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Show 7?; Officials place focus on Brady law enforcement Students rally for ousted professors Page A5 Malone's contract runs afoul of NBA Home four looks at family tradition s Page (" ipp Page D1 Page C1 B1 ' Central Utah's Newspaper for 120 Years, Proves, Utah NATO mm looking By SHEILA SANCHEZ Herald Staff Writer PROVO eastward Postal Service officials joined community leaders Wednesday morning in raising awareness about AIDS with the a of issuance commemorative stamp. The stamp went on sale Wednesday in conjunction with World AIDS Day, a day observed internationally each year Dec. 1. World AIDS Day is an organized effort designed to provide education and awareness about HIVAIDS. 29-ce- s nt I Y. I By ROBERT J. WIELAARD Associated Press Writer J Closer BRUSSELS, Belgium ties between NATO and Eastern Europe will increase security across the continent and eventually offer East Europeans the prospect t of NATO membership, Secretary of State Warren Christopher said The stamp, designed by artist Tom Mann of Warrenton, Va., features a red ribbon symbolizing compassion and awareness of the disease. Ruthann Skinner, president of the AIDS Coalition of Utah County, said more needs to be done to educate the community about AIDS and how it can be contracted. In Utah County, it is estimated tit?- r : ' ' ' ' ' ' f AP 29-cen- rf AiDS awareness stamp t people have died in the county just this year from AIDS related illnesses. Dick Woolums, postmaster for the U.S. Post Office in Provo, said there are between 75 and 80 cases of HIVAIDS infection, Skinner said. Skinner said the coalition's primary purpose is to educate the community about HIVAIDS and provide support to persons infected "Locally, more awareness needs to be done because that's the only said, adding that approximately 10 Office has about 19,000' AIDS awareness stamps for sale in AIDS. defense against AIDS," Skinner Provo residents William and Jane Korns buy Provo Post Office. The Korns' son has AIDS. booklets of 10 and sheets of 50. First in line to buy the stamps were Provo residents Jane and William Korns, whose son has AIDS and whose daughter works for the AIDS Support Network in St. Louis, Miss. On his part, Clark Swenson, coordinator for HIVAIDS services with the Utah County Health said. countries are having tremendous problems with AIDS and we want to raise the public's awareness to bring the disease under control." Woolums said the Provo Post with HIV, the virus that causes Herald photoJason Olson the stamp is communicating to the public that AIDS is not something affecting homosexuals but the entire population. "This is something for the whole world to be aware of," Woolums "Third-worl- d Department, said he hopes the taise more awareness of stamps-will people aren't trying. It's just that the deadly disease in the county. Swenson said it's estimated between 3,500 and 6,500 Utah there's always more that needs to be done." Chloe Langston, director of health and safety for the local chapter of the American Red Cross, residents are infected with the HIV virus and the vast majority don't know they're infected. He agreed not enough is being done in the county to educate the community about AIDS. "I don't mean that as an indictment of anybody. This doesn't imply Jhat encouraged people and organizations seeking to learn more about AIDS to contact her office to obtain their curriculum materials on the disease.. ,.; operation. But mindful of Russian opposition to NATO moving eastward, the ministers ruled out any early expansion. "There was unanimity that en- on the immediate agenda," said a NATO source, who asked not to be identified. The U.S. proposed "Partnership for Peace" program raises the questions of how far NATO can (See NATO, Page A2) largement is not -- portion of state malpractice act .' ii r .;: - limitations for filing of medical malpractice suits on behalf of minors. The justices unanimously ruled that portions of Utah's 1976 Malpractice Act were discriminatory in requiring minors' claims to be filed within two years after discovery of an injury, or not more than ity. The 4.5 million-poun- d shuttle, carrying seven astronauts, blasted off at 4:27 a.m. EST, lighting up the sky for miles around as it rose from its seaside pad and streaked over the Atlantic Ocean. The critical, repair job, set to begin over the weekend, features more spacewalks than any American mission to date five, maybe more. Endeavour is carrying 1 new parts for Hubble to be By CAROLYN SKORNECK Associated Press Writer 1 - as- GovernWASHINGTON ment agencies nationwide spent nearly $24 billion to fight the war on drugs in 1991 , with most of the money going to criminal justice g office efforts, me federal tronauts. i x . V ' anti-dru- says. of the $15.9 Nearly four-fiftbillion spent by state and local governments was devoted to criminal justice activities such as incarcerating prisoners and paying for police, says the report sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. hs and visit it again and do the necesto get it back up to sary corrections full speed." ' (See SHUTTLE, Page A2) "In this case, the right of a mi- ed. 35-pa- ge involved separate suits against Dr. Lynn Gaufin, nor who is injured at birth is placed in particular jeopardy because the injury may not be detectible until after the limitations periods have expired," Justice I. Daniel Stewart wrote. "When a child is older, there is a greater probability that the existence and full extent of early injuries will become known," he addThe Wednesday, decision, released of Provo, and Dr. J. Dallas Van Wagoner, of Midvale. The cases were consolidated because they raised similar constitutional challenges. Elliot Williams, legal counsel for the Utah Medical Association as well as defense attorney for both doctors, said no decision had been made on a possible appeal. "But at some point, we will ask (See UTAH, Page A2) War on drugs' price tag: $24 billion d NASA needed two tries to launch Endeavour. The first attempt Wednesday was thwarted by treat- ment. SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the state's statute of CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Space shuttle Endeavour roared through the predawn darkness into orbit today after a day's delay of the mission to restore the Hubble Space Telescope's vision and vital- It's "a very great relief to have this mission on orbit," said Loren Shriver, a shuttle manager who commanded the mission to deploy Hubble Vi years ago. "It will be nice to have humans be able to go four years after the date of By BOB MINIS Associated Press Writer By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer installed by the spacewalking the new AIDS awareness stamps Wednesday at the today. And in a gesture to Moscow which is leery of NATO absorbing former Warsaw Pact nations he said the allies should consult with all their East European neighbors, including Russia, if they feel their security is threatened. Christopher attended a NATO foreign ministers meeting that prepared a Jan. 10-- 1 1 summit of President Clinton and other allied leaders. They will formally offer their onetime Cold War foes a program of intense military and political co- Utah Supreme Court strikes down Shuttle blasts off long-awaite- . AP Photo Kennedy Space Center visitors watch as the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off this morning during this time exposure photograph. That same year, the federal government spent $11 billion to combat illicit drugs, with $3.2 billion of it given to state and local governments, the report said Wednesday. The $15.9 billion spent by state and local governments included the federal grant money, so the total federal, state and local government spending to fight drugs was $23.7 billion in 1991, the most recent year for which figures were available. "The report demonstrates, in no uncertain terms, that state and local governments continue to play a leading role in our national drug control strategy," federal drug policy director Lee Brown said on releasing the report at a conference of state and local drug directors. The biggest single cost to state and local governments was $6.8 billion for corrections jails and Next was police at $4.2 prisons. billion, health and hospitals at $2.8 billion and judicial and legal services at $1.5 billion. Criminal justice costs totaled $12.6 billion, or 79 percent of the g activi money spent on ties. The other 21 percent was for rehabilitation and education. The figures understated drug (See DRUGS, Page A2) anti-dru- Senators pysfi w aminos on violent video ' WcGtsicr Find it Classified Ads... Comics Crossword Entertainment Legals ...Fl A 14 D7 C7 Tonight and Friday partly cloudy with patchy fog nights and mornings. Lows Highs 4045. See Page A4. 20-2- 5. D2 Movies C7 Obituaries Opinions B2 B3 Schools B7 Spoils State Stocks TVUstings World Dl B4 A6 C7 A3 Air Quality Today's ir quality was good for oil Wasatch Front areas. Wood and coal burn- ing conditions are "green." See Page A2. By JOHN DIAMOND Associated Press Writer - games, available to kids of all ages at arcades and video rental stores nationwide, Sen. Joseph Lieber-masaid Wednesday. n, WASHINGTON The wave of anger over violence on televiLieberman and Sen. Herbert sion is spreading into the video want the video Kohl, arcades as two senators seek warnclean to game industry up its act or face government-ordere- d ing labels to keep violent games labeling such as "Mortal Kombat" and "requirements. Flanked by Bob Keeshan, "Night Trap" away from children. known as TV's Captain Kangaroo, A screaming sorority sister is and other children's advocates at a beset by bloodsucking attackers. A news conference, Lieberman said fight ends with the removal of the that while these and similar video head and spine of the loser. games are protected as free These are among the images speech, they are too violent to be spilling from the hottest new video played by children. s., "Violent video games may become the cabbage patch dolls of the 1993 holiday season. But cabbage patch dolls never oozed blood and kids weren't taught to rip off their heads," Lieberman said. Officials of Sega of America Inc., one of the nation's largest video game distributors, said they agree violent games should be kept away from children. But Sega Vice President Bill White said, "The adult market today wants something more than just playing Pac Man." Apparently, they're getting it. Lieberman showed reporters segments of Mortal Kombat and Night Trap, both of which are distributed by Sega. Mortal Kombat features two martial-art- s warriors pounding away at each other amid much spattering of blood. The game instructs a player to "finish" a downed opponent. The choices for murder include ripping the heart out of the victim or removing, in one blow, the victim's head and spinal column. In Night Trap, the goal is to prevent a gang of black-hoode- d (See VIDEO, Page A2) |