
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 26, 1994                   TAG: 9402260091
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY . . .

An NBC executive apologized for last week's raunchy comedy of "Saturday Night Live" guest host Martin Lawrence and said it wouldn't be seen on the network again.

Eight days after the all-white Moose Lodge in Hagerstown, Md., voted to deny membership to a black man, officials at Moose International on Thursday revoked the charter of the local lodge and closed it permanently.

Acting California Secretary of State Tony Miller on Thursday approved the circulation of petitions for a November ballot initiative that would require violent felons to wear identification numbers implanted on their faces when they are freed from prison.

by CNB