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Wednesday January 13 1988 Metropolitan Edition Inside Gorbachev says his plan is last chance for change Channel 62 faces indecency charge On hi domtftic programs we taka fright and atop the processes wa hava begun it would have tha moat serious consequences bacausa wa simply could not raiaa our people to such a massive task a sacond tima" On his contarvativa opponanta from that sMe claim that th foundations of socialism are being undermined On tha contrary socialism is not weakening it It gaining strength" sued a case legal violations could lead to a prison term The program that prompted the move was a movie Lessons" that KZKC broadcast at 8 pm May 26 The movie dealt with a maid who seduced an adolescent boy from a wealthy family The film contained nudity and some sexual situations FCC spokesman John Kamp said Federal law prohibits television and radio stations from broadcasting sexually explicit programs that might be seen or heard by children Kamp said Although the FCC has taken enforcement measures against radio stations for indecent pro-See KZKC A-10 Col 1 By Jeff Taylor Of the Metropolitan Staff The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday took its first steps ever to penalize a television station for allegedly broadcasting an indecent pro- gram during prime time by beginning an enforcement action against KZKC Channel 62 in Kansas City If the FCC concludes that the station violated a law against broadcasting such programs during the hours children might be watching the agency could impose a fine of up to $10000 revoke the license or simply reprimand the station by letter an FCC spokesman said And if federal prosecutors pur The New York Tim MOSCOW Mikhail Gorbachev said in an interview made public Tuesday that his domestic initiatives offered the current generation of Russians the last chance to reshape their country Offering a sober look at the prospects for change in the Soviet Union he told a group of editors: "If we take fright and stop the processes we have begun it would have the most serious consequences because we simply could not raise our people to such a massive task a second stop now would be disastrous" he said in the appearance before the group last Friday must not permit it under any The text of speech Stargell enters Hall of Fame on first try Pitcher Bunning four votes short of being elected D-l JecentrS agement went into effect Jan 1 in government agencies factories schools and other institutions Assertive and combative at times defensive and somber at others Gorbachev seemed anxious to depict his efforts as revolutionary while assuring his audience that basic facets of the Soviet system See GORBACHEV A ll Col 1 and excerpts from the ensuing dis-cussion with the editors were made public Tuesday by the official Soviet news agency Tass The point of the meeting Gorbachev made clear was to mobilize the Soviet press behind his programs as they enter a crucial phase this year Many of the concepts outlined by Gorbachev since he took power in 198S including a Tribute offered in music State of the states? In political foes say his budget is padded to help in election Sedalia accused the governor of using state money that he withheld from the budget approved by lawmakers last year to improve programs this year the oldest ploy in the world for a governor to build a reserve fund for an election Mathewson said All 163 representatives and 17 of the 34 senators along with Ashcroft face re-election this year In considering his budget the fourth he has presented since taking office in 1985 Ashcroft said lawmakers should keep in mind next generation not the next Several times his proposals were greeted by applause only from Republican legislators Ashcroft conceded that his budget is than some but he said on realistic estimates and conserva-See ASHCROFT A-10 Col 1 By Will Sentell Jefferson City Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY Gov John proposed $71 billion state operating budget emphasizing education and economic development was interpreted Tuesday by Democratic legislative leaders as a blueprint for his own re-election effort After the Republican detailed his budget in a 41 -minute speech to a joint session of the General Assembly House Speaker Bob Griffin asked anybody have any doubts about it being an election year Griffin and House Budget Committee Chairman Marvin Proffer both Democrats said recommendations are too expensive for the state in tight financial times The legislature must adopt a budget before adjourning April 30 The new fiscal year begins July 1 Griffin and Proffer like Senate Majority Leader Jim Mathewson of NationalWorld 1987 was a very bad year for big US airlines with 3 1 accidents four of which accounted for 231 deaths A-3 Sandinistas accuse a jailed Illinois farmer of having dealings with contras A-3 Associates of Judge Ginsburg lied to investigators to cover up his use of marijuana the FBI says A-4 Scientists find surprises in a rare chance to study Pluto the solar smallest planet A-5 prime minister will ask for talks to relax his country's restrictions against US builders A-10 The Israeli army is sealing off refugee districts and ordering Palestinians to stay in their homes A-21 Metropolitan The Kansas City Board of Zoning Adjustment approves zoning for a shelter for battered people in the Northland B-l A minority group has asked the FCC not to renew the broadcasting license of KYFC-TV B-l An antique tractor business booms despite troubled rural economy James Fisher B-l Editorial Jackson capital improvements campaign is ready to go A-12 AM Food The practice of taking afternoon tea is regaining popularity C-l Business The Dow down nearly 60 points at midsession closes with a loss of 1658 points at 192855 D-5 Pan Am reaches pacts with three unions calling for more than $330 million in concessions in exchange for a stake in the company D-5 Hayden calls on lawmakers to avoid any partisan battles By John Petterson and Lynn Byczynski Of th Mkf-Anwct Staff TOPEKA Gov Mike Hayden on Tuesday evening called on Kansas legislators to put politics aside and join him in supporting mqjor initiatives in education and tax changes Warning against the damage that political infighting could cause Hayden in his second State of the Sute message urged the Kansas Legislature to concentrate on the good of the state we have seen reports that in the next 90 days we wiil see much partisan the Republican said must not allow such predictions to come true task before us is shaping policy not In a 30-minute address to a joint session of the Legislature Hayden unveiled a $418 billion budget the first to top $4 billion It was about 51 percent more than the recommended budget for the current year which ends June 30 Among the major features: A program of income tax changes almost identical to the one recommended by Tax Reform Task Force that would provide tax breaks for businesses and thousands of individuals Establishing admission standards for Kansas high school graduates who want to attend a state university Granting raises for faculty at state universities as requested by the Kansas Board of Regents under its Margin of Excellence program Although Republican legislative leaders generally endorsed the ideas Democratic leaders See HAYDEN A-B Col 1 Photos by Andy NelsonStafT Singing before more than 2000 people Tuesday at the Midland Center for Performing Arts Nancy Wilson above helps kick off Kansas observance of the birthday of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr At right members of the 150-voice Southern Christian Leadership Conference concert choir bring their hands together in a prayerlike pose before Wilson took the stage Story on Page B-l ri jS He's down but not out in Comment on car vandals lands judge in hot water The weather Mostly sunny today with the high temperature in the low to middle 20s Clear tonight with the low temperature around 10 Cloudy Thursday with the high temperature in the middle 30s Details are on D-12 By Karen Blakeman Of th Metropolitan Staff A Jackson County judge who said in court that he would like to shoot automobile vandals in the head so that they testify should not be allowed to preside over auto tampering hearings public defenders said in motions filed Tuesday Associate Circuit Judge Vincent Baker reportedly made the statements during the Nov 24 preliminary hearing of a man accused of breaking into cars parked in an apartment parking lot can fully sympathize with your Baker is quoted in the motions as saying to a man whose car was damaged had it done to me I just thank God I catch them with a gun in my hand or I would have killed them on the spot no question one way or another I like to shoot people in the head That way they Assistant Public Defender Bruce Anderson signed an affidavit included in the motion stating that he heard Baker make the statements Public defenders in Jackson County contend that personal leave him See DEFENSE A-8 Col 1 Theft of car leads to real run-around By John Buzbec Of the MetropoNtsn Staff Dan Petzoldt doesn't have much a flannel work shirt donated by a church an old Ford baseball cap a radio that fits in his pocket a worn bulky envelope with a story inside The envelope holds a bureaucratic paper trail of police documents legal papers the registration to his 1975 Chevy Nova And it tells a tale that begins with a report about stolen car and ends with a stack of business cards from lawyers who told him they help car disappeared in July Police recovered it in August and Metro Tow took it to their lot in Kansas City Kan There it sits Petzoldt afford to get it back Thanks to the car thief Petzoldt has been stuck in a legal and financial thicket Without transportation had to take on low-paying but convenient menial jobs slept with the homeless In desperation he has even allowed his body to be used for medical experiments got 80 percent self-control but the 20 percent really Departments Vol 1 20 No 1 1 0 68 pages AboutTown C4 AM Food C-1 -C-10 AnnLsnders C-7 Businas D-5 -D-12 Classified B-7-B-1 Comics C4 Deaths D-11 Editorials A-12 Movies B-l PuzzlesHoroscope B-S Sports D-1 D-4 TV C-7 Report a crime Dial 474-TIPS to report any Information about crimes to the Kansas City Crime Commission You can remain anonymous Trinity Lutheran may buy ailing St Hospital By Sean Hillen Of th Metropolitan Staff Hospital officials are expected to announce at a news conference this afternoon that Trinity Lutheran Hospital will buy St Hospital James Brophy executive director of St said Tuesday night that a news conference would be held at 3 pm today at the hospital He would not say what would be discussed However a source familiar with negotiations to buy the hospital which have been held since Octo ber said that officials would announce that Trinity would buy St Trinity officials have not decided what will be done with the hospital the source said Last year St a 370-bed hospital lost nearly $16 million Trinity Lutheran at 3030 Baltimore Ave shares programs with St Mary's several blocks away at 2800 Main St The hospitals own a parking garage and a six-story medical building that houses offices for physicians who work at both hospitals The hospitals also operate the See HOSPITAJ A-2 IV Oary DimkinSpccial 10 the Time Daa Petzoldt got stack in a financial treadmill when his car was stolen and recovered by police Unable to pay the private towing fee he was billed a storage fee of $5 a'day over many months he said when I Petzoldt came to town last July have to think about what's hap- from Lincoln Neb hoping to Thought for today Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experiences as a sinner Eric Hotter Hotter cam a few bucks and then return to his rural home in southeast See KC A-9 Col 1 pened how I can turn it around where my next coming i I J-j I.