European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 g the stars and stripes sunday october 11.1987 Clare Boothe Luce 84, Dies of Cane Stork. A Clare Booth Eluce a Mew Jar itch congresswoman and ambassador pfc cof the most influential women or Harj my upon died Early Friday of cancer i she was 84. Luce the widow of publisher Henry. Luce died at Home. She was one of the most influential women of her generation a novelist playwright Diplomat editor and politician As Well As the wife of the founder of time life inc. She was elected tothe Best dressed list As Well As to con Gress. Luce continued to be Active ill on the Washington social circa Uhlna in politics into her 80s. Surata consultant to the National Shif tily Council and a member of the flashing Lon times advis Ory Boan sex lived in Hawaii from her Hus band s death in 1967 until 1981, when she was appointed to the intelligence advisory Board by president Reagan. moved Back to Washington. Luce was born in new York City on1903. Her parents separated Young and Mother an daughter apr a year attended private s in August 1923,new Ynion it inert Divot first years later. Her Only child Afflit Clare Brokaw was killed in immobile Accident in California in 944. In i93s, she married Henry Luce who was to become editor in chief of time life and Fortune magazines. She converted to roman catholicism under the instruction of Bishop Fulton j. Sheen one of a series of much publicized conversions supervised by the Tele vision preacher. Luce joined the staff of Vogue mag Azine in 1930 and served As Man editor of vanity fair Ron c to her in1936 Wei up women which critics for various shortcomings an for 657 performances. Other plays included abide withe 1937kiss the boys goodbye j938margin for error 1939 my unto the stable 1947child of thc1tmiihln95l and slam thedoor softly Pabli she actively enl Emp i klan the presidential Campaign of 194wp worked for the election of Republic candidate Wendell Willkie. The Only woman member of the House military affairs committee she was a frequent visitor to the world War ii front. On the Domestic scene she sup ported civil liberties for Blacks. She rciiihht0mc"political scene info Dwight Eisenhower s fixation and election. She lost her bid to become . Senator from connect Cut but was selected As . Ambassador to Italy in Early i9s3. She resigned in 1957 after reportedly suffering arsenic poisoning from paint dust in her bedroom. Two years later Eisenhower nominated her to be Ambas Sadol to Brazil. Sen. Wayne Morse an Oregon demo crat criticized her nomination calling her mentally unstable and a slanderer of president Roosevelt. She replied in kind my difficulties some years Back and began Forse was kicked in the head by a nor apr Terence to a 1951 Accident when a Marl she was confirmed Days later indicating that morsel criticism had created distrust of her Mission. Dod partial Protection for personnel but he did t want to Send the wrong signal added another source. According to an analysis by the Pentagon s comp troller Robert w. Helm the defense depart men would have to dismiss roughly 275,000 of Ulion Active duty troops if the not protected at All. If the the analysis states billion Worth of cuts would Nave to be shifted to other Pentagon accounts. Since much of the Pentagon s weapons buying is spread out Over a num Ber of years the operations and maintenance area would have to be Cut hardest to save the necessary i Cal 1988. Operations. _ Force a reduce a of evangelism. Hejaj41ntunusual name is a Good to talk to people god. People do listen he said. Along with the name change came instructions to learn How to write and say his name in 25 different languages. According to a when he learns them to perfection something wonderful is going to happen for All eyebrows Arch in disbelief ill Iwho am i to argue with the hol spirt among the la to flared Are a in malay _ a i Griega in a stand of
