Www0 HAMILL Poet laureate (Continued from page 4) guys I grew up with married Italian girls. So all the children of our world are half-Irish and half-Italian." He smiled. "Like some of my plays." La Russo comes out of a time and place where it was considered strange to want to be something as arcane as a writer. Everything in his personal history suggested that he would be something else: a longshoreman, a petty hoodlum driving for some big gavone, a manual laborer. "I dropped out of high school when I was 16," he said.
"My father had split, so had to help out, supporting the family. I had an uncle who was a big shot at Bethlehem Steel in Hoboken, and he got me a job. You were supposed to be 18 to work in the shipyards, but he got me in when I was 16, in an apprenticeship program. I lasted there about a year. Then I bummed around from one job to the next, and when I was 18, I went to work on, the docks.
Strangely enough, I was always writing. I was a football player in school, but I was always writing poems, with everyone sort of breaking my chops about it." During those teenage years, a momentous event took place. Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg showed up on the docks of Hoboken, with an actor named Marlon Brando. They were making a movie. It was called "On the Waterfront." "I wrote a play a couple of years ago called Marion Brando sat Right Here, which was about the effect that movie had on the longshoremen of River he said.
"So many longshoremen, by the end of that movie, after being used as extras and bit players, making rounds as actors. They had all those portfolios, and 8x10 glossies. It was amazing the effect 'On the Waterfront' had on River St. It wouldn't have been so great if it had been just another movie. But when it turned out to be a classic, everyone felt so important in Hoboken, all these guys." He sipped a cup of Sanka.
"And I was bitten by the bug too. For a while, I thought I might want to become an actor." He went into the Army at 19, got out at 21, and went directly to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He studied acting, and stayed for two years. "I don't know why it took me so long," he said, "but I discovered I didn't have the temperament to be an actor. I didn't like acting.
I was a little shy for it; it just didn't agree with me." But he had learned to love the theater. He tried directing, some writing, then got married, became father, moved to Boston, stayed 10 years. In Boston he worked at a variety of jobs, and wrote on the side "sort of like a hobby." Then, 10 years ago, his mother died in Hoboken. "I came back to bury her," he said. "And for the first time realized the urgency of my own life, and of life in general.
And I made a commitment to myself that I would go back to Boston, liquidate whatever I had going there, and come back and write plays. Really give it a serious shot. I came back in October of '69 and took over my mother's house in- Hoboken, where I still live. For the last 10 years I've been writing. And I learned that the thing I DEATH NOTICES FARRELL-Mary (nee Keane).
On May 23, 1979. Beloved wife of the late Francis Farrell. Devoted mother of john Daniel. Also survived by grandchildren Brian, Elizabeth, Evan Stephen. Reposing WALTER B.
COOKE FUNERAL HOME, 1504 Third Ave at 85th St. Mass of Christian Burial Sat. 10 A.M. St. lgnatius Loyola R.C.
Church. Interment St. Raymond's Cemetery. FLYNN- -Mary (nee Bannon). On E.
9:45 Peter A.M. J. from Bannon. CLAVIN Funeral FUNERAL McDonald Sat. May Loving sister of Catherine Masian, Margaret R.
HOME, 7722 4th Ave. Mass of the Resurrection 10:15 A.M. Our Lady of Angels Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Elisabeth )nee Drucker).
On May 23, 1979. Beloved wife of the late Peter. Dearest mother of Peter Rita, John, Rev. Robert, Edward. Reposing at THE ANDRETT FUNERAL HOME 353 2nd Ave (at 20 St) until Sat.
Mass will be offered at the Church of the Epiphany at 9:30 AM. Interment St. John's Cemetery. Visiting hours, 2-5, 7-9 Thurs Fri. HAMMOND -George John.
On May 23, 1979. Beloved husband of Dorothea (nee Fash). Devoted father of James Jane Di Venti. Loving grandfather of Jackie, Michael, Christine, Cathy. Fond brother of Joseph, Mary Greenlee, Thomas, William, Dorothy Kingston.
Reposing at Guarino's Canarsie Chapel, 9222 Flatlands Ave, Bklyn. Funeral Mass Mon St Columba RC Church. Interment National Cemetery. -Henry E. Beloved husband of Anita (nee Lange), two sons, Daniel Richard one daughter, Lorraine Ferramasea.
Also survived by 3 grandchildren. Reposing English Funeral Home 2190 McDonald Ave (At Ave T), Bklyn. Mass, Sat. St. Simon Jude Church, 11 A.M.
Interment St. John's Cemetery. HINCK-Henry M. of Brooklyn NY On May 23,1979. Beloved brother of William F.
Service Fri. 8 P.M. at the GEORGE WERST FUNERAL HOME Cooper Ave at 72 St. Glendale. Funeral Sat.
10A.M. Entombment Cypress Hills Abbey. Member of Aurora Grata Day 756 JOHNSON Beloved -Frederick husband I of G. May Margaret. 23, (Nee Brannigan).
Devoted cousin of Randall Cofski. Services P.M. at the McMANUS FUNERAL HOME 2001 Flatbush Ave Bklyn. Funeral Mon. 9:15 A.M.
Church Services 9:45 A.M. St. Thomas Aquinas. Interment Calverton National. Contributions to National Shrine of St.
Jude, 221 W. St. Chicago IL 60606 deeply appreciated. KOEHLER-Mildred. V.
(nee Dreyfus). On May 23, 1979. Beloved wife of the late Andrew. Devoted mother of Ellamarie Koehler, Lorraine Nixon Andrea Hall. Loving sister of Leonia Kuhlsen, Also survived by 8 loving Grandchildren.
Member of the Rosary Society, Catholic Daughters of America, Ascension Golden Ages Newtown Chapter of the A.A.R.P. Reposing at the LEO F. KEARNS FUNERAL HOME 61-40 Woodhaven Blvd. Rego Pk. Funeral Saturday, 9:15 A.M.
Mass at Ascension Church, Elmhurst at 9:45 A.M. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. KRUK- -Martin Jr. On May 23, 1979.
Beloved husband of Alice (Nee Sobolewski). Devoted father of Phyllis Krisa, Richard Martin Kruk. Dear brother of John, Joseph Michael. Also survived by 9 loving grandchil-1 dren. Reposing at LEO F.
KEARNS FUNERAL HOME 61-40 Woodhaven Bivd, Rego Park. Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Cross Church, Maspeth, Mon. 9:30 A.M. Interment Calverton National Cemetery write best is about Hoboken, and the things I love and understand." LA RUSSO, whose favorite playwright is Eugene O'Neill had that Irish eventually hopes to cover 100 years of Hoboken's history with his plays. are clearly autobiographical; "Father's Little Angels" deals with the traumatic events surrounding his mother's funeral; others overlap.
a character in "Knockout," appears, 20 years older, in "Lamppost Reunion." The scheme resembles Balzac in its ambition and its feeling for the value of the lives of ordinary people. "I've written sophisticated plays about people I don't really understand very well," he said. "The kind of trips you take when you're trying to show how varied you are as an artist. And I can write on those levels. But the real magic happens for me when I come back and write about my own people.
I don't know if it's because I'm trying to make the world hear their songs, or it is simply that that's the best tool I have. That world. I really understand it. And them" The conversation circles back to his mother, whose death propelled him into a career as a playwright. When he was young, she took him to a lot of Broadway shows.
most of them musicals. But the play that really affected La Russo was the Circle in the Square production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh," with Jason Robards Jr. "I just sat there, mesmerized," he remembered. "I came back to see it several times. And I realized that whatever that was, whatever he had the ability to do, it was something that I longed to be able to do.
Even today I try to deal with that kind of honesty in what I write. I'm not as good as he is, but I try to write serious, honest plays." Such plays are out of fashion among for FINEST HAND-CRAFTED FAMILY MO MONUMENT GENUINE VERMONT GRANITE Lettering Included AT SHOWROOM $224 DEROSA! Lifetime Guarantee LOCATION ONLY $1923 ROSE 49794 FASOLINO MEMORIALS 66-86 80 MIDDLE VILLAGE, QUEENS (NEAR ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY) (212) 326-1282 (212) 326-3150 11 200 monuments to select from outdoor indoor modern showroom some of the critics, but La Russo is a determined man. "I couldn't live long enough to write all the stories about Hoboken," he said. "It's not going to be easy.
I can see a rough road for me with the critics. I think for the rest of my life. They're into something else. Art comes from all the anger and misery and plunder and conflict of the world. There are levels to that world that most of the critics don't understand.
They're into head trips." he paused. "I write from my heart." Mr. Rolls, meet Mr. Royce London (AP) The builders of Britain's most luxurious cars plan to assemble 150 special Rolls-Royce Silver Shadows that wi'l sell for $65.000 each. The Silver Shadows will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the meeting between car dealer Charles S.
Rolls and Henry Royce, a builder of cranes and dynamos. The meeting led to the formation of the Rolls Royce empire. ORITUARY WILLIAM AUBREY DARLINGTON London (AP) William Aubrey Darlington, 89, theater critic of the Telegraph for 48 years until he retired in 1968, died yesterday at Seaford, Sussex, on the English south coast. ANNA KARAVAEVA Moscow rovna former nist Party Pravda the Stalin a trilogy DEATH NOTICES -Rose of Sicily, Kansas -Grace M. On May 24, City, Missouri Brooklyn.
On Fri. 1979. Dear sister of Helen V. FunerMay 18,1979. Devoted Daughter of al Sat 9:15 A.M.
from The McLaughthe late Francesco Mary Mangog- lin Sons Colonial Home, Third Ave na Guasto. Beloved Wife of the late at 97th St. Bklyn. MeSS. of Christian Dominic DiGiovanna Rebecca.
A burial 9:45 A.M. Patrick's Pioneer in Blessed America. Loving Church. Mother of Mary, Rose. Dearest Darling Grandmother of 5 VARELA on May 24, Great-grandmother of 12 Beloved Wife of Manuel.
Reposing MORACE MACAGNA SELLERS -James Patrick. On May F.H. Services 1 Oliver will be N. held Y. at the Eastern Chapel Star 24, leen.
1979. Beloved husband of Fri. 8 P.M. Chapel hrs. Devoted 2-5, 7-10.
Kathfather of James, John, Jay Donna DeMartino. Also er of survived Geneveve by 2 Kalbeitzer. grandchildren. Broth- IN MEMORIAM Reposing at Edw C. Halvorsen Inc.
5310 8th Ave Bklyn. Mass of Christian Burial BARONE-Adam Joseph. Happy first Sat. 9:30 A.M. St.
Agatha's RC Anniversary in Heaven. Your smilChurch. Interment Greenwood. ing face, Happy heart and love of life enriched all who knew you. Our SULLIVAN-Helena.
(nee Foley). On unending since you have our gone. tears You hearts are broken and May 22, 1979. Waterford. Native of Ardmore were Gods gift to US.
Love Mom, County Beloved wife of Dad, Chris, Nina and Nana. the Eileen late Florry. Anderson. Devoted Loving mothsr sister of of MURPHY-DANIEL Happy 1st AnniPatrick, Birdie Rogers in Ireland versary thoughts. in Love Heaven.
Still in our Mary Ellen Quaine. Reposing AL- Eleanor, Michael, BERT R. CONNER FUNERAL Maureen Cathy HOME 4955 B'way (207 St). Funeral WEINDORF-Arthur. Happy 94th Mass Good Shepherd Church Sat.
10 Birthday. Love From Your A.M. Interment Calvary Cemetary Daughter 6 Granddaughters Follow William Reel every Wednesday and Friday. People are his specialty. DAILY NEWS Americas Largest Newspaper 4 to 51 (UPI) Anna AleksandKaravaeva, 85, novelist and a correspondent for the Communewspaper Pravda, has died, reported yesterday.
She won Prize for literature in 1951 called "The Homeland." In Memoriam, Mass and Acknowledgment Notices Notices may be telephoned to THE NEWS by your funeral director every day until 2 P.M. to be in all editions of the next day's paper. Notices called in between 2 5 P.M.. Monday -thru Friday; will only appear in final editions of the next day's issue. In New York (212) 949-2076.
On Long Island (516) 887- 2002. In New Jersey (201) 271-3500. for ABOLT, York Taheyan- Daily 41 years News, employee in security. Beloved husband of Mary, devoted father of Ronald, Russomanno, loving grandfaTher of Robert Glenn and Christopher. Reposing at PAVONE FUNERAL HOME 4724 Avenue (corner of E.
48th St.) until Sat. Mass of the resurrection Mary Queen of Heaven 10:30 AM. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx. ADDEO- Leo T. of S.I.
May 24. Beloved husband of Lucy. Devoted father of Rosella and Benii. Brother of Frank, Julia Mauro, Theresa Romola and Anna Licata. Funeral DONGAN HILLS VIRGINIA FUNERAL CHAPEL, 1707 Hylan bivd, S.1.
Sat. 9:15 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial St. Marys Church, 10 A.M. Interment St.
Marys Cemetery. Visiting 2-5 7-10. BARTLETT W. On May 23, 1979. Beloved father of Muriel Muller Thomas Bartlett.
Loving brother of Virginia. Reposing at THE SIMONSON FUNERAL HOME 119-04 Hillside Ave (corner Lefferts Blvd), Richmond Hill. Service Funeral Sat. 9:30 A.M. Interment Lutheran Cemetery.
CARRAO- Mary. May 23. Devoted mother of Frank, Nashe, Gus, Thomas and the late Joseph. Also survived by 8 grandchildren. Reposing PETER C.
La BELLA FUNERAL CHAPEL, 2625 Harway Ave. (at Bay 43 St.) until Sat. Mass of resurrection 9 A.M. St. Catharine of Alexandria R.C.
Church. Interment St. CONGRO- James. Beloved husband of Fanny. Reposing at FARENGA BROS.
(Bronx Branch) 920 Allerton Ave. Funeral Sat. 10 A.M. Mass Mt. Carmel Church (E.187 ST.) 11 A.M.
CORBINO Grace. Beloved wife of Joseph. Loving mother of Gilda Lupo. Also survived by 3 grandchildren. Reposing at LOUIS DeLUCA SONS MAYFLOWER FUNERAL HOME, 6022 Bay Pkwy.
Mass of Resurrection Tues. 9:45 A.M. St. Athanasius R. C.
Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. DEVITO- Mary (nee Ruggiero). Beloved wife of William.
Loving mother of Nicholas, Sara Altman, the late Fury the late Mary Milheron. Also survived by 19 Grandchildren 2 dren. Reposing MORISCO FUNERAL HOME, 30-12 Astoria Bivd. Astoria unfil Sat. 9 A.M.
Mass of the Resurrection at St. Sabastian's R.C. Church Woodside 9:45 A.M. Interment Calvary Cemetery Mary R. (nee Reid).
On May 23,1979. Beloved wife of Leo V. (Retired Sergeant NYPD). Loving mother of. Vincent L.
Dear grandmother of Joseph Kevin. Fond sisfer of Catherine Fitzgibbons, Joseph. Anna, Thomas, Richard Reid. Reposing at EDWARD D. LYNCH SON FUNERAL HOME, 43-07 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside L.I.
Mass, of Christian Burial Queen of Angels. R. Church Sat 9:30 A.M. Calvary Cemetery. en las la MALTBY-Marion D.
(nee DrakeSmith). May Beloved wife of Monroe. Devoted mother of Beatrice. Dear sister of the late Daniel Drake-Smith. Service Fri.
11:30 A.M. May 25, 1979 St. James Chapel, 71 St. Madison Ave, of the Resurrection St- Stephen's R.C. Church Sat 9:30 A.M.
Reposing at GUIDO FUNERAL HOME 440 Clinton St (cor Carroll), Bklyn. Edmund C. On May 22, 1979. Beloved husband of the late Edna. Dear father of Edmund C.
Jr. Brother of Patrick Pauline Lehner. Also survived by 1 Granddaughter Eileen several nieces nephews. Masonic Service the Chapel of GEORGE SIEBOLD SON 7523 Third Ave, Bklyn. Fri.
8 P.M. Mass of the Resurrection, Sat. 10 A.M. Christ Church, Bay Ridge. Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donation to the Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children would be appreciated. MINNO- (nee Casarego-' la). Wife of the late Louis. Loving mother of Nick, Vince, Sal and Lucy Reale. Also survived by 5 grandchildren 7 greatgrandchildren.
Mass MOONEY-Mary (nee Wife of Thomas. Mother of William Edward Mooney, Catherine Early, Mae Birnbaum, Eileen Tardibuono. Sister of James McMorris. Grandmother of 16. Great-grandmother of 8.
Family will receive friends 2 to 5 7 to 9. LIAMS FUNERAL HOME, 5628 Bway at W.232 St, Bronx. Funeral Mass Visitation Church Sat 10 A.M. Interment Calvary Cemetery. NASIEROWSKI-Chester.
Suddenly on May 24, 1979. Beloved husband of Jennie (nee Gulczynski). Loving father of Emily Markiewicz Chester Also survived by 3 grandchildren 3 sisters 1 brother in Poland. Reposing af the MEGIEL FUNERAL HOME 64-18 Flushing Ave Maspeth. Funeral Sat at Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Cross R.C.
Church Interment St. Johns Cemetery, Visiting 2-5 7-10PM -Beatrice (nee Keogan). On May 21, 1979. Native of Co. Cavan, Ireland.
Beloved wife of the late James. Dear mother of James, John Theresa DeBrito. Also survived by 4 grandchildren. Reposing WALTER B. COOKE FUNERAL HOME, 1 W.
190 Bx. Funeral Mass Our Lady of Refuge Church Sat. 9:45 A.M. Interment St. Raymond's Cemetery.
Visiting Thurs. P.M., Fri. P.M. O'DEA- C. (nee Skiffington).
Beloved wife of the late John J. Devoted mother of Edward, Thomas and the late John L. Also survived by 2 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Family will receive friends from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME 5628 Broadway at 232 St.
Bronx. Funeral Mass St. John's Church Sat. 9:45 A.M. Interment St.
Raymond Cemetery: -Delfina. Devoted mother of Christina Mallo. Loving grandmother of Aldo Loretta Mallo. Cherished great-grandmother of Nicole. Reposing at CUSIMANO RUSSO 2005 W.
6 St. Funeral Mass, Sat. 9:15 A.M. Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church.
PETERS- Eugene. May 23, 1979. Beloved husband of Irene (nee Hoffman). Loving son of Anna the late Frank. Devoted father of Eugene, Susan Mrs.
Irene Whalen. Brother of Frank, Ambrose the late Cyril. Also survived by 7 grandchildren. Reposing at Hillebrand Funeral Home, 1238 Cross Bay Blvd, Broad Channet, LI. Mass of Christian Burial Sat 9:30 A.M.
St. Virgilius R.C. Churchy LEGAL NOTICE POSTPONEMENT NOTICE INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY CONTRACT C-20704 Construction of a Part of A Rapid Transit Railroad Route 131-D Section: 2 Archer Avenue 144th Place to 147th Place Borough of Queens Sealed bids or proposals for the construction A Part.of a Rapid Transit Railroad, Route 131-D-Section 2, in the Borough of Queens, will be received by the New York City Transit Authority (hereinafter called the on behalf of The City of Naw York, at the office of the Authority at No. 370 Jay Street, (11th floor conference room) Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, until June 1979, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., at which time and place the proposals will be publicly opened. The Railroad to be constructed under this contract is Section 2, a portion of a proposed new subsurface railroad, of Route 131-D, which extends under and along Archer Avenue, from 144th Place to 147th Place, including a station, in the borough of Queens.
The method of construction will, in general, be by trench excavation under cover. A fuller of the work and other requirements, provisions and specifications including qualification the Information for Contractors, in requirements of bidders, are given in the Forms of Contract, Bonds and Contractor's Proposal, in the Specifications in the Appendix, in the Addenda, if any, issued by the Authority, and on the Contract Drawings. all of which are to be deemed a part of this Invitation and copies of which may be inspected and purchased at Room 811, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, at the prices on file there. This contract is subiect to a financial assistance contract between the the United States of America, DepartNew York City Transit Authority and ment of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration and in part to financial assistance from the fy State troller All that of bidders they New General's are will York.
not be on list the required of U.S. to ineligible Comp- certi- A'TIVO contractors federally financed and assisted construction, The New Transit Authority hereby notifies all bidders that in forded full opportunity to submit bids regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this invitation to Bid, advertisem*nt business or enterprises solicitation, will be minor- af- 'SMUN proposals in response, and will not be subiected to discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex or national origin in to qualify as to skill and experience, ment At eration comply The demonstrate the for with opportunity time Contractor an his the award. Federal will financial bidder regulations. be equal ability required appears employ- and to to FRIDAY, he will be evaluated as to his ability to comply with Federal equal opportunity requirements. This evaluation will include an examination of the ation of the bidder's ability and plans equal bidder's opportunity past area performance and an in evalu- the MAY to obtain participation by minority emplovees and businesses in the performance of the work pursuant to the Federal requirements of the contract.
The Article Bidder's and attention Article is 82, directed to 99 entitled 'No Discrimination" and "Bid Conditions-Affirmative Action Requirements-Equal Employment respectively, with which bidders, Award subcontractors must contract contractors comply. and 6261 of this shall be subject to the approval of the City, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, the New York State Emergency Financial Control Board and the State Comptroller. The receipt bids will be subject to the requirements specified in said Information for Contractors. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY By Harold L. Fisher, Chairman, Edward 32 Sapo.
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