News Scrapbook 1989

San Diego, CA. (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840)

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far 1888 T dre os face Azusa in opener Memo~tloss later became a forfeit victory. Jackson and junior quarterback NAIA La~t year, the Cougars. fi~ished Brendan Murphy, the offense should to -ranked 19th ID the National Assoc1atlon of improve on last year's average of C · fi h Intercollegiate Athletics Division II 17.6 points per game. OUgarS IS feS rankings with a 7-1 record. This year, But Azusa Pacific is unlikely to be By Tom Kra ovic Azusa. Pacific h~s 16 sta~ters back, dazzled. AH of its linebackers return. 1arr Writer including an_ of I backfield, and is "They are very tough," Fogarty said. Brian Fogarty sighed. When your ranked 22nd m tM preseason poll. In years past, the Cougars have team loses five games by 16 points ·They're pro~~bly the ~t team tried to pound USD with an I-back and the memory of one of those loss- on o~r schedule, Fogarty s~1~. . offense. They still use it, but quarter- es is evoked, about an you can do is Its no wonder. ~zusa P~c1f1c gives back Brian Hunt also passed for 915 sigh or scream. Fogarty, the USD scholarships _to_ sp~e. o_f its players. yards and eight touchdowns last sea- footbal1 coach, isn't the sort for U_SD, which is ID D1vmon III, offers son. Tight end Craig Panell (6-foot-5, screaming. aid only to needy ~layers. Each year, 245 pounds) returns, too. Among their ''Well it was 14-13," he said, recall- the Cougars are bigger and stronger concerns will be USO senior tackle ing last season·s game at Azusa Pa- than the Torero Foga~ty said. Dave Dunn, who set a school record cific, "and we dro\e it at the end and Because several of its opponents with 12 sacks last season. were 10 yards out of field-goal posi- are such, USO ften gambles on de- Fogarty and USD defensive line twn. fense. And last season, Fogarty in· coach Tim Oder said they would "Our halfback was wide open stalled _a tric . offense_, the Dela- rather play the Cougars now than across the middle. ware _wing-T, ich requires sharper later. The Toreros began practicing "And one of our own players blocking anglts, ~ut spares running before Azusa did, and USD's lack of knocked the bal1 away.' backs some pon nd ing. depth might he apparent in the open- "We are mUes ahead of this time er. And that was that. USD lost by a J t f.a · point, thus concluding its what- as year, as r as our execution and ''I think probably our biggest con- might-have-been season with a 5-4 understandm1of the offense, both as cern is whether we can handle their record (one loss was reversed by a coaches and as players," Fogarty size and shape," Fogarty said. "Tai- forfeit). said. ent for talent, I think we played them Th With seve1 returning starters, in- pretty tough last year. We had a e Toreros begin a new season I d. h . c u mg sennr ruomng back Todd chance to win the ball game. ere tomght at 7:30. One problem: •Their opponent is Azusa Pacific Thi~ ~ ---~---~-·----~---------~-....-.::::___

/ Consumer groups' lawsuit challenges r I I I I I I I exemptions,,for insurance companies Shortly after the suit was filed I here in Superior Court, the Depart- I ment of Insurance requested a meet- I

forced to take legal action because the m urance commi ioner has re- peatedly proven she I more interest• ed m protecting insurance company profits than implementing the will of the people," said state Board of Equalizaton member Conway Collis, a potential candidate for insurance commi ioner. The suit was liled on behalf of Colli ' Propo ition 103 Intervention Team, the Lo Angel chapter of the National As ociation for the Ad· vancement of Colored People, the Umve it of San Diego' Center for Pub 1c Inter t w, and Voter Re- volt, which ponsored the initiative. Gillespie's Department of Insur- ance criticized the lawsuit in a state- ment, adding that the department is "fully committed" to enforcing the voter-approved initiative. "Frivolous lawsuit such as this one may generate headlines for pro- ponents of Proposition 103 but will only prevent consumers from receiv- ing rate reducl!ons m a timely man- n r," the department said Although the initiative was passed in r ponse to high automobile insur- ance rate , Gillespie repeatedly has said that mo ·t California drivers will not ee premium reductions.

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ing with the consumer coalition, ac- cording to the coalition's lead attor- ney, James Wheaton of the Center for Public Interest Law. Last month, Gillespie listed only 13 insurers that may be subject to roll- backs. After considerable public outcry, she added four major insur- ers to the list on Wednesday. They mclude State Farm Mutual, Farm- ers, Mercury and the the Automobile Club of Southern California. Those firms control about one- third of California's automobile in- surance market. Proposition 103, approved by vot- ers last November, cans for insur- ance rate ro11backs to 20 percent below 1987 levels. However, the Cali- fornia Supreme Court significantly changed the initiative's criteria for rollback exemptions. The initiative originally required the rollbacks unless they would threaten insurers with insolvency, but that provision was ruled uncon- stitutional. The court said rollbacks could only be enforced if insurers were making more than a fair profit, or "fair rate of return." 7

D ated: By now, The Steve Garvey Saga should be yesterday's soap opera. But those of us keeping current with a 1989 Sports Facts calendar are reminded anew today. The entry for Sept. 8 - a painfully dated quote !.rom sports columnist Jim Murray: Mr. Clean: Steve Garvey is the only ballplayer who, when the choir struck up 'Ave Maria,' could turn to his date and murmur, 'Listen, darling, they're playing our song.' " Out our way: Atty. Philip Sharp who leaves his law practice for the Superior Court bench next week, is gomg out a winner. Sharp postponed his s~earing-m so he could keep a promise to represent colleague ~obert Joel Brown in a personal miury case. The jury came in for Sharp and Brown this week. ... With the Padres streaking, Tim Flannery may not abide by his decision to retire on his birthday Sept. 29. But the Padres are going ahead with plans to honor the scrappy veteran Sept. 30. What had been billed as "Fan Appreciation Night" is now "Flan Appreciation Night." ... Atty. Michael Liuzzi and Channel 39 anchorwoman Demse Yamada go to the altar tomorrow a_UI.Slrs. Founders Hall Chape1:Ralph Nlclrols, foonet -crooner with The ~tter_men, will sing at the wedding. (L1uzz1 and Yamada "discovered" Nichols singing at a Catholic Church in Beverly Hills.) Inside out: Al Gray, the Marine Corps commandant, was on hand yesterday for a breakfast introducing MCRD's new commaodmg general, John S. Grmalds. And both men alluded to recent talk of expanding Lindbergh Field onto MCRD property. "The depot is not an island in a sea of indifference," said Grinalds pledging to play a role in the community and keep San Diegans aware ?f what goes on there. Any d1Scuss1ons on tbe airport issue would be on top of the table, he said. Referring to a ''tug-of-war" between the city and the Marines, Gray s~med to dampen any hopes of airport expansionists. "We can't be as good as the nation expects us to be without our facilities in San Diego,'" Gray said. Moving right along: Nancy (MacHutchin) Chase and her husband, Richard, were pleased to read here about the premium on re- sales of the hot new two-seat Mazda Miata. They bought theirs two days before they discovered she was pregnant with twins (boy and girl). The Chase family will be in the market for a four-seater come tb_is month. But not to worry; he's s~ll keeping tabs on the department, h 15 staff says. He's phoning in daily for messages. Which leads taxpayer Rushelle Butler to a new worry: "What if he's calling collect?" ... Construction work on the Laurel Street Bridge is playing havoc with traffic in Balboa Park. Five minutes before curtain for "Breaking Legs" Wednesday night, the Old Globe box office took a call from a frantic patron on bis car phone. The Laurel ~treet Bridge was closed, he cried. Hold the curtain!" January.... Sheriff John Duffy is off on an extended holiday in Europe

groups y terday filed a lawsuit rum d at blocking exemptions grant• ed by t te Insurance Commissioner Roxam Gillespie to m·urance com- pam s king to avoid Proposition lOJ's mandatory premium rollbacks. The suit, the hr l major legal ac- tion by consumers over th mitiative, claims Gill pie cted illegally by tabli hing arbitrary stand rd that determme wh ther or not insurance companies mu t roll back their rates. About 450 nsuranc c mpanies filed exemption requ ts, and la t month Gill pie approved 184 of them outright, mostly for mall in- urance comp nie . be tentatively ruled that more th n 200 other Insur rs - including ome of th state's large t al o will not face the rollback . Th law u1t a the court to r peal th actions nd force the comm1 100 r to develop new ex- emption tandards through public hearings - a proce that exi ting law g •ncrally requir for tale reg- ulation. "Unfortunately, we have been

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"Terry (O'Neil) is a talented guy, and he was one of the contributors to CBS' uccess. But you need more than one guy. CBS still has great depth. I don't know about NBC." O'Neil made his initial mark in sports TV as executive producer of CBS Sports for three years (1981-84), before a personality clash with Mus- burger and other higher-ups caused him to quit. O'Neil was hired last May to a similar role at NBC Sports, after Mi- chael Wei man was dismissed. Shaker emphasized that "NFL Today" - a perennial ratings winner when measured against "NFL Live" (perhaps a reflection of the NFC's bigger markets) - is not remaining status quo. "In this business, which is so com- petitive, there 1s no such thing as sta- tus quo," said Shaker "You either strive to be better or you fall back. You always try to be better. But that doesn't mean chang- ing your (on-air) people. We're happy with our crew." The two NFL-themed shows that ESPN airs on Sundays - "Game Day" and "Prime Time" - have im- pressed Shaker, and made him a bit envious. "They have the luxury of more time, two hours every week (com- pared to a half-hour at NBC and CBS). You can cover a Jo~ more ground that way," he said. CBS intends to provide reports that will be similar - in being as topical and timely as possible - to those done by ESPN. ''You'll see more reports from league cities on what's happening right now, not last week " said Shaker. On the touchy issue of airing odds for weekly NFL games, Shaker re- mains firmly on the side of purity. No gambling odds will be aired on CBS. Why not? "All this overemphasis on betting has become a clicM," said Shaker. "I get kind of tired of it myself. If peo- ple want to find that kind of informa- tion, they know where to go. It won't he us. We don't have to be like every- body else" Fact is, NBC won't air odds on NFL game . Only ESPN - with Pete Axthelm giving his light-hearted picks - plans to be so blatant, or honest, about the issue of gambling. However, with the advent of NFL ports lotteries in Oregon and New Hampsh re and eventually other sta , CBS could ch nge its policy. "I gu If we went into the toilet (in the rating ), we'd have to look at what's happening and why," said Shaker, "But we ntend to stay on top. Maybe th1 1s the year it won't hap- pen. You never take anything for granted." • • • SPINNING THE DIAL - ESPN celebrated its 10th anniversary last night with a 90-mioute special, host- ed by Chris Berman. Last ni~ht at the burgeoning net-

At NBC, it's a new studio set, a new ca t of characters and a new emphasis on hard news for "NFL Live," the network's Sunday morning wrap-around show Bob Costa still rules the roost as host, with new co-host 0.J. Simpson at his side. Indeed, Costas is the only co tant remaining from a season ago. By contrast, CBS' pregame show FL Today" returns virtually un- changed. Br nt Musburger's energized style - "You are looking Jive!" - might grate on ome critics, but he has

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With less than a week to go before adjournment, the Senate and Assembly are inching toward agreement on a packet of sorely needed ethics reforms. Separate versions passed by each body have been referred to a two-house conference commit- tee. It is imperative that the d1"f. ferences be reconciled and a final measure approved by lawmakers in both chambers be- fore the Sept. 15 deadline for ad- Despite a profusion of rhetoric e Assembly about the need for ethics reform, the Senate has passed a stronger package. It ·1s, therefore, the Senate bill that ought to serve as the model to be followed by the joint conference. The essence of the bipartisan Senate measure i·s a proposed constitutional amendment to adn accep ance of speaking fees an other honorariums paid to legislators by interest groups. Last year, members of the Leg- 1s a ure received $732,000 in per- ~onaLnav.ment.s not . · th m b t . l t journment.

"The spate of scandals involving apparent vote- buying in Sacramento has made le 0 islative ethics a c paramount concern of Cal- rub is that senators made the ethics reforms contingent upon the creation of an outside salary commission to raise legislators' pay automatically, without a vote by the Senate and Assem- Because the Ca11·forn1·a const1·• tution requires the Legislature or-nothing ethics plan must be adopted by the voters as a con- stitutional amendment on the June 1990 statewide ballot. Link- ing the salary commission to the e thi cs overhaul appears to be a , sure way to win back-door voter approval for a pay 1 ·ncrease. At a salary of only $40,816 a year plus a per diem expense al- lowance of $88 a day members i'"ornia vote"... " 'J' •" bly · o es a s t bli h ·t I s own pay, the all- t

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nited earlier this year federal commission pro automatic increase in c Sacramento would be continue to set their o rather than seek political behind an outside panel. flaw in the Senate pac more to be derived from the an o se by the · s10na 1 salaries, lawmake th ff t d f ays o the session, altho outlook for final action is e me u e res r on the personal use of ca"' funds and an amendment i 1974 Political Reform A c ose a loophole that shiel ors rom prosecution conflict-of-interest laws. ,\ er important change that • 11 pec1a y needed is an Assa passed provision that wo quire most legislative m to be held in open sessi stead of behind closed do "' 1 · lat f · 1s tain Thes · 1 d t · . honorariums. A number of other refo d serve passage uring the

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work's headquarters in Bristol, Conn., the occasion was marked by a party. Huey Lewis & The News entertained ESPN's 500 staffers, ad- vertisers and others al a nearby amusement park. • CBS' coverage of the U.S. Open resumes tomorrow (Chi. 8, 8 a.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.). As usual, Mary Carillo enlivens the telecasts - which are hosted by the rather staid Pat Summerall and Tony Trabert - with her savvy, sassy remarks. • CBS has carried the U.S. Open for the past 22 years, expanding its coverage each year. Back in 1968, when CBS began its coverage, six hours of action were aired. This year, it's up to 33 hours. And don't forget that USA Net- work, before this weekend, aired 80 hours of U.S. Open action the past two weeks. • In a surprise move, KMPC Radio of Los Angeles has hired Paul Olden to can its UCLA football and basket- ba11 package. Olden had been doing Cleveland Indians play-by-play, and before that Las Vegas Stars basebal1.. He's also the fellow who, as an aide to the wonderfully acerbic Jim Healy on KMPC, asked Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda about "Dave Kingman's performance," when Kiogman's three homers bur• ied tbe Dodgers some 10 years ago. Lasorda's X-rated response is a regular feature of Healy's nightly show even now. If you've ever listened to Healy, you know which Lasorda I'm talking about. XTRA Radio's Lee Hamilton had been a leading candidate for the UCLA job. • Joe Stein, The Tribune's TV- Radio columnist, will no longer kib- itz with Jim Laslavic before Charg- ers games on XTRA. No replacement has been named as yet. Memo to XTRA: Give that job to Brad Cesmat. He's young, bright and aggressive, and he and Laz would make a strong team. • USO and USIU both have reached agreement with Vista-based KVSD to air their basketball games. No announcers have been named.

TV-Radio proven his staying power and star power over 15 years as the anchor. Analyst Dick Butku returns for bis econd season - his rough edges smoothed slightly from working with Musburger. And, of course, there's al- ways Irv Cross, whose bland tyle adds little to the show. But let's be grateful. At least Jimmy "The Gr ek" and Phyllis George are nowhere to he found these days at CBS. The changes we'll see Sundays on CBS' "NFL Today'' are far more sub- tle than those at " FL Live " But there wlll he changes, insists CBS Sports executive producer Ted baker. "The old 'happy talk' format of lbe pa_ t Just doesn't work anymore," said Shaker, who has been in charge of "NFL Today" for 10 years 'That's why w hired a guy like Will McDonough (of the Boston Globe). ho Is as highly regarded an FL reporter a there is in the news- paper b n ss. We work on stories up to the mom nt we go on the air. Some eight to 10 years ago, we could program our how on a Monday and n t hange much " Th day , with so many techno- logical advances that provide vi wer · with tones instantly, a menu of only pre-packaged stories I s its appeal. "Th ports TV Industry changed much in th '8 ," said Shaker, who h hanged him If m the past y , h vln h" ard nd I ·ng about 70 unwanted pounds. One , 'NFL Today' w a how unhke any oth r network show that covered a I ague," h aid "Now, it's commonplace to see this kind of how, even on local tation . Every- body's do g IL Thal makes it more important than ever lo be topical, as Imm d1ate a poss1bl " Sbak r, 7, pomts to ~PN - not NBC, its traditional network rival - a a vital for in that hift

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UP AND COMING Ranch to play host to hospital's hoedown :).c,5C5 h · begins at 6:15 p_.m. by the pool. _The ~evue B Nancy, ~btt Anderson benefit from a screening ?f t e movie and auction will follow the 8.1~ dfmner. T;;bune Society Editor "Charly" Sept. 16 in the Price Center on Tickets are $40 each. For more m orma· T llosp lTAL Foun· campus at UCSD. Act?r Cliff_ Robertson, tion phone 274-6204 or 273-9455. G ROSSMON who starred in the hlm, will host the • · 1M um of World dation will benefit from its "C!tc~ black-tie fund-raiser Reception begms at F ~:r! ~1~r:::~:~~ an~:al Collectors' Country" party tomorrow 6 : 30 p.m. Abuffet dinner follows the hlm. 0 r 5 l6 and 17 at the museum. ~f:n~~ ::::in~~~n~f~n!t:r~ ~:~\t~~; I~~::: :::t!1: ;~~h,!!~eex~:o::aii~~. ~:r::;ts:~t Jr~fts w\~ ~!:~~:~~:. s;;:: p$;~t~a;:.ic: 0 ~ta:~r!t ~~~aii~:e~h~~! phone 299-0100. ~f:we:;t 1:.g;~k~~ ~refo~!~fi~~hepi::; Coronado Hospital will have a black-tie view party. For more m , 698-5074. . . . . dinner dance Sept. 16. ~t t~e Ho~el del 453-5300. . Uuivers!!}' of San Diego Auxiliary will Coronado. Sharon Considine IS ~hair~om· The fourth annual KPBS Beer Festival have a members~lp te~rom 1 t? 3 P-~: an of the fund-raiser that begms with 7 takes place Sept. 16 in P~aza Hall of the Tuesday in a private ~ ion Hills res1 p.m. cocktails. Dinner is at 8. Tickets are Convention and Performing Arts Center. dence. For more information, phone 442· $75 each. For more information, phone Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. for the fund-raiser, 9907 or 284-0551. 238-3703. featuring more than 80 kind~ of domestic Caridad Internacional plans a lunch at Boys and Girls Men_tal Health Center and foreign beer. Advance t1cketsi:re 11 am Wednesday at the Bali Hai on Shel· I a d auc for members, $18 for non-m~mf rs t· ter ·Isl.and. For more information, phone will benefit from a mus1ca revue n . . $20 at the door. For more m orma ion, tion party Sept. 15 at the San Diego_Hilton 7 222-8717. . Beach and Tennis Resort. Cocktail hour phone 594-25 4. San Diego County Special Olympics will

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