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To: Moonray who wrote (11124)	12/29/1997 10:11:00 AM
From: jkb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Moonray - Hope COMS has a huge Jan. for you guys. The ptdiscount web-site is back up and revamped - but no longer seems to include afterhours trading. I'm using the site you gave me now. BTW - a real shame w/ the outcome of the Bulls/Heat game. <g> -Jay

To: Moonray who wrote (11124)	12/29/1997 1:56:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

Mayor faces charges for bank robbery PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The mayor of a Pennsylvania town faces criminal charges for his alleged role in a daring daylight bank robbery last week, police said. Police said Daniel Devlin, the Republican mayor of Upper Darby Borough near Philadelphia, entered a local Mellon PSFS Bank branch Friday wearing sunglasses, a Miami Dolphins jacket and a baseball cap. He allegedly told a teller he had a bomb and demanded cash. The teller turned over $1,500 and Devlin walked casually out of the bank, police said. He surrendered to authorities half an hour later. Press reports said that the mayor, who lost his reelection bid last month after serving a single four-year term, was apparently worried about money because he had been unable to keep his job with the Pennsylvania State Lottery. He was arraigned on charges of robbery, theft by unlawful taking, making "terroristic" threats and receiving stolen property, and then released on bail. Police said a preliminary hearing would be held within 10 days. ^REUTERS@ This is a "Copy Cat" crime...hell Clinton and Gore do the same fund collecting all the time.

To: Moonray who wrote (11124)	1/1/1998 3:56:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 22053

Toon channel coming United Press International - January 01, 1998 15:11 %ENTERTAINMENT %SCOTT V%UPI P%UPI UPI Arts & Entertainment Scott's World (800) By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Reporter HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - How about a cartoon channel? A cable outfit that delivers nothing but cartoons 24-hours a day? Toon Disney becomes a reality this April, providing Americans with the perfect baby-sitter for years to come. Parents can tune in Toon Disney, sit the kids in front of the tube and head for a Caribbean cruise. But mothers and fathers are forewarned they are liable to become as mesmerized by the all-cartoon channel as their offspring. The basic cable network will feature Disney's vast library of animated television programming. Target date for Toon Disney's debut is April 18, the 15th anniversary of the company's Disney Channel, among the most successful of all cable channels in the country. Anne Sweeney, president of Disney Channel and executive vice president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks, says Toon Disney won't be another cartoon ghetto like some Saturday morning programming. ''Toon Disney is the next step towards expanding the cable presence of the Disney brand,'' Sweeney said the other day. ''Having addressed the broad needs of kids and families through Disney Channel, Toon Disney will provide our audience an additional source of trusted and valued entertainment.'' Yes, but some church groups have taken issue with Disney's wholesome image. The company's Buena Vista distribution arm and its Hollywood Pictures have been attacked and boycotted by some religious sects for depicting violence, drugs and nudity. Most recently one particular Protestant group announced it was offended by the company's policy of offering health insurance to the partners of homosexual employees. Perhaps Toon Disney will help restore a measure of Disney's squeaky clean image, which, of course, is pervasive in the company's animation projects from ''Snow White'' to ''The Lion King.'' There will be no shortage of product on the new channel, considering the fact that it will draw from the Walt Disney Company library, which boasts 2,200 episodes of exclusive animation as well as titles shared with the Disney Channel. Viewers will not be faced with repetitious re-runs, as they are with ''Road Runner'' cartoons in syndicated programming on hundreds of independent and network stations. Among the highlights scheduled for Toon Disney are ''Little Mermaid,'' ''Gummie Bears,'' ''New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' and ''Darkwing Duck.'' Said Geraldine Laybourne, president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks, ''Toon Disney meets the needs and opportunities resulting from digital roll-out, which further enables us to target niche audiences.'' Children's programming is a very large niche indeed. One might even describe kid TV as a chasm or perhaps an abyss. Effective arguments have been made that young children prefer animation to live action entertainment. And fantasy cartoon violence is more palatable to parents than the hard core stuff in, say, ''Aliens'' or ''Men in Black.'' Cartoons are free of automatic weapons fire, nudity, provocative sexual scenarios and drug culture niceties. Toon music, too, is more agreeable to tiny tots. All the same, Toon Disney is not aimed strictly at toddlers. Sweeney said the new channel's target audience will be youngsters ages 2-11. Animation fans of all ages, however, will find themselves tuning in, even those without children. Slack-jawed addicts of ''Beavis and Butthead'' and ''The Simpsons'' probably won't spend much time with Toon Disney. The assumption being the target audience for those shows are 12-year-olds and other sophisticates. Toon Disney is but the latest contribution to the company's burgeoning holdings. In addition to booming theme parks in the United States and abroad and the most profitable year for its motion picture division, Disney is becoming the most powerful corporate entity in television. Disney/ABC Cable Networks comprises five cable programming services and oversees the development of future cable channels for the company. It owns 100 percent of the Disney Channel, 50 percent of Lifetime Television, 37.5 percent of A&E Network, 37.5 of The History Channel and 34 percent of E! Entertainment Television. Disney probably wields more influence on young minds than any source other than parents and family members. Hardly a day goes by in a child's life without exposure to ubiquitous logos and other Disney labels on corporate franchises for clothes, toys, books, lunch boxes and the like. Mickey Mouse has been named the most identifiable likeness in the known universe. Who better then than Disney to influence the nation's young people? Quentin Tarantino? vs -- Copyright 1998 by United Press International. All rights reserved. --