Show Standard-Examine- r Feb 3 1990 Saturday 5A National Bush pushes research and development funding KNOXVILLE Tenn ( AP) — President Bush pointing to concerns the United States is in danger of being dethroned as the “world champion" of science and technology urged Congress on Friday to swiftly approve his plan to boost spending on research and development Bush went on the road to tout his plans to spend $71 billion on science and technology in fiscal 1991 and to respond to criticism that his education budget — a proposed 2 percent increase over 1990 — is insufficient to improve performance in the nation’s schools The $71 billion is $45 billion more than the money enacted for 1990 according to White House figures During his visit to two universities in Tennessee and North Carolina the president toured a lab he termed semiconductor science including doubling spending for the National Science Foundation by 1993 “Building America’s competitive strength today also means that we need quick congressional action on our other proposals for investing in new capital — intellectual capital” he said In answer to questions from students about federal funding for education however Bush stressed that in terms of spending “I still believe a lot of the emphasis has to be at the local and state level” Bush announced Friday he comwas creating a mittee headed by White House science adviser Allan Bromley and including 14 private-secto- r members to advise him on “all areas of science and "awesome" and stood in a room for several minutes attempting to see an experipitch-dar- k ment involving microorganisms that control chemical pollution in contaminated water and soil "In science and technology the United States is today the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world" he told an audience at the University of Tennessee “Yet some wonder if America has lost its competitive edge and ask if we must now look overseas for the answer" Bush said “The United States is the defending world champion but we have to defend our title day by day week by week year-i- n and the president said year-out- ” Bush urged Congress to ap- prove his budget proposals in jfysSr Associated Press President Bush looks through a spectrometer during a tour at North Carolina State Jackson debt negotiation questioned Hotel owner denies settlement was gift to WASHINGTON (AP) — Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign negotiated a debt settlement with a California hotel owned by a Jackson supporter but failed to report the debt or the agreement as required by law according to the supporter and election records The hotel owner A Bruce Rozet on Friday confirmed a $75000 Jackson campaign bill at the Hollywood Roosevelt was settled for $45500 but disputed an account by two former employers who said Rozet — a Jackson delegate at the 1988 Democratic convention — forgave the remaining $30000 as a gift to Jackson Rozet said it was a business negotiation based on the possi bility that there had been overbilling and on the fact that the Jackson campaign was good business for the hotel If a gift it would be an illegal contribution cither by Rozet who as an individual donor could give no more than $1000 to a candidate or by any of his companies Corporations are prohibited from making political contributions in federal elections 4n any event Federal Election Commission reports filed by the Jackson campaign show only the $45500 payment to the hotel Campaign finance laws require candidates to promptly report all debts in excess of $500 and all settlements for less than the initial bill amount The FEC which is in the pro- - National briefs Murder charge filed in death of reporter PHOENIX (AP) — An inmate pleaded innocent Friday to a renewed murder charge in the 1976 slaying of an investigative reporter for the Arizona Recar-bo- public James Robison 67 of Chandler was convicted of killing Don Bolles in 1977 but the conviction was reversed on appeal Robison remained in prison on an unrelated conviction and was still there when Attorney General Bob Corbin filed the new murder charge last fall Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Thomas O’Toole set trial April 19 In addition to the murder charge Corbin’s office has been working with a state grand jury investigating a possible conspiracy to obstruct earlier investigations of the Bolles probe Crew on doomed FAA plane was drinking GREENSBURG Pa (AP) — of a FederThe pilot and al Aviation Administration plane that crashed in 1988 killing all three crew members were seen drinking the night before the accident according to a federal report The National Transportation Safety Board report released this week in Washington also said the previously had lost his driver’s license for driving under the influence of aldbhol The board ruled the pilot’s failure to reduce ice buildup caused the jet to crash in Vi miles from November 1988 the Westmoreland County Airport near Latrobe The NTSB report said the pilot James E Burger 64 of NJ had a level of 0057 percent and the Richard M Wadsworth had 46 of Ocean City NJ traces of alcohol in his urine Also killed was an FAA technician co-pil- ot co-pil- ot twin-engi- property in Massachusetts which “he never mentioned never used” Gerald Lefcourt of New York Hoffman’s attorney and friend for 20 years said Friday Hoffman held 5 percent of the 1 property worth about $100000 which his father left to him his brother sister and mother Lefcourt said and thus he could not give it away as he did most of his wealth Thieves discovering computer crime pays (AP) — Criminals have discovered the value of computers and are using them “in crimes of unprecedented economic cost” the National Institute of Justice said Friday The institute cited a recent accounting firm study that estimated $3 billion to $5 billion in thefts each year by high-tec- h criminals “Increasingly computers are being found in the illegal activities of drug networks” said Attorney General Dick Thornburgh “Drug traffickers use them to communicate with each other record their transactions and transfer and launder money” The crimes include electronic funds transfer fraud and theft of commercial inventories WASHINGTON The report mentioned a former insurance firm employee in Fort Worth Texas who used a program to delete more than 160000 records from the company's computer and also a prostitution nng that had a data base of more than 80000 clients their credit card numbers and sexual preferences ne 1 1 Lin-wo- blood-alcoh- co-pil- ot Hoffman estate worth more than expected PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hoffman a 1960s activist Ab-b- ie who gave away most of his earn- ings had more assets when he committed suicide last spring than previously believed his attorney says His estate is worth more than $37000 according to tax papers filed in Bucks County Courthouse in Dolcstown instead of the $2000 reported last fall A large portion of that amount came from Hoffman’s share of a Baby Shamu to head for Buckeye State ORLANDO Fla (AP) — The original Baby Shamu the first killer whale born and raised successfully in captivity will be taken away from her mother this month to become the star of her own Sea World show in Ohio Florida's Department of Natural Resources has authorized the separation and transfer from the Sea World marine park in Orlando — the first time a captive killer whale has been intentionally separated from its mother state officials say Federal wildlife officials also agreed to the move The compan doesn't expect the move to affect cither the offmother or her a Sea World spokesman spring 5-- y car-ol- d said Thursday “We really anticipate no problems at all" said Nick Gullat-s- c heck Jesse Jackson presidential campaign cess of auditing the 1988 Jackson campaign refused to say whether matter was under any investigation The hotel billing was first publicly disclosed Friday in The Washington Post Jackson aides contacted Friday either declined comment or said they were not familiar with the matter Jackson was traveling and unavailable for comment He told The Post he was not involved in the negotiations with the hotel but did not believe Rozet or his company had paid campaign expenses “Absolutely not” Jackson said Rozet in a telephone interview Friday said he had no role in the debt settlement Asked about comments in The Post account by two unnamed former hotel employers who termed the settlement a “gift” Rozet said: “That is totally untrue If we were trying to hide it why did we bill him in the first place?” Rozet said hotel managers contacted him when initial efforts to collect the bill were unsuccessful Rozet said he referred the managers back to the Jackson campaign and that one hotel employee was sent to Jackson campaign quarters to collect the bill head- “My understanding of it was that there was some question as to whether some of the Jackson people including traveling press and security people had beer billed the top rate when they should have been billed 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