NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS ANTHONY QUINN'S GAGA OVER GREECE.

His step may be slower than when he danced as ``Zorba the Greek,'' but Anthony Quinn's smile was just as broad as he returned to Rethymno, Greece, the place where the movie was filmed.

``I have many dreams of this place,'' said the 82-year-old actor, who arrived Friday in Crete to receive an award for his contribution to the promotion of Greece's image.

Quinn, who is of Mexican descent, told reporters he wants to do one more movie dealing with Greece. In addition to portraying the high-spirited Zorba in 1964, he played a Greek fighter in 1961's ``The Guns of Navarone'' and starred in the 1978 television movie ``The Greek Tycoon,'' based on the life of shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

Seger's night move gets him in trouble

Bob Seger faces an impaired-driving charge after his car ran off a road in near Nipigon, Ontario.

Seger wasn't injured when his 1997 BMW went off the Trans-Canada Highway on Wednesday night.

Ontario Provincial Police said Seger was cooperative, but the 52-year-old musician also was charged with failing to provide a breath sample.

Seger was released on bail and has a court date of July 30.

John Wayne, Indians lose with road name

So what will it be? John Wayne Parkway? American Indian Veterans Memorial Parkway? A combination of both?

The likely answer: Arizona 347.

Pinal County officials saluted the late actor by putting his name on a road near Phoenix where he once owned a ranch. But some American Indians protested because the road crosses the Gila River Indian Reservation, and they didn't like that it bore the name of a man who became famous fighting Indians in the movies.

County supervisors thought they'd resolved the dispute Wednesday by renaming the part of the road that goes through the reservation the American Indian Veterans Memorial Parkway.

It turns out the whole argument is moot: The road's operation will be taken over by the state as early as next month. And highway officials say the state plans to go back to Arizona 347.

Singer eyes return to old Status Quo

Rick Parfitt is ready to rock all over the world.

The lead singer of the band Status Quo has recovered from an emergency quadruple-bypass heart operation last month and said Friday he's ready for two comeback shows in England.

Parfitt and fellow Status Quo stalwart Francis Rossi plan to perform July 30 at the opening of a new soccer stadium in Sunderland and Aug. 2 in Norwich.

Actor's wife labels Dudley do wrong

Dudley Moore's divorce has now entered the realm of ``sordid.'' Wife Nicole Rothschild, who married the actor in 1994, alleges in new court complaints in her $10 million suit that the British actor pushed, kicked, hit, choked, shoved, cursed and spit on her, forced her to take amphetamines and made her dance in a scantily clad outfit for almost 20 hours a day.

Felled defending flock

Plucky gamecock with prostheses dies

JACKSON, Mich. - Mr. Chicken died with his artificial legs on, defending his hens to the end, and that's the way he'll be buried.

Veterinarian Tim England said his plucky rooster was mauled to death, probably by a raccoon, as he tried to protect the chickens who shared his pen.

``Something chewed him up real good,'' England said Friday. ``The other chickens were OK, though. He was very protective of them.''

Mr. Chicken was rescued in December, his feet frozen beyond repair. England adopted the bird and had a physical therapist make Mr. Chicken a new pair of legs.

The plastic legs fit snugly over the stumps, with squarish ``feet'' that curved up at the toe like skis. As with most prosthetics, Mr. Chicken's were removed at night to prevent pressure sores.

Mr. Chicken was featured in national magazines including Newsweek and in newspapers from South Africa to Hawaii.

``It's a glum day,'' England said. ``We will bury him in the flower garden with his legs on. He will get a headstone because he was a famous little guy.''

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Photo: (1) Mr. Chicken, shown in this March photo, was mauled to death.

Associated Press

(2) Miss USA pays a visit

Miss USA Brandi Sherwood welcomes the audience to Bloomingdale's in Sherman Oaks for a summer fashion show to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

John Lazar/Special to the Daily News

(3) QUINN