Show 4A Standard-Examin- Saturday September 17 1988 er National backs using abortion tissue NIH Archaeologists trying to protect Yellowstone sites BETHESDA Md (AP) — A National Institutes of Health advisory committee recommended Friday that medical research using tissue from intentionally aborted human fetuses receive federal backing Although all the votes taken by the 21 member panel of outside medical ethical religious and legal experts were tentative the panel’s chairman acknowledged at a news conference that he could not visualize a reversal of the fundamental recommendation The vote to “recommend that research proceed” was 19-- 0 with two abstentions HOT can advise on what historically MAMMOTH SPRINGS Wyo (AP) — Arsignificant sites are threatened chaeologists work side by side and warn firefighters where not to dig fire lines with firefighters trying to pre“That archaeologist may say serve historic sites at Yellowstone National Park that have ‘You shouldn’t put a line here been threatened not only by fire or you don’t want to put a ‘dozbut by the bulldozers sent in to er line there’ ” said Capek This week Capek worked to halt them Officials say they may never mark one known site that is still know just how' many sites ol threatened a cluster of a type of old Indian settlements and Indian hut known as a wickiup traces of early white explorers located in an area of the park have succumbed to the flames ' where fires are still relatively acd that have devastated nearly half tive The dwellings the country’s oldest national date back more than a century She planted metal spikes into park “The problem in Yellowstone the ground that will show future is that very very little of the researchers where the huts are even if everything above ground park has had an intense archaeis later burned away ological survey” said Sonya Ca“The fire hasn’t hit them yet pek a park cultural resource but there’s a good chance they specialist Lack of funds has prevented ’may” she said “That’s a rearchaeologists from studying source that very well could be more than percent of the huge lost in fire activity but they park closely said Capek She (the wickiups) have been re-- ’ said only 5 percent to 10 percorded” At one point this summer cent of the park has had any kind of archaeological survey another cluster of wickiups in even a windshield review from the northwestern corner of Yelsomeone in a vehicle lowstone was threatened “But The fires have burned mainly the plans people (firefighting in thick stands of strategists) were ready to protect lodgepole pine and Capek and them” Capek said As the fire approached the other officials believe there archaewere not probably many dwellings she notified the fire ological sites destroyed in those command of their existence and areas Still they can’t be sure precautions were taken In many cases archaeologists “Whether we’ve lost things that we don’t know about we will have to wait until the fires abate before they can learn what just don’t know” said Capek As thousands of firefighters happened to historical sites battled the flames in the park For example Timothy Mann this summer each command a park naturalist and historian organization for a major fire has said he could not say whether had a field archaeologist who the flames had claimed trees the State said “there have been some threats against mission personnel” and that the administration wanted to reduce their “vulnerabilities” The cutback was recommended by Ambassador Arthur Davis and has been under way since last Charles E Redman Department spokesman Associated & Press Browning Armory 625 E 5300 S Come spend an hour browsing thru the treasures of yesteryear Over 50 dealers John Sonya Capek uses a rock to drive a metal stake at the location of an Indian hut near Mammoth Hot Springs r Newspapers WASHINGTON — Sloppy accounting at the State Department’s travel advance office has resulted in millions of dollars in overdue accounts writeoffs of hundreds of thousands of dollars and scores of transactions to such bogus employees as “Ludwig Van Beethoven” auditors found Government more than $20 million was owed to the government at the end of 1987 by State Department cm- - Swapped girl possibly found Krnqht RiocVr Ncwtpn: PHILADELPHIA — A girl located in Florida could be the child of a couple in suburban Langhorne who haxe charged in a $100 million suit that their infant was switched with another at the Florida hospital where she was born Marvin Ellin the Baltimore attorney for Ernest and Regina Tw'igg said Friday that an working for him found the d blond girl liing in the a area Fort inxes-tigat- ployecs and consultants who burns made when US Army troops chased Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce tribe in 1877 winching their wagons down a steep slope Mann also wondered about the fate of trees along Yellowstone’s southern boundary that spring Redman said it would be completed unless Secretary of State George P Shultz received “appeals” from other agencies and decided in their favor Other offices that may be closed or severely reduced are the Justice Department and the US Customs Service Reagan was asked if the cutefg back would hamper forts while he was having his photograph taken with NATO Secretary General Manfred Woer-ne- r in the Oval Office “No I don’t think we’re doing anti-dru- Of the 23200 outstanding advances $154 million was overdue a 144 percent increase over 1985 The State Department also has resorted to accounting tricks to rover its dismal collection record making hundreds of transactions under bogus accounts with fictitious names and Social Security numbers investigators found Beethoven's number was 123-4- Saturday Sept 24 9 Sunday Sept 25 10 bore markings by the first surveyors of Yellowstone Paradoxically the fires can be beneficial to archaeologists in one way in burning away thick undergrowth that hides “lithic scatters” — arrowheads primitive stone tools and spear points in the ground that would not be damaged by fire Capek said 504 OFF fraud waste and abuse still exists Internal controls are still seriously flawed” the General Accounting Office concluded in a recent report to Rep Jack Brooks The Texas Democrat who chairs the legislation and national security subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee has been monitoring accounting Tues Nights Starting Sept 20th “Let 9 963 2STH STREET OGDEN UTAH $4403 392-295- 1 The CLASSROOM OLYMPICS iui 8&1 OUTH KOREA s At A Glance Partlcioantsll 896 toil 988 UMMER OLYMPICS Competitors Men Women Nations Seiner Jerry BMWPEUGOT Be Your First Class Travel Agent: The Twiggs filed suit in federal Me- THE pm (6 weeks) GLASS CONNECTION 7-- r: WHEN ONLY FIRST CLASS TRAVEL WILL DO! 2 Peugot 405 European Car of the Year! 1978 MBW 735IL All New Luxury Touring They hase accused the personnel at the Florida hospital of altering records to hide the alleged swap to give away or sell the real Sedan 30 Models to Choose From "88 YEAR END PRICING SPECIAL LEASE RATES AVAILABLE" "Travel Agents Standing By" baby Twigg NOTICE Dr :o ?: fc? ic fe re 2V- - 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