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A2 1 PEOPLE The Sun SUNDAY, April 10, 1988 say about hurricanes. rv 5 Sonny's sure of at least one winner Liberace's fans bid high for keepsakes 1111 iOU Jf. mW-4 Ex-wife Cher will take Oscar, he says PALM SPRINGS (AP) Candidate Sonny Bono refuses to think about his chances of winning Tuesday's mayoral election. But he's certain who will win another big contest this week. His ox-wife, Cher, will win an Oscar, he says.

"I had this vision," Bono said. "This incredible thought occurred to me. Cher's going to win the Academy Award. I called her yesterday. I said, 'Cher, you're going to She said, 'From your mouth to God's In the strangest mix yet of entertainment and politics, it's entirely possible that Cher could win a Best Actress Oscar on Monday for her performance in "Moonstruck" and 24 hours later, her former singing and mar-' riage mate could be elected mayor of this desert resort.

It's been 23 years since the alive in so bell-bottomed, furry-vested rock couple hit the top of now a restaurateur, record charts singing "I've Got candidacy a year You Babe," and 14 years since- -ago. "announcement itself Speaking at last week's 10th annual National Hurricane Con ferenee, Frank and his col leagues lamented the public tendency to think a hurricane will go exactly where the ex perls predict. Frank said view ers overestimate the forecasts they see on television, "We go out into life broacast media and show these tremen dons, tremendous displays, sa tellite pictures you can 'put them in lalse colors and you can put them in motion and you have this razzle-dazzle display of weather marching across your screen, said Frank. Court ruling saves developer $86,000 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump was saved $86,000 when a court ruled that his taxes on a 1 18-room mansion should be based on its purchase orice.

not on the county's calculation of its value. Trump bought" Mar-A-Laco in 1985 for $7 million. It was the lirsttimetheestatebuiltin 1926 had been sold. 1 However. Palm Beach Countv property appraisers had valued the nrooertv at $11.5 million and rump's taxes were figured on that basis.

Circuit Judge Richard Burk ruled in Trump's favor on Fri day. Giant AIDS quilt finally unveiled LOS ANGELES A huge quilt bearing the names of some 4.000 people who have died of AIDS was unfurled in a univer sity basketball arena a day late after a power failure delayed the solemn ceremony. The quilt, measuring lhe size of three football fields and containing more than 4,000 panels, was unveiled Friday night at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. Names of the dead were read by celebrities and politicians such as actor Richard Dreyfuss and Assemblywoman Maxine Waters. The quilt was originally to have been unfurled Thursday night, but a power failure that knocked out the lights at Pau ley Pavilion forced the 24-hour delay.

LOS AXGELES It was ob vious right away that some of Liberace fans were not going to pinch any pennies when they started bidding on his belong ings at an auction day. The first item, a gold-and-sil- ver portrait pendant of the late entertainer, brought $3,500, 35 times the pre-sale estimate of SI 00. When the hammer fell, the crowd applauded. Three of Liberace's house keys went for $700, far above the $100 estimate, and the auc tioneer said, "For that vou could buy the house as well." A gold cigarette case with the Liberace logo brought $8,000, more than twice the estimate. and produced another round of applause from the crowd.

And even the auctioneer seemed a bit surprised when an unusual Baccarat glass hall ta ble sold for $40,000, $10,000 over the estimate, to someone bidding by telephone from Lon don. The buyer was not identi fied. In three remaining days, auctioneers ill dispose of several hundred more lots of furniture, clothes, cars, pianos, and memorabilia of all types. Proceeds go to the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts. Neil Frank Forecaster warns hurricanes erratic ATLANTA Nearly a year after leaving the top job at the National Hurricane Center to become a television weather man, Neil Frank still has a lot to 11 Yk If Kvr both their television show and marriage ended.

But for some reason. Sonny says, neither one will ever be able to escape the sensation that was Sonny and Cher. "Wouldn't it be fun if she won the Academy Award and I was elected mayor," said Bono in an interview this past week at his lavish mansion here. "It would be unprecedented in that Oscar show co LOS ANGELES (AP) The Oscar show will keep its identity as a "little Hollywood party" whose course will be unaffected by the writers' strike, one of the hosts and the show's producers said Saturday. 1 The 60th Annual Academy-Awards show, set for Monday on ABC-TV, will be broadcast live' from the Shrine Auditorium, the first time the Oscars have been held at the venue since 1948.

This year's show will feature virtually all the nominees and a script that was abandoned by Sonny Bono discusses his cnances Ijiought, hoots and howls from "who remembered him as -the long-haired butt of Cher's jokes whose career bottomed out guest spots on "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island." "They thought it as a joke," Bono said of the tow n's reaction to his candidacy. "They came around because I put my body out there for people to start shooting at. And people came host doesn't fear striking members of the Writers Guild of America last March 7 when the union walked out on producers and studios. "Vou know something, people are making too much of the Avriters' strike," Oscar co-host Chevy Chase told reporters at a news conference in front of the Shrine Auditorium. "The writers' strike doesn't affect us as much as you think.

We're really more prepared to do something that's normally considered ad-lib. It's the nature of the show." Chase told reporters that the material for the show had been ID M-F 1-800-367-6860 (714)886-1341 Sought mericu Hilton, San Bernardino Judging based on beauty poise personality Optional talent event! of Eddie Edwards 'Eagle' drops in on British zoo PAIGNTON, England Britain's famed Olympic loser Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards went to the zoo, but saw mostly creatures of a political nature. Edwards, who came in last in the Calgary ski-jumping competition but scored high in the eyes of spectators for his amiable manner, was met by officials of the Monster Raving Loony Party during Friday's visit to the zoo in this seaport. Edwards had come to help name the zoo's new eagle after himself, but ended up becoming the fringe party's "minister for butter mountains." The party, founded by a pop singer to poke fun at politicians, has talked of using Europe's surplus butter stores for recreation. 9-year-old sets flight record COSTA MESA A 9-vear- old California boy landed a small plane here Saturday to claim a record as the youngest pilot to fly across the country and back, a flight.

Tony Aliengena Hew low over John Wayne Airport as family, friends, and journalists awaited, and finally set the Cessna 210 down at 12:22 p.m. The San Juan Capistrano boy, who got his yen for flying from his pilot father, had set out from John Wayne Airport on March 30, accompanied by nis night instructor, Ed Fernett, and an observer from the National Aeronautics Association, Don 1 aylor. Tony said he felt "good" and that the last leg wasn't difficult. From Sun News Services, i A NON-PROFIT OKGANIZATION We prefer to enjoy our long-awaited retirement time together. That's why we joined SCOP APWIREPHOTO oecoming mayor of Palm Springs.

around. They now lake me very seriously." Candidate Bono campaigned into the weekend in Palm Springs style. Instead of the blue suit and red power tie uniform of presidential candidates, he dressed in white slacks, open-collar green linen shirt and Ree-boks, twisting his gold bracelets as he sat on a rust-colored leather couch in his sun-splashed den. Bono says he's suffering from high anxiety. Show business, he says, was never as tough as run-n i I'o IT i "Not he said.

writers' strike prepared long in advance and said of the Writers Guild, of which he is a member, "They've been good to us and we've been good to them. It's not a big deal." Samuel Goldwyn producer of the show for the second consecutive year, said the show-will try to keep the focus on movies as well as glamor. "Although this has now become a world famous event, this is still our own little Hollywood party, it's just become a very big party," he said. The Sun SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY April 10. 1988 Vol.

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