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Show Mhib Ki GOP hopes Texas win COG voices support for academy renovation will stymie Clinton plan shot RVs give in arm 1 Pippen propels Bulls past Knicks, into finals to families of patients Page A3 PageMO 1 Page B6 Page B1 Central Utah's Newspaper for 120 Years, Provo, Utah reiai i-u- uimer civil rights community, the White By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent - President WASHINGTON Clinton scrambled to mend relations Friday with blacks and women's groups outraged by his abandoning the nomination of Lani Guinier as the nation's top civil rights enforcer. While the administration began searching for a new nominee, the was well under way. Clinton's spokesman said the president had been told early on that Guinier's views could be controversial but that "it shouldn't be a post-morte- big m deal." Faced with outcries from the House threw itself into damage control. With his popularity rating down to 36 percent, Clinton could ill afford to lose the support of core members of his constituency. Clinton called members of the Congressional Black Caucus, some of whom threatened to withhold their support from the president's economic program in retaliation for his abandoning Guinier. The president and Vice President Al Gore also met with leaders of civil rights groups fuming about his decision. "The president is sorry about this whole thing," White House spokesman George Stephanopoulos said. Emerging from the meeting with Clinton, Joseph Lowery, head of the National Black Leadership Forum, said, "We told him of the pain, of the disappointment, of the frustration, of what we think was political violence against a wonderful young woman and against civil rights and against racial jus- extent they do feel betrayed." Mfume said Clinton offered to meet with the group next Tuesday morning, but Mfume said the caucus was "reassessing and reevaluating its relationship with this administration" and asked that the meeting be put off. As the search began for a new nominee, Guinier insisted at a news conference that she was "the right person for the job." She said, "I respect the president. I disagree with his decision to withdraw my tice." Lowery said civil rights leaders challenged Clinton "not to run from a fight." At a Capitol Hill news conference, the chairman of the black caucus, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, which are written in a very academic context, which are very which are very ponder- ous." Suggesting that she was treated unfairly, Guinier said, "I think that the president and many others have misinterpreted my writings, how Guinier's nomination had J !r - V-- I By DEBORAH avoid contact with mice and other rodents, and advised them against BAKER Associated Press Writer All y.V"-v.!r- .? -,,.''J.''rV-;- A deadly SANTA FE, N.M. illness centered in Navajo country may be caused by a virus found in rodent droppings, health officials said Friday. They also announced they were scaling back the death toll to 1. Medical experts said people may get the disease by inhaling i 1 dried rodent droppings that be- come airborne. .... . y. Dr. Gary Simpson, medical director of the state Health Depart- ment's infectious diseases division, said the suspicion of viral causes was preliminary and that other causes may eventually be determined. "We realize we may be in error, but we are choosing to release the preliminary indications because there may in fact be treatment implications." Simpson said. "There are drugs that have shown activity against this class of viruses." anti-vira- ence that they still don't know whether this may be a new virus or an unfamiliar form of a known virus. They said they obtained the information about the virus Friday from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Health officials ursed people to Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn Todd It's boy versus beast as his tire to tries stay atop Overton, Provo, ld swing as his dog Zeus plays of neighborhood friends were playing on the swing. They recommended that such ceremonies not be held because dried rodent droppings may become airborne. "In New Mexico we're talking-aboufield mice, we're talking perhaps prairie dogs, living with close proximity to people in rural areas," said state Health Secretary Michael Burkhart. Navajo Vice President Marshall Plummer, who was in Gallup, said that advice against the cleansing ceremonies would be ignored. "We don't conduct these ceremonies in barns or places where there are a lot of droppings." he said. He added that people "need to understand that our religion is very sacred to us and that our practice is very sacred to us and that we will continue our ceremonies. ' ' Burkhart said the illness apparently didn't pose a threat in urbanized areas and that no travel restrictions were being issued. Most of the victims of the illness have been Navajos. Clinton on fast slide from Slick Willie to Bumblin' Bill By ROBERT DVORCHAK AP National Writer tions In Critical Methodology," edited by Metcalfe and published . this month by Signature Books. Nine of the 10 are church memTo most SALT LAKE CITY Mormons, the volume of scripture bers with varying degrees of part, Edward that defines the faith is "a marvelticipation; three Melodie Moench Charles ous work and a wonder" of ancient formerly origin, revealed to church founder and Stan Larson worked in the church's Translation Joseph Smith by an angel . But to Brent Lee Metcalfe and a Services. handful of other Mormon re"Every one of us started as besearchers, the weight of linguistic, lieving that the Book of Mormon textual, archaeological and other was an ancient historical document translated from gold plates, and evidence places the Book of Morthis is where we've come," said mon squarely at Smith's 19th cendoor. Metcalfe, a technical editor in the tury The critics have their critics, of computer industry. course. Among many conclusions is that For what they question is among Smith's extensive reliance on the the most cherished and uniquely King James Version of the Bible Mormon beliefs: a genuine history peppered the text with anachronof Hebrews who migrated to the isms, and that existing geographiAmericas and were, visited by a cal and archaeological evidence in Mesoamerica does not "achieve resurrected Jesus Christ was translated by Smith from gold plates even a partial fit" with Book of through "the gift and power of Mormon civilizations. Metcalfe sees the contributors as God." Last year, The Church of Jesus "more scientifically inclined, Saints sold or more analytical in their thinking" Christ of Latter-da- y distributed nearly 5 million copies than mainstream Mormons and of the 531 page work that Smith their work as a natural outgrowth called "the most correct of any of the church's emphasis on scripture study. book on earth." He contends he isn't out to shake That was once the belief of all 10 contributors to "New Approaches the Mormon faith, but church- (See MORMON, Page A2) to the Book of Mormon: Explora By VERN ANDERSON Associated Press Writer - Ash-men- -- tug-of-w- ar Thursday afternoon. Overton and a group Scholars debate B00E1 f EVjrain ' L Doctors said at a news confer- 1, L sweeping or cleaning houses where rodent droppings are present. They said people should not attempt cleaning up rodent burrows or woodpiles until public health authorities have established procedures. Officials expressed concern that medicine men's cleansing ceremonies on the Navajo reservation might stir up dirt and pose a danger to residents. The illness, which has struck mostly young, healthy people, has baffled health investigators since a pattern of deaths was spotted about mid-Ma- f Bill Clinton must sense how badly the wheels have come off when lantern-jawe- d jokester Jay Leno frames his presidency with punchlines. "A senior administration official said President Clinton is finally getting his 'sea legs,' " the host of "The Tonight Show "What good are sea legs when you're standing on the Titanic?" dead-panne- d. Ba-boo- Late night comics, headline Fred Greenstein, a Princeton University political science professor specializing in the presi- writers and carping critics are having a field day with Clinton's cumulative missteps, which have produced lower public approval ratings than any other president had four months into a first term. There is a snowball effect: Bad press leads to bad ratings, which emboldens faultfinders, which leads to more negative copy, etc. But people who study the White House point out the poor reviews are merited. "The president tends to get the press he deserves. In some ways he ought to get an award for providing so much easy copy," said Associated Press Writer - He SOLINGEN, Germany was kicked as a kid, and he kicked back. From the time Christian Riher entered a special kindergarten for disturbed children to the day of his arrest for the arson murder of five Turks who lived four houses away, his life was chaotic and violent, according to witnesses and police reports. His great love was the Schalke White House." Friday's tabloids joined the chorus. ""BUMBLIN' BILL." cried the New York Daily News. "WHAT A MESS," howled the dency. "The media serves some of the same functions as pain in the nervous system. It tells him something's wrong, that he's New York Post. "It's the policies, stupid." wrote Henry J. Hyde, chairman of the House Republican Policy d Committee, in an piece in The Washington Post, "I wouldn't consider giving him a job anywhere above middle management." Ross Perot told David Frost. Perot, who finished behind Clinton and George Bush (See PRESS, Page A2) commu- nicating poorly." Clinton scored an unenviable double at the newstands this week. The cover of Time trum- op-e- peted "THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PRESIDENCY." Nevvsvveek's front asked "What's Wrong?" and answered: "Ugh! A Mess in the Accused arsonist lived chaotic and violent life By ARTHUR ALLEN m Officials may have cause behind mystery illness On a short leash - Stephanopoulos said that the White House counsel's office headed by attorney Bernard had overall responsibility for vetting the nomination. At the time of the appointment, Clinton was told "that some people thought there might be a controversy with the writings, but that it shouldn't be a big deal and not to worry about it," Stephanopoulos said. "And obviously the briefing could have been more full ... but the president takes responsibility for that." Attorney General Janet Reno said she had examined Guinier's (See CLINTON, Page A2) Nuss-bau- Her views challenged traditional methods of enforcing voting rights laws, and critics said she was too radical. Stephanopoulos said that in one case she had called for a form of proportional interest representation that "could lead to kind of sweeping remedies that he (Clinton) just couldn't support." Alter a string of embarrassing White House missteps, from gays in the military to the travel office firings, officials tried to determine nomination." said, "The people who helped put Bill Clinton in the White House are angry. To some blown up in Clinton's face. city soccer club, and he liked to paint swastikas and shout "Heil Hitler!" according to schoolmates. Sometimes he would go to Grae-frata quaint medieval town on a hillside down the road, to drink beer at a club with a reputed right-win- g A8 Business "lassi tied Ads Comics CI B5 C4 A9 B6 h, activist who taught other youngsters tae kwon do. Riher and the three other young men arrested for the May 29 arson attack were known to be hostile to foreigners. 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