The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 81

-r p- I hy bait If FCC Lake Inmine riday Jtine2h Nf Approves 71 Today: KSTV to Be Sold and Go to VHF settled Raysna soon tires of small town life and leaves Shay for a lover Heart-broken Shay renounces his ailing and embarks on a renegade life of sell-destruction His only hope of redemption is the love of a stub born farm woman (Hossk Red-lleaded Slranger will also be released on laser videodisc at $3' Entertainment as a videorassette movie in mid-September carrying an $80 price tag Starring Nelson Morgan Fairchild and Katharine Ross the film follows the Rev Julian Shay (Nelson) of Philadelphia and his new bride Raysha (Fairchild) as thev travel to Montana to deliver townspeople from their hellish ways Once EARLY producing programs and commer ciais In its first season William Pepin KSTU general manager announced a schedule which included the PTL Club daily at noon and an 'extended schedule of 25 live Los Angeles Lakers NBA games aired during live prime-time The attraction for many viewers was its large film library (2500 movies) and the willingness to air full-length features each day Then in March 1984 Adams Communications Corp bought KSTU in a $60 million package that included WKEF in Dayton WWLP in Spring-field and KAUZ in Wichita Falls Texas During the past few years with Vickie Street as station manager KSTU carried some post-season college football bowl games and an occasional Jazz NBA game when KSI-television commitments precluded Channel 5 carrying the games and KSTU-TV20 the Wasatch Front's (irst independent television station has been sold to a Salt Lake limited jjartnership for consideration valued at $30 million I Adams TV of Salt Lake City Inc Entered into a definitive agreement Jvith MWT Ltd for the sale of the Harold Schindler Television Editor L'HF station subject to approval by fhe Federal Communications Commission MWT (Mountain West Television) holds a construction permit from the FCC authorizing it to ojierate a new VHF television station on Channel 13 which the federal agency allocated to this area several years ago MWT is a limned partnership in which MWT C'orp is the sole general partner The limited partners include Sidney Foulger Potomac Md builder and developer of Crossroads Mall in Salt Lake City Joe Lee veteran radio and television broadcaster who retired last March after 21 years with KCPX Jo-Ann Wong a local newspaperwoman active in the Utah Asian community George Gonzales Ogden producer of Hispanic ratio and television programs and Vorthstar Communications Inc Washington DC Lee said present KSTU program Toro Rear Bagger with 4 HP engine 21" cut model 20588 makes your yard work so easy' Reg $36995 Save s50 $3H Sales and Service 868 900 355-6073 Bangerter: Protesters Must Decide on Cuts Vieiving Television Stations I KI Channel 2 973-3000 KT Channel -k 972-1 770 KSL-TV Channel 5 Kl'ED Channel 7 581-7777 KHU Channel 1 1 (Provo) 878-5298 KSTL-TV20 537-1220 'able 292-2253 Channel One 539-0000 KOO( Channel 30 (Ogden) 021-3030 322-0317 ming will be switched from Channel UHF signal to the more desirable Channel 13 VHF once FCC approval of the ownership change is received With VHF transmissions the picture can be received without special antennas 'Better signal characteristics of the VHF Channel 13 together with latest transmitter and antenna tech-nopgy will improve home-set reception significantly" Lee explained He added that MWT intended to con' iue KSTU as an independent s' in but with expanded program-ii At this point he said the com- ny has no plans to change the call letters but will be looking into the possibility expanding its local sports coverage And if the Fox Broadcasting Company remains strong in its schedule KSTU likely will continue its affiliation "If all goes well and federal approval isn't delayed we should be able to introduce our VHF operation hv late October" Lee said MWT Corp lists its headquarter as 2257 Texas St in Salt Lake City and its officers as Foulger president Lee executive vice president and secretary: Gonzales vice president and Wong secretary KSTU went on the air in October 1978 as a subsidiary of Springfield Television Corp which also had stations in Springfield Mass and Day-ton Ohio As UHF Channel 20 it had headquarters at the Salt Lake International Center and featured the latest broadcasting equipment including a 5000-square-foot studio two control rooms and full facilities for Playhouse 7 Walt Street Wer-y Chronicles ti MacNen Lehrpr Newshcuif Movie "The Blue Max 1966 George Peppani James Mason 30- Success Stones 7:30 pm 4 1 ABC News Closeup 71 Washington Week In Review Next Steps With Computers In The Classroom 8:00 pm 2 Miami Vice 5 1 Dallas 7 1 Great Performances Rweany Todd Tenchinq Writing 0 Process Approach 11 Mystery' 30 -Roxing 8:30 4 ABC Sports Sne Cal Boxing replay-ot Spinks vs Cooney and Tyon vs Thomas I ite Aicund Uc 9:00 Crime Story 5 Copy Rfliqion And I rnv 1 30 ales Of The I tnexpected 9:30 prn 39 -INN Nows 10 00 4 i-NiVn 11 Hooked On Aerobics Taxi 10:30 pm MacNeil Lehret Newshour 11 The Perils Ot Pauline 1947 Betty Hutton Inlvi Lund Late Show 10:35 pm a Summer Games 4 I 5 M'A'S'H 10-45 2 O'uqht Show 1105 pm 5 Hawaii Five 0 1130 pm War 29 NightHe 11:35 pm 4 The 11:45 pm a Entertainment onight Midnight 29 -Movie The Na ked Face '984 Roget Moore Rod Steiger 12:05 a 4 Fantasy Island 1 House Calls 12:15 am Night With Da vid Letterman 12:35 am 5 Movp The Rules Ot Marriage 198? Elizabeth Montgom ery Flliott Gould 105 a 4 Waltons 115 am 2 iifJrjy Niqt v'kihs 205 a 4 T'ue Coniessi'vi'-2 15 a MuS'C Macfne 2 35 a 4 --News before the team had signed a cable television contract Street also was instrumental in KSTU becoming part nf the independent Fox network AND MORE In another corporation move USA Network acquired Time Inc's one-third interest in the cable network The effect of the transaction is that both Gulf Western Inc and MCA lne which previously had held a one-third interest in USA Network now jointly own the operation on a 50 50 basis The terms however were not disclosed but you can bet it came to a bunch of dollars USA is the largest advertiser-supported entertainment basic cable network reaching 39 million homes on 8500 different cable systems Willie Nelson's allegorical western movie The Red-lleaded Stranger inspired by the concept record album will he released by Charter commented Gov Bangerter A tax protest group is in the midst of securing sufficient signatures from registered voters to place initiative-proposed laws before the Legislature or on the 1988 election ballot one of them having the effect of revoking the tax increases generated by raising sales cigarette and gasoline taxes and retaining an income tax windfall revenue boosts urged by the governor and hacked by the Legislature Gov Bangerter acknowledged that difficulty in raising taxes is compounded by tax resisters' concerns over personal well being in meeting their own family budgets He noted he came into the political arena in 1974 as a state legislator saying that he would never vote for tax increases a blissful way to live" he added Nobody Democrat or Republican wants to raise taxes he said However reality must he fared on the needs of the state and the challenge for public office hnldeis is "howto sell it" how to inform the public of the economic straits warranting such action the governor explained Those protesting tax increases didnt pay much attention to earlier budget orders having state agencies piesent reduced spending from the previous year to cope with stalled tax revenues Gov Bangerter said However the tax increases and subsequent opposing initiative petitions have prompted "a healthy level of dialogue" on what Utahns are willing to reduce if they don't want to pay for it he offered But the tax protesters have only filled half of their responsibility he suggested "I just hope those who push those initiatives would he specific on what we can do without in education and government services" Gov Ran-gerter said His 1984 election campaign promise not to request tax hikes lor two years was achieved "onlv by the skin of our teeth" Gov Bangerter said And he added lie takes pride in achieving a bipartisan consensus in thp Legislature behind his tax leadership Visit Washington Demo Senate Bid a no-name" at this stage Rut alluding to his sampling of support in Utah he said "I wouldn't he putting this amount of time into it if wasn't Once an aide to Rep Owens and former Utah Sen Frank Muss hp said he may be less interested in running against hatch if the Democratic nomination would require an intra-party primary first But the field of prospects has shrunk by at least two in the past weeks First after at least two years of speculation former Gov Scetl Matbeson said he wasn't interested in n'ext year's Senate race After a similar Washington visit recently Salt Lake County Commissioner David Watson withdrew his name from conjecture saving he ill had local objectives to tend to Mr Billings is a member n( Fabian Clenemn law firm He is a former chairman ol the Utah Liquor Control Commission and president of Utah Common Cause He has served on the Salt Luke City-County Task Force on Council Shared Services and the city's Blue Ribbon Panel on Capital Improvements Hp has been chairman of the Roland Hall-St Mark's School "It's a discretionary thing" he said "And we just decided to take this one It involves a state employee and the alleged theft occurred here at the Capitol The probable cause statement accompanying the complaint says the Attorney General's Office became in volved in an investigation of Mr Clavson's aeti' etlor his immedi ate sujH'rvisor Ivan Johnson noticed the hooks showed the mail room had about $41100 in postage stamps that weren I actually there A subsequent audit shewed the money drawn controlled by Mr Clayson vffis short bv $6 inu By Douglas Parker Tribune Political Editor Tax protesters have to say where government should be slashed to accommodate their goal of wiping out this $160 million state tax increase Gov Norm Bangerter says And he keeps saying it it seems as he can hardly go anywhere without being asked how is he going to deal with an initiative petition drive seeking to upset his leadership of state government The governor said he expects a citizen group will obtain the required support for a vote on tax-cutting initiatives He doesn't discourage it the governor told news reporters Thursday at his monthly KUKD televised news conference a proper process for people to use he added And on Wednesday the chief execn tivc was drawn into the same dialogue in comments to an informal session of educators attending the Taft Institute of Government a two-week political seminar offered hv the University of Utah He speculated that when "the final line is a majority of the Utah public will agree the tax hikes had to he implemented A bit of political juxtaposition was seen af the seminar held in the Governor's Board Hoorn where sitting close to Gov Bangerter was the most frequently mentioned possible 1988 election foe to the Republican governor former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson now director of the of U's Hinckley Institute of Politics "Ted's a good friend" remarked Gov Bangerter after dismissing a query whether lie had some issues to suggest that a Democrat might use against him The governor declined in good humor saying fie didn't want to provide any ammunition Roth Republican and Democrat chimed it was too early to put much slock in puhhc opinion polls giving Mr Wilson a lead over the governor in a hypothetical governor race Mr Wilson has said considering a bid Wlial (mid is it to worry about 1 hr SL Lawyer to Test Waters for Salt Lake City lawyer Billings Jr planned to spend Friday in Washington DC taking readings on potential support for a 1988 Demo-era lie senatorial bid He is one of a few Democrats mentioned as a possible challenger to incumbent Republican Sen Orrin Hatch who is seeking re-election to a third six year term next year "I'm interested but I haven't made that personal familyprotessional decision yet" said Mr Billings in a telephone interview Thursday In Washington primarily on private husiness he met with Rep Wayne Owens the lone Democrat in Utah's congressional delegation He agreed to appointments Friday with some key Democratic Party leaders including Nevada Sen Harry Reid of the National Democratic Sen atorial Campaign Committee "One factor is if I can run a decent race said Mr Billings adding he may have a decision on a candidai in a month or so He also cited finances and the ex pense of a Senate bid against a well endowed GOP incumbent as a major variable Mr Billings 42 said he would use his Washington visit to find out if 'anvone would want to take a risk on 12:55 pm 7-- Together 1:00 pm Barbara jtj General Hcspoai 5 light 7 Mystery' -Mister Rogers -Bewitched 1:30 pm Today's Spooai 20 I Dream Of Jeanme 2 00 pm Another World 4 Court Oprah Wintrey -Tee Talk Magic Brusn ot Gary Jenkins jo Gidget 2:30 Dating Game 7 1 Windsurfing 'H Cieat've Living 5 tt --I pave It To Reaver 3 00 Days Ot Our Lives 4 Newtywecl Ga-np 5 rlokyv'Xid Sonnies 7 Mister Rogers Rod And FW1 2i Dennis The Mnr 3:30 4 Tacts Ot Lite 4 100 000 Py'iimm Today Special Reading Rainbow Ji Ghostnusiers 400 People Court 4 Dlff rent Strokes Wonderful World Of Disney 7 Sesame Sheet 1 1 1 Contact 29 Smurfs Adventures 30 Defenders O1 The Earth 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supervisor of the State Capitol Mail Room has been charged with stealing more than $6000 in funds and stamps from the state during a five-month period earlier this year The Utah Attorney General's Office Wednesday filed a second-degree felony theft complaint in 5th Circuit Court against Richard Claysrm 27 who has been 011 leave from his supervisory Job since May 13 pending ibe outcome nl the investigation Deputv Attorney General Paul Warner said the Attorney General's Ultiee will prosecute the case railv than the Sail Lake County Attorney's Office Our Bett Work Is Your Bes Buy Industries Thrift Store SUGAR HOUSI 7234 HIGHLAND DRlVf.