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RANDOM SAMPLES 4A DETROIT FREE PRESS AROUND THE WORLD TUESDAY, 1 111 "TT NOVEMBER 1, 1994 ft Jm. 11 'IT? A TYT TTT17 L. -b QPH- Wi" "a- Hot spots, updates and offbeat news The Heck With Lech Forty-eight percent of Poland's voters say President Lech Walesa is the country's least trusted politician. That placed the Nobel Peace Prize winner first on the list in that category in Poland. Explained Warsaw political analyst Piotr Stasinski: "He's a guy from the block.

He doesn't fit the image that Poles have for their president." Rfc PULL THE PLUG? Eighty-seven percent of U.S. doctors in one survey believe society has gone too far in using technology to keep a person alive. The survey was from a questionnaire filled out by 386 doctors who subscribe to the physicians reference book, Scientific American Medicine. OH, THE PAIN Twenty percent of adult Americans suffer from chronic pain, according to a poll of 1,000 people and 400 doctors by the American Medical Association. WE WANT A CZAR! More than A 1 i.

2 1 I 1 1 J-J'Q 'I If mr i 1 JASON MELLOMAssoeiated Press Confessed assassin gets 12-year prison sentence MEXICO CITY The confessed of Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was sentenced Monday to 42 years in prison for murder, news reports said. Judge Alejandro Sosa Ortiz handed down the sentence on Mario Aburto Martinez, who shot ruling party candidate Colosio in the northern city of Tijuana on March 23. 100 fiee in Haiti jailbreak Port-au-Prince, Haiti As many as 92 prisoners are still at large after an unprecedented jail-break from Haiti's National Penitentiary that may have involved complicity by Haitian guards; officials aid Monday. Authorities said as many as 100 people may have escaped in Sunday afternoon's break out: eight have been captured. Algeria moves up election ALGIERS, Algeria Algerian President Liamine Zeroual, strug-i'ling against a Muslim fundamentalist insurgency, announced Monday that a presidential election will be held before the end of 1995, a year earlier than expected.

Government attacks rebels SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Government forces that have handed rebel Serbs their worst defeats in 22 years of civil war pushed ahead Monday with assaults on a apply route near Sarajevo and Serb-held towns in the northwest. Serbs claimed to have blunted the offensives and promised hard fighting to regain lost territory. UN peacekeepers confirmed that government forces pushed back Serb truips in northwestern Bosnia. President leads election MAPUTO, Mozambique Unofficial results Monday showed President Joaquim Chissano and his gov-erning party leading in Mozambique's first multiparty The election, conducted peacefully in a nation that has known civil war for 1 5 of its 19 years of independence, was considered a crucial test of Mozambique's ability to move toward stability. ACROSS THE NATION i SCARY, IN any language Korey Gotoo views exhibits for El Dia de los Muertos, a traditional Mexican festival, in Atlanta on Sunday.

For more on El Dia de los Muertos, which means "Day of the Dead" in Spanish, see page 8D. Study points to gene for depression Associated Press EW YORK The largest I study of its kind has found the approximate location ot a possible gene for manic depression, a disorder esti mated to affect more than two million Americans. Scientists found evidence that a gene somewhere in Chromosome 21 promotes the disease in at least one of the 47 families they studied. The family includes 67 people, 18 with manic depression or a related disorder, said researcher Dr. Miron Baron of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.

Baron and colleagues at Columbia and in Israel report their findings in the November issue of the journal Nature Genetics, published today. Manic depression, also called bipolar disorder, combines episodes of mania which can include euphoria or irritability with bouts of depression. About one in every 100 people is thought to have it at some point in their lives. Yak fact You need mK a powerful microscope to see a chromosome. It looks like a piece of thread and can be found in the center of plant and animal cells.

Human beings usually have 46 chromosomes and they carry coded information that can be passed from parents to their children. sale of station CBS President Jonathan Rodgers on Wednesday in Detroit to pursue its agenda. "If there is going to be a joint venture the role should go to African Americans," said Brooks, referring to a reported CBS offer to sell a majority partnership in WGPR to Westinghouse broadcast wing Group Broadcasting. WGPR is the first black owned and operated television station in the United States. "It's a question of historical preservation," Ferguson said.

"Don't allow the first black-owned station to pass into other hands. African Americans must be a community of entrepreneurs and owners, not just managers." If CBS is unwilling to work with the informally named Ferguson Group, the group plans to pursue the issue through Congress and the HE SAID IT "One thing is certain: Maria and I are head over heels in love." SALVATORE CATENA, 83, speaking Monday about his weekend wedding to Marie, also 83. In their hometown ofZafferana, Italy, residents blocked a street Sunday in protest, saying they were too old to remarry after their spouses died. Apparently, Marie Catena's kids agreed: All seven boycotted the wedding. wmmmmmmmm imj.iu.utm.ni CBS expects low ratings in Detroit business, religious leaders File photo Lech Walesa became Poland's president in December 1990.

800,000 Russians have signed a petition in support of restoring the country's monarchy, a news agency reported Monday. Russia's Majority Part, which is circulating the petition, is shooting for one million signatures. It hopes that list will force a referendum on restoration of the monarchy, which was toppled in 1917. quented bars where they picked up women drawn by Crane's fame. They recorded their exploits in Polaroid snapshots and home video.

There was little other hard evidence against Carpenter during the eight-week trial. California fights killer bees SACRAMENTO, Calif. So-called "killer bees" from South America have been found in California for the first time and residents should be on the lookout for them, state officials said Monday. The California Department of Food and Agriculture said a swarm of Africanized honey bees had been found Oct. 24 and destroyed by firefighters in the southeastern part of the state near the Arizona border.

Since their accidental release from a research laboratory in Brazil in 1957, the bees have gradually migrated north through South and Central America and into the United States. promotional blitz, using radio, billboards and other media to help Detroit viewers follow CBS shows to Channel 62. "We'll immediately be as strong as any UHF station, signal-wise," said Stallworth. One of CBS's biggest problems will be finding shows to air between 4 and 8 p.m., to surround the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather." The most-watched syndicated shows, such as "Oprah" and "Wheel of Fortune," have been locked up by other Detroit stations. "We won't be able to get decent products for a while," Stallworth said.

f'We have to be very realistic." 1 1ST NATIONWIDE EUBANK 1994 I Ni.nnwide Bank, A Federal Savins Bank Member FDiC Jury clears suspect in death of 'Hogan's Heroes' star PHOENIX A longtime pal of "Hogan's Heroes" star Bob Crane was acquitted Monday of charges he killed the actor 16 years ago for fear Crane would end a friendship that brought him a parade of women. Jurors deliberated nearly 2Vz days before finding John Henry Bob Crane Carpenter, 66, innocent of first-degree murder. Crane, who played the wisecracking American Col. Robert Hogan in the television comedy about a Nazi POW camp, was 49 when he was found beaten to death in 1978. Carpenter and Crane often fre- Network will boost iew affiliate signal He's hoping to generate some enthusiasm from sponsors who are being hit by rate increases by his competition.

"The other stations are going to try to stick them up," said Stallworth. In the long run, he said, CBS expects Channel 62 to be fully competitive. The signal boost, which can be accomplished through some technical changes and an increase in the power, will be an important first step. So will a Annual Percentage Yield Minimum deposit $1,000 I As, y1 Jr ioin challenge to by Larry Gabriel Free Prt'ss Staff Writer A group of metro Detroit business and religious leaders Monday announced they would join a challenge the sale of WGPR-TV (Channel 62) to CBS in order to keep the station under black ownership. Lansing businessman Joel Ferguson, who had previously announced the challenge, is leading the group, which includes Bishop P.A.

Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Charles Miles, minister Prince Miles, Bishop David Ellis, the Rev. Wayne Jackson, Michigan Chronicle Publisher Sam Logan and insurance agent Larry Long. U.S.

Rep. John Conyers, and car dealer Mel Farr, who also are part of the group, arrived for a meeting after the news conference. Steel dealer Dave Bing, who was not present, also is part of the initiative, said people familiar with the The group plans to meet with Radio For Your CBS, from Page 1A They forecast a steep audience decline for WJBK-TV (Channel 2), which is losing its CBS affiliation, and a dire future for CBS shows on Channel 62. WJBK admits it will lose some audience after its switch to Fox, an8 the outlook isn't much brighter for WKBD-TV (Channel 50), which loses Fox for weaker Paramount programming. Stallworth's visit to Detroit marks CBS's effort to get into the sales game.

He'll take a pragmatic approach, saying the best Channel 62 can do is to invite sponsors to buy time on shows like "60 Minutes" and "Late Night with David Letterman" at rates lower than they are accustomed to paying for such prestige outlets. Guaranteed! Home delivery by 6 a.m. in the metropolitan detroit area. CALL 222-6500 life should be like our Phone? call i-900-884-wdfp; Bishop P.A. Joel Brooks Ferguson courts.

The group is considering a letter-writing campaign. There is no legal reason to force the sale of WGPR to the Ferguson Group, but group members believe the Federal Communications Commission's interest in media ownership diversity may work in their favor. The FCC would have to approve the transaction before the sale of WGPR could become final. "Ownership and rights to produce television comes through the government," Conyers said. "We have a great interest in rules governing the sale of TV stations.

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