Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher, co-founder of the Jewish Telegraph, died she was , 89.

Vivienne Harris, MBE was a British businesswoman, newspaper publisher and journalist who co-founded the Jewish Telegraph in December 1950 with her husband, Frank Harris  died she was , 89.. She is the mother of the Jewish Telegraph's present owner and group editor, Paul Harris.

(1921/1922 - March 4, 2011) 

Harris was born in Prestwich. Vivenne Harris's husband, Frank, a freelance journalist, had relocated to Manchester from London.^[1] He soon realized that the only Jewish newspaper publication in the area. Vivienne and her husband co-founded the weekly Jewish Telegraph in the dining room of their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1950.^[1] Vivienne Harris oversaw much of the newspaper's expansion from its origins as a four-page, weekly paper^[2] during the next sixty years, until 2011.^[1] Under Harris, the Jewish Telegraph expanded to four editions in four major British cities - Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow.^[1] Her husband and newspaper co-founder Frank Harris died in 1979. Their son, Paul Harris, became group editor while Vivienne Harris remained financial director and co-owner.^[1]
In June 1997, Harris was the recipient of the MBE for her contributions to both journalism and Greater Manchester.^[2] She remained the Jewish Telegraph's financial director until her death in 2011.^[2] Additionally, Harris was active in numerous charitable organizations, including Save the Children, the Citizens Advice Bureau of Salford, the League of Jewish Woman, St Ann’s Hospice and the Jewish Day Centre.^[2]
Harris addressed attendees at the Jewish Telegraph’s 60th anniversary dinner in December 2010.^[2] Dignitaries at the event, which was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Manchester International Airport, included Bury Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr John Byrne and his wife, Brenda.^[2]
Vivienne Harris died at her home in Broughton Park on March 4, 2011, at the age of 89.^[1] She remained the active financial director of the newspaper until her death.^[1] She was survived by her sons, Paul Harris and Jonathan Harris.^[2]

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Charles Jarrott, British film and television director (Anne of the Thousand Days), died from prostate cancer he was , 83.

harles Jarrott was a British film and television director died from prostate cancer he was , 83.. He was best known for costume dramas he directed for producer Hal B. Wallis, among them Anne of the Thousand Days, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Director in 1970 died from prostate cancer he was , 83..

(16 June 1927 – 4 March 2011)


Although Anne was nominated for several awards, critic Pauline Kael wrote in her book Reeling (Warner Books, p. 198), that as a director, Jarrott had no style or personality, and that he was just "a traffic manager".

Selected filmography

• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
• Lost Horizon (1973)
• The Dove (1974)
• Escape from the Dark (1976)
• The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
• Condorman (1981)
• The Amateur (1981)
• The Boy in Blue (1986)
• The Secret Life of Algernon (1997)
• Turn of Faith (2001)

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Chester Kahapea, American soil scientist, known as the "face of Hawaiian statehood", died from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease he was , 65.

Chester Frank Kahapea  was an American soil scientist, technician and former paperboy died from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease he was , 65.. Kahapea became a symbol of the Hawaiian statehood after an iconic photo of him appeared in newspapers around the United States holding a special edition copy of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin headlined "Statehood."^[2][3] Kahapea became known in state history as "the face of Hawaii statehood."

(March 14, 1945 – March 4, 2011)
 
The photo of Kahapea was taken on March 12, 1959, shortly after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state.^[2] Kahapea was a twelve-year old paperboy in Honolulu at the time.^[2] People had taken to the streets to celebrate Hawaii's admission to the U.S. and Kahapea reportedly could not keep up with the demand for the special edition Honolulu Star-Bulletin statehood newspapers.^[2] Kahapea was selected as the newsboy to hand the first statehood newspaper to then Honolulu Mayor Neal Blaisdell, who was late for the photographer's appointment.^[4] With the Mayor late, the reporter began talking to Kahapea, which led to the now famous photograph.^[4] In 2009, on the fiftieth anniversary of statehood, Kahapea recalled the instance when an Associated Press reporter took the now iconic photograph, "He just asked me how I normally sold my papers. So, I held up my hand with the paper - and, just a shot of statehood - and that was it!"^[2] The photo of Kahapea holding a "Statehood" special edition appeared in newspapers and publications worldwide, including the New York Times.^[3] The photograph made Kahapea a symbol of Hawaii's achievement of statehood.^[5]
Kahapea become a soil technician for Construction Engineering Labs, testing the quality and composition of soil, cement and asphalt.^[3] where he worked for thirty-one years before retiring.^[3]
In 2008, Kahapea was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, but acted as a spokesman and activist for those suffering from the disease in Hawaii.^[3] He worked to spread awareness of the disease in the state. Kahapea died of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease at Kua­kini Medical Center in Honolulu on March 4, 2011, at the age of 65. He was a longtime resident of Waianae, Oahu.^[2] He was survived by three children - Christopher, Jeffrey and Nadine.^[3] His memorial service was held at the Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary on March 26, 2011.

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Ed Manning, American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets) and coach (San Antonio Spurs), died from a heart condition he was , 68.

Edward (Ed) R. Manning was an American professional basketball player and college and NBA assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player Danny Manning died from a heart condition he was , 68..
He played college basketball for the Jackson State University Tigers from 1963–1967 scored 1,610 career points.

(January 2, 1943 – March 4, 2011)

Manning was inducted into the Jackson State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
Manning's career as a player took him to several NBA and ABA teams including the Baltimore Bullets where his jersey number was 35, as well as various European franchises. In 1985, he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Kansas under Larry Brown.
Manning followed Brown in 1988 to San Antonio to serve as an assistant coach for the Spurs, where Brown had been hired as the team's head coach.
Manning later served as a scout for the Spurs.

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Johnny Preston, American pop singer ("Running Bear"), died from heart failure he was , 71.

Johnny Preston was an American pop music singer, who was best known for his international number one hit in 1960, "Running Bear" died from heart failure he was , 71.

(August 18, 1939 – March 4, 2011)

Life and career

Born as John Preston Courville in Port Arthur, Texas,^[4] of Cajun ancestry, Preston sang in high school choral contests throughout the state of Texas.^[4] He formed a rock and roll band called "The Shades", who were seen performing at a local club by J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
Richardson offered Preston the chance to record a teenage tragedy song he had written, "Running Bear", which they did in Houston, Texas, in 1958.^[5] The "Indian" sounds on the record were performed by Richardson and George Jones.^[6] The record was released after the Big Bopper's death in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.^[4] It entered the U.S. Hot 100 in October 1959, reaching number one in January 1960 and remaining there for three weeks.^[4][6] It was a transatlantic chart-topper, reaching #1 in the United Kingdom in March 1960.^[7] The sales of the record exceeded one million copies, earning Preston his first gold disc.^[4]
Preston quickly followed up with another hit called "Cradle of Love," (Billboard #7, UK # 2) and made several other records during the early 1960s that met with modest success. "Cradle of Love" was a hit in both the UK Singles Chart and in Athens, Greece.^[8] Preston's "I'm Starting to Go Steady", a song on the flip side of "Feel So Fine", (Billboard #14), was released in June 1960. Preston made appearances on American Bandstand (ABC-TV) and The Milt Grant Show and also The Buddy Deane Show (East Coast, United States).
Preston's pioneering contribution to the genre was recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. He also performed at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri.^[9] In 2009, Preston performed at the Lamar State College, in his hometown.^[10]
Preston had coronary artery bypass surgery in 2010.^[1] He died of heart failure in Beaumont, Texas on Friday 4 March 2011, at the age of 71,^[2] after years of heart-related illnesses.

 Discography

Chart singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100[6]	UK Singles Chart[11]
1959	"Running Bear"	1	1
1960	"Cradle of Love"	7	2
	"Feel So Fine"	14	18
	"I'm Starting to Go Steady"	-	49
	"Charming Billy"	-	34
1961	"Leave My Kitten Alone"	73	-
	"Free Me"	97	-

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Arjun Singh, Indian politician, Minister of Human Resource Development (2004–2009), died from a heart attack he was , 80.

Arjun Singhwas an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party  died from a heart attack he was , 80.. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009. He belonged to the Churhat Jagir under ex-Princely State of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.^[1] He died on 4 March 2011 due to a heart attack.

(5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) 

Family

Arjun Singh's father, Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh, also a Congress politician, was Minister of Industry under Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1950 he was convicted of forging documents^[2] favouring a diamond business, and was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment. The judgment was upheld by the supreme court in 1953, and he died in prison itself.
Arjun Singh was married to Saroj Devi of Pratapgarh near Amarpatan in Satna, M.P. and the couple have two sons and a daughter. Abhimanyu Singh, their first son, is a businessman in Bangalore. Their second son, Ajay Singh 'Rahul', is an Indian National Congress politician, MP MLA and has been a minister in M.P. Government. Their daughter Veena Singh fought unsuccessfully as an independent candidate from Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency in 15th Lok Sabha elections. Young bollywood actor Arunoday Singh is his grandson.Former MP CM Digvijay Singh, ex-Union Cabinet minister and member of parliament Sanjay Singh of Amethi and noted poet Shivmangal Singh Suman have been close relatives of Arjun Singh.

Death

Arjun Singh died on 4 March 2011, at the age of 80. The former central minister's condition was critical and had been admitted in Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) a few days previously with chest neurological problems; Singh complained of breathing problem around 5:30 pm. He suffered a heart attack and died at approximately 6:15 pm.^[3] His mortal remains will be cremated at his home town Churhat near Sidhi M.P.

Career

Arjun Singh was a minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet but he resigned after the Babri Masjid demolition. At the time, he formed the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) along with Narayan Dutt Tiwari, former Union minister and ex-CM of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) as President, but he lost in the 1996 Loksabha elections from Satna in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress too lost power at the center. Later he returned to Congress and lost again from of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh three times, Union minister and Governor of Punjab once for a short period. As Governor of Punjab, he worked for the Rajiv-Longwal Accord for peace in Punjab. He was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2000.

Controversies

Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the deadly gas leak from the Union Carbide factory occurred. It is widely alleged that on the fateful night between December 2, 1984 and December 3, 1984 , when the gas leak occurred, Arjun Singh fled to his Kerwa Dam palace (outside Bhopal) to save himself from deadly effects of leaked gas and was not available to manage the crisis or lead the administration. Subsequently the Arjun Singh government's mishandling was criticized by the court in the 7 June 2010 verdict on Bhopal Gas Disaster pronounced by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal. The media raised serious questions about his role in the release of Warren Anderson.^[4] In particular, the pilot of the aircraft in which Warren Anderson flew out of India after the gas leak, has recorded that the final sanction to permit the flight came from Arjun Singh's office.^[5]

Reservation controversy

Additional controversy was created in 2005 by drafting the proposed 104th Amendment Bill to the constitution, which subsequently became the 93rd Amendment. According to this amendment, which has yet to pass the 'Basic Structure' test of constitutionality by the Supreme Court, all private unaided educational institutes could be asked by their State Governments to reserve seats for designated Other Backward Classes. In early 2006, Singh also sought to increase caste-based reservation quotas for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the internationally reputed Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management, along with other Indian central government run institutes of higher studies, from 22.5% to 49.5%. Arjun Singh planned to impose quotas not just in 32 Central institutions, but also in over 100 deemed universities.
He noted, in the context of Dalit Muslim reservations that "the UPA is entirely committed towards the cause of Muslims".These decisions were sighted by many intellectuals as a smart move to garner the vote bank of the backward classes of Hindus as well as Muslims.Nationwide protests came out in the wake of these eccentric decisions but the ruling UPA government did not succumb to these protests because the Indian national congress which was also the largest member in the UPA government became the most prominent beneficiary of caste based politics.This was proved later by their major win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.Opposition parties gave their approval to the amendments with the fear that they might loose the major vote bank of the backward castes.

Churhat lottery case and Kerwa Dam palace

While Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, he was involved in the scandal which was called by some the Churhat Lottery case. The Churhat Children Welfare Society was floated in 1982 by relatives of Singh, and permitted to raise funds via lottery, and also given tax relief as a charity.^[6] However, there were widespread allegations^[7] that a substantial sums were siphoned off and used to construct the lavish Kerwa Dam palace near Bhopal. The donations to the society included a Rs 150,000 donation from Union Carbide,^[5] whose chief Warren Anderson was permitted to leave the country after the gas leak, allegedly by Arjun Singh's office.
At a public litigation hearing the high court observed that "Arjun Singh owed an explanation to the nation about the costs and sources of construction of the palatial mansion in Bhopal".^[8] While Singh had claimed the value of the palace was Rs 18 lakh, the IT Department estimated the cost at above Rs one crore.^[9] However, a one-judge commission investigating the scandal gave a clean chit to Arjun Singh.^[10] The case was re-opened however, after the Jain Hawala case,^[8] and Singh was asked to submit fresh re-estimates of the palace cost. In court, the case was argued by Kapil Sibal and the order for re-examination was squashed on the grounds that it had been issued in a haste and "had not applied his mind".^[8]

Other controversies

After the Mumbai train bombings of 2006, he reportedly quoted at a Cabinet meeting the statements of a former judge of the Maharashtra High Court that an earlier attempt on the headquarters of the Hindu revivalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Nagpur had been a plot set into motion by the Sangh itself. This followed his denouncement of the Ekal Vidyalayas, one-teacher schools run for the benefit of the tribals of India by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.,^[11] as communal.^[12]
A case under the Anti-Dowry Act has been registered against Arjun Singh.^[13] Mayawati government has decided to seek CBI inquiry into dowry harassment case.^[14]
Arjun Singh was accused of irregularities and corruption in the grant of Deemed University status to private for-profit educational institutions which did not meet requisite educational standards, during his tenure as Minister for Human Resources Development. The Government of India initiated proceedings to repeal the "Deemed University" status of 44 such institutions in Jan 2010.^[15]

Positions held

• 1957-85 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Member of the Legislative Assembly
• September 1963 - December 1967 Minister of State for Agriculture, General Administration Department (GAD) and Information & Public Relations, Government of Madhya Pradesh
• 1967 Minister of Planning and Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh
• 1972-77 Minister of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh
• 1977-80 Leader of Opposition, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1980-85 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
• March - November 1985 Governor of Punjab

• February 1988 - January 1989 Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
• June 1991 - December 1994 Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India
• June 1991 - May 1996 Member from Satna, Tenth Lok Sabha
• June 1996 - Lost from Satna, Eleventh Lok Sabha
• April 1998 - Lost from Hoshangabad, Twelfth Lok Sabha
• April 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha
• 15 May 2000 - February 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
• 31 August 2001- July 2004 Member, Committee on Rules
• April 2002 - February 2004 Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Purposes Committee
• 22 May 2004 - May 2009 Minister of Human Resource^[16]

He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh without opposition on March 20, 2006.^[17]

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Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate died he was , 85.

Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter died he was , 85.

(24 November 1925 – 4 March 2011) 

Biography

One of four children, Simon van der Meer was born and grew up in The Hague, the Netherlands, in the family of teachers.^[2] He was educated at the city's gymnasium, graduating in 1943 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He studied Technical Physics at the Delft University of Technology, and received an engineer's degree in 1952. After working for Philips Research in Eindhoven on high-voltage equipment for electron microscopy for a few years, he joined CERN in 1956 where he stayed until his retirement in 1990.^[3]
He married Catharina M. Koopman in the mid-1960s; they had two children: Esther van der Meer (daughter) and Mathijs van der Meer (son). He also had a sister: Gay van der Meer, and a granddaughter.

Scientific work

Van der Meer invented the technique of stochastic cooling of particle beams.^[4] This technique was used to accumulate intense beams of protons and antiprotons in the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN, which allowed the UA1 experiment, led by Carlo Rubbia, to produce W and Z bosons through 500 GeV proton-antiproton collisions in early 1983. The W and Z bosons had been theoretically predicted some years earlier, and their experimental discovery was considered a significant success for CERN. Van der Meer and Rubbia shared the 1984 Nobel Prize for their decisive contributions to the project.^[5]
Van der Meer and Ernest Lawrence are the only two accelerator physicists who have won the Nobel prize
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