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Sat. April 3 Nic Cosmos Blue Museum
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THE LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY PRESENTS:
Wed. April 7
Acoustic Junction
Oryan's Island
TOSCA by Giacomo Puccini
Mon. April 5
Screaming Trees
Poster Children
Pond
18& over
Tues. April 8
25¢ Draws
Performed in English
The jealous opera star and her rebellious lover are swept up in political intrigue and suspense. All the while, the corrupt chief of police plots their demise. A shocking and powerful tale set to Puccini's compelling music.
April 2, 1993, 8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
April 5, 1993, 7:30 p.m.
April 7, 1993, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by The H&R Block Foundation
April 10, 1993, 8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Lantz Welch Charitable Foundation
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Curts Macmober, violin Jeffrey Irvine, viola Vahn Armstrong, violin Ross Harbaugh, viola
The program will include the world premiere of lowell leubermann's Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, Op. 41
Presented by the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Chamber Music Series A Mid America Arts Alliance program
A Mid America Arts Alliance program
8:00 p.m. Friday April 2,1993 Crafton-Preyer Theatre
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FCC adopts cable price cuts
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Millions of U.S. citizens will pay 10 to 15 percent less for cable TV under a rule adopted yesterday by regulators reasserting their authority over an industry criticized for skyrrocketing prices.
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-0 to cut cable rates 10 percent from their Sept. 30, 1992, level and erase any increases operators imposed since then.
The rollbacks will apply to 57 million households that subscribe to more than 11,000 cable systems licensed by communities and could save consumers $1 billion a year, officials said.
Local authorities must apply the FCC guidelines for basic service — local broadcast signals plus any public access cable channels.
The FCC's rate formula also applies to so-called expanded basic service.
not covered.
Premium channels like Home Box Office or pay-per-service are
Subscribers are not likely to see any reductions for six months, FCC officials said. Cable operators are free to cut unreasonably high rates now to avoid paying refunds.
The FCC also adopted new rules that require programmers to make their channels available to competing cable operators at similar prices. Companies offering new services have complained of unfair discounts that they sway competition.
Commissioner Ervin Duggan said this rule would have a more lasting benefit for consumers by promoting competition between cable TV and new services that will be offered by direct satellite broadcasters or phone companies.
The rollbacks were authorized by a 1982 law that put the industry under federal control for the first time since 1986.
The FCC also voted to freeze cable rates for 120 days and require cable companies to charge customers separately for hookups, remote control devices and additional outlets. Operators will have to justify equipment charges.
The FCC said cable rates were 10 percent higher in communities with no competition than in those with more than one company.
A typical month bill for expanded basic service that increased 5 percent since last fall to $21 will be rolled back to the Sept. 30 level of $20 and could be cut another 10 percent to $18.
But Gene Kimmelman of the Con-
tent Federation of America esti-
mated that only a third of the sub-
scribers would get a 10 percent cut.
More than half the nation's cable subscribers will see a 10 percent rate cut under the new rules, said Robert M. Hoeffler and of the FCC's policy planning office.
Future rate increases would be limited to inflation, tax hikes and costs that exceed inflation.
Clinton weighs jobs, environment
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmentalists voiced impatience with President Clinton yesterday and said they are watching closely his handling of the old-growth forest conflict as a signal of what he will do in other jobs vs. environment disputes.
Clinton arrived here yesterday evening vowing to "end the gridlock" over Northwest logging, the subject of a forest conference he and Vice President Al Gore will hold today.
The purpose is to weigh the importance of preserving forests that house the threatened northern spotted owl and other species against a severe economic strain on timber-dependent communities.
But Clinton's backtracking this week on a separate question — government subsidies on Western lands — raised environmentalists' skepticism toward a president who cam-
pawned on a promise to champion their cause. He dropped his budget proposals for higher grazing fees on federally owned rangelands and for mining royalties.
"What kind of started out as a love affair quite frankly now is feeling more like date rape," Jay Hair, president of the National Wildlife Federation, said yesterday of the environmental community's relationship with Clinton.
Other environmental leaders also said the Western subsidy issue had heightened their wairiness going into the forest conference.
"We're worried; we're sobered," said Andy Kerr of the Oregon Natural Resources Council.
He called the conference "a defining moment for an administration that ran and won on the platform that a strong economy and healthy environment are interconnected."
Timber groups, meanwhile, already
were questioning data presented in a background document the White House released Wednesday.
In its fact sheet, the White House appeared to assault industry arguments that the decline in timber harvest, and corresponding increase in prices, is due to the spotted owl dispute and federal environmental laws.
The fact sheet echoed environmentalists' portrayal of timber as a declining industry, with or without the restrictions relating to protection of endangered species. It said that while many rural communities are vulnerable, the overall Northwest economy has shown strong growth since 1986 and is much less reliant on timber for jobs than it was 20 years ago.
The timber companies and their labor union allies say the escalating prices of lumber — up to $474 per 1,000 board feet in February from $255 in October — are due to decreased supply.
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