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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, January 2, 1999 Page A8 1 Chicago is U.S. Utility worker arrested on explosive charges $1 million bail on three counts of possessing an explosive device. The materials were discovered Thursday in a locker at a PG&E warehouse. Police and fire officials evacuated 75 people from the building and a facility across the street, concerned that the ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer, had been mixed with volatile substances and might explode. Inside another locker police found a drum of calcium nitrate along with books on bomb making, broken flares, electronic devices and a "small exploquantity of actual, ready-to-gsives," police spokesman Sherman Ackerson said. A utility SAN FRANCISCO (AP) repairman was in custody Friday after authorities discovered bomb materials, including 250 pounds of ammonium nitrate, the same ingredient used in the Oklahoma City bombing, at his work! place. Paul Joseph Madromch Jr., 44, enjoyed making small explosives and fireworks and did not appear to have a political agenda, according to investigators. Police believe he was using the material for small explosives such as cherry bombs and s that he sold to co- workers. The ) g probe suffers another setback The Associated Press In a setWASHINGTON for back the Justice Department's campaign investigation, a federal dismissed much of has judge the case against a Thai businesswoman who raised subfor funds stantial the Democratic Party. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman on Thursday threw out 11 counts against Pauline Kanchanalak, a key figure in the investigation of foreign money raised in the 1996 fund-raisin- Clinton-Gor- Assistant District Attorney Jean Daly said Madronich appeared to be motivated by profit rather than politics, selling his small explosives to who him "the nicknamed Unabomber." cam- e foreign money probe, Yah Lin Charlie" Trie and Maria Hsia. A number of Republican lawmakers have urged Attorney General Janet Reno to recommend an independent counsel to investigate the Clinton-Goreffort, including the roles of the president and vice president. After conducting preliminary inquiries, she concluded the step was not warranted. She still is conducting a preliminary investigation on seeking a counsel to investigate former White House aide Harold Ickes. Kanchanalak was indicted last summer on charges of illegally channeling $659,000 to the Democratic Party. Trial is sched8 for for March uled Kanchanalak and her "Georgie" Duangnet Kronenberg, on allegations they " e g sister-in-la- conspired to direct illegal donations to the Democratic National Committee and Democratic candidates from 1992 to 1996. Friedman threw out allegations that they filed false statewith the Federal ments Election Commission, ruling that prosecutors failed to show they had any significant role in the submission of statements to the FEC by the Democratic organizations. He also found that the newly dismissed counts were nearly indistinguishable from the dismissed allegations at issue in the Trie and Hsia cases. In those earlier rulings, the judge found that citizens of foreign countries are prohibited only from making donations that directly, support individual candidates contributions known as "hard" money. Most of the foreign donations to the Clinton-Gorcampaign involved "soft" money, which is used for general purposes such as political advertising and voter registration. The DNC returned $253,000 raised by Kanchanalak, and denied knowing the money was improper. e Chicago CHICAGO (AP) is the nation's 1998 murder, capital, despite experiencing ft low in murders, accord to preliminary data from ing cities nationwide. Chicago had 698 homicides in 1998, surpassing New York City's homicide totals for the first time ever. New York has seen a dramatic drop in ft homicides. There were 629; there last year, compared withal 990 high of 2,262. When looked at per capita, well-behave- 10-ye- Madronich could face additional charges in federal court if it is determined the ammonium nitrate was to be such as used for an illegal purpose explosives. The charges Madronich faces are not linked to the ammonium nitrate, which is not against the law to possess. Ammonium nitrate was the principal ingredient in the bomb that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, killing 168 people. Kuujjuaq, 190 miles west of the KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ, An avalanche Quebec (AP) swept down on a New Year's village. w celebration in an Inuit village Friday, killing at least eight people and injuring 25 after it smashed through a gymnasium wall, police said. A boy was still The woman's son, whose age was not known, was still miss- CANADA ing. Local residents dug frantically through snow that slid down the 250-foo- t hill and punched through the wall of the school gym, Harvey said. They faced a fierce snowstorm, 60 mph wind and minus 4 degree temperatures looking for those buried under snow up to 10 feet deep. Brian Jones, deputy police chief of the Kativik Regional police force, said rescuers were concentrating their efforts in missing. The toll could have been . much worse between 400 and 500 people were packed into the gym in the coastal village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (pro- v"kl ( Labrador Sea Ungava I Kuujjuag L fHuuT nounced Hudson V 1 Bav 950 miles northeast of Montreal. fmTTTTTmmlJ H.ni I Avalanche QUEBEC Six people died shortly after the avalanche and two other If victims a mother and her were discovyoung daughter ered several hours later buried under tons of snow, said Luc 200 miles T J Harvey, chief of police regional and around the gym in the Satuumavik school, which was builj in 1985. Ten of the injured were in AP the Kativik in force Chicago's 1998 homicide rate is more than double that of New York. The bad news comes at a time when Chicago is witness ing a drop in murders. There were 759 murders there in 1997. The last year murders numbered less than 700 was 1988, when there were 663. "One murder is too many, but we are always pleased when the numbers go down,". Chicago police spokesman Pat Camden said. He credited the city's community policing program for much of the decline. But once the final numbers are in, Chicago is expected to again have the highest violent crime rate of the eight largest U.S.', cities, according to an analysis" by The Associated Press. Although the city's violent; crime rate has dropped consistently in last decade (it; dropped 20 percent overall' between 1990 and 1997), it still'; lags behind the other largest', cities. In that same period, NeW" York City cut its violent crime", ' rate 47 percent. "It is upsetting and very ' turbing that we have now York New the in City passed number of murders..." Lurigio, chairman of the criminal justice department aj. Loyola University. "I am at a .' loss as to why Chicago's reduc-- , tions are not commensurate toj other large cities." Poverty levels in Chicago could account for some of the statistics, said James Alan Fox, dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern Boston. in University Meanwhile, Chicago police officials hope their efforts will 5 eventually pay off. "We are making a long-;- : term investment in our communities, making them places'"-- ' where neighbors feel safe and t criminals feel unwelcome," Chicago Police Supt. Terry!;. Hillard said. "This process-matake a little longer, but, the long-terrewards are;, great steadily declining,; crime rates and increased; quality of life." serious condition, Quebec police officer Ronald Mclnnis said. Another avalanche was possible and the gymnasium roof could cave in, Mclnnis said. Of the 25 injured, 10 are children, including a baby, said Minnie Grey, executive director of the Tulattavik Ungava health center in Kuujjuaq. The oldest injured person is 69. "One of the injured has res- piratory problems and the rest have broken bones," she said. The Inuit comin the Ungava Bay munity region of Quebec has only one doctor and two police officers. Inuit are also known as 600-memb- Eskimos. Bush, Forbes standing tall in GOP's presidential field WASHINGTON (AP) Texas Gov. George W. Bush's celebrity and billionaire Steve Forbes' money may give them an early edge among a crowded field of potential Republican candidates for president in 2000. Yet the first presidential primary is more than a year away, so there is ample time for any contender to rise or fall or both. "Forbes and Bush have to be considered the top tier candidates" based on their advantages, said Leslie Goodman, a California-base- d GOP consul- tant. "But there's still a long distance to go between now and the spring when the field will begin to gel. I wouldn't close out the field yet." And a big field it is. Gov. Former Tennessee Lamar Alexander has built strong organizations in the early primary states and Sen. John Ashcroft of Missouri would be a good bet among the long shots. Dan Quayle already has had "president" as part of his job title. Jack Kemp was the party's 1996 vice presidential nominee. Sen. John McCain, the maverick Arizona senator and Vietnam War hero, will campaign as an politician who works in Washington. Rep. John Kasich of Ohio, the House budget chairman, could catch fire under the right conditions. Besides Quayle and Ashcroft, who is still undecided about whether he will run but will announce his plans Tuesday, other social conservatives likely to run are activist-GarBauer, broadcaster Pat Buchanan, Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire and radio talk show host Alan Keyes. Dark horse Republicans who are not likely to seek the nomi. nation but could enliven the race include retiring House Newt Speaker Gingrich, American Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole and New York Giuliani. Mayor Rudolph Though he says he will not run, former Gen. Colin Powell belongs in this category in case he changes his mind. Bush, with perhaps the highest profile among the 31 Republican chief state executives, is not the only governor considering a bid for president. George Pataki of New York, whether to run. If the answer is yes, he must decide whether to accept federal matching money for the race. There is talk he might not take the U.S. Treasury contributions, freeing him from the spending limits that come with the money. "I would absolutely forgo the matching money," said Tony Fabrizio, a GOP pollster who worked for Bob Dole, the 1996 GOP nominee. "Our concern running against Steve Forbes in 1996 was we knew we would run out of money. You can't afford to run out of money against Steve Forbes." Candidates who take matching money will be able to spend about $40 million, with individual caps in every state. The question is whether Bush could raise more than that if his spending was unregulated. "I think it's too early to make any of those tactical decisions," Bush said in an interview. "First and foremost, I have to make up my mind about whether to run, then all the about matching questions funds ... will be answered." Forbes will not take the matching money. The publisher of Forbes Inc. will not say how much of his own money he would spend. But he says he promised his daughters: "I'll spend as little as possible." He hopes to raise $20 million from traditional donors and already is assembling a campaign organization in states with early primaries: by early Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin and Pete Wilson of California also could join the race. Bush wears the mantle of front-runneif only by name recognition, although it may not be fair to use that label so early in the campaign. He is the son of former President Bush and brother of the incoming Florida governor, Jeb. He won in November by a landslide, rackr, ing up impressive numbers among women, Hispanics and independent voters. Yet he is largely unknown on the national scene and untested. Bush will decide in the spring Home Nrate Costs Wonry You Seniors Unaware of Government Entitlement Program for Nursing Home Care! Learn about a government entitlement program that pays for nursing home care for Seniors. (No need to purchase long term insurance) Seniors are permitted to keep their Home and Money. Call . dis-1- -' said-Arth- February, 40 staff members in Iowa, 15 in New Hampshire and 20 in California. Unlike Bush, Forbes has honed his national message. Already established as an economic conservative, he has spent the two years since his failed 1996 campaign burnishing his image among social conservatives. His rhetoric is more solidly and he has forged relationships with key conservatives, such as Pat Robertson. He may never be the right anti-abortio- n wing's favorite, but those activists probably would not try to veto his candidacy this time. Forbes' camp views Bush as the No. 1 target, privately suggesting the Texas governor would be a "placeholder president" an establishment guy in the image of his father, who never was trusted by the .conservative base. y WEIGHT LOSS CAN BE PERMANENT LOOSE UNWANTED QUICKLY WEIGHT - SAFELY FOR THE LAST TIME! AND FOREVER VITALITY QUEST'S REVOLUTIONARY "PERSONAL HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" WEIGHT LOSS WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF CRAVINGS IMPROVED HEALTH i ENERGY AND VITALITY AND MUCH MORE COME TQ A FREE ORIENTATION AT; (WestEndof University Pwkway,jwtoffl-15- ) (toll free) to hear about a f If WEDNESDAY- - JANUARY : j 9 ' Wednesday Jan. 6 at 1:00 p.m. County Administration Building 100 E. Center Street, Rm. L800, Provo Seminar conducted by Attorney Jeffery B. Brown, "National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys" - questions cU:::.; JiMniD SEATING 13 - PHYSICIAN Seniors Only 1 . THE HAMPTON INN (GltEM) 851 WEST 1250 SOUTH FREE SEMINAR hcraldoxtra "He appears to be a loner," she said. Madronich, who lived with his parents, was described by neighbors as a d man. He has no polite, known criminal record, according to police. Eight dead, dozens hurt in Quebec avalanche g paign. The ruling left seven of the original 24 counts. Prosecutors had dropped six charges against Kanchanalak last fall after the judge raised legal concerns about those counts. Friedman's ruling Thursday followed earlier decisions that threw out much of the Justice Department's cases against two other defendants in the money-raisin- stuff," at a second PG&E faciliAckerson said. Authorities also cartty, ed off boxes of material from Madronich's home. o Pacific Gas & Electric employee was being held Friday on 19-ye- Fund-raisin- bomb-makin- g n M-80- 0). "Basically, (Madronich) was set up to make bombs," Ackerson 6aid. "If activated as an explosiv, it would have destroyed a good portion of the building it was found in." 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