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Thursday, September, 15 1983/The Battalion/Page 13 1 it 1 development andi ipaign manager in ’s unsucessiul bid in last year. ), Montoya was reg aign coordinator (a and Vice Preside lush in south and we! is deputy secretais tative for the Secretin erce in 1976-78, cove >, New Mexico, -kansas and Louisian 76 he served as onal director for lb all Business Ai Dallas. Vewspaper research o study reader’s needs ;ts md 1 of $75 or more-i rt officers paid (brs United Press International 'JEW YORK — A major news ier research study of readers ds, to be conducted by the ne researcher who produced landmark “Changing Needs of anging Readers” in 1978, will funded by United Press Inter- ional, the American Society of wspaper Editors announced dnesday. The survey entitled “Changing eds of Changing Readers 11” 1 be conducted by Ruth Clark d her new firm, Clark, Martire d Bartolomeo. Seven thousand lies of Clark’s study five years were distributed and its re- mmendations were adopted by .ny American newspapers. Creed Black, president of iNE and publisher of the Lex- ;ton, Ky., Herald-Leader, said, Jredging court order reversed ry officials reluctis Ige the expendita is all above-l International i “It’s vital for the continued heal thy growth of newspapers to understand what readers want and how well we’re meeting those needs. The five years since the first ‘Changing Readers’ have been tumultuous. It’s time for check again and develop a fresh perspective. ” William Geissler, UPI senior vice president for marketing and development, explained that the news service is funding the new study because “UPI is committed to newspapers.” “Our future is linked to a vigor ous newspaper industry, with close ties to its readers,” Geissler said. “This study will provide newspapers with the information and understanding required for people to adapt and meet the changes and challenges of the de cade of the ‘80s. ” The study is expected to be completed next spring so that the researchers can report their find ings at the ASNE convention in Washington next May. Clark said the project will be conducted in two phases. In the first, focus groups will be held in six different locations in the United States and a question naire will be developed from ideas generated in the groups. In the second phase, a sample of 1,200 persons will be interviewed by telephone. She said this will pro vide percentages to establish how widely the ideas from the focus groups are shared by the national sample. The study will be conducted under the supervision of the ASNE Readership and Research Committee, headed by Robert M. Stiff, editor of the St. Petersburg, Fla., Independent. A subcommit tee chaired by Robert Comstock, executive editor of the Hacken sack, N.J., Record, has been appointed to manage the product. Other subcommittee members include C.W. Baker, vice presi dent-news, Knight-Ridder News papers, Miami, Fla.; David But ler, metropolitan editor, Denver Rocky Mountain News; Gene Foreman, managing editor, Phi ladelphia Inquirer; Donna Hage- mann, executive editor, Utica, N.Y., Observer-Dispatch and Daily Press; and James B. King, editor, Seattle, Wash., Times. 2 Picasso paintings purloined United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI — Officials of the Art Museum of South Texas have posted a $50,000 reward in an attempt to recover two Picasso paintings worth almost $900,000. Thieves broke into the museum Monday by throwing a cinderb- lock through a glass door. They took the two Picasso oils, but they left behind another and a painting by Salvador Dali valued at $2.1 million. Police said Tuesday the thieves use the same break-in method as thieves used March 28 and escaped with $175,000 in jade carvings and rubies. In both incidents, the thief or thieves threw a cinderblock through a glass door to gain entry, said police Lt. Richard Lewinski. The missing Picasso paintings — Tetede Femme, ” a 1946 work valued at $550,0(K), and the 1949 Buste de Femme” worth $360,000 — were taken about 4 a m. Monday. The works belonged to a private collection and were part of a multi- million-dollar temporary exhibit of Dali-Miro Picasso paintings on loan from a New York gallery which bad been on display since Aug. 25. United Press International [HOUSTON — A federal judge dissolved a state court order k at foreign travel,! 11 lem P oranl y stopped dredg- of the Intracoastal Waterway Better Cove~riiiJ ar Sargent, where fishermen . found the Deftt K complained about dumping nt will pav at leastl; Jrec1 ^ spoil in Matagorda Bay. ■ - * U S. District Judge Robert ionorTuesday dissolved a state the $14 million to I; rent on congress 'ear. 'iously a form of good impression oil ’ says Kingman BroL r ambassador to xpresident of Yale! court order issued Saturday by State District Judge Neil Caldwell of Angleton. O’Conor already was consider ing the controversy and had re fused a temporary order when Caldwell acted. O’Conor acted af ter federal lawyers exercised legal provisions allowing removal of the state case to federal court. t the military’s administration ol th the Pentagon’s t atment of House i inbers. "It’s the t. They demand raniff appeals lawyers’ fees United Press International ORT WORTH — Braniff In- lational officials went back to leral bankruptcy court, but in- of being represented by a [vy of lawyers, they asked for teffrom them. The bankrupt Dallas-based air- Tuesday requested relief from t of its $9 million in legal fees it mounted as it struggled ough a lengthy reorganization. e few controls ovei ■ourtesies and ting. ■ongressmen t< ights, military e: ompany them. corts also are :s of money. The s® The bills include those of the corts do not list M&ns who represented Braniff and Tiers the congressnfflbsewho represented opponents : their hospitality, and various creditor groups. The . , , „ . . !ls submitted showed hourly .chad Penn., an i L that d from $160 to kesman, said 45: 25 •ts have spent $404,1 ■vices so far in ffl Federal bankruptcy Judge John pwers, who has presided over lokesperson Maif h 15 months of reorganization, d in fiscal 1982 don list approve the bills because escorts spent soi hy must be paid out of Braniffs in fulfilling the s» (ate. The largest of the legal bills ms Sawyer said I $100,126 in fiscally scort functions oa | al trips. came from Braniff s own law firms, Arnold & Porter of Washington, which asked for $5.7 million, and Levin, Weintraub & Crames of New York which asked for $1.1 million. Flowers Monday gave Arnold & Porter what it requested, but re duced Levin, Weintraub & Crames’ bill by $94,000. Braniff, which declared bank ruptcy in May 1981, hopes to re sume operations under a $70 mil lion reorganization plan backed by Hyatt Corp. of Chicago. The plan is being appealed by two groups of subordinated debenture holders, but if it stands, Braniff jets could be flying by the end of the year. Flowers must decide on the plan, which has been accepted by the majority of Braniffs 80,000 creditors, by Dec. 15. Braniff spokeswoman Barbara Potter said the airline has not re ceived briefs of the appeal by the debenture holders. listoric village up for sale mers irance liable Press International GTON-Wheal It le acreage under ao 1 urogram will heel er federal cropii Ton against crop ure Departments* who participate in ill ram will get tees, which rep if production the nsurance Corp. nsured farmers ii p losses. •ease in yield guar® ratic for insured I* pating in the acres* ■ograms and invol«J in premium, tgue, manager of I* s crop insurance# , the Reagan ad# ounced that t!l^ , .econd year c 1 program for wW eat supplies reitf e year ofthepropt tiers got commod® for idling acreage, e Secretary Jd tid there will rind program forfer* ie this year’s crop* 1 uced by drought. :d farmer participa! num wheat prog* a 30 percent acres* he crop insurai* Id automatically I*’ ield guarantee hr ague said, put 30 percent o(lj the program the payment-# would get an in yield guarani* rcent of acreage i" ind would be # ') percent increase! ntee. United Press International ADAMS MILL, Ind. — At to- s real estate prices, buying a ntury-old village for $500,000 ight be considered a pure bar- in to some. That’s the asking price for Adams Mill, which is spread over a scenic 17 acres of woods containing two houses, two cabins and a creek. PEKING GARDEN Chinese Restaurant ALL YOU CAN EAT Friday, Saturday and Sunday Evening Buffet 6-8:30 p.m. *4 98 Weekly Noon Buffet *3 98 Buffets include: egg roll, fried rice, fried won- ton soup, chicken lou mein, sweet and sour pork, beef with broccoli and fried chicken. OPEN DAILY: / to 2 p . m . 13X3 s. College Tcufcr 5:30 P ' m ‘ t0 9:30 P ' m ‘ 822-7661 BAVPy^cPR rVFRYfPOR/ BdV'oMt. cosit- liwiTlS DO fK AfJD G£r THE SgOTsfl} O / Qfftr CUftrii Oo+ 0 XU UNIVEnSlTY-696-530© S0NO*Y-TrtUF«UCW'-||-IIm.o rntCtAY^SATUROMy'-ll-l | r 1 O’Conor has scheduled a full- scale hearing of the controversy on September 19 in Galveston before U.S. District Judge Hugh Gibson. The Texas attorney general’s office and commercial fishermen have been fighting the open-water dumping of dredge spoil in East Matagorda Bay because they say it threatens the marine habitat. The dredging is being carried out by Bean Dredging Co. of New Orleans, which is under a $2.4 million contract with the Corps of Engineers for a 28mile stretch of work. The Corps says it has followed all environmental regulations. 12 AND 6 STRING ACC0USTICAL GUITARIST TIME : 8 00 SEPT 10 COST: 2.50 place; M Z c H n E L C U La E Z Z n N witty and personable . . Gulezian dot masterfully complex things on the 12 string guitar (and) spins some delightful stories -Playglrl © 1983 Adolph Coors Company, Golden, Colorado 80401 • Brewer of Fine Quality Beers Since 1873.