Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 13

To) Lansing's Miss Liberty un veiling-lighting, 1304 Ohio 11 p.m. National Farmers Union news conference, Potterville, 1 1 am. SECTION Lansing State Journal Thursday, July 3, 1 986 6 heat up Lansing's television war Additions at Channel month or in early August The move has sparked rumors I' that Kwasnick would also away Staudt and Channel 10 news director Ross Woodstock. Channel 6 news and sales direc--- tors have already found new, jobs.) But Woodstock- said; Wednesday he' hasn't talked to. Kwasnick, and said Staudt has-, told him the same.

The changes came at a timet when Kwasnick seemed to have-done the groundwork for a strong; season this fall. from Kwasnick, who said he was resigning. The company president flew to Lansing the next day, and learned that Hartman was also leaving; He also heard reports that the two were trying to get other sales people to join the move. The complaint, filed Wednesday, argues that both men broke their contracts by failing to give two weeks' notice. It also says they recruited for Channel 6 while still being employed by Channel 10.

It asks the court to wants the court to stop Kwasnick from luring anyone else and wants it to punish him for tampering with Hartman. Those moves come a day after Kwasnick's departure caused a stir in local TV circles. "Apparently, we at corporate headquarters were the last to know," said Paul president of Adams Communications, the Minneapolis firm that owns Channel 10. Brissette says he received a call Monday (when he was in Texas) fine Kwasnick and Hartman and to bar them from luring anyone else. Kwasnick did not return calls from the Lansing State Journal on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The moves caused a jolt in an area once dominated by Channel 6. That dominance began to fade after Channel 10 promoted Kwasnick from sales manager to-general sales manager and let him spend freely. He brought in successful syndicated shows for By MIKE HUGHES Lansing State Journal Lansing's new TV war has bad two more quick changes: Thomas Hartman has resigned as general sales manager of WILX (Channel 10). He's expected to Join Ron Kwasnick, who resigned as general manager to take the same job at WLNS (Channels). And Channel 10 has struck back with an Ingham County Circuit Court complaint Channel 10 weekday afternoons, including "Wheel of Fortune," "Jeopardy," "Diffrent Strokes," "Newlywed Game" and "The Price is Right," plus future rights to "Magnum," "Cheers" and "Family Ties." He also lured some on-air people, including sportscaster Tim Staudt Those moves have helped 10 become virtually equal with 6 in slot except primetime.

Now Channel 6's new owners a New York-based financial firm plan to put Kwasnick in charge when they, officially take over late this 3TOir(D)(D)peir Oil WInJuInfil dick of the Lansing Post said. State police are advising motorists to obey speed limits, not drink and drive, not allow friends to drive drunk and insisting that all -occupants of a vehicle are buckled up, Burdick said. The July 4 holiday period for which 1986 statistics will be accumulated is the 78 hours starting 6 p.m. today and ending midnight Sunday. A steady increase in traffic volume and the low price of gasoline will likely bring an increase in 1986 July 4 traffic enforcement over last year's holiday, Burdick anticipated.

As a positive enforcement to safe driving, Operation C.A.R.E. See. TRAFFIC, Page 2B By DEDRIA BARKER Lansing State Journal Michigan State Police will call in about 300 troopers for overtime traffic patrol during the 78-hour Fourth of July holiday. In the Lansing Post district six additional troopers are scheduled to work 48 overtime hours, Lt Osier Rowe of the post said. And Lansing police have scheduled nine police detectives for the city traffic control detail during Friday's downtown parade.

Part of a $350,000 Combined Accident Reduction Effort-(Oper-ation C.A.R.E.) federal grant will pay for the 1,634 overtime hours scheduled to be worked by state police in patrolling all major interstate highways, SgL Jim Bur- 1 t4 Subsidized rentals due to go down By CHRIS GOLEMBIEWSKI Lansing State Journal Rents for Michigan welfare families who live in federally subsidized housing will drop this month by as much as $100 In the settlement of a disagreement between the state and federal governments. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will now bear more of the housing cost burden for such families, who will pay a maximum of 30 percent of monthly Income, compared with up to 78 percent they had been paying. The adjustment for Department of Social Services clients many of whom have difficulty paying heat and rent bills with their state allowances is good' news for tenants, for public housing authorities and for the state economy, DSS and Michigan Legal Services officials said. About 25,000 Michigan families will benefit from HUD's policy change, according to attorney Marilyn Mullane of Legal Services, which Intervened in the case.

She said the HUD reclassification of Michigan's welfare program, which came nearly two years after DSS actually changed Its welfare shelter formula to flat grants, could cost HUD $3 million a month. welfare recipient living to homing owned by private land- lords the bulk of DSS's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (ADC) caseload of 221,000 families will not be affected by the action. Some General Assistance cases will be affected. All public housing authorities and private owners of subsidized units are being instructed by HUD to recalculate rents at least by tenants' recertification date. Tenants will be entitled to rent, credits or reimbursements retroactive to July 1.

1986. I DSS has no estimate of the number of clients In federally subsidized housing, nor the rent dollar value, William Dailey, di- rector of DSS's Office of Financial Assistance, said Wednesday. But he called the group "a significant minority." See RENT. Page 2B Lansing State JoumalNORRIS INGEUS 1LALJ rfnnr Lansing Fourth of July Parade Route, Parking Parade Suggested Route Parking Chris Shaw (from left), Kent Scott and Bart Wegenke pound tent stakes at Riverfront Park prior to erecting a tent for 4th of July festivities there. Safety first with Fourth of July fireworks Ferris Park I rlg Start: Izrt US GENESEE SEE mmmmmmmmmm By LEONA ISON Lansing State Journal Red, yellow, green, boom! The spectacular flashes of color.

i. vt-fv-. Til fmm firpornrk dlenlflvs run 3 SHIAWASSEE IDG DOD Fourth OTTAWA STATE CAPITOL sion showed that fireworks-related injuries reached a four-year -high last year with more than 10,300 injuries reported to hospi- tal emergency rooms nationwide. Of the reported injuries, 42 percent of the victims were under 10 years of age. "The problem seems to be in many cases that there is no adult supervision," Black said.

To prevent injuries, Black suggests that fireworks users follow the directions on the label; be aware of wind dry grass, property, and other potentially harmful circumstances; control the amount of devices lit at a time; and provide adult supervision for youngsters. Bill: Carter, executive director of the Lansing Safety Council, uses a three-step method to fireworks safety. 'JThe first step is don't buy thenuStep two, if you do buy thenv don't let kids play with them. Have everything done by See SAFETY, Page 2B and delight onlookers. Yet in uncontrolled situations, fireworks can also cause injury -and destruction, Fireworks in Michigan were responsible for .42 Injuries 36 fires and $155,000 in property damage in 1985, said Sgt Stanley Black, of the State Police Fire Marshal Division.

"The majority of the incidents occurred on July 3 and July 4," he said. Not only illegal fireworks are responsible; even sparklers are known to cause many holiday juries. The most frequent injuries are chemical burns from sparklers' and the gun powder used in such explosives -as firecrackers, said. Dr. Michael Clark, chief of the emergency medicine department of Sparrow Hospital.

"The eye and the hand are the ALLEGAN i.nnf WASHTENAW Flag represents a dream. 4B most commonly injured by fire- works," Clark said. The severity ot the injury can range from burning a hole, in an eye or losing a finger to smaller burns and abrasions, said Dr. Robert On, director of emergency services at Lansing Gen-' eral Hospital. A 1985 study by the U.S.

Consumer Product Safety Commis Finish: Reuter Park II 1 KALAMAZOO it i onco LENAWEE Lansing State Journal U.Shelp to revitalize Olds Plaza Levin promises "We need your help," Emerson supportive of the city," said. "We have got to be thankful that we have got congressmen and senators who come to the city and really get involved in helping." Levin was assured by Mitchell that revitalization efforts and; plans in the works are "realistic. Among possible projects, Mitchell said, is the creation of a state gal-lery of art at the Civic Center if the state purchases the facility from the city. Mitchell said the state's revital-- See LEVIN. Page 2B will join him in the effort We believe, ia what you are doing." Levin-said.

-VAt-the-rlght moment those calls will be made." In a state Capitol news conference earlier, 'Levin said he is hearing widespread support for his June 24 vote against the Senate version of federal income tax reform which is headed for conference committee. Levin and two others Sens. Paul Simon of Illinois and John Melcher of Montana were the only dissenters to the tax reform package which Levin says may be too harsh on Michigan corporations and middle-income taxpay- a ersv i Others at Wednesday's meeting with city and state officials were Lucile Belen and Louis Adado, members of -the City Council's economic development committee, and Robert Mitchell, deputy director of the Michigan Department of Transportation and town revitalization liaison for Gov. James Blanchard. Staff members for Carr, Wolpe and Riegle also attended.

"Levin and other senators and congressmen have all been so By YOLANDA ALVARADO and JOHN ALBRIGHT Lansing State U. Sen. Carl Levin told some Lansing.dty officials Wednesday that he will work with other Michigan members of Congress to pull in a federal grant to renovate the downtown Olds Plaza, Levin, D-Michigan, promised to pull on federal purse strings for funds to renovate the hotel build- Ing after he -was briefed en plans spearheaded by city and state officials to revitalize downtown Lansing. OhL executive director: of -the city's -Economic1 Development. Corp, said after he told Levin the city plans to apply for Urban Development Action Grant funds for the Olds Plaza project Private investors in the project to restore the 62-year-old landmark are Lyons Savings and Loan Association and First Columbia both of Levin vowed he will help and that he is certain VS.

Rep. Bob Carr, D-East Lansing, U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe, D-Lanslng, and Sen. Donald Riegle, SenT Carl Levin: "We believe in what you are doing." Lansing Attorney favors Robert as Sesquicentennial guest r' -v natei' Depending upon the timing, perhaps he.

a sign indicating that it was bound for tansing would be interested in attending an MSU football. The actor liked the sound of the name and be a a game, or just stroll down, (or up) wasnington Square. Dinner in a home may be more enjoyable; Everyone is getting into the Michigan Sesquicenten-nial these days. Wesley P. Hackett Jr.

a Lansing at Onlooker By Jim fi came known as Robert Lansing. "If the story is true (or even if it is Just close), I would think that the city fatten (and mothers) would find it worthwhile to arrange an appreciation day for Robert Lansing. He has grown into a fine actor and has played many excellent roles. If, he derived his name from this city, be has certainly brought honor tS i thename. "If such a day: were turanged, I Would hope it would be set up as a particularly enjoyable one: for Mr.

Lansing, -involving a relaxing schedule with opportunities to meet many of our citizens, and generally enjoy his visit U. short much of the formality could be eiimi than another restaurant or the typical banquet, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and peas' fare, "If he" could have the opportunity to 'see us as; we are and make some friends whom he would like ta return to see, I should count the day as a "Consider the impact on the entertainment! world if that bus had been going to Grand or Saginaw, or Ishpeming, i Mot a bad idea Wesley. Robert Lansing has in-; deed been a popular TV and movie actor, having appeared in many movies. The most notable was "Twelve O'clock High." torney, wrote the Onlooker to make this suggestion: "Dear Mr. Hough: "I have seen an article In the Lansing State Journal whereby the Sesqui-whatever Comtnls-' sion is seeking to locate famdus personages who were born, lived or went to school in Michigan and to then Invite them to return to Michigan for -the 150th anniversary celebration.

"I would be willing to bet that there is one such person who is not likely to turn upon any routine search of those records, but who definitely ought: to be on that list "I read somewhere some years ago (perhaps it was your column) where an actor was casting about for a stage name This actor was in the bus station In Fort Wayne, Indiana, and saw a bus with.