I U - MANCHESTER HERALD, Wcdnegdav. Jan. 13, 1M« AjlWjAbstinenceislOOperce^^ Burned boy: Names in the News Scarred, in pain, The three-week visit is expected to cover Western but alive / page 7 Sonny talks about Cher Austraiia, Victoria, Queensiand, New South Wales ice: Notre Dame too much for EC / page 11 NEW YO R K (A P ) - Sonny Bono - singer, and Tasmania, the paiace said Tuesday. Australia is celebrating the 200th anniversary of restaurateur and Palm Springs mayoral candidate the voyage of the first British coloniais to settle the — says it took about 10 years to get over his split with Cher and get on with his new careers. island-continent. “ Up until then, in the back of your mind you always have that picture of ‘This wouid be real good Mandrell host for awards If I could do that with Cher,’ orwhatever,” Bonotoid Vanity Fair in its February issue. "But to move •i NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Entertainer Bar­ forward you really do have to disconnect. If you bara Mandrell will be among the co-hosts of the 15th don’t, you can’t go on.’ ’ annual American Music Awards on Jan. 25. Bono, who hopes to be elected mayor in Aprii, said Others will be Smokey Robinson, Whitney his career went down after the split. " I t ’s Houston, Mick Fleetwood and the Bee Gdes. depressing. You become part of a circuit ... you The awards will be presented during a live iJIaurhratrr Manchnslnr A City ol Villafli; Charm \imlh guest-star on ‘Love Boat’ and ‘Fantasy Island’ and ABC-TV broadcast. that’s your career.’’ ’87 wasn’t Bather’s best Bonet leads worst-dressed Thursday, Jan. 14,1988 30 Cents WASHINGTON (AP) - CBS anchorman Dan LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mr. Blackwell, the Rather acknowledges 1987 “ wasn’t my best year," self-appointed fashion arbiter of best and worst, has but was a- comeback year for him and the news declared actress Lisa Bonet to be the worst-dressed division. S O N N Y B O N O Q U E E N E L IZ A B E T H II D A N R A TH ER woman of the year. “ We had a year, and I had a year, in which, yeah, At a news conference Tuesday, he described J . he got over it . heading Down Under back in first place we got knocked down a few times, more than one Bonet’s wardrobe as “ Dracula’s idea of a good Football coacli quits at l\AHS would like,” Rather said. Interviewed in Tuesday’s tim e.” dancer, fashion model and actress. This year’s 28th-annual list of 10 ten worst-dressed editions of The Washington Post. “ But when you can Ava Gardner hospitalized Wednesday by Directorof Athletics chester head coach for five years. coach will have time to prepare Air Force from 1968 to 1971 before “ I don’t think that anyone who knows me would women had 12 names because of two ties. By Len Auster get up and come back, that’s a good year.” Manchester Herald Mike Simmons, who said,“ A His 1987 team posted a 3-6-1 record spring and summer practice sche­ returning to Rockville where he ever think of me as a delicate flower,” Samms said No. 2 was Diane Keaton (“ a bag lady” ) No. 3 The “ CBS Evening News,” which spent weeks at SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Actress Ava change in career interests necessi­ with his five-year won-lost-tied dules, "It (the process) won’t drag was an assistant under Simmons Gardner has been hospitalized for a week because of in Jan. 9’s TV Guide. “ I am definitely the boss.” actress Justine Bateman (“ stuffed sausage” ) and the bottom of the ratings earlier in the year, has The death of her 8-year-old younger brother from Manchester High School head tated this resignation,” record 25-24-2. out that long.’ Simmons said. for 10 years. He followed Simmons a recurring respiratory problem but is in good tied at No 4,-“ Minsky's rejects” Cher and Cyndi “ I am very close friends with Cournoyer’s team in 1984 posted a been in first place for the past 16 weeks. aplastic anemia, ultimately inspired her to found football coach Ron Coumoyer has Coumoyer was appointed as head to Manchester, serving as defen­ condition and will likely be released in a week, a Lauper. Ron.’; Simmons said today. “ I felt coach Jan, 15, 1983, to replace 6-4 overall mark and shared the sive coordinator for three years The news division underwent layoffs and budget Starlight, an organization that grants wishes to resigned. cuts, but won back the morning news time period, hospital official said. Also listed were; 5, Monaco’s Princess Stephanie; "A lot of people are surprised but initially he was going tocomeback. Simmons. He guided the 1983 team first Central Connecticut Confer­ before taking over the head post in A critically and terminally ill children. The 66-year-old actress flew here from her home 6, Shelley Long; 7, Joan Collins; 8, Sally Kellerman; I thought about it for a couple of The final decision probably was a to an 8-2 mark and the first Central ence East Division title at 6-1. 1983. kept “ West 57th” on the air and is embarking on a At 16, she had to withdraw from the Royal Ballet in London and was admitted to St. John's Hospital 9, Meg Ryan; 10, Sonia Braga and Susan Sullivan. weeks,” Coumoyer said today. "At surprise. It was a decision I’m sure Connecticut Interscholastic Manchester was 3-7 in 1985 and 5-5-1 "W e’re going to find it very prime-time documentary series, “ 48 Hours,” next School in London because she developed bursitis in week. on Jan. 6, spokesman Armen Markarian said the end of five years I decided to he made without outside pres.sure. I League outright championship for in 1966. difficult to replace a coach of Ron's Tuesday. her hips. A brief stint as a model made Samms Rock is missing something evaluate my situation and after think the final decision came over the school in 30 years. Coumoyer is a 1960 graduate of caliber,” Simmons said. "The She was admitted “ for a general checkup and realize it was not for her. wrestling with my heart, I decided the holidays.” Speaking today of his decision, Mary E. Wells High School in football program has improved Designer turns to towns treatment of a recurrring respiratory condition Her next choice was acting, and her career took MILWAUKEE (AP) — Guitarist Les Paul, whose to submit my resignation.” ” We are very sorry to lose Ronas Coumoyer said, ” My wife has been Southbridge, Mass., and a 1964 each of the five years Ron has been off after she landed a spot on “ General Hospital” NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion designer Ralph relating to a previous admission for pneumonia.” invention of the solid-body electric guitar helped “ After 28 years as a player and a football coach,” said Manchester very supportive and they -(Sim- graduate of American Interna­ head coach. The athletic depart­ and then went on to parts on "Dynasty” and “ The Principal Jacob Ludes today. "H e’s ment would like to thank Ron and Lauren doesn’t want to buy the southwest Colorado Markarian said. start it all, says there’s something missing in coach, I wanted to be beamed up by monsand Ludes) are two of the best tional College in Springfield, Mass. Colbys.” been everthing we want as a Coach. administrators anyone can have.” He began his coaching career in wish him continued success,” Sim­ town that houses his ranch — he just wants to "M iss Gardner is in good condition, is resting today’s rock ’n’ roll. Scotty. I need new challenges. I N want to open a new chapter in my He’s brought our team forward Simmons said the position will be 1964 as an assistant coach at mons, a longtime friend, said in the redesign it. comfortably and should be discharged in about a “ What we’re missing is something that we can life,” said Coumoyer. with the kind of attitude and values adverti.sed locally and statewide. Rockville High School on Jerry news release. Lauren says in February’s Vanity Fair that he has week,” he said. hum, something that is romantic, that has some Queen going to Austraiia RON COURNOYER The announcement of the resig­ you’d want.” A timetable has not been set to fill Fitzgerald’s staff. approached the town fathers of Ridgway, where he heart and soul to it,” said Paul, who earned 36 gold . wants to “beam up” nation came in a statement issued Coumoyer. 45, served as Man­ the position. However, the new He served a four-year tour in the Please turn to page 10 and his wife have a 13,000-acre ranch, with an offer She’s no deiicate fiower LONDON (A P) — Queen Elizabeth II and her records with former wife, Mary Ford, with such hits to redesign the town — at his expense. husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will tour Australia as “ How High the Moon.” There’s just one small trade-off, Lauren says in RADNOR, Pa. (AP) — “ Dynasty” star Emma from April 19 to May 10 to mark the country’s Paul, 72, is credited with the 1940s inventions of jest: "T v e always had an ambition to be the Samms has used adversity in her life to temper her bicentennial celebrations, Buckingham Palace the solid-body electric guitar, multitrack recording Few fear sheriff.” self-discipline while molding herself into a ballet said.