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Friday, October 15, 1993 The Arizona Republic All Judge in LA riot trial won't remove reportedly distraught juror! KTVK-TV envisions own all-news channel suggesting that she migh't have somi I JWJ, Jul 1:11 UUi iU i-HfA iHi A kiliJ everyone is talking at the same time," the juror told the judge. "It just isn't easy to concentrate." Insisting that the other jurors had not read the instructions thoroughly enough, she told the judge in a hearing Monday, "I can't stay -back there and fight with them because it's too hard on me, it really is, and I just can't in good conscience see it go like this, I mean, I really cannot. They are not getting a fair trial. I'm telling you right up there, they're not." The transcripts show that Ouderkirk indicated puzzlement over her behavior when he dismissed her, jurors disagreed." She also accused some jurors of having a bias in the case, leading a defense attorney, Edi Faal, to make his second call for a mistrial, which the judge denied. According to both her fellow jurors and her own account, she remained, after eight days of deliberation, obsessed with reading the jury instructions, complaining that the discussions among jurors were distracting her.

"With everyone talking, I mean, you know, we are in the jury room when you are trying to read it and understand it, at a time when decided upon one way or the other." These descriptions of seeming disarray among jurors added to tensions that have grown, around the closely watched trial and contributed to questions over whether the defendants, Damian Williams, 19, and Henry Watson, 29, were getting a fair trial. Williams and Watson, who are black, are accused of beating the white truck driver, Reginald Denny, and seven other people during last year's riots. They face 12 charges, including attempted murder, for which they could face a maximum sentence of life ailment such as Alzheimer disease er might be lying. "I don't know whether she is not being truthful, or whether she's forgetful," he said. "I just don't know, But the juror is not deliberating oif the case, in any true, ssense of th word." At one point the judge asked the jury forewoman, "After she expresses her views on an issue, does she remember that she expressed her views in that way?" 1 The forewoman answered, "Some1- times yes; most of the time no." "il in prison.

As for the juror who was removed, a black woman identified as Juror No. 373, the portrait painted in the transcripts Thursday was that of a woman who was distracted, forgetful and unable to comprehend or join in the process of deliberation. In a letter to the judge, written after she was dismissed and received Thursday, the juror suggested that the complex case might better have been handled by sending it to the judge to decide. She wrote that she had suggested this during deliberations but that "all New York Times JLQS ANGELES The judge in "the trial of two men accused of Xaiitliig a truck driver during last l'car'4 riots refused Thursday to Jrefnove a juror who her colleagues saldf-ran down a hotel hallway Iscreahiing, "I caa't take it anymore!" At'the same time, Superior Court Judge John Ouderkirk released tran-siripis of a closed hearing in which Itlie jiiry forewoman described another Juror; whom the judge did remove Monday, as "incapable of Ung what she reads, what is read to is discussed and what is ATTENTION DEALERS HOURS OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC Fri. 10-8, Sat.

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The networks have reached similar deals with cable operators elsewhere. Media America also owns Phoenix magazine, KESZ (FM 99.9) and Desert Production Center. The new station is to be housed in the new Media America Communications Center, under construction at 5555 N. Seventh Ave. Another Valley television executive reacted with skepticism.

Bob Sullivan, news director for KPNX-TV (Channel 12), said that in his station's recent talks with the cable company, "a conscious decision" was made not to pursue a second channel. Channel 12 management felt that there is no shortage of local news and that launching a second channel might dilute the station's existing news operations, he said. Ron Bergamo, president and general manager for KTSP-TV (Channel 10), was unavailable for comment. The announcement is seen as part of a nationwide shift in power from the networks to the cable operators. -KTVK-TV, from page A 1 general manager for Dimension Cable.

Dimension reaches an audience of about 350,000 viewers in Arizona, flplmes said. Lewis said the new venture was negotiated over two months. He said that such details as staffing and equipment remain to be worked put, but the thrust of the programming would be "basically news." He did not have a figure on the cost. "We really haven't gone into those kind of details. That's why we have a good year-plus to work on this thing," Lewis said in an interview.

The new channel would share resources with Channel 3 and employ an independent staff, including producers, photographers and on-air reporters, according to a statement from Media America. The venture appears to be patterned after 24-hour CNN. Alvidrez, Media America's hews manager, said in a statement that the channel "will fill a need, because people expect watch news when they want to watch it." Lewis shied away from characterizing it as an Arizona-style CNN. "I hate to tag it after someone else," he said. "I'd like it to stand on its own legs." I Uil'l-tlir 1 1 CONTRACT FIRM POSTURE PROFILE-LUXURY FIRM II MEDICO KDIC-SUPER FIRM 1 1 Hlf'l: FaI I I tlL I I 'J I I -VI I LTD.

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NAW Inc. buses with the same colors and designs over time, but immediately attach the new Valley Metro logos. If voters eventually approve a proposed 0.5 percent sales tax, half of those funds will go to double the Valley bus fleet, Han said, enabling buses to run sven days a week from 5 a.m. to midnight along more routes and more frequently on existing routes. Buses currently don't run on Sundays and major holidays.

Only a few routes run past 8 p.m. The new bus colors and logos were chosen based on surveys at Phoenix-area malls and of the nearly 120,000 Although that may sound like a lot of new buses, transit spokeswoman Andrea Han said there will be little expansion of the Valley's bus lines. That's because 130 of those new buses are of the smaller dial-a-ride variety, much like the downtown DASH buseswhich are needed for cities to compjy with the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed by Congress in 1991. Seventy percent of the new buses are replacements for older buses, some of which are up to 20 years old, Han said. All of the new buses will carry the new green, white and purple color scheme.

The Transit Authority hopes to persuade cities to paint their older W'RECLINERS99! air-pollution reduction programs. That in turn has prompted the Legislature to consider ways to reduce pollution. A special session of lawmakers is expected in November. Ed Fox, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said the winter smog problem in the Valley is compounded by tourists, additional trips for holiday shopping and temperature inversions that trap pollution close to the ground. The new Valley Metro bus-paint scheme was unveiled THursday on the first five of 221 buses the Transportation Authority will add at a cost of $29 million to the Valley's current fleet of 370 buses.

Of the estimated 1 million Vallejj residents who commute to work, only about 30,000 currently take the bufcj said Randi Alcott, the Transit Authority's ride-share manager. "We are faced with the threat of diminished quality of life," said Jim Bruner, chairman of the Maricopij County Board of Supervisors, refer, ring to projections that show thej Valley's population doubling to 4 milj lion by the year 2015. "I can't stand the thought of Phoenix becoming another LA. We simply cannot afford not to do, better." 'ii BEDROOM SUITES SfflK this year. Faced with federal sanctions that could curtail'growth if air pollution is not controlled, Valley residents' efforts to reduce commuter driving "have become even more crucial" this winter, said Katy Corbet, a campaign spokeswoman.

Previous Don't Drive One In Five campaigns urged commuters to leave their cars at home at least one day a week, based on the last number of their license plates: 0 and 1 on Mondays, 2 and 3 on Tuesdays, etc. Despite those efforts, carbon-monoxide levels exceeded federal standards during two days in December, triggering a federal review of state NEW, from page A 1 Jhere. are several buses with different colors and names. It's quite confusing. "Developing a strong and inte-USiatcd.

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