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3 15ijBtl33tU5" Hedging cm Lions' whip Jets 18-7 to stay in the playoff hunt Sports, IE Boomers The big generation hits middle age; and so? Comment, IF Firm's clients say Vegas J. tours can be a gamble Metro, 10 A complete program guide to the big channel changes Free Press TV Book Chance of snow High, 29; low, 14 Tfc IDstoollt fta and Mue 9um Metro CI 1 glEGSSM? (EES' mm rus raiB mmw Readers open up hearts, pour out gifts to help make holidays merry Brits don't let racial taunts by opponent rattle them. Instead, they rally around target of slurs and cruise to title, 38-15. Dear Friends, hi racial slurs. The taunts hit him steadily during the game.

"I wanted to kick their butt," said Robinson, one of the few African Americans who played in Saturday's Amos Alonzo I have good news to report. Joey, the 6-year-old blind boy in a wheelchair, has a cassette player so he can listen to music tapes. The 9- wanted to destroy their opponents. They rallied behind their black teammate and best friend, running over the favored Presidents, 38-15. The Brits (13-0) discovered what it was like to be a champion, becoming the first Michigan school to win the Division III title.

But they also learned an ugly lesson in life. There is still racial prejudice in the world, no matter how much we try to cover it up or deny it. Robinson, of Mt. Clemens, didn't lose his composure. He didn't fire back.

That's not his nature. He is a quiet young man who mostly keeps his thoughts to himself. Instead, Robinson ran for 166 Please see ALBION, 12A SALEM, Va. The first time Albion tailback Jeff Robinson touched the football, he was thrown to the ground after a 2-yard gain. He waited for the pile of players to remove themselves from around him as his face lay in a puddle of water and mud.

Then he heard the words that would motivate him the remainder of the day. "You didn't get much on that one, nigger," a Washington Jefferson player (Washington, Pa.) said sternly. Robinson was taken aback. He came to Salem Stadium to play football, not to be the subject of Terry Foster Robert H. Giles Stagg Bowl.

Word filtered back to the Albion sideline, and by the time the first quarter ended, black guys and white guys alike Roger Hart Associated Press Ralph Abbott, left, and Michael Zacha, center, celebrate as Albion becomes the state's first Div. Ill national champion. V-' Jit 1994 Michigan Corporate Report Card Serving the Shareholders "ow well do Michigan corporations serve their shareholders? To answer that question, The Detroit News examined financial records of 125 public companies. year-old girl whose mother wrote us saying her daughter needed a warm dress to wear to church will find a new outfit under the Christmas tree, along with other items of clothing. Readers responded with a flood of contributions to the family in Marine City whose 2-year-old daughter was stricken recently with cancer.

Donors included a cancer survivor and his wife from Rochester Hills. They're making one month's mortgage payment for the family and contributing $100 toward their heating bill. Thousands of other letter-writers are also being helped, thanks to your generosity. Nearly 1,000 of you are adopting a family in need. Some of you are even adopting two or three families.

Many of you are doing it for the second or third year and have told us it has become one of your family's Christmas traditions. That's in addition to the checks that have been pouring in. We've been able to send out about $25,000 so far in Farmer Jack and Kmart gift certificates. Thank you so much for all you're doing. IH give you another update soon.

With all best wishes, i The News found that many companies, such as Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool, do very well at looking after investors. But others, such as Valassis Comunications Inc. of Livonia, seem more concerned with enriching executives. For an extensive grading of Michigan businesses, see the 1994 Michigan Corporate Report Card. Section D.

mmyJ its: 1 Copter crashes make critics wonder if airlifts are good medicine, or just flashy marketing By Kenneth Cole Detroit News Lansing Bureau Dr. Mark Veenendaai shook his head when he learned that a helicopter ambulance had crashed in Ann Arbor this month, killing the pilot, a doctor and a nurse. "Another senseless tragedy," he said, wondering why the chopper was dispatched in the first place. A ground ambulance could have made the 30-mile trip from McPherson Hospital in Howell where the helicopter was en route to pick up a cardiac patient to Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Hospital about as quickly as the chopper.

"So why not drive?" Veenendaai asked. Officials at St. Joseph and McPherson won't offer an explanation. Health care professionals asking with increasing frequency if it is necessary to transport so many patients by helicopter in light of escalating costs and fatal crashes. Helicopter ambulances in Michigan cost about $1,300 per trip, nearly three times the cost of ground transportation.

Many doctors say stable patients are just as well served by ground transportation and may even be safer, considering that air ambulance crashes nationwide since 1986 have killed at least 76 people. Some, like Veenendaai, say the increasing use of air ambulances is fueled by competition among hospitals for money and prestige. "More and more hospitals are trying to suck patients into their facilities," said Veenendaai, a cardiologist at Ingham Medical Center in Lansing. "I'd say helicopters are 95-percent hype related to advertising and marketing, and 5-percent related to medical emergency." Please see COPTERS, 16A 1 lip 'f 5 ml (X fiTj fill Robert H.Giles, Editor and Publisher The Detroit News I Mom seeks help buying clothes for son who's excelling in school. Page 7A 1:1 -JTK.

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Agusta 109 Mk II The Big Switch CBS Detroit Get with the program! We've got TV guide to help clear up network static Detroit News Business 1C Classified 1L Comment 19A N.Y. Times Crossword 19A Death notices 2B Editorials 18A Horoscope 1L Lottery 2A Metro 1B Newsmakers 2A Obituaries 2B Outlook 15A Sports 1E Stocks 3C Weather 2A 121st Year, Number 106 Copyright, 1994, The Detroit News, Inc. Printed in the USA 4frce tyxcm Susan Ager 1J Mitch Albom 1F Books 7G Comment 1F Crossword Puzzle 6G Editorials 2F Entertainment 1H Homes Real Estate 1K Horoscope 8J Jumble 6K Movie Guide 7H Neal Shine 3F Joe Stroud 2F The Way We Live 1J Travel 1Q Volume 164, Number 220 fi) 1994 Detroit Free Press Inc. Printed In United States Prophets of doom: World will end, many believe Associated Press WASHINGTON Nearly six in 10 Americans believe the world will come to an end or be destroyed, according to a poll released Saturday. And a third of those think it the unthinkable will happen within a few years or decades, the survey says.

The poll, conducted for U.S. News and World Report, also found 61 percent believe Jesus Christ will return to earth, and 44 percent believe there will be a final battle of Armageddon, with true believers whisked off the planet and called into heSven. 4Almost half 49 percent said they believe there will be an Antichrist a person who will corrupt the world and then will be conquered by Christ's Second Coming. The poll found that born-again Christians were almost twice as likely to have these beliefs than others surveyed. The survey of 1,000 people was commissioned by the magazine for an upcoming cover story on trends in religious beliefs.

It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points DETROIT. picked up the Fox network's prime time and sports schedule from Channel 50 (WKBD). "People don't know, and don't care, who's making what TV deals with whom until they sit down and want to watch 60 Minutes Sunday night and it's not there," says Channel 50 program manager Paul Prange. "Then they care." If you've found it all so confusing that you decided to ignore the barrage of news stories, commercials and publicity surrounding the Please see SWITCH, 2A By Jim McFarlin and Tim Kiska Detroit News TV Writers Good morning. Trust you enjoyed your usual leisurely breakfast and coffee while watching CBS Sunday Morning on Channel 62.

Later today, you can sit back and enjoy the NFL on Fox football game, followed tonight by a wacky new episode of TAe Simpsons on Channel 2. You can avoid it no longer. The time is at hand for the biggest change ever to hit Detroit television. It involves the move of CBS programing to Channel 62 (WGPR) from Channel 2 (WJBK), which in turn has When and where to find your favorite nonprime-time shows, Page 2A. ir t- I.

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