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i Moving on up WRAL advances in tournament Bosnian refugees Men, boys separated from others Volume 85, No. 264 Thursday, July 13, 1995 50 cents Iwky lolii Telegirsim iS City plans electronic fihgeiprinting about the live scan system, which is expected to be operational in about two months. "It uses photo imaging to capture details, of the fingerprint," said Sears. "Because you're not rolling an inked finger across the card, you don't get the smudges and blurs. "The quality is much better because you get a perfect state grant for the hew machine.

"Not only will it help law enforcement officers in the city, but out in the counties, too," Broughton said during Monday's meeting. "This will help' us work together with the counties. "This is worth spending the money for." Rocky Mount police Lt. J. Wayne Sears said he is excited "We'll be able to interface with the AFIS system, and identify a suspect through AFIS in Raleigh," Sears addett, "This will ensure that we have the right person." With the ink and card method, it takes about 30 minutes to take one person's set of fingerprints.

Scanning a set of prints with the new machine is expected to cut that time in half. Sears said if there is just one smudged or blurred fingerprint from the 10 prints taken from a suspect, the State Bureau of Investigation will not accept the card. The new scanning system will also be tied into the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System network, which stores fingerprints in a computer and is linked to. the SBI system in Raleigh. By J.

Erie Eckard Assistant news editor Rocky Mount City Council member William Broughton says $14,000 isn't too much for the city to spend on a new, state-of-the-art fmgerprint scanning system for the police department. Broughton and other council members voted unanimously Monday to match a $42,967 Cooling it WESQ lha potential mew own: Most everyone in the Twin Counties has found it Tuesday in the pool at the Brook looked for relief from the heat recently. Valley Mobile Home Community. Tempera-Tennile Knarr and her nephew, Joshua Knarr, tures this week will continue in the 90s. COLUMN Baseball all-stars take third strike NEW YORK (AP) TV ratings for the All-Star game went the same way attendance has gone at major league baseball games down.

The overnight ratings in major markets for the Tuesday night game on ABC were 14.7, down a full point from last year's overnight rating on NBC. Last year, that mark held up when national ratings were counted several days later. The share for the game was 24, compared with 27 a year ago. The share is the percentage of TVs in actual use; the rating is the percentage of all TV households in America. Each rating point currently represents about 954,000 homes.

The last time ABC did the All-Star game, in 1988, it got a 20.5 rating and a 36 share. From 1991 through 1993, all CBS years, All-Star ratings were 17.4, 14t and 15.6. Defense witness helps prosecution Johnny Cochran and the O.J. defense team suffered a setback when one of their witnesses said he saw a vehicle similar to Simpson's leave the Nicole Cochran Brown Simpson murder scene. Nation, 3A Ingram I House leaders are stomping mad House budget leaders are plenty mad at a Senate plan on new spending.

i Carolina, 2A RM Post 58 gets playoff victory Rocky Mount American Legion Post 58 continued to advance along the playoff trail Wednesday with a victory over Snow Hill. Sports 4B Business Entertainment, Nation Obituaries, Opinion Sports Weather FRIDAY Hot High 94 Low 72 A Of 8A 7-12B 7A 6A 3A 12A 4-6B By Kelly Gollobin Staff writer A private, not-for-profit business group has stepped in to rescue North Carolina Wesley an College's fund-strapped radio station. WESQ will soon be sold to Friends Down East Public Radio Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The new owners are local business people who are concerned about the future of Rocky Mount's public radio, said Jim Fairchild, president of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of Friends of Down East Public Radio.

The group formed, Fairchild said, because Wesleyan could not afford to continue to run the station. "We feel, it's more important to preserve it (the station) and keep it in our community," Fairchild said. Rene Simpson, program sup-, porter assistant for the Federal" Communications Commission, said the new owners must apply for a license before the station's call sign can be transferred. The license transfer could take several months, said Charles Lane, a Rocky Mount attorney who is also a friends member. 1 Michael Wagner, a supervising attorney for the Mass Media bureau of the FCC, said the license transfer should only take five weeks to approve.

In the meantime, the college will con Twin County jobless image. UV' i TelegranvClifton Hughes rate drops for the two counties was purely seasonal," Rogers said. 'There was not a lot of movement way in May, although we had good demand on job orders for skilled! people during that month and still do now." Demand is high for skilled and craft trades. "Job demand is still fairly Rogers said. "With the announcements of Edgecombe plants laying off over the past six months, I we're starting Jo see some of those people in the office now.

We're talking in the neighborhood of 400 people out of work since March." self-esteem "We hope they've enjoyed themselves and not been held "hostage by the Jessup said. The children must sign a drug-free statement, and a self-discipline form to sign up for the camp." i "We try to teach them good manners, and being respectful of each other," Jessup said. Don Bass, readiness noncommissioned officer, said they try to show the kids what life can be without drugs. Officers said they enjoy watching the children experience "things they've never seen Bass said. "It gives us art opportunity to do something different and to give back to the community." The camp, which begins Monday and ends July.

21, is free of charge. 1 'I WW ZimiMf mm 7 i April May Mash 4.9 4.8 Edgecombe 7.9 6.8 Sourc N.C. Smfhynwrn Security Commission May. Edgecombe County's jobless rate dropped to 6.8 percent, down from 7.9 percent in April. Nash County remained basically unchanged, dropping slightly to 4.8 percent in May from 4.9 percent in April.

i "The May unemployment rate kids, it might help them out down the road," said National Guard Lt! Col. Larry Jessupr" Jessup oversees the program. The Guard and the housing authority have designed the program for the benefit of under privileged young people, said Larry Russell, Rocky Mount Housing Authority executive director. The kids, ages 11 to 16, will visit the Rocky Mount Children's Museum, attend a Mudcats baseball game, play volleyball, and go anoeing as part of scheduled activities. In between; they will receive positive messages about career choices.

and themselves, Jessup said. -Jessup, who participated in the pijram during the past two years, said he hopes children walk away with a positive attitude. By Tom Murphy Business editor Activity increased at the N.C. Employment Security Commission's Job Service Office in Rocky Mount during May and June as nearly 400 unemployed Edgecombe County people continue to search for work. The jobless are victims of plant closings in Edgecombe during the past six months, said Steve Rogers, ESC Job Services Office manager in Rocky Mount Unemployment dropped in Nash and Edgecombe counties in tinue to run the station.

The organization is an outcrop of the Chamber of Commerce's Community Development Foundation, and most members are also members of the not-for-profit group, Lane said. Lindy Dunn, Wesleyan chairman of the board of trustees, said the station had ceased to be a part of the school's vision. Originally, Wesleyan planned to incorporate broadcast classes into its curriculum, Dunn said. "We saw no immediate integration into the curriculum," Dunn said. In addition, Dunn estimated the station would cost the college $83,000 to run through the 1995- year.

Dr. John White, president of Wesleyan College, said he is a big fan of National Public Radio, but he questions whether "the college should be in the radio station business." Dunn said he and other community members were concerned that the station 'would be moved outside of Rocky Mount if a local group did not assume ownership. "We want this radio station to stay in Rocky Mount We've worked hard to see that happen," Dunn said. The call letters will change, as will the station's on-campus site- "We've encouraged a change to (more) classical and jazz and less rap and alternative music," Fairchild said. "The people involved are interested in programming from public radio." AP photo Guard hopes to lift kids' Moon over Phoenix 1 by Kelly Gollobin Staff writer Thirty young people will spend five days with the North Carolina unit of the National Guard in an educational camp, and while they won't have to wake up at dawn, they, will have plenty of time to learn.

Operation Learning is Fun Today IH (LIFT) is a weeklong camp for youths in public housing to learn about the -world around them while having fun. It is staffed by the Guard and funded by a grant from the Rocky Mount Housing Authority. The program's aim is to improve children's self-esteem and reinforce a negative message ab-out-drugs. "If we can reach one or two Get tho A group of bighorn sheep makes a splendid silhouette while standing atop a butte, blended against a nearly full moon this week at the Phoenix Zoo. latest Twin County news'- subscribe today ct 44G-5161.