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EIBSHEDITION A-2 NATIONWORLD Thursday, February 6, 1992 Green Bay Press-Gazette Newsmakers 'From A-1 y' J. A. Akira Kurosawa To start 30th film Directors to honor Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa is being honored with the Directors Guild of America's highest award. The 81-year-old director of such films as Ran and Rhapsody in August will receive the D.W. Griffith award on March 14 in Los Angeles, the guild said Wednesday.

Last year's award went to Ingmar Bergman. Other winners include John Huston, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Frank Capra. Kurosawa is about to begin work in Tokyo on his 30th film. His son will accept the award on his behalf, the guild said. Guthrie reassures neighbors Arlo Guthrie is trying to ease concerns of neighbors in Great Barrington, about his plans for the building made famous in his song Alice 's Resta urant.

The folk singer has leased the building a former church for offices for his record company and a foundation that will benefit such causes as AIDS and the environment. Last month, Guthrie's spiritual adviser, Ma Jaya, vowed to "bring death to the community and teach the community about death" by using the building for an AIDS center. That prompted about 30 residents to ask the town to revoke Guthrie's permit for the building. The Great Barrington selectmen have asked the town attorney to look into the matter. In a letter to selectmen this week, Guthrie the switch to hold down cable rates.

Pop stars Paula Abdul, Phil Collins and Rod Stewart have appeared in TV ads urging viewers to complain. Another road may honor Wynette of highway in Alabama is named music star Tammy Wynette, home county in Mississippi may soon Senate on Wednesday passed a bill 13-mile stretch of Mississippi 23 in County after Wynette. The bill goes House. John White said Wynette, known for as Stand By Your Man and D-I-V-O-R-C-E, a native of Itawmaba County and still to vote in the area. section of Mississippi 23 connects to the Alabama 24 already named for her.

says infidelity helped singer Garth Brooks says his didn't ruin his marriage; it made it telling anybody, 'If you're not happy, screw around because your wife will dynamo for but I got to be honest that's what happened for me," he said interview with USA Weekend. couple are expecting their first child in wire service reports. health insurance premiums. The proposed limits on Medicaid and Medicare spending growth "could be devastating," said Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Even before its unveiling, Bush's plan is encountering stiff resistance on Capitol Hill from Democratic leaders pushing a far different approach. They want to require businesses to either provide health insurance for employees or pay higher taxes for a government-run insurance program. Both sides say there is little chance for an agreement this year. But Sen. John D.

Rockefeller, said, "It just doesn't do the job" to provide universal coverage and hold down spiraling costs. "What the president appears to be suggesting is to have seniors through Medicaid paying for the uninsured, which is an incredible irony. Rockefeller said today on ABC's Good Morning America. Sen. Bob Packwood, said the Bush proposals were good, but won't solve the cost questions.

"This program is going to depend heavily upon individuals using the credits. Many of them won't, and they won't be covered," Packwood said. Health -4ice insurance laws, provide managed care for Medicare and Medico-aid beneficiaries and holding down i future cost increases in Medicare Medicaid, the latter according to a Sullivan aide and an Office of Management and Budget official who accompanied the secretary this morning. Sullivan said the vouchers 27would be handed out through the states, presumably through the local unemployment offices, but that been finalized yet either. Following objections from House Republicans, the White House also has decided to back off from its earlier suggestion to tax health insurance benefits provided to upper-income people.

An administration official said Wednesday night that instead of providing specifics on funding for Jiealth-care reform, the president will emphasize his willingness to work with Congress in finding an acceptable formula. "We will be flexible," the official Democrats and some health-in-''dustry officials claim Bush's tax credits and vouchers will not provide the uninsured with -'enough money to meet the cost of TV assured them charitable activities would "take place chiefly outside the church." Mellencamp sings for MTV Rocker John Mellencamp says MTV supported him, and now he's supporting it. He held a free concert Wednesday for about 3,500 people in Johnson City, as part of a campaign by rock stars to get the cable company Sammons Communications to offer MTV again. Sammons canceled the music video station Jan. 1 in a move that affected about 109,000 subscribers in Johnson City, Vineland, N.J., and Bensalem, Pa.

The company said it made keeps sanctions U.N "We are still missing answers to questions presented since last year Heinz Dieter Jopp, leader of U.N. inspection team By Andrew Katell Associated Press UNITED NATIONS The Security Council increased the pressure on Iraq Wednesday, renewing its commitment to punishing sanctions. Diplomats hinted that a threat of further military action could be coming. In a bimonthly review of sanctions imposed on Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait, the 15-member council decided to keep in place an 18-month-old worldwide ban on almost all trade with Saddam Hussein's government. Iraq has appealed repeatedly for an end to the sanctions, but the council pointed to Saddam's belligerency and non-cooperation with the world community in choosing to continue the punishment.

Abdul Amir al-Anbari, Iraq's to acquire WCCO-TV, Minneapo-" lis. til Also Wednesday, CBS notified zr WLUC, Channel 6, at Marquette, that its contract will not be That station will lose its affiliation by the end of July Although Channel 2 has a affili- contract with CBS that expires July 22, general manager Ted said the station agreed to the March 15 switch. "One (reason) is you want to get 'pn with your life and make the change," he said. "The other is that ABC did not -particularly want to have CBS running an ABC affiliate (Channel 5)." There was "no point in being ob-l streperous," Kohl said. I No money is changing hands.

However, the changeover has costs. Along with equipment ex-i changes, the stations plan to mount promotional campaigns to help viewers adjust. Eaton and Kohl said they could only guess at the cost, but figured it will be hundreds of thousands of dollars. CBS estimated the sale price of all the Midwest properties at $200 million. The value of Channel 5 i was not disclosed.

Channel 32 began broadcasting in March 1984 under different own-1 ers. It became a Fox affiliate in 1986. tr: The sum to acquire the assets of i-jphannel 32 is about $800,000. the sale cannot be finalized t3intil next week, Channel 32 gener-JJ3d manager Roy Smith went ahead jwith the shutdown announcement. i-2 "Northeast Wisconsin will be "deprived of a full-service television station," Smith said.

"The demise of any over-the-air, free television station at this time is a weakness for all free television, and therefore I think it's tragic." The station employs 28 people. Channel 32 will go dark at sign-off Feb. 14. If all goes according to plan, the station would return to Jthe air months in the future, possi--C'y as a home-shopping station. The buyers, according to Smith, are Don Clark and Carl Martin of W.Va.

They are owners of Aries which operates Channel 26. Martin will separate himself from Aries and form Ace TV and file for the Channel 32 license, Smith said. Smith is not associated with either of those companies. i 1 Tammy Wynette Keeps home ties stinacy came Wednesday in Bahrain, where the leader of a U.N. team said Iraq was still trying to conceal information about its chemical and biological arsenal.

"We are still missing answers to questions presented since last year as to how many bombs produced, warheads, missiles, how many munitions they had imported from other countries," Heinz Dieter Jopp said after a 10-day mission to Iraq. Jopp noted that the Iraqis had declared that they possessed only 10,000 chemically-filled munitions, but the inspectors found thou- had someone who was killed there." Hitler was near defeat when the raids took place, and many in Dresden insist they served no military purpose. The Frauenkirche collapsed the morning after the firebomb-ing began and its majestic 313-foot-high dome crashed to the ground. Communist officials left the church in ruins as a reminder of the "struggle against imperialistic barbarianism." Hans-Joachim Jaeger, who heads the rebuilding drive, said he hopes contributions will come from around the world to finance the 10-year reconstruction project. Preliminary work is under way.

As many of the original stones as possible will be used in rebuilding the church, which combined classical and baroque architectural styles. Jaeger said the communists hauled away some of the rubble for use in roads, and described it as sacrilege. Estimates of the rebuilding cost range from $100 million to more than three times that. Some higher estimates are from opponents of the rebuilding drive who say the money should be used for other purposes. Dresden, population 520,000, is a favorite of Germans.

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The Security Council said Iraq also was not moving quickly enough to repatriate Kuwaitis and other foreigners it holds or to return Kuwaiti property as required under the Gulf War cease-fire. Britain's ambassador, Sir David Hannay, told The Associated Press that Iraq's motives were unclear, but said it appeared Saddam was again testing the will of the international community. If this is the case, he said, "they are making a serious mistake." The British envoy declined to disclose the options available to the council. But a U.N. source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they must include some sort of military threat.

One U.N. resolution already contains an implied threat of renewed military action. 95 per cent of Moscow reportedly in poverty MOSCOW (AP) Russia's rush toward a market economy has pushed 95 percent of Moscow's residents below the poverty line, the city's vice mayor told Russian television today. And a newspaper reported that even last year, before President Boris Yeltsin's administration freed prices, Muscovites spent 1.7 times more to buy food than they did in 1990 and bought 8 percent less. Today's were the latest in a series of gloomy reports on how the nation is coping with the soaring prices and shortages.

Russian TV quoted Moscow's Vice Mayor Yuri Luzhkov as saying 95 percent of the city's residents live below the poverty line, and it said the city would set up a network of municipal stores for its poorest people by Feb. 20. The reports were especially painful for Muscovites, whose city had been a showcase that enjoyed relative abundance under the Communists. The Russian Labor Ministry has estimated that the average Russian worker earns about 960 rubles a month about $10 at the current exchange rate. Moscow marketbasket Number of hours that an average wage earner in Moscow would have to work to afford the selected Items: State-run stores Private market Goods not available 123141 12 1 114 121 12i 24 AP graphic Iraq TOP 25 per pound 20 pi 15J Hl io Jjjg- 123191 12 11 114 121 12 24 i 5 -per pack I 1.82 Local stations' owners, shows Press-Gazette In the wake of Wednesday's actions involving local television stations, here is a quick guide to ownership and key programs: WBAY, Channel 2: Nationwide Communications, Columbus, Ohio.

No ownership change. As an ABC affiliate, Channel 2 will broadcast such top-rated network shows as Roseanne, 2020, Coach and Full House. WFRV, Channel 5: CBS New York. Previous owner, Midwest Communications ceased to exist Wednesday. Being owned by CBS, Channel 5 will air such highly-rated shows as 60 Minutes, Murphy Brown, Northern Exposure and Murder, She Wrote.

WLUK, Channel 11: Burnham Broadcasting Chicago. No ownership change. Continuing on the NBC station are such popular shows as Unsolved Mysteries, Cheers, Empty Nest and The Golden Girls. WGBA, Channel 26: Aries Telecommunications Buck-hannon, W.Va. With Fox affiliation likely, Channel 26 will begin showing such popular fare as The Simpsons, Beverly Hills 90210, Married with Children and In Living Color.

The station may acquire Star Trek: The Next Generation. Milwaukee Brewers baseball and Milwaukee Bucks basketball will continue to air. WXGZ, Channel 32: Appleton Midwest TV until Feb. 14. Proba-i ble new owner is Ace TV, involv- ing a current Aries co-owner.

The station could return to the air this year. It may air home-shopping programming. WPNE, Channel 38: State-owned, with license held by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Madison. Such PBS Droarammina as Nova, Nature, documentary se ries and specials are continuing, as are such state-oriented pro-tgrams as OnTV and WeekEnd. Correction NATION: The People's Choice Awards ceremony, at which entertainers are honored after being nominated and chosen for the awards by the public in a poll, will be March 17 on CBS.

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Member Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation. U.N. ambassador, said his government "has almost met all its obligations" and is disappointed the sanctions will continue. Diplomats suggested that tougher action possibly including a threat of military force could be taken if Iraq does not fully cooperate with U.N. inspections of its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons facilities.

"Stand by for further news," U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering told reporters after chairing a closed-door council meeting. He declined to elaborate. Fresh evidence of Saddam's ob "The Frauenkirche will always be a memorial to World War II and to war in general with its terrible destruction." Barbara Hintzen, spokeswoman for Dresden Stephan, 57, who was staying just outside the city when the bombers came. Bodies were burned past recognition.

The heat melted bottles. A storm-like wind roared through the city. Estimates of the dead range from 35,000 to more than 100,000. At the time, the city was jammed with an estimated 500,000 refugees fleeing the Soviet army advancing from the east. Photographs of the horror hang on the walls of many historic buildings in Dresden.

Mayor Herbert Wagner has protested plans to erect a statue in London of Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, the Royal Air Force commander who planned the mass bombing attacks on the civilians of Dresden and other German cities. "This statue will strike wounds in the hearts of the people of Dresden," Hintzen said. "Nearly every family, one way or another. AP photo Memories in ruins: Dresden resident Anrii two days in 1945 when Allied bombers Mahnert, 79, uses her cane to point out the bathed the city in fire, killing tens of ruins of Dresden's Frauenkirche. The ruins thousands of people.

Dresden plans to of the church have reminded the world of rebuild the Frauenkirche. After 47 years, Dresden to rebuild famous ruin Green Bay Press -Gazette Reader contact guide Qrn lay PrMS-OuatWUSA Today Business Hours Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. DRESDEN, Germany (AP) For 47 years, the ruins of the Frauenkirche have reminded the world of two days in 1945 when Allied bombers bathed this graceful city in fire, killing tens of thousands of people. Now, Dresden plans to rebuild the Frauenkirche, once the most important Lutheran church in Germany. More "than 800,000 people visited Dresden last year.

Many gazed in near-reverential silence at the remains of the church. Only two walls are standing. The rest of the ruins are in a huge mound. Ornate 18th-century carving is visible on some of the sandstone blocks. "The Frauenkirche will always be a memorial to World War II and to war in general with its terrible destruction," said Barbara Hintzen, spokeswoman for the city.

The ambitious rebuilding project symbolizes Dresden's determination to recover fully and finally from World War II and two generations of communist rule that followed it. Older Dresdeners still remember the bombings of Feb. 13-14, 1945. They tell of buildings swaying in the firestorm, the injured begging for food and water, of the smoldering aftermath that kept everyone out of the city's heart for days. "They hurled firebombs down and people looked like living, burning torches," said Elfriede Michael B.

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