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Tallahassee Oct. 22, 1985 First birthdays, 2 Review, 3 Babies on tv, 5 IrKATuMES Etc. Local station is country's No. 1 in low-power' TV Local ratings i By Linda Duffy Democrat staff writer Arbitron ratings for July 85, Thoma8ville-Tallahassee households using televisions (figure three persons per household) 1. WCTV, Channel 6, 144,000 2.

WTXL, Channel 27, 90,000 3. WTWC, Channel 40, 59,000 4. WFSU, Channel 11, 39,000 5. W17AB, Channell7, 19,000 area, W17AB caught the attention of only 7,000. But the low ratings and shares were understandable.

"We never would have considered going on the air except that Group came to us with a deal," W17AB's vice president, John Kupris, said. Originally, the new station was supposed to rebroadcast the programming of WMBB, Channel 13, the NBC affiliate in Panama City, for viewers in Tallahassee. Because of that, and because W17AB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WMBB, the new station would have had must-carry status cable companies must carry full-power stations. "But WMBB switched to ABC," Kupris said, "so it became pointless for us to broadcast their programming here when Channel 27 (located in Tallahassee) was already an ABC affiliate." Kupris said the Federal Communications Commission advised the owners to re-apply for a low-power license (with a 10- to 15-mile reach rather than the 50-to 70-mile reach of a full-power station) and originate their own programs. Group then offered a deal: Waive the must-carry status, become an independent station and bingo-bango, the cable company would include the station.

"The idea made sense," Kupris said, "because there was no independent station in Tallahassee and cable penetration was 70 percent. The cable offer was the deciding factor. We went ahead with our plans and we were on the air May 11, 1984." The deal to be included on cable, reached in 1983, was almost lost, however. Group officials balked when they began to fear that including W17AB on their dial would cost hefty copyright fees. Such fees, at that time, were levied on cable companies carrying certain low-power stations.

W17AB countered by filing suit in federal court to force Group to broadcast its signal. A judge ruled in Channel 17's favor last October. Group appealed. Last November, however, a U.S. Copyright Tribunal ruled that cable companies that carry low-power stations whose signals are strictly local would be exempt from the fees.

The ruling cleared the way for Group and W17AB to negotiate an agreement that led to the station being added to the cable company's menu. "We were looking at several years in litigation and thousands and thousands See W17AB, 4C W17AB-TV, Channel 17 (Cable 13), the station that rolls out "Dallas," "Batman" and "The Jetsons" reruns, championship wrestling, Catholic Church services and "Hee-Haw," has been patting itself on the back lately. The reason? The revered Arbitron ratings have twice in May and July ranked the local independent as the nation's number one "low-power station" in the net weekly circulation category. This means W17AB has more viewers than any one of the other 350 low-power stations in the nation. And the station's big shots are confident it can hold onto its top spot when the new Arbritron ratings come out in November.

"We're still fifth in a market of five local stations," said Chuck Sawyer, director of promotions and creative services for the station. "But the significance is that we have taken the kind of station that normally is a Spanish-language or all-wrestling channel and turned it into a viable independent station aimed at a broad-based local audience." Eight months ago, the fledgling station was barely perking. Of 156,000 households using TVs in the Thomas- Trower on the moon British guitar hero Robin Trower, who fired up the FM radio of the '70a with his wailing Jimi Hendrix-style picking, will play at 8:30 tonight at the Musical Moon, 1105 E. LafavetteSt. Although Trower started his career with the artsybluesy Procol Harum Shade of in late '60s, he defined his style during the '70s with a series of highly successful solo albums including the popular 1974 hit "Bridge of Sighs." While he hasn't commanded the airwaves the way he used to, Trower has remained undaunted, and has occasionally teamed up with ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce for album work.

Opening tonight's show will be Tallahassee's own blues howler Bill Wharton. Tickets: $7. Before the movers come Although CA Productions will be moving out of its current digs on 1801 S. Monroe the arts group will hold tiwo more events before settling into its new home at the Calvary Church Building on South Macomb. The Los Angeles-based hardcore groups D.R.I, and X-Band are scheduled to blast off at 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday. Tickets: $6 at the door. On Thursday, French director Rene La-loux's animated film, "The Fantastic Planet," will be screened at 8 and 10 p.m. for $4. Scariest witch contest Hey kids, can you draw a scary witch? The Democrat is sponsoring the 'Scariest Witch Contest for childfen.

There are three age categories: 5 and younger, 6 to 8 and 8 to 12. There will be one winner from each age category. Winners will receive a pumpkin and get their pictures in the paper along with their drawings. Please get your Scariest Witch to us by 5 p.m. today.

Make sure your name, address, phone number and age are on all drawings. Today you may Attend theater producerdirector-impressario Joseph Papp's free talk, "Theater in America Today," at Mainstage The atre, corner of Copeland and Tennessee streets. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be picked up at the theater's box office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

TV's best bets Tonight on TV "World Series: Game Three." As Jack Nicholson said in "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest," "Nurse, the boys in the tank would have had a riot if they couldn't watch the World Series." Take heed. Channels 27, 13 (cable 11), 8 p.m. Tonight on cable "The Brother From Another Planet." Joe Morton stars as a kind-hearted fugitive from an outer-space chain-gang who makes his way to freedom in Harlem. John Sayles directs as well as co-stars in this insightful, funny sci-fi adventure. Cine-max (cable 17), 10 p.m.

Wednesday on TV "Our Town." William Holden leads an all-star cast in this 1940 adaptation of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-Prize winning play. Channel 17 (cable 13), 11 p.m. Wednesday on cable "The Search for Mengele." Although this documentary about the infamous Dr. Mengele intricately traces the war criminal's years on the lam, it also points a finger at the government agencies which made no attempt to recall the "Angel of Death." HBO (cable 16), 11:30 p.m. Mark Hinson London bank finds perfect wood engravings of 'Alice' By Jo Thomas New York Times Carefully wrapped and individually tagged were all 92 blocks, in mint condition after more than a century.

LONDON The original wood engravings for Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" have been discovered in perfect condition in the cool, dark vault of a London bank. They were in two metal boxes, one of them simply labeled "Alice." The blocks, made of boxwood by the Dalziel brothers for Sir John Tenniel's illustrations of the children's classics, disappeared years ago. No one at the Macmillan Publishing which was Carroll's publisher, knows how they went astray. On June 18, 1867, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote the Alice books under the name Lewis Carroll, had written Alexander Macmillan, a founder of the publishing company, to ask: "By the way, who has the wood blocks? I can hardly doubt that they're being carefully kept, but, considering the sum I had to pay for them, I shall be glad to be certain that they're safe from all possibility of damage." Michael Wace, director of Macmillan Children's Books and one of those who found the blocks, said of Carroll: "He was a great fusspot and always anxious about things. I'm sure he would have been reassured." Officials of the National Westminster Bank, whose predecessor opened an account with Macmillan in 1863, said the blocks had been in the Covent Garden branch bank vault since before 1930..

Unlike American banks, which have fairly uniform safe-deposit boxes, British banks allow customers to bring in their own locked boxes of all shapes and sizes some of them huge for safekeeping. In the 19th century there was no charge for storage. The discovery of the blocks was made several months ago when Paul Trotman, company secretary of Macmillan, was checking company material stored in the Covent Garden vault and found a locked black metal box marked "Alice," with the notation "Keys in the Accounts Department." He called Wace, and they forced open this box and a second one, which were identical. Carefully wrapped and individually tagged were all 92 blocks, in mint condition after more than a century. "I was absolutely delighted," said Wace, who said he waited several months to announce his discovery so as to have the blocks examined.

"There is no question at all that they're authentic," he said. The Dalziel brothers, the leading commercial wood engravers of the day, carved the blocks from pencil drawings by Sir John Tenniel, who had precise instructions from the author. The copper engravings used in printing were made from wax molds taken from the wood blocks. After the publication of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865 and "Through the Looking Glass" in 1872, the images became known not only to children but also to generations of political cartoonists. During a press conference on Friday, Wace said that Macmillan is exploring the possibility of producing a limited edition of the illustrations next year.

Meanwhile, he said, "They're back in the bank." "I'm a little nervous," he explained, so he took a supermarket shopping bag big enough to hold both boxes and "popped them back" as soon as the press conference was over. Taken from 'The Annotated Alice' Breast Cancer Awareness Week brings out bickering i Responsive parenting Saf Lerman By Linda Duffy Democrat staff writer nization; and, soon, those dollar bills start rolling in. This week, for instance, is National Breast Cancer Awareness Week, sponsored by the YWCA and the National Cancer Foundation, Cancer Care a 40-year-old nonprofit group that provides counseling and financial assistance (read that loans) to cancer patients in Manhattan. The nearest participating YWCA is more than 200 miles away in Clearwater. The behind-the-scenes sponsor of the cancer awareness week is a drug company called Stewart Pharmaceutical which, (1) manufactures a breast cancer treatment drug call Nolvadex and (2) has hired Susan Ford Vance to testify before Congress this week on the importance of early detection.

"I think it's decidedly strange for a drug company to sponsor this kind of thing," said Diane Hadi, director of the Tallahassee branch of the American Cancer Society. "I don't want to say anything bad about any other group, but their standards are just not up to ours." Diane Blum, director of the NCF social service division said Hadi must have her organization confused with another group. "Since 1944 we have offered direct counceling and financial ser- See CANCER, 5C You can prepare other children for the new baby Bringing home a new baby can bring boundless joy. It also can mean a time of dramatic change and upheaval. In addition to caring for the newcomer, parents must also assume another important job: helping siblings adjust to having a new baby in the family.

Children need to see their parents' joy. But parents also must take time to accept and deal with older children's jealousy and to reassure them of continued love. New babies generate strong feelings in siblings, ranging from shock to jealousy. The latter can take many forms. One child may become whiny and mopey, or stiffen into angry silence, while another might become unusually noisy and aggressive.

Others may regress to bed-wetting, or develop eating or sleeping disorders. Additional temper tantrums are common. Not all forms of jealousy are easy to spot. Excessive concern about the new baby is a type of jealousy parents often misinterpret. The child often feels angry and jealous but is afraid to show outward signs of jealousy for You know capitalism is alive and well when the charities that deal with life's most heart-wrenching diseases vie with each other for publicity and funds.

There's breast cancer, for example, the disease that kills 37,000 American women each year. Innumerable organizations combat the disease in innumerable ways. According to the National Cancer Foundation not to be confused with the American Cancer Society or the National Cancer Institute one of every 11 women in the U.S. will eventually get breast cancer, and more than 80 percent of the time it will be accidentally discovered by the woman herself. As startling as these statistics are, the American Cancer Society goes even further.

Nationwide, it says, 119,000 new cases will develop in the next year. The point of the statistics, the groups say, is to pound home the fact that in many cases the discovery of the malignancy comes too late for the best treatment. So educational forums that range from pamphlets and workshops to trips before Congress by former First Daughter Susan Ford Vance, have a multiple effect They scare the public into listening; they grab a little publicity for the orga to deal with them, armed with understanding, acceptance and reassurance. See PARENT, 5C fear the parents won't love him anymore. Denying these feelings or criticizing children for having them isn't the answer.

Instead, anticipate the feelings and be ready.