European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 5. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5miniseries Scarlett coming to Small screen new York apr tomorrow is still another Day for Rhett and Scarlett a on the Silver screen. Scarlett the Best Selling sequel to gone with the wind will appear instead on lbs As a television miniseries in 1993. Rights to the sequel were purchased for a record $8 million plus said Robert Halmi chairman of Rhi entertainment inc. The Independent producer and distributor purchased the rights to the novel in association with the network and two european distributors. Larry Blaustein vice president of Public relations for the William Morris Agency which negotiated the Deal said the previous record bid for rights to a Book was $2.5 million for Gay Talese a thy neighbors wife. The Agency also worked on those negotiations. United artists purchased the rights to Talese s Book in 1979, but the film was never made. The rights to Scarlett belonged to the estate of the late Margaret Mitchell who wrote gone with the wind. Halmi said the Deal Means a there will be no feature film and in a so  a a feature movie would be head on with gone with the wind. I done to think that a possible a he said. A that would be sacrilegious. If i was the maker of gone with the wind and Scarlett the movie was coming i would show gone with the wind the week before and wipe them  Halmi whose company also produced the acclaimed miniseries Lone some Dove said sunday that he hoped the miniseries would air during the Spring or fall sweeps of 1993, he declined to offer any preference for who would Star in the miniseries. For the role of Scarlett he said he wanted to conduct a search like the one David Sci Nick undertook in the 1930s for the film of gone with the wind. Vivien Leigh who was unknown to american audiences got the part at the last minute. One person who won t be involved is Alexandra Ripley who was chosen by Mitchell s estate to write the sequel. Halmi said Ripley a writer of historical Romance novels lacked the necessary screenwriting experience. He also indicated he had some changes in mind. A the property is not buying the Book. You re buying the franchise of these characters and i believe i can improve on it a Little bit a Halmi said. Quot nothing is really wrong with it. But it is Tough to sustain that Many years of these characters. I was worried we lost Rhett somewhere in the Middle Tor a Little  Halmi said he wanted to conclude the Story in Atlanta not in Ireland where the Book ends. Quot i would also like to rename the baby  he joked referring to Katie cd Olum of Hara the child Rhett and Scarlett have in the sequel. Despite scathing reviews. Scarlett has sold More than 5 million copies a world a  exhorted to vote for Gay Law s repeal san Francisco up a a letter by archbishop John Quinn asking catholics to support a repeal of the City a unique a Domestic partners Law threatened to fan a soldering dispute Between the Church and the homosexual Community into flames sunday. The letter was reprinted in Church bulletins and was read in part from the pulpit sunday a two Days before local elections a at several of the City a influential Catholic churches. The repeal measure on today a ballot was the exception to an otherwise lacklustre off year election. Until the Arch Quinn Bishops Call to arms there had been an Odd silence Over the usually contentious san Francisco political process. There were no emotional pleas no demonstrations and hardly a mention in local papers a not the kind of response to be expected Over an Issue that has split the City in three elections. The Law first came into being in 1989 when the City s Board of supervisors passed it on a 10-0 vote and it was signed by mayor Art Agnos. Religious leaders successfully got a repeal measure on the ballot which passed in 1989. Last year the Issue was again in front of san Francisco voters who this time approved it by a narrow margin. The Law which went into effect this year on feb. 14, has been hailed by homosexual Community leaders because it gives unmarried couples bereavement and Hospital visitation rights normally enjoyed Only by married couples. Those rights Are considered important in a Community hit hard by the aids epidemic. The Laws repeal would also be a setback for the Gay rights movement leaving Only West Hollywood with a Domestic partners Law in place. Religious leaders including Quinn have objected to the Law on moral grounds. A a it a really hard for us to get a Reading on How Many of the churches made the archbishops letter available to their congregations in some shape or form but we Are confident that several did a said George Wesolek chairman of the archdiocese a Justice and peace office the political Arm of the Church. A we Are simply reiterating our Long held stand against this Law Quot Wesolek said. A the Church has been against it All the times it has appeared on the  but this time Quinn a letter was worded More strongly than those of the past and specifically called on catholics to go to the polls and repeal the Law. A was a Catholic Bishop 1 repeat my continuing objection to this fundamental redefinition of the family which this ordinance represents a Quinn wrote. A this ordinance moves civil Law in exactly the opposite direction from its True purpose which is to protect individuals and nut Urc the common Good of  while religious leaders have been firm in their support of the repeal local politicians have thrown their weight toward defeating the measure and retaining the Law. A we Haven t seen any of the horrors predicted by the opponents of the Law come to pass a said Agnos a front rentier for re elect Ion. In the stars and stripes10 years ago nov. 5,1981 a Nasa officials blamed filter clogging a gunk Quot in 5 quarts of Oil Worth about $25 for a postponement in the second launching of the space shuttle Columbia from Cape canaveral Fla. The decision to postpone came with liftoff 31 seconds away.20 years ago nov. 5,1971 a in a Deal that Industry sources said would net him $5 million 82-year-old Charlie Chaplin went to Paris to attend a gala revival of 10 old Chaplin films which he had kept under lock and key for More than 20 years.30 years ago _ nov. 5,1961 a Ethiopia Nigeria and the Sudan asked for a meeting of the . Security Council to take up the situation in the Congo. The three countries said peace was threatened by the continued presence of mercenaries in the Congo s secessionist Katanga province.40 years ago nov. 5, 1951 it. Gen. George Erskine commander of British forces in Egypt was reported As stating that the situation in the Suez canal zone bordered on the threat of  at the same time Egypt protested that British forces were dragging workers to forced labor at gunpoint in the canal zone. New mayor faces painful process to save nearly destitute Philadelphia by the new York times Philadelphia the 127th mayor of Philadelphia to be elected today faces one of the most challenging jobs in America. The new mayor a most Likely the democratic front runner Edward g. Rendell a will take Over the Helm of a City that has been stumbling out of control for Many years racking up chronic deficits and losing population respect and political clout in Harrisburg and Washington. The new mayor will almost certainly have to Deal with a Cash crisis and negotiate a Long term fiscal strategy with a newly Quot formed state oversight authority. The mayor will be required to pull in the reins of a City Council accustomed to running the City negotiate new contracts with All 25,000 municipal workers and further reduce services for residents who have seen those services steadily deteriorate in recent years. If the mayor succeeds in pulling the City Back from the Brink of insolvency he would then be in a Strong position to plead with the state legislature to pick up most of the Cost of state mandated county courts prisons and social services. Without state Relief the rising Cost of these services will ultimately bankrupt the City according to officials. State lawmakers say they have been reluctant to give the City assistance until they Are confident that the Money will be spent efficiently. Philadelphia spends More per capita on its courts than any other major City and it ranks second in spending per capita Lor human services health care and corrections according to the Pennsylvania Economy league a non profit research organization that monitors the City. Quot Philadelphia is in the final stages of never never land so its going to be a very very very painful process to Rescue it a said Frederick l. Voight executive Secretary of the committee of seventy a non profit Public policy organization. Mayor w. Wilson Goode the City a first Black mayor completes his second four year term this year and the City charter forbids a third consecutive term. The Black Community which represents 40 percent of the City a 1.5 million population was unable to agree on a single Black candidate this year. The Rev. Dennis m. Wesley a Black Baptist minister is running As an Independent but he has trailed Rendell in the polls by up to 00 Points. Most Black leaders have endorsed Rendell a 47-year-old former District attorney. Houston mayor slips to third in latest poll Houston up Kathy Whitmire has dropped to third place in her bid Tor a record sixth consecutive term As mayor of the nation s fourth largest City according to a new poll published sunday. The Houston chronicle Survey conducted oct. 29-31, indicated that Whitmire a two challengers. Sylvester Turner and Bob Lanier will receive the most votes in today selection and end up in a Runoff to be scheduled later. Whitmire has steadily lost support since Early september when the same poll gave her 31 percent of the vote. Among 411 registered voters in the new Survey Lanier Drew 31 percent. Turner 21 percent and Whitmire la percent. The remaining third was undecided. The polls margin for error was 6 percent. Meaning Whitmire was within Range of edging out Turner but a Veteran observer of Houston politics gave the mayor Little Chance. Quot i would be surprised if she could pull it  said University of Houston political scientist Richard Murray noting her traditional Black support is shying away in this election. Whitmire. Once believed invincible by political Obs Rirs. Is campaigning against Lanier a millionaire real estate Developer and t Urner a Black slate representative in addition to several other minor players. Whitmire a bid for another two year term also comes amid a growing movement to implement term limitation Lor the City s elected officials. It is expected to pass which would make Whitmire a lame Duck mayor even it she wins. Time political observers believe Whitmire s Campaign team of  and volunteers has become Quot anon and and Quot comfortable Altai id cais of defeating he a lie Nee i s. Ii ind i no to it it by me i Nia Vais