Baseball Phillies 4, Giants 3 Understanding How an Anticancer (13 Innings) Gene Protects Against Lung and SANFRAN PHILA Breast Cancer
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24—MANCHESTER HERALD, Wednesday, August 15, 1990 Turner Broadcasting lost $44 million on Games THURSDAY ATLANTA (AP) — Turner quadrennial international sporting the games at a future date and will was 13 cents, compared with a 4 crease in revenue pnmarily because Broadcasting System Inc. lost $44 took a $10 million loss related to the event could lose $26 million, twice make a decision,” Riggall said. event in 1989. cents per share loss in the second of increased ad revenues for TNT, million on the Goodwill Games, but what had been projected. That ‘They will review these numbers quarter of 1989. Tlimer’s 2-year-old cable network a company spokeswoman maintains The loss included a failure to LOCAL NEWS INSIDE fueled speculation that the games, as well as the games itself ... its I3or the six months ended June 30, whose programming consists mainly it would be premature to write the deliver audience level guarantees to which Turner developed in 1985 to value to the cable industry, the gains the company lost $4 million or 19 of movies. games’ obituary just yet. advertisers who bought time on the lia n rljp filrr foster better relations between na it made with the athletic community. cents a share. In the same period last News segment revenue was up 13 The $44 million loss caused TBS TBS Superstation for the televising tions, might be doomed. There are several things to look at,” year, TBS had earnings of $5.1 mil percent compared to the 1989 ■ Manchester school bus routes schedule. to have a second quarter loss of $8.3 of the Games. Turner said it would she said. provide compensatory advertising lion and a loss per share of 12 cents. second quarter, mainly because of million, officials said Tuesday. The first Gcxidwill Games, in Turner said earlier this month he increased ad revenue at Headline The loss on the Goodwill Games 1986, lost $26 million. time for future programming on its ■ Hebron OK’s new setback regulations. expected the board to decide by the other cable TV networks. Revenues for the second quarter News and a growing base of sub “masked the bettcr-than-planned Kitsic Riggall, a TBS spokes end of September whether to con were $322.8 million, compared with scription fees for Cable News Net performance of our ongoing opera woman, maintained Tuc.sday expect tinue TBS’ involvement in the For the .second quarter overall, the $264.5 million during the same work. ■ Coventry schools prepare for opening. What's tions,” TBS Chairman Ted Turner ing the death of the games would be Goodwill Games. $8.3 million loss compared to earn three months in 1989. “Our businesses are well posi said in a statement. premature. TBS lost $31 million on the ings of $5.5 million in the same Strong points in the quarter were tioned and we expect markedly im Turner said during the recent “We’ve been saying all along that games in the second quarter, wrote period last year. The loss per share the company’s entertainment seg proved operating results in the fu ■ Bolton planning board seeks workers. News Goodwill Games in Seattle that the the board (of directors) will review off $3 million in the first quarter and for the recent three-month period ment, which had a 24 piercent in ture,” Thmer said. Local/Regional Section August 16,1990 H r r a l b Anti-cancer Vbur Hometown Newspaper Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Year SCOREBOARD Newsstand Price:|^ studies progress NEW YORK (AP) — Scien tists today repiorted progress in Baseball Phillies 4, Giants 3 understanding how an anticancer (13 innings) gene protects against lung and SANFRAN PHILA breast cancer. a b rh b l Family home from Kuwait escape American League standings a b rh b l In a study in the British jour Parker d 4 0 0 0 Dykstra d 4 1 1 1 East Division nal Nature, the researchers said Butler d 2 0 10 Daulton c 6 0 2 0 W L Pet. GB Andrsn 2b 6 1 3 0 VHayes If 6 1 3 0 By BRIAN M. TROTTA Kingsbury, of 61-E Charles Drive, from Saudi Arabia, through London They said the family planned to hold that the retinoblastoma gene Boston 63 52 when the Iraqi forces breached the .548 — WCIark 1b 6 0 2 2 M u r^y rf 4 0 1 1 her aunt, her sister and brother-in- Toronto 62 55 and Madrid to Dover Air Force Base a news conference this afternoon in guards against cancer by shut .530 2 Mitchell If 4 0 0 0 Kruk 1 b 6 0 2 1 Manchester Herald borders of the tiny, oil-rich nation. Baldmors 56 law and their four children returned in Delaware. se .487 7 Brantley p 0 0 0 0 Herr 2b 4 0 0 0 which they would describe the es They said the family spent several ting down a gene involved in the Cleveland 54 62 .466 g<r2 FVIes ph 0 0 0 0 Bookar 2b 3 1 1 0 to town last night after a week-long stimulation of cell growth. Detroit 54 64 MANCHESTER — Eight mem cape in detail. They said the family days in hiding from Iraqi troops .458 10'/! Oliveras p 0 0 0 0 CHayes 3b 7 0 0 0 Milwaukee 49 65 escape. Eline Kingsbury, Elizabeth’s .430 13'/! Bathe ph 1 0 0 0 Thon ss 4 1 1 0 bers of a local family are back safe wanted to talk about their plight to before making a dash across the New >(brk 46 69 .400 17 Bedrosn p 0 0 0 0 Combs p 2 0 0 0 mother, reportedly drove to the base Weal Division in Manchester after fleeing from help those that arc still trapped in desert into safety in Saudi Arabia. MWIms 3b 5 0 0 0 Ready ^ 0 0 0 0 Sources at the State Department yesterday to pick up her family. W L Kuwait. Maii accused of Pet. GB Litton r1 5 0 0 0 Boever p 0 0 0 0 Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. Once there, the family is said to Oakland 74 43 said the family had been evacuated Family members said the eight .632 — GCarter c 5 1 0 0 Cmpsn ph 1 0 0 0 Friends of the family have said have contacted the Air Farce, who Chicago 66 47 executing 29 .584 6 Uribe ss 5 0 2 1 RMcDwt p 0 0 0 0 from the Middle East aboard a were resting this morning after get Texas 59 57 Thirtcen-ycar-old Elizabeth that the girl was in Kuwait helping arranged their flight out of the Mid .509 14'/! LaCoss p 3 1 1 0 CMrtnz ph 1 0 1 0 Military Airlift Command flight Seattle 59 58 ting little sleep during their escape. LONDON (AP) — Firing .504 1 5 Thrmnd p 0 0 0 u Akerflds p 0 0 0 0 her sister move into a new home dle East. Kansas City 57 squads in Mali reportedly ex 59 .491 16'/! 2 0 0 0 Cook p 1 0 0 0 California Kingery If 57 60 .487 17 Hollins ph 0 0 0 0 ecuted 29 people this month, ap Minnesota 55 . 61 .474 18'/! Totals 48 3 9 3 Totals 49 4 12 3 parently without trial. Amnesty Tuesday's Games San Frandsco 0101 020 000 000 0—3 Minnesota 5. Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 101 000 001 000 1—4 International says. The victims Milwaukee 7. Detroit 6 Two outs when winning nrn scored. Attempt on included an 80-ycar-old man and Toronto 12. Chicago 4 E—CHayes, Uribe 2, Thurmond. RMcDowell. a 10-year-old boy, it said. Kansas City 1, Texas 0 DP—San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 1. California 9. New York 5 LOB—San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 20. In an appeal Wednesday “for Boston 2. Oakland 0 2B—Daulton, LaCoss. 3B— WCIark, VHayes. Seattle 7, Baitimore 1 an immediate halt to unlawful SB—Thon (9), Booker (1). S—Daulton. Wednesday’s Games SF-Murphy. killings” in the sub-Saharan Boston (Kiecker 4-5) at Oakland (Stewart H R ER BB SO Saddam’s life 16-8), 3:15 p.m. country, the worldwide human San Francisco Minnesota (West 6-7) at Cleveland (Walker CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s checkpoints and tanks and amiorcd rights organization said the vic 1-3), 7:35 p.m. LaCoss 6 1-3 4 Thurmond 1 0 state-run news agency today quoted tims belonged to the Thareg eth Milwaukee (Krueger 5-7) at Detroit (Searcy cars patrolled the streets. 1-4), 7:35 p.ra Brantley 2 2-3 4 travelers leaving Iraq as saying nic group, which had mounted Oliveras 2 3 Egypt strongly condemned Iraq’s Toronto (Candelaria 7-4) at Chicago Bedrosn L5-7 2-3 1 many military officers and civilians Aug. 2 invasion and subsequent an an armed uprising in May and ^ m (McDowell 8-6), 8.05 p.m. Philadelphia June following the arrest of Texas (B.Witt 11-8) at Kansas City (S.Davis have been arrested after a failed at nexation of Kuwait. It is participat 6-7), 8:35 p.m. Combs 7 7 members of their u-ibe. Boever 2 0 tempt on President Saddam Hus ing in a joint Arab force sanctioned Baltimore (Harnisch 9-6) at Seattle (R.John- sein’s life. son 10-7), 10:05 p.m. Reginald Pinto/Manchester Herald RMcDwII 1 1 by a summit conference in Cairo on 2 CD Akerfelds 2 0 New York (LaPoint 6-8) at CalKornia Aug.