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12A THE PALM BEACH POST THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1990 sf Spviets approve religious freedom "Me Always Thought We Were Alone, Until Now! I ill ft 5.13' 7 J-1 mm pswwwms i whether to allow after-hours use of school classrooms for religious instruction. One of the Supreme Soviet's two chambers, the Council of Nationalities, voted down the proposal as violating the principle of church-state separation. The law leaves a few Stalin-era restrictions in place. For example, a government agency, the Council on Religious Affairs, will continue to oversee religious activities. But its exact functions and even its name are to be defined.

The law also firmly maintains the state's monopoly on education, and Kulakov complained that Soviet religious denominations will not have the right, as churches and synagogues do in the United States, to run their own schools. To some extent, the once-outlawed practices that will become legal are flourishing already in the liberal environment fostered by Gorbachev. The general crisis in society, as well as the discrediting of old orthodoxies like Marxism-Leninism, have also brought a rebirth of faith. The law recognizes for the first time the right of Soviet citizens not merely to "believe," but to make public and share their faith. It says the government may not "restrict the study, financing or propagandizing" of the many creeds practiced in the Soviet Union, which include Orthodoxy, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism, Protestantism and Judaism.

Religious liberty has been safeguarded, in theory, by the 1977 Soviet Constitution. But the new law marks a major retreat from Marxist-Leninist policy by also barring government financing of the "propaganda of atheism," which includes the blatantly anti-religious institutions called "museums of religion and atheism" found in most Soviet cities. In line with the new honored place of religion in society, the law bars discrimination based on religious beliefs, outlawing harassment, job discrimination and other mistreatment that countless people were long subjected to, often with the complicity of authorities. But the deputies clashed on SOVIETSfrom 1A President Mikhail Gorbachev, who was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church as a child but says he is not a believer, promised the law -almost 2Vz ago. The Supreme Soviet approved it in principle 341-1 with one abstention.

Kulakov, Russian Orthodox patriarch Alexei II, Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich of Moscow's Choral Synagogue and other spiritual leaders witnessed the historic vote. Although protracted debate and lack of a quorum delayed adoption of all of the bill's 31 articles, a process to resume Monday, the "Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" requires revolutionary changes in church-state relations. Scrapping restrictions on believers' actions contained in the 1929 Law on Religious Associations', the legislation permits religious instruction for children and adults, religious services in private homes and outright ownership by congregations of churches and other buildings for worship. OVER 20,000 MEN. FROM IMPOTENCY in Palm Beach County.

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Other X-rated films aimed at mainstream moviegoers included Hardware, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and Life is Cheap But Toilet Paper is Expensive. The announcement marks a significant about-face by the MPAA. Its president, Jack Valenti, had maintained during months of complaints that the procedure worked. "It's fair to say we've received justifiable criticism," Valenti said The Cook, the Thief, His Wife Her Lover and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! from Oscar-nominated director Pedro Almodovar. "I think this is a great step forward," he said.

"This just goes to show that being tenacious without waving the flag can get the job done." The last time the ratings were changed was in 1984, when the PG-13 rating was added between the PG and ratings. That change was prompted by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Other X-rated films have included 1969's Midnight Cowboy, 1973's Last Tango in Paris, 1969's if. and 1971's A Clockwork convey to the movie world there are any number of reasons for a film to get this rating. "We hope this will clarify that we are not making judgments on X-rated films," Valenti said.

"I wanted to make sure if a change was made, it was reasonable, sane, wise and beneficial to the parents." Coupled with the new rating, the association also will provide theater owners and critics with more details on films with an rating and why exactly they received it: sex, violence, language. Harvey Weinstein, the co-chairman of Miramax Films, was especially relieved by the decision. Several of Miramax's recent releases have been rated X. They include I Wednesday in New York. It no located to The conferanca Room Of Palm Beach Regional Diagnostic Canler Directly Behind Palm Beach Regional Hospital 2829 1 0th Avenue North, Lake Worth, one fault, but the rating has a patina, a complexion which frankly we never intended it to have.

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Jacksonville's WNFT-TV, Channel 47, which Feltner bought for $3 million and took over June 22, carries "independent fare" films, children's shows and syndicated reruns of shows such as Cheers said David Godbout, a competing station's general manager. Feltner said he also has agreed to buy Birmingham, station WCAJ-TV and is managing it until the deal is closed. The Stingrays lost $20,000 this year while he ran the team jointly with the United States Basketball League. The team lost $50,000 in 1988, the first year he owned it; the league did not operate in 1989. Feltner said he has also bought the league's Miami Tropics and Tampa Bay Stars.

He said he plans to buy stations in those markets and the Orlando area and broadcast games. He said he plans to buy as many as a dozen Florida stations by the end of the year. Feltner named his holding company, Krypton International, for the Kentucky town where he was born. He began working at a daily newspaper at 14, then worked in newspapers and broadcasting, eventually buying broadcast properties and producing films. Feltner is also involved in real estate and investments, and he owns Gibraltar Digital in Stuart, which sells digital equipment for radio stations.

Staff writer Paul Lomartire contributed to this report. TVfrom 1A couple of years ago," Feltner said. Spain could not be reached, and station manager Jay Oliver declined to confirm the deal. Bill Brooks, general manager of the -market's top-rated station, WPTV-TV, Channel 5, said Feltner is not a "major broadcaster," al-hough Feltner indicated he plans lo buy aggressively in the Florida TV market. The sale should not shake up the local market, said Murray Green, general manager of West Palm Beach station WFLX-TV, Channel 29, a Fox Network affiliate.

"There are four affiliates in the market now, and there is room for a good independent," he said. In 1988, three Miami stations swapped networks, and West Palm Beach ABC affiliate WPEC-TV, Channel 12, took CBS from Channel 34. That station hoped to hook up withlABC, but the network aligned with Channel 25. In the first rating period after the switch, Channel 34 showed a 74 percent drop in viewers compared with the same period a year before. Feltner, 57, plans to use innovative programming to improve ratings, but he wouldn't elaborate beyond; saying that "there will be changes and it will take a year to take effect." Once ratings rise, Feltner said, he will approach ABC about shifting its local affiliation from WPBF-TV, Channel 25.

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