European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 15.1994 . Overhauls warning system alerts can even be picked up by pagers cd players by Aaron Nathans los Angeles times Washington Federal agencies tuesday unveiled a system that could warn the Public of everything from wars to hurricanes by beaming information to their televisions radios pagers and compact disc play ers. the emergency Alert system would activate specially equipped consumer electronics devices even when they Are turned off. When activated the device would interrupt programming or compact disc play with Emer gency information at an audible volume even if the Lis Tener has it turned Down. Such switch on capability could be built into new electronics devices for use at the owner s option but it would not be a mandatory feature said Helena Mitch Ell chief of the Alert system for the Federal communications commission. Acc officials said Many manufacturers have expressed interest in including the feature. -. ,-.-. Broadcast television and radio stations will be required to Purchase and use the necessary equipment for the new system by july 1, 1996, and Cable stations must be ready by july 1,1997. The system will succeed the emergency broadcast system whose repetitive tests on broadcast channels have Long been tuned out by most people As Boring. Those tests currently Are required to occur weekly on television and radio. With the revised system tests will be conducted monthly and will be Shorter than the current ones which last about a minute. We have now created an emergency Alert system for the 21st Century said acc chairman Reed Hundt whose Agency created the new system with the Federal emergency management Agency and the National weather service. This new system will work with All the new technologies of the information  s ,. A Charles d. Robben or. Of Sage alerting systems in Connecticut demonstrated the system at a news Confer ence at acc Headquarters. A television rolled the warning toxic Gas release shelter in place across the Bottom of the screen As Alert flashed at the top. Robben then turned to a car radio with a digital display that said Alert toxic Gas the new technology May also be used at the presi Dent s discretion most Likely if War broke out. Advanced digital technology developed by the National weather service will make it possible for the Alert service to receive emergency information from several sources including the weather service s Hazard warnings and Send them to people in threatened areas. Once the new system is in place each station will be Able to decide what Type of warning is appropriate forts viewing area. California channels May create an earthquake Alert for example while Kansas stations May choose include Tornado warnings. It allows us to target warnings to a specific City for specific event from a specific source said Frank Lucia Engineer for the emergency Alert system. The system also has the capability of providing alerts in French or Spanish for stations that normally use on of the languages. No estimates were available for the Cost of building the new technology into consumer electronics devices. The necessary equipment could Cost broadcast stations As Little As $600 each officials said although others suggested the Price tag would be higher. Minneapolis Apt the found ers of a broadcasting school could have paid for All the health care they need Din their frail years. Instead Richard and Helen Brown chose suicide so the could leave their Money to Charity. In recent months Richard Brown,79, was forced to use a wheelchair be cause of arthritis and asthma. Hele Brown 76, was suffering from alzheimer s disease. They had been married 53years. A v. /. Letters began arriving in the mail boxes of their friends dec. 6, the Day the Browns bodies were found in their Cadillac Eldorado in the garage of their fort Lauderdale Fla. Home. Both died of Carbon monoxide poisoning. They left a Fortune of More than $10million. We have the Means to afford the Best doctors hospitals and around the clock Home care to the end of our lives but neither of us wants that kind of life the Browns wrote. It would also consume a substantial part of our couple to leave to Charity Money which through our will and through the Mission work of our churches destined to help Many Young people throughout the world who May one maybe Able to help Many More. We have no immediate family or heirs. In a sense this legacy represents the final purpose of our  the Browns sold a few Small radio stations they had owned in Minnesota in 1946 and opened a one room schooling Minneapolis called the american Institute of the air. By 1954, the school was renamed the Brown Institute and 18 years later was sold to lbs. As part of the agreement the Browns continued to run it until 1982. In time lbs would sell the school with 350 students in the Broad cast curriculum to National education centers. His health deteriorating Richard Brown moved his wife in the Early 1980s to fort Lauderdale where they had Helen and Richard Brown beset with health Nuhic a ,1 t u started a Small broadcast school their Mph n tin a fl.1 la "f?1T pro Blenis committed suicide last week Sophei mar than tuft Minua rpm to Numea Sulcia j8stheir More than $10 million Fortune would t be eaten up by health care costs. A Boston a former presidential candidate Paul Tsongas is suggesting creation of a third political party saying it could win the White House and might provoke changes in the democratic or Republican parties. He suggested retired army Gen. Colin l. Powell former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff As the Type of person who could Lead a centrist party to Victory. A passionate Center party could succeed if it is led by the right person he told the Boston Globe. Tsongas said he has not discussed his idea with Powell who has not identified himself As Republican or Democrat and who has not indicated whether he is interested in running for president. Tsongas who served in the . Senate from Massachusetts and unsuccessfully sought the democratic nomination for president in 1992, said he would not use his third party proposal for another presidential run of his own. He sees a centrist movement As a coalition of social liberalism and fiscal conservatism. It acknowledges the need for Basic values for a preserved environment for a realist foreign policy and for serious political  unless the democrats and or the re publicans respond it will be the basis of a centrist coalition party that will ride the wave of history rather than seeking shelter in failed policies of the past " he said. He called for the kind of moral authority the administration clearly does not have and that the contract with America cannot provide since it also is poll driven Tsongas said. The contract with America is a 10 Pom plan Republican representatives said  try to pass during their first 100 Days in control of the House. Tsongas said he hoped democrats would adopt his ideas but is sceptical enough of his party to talk of a coalition party that would unite Well meaning americans under a common Banner " Tsongas Powell the threat of this third party could have More effect than anything i could press on the democrats from the inside he said. Among the ideas Tsongas is pushing Are tolerance support for a balanced budget amendment overhaul of Federal entitlements rewards for savings elimination of the tax on capital gains on securities held five years or longer and changes in the Campaign finance system