Show ft 4 Standard-Examine- - ' National r Lawmakers rake in speech fees National briefs I : The hearirgs will begin in Mourners steal jewelry from bishop’s body CAMDEN NJ — A Sep- tember wuh testimony by former national security adviser Robert McFarlane as a test case said Gesell adding that a date will be set homeless man and a church later ' worker who mourned a bishop re-- J visited the body in the night and Student barricades self swiped a sacred gold cross and ring as he lay in state authorities said inside Florida Capitol I Fridas j i ' 1 The jewelry was recovered Fn- day The ring and the chain that held the cross were found at a pawn shop where they had been sold for $425 The cross was found at the house of the homeless man's sister It was missing a gem and a splinter that Roman Catholics believe came ' from the cross on which Jesus was crucified police said The ihett was discovered early Thursday as Camden Diocese offi- cials prepared a Saturday funeral tor retired Bishop George H Guil-foyGuilfoyle who died Tuesday at age 77 was spiritual leader for about 375 000 Roman Catholics m southern New Jersey for 21 years until he retired in June 1989 le ’ The theft occurred hours after mourners filed past the bishop's body which was on view in the rectory of the Cathedral of the Im- maculate Conception The boy was arrested Thursday d soup night at a kitchen after police received a tip from a kitchen worker who overchurch-sponsore- heard someone boasting about the theft Handy said Taylor was arrested a short time later Cancer-stricke- n youth attends his graduation n CHICAGO — A high school senior initially barred from his graduation ceremony because his large size and difficulty moving might be disruptive received his diploma Friday and a cancer-stricke- standing ovation from classmates James Stan 18 was wheeled on a stretcher to the base of the stage at Chicago's Orchestra Hall where George Washington High School Principal Reginald Brown met him and presented the diploma to his mother Brown patted Stan's hand as the crowd cheered Stan was tutored at home for the past two years since he was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer He has been bedridden since December His medication caused his weight to soar up to at least 250 pounds according to his mother Mary Ann Stan His nurse Dons Johnson es- limated his weight at closer to 400 pounds Lionel Corp seeking Chapter 11 protection st retail environment and extremely tight credit conditions” for its second dive under the Chapter 1 1 Fla — An TALLAHASSEE emotionally disturbed college student barricaded himself inside a fourth-floo- r office of Florida's Capitol on Friday holding combat-cla- d police at bay for several hours and raising questions about security in the Capitol complex He said he wanted to speak with Timothy Leary the 19t0s mentor g drug-takeBut of once he aired his demands for 666 doughnuts Japanese beer Chinese food a pizza with jalapeno peppers and a carton of cigarettes — and once his safety was assured — Marshall R Ledbetter Jr surrendered to a heav ily armed tactical team mind-alterin- rs 20-in- um--brel- la in a decade Lionel’s move underscores the dominance of Toys ‘R’ Us which has managed to snare a quarter of the US toy market in less than a decade Founded in 1918 Lionel is synonymous with the line of model trains that were once a staple of the American toy industry The company has dabbled in everything from carwashes to aerospace components and hasn't made trains m years They are still made by an unrelated company Lionel Trains Inc of Mount Clemens Mich Effort starts to reinstate Oliver North convictions WASHINGTON — A federal judge Friday set in motion the government’s bid to reinstate Oliver North's convictions in the affair but said there was only a slim chance of success “One wonders what it is we're trying to accomplish” US District Judge Gerhard A Gesell told attorneys in the case saying the complicated hearings would amount to “a ” pretty big can of worms The Supreme Court last month let stand an appellate court’s decision to set aside North’s three convictions The appeals court ordered Gesell to rev iew the trial testimony to decide whether witnesses were influenced by North’s forced testimony given under immunity to Congress Iran-Cont- ra W ASH1NGTON (VP) — House Wavs and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowxki raked in a congies-sionrecord S310 000 from speeches last year according to financial disclosure forms released Fridav Most other lawmakers also earned outside income to supplement salaries of nearlv $100000 Among the perks of office Dozens of lawmakers reported receiving free videotape copies of “The Civil War" the acclaimed public television program Courtesy of General Motors 1 Rostenkowski whose position as chairman of the House's committee makes him much in demand gave more than 90 percent of his speech fees to chanties of his choice to get down to the limit of $26 850 that House members are allowed to retain His total surpassed the old record $285000 which he set last year Rostenkow ski's speaking fees easily outdistanced everyone else in EST PALM BEACH Fla — A judge held off Friday on a gag order illiam Kennedy Smith's rape in trial and a prosecutor told the judge the Kennedy family was trying to sabotage the trial Circuit Judge Mary Lupo listened to two hours of arguments but said she will rule later on the defense motion for a gag order She set a June 19 hearing on a defense request to dismiss the charges against Smith which was based on alleged misconduct by prosecutors and prejudicial publicity Moira Lasch assistant Palm Beach County state attorney argued against a gag order and told Congress including Speaker Thomas S Folev who received $50 000 for 17 speeches and kept it all Republican Leader Bob Michel was paid $56 650 in honor-an- a and donated $27650 to chan- al R-l- il ty In the Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole earned the most in speaking fees receiving S "S 00 for 43 speeches and three newspaper articles The Kansas Republican kept the maximum allowed by law and donated the rest to charity Senate Majority Leader George 1 rank-and-fi- sv : — le W VS £ c v D-P- V £ !r '' is "V tv dr 5 4 ‘74 4 - s Sss s Sd $ HHUUuq a i wv lilt (JUVjUip I ? ’’Sxx I £1 — V t tr was paid Mitchell S40 000 tor 20 speeches and gave $10 000 of it to charity according to his disclosure form The Senate allows party leaders to keep $30409 other senators $2” 437 In the House the limits are $29 850 for leaders $26 850 for even one else House Maiority Whip William a H Gray was paid $75 000 in honoraria and gave $48500 to charity But you didn't have to have a lav-writi- Judge delays decision on rape case gag order X LI t s state-generat- the judge motions on behalf of Smith were intended to lure her in“built-i- n appellate errors" they could use to appeal an unfavorable trial verdict A Smith attorney accused Ms Lasch of trying to put Smith's uncle Sen Edward M Kennedy on trial Smith 30 faces an Aug 5 trial on second-degre- e sexual battery and misdemeanor battery charges stemming from a woman's claim he raped her at his family’s Palm' Beach estate March 30 US attorney general’s assistant leaves office WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Richard Stewart who headed the Justice Department's investigation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska said Friday he is leaving office to resume teaching Stewart denied that his resignation had anything to do with the frustrations of negotiating two settlements of the case with Exxon Corp R-I- ev Energy secretary says he has no plans to quit The Associated Press The shadow of Washington Monument points to the world’s largest American flag on the Mall in Washington Friday Biggest flag gets a day in the sun WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's biggest flag — so big it took hundreds of people to unfurl — got a day in the sun this Flag Day But you needed a bird's-ey- e view to see Old Glory in all its outsized glory With the aid of a crane iron- workers pulled “The Great American Flag” from its trailer literally by dawn's early light and spread it half its width near the base of the Washington Monument 250 tourists In and a large contingent from Evansville Ind where the flag was stitched together tugged mightily at the top edge and laid it out completely It was the flag's first public display here since 1983 when it was presented to the mid-morni- government This flag did not wave over the home of the free and the brave It is too big Engineers once batted down an idea of using the monument for a flag pole by saying the flag could topple the shaft Spectacular on the ground the view of the flag was best from the top of the 555-foWashington Monument So far the saga of the flag has been one of neglect and disappointment but Richard Austin head of the General Services Administration said that is about to change “We at GSA are committing now to next year displaying this flag here again and each year thereafter” he said ot kins took pains to address the rumors that he may quit and vigorously defended his commitment to safety and the need to resume WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary James Watkins accused some defense contractors Friday of mounting a “disinformation campaign” to undercut him and force his resignation But he said in an interview “I’m w here ’’ Rumors have been circulating for months that Watkins will resign this summer at a time when his depart- meet defense needs He maintained that there has been a concerted campaign to undercut hiS attempts to change the ment continues ergy in its $12 billion atomic weapons program While Watkins has been praised for reversing a “culture of neglect” and improving management controls at the department over the last two years some critics have argued that he still places too much emphasis on weapons production goals In an hour-lon- g interview Wat Keating won’t testify at civil trial next year LOS ANGELES — Former Lincoln Savings operator Charles H Keating Jr will not testify at his civil trial in January his lawyer said Friday The trial in Phoenix federal court combines a number of lawsuits including a $1 billion federal fraud and racketeering action and an attempt by investors to recover $250 million they lost on junk bonds sold at Lincoln branches Friday was the deadline for the defendants in the case to waive their right against It passed without Keating doing so his attorney Stephen C Neal said in a telephone interview from Chicago Joseph Cotchett a San Francisco lawver who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the bondholders said he never expected Keating to testify He said there are other witnesses Regulators say Lincoln’s failure is the costliest ever carrying a bailout tab of more than $26 billion N over the handling of safetv concerns and other problems ss - big title Even a relativelv obscure proval of an immediate ban In 1990 free travel often to exlawmaker such as Sen Kent Conotic locations and other gifts were D made more honoraria rad D-than he could legally keep and widelv accepted For example Rep Rod Chanmanv others lectured or wrote artidler and his wife encles lor extra money $15 000 visit to Common Cause a group which joyed a nine-da- y Australia as guests of the Australobbies for tighter government ethics calculated that the 67 senators lian Meat and Livestock Board ll traveled to who reported accepting honoraria Rep John Forter last year received more than $2 Brazil Puerto Rico England Bermillion and gave less than a third muda and the Soviet Union at othto charity House totals were not ers’ expense available by late Friday Rep Barbara Vucanovich Most senators made slightly less got a trip to Pans with her husband from Republicans Abroad than $98000 in congressional salaa group of party faithful living ry last vear For most House members official pay was slightly more ov erseas than $96000 Many lawmakers listed golf trips For the House 1990 was the last to warm locales during cold year lawmakers could keep outside months and often earned a big speaking fees which are often the honoraria to boot But not everyone Rep Don target of criticism Starting this spent three days year all must be donated to chari-t- oung in Cleveland in February courtesy The Senate meanwhile is graduof BP America The oil company ally reducing the amount senators paid him $400 for a speech there can pocket and several members well below the $2000 f oung usualhave been attempting to win ap ly commands to face criticism to 1 NEW YORK — Lionel Corp former maker of model trains and owner of the Kiddie City toy store chain sought protection from creditors Friday in Bankruptcy Court The nation's third-largetoy retailer cited “the current distressed Saturday June 15 1991 3A atomic weapons production department's management culture and that some weapons contractors have kept alive the rumors of his intended resignation “This is a disinformation campaign carefully crafted by some En- defense Department contractors because they don't like what I’m doing They think ‘The admiral will be gone soon and we’ll wait him out”’ declared Watkins He declined to name contractors But Watkins a retired admiral insisted he has no plans to jump ship and said he has the strong support of President Bush and congressional committees “I have some legacies to leave and I like to leave legacies” declared Watkins in the interview during which he also emphatically defended his progress in cleaning up the Energy Department Astronauts down to Earth but their mission continues Orlando Sentinel The crew members were wheeled off on recliners for more experiments as nine days’ worth of their blood and urine emerged from a freeze for months of laboratory analysis And the space shuttle Columbia back from its 11th flight prepared for a yearlong makeover in a Southern California factory Neither loose weatherstripping nor troublesome freezers spoiled Friday’s completion of NASA's Spacciab Life Sciences-- 1 mission the most thorough study of humans in weightlessness yet attempted by any space program The results of the Spacelab mission which began with a June 5 launch from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral Fla arrived at not-so-de- Edwards in the form of seven astronauts dozens of frozen fluid samples 29 white rats and 2478 tiny jellyfish Although the flight ended Friday the mission didn’t especially not for the four astronauts who served as the main subjects for the Space-la- b experiments of landing all Within a half-hou-r seven crew members were lying on special chairs and pulling away from their shuttle in a modified “people mover” NASA used the $200000 buggy because scientists wanted the astronauts to avoid exerting themselves before reaching the special research clinic set up to examine them as themselves they Earth's gravity 0 i i j A 71 &! YEAR f? jmlni Wimmfv ’ - CLASS which have subsequently collapsed But Stewart 51 acknowledged he was disappointed by the inability to settle the Exxon case A tentative settlement in 1990 fell apart when it was rejected by Alaska officials This spring a second deal fell apart when a federal judge rejected as too low the fine Exxon had agreed to pay “It has been frustrating because I think we had some good settlements” Stev art said in a telephone interview “Somebody else will have to wrestle with that" — Standard Examiner mi re seruccs TECHNOLOGY Fils Standard Square Stand 2 Very Simple Installation 1 3 Up to 30 Cooler 4 Longer Life 5 No Scraping 6 No Tarring WEBER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Education of Weber County School District will hold a public hearing on the adoption of the Fiscal 1991-9- 2 Budget and final adjustment of the 1990-9- 1 Budget at 6:15 PM Tuesday June 18 1991 at the Board Room at 5320 South Adams Avenue Washington Terrace Utah copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection with the District Business Administrator at the District Office at 5320 South Adams Avenue Washington Terrace Utah COOLERS STARTING FROM $599 INSTALLED A 2226 WASHINGTON t'luh Ovdtii 392-601- OPm 10 2855 0 m In S rim to PH SALES PARTS WASHINGTON 393-750- I 0 SERVICE 9:00-6:0- 0 9:00-4:0- 0 MON-FR- I SAT to |