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LIFE UNMERRY? DON'T UNMARRY LEARN HOW TO FIGHT ACCENT, ID POLLUTION SUIT SURFACES LAKE OKEECHOBEE LOCAL NEWS, IB FLORIDA: WHERE THE JOBS ARE STATE EMPLOYMENT UP BUSINESS, 9B Tie Palm Beach Post SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1988 FINAL EDITION 92 PAGES 25 CENTS PARTLY CLOUDY A 20 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms today with highs in the low 90s. WEATHER, 2A rr; ss Five TV stations poised for network shuffle Switching Channels chobee counties. George Newi, senior vice president for ABC affiliate relations, said Friday that he expected CBS to announce the purchase early next week. When it does, he said, ABC will ask channels 29, 25 and 34 to make a pitch to become ABC affiliates. Because it's a bigger and more established station than channels 29 and 25, Channel 34 is considered the favorite to win the ABC affiliation.

Please see SWAP14A changes. It's the station's "given understanding" that within three to four days "CBS Television will announce the purchase of WCIX (Channel 6) in Miami and disclose a new affiliation agreement with WPEC (Channel 12) in West Palm Beach," the memo says. "The bottom line for WTVX is that we expect we will become the next ABC affiliate for this market." Channel 34 is now the CBS affiliate for the market encompassing Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okee By BOB MICHALS Palm Beach Post Staff Writer LOS ANGELES CBS is expected to announce next week that it will buy independent Channel 6 in Miami and that Channel 12, now an ABC affiliate, and Channel 34, a CBS affiliate, will swap their network affiliations, network and South Florida broadcasters say. Bob Morford, news director of WTVX (Channel 34) in Fort Pierce, said a memo was posted Friday afternoon in the station's newsroom outlining the expected STATION CURRENTLY AFTER SWAPS OWNER AFFILIATE OWNER AFFILIATE WCIX (Ch.

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$2 3 million pot fuels fever Circle to limit insurance LteT' iBiir Long lines UP8 ifiWSSSSfo i for soaring fy Lotto prize i 1 VI By SCOTT G. CAMPBELL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer With a $23 million prize, sales of lottery tickets this week have been astounding 251 tickets a second, 15,060 a minute, state lottery officials said Friday. Sales Thursday were 310 percent over the Thursday before. By 6:45 p.m. Friday, $6.1 million in tickets had been sold compared with $2.5 million for all day the previous Friday.

The prize is now $23 million and could go to $28 million. If no one wins this week, the jackpot next week will start Monday at $40 million and likely climb to more than $50 million by the drawing, said Lottery Secretary Rebecca Paul. The nearly 400 Lotto dealers in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties can expect a flood of players today. About 50 percent of a normal week's Lotto sales happen Saturday the day of the drawing, said Jim Oman, regional director for Palm Beach, Martin and Broward counties.

Merchants agreed that Friday's Please see LOTTERY4A O- BT fk Chain to halt coverage for AIDS, drug abuse By KENNETH B. NOBLE New York Times News Service WASHINGTON Circle the nation's second-largest convenience store chain, has said it would halt medical coverage of employees who become sick or injured as a result of AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse or self-inflicted wounds. Civil libertarians and advocates for homosexual rights said they knew of no other major company seeking to limit medical coverage based on what Circle called "personal lifestyle decisions." Most health insurance policies exclude coverage for suicide attempts but cover illness resulting from AIDS, alcohol and drug abuse. The health care policy was disclosed in a letter dated Jan. 1 that was sent to about 8,000 employees in 27 states who are covered by company insurance.

The letter's existence did not become generally known until some employees complained to civil liberties groups earlier this week. It was described in Friday's Wall Street Journal. Charles Shoemaker, Circle K's vice president for human resources, said, "We felt we had to take certain steps to help contain our medical costs. "There are certain lifestyle decisions that we are just not going to assure the results of." Shoemaker said the Arizona-based company knew of at least seven employees suffering from AIDS symptoms but had not canceled anyone's coverage. The company does not intend to test employees for AIDS, he said.

Civil libertarians reacted angrily to the company policy. They questioned its legality, but Gay Ann Williams, assistant to the director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, said Circle K's policy could not be challenged under state law because the company pays its covered employees' medical bills rather than using an insurance company. She added that such a clause "would not be legal" for commercial insurance policies because state law "prohibits an insurance company from underwriting on the basis of lifestyle." A Labor Department spokesman said the department was unaware of Circle K's new policy. C.J. WALKERStaff Photographer Sidney Kaufman of Singer Island beats the rush, buying tickets Friday at the 7-Eleven on Singer Island from Gwyndle Stennis.

Hero sand widi maker takes a bite out of crime i i-i -4. FiM 7 how much money Wallace had at the store. "I told him only about $10 and he said, 'That will have to Wallace said. Humphreys and a 17-year-old accomplice arrived about 12:30 a.m. Friday.

Both wore hats, sunglasses and gloves, with greasepaint streaked on their faces. Wallace gave them $117 and two rolls of pennies and watched as they left the store. The police were close behind. The 17-year-old was caught soon after leaving the store. A police dog nabbed Humphreys at a nearby gas station about 1 a.m.

He was arrested on armed robbery charges and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail, where he remained Friday night in lieu of $10,000 bail. An owner of the sandwich shop, George Russell, said Wallace was a hero because he "risked his life for his $4-an-hour job." Wallace wasn't so dramatic. "I'm just glad it's over," he said. "I still feel a little nervous." tend to help with the robbery, and he agreed. Thus began the most nerve-racking 30 hours of Wallace's life.

About 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Humphreys, upset because customers remained in the store, called Wallace, court records show. "What are all those people doing in the store? I shot a clerk at a Circle Store, and I do this for a living," Humphreys said, the records say. After the customers cleared out, Humphreys, 18, was approaching the door when a burglar alarm sounded in another shop. Sheriff's deputies staking out the Subway store rushed off to arrest the burglars, and Hum- phreys left.

He called a few minutes later, saying, "Can't do it tonight; there are too many cops around," court records state. The next night, Humphreys called to ask By MEG JAMES Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH In junior high, Ronald Humphreys was the bully who pushed other kids around. Classmates took pains to avoid him. For Harry Wallace, the hassle didn't end when he finished Jefferson Davis Junior High School five years ago. Wednesday night, as he walked to his job at the Subway sandwich shop at 2601 S.

Military Trail, Humphreys approached him and shoved a pistol in his face, court records say. "He said he was going to rob the store," Wallace, 19, said Friday. "He said he would split the money with me if I gave him a few minutes to get away before I called police. "We went to school together, so I guess he figured I would just go along." Wallace didn't. Instead, he told police.

Sheriff's detectives asked Wallace to pre C.J. WALKERStaff Photographer Harry Wallace foiled a robbery attempt by a former classmate. Protests, petitions mount to halt 'Temptation' film Broward doctor's license suspended It '-b Inside Bridge 9D Business 9B Classified Ads 1-28F Comics 9D.10D Crossword ACCENT Dear Abby 2D Craig Dolch 1C Editorials IE Florida News 12A Horoscope 9D RayHuard IB Ann Landers 2D Letters 2E Bill McGoun IE Obituaries 8B Stocks 10-15B Theaters 6D TV Listings 8D TV Sports- 2C Vol. 21 No. 51 1988 The Palm Beach Post TO SUBSCRIBE: CALL 837-4663 1-800-654-1231 Not the first controversial re-ligious film 14A about it, saying the movie makes a mockery of their faith.

They are trying to stop distribution of the film through petitions, boycotts and telephone campaigns. Some Jewish leaders are complaining that some of the attacks on the film are anti-Semitic. A group of religious leaders saw an unfinished version of the film, screened July 12 in New York. But that hasn't ended the controversy. In Palm Beach County, opponents are signing petitions and preparing for possible demonstrations.

"Should there ever be a protest, we will be involved in it," said the Rev. Richard Behers, pastor of First Baptist Church of Greenacres By KEN PELLIS Palm Beach Post Staff Writer At Universal Pictures, a pleasant-sounding woman answers the telephone. "The Last Temptation of Christ," she sings out. "Are you calling to protest this movie?" The operator's mild manner belies the storm of protest spawned by this movie, scheduled to open Friday in selected theaters in the United States and Canada. The choice of theaters will be announced next week, the movie company said.

The film, directed by Martin Scorsese, is based on the 1955 novel The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. Scorsese and Universal have urged people to see the movie before they pass judgment. But many Christians are angry I DPR accuses Goldenberg of stitching up the abdomen of a woman on whom he performed a Cae-sarean section, even though the woman was bleeding heavily internally. Goldenberg also botched his attempt to treat the woman after she suffered cardiac arrest, the DPR charged. The woman died after the operation.

DPR's case includes charges that he performed at least seven unnecessary Caesarean sections and fondled a patient during an examination. In a separate case, the agency has charged Goldenberg with injecting a patient with sedatives and then sexually assaulting her, said Please see D0CT0R4A By VAL ELLICOTT Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A Tamarac gynecologist charged with incompetence in the death of one woman and with drugging and sexually assaulting another has been barred from practicing medicine under an emergency suspension order that took effect Friday. Dr. Jeffrey Goldenberg surrendered his license to state Department of Professional Regulation officials, who say in a written order that Goldenberg presented an "immediate and serious danger" to the public. "I've seen a lot of emergency orders, and these are some of the most serious allegations I've ever seen against a doctor," said Jack Maynard, a DPR spokesman.

Martin Scorsese: Critics should not judge the movie too soon. City. "But I would hope the theater owners would understand the sensitive nature of this film and out of respect to the Christian community, not show it." Behers suggested a Please see TEMPTATION 14A.