Show VdL 90 No 86 Tuesday March 30 1999 Logan Utah Bridgertand’s Daily Newspaper Cl 999 50 Cents Clinton rejects Serb deal Insido Serbian claims to Kosovo questioned WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton said today the slaughter of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo could undermine international support for Serbian claims to the province and urged the allies to “remain steady and determined’’ to diminish Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s military might “If there was ever any doubt what is at stake in Kosovo Mr Milosevic is certainly erasing it by his actions” Clinton said “They are the culmination of more than a decade of using ethnic and religious hatred as a justification for uprooting and murdering completely innocent peaceful civilians to pave Mr Milosevic’s path to absolute power” Clinton spoke at a State Department ceremony dedicating the official portrait of his first secretary of state Warren Christopher who had a hand in constructing the peace in Bosnia The president said that “we must remain steady and determined” Families have more choices than ever in Page 11 senior care Update Entertainment y Sh" Couch potato science takes quantum leap NATO steps up airstrikes — Page 2 The United States has opposed independence moves in Kosovo supporting Serbia’s claim to the province During the Rambouillct peace talks the Clinton administration supported autonomy — but not independence — for the majority ethnic Albanians in Kosovo Milosevic rejected that plan Today Clinton suggested that Milosevic's actions are increasing support for an independent Kosovo “Today he faces the mounting cost of his coninued aggression For a sustained period we will see that his military will be seriously diminished key military infrastructure destroyed the prospect for international support for Serbia's claim to Kosovo increasingly jeopardized” See DEAL on Page 10 AP photo Two Serbs burn a United States flag defaced with a swastika in front of the US embassy in Belgrade today As NATO continued airstrikes against Serb forces in protests were held in Belgrade Yugoslavia anti-NAT- O Firo safoty By Matt Beer San Francisco Examiner New technology that two San Francisco area companies are racing to release could fundamentally alter viewers’ relationship with the tube TiVo Inc of Sunnyvale Calif Personal unwrapped its Television Service which consists of a set-to- p box equipped with a massive hard drive The box records television shows onto a hard drive that will initially be able to hold between 10 and 30 hours of programming The TiVo device which will ship on Wednesday beats to the shelves a similar product to be unveiled soon by Replay Networks a Palo Alto Calif-base- d startup Both products are commonly refund to aa Personal Video Recorders (PVR) They contain sophisticated software that allows viewers to stage their own replays catch up on shows already in progress index and select recorded shows and eliminate commercial breaks Analysts consider it a quantum leap over VCRs as far as viewers’ ability to control what they watch when they watch it A report released Friday by the Camhigh-tec- h market bridge Mass-base- d research firm Forrester Research Inc predicts that TiVo Replay and future PVRs will initially reduce broadcast commercial viewership by 8 percent eventually cutting TV ad watching in half withinlO yean “They (PVRs) will have an incredible impact on the television industry" said Josh Bernoff a TV analyst who helped write the Forrester report “It’s something the networks should be very afraid Marshal recites fire safety mantra By Jeremy B Pugh staff writer Ljiz Hunsaker has fire safety long-rumor- ed ’ of’’ Both TiVo and Replay devices will be connected to a household telephone line which downloads commands from the boxes PVR companies to the set-to-p The companies will direct the machines to capture shows coming in via the home's cable satellite or antenna The shows are stored onto the hard disk Later the viewer can choose to watch these programs via an onscreen interactive index deleting them at will and erasing the advertisements The selection of shows is controlled by the user or a cadre of company programmers who order the PVR box to capture shows based on a viewer’s past preferences The devices also will allow users to record and view shows simultaneously A viewer can back up and watch portions of the show skipping commercials along the way Fdr example a user can order the PVR to begin recording a show at 8:30 pm Then the viewer can begin watching the show at 8:40 as it plays back from the hard drive Voothor fire-rat- 8 John WIMnAferald Journal Fire Marshal Liz Hunsaker points out a code infraction involving Elen Ecdes Theatre and Bullen Center buildings Monday By Nicola G Farrefl staff writer “The Utah State University's celebrated production of an Evening with Glenn Miller has outgrown its funding and personnel and as a result break organizers will take a one-yeto recoup Derek Furch USU’s director of programs and entertainment said the hiatus is necessary even if it puts the show’s momentum at risk “The show has grown immensely but our resources have not” Furch said During the break Furch said USU will “institutionalize” the show by ar about possibly by establishing grants and endowments tradiThe USU event — a tion of dancing dining and enter- Kl 22-ye- ar Page 6 tainment — portrays the famous band leader and the Big Band era of Indox Classifieds Comics Crossword MM 15 MM 14 14 Health 11 13 Opinion Movies imihimim4 wwwhjnewscom R COPY a a fire door to building manager Paul Hardman during an Inspection of the See FIRE on Page 10 Glenn Miller dance production Dow spends feels money pinch plans break night above show has 10000 mark but our personnel designating Organizers will also find more money to support the production do something ed fire-safe- ty se Go ahead on the brain and Monday afternoon that brain is focused on extension cords in the Bullen Center “Extension cords are for temporary use” Hunsaker says to Ellen Eccles Theatre and Bullen Center Building Manager Paul Hardman pointing out a microwave oven ' plugged into a flimsy extension cord in the Alliance for the Varied Arts Gallery “I can tell you right now that microwave is overloading this cord Plug it directly into the wall” Extension cords fire extinguishers exit-sig- n lights doors and space heaters — these are just a few of the components mantra in Hunsaker’s and Monday afternoon she’s chanting her way through the halls of the Eccles Theatre and the Bullen Center which for the record passed her inspection with only a few glitches It’s fire inspection lime Hunsaker and her disciples at the Logan City Fire Department are making the rounds of Logan businesses some of which haven't been inspected for a while “We've missed a lot of the smaller business for the last the 1940's The show is done with the permission of the Glenn Miller family and Miller's children have even visited Logan to see the show Furch said The show's regular patrons come from as far away as Missouri Illinois and Washington grown immensely resources have not" - Derek Furch USU director of programs end entertainment Other factors contributed to the decision to take a break Furch said The College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences will be tailing over the administration of the show’s production from USU's University Relations department Under HASS Glenn Miller's student dancers singers and production technicians can get academic credit for their involvement Also the Sunburst Club which supplies the student dancers and singers for the Glenn Miller Show will use the time off to conduct a search to fill its dance director posi- tion Dance director Irene Bates who has been with the Sunburst Club for 22 years is retiring A new group of Sunburst Singers will be chosen for the coming year and will continue to perform There will be no Sunburst Dancers however and Furch said auditions for that group won’t be until next April The show is currently funded by private donations university funds and ticket sales The show usually pulls in about $330000 during its season that runs from late January through early March “Ticket sales pay for a huge part but it’s a more expensive show to produce” Furch said Keeping ticket prices low fix' the community is one reason Furch said the break is needed six-we- ek Jim Chapman director of the Crestmark Orchestra a group composed mostly of USU alumni that been contracted to perform in the Glenn Miller show said the decision leaves his group with 18 performances to fill in the coming year “We'll have to work diligently to market our group in other venues” Chapman said But the Crestmark Orchestra will do the show when it comes back and Chapman said his group is “working with the university and looking forward to next year" The decision to take the one-yebreak was made last week but has ar been discussed for the past four See BREAK on Page 10 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were lower in early trading today the morning after the payoff that the bulls on Wall Street had expected for weeks Climbing 18434 points Monday the Dow Jones industrial avenge settled at 1000678 — closing for the first time in its 103-yehistory above 10000 and marking a milestone in a long rally fueled by a robust US economy The Dow Jones industrial average retreated warned that its from 10000 today as Coca-Col- a results would be disappointing At noon the Dow stood at 993461 down 3217 But on Monday Wall Street bad much to feel good about As the trading day ended New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani began flinging “Dow 10000” embroidered baseball caps onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Jubilant market watchers around the country also paid tribute “It's a moment to uncork the champagne and celebrate what a truly phenomenal bull market this has been” raid Hugh Johnson a longtime market strategist at First Albany Corp in Albany NY The Dow's achievement was hardly just a one-da- y Wall Street rally has event The years-lon- g been helped by the nation's overall economic health low interest rates and a growing fascination with high technology stocks ar first-quart- er |