For ‘88, 13 Who Cared the Most

After considering 20,000 nominations over a three-year period, the Caring Institute in Washington has selected a singular group of 13 people to be honored as “the most caring people of 1988.” They are: Lowell Bartels, who established a group home for adults with developmental disabilities in Montana; Norbert Berg of Minneapolis, a human resources manager who organized food banks and part-time jobs for the poor; Evelyn duPont, founder of California Pools for the Handicapped, offering free pool services to the disabled; Arthur S. Flemming of Washington, former secretary of health, education and welfare; J. Peter Grace of W. R. Grace & Co., who organized medical relief efforts in South America and the Middle East and volunteer service groups for the homeless and AIDS sufferers; Sister Mary Luca Junk, of Phoenix, who works with barrio children; Henri Landwirth, a Florida hotel owner who organizes trips to Walt Disney World for children with terminal illnesses; Mary Lasker of New York, president of a foundation honoring outstanding contributions to medical research; Rita Schiavone of Philadelphia, creator of a program to aid shut-ins; Jerry and Sandy Tucker of Liberty, Ky., who arrange U.S. medical care for orphaned children in Latin America; the Rev. William Wendt of Washington, a civil rights activist, and Hattie Williams of Chicago, who donated her home for use as a clearinghouse for food, clothes and furniture for the needy.

--Kitty Dukakis reportedly will recount her impressions of the campaign trail in a book to be published by Simon & Shuster. The Boston Globe, in its account of the agreement, said that the New York publishing house will assign two of its top editors to watch over the literary endeavors of the wife of the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. It was not known whether Kitty Dukakis will use a ghostwriter or how much she will be paid.

--Ill health kept Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman from accepting an honorary doctorate of letters in a ceremony at the University of Rome. Accepting the degree in his place was Swedish Ambassador Sven Fredrik Hedin. Bergman, who is 70, sent word to the embassy that he has been ailing since returning to Sweden from a visit to Berlin.

--But ill health won’t keep surrealist painter Salvador Dali from his home much longer. Doctors attending Dali in the Quiron Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, said his serious heart condition continues to improve and indicated he may be able to return home within a few days. The 84-year-old painter underwent surgery in 1986 to receive a pacemaker.