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Show A4 SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1999. HERALD SUV emissions to face same rules as cars GLOBAL BRIEFING fitan carries satellite UNEEMENL Was expect By H. JOSEF HEBERT day He Nswneuated Pre CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) er back-to-back failures that cost payers nearly $2 billion, the Air ree's most powerful rocket blasted to space Friday, hoisting a communi- jon satellite for the military Vhree weeks ago, a missile: rning uellite carried by a Titan IV rocket nded up ina useless orbit. In August, the rockets and aspy satellite re destroyed in an explosion just r launch lhe rocket carried an $800 million. l|star satellite bound for a 22,300. «high orbit, where the first Milstar placed in 1994 andthe second in 095, In al , six suchsatellites are linned to provide m-proof communication between U.S military smmanders andtroopsin the field. Florida OKs school vouchers ‘TALLAHASSEE,Fla. (AP) Hin. ' cars under ambitious pollu tion rules to be proposed by Refiners will have to make cleaner gasoline, too. The Environmental Protection Agency proposal is aimed at ussuring that progress to improve air quali ty is not reversed by expected growth in travel the fast gasoline reductions: Some large SUVs may be given longer to comply A final ru nationwide ted to he tied Refiners would have to cut the content of sulfur which and interferes with auto pollution ie requirements rol equipment in to be phased. wera sof 340 parts , lion to It the Clinton administration sources include +\ requirement for low end of the year, WASHINGTON Popular sport utility vehich will have to meet the same. tough emission standards a id private 1 administy vurces: famil ed Tier Th auto trol have ‘ prompt both bbying by a ind the oi compat tries thi ed by 1 he The ne venful indus most affect equirements dards under the 1990 Clean Ai Net will mir selling SUVs. some of which nowemit more than twice as ror nationwide California's tough air pollution rules much pollution as cars. The White House signed off on the proposal this week and still change. Whi ne elements beginning in 2004 *An 80 percent reduction in the amount of smog-caus. ing chemicals emitted from the tailpipe, to be phased in over several years beginning in 2004, Other pollutants also: would be reduced oe requirement for to include SUVs, pickup may key trucks and minivans in the mix of vehicles to determine overnment fleet-wide tailpipe emission details proposals. accounted for nearly half of all new vehicles sold, current: ly are allowed to pollute two and three times as much as from an per mil 80 parts per million automakers for thefirst time The SUVs and pickup trucks, which last year said Gene Karpinski, execu- tive director of U.S. Public Interest Research Group, an environmental organ: That group recentlyes automobiles, although some ed SUVs would spew1.4 mil manufacturers have made them significantly cleaner in recent years, annually by 2020. if not The EPA has argued that as people drive more, increasingly in truck-like vehicles, future air quality cannot be improved without addressing pollution from such vehicles, or without Imposing tough new requirements not only on automakers, but also on gasoline refin ers to clean up the fuel “If done properly, this deci- lion tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide into the brought under control. While cars today are sold 30 years ago, emission from and light trucks still account for one-third to one-half of the smog-causing pollution in urban areas as well as releases of microscopic soot and toxic chemicals pollution control experts say. Protesters face off with NRA in Denver : the establishment of the only tatewide program in the nation to, jlow students to attendprivate hools at taxpayer expen: \ll students in Florida’s worst public ‘gardless of their income or will be eligible for vouch: ar to help pay private orparochial school tuition ‘The schoolvoucher program passed "ByJOHN HENDREN 5onthelast dayof the The AssoeratedPre sislative session Friday. The House pproved it 70-48 two days earlier. DENVER Bank robberstill going FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Columbine High massacre, is scheduled today, and the timing couldn't be worse. irly-bird specia ‘Twenty yea! in Quentin Prison in aet The NRA has cut back its Vucker was captured and gathering from three days to one, canceled drink-and-din- robbing a bank earlier thi: Whenhe arrivedat his wife's home in Pompano Beach on April 22, he led police on a high-speed chase before crashing into a palmtree. In his car, deputies found more than 89,500 in cash from the robbery, a sawed-off assault rifle, two stocking spray, a police scanner anda NewYork Heeuve badge. Doc Severinsen steps down On patrol: U.S. the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a dispute with management over marketing Severinsen said Thursdayhe's unhappy with a plan by the orchestra's how executive director, Lawrence Ribits, to replace two outside market ing consultants with an in-house mar keting director. Golfer, 83, hits a ‘miracle’ SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Cecil Wyett says there is a message attached to the golf ball he sent sailing 140. yards off a tee and straight into a hole day. “Don't evergive up hope. Miracles happen,” said the 83-year-old golfer who has dreamedof hitting a hole-in one since the Roosevelt administration His dreamfinally cametrue last week on the seventh hole of Twin Oaks Country Club, whenhe took a 6-iron Kosovo crisis anything but a war By SALLY BUZBEE The Asyoctated Pre WASHINGTON It's a conflict. A fight over Kosovo. A bombing campaiyn, An operation. A mission President Clinton and other officials use all those words to describe the battle between NATO countries and Yugoslavia But they don’t call it “war. Even as NATO launche daily airstrikes and reviews the possibility of ground troops, generals and policy makers are careful to sidestop a-word loaded with constitu tional implications and his bloody, deadly conflicts: with an anthem, comic books and a special prayertoberead by thepope. World War II and brutal, Indeed, the United States has not formally declared war on another country since n and continue military fights, said Alton Frye, who whether the president or hope that 2000 will mark a “time of increased dialogue among followersof the world’s religions and for more solidarity toward the poor and oppressed ar ot Fick Sens “= ongrass Contrat Station But Campbell and others the War Powers Act of 1973, whichrequires the president to obtain congressional approvalif he keeps troops in ¥ BELGRADE ® Tito's Tomb s Second Milosevic residence s ‘ reign Relations Persian Gulf, neither of which was declared although they were widely called wars, Pry« The conflict in Kosovo is in many ways just like a war: One side uses weapons to try to hurt the other. Bombs explode and peopledie. hioro BOSNIA. HERZEGOVI eu Sarajevo ae And the fighting affects the {ROMANIA at Pancewo Belarade nation in many ways like a war: It puts American troops at risk. And it e: Congress RBar $13 billion spendingbill to #asika YUGOSLAVIA pay for the air campaign, Kosovo refugees and other US. militaryprograms. MONTEN aK rstac Mojos ‘ y (drial Przven ‘Sen ALBANIA. MACEDONIA But there arealso key dif- ferences between Kosovo and a full-scale war, Fryesaid. In AP said This time. al question has the constitution gained renewed attention, Rep. Tom Campbell, R-Calif., forced ‘h ambiguities contin ued through Vietnamand the combat more than60 day “Tfthis isn’t what is? Campbell asks. 50 milos of Slobodan Milosevic ts UnckeSteet House votes Wednesday on whether to declare war gainst Yuge »slavia or, con Clinton to bring home troops. Both measures versely, fore ‘The House did approve a measure asserting Clinton would need congressional approval before deploying ground forces. Clinton s he will consult fully with Congress, but administration officials have argued they do not need Congress’ approval to wage the military campaign. They hall . it’s not enough for the Denver community, devastated by the April 20 school shootings in Littleton, > miles away. Students, gun-control groups and lawmakers have planned a day of protests to tell the NRA it’s not welcome. “When a communityis people are burying these ‘We're for winning this conflict. not ending it.” Bren Peis ere ns f draw troops, White House contend the fighting violates Vracar district 170,000-s grieving and going through a spokesman Joe Lockhart said, ? nerfestivities, removedbillboard advertisements and jettisoned plans for a mn people,” State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said Asforthe proposal to with Parliament President's Office Use Bus the time lhe prayer for Pope John Paul II to read has been finished, expressing regained harmony among nations.” John Paul will also pray for Sav River and we do not consid. elves at war with the Headquarters of Serbia's state television The war in Korea, which Congress had the authority to reconciliation among men and of Yugosiav Gov't Ministries actions, strictly religious, have been sketched out Friday it h Serbia, a was called a police action at Holy Year. The song is still being composed, although its words, The Vatican said Dranay (Duane) River World War II, although it has engaged in many military blurred the lines between outrigh war and military peacekeey actions. It also blurred the constitutional question of commissioned a hymn to mark the tries and other countries: around the world do not con sider themselves at war with Recent NATOattacks cations professor at American University. “It conjures up andfour better than his round on ‘Thursday. Yearplans for the new millennium, Kosovo roundup 40x30 38thday of bombing 2K Latest NATOattacks “Waris a very my word, and officials are goingto nat urally shy away from it said Laird Anderson, a ¢ ommuni images of World War | and VATICAN CITY (AP) The Vatican is pushing ahead with Holy also say any effort to declare warundermines NATO unity: “The other NATO coun Dunay (Danube) River torical symbolism. andlet fly. He wound up shootinga 74 fortheday, ninestrokes underhis age Vatican plans Holy Year JOHN GAPS ML The AssociatedPress Army soldiers patro! near their canip on the Tirana, Albania, air baseFriday. Doc Severinsen quit as pops conductorof the other Charlton The group's annual meeting, plannedlong before the Nlorida retiree enjoying thenightly BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Heston and the National Rifle Association are walking into a showdown. est Silva Tucker apparently vasn't ready to becomejust another masks, pepper 97 percent cleaner than models The ‘Legislature gave final approval Friday © Senate sion 1 lead to tremendously cleaner cars and SUVsfor the next decade and beyond, a war, oneside wants to win andgainthesu ries have more-limited goals: They insist that Yugoslay Presid Slobodan Milosevic withdraw Serb forces from Kosovo, per- mit thereturnofethnic Albanians andaccept armed international peacekeepers, The type offorce also is more limited — to just airstrikes, not ground troops. mourning, when you have more than 65,000 6 people showing upfor services and kids, you shouldn't have a meeting that talks selling more guns,” Mayor about Denver Wellington Webb said, Therallies are expected to begin at 9 a.m., when gun control advocates plan a silent protest on the state Capitol steps before marching to the Adams-Mark neighboring hotel and encircling the site of the NRA convention. The rally was organized by the Colorado Coalition Against Gun Violence and students from Columbine and other Denver-area high schools. Student organizer Ben Gelt has spent the week passing out fliers at high schools such as Chatfield, the campus now attended by survivors of the Columbine e were people my age. They're mypeer group. It was devastating to think that people my agecould do this,” said Gelt, 18. “Our maingoal is to show the state, the country, and possibly — who knows — the world, that we here in Denver can’t tolerate gun violence any more. An NRAspokesman con- cedes the bad timing. “It's a difficult situation for everyone involved in any way,” Bill Powerssaid. |