Show 4 A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 26 2002 Nation In brief Q Ridge: Jokes about OK color-ale- Investigation finds airport security still very sloppy system rt as they generate awareness WASH INGTON (AP) — Homeland security chief Tom Ridge jokingly responded to recent parodies of the federal government's color-code- d guide to the terrorist threats saying there’s more to it than him “dipping into a bag of M&Ms to determine the color of" the day” “I assure you there’s a little more science to it than that” Ridge told a meeting of local and regional leaders Monday But far from being upset by gags on television and in newspaper cartoons Ridge said making Americans aware of the new alert system is important no matter how that is accomplished “I'm grateful for all this attention" he said “We needed a system that communicated in a common vocabulary about the level of risk" Ridge came to the meeting to emphasize that his office depends on close coordination and planning among local state and federal officials to make the United States more secure President Bush's budget proposal includes $35 billion to provide equipment and training for cities and counties to boost emergency services “When the home town is secure the homeland is secure” Ridge said alert system announced this month the Under the five-levrisks can range from green (low) to red (severe) with blue yellow and orange layers in between At present the whole nation is under a midlevel yellow alert — for “significant risk of ter-- : rorist attacks" WASHINGTON (AP) — : ’ a - el Playboy seeking ‘Women of Enron’ HOUSTON (AP) — Playboy is hoping to entice some of the women who lost thpir shirts in the Enron scandal to reveal a little bit more The magazine is putting together a “Women of Enron” pictorial and is inviting employees past and present to send snapshots of themselves in bikinis if they wish to pose “This is an opportunity for them to do something fun in the midst of the turmoil that’s going on in their li ves These are women who are out of a job” Playboy spokeswoman Elizabeth Norris said “We are offering what you could view as a part-tim- e job or what might turn into a new career” Plenty of women at the heart of scandals have appeared on Playboy’s pages including televangelist mistress Jessica Hahn of the “That’s rich” said Deborah DeFforge Severed Enron Employees Coalition “We’ve had so much depressing news or stressful news and then to all of a sudden Come up with something like that it’s kind of cute’ ' DeFforge said she would not pose but added: “I’m sure there are some in the younger set who would be perfect” ' Six killed in SC vehicle pileup ROSINVILLE SC (AP) — Six people wire killed in a fiery pileup early Monday on a stretch of highway shrouded in fogand smoke from a nearby forest fire The chain reaction started when a sport utility vehicle hit the back of a tractor-trailthat had slowed because of poor visibility The truck driver got out and was struck and killed by a car carrying five people in a fiery wreck That car was then hit by another that killed all fiye inside authorities said about 2:30 am on Interstate 95 near ChariestonThej also included another car and another tractor-trailsix-c- ar er er Napster told to remain offline ' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court barred Napster on Monday from resuming its free online service The decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a federal judge’s July ruling that ordered the Redwood City ' company to keep its free service offline until it complies with an injunction to remove all copiy-rigmusic The appeals court had " blacked the July ruling from taking effect until it could rule on Napster's appeal Napster ' never resumed its free service' focusing instead on creating a paid online music service Monday’s decision upheld the shutdown order from US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel who is hearing a lawsuit ' from several record companies that accuse Napster of violating copyright laws by allowing millions of users to download " and swap qiusic for free found on screencrs airport security several dozen occasions failed to catch guns simulated even after the Sep- explosives tember terrorist attacks a person familiar with the report said Monday Inspector General Kenneth Mead's report found that screeners missed knives 70 percent of die time and guns & percent of the time and also concluded that the screeners f failed to detect simulated explosives 60 percent of die time said the source speaking on condition of anonymity The source said Mead’s report also said that banned items got through screeners almost half of the time The story was first i reported in USA Today ' Tests of die security system were conducted at 32 airports i while the screening check- were still primarily pants under the supervision of die airline industry with sane oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration The new Transportation Security Administration took over responsibility fa airline security Feb 17 Following several well-pu11 incidents licized post-SeTransportation Secretary Norman Y Mineta in October ordered government officials to close airport concourses and rescreen passengers ' Security breaches caused the government to evacuate 59 airport concourses terminals between Oct 30 and March 7 forcing 2456 flights to be delayed canceled according to the FAA AP photo Usa Beamer and son David 4 right unveil a decal on the nose of an -- fighter jet in Egg Harbor Township NJ on Monday The decal memorializes the famous fighting words of Lisa's husband Flight 93 victim Todd Beamer Air Force Chief of Staff John P Jumper announced last month that the decal would be applied to select aircraft throughout the Air Force and Air National Guard F--16 Flight 93 victims’ families I I to hear cockpit recordings By Johii Curran Associated Press Writer Relatives of the 40 passengers and crew killed aboard United Flight 93 will be allowed to listen to die recordings of what went on in the cockpit Sept 11 when some passengers apparently rushed the hijackers the FBI says The highly unusual decision was approved by FBI Director Robert Mueller an FBI offi-Cial speaking on condition of anonymity said Monday The jetliner crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside after some passengers apparently fought back with the cry “Let’s roll!” The FBI official said that families of the crash victims allowed tolisten to the ‘recordings iha single private session in Princeton NJ on April 18 The San Francisco Chronicle first reported the FBI’s offer over the weekend “I don’t know what I’m going to hear but I need to j” whose orah was the lead flight atten- dant on board “It’s going to be a horrific thing to listen to In some ways it may appear almost masochistic after what all of us have beat through But' you’re trying to find a 'truth trying to get some more information about the events” He said he believes his wife died trying to keep the hijackers out of the cockpit A United representative has told him die was stabbed he said “I know she went down scratching and tearing and screaming” Welsh said “She wait down resisting and it cost her her life The jet crashed in a field in & & Shanksville Pa after setting out from Newark NJ for San Francisco It had turned and headed toward when it went down with four hijackers aboard The National Transportation Safety Board which investigates aviation accidents has never allowed relatives to listen to cockpit tapes spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said Under federal law the safety board cannot retease the tapes and can only give but transcripts during a public hearing or when a majority of factualreports on die crash are completed Lopatkiewicz said mid-flig- ht : & b- pt - a a n g-- g "A Welsh wife Deb- - ht ' ' 37 journalists killed last year WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of journalists killed last year rose to 37 from 24 the' year before partly because of the war in Afghanistan a US press group says Eight journalists were killed in Afghanistan in 2001 the New York-base- d Committee to Protect Journalists says in its annua) report to be released V r Tuesday But most of the journalists killed worldwide were not cov- -' other conflicts ering wars the group said Instead they “ were murdered in reprisal for ' their reporting on sensitive topics such as official crime and ' " ‘J": corruption! In addition the number of -journalists in prison jumped1 to 118 in nearly 50 percent 20Q1 from §1 the year before ( the report saidThat increase reversed four years of steady a i : g decline Much 6f the increase resulted from crackdowns in Eritrea and Nepal Id addition China biready the world’s Apoptycf SSjPttrifelKi 35 journalists behind bars |