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Vol.~ xetti, No. 140

Established 1894

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Independent Since 1971

Tuesday, April 3,1990

 

Bill to give State Reps. control axed

Associated Press

FRANKFORT. Ky. —— A
bill designed to give the Gen-
eral Assembly greater control
of executive‘branch regula-
tions was vetoed by Gov.
Wallace Wilkinson yester-
day.
The bill attempts to assen
controls already declared un-
constitutional by the Ken- WILK'NSON
tucky Sttpreme Court, Wilkinson’s veto message
said.

Executive-branch regulations are routinely re-
viewed by a permanent legislative subcommittee
that was created to give lawmakers year-round
control of bureaucratic rule making.

But the 1984 Supreme Court ruling, in a law-
suit by former Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. against

 

Lawmakers wanted reater control
in executive brane regulations

 

the Legislative Research Commission, said the
General Assembly has no power when not in
session.

Under House Bill 544, any regulation found
to be deficient while the legislature is in session
would expire at the end of the session unless
codified in statute.

Wilkinson said a regulation could be targeted
after the House and Senate deadlines for intro-
ducing bills.

That would “vest in a legislative subcommit-
tee the same veto power over administrative
regulations found constitutionally deficient" in
l984, Wilkinson said.

Wilkinson also signed the follow ing bills:

- Senate Bill 81, to authori/c "street rod“ lt-
cense plates.

- House Bill 245, to allow air transportation
for return of fugitives to the state when distance
exceeds 500 miles.

- H8247, permitting polth to take arrested tllr
coholics to a shelter instead of to tail.

- H8320, to reclassity l’owderly. population
800 in Muhlenberg County. from a sixth-class
city to a fifth-class city.

- H8494, to permit some municipal electric
utility commissions to provide civil service cov-
erage for their employees.

- H8519, defining limits on rriitiing beyond
permitted boundaries.

- House Concurrent Resolution to}, ordering
the interim joint Counties and Special Dismcts
Committee to study local mandates and their ell
feet on state and local govemmean.

 

 

UK church
to undergo
renovation
in summer

By KYM VOORHEES
Staff Writer

Student parishioners at UK‘s
Newman Center may be surprised
at the changes that will take place
in the building this summer.

The Rev. Dan Noll announced
Sunday that extensive renovations
in the existing building and con-
struction on a new wing will begin
in May.

The renovation and construction
efforts. entitled “Newman: Alive
and Growing," are budgeted at
8800000. About $400,000 in dona-
tions has been raised so far. but
fund raisers say they are only one-
third of the way to the goal.

According to Norbert Healy, ex-
ecutive director with Community
Counselling Services Co. Inc. and
director of the fund—raising project,
the first phase of raising money
concentrated on large donations of
$10,000 or more and the two re-
maining phases will concentrate on
smaller donations. These donations
are imperative to the success of the
project and wrll account for the re-
maining $400,000. It will take do—
nations frorn a much larger number
of people to raise the money, mak-
ing these phases more difficult than
the first, he said.

The church would like to receive
about $25,000 from students alone,
with the rest of the money coming
from gifts of $10,000 to $5,000 and
$3,500 to $1,800 from community
parishioners. Payments Will be
spread out into three-year and IX-
rnonth plans. depending on the do-
nation.

The church plans to have all the

 

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Chris Forberg, an accounting major, tills Out a worksheet for class registration in the basement or
Alumni Gym yesterday. Registration for summer and tall classes continues this week.

By KYM VOORHEES
Staff Writer

Bruce Westley. a former
Chairman ot the lJK School of
Journalisrii Horn 1908 to 197-1
and a noted communications re-
searcher, died yesterday of natu-
ral causes at the l K Chandler
Medical Center.

“ltrucc Westley was warrti
and friendly ‘.\llll ti personality
that was as captiiating as it was
adacioiis," said DLl‘Hd Dick, i)l~
rector of the S. hool of Journal-
ism at l'K. lie was full ot
laughter and good cheer."

“1 first met hriti at a Sigma
Delta Chi l‘itc't'lllltl in Lexington
and l rcgrct [ital i did not know
hirti better," sail l Dick

Westley was born on May 20,
1915 and .ittctidcd thc iftiticrst-
t_\ of Muliigau. Columbia L'ru—
\crsit) . and rsccixcd a doctorate
in Joiir'rialrstit from the l'nrvcr-
\ll} of North Dakota.

He taught at the L'riixersity of

1‘) and one-halt
years .lliil at the lrlll\c‘f\ll'\ ot
\lrchrgati Ior lot) years. While
at l'lx’. he taught mass rticdia
‘.\ rttrtig and reporting.

‘llrittc started the itrodcrt.
ltcld oI totritttuntcattou as ii is
today." \Ltlti Bob Rostrum, l l\'
prolcssor o1 cillllllltlltltlillltlh
"lie was the ilf>l person to ap-
pl_\ the principles ol bchaxroral
.ittd sot titl \clkllch‘ to ’c'illllllllllilr
cations."

l’tosttittti and \‘fcsll-cw work-ed

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donations iii and have the full
$800,000 by LFK graduation in
May, said llcaly.

“Equal sacriticc. not equal gift, is
our goal." said Caroline Thomas,
an assistant fund-raiser.

Reconstruction on the main hall,

comments carried on Lithuanian Radio and

l ithiiaruari capital, Vilnius.
Retusal to take back the declaration or in-

Former Joumalism director
Bruce Westley dead at 74

from l‘toi to 1%.; as editor s
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Mandela asks warring
factions to make peace

By LAURINDA KEYS
Assocated Press

l\lll:\l.l. South \Irtcti . \clr
son \landcla stood on a muddy
hilltop yesterday Ill \.it;il prot»
tricc‘s ”\';ille\ ol Death” and plead»
ed tor pcacc. while members or
warring lulu ldc‘llUll‘» glared at
each other trorn opposite ridges.

“This \iolence must end." said
\1;indela. \ ice president or the amp
apartheid Atrrcan National (”HA
cress He spoke to about 200 .\\(
supporters in lmbali. a township
where rival blacks haxe txrttlcd
\lllL‘C 1083.

The main combatants are ,\\(‘
supporters and backers or the litki
:ha part). which l\ headed bx ,r':..u
homeland leader Mangosuihu our
lhcle/i

Since heavy lighting l\‘~.'.i:'. ..
1080. more than—1.000 blacks il,t\'

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m‘iiit »\.t\ lltii‘l‘t‘lllllt' an: ttt 1‘ "
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ti tutti: .ip trt: ctd .itit ltt‘!
~iit ot‘;‘r.:\~t~:. “told .t c:
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Moscow officials invited to Lithuania by president

By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY
Assoetated Press

tors rallied outside rr- t :;:~r....

li‘f \ t‘illct' ct'.t.'. l 'i it.

enlargement of the lobby area, in-
stallation of a sprinkler system and
new siding on the exterior will be-
gin in May.

“We plan to have the bulk of the
disruptive construction completed
while the students are away." said
Noll.

The project will center around
the construction of a new wing
costing about $622,000.

The addition will include a con-
ference room accommodating up to
50 people. a sound-proof music
room, a modernized kitchen, and
restrooms.

Noll said those additions are
needed “because of the deteriora.
tion in parts of the building and be-
cause it is so well used, the build-

See UK‘s. Back page

MOSCOW Lithiitinias president invit-
ed Kremlin otficials to the country yesterday
to discuss the rcpiiblic‘s secession drive and
struck a conciliatory note by saying Lithua—
nia wants gradual. not immediate. full inde-
pendencc.

While government officials sought a com-
promise solution to the dispute. l,0()0 pro-
independence demonstrators rallied at the
Lithuanian prosecutor's office to protest its
occupation by Soviet soldiers.

There was no immediate response frorti
Moscow to the int itation from President Vy-
tautas Landsbergis of Lithuania.

Landsbergis told Lithuanian legislators that
officials face “political difficulties" in deal-
ing with Lithuania‘s March ll declaration of
independence.

“Therefore it is essential to look for a way
of helping them and ourselves." he said in

monitored by the British Broadcasting Corp.
in London.

Gorbachev taccs independence moiemcuts
in scicral of the Soviet l'nion‘s Ii republics.
Lithuania and its Baltic neighbors. listoniti
and Laura, were annexed alter the Soxiets
took control ot them under the Hitler—Stalin
pact of 1040.

The Lithuanian declaration of indepen-
dence “may seem to some people
mand that power he handed over the very
next day," Lartdsbcrgis said. “We did not ex-
pect this and did not count upon it.”

Instead. Landsbcrgis told legislators the re-
public had stated “how by means of agree-
ments and a gradual takeover of certain tunc‘
tions, we would consolidate our" freedom.

Gorbachev has said talks on independence
can take place only if Lithuania renounces its
declaration of March 11. He has pressured
the republic to do so by sending Red Army
soldiers to take over public buildings in the

a dc-

dcpcndcrtcc may result in “grayc cousc-
itucuccs tor .ill of its.” (iorbachcv said in a
sititcuiciit tol tthiiciruans on Saturday.

lit a telegram sent to (iorbachey oii your
day riiorrttug, l..ittdsbcrgis indicated that leg-
isldli‘lx would debate it full response. and in-
\ aid .1 i\lt'lllllll representative to take part ill
the discussion to explain Moscow 's stand.

l .uidsbcrgis also sent a delegation to Mos-
tow iu the hopes of starting negotiations in
the Sm ict capital.

\‘pokcsrucn tor the Lithuanian Supreme
('ouutil aid legislator ligrdtiis Btckauskas
had gone to Moscow in hopes of meeting
it rtlt Soi ict leaders. and that three other peo
plc including Deputy Premier Romualdas
()litl.|\ w crc following.

Ric kauskas has spent much of the past two
w ccks lll Moscow trying without success to
bcgiti talks.

About l.000 pro-independence tit‘lthllSUd~

ltiirldrrig i tlil.t:\ (11’. \

lloth .i proxcctrlt .' .t;';~ 1;: t;
breakaway .. ,t
\tostow acre ‘.\i‘tl\tli.1 ;:,_
day, ctttployccs said. I‘tc'. ;. ~. rad a tease
.itttiosphcrc l"li'l lli‘ direct .. i 1. its ttctwccrt
lllc‘ l\‘»it

(‘arlti (lr'iiodis, .r icctstattxc .:_ , kcswortidtt,
also said .i tricmbcr ot the mound} k‘omrriii
lll\[ l‘arty that remarried loxtil to \‘osto‘w had
told editors o1 pi'orindependentt~ ricw spatx‘r s
thc} could not h;i\: their llc".\\ti.t;‘\‘t\ pith
lishcd at the ct‘tlltll} sllidllll“ttl.illli1l‘l.lill.

.\ handtul ol soldiers otc irpicd that biirld
trig early Saturday

(iritodrs said Jilt‘/.l\ Kill‘it'iis, tormcr triad
of statc radio and lt‘lt‘\l\li‘ll irt lithiiauia.
called a mccttnc .it thc pritittut: hcadttuartgrx
and told workcts hc hiid ii dccrcc trout the

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Former UK assistant

takes Miami 'ob.
Story, Page .

Diversions

‘Nuns on the run’

hardly a religious experience.
Review, Page 3.

 

Today: Partly cloudy.
High mid-405°

Tomorrow: Not as cool.
High 55°

 

 

 

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SPORTS

Under fire

NC State gets permission to sue Valvano

By MICHAEL HOBBS
Assocrated Press

CHAPEL HILL. NC. — North
Carolina State L'niversity was giv-
en permission by the L'NC Board
of Governors yesterday to file suit,
if necessary, to force basketball
coach Jim Valvano‘s resignation.

"The next step will be up to
NC. State University‘s private
counsel, along with his coordina-
tion with the attorney general‘s of-
fice," said Robert “Roddy" Jones,
chairman of the University of
North Carolina board.

Jones, however. said after the
unanimous vote that he hoped the
question of Valvano's future did not
end up in court.

“The system is not proud of any-
thing that goes on this long within
our l6-campus system. And, of
course. NC State University. the
board of trustees and all the friends
of NC. State wish for this to come
to a speedy conclusion," Jones
said.

Valvano was unavailable for
comment, but his attomey, Woody
Webb of Raleigh. said: “I think us
without precedent for a university
to sue its coach We will continue
to negotiate in good t;,ttth ls we
have up to now _‘

NC. State trustees voted 9-3 ear
her this month to instruct their at-
torneys to seek the termination of
Valvano's contract.

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been under fire since last January
for allegations of academic abuses
and, most recently, point«shaving
by players on past teams. The
Wolfpack is already on two years’
NCAA probation for the illegal
sale of sneakers and complimentary
tickets.

Yesterday's vote came during a
two-hour closed session of the
board, which oversees the state's
l6-campus public university sys-
tem. Member schools must get per-
mission from the board before fil-
ing lawsuits.

The board heard from NC. State
interim Chancellor Larry Monteith
and Howard Manning, one of the
attorneys assisting the school.
Manning told the board yesterday
that he believed the school could
argue that Valvano had failed to ful-
fill his contract by ensuring the ac-
ademic progress of his students.

But Webb said he doubted that
strategy would work.

“I think it‘s a vague and broad
standard. Moreover, I think it will
become clear that Mr. Valvano has
done at least as much, if not more,
than most coaches do to assist their
players academically," he said.

“Moreover. the contract does pro~
vide that this duty is in conjunction
with other university personnel.
We‘d be mighty interested in how
well they discharged their duties,"
Webb said. “We would contend that
he did everything within his power
to assist his students academically."

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“I think it’s without
precedent for a
university to sue its
coach.

Woody Webb,
Valvano’s attorney

Negotiations over Valvano’s con-
tract reached an impasse last week.
The sticking point is a $500,000
buyout clause the school must pay
if Valvano is fired without cause. It
also calls for Valvano to pay the
school if he leaves to take another
coaching job.

Jones said the board neither dis-
cussed the cost of paying the
$500,000 nor the cost of a suit.
Btit he said the question is being
weighed by the school.

“The university itself is con-
tinuing the process of weighing
cost versus principle in this mat-
ter Jones said.

Asked if the board’s decision
should be interpreted as a message
to Valvano, he said: “I think he and
his attomeys are probably keeping
tip with this action. I don’t know
that it sends a message other than
the fact that they now know that
the campus now has additional au~
thority if they so desire to use it.“

He said Valvano should not take
the vote as one of “non-
confidence."

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Outset....

Life after Graduation

...eoming April 9th.

Bany Reeves
Sports Editor

 

By STEVEN WINE
Associated Press

MIAMI — Oklahoma State University's Leonard
Hamilton was named yesterday the new basketball
coach at the University of Miami.

Hamilton had a 56-63 record at Oklahoma State
since being hired in 1986 from UK, where he had
been an assistant coach.

The 41-year-old coach succeeds Bill Foster, who
in 1985 resurrected the Miami program after a 15-
year hiatus. Foster announced last fall that he would
resign after the season.

In Foster‘s five years at Miami, the Hurricanes
were 78-71 and failed to win a postseason berth.
They were 13-15 this past season.

Miami athletic director Sam Jankovich chose Ha-
milton after two candidates for the Miami job were
hired by other schools and a third expressed doubts
about the position.

“Leonard is an outstanding coach who is the only
one of those we talked to who met every criteria we
were looking for," Jankovich said at a news confer—
ence yesterday. “He is a young, highly energized
guy who coaches an up tempo, exciting style and
excels in all phases of coaching -— academics, disci-
pline, community service and he is one of the top
recruiters in more than one section of the country."

Hamilton’s name emerged as a possible choice af-
ter two candidates for the job decided to accept offers

 

Former UK assistant Hamilton
to lead Miami (Fla) basketball

elsewhere. Long Beach State’s Joe Harrington went
to Colorado and Idaho’s Kermit Davis Jr. went to
Texas A & M. Another candidate, Boston Universi-
ty’s Mike Jarvis, said he had doubts about the Mia-
mi job.

Hamilton, whose Cowboys were 17-14 last sea-
son, praised his new coaching position.

“We feel some of the best high school basketball
talent in the US. is being played in South Florida,
and we're going to work extremely hard to keep our
fair share of student-athletes at Miami."

Oklahoma State athletic director Myron Roderick
said he gave Jankovich permission to speak with
Hamilton about a month ago. Hamilton initially
said he wasn’t interested but met last weekend with
Jankovich in Denver, site of the Final Four, Rode-
rick said.

Miami becomes the second Florida school to hire
a Big Eight coach in recent days. Kansas State‘s
Lon Kruger accepted the University of Florida job
Sunday.

“If Miami wants a basketball coach, Oklahoma
State is not going to be able to compete with them
financially,” Roderick said. “That’s one area in col-
lege athletics where I have a concern. The highest
bidder gets who they want. But that’s part of the
game."

In 1984, Jankovich turned to Oklahoma State to
hire a football coach — Jimmy Johnson, who led
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Hershiser thinks ’89 season
better than Cy Young year

By JOHN NADEL 15 games he
Associated Press lost.
Beyond wins
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Orel and losses, Her-
Hershiser went from winning the shiser’s last two
Cy Young Award in 1988 to a seasons were
.500 record last season. strikingly simi-
The strange thing is that Her- lar. In 1988, his
shiser, who had a share of the Na- ERA was 2.26;
tional League lead in losses, be- last year it was
lieves he pitched better last year. 2.3]. He led the
“In ’89, l think I gave the team a NL in innings
better chance to win more games
than in 88, he said. “The guy
who pitches the first day and gives

1988 and 256

pitched both years _ with 267 in
2-3 last year. In
I988, he walked 73: last year he year. Defensively, we’re solid

will be much improved this season.

especially on offense. But he ad-
mits there are question marks.

“We have a lot of talent," he be-
gan, “but it might not fit together.
Where does it all fit? We don’t have
the baseball blend of power and
speed. We have power. but not
much speed. We're still pretty
much a base—to-base team unless
Juan (Samuel) steals 70 bases, gets
on base a lot.

“It's important for us to score
runs early. We didn’t do that last

HERSHISER

tip two runs and loses 2—], the guy
who pitches the next day and wins
3-2, who’s the better pitcher‘.W

In 1988, Hershiser went 23-8 and
ended the season with 59 consecu-
tive scoreless innings, breaking
Don Drysdale’s record. A year later,
he was 15-15 for his third .500 sea
son in four years.

“Wins and losses can be deceiv-
ing, but winning is an art, knOw-
ing when to give up a run and
when to pitch your head off to try
and keep the opposition from scor-
ing,” Hershiser said.

The 31-year-old Hershiser found
that even if he was able to keep the
opposition from scoring in many
situations last year, it didn’t do
much good. That’s because he of-
ten found himself pitching on days
when the Dodgers’ offense was
non-existent.

The club scored l7 runs in the

walked 77. He appeared in 35
games and had I78 strikeouts in
both seasons.

“I think excluding the 59-inning
scoreless streak, you had a better
year last year than in ',“88 team«
mate Tim Belchcr told Hershiser.

"i think it was better than '88."
Hershiser said. “My ERA was only
five-hundredths of a run higher and
I didn’t have 59 scoreless. Fifty-
nine scoreless will bring your ERA
way down.

“I might have been the first .500
pitcher to get a first-place Cy
Young vote."

Hershiser finished fourth in the
Cy Young voting despite his .500
record.

“You just go out there and do
your job." he said. “You never feel
like you have this game whipped.
It‘s a very humbling game.”

Hershiser believes the Dodgers

where we need to be, that‘s right up
the middle. We've got a lot of tal-
ent, I just hope we can turn it
around from last year."

Following his remarkable 1988
season, in which he was named
MVP of the NL playoffs and World
Series, Hershiser had a whirlwind
off-season which left him wIth al~
most no time to himself. Last win-
ter he made changes.

“Just spending it in Vcro Beach
was different," said Hershiser, who
moved his family to Florida from
the Los Angeles area. “I had a
chance to spend a lot of family
time. There wasn’t the pressure of
having to say no to people.”

Asked about this year, Hershiser
said: "My role is to go out there
and pitch every fifth day and give
the team a chance to win. My role
in the clubhouse is to be a stabiliz-
ing factor."

Murray’s Newton to visit Lamar

Associated Press

PADUCAH, Ky. — Murray
State coach Steve Newton sched-
uled a visit to the campus of Lamar
University today following reports
that he has been offered a dual job
as athletic director and head coach
at the east Texas school.

Newton and his wife, Kathy.
will be in Beamont today for a
campus visit, said Craig Bohnert,
sports information director at Mur-
ray State.

Goflfen Key ational Honor Society;

“It is our impression that an offer
has not been tendered at this time,"
Bohnen said Monday.

Murray State Athletic Director
Michael Strickland downplayed
suggestions, meanwhile, that New-
ton might have accepted the job.

“There are a lot of rumors lloat-
ing around, but nothing's been
done yet," Strickland said.

He said that Newton has talked
with Lamar President Dr. Bill
Franklin. Newton was in Denver
for the NCAA Final Four and una.

vailable for comment on a story in
The Paducah Sun that he had been
offered the job.

Two Beaumont. Tex., television
stations reported Sunday that New-
ton had taken the job. The newspa-
per reported that an unidentified
source said Newton had not decided
whether to accept the reported offer.

“Steve‘s not the kind of person
to take a job and not talk to us,”
Strickland said. “He‘s called me
every day and kept me up—to-date on
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DIVERSIONS

‘Nuns ()n The Run’

By KlP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Critic

Jonathan Lynn’s new film “Nuns
on the Run" proves that while there
may not be many original ideas left
unexplored, old themes can be re-
worked in an entertaining fashion.

The film pairs two of Britain’s
better known comedic actors, Eric
Idle of “Monty Python’s Flying
Circus" and Robbie Coltrane of
“The Comic Strip,” in a tired and
worn formula. Despite employing,
and occasionally faltering, in the
use of formula, the movie generates
enough humor to be entertaining.

Brian Hope (Idle) and Charlie
McManus (Coltrane) are a pair of
criminals who rip off their villain-
ous mob boss and a gang of equally
treacherously violent Chinese and
attempt to escape. Their plans go
awry, partly because of Hope’s girl-
friend Faith (Camille Coduri) tries
to prevent them from committing
the crime. and the two are forced to
hide out in a nunnery, which also
operates an all-womans college.
Police and both of the criminals
choke off the area. making escape
difficult.

.\lc.\lanus, an ex-Caiholit. lIl‘
vents iiatites for the two thus they
become Sister Euphemia of the
live Wounds and Sister lnviolata
ol the Immaculate Conception.

Some of the scenes in the nun-
nery are funtiy and others are dead
weight. ’I he scenes where Hope
teaches a class about the Holy Tri-
nity and fights off the invitations
of an amorous priest are two of the

American

By RICHARD PYLE
Associated Press

You get bombarded by commer-
cials. You see steamy scenes of
amour. You're deluged by film-
hawking celebrities. You‘ve got
cable channels galore. But is “L.A.
Law” ever interrupted by a call to
prayer’.’

No. But this is American TV,
And it can be bemusing to an
American returning home after
years abroad. the last three in Bah-
rain. that small island nation in the
Persian Gulf yiust off the coast of
Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain has oil wells. Rolls-
Royces with gold-plated bright
work. about half a million people

. and lots of desert. But compared
to what's on the tube in the US”
television in that vast wasteland is
not a vast wasteland.

Being in the center of the Islamic
world. its TV programs are regular-
ly interrupted by the Moslcm call
to prayer. But prayer never hurt a
viewer.

All the commercials and other-
show promotions here can drive
you nuts, 'l‘hey can average 10.5
minutes of each prime time hour,
and tip to lb minutes of a daytime
hour. You‘d lind instant relief in
llahram.

The authorities there keep them
to a merciful fraction of what
Americans regularly face. A good
thing. too. The commercials on tel-
evision in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
are even more boring than those on
l' 8. networks.

But the desert kind are shown
only once or twice an evening.
three or four at a time during breaks
between programs. And even the
most aggressive rug merchants do
not advertise weekend warehouse
sales.

For the returning expatriate. the
biggest change in American televi»
sion is cable the explosion of
channels devoted to sports, movies.
documentaries on everything from
the Valdez oil spill to the sex life
of the newt.

And. of course. there‘s news, 24
hours a day on the (‘able News

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funnier parts of the movie.

But when Coltrane teaches a bas—
ketball class iii a habit and then fol-
lows the women into the shower is
a gratuitous scene and detracts from
the movie.

The nuiis are stereotypical. and
for the liltisl part not that funny.
Doris llare play the old curmud-
geon senile iititi. but still draws
laughs just from her appearance.
Janet Sit/.man, who was nominated
for an Oscar for her work in “Ni-
cholas and Alexandra." plays the

Network.

So how else has American televi.
sion changed‘.‘ Well. the hair of
JR. Ewing has turned gray. Pro-
gram credits flash by so fast that
even a speed-reader can‘t tell who
did what. There‘s a greater preoccu-
pation with "celebrities." no matter
how dubious their claims to lame.

In prime time. there remains the
old violence. the bang-bang But
now there's a big difference in the
dialogue: the shows have real swear
words in them.

The sex stulf continues. although
it's much raCIer now. And all the
hugging. necking and general mess»
ing around by the couples on TV
here is initially strange to see.

It requires a bit of adjustment
Just to watch men and women eni—
bracing and kissing each other. In
the Middle Iiast. Islamic custom

head nun in a straightforward and
uninteresting way. But the worst
performance by far was that of Lila
Kaye, who played an alcoholic nuti
with a deep, daik secret.

The relationship between Hope
and Faith -v Lynn stcamrolls the
audience with subtlety is quirky
and works well. The scene where
she kisses Hope Ill his iitm's habit
in front of an entire lltisplltll ward
is especially humorous .

Idle does a good Job as Hope but
his work is nothing like the illlllc .

TV bemusing sight to

does not permit public displays ot
affection between the seyes.

Such scenes are excised from pro-
grams before they are shown. 'I'hiis.
a man tnay be about to plant a
long. passionate kiss on his be.
loved w hen poofl. he's suddenly
shooting a cannon or lumping up
and down oti a bad guy.

But liner tare is available. Halt
rain and Saudi stations choose from
some of the best TV available from
around the world.

Viewers are able to see quality
documentaries produced by the Pub-
lit‘ Broadcasting System arid a
steady flow ot BBC programs on
archaeology. Shakespeare and the
arts.

What does the rcttimee from Ran
rain miss most. watching American
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