| Show Pag 2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday July 14 1997 nun I I Gates firmly atop billionaires list In brio! Space shuttle crew expects NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's top billionaires for the third straight year and he's pulling away from the pack as his software empire rides the stock market's record-settin- g wave Gates' net worth doubled to $364 billion over the past year That put him nearly $9 billion ahead Walton family the $276 bilof the second-plac- e fortune Forbes said fat lion heirs to the Wal-Ma-rt its 1 1th annual rankings released Sunday Gates’ personal wealth has swelled as investors more than doubled the stock price of Microsoft whose Windows operating system is the most popular for running personal computer functions Utah had two billionaires in the lop 200 Indus-trialiJon Huntsman ranked 147 with a fortune worth an estimated at $22 billion Medical equipment businessman James Sorenson's worth was estimated at $2 billion He was ranked 169th Idaho potato merchant JR Simpkx was ranked 93rd with a fortune worth $32 billion Forbes says in its July 28 issue that it limited the list of billionaires this year to the top 200 because the rapid rise of the global economy and stock mar-ket- s has produced nearly 500 billionaires worldwide There were 447 on last year's list and just 96 experimental breakthroughs CAPE CANAVERAL Fla (AP) — The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia say it may be a while before their combustion and metal experiments improve life on Earth “We have a lot of breakthroughs we're working on Donald Thomas said Sunhere" astronaut-physici- st day "It might be a few years before they find their way into everyday life down on Earth but this is basic research and we're pioneering out here" y As of Sunday the 12th day of the Aide the crew had burned more than 165 small fires in Columbia's sealed combustion chambers That's more tests than had been planned Thomas said “and we're not done yet so I think we're getting over 110 percent of our science output" Scientists hope to eventually improve combustion processes on Eanh as a result of the experiments and perhaps even reduce air pollution And the melting and cooling of metal samples aboard Columbia ultimately could lead to new alloys and improved metal processing on Earth Columbia and its crew of seven are scheduled to land Thursday morning at Kennedy Space Center 16-da- st Gas price decline may end and the Man candy family at No 9 with $12 bil' lion Sacfaier In fifth place were the Oeri Hoffman and families or Switzerland heirs of the Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche with $143 billion Rounding out the top 10 was the Quandt family of Germany which owns half of BMW and is worth $117 bti-Yoshiaki Tkutsund the Japanese real estate and Alan Buffatt when the magazine started the rankings 10 yean ago Wdl Street’s bull market also helped American billionaires double their spots in the lop 10 ranking with six slots Last year Asians made up half the top 10 list but this year only two were ben: Hong Kong real estate magnates Lee Shau Kee Na 4 with $147 billion matte Kwok brothers No 8 at $123 billion Of the American entries investor Warren Buffett was No 3 at $232 billion and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen stood at No 6 with $141 bil- The other Americans in the top 10 were the Haas family of Levi Strauss seventh with $12J billion on the auction block LOS ANGELES (AP) — It J was O per-gallo- Simpson's dream house a huge home with six baths a tennis court waterfalls and an Olympic-siz- e swimming pud He bought it 20 years ago near the end of his amazing football career and before he entered the Hall of Fame Before he made a fortune in the movies before he Some wholesale markets are showing price self-servi- ce last year as his country’s property market continued to falter Hong Kong which this month returned to Chinese control after 156 yean of British rale placed seven billionaires on the list including Nina Wang the world's second richest woman Her net worm of $7 billion from running the Chinachetn real estate empire ranks second behind lilisnr Bettencourt the $84 billion heiress to the L'Qreal cosmetics fortune Forbes provided a separate ranking of dictators and royalty excluding them from the global billionaires lik since they have no direct role in managing businesses The Sultan of Brunei worth $38 billion heads the list Cuban president Fidel Casfro I is No 10 with $14 billion OJ’s dream house LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gasoline prices have dropped a cent per gallon at pumps across the nation so far this month but an industry analyst says the year-lon- g price decline may be coming to an end The average retail price of gas including all grades and taxes was $124 on Friday said Trilby Lund-ber- g who surveyed 10000 stations across the country The price was more than a penny higher two weeks ago Overall prices have dropped nearly 65 cents per gallon since the beginning of the year a drop broken by just a single increase in May And Friday's price was mare than 8 cents lower dun the $133 per gallon at this time a year ago But Lundberg said prices may start creeping up soon increases she said and retailers have passed on to customers the savings from lower crude oil prices earlier in the year n At pumps Friday's average transportation mogul who was once the world's richest businessman slid to No 22 from seventh to Coratta Scott Nog the widow of Dr Martin Luttar King apt annual convention of tie NAACP in Pittsburgh on Sunday price for gas including taxes was $11907 for and $13745 unleaded regular $12928 for for premium At pumps regular was was $16532 and premium was $15682 $17223 to crowd VbKSd at to 888i NAACP shines spotlight on police brutality cases mid-gra- de full-servi- ce mid-gra- de The home is encumbered by numerous liens and Simpson borrowed on it to help pay millions in legal bills He hadn't made a mortgage payment in married Nicole Brown — and long before be was accused of murdering hen "He totally loved it” said real estate agent Elaine Young who sold him the Brentwood property "He had been looking for two years and he said he never needed to look at another house again after he saw it This was it" But the ‘Men in Black' No 1 box office home with all of its memories LOS ANGELES (AP) — While scientists probed for Simpson was to be offered in PITTSBURGH (AP) — The 1995 death lights while driving a Jaguar belonging to a foreclosure auction the surface of Mars their fellow humans made alienIf no ofaMackmotorist while in the custody of bu cousin Ray Sods a lineman with the one bids the titletoday to hunting the most popular theme at the weekend box suburban goes Pittsburgh police is a rallying Carolina Panthers of the National Football Hawthorne Savings the first lien office as "Men in Black" and "Contact" topped the point for both delegates inside and list holder: Police said Gammage hinged at a police "Contact” opened with $205 million in ticket testers outside the NAACP's The sale marks the end of an officer after one struck him He suffocated sales while "Men in Black" earned $305 million to convention affluent lifestyle fix a man who “Police brutality — a community while five officers restrained him Kttft trJtnn mnA wwrtiftfw rale No 1 for a second week according to estimates Outside the David L Lawrence Conresponse" was a workshop topic today at ‘ in the past three years Simpson h elegant style t Sunday' jv vn- " "Men in Black" starring Will Smith and Tommy the gathering of the nation's oldest and vention Center more than two dozen was acquitted of murdering his ’’his football days gave way to a testers distributed fliers over the Lee Jones as secret police protecting Earth from largest civil rights organization wife and her friend Ron Gold- - budding movie career a screen"We don't think a city as evil as Pittsthe issue can’t “We afford to sweep milcriminals has now intergalactic grossed $140 ing room was added under the rug" said Leroy Warren Jr a burgh should have the honor of playing lion After he and Nicole divorced said Hemy While a local NAACP "Contact" a more serious look at the possibility of board member of the National Associashe moved to a condominium life on other planets stare Jodie Foster as a scientist tion for the Advancement of Colored Peoabout two miles away at 6200-square-fo- ot r tol - is ge sequent dismissal of manslaughter the protesters "we don't share their logfe” charges against two Brentwood Pa police officers accused of killing Jonny Gammage in a fight after a traffic stop in Jurassic Park” which earned $13 million in its eighth week The dinosaur sequel has taken million NAACP President Kweisi Mfome said delegates planned a rally and march Tuesday to protest the handliag of the Gam-macase but while shmg concerns of ple who was to lead the discussion No recent issue has struck the city's and subblack community lit the obsessed with contacting aliens The only other new release making the top 10 was "A Simple Wish" a lightly regarded children’s film starring 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