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Show nationf missionary recovering MOSCOW (AP) i , ' " ', : J Associated Press Writer A Mormon mis- WASHINGTON The House yearlong partisan rifts Tuesday and resoundingly approved a colossal $520 billion spending bill pumping cash to farmers, teachers and the Pentagon and campaign-seasobounty to lawmakers of all stripes. sionary who suffered multiple stab wounds is making a rapid recovery and has provided evidence about a second man involved in the weekend attack in central Russia, a Mormon official said Tuesday. Bradley Alan Borden, of Mesa, Arizona, was alert and able to get out of bed and take a few steps in his hos- pital room in the city of Ufa, said Donald Jarvis, the head of the ignored n The 333-9vote reflected a compromise, struck last week between the White House and congressional leaders, that gave both parties victories to crow about. It also underlined that most lawmakers were weary of the 1998 budget fight and eager to get home to campaign for the Nov. 3 congressional elections. The vote put the House on the cusp of completing its legislative work for the year, and handed the measure to the Senate for likely passage today. 5 Mormon mission in the region. "He's quite lucid and seems to be healing quite nicely," Jarvis said in a telephone interview from Ufa. BankAmerica chief resigns CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The president of the newly formed BankAmerica Corp. resigned Tuesday in the wake of a massive loss on a hedge fund loan. David Coulter, 50, will leave the t nation's bank Oct. 30. Last week, BankAmerica reported ' that it lost $372 million in its third second-larges- ', ' L ; $520 billion spending on big issues." Republicans claimed victories: Clinton's plans for volunnational student testing, boosttary ing spending against illegal drugs and winning more than $8 billion for readiness and other military Pentagon programs. Voting for the measure would be a boon for a GOP eager to cut taxes and revamp Social Security next year, party leaders blocking "We can show we can govern," said House Appropriations Committee "It Chairman Bob Livingston, is important to vote for this bill and go home to our districts so we can explain why we should come back as R-L- quarter on a $1.4 billion loan to D.E. By MICHAEL GRACZYK firm Shaw & Co., a New that makes speculative investments. The news sent industry bank shares down nearly 1 1 percent that day. York-base- d Associated About 300,000 high PARIS (AP) school students took to the streets of France on Tuesday, protesting school conditions in a second round of nationwide marches marred again by violence. Despite intensive efforts by student leaders to attract support, the protesters failed to build on the momentum of last week's protests that drew a v 'f .' ZZT72! --. . I i' tfM;' , lit, Aw River swirled menacingly around him, Larry Crisp stepped without hesitation into a nylon rope basket dangling from a helicopter. "I was thinking, 'There sure is a lot of water,'" he said. "They put the basket down, I just got in." Crisp was among scores of trapped residents rescued by and boats helicopters Tuesday as waterways spilled across southeastern Texas, carrying off homes, cattle and lives in i half-millio- n Hubble photos to be on Web . s j -- , Vt-- ,' HKjf i : ft v J 'l.ti" .- urn i 'HIM rain-swolle- the , - -- ..v.4 ' 4f t tAil W?th? ' Hi, i&h.til Nickelodeon apologizes The NEW YORK (AP) Nickelodeon television network has apologized to the League for using a Jewish caricature in its "Rugrats" comic strip. The ADL said the comic's "Grandpa drawn with a large Boris" character was hook nose and heavy-liddeeyes similar to Nazi-erdepictions of Jews. Some Jews were particularly offended because the syndicated strip with the character ran during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, said ADL National Director Abraham Foxman. d a Gilligan makes icon status WASHINGTON (AP) It was a zany version of "Swiss Family Robinson" seven castaways on a deserted island, forced to survive on nut and berry casseroles while rescue bobbed in and out of reach over and over again. For 34 years and counting, television viewers have sat right back and heard the tale, "the tale of a fateful trip" that landed seven people on the surprisingly luxurious "Gilligan's Island." The original actors who played the crew and passengers of the S.S. Minnow were awarded the American Icon Award Tuesday by Women in Film and Video. d i J coffee-brow- n n floodwa-ters- . The bodies of a 111' man and a girl who had been swept away by the floodwa-ter- s boy, -- V 4 I ill 1 WASHINGTON (AP) The public will get a chance to take a monthly peek over the shoulder of astronomers who use the Hubble Space Telescope to study the heavens. NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute announced Tuesday that a fresh picture from the Hubble archives will be placed on the Internet as "the picture of the month." The posting is to be called the Hubble Heritage Program. Many of the views to be released have not been seen by the general public. New pictures will be posted monthly on the Internet at these addresses: http:heritage.stsci.edu and http:oposite.stsci.edupublin-fo199S28- . Press Writer Texas -PVICTORIA, erched on the roof of his home while the Guadalupe Violence flares in protest marchers. In Paris, helmeted riot police sprayed tear gas to disperse unruly gangs who shattered windows in a posh Left Bank neighborhood and set fire to a subway car, temporarily interrupting service on one line. Many of the troublemakers were older than the high school students, who insist the gangs have no connection to their movement. Mil soon-to-expir- said. get fight with Clinton that produced two federal shutdowns, Gingrich la'oeled his party's conservatives "the perfect ion i st caucus." im a majority" next year. Democrats talked of money they won to let communities begin hiring 100,000 teachers, help poor families pay heating bills, provide summer jobs for youths and clean up toxic wastes. And they said the bill's delivery three weeks into the new fiscal year was emblematic of the 105th Congress. This bill is a symbol of the wasted time and misguided priorities of the Republican Congress," said House Minority leader Dick Gephardt, Support was hardly unanimous, especially among conservatives. While 6ome of them cited GOP wins, others were bitter that elemental Republican principles had been violated, such as breaking budget caps to unleash nearly $21 billion in spending for embassy security and other emergencies. Criticizing in unusually harsh terms the calls to reject the package, he said lawmakers "who have grown up and matured in this process understand we have to work together spending. Contrasting the bipartisan pact with the bellicose 1995 and 1996 bud- OCTOBER 21. e Flood victims rescued by helicopter in Texas ', 1 WKDNESDAY, President Clinton was poised to sign it. The sheer bulk of the compromise spoke for itself: About 4,000 pages long, the bill weighed 40 pounds and stood 16 inches tall. Most legislators, aides and lobbyists could only guess at what items had been squirreled away in it. "I don't think ever in my life ... have I ever done something so much on faith" as support the bill, said Rep. Martin Sabo, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, defended the legislation against accusations by some conservatives that it represented a retreat from Republican goals of cutting taxes and By ALAN FRAM A4 THI DAILY HI RALD IHouse approves GLOBAL BRIEFING LDS PRLB a were found Tuesday. That brought to 20 the death toll in Texas since weekend storms swamped 60 counties, of the or nearly one-fourt- h state. A boy remains missing. Gov. George W. Bush asked President Clinton to declare 20 counties disaster areas. Up to 5,000 cattle, many without brands to identify them, were roaming free because of washed-awapens and fences near San y I I . I I t It tf - 1 1 ' " I ' f i 1 1 ,IIL1 0 - . Antonio. Iw . 1 :I m: n ' v- -- A IHV ID J. Pllli 1 1 r , -u 1 IP I he Up and away: Larry Crisp, 64, Is carried to safety by a Texas National Guard helicopter rescued from the roof of his flooded home in Victoria, Texas, on Tuesday. Asunaied Press after being But much of the misery was flowing downstream Tuesday. Nearly 2 feet of rain around San Antonio sent torrents of water toward farm towns and cities along the Guadalupe and other rivers. In Cuero, 90 miles southof the east, three-quarter- s town of 7,000 was under water after the Guadalupe crested at 49.78 feet, more flood than double its At least 2,000 people stage. were left homeless. 20-fo- "We're just taking it a minute at a time," city Secretary Nancy Gips said. "Until the water recedes, we can't do much of anything except make sure everyone's 6afe and dry." At the state prison near Cuero, officials had some of the 1,300 inmates pumping water from the first floor and said the prisoners would probably be moved up to the second floor. More than 20 miles downstream in Victoria, a town of 60,000 people, locals called it the worst flooding since 1936. National Guardsmen flying over the Guadalupe said the river was nearly four miles wide at some points. It usually is 150 feet across. "I've seen some trailers floating, a couple of motor homes floating," said Pete Durbin, a chief warrant officer aboard one of the choppers. "It's ugly." As bad as things are, some flood victims refused to be rescued, even as they sought refuge on their rooftops. "They just waved us off," Durbin said. "I think I'd be gone." Hundreds of Victoria residents made plans to spend the night away from home after being evacuated on 6hort notice. Insured losses related to the storms were expected to exceed $90 million, the Southwestern Insurance Information Service estimatA ed Tuesday. group would said losses spokesman likely end up being higher. West Bank accord said to be taking shape with agreement on CIA By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic W riter QUEENSTOWN, Md. Under President Clinton's prodding, Israel and the Palestinians neared a West Bank agreement Tuesday that calls for the jailing of suspected terrorists under CIA supervision, two parties to the Middle East talks said. the finalized Clinton arrangement during dinner Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the sources said. The suspects wanted in Israel would not be extradited to Israel for trial, as Israel initially demanded. But the With Jordan's King Hussein on hand to help, Israel and the Palestinians began shaping the framework of a West Bank accord on the sixth day of their summit talks. The pace of negotiations picked up, with Israel and the Palestinians getting down to hard bargaining. Clinton, in his fifth day at a secluded Maryland retreat, met for 45 minutes with Arafat and scheduled a session later with Netanyahu. Clinton had been briefed on from his arrival Washington by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He then conferred with Hussein, who joined the talks at the administration's request. land-for-peac- W La 3r"fl The i Associated Press Agreement pending: President Clinton shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a meeting at the Wye River Conference Center near Queenstown, Md., on Tuesday. presence of the CIA to verify punishment would be meted satisfies out evidently Israel's concerns, said the sources, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. e "There is important work going on here but significant gaps are still there," White House Joe spokesman ' Lockhart said. The sources, who spoke On condition of anonymity, 6aid that while several knotty issues remained, Israel and the Palestinians had succeeded in reaching a preliminary understanding on several : points. These included a Israeli pullback from a further 13 percent of the West Bank, with the Palestinians responding with the confiscation of illegally held weapons from militant groups on territory they already control and the jailing of suspect terrorists, k "i |