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CA2 THE SIGNAL, Wadnaaday. 26. 1995 Newsbkeak I i iyiwy i T' Diane Trautman TO THE POINT Pete Wilson: i- Am i iN htm Teflon Is he New York, New York! The King of Pop and the mayor of New York got together to sing the city's praises and announce nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani seized the chance to crow that the ceremony is back in New York for the second year in a row, after losing out to Los Angeles for seven years straight And Michael Jackson confirmed he will perform his only -concert this year Dec. 10, at an as-yet unchosen place in New York City.

Why did he choose New York for the concert, which will be filmed and shown on HBO? "I love New York," the Gloved One gushed. The awards show will be held Sept 7 at Radio City Music Hall. Jackson's video "Scream" received 11 nominations including best video, more than any other artist. Other multiple nominees included TLC with 10 and Green Day with nine. Sexy role Jerry Hall's long legs and President II? Today Is Wednesday, July 26.

tho 207th day of 1 M5. Thor art 158 days left In tfw year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: Fifty yaara ago. on July 26. 1 945, Winston Churchill resigned "Britain "prima minister after hi Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party.

(Clement Artie became the new prime minister.) ON THIS DATE: In 1856, playwright George Bernard Shaw was born In Dublin, Ireland. In National Security Act, creating the Department of Defenw, the National Sec-urity Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. ki 1 953, Fidel Castro bag an his rvott against trt rglm of Fulgenclo Batista with an unsuccessful attack on amy barracks In eastern Cuba. (Castro ousted Batista In 1959.) In 1 95, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasf nation-allzod tfe Sum Canal.

TEN YEARS AGO: The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution condemning South Africa's declaration of a state of emergency and calling for limited, voluntary sanctions against the Pretoria government FIVE YEARS AGO: The U.S. House of Representatives reprimanded Congressman Barney Frank, for ethics violations. President Bush signed Into law the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act. The U.S.

Centers for Disease Control reported that a young woman, later Identified as Kimberry Berg alls, had been Infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist. ONE YEAR AGO: The House Banking Commlttae opened llmttd hearings on the Whitewater controversy. A car bomb hsavlly damaged the Israsfl embassy In London, Injuring 14; hours later, a second bomb exploded outside a budding housing Jewish organizations In north London. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Jason Robards Jr. Is 73.

Mo-vie director Blake Edwards is 73. Movie director Stanley Kubrick Is 67. Rock star Mick Jagger Is 52. Actraas Susan George la 45. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "My friends, there are no Coco Chanel.

French fashion designer (1863-1971). New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (left) shakes hands with pop star Michael Jackson during a New York news conference Tuesday announcing the MTV Video Music Awards. Jackson received 11 nominations along with his sister, Janet, for their video, "Scream." The awards will be presented during ceremonies Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall. I Traitor.

Opportunist The Pinocchio of the Republican Party. "Flip" Wilson. Our part-time gov-pernor sure is racking up the epithets, To be fair, Pete Wilson does utter the odd truth only when he has tested the political winds and iiiis statements won't cost him points. In fact, he did so just recently when Pat dismissed the governor's chance of win-ning the GOP presidential nomination due to his support for abortion rights, gay rights and taxes. Wilson rebuked Buchanan's charge with exceptional --candor: "As usual, Pat is wrong on all counts.

Pat has never had to manage anything except his own and he's been arf abject failure on thai" TtefUp side of that, of course, that Pete Wilson manages his mouth better than he has ever managed the State of California. Just look at him From Maine to Massachusetts, he's out there -selling himself as the new savior of the American Dream, even as California is falling apart at the seams. And what is he doing to put the pieces back together? These days, he's spreading the verydivi-'siveness he claims his actions are intended to 'resolve. t' Pete Wilson, who has appointed five out of 17 Republican appointees to the UC Board of Regents but who has not attended a regular board meeting since 1992 seized a golden opportunity to his ratings by appearing at the latest board meeting like a knight in white armor. There, he and ,13 of his Republican cronies none of whom are and at least one of whom has openly ''endorsed Wilson's presidential bid decided that blond hair helped her snag a role as Betty Gra-ble on the BBC.

"Like the character she plays, she is blonde, sexy, has a sharp sense of humor and the less 1 .1 spoken strongly to the singer. Clayton-Thomas did not apologize during the show. Nat Burgess, an agent for the band in New York City, said he was surprised by the remark 'and first heard of it Tuesday. Into the fire Cavorting on film with porn star Hall hoad nnporrr River in Idaho. "When 1 drive across it I say, 'Oh God, how will we survive? Heat-Moon, of Columbia, Mo is traveling from New York to Astoria, using a 22-foot dory and a 17-foot canoe, and has covered 5,000 miles so far.

The author of "Blue Highways," for which he drove the nation's less-traveled highways. Heat-Moom plans to use his river experiences as the basis for another book. Heat-Moon says he's glad that great stretches of the rivers remain undeveloped and that water quality has improved in many places. "Let's face it Life depends upon water he said. To abuse our water is to abuse our lives." Miller denied What can he tell ya? Dennis StrriVcndy Freeway Today: Eutbound lan 5 from Balboa Boulevard to Hay-venhurst Avenue for bridge repair.

9 am to 130 p.m. Marilyn Chambers has made life a little too hot for a decorated fireman. IntheR-rated "Bikini Bistro," William Bres-nan plays a restaurant critic se Golden Sista Freeway Today: Southbound Lankershlm Boulevard onramp for guardral repair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ventura Freeway Today: Eutbound Coktwattr Canyon Avenue offramp for maintenance, 9 a.m.

to 2 p.m. affirmative action policies in admissions, hiring and contracting were cttrirnental to the UC system and should therefore be abolished. '-6 1 Chambers Miner Em my nomina 01 1 tion dropped. No Not: City officials say all Metrolink trains are expected to depart as scheduled, but some delays may occur. to carry it off," said Olivia Landsberg o'f Rewind Production, the show's director, without specifying how those attributes would help a radio production.

The Texas-born Hall, wife of Mick Jagger, will play Grable on a British Broadcasting Corp. radio biography to be broadcast in September. Grable, whose legs were insured for a million dollars, was the most popular pinup girl for American soldiers fighting overseas in World War II. She retired from acting and modeling in the 1950s and died in 1973. Shocking words The lead singer of Blood, Sweat Tears shocked an audience in the heavily Jewish suburb of West Bloomfield, with a flip remark about the Holocaust Halfway through the show at Marshbank Park, David Clayton-Thomas provoked gasps from the crowd of about 3,000 when he said it was "as hot as the last train car going to Auschwitz," The Oakland Press of Pontiac reported Tuesday.

West Bloomfield Township is home to many of the Detroit area's 97,000 Jews. Concert organizer Judith Share-Vine was at the show with her husband, George, an Auschwitz survivor. She called the remark "a very stupid thing to say." About 3 million Jews died at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War IL Share-Vine said Clayton-Thomas' manager, Vincent Rlccobono, apologized to her during the show Saturday, and told her he had problem. Of course, that's just his opinion. He could be wrong.

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725 pm duced by Chambers, who starred in pornographic films in the 1970s. Both appear bare-chested in the pay-per-view film showing on cable systems nationwide, the Daily News reported Tuesday. Bresnan remains on active duty while the Fire Department investigates whether he broke rules by taking the job, spokesman Bob Leonard said. He declined to comment on the film. The fourth-generation firefighter, who is married and has a child, won a medal for a rescue during the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.

He could be suspended or fired. River preference After journeying across the nation by highway and by river, novelist William Least Heat Moon prefers the latter. The most overwhelming thing is the hope I feel for this country after seeing it from the rivers," he said over the weekend at the end of a raft journey down the Salmon 8:16 pm 958 p.m. 1029 pm belatedly found that the rules don't allow the host of a variety or music series to be nominated for individual performance for the same program if the host's name is in the tide. Miller was nominated for his HBO series "Dennis Miller Live." "Hey, it's no big deal." Miller said in a statement released Monday by the academy.

These things happen. I'm flattered that they've given me two nominations. Now Barbra Streisand can sleep better." Streisand was nominated for "Barbra Streisand: The Concert" She is eligible because her show was a special, not a series. OC.TOLA. LXTOC.C.

I Their dedsion was made mcoiiplete exposition to the recommendations of all nine UC chancellors, ttheir faculties and student bodies those who are lin the best position to assess what works and what doesn't And yet, Pete Wilson had the audacity to Cclaim mat his efforts were not politically motivated. Z. UC President Jack W.Peltason had already acknowledged the existence of affirmative action problems and had ordered remedial action But fix-ting problems is not Pete Wilson's style, and it's not nearly dramatic enough to capture the imagination of an electorate itching for easy answers and ready 1 scapegoats. It takes real leadership to honestly examine diffi-: cult issues such as affirmative action as President 1 Clinton has done and Gov. Wilson has neither leadership skills nor the time for thoughtful evaluation He's too busy ricking out his inaugural out-fit and practicing waving from Air Force One.

Taking the low road to the Oval Office requires the regular feeding of voter discontent by promising to return America to the "bedrock values" of a glori-ous yesteryear that never existed, while using such words as "unfairness" and "festering resentment." That's it Let's call him "Uncle Whatever Ms stated reason for abandoning his prior beliefs, Pete Wilson had been a strong propo- nent of affirmative action for more than two kxades.Backunitwasdiarrponedby Republicans like Ronald Reagan, who said that laws alone were not enough. Personal commitment would be required to ensure equal opportunity. Now, in the current atmosphere of discontent and fear, it is politically correct to suggest that the over- whelming majority of women and minorities who have benefited from affirmative action are basically inferior to the white males whose places they've I usurped Just listen to Pete Wilson war cry: "Granting preferential treatment to one individual on the basis of race or gender at the expense of another is not only ftuKlarnentally unfair, it stigma-tizes the achievement of those it was intended to (Though I notice it hasn't stigmatized white males.) Of course, Gov. Wilson may lose the nomination because of his positions on some issues. But first, have to believe in them enough to defend jthem Given his opportunistic bent and apparent lack of any core beliefs, he's more likely to change his positions man sacrifice his dream ofbecoming jTeflOT President IL" Diane Trautman is membership chair cf the Democratic Gub of the Santa Clarila WIey.

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Monday through Friday. The Santa Clarita station is located on Soledad Canyon Road, east of Saugus Speedway. Metrolink information: 800 371 -LINK Steve J. Manriquez, Jr. Naval officer Steve J.

Manriquez, 69, died Monday in Phoenix after a long illness. He was born Dec 28, 1925 in NewhalL Manriquez served as a Chief Peuy Officer with the U.S. Navy for 25 years. He retired to Poison, Mont, where he also served as commander of the V.F.W. He is survived by three daughters, Stephanie Mo- ran, Robin Shroyer and Linda Magenot; three grandchildren, Jaime Tovar and Ryan and Aaron Magenot; his mother, Lydia Manriquez of Newhall; his brother, Donald Manriquez; and three sisters, Barbara Allen, Noree Ellerman and Elaine Iniguez.

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