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2A DETROIT FREE PRESSMONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1994 I A place where young readers read, write and yak 1 M. is Wat I PHONE i 1 I 1 Call to find out home prices cents a minute, you can hear stars talk about their latest films, and you'll have a chance to win two weekly movie passes to Michigan's Star Theatres. You also can enter by sending a postcard to Movie Line, Free Press Plus, Room 844, 321 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48226. Drawings are weekly.

Odds of winning depend on number of entries. Our latest winner: Martina Mooney of Dearborn. Demographic Facts By Fax: Get data based on the 1990 Census by using the Free Press Plus ZIP Decoder. Call 1-313-426-1103; have a Visa, American Express or MasterCard and fax number ready. Enter the five-digit ZIP code for the area you want profiled.

Charge: $4.95 per report. Today, President Bill Clinton is in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is there for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. He will seek more trade with the other countries. he Free Press Home Sales Line just got better.

Now you can search for home sale prices anywhere in Th is week is National Geography Awareness Week. As part of the week, the Yak's Corner will have a geography question each day. The questions were used in the 1993-94 National Geography Bee, which tested how much students know about geography. The answers will appear the next day in this spot Avenger in our Automotive Video section to the Freedom Festival Fireworks in our Video Postcards section. And don't miss the offerings in our Multimedia Gallery.

Scan an auto review of a 1995 Ford Contour while viewing a video of the car. Read a critique of the movie "Ed Wood" while watching its preview. And much, much more. If you are a CompuServe subscriber with a Windows-based, multimedia personal computer, type GO DETFORUM to start. Not a CompuServe member? Call 1-800-848-8199, and ask for the Free Press representative.

Free PressLCI Toil-Free Info Line: Call 1-800-975-PLUS anytime. Enter the following four digit codes for regularly available financial information; see Free Press Plus boxes for special audio offerings with appropriate stories. Toll-free service from LCI International of Bingham Farms: 1000 Stock Market Report 1001 Money Rates 1002 U.S. Corp Bond Report 1003 Precious Metals 1004 Financial Headlines 4001 Local Music Listen Line Note: Under 18? Get permission from an adult for the following calls. Movie Line: Caii 1-900-884- 9337.

Use a touch-tone phone and select Option 1. For 85 Today, the space shuttle Atlantis is expected to land. Soon after it lands, the 10 rats that were aboard are expected to give birth. At least 200 baby rats are due. nTi I Long distance service nrovided bv LCI International Worldwide Telecommunications For information on LCI services Call 1-800-860-1999 Question No.

1: During the summer I Quincy V. Illinois Vk. the six-county area and get a fax printout of your inquiry. It's great for challenging an assessment or showing prospective buyers or sellers that your home's right in the ballpark, price-wise. How do you get it? Have a fax machine phone number ready.

Call 1-800-203-6637. It's $5.75 per call via MasterCard, Visa or American Express. You also can call 1-313-976-1200 for an audio report only; that fee will be charged to your phone bill. For help, call 1-800-488-7997. COMPUSERVE You may already know that the Detroit Free Press on CompuServe provides on-line access to text and photos from this newspaper.

But did you know it now also offers sound and motion? In our video libraries, you will find downloadable color and sound videos of everything from the 1995 Porsche 911 and Dodge What is a pizza's favorite relative? Aunt-chovie! From Katie Kramer, 9, Birmingham floods of 1993, what two I luctjui i ivci jujiicu mc Mississippi Kiver several miles north of their normal junction, or i Miles missourAI meeting place? I GETTING IT STRAIGHT The Free Press corrects all errors of fact. If you know of an error, please call Anne Musial, reader representative, at 1-313-222-2441 or 1-800-678-7771 anytime. Or write her at 321 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48226. Please include a daytime phone number.

You can join a new club called the Yak Pack. A free Yak Kit for members is available with every new or extended 13-week paid-in-advance Free Press subscription. The Yak Kit also can be purchased separately. For details, ask an adult to call 1-313-222-6500 or 1-800-395-3300, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

weekdays, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends. Detroit Free Press What was the first space shuttle that was launched in Florida after 1 1 days in space. Because of a tropical storm, the shuttle might have to land in California, instead.

By Free Press library staff QUESTIONS? A young reader's question about current events is answered here each weekday. If your question appears, you receive a News for Young Readers T-shirt. You may call 1-313-223-4497 anytime weekdays, or write: News for Young Readers, Detroit Free Press, PO Box 828, Detroit 48231. Be sure to give your name, age, address and phone number when you call or write. How-To Call Us Reader Representative (Anne Musial) 1-313-222-2441, 1-800-678-7771 Start or stop delivery, report a problem: 1-313-222-6500, 1-800-395-3300 Get a back copy: 1-313-222-6876 Get a copy of a photo: 1-313-222-5024, 1-313-222-6474 Submit an item for weekly community listings: 1-313-2234496 Place a classified ad: 1-810-977-7500, 1-800-WANT-ADS THE LOTTERY Michigan Saturday 854 Daily 4 7344 Lotto 7, 26, 33, 39, 44, 47 Jackpot winners None Wednesday's jackpot: $2.5 million Ohio Pick 3 542 Pick 4 9238 Lotto 12, 24, 36, 37, 38, 40 Kicker 844055 Jackpot winners One Wednesday's jackpot: $4 million 1981? Who were the astronauts? Stacey Jonas, 9, Bingham Farms The shuttle Columbia was the first reusable space shuttle launched 13 years ago, in April 1981.

The astronauts were Robert Crippen and John Young. When the Columbia was launched, it was the first time since 1975 that Americans were in space. Today, the shuttle Atlantis, with six astronauts aboard, is scheduled to land in This is a Yak symbol "IK at goes in the Free Press with an interesting fact for young readers. The Yak makes tracks all over the newspaper. See how many you can find today.

Come back each Tuesday for the new Free Press mini-newspaper, YAK! Find a pet Puppy or kitten, a bird or some fish, classified has them, whatever the wish. CALL 1-313-977-7500. mm? mm By Donating Your tar To MOTHER WADDLES Call (313)255-1000 What feature brings readers personal finance news Tuesday through Friday? A. Your Money B. Cold Cash C.

Pennies from Heaven D. The Money Pit sum I PANIC ATTACKS GRATIOT REGIONAL WSU Researchers are looking lor people who suffer from PANIC ATTACKS. The symptoms include: palpitations, laintness, sweating, dizziness, choking sensations, fear of dying or going crazy during an attack, tingling in the hands or feet, etc. If you have episodes of the above, you may be eligible for a RESEARCH PROGRAM. Please ask for ANXIETY DISORDERS PROGRAM.

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