1966 Year

Teledyne Corp. has named former Air Force Secretary Donald Rice, who gained a reputation for integrity in the Bush Adminstration, as president at a time when the company is burdened by wide-ranging allegations of defense fraud. The Los Angeles-based conglomerate also named Chief Executive William P. Rutledge to succeed retiring Chairman George A. Roberts.

Sir Frederick Ashton, that most urbane and elegant of British choreographers, turned 82 on Wednesday. The Joffrey Ballet, which had opened its West Coast season last week with a new production of his adorable "Fille mal Gardee," celebrated the occasion Tuesday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with a birthday bouquet for, and by, the master.

A 61-year-old Pacoima man who ran into traffic to pursue a car thief was struck and killed by a another auto Saturday night. It was the thief's second attempt that day to steal the car of DiZhong Song, who was run over at the intersection of San Fernando Road and Kelowna Street as he tried to flag down a taxi to follow the fleeing bandit, police said. The driver of the car that hit Song, James Collins Jr.

They don't have nicknames like they used to in baseball. That's what you keep hearing, but nobody does anything about it. Except Chris Berman. Berman is the ESPN announcer who makes up his own nicknames when doing the baseball highlights. It's all a little outrageous, but it does get your attention.

Paul Castle's quarter century as Mickey Mouse was warmly rewarding--most of the time. Here are some of the milestones and millstones, in his own words: "My most favorite time of all was with Walt Disney in the Rose Parade in 1966, the year he passed away. He was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade and I was in the car with him in the back seat, just Walt and I for three hours. Just Walt and I. Of all the things I've done in my lifetime, that to me was my biggest day.

The UCLA men's soccer team, defending NCAA champion and ranked No. 1 in the nation, will open the season against Westmont at 8 p.m. Tuesday at El Camino College. Bruin Coach Sigi Schmid, who is beginning his 12th year, has eight returning lettermen, including four who played on the U.S. gold medal team at the recent Pan American Games: Mike Lapper, Cobi Jones, goalkeeper Brad Friedel and Joe-Max Moore. Four players who competed in the U.S.

Joe Nuxhall, who was the youngest baseball player in major league history and a beloved broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds, has died. He was 79. Nuxhall died late Thursday at a hospital in Cincinnati after a bout with cancer, the Cincinnati Post reported Friday. Nuxhall's health problems had multiplied in recent years. He had surgery for prostate cancer in 1992, followed by a mild heart attack in 2001.

Charles R. English, a skilled and engaging practitioner of that peculiar L.A. law specialty--"attorney to the stars"--died Saturday at UCLA Medical Center. The cause of death was complications resulting from a brain tumor. He was 61. "Charlie was everything a lawyer should be. He cared about his clients, his profession, his community and his family," said Gerald L. Chaleff, a Los Angeles police commissioner and former County Bar Assn. president, who was English's partner for more than 20 years.

The lifeguards at the Will Rogers Park pool in Watts specialize in saving kids--in more ways than you might think. They choose young people for summer jobs that provide a shelter from gang violence. They are role models to the neighborhood's troubled teens-agers, well-muscled father figures who also teach a killer backstroke.

Jack Foisie, a longtime foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times best known for his tough-minded reporting on the Vietnam War, died Thursday. He was 82. In failing health for some time, Foisie died at his home in Wilmette, Ill. The Foisie family was a force in American journalism for much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, either writing the news, editing the dispatches or appearing in the stories themselves.