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Mw Ami Bysii A DEST AVJULADU GOPV Qfc Arizona Batlit Star Tucson, Wednesday, September 26, 1 984 Page Fifteen help getting ticked off at private enterprise woman about my watch. She looked and looked. This time, it wasn't there. "He must have taken it home with him," she said. "That's sort of what had in mind," I said.

"I want it now, whether it's fixed or not." "I'll have him call you," she promised. I was. surprised When he did. He said my watch still wasn't ready, but it will be by this weekend. I'll probably go out there again, but I'm not optimistic.

It's sort of like Murphy's Law, except I call it Steve's Statute. The watch episode is just the latest in a series of similar horror stories over the last 25 years. It started about the time I subscribed to Esquire so I could get the super-deluxe 25th anniversary edition. I never did. Despite at least six letters to the publishers, I got three copies of the issue before the special edition and two copies of the issue after it, but I never got the anniversary edition itself.

Then there was the time our Admiral phonograph broke down after the company had stopped making stereos. We could find only one repairman who would even try to fix it, and we waited a year for him to come to the house. He put in a new turntable and arm. They not only didn't fit, but they also wouldn't produce any sound. When we Called him to comment on that fact, he told us he wouldn't come back.

But he generously said we could keep the parts he had installed. We still have them. And the stereo set still doesn't play. We recently took our dog, Benjamin, to a veterinarian for neutering. When we got him back, something else was missing his county license tag.

A woman said it came off while an employee was walking our dog. But by the time anyone noticed the loss, the employee was an ex-employee. Another employee later found a license tag, but as you've probably guessed, it wasn't Ben's. To her credit, the veterinarian did get Ben a duplicate license. Our "luck" even hit our daughter's wed- ding here earlier this month.

Keely lives near Seattle, so she bought her veil during a visit here in January. i Along about August, it suddenly developed some strange-colored splotches. The store owner said she had never seen that happen before, but she agreed that it sure had happened this time. Fortunately, the replacement veil arrived in time. We also managed to find a second florist a week before the wedding, With our luck, the one we originally hired had gone out of business.

These are only a very few of the good times we've had dealing with American private enterprise. You've probably had some yourself, so you know why I doubt that my watch will be ready as promised this weekend. Frankly, I no longer care. I now have a real affection for my second watch, a cheap wind-up model. If it ever breaks, I won't have to deal with a repairman.

I'll throw it away. Commentary know why the 'watch was there. I had to explain all over again. The new man assured me he would fix it in a week or so. When I returned about a month later, he hadn't done it.

He explained that he was waiting for a part, which would -arrive in about a week. When I returned a month or so later, it hadn't. We repeated this routine several more times. Spring turned to summer. One day when I went to the repair place, the man wasn't there.

A woman searched for about 10 minutes before finding my watch. When she pulled it out of the envelope, we both knew it still hadn't been re-' paired. "I'll talk to him tomorrow and call you at home tomorrow night," she promised. She didn't call. When I returned a week or so ago, the man was gone again, so I asked the same Panel writing its chapter in Aquino nr can't The Arizona Daily Star Some Tucsonans spend their free time visiting friends or relatives.

Not me. When things get dull around our house, I hop into my little pickup truck and drive 12 or 13 miles out on the eastside to visit my wristwatch. Thanks to a branch of American private enterprise, watch-visiting is now a 6-month-old custom for me. The watch in question is battery-operated and fairly expensive. It has some sentimental value because my employees gave it to me about seven years ago when I was the Pima County assessor.

But it's also special in another way. It can't be repaired by just any old jeweler, you see. It can be fixed only by a factory-autnomea repair person. Tucson has only a couple of them for this particular brand, and I apparently picked the wrong one. The guy I chose promised to fix it in a week, but he quit the next day.

When I went back, his replacement didn't Long regarded as an eccentric by a profession noted chiefly for its eccentricity, ornithologist Dick Davenport has for many years nettled the bird watching establishment with his constant challenges to both orthodox ornithology and its rustic dress code. A leading proponent in the crusade to dump James Watt, Davenport threw himself into the political-activism game with determination that no less a conservationist than Ansel Adams labeled him "unusual someone to watch for." Someone else to watch for is Dick's wife, bluestocking Con-gresswoman Lacey Davenport. Whether chairing a subcommittee hearing on the homeless or holding forth on the Brontes from behind the silver tea service given to her great-great-grandmother by Paul Revere, Lacey is an enchanting, indomitable original. Doonesbury is back! Starting Sunday in SJjr Arizona U'mlo Star 2 students who fled Grenada star in NCPAC pitch WASHINGTON (AP) Calling the invasion of Grenada America's "greatest foreign policy victory in the last 10 years," the National Conservative Political Action Committee unveiled a new television ad ioetarAckr taatitrino turn ctufontc urhn caiH their lives were in danger before the invasion. David Harmon and Rose Marie Classi say in the new advertisement that "liberals in the media want you to forget about Grenada." Using the format of ads for American Express cards, they say, "Do you know us? We were among the students rescued by the U.S.

Army Rangers when President Reagan ordered the rescue mission to Grenada." The ad, which will be aired in various cities, was paid for with $50,000 from NCPAC. "You don't hear much about us because the liberals in the media don't want to re- mina you aooui me leaaersnig rresiaeni Reagan demonstrated when American lives were threatened in Grenada," the ad says. "They want you to foget about Grenada." Saying the students carry NCPAC's "American heroes for Reagan" card, the ad concludes- "If vou're an American over. seas, you better not leave home without Ronald Reagan as President." NCPAC chief John T.Dolan said the ad emphasizes the differences between Reagan and the Carter-Mondale administration. "They wrung their hands for hundreds of days" before attempting a rescue mission of the Americans held hostage in Iran, he said.

The hostages were taken Nov. 4, 1979, and a rescue attempt by U.S. forces on April 24, 1980, failed. Dolan said the Grenada invasion was the "greatest foreign policy victory in the last 10 years" for the United States. Harmon and Classi were among the American students studying at St.

Gebrge's University Medical School on Grenada at the time of the invasion year ago next month. You By David Briscoe The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines The year-old assassination of Benigno Aquino resembles a thriller in which confusing and contradictory evidence hides the killer and the mastermind. Soon, a five-member panel appointed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos will announce its solution of the Aug. 21, 1983, assassination of Marcos' chief opponent.

Here, in question-and-answer format, is a look at one of history's most intriguing political crimes. Q. Who was Benigno Aquino, and why would anyone want to kill him? A. Aquino, 50, was a former governor and senator and Marcos' best known, most articulate rival. He was 15 years younger than Marcos and had vowed to lead the fight against Marcos' powerful political party.

Marcos claimed Aquino was a subversive and a murderer who toyed with communism. Marcos jailed him for seven years before allowing him to spend three years in exile in the United States. His death eliminated Marcos' strongest rival. It also eliminated an even stronger rival to anyone in Marcos' party who aspires to succeed him. The communists stood to gain because of the instability his death could and did bring to Marcos' government.

Q. What does the government say happened? A. A military investigation accused Rolando Galman, a 33-year-old farmer with a long criminal record, of shooting Aquino in the back of the head as he stepped off an airliner under military escort. It said Galman was sent by communists to kill the ex-senator over an old grudge and to destabilize the Marcos regime. Q.

What other versions have emerged? A. Aquino family members and supporters say a soldier killed Aquino on an airport stairway and then soldiers killed Galman, whom they had hired for some unspecified job. They say high civilian and military officials plotted the crime. Q. Who has been investigating the killing? A.

A five-member panel appointed by Marcos and known as the Agrava board, headed by former juvenile court Judge Corazon Agrava. It includes a businessman, an educator, a corporate lawyer and a pro-government labor leader. Security officers carry Aquino's body mystery said that since the board began its inquiry more than two months after the crime, there" was plenty of time if anyone wanted to destroy evidence. Q. What other physical evidence is there? A.

Some of the soldiers escorting Aquino were found positive for nitrates, a component of gunpowder. Panel members have used photographs to accuse at least three soldiers of lying and others of inconsistencies in their testimony. Both video and sound tapes picked up voices on the stairway just before the shot shouting in a Filipino dia lect: "Here he is!" "I'll do it!" and "Shoot!" The board also has 1,473 photcv graphs taken at the scene, in addition to slow-motion videotapes. Q. What evidence is there that Galman was a communist? A.

The testimony of only one witness, a government agent who has since died of a reported heart ailment. Q. What direct evidence has the panel heard of any other kind of conspiracy in volving the military or government officials? A. Galman's son and daughter testified5 that an air force colonel took their fathef away three days before the assassination and that men associated with him took theif mother after the killing. The colonel denies1, it.

Lina Galman remains missing, along with' three other people associated with Galman. Galman's daughter testified that her mother-told her she was being taken to see Gen. Fabian C. Ver, the armed forces chief of staff. Q.

Is there any evidence involving, Marcos or first lady Imelda Marcos? A. The board heard no testimony on any possible involvement of the president or his wife. His wife denied making a statement before the assassination that people loyal to the Marcoses might kill Aquino. The Mar-coses had warned Aquino of a plot to kill him. Q.

So Aquino knew he would be assassinated? A. Just before Aquino got off the plane in' Manila, he donned a bullet-proof vest. According to his brother-in-law, Ken Kashiwa-hara, Aquino had received a call from Manila saying he would be hit at the airport and that his killer also would die. Twelve years earlier, Aquino told the, Senate if he were assassinated Marcos and, the defense establishment would have a "ready alibi" and would blame it on the communists. mento de noticias del Canal 9 KGUN-TV cinco con el Canal 4 KVOA-TV.

Mendez, nativo de la ciudad de Mexico con 17 anos 1 de experiencia en ese medio, fue propietario administrador (1978-1981) de la estaci6n de radio en espanol KIFN en Phoenix. Allison agregd que el Canal 18 ofrecertn un programa bilingtie de noticias entre-vistas "Tucson al Medio Dia Tucson Mid- Por su parte la nueva programadon de 1 otono de SIN esta siendo orientada hada la" juventud, dijo Rosita Peru, directora de gramacion de SIN, en un cornunicado de prensa. if Peru era la anfitriona artista dd gustado programa "El Show de Rosita" que miti6 aqui hace cinco anos el canal 13 KOLD-TV. "Durante los ultimos 18 meses bemos" tratado de produdr adquirir mas pro- vaMe ntia Anhiciacmon a Ine iiWavaM dijo Peru. "Contrapunto" es nuevo programa media bora que se transmite todos los do- missos a las 8 pjn.

Jose Ronstadt ea el -anfitrion. En este programa se acct2a 4 pro contra de terras ra3rrr-j a la comunidad. La riraa is tzrzs i ifmm'm In ml.mrf'j 1983 AP photo as suspect Galman lies dead who have disagreed with the military version? A. An airport mechanic testified he saw Galman in a position where he couldn't have fired the shot. Two private security guards said they saw Aquino on the stairway leading from his plane after the first shot was fired.

Only soldiers were with him then. Q. Why didn't anyone get a picture of the killing? A. The board is not certain that no one did, but it hasn't found one. Government agents kept photographers accompanying Aquino from following him.

Photographers at the airport were restricted to an area where they could not see the plane. Airport security men manning a video camera aimed at the scene said their heads were turned and their recorder wasn't on. Q. Is there any physical evidence to support the government theory? A. Soldiers produced a gun with one bullet fired, but it had been handled by several people after it was picked up at the scene, so there were no fingerprints.

Analysis of bullet fragments found in Aquino's skull was inconclusive. The board's chief legal officer instalara en esta ciudad antes de fines de ano. El otro es el canal 18 KDTU-TV, que es el primer canal de televisidn comercial que sera operado por una diocesis de la Iglesia Catolica en la nacion. A fines de otono esperamos inidar nues-tras dijo Robert L. Nord-meyer, gerente general.

KDTU-TV serf el mas potente canal de televisidn en Arizona. Nordmeyer dice que la programaddn de 14 horas de 8:30 a.m. a 11 p.m. sera para entretenimiento familiar valor humano. "Se ofreceran programas locales de asis-tenda servicio publico para instruir a los televidentes sobre que como hacer para mejorar su forma de dijo el.

Uno de los programas en espanol ya con-firmados es la media bora sobre "Consejos Espirituales" dd padre Rudy Vega, de la ofitina de Asuntos Hispanicos de la Diocesis. Vega, nativo de Nogales, de la orden rdigiosa dominica durante los ul-timos siete anos trabajo en San Francisco, Calif. Fred Allison es director de prcramas Kaurtdo Mendez es director general de AZison, trabajo trcs lira ca el darta- .1 Vf Tucson espeia dos nuevas esiaciones cle TV Q. Since Marcos appointed the panel, won't it just follow his will? A. The board claims complete independence.

There is no indication that Marcos has tried to direct its findings, although he has generally stood by the military version. The panel has vowed, to release its findings simultaneously to Marcos and to the public. Q. Are the panel's conclusions legally binding, and does Marcos have to follow its recommendations? A. The panel can only recommend prosecution or court-martial.

Marcos is not legally bound to follow, but he has publicly promised that he will. Q. Has the commission found any civilian eyewitnesses? A. All but one of the witnesses who claimed to have seen Aquino killed are soldiers. The single civilian witness showed up near the end of the hearings and testified behind closed doors.

Some panel members have been quoted as saying they do not believe he was in a position to see the scene clearly. Q. Has the panel heard any witnesses Actualidades "Estamos haciendo los arreglos para ut-lizar el canal 52 como repetidor del 33 en Tucson el dijo Jose Cancela, quien desde julio pasado es gerente del canal 33 en Phoenix. El es nativo de Cuba criado en Miami, Fla. JP Communications que operara KPOL, acaba de recibir de la Comision Federal de Comunicadones (FCC) la licenda para operar.

El Canal 40 KPOL de propiedad de Julius Polan, de Chicago, tiene la aportadon de inversionistas locales entre el los el comer-dante Henry Jacome Dave Reaban. Este ultimo, con 25 anos en medio, es el gerente general. Frank Idaspe, es vice-presidente gerente de ventas. "Tendremos una programadon variada de 7 a.m. a 12 p.m.

Ofreceremos novdas en espanol programas nadonales grabados. Tales como 'Quincy. 'The Man from 'Night Gallery' otros. asi come dijo Reaban. "Hasta jproximo ano tendremos estudio doade poufemos kacer prcramadun CantdOseriunadelasdcseadones UHF frecuencia dtalta t2d quese Por Leyla Cattan The Arizona Daily Star Antes de finalizar el ano, Tucson tendra dos nuevas poderosas estaciones comer-ciales de televisidn.

El canal 40 POL-TV de JP Communications el Canal 18 KDTU-TV de la Didcesis Catolica de Tucson, ambos estan en sus fases finales para comenzar a transmitir en esta localidad. Esto cambios en la frecuencia que usan estaciones existentes, a si como tambien significara un aumento en oportuni-dades de trabajo para interesados en este ramo de la comunicacion finalmente para los televidentes se traducira en una mayor seleccion de programas. Pero cantidad no siempre va a com panada de calidad. Tal vez habra mis de los mismo, claro con sus respectivas carac-teristicas de mercado. El actual canal 40 KTVW-TV en espanol en Tucson, repetidora del canal 33 KTVW-TV en Phoenix de la cadena Spanish International Network, sera utilizado por la nueva estadon KPOL-TV que operara ea esta dudad a Cues de octubre proxima El canal 32 sera ectonces la frecuencia ea que se transmit! ra la programaci6n ea espcSai de SIN ea eJ soroeste de Ariaona..