| Show 4A Standard-Examin- Saturday Nov 4 1989 er National National briefs Timetable eyed for Mars fli Court may refine ‘pleading the Fifth’ ' ' ' BALTIMORE (AP) — The of a woman behind bars for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of her son gives the Su- -' preme Court an opportunity to refind how the Fifth Amendment protects people against self-in-'crimination lawyers say Ralph Tyler III of the Maryland attorney general’s office plans to argue before the high court Tuesday that the importance of protecting an endangered child outweighs the constitutional claim of Jacqueline Bouknight who has been jailed in Baltimore for 18 months for contempt of court Her lawyers say the case could affect whether courts may use their contempt powers to per- suade defendants to produce evidence that could help convict case them “If Ralph were right we wouldn’t need a criminal code We could just hold people in con- i' tempt until they produce the evi- - state public defender who is resenting Bouknight rep-- I dence” said George Bums Jr a t i : Dakotans celebrate ' centennial birthday BISMARCK ND (AP) — j The Dakotas celebrated their 100th birthdays with vows to make the first years of the second 'I century bright ones despite declining economic fortunes in recent years s About 6000 scheduled to graduate in the year 2000 packed the Bismarck Civic Center on Thursday and counted down to 3:40 pm the time on Nov 2 1889 when North Dako- ta and South Dakota were admit-- ted to the union 7Hundreds of balloons floated from the ceiling and a cake glowed with 100 sparklers as the arena erupted into a boisterous “Happy Birthday” In South Dakota state officials braved freezing temperatures and a stiff wind for of swearing-i- n ceremony of the state’? first governor Arthur C ' second-grader- it-h-e Missions to moon planned first Scripps Howard News Service LOS ANGELES — craft will fly dozens US spaceof manned and robotic missions to the moon in the next 20 years as preparation for a human landing on Mars in about the year 2015 And at least three lengthy unmanned missions to Mars will be necessary before astronauts land Those plans were announced Barbara Bush (center) joins mayoral candidate Rudy Giuliani and his wife Donna for if the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is funded at levels of about 2 percent of the total national budget That would be well above today’s funding level for NASA but far below the 4 percent of the budget devoted to NASA during its Apollo program heyday of manned trips to the moon “Our goal is to have permanent Bush avoiding controversy in gubernatorial campaigns NORFOLK Va (AP) — President Bush campaigned for uriderdog Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey Friday talking of crime drugs and other “challenges of issue tomorrow" but avoiding the lightning-ro- d election campaign enof abortion as the tered its final weekend Stumping for J Marshall Coleman in Virginia and James Courter in New Jersey the president resurrected themes from his 1988 campaign book including his pledge against raising taxes But he steered clear of the abortion controveroff-ye-ar where he told students at a high school that if he is elected they can expect to be expelled from school if they get caught using drugs Wilder who also spoke at a northern Virginia senior citizens’ center Friday will sp'end the weekend before the election in the far southwest mountains of the state where United Mine Barbara Bush meanwhile was in New York City campaigning for GOP mayoral candidate Rudolph W Giuliani in his race against Democrat David N Dinkins The president’s wife spoke at a that brought in $360000 for the underdog Giuliani campaign She said the former prosecutor “knows that the New York City schools are our first and best hope for the people and the future of this very great city With Rudy at Gracie Mansion we have at last a real chance to turn fund-rais- sy Democrat L Douglas Wilder has made support for abortion rights a central theme of his campaign for governor of Virginia and recent polls say he is leading Coleman by margins varying from four to 15 points Rep James Florio is favored to return the governorship of New Jersey to Democratic control after eight years in Republican hands Abortion also has been in the forefront of the campaign in that state Wilder campaigned Friday in Portsmouth things ft quate" O’Handley and other space program officials said a permanent base on the moon will be a precursor of the mission to Mars Current timetables tentatively call for that base to be in place by 2004 “The lunar outpost provides an opportunity for testing of all systems we would use on Mars but only a three-da- y trip away” O’Handley said Washington inventor hopes project will fly Workers have been on strike since April Seattle Times officially called the Sky Commuter sits inside Barker’s shop at Paine Field south of Everett It can carry two passengers and its length and height are comparable to a compact car But that’s where the similarities end Barker’s aircraft which he estimates would cost $50000 has been designed for vertical takeoff and landing similar to a helicopter A computer and sophisticated software will assist the pilot in two years away from full produc- landings and navigation tion on a “The computer will not let the flying car aircraft get into an unsafe (posJust think: Instead of a ition)" Barker said “It will not EVERETT Wash — Less than a mile from the Boeing Co’s huge plant here Fred Barker is working on a different kind of flying machine Someday he believes his' creation will be parked in every garage — the lofty goal a man who wants to change the way Americans commute Call "him a dreamer or a fool — and plenty of people have — but Barker said his company is only aircraft-manufacturi- er around” The two gubernatorial races and the contest to succeed Ed Koch as mayor of New York were getting the most attention this light political year er Sex sports bias on ballots SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — elections have generated large - Mellette’s hometown n Will San Francisco voters reward contributions controversy and was declared “Capital for a their World Series losers with a national interest Mbay” But some political analysts bedowntown ballpark? Will they 4 approve a measure that grants lieve the quake’s devastation may the same benefits to “domestic dim voter enthusiasm Botanist begins In San Francisco Measure S partners" that married couples in airtight would allow unmarried and hoget? Tune in Nov 7 and find out as mosexual couples working for the ORACLE Ariz (AP) — A botsex sports and bias dominate city to formally establish their reanist has begun a ballots across northern Califorlationships as “domestic partstay inside an airtight nia ners" complete with funeral and enclosure that with sick leave benefits meaSome the of other ballot its own ecosystem and atmosures include repeal of an ordiProposition P would provide sphere is a possible prototype for nance for the construction of a 48000-sethat bans discrimination space colonization with in AIDS the ballpark in the city’s China against people bev— Linda 'Leigh on Thursday East district replacing chilly Basin Concord of Bay community came the third person to stay ina and residents Candlestick Park Givote of windswept by tiny 17000-cubic side the foot test ants owner Bob Lurie has threatmodule One colleague spent Bolinas north of San Francisco diened to move the team if the oltbree days in it in September over whether to install signs measure fails San Jose and Sacdrivers their to town recting 1988 and another scientist spent devon heels the a ramento are mentioned as possiof Coming five days in March ble new locales a and World astating earthquake Leigh plans to celebrate her Series that rivals “If it Joses it shows that San pitted cross-ba- y 39th birthday nine days from todon’t have faith in San Oakland and Francisco Franciscans the day by baking a sorghum cake in a microwave oven in the habitat’s efficiency kitchen After she spends two weeks inside the experimenters will eval- -' uate whether to continue toward a 21 day goal The scientists are testing systems designed for Biosphere WASHINGTON (AP) — A should be compensated for II a $30 million private venture scientific advisory panel took a ailments linked to exposure to scheduled to begin next Septemfresh look Friday at studies on Agent Orange in which four men and four ber Those ailments include maligwomen will live for two years in Vietnam veterans exposed to in an action that a skin condition known nancies Orange Agent a much larger sealed structure could aid thousands of veterans as chloracne and birth defects in seeking disability benefits offspring as well as miscarriages ComThe Veterans in spouses Advisory Jim Bakker mittee was being asked to apply a The new standard calls for the to Minnesota prison different presumably more liber- determination of a "significant ROCHESTER Minn (AP) — al standard when examining the statistical association” between Jim Bakker Friday received his studies to determine if veterans exposure and disease rather than to the defoliant are espe- a relationship expected transfer from a federal exposed to certain cancers That association means"“that it prone cially Minin in one to Alabama prison exVietnam is veterans least as at as not that the Many likely nesota to serve his time for deto Agent Orange used to purported relationship between a posed PTL followers of his frauding clear dense jungle say they suffer particular type of exposure and a television ministry officials said from a variety of ailments linked specific adverse health effect exHe arrived at the prison sysdioxin contamination of the ists" the regulations say to tem’s Federal Medical Center herbicide The new regulations also give here at about 11:45 am New benefit rules were issued VA Secretary Edward J Derwin-sHe Driver was Gary wide room in which to exertransferred Friday morning from after a May court order that said the Veterans Affairs Depart- cise his own judgment Derwinski the Federal Correctional Institument's existing standards were has given some signals that he tion at Talladega Ala more stringent than Congress in- wants to provide compensation Bakker 49 arrived at Talladewhen it decided veterans for those veterans tended ga the night of Oct 24 several hours after he was sentenced by a federal judge in Charlotte NC to 45 years in prison and fined $500000 ur themselves and their future" said Gerald Newfarmer executive director of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Opponents of the stadium say it will result in gridlock and is an unnecessary expense Some opponents of Measure S which Mayor Art Agnos backs claim the legislation is vague and could prove too costly for a city already financially strapped The Rev Charles Mcllhenny of the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Francisco said he sees no need for the “special legislation for homosexuals” and argues there’s been no evidence of discrimination Water-Jirow- stay ecosystem stecl-and-gla- ss at full-siz- The craft has been designed to achieve 85 mph at a cruising altitude of about 250 to 500 feet — high enough to circle the upper portion of the Space Needle “It works very similar to a helicopter” Barker said “We know we can control it and we are working to make it safe” Barker’s fascination with flying goes back to his childhood and it is his experience with aircraft that makes him confident his Sky Commuter will fly DOUG'S AUCTION & REAL ESTATE SALES INC Its Officers & Crew Support MAX THOMPSON For City Council The measure is “only for lovers gay or straight" he said It provides some of the Wa (eel Ms updated and responsi- ble ideas would greatly benefit Ogden City! live-i- n ' - commute by car roll” from Everett to downtown Seattle you could fly and make it in less than 20 minutes No traffic traffic Just signals no rush-hoa smooth ride — at 500 feet above the ground “The concept has been around a long time" said Barker president of Flight Innovations Inc a private firm backed by more than 70 investors “People have a very hard time visualizing this but we know it is going to work” e A model of the vehicle N Californians to decide on ballpark and domestic partners Mellette !- here Friday by space program officials who said all the proposed missions can be flown and paid settlements on Mars” Douglas O'Handley chief of NASA’s exploration office told a meeting of the American Astronautical Society here “But we can’t do it without a lot of life sciences research And we will have to learn to develop huge structures like a space station in deep space We'll launch also need a new heavy-livehicle for the mission to Mars The space shuttle is just not ade- same benefits as marriage Mcll- henny said without the attending f responsibilities -- Paid Political Ad-- Panel will take fresh look at Agent Orange -- transfers cause-and-efie- ct ki New Design Rafters For More Headroom Double Doors I&QiiOO tongue 1 groove floor Phan JOE 6217435 To Order or CARL 731-01- 82 e Shingles - your choice of color Kits available or build on site QUALITY BUILT TO LAST!!! SNEDDON WINS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH AWARD Scott Sneddon Ogden’s Sister City Chairman was presented the “Best Overall Youth Program award by Sister Cities International at a recent conference attended by 1200 delegates from around the world The award was given to Scott Sneddon for involving over 5000 youth from the Ogden area in the Ogden Sister City Program The award was presented to Sneddon by J Edward Hall Vice President of the Reader’s Digest Foundation and Richard G Neuheisel President of Sister Cities In- ternational Winning ‘Best Overall Youth Program award dem- onstrates Scott Sneddon’s ability to involve the youth of Ogden In responsible and challenging activities This international achievement recognizes Scott's initiative and outstanding leadership Last year Scott was also recognized by Sister Cities International at a similar conference where he received an award for his work for revitalization of the Ogden UtahHof Germany Sister out-standi- Cities Program SNEDDON IS RIGHT FOR OGDEN!! 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