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Show 3 The Daily Herald J Ad Wednesday, December 6, 1995 featuring pope will not be used i NEW YORK (AP) A poster tbat uses Pope John Paul II to grab attention for a new AIDS g is too controvercampaign sial and won't be used, organizers spid;today. 5 ''We won't be running it because people would focus on it as a personal attack, and deflect attention from AIDS," said Jay fund-raisin- Blotcher, spokesman for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or AmFAR. ; "If The Pope Had AIDS, He'd Need More Than Just Your prayers," declares the poster. ; Scheduled use of the ad in 17 U.S. cities has been canceled, Blotcher said, denying a published report that the poster would still appear in New York City. 'lAfter a lot of thought, we've decided not to run this," said shoe designer Kenneth Cole, who created the poster for AmFAR. "We are afraid the controversy would obscure the message we want people to think about." " said Joseph "Distasteful," willing, spokesman for New York Cardinal John O'Connor. "If they are alleging somehow the Catholic Church has not done enough to care for people with AIDS or done Enough to call for research and resources for finding a cure for AIDS, they are just plain wrong." Plant explosion hiirts 14 people MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) Three explosions ripped through a Iteel plant, injuring 14 workers, Jfust as federal investigators were Jooking into an earlier accident. It was the fifth major accident at AK Steel Corp in the past 20 months. i The explosions Tuesday went near the blast furnace in an had been shut down for jfnaintenance. The extent of &ff Urea that dam-Ttge-h- as not been determined. 6ne employee was hospitalized in serious condition and four others listed as fair. Nine workers buffered minor injuries and were released from the hospital, company spokesman Alan McCoy said. Seven people died in four previous accidents at AK Steel. At the time of Tuesday's blast, a wo investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were at an employees' union office outside the plant. 'They were looking into one of the earlier accidents. Avere; Postal employee accused of theft I A postal FLINT, Mich. (AP) with a gambling probemployee lem has been accused of taking 'thousands of dollars worth of registered mail, including silver bars, 'plane tickets and cash. Larry Leroy Hart, 43, was 'charged Tuesday in federal court with theft of mail. Another hearing jwas scheduled for Dec. 21, assistant U.S. attorney Marlene Juhasz Spy satellite believed to be on rocket "t - r VANDENBERG AIR FORCE A $500 milBASE, Calif. (AP) lion Titan IV rocket carrying a secret payload believed to be a spy satellite blasted into space, boosting the nation's largest unmanned rocket program. It was the first launch of a Titan IV at Vandenberg Air Force Base since August 1993, when a rocket and its classified payload blew up about a minute after takeoff. The 20-stor- y, impson agrees to interview with CNN " , ys' O.J. SimpATLANTA (AP) son has agreed to give his first t Lockheed-buil- Titan IV can carry space shuttle-clas- s payloads up to 20 tons. It is the most powerful unmanned booster in the nation's rocket inventory. The Air Force did not identify Tuesday's launch payload, but experts believe it was a spy satellite placed in polar orbit. "They are launching three spy satellites in the next few months, and this is one of them," said John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C. Since June 1989, the Air Force has launched seven Titan IV . ft AP Photo Titan IV booster blasts off from a launch pad on the south arn coastline of Vanden A Air Force Base Tuesday. The million rocket lifted off with a secret payload. berg S500 roup: homes would save un der flat tax "A presidential candidate who's proposing a policy for the nation By SALLY BUZBEE Associated Press Writer Steve WASHINGTON Forbes, the multimillionaire publisher running for president, says he has never calculated his own potential savings under the 17 percent flat tax that is one of his main campaign issues. But a watchdog group estimates he would save at least $128,000 in yearly income taxes if his plan became law. The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington group that tracks campaign spending, said Tuesday it was important for voters to understand how Forbes might should be able to say how that policy would affect him," said the Center's Alex Benes. "But he apparently seems unwilling to disclose how it would affect him, and that's kind of curious." Forbes, who has spent an estimated $7 million of his own money on his campaign, has refused to release his income tax records. That is not required under federal law, although some candidates do so voluntarily. spokeswoman Campaign Gretchen Morgenson declined to comment on the center's estimate, saying, "since this organization has basically no idea what Steve's tax return details are, it seems to be an exercise solely to get publici- - "I think Steve wants to stick to the real issue, which is removing the dead wood of the tax code off the backs of American families," she said. But Forbes, president and of Forbes magazine, considers the issue of his own taxes a diversion. "Every individual comes out ahead under the flat tax." lie said in an interview last week with The Associated Press. "What opponents say is that this is simply a way for Steve Forbes to enrich himself." Forbes said. "1 respond. I am going to do editor-i- fine whether you change the tax code or not." Forbes has pushed the Hat tax extensively in TV commercials in New Hampshire. Iowa and elsewhere, arguing it would gie average Americans the same power that special interests now receive through tax breaks. n-chief But some tax experts say at families least some middle-clas- s could end up with higher tax bills under a Hat tax. after losing deductions for mortgage interest and charitable gifts. Several other Republican presidential candidates also advocate some type of flat tax. or are considering it. 100,000 toys being recalled ThouWASHINGTON (AP) of sands toy vehicles, aquatic animals, baby bottles and meal sets are being recalled because they can break into small pieces and possibly choke children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that the plastic items, including bulldozers, trucks, turtles, seals and penguins, were made by the Imperial .Toy Corp. of Los Angeles. Nearly 100,000 pieces were sold at toy stores nationwide between 1993 and April 1995. Consumers should take the items away from young children and return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund, or contact Imperial Toy at the agency said. 1, inter- televised, view to CNN. but no date has been set, network legal analyst Greta Van .Susteren said today. Van Susteren said in a CNN broadcast that she spoke for four hours with Simpson last weekend and he was '"adamant" that there would be no ground rules for the interview. 'He has promised CNN an interview with no rules whatsoever." said Van Susteren. who provided legal analysis for CNN during Simpson's murder trial. She said she believes the interview will be within the next few months. 'but she could not say whether it will come before or alter the trial of a civil suit pending against Simpson. Shortly after his criminal trial ended, Simpson backed out of his previous agreement for a broadcast interview because of the pending civ il case. Van Susteren said Simpson is ready to speak out. "1 think that O.J. Simpson w ants a good., tough interview." she said. "He wants to have an interv iew that has a level of credibility." She said she initiated the talks about an interv iew Telephone calls placed before business hours today to Simpson lawyers Robert C. Baker and LeRoy Taft in Los Angeles were not immediately returned. Simpson was acquitted Oct. 3 in the slay ings of his Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. A week after the verdict. Simpson agreed to an interview with NBC. but backed out hours before airtime on the advice of his . ex-wi- rr Three models of cribs sold in Puerto Rico also are under recall. Slats and corner posts on the cribs, made by LaNacional of Hato Rey, PR., are wider and taller than standards call for, posing strangulation and entrapment hazards for infants, the commission said. Consumers should stop using the cribs immediately and return them to the store for a refund or contact LaNacional at Eighteen retailers sold nearassembled cribs, without 2,300 ly boxes, between January 1994 and April 1995, the commission said. 6. The three models involved are the Cama Cuna R.N.C., the Cama Cuna No. 2 and the Crib with Drawers. J Uaid today. A complaint said that since '.March 1994. 52 bags of registered maij have disappeared, including fcash, bank deposits, jewelry, food frstamps. silver bars, postage stamps, i and airline tickets. Total value was 'estimated at more than $230,000. 5 According to the complaint, 18 bars of silver and $2,700 cash were found in Hart's home, along with envelopes matching some of the missing mail. ' turnout Brandt U omen's (lolhet Cotton Twill Pants Chinos" ,1 llCA 6.00 IkHbtrtmrtPtrfcimlot Did you ROBERT P. 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