European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From wife reports David Lette Maii will defect to lbs because Abc wont bump tonight show Host Jay Uno in favor of Letterman lbs entertainment president Jeff Sagansky said monday. T a a we be been pursuing him for six months and it s All going to pay off a Sagansky said during the network s 6 r in a Winter press tour in Santa Monica calif., to preview new programs. Abc where late night with David Letterman follows the tonight show has until Friday to counter the lbs offer. But Sagansky spoke Mon Day As though a letter Man move to lbs was a done Deal. A a we re going to get him. He s our Guy a lie said. I Abc and a Letterman Letterman spokesman declined to comment. And later in the Day lbs issued a statement softening the confident tone Sagansky had taken. A while we feel confident that we have made a Vety Strong proposal to David Letterman and Are optimistic a said the statement read by network spokeswoman Susan tick a we have not received any confirmation that a proposal has been accepted and any such inference at this time is in  Stephen Rivers a spokesman for creative artists Agency which is representing Letterman in the negotiations declined to comment. Abc would have no comment until its negotiations with Letterman Are completed said network spokeswoman Susan Binford. T Sagansky said earlier that producers have been selected for a new Letterman show that would include Paul Shaffer late night s music director. P. A obviously he a getting a terrific Deal Sagansky said when asked about reports lbs offered Letterman up to $16 million to leave Abc. He declined to give a figure. College courts Wiesel Eckerd College in St. Petersburg fla., has gotten Elie Wiesel to help teach a Brief course but the school wants More. A. _ a it is our Hope we will be Able to establish a Long term  College president Peter Armacost said. Wiesel has not agreed to such an arrangement Armacost said. Wiesel 64, started a two week stint As a visiting professor Friday. Wiesel a lecturer author and human rights activist is a survivor of the nazi concentration Camps. He won the 1986 Nobel peace prize. Doing a Book Justice actress Ruby Dee feels that the words and ideas of writers Are too often lost when their books Are transposed onto a stage or film and she Means to do something about it. A. On tuesday she was to open a monthlong product _  . A my Stern Tion of her own adaptation of disappearance a mystery by Rosa Guy Dell 1979. Pfc ugh it will be performed onstage 7roads theater in Livingston Njo a Dee does not Call it a novel b Alth be at the Cross play she said monday that it is to be the first in a series of a books with  1. The genre she said will convey a Story through not Only dramatization but readings screen techniques Ana whatever other elements it takes to weave the magic of compelling Story telling. A the authors prose is Seldom accommodated in adaptations of works for film or stage. Pictures Are not adequate substitutions for words. Often we Cut to the Chase with predictable images reducing language to a minimum and human experience to a Monotone. _ for disappearance there will be two narrators Dee and Carl Lumbly As Well As seven actors the piece will contain description As Well As dialogue. A i Don t Call this a play i Call it enhanced Story Tell ing a said Dee. I a student who had yet to make his Mark As an actor when he was killed at age 19 has had a theater dedicated in his name. A a. On Friday evening More than 450 friends High school and College classmates teachers and relatives Quot gathered to dedicate the Alex Cohen theater at the Geldston school in the Bronx Borough of new York. Alex Cohen died in an automobile Accident in August 1991, when he was. Returning to Duke University in Durham n.c., from summer vacation. _ the drama major had been president of the performing arts society at Fieldston where he acted in 14 productions in four years. He graduated in 1990. Videos of some of his performances were shown in a retrospective at the ceremony. The original intention was to memorialize him by renovating an existing Small theater at the school. A sign went up in our House when people came after the funeral Ana that was All a Irving Cohen Alex s father said monday. Topping it off a Model balances a huge hat made from flow ers and for volts at a Charity Flower arrangement Shew to Taipei Taiwan. The Model donned the hat measuring 4 feet 4 inches in an Effort to raise funds or handicapped people learning Flower arrangement Quot but when gifts began pouring in the development office determined that Ratner than renovate an existing space we could create an entirely new space.�?�. The new theater seats 70 and can accommodate a variety of productions. So far $61,000 has been collected. Quot Alex was an exceptional student who knew that he wanted to be an actor from an Early age a said Peter Royal drama director in the school s performing arts department. Irving Cohen said a the dedication was overwhelm ing. I Felt that my songs life was being celebrated not mourned. Now people will have an intimate understanding of How he touched  the new stars offers More than stars and stripes bookstores car toll free Germany 0130-860031 Bel Hitmi 07811-8775 Italy 1678-7-3456 United kingdom 0-800-898854 Netherlands 06022-7629 Spain 900-994955 or military 3488301