WMHT CUTTING STAFF, TRIMMING 24-HOUR DAY.(Living Today)

Byline: John Dieffenbach Staff writer

WMHT will cut back on its 24-hour programming in July and lay off two employees to try to balance a budget the station's chief said fell short because of reduced revenues from private and government sources.

William E. Haley Jr., president of WMHT (Channel 17), said he expects the new schedule to save the station $88,000 a year in "power, personnel and costs."

Channel 17 will sign off at 12:30 a.m. and sign on at 6:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday and at 7 a.m. Sunday.

Haley said the two engineering positions that were responsible for operating the station at night will be cut, and other jobs will be …

WHILE GOLFING IS OK, MOVIE ROLES ARE NOT.(MAIN)

White House lawyers are objecting to an ``appearance'' by President Clinton in a science-fiction film.

``Contact,'' starring Jodie Foster, uses special effects to show Clinton commenting on messages beamed from the star Vega by aliens.

The quotes were clipped and reshaped from Clinton's statements last summer regarding the discovery that a rock from Mars might have signs of …

Asbury Park Press, N.J., Trouble Shooter Column.

Jun. 1--QUESTION: A doctor performed a cardiac catheterization on my mother. I have written several letters, sent by certified mail, to the doctor and others requesting a copy of the cardiac catheterization report.

The only response I've received was a handwritten note from the doctor stating, "Report is dictated."

Why have I not received a copy of the report he says he dictated?

-- E.J.G., Eatontown

ANSWER: You have been writing to the doctor's present employer, a group of doctors with whom he was not affiliated at the time of his service to your mother.

If for some reason the doctor still has not addressed your request, you can …

Olympic qualifying results

Results Sunday from the final day of a six-nation Olympic qualifying men's field hockey tournament:

Final

New Zealand 3, …

TV projects focus on AIDS, Hudson

HOLLYWOOD Randy Shilts, author of And the Band Played On, thebest-selling history of AIDS, is waxing enthusiastic aboutscreenwriter John Gay's four-hour mini-series adaptation for NBC, nowin final revisions.

"I'm pleased with it, to be honest. I'm surprised," Shiltssaid. "It includes the major political themes (from the book) dealingwith the negligence of the federal government and variousinstitutions" in responding to the crisis.

Shilts' greatest fear - "a major point of negotiations" - wasthat executive producer Edgar Scherick might sensationalize the sagaby focusing on so-called Patient Zero, a gay Canadian airline stewardwho was believed to have spread the …

Research from University Peruana Cayetano Heredia in the area of HIV/AIDS therapy described.

New investigation results, 'Understanding the facilitators and barriers of antiretroviral adherence in Peru: a qualitative study,' are detailed in a study published in BMC Public Health. "Antiretroviral scale-up is increasing in resource-constrained settings. To date, few studies have explored the barriers and facilitators of adherence to ART in these settings," researchers in Lima, Peru report (see also HIV/AIDS Therapy).

"Facilitators and barriers of antiretroviral adherence in Peru are not completely understood. At two clinics that serve a large number of HIV-positive individuals in Lima, Peru, 31 in-depth interviews were carried out in 2006 with adult HIV-positive …

POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)

EAST GREENBUSH

Monday, May 3

12:53 a.m. LARCENY. Someone gained access to the cash boxes of two vending machines at a Troy Road business and stole cash. Officer: Joe Deseve Jr.

3:16 p.m. BAD CHECKS. A State Street, Albany man, 45, was charged with issuing a bad check on a warrant. Officer: James Cook.

5:51 p.m. GRAND LARCENY. A report was filed on Plaza Avenue. Officer: James Cook.

6:45 p.m. HARASSMENT. A Schenectady woman reported that someone physically harassed her during an incident on Crotched Mountain Way. Officer: Peter Partak.

7:34 p.m. LARCENY. A purse was stolen from a car parked at a Troy Road store. Officer: James Cook.

10:53 p.m. ASSAULT. A Millers Corner Road man reported two persons threatened him with a knife and assaulted him during an altercation at a Columbia Turnpike diner. Officer: Peter Partak.

Tuesday, May 4

8:52 a.m. ACCIDENT. A …