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B-6 The Orlando Sentinel, Thursday, August 2, 1 990 MR. GOODWRENCH 5 The Orlando Sentinel Defense contractors trim work force during crunch Repeat performance: U.S. women beat Soviets in basketball A THURSDAY, August 2, 1990 "FAST A A A 1990 GOODWILL GAMES I Sports OR FREE" A GUARANTEE REGIONS from B-1 High-technology companies, which led the charge in the 1980s economic surge, have been snared by a rapidly changing market and softer demand. Defense contractors who benefited from the Reagan administration buildup are facing the end of the Cold War, and banks have been whipsawed by a real estate recession that followed an unparalleled five-year boom. Ilene Grossman, economic director for the Midwest office of the Council of State Governments, said her region is doing better than New England, but pockets of problems remain.

"When the recession earlier in the '80s hit there were a lot of large manufacturing companies in the region that did a lot of retrenching and had to cut back their work forces," she said. "A lot of them have not and probably never will come back to where they were." Exports have been one of the bright spots in the economy and some manufacturing companies in the Midwest have benefited from that. Automobile production has also picked up, but economists say that might represent a precautionary building of inventories in case of a strike later this year. In Atlanta, the hub of the South's economic revival in recent years, the construction industry has gone from boom to bust, a report from the University of Georgia said last week. It said the city is saddled with a glut of residential and office space after a speculative building binge by developers.

The strongest regions economically are the West and Northwest. Aluminum smelters in the Northwest are operating at capacity, and commercial aircraft production is strong. But California, which accounts for about 13 percent of the U.S. gross national product, is beginning to show signs of weakness, economists said. Southern California the home of the local defense industry is experiencing a flattening in activity.

Defense companies, led by McDonnell Douglas are cutting staff. Arkansas: SEC's 11th member Larry Guest Construction spending refuses to budge THE SPORTS COLUMN "And no logo. "The University of Arkansas brings a rich tradition of athletics to this conference. I think they fit very well into the posture of the Southeastern Conference." While the addition of Arkansas strengthens the SEC, it leaves nagging doubts regarding the future of the SWC. The SWC could be in shambles in a few months if Texas and Texas also leave to join the SEC.

SEC officials have given Texas and Texas a deadline of October to decide if they want to join the conference, The Dallas Morning News reported today. And Cotton Bowl officials already are considering severing their ties with the SWC and becoming an open bowl. But there was a "good riddance" attitude from some SWC officials and By George Diaz and Mike Dame OF THE SENTINEL STAFF BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Southeastern Conference officials finally acknowledged one of the sporting world's worst-kept secrets Wednesday by accepting Arkansas as the 11th member of their league. The announcement shocked no one, given the willingness of Arkansas to make public its intentions to leave the Southwest Conference although SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer played coy and refused comment on any questions involving expansion until a news conference here Wednesday night.

"As of tonight, the Southeastern Conference has 11 members," Kramer said. coaches about Arkansas' leaving. "Who cares if they want to leave?" Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes said. "I'm a little more traditional. If bucks is a big thing then let them go.

I don't think we should go out and slit our wrists since Arkansas is leaving." Houston Athletic Director Rudy Dava-los: "I'm glad the game playing is over. We'll survive." Arkansas will officially withdraw from the SWC on June 30, 1991, and join the SEC the following day. Arkansas is expected to be incorporated into league football schedules by the fall of 1991, Kramer said, and other sports could be incorporated within a year. "The fans told us, in every way possible, that we ought to go," Arkansas Chan cellor Dan Ferritor said. "We're not really leaving, not tearing down.

What we are doing is building for the future of the University of Arkansas." Arkansas, a charter member of the 76-year-old Southwest Conference, is only the first of several prominent schools that are targets of the SEC's push for expansion. The SEC originally had 13 members, but Georgia Tech, Sewanee and Tulane have withdrawn over the years. The addition of Arkansas marks the first time a school has been added to the SEC in its 57-year history. Florida State, Miami, Texas, Texas South Carolina and Virginia Tech Please see SEC, C-6 ECONOMY from B-1 goods, a smaller money supply, reduced plant and equipment orders and a rise in unemployment insurance claims. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of total economic activity, making the drop in expectations potentially important.

One component of the index, the length The financial markets showed little reaction to the government reports. But bond prices jumped after the National Association of Purchasing Management said its monthly index fell to 47.4 percent in July from 51.1 percent in June, signaling a drop in U.S. manufacturing. The reading, below 50 percent, indicates that the manufacturing economy is declining. of the workweek, was unchanged.

The flat June performance followed a revised 0.7 percent rise in May, which previously was reported as a 0.8 percent advance. In another report, the Commerce Department said construction spending was also unchanged in June at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $447.5 billion. 1 Ji' IJ Staff adjustments will depend on business cycle NL sets price: $95 million UNIVERSAL from B-1 pay $5.35 an hour, while waiters earn considerably more than that with tips. "We hired at the park on a facility-by-facility basis based on certain attendance projections and expectations," Larson said. "This is one restaurant we over-hired a bit.

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The club would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization only as a last resort, he said. The federal judge Tuesday released some funds for FundAmerica to pay employees and meet other expenses. A hearing to remove the freeze on assets is scheduled Monday. Meanwhile, Ruff is seeking a cash infusion from private investors who may buy FundAmerica from the holding company controlled by the former president, Robert T. Edwards.

Ruff said he could not guarantee success in those efforts, however. He assumed the leadership of FundAmerica, Ruff said, because, he had recommended the buying club to his subscribers. He estimated that about 1,500 people became members at his suggestion. Marblestone, of the Florida Statewide Prosecutor's Office, said, "I've never seen a fraudulent scheme wherein the perpetrators or those close to the perpetrators don't offer to refund money or say new capital is coming in." 2725 S. Highway 17-92 Casselberry, FL 339-2100 STARLING CHEVROLET, INC.

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State agencies estimate that Floridians invested more than $8.2 million in memberships. Ruff cautioned members not to expect an immediate response to Longwood, FL 767-2070 The entry fee for the two new National League baseball expansion franchises is set: $95 million. "It's staggering, but it could have been worse," said Pat Williams, point man for William du-Pont Ill's effort to bring major-league baseball to Orlando. "I guess they the NL Expansion Committee think $95 million is a bargain," Williams said, "like offering you a $20 shirt for $19.95. Some bargain." DuPont, who would not comment Wednesday night on the fee, and other prospective owners have been waiting the past three days to receive a detailed questionnaire from the National League.

The questionnaires, league Public Relations Director Katy Feeney said, were delayed but were mailed out late Wednesday. "We sent questionnaires to 26 groups or individuals including city officials in 10 cities," Feeney said. The 10 cities, Feeney said, are Orlando; Miami; Tampa-St. Petersburg; Buffalo, N.Y.; Denver; Nashville, Tenn; Phoenix, Sacramento, Vancouver, British Columbia; and Washington, D.C. Told the price, Tampa car dealer Frank Morsani said Wednesday night that his group, one of three in the Tampa Bay area, "definitely is in the ballgame but we've got to figure out how to do it." Williams said duPont's group needs to know explicit details about how and when the fee must be paid.

"The information right now is incomplete. So we know the price. What are the terms?" NL Expansion Committee Chairman Douglas Danforth said two days ago that a "substantial" amount of the fee would be paid in advance, the balance coming on a payment schedule. Feeney said the questionnaires must be returned within 30 days with a $100,000 fee. "We're not sure how many parties will comply," Feeney said.

"Fewer than they may expect," Williams said. "A lot fewer. Some so-called contenders are going to drop off in a hurry." dium could easily have been those of the majority of readers who responded Wednesday to The Orlando Sentinel's Sound Off. New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner requested to be placed on the ineligible list by Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent because Of Steinbrenner's association with and $40,000 payment to confessed gambler Howard Spira. A 4-1 majority of Sentinel callers couldn't be happier.

Of 526 calls, 428 (81.4 percent) agreed with Vincent. "The integrity of the game is in jeopardy with his actions," Charlie Bryson of Kissimmee said. "When you're in thfe public eye, you have to bring things like that attention." Orlando's Barry Elmquist, a former Yankees' fajn who switched allegiance to the Mets because of Steinbrenner, said the Yankees' ousted owner has to be held accountable. "I just think it's like the Pete Rose thing," Elmquist said. "If you get involved in improper activities, you have to pay the price." Said Gerald William of Long-wood: "Behind closed doors and with the shades pulled down is no way to do business." But Mark Davis of Orlando doesn't agie.

"I don't think he deserved what he got. Pete Rose didn't get it as bad because he hasn't gotten as badly publicized as Steinbrenner has in just the last two weeks." Sound Off is not a scientific poll, but it does reflect readers' views on an issue. I GARY BOGDONSENTINEL SunRays' Chuck Knoblauch: The whole idea is to move up as quickly as you Anderson learns to relax just in the nick of time ROCK HILL, S.C. The fans noticed. The media noticed.

His agent noticed. Even Nick Anderson's family members noticed all the way from Chicago and were puzzled. The Orlando Magic's historic first draft pick, an instant young millionaire realizing his boyhood dream of playing in the NBA, plodded through his rookie season with all the cheerfulness of a funeral director. Anderson typically pulled on his Magic uniform and took the floor with his face fixed in the same expression usually reserved for death row when the governor isn't returning calls. Logic insists that Anderson should be going through life, clicking his heels and wearing a smile suggesting he bought a winning lottery ticket.

His brooding scowl suggests he acquired, instead, a parking ticket. For a young man with the world as his watch fob, Nick was hardly a barrel of laughs in 1989-90. "Yeah, even my sister told me, 'Why are you going around looking so sad? You got a lot to be happy Nick was saying this week, this time his noble face split by a glowing smile he promises will be seen more in Year II. Nick and his heady agent, Bill Pollack, say it's a simple matter of developing a comfort zone. That doesn't always come easy when you grow up in a tough inner-city environment, ever suspicious of what each stranger might have up his sleeve.

Trust becomes a commodity you dole out in precious doses. "Where I came up, you sort of have to have eyes in the back of your head," Nick said. Yet, oddly, rugged, treacherous Chicago has been Nick's comfort zone. Cheery, open-armed Orlando has been held at arm's length. "Back home in Chicago, I felt comfortable, at ease," he said.

"I could do things with confidence. In pickup games there, I even play point guard, taking charge, making things happen. In Orlando, I was uptight. I want to reverse that." Aiding in that transition was a sobering incident last month in Chicago that hit home. His 2-year-old niece his brother's daughter was shot twice, a tiny, innocent bystander in a neighborhood scuffle.

The child caught one bullet in a leg, another in her side. She has recovered nicely, Nick reports, but the incident triggered a re-evaluation of whether he should be feeling more at ease in Orlando. Pollack has been helping the process, hammering home that Nick needs to realize that Chicago is now where he visits family in the summer and that Orlando is where he lives and works. Pollack re-enforced that during a meeting with Nick this week between games of the Southern Rookie Review, a round-robin spate of games matching Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte and Miami squads of mostly rookies and free agents. Nick is in uniform, rehearsing for his new role as the Magic's starting two-guard.

Pollack showed up, in part, to assure Nick's public persona also blossoms. Pollack, based in Washington, used the example of former Knicks star Walt Fraz-ier, who set what Pollack suggests was a bad example of being too cool and aloof. "Cool is not 'in' in the NBA," Pollack said. Nick can relate to Frazier, having played against his son in Chicago's schoolboy leagues. Said Anderson: "I don't want to be considered a cool player.

But I'm not going to try to be somebody I'm Pollack says Orlando will begin to see the brighter side of Anderson as his confidence and familiarity increases. "He's really a bright, delightful, funny guy around people he knows, but just one stranger can come into a room, and the barrier goes up." The happy metamorphosis of Smilin' Nick has begun to show in this summer camp, both on and off the court. In the first two games this week, Anderson served notice he is ready to take a more leading role with the Magic, shooting 25-for-42 from the field and scoring 62 points in lopsided victories over the Miami and Atlanta "jayvees." Bobby Weiss, a former Magic assistant coach who is now the head man in Atlanta, suggests Nick will quickly fill the role of departed Reggie Theus. "Given the minutes, Nick will get you 20 points, and do it with fewer shots," Weiss said. Against Weiss' Hawks Tuesday night, Anderson had an impressive 14-for-18 shooting performance from the field.

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