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Show LJ(ll Gqooq ' Thursday, October 3, 1996 The Daily Herald School to pay for harassment SAN FRANCISCO (AP) In the latest in a series of actions targeting sexual harassment among schoolchildren, a jury awarded $500,000 to a girl after finding that school officials ignored her complaints about a classmate. Three years ago, a sixth-graboy subjected her to an almost daily barrage of vulgarities, lewd insults and threats to beat her up and even kill her, said the girl, then 1 1 . Family members said the boy would often grab his crotch and ask her why her breasts were not larger. The jury on Tuesday ordered the school district to pay 93.4 percent of the $500,000. The boy's family must pay $27,000 of the total, and girl's former principal is responsible for $6,000. de moves on Senate floor FAA bill SenaWASHINGTON (AP) tors eager to end a long and fractious session made progress today on one of their last pieces of business, a Federal Aviation Administration bill snarled in a divisive labor dispute. The Senate voted 66-3six more than the 60 votes needed, to cut off debate and move toward final' passage on the FAA bill authorizing airport improvements and new security measures over the next two years. . Senate Majority Leader .Trent said that with airline Lott, safety a major concern to the nation, the bill was too important for further delay. "This would be a senseless roll of the dice if we did not invoke cloture this morning." 1, Soy receives :mcnoy for birth NEW YORK (AP) An boy won a $23 million Inward from a jury that found a EJbotched birth robbed him of his gjnotor skills and ability to speak. U After a monthlong trial, a jury decided Tuesday that doctors at Smooth Memorial Hospital were J negligent in the premature birth of J Tristan Royal in April 1988. ; The hospital, now called The New York Hospital Medical Cen- ter of Queens, said Wednesday that it would appeal because the jury obviously was "overwhelmed t by the devastating injury to the JJ infant" and based its verdict on emotion. Tristan now suffers from I cerebral palsy. Thomas Moore, the family lawyer, said the medical staff had failed to diagnose a urinary tract infection Tristan's mother, Sherry Royal, had suffered during preg- nancy, resulting in premature labor that put the baby at risk. critical jof D.C. mayor linton advised o maintain cool uring Dole debate ! Wanted: i Senate post, wife ond Ginton term. ; J Politely pick apart Dole'k record. The goal is for Clinton to loet presidential and deferential withr and out looking too defensive without making a mistake. The president's political braid trust expects Dole to be highly critical of Clinton, w ith their boss most vulnerable to questions about Whitewater-relate- d controversies, his integrity, drug policies and taxes. They believe Dole also wHi question the economy's strength, accuse the president of demoniz-in- g Republicans over Medicare and criticize his foreign policies especially with the Middle Eist peace process off track. The drug issue dominated Dole's campaign leading into the debate after the Clinton administration claimed executive privilege in refusing to release an FBI report g critical of his policies. ' By RON FOURMIER Associated Press Writer By AMY KUEBELBECK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Clinton's political advisers are sending their boss off to a ST. PAUL, Minn. Michael Gubash is campaigning for votes and a wife. Gubash combined his two quests in his only ad so far in his bid for the state Senate. "Desperately seeking to be your state senator," begins the ad, which ran once in a local personals-ad newsletter. "My name is Michael and I am running for state senator, Senate District 65. 1 am a GodRepublifearing, moral, pro-lif- e can. I am also seeking a faithful, devoted, obedient, woman to be my wife, to share my life, and to bear my chil- te with three hideaway thoughts for Sunday night: Keep it above simple, keep it safe and all keep your cool. The debate is the first of two d that meetings Republican Bob Dole hopes will shrink the president's double-dig- it lead in national polls. Mindful of the stakes, Clinton was flying today to a scenic think tank in western New York for three days of rest, recreation and preparation. Surrounded by golf courses and bursting fall colors of the Chautauqua Institution, the president planned to fine tune this debate strategy; Mention first-teraccomplishments again and again. Offer a rosy outlook for a sec lead-blowi- head-to-hea- AP Photo Michael Gubash glances upward while talking about his bid for the Minnesota Senate Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn. Gubash, a Republican, has combined his quest for a Senate seat and a wife in his sole campaign ad, which appeared recently in a personals newsletter. "It served two purposes," Gubash says. He says he considered that the ad might discredit his campaign, which so far consists of the ad and a photocopied letter he hands out. But he went ahead, hoping other media would pick up on it. God-feari- dren." The ad solicits letters with pictures as well as donations for his campaign the legislative one, that is. "I also had to consider that if people don't know who I am, I'm not going to get elected anyhow," he says. The ad raised a little money, bringing his campaign donation total to $ 00 and his donor list to three. ("Four if you count myself," he says.) 1 m anti-dru- Surplus dealer behind largest theft of combat gear By RICHARD EGGLESTQN Associated Press Writer The largest MADISON, Wis. known theft of combat equipment from a U.S. military base was masterminded by a military surplus dealer who wanted to fuel a lucrative collectors' market, federal officials say. The dealer is accused of bribing twp civilian workers with $38,000, truck and a snowblower-equippe- d a crane in exchange for their help moving $13 million worth of combat vehicles and equipment off the Fort McCoy base. The more than 100 vehicles Sheriincluded a Vietnam War-er- a dan tank and 17 armored personnel carriers with anti-tan- k missile launchers, the officials said. FBI agents secretly pho included a crane, an airport runway snowblower. Jeeps and other heavy equipment and trucks. No missiles or other weapons were stolen. Most of the equipment has been returned to Fort tographed some equipment being hauled off; one photo clearly shows the Sheridan tank being carted away on a flatbed truck. "This was a very sophisticated scheme to remove property, to manipulate the system and corrupt individuals," said Michael J. special agent in charge of the I BI's Milwaukee office. Prosecutors on Wednesday announced the indictments of seven civilians in the thefts at Fort McCoy, a training base with 2,300 civilian employees and about 200 military personnel. Col. Harold K. Miller Jr., base commander, was not available for comment Wednesday. A news conference was scheduled at the base today. In addition to the combat vehicles, the stolen merchandise McCoy. The suspects, including the two o, base employees, two military surplus dealers and a military museum president, face theft, conspiracy and bribery charges. None were in custody, but all face court hearings in the next few weeks. Donald Crandall, 38, the base's range safety officer, and Dennis Lambert, 52, the base's range maintenance supervisor, falsified documents that allowed the equipment to be trucked off the base, U.S. Attorney Peg Lautenschlager said. The officers also requisitioned a Woman to wed! Night Stalker in jail By KARYN HUNT Associated Press Writer Doreen SAN FRANCISCO Lioy was visiting the "Night Stalker" serial killer in prison for just the third time when she decided he was the man of her dreams. Richard Ramirez, on death row for torturing, sexually abusing and cousin Adam Yates, one of several relatives upset by the wedding. "Somebody marrying a mass murderer? I think everybody (in the family) is pretty disgusted." free-lanLioy, a 41 year-old San from editor Rafael, magazine could not be reached for comment Wednesday. murdering 13 people in Southern California in the early 1980s, and Lioy were to marry today at San Quentin State Prison. They will be married along with nine other couples at the prison's visitors' center. Ramirez; 36, won't be allowed conjugal visits. "It's pretty sick," said Lioy's -- number of vehicles from other Fort Army bases, including Devens in Ayer, Mass., and Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Ga., authorities said. In October 1994, the officers requisitioned two dozen armored personnel carriers from Fort Stewart to use for target practice on the base's shooting range and shipped five off the base, the indictments said. Leo Anthony Piatz Jr., 37, a Wisconsin surplus dealer, paid Crandall $38,000 in cash, and gave Lambert the crane and snowblow- - truck for their help, the indictments say. The highly prized military vehicles, some used perhaps as recently as the Gulf War, were sold to collectors and military museums, officials said. "We have no evidence that any of these items have gotten into the hands of extremist groups or militia groups," Lautenschlager said. 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