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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Friday, July 11, 1997 New Rating BAY tosis)49 (Orvscreen ratings ith 4 new letters, They witbeshown in | Sonnein with the old symbols and are expected to appear by early October For TV Gets Mixed Review THEASSOCIATED PRESS Violence Offensive language Suggestive dialogue ap it receives the new Oneorall of the * and “D" notations wil be added “Tt gives you an idea of what's to the present “T'V-PG" '— foree rental guidance suggested, ‘ ” — for programs Gnnitanie on the show without watching the whole thing,” said Gene Guihan, a for children under 14 and “TVMA” — for mature audiences father of three children, ages 10, 8 and 2, interviewed in downtown Louisville, Ky. Under pressure from Congress and parents groups, broadcasters, only, All that sounds too compli- cated to Roberta Monte, a Trenton, N.J., mother of a 3-year-old And Darryl Reddick, father of an 11-year-old and also a Trenton cable networks and motion-picture companies signed an agree- ment Thursday to augmentthe6. month-old current ratings The Federal Communications Com- resident, worried it might be unfair to label an hour-long program with an “L” if it contains onlya little profanity. mission postponed a hearing until Logging Roads Survive Attack THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS WASHINGTON — In a victory for the timber industry, the House agreed Thursday night to only modest reductions in govern- mentspendingon logging roadsin federal forests, but turned back efforts to end the road building program entirely. On a 211-209vote, the House approved a compromise offered by Rep. Norman Dicks, D-Wash., to cut $5.6 million from the federal forest;road building program, a poet reduction that essentially is the program intact, ritics of the road building had sought |$41.5 ‘million in cuts, which would have ended taxpayer funding of most new logging road construction in federal forests. Maintenanceandrepairson existing roads would have continued. Supporters of the program argued that the roads also provide 22 Passengers Injured as Jet Hits Rough Air THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Severeturbulence Thursday threw an American Airlinesflight intoa terrifying drop that slammed passengers and Sex WASHI? GTON — With a sigh of relief, some parents said Thursday the more detailed ratings to appear on TV screens by this fall will provide useful clues to whatthe showsarereallylike. But others worried the new codes might be too complicatedto do much good, A25 tantin termsofthe transportation system,” said Dicks. Other lawmakers argued that the timber companies, not taxpayers, should pay for logging roads. “If timber companies want to build logging roads with their own money they can,” said Rep. John Porter, R-Ill., who with Rep. Jo- seph Kennedy, D-Mass., had sought the $41.5 million cutfrom Interior Department spending. The $13 billion spending bill was expected to get final approval by the House today. It still awaits Senate action. There are about 380,000 miles of logging roadsin federalforests — eighttimes as manymilesasin the Interstate highway system. “Enough is enough. We don’t need any new taxpayer-subsidized roads,” said Kennedy, Environmentalists criticized the Clinton administration for not access to the forests for recreation, help in fighting forest fires supporting the deepercuts. and improveforest management. “These roads are very impor- cis, legislative director of the Wilderness Society. “It's a sellout,” said Mike Fran- their just-served dinnersinto the ceiling. At least 22 people were hurt and theplane wasforced to make an emergencylanding, Someof the rajtteed on Flight 242 from Seattle to New York ar. man was wheeledin on a gurney Denver Health Medical Center spokeswoman C.L. Harmer said the injured, which included at least oneflight attendant and an 11-year-old boy, suffered cuts, scrapes, bruises and sore necks She said most were expectedto be treated and released The Boeing 757 with 148 passengers on board hit the severe turbulence over North Dakota, just as passengers hadsettled in for dinner. Passenger Diane Gagon, 43, of Seattle said the plane dropped hundredsoffeet in seconds. “Anyone who didn’t havea seat beit on went flying,” said Gagon, whowas treated for a neckinjury “There was not an item of food left on any tray.” DIGITAL CELLULAR! DOUBLE YOUR PALINUTES THROUGH ‘97! 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