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Show I J ; in take to the picket lines today 1 I rv v c. ill t4r.S air quality christi talks going well Irk ir.i ,n rv ws lV:..nti L-$- wwjm MS p S c S in "Vv 1 jr AP Lascrphnto Lithuanians demonstrate in Vilnius Monday for independence. Poster on the left reads "Occupants Go Home!" MOSCOW (AP) - Estonian law- makers today passed a resolution support of their Baltic in neighbor Lithuania, whose leaders joined Moscow in striking a conciliatory tone on Lithuania's drive toward independence. Soviet legislators heatedly debated a bill on secession. Some deputies to the Supreme Soviet legisla ture found the bill too harsh, while others thought the conditions it set were too lenient, the official news agency Tass said. The bill was approved by the Soviet of Nationalities, one of two houses of the parliament, Tass said, without giving a vote count. It was sent on to the second chamber, the Soviet of the Union, for possible "The sooner, the better. Now we can go to the other side of town. No more nosebleeds. No more headaches. We can live with air," he said. Under the settlement, Conoco, a subsidiary of the Du Pont Co., admits no liability. "I would put that as one of the largest relocation settlements in the country," Conoco attorney Mark Zehler said. Two comparable cases involved government money: the evacuation of homes built atop tons of chemical waste at Love Canal in Niagara good-smelli- WASHINGTON (AP) The Penfigtagon, releasing ures for its super-secrStealth fighter jet program, said today it cost $6.26 billion to build d aircraft. the dark, The plane, which was used in combat as a "giant stun grenade" during the Panama invasion, cost $106.2 million each, the Defense Department said. By making Stealth information public, Pentagon officials hope to increase support for the military's "black budget" programs, sethose that are kept tightly-hel- d crets by military and congressional leaders. Many in Congress expressed "sticker shock" when the high-cofigures of $530 million per plane for the B-- 2 Stealth bomber were re long-classifiet delta-winge- Bread has played a major role in Eastern European culture and with recent events in those nations, traditions are being revived. See Page CL Stocks: Today's prenoon market rebounded fa response to Tokyo's share prices closing higher, and firm bond prices. See Page A6. The World: st uprising ended for inmates in a Manchester, England prison, even though some prisoners tried to prevent the surrender. See Page A5. A Falls, N.Y., and the virtual abandonment in 1982 of Times Beach, Mo., which was tainted by dioxin. The I,ove Canal buyout, in 1978, involved about $19 million to purchase 232 homes. In Times Beach, about $33 million was spent to buy 393 properties. Homeowners in the Circle Drive area of Ponca City had complained since 1987 that groundwater laced with hydrocarbons, including cancer-causing benzene, seeped into their basements and threatened their health. Some residents camped out at the state Capitol for Arts Entertainment Business Classified Ads Crossword Horoscope Legal Notices Lifestyle Movies National Dl A6 D3-D- 6 D6 C5 D3 C4-C- 5 C6 A4 B2 B4 B3 Obituaries Opinions StateRegion Sports Weather B6-B- 8 A3 leased last year. In light of that, pressure has built for the release of information about other high-cod and programs. The packet distributed to reporters today included a series of photographs of the plane, showing its angled exterior and slim profile in flight and on the runway. The Air Force said the plane's mission "is to attack high priority targets anywhere in the world. The is designed to penetrate dense threat environments and hit targets with pinpoint accuracy." The statement also disclosed that there are approximately 2,650 military men and women assigned to support the planes. "Most live within the greater Las Vegas community" and commute to and from the Tonopah Test Range, the statement st highly-classifie- Utah's PROVO, Utah (AP) business regulation office has received complaints from production companies alleging that Brigham film Young University's studio unfairly competes with the private sector. Peter Van Alstyne, director of the state Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, said the private both inside and outcompanies want the BYU Motion side Utah Picture Studio to be a registered, corporation and be required to pay taxes. "They feel the 'playing field' is not level and gives unfair competitive advantage to the Brigham Young University," Van Alstyne tax-exem- for-prof- it wrote in a recent letter to BYU President Rex Lee. Van Alstyne says in the letter that he doesn't take a position on the allegations of unfair competition " or the Mormon Church-owne- d school studio's business status. Nonetheless, he said Monday he is concerned. "It's a scary proposition for people doing business with them, because you are doing business with an unregistered contractor," he said. "It's an extremely lax approach (on the part of BYU), which always gets you in trouble." The studio also is the target of an investigation by the Utah County attorney's office of complaints by tion of Lithuania," the declaration said. Gorbachev's top deputy spoke of "friendly ties" with Lithuania and said the Kremlin does not question as long as it its right to secede adheres to the constitution. The comments by Anatoly I. chairman of the Supreme (See LITHUANIA, Page A2) Judge sequesters Poindexter jury weeks in 1988 to get the state to buy their houses. The protesters said heavy rain two years earlier had unleashed toxic, reddish-orang- e sludge that bubbled up from cracks in sidewalks, and black slime that oozed into their basements. Conoco said then the sludge was the result of iron ore, and the state Health Department and federal Environmental Protection Agency agreed there was no health hazard. But residents said they had suffered an inordinate rate of cancer (See WATER, Page A2) WASHINGTON (AP) jurors deliberating said. Although the plane reportedly has been operational since 1983, the Pentagon refused to even acknowledge that it existed until November 1988. that time, only one photograph the jet was released. Aviation experts contended the picture was carefully selected to conceal the real dimensions of the plane's radical, sweptback form. The Air Force used the super-secrplane in combat for the first time during the invasion of Panama last Dec. 20, using the aircraft to d bombs on a field drop outside the barracks where the Panamanian Defense Forces Cth and 7th infantry companies were At of et 2,000-poun- housed. Iran-Cont- - Two ra charges against John Poindexter were contacted by the news media, the trial judge disclosed today. He ordered the jury sequestered because of the "irresponsible behavior of the press." U.S. District Judge Harold Greene said the jurors hung up on the reporters. They were "alert and intelligent," he said. Greene ruled that the jurors, Leroy Witherspoon and William Harris, would continue to participate in the deliberations, which began Monday. Poindexter's lawyer, Richard Beckler, said he had no objection. The judge said that "some now might think this" contact during jury deliberations "was an obstruction of justice. I will think about that." Witherspoon told a hearing today that Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany telephoned him late Monday afternoon just as he arrived home from jury deliberations. He said she wanted to know when the jury would deliver a verdict. He hung up on her, but she called back. He hung up again, he testified. Greene said he was told the reporter had just come to the United States from Lebanon and - v. - ( . o "- : ft i f V John Poindexter didn't know the "ground rules." Greene called that "a lame excuse." "I have no confidence that these rules will be obeyed," said Greene. "I understand the Post has many more reporters ready to call the jurors," said the judge. "None of us has any confidence that these regulations will be observed." "I have decided to sequester the jury," Greene said. "The irresponsible behavior of the (See POINDEXTER, Page A2) (See STEALTH, Page A2) State reports complaints against - Find it WASHINGTON (API Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze arrives today to face close questioning on the independence crisis in Lithuania from President Bush and Secretary of State James A. Baker III. Baker and Shevardnadze also are likely to discuss and perhaps announce a date for the next summit meeting between Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The summit is tentatively planned to be held in Washington during the second half of June. Meanwhile, Uthuania's chief diplomat in the United States said at a news conference that he would meet Shevardnadze any time during his U.S. visit. But Stasys Ix)zoraitis Jr. questioned whether Gorbachev is calling the shots in Ulnuania. "Maybe the army is very unhappy with the situation in the Baltic and is doing something (in Uthuania) that he cannot control and cannot stop," he said. Iozoraitis said that while he believes Lithuania will regain its independence, he is pessimistic now "be-(Se-e Page A2) taking a more cautious approach to independence, approved a measuring supporting Uthuania and urging Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to open talks. The Estonian Supreme Soviet "expresses full support of their strivings, pays high tribute to their courage and expresses recognition of the independent state organiza consideration today. An amendment approved by the Soviet of Nationalities requires any republic leaving the union to pay the costs of citizens who want to resettle back in the Soviet Union. Lithuania has a large Russian minority. Legislators in the neighboring Baltic republic, Estonia, which is releases Stealth data Pentagon - Food: -- Soviets debate secession; Lithuanian war of words cools Conoco offers $23 million settlement - and other illnesses. Under the settlement announced Monday with families who had sued the company for allegedly contaminating the air and water, Conoco would buy the properties for about $18 million and establish a $5 million compensation fund. Homeowner Mike Gallagher said his family was ready to move. C;r.J summit on v U.S. So vies w. ) talks agenda - ji s Mtiu, miin 7 ::.. . Littlhuania, n " . ConPONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) oco Inc., in one of the biggest settlements of its kind, has agreed to pay $23 million to buy 400 homes and compensate families who say its refinery' is giving them cancer UNLV CO w 1.;. rips Duke to win NCAA title trade - raises questions on resort Herald Staff Writer Air quality Issues brought up by the propped Seven Peaks Resort have not been adequately addressed to this point, said an Environmental Protection Agency representative. Sandra Silva, environmental engineer and principal reviewer for the Seven Peaks project, said at this time the EPA has not seen evidence that air quality concerns have been eliminated. "Up to now we have not seen anything that has alleviated our concern on the air issue, ' Silva said. However, she emphasized that the EPA is still reviewing the final environmental impact statement released by the Uinta National Forest Service recently. Results of the EPA's review will be submitted to the forest service Thursday, she said. Air quality concerns will be addressed in a public meeting Wednesday sponsored by the Utah Bureau of Air Quality. The meeting, scheduled at 7 p.m. in room 1400 of the Utah County Building, 100 E. Center, Provo, will be used to gather information before the bureau considers issuing a permit to Seven Peaks to construct parking with over 600 spaces. The bureau has already issued a letter of intent to issue the permit, said AI Mickelsen, Provo planning analyst. However, the intent to approve could be modified depending on information gathered at the (See SEVEN PEAKS, Page A2) ',;gi:;' J EPA b Till Navajo healing voman protests oil drilling project About 200 Pacific Pipe workers -- ' BYU film former employees. Among the allegations: that Mormon Church tithes and other donations have been used by studio management to finance profitable, private film ventures. School officials asked the county attorney to probe the charges after they were aired by television and newspaper reporters. BYU also has been looking into complaints from private film companies for several months. "It's unfortunate that when all this surfaced we were just getting ready 'to make some proposals," said BYU spokesman Paul Richards. He said the recommendations will be considered by the university's board in April. lab Richards said the proposals will address policy and organizational changes in how both funding and outside work are handled. As for Van Alstyne's concerns, Richards indicated that any problems with a the studio's services would be handled by BYU, which is responsible for the subsidiary's operations. Richards said when the film studio isn't producing work for the school or the church it will often do work for private filmmakers. It's the studio's low bids on this outside work that apparently upsets private production companies. Weather Partly cloudy through Wednesday with a slight chance of afternoon showers, mainly near the mountains. Warm with highs in the upper 60s. See Page A3. Air Quality Air quality for today was recorded as good all along the Wasatch Front, with little change in pollution levels pected. See Page A2. ex- |