Asbestos firms
may be sued
From Emerald and AP wire reports
A federal judge has cleared
the way for thousands of school
districts across the nation to
join a class-action suit seeking
damages from 55 asbestos
manufacturers in removing the
substance from their buildings.
The suit, with almost $1
billion at stake, will be the first
nationwide class action for pro
perty damage in a products
liability case, an attorney for
some of the schools said.
U.S. District Judge James
McGirr Kelly, in a ruling writ
ten Friday and released Mon
day, granted the class-action
status to three school districts in
Pennsylvania and one in South
Carolina that are trying to
recover damages and the cost of
removing the substance from
their buildings.
Under Kelly’s ruling, the suit
automatically will add 36,000
public and non-profit schools
that have been ordered to be
tested for asbestos, including
about 14,000 that the federal
government says have asbestos
in their ceilings or in insula
tion, the attorney, David Berger,
said Monday night.
Locally, workers began
removing asbestos from the east
wing exterior of the Univer
sity’s Science I building Sept.
24. According to the job con
tract, the $107,020 project is ex
pected to be completed around
Oct. 15.
The project was initiated last
spring when 259 students and
faculty members petitioned the
University to do something
about the rapidly deteriorating
asbestos coating on the
structure.
Eventually, asbestos in the
building’s interior will also be
removed. And the Physical
Plant has a plan underway to
identify other asbestos locations
on campus.
Last week Muriel Jackson,
University assistant for ad
ministration, said that an ap
propriate course of action with
regard to other campus
buildings will be determined
after the current Science I pro
ject is completed.
Asbestos fibers, when inhal
ed, have been known to cause
cancer and a variety of lung
problems.
Harr ah’s cars
auctioned off
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A car
collector who sold a 1936
Duesenberg convertible in 1961
“LITE BEER IS A LOT LIKE
QUARTERBACKS.
I CAN’T WAIT TO GRAB
HOLD OF ONE’’
L C GREENWOOD
for $5,000 has bought it back for
$800,000.
Jack Nethercutt, owner of
Merle Norman Cosmetics, spent
more than $2 million for 19 cars
at the two-day weekend auction
of 335 cars from the Harrah's
Automobile Collection.
The auction netted $10.2
million for Holiday Inns, which
is selling off most of the collec
tion created by the late casino
owner Bill Harrah. Holiday Inns
now owns Harrah’s casinos.
Holiday Inns plans to sell
about 450 of the remaining 750
cars, with the others going into
a permanent exhibit to be fund
ed by donations.
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the Cutwater fortune.
The soul "transmigration”
actually works.. .sort of.
Edwina just happens to pop
up in the wrong body, the right
side of Roger Cobb’s to be exact.
The initial adjustment opens
the way for one of Martin’s most
successful bits of physical com
edy as Edwina and Roger fight
for control of his body. But
when they do finally agree to
work together, Edwina still
walks like a socialite — much to
Roger’s embarrassment.
The craziness comes out
when Edwina takes control and
Martin pulls off two
characterizations in one body.
His finest moment occurs dur
ing a court case where Roger
dozes off and Edwina attempts
to try the case.
That's about as good as the
film gets, however. The script,
by Phil Alden Robinson, opens
up wonderful opportunities for
physical comedy but fails to
develop any outstanding jokes
or offhand witticisms. The plot
complications are fairly predic
table and the ending is
contrived.
Under a lesser cast this film
could have fallen flat, but Mar
tin and Tomlin (in her limited
role) bring out the best and at
tempt to skip over the rough
ground.
There are too many missed
opportunities in "All of Me” to
hype it as a great comedy. The
manic intensity and creative
spark seen in earlier Martin
Reiner comedies, particularly
the underrated "The Man with
Two Brains,” is noticeably ab
sent from this effort, making the
picture more "commercial” but
less inspired.
One thing is for sure: "All of
Me” seems destined to improve
the flagging careers of Martin
and Tomlin. It’s just too bad
Universal decided to play it
safe, because Martin could have
used this kind of push in a bet
ter effort.
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