost immediately cash buyers interested in good home furnishings and many other items.will be planning to buy. CALL 635-6357 TERRACE-KITIMAT (€ the gap between the so- song, Auto Show Girl. His partnership with ‘Lorenz Hart was born when Rodgers began studies at ‘Columbia University, As the firat Columbla freshman to compose the score for the annua] Columbia Varsity show, he matched his music to the words of Hart, then a recent Columbia graduate. Their first profeasional score, Poor Litde Ritz Girl, came out in 1920, However, not until they wrote The Garrick Galeties in 1925 did they begin a successful career that Included 28 stage musicals, a nightelub revue and eight film musicals. merrymaking doean’t get out of hand. Last year, there was a atabbing, several dozen robberies and 40- picked . pockets reported. Meanwhile, football fanatice warmed their TV easy chairs Saturday and Sunday with two post-season college bowl games and four National Football League playolf games. Today, college teams meet in the Peach Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl. On New Year's Day,. there are four Hart died in 1942. Their hits included Dearest Enemy, On Your Toes, Babea In Arms, Pal Joey, and The Boye From Syracuse, ' But it was in his sub- sequent 18-year partnership with Hammeratein that Rodgers tasted hia sweetest SUCCESSES. The two men turned out such box office smashes as Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Musie, and The King and I, After Ham- meratein's death in 1960, Rodgers went it alone and.in 1982 wrate No Strings, the only show for which he wrote elebrations set bowls — Sugar, Cotton, Rose and Orange — Ilkely to ‘decide the U.S, national championship. Fans of the Tournament of Roses Parade iri Pasadena, Calif, began lining the eight- kilometre route almost three dayd before the Jan. 1 event. The 91st annual parade — with the theme Music of America — will feature 59 floral flgata, 23 marching bands and 250 equestrians, Frank Sinatra is grand marshal New age, but... oma (CF) primate op Ted Scott, ate of the Anglican Church in Canada, sees the world on the brink of either a new age or a catastrophe in the 1980s. The Toronto clergyman, also moderator of the World Council of Churches through 1988, said In a weekend in- terview: “We have the whole poasi- bility of a new age or a catastrophe. Both these possibilities are open," He was discussing the growing awareness of the industrialized countries to the aspirations and desires of the developing countries. He sald one of the major decisions to be faced is how to reverse the flow of money from the poor nations to the rich ones and how to narrow called have and have-not countried. * He said that although this was talked about through the 1970s without much being done about it, instant communication and the growing awareness of the interdependence of all parte of the world makes him opti- mistic that concrete action will take place in the coming years. “We're recognizing that some things which now annoy us, we've been doing to the poor nationa for decades. ; “For example, OPEC continues to raise the price of ol] without consulting us, but for decades we in the West have been making all kinds of economic decisions without consulting péaple affected by them." Regarding the church, he said he had become aware as the 1970s drew to a close, that & the church needs to become aware of and involved in other areas of life than the purely religious. Economic and political life, he said, cannot be separated from the religious, And, he found people more aware of and more tolerant of the differences that shape thelr lives. ““Truth is to be discovered at a deeper level than just possessed,’ he said. ‘'l notice people more willing to be open and honest and give others the right to differ. T think it's fundamental not to claim that your view Is the truth,’’ . UNIT BREATHES HEAT VICTORIA (CP) — An emergency rescue treatment for hypothermia ting ut potentially fatal ch of the body's inner organs — has been developed -by Dr. John Hayward and Robert | Doyen of the University of Victirla. Called the Heat Treat, the device delivers moist, warm air through the respiratory tract and lungs to warm the afflicted organs, TAKEN: Security entrance - Pressurized hallways - Carpeted throughout - Drapes Included - Fridge & stove - Ample parking - Ensuite storage - Adult orianted - No pets rs, a life of hits both music and lyrics. His final work, I Remember Mama, which played on Broadway eartier this year, was not an artistic or commercial success, © AE’LL COME ‘BACK BUT... VANCOUVER (CP) — Walter Hans Muller, who is charged with forgery in a case that involved a political dirty trick, says he wants ta come in from the cold and return to Canada. Muller, who fled to his native Switzerland after the charge was Inid in 1978, said in a telephone in- terview from Zurich Stinday that he is tired of exile, He was charged in connection with a phoney federal government memo that indicated then provincia] labor minister Allan Williams had ordered security checks on British Columbia labor leaders. The memo created a political furore when it was made public, but federal officlals quickly Identified it as a forgery. “One and a half years is a long time to be out in the told," Muller said. “I feel now It is time to put these thinga in the past and come back.” However, Muller aaid he will only face trial in Canada if Premier Bill Bennett and a number of his key aides,are put on trial as a result of the current dirty tricks scandal that has dogged the Social Credit govern- ment since September. The scandal included advice by caucus researchers to election workers to “play dirty” in the May 10 provincial election campaign and to use phoney names on letters supporting Social Credit that are sent to newspaper editors. In addition, the party has revealed it failed to report more than: $250,000 in ‘campaign - spending’ ‘as required by the elections act, No charges have been laid in the scandal which is being investigated by the RCMP. Muller, a founder of the Canadian Bulldog Party In 1964 and an unsuccessful Soclal Credit candidate in Vancouver Centre in the 1974 federal election, said dirty tricks involving wiretaps and ballots were common during the 1075 provincial election cam- paign, “It was war against the NDP and I was part of that war,” he said, ''We did our best to undermine the NDP. “T have no guilt about these things. My only regret is that I didn't do more, The point is to stop socialism," Muller, who is working for a Swiss bank, said he was not responsible for the forged memo but it was rt of a plot against him the Liberal Party. MANOR VILLA (Kenney Street & Agar Avenue) INTERESTED IN RENTING A NEW MODERN APARTMENT? APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING - Bachelor suite, one and two bdrm. suites available. — - Washers & dryers available ‘ FOR FURVHER INFORMATION PHONE 635-21 69 lafler 6:00 p.m} for your pratectlon NEWS BRIEFS MONTREAL (CP) — The president of the union repre- senting striking Bell Canada - operatora In Quebec and Ontario says they won't be ‘back to work until Wed- nesday, Fred Pomeroy of the Communication Workers of Canada said Sunday that union leaders had already announced plans last week for a 48-hour strike to begin today and run through New Year's Day. However, moat of the 6,900 operators jumped the gun and walked off during the weekend in’ spontaneous protest over the company’s latest contract offer. Union leaders initially said they did not condone the early walkouts, and asked the operators to go back ta work, But they finally gave up, since the official walkout was due to begin today anyway. There was some confusion on the new target date for a return to work, with some reports saying Wednesday and some Thursday. Pomerey said current plans call for a return’ Wednesday, A union spokesman in Ot- lawa, where rank-and-file operators have conslatently _ been more militant than the union Jeadership, sald union members had voled to go back to work starting with the 6:30 a.m, shift Wed- nesday, Helene Wara said the return to work in no way implies acceptance of Bell's contract offer. It Is merely an act of good faith on the union's part, she said, 14 killed in accidents A 20-month-old infant killed‘in a two-car collision east of Sudbury, Ont., Saturday was among at least 14 persons who died ac- cidentally in Canada during the weekend. A survey by The Canadian Press from 6 p.m, Friday until midnight Sunday night local times showed 10 traffic fatalities, three fire deaths and one peréon killed in a snowmobile accident. Ontario had five traffic fatalities and one person killed in a fire, Quebec reported three traffic deaths, British Columbia had two fire deaths. Saskatchewan had one traifle death and a person killed in a snowmobile ac- eldent. Aljberta had one traffic fatality, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward island, New Brunswick and Manitoba reported no fatalities, The survey excludes in- dustrial deaths, slayings and known suicides. Diplomats denounce Soviets LONDON (AP) -- Warren Christopher, U.S. deputy state secretary, met with diplomats of allied countries today to discuss ways of. adding muscle to their denunciations of Soviet {h- tervention in Afghanistan. High-ranking ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Italy and West Germany met at the British foreign office, Canada was represented by Alan. Gotlieb, un- dersecretary of state for external affairs, and High Commissioner Christian Hardy, British Prime Minister TORONTO (CP) ~- An On- taria Worldair Bocing 707 landed safely at Toronto International Airport today following engine difficulties that forced the pilot ta abort _ o flight from Windsor, Ont., to San Juan, Puerto Rico. With one of its four engines not operating, the aircraft, carrying 105 passengers, circled Toronto airport to burn off fuel before making the landing, an airport spokesman sald. An airline spokesman said the engine was shut down as a precautionary measure when a faulty fuel indicator light showed something Margaret Thatcher, like President Carter, has strongly rebuked the Kreinlin for dispatching So- viet troops, now estimated at 45,000, ‘ta Afghanistan to support “ast week's Kabul coup by Babrak Karmal. The U.S, has reaffirmed a commitment to defend Paklatan — by force if necessary. Pakistan shares borders with the Soviet Union and Afghanistaa, British Conservative MP Patrick Cormack has urged that the allies also consider a frade boycott against the Soviet Union. Ain disaster averted — wrong, Howdlbyw nothing was wrong with the engine or the aircraft, he said. He sald the aircraft landed at Toronto International rather than heading back to Windsor or landing at nearby Detroit because Toronto is the airline's home base. The aircraft was some distance out of Windsor when the engine was shut down, he said, The’ (ight, a holiday charter to San Juan, was to resume when the fuel in- dicalor light problem was répalred, the airline Spokesman said, Gulf’s profits zoom TORONTO (CP) — Gulf Canada Ltd. expects its 1978 earnings will be about 50 per cent higher than the $182.6 million reported for 1978, the company saya in a fourth- quarter statement mailed to shareholders. Unaudited results for the year will be released in late January and audited statements in early February. At the end of the fourth quarter the company said it was operating or par- dcipating in 10 exploratory wells in Western Canuda, one in the Arctic Islands and two off the coast of Newfoundland. Gulf is one of a group of companies holding ex- ploration permits in the Hibernia area off Newfoundland where recent oil flow tests were reported favorable, Also during the quarter, 47 development wells were drilled, 13 finding oll and 30 gas, the company said. At year-end, two wells were being drilled in the Lovett River and Strachan areas of Alberta, Iranian oil expensive TOKYO (AP) — The Japa- nese and [ranian govern- ments agreed today to set the price of long-lerm Iranian ol] sales to Japan at an average $30 (U.S) a barrel, a Japanese foreign ministre source was reported aa saying, Kyodo news service, quoting the unidentified source, said the agreement reached by the Japanese envoy in Tehran, Tsutomu Wada, and Iranian Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar ved the way for Japanese mportera to proceed with individual negotiations on the volume of oil imports next year, Japan Imported 455,000 barrels of of] a day, or about 10 per cent of {ta oil imports, directly from Iran in 1979, Kyodo said, The agency quoted a Japa- nese oll company source aB saying, that for financlal reasons, Iran would have to export a lot of ol] and that Japan would not have to worry about obtaining the volume it needed, But a source at the Japanese ministry of in- lernational trade and in- dustry waa quoted by Kyodo as saying the Japanese government would continue — to ask oil Importers to conduct negotiations carefully, “We will act after taking into consideration the moves by other oil-importing countries," the source was: quoted as saying.