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rre a THE HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 1995 FIU professor suspended after fight with colleague i I i i I rounding their yard talking with father and another relative when the dog over and jumped up on the fence" He says the bowser on its hind legs clamped down on his left hand their dog has bitten my hand blood all over the place and they're like we guess we'd better help this guy First they poured alcohol on his wound then lime juice never heard of that but it certainly Once cleaned up the bite was not that bad Sanders says The family told Sanders that Spot had the required rabies shots But after thinking about it Sanders returned a couple hours later to make sure By then the family come out just yelled the name of the The veterinarian verified the shots And Sanders holding the mike in his good right hand went live at 11 pm Once before a dog bit Sanders on assignment Except that time dog ripped my pants Spot must have sensed Sanders is no dog lover think I give off bad Live! from Miami Miami songster Albita Rodriguez gets a fave rave in the July issue of Bazaar her ecstatic performances of punto guajiro the traditional music of the Cuban countryside the 33-year-old singer has brought her fellow Cubans a measure of both modem glamour and rootsy authenticity that many feel have been missing from their lives in the magazine says not only the Cubans taken notice On any given night at Centro Vasco you might see Madonna Gianni Vereace or Sytvaatar Stallone in the audience waving red napkins and shouting along with Albita in one of her most exuberant roof-raising In the same issue a mega-spread on Cindy Crawford shot in Miami Beach while she was here filming her first flick Fair Game Crawford struck a seductive serpent pose on Ocean Drive as Miami Beach motorcycle officer Lorenzo Han 37 looking very macho stood by He confesses he was a tad nervous mugging with the super-model but she coached him: act Easy for her to say! A plea for Baby Watch for the camera to zoom in on the ankle of foster mom Kathryn Reiter as she tells her tale of woe Thursday to Sally Jessy RaphaeL That's because Reiter is under house arrest for hightailing it out of town with Baby for 25 days rather than give up custody Reiter a former Bay Harbor Islands councilwoman wears an electronic ankle bracelet so authorities can monitor her criminal lawyer Miguel de la 0 got a OK for Reiter to travel to New York for the taping June 13 Reiter 38 appears on the Kicked off campus: Michael Kolevzon professor of social work at Florida International i versify He got suspended for one year after a nasty confrontation with a female colleague incident occurred after a faculty meeting at which professors were informed they must increase their teaching loads come the fall semester Rebecca Salokar associate dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs told campus police that Kolevzon confronted her in a hallway backed her up against a second-floor railing grabbed her by both her and called her a Salokar felt Mr Kolevzon had placed her in danger because of his mental Sgt Eugene Nichols wrote in a report The campus cop interviewed Kolevzon in his office asked me if I thought he was going to pull a gun out of his Nichols wrote asked if he had a gun He did not answer He asked me if I thought he would pull a knife out 1 asked him if he had a knife Again Mr Kolevzon declined to Nichols decided to look for himself He searched office for weapons and found none At the request of Provost James Mau along with Mark Rosenberg acting dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs and boss Karen Sowers-Hoag police escorted Kolevzon off campus Sowers-Hoag and Rosenberg told investigators Kolevzon a history of emotional outbursts and confrontations with Kolevzon 50 is not talking can make accusations whenever they want a saysshe Salokar discuss it either Kolevzon a tenured prof who earns $59476 a year has taught at FIU since August 1985 He hired Fort Lauderdale lawyer Jeffrey Kronengoid to look into his suspension The Dade state office is investigating Sound bite? Dog bites man? Old news Man bites dog? News Dog bites newsman? Ouch! Just ask WTVJ-Channel Kerry Sanders A Dalmatian named Spot bit Sanders when he tried to interview Carla Conde estranged wife of accused Tamiami Strangler Rory Conde hand was all covered in says Sanders Scuttlebutt among the media pack was that Sanders jumped the fence and the family sicced the dog on him Not so swears Sanders He was standing politely outside the waist-high fence sur VERY BAZAAR: Miami Beach police officer Lorenzo Han and slinky supermodel Cindy Crawford pose for Bazaar tody to cousins of the biological mother despite the fact the Reiters cared the child for two years The show themed Give Us Back Our Little Girl airs at 3 pm on WTVJ-Channel 4 trial is set for July 24 in Broward County show with husband Sidney 74 that baby belongs to she tells the audience Reiter claims HRS reneged on its promise to let her adopt Baby bom to a crack-addicted mother The agency insisted it makes no guarantees and a judge awarded cus Lawmaker resolves contempt case fines County wide sweep targets crack trade 30 charged in two-year probe The most notorious agents said: Michael Williams 35 an alleged for the late Isaac Hicks a major street dealer who died in prison The Elections Commission i found in April 1994 that Diaz de la Portilla failed to file Five 1992 campaign reports on time He was ordered to pay $3872 in fines Like many other Dade legislators Diaz de la Portilla failed to file 1992 campaign reports on time after Hurricane Andrew The other lawmakers filed their reports within weeks of the deadlines and their $50-a-day fines were waived But Diaz de la Portilla filed his reports more than a year late and has refused to pay the fines He lost the 1992 election but was elected to the state House in 1994 The lawmaker has said the hurricane destroyed his computer file of 1992 campaign contributors When Diaz de la Portilla ignored the decision by the Elec- tions Commission the commis- sion went to court to collect the fines Smith ordered the law- maker to pay and to answer ques- tions about his Finances Diaz de la lawyer said in court documents that the legislator does not have enough money to pay the entire $7513 in fines and legal fees in a single payment He is negotiating a pay- ment schedule with the Elections Commission Diaz de la only income is his legislative salary of $23244 and he owns no real estate according to court papers and a 1993 Financial disclosure form ByTlMNICKENS Herald Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE State Rep Alex Diaz de la Portilla of Westchester has resolved a contempt of court order and is negotiating a plan to pay more than $7000 in state fines for failing to File timely campaign reports Leon Circuit Judge Ralph Smith Jr lifted the contempt order this week after the lawmaker paid $200 in legal fees and answered questions from the state Elections Commission about his personal finances The Republican lawmaker faced 90 days in jail if he continued to refuse to pay the fees and adequately answer the questions posed by the state Monday the Florida Department of Elections and I agreed to settle the fine with aninstallment payment Dias de la Portilla said in a statement released late Tuesday was the agreement I sought from the beginning of this dispute only to be thwarted by the Election inflexibility Furthermore I attempted to pay part of the fines on at least three occasions and they refused consider this matter behind me and I will continue to focus my energy on resolving the problems of the residents of District By TOM DUBOCQ Herald Staff Writer Law enforcement authorities on Tuesday vowed to keep the heat on crack cocaine dealers I after rounding up 21 suspected traffickers in a morning sweep of Dade's poorest neighborhoods be US Attorney Kendall Coffey said in announcing 25 grand jury indictments is no way to separate cocaine from the problems of street crime and The arrests in Perrine Coconut Grove Liberty City and Carol City were the result of Operation Hard Rock a two-year probe Thirty alleged crack-trade some accused of rape drive-by shootings and other violence were indicted and all face a minimum of 10 years in prison if convicted The most notorious agents said: Michael Williams 35 an alleged for the late Isaac Hicks a major street dealer who died of AIDS in prison After 1987 arrest Williams allegedly took over his ter-s ritory Williams and 16 others were arrested Tuesday without incident while four already were behind bars on other charges Nine suspects remained at large Tuesday Federal agents and local police also seized wads of cash totaling $8000 three handguns and stashes of crack The roundup is the latest example of a shift in federal drug-fighting policy While Presidents Reapn and Bush were in office federal drug agents primarily targeted drug cartels and smugglers on the high seas But under the Clinton administration federal agents often are joining forces with local police to combat street violence and drugs will continue to target the major violators but we also have a responsibility to the said James Milford Miami chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration arrests are a significant step in the effort to take back our neighborhoods The citizens of these communities are under siege afraid to come out of their Operation Hard Rock involved the DEA Metro-Dade and Miami police the US Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Service the Secret Service and the Florida Division of Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco The US office and DEA identified these suspects and the locations of their arrests: Joshua Benhurshan 25 of 17601 SW 104th Ave Robert Butler 24 of 605 NW 179th St Julius Cannida 28 of 10371 SW 182nd St Derrick Cunningham 21 of 10143-45 Indigo Rd Gregory Davis 31 of Southwest 104th Avenue and 108th Street CARL JUSTE Herald Staff BUSTED: Law officers escort some of the 21 suspected drug dealers arrested Tuesday into DEA headquarters Anthony Rutherford 37 of 4997 NW Fifth Ave Bobby Stevens 26 of 14585 NW 22nd Ave Jim White age unknown of 4997 NW Fifth Ave Michael Williams 35 of 18912 NW 10th PL and Rhonda Williams 41 of 10362 SW 180th St Already in jail when indicted: Darryl Major Anthony Miller Chris Miller and Annie Wright Their-ages were not available and Evangelio Diaz 34 of 711 NW 24th St Glenroy Fox 37 of 7316 NW 7th Ave Sam Glenn age unknown of 1201 NW 27th Ave Cedric Griffin 29 of Southwest 104th Avenue and 174th Street Kelly King 25 of 10440 SW 183rd St Marvin Laing 30 of 1 1785 SW 223 St and Ernest Payne 40 of 1 1 899 NW 27th Ave IN BRIEF Spanish-radio giant reportedly set to buy Mambi Ritmo By MIRTA OJITO Herald Staff Writer Everybody here is very nervous We don know who leaving and staying a Radio Mambi employee Gun kills homeless man The security guard at a Biscayne Boulevard liquor store shot and killed a homeless man Monday during what police are calling Miami police said The victim was known only as to the employees and owner of Boulevard Liquor Store 3001 Biscayne Blvd According to a police report Juan was teasing 25-year-old Christopher John Aquino the security guard about his gun When Aquino pulled the gun it went off striking Juan in the head He died at the scene Miami police have charge Aquino with manslaughter The full identity of the victim is being held until next-of-kin are notified Philharmonic chairman Coyne resigns Martin Coyne chairman of the Florida Philharmonic for two years has resigned in the aftermath of the 1 5 million deficit for the 1994-95 season of my intense participation in the decisions that brought us to where we are now essential that 1 step aside to restore confidence in the Coyne said Tuesday Coyne who will remain on the board will be replaced by Vice Chairman Richard Schmidt who was instrumental in effecting the merger between the Boca Raton Symphony and the old Fort Lauderdale Symphony which created the Florida Philharmonic in 1984 Heftel Broadcasting Corp the largest Spanish-language radio network may soon become sole owner of No 1 AM station WAQI-Radio Mambi and its FM sister WRTO-Radio Ritmo The stations now belong to Mambisa Corp owned give a monopoly to the hard-line anti-Castro point of view epitomized by Radio main on-air personalities including Armando Perez Roura and Tomas Regalado In exchange for the complete ownership of Mambi and Ritmo HBC offered Mambisa a small percentage of its national radio empire Shubert said But sources said that since the FCC approval the deal has been amended dropping management contract and the percentage ownership of HBC HBC a publicly held company owns or has interests in 1 1 radio stations in New York Los Angeles Texas Miami Chicago and two Spanish radio news networks HBCs president is Cecil Heftel a former congressman from Hawaii with a vast knowledge of the Hispanic market He visits Miami on occasion but keeps houses in Honolulu Las Vegas and Los Angeles is a brilliant man He knows what he wants and how to get said Eddy Blanco a former top executive at WQBA Beatriz Parga who edits Viva magazine another of ventures said HBC probably would not change the editorial line of Radio Mambi know this is the line that works because it has the support of the she said mess with something that by Amancio Suarez who pyjMaC stands to pin millions in the deal sources close to the negotiations said The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale May 4 said Renee Owusu an auarez employee with FCCs AM radio branch offices in Washington Lee Shubert an attorney for HBC said Tuesday the deal will be dosed soon Sources close to the negotiations said it could happen in less than a week returned The repeated phone calls Tuesday here is very said a Radio Mambi employee who did not want to be identified know leaving and HBC first showed interest in the Miami market about five years ago when it purchased 49 percent of Radio Mambi and Radio Ritmo from Suarez Last year HBC purchased rival La Cubanisima and its sister Super Then Heftel proposed purchasing 5 1 percent of Mambi and Ritmo and merging the four stations into one company newly created management group would administer the daily operations The FCC approved that deal nine months after HBC filed a petition to obtain complete control of the stations The approval took so long in part because some Cuban exiles opposed the sale They felt the merger would Dade drivers can expect delays today at: Golden Glades interchange Two southbound lanes and 9 pm to 5 one northbound lane on Inter- am state 95 closed With the deal HBC will achieve a long-held goal of owning South most successful AM stations HBC owns WQBA-La Cubanisima the No 2 AM station in the market and its FM sister Super Neither Suarez or executives.