Critics claim Newark lost its pride to Stem’s show
NEWARK, N I
(AP) — Some i.rilii s
say tlu> city sold its
soul to Howard Stem
by ranting tho shix;k
NATIONAL
jock a hall
New Year’s Kve pay-per-view
pageant
for his
'beauty
While the mayor spent most of the
evening outside directing traffli Stem was
inside Symphony Hall, delivering on his
promise to provide an offensive television
program with "truly moronic stuff
Along with the nudity and profanity
Stern took mm at his host city, calling it
the ”< arjai king capital of the world
After viewing the program — which
New York Post columnist Adam Bui kman
called "the most disgusting two hours in
the history of television City Count il
members scheduled a meeting for Tues
day to disi iiss ways of preventing offen
sive shows at city-owned property in the
fullin'
"Every comedian on national TV will
be taking potshots at us,” Count itmun Hen
ri Martini*/ '.nit "The joke ivas on
Newark
Members of Cit\ Council worry that
Stem's shots at Newark will revive its rep
utation as a city still burned out from the
t'ifi? nots and for its auto theft rates
Stern delivered
At least 175,000 households around the
i ottnlrv paid $39 95 to watch the "Miss
Howard Stem New Year's Kve Pageant"
- making it the most profitable pay-per
view entertainment event ever, said Main
K vents TV. which produced the program
I he previous record was 2/5.000 homes
for a 1990 New Kids on the Hits k com ert
Stem's show included a contestant who
stuffed her mouth with maggots and anoth
er who lay on her hai k and appeared to
masturtiale He also called Newark a "piece
of city"
Cyclists ride in name of peace
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HANOI. Vietnam (AIM —
With three shouts of ''Peace’
U S A. Vietnam!", a group of
59 cyclists led by an Oregon
ian began a 1.200-mile cross
country ride today
Thu group, mostlv Americans, headed down
Highway 1 wearing fluorescent racing tights and
sleek white helmets In a c ountry where hiking is
a necessity, not a sport they dodged a massive
morning surge of Vietnamese trudging to work and
to the market on haltered hicyc les Most of the
cyclists were doing it for the adventure of untrod
paths
Kick Bauman, a former politician in Portland.
Ore., organized the trip after doing it himself last
year. His 19-year-old daughter, Hillary, u Benning
ton, Vt., College student, is the youngest of the
cyclists. The oldest is Don Koss, 69. a public rela
tions executive in New York City Other cyclists
are from Canada, Britain and Denmark.
Vietnamese officials who couldn't comprehend
why anyone would want to hike that many miles
sent them off with firecrackers and a speech
extolling Vietnamese-American reconciliation.
One cyclist responded with a triumphant fist in
the air and shouted "Hon Birth' U S A , Vietnam!'
Hoa Birth means pern e. Others joined him.
On the road, peasant women in conical bamboo
hats turned to stare in disbelief as they took veg
etables to town Young men on motorbikes — the
new generation that sees America ns a model
gave them the thumbs-up.
The 16-day "Cycle Vietnam" goes from Hanoi
capital of what used to he North Vietnam, to Ho
Chi Minh City which as Saigon was the i npital of
South Vietnam when w ar raged.
For many years, only pain and sorrow traveled
along Highway 1 Hundreds of thousands of war
refugees flooded it U S forces fought Communist
forces using it as the main invasion route The road
passes through sites of major battles including
Hue, Da Nang, and Quang Ngai Provim e. site of
the My Dii massacre in whii h C S soldiers killed
hundreds of civilians
lust before Mo Chi Mmh Citv. the road splits
The route west toward C-ambodia is where in IDT I
him Phuc. t>, was photographed fleeing naked after
being seared hv a U S napalm bomb
After the U S trade embargo recently was eased,
a dozen U S companies bid for internationally
financed propels to rebuild the highway
From the road vou can see bomb craters,
bunkers and hundreds of spartan military ceme
teries. each with hundreds of tombs But the red
clay delta marshes and the limestone i hfls of sheer
emerald uiui while that rise |usl a levs kilometers
outside Hanoi tiegm a senes of spectacular natural
scenes that only poverty > an preserve
"This is one of the Inst tunes you'll be able to
walk into a society that still lias the charm and
innocence that existed ri0 years ago." Koss said
"Things are going to change very quit kly.
added Amy Kttiter. a tti year-old publit. relations
executive from Portland, Ore "1 think the Ameri
can trade embargo is going to fie lifted very soon
I just wanted to get fieri- before it i hanged "
The cyclists include seven Amorii an veterans,
almost all returning fur the first time An eighth
dropped out and flew hack to California l he
nightly blast of firecrackers in Hanoi since New
Year's Day brought bat k memories tin) painful fur
him
One veteran who did make it is |ohn Milliken.
an engineer in Portland. Ore
"I was scared." is the way he remembers his
trips on Highway 1 for food and spare parts for Ins
unit more than *!l) years ago "Around every curve
you wondered what was i oming up ahead, about
being ambushed I’m looking forward to a really
mi ii ride "
More nervous is Dion Huynh, i New York Cit\
bartender who had fought for South Vietnam's Air
Fori e Huynh said he would ride only with a lug
group because he feared Communist soldiers
might arrest him
But for Huynh, there also will lie the joy of long
separated family members waiting when his weary
bike comes to rest in the south's lush rice delta
Resorts bill skiers for rescue costs
PRINCE GEORGE, British
Columbia (AP) — The thrill of
the unknown can carry a steep
price tag for skiers who deliber
ately head out of bounds and net
lost.
Powder Emu Ski Village, near
Mackenzie about 125 miles
north of Prindh George, is fol
lowing the example of an
Okanagan ski hill and billing
two sets of out-of-bounds skiers
lor the cost of their rescues
Two 18-year-old men from
Prince George skied away from
the designated Powder King
trails and got lost recently A
few days earlier, two Mac kenzie
moil in their 20s skied out of
bounds and had to he rescued
They were found within hours.
Sibils and ropes make it clear
where the designated trails are.
Powder King manager John Bury
said.
Bury said the skiers will be
billed for ski patrol members'
efforts and the equipment used
in searc hing for them He esti
mated the cost of each rescue
"in the thousands of dollars.
The last one alone should ire
between $3,500 to $4.000."
Bury said the cost does not
include the efforts of volunteer
searchers, emergency personnel,
police and spe< tal equipment
such as helicopters.
"All of these people could
have saved themselves and their
families a lot of grief if they had
carried a S') compass and knew
how to use it," Bury noted.
"1 feel that they should have
to pay." agreed Mike Pillion of
Tabor Mountain Ski Resorts
Ltd . east of Print e George. "Peo
ple start putting their own lives
on the line when someone’s
lost.”
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Peace Corps
On UO Campus
Jan. 11 & 12
Information
Table
Recruitment
Presentations
Peace Corps
Director
speaks on campus
Tue * Weil. Jan II 12.
10 am 3 pm. EMU
"How lo Qualify"
Tuci. Jan 11. 12 20 1 H) pm
EMU Cedar AAB.
"Peace Corjn Projects in Africa"
Tues .Jan II. 7 *>pni
EMU Cedar AAB.
Peace Corps Director
Carol Bellamy
Wed . Jan l2.4Apm.
EMU Eir Rm
Interviews
Intervwwt (of h'alVWiMcr Vt openings will he held J*n 26-27 To u-hedule
an appointment. c*U Anna Aguilar at J46-4026 (Nofe You muu hnng a
completed application to the interview)
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