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Show Li Monday, September 9, 1996 The Daily Herald ott icials sav U.S. inclined Li Br Clinton accepts air safety report WASHINGTON (AP) Presi- dent Clinton, embracing a report on airline safety today, requested $1 billion to place n devices in airports and bolster FBI efforts. "We cannot make the world risk-frebut we can reduce the risks we face," Clinton said in an Oval Office ceremony. "And we have to take the fight to terrorists." He accepted recommendations submitted by the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, chaired by Vice President Al Gore. "There is no silver bullet, or single magic answer," Gore said. "So we're presenting a combination of some high-tecsome approaches low-teceven some Clinton challenged Congress to approve the $1 billion request as soon as possible. "Terrorists don't wait," the president declared. "And neither should we." bomb-detectio- m e, h, h, ." recovery at full speed again TWA ' SHINNECOCK, N.Y. (AP) Four cargo nets of wreckage from .' B to avoica returned to full speed for the first time in more than a week. ; -"It was a good day," Navy spokesman Lt. Nicholas Balice said after divers and a giant under- cover robot recovered more pieces of the downed jet on Sunday. "We're back in full operation." ' '. Stormy seas stirred up by hurricanes calmed three days earlier than expected, allowing the search to resume. 'Scuba divers wearing oxygen tanks' and Navy divers - who receive oxygen from the surface worked in a area of wreckage where most of the ' Boeing 747 landed after exploding in the sky on July 1 7, Balice said. The explosion killed all 230 aboard the Paris-boun- d jet which blew apart 10 miles from the Long Island shore. Authorities still need more clues to determine whether the plane was downed by a bomb, a missile or an unprecedented mechanical malfunction. back-to-ba- Rapper critical after shooting " LAS VEGAS (AP) Rapper Tupac Shakur, shot in the chest in a drive-b- y attack near the city's casino strip over the weekend, was in critical condition today after undergoing a second operation. Shakur, who has a history of violence and trouble with the law, was riding in a convoy about 11:15 p.m. Saturday when a white Cadillac with four men pulled alongside and a gunman opened fire, police said. Shakur was hit several times in the chest. He was in intensive care after undergoing a second opera- tion Sunday night to repair internal injuries, said Dale Pugh, a University Medical Center spokesman. The attack came as Shakur was riding in a black BMW driven by Death Row Records Chairman Marion "Suge" Knight, whose Los Angeles-base- d company specializes in violent, profane gangsta rap. ' Knight was grazed in the head by a bullet fragment or shrapnel from the car. He was treated at University Medical Center and released Sunday afternoon, said nursing supervisor Kathy Brown. '. Police dogs may do camera work NEW YORK (AP) Another task for man's best friend. New York City police hope a remote camera harnessed around a dog's neck will give them a view of everything from a gunman's hideout to whether victims are buried underneath piles of rubble. "Instead of a bird's-ej- e view, view,' police you have a dog's-ey- e Ll. Michael DiTrani told the New rk Daily News. .The camera, called RECON for Remote Canine Optical Navigator, is about the size of hole in a saucer with a dime-siz- e the middle for the lens. Attached to the dog by a harness, the camera broadcasts to a small television screen watched by is more more police. The dog-cad mobiie than robot cameras, and the pooch ' sw.se of smell can guide it. m remote-controlle- I ! m m in mm norm ing to be ended, the leaders of the various factions are going to have to be willing to go back to the WASHINGTON President table and talk it through." Clinton said today the United peace U.S. has sponThe States is doing all it can "to help sored the government Iraqi National Congress anybody that needs to be out of since the Gulf War as a means of Iraq," but declined to offer direct fomenting opposition to Saddam. assistance to stranded But the organization was effectively opponents of Saddam Hussein. broken up by Saddam's military Clinton would not comment on provocations in Iraq's Kurdish north. reports that about 200 Iraqis who Administration officials appearIraqi ing on the Sunday news programs belong to the National Congress are holed up at made clear that U.S. strategic intera mountain resort, fearful that the ests lie in the South, where Iraq United States has abandoned them borders the h nations of since Saddam's forces captured the Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and not in involvement in the complex faccity of Irbil eight days ago. "I think it would be better for tional fighting in the Kurdish north. me not to comment now," Clinton "Ii makes better sense for us to said. "We're doing everything we operate on a strategic basis and try think we can to help anybody that to say to Saddam Hussein, 'You can needs to be out of Iraq." play these games in the north but He appealed to fighting Kurdish you are going to pay one hell of a forces to avoid "any cavalier price every time you do it,'" White killing of civilians and others who House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta are not combatants in this," and said on CNN's "Late Edition." said U.S. assistance would be "We should not be involved in civil war in the north," Defense pointless if Kurdish leaders continue to promote fighting. Secretary William Perry said on "I would still like to do more to CBS' "Face the Nation." "We help the Kurds," Clinton said. should focus our actions where our "But frankly, if you want the fight- - interests are." By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer U.S.-back- U.S.-financ- oil-ric- ra i H Saddam, at the invitation of one of the Kurdish factions, on Aug. 31 violated the Kurdish "safe haven" zone by sending some 40,000 troops into the Kurdish capital of Irbil. The Clinton administration responded by firing cruise missiles at Iraqi sites in southern Iraq and extending to the outskirts of Baghdad the "no-fly- " zone set up after Iraq's defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. John Shalikashvili, speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," said there were signs Saddam is trying to repair some of the sites damaged in missile attacks. "We have warned Saddam Hussein that any attempt to repair those sites or reinforce them will be taken very seriously and he must understand the consequences of such an act," Shalikashvili said. None of the officials could give a clear picture of the extent of Iraqi involvement in the latest outbreak of Kurdish factional fighting in the north, around the town of Degala. Shalikashvili estimated that there are only a few hundred Iraqis left north of the safe haven boundary line. TV it ft anti-missi- le f t... Vs.. " k X X I AP Photo TWA Flight 800 were brought to 'shore as the recovery effort nam U Family Boomer parents don't see drugs as woman's crisis, survey says suicide accepts By JEAN H. LEE Associated Press Writer After FRESNO, Calif. doctors said there was no treatment for Isabel Correa's debilitating spinal cord tumors other than painkillers, she told her family to expect her death. Her family gathered at her Fresno home for a final farewell barbecue on the night before she boarded a plane to Michigan, where she killed herself Saturday with the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. "She didn't believe in being around just because you had to wait until it was your turn to die," Correa's eldest daughter, Mary Erisman, said Sunday. Correa, 60, died with Kevorkian a day after she met with him in a motel, where authorities charged into the room to break up their counseling session. Police said they stopped the session to "save" Correa. She was the 40th person known to have died with Kevorkian's help since 1990. "None of us wanted this, but she said, 'You know, if I don't do it like this, I'm going to find another way to do it if it means going to the street and stepping in front of a car,"' Erisman said. Ten years ago, Correa began to feel a tingling and numbness that forced her to quit work as a fruit packer. Family members said the problem was two tumors at the base of her neck (hat put pressure on her spine. The condition worsened, and she eventually became completely dependent on her husband to eat, dress and bathe. After three operations to remove the tumors . were unsuccessful, her doctor said the only treatment left was painkillers. Correa read every article she could about assisted suicide and joined the Hemlock and Neptune societies. Slowly, her family realized that she was serious about dying. At the farewell barbecue, she met with her grandchildren to explain that she would be going to Michigan the next day to die. She ate heartily, despite weighing only 86 pounds, and let her older sister do her hair and makeup. It wasn't until she headed to the car with her husband and brother-in-lathat Erisman broke down. Erisman had chosen not to accompany her mother. Instead she slipped a sympathy card and letter into her mother's luggage. "It was just too much to bear to witness her doing it," Erisman said. "I just wanted to remember her alive." one-by-o- w third of parents who have friends Associated Press Writer who currently use marijuana. Overall, 46 percent of the parTwo-thirWASHINGTON ents surveyed said they expect of parents who their to try illegal drugs. teen experimented with illegal drugs as But when researchers looked their own they grew up expect children will do the same and only at the parents who had expermany don't consider that a crisis, imented with marijuana, akin to a rite of passage for many baby- -' says a survey released today. find- The boomers, ings, from the the numbers first national "What is infuriating ... is jumped. survey of teenSome 65 resignation of agers' and their of percent That parents' atti- many parents who tudes toward a climate used maricome drugs, juana reguclear loud weeks as just larly a kid: after the govteens ernment believe their announced a drugs." own chil Califano, dren will troubling rise in teen drug Columbia University use drugs, use. as do 62 is "What percent who infuriating ... is the resignation of so experimented with marijuana in many parents," said Joseph Cali-fan- o their youth. Among parents who of the Center on Addiction and never tried marijuana, only 29 perSubstance Abuse at Columbia Unicent believe their children will try versity, which sponsored the survey. drugs. "That is not a climate that's sending When asked if it is a "crisis" a clear and loud message to a kid: for someone under 16 to smoke Don't use drugs." marijuana, 83 percent of parents Government figures released who never tried pot themselves last month found that drug use said yes but only 58 percent of rose among 12- - to parents who smoked marijuana from 5.3 percent of those surveyed regularly when they were young in 1992 to 10.9 percent last year. were similarly alarmed. Republican presidential nominee Part of the problem, Califano Bob Dole seized on the data to is that scientists have disargued, attack President Clinton as being that the marijuana of the covered soft on drugs. 1960s and '70s was not as strong The new survey questioned 1,200 teens and 1,166 parents of as the pot sold on streets today teens meaning parents may not have gotincluding 819 whose children also were polled about ten the message that their teens their attitudes toward drug use. could be more in jeopardy than The poll was conducted in July they were at the same age. and August. The Department of Health and Almost half of the parents surHuman Services said the same had ktried thing last year when a 49 percent veyed government in their marijuana youth. Some 46 survey found a rising number of percent knew someone who uses teens using marijuana and declarillegal drugs today, including one- - ing it a benign drug. Julia shows her glee at winning an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her work in "Seinfeld" during the 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday. Louis-Dreyf- NBC leads networks with 20 Emmy wins baby-boom- er the a to so is not parents. that's sending and message Don't use Joseph ' AMA career Emmy. Kathy Baker was named best dramatic actress for her role as physician Jill Brock in the It was his second By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer By LAURAN NEERGAARD Calif. PASADENA, NBC's "Frasier" proved to ,be just what the doctor ordered as the "Cheers" spinoff landed its third consecutive Emmy for best TV comedy. "Frasier" producer Peter Casey thanked the TV academy at Sunday's 48th Annual Prime-tim- e Emmy Awards for honoring the show about an egotistical psychiatrist able to solve everyone's problems but his own. "More importantly, we feel it sends an important message to the pompous, the and the incessantly fussy of America. It says. 'Yeah, there's a place for you,'" he added. There was, it seemed, a place for everyone at this year's awards. No one show dominated the program not even the "ER." The NBC hit was named best drama but failed to capture a single performing award for its ensemble cast. After several years of nominations, Julia Louis-Dreyfand Helen Hunt won statues for their comedic roles. "A lot of people say our show is about nothing, but of course it has been about plenty of something for me," said a s, tearful named best supporting comedy actress for her role as Elaine on NBC's "Seinfeld" in her fifth bid. Hunt was chosen best actress in a comedy for her role as young wife long-wind- top-rat- ed Louis-Dreyfu- Jamie Buchman on the NBC series "Mad About You." Td like to thank Paul Reiser, Paul Reiser, Paul Reiser, Paul Reiser, Paul who Reiser,''Huntsaidofherco-star- , also hosted the awards ceremony. John Lithgow took the best comedy actor award for role as his egotistical alien commander in NBC's "3rd Rock from the Sun." now-cancell- ed "Picket while the best actor award in the category went to Dennis Franz of "NYPD Blue" for his portay-a- l of tough, vulnerable police detective Andy Sipowicz. NBC led the networks with 20 Emmys, including nine awarded Sunday and 11 presented Saturday. HBO was second with a total of 14; ABC followed with 12, CBS with II. Ray Walston snared a sur porting actor award for "Picket Fences,"' while Tyne Daly collected her fifth Emmy in 10 nominations, winning this timi for her supporting role as Mis$ Alice in CBS' canceled schoolteacher drama "Christy." Her previous Emmys were from the "Cagney & Lacey" police series. "The Larry Sanders Show" won its first Emmy after 30 nominations as Rip Torn was honored as best supporting actor in a comedy series. "ER" defeated a strong field for best drama series including "Chicago Hope," "Law & Order," "NYPD Blue" and "The "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy," said producer John Wells, Fox's quirky "The sci-- fi show, and the miniseries "Gulliver's Travels" each finished with five trophies total after both nights' presentations, of this making them year's Emmys. HBO's "Dennis The AMA's Physician Guide to Media Violence gives doctors suggestions on how to talk to parents about their children's viewing habits and how to advise them about making changes. The guidelines will be distributed to every state's attorney general and 60,000 doctors, primarily pediatricians, to help combat the effect television and movie violence has on children. The guidelines urge parents to know what their children are watching and to limit the amount of television their children watch. For movies, parents should learn about or even screen the films before their children do, the guidelines say. The recommendations are common sense, but many parents don't realize they are necessary to keep children from becoming numb to the sight of characters being raped, beaten and killed on television, said Dr. John Nelson, a Salt Lake and City obstetrician-gynecologiAMA trustee. He acknowledged that sex and violence sell, but said networks should take a leadership role in creating television appropriate for children. "We're not calling for censorship. We're just asking for some personal restraint on the part of viewers, and we hope that might lead to some restraint on the pan of the industry," he said. An AMA-fundc- d study found that 75 percent of parents in the United States have left a movie or turned off a television show because of violent content. It also found 68 percent of par st Miller Live" won outstanding variety, music or comedy series, over CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" and NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," among others. NBC's "Gulliver's Travels" claimed the best miniseries award. issues guidelines for children's CHICAGO (AP) Saying media violence is partly responsible for a rise in teen-ag- e crime, the American Medical Association today released guidelines for doctors to use in counseling parents about their children's television and movie choices. "It is tragically ironic that at the very time we are wringing our hands about violent behavior among young people, we are simultaneously entertaining them with it," said David Walsh, founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family and a contributing author of the AM A guidelines. Violent crime among children 13 to 17 years old climbed 126 percent from 1976 to 1992, and television violence is partly responsible, the AM A said. Fences," TV ents want stronger ratings for movies, 81 percent want a rating system for television shows, and 72 percent want a rating system for music. The telephone study was conducted Aug. 2-- 8 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percent. In June, President Clinton announced that television executives had agreed to air three hours of educational programs a week for children. In February, the TV industry agreed to create a voluntary television ratings system by the end of the year to warn viewers about programs with sex and violence. "There are people in the industry who are also parents and grandparents and responsible citizens, and we have to appeal to their better instincts," said Sen. Paul Simon, who has led the congressional charge against TV violence. j D-II- I., |
