SIR HYWEL EVANS

Sir Hywel Evans, who has died aged 68, was a highly effective Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Office in the 1970s, and since 1986 had been deputy chairman of the Prince of Wales Committee , concerned with the Welsh Environment. During the years of the Wilson Government, and the National Plan, he was Sec - retar y at the National Eco - nomic Development Council. He moved to Welsh Office in 1968 and became Permanent Secretary in 1971. His Civil Service career started in the Ministry of Labour, and after a spell on secondment to the Foreign Office, he was private sec - re ta r y to Mr Edward Heath when he was Minister of Labour. Hywel Wynn Evans was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School and Liver - p ool University. His war ser - vice was in the Royal Artillery

and the Intelligence Corps. He was mentioned in dispatches. He was a sensitive, c ul - tivated man. On retiring from the Civil Service, he became a member of the Arts Council of Great Britain and was chair - man of the Welsh Arts Coun - cil . He was on the court of the University of Wales and a governor of the National Mu - seum of Wales. He is survived by his wife and daughter. Mr Melvin Starr — sometimes known as Mr Broadway — who has died aged 69, was responsible for the spectacular illuminated signs which for tourists were one of the most characteristic features of New York City. His company's creations over the years in Times Square had included the Camel cigarette sign, that puffed out smoke and the giant bail that descends each year to mark the New Year.