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DATE: THURSDAY, June 7, 1990                   TAG: 9006070394
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PEOPLE

"His initial reaction to NBC's handling of the whole thing was `slash and burn,' " Pauley said in an interview in July's issue of Ladies' Home Journal. "I remember him telling someone that most people in my position would have left tire tracks on Deborah's back."

But not Jane. In fact she says she admires the way Norville has handled all the negative publicity. "If it had been me getting all that criticism, I would not have been functioning professionally. I probably wouldn't have wanted to show my face."

Pauley says she loves what she's doing now, substituting for Tom Brokaw and developing prime-time specials, but loves getting to spend time with her three children, twins Ross and Rachel, 6, and Thomas, 3, even more.

Michael Jackson's chest pains that caused him to be hospitalized were caused by bruised ribs suffered during a vigorous dance practice, his doctor said Wednesday.

Laboratory and X-ray tests of Jackson's heart and lungs revealed no abnormalities, said Dr. Mark Zatzkis, a cardiologist.

Jackson complained of chest pains when he was admitted to St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday.

The singer-songwriter suffered from costochondritis, or cartilage inflammation of the front part of the ribs, Zatzkis said in a statement released by Jackson's spokesman, Bob Jones.

Jackson should be released in about two days and then will visit the hospital for more treatment, Jones told a news conference.

Madonna canceled a Wednesday concert on doctors' orders because of lingering throat trouble.

The sultry singer had canceled a Chicago concert because of unspecified throat problems before she performed two sellout shows im Worcester, Mass., this week.

Two physicians told her that unless she took several days off, she risked permanent damage to her voice and vocal chords, forcing her to cancel the third Worcester show slated for Wednesday, promoters of her Blond Ambition tour said.

Joe Isuzu will be selling Isuzu vehicles FOREVER.

(Oh no he won't.)

Joe, the pathological liar played by actor David Leisure, won't be back in American Isuzu Motors Inc. commercials when the carmaker introduces its 1991 lineup of vehicles, said the Della Femina, McNamee WCRS advertising agency.

Leisure has found other work on television, however. He stars in the NBC comedy "Empty Nest." (Honest.)