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Show The Salt Lake Tribune AlabamaFinally May Pay For Rape Victims’ Tests THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Julie Lindsey was robbed, kidnapped, handcuffed to a tree and raped. Then a hospital nearly sued her because she did not have money to pay for her own rape exam. Alabamais the only state requiring most rape victims to pay for the exams needed to gather the semen, hair and fiber samples used to prosecute rapists. A bill to end the policy nearly died in the Legislature until a stoTy appeared in The Montgon Advertiser, and Gov. Fob James movedthe bill to the top of his agenda for today. “There's a lot of things about this crime that strike me as strange. This is just one of them,’ said Lindsey, who was abducted by two men from the motel where she worked and raped 10 years ago. She agreed to be identified for this article NATION/WORLD Monday, Ju y 24, 1995 y Alabama crime in whichth victim bears the cost of evidencecollection, said Anita Drummond, director of the siate Rape is Crime Victims Compensation Commission Drummond wants lawmakers to allow her commission to pay for the exams. Without making that change Alabama stands to lose its share of $35 millionin law-enforcement training money available under the 1994 Violence Against WomenAct The governor’s supporttilts the oddsin the bill's favor, said sponsor Rep. Tony Petelos, but Drummond still is concerned. “Rapeis probably oneof the lowestissues on the totem pole.” Panetta: Ending Bias Efforts May Cost Schools Money THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The University of California’s decision to end affirmative-action programs was “a terrible mistake” andwill trigger a Justice Department review of federal contracts with thestate, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Sunday Panetta, appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” said the action by the university regents was “a ey and contracts could be affected bythe decision. major retreat in terms of a uni- versity anda state that has always been on the leading edge of moving forward” on civil-rights issues, He said the Justice Department and other agencies would review their relationships with the state to determine whether grant mon- Regents declared Thursday that race and gender no longer would be considered in school admissions, hiring and contracting. But they exempted any changes that would result “in loss of federalor state funds for the university.” Japan’s Premier Survives as Party Takes a peng THE zl TOKYO — Japanese vot- ers handed the governing coalition a Sunday in sharp puke parliamentary elections marked by a record low turnout. But Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, backed byhis ruling alliance, said the showing wasnot bad enough to make him resign. Murayama’s Socialist party and his dominant coalition ally, the Liberal Democrats, fell well short of their original targets. Together they won half the contested seats in Parliament's less powerful upper house. The main opposition party did better than expected. Results suggested that many votersare dissatisfied with the government’s re- sponseto a lingering recession. ‘A3 Critics Scold Britain For Secret IRA Talks Lo: S ES TIM LONDON — The I tish gov ernment disclosed Sunday that Northern Ireland Secretary Patrick Mayhew held secrettalks last weekwith Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader Ge S drawing the wrath of Protestant unionists. The meeting was held. the British government said. ‘to explcre the way forward” in the Northern Ireland peace process. Adams —- the leader of Sinn Fein, the IRA’s political arm — declared Sunday that although Tuesday's talks in the Northern Irelandcity of Londonderry were “businesslike,” he is not optimis- tic that all-party talks on the future of the troubled province: sought by Sinn Fein, will start soon. 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