Irish Extra Knute Rockne Movie Premiere Re-Enacted

l Inside: Irish Extra Knute Rockne movie I premiere re-enacted I By THERESA GUARINO man of the board of First Source Saint Mary's Executive Edttor Corp. as honorary chairman. l Knute Rockne was the famous The ghost of George Gipp and Notre Dame football coach of the Knute Rockne, along with Ronald twenties, who garnered six national Reagan, once again may be returning championships and five unbeaten to South Bend when the world seasons for the Fighting Irish. He premiere of "Knute Rockne · All died in a plane crash over Kansas in , American" is re-enacted Oct. 18 in 1931. the Morris Civic Auditorium. Organizers are trying to make all The recreation will take the form events of the weekend as authentic of a benefit screening that or as possible, according to Nickle. ganizers hope will attract many of "We are trying to get the Morris the stars who attended the original Civic Auditorium to recreate the viewing. Reagan has been invited, original look of big banners and U.S. with other heads of state and federal flags," she said. "Guests will be arriv government, but has not yet ing in vintage cars at the theater." responded. The movie first was shown in four Gen. William Westmoreland, downtown theaters on Oct. 4, 1940. however, and other officials of the WNDU-TV has agreed to show a U.S. military will be in attendance for film of the original premiere before the event, held the night before the the night's activities get underway. Caution ahead Notre Dame-Army game. The film has travelled across the Concern was shown for campus squirrels with proximately two blocksfrom campus. The warning country and was found specifically bas been posted for more than a week. tbis sign posted along Notre Dame Avenue ap- The screening is part of a series of for the weekend. Celebrities arriv "Rockne Returns" events planned ing in the city were filmed by one of by a committee to benefit the the founders of Burke Audio-Visual Hospice of Saint joseph County, an in South Bend, who loaned the film Eastern seaboard braces for Gloria organization which teaches and to a friend 40 years ago. become the first this century to hurricane battered North Carolina's counsels the terminally ill, and gives Burke contacted the friend's smash with full force into the heart Outer Banks, with 56 mph gusts at patients "dignity in the last days of widow this year and found that his MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. - Hur of New York City, the nation's most Cape Hatteras. High tides washed life," according to Tina Nickle, film had ended up in Traverse City, ricane Gloria raced toward shore populous metropolitan area. waves over Route 12, the main road technical director of the benefit. Mich. The committee got the color yesterday, menacing every coastal The National Weather Service· along the islands. Waves eight to 12 The committee is headed by Mary see page hamlet and big city along a 750-mile posted a hurricane watch for the feet in height were breaking against Ferlic, with Ernestine Racklin, chair· ROCKNE, 4 swath from the Carolinas to New New York area at 3 p.m., and said the 3,000-pound sandbags sur York and New England with I 30 that would be upgraded to a warning rounding the 114-year-old Cape mph winds, pounding surf and tor if the storm continued to swirl up Hatteras lighthouse. rential rain. the coast. At least 30,000 people had been More than 100,000 people fled The service gave the storm a 25 evacuated on the North Carolina their homes in the face of Gloria, one percent chance of passing within 65 coast from Carolina Beach to the Vir of the most powerful Atlantic storms miles of the city today, and a 17 per ginia border, said Chrystal Stowe, this century, vacating resort bun cent chance of passing that close to spokesman for the state Emergency galows in North Carolina's barrier is the east end of Long Island. Management Division. Traffic was lands and high-rise condominiums Hurricane warnings flew from bumper-to-bumper on U.S. 74 west in Ocean City, Md. Little River Inlet, S.C., on the North of Wilmington. In New York City, authorities Carolina border, northward to At least 43,000 people were or closed down the twin I I 0-story Plymouth, Mass. The center of the dered out of high-rise con towers of the World Trade Center, 300-mile-wide storm, which awed dominiums and hotels on the beach and the Statue of liberty's old torch forecasters by its size and gale-force in Ocean City, Md., a delicate 10- was moved indoors as New York winds extending 200 miles north mile barrier island only a few blocks braced for the hurricane's un from its center, is due to hit land wide. welcome visit. early today. see GLORIA, page 4 The hurricane had a chance to By last night, the surge from the 'Private action' ·to be taken against Observer By TRIPP BALTZ saying they want to monitor our ex Observer Sports Editor jetfBlumb Staff Reporter penditures," Hamilton said. "We confirmed that two reporter&. and cannot release information when two photographers were sent to the At a secret meeting yesterday, 12 these people come at us with hostile game. student leaders decided to take intentions. They can change wor "Our photographers aren't profes private action with The Observer's ding on the letter, but that was their sionals. We need two of them to editor-in-chief concerning the dis original intent," she said. assure several good shots," he said. closure of the newspaper's finances, Earlier in the week, Student Ac according to Student Body Presi tivities Board Manager Lee Brous "I budget all the trips, and we dent Bill Healy. sard said student organizations had don't stay at the Marriott or fly first· Healy would not elaborate on the spent S20-25,000 on advertising last class with Continental Airlines," group's plans. year in The Observer. Last night he Blumb said. The I2 student leaders asked to said those figures were ". off the Observer Business Manager Dave see The Observer's finances in a let· top of my head, and they could be Stephenitch said money left over ter last week. Observer Editor-in less." from the previous year is cash carry Chief Sarah Hamilton d(:clined to Broussard said ·Hamilton showed forward rather than a profit. release the information. him that the expenses really totalled "This does not mean it is profit in Healy was unsure if The Observer approximately Sl2,000. "I'm not the sense of the word. It is used would decide to open the records as sure, it could be around S1 5,000," during the year to pay off other ex a result of the private action. Broussard said. penses." "I don't know, I would like them At Monday's Student Senate Because the money left over fluc to," he said. "I really and truly meeting, Healy also brought up a tuates from year to year, the cash believe it's in the best interest of the · complaint concerning Observer carry forward is not included as a students." reporters and photographers being part of the budget. Hamilton said she questioned sent to the Notre Dame-Michigan "People seem to be saying that Don't look down Healy's motives. football game. we're making a profit off of it," said Gene Krames, a Lansing, M icb. window wasber, bangs by bis "I really wasn't aware that the stu "A student had approached me Hamilton. "We don't divide it up or safety linefrom tbe 6th floor ofan office building as a ladder from dents were concerned with our with the complaint that rooms, ex take trips to the Bahamas. This tbe fire department is pusbed near bim. Tbe platform be bad been financial transactions," she said. penses, and a rented car had been money becomes part of our business working on fell from tbe building. He was not injured. "First, I get a letter from Bill Healy paid for by The Observer," he said. operation in the next year." The Observer Friday, September 27, 1985- page 2 Glory days of high school Beautiful room contest winners at Saint Mary's athletics fondly remembered were announced last night. The most unusual room award went to a One thing I never will forget is the pain I felt as I quad consisting of Patti Petro, Lori Totenti, Margaret Brown and walked off the field after my last high school football Katie Smith. Most beautiful room award went to Alisa Hardy of 213 game. Kevin Regina North. The residents of 147 Holy Cross, Marsha Imfeld and I am not talking about any type of physical pain, but Nannette Larkin, won the award for most collegiate room. The best rather, an indescribable anguish which stemmed from Becker party room award was won by the residents of 225 Holy Cross, the realization I probably never would play in another Regina Robie, Jenny Feeney, Sheila Doyle and Patti Novak. The final football game in my life. Many people may not be able to Assistant Viewpoint Editor round of judging occurred last night. The contest was sponsored by understand the way I felt, but to me, the end of a 12-year Saint Mary's Student Government. · The Observer football career was a bit traumatic. When I arrived at Notre Dame last year, I kept my stories.

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