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Beaver marathon planned ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) ? "Gee, Wally, d' you think we ought to head out to St. Cloud for this 'Leave It To Beaver' marathon?" little Jerry Mathers might have said. "I don't know, Beav. We'd better ask Mom and Dad." For people whose hearts leap at that sort of dialocue, St. . Cloud Television station KXLI plans a "Leave It To Beaver" spectacular Oct. 7. Forty-eight episodes of the situation comedy will be packed into 24 hours, interspercesed with call-in-trivia contests to be answered by Mathers himself, now 35, who played The Beaver. "We're doing this just to have some fun," said Walter Goins, owner and manager of the independent station. "Leave It To Beaver" is what's called an evergreen in the television industry. It's always popular?' VivA t r\r*\ frii/ia nlovprc linHmiKtpHKr tVinrt* urVist Knilt im * IT V iv/p III* 1U piuj VI J UUUVUUIVUIJ IIIUOV *T 11V UUIll up especially big stores of Beaver trivia during the show's 1957-63 run ? will be awarded the top prize: lunch the next day with Mathers. Donahue apologizes for insult NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Talk show host Phil Donahue nas apologized to Newark officials for what he called an "off-thecuff, smart-aleck remark" knocking the state's largest city, and plans to repeat the apology on his television show, his press agent says. A letter from Donahue was sent Friday to City Councilman Sharpe James, who had demanded an apology after Donahue, on his Aug. 15 show, called Newark and the South Bronx in New York City places foreigners wouldn't want to visit in America. uonanue s producer also teiepnonea James on i nursday and asked for film footage of Newark to air with the apology, press agent Penny Rotheiser said. Newark officals had passed a resolution censuring Donahue for "derogatory remarks about the city . . .and inviting him to visit Newark to see the city's many assets and signs of progress." "Really, I'm sorry," Donahue's letter said. "Please accept my unqualified apology for my off-the-cuff, smart-aleck remark about Newark. Also accept my admiration for your concern about your city." Fratornitioc nrHoroH tn ho nuiot I I Ul'ul IIIIIV/U UIUUIUU IU UU ljUIUl BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) ? Can a college fraternity party be as quiet as the average office? At the University of California, they'd better be. "We're not going to be hard-nosed, but we're going to be firm," Berkeley Police Chief Ronald Nelson said Wednesday as he warned that officers will start issuing $55 citations for violations of the 55 decibles limit after 10 p.m. Tired of late-night outdoor parties featuring amplified new-wave rock-'n'-roll, ear-sore neighbors demanded the crackdown in a typical office, or in a home without a television or stereo operating, environmental health officer Glenn Lynch said. But the law, passed Jan. 15, has never been enforced. Ross Gibson, chairperson of the neighborhood's noise committee, said there has been a "general ignorance among officers about whether there is a noise ordinance." "The way it's set up is a joke," complained Robert Gray, treasurer of the Interfraternity Council. "Anybody who shouts is in violation. They seem to be picking on the fraternities because they're a group that can be attacked." Mannequin finds companion FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) ? Maybe Fred the cop was just lonely. Maybe the half-dressed female seen in the front seat of his patrol car was a citizen in distress. Whatever the case, Fred isn't talking ? he's one of the strong and silent tvnes. Officer Fred is actually a life-sized mannequin which sports a President Ronald Reagan mask and wears a police hat. For his job on the highway detail, fellow patrolmen placed him behind the wheel of a patrol car and parked on roadsides to deter speeders. Police say they're sure they left the car locked tight earlier this week when Fred's new companion ? a life-sized, female plastic doll ? found her way into the front seat beside him Her uniform consisted only of black mesh stockings and a fril ]y undergarment ? hardly regulation. Unfortunately for Fred, the doll was deemed unfit for the beat and was promptly reassigned to the property room back at police headquarters. Association to aid Main Streets GREENVILLE(AP) -The S.C. Downtown Development Association is looking for five small towns who want to help in putting some life back into their Main Streets. The association was formed months ago by Gov. Dick Riley with the aim of saving the downtowns of South Carolina cities with populations of 50,CKH) or less. The group is now taking applications for the first five towns in intends to help. The association will make its selections b> Dec. l. USC today RH FILM ? "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941). Robert MfmtgtnfieryrTnSide Rains. A boxer dies in a plane crash and is given a new life in another man's body. 7, 9 p.m. Free. j WirE Elderlv nresen m (AP) ? Skyrocketing medical costs are the top priority of thousands of elderly South Carolinians, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons has told a legislative committee. The AARP was among three dozen groups and individuals appearing before the Joint Study Committee on Aging in a day-long hearing on legislative needs Friday. Elderly people are being hurt by rising deductibles, by being billed a set amount regardless ot tne nospitai charges and by "cost shifting," where hospitals charge paying or insured patients higher amounts to cover costs incurred by those who can't pay, said AARP spokesman Edwin White Jr. HE ALSO urged the legislature to raise t-he homestead exemption for the elderly from $15,000 to $30,000 and to come up with incentives for home care ? not nursinc home care ? for elderlv citizens. The AARP also urged continuation of cost-of-living benefit increases for retired state employees and school teachers, reform of the state's probate laws and an increase in the number of older people on boards and commissions. And the organization, which ini aa aaa : j liuucs iuv/,wu juuui \_ai unmans, 5iliu mDog lovers Dr. Patricia Decoursey (center with miniati on the Horseshoe Friday, it was part of a Statp Ren's fnrr (AP) ? A federal investigation has b( surance claims stemming from a 1980 ro formerly owned by state Rep. Jim Kinai have told The State newspaper and WISThe newspaper and television static agents are investigating possible gun law tions in connection with the reported firearms from the shop. Kinard sold the shop in June, three ye change was hit by theives and the firearr THE STATE reported Saturday that have been questioned by investigators testify before the grand jury. One sourc grana jury nas oeen investigating tor thi Rep. Warren Arthur IV, D-Hartsvilli received a subpoena to appear in the con Oct. 4 in connection with the reported ii Arthur, who calls himself a close frie the subpoena was delivered between two by a representative of the U.S. attorney Arthur said the man told him he had I Arthur three questions. "THE FIRST one was, 'Have you ev< James Kinard?' My answer was no. I 'Have you ever borrowed a gun from Kii last one was, 'Have you ever deliverei delivered guns for Kinard?' No." Arthur said Kinard was innocei wrongdoing. "He hasn't been charged. There's beei the grand jury. It's all pure speculation a nalism. He's being tried in the press," i Arthur claimed any allegations again t list of concei health care providers should not be able to withhold services from medicare recipients. State Ombudsman Bill Bradley, a spokesman from the governor's Office of Health and Human Services, also pressed for legislation giving authorities the capacity to remove adults ? especially elderly ones ? from abusive situations. TOM BROWN, director of the Community Long Term Care program, urged a continued moratorium more on more nursing home beds for another three years until a wider system of community-based, residential services could be established. Almost $10 million will be spent this year to provide services to the elderly through that program, and Brown said it would cost $8 million more to accomodate the same number of people in nursing homes. Bradley said the state was a pioneer in laws against child abuse, but that efforts to help mistreated old people are hampered. He explained by telling of an investigation in 1982 involving elderly people who were being mistreated at an unlicensed nursing home. ATTEMPTS TO help the victims were foiled for more than three weeks, he said, because every time authorities ire collie) of the USC biology department demonstri demonstration for an animal behavior class. nnr hiiomnoo unrJr ISO! UUOIIICOO UIIUC icn launched into in- "a Republican vende bbery at a gun shop ty Republican politi< d, unnamed sources "HE'S JUST not t TV. of thing. Probably n< )n reported federal withstand the kind c and insurance viola- Jim," he said. 1980 theft of 177 U.S. Attorney He ment regulations pr ars after the gun ex- "the presence, or ati ns were taken. The State said lav been seized from Kii several individuals focusing on the doci and subpoenaed to as the 1980 break-in e told The State the Former employees ee to four months. change refused con s, told The State he WIS reported the em irt to appear in court comment, nvestigation. nd of Kinard's, said WIS, IN a Friday and three weeks ago named sources as se 's office. surance claims mad< >een instructed to ask WIS added that < reported investigatio gun exchange were i ;r bought a gun from vice when Kinard o\ he second one was, WIS quoted unna nard?' I said no. The reported stolen in 1 J guns to Kinard or registration turned i ing an investigation nt of any alleged Firearms. The television sta n no testimony before owner or who sold I nd irresponsible jour- KINARD, A Ricl \rthur said. when the Associatet st Kinard are part of said Kinard was out w ns to state got a court order to remove the victims from the home the operators had already moved them to another location. When investigators went to the home, they found two elderly women sleeping on mattresses on the floor, and Bradley said there were only three cans of food in the house, which had been without electricity for weeks. "Had law enforcement ha ' the authority to move them when thtj first found them, they would not have been subjected to more abuse and neglect," Bradley said. "The good news is that a lot of us are living to be a lot older. The price is (we have) a lot of problems," said Sen. Hyman Rubin, D-Richland, the 70-year-old committee chairman. I HYMAN SERVES on the committee with two other senators, three House members and three members appointed by Gov. Dick Riley. Dr. Carlisle Holler, a gubernatorial appointee, put the numbers in prospective, noting that there are 432,000 people over 65 in South Carolina and that up to 50 percent of the people who vote are over 60. The committee was also urged to plug a loophole in state law that makes it mnrp Hiffirult to r?rr?t#?rt plHprlv ~v pie who are being abused. Photo by Mary Ann Hollii ites a "figure eight" used in obediency ;r investigation ;tta. It's all clearly tied to Richland Coun:s." ne Kind ot person who would do that sort 3 gun shop owner in South Carolina could >f investigation that's been going on with nry McMaster said U.S. Justice Departohibit him from confirming of denying sence of any investigation." v enforcement sources said records have tiard's home and that the investigation is (mentation of at least 140 records, as well at the Columbia Gun Exchange. of Kinard's still working at the gun exlment when reporters questioned them, iployees were told by federal agents not to newscast, and The State also quoted univino (hp ?" :? ? ! ...fc i.iv inv^aiigaiiuil IN lUl'USIIlg Oil 111" ; after the 1980 break-in. in unnamed source cooperating with the >11 has said all gun sales and income at the lot reported to the Internal Revenue Servned the shop. uned sources as saying some of the guns 980 later were sold and the new owner's ip on law enforcement computers, sparkby the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ition did not give the name of the new he firearms. hland County Democrat, was not at home J Press attempted to contact him. Arthur t of town on busines until tomorrow.