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2Bw WednesdayDecember 261 990 Star Tribune PEOPLE CALLS: When a connection is made, all are thrilled Continued from page IB Grossman, who owns a graphic design company. "His wife and his little daughter wanted to know if he'd received the gifts they'd sent him. They were in Indiana. It was obvious they were quite lonely. I I EKs.

-H 'M All "The little irirl wac verv excited She must have been about 9 or 10. She missed her dad and she was crying. She sounded like a real cute little kid. When the father asked to talk to the mom again, they were both choked up. Obviously, it was uic nisi separation ior now oi inem.

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-IV uvu. luuiiiau, vjiusamaii, a icw other operators and a handful of newspeople listened vainly for replies from the gulf, readv to iumo back on Bush, Thatcher most admired The man Americans admire most in 1990 is the President of the United States, George Bush; the most admired woman, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Bush and Thatcher were No. 1 on Gallup's 1989 list. The latest, 1990 results are based on interviews conducted Dec.

13 to 16. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is in second place as most admired man for the third consecutive year. Others among the top ten most admired men include former President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul, evangelist Billy Graham, South Africa's Nelson Mandela, the Rev. Jease Jack-eon, businessman Donald Trump, former President Jimmy Carter and Polish leader Lech Walesa. This is the first time for Mandela on the list.

Lee lacocca and Bill Cosby were among the top 10 last year but not in 1990. First Lady Barbara Bush moved from third place on last year's most-admired woman list to second this year. Mother Teresa, second last year, is now third. Other most-admired women include former First Lady Nancy Reagan, talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey, actress Elizabeth Taylor, actress and singer Cher, former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, former First Lady Jacqueline Onasala, President of the Philippines Cor-azon Aquino, former First Lady Betty Ford, and former ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Klrkpatrick. Here a dud, there a hit The canceled TV series "Baywatch," the lifeguard drama starring David Haaselhoff that drowned in low ratings, is riding a new wave of popularity overseas and will resume production next year, its syndicator said.

"Baywatch" was canceled by NBC last spring after ending its i the air the minute the military soowea nope oi coming oaac up. Staff Photo by David Brewster Christmas children For the second time, Mark, 30, and Sue Lehman, 29, Tuesday at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. of Lakeville have brought a Christmas baby into the The blessed event followed by two years the birth of world. Their newborn, Erin, was born at 8:50 a.m. Emma, born Dec, 25, 1988.

In the lull. Addv scanned the loo. which mvuvlMl flfvtnt tt Arvti on1 a Aiding the youth Singer Lou Rawls says his graduation from the College of Hard 1 Knocks has made him determined that young blacks will not be de- nied a higher education because 1 they can't afford one. i He is heading his 11th annual Parade of Stars Telethon for the United Negro College Fund on Sa- i turday telethon has raised more than $77 million for 41 pri- vate, predominantly black colleges' and universities. Stallone, firm sued Stockholder suits naming Sylvester Stallone and Carolco Pictures took another turn when the company behind the "Rambo" films said a block of shares will be placed in trust until the suits are settled.

i Officials at Carolco said a block of shares will be placed in trust until they settle several suits stemming from a stock sale involving the company's chairman and controlling stockholder, Mario Kassar. The trust was announced after Quoteof theday Romanian Llvla Hosszu, lamenting the economic hard times that have befallen Eastern Europe since the demise of communism: "We need food and clothes. You can't eat democracy." half calls to area codes across the country; none was to Minnesota. He looked at a piece of paper with data on radio propagation, the way radio waves move through the atmosphere, suggesting that the chance of contact I would stay minimal until evening i and probably until near dawn. The window for calls can be narrow: 30 minutes to four hours a day.

But during that window, 100 watt signals from tactical radio vans in the desert can be plucked cleanly from the sky by the two rhombus-shaped antennas Addy designed, each made up of 4,000 feet of copper wire that Northern States Power Co. strung on I four poles 92 feet high. The antennas are 547 feet long and 2S0 feet wide. They concentrate 1,500 watts in a way that makes them the equivalent to 94,000 watts aimed at Saudi Arabia. first season ranked 74th among 111 series on the three major networks.

But the show proved a hit overseas, becoming the No. 1 imported show in the United Kingdom, said Henry Siegel, presidentof LBS Communications, which syndicates the show. The show has been sold in more than 40 nations. Her Christmas wish Exiled former First Lady Imelda Marcos said Tuesday that if the Philippine government allows her to go home, every day will be Christmas. "I do hope that one day I will be allowed by the government of the Republic of the Philippines to give and love my countrymen freely," Marcos said in a holiday message sent to news organizations.

"You can be sure that with your former first lady, former Mother of the Country, when I come home, Christmas will not be for a day," she added. "I will make it Christ- Wyoming lost 'Wolves' Kevin Costner considered filming "Dances With Wolves" in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming but switched to a South Dakota location when park officials wouldn't let him use a choice site. "The request was to provide a campsite of 40 teepees on a river with the Tetons in the background," said Marshall Gingery, the park's assistant superintendent. Park officials recommended a site along the Snake River north of Moose, which was turned down by the filmmakers. mas every day and make every day a day of giving and a day of love." Plain folks inspired her Julia Sweeney says plain folks, like herself, provide the inspiration for the comic characters she portrays on "Saturday Night Live." The gossipy Geraldine, whose snooping seems unending, grew out of exaggerated characteristics of Sweeney mother.

And the bespectacled, frumpy Mea Culpa who's constantly apologizing for events beyond her control, including ringing telephones, is a parody of herself. California Superior Court Judge John Zebrowski ruled that 2.2 million shares of the common stock controlled by Kassar be set aside. The suits challenge the board's decision to purchase 3.4 million of Kassar's shares for $45 million, or $13 a share. The lawsuits claim that the stock was trading for much less when the December 1989 transaction took place. Trivia puzzler Singer Lou Rawls has had a long and distinguished career.

How many times has he won a Grammy? Forty-five volunteers at least two per shift operate the station around the clock, Addy said. The radio messages so far 20 to 40 a day are only the tip of the potential iceberg. The stations also can send electronic messages by computer. Addy said that when antenna parts arrive to allow three stations at the site to carry phone calls simultaneously the operation could handle about 200 a day. With additional computer help, Addy thinks he can handle 1,000 electronic messages a day.

jnoj uom sbu 9H These communications are free to the users. Addy, who owns an antenna and communications firm, came up with the idea in November and received donations of nearly $300,000 in goods and services for everything from radio gear to wire, Do You Have HIVES? FREE STUDY Persons with chronic hives needed for a pharmaceutical company sponsored research study of a new oral medication. Payments available for qualified participants. NO FEES INVOLVED Call Lesley at 571-7516 For More Information MINNESOTA CLINICAL STUDY CENTER FRIDLEY, MN Many of the volunteers have done MARS work. Most are amateur radio operators who were acquainted over the air but met in person at Desert Voice.

"It is an emotional thing," Grossman said. "You're proud to be able to do it. The majority of the phone calls we handled were really people who wanted to catch the moment of the day, I think, the holiday spirit." Most were kids talking to their parents, he said, but "I heard one woman talking to her husband; she was the military person and he was the guy who was home. In all the other conflicts, I never heard that." Grossman said sometimes soldiers so far from home have such a rush of feeling that "they're just tongue-tied." Another volunteer, Mike Sigelman of Golden Valley, said talk also is limited by security; soldiers can't disclose locations or say what they're doing. "On one call we heard another station working; the only way the family could express its feeling was to play a record," Sigleman said.

The song was "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Instruct our readers on what you offer. The Macintosh Classic now in stock! Reach them through one of these sections. poles and heating oil. A contractor restored heat in the old Nike base's administration building, empty for 20 years, and Honeywell and General Mills each put up $10,000 for long-distance phone calls to stateside families. Communications must originate in the desert; when a GI gets through to Farmington, the radio operators call the family.

Calls are limited to five minutes, but setting them up can take another 10. The talk often seems superficial, things folks say at the head of a line of 100 people waiting for a few minutes on the phone. "What else can you say: 'We miss you, 'I love 'Are you OK? I'm 'Are you really 0K7 That kind of stuff," Grossman said. "A lot of it was how did you spend your holiday," he said. But the operators know it's worthwhile.

"When you've concluded the contact, there's that wonderful feeling of just making the connection: God, we did it," he said. "I remember it myself from when I was in the service." Mike Rehbein, a Minneapolis truck driver who worked the 1 a.m. radio shift, said that creating such contacts is a blessing. "I know what it's like to be separated from your family at a holiday," Rehbein said, thinking back to his own service. "Just getting a card or a letter is an event When I hear those voices, this brings back to me how I felt when I had a chance to talk to someone at home." S.

African officer kills 2 intruders Associated Press Kagiso, South Africa A police officer shot to death two people when four armed men entered his home and threatened his family early on Christmas Day, police said. Black police officers in townships have come under attack from residents who accuse them of collaborating with white authorities and perpetuating the apartheid system of racial segregation. ADULT EDUCATION SECTION Saturday, January 26, 1991 Rasarv ad apaca by Wadnaaday, January 16, p.m. The New Year means new opportunities for many people. They're actively seeking ways to further their education.

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