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Extended play Show longer for McCartney TempoC-9 Commuters' guide How to handle the to and fro TempoC-l Lott faces old friend Bradshaw: Elway's babied UC, Xavier play at home Ball State 71, Miami 64 Section I. 49ers' Ronnie Lott Paul McCartney: on 48 Hours nn CINQ ft llMMB FINAL35C Toddler found dead Mother's boyfriend charged MetroD-l earnings up Reports come out today BusinessB-8 NMBENG Federated's sorting-out be gins Reds sign 3-year deal to add cable broadcasts BY RICHARD GREEN The Cincinnati Enquirer Lawyers for Federated Stores Inc. today will begin to sort out the financial mess of its bankrupt retail companies before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge J. Vincent Aug Jr.

In the first public hearing since Federated Department Stores and Allied Stores Co. filed for Chapter 11 protection Jan. 15, Aug will consider seven critical motions, including: A request by Federated Stores, parent company of the Cincinnati-based retailers, to restore an agreement between the companies' 260 department stores and its buyer of foreign products, Associated Merchandising Corp. If Aug does not intervene, shelves at such give quick approval to all the motions. A decision on the retiree benefits could be delayed because a committee of creditors will not be formed until early February, U.S.

Bankruptcy Trustee Conrad J. Morgenstern said Wednesday. But what Federated Stores officials view as the most vital motion is the agreement between Federated and Allied and Associated Merchandising Corp. The retailers rely on the New York City-based company for all of their overseas merchandise. The back-to-school and Christmas shopping seasons also hinge on Aug's ruling.

Orders for fall and Christmas merchandise must be placed by March 1 so goods will be delivered on time. stores as Lazarus, Rich's, Burdines and Jordan Marsh will not be fully stocked during the critical Christmas shopping season this year, lawyers say. A request to continue credit-related services at Allied stores. A new post-Chapter 11 line of credit of $700 million that will provide working capital for the Federated and Allied chains. The motion should convince nervous suppliers to restore complete shipments of spring merchandise to Allied stores.

A request that retiree benefits, such as health plans and discounts on Lazarus merchandise, to 100,000 former employees nationwide be restored. Officials at Federated Stores expect Aug to BY JOHN KIESEWETTER The Cincinnati Enquirer The Cincinnati Reds Wednesday announced a three-year cable TV deal, but it's too early to tell whether games will be broadcast locally. The Reds have contracted with SportsChannel America the National Hockey League channel unavailable on any Tri-state cable system which will launch a regional SportsChannel Cincinnati service April 1. SportsChannel Cincinnati will carry 30 Reds home and away games this year; 35 games in 1991; and 40 games in 1992. (Another 47 Reds games will be broadcast as usual by WLWT, Channel 5.) It also will broadcast some NCAA basketball and local high school football games.

The cable service will be sold to cable systems in Greater Cincinnati and throughout the sev- (Please see REDS, back page, this section) 'Ren. Liikee decides not to ra again i Ih jU 1 XwA i If i ISh I 4 i If A i 111. -A Son hopes to inherit House After holding the same seat since 1977, Thomas Luken has decided to move on. His son, Mayor Charles Luken, is hoping to take over from his father in November. The elder Luken has not decided what he'll do yet but says he won't "play golf or vegetate." Carew ownership changes Belvedere to run tower, Omni hotel BY JEFF HARRINGTON The Cincinnati Enquirer Part ownership in Cincinnati's tallest office building and one of downtown's most opulent hotels is being transferred to contractors Alex and Stuart Warm.

Under an agreement announced Wednesday, Belvedere which is headed by the Warm brothers, is taking over an unspecified ownership interest in the 49-story Carew Tower and adjacent Omni Netherland Plaza from Emery Realty Inc. Belvedere also will assume all management and leasing responsibilities and handle retail renovation. The deal has a dual purpose: to keep on track the renovation of Carew Tower's retail arcade, which will be linked to the Tower Place development at Fourth and Race streets, and to salvage the operation from Emery's financial difficulties. In a letter sent to tenants Wednesday afternoon, Emery Realty announced the Belvedere agreement and pledged no "major immediate changes." Emery said tenants would continue to see the same Emery Realty employees in the building "under the day-to-day direction of Belvedere." Tuesday, officials at Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. confirmed that Emery Realty had defaulted on $50 million in loans that it used to refinance its debt on Carew.

Installments due Jan. 5 to Fifth Third Bank and Western-Southern have not been paid. Addison Lanier II, president of Emery Realty, would not discuss the default or his relationship with his lenders but said they both endorsed Belvedere's entrance into an ownershipmanagement position. "These folks are recognized for being extremely knowledgeable," Lanier said. "Through (Belvedere), we have given our lenders a greater degree of confidence than they had before." Lanier said concern that West- (Please see CAREW, Page A-11) Gannett News Servicefoartin H.

Simon Rep. Thomas Luken is ready to move on, although he says "everything else pales" in comparison. Mayor says he'll seek father's seat BY ANNE WILLETTE Gannett News Service and SCOTT BURGINS The Cincinnati Enquirer U.S. Rep. Thomas A.

Luken remembers how many votes he won in each of his nine runs for Congress. He remembers the tough opponents and the not-so-tough ones. He remembers when he lost. He knows who Cincinnati's big vote-getters are east and west of Vine Street. But Wednesday, the Democrat who has served for 13 consecutive years as the U.S.

representative for Cincinnati and western Hamilton County, said he had decided to bow out of politics. He will not seek re-election this fall, and his son, Cincinnati Mayor Charles Luken, said he would run for his father's seat. Thomas Luken views his retirement as a career change. He does not know what's next, but he said this is his "swan song" in elective office. "Everything else pales.

I'm an addict," Luken, 64, said when comparing other jobs with being in Congress. "I'm going to miss it. "I'm feeling in excellent health. I don't intend to play golf or vegetate." Charles Luken, who has scheduled a news conference today about his plans to seek his father's seat, said Wednesday: "Everybody knows what I'm going to do; I'd like to keep the focus on my father and his years of service. But there's no secret about my desire to serve in Congress." Thomas Luken had little time Wednesday to reflect on his decision: He had not planned to go public until Friday, but the story leaked early.

As he dashed from a hearing to a television interview at Democratic headquarters, he said his greatest accomplishment has been survival in a Republican district that went 63 for President Bush in (Please see LUKEN, back page, this section) A Thomas Luken I AGE: 64. I OCCUPATION: Lawyer, congressman. I BACKGROUND: Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio's First Congressional District since 1976. First elected to House in March, 1974 from Ohio's Second District; defeated November, 1974.

Deer Park city solicitor, 1955-61; U.S. district attorney for Southern District of Ohio 1961-64; Cincinnati councilman 1965-67, 1969-73, mayor 1971-72. I FOCUS: Put spotlight on environmental neglect at Fernald; spearheaded railroad safety law; wrote only drug-testing bill passed by House. I CONTROVERSY: Criticized for large amount of money received from special-interest groups. Named one of "10 worst" lawmakers in 1984 by Washington Monthly, which cited alleged cruelty to staff.

Charles Luken AGE: 38. OCCUPATION: Lawyer, mayor. BACKGROUND: Democratic mayor since November, 1985. Top vote-getter in council elections since 1985. First attempt at council (1979) was unsuccessful; first elected in 1981.

FOCUS: Has concentrated on developing close cooperation between government and business community. CONTROVERSY: Raised eyebrows in 1985 when, in order to be named mayor, he joined coalition of conservative Republican councilmen in return for their support. Also started anti-pig movement when he asked Bicentennial Commission to rethink the then-unbuilt flying pig sculpture at Bicentennial Commons. The Cincinnati EnquirerGary Landers Mayor Charles Luken hopes to follow in his father's footsteps a second time. Fernald might be rebid DOE considers reopening management contract Cincinnati will launch Challenger science center IT Tempo" Advice C-2 Television C-9 Comics C-10 Four sections 149th year, No.

291 Copyright, 1990 The Cincinnati Enquirer 1 NationWorld Nation World A-8-10 HealthScience A-12-13 Business NYSE Mutual Amex B-10 BY SUE MacDONALD The Cincinnati Enquirer Tristate students will be able to blast into the scientific future in 1991 when the Challenger Learning Center, a hands-on simulated space-mission laboratory, opens on Gilbert Avenue. Inside the center, students will act as astronauts, computer experts, engineers and scientists in simulated missions that will have 1 Sports them placing probes "irtthe tail of Halley's comet and traveling to the moon. A "mission" involves groups of 40 students 20 of whom will operate a simulated space mission while the other 20 operate a simulated mission-control operation. After a one-hour "flight," the groups will reverse roles. (Please see SPACE, back page, this section) I Metro invoking a extension built into the contract.

If the contract were "recompeted," as the government calls the process, current operator Westinghouse Materials Co. of Ohio would be eligible to reapply and compete with other bidders to manage Fernald. But the government's lack of interest in continuing Westinghouse's current contract would send a signal that the company wasn't welcome, a DOE (Please see FERNALD, back page, this section) BY M.A.J. McKENNA The Cincinnati Enquirer Concern is growing that the Fernald uranium-processing plant could change leadership for the second time in five years at a time when budget troubles and waste storage problems are already providing roadblocks to cleaning up the site. The U.S.

Department of Energy has confirmed that it is considering reopening the site's management contract for bid when it ends Sept. 30, 1991, instead of Sullivan B-l Scoreboard B-2 Digest B-2 D-l D-3 Weather: Showers and thunderstorms; high 50., Chance of flurries tonight; low 25. Details, Page A-2. WEATHER HOT LINE: 1-900-370-8777 DETAILS: PAGE A-2.