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Local lorida News SA Boca Raton Nows Sunday November 23 1997 4 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS pSIATEQsft 1REGISTRYV23 SPECIAL Reader services i A AS 5 LOTTO GETTING YOUR PAPER WHOM TO CALL WHERE TO WRITE 0 or home delivery call toll free 1 888 368 9400 Wallace: Still ticking I I Classified ads All other ads 1 ii fi Boca Raton News 33 SE Third St Boca Raton 33432 cigarette makers They say they are entitled to a quarter of that money because their contract provides for a 25 percent fee But Cohen ruled Nov 12 that the contract could not be enforced because it would yield excessive fees that he calculated at $28 billion The judge threw out the liens and ordered lawyers to seek rea sonable fees through the arbitra tion system described in the set tlement Three of the lienholders imme diately filed an appeal In the meantime they asked the judge to hold off enforcing his order and release to the state 75 per cent of the $750 million the portion that is not contested A hearing on that request was scheduled riday but Cohen held off ruling after he learned the appeals court had issued an order asking why he should be allowed to stay on the case That order freezes activity WEDNESDAY 5 pm School board meeting' 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 Committee2nd floor WEDNESDAY 3 pm General Pension Board3rd floor THURSDAY Thanksgiving holiday City Hall closed RIDAY No scheduled meetings THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST PALM BEACH A decision on what should happen to $750 million from tobacco settlement was post poned after an appeals court told a circuit court judge he needs to prove he belongs on the case Attorneys fighting over their fees in the $11 billion settlement had asked Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Harold Cohen to remove himself from the dispute saying he was biased against them The judge denied the request Sheldon Schlesinger a ort Lauderdale attorney filed an emergency request with the 4th District Court of Appeal on riday asking the judge be forced to show why he should not be disqualified Schlesinger and four other attorneys who represented lorida in its case against the tobacco industry filed liens against the $750 million paid by or problems with newsracks please call 338 4882 Published daily and Sunday by Boca Raton News lnc 33 SE Third St Boca Raton L33432 Periodicals postage paid at Boca Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov PAIN BEACH GYM BOCA tHillsboro BeachBoca Raton'Highland BeachDelray BeachGulf StreamOcean RidgeManalapan Subscriptions 26 weeks $4960 52 weeks $9922 if you don't receive your paper by 6:30 am Monday through Saturday or by 7 am on Sunday and holidays call toll free 1 888 368 9400 If your paper is damaged or not received we will be happy to redeliver your paper before 10:30 am All Sunday only and week end subscriptions will receive a holiday edition of the Boca Raton News at no additional cost on New Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and Christmas Smith: Cleaning rap LOTTO: 5 7 16 18 38 46 Nov 21 1 1 1 12 18 25 Correct Winner Payoff 5 of 5 1 2 $2872850 4 of 5 1661 $3450 3 of 5 35883 $450 See today's Real Estate Guide for a comprehensive full color spread of the area's ocean and waterfront properties offered for purchase No other real estate team has more experience more knowledge or a better track record when it comes to ocean and waterfront real estate it's all we do! Nov 15 3 4 27 31 41 44 Correct Winners 6 of 6 5 of 6 4 of 6 3 of 6 Lifestyle guru Stewart suing National Enquirer over mental health story LOS ANGELES Tasteful living guru Martha Stewart is suing the National Enquirer for libel and defamation of char acter over an article in the supermarket taoioia say ing she had a personality disorder The article headlined Stewart is Mentally claimed Stewart in self mutilation less and empty and a near constant The story damaged reputation as a model of civility and good living bringing mortification and emotional according to the lawsuit filed in federal court Thursdav seeking Stewart million in damages and unspecified punitive Seeks $10 million damagesandlegalfe very comfortable with the story We will fight the lawsuit the National Enquirer said in a statement issued riday Known for her classy cooking crafts gardening and home enter taining tips Stewart has built a $200 million a year publishing TV and retailing empire star donned turkey for his art NEW YORK Rowan Atkinson did all his own comedy stunts in including wearing a turkey carcass oh his head The British actor behind the goofball Mt Bean even tried using a real uncooked turkey as a prop despite the risk of salmonella Bad idea horribly bloody and bony Atkinson says in the Dec 1 People magazine want that next to your earlobes So we used a fake turkey It was just as heavy but not as Before the film Atkinson performed as Me Bean on his own BBC television show is an international hit having sold $130 mil lion in theater tickets before opening in the United States done well Since its US debut too finishing in the top five in its first two weeks of domestic release Rapper Smith looks to change direction 0 NEW YORK Will Smith is looking to lead a renaissance in rap Payoff 0 $15 minion 144 $186700 8 616 $7450 172 999 $450 music gone through a sort of dark Will Smith says in the Nov 28 Entertainment Weekly think with the loss of Biggie (Smalls) and Tupac (Shakur) the rap industry is ready for a The film and TV actor first known as clean cut two time Grammy winning rapper resh Prince did the rap theme song for his film in and is releasing his first album in four years Willie He says gangsta rap took hip hop music down the wrong path essence of rap was always about partying and having said the 29 year old father of a 5 vear old bov best rapper was the one that could rock the crowd How well you shot a gun part of the cri Smith expecting another child with fiancee actress Jada Pinkett 26 also believes good rap have to be vulgar want my son to have a rap record with no Smith said and reporter Wallace still on the beat NEW YORK At 79 correspondent Mike Wallace is still ticking love the urgency of what we Wallace says in the Dec 1 People magazine like the battles that take place the jousting You walk into an air port and someone says that They admire what we do There are a lot of other news magazines out there now but people still recognize this as the most responsible and the most workaholic pace includes long hours and about 120 days a year spent traveling a force of said pro ducer Don Hewitt 74 Palm Beach millionaire Jacqueline Levitz family holds out hope learn her fate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VICKSBURG Miss Millionaire Jacqueline Levitz dis appeared from her Vicksburg home in November 1995 leaving signs of a struggle and blood stains on a mattress Two years later her whereabouts remain a mystery and her money in limbo The 62 year old Levitz had moved to Vicksburg five weeks earlier leaving behind her glam ourous life as a socialite in Palm Beach to be closer to her family our of her siblings live within 50 miles of Vicksburg Investigators have been left scratching their heads and family is coping with the despair felt by those who long to know the fate of a loved one Reward for information this is said sister Gerri Brown of Lake Providence La just live from day to day hoping and praying hear something offered $200000 for any one who comes The search for the heir to the Levitz urniture fortune has crisscrossed the country with authorities chasing tips from friends family and even psy Levitz was discovered to be missing Nov 20 1995 after fam ily members found the door to her red brick home open Inside there were signs of a struggle broken fingernails blood on the floor and on a mattress that had been flipped to hide the stains The BI the Warren County Department and the Vicksburg Police Department continue to investigate her disap pearance as a missing person case have always said that in all likelihood an act of violence did said Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace just is not conclusive evidence that a death James rier an BI agent based in Jackson said every lead has been chased down by investi gators carried us from one coast to the other largely due in response to where lived and who rier said still have hope that we can have it Levitz was the widow of furni ture magnate Ralph Levitz who left the majority of his $15 mil lion estate to his wife who would oversee his trust fund Upon Jacqueline death the trust fund would be divided equally between Ralph two grandchildren The Northern Trust Bank of lorida which oversees Ralph trust fund moved to have Jacqueline Levitz declared dead in April and to divide the assets between the two grandchildren That action was later dropped Jacqueline own estate was valued at about $445 mil lion through renovating and selling houses Her sister Tiki Shivers of Tallulah La was appointed con servator of the estate that includes a trust fund and proper ty in lorida Mississippi California Maryland and Louisiana Holding pattern Everything remains in Umbo until found or a five year period goes Brown said five years then her entire inheritance will go to her son Walter Bolton of Clinton Md is only child from a previ ous marriage Shivers believes the $200000 reward the family has offered for information in the case will even tually solve the mystery She believes her sister could still be alive always a she says As the holidays near Brown said she thinks of her sister often She said the rest of her siblings will together for the holidays but until we know what hap pened to Jackie there will always be a void ree Week Complimentary Personal Training Session (A $9000 value) or 50 Off Any VIP Enrollment East Boca's Co ed amily itness Center Major Expansion Renovation Offer Good Unti December 311997 With Thfc Ad PALM BEACH GYM BOCA Plum Park 141 NW 20th Street Boca Raton On NW 20th Street 11 Oth Mile West Of Dixie Hwy Musfbe 18 yrs bld" Tour dub for deleft mmd vM only SATURDAY'S LORIDA LOTTERY RESULTS CASH 3: PLAY OUR: 0 6 2 1 3 4 9 6 2 3 3 4 4 0 9 5 5 9 3 0 9 6 3 4 9 3 7 5 9 8 5 4 2 1 6 School District of Palm Beach County All meetings are held at tne School Board Chambers 3300 orest Hill Blvd West Palm Beach unless otherwise indicat ed Boc Rqton niru oi( dovg ndiuiii tl runuuiLdis pusidye paio al bOCa News is printed Raton on 100 recy POSTMASTER: Send 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EE DISPUTE Judge told to prove he belongs on tobacco case Meetings for the week of Nov 24 to Nov 28 City of Boca Raton All meetings are held at City Hall 201 Palmetto Park Road a unless otherwise indicated MONDAY 8 am Personnel 1 Orientation1 st floor 1 pm City Council work shopChamber 5 pm inancial Advisory Board1 st floor 5:30 pm Community 1 Redevelopment AgencyChamber TUESDAY 9:30 am Planning Advisory Committee1 st floor 6 pm City CouncilChamber 7 pm Community Appearance Board1 st floor 7 pm Visions 90 MYSTERY Two years later no sign of heiress PalmBeach GW Of Boca Yellow white and pink 18K gold rings Yellow gold 'C Small $800 Large SI 025 Pave diamond Small $1875 Large $2700 8 1 THE ART BEING UNIQUE 437 Town Center Boca Raton (561) 367 9100 ft ii 1 31 i 'x Ir EgB: a Safe i 1 lb? 4b I I TH ni If Xr V'l Bl w5 )wi I 3 i 1 1 'BVII 1 wOu 1 A A 5 WHOM TO CALL.