Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 2, 1993 TAG: 9310020123
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"And it's not just a matter of children in poverty," the attorney general says on "Bill Moyers' Journal."
"There are some middle-class children who are not supervised in the afternoon and in the evenings. . . . It is a problem throughout America. We're going to have to . . . figure out how we can enable parents to spend more time with their children."
\ Tammy Faye Bakker is remarrying while her fallen televangelist ex-husband serves time in prison for fraud.
The former wife of PTL founder Jim Bakker told "Entertainment Tonight" she'll exchange vows today in California with Kansas developer Roe Messner. About 50 guests were invited to the ceremony near her Palm Springs home.
Messner is an old family friend of the Bakkers. He built much of the Heritage USA Christian complex in Fort Mill, S.C.
The Bakkers ended their 30-year marriage last year.
Jim Bakker, who was convicted in 1989 of cheating PTL followers of more than $150 million, is serving a federal prison term in Georgia.
\ Extended separation from Woody Allen has apparently been wondrous for his kids, Dylan and Satchel, according to New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams.
She reports that Dylan's school grades are up and court papers indicate she is no longer withdrawn. Satchel has blossomed so at school that he's skipped a grade.
\ Soul singer Wilson Pickett was sentenced Friday in Hackensack, N.J., to a year in jail and five years' probation for hitting an elderly pedestrian while driving drunk.
Pickett, 52, also must pay a $5,000 fine, continue to receive alcohol treatment and perform 200 hours of community service related to drunken-driving education, Superior Court Judge Arthur Minuskin ruled. Pickett pleaded guilty to a charge of assault by auto. He admitted he was intoxicated in April 1992 when he hit an 86-year-old man, who was hospitalized for several months with head injuries.
Pickett, best known for singing "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally," also faces drunken-driving charges in municipal court. He is accused of driving across a neighbor's lawn in May 1991.
\ Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's rule of leadership is to always do what's right - so he won't comment on a book critical of his wartime behavior.
Rick Atkinson's book, "Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War," claims Schwarzkopf humiliated his officers with rages that seriously undermined morale. "I won't help sell his book," Schwarzkopf told about 2,000 people Thursday at the Portland, Ore., Celebrity Forum. He also scorned "revisionist writers trying to rob America of its great victory."
Schwarzkopf, 57, told the crowd to remember the two basic rules of leadership: "When you are placed in command, take charge" and "Do what is right."
\ Kate Pierson, a vocalist with the B-52's, the campy rock group, and seven other members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal-rights organization, were arrested Thursday in the New York City offices of Vogue magazine, where they were marching with bullhorns and pasting antifur slogans on the walls. They were charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass, which can carry a penalty of a year in prison and a fine.
"Just last week, Vogue rejected a PETA paid antifur advertisement and now we see in the October issue a spread of several pages called "Fur, the Fabric that Empowers,"' said Dan Mathews, director of international campaigns for the organization. "We wanted to meet with Anna Wintour or her fashion or news editor and we were completely blocked, so we decided to sit in." To which Paul Wilmot, director of public relations and communications for Vogue, responded: "If they want a meeting with us, this is a charming way to set the tone."
\ Don't accuse Daryl Gates of arrested development: The former Los Angeles police chief has joined the computer age with his own video game. Gates, who retired last year in the wake of the Rodney King beating, was chief consultant on "Police Quest IV: Open Season." It's due in stores at the end of October.
"I got myself a PC and you get immersed in the things," Gates said Thursday. "The game's a lot of fun. It's very realistic."
Actors were filmed with a digital camera at the Police Academy and "a miserable cop bar," Gates said. The $70 interactive game by Sierra On-Line depicts a murder investigation. "You really have to be systematic," Gates said. "There are lot of places to move you off center. You have to make split-second decisions."
by CNB