European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Fellini Dies at age 73 Rome a  film Maestro whose mix of fantasy spectacle and cart Hinss created Oscar winning movies such As # and la Strath died sunday tic was 73. Fellini had been in a coma at Rome s polyclinic Hospital since suf Fering a heart attack and Respirator problems oct. 17. He suffered a stroke in August. R known As ii Mago the magi Cian Fellini delighted and some times perplexed his audience by weaving a tapestry of make Bali Csc mystery and cinematic magic. He won scars for la Stroila 1954 night of cabiria 1957 1963 and /1mflrcort/ i973. He won a special Oscar in Marc for lifetime achievement. Others in the pantheon of directors so Honore included Charlie Chaplin Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. I can say that i like getting the Ca reer Oscar especially because it comes from the americans he said adding however in All sincerity in my work did nothing but enjoy  perhaps Fellini s. Most famous film was la Dolce Vita in 1960. The movie with its sexy scene Anita Ekburg coaxing Marcollo Mastroianni into the Trevi Fountain brought him the Golden Palm the top prize at Cannes France and the condemnation of the Vatican which branded the film  feminists called him a dirty old  was repeatedly accused of running out of ideas and having nothing to say of favouring the grotesque and of being obscure and indulgent. In All. Fellini directed 20 feature films. They were shaped by dreams myth Sand women sometimes grotesque Al most always sensuous lie revealed i spectacle be it circus scenes amuse ment Parks even Bishops staging a Fash Ion show of religious vestments. His characters were often earthy and italian director Federico Fellini discusses a scene with actress Anita Ekberg during the filming of la Dolce Vita in 1960. In the background is Rome s Trevi Fountain. Fantastic and Fellini liked to say his favorite Way of casting was to ride the Rome subway. Fellini was born in Rimini a resort on Italy s Adriatic coast on Jan. 20,1920. At 17, he worked in Florence As a cartoonist and then moved to Rome. He also began writing a radio series Pallin and Pallina and fell in love with its Star Giulietta Masina. One Day he sent her a couple of Young a Csc with a note attached to one s leg Pallina will you marry me i Hope  she did in 1943 and starred in Man of his films. Saturday was their 50th wedding anniversary. Masina had been too distraught to visit him More than a few times while he was in a coma. Though famous Fellini led a relatively simple life. He and his wife had 410 Chil Dren and lived in a Small apartment i downtown Rome. Asked in an interview Why he had never made genre films Fellini laughed and replied i have made All my films in the Fellini Szuc  Fellini s sister in Law Maria Luis Masina said the Wake would be held in the cinc Citta film studio outside of Rome and the funeral would wednesday Ansa said. Actor River Phoenix Dies after leaving la. Nightclub los Angeles a River Pho enix who emerged As a Young Star in stand by me and co starred in the off beat my own private Idaho died Sun Day after collapsing outside a nightclub. He was 23. Companions of the actor said he was acting strangely after leaving the popu Lar Viper club in West Hollywood about 1 ., said sheriffs Deputy Pat Rick Hauser. Phoenix was taken to Cedars Sinai medical Center where he died at 1 51  Hauser said. Authorities refused to elaborate on Phoenix s behaviour before his collapse saying an autopsy would determine a cause of death. Phoenix known for his natural style and dramatic intensity gained Fame As a scruffy cigarette smoking youth in Kob Reiner s 1986 hit stand by me. In 1991, he played a male Hustler ingus Van Sam s my own private Idaho. His other films include the Mosquito coast with Harrison Ford a night in the life of Jimmy Reardon Little Nikita with Sidney Poitier running on empty and sneakers with Robert red Ford and Poitier. He was to co Star in a film version of Anoe Rice s Best Selling novel inter View with a Vampire with Tom cruise which was scheduled to begin filming last month. Phoenix s parents John and Arlyn met while hitchhiking and chose to name their son after the River of life in Herman Hesse i novel siddha Nha born in Oregon Phoenix spent most of his childhood in Venezuela with his siblings rain Leaf Liberty and sum Mer while his parents became Mission Aries for children of god. The family moved to los Angeles and in 1932 Phoenix landed his first part in the Short lived to series seven brides for seven Brothers. River Phoenix shown in a scene from the 1986 film the Mosquito coast died sunday after collapsing outside nightclub in  Calif. Monday november 1,1993 experts roof for new cure to alcoholism from wire reports Washington Harvard scientists Are finding a Long used chinese herbal remedy May contain extracts that con Quer the craving for alcohol. The research suggests that the Chemi cals extracted from the roots of Kudzu a Weed found throughout the Southeast United states eventually could help treat alcoholics the scientists said. Researchers at Harvard medical school intrigued by the ancient chinese use of the Kudzu roots to treat alcohol ism tested compounds from the Plant on a group of hard drinking  that the rodents voluntarily went on the Wagon. Or. Bert l. Vallee of the Harvard medical school said the Kudzu extract has been used widely in China and Japan for centuries to treat  can buy the stuff in poll form Over the counter in Japan and  the study is to be published today inthe proceedings of the National facade my of sciences. To test Kudzu s effect on alcohol craving the researchers used an unusual Ani Mal called the syrian Golden  said this animal has the unique characteristic of having a huge appetite and capacity for alcohol. These hamsters will drink alcohol i preference to water he said. The scientists said that Hamster treated with the extract consumed less than half the amount of alcohol Asun treated hamsters even if they had fre Access to the drink. Without the. Treatment the hamsters consumed the equivalent of a Case of wine a Day said James Riordan professor of biochemistry at the Harvard medi Cal school in Boston. Presumably All it requires to work inhuman is to formulate this into a Tablet Pill or skin Patch and it might work the same Way. We Don t know that but i might said riordarv4dding that his group has secured a Patent. Sex Kab figure held in London report claims London a police arrested for Mer soviet secret police Gen. Oleg Kalugin at Heathrow Airport for questioning about the 1978 Poison umbrella tip murder of dissident bulgarian writer the itar Tass news Agency reported sunday. Kalugin denied any involvement in the murder of Gyorgy Markov and the rus Sian embassy demanded his release. Itar Tass said in a report from its Lon Don Bureau. Scotland Yard asked about the report said a Man was arrested at Heathrow air port on saturday night and taken to a Cen trial London police station. He will be interviewed in connection with a serious matter a spokeswoman said speaking anonymously in keeping with British Cus Tom. She would not give further details. Markov a bulgarian exile who worked for the British broadcasting corp bul Garian language service died after a Poi son Pellet was injected into his thigh by an umbrella tip while he was waiting for it bus in London on sept. 29,1978. Britain suspected at the time that Markov was killed by agents of Bulgaria s then hard line communist government. Kalugin the former head of soviet counterintelligence has said in the Pas that Bulgaria asked for Moscow s help a the assassination