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Page 2 The Enterprise Monday Jan 8 1990 Court to decide TV radio licensing issue WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today agreed todecide whether the federal govern ment may give special licensing preferences to television and radio stations owned by women and minor ity members The justices said they will use a lorida case to review the ederal Communications poli cy of treating such ownership as a favorable factor in its licensing deci sions In a separate case from Connec ticut the court said it also will review the policy of 'letting broadcast stations facing a license revocation sell the license at a reduced price to minority owned firms The court also agreed today todecide whether governors may withhold state National Guard units from peacetime training ordered by the federal government The court said it will hear an ap by Minnesota officials who op posed Central American training missions for the National Guard troops The justices last April rejected a similar appeal by Massachusetts officials In other action the court Refused to force a revival of the and require radio and television stations to pres ent all sides of controversial issues The court without comment let stand a ruling that the ederal Communications Commission acted within its authority when discarding in 1987 the obligations it had imposed on broadcasters since 1949 Let stand a ruling that people have no constitutionally protected right to privacy when at home speak ing on a cordless telephone The court without comment turn ed away arguments that law en forcement agents acted unlawfully when without obtaining a court war rant they monitored an Iowa fami cordless telephone conversa tions Rejected the appeal of a Ten nessee high school student pulled from a race for student council president after giving a speech of ficials deemed disrespectful The court without comment let stand rulings that officials at Unicoi County High School in Erwin Tenn did not violate Dean free speech rights Agreed to review a dispute over how much welfare aid some needy families are entitled to receive The court said it will hear a Bush administration appeal aimed at limiting the payments in a Virginia case At issue are features of the Aid to amilies with Dependent Children program In conflicting rulings earlier this year different three judge panels of the US Circuit Court of Appeals here upheld the licensing preferences policy but struck down the so called distress sale program The CC in 1986 began reviewing its policy of giving preferential con sideration to firms owned by women and racial or ethnic minorities when awarding broadcast licenses But in late 1987 then President Ronald Reagan signed an appropria tions bill in which Congress barred the commission from spending any money to continue its review of or make any change in its mative policies The congressional action also in sulated from commission review its policy adopted in 1978 of allowing bankrupt or otherwise troubled TV and radio stations to sell their licenses to firms owned by women or minorities Such transfers if approved by the commission can be made without consideration of competing applica tions for the same license The policy of giving firms owned by women and minorities preference over competing applicants for broadcast licenses was challenged by Metro Broadcasting Inc after its 1983 application for a license to operate a new Orlando UH televi sion station was rejected The license instead was awarded to Rainbow Broadcasting Co owned by two women and a man all Hispanic An CC review board said the mi nority and female ownership enjoyed by Rainbow outweighed factors in favor The licensing deci sion was upheld by a 2 1 vote of a federal appeals court panel last April 21 On March 31 a different three judge panel of the same court voted 2 1 to strike down the distress sale program The appeals court ruled that Alan Shurberg and Shurberg Broad casting were treated unfairly when the commission in 1984 rejected his attempt to get a license for WHCT TV in Hartford Conn and instead allowed owner aith Center Inc to make a distress sale to Astroline Communications Com pany Limited Partnership The appeals court ruled that the action violated equal protection rights citing recent Supreme Court rulings that trimmed the scope of affir mative action programs distress sale policy is not narrowly tailored to remedy past discrimination because its effect is unrelated to the need for such a the appeals court said provides no procedures for ensuring that beneficiaries have actually suffered from the effects of past The appeals acted on today were filed by Metro Broadcasting in the lorida case and Astroline Com munications in the Connecticut case Bush administration lawyers ac knowledged that the rulings in (he two cases are based on rationales" but urged the justices to leave both rulings intact 4 banks drop the prime rate NEW YORK (AP) our big banks lowered their prime lending rate today a half percentage point to 10 percent the first reduction in nearly half a year signaling cheaper loans for consumers and businesses The move by Citibank irst Na tional Bank of Chicago Morgan Guaranty Trust Co and Bankers Trust Co reflected the declining cost of money that banks have enjoyed in recent weeks because of a more lib eral credit policy by the ederal Reserve The ed the nation central bank has been moving to ease interest rates recently in order to forestall a dramatic economic downturn Lower rates encourage businesses and con sumers to borrow money The prime rate is a benchmark that many banks use to calculate many other loan rates including variable rate home equity loans The move today effective im mediately marks the first time the rate has been changed since July 31 when banks lowered the prime to 105 percent from 11 percent Economists predicted other banks would follow suit saying move was long overdue There was little reaction in the stock or bond markets indicating that such a drop had been anticipated comes as no surprise I think it was in keeping with current money market said William Sullivan an economist with Dean Witter Reynolds Sullivan said banks had the incen tive to trim their prime just before Christmas after the ed moved to lower the federal funds rate the in terest on overnight loans between banks to 825 percent However he said banks put off any cut in the prime because seasonal demands for higher cash reserves had pushed the fed fund rate above 9 percent Weather delays Columbia launch CAPE CANAVERAL la (AP) Low hanging clouds forced NASA to cancel launch of space shut tle Columbia on a satellite rescue mission Another attempt will be made Tuesday looks like have to call it a launch director Bob Sieck told the five astronauts who had waited for nearly four hours aboard the shuttle in hopes the weather would be clear The launch was rescheduled for any time between 7:35 am and 8:33 am Tuesday scrub was expected Me teorologists had said Sunday there was only a one in five chance that weather would be good enough for a liftoff The forecast for Tuesday is much better with NASA saying there was a 70 percent chance that the weather would be acceptable for launch The astronauts returned to crew quarters about an hour after the mission was scrubbed The 10 day mission during which the astronauts are to deploy the fifth of a series of Navy communications satellites and retrieve a science sat ellite is to be the second longest shuttle flight The delay was the fourth for the mission which originally was sched uled for liftoff Dec 18 Earlier post ponements were caused by problems with the recently renovated launch pad launch was called off because the low clouds at 6000 feet would have made it difficult for the astronauts to find the shuttle runway here in the event they had to make an emergency return NASA estimated the cost of the postponement at more than $600000 including salaries support services and lost fuel During the final hour of the count more trouble was feared when a meter recorded zero pressure in a system that sprays the launch pad with 300000 gallons of water 16 se conds before liftoff to deaden the sound of the engines The king's birthday lives quietly By Alisha Semchuck The Enterprise Staff Long live the king the legend of rock roll Today the anniversary of what would have been Elvis 55th birthday promoters of his memorabilia keep his memory alive Actually his music does not ap pear to be selling any more than that of other artists A manager from Music Plus on Sycamore Drive who asked to remain anonymous said people still buy his music but added haven't noticed an increase this due to his birthday Jennifer Lindquist manager at The Wherehouse said she did not really notice an increase in Elvis sales this week either Of course she added re low stocked right now because of However Lindquist continued are still the No 1 seller of Elvis and all music in gener According to Amie Mills a sales clerk at Now Then Music Video on Street the public response to birthday was much the same as her competitors found sold any Elvis music this Mills said But for Geof Johnson manager of Best Records on Los Angeles Avenue the opposite occurred Johnson has sold recordings of Elvis music More importantly Johnson pointed out his store has been selling an array of miscellaneous Elvis items which far exceeds the sales of music In particular he said posters of Elvis have been selling tremen dously Johnson said store owner Al Coscia regularly stocks posters clocks calendars and ceramic heads which are mounted on the wall The ceramic profile of head sells for $37 But to Elvis fans worth every cent accor ding to Johnson Especially during Christmas and clocks are big sell he said or the store which has been in Simi Valley for about six years Johnson said has become a traditional JjL Wk A wr aww I ilisilaP RS ra vB SngmMlMIgpp BE gpl I SSJSSm Dr" Ok llg: MSI Rp 8 I I ELVIS MEMORIES: Geof Johnson manager of Best Records in Simi Valley displays two of the many compact discs on the market by Elvis Presley Other Mark TemllTtee Enterprise Staff mementos are shown in the background Had he lived the "king of rock and roll" would be celebrating his 55th birthday today After car was rear ended Man arrested following local off ramp accident Correction took like to wn dewing TlMMMod Oaks resident BrMM Weinuum aaid when ahe heard the brakes acnadi behind her she knew By Alisha Semchuck The Enterprise Staff owner ef Valley House of VrBCfeM Ms correct aasee is he watched Arrowood pass and hit the car being driven by Lisa Weimann of Simi Valley her car was hit it was forced around the Strachan said As Arrowood neared Weimann apparently he on the Szilan odor of Thou sand Oaks said odor was also traveling in Zobelein's car when he witnessed the accident heard the screech of the brakes Simi Valley police arrested a 26 year old local man on suspicion of i driving under the influence of I alcohol at about 6:30 pm Sunday at the Madera Road off ramp of the i Simi Valley reeway a police of I ficer said i Senior Officer Steve Greenwood said Ronald Arrowood of Agnew I Street was booked into jail at the East Valley Station after of ficers responded to an automobile and than saw the car odor accident at the Madera Road loca said tion and determined the man had been drinking According to witnesses Arrowood she was io be Mt tried to and his passenger had just exited the move out of way I make freeway in the Maada pickup he was it dririag when he roar ended a im was Ml roaRy Weimann Jocent reports about Mountain Gate Ram also incorrectly stated tnBt HttDM Chih MlaMmnl nflrt (Ptrnse see ACCIDCNT Page 7) of piam ranovatiam Samaritan burned from fire A Newbury Park man sustained burns Sunday afternoon while ac ting as a good Samaritan accor ding to a Ventura County ire Department spokeswoman Dennis Dilworth whose age was not reported climbed onto the roof of his neighbors' burning house at 6 Madrid Ave in Newbury Park with a garden hose to try to extin guish a fire the spokeswoman said foot penetrated the smoldering roof The mishap caused second degree burns on his ngm ankle the spokeswoman reported She said she had no informationbout the traatiaont of his injury MML "I Mt ggMMI Hto wind I Mdwolgdt (w gotagto go XobsMa it a witiwoi to the acd MMMkM WgUM to jut omt I unk saxi ne ana ms taroe moats rWBi iumlkglim IBM A Stary oHbMsd in Tte Eni iiMand ''iwnaii atuw a sm Oaks was one of the pamongers in was traveling with the arrested man Wte CtlW Mt COMiB BAd.