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Show Page G2 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, February 18, 1990 homeless from Watergate residents No welcome mat for - people right now who live withwalking distance. It's not as though hordes of new people want to move in." Ruby Barnhard, who lives in a y house between the small, trailers and the Watergate complex, complains about the "opportunists" who sit on grates and ask passing motorists for money. "These are the people we'd like to get rid of," she told The Washington Post. "We don't need more 100 An alumi- WASHINGTON (AP) nam- village nr.. the homeless is going up across the street from the in pricey Watergate complex, but the high and mighty who live there are telling the city: "Not in my front two-stor- yard." The object of their dismay is a of seven white trailers tucked into a small triangle in view of some of the loftiest apartments in the capital city. The Doles, Senator Bob and Labor Secretary Elizabeth, live in the Watergate. So do cluster authors, e ple, They live buildings and ing flanking military journalists. in three apartment a condominium buildthe Watergate Office Building, which gained fame in 1972 when burglars organized by Richard Nikon's committee d were caught inside Democratic Party headquarters. The residents have filed suit to block the shelter for the homeless who now roam the streets below, here." The others don't say that publicly. In fact, their lawyer, Johnson, said they were cautioned not to peo- g high-rankin- discuss the matter with reporters. rejects the contention that the syndrome is at work. "You can characterize it that way, but I don't think that's fair. It's not a question of 'you can't put it in my neighborhood' but a question of where. These people months ago accepted the fact it would happen in their neighborhood. The residents have every right to invoke all the protections of applicable law." Ms. Barnhard, a real estate agent, is one of two individual plaintiffs named in the suit. It claims that the homeless facility would have "a dramatic and negative impact" on the neighborhood and that the residents "are entitled to no less consideration than the homeless." The homeowners hired a real estate appraiser, Harry Horstman, to assess the trailers' impact. In an affadavit, he said homeowners live there "for convenience and security, and because it is one of the most desirable addresses in the district. A low vacancy rate and comparative high rents indicate that residents don't mind paying extra to live in this close-i- n neighborhood." On the other hand, Horstman said, "the homeless compund is unsightly ... the impact on value is likely to be considerable." That argument was dismissed by the judge as "highly speculative." Gatling, from his quarters under the elevated highway, says he's willing to share the neighborhood even if the homeowners aren't. "One day they might be out on the street," he said. "They would be more than welcome over here." He red-hande- sometimes money panhandling sofrom motorists and tuxedo-cla- d cialites on their way to the nearby Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The seven hooked trailers, Judge jr (fin up to sewer and power lines, are behind the Howard Johnson's Motel on also a bit player Virginia Avenue in the Watergate saga because that's where the burglars placed their lookout with the recording equipment for bugs they planted in the Democrats' offices. The trailers are ready for occupancy by up to 108 men and women, many of them now living on steam grates, patches of grass, benches and doorways in the area. The G80 homeowners don't come straight out and say "we don't want to house the homeless." Their lawsuit against the District of Columbia is more discreet, based on a claim that the city failed to run the shelter idea past the Fine Arts Commission, which decides in certain areas whether a structure is appropriate. Federal ' Oliver Gasch handed the residents a setback this past week by refusing to block work on the site. He said the Fine Arts Commission argument doesn't wash because the area is outside the commission's jurisdiction. The residents still can appeal the judge's ruling. ii - ... h 'lit.!.. TTr 1 j . . , m .Tf...Jt. " Z AP Laserphoto The object of dismay for many I would "What like to know residents of the Watergate Hotel is a cluster of seven white trailers for the homeless. high-socie- ty is grates venting heat from a nearby power plant. exactly what neighborhood they would like to send these folks to," says Lois Williams, an attorney for the homeless. The taxpaying residents have an answer, through their lawyer, Vernon W. Johnson III: A softball field four blocks away would be ideal. In truth, many of the Watergate residents don't have much to look at anyway. The trailers are on a small patch of ground between the motel and a highway entrance ramp. And beyond that is a pretzel of converging ramps and overpasses, with a few "It don't make a damn to me whether they open that shelter; I got my grate," said a tall, blue-eye- d man named Mohawk, who's been living alfresco for 10 years in that neighborhood. Still, the Mohawk said the showers in one trailer sounded good to him. Nothing like that exists under the overpass where a dozen mounds of blankets and sleeping bags lie in a circle. Yes, said Tony Gatling, 26, he had heard about the efforts to put the shelters elsewhere. "I think it's pretty selfish to do something like that," he said. "We don't bother anybody over there; we don't do anything but ask for money once in a while. We don't harass anybody." Leroy Brown, 59, said he had a job changing truck tires until three months ago when a car careening down the exit ramp hit him, stopped until the driver could assess the damage to the vehicle, then sped off. "I'm glad it is there," he said of the shelter, due to open this week. "It will be a lot better than standing out here in the cold." The controversy over the trailers is rooted in an agreement, reached between the District of Columbia and advocates for the homeless, requiring shelter for everyone who needs it. Unable to meet the conditions, the district government has been paying fines, now totaling $115,000, into a fund for the homeless. The people who will use the shelters have "a simple idea of neighborhood," said Ms. Williams. "It's very hard to get them to move to other shelters. There are at least Principals' salaries increase 5.2 percent - SAN DIEGO (AP) The average salary paid to high school principals is $55,722, a 5.2 percent increase over the previous year, according to a national survey released Friday. The report by the National Association of Secondary School Princi- pals surveyed 1989-9- 0 salary ranges for principals and in a separate category for assistant principals. The report is based on figures collected in September by the Edu- cational Research Service from more than 1,000 .school districts. The highest salary reported is Index climbed 4.8 percent in 1989, the increase in principal salaries is $88,310, identified in the report only as being for senior high school more than 5 percent." The survey found the salary of principals in a school system with junior high and middle school prin- enrollment of 10,000 to 24,999 stucipals this year is $52,163, and that dents. The highest salary for junior e school principals is elementary school principals aver5.5 Both and for elementary princiare $87,042, $48,431. percent age increases from the previous year. pals, $84,455. The highest percentage increase was a 6.7 percent jump for elemenFor the fourth consecutive year, tary school assistant principals, principals in the far West are earnwho now average $40,916. Senior ing more than their counterparts in high assistant principals average other areas of the United States. The lowest salaries are in the $46,486 and junior school assistant principals, $44,570. Southeast. It was released at the start of the association's 74th annual convention. "School boards and other citizens are understanding that the U.S.A. needs high quality schools to com- pete and they realize that an excellent principal is the key to developing an excellent school," said Paul Hersey, the association's director of professional assistance. "These salary increases are a clear indication that school boards know the importance of strong leaders in restructuring our schools," he said. "While the Consumer Price I high-middl- high-midd- AIL SKI CLOTHING le Study finds reduced use of animals in testing WASHINGTON (AP) companies targeted by -animal Most rights groups for their use of animal testing in consumer product research have significantly reduced their use of animals, according to a private study released Thursday. However, a leading animal rights group said it wants corporations to release internal information to back up the findings. would challenge the companies to substantiate the claims that the liuiuU'i's arc-- down," said Susan Rich, special projects director for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the nation's largest animal rights group. "By looking at the figures of animal use in their laboratories does not give us the true picture." Rich said. The report by the Investor Responsibility Research Center examines data submitted to the Agriculture Department by U.S. companies i reporting animal use in fiscal vears 1986, 1987 and 1988. It also offers profiles of animal testing from 1984-8- 8 of nine companies that introduced shareholder resolutions on animal testing after being targeted by PETA. The study shows six of nine companies targeted by PETA cut animal testing bv 42 percent from had an increase from 597 to 743 tests between 1987 and 1988 after an earlier decline. The study said Gillette closed its laboratory in March 1987 and declined to reveal how many animals have been used in testing by contracted outside labs in 1983. Figures for 1988 also were unavaila- th ble for Schering-Plough- . "We have not increased the number of animals just to increase the 1986-S- Two of the companies Avon and Greyhound say they no longer use animal testing for cosmetic and household product research, the report said. Other companies highlighted in the study were American Home Products. Bristol-Myer- s Products, Gillette, Johnson & Johnson. Proctor & Gamble and Schering-Plough- , which produces Maybelline cosmetics. Only American Home Products showed no reduction in animal testing during the period. Bristol-Myer- s Colgate-Palmoliv- animals," said Carol Emerling, spokeswoman for American Home Products. "The kinds of drugs and number of drugs that we're testing dictates the amount of testing that we do." She said most of the company's testing is for pharmaceutical products where she said elimination of animal testing is not likely. The study said companies are methods of turning to testing. Heidi Welsh, author of the IRRC e. study, said USDA reporting requirements don't cover "rats and mice an estimated 80 to 90 percent of and do not include all animal use animals uses at contract laboratories." 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