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Show Page - 12 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, March 1, 1388 National News The latest in news from across the United States provided by Associated Press. Cancer- risk tied to acid rain pollutants Briefs nation's Northeast and region may be due to an acid rain pollutant that absorbs sunlight, impairing the body's ability to make vitamin D, reseachers say. north-centr- Texas again takes home title EL PASO, Texas (A?) -Courtney Gibbs became the fourth Texan in a row to win the Miss USA crown Tuesday, besting Miss California in the nationally televised pageant. "It feels fabulous," Ms. Gibbs, 21, said moments after being crowned by her predecessor and fellow Texan, Michelle Royer. "One of the gifts Michelle gave me was a dictionary with the word 'impossible' whited out. So of course it was possible." Ms. Gibbs, of Fort Worth, won the right to compete in the Miss Universe pageant May 23 in Taiwan. Ms. Royer, of Keller, came in third in last year's worldwide competition, which was won by Miss Chile. Boys use gun to rob Webster opposes WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA Director William H. Webster spoke out Tuesday against efforts to place an independent watchdog at his agency like those already in place at 19 other federal departments. Webster said a proposal by to Sen. Arlen Specter, place an independent inspector R-P- general at the spy agency "will actually prove to be The of A similar effect was coal high-sulf- ur from Newcastle, they said. Within a short time, children ob- served in London more than 350 years ago, said the originators of the new theory, said Cedric Garland of the University of California, San Diego and his brother, Frank, of the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego. Around 1629, Londoners be began exhibiting the leg mal- formations characteristic of rickets a vitamin D deficiency disease. Vitamin D aids the absorption of calcium, and calcium and vitamin D together appear to lower the risk of colon cancer, the Garlands said. d prime-tim-e breaks NBC's streak. ABC is now second on ps the season. The Olympics averaged a prime-tim- e rating of 19.3 and two weeks Olympics, pre a 30 share, up 5 percent over the 1984 Winter Olympics, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co. ABC estimates that more than 150 million viewers saw some of this year's Games. ABC PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Jp' U counterproductive to an effective inspection and investigation process." He told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the presence of an investigator with access to personnel and secret records could deter foreign intelligence services and other sensitive sources from sharing information with CIA, fearing its possible disclosure. occupant was belted. Twenty-onpercent of the motorists wearing belts had too much slack in the shoulder harnesses, and 7 percent of the occupants, often children, wore belts that were improperly routed behind the back or under an arm. states have laws Thirty-on- e of safety belts. use requiring But NTSB Chairman Jim Burnett said, "We have a lot of misuse and that problem has to be tackled." e NEW ty chief testified he told the governor of an allegation Mecham later denied knowing about: a state official committed a felony by tampering with a grand jury witness. Department of Public Safety Lt. Beau Johnson testified before the state Senate on Tuesday at Mecham's impeachment trial that he fully informed the governor about the alleged tampering but did not call it a "death threat." The opening testimony in the first impeachment trial of a governor in six decades focused on what prosecutor William French called evidence CHANGES... 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The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously refused to delay the impeachment trial until KONAMI FLAVORS tober AT FIRST VVEDIDNT NOTICE THE . that Mecham obstructed justice by trying to block an investigation of the alleged threat. Mecham and his supporters also lost two separate court battles Tuesday to delay the impeachment trial and cancel a May 17 recall election. -E- van Mecham's former securi- ended Feb. 28 with an average rating of 20.5. NBC was second with 15.6 and CBS third with 13.5. It was the highest weekly rating for any network since October 1986, and ABC's highest since Oc- won the week that Gov. Mecham in trial watchdog RICE ROM HU high-rate- empting ABC's entire sched ule, nave given the network a February sweeps win that Witness contradicts Misuse of seat belts very common WASHINGTON (AP) -Many motorists who wear seat belts are still exposing themselves to serious injury by wearing them improperly, according to a federal study that says women, children and motorists over 50 are most likely to put themselves at risk. The National Transportation jafety Board raised questions Tuesday about the way some belt users wear the safety devices after examining 167 accidents in which at least one by ur high-sulf- NEW YORK (API Thp United States might not have fared that well in the Winter Olympics, but ABC was a big winner. nine-year-o- ld CIA Sulfur dioxide, produced the burning of coal, is a principal ingredient of gan burning acid rain. ABC gets boost in ratings with Olympics - and his two companions were apprehended Tuesday and were carrying 12 rocks of crack cocaine, $4 and a starter's pistol, which doesn't fire bullets, said police spokeswoman Connie Ryan. pressed boy press conference Tuesday. suggested that vitamin D and calcium combine to lower the robbery. The the gun to Latarra William's temple and told her, "Put it down, put it down now or I'll al Preliminary studies have blow you head off," the girl said Tuesday, a day after the POMPANO BEACH, Ma. Three boys held a gun (AP) to to the head of a rob her of the dollar bill her grandmother had given her to buy an ice cream cone, police and the child said. A risk of colon cancer. 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