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STAR TRIRI IMF 2B9 TuesdayJuly 171 990 Star Tribune Some at Harold people st.paul edition "IT got the bad news via videotape Quote of the day Jane Pauley on post-'Today" popularity, on the "Joan Rivers Show:" "You don't think 'Aren't I lucky to have or the bowl of breakfast cereal that you eat every day, unless they removed it from the shelf and you woke up suddenly and it wasn't there, and a box of Cheerios walks around the comer and you cheer, 'Whoa, Cheerios is A i Clock" propelled Haley and the Comets to the top of the pop charts in 1955, and organizers hope the tune will put them into the record books. Up to 1,000 musicians are expected Thursday in Gaffney, S.C., in an attempt to break the world's record for the most guitarists playing one song together for the longest time. Lf I Associated Press Trying thoir luck at 'Lucy' Kymberly Tucker and Mary Carter talked in Los Angeles as they awaited their auditions to play Lucy in a movie based on the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The film will portray the comedy couple before their hit show "I Love Lucy." Similar auditions will be held in Miami and New York. Some Harold employees who don't want to complain on the record are grumbling about the fact that Bob Dayton told them via videotape that he was closing the store.

Some of those who got the videotaped word (and it appears that some received a more personal announcement) thought it showed a lack of sensitivity. But others say that the videotape was rather touching and thai it captured how choked up Dayton was over the closing. Further, a videotaped message allowed groups of employees, who could not be brought together all at once because they work varied shifts, to hear the bad news from Dayton lips. Dayton's office called Monday to say, "He will not be returning phone calls" to this columnist to comment on the matter. Maybe I should have asked for a videotape.

Minneapolis freelance radio producer Jeremiah Christopher Whitten got the call when Sen. Wan-en Rudman, wanted to knqw how the Sen. Dave Durnberger story was playing dutside the Beltway. Whitten prepared a clip file of newspaper stones and a videotape of news reports from Channels 4, and 1 1 for the Senate ethics committee vice chairman. "They wanted to make sure the local press saw this as a fair process, and that they weren't (being portrayed as) kind of hounding Durenberger," says Whitten, of Wajworth Productions.

The link between Rudman and Whitten is the press secretary, Paul Jacobson, who's a friend of Whitten, a New Hampshire native. Whitten was asked to do an analysis and summary which he says will have no impact on findings of the Twin Cities media coverage. The rhofning that Whitten's Star Tribune arrived with the editorial calling for Dufenberger's resignation, he faxed it to Rudman's office. Calling to find but whether the fax had arrived, Whitten was told that it had, and was at that moment in the hands of Rudman and office visitor Robert Bennett, special counsel to the ethics committee. Dana "Saturday Night Live's Church Lady'" Carvey's Monday night performance at the Guthrie was taped by NBC-TV for broadcast on a "Sunday Today" segment, scheduled to air Aug.

19. Tongues have been wagging since Joyce Lamont, Howard Viken, Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson were seen lunching at the Rosewood Room last week. As part of a veteran talent purge, Lamont and Viken were shoved or nudged out the door of WCCO-AM, where Boone Erickson remain. Lamont, Viken and other WCCO alums have found new homes at KLBB-AM. Since the lunch, Lamont says, she's been asked, "Are they going to join you at KLBBT She reports that it was "kind of a get-together for old times' sake.

We just had a million laughs." While inquired about whether Lamont and Viken liked their new radio home, any possibly overheard comments about joining them at KLBB would have been just "kidding," says Lamont." How would WCCO ever replace them?" We hear KLBB G.M. Jonathan Giberson would be willing to talk to Boone Erickson when they are done with WCCO, or vice versa. The American Association of Problems cfatccn star Teenage star Danny Ponce of CBS' "The Hogan Family" sums up his relationship with his mother this way: "Once the money started to come in, it (messed) everything up," according to TV Guide. The magazine, for its July 21 edition, interviewed Ponce and others who achieved fame and fortune before they reached voting age. Ponce, 17, recently bought a four-bedroom house with a swimming pool.

"I don't live with my mother anymore, but we still talk," Ponce said. "I see her once in a while." His mother, Dianne Ponce, claims that Danny was using much of his salary on drugs that he obtained from a cast member. "None of it is true," he said. "No one on the set would give me drugs." Things get better Jane Pauley has had it all hives. even The former "Today" cohost, now a fill-in anchor on the "NBC Nightly News," told New.

York magazine that at age 7, she broke into hives after being punished for another child's prank. "My eyes swelled up or something glamorous like that and my mother had to take me home from school," she said. "Later she took me to a specialist who said that I was a nervous child who would have to be careful my whole life. "Instead, I grew up to do live television. I think it's kind of funny." Old rocker at Gala Haley's Comets, today's version of the 1950s band Bill Haley and the Comets that includes original bass player Al Rex, will kick off Guitar Gala II.

"Rock Around the li i Never missed a cue Footage from Marilyn Monroe's last film shows the star never missed a cue, contradicting reports that she was in a drug-induced stupor during the last weeks of her life, according to TV Guide. Fox Entertainment News is scrambling to prepare footage from "Something's Got to Give," for a prime-time special tentatively scheduled to air Aug. 4, the 28th anniversary of Monroe's death, the magazine reported in its July 21 edition. Those who have seen the footage say Monroe never missed a cue, the magazine reported. Briefly Dan Rather told Mirabella magazine that he has seen "The King of Comedy," Martin Scorsese's movie about an obsessive fan, five times Merv Griffin Enterprises has promised People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that fur coats will no longer be given as prizes on "Wheel of Brldgette LeAnn Wilson of Oregon was crowned Miss Teen USA Monday in the 8th annual pageant.

Trivia puzzler America's Young Woman of the Year program started in 1958 but under a different name. What was the event originally called? MBdA isbi peBuBip sbm eiueu em -ssiw jojunp s.soueuiv 66 UMOUM SBM WBJDCUd BUJ. MBMSUV Governor dad The wife of Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus has given birth to a girl, the first child born to an incumbent Mississippi governor since the turn of the century. The girl, who was named Elisabeth Hamilton, was delivered by Caesarean section Sunday at Baptist Medical Center and weighed 9 pounds, 8Vi ounces.

The mother, Julie, and the child are doing well, the governor said. The last baby born to a Mississippi governor was a daughter of A.H. Longino, who served from 1900 to 1904. She believed in herself Sara Helena Martin said believing in herself was the key to her being named America's Young Woman of the Year. "I'm just numb," said the 19-year-old Martin of Schaumburg, as she received hugs from other contestants who competed for $75,000 in scholarships.

"The way I got here was being true to myself, believing in my own values." Martin, who plans to become a linguist, won a $30,000 college scholarship. Runners-up were Seema Sueko Ahmed, 17, of Honolulu, and Rosalie Landicho Reyes, 17, of Waynesboro, Miss. More are needed First Lady Barbara Bush choked back tears Monday as she told a group of foster grandparents that more volunteers are needed because so many babies are born with AIDS or addicted to drugs. "We're running out of you," she told the 26 volunteers who came to Washington on an expense- Capable of altitudes beyond the reach of enemy antiaircraft weapons, the SR-71 was the world's preeminent spy plane. Even at 100,000 feet and traveling at three times the speed of sound, its photographic equipment could pick up the numbers on a license plate.

It remains the world's fastest and highest-flying jet plane, and in March an SR-71 set a transcontinental speed ann mr DIABETES MARKET RESEARCH IF YOU ARE AN INSULIN INJECTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES, WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR OPINIONS. IF QUALIFIED, YOU WILL BE -c C.J. Orthodontists wants Charlie Korsmo's teeth on the cover of its fall newsletter. The newsletter tries to feature a famous steel grin in each edition to promote orthodontics, according to AAO spokeswoman Janet Sihilling of St. Louis.

The "Dick Tracy" costar from Golden Valley would be following in the toothprints of summer newsletter cover boys New Kids if he agrees. ABC-TV News may fly Connie Perpich back from West Germany specifically for an interview with anchor Peter Jennings. Perpich, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, is going to be included in a Jennings special on how state legislatures are grappling with the abortion issue. A camera crew followed her around the State Cap last winter, collecting footage for the special, which is scheduled to air in September. Perpich is on Sabbatical in West Germany, where she is working on her thesis in German literature, according to Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Amy Phenix.

Her job and relationship by marriage to our abortion-opposing governor, Rudy Perpich, make her story an interesting component of Jennings' assignment. Connie is married to Rudy's brother George Perpich. State Capites are still gossipping about the body block Gov. Rudy Perpich laid on former Minnesota Viking and special assistant attorney general Alan Page when he filed to run for the Supreme Court on July 3. Walking over to Page, who was preparing to file paperwork in the secretary of state onice, Perpich reportedly said: (Justice Glenn) Kelley is resigning at 10 a.m., so there is nothing for you to run for! Indeed, Kelley's retirement took the seat Page filed for off the ballot this year.

The gubernatorial message and its tone cut like a steel cleat, we're told, in part because Perpich himself a hypersensitive dad delivered it in the presence of 15-year-old Justin Page. Said Justin's dad: "He certainly got to view democracy in action." ESPN crew members "ransomed" Saturday night's U.S. Olympic Festival coverage for a box of Sheila Walker, U.S. Olympic Committee festival director, ponied up a box marked "48-count pack plain after being informed that the crew was threatening not to air the events unless they got their candy. With Inc.

a festival patron, this wasn't much of a demand. Cable TV technicians must learn to think big, as in Snickers. Make us laugh at 332-TIPS. J. is known in polite company as Cheryl Johnson, a Star Tribune staff writer.

Wagner added. "It still hasn't set in," he said. Gov. Mike Hayden was on hand to congratulate Wagner. Wagner declined to reveal his salary but commented, "I don't make this much." He said he plans to keep his job for the time being.

Kansas Lottery Director Gerald Simpson said Wagner will receive his $35 million in 20 annual installments, minus taxes. Wagner will receive his first check, for $1.3 million, in about 15 days. Wagner said he discovered he had won when he picked up the newspaper Sunday morning and compared the winning numbers with those on his ticket. "I just couldn't believe it," he said. "I just kept looking over and over and over.

I went to the bedroom where my wife was and said, 'Come here, you're not going to believe My hands were shaking." Carol Wagner said, "When he said, i think we I said, Wagner said, "We just sat there and looked at each other and hugged." paid trip to mark the 25th anniversary of ACTION'S Foster Grandparent program. "We've got to get more help because, unfortunately, the boarder babies and the babies that need you are multiplying," she said, sounding a somber note during the otherwise festive ceremony. "So we've got to work on both ends. We've got to stop them from being abandoned and born with AIDS and coke-related problems," she said. No heart problems Singer Harry Belafonte was admitted to a hospital in San Jose, Monday after complaining of chest pains, but tests showed the pains weren't caused by heart problems and he was released.

"They checked his heart and it was very strong and very healthy, said a spokeswoman for the 61 -year-old singer. "They think it must have been a muscular spasm from stress or he may have sprained the muscle." The entertainer went to the emergency room at Los Gatos Community Hospital south of San Francisco after waking up with chest pains early yestgerday, and transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. Belafonte underwent a test that showed he was free of heart problems. record, flying from California to Maryland in 68 minutes, 17 seconds. The planes are being replaced by spy satellites to cut costs, and the out-of-work Blackbirds are being shipped to museums around the country for display.

"Having been selected means that we have a pretty good museum," Schwab said. "This is quite an honor for us." 1 Spy plane will retire to National Guard museum Kansas businessman claims $35 million prize On Aug. 4 a recovery team will fly to Palmdale, to disassemble the plane. They will reassemble it at the museum, on the Air National Guard base at the north end of the airport "Everybody who visits our museum, says, 'I didn't know you were out Schwab said. "I think that having the SR-71 will help us gflt some attention." By Jim Foster Staff Writer A large, exotic Blackbird will soon take up a permanent roost at the Minneapolis-St.

Paul International Airport. Gen. Alfred Schwab, director of the Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, said the museum hopes to display a retired SR-71 Blackbird spy plane by mid-September. It is one of several decommissioned by the Air Force last fall. Three accused of money laundering Three men from Mankato, have been charged in federal indictments with laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug profits through their company, a garbage Dumpster manufacturing company.

Named in indictments unsealed Monday were Thomas J. Gappa, 38; William D. Schreiber, 33, and John T. Guillemette, 39. Guillemette is the former president of the Mankato-based Ka-Tainer, and Gappa is its former vice president Schreiber worked as a company sales representative.

The indictments were unsealed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. The three men will be arraigned July 25. DO IT YOURSELF! Associated Press Topeka, Kan. A 48-year-old Kansas business executive stepped forward Monday to claim a $35 million Lotto America jackpot.

"I don't know for sure how we're going to handle it," said Dave Wagner, of Dodge City, at a news conference at the Kansas Lottery headquarters. "Our lives will never be the same." Wagner, vice president of Kitchens a cabinetry firm, said he bought $3 worth of tickets, giving him six chances in the lottery, at a convenience store in Sublette, last Thursday, where he had stopped for a cup of coffee. Wagner was accompanied at the news conference by his wife, Carol, and two daughters, Jennifer, 17, and Courtney, 15, each holding a bouquet of long-stemmed roses. He said travel, expanded educational opportunities for his two daughters and a new car or two are part of the plans he has for the money. His fondness for drawing could become an excuse for a trip to Paris to try to become an artist, lj 1 i PRICE INCLUDES: 2H.P.

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