St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 1

WEDNESDAY December 28 1988 An edition of The Tribune 25 Roridi rwdowi niwnr Stoffinm? Independent WTVX hopes viewers will stay Newhart at that time In the 7:30 pm dot the Cosby will continue TV changes coming Jan 1 In addition WTVX will broadcast two minutes of world news every hour on the hour Its one hour of early evening news will remain as it is in two 30-minute segments beginning at 5:30 pm In place of the CBS Evening News at 6:30 pm it will offer USA Today 30 minutes of world news from INN The new format will keep WTVX in the big leagues as far as news is concerned At 10 pm nightly local news program will have no news competition The changes in daytime programming will be negligible station officials say In prime time they may be more important Take schedule for example At 7 pm Thursday WTVX now offers world news program USA Today Next Thursday Jan 4 WTVX viewers will see the A judge has rC I ordered St A Lucie County to proceed with a referendum that will let South Hutchinson Island residents decide whether they want to create their own sewer district fw Barry Williams fC was a television -JLF heartthrob at 19 as the oldest brother of "The Brady Bunch" Nearly 20 years later Williams is still acting in theater and on television a Marty Schot-tenheimer quit as Cleveland Browns head football coach Tuesday after refusing to relinquish his role as offensive coordinator By Jim Halbe Bumness Writer For thousands of Treasure Coast television viewers Jan 1 is going to roll around like a severe pounding in the head Little on the television screen is going to be familiar The reason? The networks the broadcasters and the cablevision companies will have changed things around Here are the highlights from the standpoint: WTVX the only television station in the four Treasure Coast counties is going independent No more CBS on WTVX For Centel cable viewers WTVX moves from Channel 13 to Channel 4 For Florida Cablevision it remains on Chan US plans higher tax on European imports By Jim Halbe Business Writer WTVX-Channel 34 the Treasure Coast's lone television station faces a new life next week aa an independent broad-' caster Gone will be its ties to CBS the network that has nurtured WTVX since it was founded in 1966 In place of its CBS programs WTVX will do two things It win increase its fare of old movies and reruns of shows the networks aired a few years back It wiR expand its local news coverage long the mainstay of its local programming nightly local news wiU run from 10 to 10:30 pm followed by a half hour of world news USA Tonight from the Independent News Network Local news will resume from 11 to 11:30 Break time Six-year-old Michael Harper of and hid beat friend take By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Reagan administration said Tuesday it will impose $100 million worth of trade sanctions against European food products in retaliation for a scheduled Common Market ban on imports of American meat that contain growth hormones The administration said it will impose 100 percent duties beginning at 12:01 am on Jan 1 if the European Community goes ahead with its threatened ban The American action will effectively double the wholesale price at the US border for such popular products as hams canned Italian tomatoes and imported wine coolers US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said the administration regretted taking the action but felt the United States had no other choice The administration announce nel 6 For viewers without cable it remains on Channel 34 But where is CBS? For Florida cablevision CBS moves to Channel 12 (WPEC West Palm Beach) For Centel viewers it remains on Channel 9 For those without cable CBS vanishes unless you can pick up WPEC on Channel 12 ABC moves around a bit too For Florida Cablevision viewers it moves from Channels 12 and 20 to Channel 9 (WPBF West Palm Beach) For Centel viewers it remains on Channel 10 (WPLG West Palm Beach) moves came as an outgrowth of its purchase of WTVJ in Miami a year ago For both Florida Cablevision and Centel viewers NBC remains on See CHANGES page A2 war ment represented the latest escalation in a dispute that threatens to erupt into a full-scale trade war between the United States and the 12-nation European Community Trade relations between America and its European allies are at a low ebb over a US proposal to end all trade-distorting farm subsidies by early in the next century The proposed European ban on meats containing growth hormones is scheduled to take effect Jan 1 It was instituted because of concerns among European officials about the health effects of the hormones on children American officials argue that there is no scientific evidence that the hormones which are fed to cattle to increase their bulk pose any threats European Community has yet to present any evidence See TRADE pageA2 the newspaper reported signs of heat damage were clearly evident but it will be left to the scientists at the Ministry of Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment at Fort Halstead in Kent to prove that the damage was caused by a It said more suitcases which had been ripped by metal fragments were also recovered Tuesday believe that the damage ami injuries are incompatible with a catastrophic structural failure of the jet the other possible cause of the the Times reported The bodies of five Americans killed Dec 21 on Pan Am Flight 103 meanwhile began the journey home Tuesday night at work am results alone could not be used as a basis for discipline She said the law would have its greatest impact in these states: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Okahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia and Wyoming At 8 pm Thursday WTVX will show weekly news magazine Next Thursday Jan 4 WTVX will show a two-hour movie Mary: Street At 9 pm Thursday WTVX will show Next week it will have the two-hour movie rolling At 10 pm Thursday WTVX will show Landing" Next week it will launch its new pm its local news program The television market WTVX is competing in stretches from Vero Beach to Boca Raton and contains 550000 viewers In that market there are or will be beginning Sunday three net- See WTVX pegs A2 TAmplHMfjBiilMiSnM stadium missioners on Tuesday authorized the recreation department to solicit proposals from civic organizations whose members might be interested in working Wamock said field and stadium maintenance workers parking lot attendants concession workers and souvenir sellers are needed Those who apply for the food concessions will be trained in proper food handling techniques to help ensure cleanliness War-nock said St Lucie unemployment rate is often near the top of the list for Florida counties See METS pegs AS Defense Department FBI and CIA The only other exceptions to the general ban apply to companies which manufacture distribute or dispense controlled substances and some types of firms in the security guard armored car or security alarm fields The law prohibits an employee from being fired disciplined or discriminated against solely for refusing to Cargo bay explosion debris found: paper Port St Lucie playing with friends Tuesday in Lyngate Park a break from in Port St Lucie Want a job? Try Metis Stolen ring returned to woman FORT WORTH Texas (AP) Maria Ponitz received a gift unequaled by any under the tree when a man came to her home and returned a diamond ring he had stolen from her kitchen two months ago Mrs Points just finished serving Christmas dinner to 21 relatives Sunday when the doorbell rang husband answered the door and the man said worked here two months ago Is your wife at Mrs Ponitz said went and he said was sweeping the floor and I took the And he had tears in his eyes and I started to The man was one of eight Mrs Ponitz and her husband Kenneth employed to remodel their kitchen said need the money I know why I took And then he pulled it out of his Mrs Ponitz took the ring and told the man she want to know his name "I just got hysterical because I never thought see it Mrs Ponitz said Her husband gave her the ring to celebrate the birth of their second child The ring a 1 4 -karat diamond surrounded by 18 little diamonds was worth $3400 when it was purchased three years ago It was not insured Mrs Ponitz said she going to press charges and hopes the floor company fire the man took a lot of guts for him to come over here and confront me He could have mailed it or not brought it I INSIDE Astrograph B4 Bridge BA Business D1-D3 D7 Classifieds C5-C10 Comics A10 Crossword C7 Datebook B5 Dear Abby B7 Jumble Puzzle A10 Lifestyle BS-B8 Local B1-B4 Markets D4-D7 Movies BA Obituaries B4 On the record B3 Opinion A8 A9 Police beat B3 Sports C1-C5 TV listings BA Weather A2 through September about positions will be available Because of the lack 50 of response St Lucie county com- LOCKERBIE Scotland (AP) Investigators probing the Pan Am jet crash said heat damage on the cargo plastic lining was caused most probably by an explosion among luggage there the London Times reported Wednesday The newspaper also said some of the bodies of the passengers and crew that have been recovered were found to have slivers of metal embedded in them But it remains to be proved that a bomb caused the damage and injuries it said The newspaper did not identify the investigators and experts cited (investigator) indicated that the cargo bay lining was the most significant find It is made of kevlar an extremely strong but lightweight polymer compound ideally suited to aircraft detectors submit to a polygraph examina tlon An employer can request a worker to take a lie detector test if the worker had access to miming or damaged material and if the employer sets forth in a written statement a reasonable suspicion that the worker was involved in the lorn Any such polygraph examination would have to be conducted under strict conditions with no questions about personal beliefs and sexual behavior and the ex By Susan Burgess Tribune Writer PORT ST LUCIE In a county where the unemployment rate is notoriously high jobs at the New York Mets stadium in Port St Lucie are going begging county officials said on Tuesday advertised in the newspapers but we seem to get very many said Carl Waraock county director of recreation and parks About 100 people are needed to do Various unskilled or semiskilled jobs at the stadium while the New York Mets are training there in March From April New law WASHINGTON (AP) Many uses of lie detectors by private employers became illegal Tuesday under a law that the American Civil Liberties Union calls a gift to working people" The law which took effect six months after being signed by President Reagan generally bans all random polygraph examinations and most uses of the controversial devices for preemployment purposes expect that the new law to curb use of lie will ban 80 percent of the approximately 2 million polygraph tests given annually" Judy Goldberg the legislative representative said in a prepared statement The restrictions will be felt most heavily in 28 states that lack their own statutes restricting the use of lie detectors Goldberg uld Not covered however are federal state and local governments and firms doing sensitive work under contract to the A jJ l-ili1 Irlui 1 'i1 i 1 1 1 ----I I I I.