European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Acc Fine worries free speech groups Washington a first amendment watchdogs Are questioning the proper regulatory role of the Federal communications commission after it levied a $600,000 Fine on the company that employs Howard Stern radios no. 1 bad Mouth. A the decision raises acutely the question of whether radio and television should continue to be treated As second class citizens with respect to their first amendment rights a first amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams said Friday. A this order could not have been issued against a newspaper or a record manufacturer or Howard Stern him self a Abrams said. A it Only could have come because of the watered Down Protection currently afforded radio and but groups seeking to remove sex and violence from the airwaves Are warning that their fight is not Over. A this is just a very Small skirmish a said Terry Rakolta head of americans for responsible television of Bloomfield Mich. A a it a a win for our Side but i think this whole Issue will be framed As Commerce is. The Public on Friday the acc announced a record $600,000 Fine for indecency against Infinity broadcasting corp., the company that employs Stern. The commission however decided not to Block the corporations Purchase of three More radio stations. Stern whose show is rated no. 1 in new York los Angeles and Philadelphia asks celebrity guests about their sex lives talks about his own sex fantasies and sometimes invites women to come to his studio and disrobe then describes it Over the air. By a 5-0 vote the commission decided to Fine Infinity rather than subject the company to a hearing on whether it is fit to hold a broadcast License according to Maureen Peratino an acc Don Juan was love con from new York Tiffin Ohio a Sherry Belles advertisement in a National tabloid had a simple message a wanted. One Good hearted Man to hold me to put his arms around us and make us a family again. We re 26 and 6.�?� Belles and in the Sun yielded dozens of letters. She answered Only one from a Man called Paul Jeffrey Glo Gere. He seemed sensitive and caring she said. They met she fell in love and they f Lanned their marriage. Two weeks Ater the Romance abruptly ended with his arrest. Authorities say Clogere is really Steven Gloger 45, of new York. He a wanted in Quincy 111., for violating probation on a 1989 conviction for writing bad checks to hotels there. He Snow in jail in Tiffin on $100,000 Bond awaiting an extradition hearing dec. 24. Quincy police it. Michael Devoss said Gloger targeted women through personal ads. Gloger married or promised to marry several women took their Money and split leaving them with Bills though Belles Romance with him did no to get that far Devoss said. Authorities have found three of Gloger sex wives in Quincy Woodward okla. And Standish Maine. Each divorced him after he ran up Bills. Bell said Gloger told her at first that he was a corporate lawyer and an accountant making $150,000 a year. He proposed marriage before they met she said. She said she wished to meet him first and they agreed he would visit in october. A few Days after meeting him Bell accepted the marriage proposal and at his urging quit her Job As waitress and bartender As Well As her studies toward becoming a medical assistant. But Belles friends and family were sceptical of the Many a claims. A Cousin asked police to run a background Check and Gloger a probation violation was uncovered. He was arrested nov. 12. Sherry Bell of Tiffin Ohio displays letters sent to her by a Man who called himself Paul Jeffrey Clogere. Authorities say he a really con artist Steven Gloger. Separately the commission voted 4-1 to allow Infinity to Purchase three radio stations for $100 million from Cook Inlet radio partners she said. The Cook Inlet stations Are in Boston Chicago and Atlanta. Andrew Jay Schwarzman executive director of the Media Access project a first amendment advocacy group said the Fine could have a chilling effect throughout the broadcast Industry. A the Prospect of the government seeking to extract a Fine of that size has got to make broadcasters nervous a he said. A the standards arc so vague Here you never know who a going to be remarks irk Iran Contra prosecutors Washington a on Friday Iran Contra prosecutors complained that attorney general William p. Barros criticism of their investigation could prejudice jurors in the upcoming trial of former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger. Prosecutor James j. Brosnahan complained to . District judge Thomas f. Hogan about Barros published comments that a people in the Iran Contra affair have been treated very in an interview in thursday editions of Usa today Barr was quoted As saying a people in this Iran Contra matter have been prosecuted for the kind of conduct that would not have been considered criminal or prosecutable by the Justice department. Brosnahan questioned the propriety of the attorney general and a an officer of this court talking about a pending Case which is set to go to trial Jan 5. Barr did no to specifically refer to the Weinberger Case. But his comments echoed republicans who in recent weeks have criticized the 6-year-old investigation by Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh. Defense lawyers and Republican activists have been lobbying president Bush to Pardon Weinberger and other defendants in the Iran Contra arms for hostages Case. Barr however declined to say in the Usa today interview what he had recommended. Justice department spokesman Paul Mcnulty did not immediately return a reporters Telephone Calls. Weinberger 75, publisher of Forbes Magazine is accused of lying to Congress Ana prosecutors about the Iran Contra affair. Among other things he is accused of trying to conceal extensive Handwritten notes he took during White House discussions of .-Iran arms sales by denying that he Ever kept such records. Prosecutors found 1,700 pages of notes that Weinberger took during the Iran Contra affair among papers he deposited at the Library of become everlasting memory with lifelike statue Dexter to. Apr somewhere in a living room in Michigan Max the German Shepherd stands eternal guard. Not the flesh and Bone Max but his ashes mixed with Clay and folded into a lifelike statue. Sound morbid maybe to some but it sounded like a Good idea to Susan Mcneely who founded everlasting memories 1 i years ago. A a it a so hard to lose a Friend a she said. A a in a a real pet Lover. My gosh in be had everything from turtles to Mcneely 43, moved into entrepreneurship after her cat Casey died accidentally in 1987 As exterminators worked at her Nome. This was to be no shoe Box funeral. A i wanted something More than the old Flat photograph to remember Casey by a Mcneely said. So under a potted Plant and next to the to set in Mcneely s living room rests a Small likeness of the deceased Calico cat. Unfortunately the statue does no to contain any of Casey sashes. It Wasny to until 1991 that Mcneely perfected her process and received a Patent. The statue work is done in grand rapids Mich., where Mcneely a sister and the company a co owner Patricia Mcneely Soechtig lives and where Mcneely has had better Luck finding artists. The company has several artists who take about a month to create the likeness of a Small pet and up to twice that Long for a full size reproduction such As Max the German Shepherd. But it has been slow going for everlasting memories. Only two German shepherds four cats and a Raccoon have been immortalized. A cat named Yum Yum is now undergoing the process. The Cost May be prohibitive. One everlasting memory can Range from $250 to $1,250, depending on the replicas size and How much detail is desired
