European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday september 10, 1977 mostel As tevye Veteran actor Zero mostel died thurs Day at the age of 62. Mostel is pictured in one of his most memorable roles fiddler on the a photo comedian Zero mostel the tiddler Dies at 62 Philadelphia a Zero mostel the roly poly rubber faced stage and screen actor who rebounded from Black listing in the 1950s to worldwide Fame As tevye in the Broadway production of fiddler on the roof died thursday. Hews 62. Death was tentatively attributed to heart failure a spokeswoman for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital said. Mostel who was admitted to the Hospital last weekend with a viral infection died at 7 47 . Not the spokeswoman said. He was in Philadelphia for pre Broad Way performances of the merchant which was to open sept. 15. A roly poly mass of exuberance with bulging eyes and stringy hair the 240 Pound mostel starred in stage productions of a funny thing happened on the Way to the forum fiddler Ulysses in Nightgown and he won Tony awards for Rhinoceros and forum and a new York drama critics award for he also starred in the movie version of forum and in the regarded by Many As one of the most versatile performers in the history of the theater mostel also was noted for his painting which he described As his real love. Born Samuel Joel mostel in Brooklyn to a family headed by a rabbi made his Broadway debut in a vaudeville production keep pm laughing in 1942. By the Early 1950s, he was earning $5,000 a week As a standup comedian and was a successful character actor in films such As panic in the streets and the in then the red scare intervened and mostel became one of Many famous entertainers branded As left Wing sympathizers and put out of work. He re emerged triumphant a decade later gaining acclaim for his portrayal of the warm kindhearted tevye who seemed to have a Friendly informal relationship with god in fiddler on the roof one critic described the Zany rotund actor As a pantomime Genius who could say More with a cocked Eyebrow than Many actors with four pages of defying traditions of acting preparations he frequently took naps just before performances. I never memorize a role he let the part Lay in asked about the effect of his improvisations on other actors he remarked obviously they have to be Alert. But i la Tell you one of my acting secrets is listening. Spontaneity comes from hearing the other actors. Their voices change. I still make that piece of music with he and his wife Kathryn a former radio City music Hall rockette he mar ried in 1944, had two grown sons Joel and Tobias. Senate cautioned on new test ban pacts with Russ Washington a the nation s to nuclear weapons developers thursday cautioned the Senate that two new test ban treaties with Russia would halt the Addi Tion of any new High yield weapons to the . Arsenal. The treaties would set a limit of 150 kilo tons equivalent to 150,000 tons of int for underground nuclear weapons tests and underground nuclear explosions for peace Ful purposes. Tests in the atmosphere outer space or under water already Are prohibited by the test ban treaty of 1963. Senate ratification of the two new trea ties was supported in testimony before the Senate foreign relations committee by top officials of the Energy research and development administration. One opponent Harold m. Agnew. Director of the government s los Alamos n.m.,weapons design Laboratory told the com Mittee he would advise against the treaties until a new strategic arms limitation agreement with Russia is reached and the defense department concludes that it will have no further requirement for new War Heads above 150 Kilotons. Roger e. Batzel director of the Law rence Livermore Laboratory another weapons development Center said he believes there is a Good Chance that higher yield weapons will be required by the defense department to meet new Mili tary needs in the future. The Laboratory he said can provide some options based on past designs but the treaty will limit the possibility of exploring new inventions to develop new nigh yield weapons. Batzel said the soviets Are Likely to take advantage of the 150-Kiloton limit on tests and he urged that . Policy allow the weapons laboratories the same flexibility continuing vigorous testing within the 150-Kiloton limit and resisting proposals to impose lower limits unilaterally. The scientific witnesses agreed that the United states is capable of detecting underground explosions exceeding 150 kilo tons particularly if they Are repeated. Agnew however said it is questionable whether underground tests within the five to 10 Kiloton Range could be detected. Robert w. Fri acting administrator said the treaties Are Steps toward the . Objective of achieving effective arms control. Alfred d. Starbird assistant adminis Trator for National Security said the trea ties would permit the Agency to meet defense department requirements within the 150-Kiloton test limit but would not allow Erda to develop new higher yield weapons. He said nuclear weapons already in the stockpile May change with age and eventually require rebuilding. This could result in the need for full scale tests or As an alternative a loss of Confidence in the reliability of the . Nuclear Arsenal. But he added we should be Able to maintain Confidence Levels for the first five year term of the he noted that the treaty provides for either party to withdraw after five years but he said the right of withdrawal will not be lightly Ohio legion disease hits 5th victim Columbus Ohio a the state s fifth Case of legionnaires disease has been diagnosed in a 79-year-old Columbus woman. Jon Christensen a spokesman for the state health department said thursday that the woman who was not identified was hospitalized August 5, treated for pneumonia like symptoms and released 13 Days later. A Sample of her blood was sent to the National Center for disease control in at Lanta along with samples from about 200 patients Hospital employees and other workers. Health officials said the disease blame Don an As yet unnamed organism has claimed one life in Ohio. Two other unidentified women aged 51 and 39, Are being treated for the illness. A 58-year-old woman was released Friday after being treated at the Hospital. Christensen said Friday that blood tests proved negative for legionnaires diseases a cause of death for Lucille Craigo 65, of Cumberland who died wednesday in Riverside. He said the disease was not ruled out As a cause however pending re ports on lung tissue examinations. The disease killed 29 of 180 persons who contracted it about the time of an Ameri can legion convention in Philadelphia Las year. Meanwhile at Ohio state University Hospital test results on 13 patients checked for the disease tentatively Indi Cates one patient was previously exposed to legionnaires disease a spokesman said. Strike halts greek trains Athens up All greek trains were brought to a halt Friday by a 41-hour strike by the organization of greek railways Ose personnel asking for More pay and fringe benefits. A government spokesman said additional buses including those oper ated by Ose will be moving passengers to Points served by trains. Kidney infection was labor pains a expectant Mother got Surprise Wilmington Del. A Sandra Conaway went to the Hospital monday with a backache and came Home thursday with a new baby. The a expectant Mother said she was flabbergasted when the nurse at the Wilmington medical Center told her she did t have a kidney infection but that shews in labor. Holly Elizabeth a healthy seven Pound six ounce baby was born Early tuesday and nurses said she was apparently carried full term. I had no idea i was pregnant said Conaway 34, who admitted that she had put on quite a bit of weight in recent months. She said she Felt perfectly Normal until about a week ago when she began having Back pains. Conaway and her husband Bayard a warehouseman said that having their first child has made everything just fall they moved from a two bedroom Mobile Home to a three bedroom trailer month ago
