Tallahassee Democrat from Tallahassee, Florida • Page 1

tin 1r, No. in foctuTt ALLAHASSEE Vs Saturday, September 28, 1 996 EMOCRAT F3 Tt VCD For hockey fans: Whalers beat Islanders 5-1 in NHL exhibition. 1D Station shake-up: Five WCTV staffers are let go by new owner. 4B Pious presidents American leaders have held a wide array of beliefs. 1B Green Plan '96 Florida State University backup quarterback Dan Kendra always has had big plans for his body.

1E Cooyrighl 1996 Tallahassee Democra hmi I --f fcmal i lyiTil Tallahassee Democrat Picking up a woman, candidate picks up trouble http:www.tdo.com I I County Commission I High: mid-80s Low: mid-60s Rain chance: 50 Weather, 2A It candidate Curtis Richardson was stopped with a woman in an area known for prostitution. By Leah V. Bennett, Penelope Carrington and Bill Varian DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITERS Flanked by his wife and minister, Curtis Richardson on Friday told friends and supporters he was Tl RIVER TAKES AIM If- 3 4 for prostitution. "I clearly had nothing to hide," Richardson said, adding that he was wearing a campaign T-shirt with his name on it at the time and driving his red pickup truck with a large campaign billboard in its bed. "Police officers informed me that the woman was a known prostitute to them," Richardson said.

"I was stunned. I had no way of knowing this kind of activity was going on in the area nor that she was a part of it" Neither Richardson nor the woman identified by police as Tami Kay Flener was charged. Richardson said that he picked her up in Frenchtown because he was concerned for her safety; that he intended to drive her to her parked car several blocks away; and that 3 4 snared in a net of unfortunate ja -V- I' I "Captain Ted Turner, no stranger to lashed out at fellow media mogul Rupert Murdoch, comparing him to the "late '7 -JL- I'niiflti iiiiiiiii With his wife, Nina, and several supporters, Curtis Richardson reads a prepared statement about the Thursday night stop by police. circumstance. The veteran Leon County School Board member, locked in a heated runoff for a County Commission seat, said he did nothing wrong by picking up a woman he fl Turner did not know late Thursday night in an area of Frenchtown known Please see CANDIDATE, 9A MARK WALLHEISERDemocrat Mideast violence continues Two T171 Outlet mall envisioned at Malian Mie i ft 1 i -jr." Z.

ii-. i mone eight One man was killed by Fuhrer." The outburst comes a week after Time Warner Inc. decided to carry the news channel MSNBC on its cable systems, a distribution deal Murdoch's News Corp. wanted for its fledgling Fox News Channel. 4B SHOCK JOCK DROPPED "The Guy Named Eric," a morning disc jockey for WXSR (101.5 FM), has resigned in what the station manager called "a mutual decision to take the show in a different direction." 1C DOCTOR DEAL Healthplan Southeast has lined up 250 doctors to provide health care to its members for the next three years.

1C A LOM WEEKEND With a Monday deadline looming, Senate leaders continued to wrangle with the White House on Friday over proposed changes to pending immigration legislation. 3A CIA ITVDER FIRE Allegations that money from the sale of cocaine went to the Contra rebels have ignited demands for an investigation of the CIA. 5A THE SATURDAY ESSAY On the occasion of leaving one place and beginning a new life in a new location, Contributing Editor Jan Godown explores the utility of rituals. 10A DRAWING THE LIE Conflict is everywhere, note our cartoons. 11A a Tallahassee police officer on Joe Louis and 1-10 Planners have misgivings and say it's too early to tell if such a mall would be built.

By Gary Fineout DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER A commercial complex about two-thirds the size of Governor's Square, with a fashion outlet mall, hotels and restaurants, could someday be located at the intersection of Mahan Drive and Interstate 10. Even though planners say it's too early to permit such a development the soon-to-be owners have Palestinians, some toting automatic rifles, chant slogans Street, and another died in a house on Tartary Drive. during a demons- By Bill Cotterell, Ron Morris and Jill Palermo DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITERS A Tallahassee police officer 4 tration in the Hilweh "a asked for a zoning change that would allow for the construction of shot and killed a robbery suspect late Friday at a housing comDlex an on Joe Louis Street, resulting in a tense confrontation between offi cers and residents of the Spring square-foot complex called Hilltop Village. field Apartments. And, in an apparently unrelated If built, Hilltop Village shooting late Friday, a man was killed when two armed men barged through the back door s.

of his brother's house and fired several times into the living room. would become the third-largest commercial center in Leon County, refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday. It was the fourth day of rioting sparked by Israel's opening of a tunnel for tourists that runs near Jerusalem's AlAqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. Story, 8A. said Sgt Donna Brown of the Talla hassee Police Department Dansby Police identified the victim as Bisby Johnson Jr.

but quicklv add behind Governor's Square mall and the Tallahassee Mall. 1 i i If ed that it might not be his real Dow Jones Up: 4.07 points Close: 5,872.92 Stock news, 5B She is selling the land to Jimmie Crowder and Glen Brown. name. As they combed the small frame house in the 2800 block of Governor's Square is 1.3 Tartary Drive, police found little conclusive evidence, Sgt. James Wright said.

million square feet and the Talla a i Please see KILLINGS. 5A 80 Advice MOHAMED ZATARIThe Associated Press Professional CEO out in the cold at Ben Jerry's hassee Mall is nearly 988,000 square feet. "I think it would be well received," said Glen Brown, the developer of the proposed shopping complex. "I think it would pull a lot of traffic on Interstate 10. It would pull in a lot of business that would bypass Tallahassee." Brown has submitted few details to planners about what stores or shops would be included in Hill- Auto classifieds 17C Business 4B Classified ads 5C Comics 7D Crossword 8D Editorials 10A Horoscope 17C Legal ads 5C LocalState 1C Lottery 2A Obituaries 4C Religion IB Sports 1D Stocks 5B Television 6D Theaters 6D, 8D World 6A Holland Please see MALL, 9A Proposed site for commercial center In a statement he hinted at the difficulties of working with Ben Jerry's founders.

company has projected that third-quarter earnings will be less than a year ago because of high dairy costs and slower ice cream sales. The official scoop on the latest development was terse. "Bob arrived just when we needed him to help straighten out our operations," said Ben Cohen, chairman and co-founder. "Get our new plant up and running, start our international business and launch our new sorbet line. We are grateful for his contributions." Holland's statement was cryptic.

"When you couple the marketplace challenges with the predictably tough demands associated with succeeding founders," he said, "the need for accelerated succession is clear." Robert Holland, hired after a search that included a nationwide essay contest, is leaving the company that brought us Cherry Garcia. By Carrie Mason-Draffen NEWSDAY Turns out that Ben Jerry Homemade Inc's first professional president, hired amid much fanfare, was just the flavor of the year. Well, 20 months to be exact Robert Holland a management consultant who was hired to head the Waterbury, Vt, company after a nationwide essay-writing contest, will resign, the company said Friday. It didn't say why. Cohen, who wanted to spend more time developing new flavors.

Holland will leave Oct 31 but will remain as a director through June 1997. Ben Jerry's is known for its folksy image, and the search that led to Holland's appointment began with an essay-writing contest on why a participant wanted to head the company. About 25,000 people entered. As home-spun as the previous executive hunt seemed, the company had hired an executive search firm to supplement the contest It was the search firm that found Holland. But don't look for another essay search this time.

A board subcommittee will look for a successor. FOR CmiATON QUEStiOS OR TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL 1-800-999-2271 VOCE PERSONALS, CALL 1-8G0-W7-7880 STORY OR PHOTO IDEA? CALL 599-21 51 Holland, 55, a former member of the New York City-based management consultants firm McKin-sey has experience in turning around struggling companies. He was hired in February 1995 to work his magic at the company that has given the world Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey and other premium ice cream flavors. Ben Jerry's stock has been trading at its lowest levels and the Recycle this newspaper. At least 70 percent of it is already printed on recycled paper.

Holland was hired to replace JOHN ROBERGEDemocial '1.