Wednesday.October 21, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5
tCh Media firm Warped
by Scott McCullar
^ f says profits
have doubled
DALLAS (AP) — Third-quarter
, earnings for A.H. Belo Corp., par
ent of the Dallas Morning News,
doubled largely because of the sale
of two Denver radio stations.
■But the media company said its
operating profits were down 3.18
percent for the quarter.
^Belo’s net earnings totaled $6.4
' 77 percent from
last year. On a per-
earned 59 cents,
^ .compared with 27 cents per share a
/£Jyear earlier.
- Jilrhe earnings included lower
]Bes, less interest expense and a
■n of $3.3 million from the sale of
- Thunden^lS’’ 8 ^ 0 A r ^ di °
Kl)A-AM and KOAQ-PM, the com-
■ Drizilt pany said Monday.
■warnings from operations were
“ Fr ee ™ghi! {14.54 million for the quarter, down
—Ifroin $15.02 million in the same
three months of 1986.
■The company said its earnings
' 'Bformance reflects “continued
(Bitive results” from its cost-con-
•Biment efforts, lower interest ex-
<>< iated fri 1 : perse, a lower tax rate and fewer
in plains ak. shires outstanding,
stern L'nitedkfBRevenues for the quarter were
nv normal v: $91 million, a decline of 3.29 per-
llt from the $94.1 million reported
for he 1986 period. But excluding
revenues from disposed properties,
revenues for the quarter were un
changed.
■While overall revenues declined,
revenues from Belo’s publishing
group rose slightly tea $53.4 million
from $53.3 million a year earlier.
Broadcasting revenues declined 7.9
penent to $37.5 million.
■Net earnings for the first nine
Hiths were $17.2 million, com-
ired with $12.2 million a year ear-
T.
Revenues for the the first three
■ters ending Sept. 30 were
T).7 million, down 3.3 percent
oni the $289.1 million last year.
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'hdcMcCIure’s aunt to register day-care center
was what wen MIDLAND (AP) — The day-care center
i potatoes, It! Niere Jessica McClure fell into an abandoned
hogs, (hickeii # ell kvas not registered with the state, but the
ows.” w h° runs the facility is cooperating with
fukson said lilt nrestigators to make the home legal, officials
■Is with a hank I 1 Tuesday.
i brothers w Meanwhile, doctors at Midland Memorial Hos-
utter and let: ‘italjcontinued to try to save the 18-month-old
Ires of a campft tier’s right foot from amputation while get-
muffhis when! Swishes poured in from across the country,
ork in the fields J a niie Moore, McClure’s aunt who also was
their home»i ar ‘ n 8 f° r several other children at the time of
^.accident, was not registered with the Texas
or andadiitJ« ,i ^® rtrilent Tluman Services to provide care
rur beds out off I- er home ’ agency caseworker Steve Horton
as cold we coven ^Tuesday.
. r • > Horton said he talked to Moore shortly alter
' lent learmnei ^ 5 re * nto t * ie we ^ ' ast Wednesday be-
H , k , ause he wasn’t aware that she was using her
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r iome to care for children.
ping, c tiiDii.. “j | 00 k at one as a business,” Horton said.
“Her sister, the child’s mother, was working with
her. They were providing care for unrelated chil
dren. They were subject to regulations.”
He said about one-third of his caseload in
volves unregulated homes. He tells people they
should cease operations or register their homes
with the state agency.
“In this case, the provider is cooperating with
our department and she has agreed to cease op
erations until we complete our investigation,”
Horton said about Moore.
David Beard, a policy specialist with the de
partment’s licensing division, said, “I’m told that
she indicated to the local staff that she was not
planning to care for children in at least two weeks
and if and when she intends to do that (reopen),
she would do it under proper regulations.”
Horton said if McClure had not fallen 22 feet
into the well, from which she was rescued Friday
night, state officials probably never would have
known the facility existed.
“Generally, the only way we find out about an
unregulated facility is if there is a complaint or
something like this,” Horton said.
He said his agency’s investigation would take
about 30 days.
Moore was not immediately available for com
ment. Her telephone number is unpublished.
Texas law contains both civil and criminal pe
nalties for day-care violations, Beard said.
“As to whether or not those will be pursued, I
can’t say,” he said. “I tend to think not. I think
the lady has been penalized enough through this
horrible experience:”
McClure remained in serious but stable condi
tion Tuesday, undergoing oxygen tank treat
ments for her right foot, which was injured dur
ing her 58-hour ordeal in the well, hospital
spokesman Sue Ristom said.
The foot suffered loss of blood circulation and
doctors are doing everything possible to save the
foot from amputation.
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