European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Washington apr. Older people arc More avid newspaper readers than Young people but the Young arc More Apt to read books according to a study released sunday. Those who get their news from newspapers appear to be better informed than those who rely on radio but not necessarily better informed than television news watchers. And people with children Are More Likely to watch the sunday morning news interview shows on television than people without children. These titbits arc from a new study by the times Mirror Center for the people and the press called a the american Media who reads who watches who listens who cares.�?�, ,. The study divides people into four groups based on the interest they show in the news. Twelve percent Are news sophisticates who form the regular audience of National Public radio Public television so Macneil Lehrer news hours and such magazines As the Atlantic harpers and the new yorker. Eight percent do not read a daily newspaper or watch or listen to the news regularly. Another 39 percent done to quite make the rating of news sophisticate but nevertheless read a news Magazine or a major metropolitan daily newspaper or watch sunday morning interview shows or Cable news network. They arc called serious news Consumers. The remaining 41 percent the largest group arc moderate Consumers who regularly read a daily paper or watch or listen to the news. Hartford Conn. Apr Connecticut democrats endorsed . Rep. Bruce a. Morrison for governor saturday but gave enough backing to underdog William j. Cibes or. To allow a sept. 11 primary to decide the nomination. Saturdays balloting by 1,449 delegates to the democratic state convention gave Morrison 69 percent to Cibes 31 percent. A candidate needed 20 percent to Force a primary. A democratic gubernatorial primary has not been held since 1978. A we want a candidate who is on the Side of the working and Middle class families in the stale a said Morrison a four term congressman. A a that is the democratic party s legacy that is what people have been worried about and that a what 1 have to  democratic gov. William a. Of Neill decided in March not to seek a third full term after 10 it ears i newspaper readers Are not necessarily better informed than to news watchers study finds. Forty one percent of the non news users and 16 percent of the news sophisticates Are in the 18-29 age bracket. The analysis was based on 4,890 Telephone interviews conducted in the first four months of this year. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage Points. The Survey shows that 24 percent in the 18-29 bracket said they had read a daily newspaper the previous Day. This Rose to 61 percent for persons Over 80. The percentage increased steadily with age except for a slight slump among people in their 70s. Forty three percent of people under 30, one of every two people in their 30s and 40s, and 44 percent of people 50 and Over said they listened to news on the radio regularly. For television the percentages were 63 percent office. Challenged by Morrison for the nomination of Neill said he feared a Nasty Campaign and decided to pull out. He remained publicly Neutral but some of his loyalists w worked for Cibes. The primary Winner will face Independent Lowell p. Wieker jr., a former three term Republican . Senator who has a commanding Lead in the polls and Republican John g. Rowland a three term congressman expected to be nominated at the weekend gop state convention. F or the first time in decades the democrats Are not favored to w in the governors race. . Rep. Barbara b. Kennedy called Cibes decision to Force a primary Quot a foolish move Quot when the democrats face an Uphill Battle in november. Under 30, 71 percent in the 30s and 40s, and 84 percent at age 50 and Over. Five percent of childless people said they watched the sunday interview programs regularly. This Rose to 11 percent for married couples with children and 12 percent for single parents. Thirty eight percent of people 18 to 29 said they were Reading a novel or other Book. This increased to 39 percent among people in their 30s and 41 percent for readers in their 40s. After that it dropped off to 35 percent for the 50s and 70s, 31 percent for the 60s, and 29 percent for people Over 80. The habit of watching can regularly Rose from 21 percent in the youngest age bracket to 28 percent for people in their 50s and 60s. It dropped to 22 percent Tor viewers Over 70. Among people who had spent one hour or More Reading a daily newspaper on the previous Day 20 percent correctly identified czechoslovakian president Vaclav Havel compared with 16 percent for those who spent an hour or More watching television news and 11 percent for those who spent that much time listen ing to news on the radio. In the same Survey 90 percent of the newspaper readers 92 percent of television watchers and 82 percent of radio listeners knew where Panama a Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega took Refuge. Forty seven percent of readers 50 percent of to watchers and 34 percent of radio listeners knew How the control of the Panama canal will change.1 worker killed 3 Hurt in fire at nuclear Plant Bridgman Mich. Apr a Flash fire broke out at a nuclear Plant killing one worker and injuring three but no radiation was released Utility company officials said. The fire broke out in electrical equipment away from the nuclear reactor containment building at the . Cook nuclear Power Plant said officials at Indiana Michigan Power. A was such there is no danger of radioactive release and no danger to the Public a spokesman Eustace Smarrella said in a statement. Electrical production also was unaffected Indiana Michigan spokesman Wayne Hasty said from Utility Headquarters in fort Wayne  no longer cute to grocery store workers Laconia . Apr employees of a grocery store Are losing patience with the continuing escapades of a Squirrel that has taken up residence amid the Coffeecake a doughnuts and hot dog Rolls. The Critter has run up a $25 Tab at the farm fare Iga Over the last two weeks. Employees took to chasing the Squirrel outside but it keeps coming Back. A it was a joke the first couple of times but now he is beginning to be a problem a said store manager Dick  cymbals Cutie kids recalled to replace parts Washington apr the cymbals on about 9,200 sesame Street rhythm band sets will be replaced because a new York toy company says the parts pose a choking Hazard for Small children. Lewco corp. Is offering to replace the Oscar the grouch cymbals for its Model 3553 band sets because a the Heads detached from the cymbals and fail the consumer product safety commissions Small parts test. No injuries involving the sets have been reported but Consumers should discard the original cymbals and Contact Lewco corp., 1107 Broadway suite 905, new York n.y., 10010 for replacements. In a similar action another toy manufacturer recalled 2,364 dolls because various body parts detach easily and present a choking Hazard to Young children. Allen Lewis manufacturing co. Of Denver colo., said its Cutie kid dolls were sold or distributed As free premiums since 1989 to tourists in Small towns throughout the nation. The 6-Inch dolls came with pacifiers and Are dressed in a Pink or Blue two piece Panama outfit. The cardboard headers on the Clear plastic bags containing the dolls Are labelled Quot Cutie kid made in  Consumers should take the dolls away from Young children and Contact Frank Garlett at 1-800-525-6658. Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 16,1990 paper to Media preferences detailed a Apon wings of Jaguar Pilot Bill Greenwood of Aspen colo., flies his world company a 50th anniversary. Festivities were to begin War ii British super Marine spitfire past new Yorkus monday for the company which made More than half of statue of Liberty on Friday in Honor of the Jaguar car the spitfires flown during the  to hold first primary in 12 years for Conn. Governor