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Pensacola News Journal 38 Wednesday, April 8, 1992 MiG slips into museum under cloud of secrecy Associated Press EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE A Russian MiG-21 fighter has been added to the Air Force Armament Museum, but its origins are a mystery. "It was trucked from someplace, but I'm not sure where," said Director Dick Uppstrom of the U.S. Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio, which brokered the acquisition. "Even if I knew where it was from, I'm not sure they'd appreciate me telling you that" The MiG arrived Saturday night without fanfare at the museum near Eglin's front gate. The crew that brought it here didn't want any media attention, Armament Museum Director Russ Sneddon said Monday.

The Dayton museum, which handles acquisitions for smaller Air Force museums, arranged to get the jet from the Air Force, Sneddon said. "But I don't know where the Air Force got it," he said. "I think that's classified." The cockpit instruments are inscribed with characters from the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russia, but most of the controls also have English labels. That suggests it may have been obtained from a friendly country and was flown by U.S. pilots.

Initially built by the former Soviet Union in 1955, MiG-21s have been in almost constant use since by many countries. About 8,000 of the planes were built and widely exported to such Soviet allies as North Vietnam, Cuba and North Korea and third-world nations including India, Nigeria, Egypt, Iraq and Indonesia. The museum's plane is marked by the red star of the Soviet air force and has green and gray camouflage typical of Warsaw Pact MiG-21softhe 1970s. Gainesville woman missing Associated Press GAINESVILLE Police were searching Tuesday for a missing 22-year-old southwest Gainesville woman whose townhouse was found in disarray. Kelly Denise Page was last seen by co-workers at about 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday as she left her job at a sporting goods company for lunch. Her husband, Dan, became worried when he could not reach her by telephone, police said. Police said nothing appeared to be missing at the couple's home. Her purse was in the house but its contents were strewn on the floor, along with papers and books. Also, the couple's 1987 Ford Bronco was missing.

Her disappearance was being treated late Tuesday as a missing person case with a possibility of foul play, said Spencer Mann, spokesman for the Alachua County Sheriffs Office. "There's no proof of foul play, but at the same time it's suspicious," Mann said. Associated Press Chatting with foreign Senator joins voting debate, leaves ailing father's bedside The president of El Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, right, talks with Robert Arguello, vice president of Northern Trust Bank of Florida, prior to his speech at the Beacon Council meeting Tuesday in Miami. The council is a group of community and business leaders working to facilitate economic development in Miami. mtmfA mounting opposition to Republicans to produce a 20-20 deadlock on reapportionment.

He has announced plans to seek reelection as a Republican. Senate Rules and Calendar Chairman Pat Thomas, D-Quincy, said he wouldn't have used Bruner' absence to obtain the passage of the Democrats' maps. "That's not my style," Thomas said. "I'm not going to take advantage of something like that." As a courtesy, legislators typically pair votes at an absent member's request. That means another lawmaker with the opposite position refrains from voting so the absence will not change the Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Sen.

Vince Bruner has left the bedside of his cancer-stricken father to participate in reapportionment deliberations at the Capitol. Max Bruner Jr. of Fort Walton Beach, who was school superintendent in Okaloosa County for 20 years and is his son's political mentor, underwent tests at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, confirming he has lung cancer. Doctors believe the cancer is operable. Vince Bruner, D-Fort Walton Beach, was at the hospital during the weekend but returned Monday to Tallahassee.

He is one of two Democrats who has voted with leader lawsuit that sought to force a state agreement. Richard Dorman, a Mobile attorney for the Creeks, appealed Howard's ruling on March 23 to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, Creek leaders meet April 16 in Montgomery to discuss their preservation plans for the land near Wetumpka with the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Wetumpka officials oppose construction of a bingo hall on 34 acres of tribal land that they thought was planned as a historical site only.

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more bingo Washington said bingo is allowed for charity events and fund-raisers for fire stations in Wetumpka. While the Creeks might not be paying any direct fees or taxes, he said the city would benefit indirectly from the game room. Several representatives of other Creek tribes have spoken out against the Wetumpka project. A spokesman for the Yuchi Tribe of Creek Indians in Sapulpa, complained other tribes were not informed of development plans for Hickory Ground. The Yuchis were considered the "priest tribe" of the Creeks, so the burial ground has special significance to them.

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Expansion of tribal reservations for bingo would require approval of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Gov. Guy Hunt also would have to approve. Bingo and casino-type gambling on the reservation is governed by the federal Indian Gaming Act, which requires a state agreement with the tribe.

Alabama has no such agreement and a federal court ruled in Mobile that Congress cannot force the state into an agreement with the tribe. U.S. District Judge Alex Howard dismissed the Creeks' by governor Montgomery, and Rep. Skippy White, D-Flomaton. Walker said his bill would put a $9-a-ton tax on sulphur extracted from petroleum drilling, bringing about $3 million a year.

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For more information, call 469-1 300. Creeks face Associated Press The Poarch Band of Creeks must overcome growing political opposition and obtain a gambling agreement with Alabama before they expand bingo operations beyond their reservation near Atmore. Officials in Wetumpka, Hunts-ville and Madison County have voted against permitting bingo in their jurisdictions. The Creeks, based near Atmore, have proposed a bingo hall at Hickory Ground, tribal land near Wetumpka. The Wetumpka City Council voted 5-1 against the proposal Monday.

In Huntsville, the Madison County Commission also voted against Creek bingo on land Bill backed Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. A legislator acting at Gov. Guy Hunt's request introduced a bill Tuesday that would put a 6 percent tax on cable television to help financially strapped prisons and inmate programs. Rep. Mike Mikell, R-Millbrook, said officials in the Republican administration asked him to sponsor the tax on the gross receipts of cable television companies to generate about $6 million annually.

He said that tax bill and two others in Hunt's three-bill package would be considered by a House committee Wednesday. Hunt's other two bills are sponsored by Rep. Claud Walker, D- Toxic waste company fined for violations Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. Safe-ty-Kleen a company that recycles hazardous wastes, has agreed to pay $145,000 in fines for violating state regulations. The violations occurred at Safety-Kleen plants in Mobile County, Huntsville, Montgomery and Jefferson County, all of which store and treat hazardous wastes before shipment to an out-of-state facility for recycling.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, in a March 23 order, cited the company for inadequate or improper record keeping, failing to properly inspect all shipments, failing to develop and follow a written waste analysis plan, and other permit and safety violations. Joe Hartline, a regional environmental engineer for Safety-Kleen, said the fines essentially stem from an "ongoing technical dispute between the company and the state over waste analysis." "Safety-Kleen maintains that its waste analysis plan was adequate, but the state asked for much more waste analysis," he said. "It's important to note that none of the allegations in the order involve any harm to public health or the environment." Hartline said the company has taken measures to correct violations cited in the order and that, because of the cost of the state-required waste analysis plan, will discontinue its storage operations at all four plants by June 11. In the future, the plants will operate only as stopover points for hazardous wastes, he said. DEAN WITTER Gary Paulzak Senior Vice President (904) 435-3358 (800) 326-8286 1990 Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.

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health care. Following the program, Sacred Heart Hospital will sponsor a 30-minute program on WSRE. Local panelists will talk about health care reform and what is being done to improve access to health care in the Pensacola area. These programs are intended to educate and challenge viewers to come to grips with the difficult choices and tradeoffs facing the country on health care. We encourage With a $750 billion health care bill and 36 million uninsured Americans, our national health care system is on the critical list.

At the same time, the United States is rightfully recognized for the quality of its health care. It's the envy of the world, allowing us to save two-pound babies, repair hearts, and restore eyesight. Today, we can do more to cure disease and save lives. But the costs continue to rise. In this election year, you have no doubt heard political leaders calling for health care reforms.

Unfortunately, the campaign rhetoric usually fails to help the public see the roots of our health care problems, or the tough choices we face in finding solutions. Almost everyone agrees changes are needed, but the consensus disappears when the tough questions arise: Where do we go from here? How do we pay for it? At Sacred Heart Hospital, we believe it is essential for voters to go beyond the campaign slogans in seeking to understand the options for health care reform. For this reason, we have joined a nationwide effort to debate and watch "Condition Critical: The you to join the American Health Care Forum" on April 8 on WSRE. fi PPM ni Sacred A Heart Hospital The American Health Care Forum 4.