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THC COURIER-JOURNAL. SATURDAY. fARCH 2G, 1938 9 Browning executes first quadruple jump, but Boitano regains championship Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary American Brian Boitano added a world championship to his Olympic gold medal yesterday by winning the men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships after Canada's Kurt Browning became the first skater to successfully complete a quadruple jump in competition. which will be decided in the long program tonight Boitano finished second in the long program to Brian Orser of Canada, the defending world champion, but that was enough for Boitano to regain the world title. Browning, who finished third in the free skate to lift him to sixth overall, stole the show by complet ing the first quad.

He landed cleanly on one foot although be had to do a turn on the ice to keep his balance. "There's no question I did it none whatsoever," Browning said. "It was one foot and four turns." International Skating Union officials, after watching taped replays, confirmed that the Canadian had indeed landed the quad. Boitano also successfully completed the four rotations in the air but touched down with both feet instead of landing on one foot as required. "Unfortunately, I could not execute it perfectly," Boitano said.

"It was a little bit over-rotated. I am satisfied with my performance In the women's competition, Thomas, who turned 21 yesterday. recovered from a poor showing in the compulsory figures to skate one of her best short programs. "This felt more like the old Debi than Calgary did," she said, referring to last month's Olympics when she lost to Witt after missing several moves in her long program. "All the energy in the world was going into it and I was just having fun." FIGURE SKATING Earlier, a charged-up Debi Thomas overcame the post-Olympic blues to win the women's short program.

But Katarina Witt of East Germany remained ahead of her American rival in the race for the world title. County may lead Thunder's $1 million drive By SHELDON SHAFER Staff Writer Jefferson County government has offered to lead a drive to try to get the Louisville Thunder soccer organization back on its feet. Attorney Richard Heideman, chairman of Louisville Thunder SOCCER such products to be introduced in the Louisville market. We took our time designing The Equity Check. We considered several options in choosing just the right combination of features to make The Equity Check the most flexible, sensible and versatile home equity credit line available.

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And it makes sense. It's simple and flexible. All you do is calculate how much available equity you have in your home, then let us know how much you want to use. LOAN TO VALUE BASE RATE (APR) BIG BONUS RATE (APR) said a long-term goal of $1 million has been set to allow the professional soccer team to play next season. It would be used to cover operating expenses and develop existing youth soccer programs.

The Thunder played three years in Louisville, winning the American Indoor Soccer Association championship in the 1986-87 season. Last summer, amid mounting debts, the club decided not to field a team for the 1987-88 season after a drive to raise $300,000 fell $200,000 short. Heideman said the AISA, which operated this season with only four teams, has set a May 31 deadline for cities to submit a letter of credit to play next season, which starts in November. Most of the Thunder's former players are now with other teams, but many have agreed to return to Louisville if the club plays, Heideman said. Louisville Thunder Inc.

has four divisions. The soccer camps division, a division that operates the Thunder Sports and Convention Center soccer facilities in Clarksville, and a division that operates the ThunderRapids "waterboggan" in Clarksville are all now showing a profit, Heideman said. But Heideman said the corporation's fourth division, the professional soccer team, is "more than a couple hundred thousand dollars" in debt. He declined to specify the amount of red ink but called the debt substantial. Heideman said the corporation would like to get commitments from local corporations and banks for preseason purchase of about 100,000 individual game tickets.

The club drew about 50,000 people during its last season, at Broadbent Arena. Heideman said County Judge-Executive Harvey Sloane recently suggested the county spearhead the drive to return soccer to Louisville. Heideman said he is discussing possible county assistance with Sloane's staff. Ernie Allen, Sloane's chief aide, said Thursday "we are trying to ascertain what could be done" to help the Thunder. "The loss of a very successful sports operation hurt," Allen said.

"The concept is for us to assist in putting together a fund drive." Allen said the Thunder, which employed more than 100 people, had applied for a city-county Economic Development Office loan of an unspecified amount But Allen said, "There is a real question of whether the team is eligible" for the loan. "We hope to come up with something that doesn't entail using public dollars." Heideman said a combination of public and private support is needed. He said the team's resurrection "is totally dependent on the degree of community support." Heideman said he has put on hold the possibility of trying to move the franchise to Washington, D.C. Pritchard stops Zouski with 4th-round TKO Special to The Courier-Journal CHICAGO Louisville heavyweight James Pritchard stopped Steve Zouski with a fourth-round technical knockout in their scheduled 10-rounder last night at Melrose Park's Sport Center. The referee stepped in after Zouski (24-17-0) suffered a broken nose and a cut under his right eye.

Pritchard (18-1-1) was in control throughout the fight and was unmarked. There were no knockdowns, but Zouski was hurt in the second round in a fight that was termed a slugfest. Zouski, who is from Milwaukee, lost a decision earlier this year to Jose Ribalta, who is ranked seventh by the WBC. Prime it Average 60orLess Prime (9 'k) Daily Balance for the Billing Cycle is $50,000 or more. Prime (S'AX) il Aiemge Daily Balance for the Billing Cycle is $50,000 or more.

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