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To Rbqioo ffbr Anumlnu -tar Thursday, March 27, 1181 Gadsden TV station to debut May 1 (r George WF Smith Star Senior Editor until 7 p.m., when the feature movie comes on. The evening movies are usually fairly recent, such as "Escape from New York," "The Howling" or "The Burning Bed," Ms. Triplett said. Older movies are saved for the late shows. The station runs a regional newscast at 9 p.m., and then the INN national news show at 9:30.

At 10 p.m., viewers get half an hour of "Benny Hill," put there to compete with other stations' news broadcasts. Ms. Triplett conceded that Benny Hill was neither wholesome humor County. It can be picked up on UHF Channel 44 without any special antenna. According to WDBB program director Linda Triplett, the station tries to target Alabama audiences more precisely than national networks.

"Good, wholesome humor," and "adult-oriented adventure or action," are qualities Alabamians appreciate, she said. The WDBB morning broadcast begins at 5:30 with an agricultural report, giving weather and crop prices. Several hours of cartoons follow. These are mostly older shows, of the "Bugs Bunny" and "Tom and Jerry" vintage, Ms. Triplett said.

The station avoids the more realistically violent GI Joe-type pro grams, she said. The station will also be broadcasting a new cartoon, "Roboteck," which Ms. Triplett described as a "soap opera-type space adventure." At noon, the station shows a ie, often a science fiction adventure. Then cartoons and children's programming return until 5 p.m. Situation comedy reruns such as "Carter Country" and "Bosom Buddies" are shown in the evenings By PAMELA GRUNDY Star Staff Writer Starting May 1, people in the Anniston-Gadsden area will be able to watch cartoons all morning and movies all night on WNAL-TV, a UHF signal relaying programming from the independent station WDBB Channel 17 in Tuscaloosa.

This will be the second expansion for the l'i-year-old Tuscaloosa station, which began broadcasting into Birmingham a few months ago. The signal will come on a microwave feed from Tuscaloosa, and will then be beamed from a transmitter on Chandler Mountain in St. Clair i House ready for budgets, proposed tax yl ill''' 1 nnr artinn nnA aiiiAntiire hut Ha. fended its slightly off-color tone by saying, "you've got to have a little bit of it." The 24-hour station broadcasts older movies throughout the night and into the early morning, with the exception of 3-4 a.m. when the news hour is rebroadcast for the benefit of people who don't get home from work before 10, Ms.

Triplett said. Anniston NewChannels engineer Bill Reynolds said the cable network has no plans to add the WNAL broadcast to its Anniston cable programming. The system is currently at full capacity, he said. proposal. But on a voice vote the panel delayed action on funding for private colleges after several committee members complained that those schools were not being cut as much as other areas of education.

Wallace, who offered record-high budgets in the first three years of his current term, proposed a $2.02 billion education budget, some $188 million less than is budgeted for this year. The proposed cuts affected most education programs and schools, except the state's two predominantly black schools Alabama in Huntsville and Alabama State University in Montgomery. Those two schools received an increase of nearly 4 percent each in Wallace's proposal. The panel accepted a rewritten version offered by Rep. Jimmy Holley, D-Elba, that added $3.9 million to local school boards with most going to fund public kindergartens; $3 million to technical schools for equipment; $2.5 million for the state's new super computer; $2 million for prison education; and $972,300 to the Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega.

THE PANEL also accepted several minor amendments that added about $785,800 to the bill, including one by Rep. Pete Turnham, D-Auburn, for adult education. wants to see some movement in the fight against litter. "I just hope I can get something started," he said. "My dream is to get going in the east Alabama region," and then present that progress at a statewide meeting of the regional commissioners.

Among the area officials attending the meeting were Talladega Mayor Larry Barton, Oxford Mayor Leon Smith, Calhoun County Commission Chairman Gerald Wilkerson and Cherokee County Probate Judge Jasper Fielding. Star Phate by Slav Orau Red Morris of Anniston Weary legislators Grandfather's manual updated For what It's worth, a brief update on The Grandfather's Manual: Keep carrots in the refrigerator if you have three grand-kids and I do there's bound to be a strange one in the crowd. If you have only one grandkid, get down on your knees and beg, plead, cry, bribe, do whatever, to keep the stork at bay for at least three years buying Huggies for two who haven't learned to potty is considerably more expensive than buying for one also, trying to remember which size you need can be awfully confusing and something of an adventure if you buy the wrong size. Never, never, never babysit more than one grandchild who is not potty-trained that is not an adventure, it's a horror story. Invest in a very good rocking chair you'll save considerably on shoe leather.

i- Build a good sandbox on your patio never, never, never let more than one grandkid in the box at the same time In lieu of that, keep a first aid kit and your Blue Cross card handy. Never let your grandkid have a peanut the only way you'll get it back is at the emergency room from up his nose. If you're asked to babysit, remind the askee to bring along a pacifier that, too, will save on shoe leather it's amazing how much kids who can't walk want you to walk. If your TV is remote-controlled, hide the remote unit if you don't, it'll be hidden for you and I mean hidden. Get the Disney channel on your cable 4-year-olds will spend hours watching Disney, allowing you to rock the 3-month-old in relative peace.

If you're out and about, don't worry about which stores do or do not sell orange slushes if your grandkid is at least 2ft and of average intelligence, directions will come in a flow of "Right here, Poppa, right here!" Keep a box of Crayola crayons and a coloring book on hand actually, I had forgotten just how muck fun coloring can be at certain times of the year the An-nlston Kiwanis Club sells huge coloring books (the pages are about the 'size of this newspaper) aud i highly Irecommend it for "kids" of all ages. Don't spend a lot of time worrying about hot, balanced meals I. kids don't and won't eat Don't make a big deal of grubby hand prints andor fingerprints on glass-topped tables such can be handled after the kid leaves by a half-bottle of Windex and a full roll of paper towels. If your grandkids have been at your house, never take out the garbage until you have gone through it piece by piece it's amazing at the things you VJfind in there that you didn't put in there (remember that remote control I mentioned?) i Never ask a grandson for a hug In front of his grandmother, his mother, his dad or any other member of the human race. Keep your mouth shut about what color you think the kid's hair will be "by the time he's three years old" brunette daughters-in-law who already have one child with blond hair can be very touchy on things like that" (I have given some thought to a Fathers-in-law Manual, but it was only a brief thought daughters-in-law can be very touchy about that, too.) Don't use any form of profanity within three miles of your grandkid i you do and I'll guarantee you his entire Sunday School class will also know the word by 10:63 a.m.

the following Sunday and then yoq're in a heap of trouble, boy and I mean a BIG pile of it. i Get yourself a good pair of knee pads for cleaning up the floors in den, kitchen, living room and three bedrooms crawling through the house on your knees is a lot easier on the old back than bending over every two steps. If you have grandsons, get used to all sorts of outdoor bugs showing ap indoors in your house there's something about bugs that little boys like and something crawling in your ear at 2 a.m. will definitely ruin a good night's sleep. Rep.

Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, rests his Wallace's proposals to rewrite Alabama's civil eyes after an all-night House session that saw the liability law. At right is Rep. John Buskey, D-lawmakers approving three of Gov. George C. Montgomery.

EAC getting tough with litterers of them juveniles. Eleven are being tried as criminal litterers. If convicted, they may face a $500 fine. "It should be $10,000," Bailey said. Ziegler told EAC members that they may not be able to do all that Bailey is doing.

"But the same principle applies," he said. "Something had to be done." Bailey said that people may need to be educated not to throw things by the side of the road. And he called on the media to act as a tutor. By MARIE PRAT Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY The Alabama House was ready to begin work today on the state's two key budgets and Gov. George C.

Wallace's proposal to tax sulfur, a legislator said. Rep. Jimmy Clark, a Eufaula Democrat who is chairman of the agenda-setting Rules Committee, said Wednesday that the $594.3 mil-' lion General Fund would be given priority in the House today. The measure is about $1.5 million, higher than Wallace has recommended for non-education government spending in fiscal 1987 and about $20 million less than is budgeted for this year. Clark said the General Fund measure would be followed by Wallace's proposal to tax sulfur produced in Alabama, which would bring in an estimated $6 million a year for the General Fund.

The representative said it was also possible that the education budget for fiscal 1987 would be on the list of items for lawmakers to consider, but it would probably be next week before the House could get to the bill. NEITHER budget bill includes any money for state employee or teacher pay raises. The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14-0 on Wednesday to approve an education budget that is $13.8 million higher than Wallace's "I do not believe many other counties were as bad off as we were," Bailey said. "We have waited until it's creeping up to our doorsteps." The best way to catch litterers, Bailey said, is to "lay out there as if you were a whiskey detail. You've got to get out there.

"I see slack enforcement on the conservation level. We do not need new laws. I'm telling we've got the law." Ziegler said later that he just Wallis (right) talks with campaign to Oxford Enforcement can make a difference, Jefferson County Sheriff Mel Bailey told the commission Wednesday. Bailey said that Jefferson County recently has cracked down on litterers, hiring two extra plainclothes officers to do nothing else than catch those who trash the county's roadways and woodlands. The Jefferson County Commission appropriated about $60,000 to fund two full-time trash officers, a truck and a radio, Bailey said.

Since the trash unit began March 1, 14 litterers have been caught, three brings and civil." Serving as both legal adviser to Gov. George Wallace and commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health, the 43-year-old candidate said that not go into office cold legally," and has the administrative skills to run an effective office. WALLIS' OPPONENTS include Secretary of State Don Siegelman of Mobile and HoutonHenry County District Attorney Tom Sorrells. Wallis, who resigned last fall as the mental health commissioner to campaign for office, said that he is gaining ground on Siegelman, who is leading in recent polls. "I've experienced movement in the polls while my primary opponent has not moved in the polls," he said.

Thus far, the candidates' platforms have been similiar, each including a victims' bill of rights, involvement in the legislative process, stricter drug laws, legislation regulating hazardous waste dumps and a tougher treatment of convicted criminals. By SHEILA MULLAN Star Staff Writer When Oak Grove Mayor Bloise Ziegler toured Europe recently, he saw many things that "made me proud I was an American." However, one thing he did not see was litter, he said. Back home, he cannot make that claim. That's one reason Ziegler and the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (EAC), which he chairs, have made enforcement of litter laws a new priority. Wallis By LYNN MARKLEY Star Staff Writer OXFORD At a private campaign breakfast this morning, attorney general candidate Ken Wallis told a small group of Calhoun County businessmen and lawyers why he should be elected to the post in the June Democratic primary.

The qualifications are to be a good attorney and a good administrator, and Wallis said he meets those criteria. "You've got to be a good attorney," he told the audience of about 20 people who gathered at the Holiday Inn in Oxford. "If you're going to be tough, then the way you can be real tough is not through political rhetoric but through being effective in the legislative process. To get the best and toughest laws passed so that the district attorneys and attorney general can enforce them. "You've also got to be a good administrator," Wallis said.

"You must have a good knowledge of government and understand all aspects of the law, both criminal li Wallis is pledging a "blueprint for justice." This would involve a meeting of the state's sheriffs, police chiefs, district attorneys, judges and prison officials to develop a unified action plan for law enforcement, including sentencing guidelines and early release restrictions for criminals. Wallis, who practiced law for 14 years in Jefferson County before serving as Wallace's legal adviser, said the attorney general's office is thought to be one of strictly prosecution. "Only 10 to 15 percent of what he (AG) does is prosecution. Most prosecution lies with the district attorneys and only in special situations does the attorney general prosecute," Wallis said. "If all the prosecution he does is 10 to 15 percent, then maybe he needs experience other than that.

He needs legal experience, pure legal "The attorney general's office needs to enforce the good laws in a strict fashion, but in a reasonable and not a political fashion.".