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ftaawi sea fga CI. by the New Jersey Nets with the 22nd pick in the NBA draft. George is the first UConn player -selected in the opening round of the NBA draft More importantly for George and his family, his NBA career will begin at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., 12 miles from his home in Newark, It was the Meadowlands arena No. 179 owned television station has been under a cloud since its license was challenged by Alan Shurberg, a Rocky Hill computer consultant, shortly after the station was sold to a Massachusetts company in 1985. RichardRamirez, who lives in Los Angeles but is still the Hartford station's general partner, was elated.

"We think now we can set the station back on track to do what we set out to do," he said. Supporters and opponents of affirmative action have said that if the court had ruled against affirmative action in broadcasting, it could have meant the end of affirmative action throughout the federal government Please see Court, Page A8 therapists wide latitude to repeat to juries what they say young patients have told them about instances of abuse. Both Supreme Court cases pitted the desire of states to protect child witnesses against the rights of adults who may be falsely accused of child abuse and convicted by a child's unreliable testimony. In each case, the Supreme Court split, 5-4, with four justices solidly favoring measures to protect victims of child abuse and four others voting to protect the rights of defendants. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, voting first with the one side and then Please see Children, Page A8 By MIRANDA S.

SPIVACK Courant Staff Writer WASHINGTON RuUng in a major affirmative action case, the Supreme Court Wednesday upheld federal policies favoring minorities seeking broadcast licenses. The ruling runs counter to the trend against affirmative action at the high court The decision said Congress, which has supported the broadcast policies, possesses special constitutional authority to approve affirmative action in the federal government. The 5-4 decision on the last day of the court's term is a victory for the owners of WHCT-TV, Channel 18, in Hartford. The partly minority- A- BTats Georgs- hears r- round draft pick of t5i I I A't I draft on TV with fnsn-h Children in abuse trials need riot face accused Nets take Tate George in first round 3 By KEN DAVIS Courant Staff Writer WILLIMANTIC Tate George is going home. And his new home court in the National Basketball Association just happens to be the site of his most memorable moment as a member of the University of Connecticut basketball team.

George, the UConn point guard who became one of the state's sports legends with his shot that beat Clemson in the NCAA Tournament, was chosen Wednesday night Hartford Courant Co. Newsstand SO Bred Curt Tht Hartfwd Courant 'itrcerErlcCsorrst i hi ccsln, "We got him at home," Erica i George, Tate's mother, shouted over and over after George's name was announced. "I didn't hear anything except 'Tate George said as he cut a slice of celebration cake fJter the excitement had subsided. About 125 friends and family members gathered around three television screens in the Legends lounge to wait for George to bev selected. The drink of the night was Please see George, Page All locked in a race against time, because the telescope's projected life is 15 years.

5 One space official described the telescope's two mirrors as "the heart of the whole thing." The imperfection in one of the mirrors has rendered useless the most important of the five major scientific instruments on board: a "wide field planetary camera" designed to explore the farthest Please see Flawed, Page AS governor ton's town council. "I don't think anyone exactly welcomes a multimillionaire real estate developer into the race for office, but I certainly wish him well," Curry Schiavone's withdrawal from the governor's contest was not entirely unexpected. Many political experts wondered whether he would have sufficient delegate strength at the convention to qualify for a primary against Rowland. Please see Schiavone, Page AS Opinion Editorial: President realistically switched his stand on the budget. PagB14.

Other opinions: Drug foe follows the rules and hopes others, will, too. PageB15 Flawed mirror clouds images of MSAs HubWe telescope r.wUierf Crica is where George launched a 17-foot jump shot with 1 second left, beating Clemson and opening the doors to the postseason all-star games, where George impressed so many NBA scouts. NBA Commissioner David Stern made the announcement at p.m. at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The cheer that went up at Legends Restaurant and Sports Lounge in Willimantic, -where George was watching the, draft with family and friends, might have been audible in New York.

not be possible for at least three years. Hughes Danbury Optical Systems Inc. of Danbury, a subsidiary of General Motors built the telescope's two main mirrors and its guidance system. The NASA engineers described the nature of the problem, and their anticipated solution, as being similar to designing eyeglasses to correct myopia. Id any case, space engineers and the world's leading astronomers are Schiavone who had spent more than $2 million on the governor's race, $1.3 million of it his own money is the first Republican to announce for comptroller.

"We are not dropping out of the race. We are dropping out of a race. We are still Involved in running for comptroller," Schiavone said at a state Capitol press conference. Three Democrats also are running for comptroller the incumbent, J. Edward Caldwell, former state Sen.

William E. Curry Jr. and Nicholas DePaola, the chairman of Southing- Calendar 2 From Wire and Staff Reports WASHINGTON In a stunning setback for the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA disclosed Wednesday that a flawed mirror is threatening to prevent half the scheduled experiments from being carried out. Engineers for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said they are confident they can avert such a potential disaster for the $1.5 billion telescope by sending up new equipment, but that might Combined Wire Services WASHINGTON Victims in child abuse cases may testify without actually appearing in court and directly confronting those they accuse, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, upholding laws in at least 25 states designed to protect child witnesses from trauma. 1 At the same time, in a second case, the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of an Idaho woman accused of molesting her daughters, ruling that the woman's trial was unfair because of testimony by a pediatrician about what the younger daughter allegedly told him.

The ruling will limit procedures in many states that give doctors and Man loses to By GREG SEIGLE Courant Correspondent WINSTED After being number "1" in the state for 87 years', "850-GNJ" is a little hard to swallow, Wednesday, on the order of the state Department of Motor Vehicles, B. Woodruff Clark surrendered the license plate number that has graced his family's cars since May 23, 1903, when his grandfather became the first in the state to register a car. The license plate successor to a homemade leather tag first put on James P. Woodruff's 1901 curved-dash Oldsmobile reads simply "1." "If they're going to end an 87-year tradition, they should have a good reason," the 68-year-old Litchfield resident said as he walked to his car from the Winsted office of the department after surrendering the license plate. Please see Family, Page All Insida Amusements Calendar Ann Lander Bridge BusineM CI Classified Cornice E4 Connecticut Bl Com.

living El E5 Editorials B14 Horoscope E4 Legal Notices A22 Lottery A2 Obituaries B12 Dl Television E2 license keep plat Nation, Section A believed has Dead Sea Pae Nelson tomb of King Jr. i 5 I 'v 1 1 IS Schiavone quits race for By MICHELE JACKLIN Courant Political Writer New Haven businessman Joel Schiavone ended one of the costliest campaigns for governor in state history Wednesday, declaring he would instead seek the Republican nomination for comptroller. Schiavone's withdrawal, coming 15 months after he entered the race and a month before the GOP state convention, effectively ensures that U.S. Rep. John G.

Rowland will be the party's gubernatorial candidate. Business Health I. Rk Hartford Special to The Courant B. Woodruff Clark of Litchfield displays his license plate shortly Science before had to surrender It to tn number "1" plate registration had I Ml L. motor vehicles department.

The been in his family for 87 years. Connecticut Section Hartford's archbishop says he does not believe the Vatican crackdown on dissenting theologians will stifle debate. PageBl. The state seeks to end feud between city, school officials in New Haven. PageBl.

World A portion of a letter written by Samson been found in the Scrolls. A2. Mandela visits Martin Luther but refuses to adopt non-violence goal Pas A19. The pioneers of power pop have banded together and will stop at Lake Compounce. Pag 3 Best bets include Al Martino in Hartford, an Irish festival in New Haven.

Page 16 Section The main U.S. economic forecasting gauge climbs 0.8 percent in May, to a new high. Page CI. A last-minute breakthrough is reported in trade talks between the U.S. and Japan.

Page CI. Section Secrets of a medieval monastery unfold in a project by a Wesleyan professor. Pag El. Earth as cosmic mother is the focus of "Biospheres." Pag El. TtT 7T "4.