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35 cents (50 Home delivery 25 On Guard For 163 Years acocca company eyes casino in Momiles M1I1WI1II.U ll Deal signed with 4 Michigan Indian tribes Earlier, Lee Iacocca had looked at Flint's Autoworld as a possible casino site. BY TINA LAM Free Press Staff Writer Lee Iacocca's casino development company has signed agreements with four Michigan Indian tribes and has held discussions with the city of Romulus about putting a casino in that city, according to documents and a city official. The tribes signed a week ago with Full House Resorts which Iacocca Sources familiar with the talks said documents had been exchanged between Romulus and Full House showing the amount that would be paid to the city in the event a casino was approved. But McAnally said the city has no OCCUPYING A HAITIAN ROADWAY merged with last month, to develop a casino within 30 miles of Detroit. Romulus Mayor Beverly McAnally said Thursday that Full House has discussed a tribal casino with her.

Romulus has been courting casino companies for more than a year. i CBS purchase may juice up TV landscape Channel 62 likely to hire big names September 23, 1994 cents outside 6-county metropolitan area) cents in metro area (call 1-313-222-6500) The city owns about 1,000 acres of undeveloped land near Metro Airport. Romulus citizens have not voted on a casino. Last month, Iacocca merged his gaming company with a South Dakota casino management firm that wants to compete with Casino Windsor. At that time, a spokesman for Full House, the company that resulted from See Casino, Page 8A 1 1 DAVID TURNLEYDetroit Free Press Activists see card as being anti-Arab BY MIKE DUFFY Free Press TV Writer The big CBS deal is done in Detroit.

And when the top-rated television network finalizes its purchase of WGPR-TV (Channel 62), the low-rated, weak-signal station will become the mouse that roared. CBS executives are to make the announcement today in Detroit. The purchase should turn the station into a vibrant, well-financed network-run operation, intensifying the competition for viewers, talent and programming in Detroit, industry observers said Thursday. CBS most likely will spend big money to pursue high-visibility anchors and reporters to make an immediate mark with viewers. CBS would not disclose a price for the station.

move climaxes CBS's desperate four-month search for a new Detroit outlet, after longtime affiliate WJBK-TV (Channel 2) jumped to Fox ih.May. It became clear last week the network would affiliate in some way with Channel 62; the outright purchase plan was confirmed Thursday by peo- "I'll deal with Full House and is continuing to talk with other companies. She denied reports that a firm deal was struck this week. She has said before that the city's land "would be a beautiful location for a casino." a I f. SPECIAL TO THE FREE PRESS Names Faces 14F Obituaries 4B Sports Weekend IF Stock Markets 3E Television 8D The Freep 1C The Way We Live 3C Weather 13F Weekend ID Your Money 3E Volume 164.

Number 142 1994 Detroit Free Press Inc. Printed in the United States Old meets new Thursday as a woman and her grandchild ride past a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Petionville, Haiti. U.S. troops arrived in the Port-au-Prince suburb to take apart the heavy weapons at the country's only military depot. Coverage of the Haiti situation is on Page 5 A.

WHArs To launch a daily newscast which'attracts viewers and advertisers CBS would recruit dozens of people, probably including name talents from other Detroit stations. And it would want a stronger signal and better studios. The move could shove WGPR's locally produced shows into the wee hours or even off the station. Story, Page 8A. pie in the know.

CBS and WGPR declined comment. But Jonathan Rodgers, president of the CBS TV stations division, is expected to head a delegation coming to Detroit today for a news conference and to meet with WGPR officials. See CBS, Page 8A Lame-duck senators break unwritten ruk politics don't get caught dead in a foreign car, especially one that costs more than most of your constituents earn in a year. Arthurhultz's taste for exotic autos has been known for years. He owns a cherry red Mercedes, which he drove to work Tuesday, and a Porsche, in addition to his everyday car, a Cadillac Allante.

The Allante is the usual occupant of majority floor leader Arthurhultz's prime spot at the back door of the Capitol. They ride out terms in foreign cars "I've never tried to hide the fact that I own some beautiful automobiles," Arthurhultz said Wednesday. He said he bought all of the cars used; the Ferrari cost about $30,000 and he has spent about $5,000 on restoring it. Pridnia declined to speak to a reporter about his oyster-colored Jaguar. But he spoke openly to associates at the Capitol about the car and a new BMW he said he had recently obtained as well.

A spokesman for his office said: "The senator will be glad to discuss legislative matters through Dec. 31. He has no intention of responding to any questions regarding personal matters to anyone." were $45.9 million, up from $21.8 million in August 1993. But 520 million fewer cigarettes were sold this August a 30 percent drop. "Cost is right up there as a reason smokers give for wanting to quit Sometimes it's the catalyst," said Pat Harris, who counsels about 20 smokers each week in Smoke Stoppers at St Joseph Hospital.

"I noticed a real surge in the number of our clients right after the tax went up. And there wasn't a drop-off See CIGARETTES, Page 2A State Sen. Phil Arthurhultz's Ferrari was behind the Capitol on Wednesday. He said it cost $30,000, plus $5,000 for restoration. BY DAWSON BELL Free Press Lansing Staff LANSING Two high-profile state senators showed up for work this week in flashy, expensive foreign cars.

It was a sure sign they aren't running for re-election. Lame-duck state Sens. Phil Arthur-hultz, R-Whitehall, and John Pridnia, R-Hubbard Lake, turned heads in the Legislature's parking lots by filling their respective spaces with a yellow 1978 Ferrari 308 and a $62,000 Vanden Plas Jaguar. i Both veteran legislators are retiring at the end of the year. That apparently freed them from a nearly inviolate, unwritten rule of Michigan Cigarette tax BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF AND MATT DAVIS Fret Press Lansing Bureau 1 Smoking now costs Lorn and Betty Bullock of Ypsilanti $10 a day, thanks to Michigan's higher cigarette tax.

It's a price he calls "totally ridiculous" and a good reason to quit. There's a better reason, though. "My doctor told me three weeks ago to quit or I'd be buried by this winter," said Bullock, 55, an autoworker who has emphysema and smokes two or three packs a day. Tuesday, the Bullocks entered a hike makes many quit BY AMBER ARELLANO Free Press Staff Writer The greeting card jokes that the woman wearing a hijab, a traditional Muslim head scarf, fears germs. Inside, it quips: "So, you're feeling like Shiite.

Don't Mecca big deal out of it." Is it insensitive, or is it funny? Arab Americans say it insults Muslim women and Islamic faith, and encourages damaging stereotypes. "It's not acceptable to joke about God when it comes to serious religious matters," said Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, director of Detroit's Islamic Center of America. "They are so pure to us, we don't play with them." On Saturday, Arab Americans in the Detroit area will join those around the country picketing shops that carry the card. Mike Murray, vice president of the card-maker, Recycled Paper Greetings, said the card isn't meant to be taken literally. See CARDS, Page 8A is Ann Landers Bridge Business Classified Index Comics Crossword Puzzle Death Notices Editorials Feature Page Horoscope Jumble Lottery Michigan Dateline Movie Guide 2C 13F IE 9C 12F 12F 4B 10 12D 12D 9C 4B 2D stop-smoking program at St.

Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township. If it works, they'll join a growing legion of Michiganders who've cut back or quit smoking, in part because of the tobacco tax increase May 1. Since the tax went up from 25 cents per pack to 75 cents, legal cigarette sales have dropped about 30 percent, according to the state Department of Treasury. A state public health official estimates about 10 percent of Michigan's smokers will quit because of the tax hike. August cigarette tax revenues 4.