Time Warner Vice Chair TED TURNER is making "the
largest charitable donation ever," $1B to benefit UN
agencies which will be used to establish a not-for-profit
foundation to benefit UN programs "aiding refugees and
children, clearing mines and fighting disease." The TIMES
writes that Turner is "well known for his ownership of the
Atlanta Falcons" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/19).... Magic VP JULIUS
ERVING "is expected to be a character witness" for NBC's
MARV ALBERT, whose trial on sodomy and assault charges
begins Monday in VA (USA TODAY, 9/19)....In Chicago, Jim
O'Donnell writes that PETER VESCEY "is the latest charlatan
sniffing around the last-tango Bulls with visions of a best-
seller dancing in his head" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 9/19).
...Westchester County, NY, Medical Center and the Yankees
are hosting "DAVID CONE's Kids Clinic" to benefit the
Children's Hospital at the Medical Center. The clinic will
take place tomorrow at Yankee Stadium. For more
information, call (914) 593-2575 (WCMC)....MICHAEL JORDAN's
Bijan Body Collection was profiled on "ET." Jordan, on the
size of the collection's bar of soap: "That relates to my
hands. ... It's huge" ("ET," 9/18).
