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BEST AVAILABLE COPY the Arizona Republic fMay, October 16, 1986 Price Calendar Cook Cinemafare Bridge Television Comics A final farewell? It's difficult to tell whether concert comedian Anna Russell's latest tour really is going to be her last. F3. life tooy F2 F3 F5 jpJ 'Edmus' arrested oro sexual charges Short takes 800 signatures have been collected. In a prepared statement, Long said; "Edmus Scarey has had a very good reputation in the Phoenix area, especially with his kindness towards children and his statement condemning drug use." Muscare joined Channel 15 in July 1985, debuting on an overnight movie marathon that preceded the Live Aid concert telecast, and soon became a popular personality. A.C.

Nielsen Co. ratings for July 1986 showed Friday Night at the Frights ranking No. 2 in the 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 si Ex-horror-show host held in San Diego; bail set at $25,000 By BUD WILKINSON Republic TVRadio Columnist Edward Muscare, who formerly was host of Friday Night at the Frights on KNXV-TV (Channel 15) as the ghoulish "Edmus Scarey," has been arrested in San Diego on sexual-battery charges for an alleged incident involving a 13-year-old male relative, authorities report. Muscare, 54, is in San Diego County Jail awaiting a hearing on extradition to Orlando, where a warrant was issued Aug.

28 by the Orange County Sheriffs Department. The incident allegedly occurred five days earlier at a family gathering. Lt. Randy Means, public relations director of the sheriffs department, said Wednesday that sexual battery involving an adult and someone between the ages of 12 and 18 is considered a felony and carries a life sentence in Florida. Muscare, who resigned as the Channel 15 horror-movie host in early September citing personal reasons, was arrested Monday at a trailer park, according to Rick Carlson, public-information officer for the San Diego Police Department.

Bail has been set at $25,000. Carlson as "oral, anal or vaginal penetration by, or union of, the sexual organ of another, or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object." Muscare's arrest surprised staffers at Channel 15. "I really had very little information at the time Ed resigned, other than (that he did so) for personal reasons," said Stu Powell, general manager of Channel 15. "Ed did not talk to me about it at all, but I had some inkling." Powell reported that shortly after Muscare resigned he received a call from Detective James Lutrell, who was investigating the case for the sheriffs department in Florida. Orange County Sheriffs spokesman Means said Muscare phoned Lutrell about two weeks ago to inquire if he was wanted by authorities.

Told that he was, Means said Muscare said he would call back but never did. "We do not know if he's fighting (extradition) or not. If he does not fight it, we can get him back in a week or so," Means said, adding that if Muscare chooses to fight extradition it could take several months before he is moved to Florida. Fans who have been conducting a petition drive seeking Muscare's return to the air have not given up. "Hopefully, it isn't the nail in the coffin," said Scott E.

Long, coordinator of the Committee to Draft Edmus Scarey. Long said 700 to a.m. time period, averaging 25,000 metropolitan area households and 42,000 viewers. In September, Muscare was named Best TV Personality in a "Best of Phoenix" edition of the weekly New Times. BUDDY HACKETT and Jerry Lewis mug at a Friars Club roast in New York.

Hackett was roast master and Lewis the meat that got seared and speared at the Wednesday luncheon. Powell, who has known Muscare employed Muscare at KSHB-TV in Kansas City. tT 1 r. 11 1. 'II i nave leu comioriao enoucn wiin Chatter i I i- I nun unng mm into my nuuse.

inis mmps no Kid cnrnrico It'c a vorv US VEGAS BLUES A federal judge ruled sad day for me, Powell said. Refnre Miiscarp's rpsirrnnt.inn Chan. Edward Muscare As his 'Edmus Scarey' character indicated a date for an extradition hearing in San Diego County Superior Court has not been scheduled. Attempts to interview Muscare by telephone and to learn whether he' was represented by a lawyer were unsuccessful Wednesday. Florida statutes define sexual battery nel 15 had planned to switch him to.

Tuesday that the Justice Department must release a transcript of singer Wayne Newton's testimony before a grand jury for use in the singer's defamation suit against NBC. Saturday night, where he was to have been host of Scarey Movies with Edmus. That program was to have premiered last Saturday. Newton Hied suit against NBC in 1981, alleging he was defamed by reports that he had ties to organized-crime figures. The network broadcasts occurred at a time when Newton applied with Eddie Torres to purchase the Aladdin hotel-casino on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nev.

U.S. District Judge Myron Crocker in Las Vegas said Newton's appearance before a Connecticut grand jury investigating organized crime could have a definite bearing on the entertainer suit against NBC. The Connecticut investigation was not related to the Aladdin Hotel purchase. JACK LEMMON said Wednesday he will keep on acting until he is "run over by a truck or a critic." Lemmon is in Israel for a two-week run of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, which opens in Tel Aviv tonight after a stint in London. London critics gave the actor mixed reviews.

Lemmon said the company will travel to Toronto next month to tape the three-hour play for cable television. Tim RogersRepublic THE NEW MONKEES, hired to star in a new television series for syndication next year, are Jared Chandler, left, Marty Ross, Larry Saltis and Dino Kovas. Sneak theater preview This model of the proposed Herberger Theater Center was unveiled Wednesday by the Phoenix Civic Plaza Building Corp. The theater, which is scheduled to open in October 1988 opposite Phoenix Civic Plaza, is bounded by Second and Third streets and Monroe and Van Buren. The building corporation will finance 49 percent of the center's cost; donations Kovas, 20, of Dearborn, Ross, 27, of Los will pay for the rest.

Civic Plaza Director Denny Maus said the estimated cost of the two-auditorium project has been raised to $17 million, to cover increases in building size and anticipated 1987 construction costs. No ground-breaking date has been scheduled. In the model, the right wing houses offices and restaurants; it is not part of the $17 million first phase. Angeles; Chandler, 19, of Hollywood; and Saltis, 18, of Akron, Ohio, were signed to do 44 shows after auditions of more than 3,000 candidates. The four said they will play their own instruments and write all their own songs from the start, unlike the old band.

The original Monkees, currently playing to Partial gag order imposed in Twilight' trial sellout crowds on a 20th anniversary tour, began their career singing in front of a backup band and using songwriters such as Neil Diamond and Carole King. "We're not looking to imitate them," Chandler said. "We'll be ourselves." or I would have objected to it," she said. "It affects the defense more than it does me. They're the ones who are trying to try the case in the media." Under the gag order, lawyers for both sides are forbidden to publicly discuss any trial proceeding that occurs outside, the presence of the jury, but remain free to discuss any proceeding that occurs before the jury.

Landis, Wingo and three associates are on trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in the three deaths. Jurors, however, have been instructed not to watch or read any news accounts of the trial. "All I'm asking for is a fair trial, that I be guaranteed the constitutional right of due process," Trope told reporters. "If (prosecutors) keep doing this, we won't have a trial, we'll have a trial by ambush. I'm not naive enough to believe that (the news report) can't filter down to the jury." D'Agostino said the gag order would not affect her case.

"Obviously I have no problem with it Transportation Safety Board. The board previously investigated the Twilight Zone movie-set helicopter crash that killed actor Vic Morrow and two children in July 1982. It concluded the crash was caused by a "debris-laden" special-effects blast set too close to the aircraft during the filming. Trope, who represents helicopter pilot Dorcey Wingo, complained that the testimony has not been presented as evidence at the trial and could prejudice jurors against the defendants if they watched the news report on television. By MICHAEL D.

HARRIS United Press International LOS ANGELES The judge in the Twilight Zone manslaughter trial imposed a partial gag order Wednesday, forbidding lawyers to discuss in public any proceeding that occurs outside the presence of the jury. Superior Court Judge Roger Boren acted after a defense lawyer, Eugene Trope, complained that prosecutor Lea D'Agostino allowed a television news crew to film a page of director John Landis' testimony before the National Our daily quote "There has never been so great a moment in my life, because it brings the people together. The world today is so complicated with fighting, weapons, political problems. Here there are no weapons." Soccer great Pele reaction to being named grand marshal of the 1987 Rose Bowl Parade. Steve Winwood show offers new visage to '80s crowd Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports by Hardy Price.

Popular music Review Box office ratings Last weekend's top films, with weekend gross, cumulative gross (in parentheses) and number of weeks in national release as compiled by United Press International. All money figures in millions. 1. "Crocodile" Dundee, $10.6 3 weeks. 2, Peggy Sue Got Married, $6.9 1 week.

always been such a distinctive talent instantly recognizable vocally, and not far short of that as a writer, organist and guitarist Traffic provided him with a spur one misses in the intricate machinery of newer works. With his Traffic mates, drummer Jim Capaldi and sax player Chris Wood, Winwood drew from a jazzblues tradition of spontaneous response. Now that equal colleagues have been replaced by back- ing musicians, there is no one with the I authority to push Winwood into the kind of off-the-cuff expression that was Traffic's forte. As one of England's more challenging instrumental outfits, Level 42 was a compatible opener for a man who has done his share of challenging pop -conventions. Level 42 has much in common with Winwood's current style, using a similar blend of multilayered instrumentation and prominent beat.

By ANDREW MEANS The Arizona Republic Steve Winwood belongs to that growing body of rock performers who have spanned two generations of listeners, in the process presenting each generation with a different impression. Predictably enough, the generation that filled Mesa Amphitheatre on Wednesday was the one that knows this English virtuoso primarily for his '80s visage. The show was tailored for this, with material drawn mainly from the three solo albums that have revived 38-year-old Winwood's career Arc Of A Diver, Talking Back To The Night, and the current Back In The High Life. Only the occasional number I'm A Man and the opener, The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys, harked back to his precocious start as a teen-ager with the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic, dating back to the '60s. With its persistent dance beat and slick instrumentation, the '80s material fits in well with today's pop stales, and a STEVE WINWOOD With Level 42, Mesa Amphitheatre, Wednesday sprightly Winwood looked to be enjoying his return to the stage.

Wearing a loose-fitting shirt and a carefree smile, he alternated between playing keyboards and electric guitar and dancing and singing, microphone in hand, while his eight-piece band provided accompaniments. Although his vocals sometimes sounded a little muffled, that is his timbre in any case. The new format offers quite a contrast to the Traffic era, when sound quality often varied alarmingly and the success of a show depended greatly on the artistic equivalent of spontaneous combustion. Even though flVin wood has 3. Jumpin 'Jack Flash, $6 1 week.

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