Show Cen National er Fr 5A 13 1S37 l isy rYrr mmm i t vt 4 -- r Is i to i ft it- if i l'"T V I f " - I f 4 ) 4-- 00 HOM OWNED 1 1 ' i ?v Cxi I P-v- rr 'JJL ib- - whole Boneless Bar-- Associated Three firefighters DETROIT (AP) — A blaze that began in an abandoned building and took the lives of three firefighters is a sign of Detroit's decline the mayor said in describing the tragedy as the worst in the fire department's history fire which began about 3 The pm Thursday destroyed the warehouse and a paper products company next door which made up a city block A lieutenant and a trial firefighter who was to receive his badge March 23 died of smoke inhalation after a roof in the paper supply building collapsed on them about 6 pm Another lieutenant died after an exwarehouse plosion rocked the More than 120 firefighters with 30 pieces of equipment worked on the blaze as falling rubble from the warehouse squashed cars parked nearby and streetlight and telephone poles were toppled The buildings were in a light industrial area about five miles from downtown Detroit where many businesses and homes have been boarded up or torn down Two men were questioned today by police homicide investigators in connection with the fire said police spokesman Marvin Redlawski He did not know their identities The fire was believed to have been started by homeless people trying to keep warm the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News reported Authorities early today declined to confirm the reports "Beyond question it's the worst tragedy to ever befall the Detroit Fire Department" said Mayor Coleman Young who arrived at the fire as the body of one victim was being pulled from the fire "It's a tragedy that men lose their lives over an abandoned building" Young said "What you see here is the result of an abandonment of a major city" Detroit has had tremendous loss in population in the last and those who remain must deal with high unemployment and crime rates The warehouse contained bales of rags left when the building was abandoned by Motor City Wiping Cloth Co Final arguments heard in Baby HACKENSACK NJ (AP) — An attorney for a surrogate mother fighting for the baby she agreed to bear for a childless couple urged a judge to let her keep her daughter because "there is nothing more repugnant to public polof a icy than the exploitation mother" "The bottom line is Mary Beth Whitehead is the mother Without that she has nothing " her attorney Harold J Cassidy said Thursday in closing arguments in the battle for the girl known as Baby Press were killed in a fire that destroyed an abandoned Detroit warehouse Thursday M "You're asking her to give up a part of herself" Cassidy told Superior Court Judge Harvey who has heard 31 days of testimony over two months in trial the Sorkow is expected to rule on the contract's validity as well as the custody issue March 30 three days after the child's first birthday It will be the first court ruling of its kind An attorney for William and Elizabeth Stern the Tenafly couple who hired Mrs Whitehead for $10000 countered that the surro Ml Ala (AP) MONTGOMERY — Members of the state Board of Education who decided to appeal a federal judge's ban of 44 textbooks from public schools say they chose public interest over personal religious belief Thursday The board voted to appeal US District Judge W Brevard Hand's decision removing the textbooks In his ruling last week Hand said secular humanism is a religion and is being espoused in the books in violation of the US Constitution's separation of church and state Board member Evelyn Pratt who voted for an appeal said Hand's decision would take Alabama's textbook selection process out of the public arena and into a judge's chambers Suicide experts urge fast follow-u- p action NEW YORK (AP) — When teenagers kill themselves as four did in a suicide pact in New Jermust sey this week communities act quickly to prevent guilt and suidespair from provoking more cides experts say four the of teenagThe bodies ers who made a suicide pact were found Wednesday morning in Bergenfield NJ They had let a car run in a closed Rarace In interviews experts warned that when a suicide occurs in a community others mav follow "There's usually one or two major (suicide) 'clusters in the United States each year" said Michael reck director of the California Youth Suicide Prevention School Program ith Guilt and identification suicide victims could lead to he in Bergenfield suicides more earned sui-a With four kids making ou hac to know cide pact many kids m that community and mabc some adults had he said picked up clues" "There's a lot of people m that adults as well as community kids who arc saying 'They said things to me I should have known' There will be a tremendous amount of guilt The guilt can become irrational and drive the person to killing (oneself) to make amends" In addition Peck said "the person who follows in a cluster of a suicide is also an unhappy pairing-type person" who may think the first suicide victim had a better life than he or she has and reason: "If he kills himself what chance do I have?" To prevent a suicide streak in a case like Bergcnficld's Tcck said therapists should interview close friends of the suicide victims to look for signs of guilt and despair Also students should be allowed to discuss their feelings about the suicide he added in an intcnicw Thursday Suicide streaks atso may occur among disturbed teenagers who have lost emotional support from friends and relatives outside their immediate families and uho have formed close friendships vuth other disturbed teenagers another expert said "As a Christian I have freedom of choice" she said "Do we want to have a democratic society in which all voices can be heard or do we want decisions made by one person?" The 44 home economics social studies and history books are used in 114 of Alabama's 129 school systems according to the Department of Education The ' cZp -- case originally involved 45 books but one of them was dropped because it is no longer used in any system While all board members said they believed some books failed to adequately promote the role of religions in history and society those in favor of appealing feared the federal intrusion into the selection of books Tl j Solid Head IXJJ I EEN fu- Abraham rejected arguments the Sterns' attorneys and the views of one of her own witnesses that Whitehead's legal rights to the child should be terminated If that happened Whitehead would not be allowed to visit the child and Mrs Stern a pediatrician could adopt the girl The Sterns now have tempo-- ) rary custody of the child and Whitehead is allowed visits ly Alabama board will appeal judge's book ban J Lb CORNED by Lorraine A Abraham the baguardian reby's peated her recommendation that the Sterns be granted custody and that Whitehead be allowed to vis Jj Choice Brisket of battle it the child sometime in the ture gate contract should be enforced and that the Sterns should receive permanent custody of the child "Surrogacy creates life aid family in situations where that is otherwise not possible" attorney Gary N Skoloff said "Government controls of decisions by adults should be severely restricted" MrtTuDA CABBAGf SERVICE FRIENDLY FAST Med Reg Absorbance & Large j )J yj 32's 48's WIPER DIAPERSgpg 1 GREEN WEEKEND SPECIALS March 13 and 14 Entire Stock Junior Spring -i DRESSES Reduced 20 PRICES Entire Stock Long Spring COATS Reduced 20 null Cotton and Blends Plaid and Stripes EVERY BLOUSES Reduced 20 LOW JOGGING SUITS JUMP SUITS Reduced 20 Y' y00 Great With Movies Fresh Made Deli Any PIZZA Two Toppings p 12th 2254 Washington Ogden Utah 84401 Stor© Hours: Mon thru Sat 10 AM to 6 PM Effective Friday March 13 Saturday & WASHINGTON Ad & March Mcndy Mach 16 14 I I |