Monday, Jun. 20, 1983
MARRIED. Irene Marcos, 22, younger daughter of Philippine President Ferdinand and First Lady Imelda Marcos; and Gregorio Araneta III, 35, land developer and scion of one of the country's most prominent families; both for the first time; in Sarrat, the Philippines. Bitterly disappointed by the 1981 U.S. marriage of their daughter Imee, 27, to a divorced man, the Marcoses compensated this time by laying on the pomp and splendor. Under Imelda's flamboyant direction, an estimated $1.3 million, some of it government funds, was spent on items such as speeding historic restoration work on the northern Luzon city of Sarrat, birthplace of the bride's father; building four "people's halls" in the Sarrat area to accommodate the 500 invited guests plus 100,000 local residents; diverting 24 government airline planes and 50 buses for the guests' use; and providing Irene with three wedding dresses, designed by Givenchy, Valentino and Balestra.
DIED. Dennis R. Barnhart, 40, president of Eagle Computer, Inc., a thriving young microcomputer firm that, partly through his skillful management, had doubled its sales every quarter since its May 1982 incorporation; of injuries suffered when his red Ferrari swerved out of control, tore through a guard rail, and crashed into a ravine, only hours after the company's first public stock offering made the paper value of his holdings $9 million; in Los Gatos, Calif.
DIED. Ivan Tors, 66, king of the not-so-wild beasts as producer of wholesome outdoor adventure films and TV series such as Flipper, Gentle Ben, Daktari and Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion and longtime crusader for conservation of wildlife; of a heart attack; in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, where he was scouting locations for a new television series. A 1939 immigrant from Hungary, Tors eventually broke into TV and movies by producing science fiction films and 156 episodes of Sea Hunt (1957-61). During the '60s, with profits from his productions, he co-founded and ran Africa, U.S.A., a 250-acre animal training center where he practiced what he called "affection training" for his beloved stars.
DIED. James E. Casey, 95, a founder and former chief executive officer of United Parcel Service, which he and a friend started in 1907 in Seattle with $100, six messengers and two bicycles, and which he built into a nationwide network whose 117,000 employees last year delivered 1.6 billion packages to more than 35,000 communities, earning the company more than $300 million; in Seattle. Casey was a believer in giving executives at every level a say, and a stake, in running the company. As a result of his profit-sharing plan, among the first in American business, U.P.S. is today almost entirely owned by its 12,000 managers and supervisors, their families and heirs.
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