Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, May 17, 1993 TAG: 9305170003
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The college's Board of Visitors announced Saturday that the former British prime minister will succeed Warren E. Burger, retired chief justice of the United States, as chancellor of the 300-year-old school. She is the college's first woman chancellor and first Briton to hold the post since the Revolutionary War.
Chicago nightclub comedian Robert Hines is leaping to television with his feet firmly planted in his hometown, and he will get to join stars like Magic Johnson and Arsenio Hall in a new cable show. "Comic Justice" started shooting Thursday in Chicago for cable's Comedy Channel, taking a frank look at urban issues such as gangs, homelessness and AIDS. The show will be hosted by A.J. Jamal of Fox Television's "In Living Color."
College student Chris Fetterolf was stabbed four times while helping a young mother resist a mugger in New York City, earning him more than 15 minutes of fame as the city's "subway hero."
He was in stable condition Friday at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. The woman he rescued, Dawn Queally, sent a televised message to him as he was recovering from his wounds, saying, "I hope I can raise my son as well as your mother has raised you." And all three of the city's tabloid newspapers ran stories about the rescue, with each one labeling Fetterolf a hero.
While Ross Perot is a leading critic of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement, his son is pushing it as a boon for Texas - and for a Perot-developed industrial airport.
The elder Perot says the treaty among the United States, Canada and Mexico will create "a giant sucking sound" as jobs migrate to Mexico. But Ross Perot Jr. insists the agreement not only will help establish the Alliance Airport near Fort Worth as a hub for free trade, but also will bring thousands of jobs to north Texas.
by CNB