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Austin American-Statesman Wednesday, August 31, 1934 This section is recyclable 8 Channel 54's signal goes on the air I Test pattern will precede 24-hour TV weather service as station takes shape Continued from B1 ary. But that would give the station only a few hours of programming a week. "Ideally, we'd like CBS, but it's anybody's guess," Oliveira said. "Hopefully a decision will be made in the next few months. If we don't get it, we'll be very happy being an independent or going with Paramount." In the meantime, Channel 54 is operating out of Channel 36's building on Martin Luther King Jr.

Boulevard. It has a skeleton staff of five people in addition to a number of shared personnel from Channel 36, which is serving as the station's license manager. That means Channel: 36 is providing technical, programming and marketing assistance. "This is a way of cutting down costs dramatically," Oliveira said. "We're using their engineering expertise and technical support, although we do have our own transmitter." When the test pattern ends and the local weather begins, Channel 36 will provide all of Channel 54's programming, which Channel 36 General Manager Jane Wallace has described as "a fairly significant add-on." A new weather fore- caster, Rich Seagal, has been hired to work with Jim Spencer, Russ Rhea and Matt Mosler.

The 24-hour weather programming will consist of live reports and updates by the forecasters as well as information displays showing weather radar, lake levels, temperatures and pollen counts. In severe weather, the weather experts can go on live at any time. "We think the 24-hour local weather service will provide a wonderful service to the community," Oliveira said. "And I don't want to put on other types of programming that we'd have to take off the air in a few months." Channel 54 might seem disorganized, but Oliveira insists it is not. He said he likes the idea of going on without fanfare and then developing an on-air presence.

"We want to sit down and plan this all said. out," he "We want to be a viable force in the community, and I think we will. I've always loved television and not just the news, although I've done that for 18 years. Everything has fasci- Ron Oliveira will be KNVA's station manager after he stops anchoring Channel 24's news Sept. 9.

nated me about television, including the programming end of it. It's a wonderful puzzle that I'd like to put together." Former city worker testifies in HIV discrimination suit Continued from B1 tive," Assistant City Attorney Lydia Wright Johnsen told jurors. "No one within the City of Austin did anything to discriminate against Ms. Moreno because of her HIV status," said Johnsen, who, along with Connie Ode, is defending the city. "In fact, most people knew nothing about Ms.

Moreno's status." Had Moreno not resigned, Johnsen said, "in all likelihood she would still be employed by the City of Austin." Moreno's lawyer, Brian East, told jurors his client was "subjected to a pattern of harassment" until her working conditions "became intolerable and she was forced to resign." Moreno described returning to work after a day ill at home only to find she had been moved into an office space one-fourth the size of her previous space minus a computer. She also was put near co-workers whose smoking irritated her condition and endan- Woman charged in abuse of 3-year-old daughter Continued from B1 tion by police since Aug. 4 when case workers with the state Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, acting on a complaint, took custody of the 3- year old and three siblings and placed them in foster homes. The 3-year-old, identified in court records as Victoria Hernandez, was taken to Brackenridge Hospital to be treated for malnutrition. Court records state that she had ligature marks on her upper arms, wrists and ankles.

She also had cuts, bruises, burns and swollen areas that were in various stages of scarring and healing. When Victoria was admitted to the hospital, a hospital doctor told police that her hair was thinning and strawlike because of malnutrition, according to the affidavit. Victoria's three siblings were in good health; Victoria appears to have been the focus of abuse, police said. Donovan said he didn't know why the child had been singled out. The other children and the family dog were fed.

"There always appeared to be leftovers for the German shepherd," Donovan said. Donovan said he believes the abuse has occurred for years but has gotten more violent. Police investigated Brown more than a year ago, but no charges were filed because the child couldn't Deaths CAMPBELL, John Hubert, 56, of Austin died Sunday. Services 1:30 p.m. today, All Saint's Episcopal Church.

Burial 11 a.m. Thursday, Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont. (Weed-Corley) CLARK, Richard 70, of Austin died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Henderson-Beck Funeral Home Chapel.

CONNOR, B.E., 92, of Austin died Sunday. Visitation 3 p.m. today, Phillips-Upshaw-Richard Funeral Home. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Burial Evergreen Cemetery. DEAN, Bobby, 52, of Dale died Monday. Services 3 p.m. Thursday, Marrs-JonesNewby Funeral Home. GARNER, Vera Lee, 83, of Houston died Aug.

24. Wake 6 p.m. Thursday, Phillips-Upshaw-Richard Funeral Home. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Houston.

Burial Paradise Cemetery, Houston. GOERTZ, Sylvester 80, of Rockne died Tuesday. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rockne. Mass 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rockne. Burial Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. GUZMAN, Concepcion, 89, of Lockhart died Monday. Mass 10 a.m. today, St.

Mary's Catholic Church. Burial St. Mary's Cemetery. (De Leon, Lockhart) HATFIELD, Glenora 92, of Austin died Tuesday. (Harrell) MARTIN, Agnes Miller, 85, of Lometa died Sunday.

Services 10:30 a.m. today, United Methodist Church, Lometa. Burial Senterfit Cemetery. (Briggs-Gamel, Lampasas) MEYER, George 70, of San 1 Marcos died Monday. Services 10 a.m.

Thursday, Thomason Funeral Home. Burial Casa Grande Cemetery, Casa Grande, Ariz. OWEN, Andrew, 82, of Bastrop died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Newby Funeral Home, Bastrop.

Burial McDade Cemetery. RUSSELL, Cody Ryan, 16, of Pettus died Monday. Memorial service 10 a.m. today, Pettus High School Stadium, Service 4 p.m. Bluffton Cemetery, Llano.

(Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne, Llano) SMITH, Ralph 78, of Wimberley Meningitis outbreak isolated to 6th St. area Continued from B1 man. He declined to identify the bars. Health officials say the disease is not easily transmissible except through close contact with an infected person over several hours or days. It is transmitted by saliva, as when people share a glass or kiss.

Symptoms include extreme headaches and a neck so stiff it is hard to turn. Officials are not urging people to be vaccinated and say there is no cause for alarm on Sixth Street or elsewhere. They will offer free vaccinations again tonight and Thursday night only for entertainment district employees and regular patrons who request them. "In general, the population of Austin, Texas, is not to be concerned about this," said Sue Milam, director of the health department. "It's still safe to go to the mall.

We know the cases have come from one particular area, and that's how we're approaching this." Dr. Jay Wenger, an expert on the disease at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said of the 1,200 to 1,500 cases of bacterial meningitis reported each year in the United States, it is rare to find them in groups of more than five. "We haven't seen any evidence of a general increase," Wenger said. "Usually it's just one here gered her health, she said. Then, she said, her position was downgraded.

She said she also believes her supervisor betrayed her confidence. One month after she told her supervisor about the virus and asked him to keep the information confidential, Moreno said she was having lunch with coworkers when a city employee approached "and asked who within our building had AIDS." East said Moreno's employers and "set her up to fail." He said: "People with disabil1 ities should be given the chance to be productive, and Mary Moreno wasn't. After 12 years, there was no place for Mary Moreno." East said the city should have helped Moreno find another, lessstressful position at City Hall. But the city's attorneys say there are limits. "Just because a person has a disability doesn't mean that person is entitled to preferential treatment," Johnsen began "a campaign against her" said.

said. "Usually it's just one here 2115. CONE Donald I. Willians 4750 0 5512 3456 00 VISA DONALO and one there. Over the last two or three years, though, we've seen a few clusters of five to 10 cases in 0.

relatively small populations. That's something we're studying a bit more now." Bacterial meningitis which comes in four distinct strains, labeled and is a big health problem in the Third World, particularly in Africa and South America. Most common in the winter and spring, bacterial meningitis generally is not fatal if diagnosed early and treated with antibiotics. Before antibiotics became widely available after World War II, at least 70 percent of people a with the disease died. Today's fa- tality victims rate may is 15 suffer percent long-term or less, neu- but 0.00 rological problems.

Travis County recorded five cases of the disease in 1993 and has recorded 10 cases so far this year, the four in the entertainment district and six others dis- persed about the city and county, Pickens said. The health department will offer vaccinations for more entertainment district employees and regular bar or restaurant patrons who request them tonight and Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Charlie's, 1301 Lavaca St. For additional information, call the city and county health department's surveillance office at 469- There always appeared to be leftovers for the German shepherd. Sgt.

Dunny Donovan talk and physical evidence was not strong enough to put a case together, he said. Brown has not been charged with child abuse before, police said. Details of several abusive acts were provided to police by two of the children, ages 7 and 8. Among the allegations they made were that Brown would hide Victoria inside a chest of drawers and nail or jam it shut so it could not be opened. Victoria's father died in a car accident on June 6, 1991, when she was 2 months old, Donovan said.

Victor Mendez Hernandez, 21, was killed on Interstate 35 after his pickup was pushed about 250 feet by an 18-wheel tractortrailer. Victoria is in a separate foster home than her three siblings. "She's made a very good comeback," Donovan said. "She now uses full sentences; she's happy; she plays; she has food available to her. She's in a completely different world." died Tuesday.

Services 2 p.m. Thursday, San Jacinto Memorial Park. TANTON, James Edward, 69, of Austin died Saturday. Visitation 7 p.m. today, Austin-Peel and Son Funeral Home.

Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sam Houston National Cemetery. TOCKER, Phillip, 83, of Austin, died Monday. Services 4 p.m. today, Beth Israel II Cemetery.

(Cook-Walden, North Lamar Boulevard location) USSERY, Laura Mae, 93, of Silver Creek died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Lakeland Hills Memorial Park, Burnet. (Edgar, Burnet) WILDER, Harry S. 80, of Austin died Monday.

Services 10:30 a.m. today, WeedCorley Funeral Home. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. WIMBERLY, Inez Montgomery, 79, of Austin died Sunday. Services were Tuesday.

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