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Show A Sunday, February 7, 1993 The Daily Herald orneys debate Hillary's role Fired worker kills By LAURIE ASSEO boss, then himself - A produce HOUSTON (AP) ; company worker who was fired Saturday shot his boss to death with a semiautomatic pistol and ' wounded a before fatal-- ! ly shooting himself, police said. ; Fernando Ruiz, 30, an employ-- ; ee of Dahn's Fresh Herbs., was ; called into his boss's office Satur-- ; day morning, said Terry Villa, a data entry operator for the Houston Police Department's homicide div-- i er ', ision. I Richard Dahns, 29, had intend-- J ed to fire Ruiz "for theft and ha rassment of a female employee," Ms. Villa said. She did not have further details. Ruiz then went to his car and returned to the office with a semiautomatic pistol, Ms. Villa said. He shot Dahns several times in the upper body, then walked into a back office area and shot Laura Lopez several times, she er said. Actor arrested in slashing incident - LOS ANGELES (AP) James who an actor Healey, appeared on and "Santa Barbara," "Dynasty" was arrested Saturday after allegedly cutting the throat of his sister's estranged husband with a piece of glass, authorities said. Healey, 42, of Santa Monica, was booked for investigation of attempted murder along with his sister, Annemarie Virginia Rivera, 35, and a friend, Henri Marechal, 39. Mrs. Rivera and Marechal allegedly held the victim down while the actor cut his throat, said county sheriffs Deputy Ron Weber. Jacob The victim, Rivera of Rosemead, Benjamin was listed in serious condition at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, Weber said. Rivera and a woman friend received several death threats Friday from his wife, Weber said, adding that the Riveras were divorcing. Shortly after midnight Friday, three people broke down Rivera's door and assaulted him while the woman friend called authorities, Weber said. Lawyer suspended - BOSTON Hillary Rodham Clinton has earned her influence within her husband's administration and any limits on her power will be linked to basic common sense, an Arkansas lawyer said Saturday. "There is a penalty if they don't show good judgment," said H. William Allen of Little Rock, one of four lawyers who joined the debate sponsored by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division during the organization's midwinter meeting. But there are legal limits on Mrs. Clinton's power, noted Paula Frederick of Atlanta. 'The first and I guess the one I regret the most is that she cannot be attorney general," Frederick joked during a mostly lightheart-e- d debate on the first lady's role. Federal law bars relatives of the president from holding major paid administration jobs. A day earlier, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood bowed out as a candidate for the job after dislike corporate closing that lawyer Zoe Baird, the first candidate she had hired an illegal alien for household help. Judy Perry Martinez of New Orleans donned a blue hat and a red suit similar to Mrs. Clinton's inaugural day outfit to argue for unlimited power for the first . .- r take it. In Minnesota, family leave supporters say problems forecast by opponents in the business community haven't materialized. "We heard capitalism as we know it w as going to end if this bill passed, but there's precious little evidence that there's been serious problems." said Peter McLaughlin, a former Minnesota state representative who helped write the law. Minnesota's law, enacted in 1987, allows workers in business a 1 .-- Maine, Connecticut. New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia have similar laws, according to Donna Lenhoff. general counsel for the Women's Legal Defense Fund. The federal law requires companies with 50 or more employees to allow up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, to care tor a seriously ill family member, or if the worker's own health condition makes work 1 impossible. State laws vary, with some providing leave only for the birth or adoption of a child, while others also allow time off or personal health problems or to care for a sick child or parent. At least 19 states have laws requiring some form of maternity leave, Lenhoff said. X 1 J L tf 1 'f AP Photo First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton talks to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine Thursday on Capitol Hill. Members of the American Bar Association discussed Saturday what limits, if any, should be placed on the president's spouse. Ark velt and drew hisses from the crowd by saying, as a measure of aSftr - In the past WASHINGTON the could news economic week, rebrisk have been better: hardly tail sales, a big jump in factory orders and even a significant decline in the unemployment rate. With all these signs of an economic rebound, some might wonder why President Clinton is going ahead with a program to give the economy an extra shove a move that could add $3 billion or so to a budget deficit already headed into the stratosphere. Private economists say there really is no mystery. Clinton, they say, is taking out a small insurance policy to guard against the economy doing to him what it did to George Bush. A year ago. Bush administration officials decided they did not need to pur" forward a massive stimulus 1 rnt USA . Thanks to Sylvan learning Center more than 10,000 students have achieved higher SAT and ACT scores. 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Frederick, who was assigned Jacqueline Kennedy's power, to argue against a powerful role that "she's influenced women's for the first lady, jested that one fashion in this country for of Mrs. Clinton's most signifiyears." cant jobs was to hand Clinton the More seriously, Bedke added index cards from which he reads that Mrs. Clinton "would be a his speeches, as she did on elecpower broker with those creden- tion night last November. Bedke of Tampa, Fla. ."The tials ... in virtually any DemoAt times it was hard to tell who power available to Hillary Clin- cratic administration. To think ton is not unique to this new par- that she would not wield power was arguing for which side, and afterward the audience judged and influence in an administraadigm." He mentioned Eleanor Roose- - tion where her husband is the the debate as a draw. Group seeks to end PITTSBURGH (AP) A group of 3. (XX) doctors asked the University of Pittsburgh on Saturday to stop transplanting baboon livers into humans, calling the experiments "bad medicine and bad science." . "The success rate of thesf operations is zero percent so far," said Dr. Wendy Thachcr, a spokeswoman for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C.. which promotes preventive medicine and alternatives to research that involves animals. Two patients have died after receiving baboon livers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The second patient, a man, died Friday night of a massive infection in his abdomen. 26 days after his operation. The first patient, a roan who had the HIV virus, lived 70 days last year before dying of brain bleeding that was caused by a g blood infection. The infection began in his liver, doctors said. if "Hillary Clinton is not afraid ple should not fear that she holds it," Martinez said. "It was Hillary who once and for all made us feel good, those of us at least who are wearing skirts in the room, that we who are successful women and outspoken lawyers have a lot to be proud of. " "I submit to you that all first ladies have power," said Mike - MINNEAPOLIS leave laws like the one signed into law by President Clinton already exist in several states, bringing few lady. of power and the American es w ith 21 or more employees to take up to six weeks of unpaid parenting leave after the birth or adoption of a child. By PAM SCHMID Associated Press Writer Associated Press Writer for cooking kitten ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -Maryland's highest court suspended a lawyer convicted of breaking into a home and killing a kitten in a microwave. ' Stanley E. Protokowicz Jr. 's actions were "a world apart from what this court, the profession and the public is entitled to expect from members of the bar," the Court of Appeals said in its opinion Friday. The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission had sought to "have Protokowicz disbarred. Protokowicz was convicted in 1992 of breaking into the home of the estranged wife of a close friend and former client, Thomas Sanders. Protokowicz testified he and his friend were drunk when they broke into the house to look for stock certificates that were part of Sanders' divorce case. Family leave laws already existed in several states JCPenney Optical Center 1325 W. Industrial Circle Springville, UT (801) 489-368- 4 00 r. I 111 i ...... U I : Open 8am-5p- m ! ) Made in U.S.A. t t |