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Show Page D2 THE DAII V 1 1 KRAI. I!. Provo, Hah. Thursday, October 10, 19 Rome refurbishment definitely not being done in a day; By STEVE KLOEHN Chicago Tribune It is said, when ROME 4 explaining the pace of change in the Roman Catholic Church, that (he Vatican thinks in centuries. And it often seems as if Roman public works crews operate on the same schedule. So when Pope John Paul I! announced in 1994 fhat the year 2000 would be a holy Vear. a Jubilee, some skeptics wondered whether the city could prepare itself in time for the mass pilone that will lead to grimage Vatican City, but through the secu- - lar city. Rome is. after all. a metropolis of 3.4 million people, most of whom seem to be stuck in traffic at any given moment. Even on a Sunday morning the main thoroughfares in the city are choked with everything from tour bus convoys to the native vehicle of choice, the motor scooter. Traffic lanes exist in theory only, and a typical green light looks like the start of the Boston Marathon. Now planners are estimating that from 20 million to 40 million additional visitors will come to Rome during the Jubilee year. Stoking the fires, the pope has written an apostolic letter on the theological importance of the dawning of the third millennium. He alludes to the Jubilee more and more frequently in his speeches and sermons, calling on all Catholics and. indeed, all Christians to come together to celebrate 2,000 years of the faith. The city of Rome and the Italian government have responded with their own act of faith: a $2.2 billion crash construction program for the city's infrastructure. What Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the 1996 Democratic did for National Convention wrought iron fences, the Jubilee has done for scaffolding. Basilicas, palaces, even the ruins of the Coiosseum are now hidden behind steel piping. And though some of those projects, like the restoration of the Colosseum, began before the Jubilee was announced, all have fallen under its millennial timetable. But many of the largest, and most essential construction projects are already well behind schedule. A year ago, plans were announced for a $838 2.4-mi- le e, Effort to aid retarded is i 4 . OiJIlm ililifHIUiI llilii!Iit declining, report says Free First Month of Access By DAVE SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Federal efforts to prevent abuse, neglect and suspicious deaths at large, state-ruinstitutions for the mentally retarded have declined sharply, congressional investigators say. Annual state inspections are missing serious violations and, when violations are discovered, states are sometimes failing to prevent their recurrence, according to he General Accounting Office, a congressional investigative agency. The Health Care Financing Administration, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for overseeing st ite inspection programs. But its ow n inspections of institutions have "declined dramatically in recent years." from 31 in 1990 to live in 1995. said the GAO report, released this week by Sens. David Pryor, and Ron Wyden. f urthermore, federal officials "have no plans to increase resources for these efforts," the report said. Instead, "they are examining ways to better target their limited oversight resources." Federal officials began their own inspections of large institutions for the mentally retarded in the after abuse and poor care in the institutions was detailed at congressional hearings. The Health Care Financing Administration hired 45 employees to conduct the inspections and the quality of care seemed to improve as a result, the GAO said. "The recent decline in federal oversight, however, has increased the potential for abusive and dangerous conditions in these institutions." it wrote. In a memo responding to the GAO. the Health Care Financing Administration said it "is pursuing an ongoing, long-tereffort to continuously improve" its program for monitoring the institutions. However, it said, "we do not anticipate implementation of ... (a new ) system of before fiscal vear oversight mm m. ii Free Unlimited Airtime for 30 days Free Activation Free Messaging Free VoiceMail and Message Indicator a e. Free ARST Caller ID ii No Annual Contract for life .. - . . ll , mid-198- IX - r J1 New AT&T 60 li Digital V oc I J I o oc ne pager with up to hours of standby it on, keep it on. Even better, now can get it you with our ' o s and turn free introductory offer. In fact, just z f J PCS time? So you can 0 Wyden and Pryor. in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. wrote. 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Planners warn that the work that does get started could be ha&tf completely if construction crews find any signs of hidden archaeonot unlikely in logical treasures a city that has been rebuilding on top of itself since the time.of Romulus and Remus, some 27 centuries ago. Still there is enough construction going on now to further tangle the already crowded city. And if you want to hear a Roman groan, you need only msmion 2,004 the year the city has bid to host the Summer Olympics. million subway line that would carry people straight to the colonnades of St. Peter's square. Earlier this summer, however, Rome's mayor suggested that only three subway stops will be done by the year 2000. A proposed tramway has run into resistance from residents and businesses along the line, and so far exists only as sporadic sections of open trench. 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