Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2007 (19. évfolyam, 1-50. szám)

2007-07-20 / 28. szám

AMERICAN Hungarian Journal LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES RE-ELECTS CHAIRMAN DE BALOGH Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" Unveiled Commissioner Dr. Frank de Balogh has been unanimously re-elected as chairman of the Commission for Public Social Services of the County of Los Angeles for a third term. This 15-member commission oversees the County’s massive Department of Public Social Services, which assists 1.8 million county residents, has 14,000 employees, and a 3 billion dollar budget. It is America’s largest social services (welfare) system, serving L.A. County’s 10 million persons. Photo shows Chairman de Balogh (center) with Vice Chair Corinne Sanchez; Philip Browning (far right), head of the Department of Public Social Services, along with Commissioners and staff. Previously, Dr. de Balogh held a presidential appointment with America’s military draft system. During two (2) Reagan Bush administrations he served as chairman of the National Selective Service Appeal Board. A UCLA graduate, he holds a PhD in public administration from the University of Southern California. He resides in South Pasadena with his wife, Judy, and son, Frank III. Kirk Douglas Reflects on 90 Years in New Book He’s 90, and every morning he works out at the gym. He’s published his ninth book. He’s starred in more than 80 movies and wouldn’t mind making more. “Trouble is,” said Kirk Doug­las, half in jest, “there aren’t many scripts for an old man with impaired speech.” The speech problem is the result of a stroke in 1991. Oth­erwise, he shows little evidence of his age. He walks briskly, the result of his lifelong adherence to physical fitness. His face is smooth, his eyes clear, his white hair sweeps back to neck length. Kirk and Anne Douglas live in a Beverly Hills home filled with paintings and artifacts collected on their worldwide travels. Seated in the living room, Douglas talks about his new book, “Let’s Face It.” “I call the book ‘Let’s Face It’ because the world is in a mess,” he said. “My generation hasn’t done much to cure it. The world has the lowest esteem of my country. I dedicated the book to the next genera­tion and to my seven grandchildren. I want them to look at the problems we have and try to bring our country back to the position we had, when we were respected around the world.” Douglas said he likes to talk to students at Kirk Douglas High School, a facility for troubled children in suburban Northridge that he and Anne help support. He tells the students of his hungry childhood. “I started life as a crook,” he said in the interview. He stole tomatoes from a neighbor’s tomato patch until he was caught and rep­rimanded. He invaded a chicken farm and robbed eggs, which he ate raw. The farmer apprehended him. His final crime was taking a tomato from a produce stand. He told his captor that he would give up a life of crime, and he did. Asked for his thoughts about turning 90, which he did last December, he grew somber. “One thing about being 90, you lose too many friends,” he said. “Frank Sina­tra ... Burt Lancaster. I wish I could have been more appreciative of my friends.” In his acknowledgments, Douglas says that his editor, Walter Bode, had been “such a great help.” During a phone interview from his home on Long Island, N.Y., Bode described their modus operandi. “Kirk wrote it all the way through,” the editor said. “I made notes, then I went out to his place for a weekend, and we went over each one of the chapters.” DUNA Travel 8530 Holloway Dr. If 102 W. Hollywood, CA 90069 Spa, Hotel foglalások, Kocsi bérlés Kedvezményes repülőjegy árak LAX-BUD-LAX $575-tői +TX. (szeptember 9-től) Információért hívják ZSUZSÁT TEL: (310) 652-5294 FAX: (310) 652-5287 1-888-532-0168 Július 20, 2007 ÍD The English Page of the Hírlap can serve as a bridge between the non-Hungarian-speak­­ing members of the fam­ily and the community. Use it to bring people to­gether! Subscribe to the Hírlap! Advertise your business in the Hírlap! If you have any ques­tions or suggestions, please call (323) 463-6376 SEATTLE, Wa. - Boeing Co. unveiled its first fully assembled 787 on Sunday to an audience of thousands who packed into its wide-body assembly plant for the plane’s extravagantly orchestrated premiere. With flight attendants on stage from each airline that has ordered the jet, the giant factory doors opened wide as the plane slowly moved into view to the strains of a song composed specially for the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. Boeing has won more than 600 orders from customers eager to hold the jet maker to its promise that the mid-size, long-haul jet will burn less fuel, be cheaper to maintain and offer more passenger comforts than comparable planes flying today. The 787 — Boeing’s first all-new jet since airlines started flying the 111 in 1995 — will be the world’s first large commercial airplane made mostly of carbon-fiber composites, which are lighter, more durable and less prone to corrosion than aluminum. The first test flight is expected to take place between late August and late September. The plane is set to enter commercial service next May after Japan’s All Nippon Airways receives the first of the 50 it has ordered. Boeing has won 677 orders for the new plane, selling out delivery positions through 2015, two years after Airbus expects to roll out its competing A350 XWB. In a rare tip of the hat to the competition, Airbus congratulated Boeing on the 787, whose commercial success has chipped away at the edge the European plane maker once held over its Chicago-based rival. “Even if tomorrow Airbus will get back to the business of compet­ing vigorously, today is Boeing’s day — a day to celebrate the 787,” Airbus co-Chief Executive Louis Gallois said in a letter to Boeing Chairman and CEO James McNerney. The 787 that debuted Sunday will serve as the first of six flight-test airplanes, while two other planes will be used for static and fatigue tests. Boeing hired former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw to serve as master of ceremonies for the 787 debut, which was broad­cast live on the Internet and on satellite television in nine languages to more than 45 countries. The company set out 15,000 seats for specta­tors at the 787 factory. “Let’s Face It” is filled with joy, but there are also times of sorrow. Eric, the youngest of Douglas’ four sons, was a problem during much of his life. Kirk writes of the boy’s “rapid mood changes” and out­breaks of violence. When Eric was 12, he was examined at an institute in an effort to assuage his anger. “This was the first of many places that we hoped would help Eric,” his father writes. Although Eric graduated from Claremont College and worked as an actor and stand-up come­dian, his troubles lingered, furthered by drug and alcohol addiction. He died at 42 of an overdose in his New York apartment. Kirk and Anne Douglas visit Eric’s grave twice a week. In the interview, Douglas told of asking his oldest son, “Michael, was I a good father?” “Michael took the longest time to answer,” Kirk recalled. “Finally, he said, ‘Ultimately, you were a great father.’ “ Douglas has suffered a series of calamities: an air collision between a helicopter and a light plane, surgery for a back injury caused by the accident, a stroke and a heart condition that required a pacemaker. Having survived, he turned to good works. He and his wife contribute to schools, playgrounds and parks, and they helped bankroll the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, a training ground for actors, directors and playwrights. But he has still other deeds he’d like to do. “I would like to do something for my country,” he said. “I appreci­ated so much that although I was born in abject poverty, I got a chance to work my way through college, through drama school, the Navy, then acting, which I loved. “Years ago I wanted to do something for the country, and I went to about 40 countries [for the State Department], I went to universities and I told them about my life; actually it is what America is. My theme was that in America you have a chance.” POOL RESTORATION Industrial Bond Coating Free Estimate! High Resistance against algae and stains Non-abrasive surface * Six different colors No more leaking * Maximum Durability Reduced chemical consumption Tony (213) 422-9386 AMERIKAI Magyar Hírlap

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