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Show Packwood bites back Columbia's pilots practice landings CAPE CANAVERAL, Columbia's pilots (AP) Associated Press Writer Fla. WASHINGTON a w day, using a laptop computer that displayed the approach to the Kennedy Space Center runway . Commander John Casper and pilot Andrew Allen took turns maneuvering a hand controller similar to the shuttle's real one, even though it will be nearly another week, to go before they bring the shuttle down. Their science and engineering research mission I - will be the second-longein shuttle history if all goes as planned. st The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to see if the landing simulator helps pilots maintain their flying skills in orbit. It was introduced in October. "It's a good procedural review," Casper said. "I like it for that reason." Casper and Allen plan to practice more landings before attempting the real thing Friday. Clinton employee ushered out of job - A WASHINGTON (AP) the White of member longtime House usher's staff was fired after he talked with former first lady Barbara Bush by telephone from the White House, aides said Saturday. Chris Emery, one of four White House ushers, lost his job earlier this month after being informed that the first family felt "uncomfortable" with him. He said Saturday his conversations with Mrs. Bush had been limited to advice about her computer. Neel Lattimore, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, on Saturday declined to discuss the rationale for Emery's firing other than to say that the usher's office, which manages household operations at the White House, was being "restructured." He acknowledged, however, that there had been concern about Emery's conversations with Mrs. Bush, saying "it shouldn't have taken place from the office. Man convicted in case - A man CINCINNATI (AP) was convicted Friday of assaulting a woman who testified that she passed out when he said the word "sex" to her. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Crush sentenced William Gray to seven to 25 years in prison on one count of felonious sexual penetration. Crush said he did not give Gray, 42; the maximum sentence of 10 to 25; years because Gray suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Gray's lawyer, Raul Tellez, said appeal. He said Gray did nothing but try to help the woman after she fainted. The woman who accused Gray said she suffers from conversion a psychological condihysteria tion that makes her faint at the sound or sight of words. he-wi- ll sex-relat- Conversion hysteria results from an unconscious internal conflict, such as that between aggressive sexual impulses and fear of those impulses, her therapist testified. Snoring charge dropped by court WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -A court dismissed a charge Friday against a woman whose loud snoring allegedly kept a neighbor awake and violated a noise law. The charge against Sari Zayed was dropped at the prosecution's request. "A criminal prosecution of this issue would not be in the best intersaid Mark Johnfor the district ests of justice," son, a spokesman attorney's office. Police cited the woman on Jan. 3 1 at 1 :30 a.m. for ordiallegedly violating the noise Davis. of the in nance city Officers said they had hoped to avoid issuing .the citation but that Zayed's neighbor Chris Doherty insisted. "My sleep," only goal was to get some said Doherty, 23. The Davis City Council has since deleted snoring as a potential violation of the noise ordinance. - Bob Pack-woobattered for months by sexual misconduct allegations, is taking a combative stand with the news media and his accusers to rescue his Senate career. "I feel back in the saddle," the Oregon Republican said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press. 'T feel better about speaking out." Packwood blasted the news media last week at the Dorchester Conference of moderate Republicans he founded on Oregon's coast 30 years ago. A year earlier, the at the event senator was a as the Senate Ethics Committee probe of the charges from former employees and female associates d, ; 25-ye- ar 14-d- ay g Of the 29 women who have lev- - . eled complaints of sexual misco- n- . duct, Packwood has directly challenged the stories of four.- . including Julie Williamson. Now a political consultant who works primarily for Democrats. Williamson ' said Packwood kissed her and tried to take her clothes off when she was working for him in 1969. "What happens when someone ; comes forward and suggests that ; Julie Williamson's story is not as it has been told?" Packwood said at ; the Dorchester conference. "Julie says Packwood and his supporters are trying to discredit her. I'll wag- er that some in the news media w ill ' say that this was an attempt to in- - ' timidate the women." Williamson said in a telephone ' interview from Portland this week that the "genesis of this new strate'' gy dates to a December 1 993 arti cle in The Washington Post saying there are more women who alleg- edly were v ictimized by Packwood but have not gone public w ith their complaints. Attacking the credibility of the By SCOTT SONNER practiced space shuttle landings Satur- sex-faintin- " Sunday, March 13, 1994 Ths Daily Herald ! " no-sho- w X if rsVL AP Photo Dan Dolan, left, stands with his mother Florence outside their Plumbing and Electric Supply Co. in Tigard, Ore. The Dolans will have a case before the Supreme Court. Proposed Oregon bike palin follows trail to Supreme Court By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer The tiny TIGARD, Ore. d land runs strip of along a creek and leads to a small park ringed by apartment construction and decaying factories. It also leads to the U.S. Supreme Court. The land is at the center of what began as a simple zoning dispute and has grown into a legal battle over property rights that involves such diverse groups as the Audubon Society and the weed-choke- AFL-CI- Planners in this Portland suburb want the land's owner, Dan Dolan, to turn it over to the city so they can build a bicycle path opening the park to Main Street. Dolan, president of Electric & Plumbing Supply Co., refuses. He claims the city's request violates the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits government from taking property without just compensation. "They want to create a park by turning private property into A-B- Griffith of the chain's eight shops with a larger one. The store lies next to Fanno Creek, a slow, cloudy stream that meanders through the fiat Tualatin River Valley and provides drainage for most of Ti- public property at no cost," Dolan said. "Kind of like a medieval alchemist trying to turn lead into gold at no cost. It's not going to happen." The result has been a small mountain of legal paperwork that the city's attorney estimates may already have cost more than the 7,000 square feet of land is worth. State courts, all the way gard. The city told Dolan he couldn't tear down the old store unless he donated the disputed about strip of land e of his lot as public one-ten- through the Oregon Supreme Court, have sided with the city. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments March th 1.67-acr- space. In return for the land, the city said it would not force Dolan to pay for drainage control, which is required from other businesses on the flood plain. 23. At issue is whether the city is taking the land from Dolan, or merely regulating it. If the city is taking the land, it has to pay compensation. If it is regulating the land, it may not have to pay. Governments are allowed to claim private property for public use, if they compensate the own- "The city has requested that this property owner deal with its offsite impacts by attaching a rather benign condition they don't have to build anything, they just have to dedicate something," said Tim Remis, the lead attorney for Tigard. John Dolan died last year at age 78. leav ing his son the task of finishing the job. er. The battle started in 1989 when Dolan's father, John, decided to expand the business he founded in 1960, replacing one a changes her mind about Johnson divorce - Me-lanLOS ANGELES (AP) Griffith filed for a second divorce from Don Johnson on Friday, then apparently changed her mind later in the day. Friday night, the two were together at their ranch outside Asie pen, Colo., attempting to work things out. said Elliot Mintz, publicist for both actors. "The action taken today by Griffith was an impulsive act that occurred during a moment of frustration and anger. It was simply a mistake." Mintz said in a prepared statement. "Don and Melanie are together as we speak. They are working on making their marriage better, not bringing it to an end. They how only wish for some privacy and time to heal and go forward," he said. Me-lan- ie grew. 'Tve discovered the news media will even lie to get their stories." Packwood said. He said a television unit posed as a repair truck crew to get into his apartment complex. "This is your press at rupt." Packwood said the ethics panel offered last fall to drop its inquiry and '"forget everything" if he would resign an offer he was That First Spring Cor Wash Won't Scrub Away Winter's Damage! accomplishments." Packwood said in the interview . "But it is 1 almost as if the press is saying J 'You've got to prove you're effec live." So what do you do, beat your chest and say I am effective?" ' The senator insists he has beeri-- ; ' largely unaffected by the Senate and Justice Department probes irMO" his personal and professional life.-; t j Franklin said. IIPPA7 ON! 1 bV Females experiencing painfulburningfrequent urination and have not taken any medication for its relief are invited to participate in an investigational drug research study for the treatment of urinary tract infections. Qualified participants receive FREE medical tests and investigational study medications plus up to $160 compensation for their time. For further information call (8 am - 5 pm, Mon.-Fri- X sper Frames 1 A4 s designer t?4l 59) when ,v Save on Contact Ixnses STOP IN FOR A FREE EST! MAT, CALL NOW! 224-991- Jill AUTO PAINTING AND BODYWORKS 1 0 ASSURANCE CO SPOKANE WA - Elaine Franklin, Packwood's chief of staff, said the senator has changed his strategy. "We've been biting our tongue and we're not going to do that anymore," No other diseountt tppK'. OREM BILL LOUCKS "I never felt the necessity before to go out and brag about the r off-aga- in I ttvim Fog, Norman flodtwell, Ashlev Stewart, Cbrgif Sunt' Angdo nd mure. 1115S 800EOREM.UT 84058 INSURED BY WESTERN UNITED LIFE accomplish- -' ments. wr thinncsi, you pun-halighten. poKtirtxxate tenses, includes Oliver WuHttm , 574 N. STATE 224-497- for congressional full-fledg- frames (value INSURANCE SERVICES r . objecting to what they say is unfajr.' coverage of the senator and failursV, to give him the credit he deserves, " 1 -- with purchase of our best lenses with no 12 MOUNTAIN AMERICA - Coupons available In areas selected by advertisers. PENALTY IF AGE OVER 58 MIN, AGE 84 MAX. 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His aides also hav e started mak- -' ing telephone calls and w riting let-,- .. ters to news media outlets, includ-- ' J 532-452- 6 5.00 FULLY INSURED ANNUITIES named accusers "may serve reinforce the fears of those w omen to- - Packwood received a standing ovation and $45,000 in contributions for his legal defense fund. "It buoyed me tremendously." he said in the interview Friday. After spending more than SI million on his legal defense. Pack-woo- d said he is "in essence bank- Qiwc ffni rati TAX DEFERRED -- ladies and gentlemen. Lying. Harassing." work, n, -- . .) EARN 1YR LIQUIDITY -- ' "H t ' |