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Los Angeles Times, 1/24/97

                   Host of TV Show Files Suit in Fight to Save
                   Naval Station 

                        The battle over the fate of the Long Beach Naval Station
                   escalated Thursday as TV personality Huell Howser
                   announced that a lawsuit has been filed on his behalf to prevent
                   demolition of the historic base. 
                         The host of KCET's "Visiting . . . With Huell Howser" and
                   "California's Gold" argued that tens of millions of dollars would
                   be wasted if the Port of Long Beach is allowed to pave the
                   station to make way for a 145-acre cargo terminal. 
                         "This land belongs to all of us," said Howser. "We've
                   invested countless millions into the facility over the years." 
                        His attorney, Richard Fine, added that the proposed
                   terminal might be better suited to another site within the San
                   Pedro Bay ports--such as the Port of Los Angeles. 
                        "The only thing that is really taking place here is a
                   competition between the city of Long Beach and the city of
                   Los Angeles" over which city gets the cargo facility, Fine said. 
                        City and Port of Long Beach officials responded to the
                   lawsuit announcement by attacking Howser's legal strategy and
                   questioning his motives. 
                        "We feel that the [suit's] legal issues will be fairly quickly
                   resolved," assistant City Atty. Robert Shannon said. "It
                   appears that somebody's out for publicity." 
                        Geraldine Knatz, planning director for the Port of Long
                   Beach, added that the State Lands Commission and the state
                   Coastal Commission have already approved plans for the
                   terminal. 
                        Meanwhile, Navy officials are still reviewing the city's
                   proposal to hand over the Terminal Island base to the Port of
                   Long Beach, which wants to lease the proposed container
                   terminal to a major Chinese shipping line. 

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