Show "'" i 1 I 2A 50 Different Answer The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday February IS I9g9 Even Experts Aid Afghan Project Fail to Grasp Puts Contra Effort to Shame Tax Reforms Hush-Hus- h Continued From some of the "humanitarian aid" would be or used for military purposes by the Afghans For example AID imported hundreds of Tennessee pack mules — at a cost of MON each — to help carry food mad other supplies to isolated villages "A mule can carry a lot of things A gun can be carried on a mule" Cushing acknowledged current fiscal year budget of $68 mil- But he said the vast majority of supplies were used for basic humanitarian aid in a country whose population desperately needs assistance "In one way or another probably at least 1 million people have benefited from this program" Cushing A-- 1 lion Asked why the Afghan program had been kept out of the public eye Oakley said it had been necessary to keep the program "low key" because of danger from Soviet bombing missions Food is carried into Afghanistan in thousands of packets — each contains rice lentils spinach tea cooking oil dates and other supplies said Oakley said the aid program began in 1985 with an $8 million allocation It has grown each year reaching its Afghan Peace? Soviet Asks Bush to Help An Apology by Rushdie Might Save His Life Continued From A-- 1 gents have predicted Najibullah's government will fall soon now that the Soviets are gone The last of the Red Army's 115000 soldiers that had been stationed there returned home Wednesday Bessmertnykh said the withdrawal had created an "extraordinary opportunity" to end Afghanistan's civil war sparked nearly by the April 1978 coup in which the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan seized power The Soviets sent tanks and troops in the following year "We believe all countries should respond to the emerging opportunity conto put an end to the drawn-ou- t flict by promoting the complete and fast settlement of the situation and the reinstatement of Afghanistan as a prosperous strong independent d neutral and nation" Bessmertnykh said The message to Bush from Gorbachev was delivered to the White House on Friday by Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin said Bush press secretary Marlin Fitzwater Bush who was in St Louis at the time did not have a chance to read the full letter Fitzwater said Fitzwater said the message from Gorbachev "generally repeats their public position" been able to hold hostage our most sacred First Amendment principle" The announcement came a day after Waldenbooks another huge chain ordered copies of the book off store shelves because of violence threats Also Friday an Iranian news agency report monitored in Nicosia said tens of thousands of high school students marched through the center of Tehran shouting slogans People demonstrated throughout Pakistan and in Dhaka Ban- Continued From A-yesterday that this opinion does not imply any political gesture by Iran nor does it imply any interference in internal affairs of your country which we have diplomacy with It is purely a religious state1 ment" The book's publishers Viking said this week that it and the author "very much regret the distress the book has caused" Viking did not apologize for publishing the book British officials said Friday that threats against airliners made in India by callers claiming to represent the Iranian Guards were being taken "very seriously indeed" British Airways ordered searches of every bag put aboard its flights to India and the Far East In New York: the B Dalton d its 1250 bookstore anti-Britis- h 1000 gladesh protesters marched through the city chanting "Set fire to the US Mission!" and "Hang Salman Rushdie!" West Germany which is Iran's ex- biggest trading partner chain-ordere- pressed consternation with the campaign against Rushdie and recalled its charge d'affaires Irom Tehran Kuwait's foreign undersecretary Suleiman Majed Shaheen rejected Iran's call for an emergency session of the Islamic Conference organintion saying the book "did not deserve all this stores to pult"The Satanic shelves citfrom Verses" display ing fears for the safety of employees and patrons It did not say whether it had received anay specific threats "We have never before pulled a book off our shelves" said Leonard Riggio chief executive officer in a statement "It is regrettable that a foreign government has fuss" "BOMA PPMNOMOM011MMM Continued From A-turn Twelve of the experts made the wrong choice on the tax treatment of inherited US savings bonds raising the family's taxes by $3300 The family had salaries of $56400 but both spouses quit their jobs during the year and took big lump-suwithdrawals from their pensions The wife set up her own business the husband was negotiating to buy his own company The couple had several investments owned two homes and inherited a third from the wife's 1 mother The biggest problem for the experts — although it had a relatively minor impact on the family's taxes — was calculating the deduction for interest The 1986 law made major changes on this deduction Ten preparers were wrong in claiming the husband's mother who lived with the family all year as a Nineteen experts dependent claimed three times too much depreciation on equipment used in the wife's new business However Money reported some errors cannot be blamed on the new law The magazine said 14 professional preparers made the wrong calculation on a loss on the sale of stock — an area of law that dates back to 1921 Money noted that the survey was conducted before much of the computer software widely used in the business was ready for this year's returns With computers the results would have been better the magazine said although Fitzpatrick said computers would not have prevented the most common goofs It is not just professional return preparers who are having trouble with the new law Two weeks ago a survey by the General Accounting Office an arm of Congress found that IRS person' nel whose job is to answer telephoned queries from taxpayers gave the right response to test questions only 64 percent of the time during the last filing season it Rushdie Novel Jury Awards Hudson's Homosexual Lover Yanked But $725 Million More in Punitive Damages Sales Soaring the jury the trial Geernaert $725 jury's LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A million in punitive awarded and exemplary damages Friday to the homosexual lover of Rock Hudson adding to the $145 million he had already won because Hudson did not tell him he had AIDS The Superior Court jury of seven women and five men ordered Mark Miller 63 Hudson's personal secretary and friend to pay the money which was half of what the plaintiff Marc Christian had asked for A lawyer for the late actor's estate which along with Miller were or-dered to pay the earlier award to Christian for compensatory dam United Presnnternational By Bookstores around the country Friday reported skyrocketing sales of Salmon Rushdie's ''Satanic Vfrses" while others made jittery by telephoned threats pulled copies off their shelves Waldenbooksthe nation's largest bookstore chain pulled the book from its shelves because of threats by Moslem fundamentalists angered by the novelist's portrayal of Mohammed "We aren't selling them anymore" said an employee at one of two Waldenbooks outlets Friday in Grand Rapids Mich who refused to give his name "We pulled the books off the shelf and were told not to get anymore We just aren't carrying them" 'Viking Penguin the book's publisher closed its Manhattan offices after receiving a bomb threat Thursday the ninth threat in two months and the second this week The firm planned to stay shuttered through Monday's holiday Elsewhere booksellers indicated the controversy had made a bestseller out of a flop "We have indeed had a run" on sales for the book said Bruce Silva manager of the Words Worth bookstore in Cambridge Mass "We sold Well over 200 in the past two days" :Carolyn Fenton manager of Book-stoin Alamo Heights said "We had a display of it for three weeks and it just sat there I can't remember selling one off it Then like that they were gone" The Harvard Cooperative Society Which operates fcur stores at Harvard two at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology and one in downtown Boston has sold out of about 100 books said James A Argeros president of the society :Asked whether he would the book Argeros said "I really don't want to answer that because I really don't know what we would do read there's a contract out for the author and I'm sure as hell not going to put in jeopardy the students and other people who walk into my stores" Argeros said "I don't want to be a marked man by some idiot" ages said he would ask Judge Bruce Under Cal- for a new ifornia law an estate cannot be or- dered to pay punitive damages It is the first time a jury has ever awarded money to a person who did not get AIDS which can be transmit- ted through sex but lived in fear of it The jury found Miller whom Christian sued along with Hudson's estate in 1985 acted with malice and a "willful disregard for his Chris- tin's rights and safety" in conceal- ing Hudson's disease from him so the actor could continue to have high- risk sex with the younger man - (:45' 0 ---- cr t 'Mk' - -- 0 N ô $35 million showcase art museum created by 7 a five-alar- nommoll 5 egg 1111- - 0!1!-Il- - i z - p one-tim- a alkAlt t ip 40711 ----- Beverly Hills designer Tony Duquette who watched in horror as flames raged through e the synagogue and destroyed the life's work of the renowned artist There were no injuries in the spectacular blaze which forced the evacuation next door of 1000 rock fans from famed rock promoter Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium which was untouched by flames in the blaze "My life is burning up" the Tony Award winner Duquette said Thursday night as he watched the fire at his Western Addition "Everything all my life's work is in there it : 416 4 SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — Fire gutted the t t :---- Qs 1 collections" flames gutted the building and destroyed All my - 41111111 I used to have the extensive collection of tapestries paintings and unique and unusual art works displayed amid wooden arches and trusses in the ornate interior that helped feed the flames officials said 2 (8 d rock collection but then slingshot" a tr '''' It a01:-- wir A I got a ) p: :' A : ''' f :k ? N ? s One man died at the scene two others died in the emergency room of Henry Ford Hospital and one was dead on arrival at Detroit Receiving Hospital officials said Assistant Fire Chief Salvatore Finazzo said officials had information indicating the fire that began on the brick first floor of the building may have been set 100-roo- " t a44 ' —0 sq n 4 N$1114dededluv — 41 14 Gretchen Carlson Leo Durocher Prince Charles was the special guest of President and Mrs Bush and a few guests at an intimate dinner Friday in the rustic setting of Camp David White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that the prince of Wales who arrived in Washington Friday morning on a private visit was accompanied to the presidential mountaintop retreat in Western Maryland by Sir Anthony Acland the British ambassador and Mrs Acland The other invited guests were Henry Catto US ambassador-designat- e to the Court of St James and national security adviser Brent Scowcroft The British heir to the throne also had an appointment to meet Friday afternoon with Vice President Dan Quayle at the vice presidential mansion on Observatory Hill Presidents' Day holiday The president was spending the three-daweekend at the heavily guarded hideaway s I- t r ' 1 ' :' ' :::":: :::: 'H::::: :: :::::': ': N::': r: - I 1 : : z4t'"'A : ' - :: '( :' :'k:-:::::t- ' :: ic44 ::':: :: ::: l z: : :::: :::: : ' 4:45s' c:4) :: :75'77'':-'- '':i':::':'''''''''''''4 r:z :::::: : ' ' ::::: is:::::t::::::: i::4 '::i''-- 4 4 :: '::'"!- :: - : ' ::::: : ':::::::'::::':: ' z :1:4—:'"-:- :r':: i ::: 4(4iik-:0'''''''- ' :'::: :: ::::: : ' " ' ''''': ::::: ::: :1 :::::::::' ' :: I1 ::: :' ': w" " :':!::-:- —0??4310wv:7"1-74'?:7's7717- ' !:':'' :':i ::): Leo "The Lip" Durocher one of baseball's legends remained in serious but stable condition Friday recovering from injuries suffered in a traffic accident Durocher 83 a fiery manager who led three New York teams to the World Series suffered head lacerations Wednesday when his car struck another vehicle that turned in front of him said Detective Terry Robinson The other driver not identified also was injured Susan Pond a nursing supervisor at Desert Hospital described Durocher's injuries as serious but said his condition had stabilized She would not elaborate Durocher figured prominently as a manager and player from the 1920s to the 1970s earning the nickname "Leo the Lip" for his umpire-baiting personality and scrappy style of play He titled his autobiography "Nice Guys Finish Last" Gretchen Carlson Miss America says the public often expects beauty queens to be knowledgeable on world issues and that she wants to be remembered for addressing the importance of family and education "There are a lot of issues that Miss America is asked to address and people think you are an expert on every world problem" Carlson said "I would like to say that I am but I am not" she said "So you have to pick and choose So those are the two that I have decided upon" Carlson 22 of Anoka Minn said problems related to drugs viosex are "a manifestation of the breakdown of the lence or teen-ag- e family and the discipline within our society" She attributed that breakdown to homes where both parents work adding that much of what she has achieved was done with her family's help t : :: '4 c : 'ii: ' :: :: :': '' ' 4I'''''kgilt4g 111N100 '" ''''''VOit '': - a 11doks:: It f ' ''''91 ' '44As i 'Mt ' " 4 :4 V - r :t 1 Y ' ' i: '0'4''''"1IN jitoZ141t1x :71 Peutet Photo A NASA another plane in Norway prepares for mission to the data-gatherin- g A far the(e has been nc sign of measurable reduction In ozone content North Pole So ed LI i 4t 41 0 a to t 0 & Tom Cruise says Paul Newman is a very complex man "I don't think anyone fully understands Paul I suppose there are just ?:w too many sides to him and art :‘ '1 that's what makes him so '115711S it Cruise 26 exceptional" ' 7' says in the March issue of ' H McCall's "I've never met 1400 4" - r itit 0 j '3':: N :' i 4 p: t Y: 'I :?04 - anyone like him He's ( corn- - A plex and at the same time very sumpla” It was New- - man who II be 65 nextJan- ' uary who introduced Pq:Ilit '!f4:211:: Cruise to auto racing while 4'''' TA they were starring in the ( 44:'"e'':)-'4--4- :'"k 40 ":7 film "The Color of Mo- n 4 ey" "Paul would be driv- mg behind me and would i his car close to mine bring 4 and sometimes alongside to give me the feel of being Tom Cruise Paul Newman in traffic during a race" Cruise says "A few times he would smack me a little so I'd get to know what could happen out there" N ':0 :! 41i :: :4: city" Embers from from the area flames rained down over a block-wid- e and the heat could be felt a away Several caretakers who lived in the building escaped unharmed as 142 firemen and 26 pieces of equipment responded to the 9:15 pm blaze It was contained about 10:45 pm but hot spots burned into the morning and firefighters continued to pour water onto the smoldering structure Damage was estimated at $35 million to the building and $1 million to the contents fire officials said The fire apparently was touched off by a radiant heater that ignited combustible materials in one of four apartments in the museum an investigator said Newhouse News Service WASHINGTON — The layer of ozone over the Arctic is primed for chemical destruction similar to the kind observed over Antarctica scientists say but they don't know yet if man is the cause or will pay the price in terms of increased cancers "We have a situation where there is a race Theair is set up to destroy ozone"zAdrig Tuck of the National Oceanic and atmospheric Administration said Friday "The time scale for that destruction is weeks" Tuck and NASA scientist Robert Watson said ozone depletion over would not reach the Arctic probably s thP pmportinri-- that it has in the Antarctic where ozone drops of 50 percent have beon measured in the spring And Hwy don't know if pockets of ozone-diTletair will circulate from the poles over populated 1 y half-bloc- k looked out the window and people were jumping off the third and fourth floor -Somebody went and got a ladder but people were from somewhere still jumping It was like a nightmare I'm still scared" she said poSgt John Stevenson a lice veteran saw the smoke as he drove by in his patrol car 14-ye- j Jr areas of the world increasing huulmans' exposure to cancer-causintraviolet radiation from the sun The jury is completely out on whether there has been any change in ultraviolet radiation in the United States" Watson said Ozone screens the sun's ultraviolet rays According to Watson estimates suggest that a 1 percent decline in g the atmosphere's ozone content would result in a 2 percent increase in til radiation reaching the Earths surfiie That would produce a 3 percent lo 4 percent increase in skin Can CaS among peoples he said Tuck and Watson reported on the initial findings of an international research team that just completed a study of the chemical composition of the arctic atmosphere The work was timed to coincide with white-skinne- d a t 1 ' I 4 I IP A 0 so t 0 A 4 - I Abandoned Newborn Found on Porch Is Named for Finders i ROCHESTER NY (11P1) — A: newborn girl mistaken for a meow- - : I ing cat and found shivering in a box weath- on a back porch in er was thriving in a hospital Friday and named Tiffany Kisha for her two benefactors The infant was found in bitter cold about 5:10 pm Thursday by Tiffan3rAs Anderson 16 who went out to e01: t back porch to throw a bottle at whac4': she thought was a meowing cat 1i ti Instead she found a box holdin4 I the baby girl who waC-o- i 1 wrapped in a towel The shivering chilcrs umbilical cord was still at-tr? '' v tached the took inside and5 Tiffany baby with her sister Kisha:4: r cleaned the infant diapered her anoiCs I - 6 warmed her over a heating duct 1 The sisters' mother Denise re- - t ' turned a short time later and called ) : ) i police Friday the little girl named Tiffa- )0 ) ny Kisha in honor of her two rescu- iers was reported as healthy and in good condition at Strong Memorial : 4 Hospital Acting Police Capt Timothy Car- é nes said doctors estimated the baby t was three to four hours old when she was found yr "It was real fortunate they found I t her when they did" Carnes said t Carnes said the mother if found:i could face a charge of endangering t ' a' the welfare of a child It a4 — blood-covere- d i 1 Ozone Layer Over the Arctic Primed for Chemical Destruction Say Scientists - ' i A Prince Charles t :” al"444 a - A 1 1P- 4 iir "The whole place was a palace of art — it was the crowning achievement of his life" caretaker Tony Di Angelis said of the collection and the museum called the Duquette Pavilion of St Francis "It was his gift to the Nobody's in custody but we do have some strong suspects" he said Joanne McIntyre said she was awakened before dawn by shouts and pounding on her door "I got up and opened the door" she said "I smelled smoke and they started hollering 'Fire!' It was a panic Everybody was screaming I -- 0 A 1 A ' elt '' 1 11 - 07 Suspicious Fire in Old Detroit Hotel Kills 4 Injures 60 DETROIT (UPI) — Fire possibly started by an arsonist swept through an old residential hotel in a rundown neighborhood near downtown early Friday killing four people and injuring nearly 60 others Four police officers were among the injured fire officials said Many residents trapped on upper floors by flames suffered broken bones jumping to safety lit- 1 Ii I t '' 1 S-- : v- I I t1 i ' i - It 471-:-7- 4 '' - ' -r 11"-- ' Blaze Razes Famed Art Museum f r—at: -:::: - 44 0 :LV toe - 1 rt Ai N - Artist Watches in Horror by Hank Ketcham Dennis the Menace Christian 35 said message the world was: verdict sends ''Even though you must protect sex you yourself from high-ris- k still have a duty to warn" others if You have AIDS "If Rock Hudson had told me he had AIDS none of us would be here today" Christian said Christian who sued for the en- hanced emotional distress he sulfered when he learned he had been having sex with a man who had AIDS said that if he ever collects the punitive damages he would give some the money to groups who work with AIDS patients Spotlight OMOMIEMINI - i the most active period for icy arctic clouds called polar stratospheric 6 clouds that are a critical element in o ozone destruction they said I 6 The work did not produce any evi- 6 dence of measurable reduction in i6 ozone content but further analysis in 0 the laboratory will be needed to veri- 06 fy those results Tuck said 0 The researchers did find that the : chemical conditions necessary for t ozotre depletion are present over thq : $ Arctic most importantly chemicall active chlorine compounds in can II centrations 50 times higher than nal I mat In the presence of cold tem: oo peratures icy clouds and sunlight 4 these chlorine compounds can react 4 to destroy the ozone The chemical process of ozone de- struction requires time on the order" of weeks the scientists said That makes winter a critical time for ozone depletion 4 ‘ |