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LOCAL NEWS WEATHER EDITORIAL PAGES SECTION WEDNESDAY Cos Angeles Siimee NOVEMBER 16, 1994 CCt METRO HIGHLIGHTS Simpson Attorneys Ask Judge to Bar Newest Prosecutor SIMPSON CASE: The O.J. Simpson defense team has filed a motion seeking the removal of Deputy Dist. Atty. Christopher A. Darden from the prosecution.

Darden oversaw the grand jury investigation of Simpson's friend Al Cowlings. Bl SCHOOL SURVEY: According to a state survey, more than half the high schools in Los Angeles are doing worse than similar schools across the state at preparing their students for college. But others-including four of the district's six magnet high schools are performing far above their counterparts in other cities. Bl jpr but he was Involved in another investigation that was supposed to be separate," said Johnnie L. Cochran one oi Simpson's lead attorneys.

Even as they pick jurors and debate a host of remaining legal issues, lawyers for both sides continue to build their cases and collect evidence. Tuesday, prosecutors received permission to clip hairs from two dogs one owned by Simpson and another belonging to his son but kept by his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, who was killed along with Ronald Lyle Goldman on June 12. Simpson has pleaded not guilty to the double murder. In a declaration filed with the court, Deputy Dist. Atty.

Marcia Clark said "white to tan animal hairs characteristic of dog hairs" were found on a bloody glove discovered outside Simpson's Brentwood mansion. Prosecutors want to have the FBI laboratory examine those hairs to determine whether they match those of the dog found wandering outside Nicole Simpson's home after the murders. They also want to compare hairs from a knit cap found at the crime scene to samples taken from Simpson's dog. If the hairs match the respective dogs, it would put hair from Simpson's pet at the crime scene and from Nicole Simpson's animal at her ex-husband's home bolstering the prosecution charge that the Please see SIMPSON, B4 Courts: Defense team cites Christopher Darden's role in grand jury probe of Al Cowlings. Prosecution gets permission to compare dogs' hairs to those on glove, cap.

By ANDREA FORD and JIM NEWTON TIMES STAFF WRITERS Escalating their attack on the prosecution team in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, defense attorneys said Tuesday that they have filed a motion asking Superior Court Judge Lance A. Ito to remove one of the government lawyers from the case. The motion was filed late Monday under seal, but Simpson's attorneys said outside court Tuesday that they are seeking the removal of Deputy Dist. Atty.

Christopher A. Darden, who was added to the Simpson prosecution team last week. They have previously voiced their anger about the prosecutor's assignment because Darden oversaw the grand jury investigation of Al Cowlings, Simpson's close friend who was at the wheel during the infamous low-speed pursuit from Orange County to Brentwood. "Mr. Darden, he's a fine lawyer, I I III i In' I in ii mi mil I I in I in.

II ll i i i Reuters FLEISS TRIAL: Jurors viewed a videotape of undercover police and four alleged prostitutes in a Beverly Hills hotel suite in the Los Angeles Superior Court trial of accused Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, charged with pandering and possession of cocaine for sale. B3 ALSEIB Los Angeles Times The tale of 18th-century pirate Anne Bonney turns to gold for screenwriter Herb Meadow. L. A. High Schools Get Mixed Marks in Statewide Study EDITORIALS Plot Twist A TIME FOR HEALING: In the wake of Proposition 187's passage, Californians must calmly explore how to best proceed.

B6 COMMENTARY Fifty-five of the district's high schools were included in the state's annual measurement of high school achievement, which combines results of several standardized tests with such factors as completion records on college preparatory courses and graduation and dropout rates. This year for the first time, the state publicly released an average score that can be used to rank the schools, although state analysts cautioned against placing too much value on such ratings. "Just because a school has a high performance rating doesn't mean it's the best school in the state or the district," said Paula Wenzl, an education consultant with the state Department of Education. "It just means that it scored highest on these tests this particular year." Please see SCHOOLS, B3 Education: Of the 55 rated, more than half rank behind similar campuses in preparing students for college. But most magnet schools outshine the competition.

By AMY PYLE and JEAN MERL TIMES EDUCATION WRITERS More than half the high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District are doing worse than similar schools across the state at preparing their students for college, but others including four of the district's six magnet high schools are performing far above their counterparts in other cities. he said. Only later did he realize that Hollywood's perceived bias against writers above a certain age had become the industry's "weapon to thin out the ranks and get rid of people who were troublesome." Meadow admits he's been troublesome most of his career. changed agents like I changed But so far, ageism hasn't gotten rid of him. He's 83 now.

True, he doesn't work constantly as he once did. Nor does his current agent return his phone calls promptly. But neither youthfulness nor agency aggressiveness two of the biggest assets for a Hollywood career were necessary to snag Meadow the deal of his life. After 50 years in Hollywood, his days as a player long over and his name virtually absent from movie and television credits for the past decade and a half, Meadow accomplished the sort of thing that fuels writers' dreams: On his own, he sold a screenplay for a promised half a million dollars. Please see SCRIPT, B8 Hollywood: A veteran screenwriter shows he still has what it takes.

At 83, he has sold a movie script in a deal promising half a million dollars when shooting begins. ByCARLAHALL TIMES STAFF WRITER Screenwriter Herb Meadow first encountered ageism, Hollywood style, sitting in his agent's office. He was 47 years old. "The phone rang with a producer calling about a writer he wanted to hire," Meadow recalls. "My agent said, 'You're not going to hire him.

He's "I said to him, 'Do you know how old Even with his agent's reassurances, Meadow was jolted. "Up until that time I had never encountered ageism or the subject in this town," PROPOSITION 187: Even if it survives legally, Latinos in local and state office may balk on enforcement, writes Cal State economist Adela de la Torre. B7 ON THE RECORD "All I ask is that I be allowed to work productively until it's time for me to go." Herb Meadow, 83, who, on his own, sold a screenplay for a promised half a million dollars after being out of the Hollywood limelight for a decade and a half. Bl Bullet Ends Football Star's Journey to a Better Life Violence: Family and teammates mourn Long Beach City College linebacker Kasun Charles. He had hoped athletics would be a ticket out of his gang-plagued neighborhood.

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The option Charles had sought so hard to create for himself vanished when he was shot and killed one night last week in a shooting that police said stemmed from ongoing tension between Wilmington's black and Latino gangs. He had lived with a tension that surrounds countless young adults struggling to find a higher path in neighborhoods where gang violence is common. Their lives inevitably crisscross with those they grew up with as children, people whose lives are steeped in warfare. Charles' funeral Tuesday in San Pedro drew about 600 mourners a multiethnic collection of neighbors, teammates and others, packed in a small chapel at Green Hills Mortuary. "I always told him that he could do anything he wanted to do with himself," said his mother, Irma Irving, who lives in a nearby section of Los Angeles.

"It was up to him. He had the choice. He Please see STAR, B4 By ERIC MALNIC TIMES STAFF WRITER Former Chicago Seven antiwar activist Jerry Rubin was reported in critical condition Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center after he was hit by a car while jaywalking in Westwood, Los Angeles police said. Officers said the Yippie turned businessman was crossing Wil-shire Boulevard at mid-block between Selby and Manning avenues about 8:30 p.m. Monday when he was struck by a car heading west on Wilshire.

Rubin, 56, who lives in a high-rise Brentwood apartment, was 1 taken by ambulance to the medical center, where he underwent several hours of.surgery. The driver of the car a 1991 Volkswagen GTI was not held Please see RUBINJ93 fa i i INDEX Digest B2 OnlyinL.A. B2 Air Quality B5 Weather B5 "Editorials B6 Commentary B7 PAUL MORSE hot Angeles Times Kasun Charles' mother, Irma Irving, lower right, and his girlfriend, Shyra Jenkins, lower left, were among 600 mourners at funeral..