Page 8-A-Friday, September 7, 1979-The Michigan Daily Henry Ford steals show at last news conferenee DETROIT (UPI)-Ford Motor Co.F Chairman Henry Ford II said a brief farewell to reporters and directed fur-s ther questions to company President The word's o n rumpus If you want to be in the know, you should be reading The Daily - the latest in news, sports, les offaires academiques, and entertainmentr..sr CALL 7644558 to order your subscription today Philip Caldwell. But he still managed to steal the show. FORD, WHO this, year will give up I /" .(i ;f I ! a ... P.- -,,w \ executive control of the firm his .gran- dfather founded, was virtually mobbed yesterday by reporters after what almost surely will be his last news con- ference as the company's chief executive officer. As usual, he was questioned on sub- jects ranging from national politics to the possibility of a Ford family member gaining executive control of the cor- poration in years ahead. He disclosed he already has allowed his direct supervisory role over the firm to decline, said he hasn't laid specific plans for the future-except to take a leisurely trip around the world-and conceded the company oc- casionally builds a "lemon." FORD, 62; SAID in May he will turn over duties as the company's chief executive officer to Caldwell on Oct. 1. He will retain his chairmanship of the board of directors and the company's finance committee, but will play no ac- tive role after that in daily company operations. Ford, who has been the company's top executive office since 1945, said he doesn't know how long he will remain as board chairman. "I LEFT IT vague on purpose so I could get out in two months if I want to," he said. "I haven't thought it through," he said. "I don't know what I'm going to do. "I'm going to take a world-wide tour over a long period of time." That tour, he said, will be to inspect all of the company's foreign in- stallations. HE SAID HIS son, Edsel, is doing "a fine job" as a top executive in Ford's Australian operations. Questioned on whether the young Ford might take control of the company some time, he responded: "He's got a chance for it if he proves himsell to be capable of it." Ford also said his support for President Carter has waned. "THE CARTER administratioi hs been very difficult on the auto indtstry in many, many ways,"-he said. "Ihink-' they've been unrealistic in their ap proach on some of our problems. f "I'm not as big a supporter of JinmyI Carter as I was in 1976." 7" The news conference was the inal : event in the company's two-day l980' , model preview. Caldwell gave a generally optimistic forecast for Ford in 1980 and succeeding years. Ford put it more directly: "There willbe good years, therewill be great yers, there will be medbcre years and there will be bad years,just as in the past." w -12 . / JOHN HUSTON RETROSPECTIVE 1941 THE MALTESE FALCON HUMPHREY BOGART as Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, one of the toughest private eyes in detective fiction and cinematic history. A tour de force of ensemble acting, intelligent dialogue and stylish direction rarely duplicated. In his first film Huston has MARY ASTOR, SIDNEY GREENSTREET, and PETER LORRE looking for a blackbird that may or may not exist. Short: FRONT E BACK (Andrew Lugg, 1972)-A witty Slide Show of Postcards. Sot: Hitchcock's SECRET AGENT Sun: THE THIN MAN OFFICIALS DENY SOVIET TROOPS IN CUBA: Cuban natives note Russians . C r CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT 7:08 & 9:05 OLD ARCH. AUD. $1.50 I.i Extraordinary Restaurant in the Heart of Campus. 5 . + Breakfast Buffet, 7-10am Lunch, 11:30am Dinner, 5pm-Closing Happy Hour, Weekdays, 4-6phn 300 S. Thayer 0 Next to the Bell Tower Hotel HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - The Russians in tuba, whoever they are and whatever their mission, are keeping a low profile during the current summit meeting here of non-aligned leaders - many of whom frown on big- power alliances. But they are definitely here, accor- ding to long-time residents and obser- vers who say that, after the native Spanish, Russian is the most common language heard on the streets of Havana. The Cuban government has ridiculed U.S. assertions that 2,000 to 3,000 Soviet combat troops are stationed on this communist-governed Caribbean island, but they have not flatly denied it. WHEN ASKED about Soviet troop presence, Cuban officials shrug, smile or inquire why one would want to know. "You Americans see Russians everywhere, don't you," one Cuban Foreign Ministry official said. It is not known where the Soviet troops are thought to be in Cuba, though presumably they would be. ,stationed well away from the capital. U.S. of- ficials say that besides. the combat brigade, there are estimated to be 1,500 to 2,000 Soviet military advisers and technical military personnel in Cuba. ( NEE In Havana's downtown area, overlooking the cobalt blue sea, stands a 25-story building topped off with cone- shaped antennas. The building is guar- ded closely by Cuban security men. No unauthorized person is allowed to ap- proach. INSIDE, ACCORDING to reliable sources, Russians, East Germans, and Czechs work. It is not an embassy. Their families also stay there, the sour- ces report. As in other foreign posts, the Russians generally keep to themselves, using separate facilities and seldom making unapproved, casual contact with the local people. But during the summit they are particularly un- noticeable. "They disappeared from sight about two weeks ago," said an East European journalist covering the conference. "It's clear they were told to...." and he flicked his hands in a scattering gesture. ASKED WHERE the "Soviet combat troops" were, a Cuban woman working as a guide at the summit conference said laughingly: "Come with me. I will take you all over the island and I bet you won't see one Russian soldier." If Aso, according to some foreign ob- servers, that may be testimony to the Soviet proclivity for avoiding too much public exposure overseas. But the telltale evidence of the U.S.S.R.'s almost two-decade-old friendship with Cuba can be seen all lilm p + Till- c"I-_- the International Hoir Designers CREATIVE HAIRSTYLING FOR MEN AND WOMEN HAIR RECURL COMPLETE FACIALS CREATIVE HAIR COLOURING MANICURES PORCELAIN NAILS LREDKEN 548 Church Street Ann Arbor 662-4232 ... over Havana. Soviet-made panthose, sells for the equivalent of $6 in slops. % . The Russian language is taught i all, schools, and if English does not wowk in, conversation with Cubans on the st'eet, Russian often does. Each night a long line stretches ip to, the Moscou restaurant in Havana'snew section. Insidebthe somberly deconted dining area, where air conditioninghas re-created a Siberian climate, not a Slavic face was in sight one nightthis week. Tables were occupied by Cuans' eating fried fish, chicken salad, and other dishes found in Cuban restaran- ts. BLINIS, A favorite Russian d, 4 were on the menu but unavailablethate night. But one could order caviar aI$5 a portion, along with a liter of French champagne for $45. The main Russian bookstor is prominently located across the seet from the Floridita. Bar, famous a the one-time refuge of Ernest Hemingvay -° and home of tasty daiquiris. The Lada, the Soviet Uniin's homemade Fiat, vies with 150s" ' American cars in Havana's still un- clogged traffic. Cuban officials would rather :alk about the U.S. military presence atthe "' Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in 'C4 eastern Cuba than about a Soiet L' military presence The Cubansre erd ' the angry protests in Washingto as tic fabricated hysteria aimed at spoing ' the non-aligned summit. 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