BUFFETT TOUTS BENEFITS OF BILLS TO BUFFALO COMMUNITY

          Warren Buffett "described the importance of keeping the
     Bills in Buffalo" to local business leaders during a
     Wednesday trip to the city, according to Gene Warner of the
     BUFFALO NEWS.  Buffett is helping the Bills and local
     businesses sell $11M in luxury boxes and club seats for the
     '99 season to "trigger the release" of $63.25M in state-
     funded stadium renovations and "ensure" the team of staying
     in Buffalo through 2003.  Buffett, on an NFL team: "It's a
     little like virginity.  It can be preserved, but not
     restored.  If this community loses it, you're not going to
     get it back."  He added that if Buffalo did end up losing
     the Bills it would be a "huge blow" to the city, and if it
     "somehow managed" to get another franchise it would pay "a
     lot more" for the privilege (BUFFALO NEWS, 9/10).