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Died. Roy O. Disney, 78, co-founder with his younger brother Walt of the Disney entertainment empire; of a stroke; in Burbank, Calif. Walt was a young cartoonist and Roy had just left a tuberculosis sanatorium when they decided to start a Hollywood studio in 1923. For capital the two brothers pooled Walt's $40, Roy's $250 and $500 borrowed from an uncle. Roy's role as money manager was defined early: "I deal with the banks and give Walt a free hand." After Walt's death in 1966, Roy continued as president and board...
ELIZABETH I. STRANG Burbank, Calif...
...time needed for moving these books and especially all the complex laboratory equipment will mean that full occupancy of the new addition will not come about until June," Robert Burbank, the project supervisor, said yesterday...
...Member of Parliament Winston Churchill, grandson of the great man, and his son Randolph made their appearance to watch the filming of a battle scene. Commented young Randolph during a lull in the sound effects: "I suppose they have run out of caps." . . . Halfway round the world, in Burbank, Calif., Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger took a brief vacation from his duties at the Western White House in San Clemente to visit another movie set with his children,* Elizabeth, 12, and David, 10. After watching Pop Singer Bobby Sherman filming a new TV series called Getting Together, the goggle-eyed Kissinger...
...biggest chunk of those jobs are in Lockheed's headquarters in Burbank and the TriStar plant at nearby Palmdale, Calif. Thus when the Senate clerk announced the vote, there was great joy in those towns. Telephone lines were jammed as relatives and friends spread the news. Champagne flowed at the local union halls. Restaurants were crowded for the first time in months. Ever since Lockheed began laying off some 9,000 TriStar workers last winter, local residents had been putting off decisions about whether to buy new cars or refrigerators. Sales-tax receipts in Burbank had fallen 24% from...