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OMAHA WORLD HERALD Thursday August 3 1989 45 ormer Owner Takes Over Sales Story Changes for Book Chains I Metro Briefs Information on Dollar Costs $36 State Warns of Misleading Housing Ads Donna Mills Stretches a Plot and Goes to Australia 'iasveSrS fridaiflovvers from Omaha Lincoln and Sioux City 3 nights at the (AJAAfl unonpuz121900 Par Porcnn nnnh1Onrr $295 'often Sate 1 Vt Dozen Carnations will return Aug 7 which according to a spokesman for CBS News no known cause no known cure and is the most misun derstood mental During the hour titled of CBS corre spondents interview hospitalized schizophrenics who note they would like to have more of a say tn their treatments Researchers discuss new theories that link the disease to a biological defect Different NBC at 7:30 pm This repeat opens with stu dents at Hillman College spreading the rumor that is about to visit Students speculate that Mi stations had a lot of He also feels she said that economy is really on the rebound in Lincoln Hast ings Kearney and it's a good market to be One reason Amaturo agreed to re turn she said is that he may bid to buy NTV from Heller and regain permanent i control of the Nebraska network Although company is i named as a defendant in the suit brought by Heller Ms Cameron said AGI Ltd is not a primary party in the lawsuit Heuer inancial is suing Gor don Broadcasting in what amounts to a foreclosure action she said and AGI is named in the suit simply because it also owns an interest in the property After the Amaturo Group sold the network to Gordon she said took back a note which is how we happened to end up in a lawsuit along with anybody else owed money by Gordon Robert Gordon could not be reached for comment The Amaturo Group the company that once owned the NTV Network has been liquidated Ms Cameron said It has been replaced by AGI Ltd Peter Citron Donna Mills goes Down Under in this repeat showing of (1988) on CBS at 8 pm The soap opera star who left "Knots at the end of this season portrays a glamorous Beverly Hills art gallery owner named Samantha Hollings When Miss Hollings discovers that her partner has flown to Brazil with all her money and her lover is in the arms of another woman she heads for outback to become an opal miner Then complete with Rodeo Drive wardrobe she takes up residence underground with her fellow work ers Although the building is ready on time the riverfront site still resembles a construction area and Douglas Coun park and lake are far from comple tion Richard Schoettger the chief administrative officer said the riverfront park is behind schedule be cause of work needed to clean up lead contamination and because of lawsuits attempting to block the project The original plain called for the park to be well completed in Au Schoettger said Now he said the goal is to have water in the man made lake by November To Rent Buy or Sell Use World Herald Classified Ads by selling books to large chains at lower prices Harry Hoffman the president and chief executive of Waldenbooks recently denied persistent industry rumors that he was being pressured to show higher profit margins by the rnart Corp the parent "We do have to show results" he said we are profitable" He pointed to Waldenbooks plans to supply its stores nationwide from its 363000 square foot distribution center near Nashville That center which opened two weeks ago will give Waldenbooks a formidable economic weapon The chain does not intend to stock the warehouse with books bought directly from publishers at an average discount of about 46 percent off the retail price Instead it will be stocked with books from wholesalers who buy from the publishers at an average discount of slightly more than 50 percent and who presumably will pass along a good part of the savings those homes need some Heeren said it does cost more than a Heeren said that in the past he has seen such an ad in the Thrifty Nickel a weekly shopper Otis Seals publisher of the Thrifty Nickel said his staff tries to police the ads but has a difficult time with the volume of ads received He said the ad would have been run in the national section along with consum er warnings The warnings read: Thnfty Nickel has no right to refuse the follow ing ads therefore we urge you to check all companies before sending any money Do this through the chamber of commerce andor better business bu reau in that chael Janet or perhaps the entire Jackson family are about to perform on campus They have the correct last name but the wrong family: Jesse Jackson (playing himselt) is the visitor He gives a moving speech that lends inspiration to a campaign for student body president ABC at 9 pm: ABC News launches the highly publi cized series co anchored by Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer which is a mixture of taped reports and live interviews before a studio audience The show has little bit of a looser Miss Sawyer said recently are fully prepared to stumble around if we have to in thebeginning because we are trying to put together a lot of things that are difficult to KPTM at 10:30 pm: Ilene Graff and Bob Guccione publisher of Pent Omaha's search for a new police chief had drawn 20 applicants as of Wednesday including three from the Omaha Police Department Acting Per sonnel Director George Stmad said Stmad said the nationwide search has yielded 17 applicants from outside Nebraska representing a Cross of the entire country only Omaha applicants are from within the Police Department The deadline for applications is Aug 31 Mike Mendenhall employment man ager for the Personnel Depart ment is responsible for determining the process by which applications will be reviewed Stmad said He said Mendenhall and the Person nel Department will examine each of the applications to determine the eligi bility of the candidates before sending a final list to Public Safety Director Pitmon oxall Stmad said the list of final candidates should be in hands by the middle of October DAVID'S LORIST Rock broofc Center 391 3191 ConAgra Building On Riverfront Ready TThe first building on ConAgra 's downtown riverfront campus will be open for business Monday ConAgra rozen oods Co will move into its building over the weekend said Lynn Phares ConAgra vice president for public affairs 'The frozen foods company one of several ConAgra operating companies will employ 380 people in the riverfront building ConAgra is transferring 220 employees from the former headquar ters in St Louis Mo A second ConAgra building a product development laboratory will be com pleted Oct 31 The headquarters for Armour oods and a number of other ConAgra firms will be finished in March 1990 Highlights CBS at 7 pm: The series reports on schizophrenia They Love Books Too The publishers are livid because the few percentage points of revenue they will lose from direct sales to the chain are likely to add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year Hoffman defended the center by describing the publish distribution system as slow arid inefficient in contrast to that of the wholesalers Moreover he said book prices are too high Hoffman and Riggio both say their critics wrongly think that all their stores are in shopping malls and carry only best sellers and that decisions about stocking their stores are made entirely by computers Both men insist that their buyers and managers are book lovers who often exercise their own judgments about what books to carry in the stores Hoffman said even the smallest Waldenbooks mall store carries at least 4000 backlist books that is books that were published months or even years ago High Return Rate Cited While conceding that publishers were guilty of over printing some books he took special aim at the high rate of return of unsold books by the chains now according to industry executives as much as 50 percent for some books The rate is so high Vitale said that it threatens very economics of The merchandising and dist ribution techniques that are effective for growing chains of 500 stores are neither nor sophisticated enough to meet the eccentric demands of the diverse markets now served by 1000 he said The criticism comes at a bad time for Waldenbooks and Dalton While both chains expect to open about 100 new stores this year sales in many of their stores have lagged since fall Also fewer malls are being built so the two chains must look elsewhere for new sites In addition both chains face strong competition from the resurgent independent bookstores as well as book clubs and catalogue sales Cable Calls Wish 4: The (1987) TMC at 8:30 pm and 2:30 am: Charles Bronson returns in yet another sequel to as the notorious one man force against evil This time he goes after Los Angeles crack dealers Omaha HUD office said this informa Approved applicants are required to tion has been sold for years bring the property up to city codes one of those deals where you call most cases probably 99 percent of or write tms oox number to tind out how you get a dollar HUD Heeren said normal pattern is send a list of cities participating in HUD's Urban Homesteading Program information available not readily available but available And some people capitalize on this to make a quick buck not doing anything wrong just that there are gullible people who will spend $36 to get infor mation on how they think they will be getting a house for a Heeren said the "dollar is actually an expression for the nominal amount the city pays HUD for property as part of the Urban Homesteading Program The city periodically offers the prop erty to the public as affordable housing By Craig Johnson World Herald Staff Writer The Nebraska State of fice has advised people to be wary of advertising that offers housing at low cost State Treasurer rank Marsh said in a press release that an Omaha publica tion July 27 carried an advertisement about possible housing available through a federal Department of Hous ing and Urban Development program' By calling an 800 prefix telephone number in the ad an information kit is offered for $36 Marsh said He said he checked with the Omaha HUD office and learned that HUD is not selling the kits and that information about their Urban Homesteading Pro gram is free Larry Heeren deputy manager of the Discounts Reduced Also publishers now refuse to give the chains larger discounts than they give the independents The ederal rade Commission late last year accused six publ ishers of discriminating illegally against independent bookstores Birthdays: Singer Tony Ben nett is 63 Actor Jay North is 38 Thought for Today: "Wit has truth in it wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words" American author Dorothy Parker Pie New Yorit Times After more than a decade of dizzying growth and spectacular sales Waldenbooks and Dalton the two largest book chains have fallen on harder times Beset by increased competition from independent book stores and a decline in their rate of expansion the chains have suddenly acquired an unlikely set of critics book publishers characterized as the enemy the enemy of the publishers of the authors and of the independent book stores" said Leonard Riggio the president and chief executive of Dalton Barnes Noble even beginning to feel isolated from the of booksell ers of which we are a pan" In a speech last month Alberto Vitale the chief executive of Bantam Doubleday Dell voiced complaints that many other publishers are only willing to make anonymously Vitale criticized the manage of the chains and their TV Tonight By aye Zuckerman New York Times Syndicate characterized as the enemy the enemy of the publishers of the authors and of the independent bookstores Leonard Riggio President of Dalton Barnes Noble was issued May 19 in Kearney County District Court Heller inancial filed a lawsuit against Gordon Broadcasting and AGI Ltd of ort Lauderdale Gordon Broad casting is owned by Robert Gordon of Kearney Amaturo' is president and a general partner of AGI Heller inancial which is Gordon primary lender and se cured creditor requested that Amaturo be appointed receiver of the NTV net work Ms Cameron said Amaturo agreed to the move and was assigned the network license under an involuntary transfer approved by the ederal Communications Commission Ms Cameron said Amaturo was ap pointed receiver she said to preserve and build the assets of NTV so that it may be sold to pay off the creditors of Gordon Broadcasting The network she said will probably be sold within a year of I Amaturo she said is pleased to once again be in control of the NTV Network 1 The former owner she said to 1 come back because he felt that the 1 TV Program Leads to Arrest Seward Neb (UPI) Authorities arrested a fugitive from Nevada on a tip by a Seward resident who saw a television program describing the man said Seward County Attorney Randy Stoll first for Stoll said Wednes day about the tip leading to the arrest of Robert Lupien The anonymous viewer was watching Current a syndicated pro gram he said Lupien about 39 was living with his brother John Lupien at 1215 Main St Authorities searched the residence about 2 am Tuesday and found him in the basement he said Stoll said Robert Lupien allegedly violated his parole in 1988 He had been serving a 20 year sentence for battery with a deadly weapon and being a habitual criminal Stoll said Lupien refused to agree to extradi tion in Seward County Court Tuesday and was jailed on $10000 bail Stoll said house magazine NBC at 10:30 pm: Guest host Jay Leno John Palmer and actor Jack Palance CBS at 10:30 pm (1 1 pm on KMTV Channel 3 and KOLNKGIN Channels 10 11): Maury Povich (anchor of Current and Emma Macchiarini an 8 year old swimmer Night With David Letter NBC at 11:30 pm: Author 20 Vying for Chiefs Job 3 from Police Department T1 it Per Person Double Occ Roundtnp Airfare One Breakfast Hotel Accomodations One luncheonRoundtnp Transfers LIMITED TIME OER SOME RESTRICTIONS 1493 neauQuaners Call or Reservations Jury Cuts Award In Condemnation Suit A Douglas County District Court jury has trimmed $94500 from the amount originally awarded to Otis Glebe for apartments the City of Omaha obtained through condemnation Glebe was awarded $273500 in a 1985 condemnation proceeding in Douglas County Court but he contended he should have received more for the buildings on North 16th Street He said in a lawsuit filed in 1986 that the buildings were worth $46 million and he testified in a six day trial last month that he valued them at $5 mil lion A professional real estate appraiser who was called as a witness by attorney placed the value at $500000 Assistant City Attorney Michael Goldberg who defended the city in the case said in the closing argument that the buildings were worth no more than $179500 Goldberg said Wednesday that Glebe will be required to repay the $94500 difference between the two awards The dispute involved the Marianna Apartments 2315 16th St and the Terrace Garden Apartments 2024 and 2107 16th St NTV Stations all to Old Hands By Jeff Bahr Worid Herald Staff Writer Joseph Amaturo whose company owned the NTV television stations in Kearney Superior and Hayes Center from I860 to 1986 has regained controlof the television network as the result of financial problems experienced by itsmost recent owner Amaturo of ort Lauderdale la took control of the NTV Network June 1after Gordon Broadcasting Inc wasplaced in receivership said Cara EbertCameron a ort Lauderdale attorneywho represents Amaturo Gordon Broadcasting purchased the jNTV Network from the Amaturo Group in 1986 Amaturo was president of the Amaturo Group Three Stations The NTV Network consists of televi sion stations KHGI Channel 13 in Kear 'ney KSNB Channel 4 in Superior and KWNB Channel 6 in Hayes Center Amaturo was named receiver of theNTV Netwwk under a court order requested by Heller inancial Inc acommercial finance company based inChicago Ms Cameron said That order 42 Portraits $4295 Value NOW ONLY 42 Portrait Package: 1 10x13 2 8x10s 3 5x7s 15 wallets 9 New 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