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St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 5

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-j tt in -o 3r The Tribune Tuesday July 18 1989 A5 vA Hurricane Dalilia to skirt Hawaii wtvx program alw 4AOi WTVX Program Lineup Effective August 71QRQ lilffl lAbndBUiilaUiii I) TJn1 I stocks Options and Futures 6:00 am Success 14 Lite I I The World Tomorrow 6:301 Dr yv' I Healthy Lifestyles 7-00 1 CNN Headline News I Denver toe Dinosaur jerry Fahwell wv wu I I Munster 1 -tfik I 1 IQn 1 Business Thte 1 My Secret ID I Kenneth Copeland 1-30 1 CNN Headline News 1 Fhtng the West 1 I IS 1 Celebrity Shopping I Greate8t SporU Legends Real Estale Show 1 930 1 WWF Superstore of Wreath 1 Theater lin-nnl Morning Movies I ---I- Championship Wrestling FU 1 I Sunday Matinee I' Travel Talk a- r--'' 1S0 1 The New Gong Show 2-00 1 Magnum Pi 1 I a xs I I I HONOLULU (AP) Hurricane Dalilia swirled toward Hawaii on Monday on a course that would take it 160 miles south of the southernmost island meteorologists said can happen The way it looks now we may get a little from it but not much" said Edmund Manning of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center here "But then you be too At 8 am HST Monday the hurricane was 725 miles east-southeast of Hawaii Island southernmost in the chain moving west-northwest at 20 mph Manning said Its maximum sustained wind speed was 75 mph a storm is classified a hurricane when that "A lot depends on how dose Dalilia moves to the he said "Some increase in showers and winds will likely result especially on the Big Island There will also be some surf" Manning said wave action associated with a fast-moving hurricane like Dalilia tends to bunch up and arrive close to the passage of the center Surf on Hawaii southern beaches was not expected to increase until midday Tuesday he said Harry Kim Hawaii County Civil Defense administrator called a briefing Monday with Hawaii Island agencies responsible for monitoring surf "At this time it seems like the worst we will have is surf Kim said Gunsmoke Rawhide A-Team a -V-1 Rawhide a Coal strikes end except in West Virginia 'i I A-1 Mon-Hardcastle Wed-Crazy Like a Fox news staff employees The Texas firm has worked for the station aa a media consultant for three years Wright said he will keep news offices open through Aug 81 ao that news employees may use the facilities to make resume tapes and phone calls to prospective employers Wright said he believe eliminating his news department will be a cost-effective move speed reaches 74 mph Wind gusted up to 90 mph At that speed and course the hurricane was expected to pass south of Hawaii Island the "Big on Tuesday night An Air Force reconaissance plane from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Miss was scheduled to fly through the storm Tuesday to collect data on its intensity and direction said Clarence Lee head of the hurricane center The last mqjor storm to hit Hawaii was Hurricane Iwa which brushed the island of Oahu and roared over the top of Kauai with winds up to 117 mph in November 1982 causing $234 million damage Manning said it was too early to predict with certainty how Dalilia would affect weather Boone County hit by rocks and other projectiles Up to 46000 United Mine Workers members in 10 states walked out June 12 to support 1900 other UMW members striking Pittston over its refusal to sign a contract guaranteeing flail medical benefits for pensioners and prohibiting mandatory overtime and Sunday work The wildcat strikers also protested what they Bty were excessive fines and jail terms imposed on UMW members and supporters picketing Pittston operations in Virginia But UMW President Richard Trumka on Friday asked the miners to return to work and most appeared to do so Monday Mark Pdlen vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association blamed a within heard he was in Costa Rica then we heard he was in North Carolina and last week he was in Port St he said Harold Goldman lawyer eaid he has not heard from Hess in about three weeks but he thinks Hess is out of town While the investigations have continued some subcontractors have been impatient to collect "As much building as we have in the area overall we have very few cases of this type of thing she said But in the case of some subcontractors have said they did not sign affidavits showing they were paid Lt John Skinner of the Port St Lucie Police Department said detectives are investigating allegations of criminal activity at such as forgery and grand theft that may account fin: the discrepancy The Ttentacostes also looked around the city visited a lot of model hones and checked reputation which was practically spotless before it went out of business Morris said had established them 1 Greatest Sport's legends Out of This World (Newhart HawB5-0 I a McCormack Tua-Magnum PI Thur-Hawail 5-0 FrL-A-Team: The Tribune reality we anticipate saving any money by not having Wright said these days is very Because the station is in the process of ordering new programs for its broadcasting line-up Wright said he expects the new programming schedule announced Monday to change sometime in September but he speculate at this time on when and what changes would take place McCormack Tue-Magnum PI Thur-Hawa" R-n-Crl a 3625 Pleasant Acres Road Ft Pierce FL 34982-6602 465-9151 The Tribune is on the ball with the best sports caveraoe asm (rfecftfcnffMi ffitoilfttrall ELECTRICALKCONTRACTING 1 XS I 4-'i iff 465:9217 (License NoT ER0010610) 4 I 12l WTVX From A1 broadcast is tentatively slated for 11 pjn on Aug 4 Replacing the news in both time slots will be the comedy game show "Love whan tingle men end women are matched with prospective dating partners Wright said the episodes at 6 pm and 11 pjn will not be identical WTVX maintained local news broadcasts since its first programming schedule was published in 1966 News anchor Curt Fonger briefly recharted what he believed would be new course "As of August 5 the TT in WTVX will stand for the will stand for and the will stand for the left by the departure of Fonger said He and co-anchor Evelyn Cole repeated decision in a brief but highly emotional report during 6 pm newscast Jay Oliver the general sales manager said it waa time for WTVX to atop thinking like it was a network affiliate and move on to the task of building a strong independent audience That audience according to Oliver seldom watches news "If you break the programming flow with news the programming does not appeal to a younger audience" Oliver said Program director Barbara Smith said the station la hoping to attract more of the 18-to-34 age group of viewers waa shooting for 55 she said "But advertisers prefer a younger audience because that audience has the highest disposable Smith came to WTVX in May from independent stations in Miami and Tampa and said she had planned to change programming "from the minute I walked hi the Feelings among WTVX news staffers about the announcement approached relief more than sadness "If anything the quality of the broadcasts will be in the news final days said Steve Yavner sports director Rumors about the end of WTVX news "have been a huge professionals not actors and the pressure has always been Yavner said "Now that we know what the last day will be the pressure is off Everyone can concentrate fully on their Fonger said he fault WTVX management for their derision to end news because many in the news department foresaw a substantial decline in the audience when the word came last fall that the push for an ABC affiliation failed In a surprise move WPBF-Channel 25 won the coveted affiliation by offering the network more than $1 million for the right to broadcast ABC programming Both WPBF and WPEC-Channel 12 which replaced WTVX as the CBS affiliate expect to open news bureaus on the Treasure Coast within a month officials at both stations said Monday Smith said WTVX management is using the services of Audience Research and Development Inc of Dallas Tex to help relocate its CHARLESTON WVa CAP) -Coal miners appeared to be ending a wildcat strike Monday everywhere but West Virginia as they awaited word from a meeting between an official of The Pittston Co and their union president State police reported numerous pickets throughout the West Virginia coal fields my understanding that all of our mines outside of West Virginia with the exception of the Camp Complex in Kentucky are said Tom Clarke a spokesman for Peabody Holding Co the largest coal producer About Peabody Coal Co miners in West Virginia remained off the Job Monday Clarke said Some scattered violence was reported Monday in southern West Virginia with coal trucks serving non-union Elk Run Coal Co in Police From A1 building industry it takes a long time to he said The investigation might be speeded if detectives could find the owner Ed Hess of Fort Pierce Skinner said From A1 anyone could do that the Trenta-costes do some area financial experts said The Trentacostes received their loan from Barnett Bank which requires that a builder furnish affidavits showing that the subcontractors have been paid for each phase of construction before the bank will give the builder money fin: the next phase said Joy Morris construction loan administrator for the Barnett Bank on Prima Vista Boulevard Usually no other protections are needed Morris said Stealth From A1 test pilot for Northrop B-2 division who flew toe plane with Couch During takeoff they intended to pitch the plane to a 7V4-degree angle before it was supposed to become airborne but "we never got Couch told reporters airplane Just very smoothly came off the Couch called the B-2 a "very nimble and said it made a "Grade landing "I had to ask the tower if we were on the ground" Couch said The plane needed only about 5000 feet of the 11000-foot takeoff runway and the wheels remained down throughout the flight a normal practice for a maiden flight The B-2 used only about 5000 feet of runway on landing The Air Force had planned to evaluate data and inspect the plane for about five weeks before trying a second flight However the results were so heartening that the next flight will probably be sooner said Gen Bernard Randolph commander of toe Air Force Systems Command "This is a historic day in Randolph said "It basically negates the air defenses that have been building up over many years around the At toe Pentagon officials issued a statement by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney on the B-2 flight: "I am pleased with the success of the project to date It is good to see that the test program appears to validate the judgments made previously by the Department of Defense and Congress to go forward with the The government has already invested about $22A billion in the the union for keeping the mines idle primarily in Charleston-based District 17 with about 8000 working members 17 is the root as usual of the Polen said "There were pickets out there today scattered all over the said Fred Jarrell president of Local 1330 at Consolidation Coal Rowland Mine in Raleigh County "I stood up there yesterday and preached for two hours telling people to go back to work I think it did any Trumka said he will attend a meeting Tuesday set up by Virginia-based US District Judge Glen Williams of Abingdon Va who wrote to Trumka and Pittston Chairman Paul Douglas to ask why negotiations broke down last month money they lost to Some have removed doors and materials from houses they helped build Skinner said Many subcontractors who are owed money have filed liens against customers Under state law homeowners can be held liable for the debts Since closed in early June dozens of hens have been filed selves and had such a good she said "It was a total surprise to Doug Campbell of Campbell Mortgage Co in Port St Lude said about the only thing that might have prevented some of the losses would have been requiring affidavits to be signed and notarized to the bank with each subcontractor showing his identification an extreme measure most people would not go to he said certainly not something the Trentacostes thought would be necessary I want is to have the house done for the money I contracted for all I want Trenta-coste said Les Daly a longtime proponent of the flying whig concept The B-2 is designed to carry nuclear bombs and with the conventional B-l replace the Air aging fleet of B-52 bombers that form part of the US nuclear deterrent against the Soviet Union So-called stealth technology combines advanced materials and a special shape to create a plane undetectable by enemy radar Though the bomber is still being developed stealth fighters have operated for several years The B-2s first flight followed a series of ground speed tests It was supposed to fly Saturday but a low fuel pressure reading forced a delay Montgomery the Mississippi congressman said an amendment will be offered in the House to stop all B-2 fUnding when the defense bill comes up on the floor next week He said the possibility of its passing is "I believe what leaning toward right now is to continue the program mainly in he said Rep Patricia Schroeder D-Colo also a member of the House Armed Services Committee and an opponent of the stealth bomber saiiil she hoped the maiden flight would not result in a blank check for the Pentagon Schroeder supports an amendment to the defense MU that would stop production of the B-2 after 13 planes until fUrther tests and flights PROFESSIONAL ROOFING Roofs Repaired Professionally FREE Estimates State Certified Roofing Contractors CC C017542 Over 45 Years of Experience Insured Members of St Lucie County Chamber of Commerce Better Business Bureau TC Builders Assoc Florida Roofing Sheet Metal Air Condi-tionlng Contractors Assn Inc TC Okeechobee Roofing Sheet Metal Contractors Assn The plane needed only about 5000 feet of the 11000-foot takeoff runway and the wheels remained down throughout the flight a normal practice for a maiden flight The B-2 used only about 5000 feet of runway on landing The Roofing Professionals SIDES SONS ROOFING CURE FOR THE SUMMERTIME BLUES B-2 program which is 18 months behind schedule and Congress has balked at the thought of paying Northrop more than $500 million apiece for 132 bombers The Senate Armed Serviced Committee approving President $3055 billion defense-spending request for fiscal 1990 stipulated Friday that no new money be spent on the B-2 until it flew The Pentagon seeks $47 billion for the bomber in the coming fiscal year and may need $8 billion In each of the three peak years of production 1992 to Rep Sonny Montgomery Miss a member of the House Armed Services Committee said in Washington that in spite of the successful flight the program is in trouble in the The B-2s maiden flight was long awaited by aviation bufb and workers from toe desert aerospace community Thousands gathered among the tumbleweeds outside Plant 42 and shouted "Here they when'the great dark shadow passed over "Great exclaimed Northrop employee Lea Holland The "Star Spangled was sung beside the runway by Alia Clausen employee at a local cable TV station Air Force Capt 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