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A ban on the production and acquisition of enriched uranium, separated plutonium and other elements used In nuclear bombs. Bush also renewed a call for all states to accede to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and place all nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. A reiteration of Bush's appeal last month for an International agreement banning the use of chemical weapons. The president repeated that the United States would forswear the use of chemical weapons "for any reason" after See ARMS Page 4 Academy graduates at a commencement ceremony here. "It won't be easy, but the path to peace never is." Senior officials who briefed reporters on the Initiative acknowledged that Israel has raised significant objections to the provisions on nuclear weapons and that major weapons suppliers In the past have shown no Inclination to limit their sales.

Hut. said one official, "It Is certainly worth exploring the potential for agreements." Officials here described the Initiative as a starting point for what they expect to be extensive consultations with countries In the region and their arms suppliers. The plan, which was elaborated in briefings and fact sheets provided by White House officials, Includes: A freeze on the acquisition, production and testing of surface-to-surface missiles by Mideast states, leading to By ANN DEVROY THE WASHINGTON POST Colorado Springs, Colorado President Hush Wednesday offered a set of proposals to control arms In the Middle East, the administration's first concrete policy Initiative for the region since the end of the Persian Gulf War. It calls for a freeze on new surface-to-surface missiles In the region, a halt In the production of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and a new effort by nations that supply conventional weapons to limit sales. "Malting the proliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons In the Middle East, while supporting the legitimate need of every state to defend Itself, will require the cooperation of many states in the region and around the world," Bush told U.S.

Air Force ASSOCIATED PRESS President Bush appears surprised after giving a congratulatory kiss to graduating Air Force cadet Dana Allan. 1 1 ihMvk 5 1 v'fcil 1 SZ2mT7-- lxr Police ask, why did he do it? Race track death may be suicide By KEVIN MORGAN STAR STAFF WRITER How Stephen White pulled off his deadly joy ride was the easy question Wednesday. The hard one was why. Authorities said they didn't know why White, a self-employed carpenter, drove his truck Into another vehicle about 7:30 a.m. on his fourth unauthorized lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Witnesses said he made no attempt to steer clear of the min-Ivan that a speedway employee trying to discourage a fifth lap parked across the start-finish line. Speedway police who searched the wreckage of White's pickup didn't find the empty beer cans or liquor bottles that often help In explaining such behavior. Instead, they found two empty and unmarked prescription pill containers. White's parents, with whom he lived In the 5800 block of Shimer Avenue, said they last saw their 31 -year-old son about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

They told authorities that White was on medication after being diagnosed as manic-depressive. A manic-depressive personality has episodes of great elation and great depression. But Marlon County coroner's Investigators said Luther and Phyllis White were too distraught to say much more about their son. Only toxicology tests the results of which may be weeks away will reveal whether White's pills might have trig- By PAUL RAEBURN ASSOCIATED PRESS New York A draft report sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies concludes that secondhand cigarette smoke kills 53,000 non-smokers a year, Including 37,000 from heart disease. The EPA emphasized that the estimates do not represent official EPA determinations.

Rather, the estimates are the views of scientific authorities the agencies commissioned to write the report, the EPA said. In addition to the findings on heart disease, the report concludes that secondhand tobacco smoke contributes substantially to Indoor air pollution, elevating levels of airborne pollutant particles and such dangerous substances as benzene and carbon monoxide. More research needed A chapter on lung cancer says more research Is necessary to understand how secondhand smoke causes disease, but "existing scientific conclusions al-, ready provide a compelling ratio- nale for reducing involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke." A final draft of the report was completed In April, but It has not been released. A copy was ob-' tained by The Associated Press. Public release of the docu-ment has been delayed Indefl-; nltcly.

said Robert Axelrad. di- rector of the EPA's Indoor air! division. The report has been the focus of Intense lobbying by the tobac-; co Industry, which has been par-! tlcularly upset by the chapter dealing with secondhand smoke and heart disease. Estimate spurs conflict The industry sent the EPA; "boxloads of scientific docu- ments and commentary from In- dependent scientists from, around the world, pointing out the weaknesses, the unsubstan- i tiated claims" In the report, said Brennan Dawson, a spokeswoman for the Tobacco Institute In Washington. D.C.

Much of the controversy over the report has focused on the estimate of 37,000 heart disease deaths attributed to secondhand smoke. That section was written by Stanton Glantz and Dr. William Parmley of the University of California. San Francisco. Glantz said the validity of the estimate had been endorsed by scientific reviewers selected by the EPA.

"The work In question was very thoroughly reviewed by the EPA and a large number of outside reviewers. And the only reviewers who raised any serious criticism of the work were the Tobacco Institute." he said. nothing spectacular that we did," Muraskas said In an interview. "The baby was Just meant to be. She came out with a cry and a heartbeat and was trying to tell us something.

Everything was formed In this little girl except for her lungs." The girl, whom Muraskas declined to identify, was conceived through artificial Insemination and had been In the womb for 27 weeks when she was born. Doctors removed her through Caesarean section because her mother suffered severe high blood pressure and a condition See BABY Page 4 SPEEDWAY POLICE DEPARTMENT PHOTOS This minivan was parked on the straightaway of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to block Stephen C. White from his joy ride. His crashed pickup truck is in the background. kj 5-- W7Z1 tempt to save babies who are under 500 grams, or 1.1 pounds, because they are too Immature to survive.

However, In this case, her doctors knew the exact length of her development In the womb and decided she was mature enough to have a chance at life. "Our biggest decision was to revive a baby that fit into my hand." said Dr. Jonathan K. Muraskas. a specialist in newborn care al Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, 111.

"It's sort of a miracle that these exceptional cases can happen, even "iough there was gered his apparent suicide, said Deputy Coroner Roy Tex. So authorities talked Instead Wednesday about how White managed to slip past the yellow-shlrted speedway security workers. "I assume they thought he was a maintenance employee," said Speedway Police Chief Jeffrey L. Dine. The speedway routinely hires hundreds of the temporary workers to pick up trash In the days after the annual race.

The influx makes It difficult to determine who belongs there and who doesn't, Dine said. Investigators believe White entered through Gate 2 off West 16th Street. He apparently drove through an unlocked gate and INDEX onto the track Just south of the pits. Workers in the speedway infield almost Immediately noticed the 1979 blue CMC, a camper shell on the back, circling the track at speeds that reached 100 mph. "He was waving to people." Dine said.

"They said he was smiling." A maintenance foreman. Luther Wray. parked a speedway-owned 1991 Dodge Caravan diagonally across the 50-foot width. Investigators said White had more than enough space on either side to avoid a crash. "Mr.

Wray said he stood there waving his arms for the man to See RACE TRACK Page 4 PRAYER Mi The victim's truck came to rest against a wall after he crashed into a van placed diagonally across the track. Smallest baby now a tiny toddler Girl weighed 9.9 ounces at premature birth Teacher's soft drink spiked with LSD STAR STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Lafayette. Ind. A 17-year-old Jefferson High School student might be charged as an adult for slipping LSD Into a teacher's diet drink, the Tippecanoe County prosecutor said Wednesday. The student, whose name was withheld by police, was arrested Tuesday night when his mother brought him to the Lafayette Police Department.

The art teacher, Susan Rlstau. 47, said she experienced chills and hallucinations after the drug was slipped to her May 20. Rlstau said she asked the student why he did it. "He said. 'You know me.

I Just do stupid things without Rlstau said. She said the student apparently slipped LSD Into her Diet Coke while she critiqued pottery with Almanac D3 Bridge D3 Business F1-5 E2-8 Comics Crossword D3 Doonesbury Editorials A6 Graham El He'oise D5 Horoscope 03 Landers D8 Lotteries A2 Movies D23 Obituaries El People A2 Sports ci 6 Statistics B5 TV-Radio Weather A2 44 pages We can flnd Peace ln You, Lord. Grant us the grace to wait patiently for Your an- swers 10 our prayers. Thank You lor reminding us to keep on praying. Amen.

CHUCKLE If you really want to go nt0 politics, get married. PHONE NUMBERS Circulation 633-9211 Main Office 633-1240 Classified Ads 633-1212 Scores after 4:30 p.m. 633-1200 VOLUME 88, No. 360 Copyright 1991 The Indianapolis Star ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston A girl believed to have bees the world's smallest baby Is approaching her second birthday, mentally normal and learning to walk, but she weighs Just 12 pounds, her doctor reports. The baby, who weighed 9.9 ounces at birth, received considerable publicity when she left the hospital in'October 19H9.

In a letter In today's New England Journal of Medicine, her doctors describe her birth and development. Ordinal, ty. doctors do not at- Set LSD Page 4 mimumiiii.