European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 Ltd a a the stars and stripes Friday january 11,1991 a trendy car of the year Genera motors corp. Chief executive officer Robert a a Azine wednesday presented its annual prize to the Stumpel left and vice president Jim Perkins show off 1991 Chevrolet Caprice classic Ltd during a press their 1991 car of the year award. Motor trend mag preview of the International Auto show in Detroit. Columbia to build son land Park los Angeles apr Columbia pictures entertainment has the of from its japanese owners to open a son land amusement Park to compete with the Disneyland and Universal studios theme Parks in Southern California. Details on Cost a construction timetable and location for the son land theme Park will not be available for several months Columbia said tuesday. A it May not be just one Park it May not be just Here in the United states a said Paul Schaefer executive vice president of corporate affairs for Columbia. Us son land will unite characters rides and exhibits Eim playing Sony technology and hardware he said. The Park will draw its creative inspiration from Columbia pictures Tri Star pictures co Pix television and lbs records,-.which was changed a week ago to Sony music. Quot director Steven Spielberg and his am Lin entertainment were expected to have a role in the project a new York apr a a judge has ordered prison terms for two More teen agers convicted in the near fatal rape a and beating of a Central Park Jogger in 1989. Acting state supreme court Justice Thomas Galligan on wednesday called the acts a cowardly mindless mob induced a madness Quot As he sentenced 16-year-old Kevin Richardson to serve five to 10 years the maximum for a juvenile offender in new York. Richardson was 14 at the time of the attack. Galligan sentenced 18-year-old Kharey Wise to five to 15  sentencing ended spectators seated behind the defendants stood and chanted a Freedom or death we will win a according to the daily variety Industry publication. Spielberg is directing Tri stars upcoming a Hook a starring Robin Williams As a descendant of Peter pan Dustin Hoffman As capt. Hook and Julia Roberts As tinkerbell. Capt. Hooks pirate ship and the tree House in never never land Are expected to end up As permanent attractions at son land. Disney and Universal had no comment on the son land proposal. The son land project comes at a time when Southern California theme Parks Are experiencing leaner times and More Competition. Disney plans an Ocean oriented Park in Long Beach and a second major attraction in Anaheim. Attendance figures released last week showed a decline in visitors at the major Southern California amusement Parks in 1990. Disneyland Universal studios tour and sea world All had fewer visitors last year than in 1989. Raheem Howard 20, held a sign for the judge to see that read a we know where you  he was ordered to serve 30 Days in jail for contempt of court. Richardson was convicted of attempted murder rape sodomy and other charges Wise was convicted of first degree assault sexual abuse and riot. Their trial was the second of three in the  16-year-Olds were convicted of rape and assault at the first trial and sentenced to five to 10 years. Steven Lopez 16, faces trial in february. The 30-year-old Jogger was attacked As she made her nightly run through the Park. She was found near death by two passers by but made what doctors called a Miracle recovery and has testified at both trials. Stateside contractors to pay family in death of technician Santa Barbara Calif. A the family 0fa technician killed in a rocket fire and Crane Accident at Edwards fab will get nearly $2.4 million from two base contractors involved in the Accident an attorney said. The air Force was still investigating the cause of the sept. 7 Accident in which a Titan 4 rocket motor dropped from a Crane and burst into flames. Technician Alan Quimby 27, an employee of Wyle labs of Al Segundo was killed by Concrete counterweights that fell from the Crane that was removing the rocket motor segment from a t9st stand at the air base s astronautics Laboratory 70 Miles North of los Angeles. His family settled with the rocket motor manufacturer and the Crane company in an agreement approved dec. 31 in Superior court family attorney William f. Gamble said  cuts prices for Southern californians Anaheim Calif. Up a Disneyland will Cut admission prices to $20 for All Southern California residents from Jan. 12 until March 3, at a time when the looming recession is threatening to Hurt tourism. Disneyland which had an estimated 12.9 million visitors last year said monday it was making the move to enable local residents to take advantage of the theme Park during a relatively Slack period. The theme Park which is second Only to Disney world in Florida in terms of total attendance will accept a Drivers License or Utility Bill As proof of residence As Long As it contains a zip code Between 90000 and 93599. Disneyland announced last november that it had boosted its ticket Price to $27.50 for adults and $22.50 for children. Spokesman John Mclintock said the Price Cut was not related to a poor response to that increase. A we had no resistance to the Price increase and a very Busy Christmas season a he said. A popular Alaska lawmaker faces trial in Hometown Nome Alaska Ufa a a popular state lawmaker who won re election one month after he was indicted on Federal weapons charges is being tried in his Hometown where prosecutors said it would be a nigh impossible to find an unbiased jury. Richard Foster a 44-year-old democratic legislator is a defendant in the first Federal trial Here in recent memory. A Foster an immensely popular political figure was successful in getting his . District court Case moved to has Hometown of Nome much to the Chagrin of Federal prosecutors. Nome is a rough and Tumble Bering sea coastal town in Western Alaska where Foster runs a gun shop. He is on trial for a four count Federal felony indictment charging him with unlawful Possession of unregistered firearms including chinese made machine guns machine gun parts and a soviet mortar. A machinist called authorities after Foster asked him to do some work on the gun parts for him last Spring. Foster was indicted in september and won re election unopposed in november. Houston a the biggest . City without zoning wednesday took the first step away from Hodgepodge development that has allowed appliance stores to open in front Yards and office buildings to go up on residential streets. The City Council voted unanimously to immediately change the planning commission to the planning and zoning commission which will create a comprehensive zoning plan for the nation s fourth largest City. Houston resisted zoning during the Boom years Between 1970 and 1982\vhen the population Rose 33 percent to 1.6-million. A every one was so Busy making Money they did no to pay enough attention to the effects of unregulated growth a said City councilman Jim Grec mood. Who with mayor Kathy Whitmire offered the zoning proposal. But business and real estate leaders say its too late to zone an already developed City. A to come in this late in the development stage and zone the City Quot just does no to make sense. People think this is just a Panacea to solve our Urban problems a said Charles Miller chairman of a mayoral committee that recommended using existing Laws to rid residents of nuisances. Greenwood countered Liat 20 percent of the City is vacant land and another 20 percent is underdeveloped and that zoning would protect those areas. A a there a a. Misunderstanding of what zoning is. He said. A it allows people w to live in the City to determine what kind of Protection is applicable to them. The first right of property owners is  the planning and zoning commission will recommend in. 90 Days a number of ways Tor neighbourhoods to get immediate Relief including strengthened enforcement of the health code and deed restrictions. In one year the commission will propose a draft for zoning regulations. After six months of Public debate an ordinance on zoning would be submitted to the Council. Businesses deemed incompatible wit an area would be removed from res dental neighbourhoods but would be a Lowed to recover their initial investment. Opponents say poor neighbourhoods w i suffer under zoning. A the idea that we want every one Mot. Eled after a White Anglo neighbourhood ridiculous a said Miller. Quot John Nichols president of the Housto association of realtors said areas Lif Houston s impoverished fifth wat would probably be zoned resident a does that mean it s going to be slum Loi housing from now on a he asked. 2 More sentenced in Jogger s rape