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Show XL Saturday Saturday Briefing July 14, 1990 A, "safe Jus? the 'fax' exhibit opens in Chicago V iPi"1 , t Gallery "faxed 400 AP Laserphoto director Karen Indeck sits on a stepladder next to of Illinois' art gallery. art" at the University Nation Shuttle leaks not related - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The hydrogen leaks crippling .space shuttles Atlantis and Columbia appear to be in different places, ruling out the possibility that the problems are related, NASA said Friday. "The things that we know leak on one we know aren't leaking on the other," said William Lenoir, head of NASA's space flight program. A common problem with the shuttles' fuel system would have been much more difficult to deal with, said ; shuttle director Robert Crippen. Early indications following an elaborate test of Atlantis' fuel system Friday are that hydrogen escaped from a flange on the external tank side of a valve, Lenoir said. The valve is in a pipe that carries fuel from the tank to. the main engines. No leaks were found in that area on the plumbing from Columbia that was sent for laboratory testing to shuttle builder Rockwell International Corp. in Downey, Calif., Lenoir said. Rockwell engineers believe Columbia's problem lies in a small, Teflon shaft seal on the orbiter side of the ' valve, Lenoir said. But further tests are needed before concluding there are no leaks on the two shaft seals on the side of the external tank, he said. . CHICAGO (AP) Artists are expressing themselves in a new way with modern technology, but they've got to get their fax right. "Artists love new toys, to experiment, to look for new visual results," said Karen Indeck, of the University of Illinois' Faxart exhibit. "Visual art is about images, and it's an incredible use of a new technology to create these images." by University of Illinois' School of Art and the School of the Art Institute, Faxart features the work of their alumni and other artists worldwide and is entirely composed , of work transmitted by fascimile machine. On July 2, a fax machine was activated at Gallery 400, an old bra and girdle factory converted into a gallery. Ever since, the phone has been ringing with entries. Some artists redialed more than five hours before getting through. Beyond its novelty, another appeal of fax art to artists is its shortlived quality. So far, Indeck and Min have used "Visual art is about images, and it's an incredible use of a new technology to create these images.'.' Karen Indeck, Gallery 400 director Judith Kitzes, an Evanston-base- d artist, submitted a piece consisting only of the words "Learn to Live with Ambiguity." The computer-generate- d sentence is repeated 108 times on 10 sheets of paper. "I like the idea that I wrote one sentence, repeated it, the original in the computer does not exist, the original on paper I destroyed after the faxing it, and the work of art fax will fade," she said. "It's a contradiction of what we this precious expect art to be thing. It really isn't. That's something that appeals to my sense of the bizarre: art." The transient, informal nature of z, - WOODS CROSS (AP) A Salt Lake City youth who took his parents' car for an early morning ride was killed Friday when he crashed the vehicle into a telephone pole, police said. The Utah Highway Patrol and Woods Cross police identified the boy as Anthony C. Lovatp, 14. Officers said the boy was driving northbound on Redwood Road about 3:10 a.m. when the car ran off the side of the road, went out of control and hit the pole. The boy was ejected from his seat. Police said no one else was in the vehicle. Pilot still critical A commercial OGDEN (AP) pilot whose charter plane crashed in Ogden Canyon, killing a fellow employee, remained in critical but stable condition Friday, officials said. Floyd Henry Duncan Jr., 52, of Bountiful, underwent surgery at McKay-Dee Hospital after the crash at 7:15 a.m. MDT Thursday, said hospital spokeswoman Teresa Bruch. Floyd Leonard "Buddy" Hatley, 60, of Sunset, was killed in the crash, which authorities said may have been the result of engine trouble. The National Transportation and Safety Board was investigating. 400. Since 'Indeck and Min plugged in a donated fax machine and loaded the fist roll of paper, about 900 artworks have been received. The show is the first major exhibit featuring only fax art, its curators said. David Hockney's tennis match, faxed from California to a gallery in Saltaire, England, in November, is one of the first fax art pieces ever exhibited. , SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) continued searching Friday for a South Salt Lake man who allegedly opened fire with a rifle inside a mobile home, killing one man and wounding a woman. South Salt Lake Detective Sgt. Jim Foster identified the victim as Danny Criscola, 44, a transient who had been staying in South Salt Lake and was an acquaintance of the suspect's. (AP) Navajo and Ute Indians, angered by reports the county attorney had called for an investigation of Commissioner Mark Maryboy, are demanding the resignation of San Juan County officials who they say engaged in discriminatory practices. An organized protest at the San Juan County Courthouse this week was triggered by news reports that County Attorney Craig Halls had called for an investigation by the Utah Attorney General's Office into alleged criminal misuse of public funds by Maryboy, the commission's only Indian member. R J ' Criscola was shot to death with a rifle about 10:05 p.m. Thursday following an altercation with the suspect, described as a white male with brown hair, beard and mustache and blue er . eyes, Foster said. An arrest warrant had not yet been issued Friday afternoon, but Foster said bulletins were sent to law enforcement agencies throughout Salt Lake County and elsewhere, although police believe the man remained in the county. 771 u 5T ,1. -P- olice - MONTICELLO - H (JjJ Qjo An Irish BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) envoy waited in vain Friday for word whether kidnapped Irish teacher Brian Keenan would be the European hostage Iran's official news agency says will likely be freed. Hopes of a weekend release diminished as Syrian President iifez Assad and Foreign Minister .Farouk a key figure in arranging previous hostage releases, prepared to fly to Cairo Saturday for a visit. The summit with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be the final chapter in a reconciliation between Syria and Egypt that ended a rift caused by Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel. - 1 ; Twelve North Koreafishing vessels and their crewmen on Friday left a Soviet port where they had been held for two months for poaching Soviet salmon, the Foreign Ministry said. The Soviets released the boats after demanding North Korea take measures to prevent future fishing violations, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The boats were heading toward the North Korean port of Hungnam, where they woula be examined by Soviet inspectors to determine how much compensation the North Koreans would have to pay for the fishing. ( .7 I i 0 - - Waiting for release TOKY.O (AP) A flash fire broke out BRIDGMAN, Mich. (AP) a nuclear plant Friday, killing one worker and injuring three, but no radiation was released, utility Thousands of motorists saw (AP) a man slumped against a railing under a highway overpass for two days but did not realize he was dead, police said. A woman called police after she saw the unidentified man in the same position for two days on Interstate 35 near downtown San Antonio, said patrolman Richard Smith. Officers said the man, a Hispanic between age 35 and 40, was sitting with his head slumped and a full can of beer within easy reach. He carried no identification papers. "That's a common place for vagrants to go to get out of the sun," Smith said. Foul play is not suspected but an autopsy will be performed, police said. dent. n-flagged, Nuclear plant fire kills man SAN ANTONIO A BASEL, Switzerland (AP) woman was attacked and killed Friday after climbing into a zoo enclosure with a female rhinoceros arid its calf. The woman approached the rhinoceros and stroked it for several minutes, city authorities said. When the young beast neared, the mother's protective instincts were apparently aroused and she went for the woman. The unidentified Swiss woman tried to escape with the help of a zoo attendant but was attacked a second time and fatally injured, authorities said. Police were investigating the inci- Crewmen released ) f Dead man finally noticed worldwide ar ! company officials said. The fire broke out in electrical equipment away from the nuclear reactor containment building at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Indiana Michigan Power officials said. "As such, there is no danger of radioactive release and no danger to the public," spokesman Eustace Smarrella said in a statement. Electrical production also was unaffected, Indiana Michigan spokesman Wayne Hasty said from utility headquarters in Fort Wayne, Ind. The dead man was employed by a cont-act- or and was performing maintenance on electrical equipment in one of two generating units at the plant, the statement said. The man was killed when he apparently touched a circuit breaker to which power had not been shut off, it said. The blaze injured a second contract employee and two Indiana Michigan workers. The company did not say where they were being treated or explain the extent of their injuries. Names of the workers were not released. The unit had been shut down since June 29 for refueling and maintenance. The other unit was not affected and remained in service, the statement said. be transmitted sparked her curiosity. "You finish something, you send it out, and you get a response it's an artist's dream," said Min, a Chicago-base- d neon artist. "And when the show's over, poof! It's gone." Images created on the thermal paper used in fax machines last about six months less if they're exposed to sunlight or bright artificial illumination. Rhino kills woman Search for suspect Indian accusations 9 at ' World StateRegion SLC youth killed Inventor awarded judgment DETROIT (AP) An inventor whose patents for intermittent windshield wipers were infringed upon by Ford Motor Co. won a judgment of nearly $5.2 million from the automaker Friday in federal court. Ford said it was satisfied with the amount it must pay Robert W. Kearns, 63, of Gaithersburg, Md. Reams, who sought $141 million, was not present for the verdict, but his attorney and son said they were disappointed and expected him to appeal. A federal court jury ruled Jan. 29 nearly 12 years after Kearns filed suit that Ford infringed on his patents. The same jury found May 8 that Ford's infringement was not deliberate. But it failed to agree on how much to award Kearns. A new jury heard testimony m the damages portion of the trial and on Friday awarded $6.3 million. But during an afternoon hearing, U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn ruled Kearns could be compensated only for $5,163,842, reflecting damages incurred after April 1978, when Kearns first filed suit. Kearns has similar suits pending against General Motors Corp., Chrysler Corp., Daimler-BenHonda, Toyota, Nissan and about 20 other companies. double-side- the medium also appealed to Indeck and Mary Min, who have been busily pinning and taping landscapes, abstracts and portraits to the walls and columns at Gallery 144-she- et pushpins and countless rolls of d tape to hang about 300 works, some .from as far away as Spain and the Netherlands. The rest lie in piles o the floor. On Friday just hours before the exhibit was to open to the an uninterrupted stream public of works still flowed from the fax machine while an assistant sorted and filed the entries. ; Min said the challenge of creating images that would have an impact even after being faxed and the speed by which those images could 1,600 Japanese-owne- d Stones concerts - AP Laserphoto Caped crusader elderly couple appears amused as Matt "Batman" Cutter of Spokane, Wash., braves- An - LONDON (AP) The Rolling Stones canceled sellout concerts in London on Friday and Saturday nights because Keith Richards has an infected finger. The guitarist told reporters Friday he would "absolutely" be back on stage for Saturday's concert at Wembley Stadium, but within hours doctors decided his finger needed more time to heal. The finger, pricked on the end of a guitar string, was injured during a show last weekend at Wembley. heat on his way to a park to entertain children at a Shriner's gathering. Math teachers qualifying scores lowered as needed - If TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) math teachers are asked 98 questions on a certification test, how many do they have to get right to pass? A.) 90; B.)70; C.)60, orD.)49. In a new certification test in Florida, the correct answer is C. And although a score of 60 would earn most students a D on a math exam, the Florida standard is high compared to some other states. Fifteen states use a different exam, developed by a national testing company, and have established cutoff scores that range from approximately 35 percent of 150 questions to a high of approximately 55 percent. "It won't do any good to have passing scores ... that nobody can reach," said Tom Fisher, head of testing for the Florida Department of Education. The supply and demand of teachers is a problem that always confronts states as they debate certification requirements, said Catherine Havrilesky, executive director of teacher programs at Educational Testing Sen-ic(ETS) in Princeton, N.J. And math teachers are in short supply everywhere, according to Iris Carl, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and director of mathematics for the Houston Independent School District. Marita Eng. a high 3chool math teacher in Jacksonville who sat on an advisory panel that recommended a higher cutoff score in Florida, said international comparisons of student performance show that the United States is in the middle of a "crisis in mathematics education." One of the problems, Eng said, is poorly prepared teachers. Carl conceded the scores required of e math teachers across the nation seem low and concern her. However, defenders of the testing system point out that the exams include hard questions and aren't designed to result in extremely high scores. The ETS developed the test used by 15 states. It also offers tests in about 40 other subjects. didn't think the overall national standards were low. The test is designed to spread out the results by including some very difficult questions, according to Roth, now dean of the College of Education at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. n Some of the other cutoff scores include from 50 percent to 55 percent for early .childhood education, from 40 percent to 45 percent in earth-spac- e science, from 40 percent to 55 percent for chemistry, and from 40 percent to 60 percent in physics. In math, the low qualifying score was set by Kentucky at 35 percent and the high by California at 55 percent. Rod Roth, who worked on adoption of the ETS test in Arkansas, said he The ETS' Havrikesky said the impor- tant issue about the math test was whether it was fair. Bes'.des the 15 states that use the ETS test, four are considering adopting it. Five other steles have customized tests developed with the help of National Evaluation Systems in Amherst, Mass. NES does not have figures for those states. Probably about a third of the states don't require specific math certification tests for teachers, according to Roth. |