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_ . . —* » **'wv • v/mw-EAvuvyml rvoi - rage jd ^..^SOC-TV To Air “King Crab” , Powerful Drama ■ " w « wHiwu rw itu AiU * V tVU^lll with words and fists since child hood turn the family business into a battleground where they wage war for their father’s love, in "King Crab,” a powerful drama of a family tearing itself apart, which airs as an “ABC Theatre” pre sentation Sunday, June 15 at 9 p.m. on Channel Nine. “King Crab,” the first television play by Preston Ransone, is the ‘ winner of the Third Annual “ABC Theatre” Award at the Eugene O’Neil Theatre Center, placing it in the tradition begun with the Emmy-winning “The Last Tenant.” Barry Newman, who starred in the much-lauded “Petrocelli” series, is starred as Johnny, the oldest son in the Campana family, fighting to keep the family’s long standing leadership in the fiercely competitive wholesale seafood in dustry. Jeffrey De Munn is also starred as Sam, the younger son, a college-trained computer expert who has sold his training and his name to the powerful conglom erate that has set up an operation designed to drive the Campanas out of business. Harold Gould is the special guest star as the near-legendary Michael Campana, “King Crab” himself, fighting to prove that his personal approach to business, the free wheeling_and undisciplined style he has taught his oldest son, is still the style that will dominate in an industry where all tricks are dirty and anything goes that a fist can’t stop. Also starred are Julie Bovasso as Mrs. Campana, who has seen her two sons set at each other’s throats; Joel Fabiani as the calcu lating executive whose only loyalty is to a corporate logo, and Gail Strickland as Johnny's wife, sud denly forced to run a business which has always been the exclu sive stronghold of rough and brawling men. When Sam Campana, rebelling against what he sees as his father’s favoritism to his older brother, goes to work for a giant corpora tion that has just moved into the fish industry, it causes a rift in the family and a challenge that his father cannot ignore - even though the proud old man has been warned by his doctor that a return to the rough-and-tumble of busi ness could prove fatal. Johnny, while trying to keep the business going, must also deal with * an agonizing personal problem as his ex-wife attempts to keep him legally separated from his ter. LOW DOWN PAYMENT - IMMEDIATE COVERAGE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Monthly Payments Courteous Service Liability < Boats Collision „ “ Motorcycles IMPACT INSURANCE Homeowners j » 372-5010 ^1J08^^MoreheadSMn^B^Ston^uilding^^^^^^^^ *» NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING “1 RE: I. Fare increase on Charlotte Transit System; and II Federal Operating Assistance-or Charlotte Transit System. 1 “ hereby given that a pubhc hearing will be held by the City of Charlotte on Tuesday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, 600 E. Trade Street. 2. Two projects will be considered: an increase in passenger fares; and financial assistance from the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. A. Description of First Project !■ Fare increase on Charlotte Transit System. Seek an increase in passenger fares in the following categories and amounts: 44 EXISTING PROPOSED FARE STRUCTURE FARE STRUCTURE Regular Adult Fare „ Adult Convenience Tickets 50 Express-UNCC KM.00 10-5.00 Elderly & Handicapped (TAPE) 50 75 off-peak FREE 20 peak 20 i i Students (gr. 1-12) *15 ~?al ,50; exPress -75 (6:30a.m.-4:30p.m. school days only) 8'1 00 4-1.00 T™ FREE FREE 20.00 ExpreSS 18.00 25.00 2. These fares have not been increased since 1974 when the regular adult fare went from $.30 to $.40. The fare increase is sought for the purpose of aiding the City of Charlotte in off-setting the ever-increasing operating costs of the public transportation system. 3. The City anticipates total annual revenues of $3,157,932 if the fares are increased, and transit service levels and ridership remain unchanged. 4. Persons wishing to speak should contact the City Clerk's office prior to or at the public hearing. B Description of Second Project 1. Seek operating assistance funds under Section S of the Urban «»« Transportation Act of 19M, as amended, November IS, 1975. Operating assistance is sought for the purpose of aiding the City of Charlotte in the preservation and contribution of the existing public transportation system by improvement and expansion of the system through the expenditure of “Local Share” money and Federal grant funds. 2 ,The£jWic tr*“Port*tio" »y»‘«n »• managed by ATE Management Company, with offices, maintenance, servicing and storage facilities located at 707 North Brevard Street, Charlotte, North Carolina. / r 3. The City is seeking $2,212,706, or one-half the total estimated operating deficit for FY-81, from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The source of the local share money will be non-property tax revenues from the City of Charlotte General Fund. C. Relocation No persons, families, or business will be displaced by this project. D. Environment The proposed project will not have significant environmental impact upon the Charlotte urbanized area in the FY-1981. E. Comprehensive Planning This project is in the conformance with comprehensive land use and transportation planning in this area. Comments favorable to and in concurrence with this project have been made by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission, the lead planning agency for the Charlotte Urbanized Area. F. Elderly and Handicapped 1. The proposed project has provisions for charging no more than one-half of the peak hour fare to elderly and hancicapped persons during off-peak hours. 2. At the hearing the City of Charlotte will afford an opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard with respect to social, economic and environmental aspects of the project. Interested persons may submit orally or in writing, evidence and recommendations with respect to said project. 3. A copy of the application for a Federal grant for the proposed project together with an environmental statement is currently available for public inspection at Charlotte City Hall, 600 East Trade Sreet, Charlotte, North Carolina, in the office of the City Clerk G. Charter and School Bus Operations 1. The mass transportation operator (The City of Charlotte, North Carolina) to be assisted under this project does not engage in charter bus operations outside its transit service area and-or did not derive more than $15,000 from charter bus operations during its more recently completed fiscal year (FY-1900). Therefore the requirements of 49 CFR 604 (UMTA regulations published in the Federal Register on April, 1976) do not apply to this project. 2. The mass transportation operation (The City of Charlotte, North Carolina) to be assisted under this project does not engage in school bus operations exclusively for the transportation of students and school personnel. Therefore, the requirements of 49 CFR 606 (UMTA regulations published in the Federal Register on April 1 1976) do not apply to this project.
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