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Show i ,fe A2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo. Utah, Tuesday, March 10, m iigaf was in ss 0 tI..o spswns record WASHINGTON (AP) The "first two months of 1998 were - the wannest and wettest on ' record for the continental United to a report o States, according . Monday from government weather watchers, who predicted El Nino will bring more of the same for March and April. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the national , average temperature in January and February was 37.5 degrees Fahrenheit, d with the normal 32.1 degrees. The previous record, set in 1990, was 37.0 degrees. (i Todd Craig, cx ief spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. By PETE YOST Die Associated Press WASHINGTON Whitewater figure James who died Sunday, McDougal, was in solitary confinement when he collapsed of an apparent heart attack hi a jail cell, a federal prison official said Monday night. McDougal had been placed in "administrative detention" Saturday night because he had refused to give a urine sample as part of random drug testing for inmates, said McDougal ha3 a long history of medical problems, ths most serious being hardening of the arteries. monitor Prison guards inmates in solii ary confinement every 30 minutes and McDougal was in good health at the 10:30 a.m. check Sunday, Craig said. He was found m his cell "in distress" 25 minutes later and emergency medical personnel were summoned, said Craig, Although he was being held in the Federa) Medical Center rye at Fort fosn lid q w, at UtiU not mention that he was in administrative detention in a cell by himself when he was stricken. tion and held a job of taking Whitewater Maan while, out the garbage. Starr Kenneth prosecutor Asked whether it was wise to spoke out on behalf of place McDougal in solitary conMcDougal's credibility amid finement in view of his medical indications a new book on the problems, Craig said, "Inmates flamboyant former S&L operain that unit are seen much tor will outline his business more intensely than those in dealings with the Clintons. of the general population, not only In the aftermath by medical services staff but by McDougal's death, Starr called the unit officer." the Clintons' chief accuser "a The news release Sunday real Southern gentleman" who about McDougal's death, issued "wanted to end on a high moral by the medical center facility, did note and end by telling the Worth, Texas, McDougal normally was part of the general inmate popula- 1 r ( f P or- - - ( truth. We miss him." On Sunday, Starr called McDougal an "honorable gentleman." who President Clinton islued a statement Sunday expressing his condolences over doesn't McDougal's death busito former his to go plan ness partner's funeral, White Mike House spokesman said. McCurry McDougal's death won't with a silence him quite yet new book about his life arid business dealings with the president and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. com--pere- An average 6.01 inches of 'fain fell, beating the record of 5,7 inches set in 1979. Normally, 4.05 inches fall during the first two months of the year. . : pstbg od fuels illness - ATLANTA (AP) Despite scientific improvements over the past 50 years, stomach illnesses caused by food are on the rise in the United States, part because Americans like . to eat at restaurants and get fruit and vegetables all year Ground, an expert said Monday. "After all the years we've spent improving our food supply, it appears the problem of stomach illness has increased," Michael Osterholm, a Minnesota epidemiologist, told the International Conference on xin i merging Infectious Diseases. 1 Scientists found an average Jf one stomach illness per person per year in a study done in Cleveland between 1948 and $957. The same rate held up in q 1965-7- 1 study in Tecumseh, Mich. Congressman sssitegiced LOS ANGELES (AP) U.S. Sep. Jay Kim was sentenced BSonday to two months home confinement for accepting illegal campaign contributions. ; Kim, a Republican, also was Sentenced to one year probation and a $5,000 fine. He could have received up to six months in jail. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of accepting illegal campaign donations. Prosecutors say Kim, along with his wife and campaign committee, took more than $230,000 in illegal contributions. Kim's wife, June Kim, also escaped a jail term. She was sentenced to cne year probation and a $5,000 fine. His campaign committee was fined $170,000. Kim is running for a fourth term, but is running into resis- tance at home and in Washington. Baby sitter pleads guilty - A LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) baby sitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday for leaving a toddler to die in a hot van while she played video poker. Terri Lynn Revere, 44, could be imprisoned for up to 40 years at her sentencing hearing in May. She changed her plea to guilty as jury selection in her trial was about to get underway. Jared Sternbergh was sick with a virus on April 11 when Revere drove to Bridge City, a New Orleans suburb, and left him strapped in the van while she Two-year-o- gambled. When she returned to the van four hours later in Revere found the child sick. Paramedics arrived and found him unconscious, dehydrated and with a temperature. The boy died a day later. Jared's parents moved from Atlanta to New Orleans in August 199S and said they checked Revere's references thoroughly before hiring her. n, 107-degr- Reporter who broke Paula Jones story apologizes to Clinton ty of the sources he used for the allegedly had an untoward 1993 article. meeting in a hotel room. Paula WASHINGTON "I wasn't hot for this story in Jones later came forward and The reporter who first wrote about the interest of good government identified herself publicly and an Arkansas sex scandal that or serious journalism. I wanted filed a sexual harassment suit involved Bill to pop you right between the against Clinton. In his letter of apology, Brock Clinton and sparked the eyes," Brock said. harassment lawsuit by Paula Brock's initial article gave a said he was tipped off to the Jones has apologized to the lurid account of the Clintons' story by a major contributor to president for writing the story. behavior when Bill Clinton was GOPAC, a conservative political Former American Spectator Arkansas governor. The story action committee founded by reporter David Brock apolo- was based largely on interviews Republican House Speaker with state troopers and has Newt Gingrich. The donor put gized to Clinton in an open letter published in the April edi- become known as Trqopergate." Brock in touch with Cliff tion of Esquire magazine, say- It refers to a woman known only Jackson, a longtime Clinton as "Paula" with whom Clinton critic in Arkansas who steered ing he questioned the credibili The Associated Press then-govern- Government goes By An incorrect answer was given in the Super Quiz that appeared on page C3 of the Monday, March 9 edition of The Daily Herald. The correct capi- tal of New Zealand Wellington. ft is high-tec- h Associated witch-hunt- to find hidden weapons "7T Press Writer WASHINGTON 1 i f?faP f A PROVO ; Provo man was knifed in a Provo park Saturday morning and was sent to the hospital , , with a lacerated hand. "We are still investigating A laser that detects deadly chemicals in a closed bottle. Robotic bugs capable of crawling into buildings to find bombs. A device that can monitor the heart4 W l beat of a terrorist hiding in a truck. They're all part of an array of new, wizardry that is to make it easier to supposed detect nuclear, chemical or biological threats and thwart the development and smuggling of weapons of mass destruction. wrv A CWw - Unveiled Monday by the at a Energy Department demonstration on Capitol Hill, t officials said most of the technology already is in use, although in some cases only on a limited basis. Energy Secretary Federico Pena, in remarks opening the exhibit, said the "unusual and extraordinary threat" posed by weapons of mass destruction nuclear, chemical or biological requires renewed emphasis on developing sophisticated JOE MARQUETTETIk Associated Press detection devices. "It takes only plutonium the Robotic iSuo: Robobioiogist Mark Tilden displays two robots at a technology expo in Washington, D.C., size of a Coke can to make a Monday. The robots, which are capable of working in environments hazardous to humans, could prove to nuclear weapon," said Pena. be invaluable allies in the U.S. effort to combat nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. "And this is only part of the threat that we face. The ease of and stop intruders from getting nuclear weapons sites. swarms and even placed down access to chemical and biologi"It would make it virtually pipes into buildings to detect into sensitive weapons facilities. cal weapons is alarming." At one booth, Leo Labaj of impossible for a terrorist to explosives. Even if partially the Oak Ridge National enter a site by hiding in a vehi- destroyed, they'll keep on Ultrasensitive device Laboratory showed off the cle," said Pena, adding that it's crawling in environment's that On his belt Pena wore a "heartbeat monitor" a device sensitive enough to find a mouse might be deadly for humans, he device the size of a pager that that can discern the vibration in a loaded garbage truck. explained. detects the presence of radioacSome other high-tecdevices given off from a beating heart tive material Security officers even if the person is hiding on display included: Biomorphic robots at some major airports already inside a tractor-traileA laser that, by sending a The robotic bugs, technically are using the devices. They're monicalled robots" device and beam said the "biomorphic Labaj through a bottle, can anaso sensitive that they trigger an tors vibrations so faint that it their cousins, the robotic tmake lyze the molecular structure of alarm even when near a pas- can detect a human no matter and robotic butterfly, also the chemical contents and determine within minutes senger who has undergone how still the person remains. caught people's attention. recent radiation medical treat- "You can't spoof it unless you're Mark Tilden, an engineer whether it is dangerous. ments such as a thyroid exam. A pocket "eniffer" that can from Los Alamos National doad," he says. So far, the monitor is being Laboratory, had the "bugs" be used to detect and analyze Throughout the room were used at a half dozen prisons, some a few inches long and deadly biological agents within displays of other high-tec- h devices developed to expose says Labaj. But Pena says its powered by solar cells crawlhours at the scene, instead of nuclear detect perfect for detecting potential ing on a table. He explained the days it can take for laborasmugglers, weapons of mass destruction, terrorists trying to get into that they can be used in; tory tests. high-tec- "but I did regard you, the first Democratic president in my adult life, as an ideological threat." Hillary Rodham Clinton has publicly blamed a "right-win- g conspiracy" for the accusations against her husband, including s become the way to independent counsel Kenneth win in politics, if they become Starr's Whitewater investigation. White House counsel Jim our politics altogether, we can and will destroy everyone in Kennedy called the apology "an public life." interesting correction of the Brock said he never shared record." "I'll let the article speak for the "the visceral hatred" of he said. of Clinton's itself," detractors, many H.JOSEF HEBERT h pos- sible motives," Provo police Capt. Keith Teuscher said Monday. The assailant wore a ski mask and attacked Dale Atkins, 24, of Provo while the victim was walking with a friend through Pioneer Park, 500 W. Center St., Provo. Defending himself with his hands, Atkins was stabbed in the hand and taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, where he was treated and released. After the attack, the suspect, who is described as being B male between 5 foot 9 and 6 feet tall, fled the area. Hs was wearing black pants and a black shirt. Teuscher is asking anyone who might have information to in telephone him at 852-623- 7 Provo. Jit Tiii h 1SSJ r. Arkansas court delays execution LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- FREE 5ID3EIIO Belter HearifigThrough Professional Care The Arkansas Supreme Court delayed an execution Monday so a judge could consider whether it was proper to give the death penalty to a prisoner who might be insane without medication. 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