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Show I WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1W CL02AL J Kitty Hawk going ' ( , 11 weeks. Body found in whale's pool The nude ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) SeaWorld of visitor a was body pulled early Tuesday from a killer whale pool, where he had apparently gone swimming with one of the orcas after the park had closed. The man's body was found draped over a killer whale named Tillikum. His swimming suit was discovered DAILY HERALD supporters teginn counUkoi e Test ban treaty 3 years old By TOM RALM The Associated Press c Yugoslavia for , to Asia WASHINGTON (AP) The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which rushed to the Persian Gulf in April to fill a gap created by the Kosovo crisis, will return to its normal duty station in the region, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Kenneth Bacon, chief spokesman for Defense Secretary William Cohen, said the Kitty Hawk will be able to leave the Gulf because Cohen has ordered the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to take its place. The Roosevelt is due to arrive in the Gulf by this weekend. It has been in the Mediterranean since April as part of the NATO force that bombed Asia-Pacifi- ( ArfS-nub- BRIEFING I : Till-- : WASHINGTON It's been nearly three years since President Clinton became the first world leader to sign a treaty calling for a global ban on nuclear test explosions. The Senate has yet to even hold a hearing on it. The Senate is not alone: So far, only 18 of the 44 nations with nuclear capabilities that must ratify the wide- - ranging Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty have taken a with action. Now, deadratification September line approaching, treaty activists are stepping up their campaign to bring the measure to the Senate floor. In Washington, the treaty remains bottled up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, whose chairman, is Sen. Jesse Helms, locked in a dispute with the Clinton administration over two other treaties. "The Senate is dragging its feet on this issue and it's unforgivable," said Sen. a Byron Dorgan, leader in the effort bring the treaty to a vote. He said he mr i black-and-whi- -- and other test-basupporters will get "more aggressive" in the coming weeks. Dorgan declined to say what that meant, but there's no question that a handful of determined senators can bring havoc to the Senate's schedule. "Russia is waiting for us, China is waiting for Russia," said Thomas Graham, president of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security and a former director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament n Agency. "The delay in ratifi- cation There is no other reason." The 1996 pact includes a pledge against all testing of .:: . that is exclusively there haven't been hearings. nuclear devices and sets up a global system of sensors to monitor compliance. It was signed by 152 nations, but ratification is moving slowly. The approaching deadline is Sept. 23, the third anniversary of the treaty's opening for signature. After that, a conference will be held to convene to consider what measures might be taken to get members to join, including possibly economic steps. Only nations that ratified the treaty could participate in the conference leaving the United States without direct influence. Under the treaty, all 44 g .am PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A man HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) was arrested after police found six bombs believed to contain a poison gas outside his apartment building and toxic chemicals inside his home. Investigators said they had no idea what the man, Jesse Spurgin, planned to do with the devices. The discovery forced the overnight evacuation of 200 people from the building and homes nearby. Police feared the devices had some form of flourine-basegas, which is toxic. chemical The was found highly in the man's apartment in the building Monday night. r Spurgin, 26, who lives in a was two on arrested exploapartment, sives charges. Each carries up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. d first-floo- Man survives stuck in muck A man ALLEGANY, N.Y. (AP) who disappeared over the weekend was found alive Tuesday, stuck waist-dee- p in mud at a gravel company. Robert Fyfe, 44, was stuck for 60 hours before being spotted by gravel company employees. He told police he was chasing his dog at E.F. Lippert Sand and Gravel on Saturday when he was sucked into the silt and mud near the edge of a water-fille- d pit. Man takes cab from robbery A man susTOMAH, Wis. (AP) fast-foo- d restaua of pected robbing rant may want to ask his getaway driver for something back: the tip. The wheelman was a cabbie. The unwitting taxi driver provided police with a description of the alleged bandit and the address where he took him. The suspect was later arrested. capacity must sign for it ti take effect. Even one holdou! by, say, North Korea could keep the treaty from taking effect. Supporters of the test-batreaty say it would lock in U.S. superiority gained in over 1,000 nuclear tests dur ing the Cold War, while failing to ratify the pact could open the door to additional nuclear tests by India and now caught up Pakistan in another military dustup or other over Kashmir nations. Opponents argue it could threaten America's ability to deliver an effective nuclear strike, if one is ever needed. n caregivers By CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press WASHINGTON People who care for elderly relatives at home would get a new tax exemption under legislation House Republicans will include in the massive tax relief bill expected to begin moving next A girl Police find poison bombs 1 would aid baby dies born last month weighing only 10 who got the nickname ounces "Mighty Mo" for her fighting spirit lost her struggle for life. The infant, born June 12, died early Monday at Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital. She was 23 days old. The girl and her twin sister were born three months premature. Her sister weighed 2 pounds, 10.5 ounces, and was listed in fair condition Monday. The girls was so small, it was difficult to treat her even with the smallest equipment in a unit that specializes in tiny babies. The girl's hands were about as small as a Barbie doll's. 1. Tax bill elsewhere in the tank. The man's identity and the cause of death were not immediately disclosed. There was no obvious signs of trauma," sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said. "He was not chewed up. He could have been pulled under by the whale's vortex, or the whale may have considered him a toy." 10-oun- ce states wnn some nucieai week. The outlined proposal Tuesday by Rep. Bill Archer, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, also would allow people to deduct on their income-ta- x returns premiums they pay for insurance. The announcement puts the GOP on the same footing as President Clinton in advocating changes to help people cope with the rising e DENNIS COOKThe Associated Press Keiier: water Dome in nana, an uniaennriea youngster leaps tram one wet rocK in Washington Tuesday as temperatures remained in to anotner at tne rrankhn u. Kooseveit Memorial the 100 degree plus region. tax-la- Air conditioners on overdrive East suffers through more mucky heat "iff - ,.r1 I By ROGER PETTERSON The Associated Press Temperatures climbed to 100 steamy degrees in the East for the third day in a row Tuesday, triggering blackouts and making for an unpleasant return to work for people who spent the holiday weekend in shorts and At least eight deaths have been blamed on the heat in the Midwest and East. The heat also stalled commuter trains and subways in New York and forced summer schools to send children home early. "It feels like somebody's thrown buckets of hot water in your face," griped Pat Renaghan, running a stuffy elevator to a deep subway station in New York City. "Sometimes when you take the elevator down, the air feels so thick, you feel like you could chew it." High temperature records started falling before the sun even reached its peak, as Atlantic City, N.J., hit 98 before noon, with humidity of about 40 percent. The mercury hit record highs of 100 at Newark, N.J., and Harrisburg, Pa., and 101 in New York City and at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Across the East, relief was expected sometime Tuesday night, with New Yorkers looking forward to highs in BEBETO MATTHEWS The Associated Press Going underground: Pat Renaghan, an elevator operator at the 168th Street subway stop in New York City, waits for riders Tuesday. Renaghan and his complain that their bosses are reluctant to turn on fans that could lower temperatures just a little. At the end of a summer workday, he says, "you feel like somebody's run you through a dishwasher." the 80s the rest of the week. The heat worsened the return to the office after the long Fourth of July weekend of bathing suits and bare feet. "It's hard," George Matthew, a Philadelphia lawyer, said as sweat poured down his cheeks after he ran outside to feed a parking meter. "I'd rather be at home in shorts and a under the air conditioning." rt Kurt Foster wasn't burdened with a suit and tie but was stuck wielding a king-sizblowtorch, sealing waterproofing materials for street repairs at New York's e Rockefeller Center. "I didn't want to come in, but the bills don't stop just because it's hot," Foster said. Philadelphia school officials sent hundreds of summer- -school students home early because many buildings had no air conditioning. Timothy Hearn checked himself into a Philadelphia hospital early Tuesday. He almost passed out in the heat Monday while painting a house in Cherry Hill, N.J., and then spent a nearly sleepless night. "It just felt like the end of the world," Hearn said. "I want to get a nice job inside." Scattered blackouts develas utilities were oped strained by air conditioners. About 55,000 customers of GPU Inc., one of New Jersey's three major electric utilities, lost power Tuesday. In New York, the Long Island Power Authority said outages had affected at least 50,000 customers. And the Maryland utility Conectiv started a series of rolling blackouts shutting off 20,000 customers at a time for about 20 minutes on the Eastern Shore because one of its generators failed. The heat damaged overhead electrical wires for commuter trains in Connecticut, and 41 of the 58 morning trains from New Haven into New York City were late, said Metro North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders. Subways on Manhattan's Upper West Side were shut down during the afternoon d because of power dips, sending hundreds of people looking for cabs and buses. Several lanes on Manhattan's Queensboro Bridge over the East River closed for eight heat-relate- hours during the night d deckbecause of ing, and highways buckled elsewhere in the East. heat-warpe- Still, not everyone was complaining. "This is my kind of weather. With heat, at least you don't have to shovel," said boat salesman James Pieklo at Somers Point, N.J. costs of old age. "The need for long-tercare in America is great and will only grow larger as the baby boomers start retiring," said Archer, Archer said the proposals would be part of the Ways and Means Committee's tax package, which in its current form would provide tax breaks estimated at $850 billion over 10 years. Clinton probably would veto a tax-cbill of that size, but parts with strong bipartisan support could survive in a smaller measure expected later this year. tax breaks exist in current law, but most can't be claimed unless the amounts exceed 7.5 percent of a taxpayer's adjusted gross Long-term-car- e income. Nursing home care already costs an average of $50,000 a Means and year, Ways Committee show. figures Numbers of people needing long-tercare begin increasing fast at age 85, and 20 percent of already need it. Planners worry that in 2030, the 77 million baby boomers will start reaching 85. In a recent letter to col- leagues, Rep. Nancy Johnson, said people who take care of an older relative at home are increasingly crucial links in the nation's retirement system. "Without the assistance of caregivers, more people would require institutional care, and the public cost of long-tercare services would increase significantly," Johnson said. The Republican plan would add a new personal income tax similar to existexemption ing exemptions for dependent for people who prochildren vide long-tercare to elderly relatives at home. E ,1 L. PO( |