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JM SPORTS SHORT TAKES biifvuitM Majerle Hffl Jays, Phillies' Readers' 5 still a name pitchers favorite IWesa Pow Wow gj regular guy to start Series practical jokes Phoenix Suns Oktoberlst Itt tt Final Edition AMZONA EC EPUBL 500 Copyright 1993, The Arizona Republic Friday, October 15, 1993 Phoenix, Arizona 104th year, No. 150 -----M dp 'Don't Drive 1 in 5' is out, 'Clean Air Thursday' is in New slogan, bus logo unveiled in effort to alter driving habits Valley commuters soon will see a fresh look on the city's buses. The "Valley Metro" logo (right), unveiled Thursday, is intended to show bus riders how all four bus lines and nine dial-a-ride systems in Phoenix and its suburbs are linked. The buses are part of Phoenix's Clean Air Campaign. rJ 3 By Steve Yozwlak The Arizona Republic Forget "Don't Drive One In Five." That slogan and the concept behind it have gone up in smoke.

Smoky tailpipes, that is. Valley transit officials Thursday wheeled out a new concept, "Clean Air Thursday," along with new green, white and purple buses with a new "Valley Metro" logo that is intended to give all of the Valley's bus lines the same look. Transit officials hope that by urging commuters to ride the bus, walk, bike, work from home via computer or carpool on Thursdays, workers will see a noticeable reduction in air pollution that day and drive their cars alone to work less often. The new Valley Metro logo is intended to show riders how all four bus lines and nine dial-a-ride systems in Phoenix and its suburbs are linked and can take them virtually from one end of the Valley to the other. "Imagine the citizen who is trying to use the transit system for the first time," said Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell, chairman of the Regional Public Transportation Authority.

"Not only do they discover that many areas of the Valley have limited or no bus service at all, but when they stand at a bus stop, they discover See NEW, page A 10 Victoria BucknerThe Arizona Republic Key aide March 31 Soma ha pulloiit OEM shot dead. in Haiti Release of pilot eases pressure on Clinton Republic Wire Services WASHINGTON Hours after President Clinton insisted that "no deals" were cut to win freedom for a U.S. pilot held captive in Mogadishu, the Senate early today endorsed the president's timetable for ending U.S. military operations in Somalia. Senators voted 76-23 to approve strict conditions for continued military involvement in Somalia and a cutoff of funds for most operations after March 31.

Conservative Republicans, led by Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had proposed an amendment immediately cutting off all funding for Somalian operations except that needed to support a "prompt and orderly" withdrawal. McCain said he wanted a pullout in weeks. The Arizonan brought silence to the Senate chamber when he asked his colleagues what would happen if Americans died in Somalia during the next six months. "On whose hands rest the blood of American troops?" he asked.

"Ask yourself this question." McCain's amendment was defeated 61-38, with Sen. Dennis DeConcini, voting with the majority. It was the first time since the end of the Vietnam War that Congress had exercised its constitutional "power of the purse" to cut off appropriated funds for a U.S. military venture abroad. Earlier Thursday, Clinton defended his strategy, but the release of Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant, an Army helicopter pilot, by the forces of Somalian warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid clearly eased the political pressure on the president.

See MARCH 31, page A 12 I 1 1 I I 1 HJ i 7 i Peace accords unraveling By Ron Howell Newsday PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The justice minister of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was assassinated Thursday with two of his bodyguards in broad daylight, just hours after a contingent of 51 Canadian police experts abandoned the country because of a continuing wave of violence. More than ever, the prospects seemed dim that Aristide could return to power Oct. 30, as called for in an accord signed last summer in New York City. The killing of Justice Minister Guy Malary came less than two hours after Port-au-Prince radio stations broadcast a warning by President Clinton that the United States would hold Haiti's military responsible for the safety of members of the transitional government appointed by Aristide. Clinton earlier had expressed concern for the safety of Aristide's prime minister, Robert Malval, who has been working from his well-guarded home in Port-au-Prince.

Armed men opposed to Aristide have been continually milling around government offices in the city's center. Clinton pledged Thursday to take additional steps to help restore democracy to Haiti and hinted he might consider some form of naval blockade but under another name. "The people in Haiti would be sadly misguided" to think the United States will walk away from the U.N. effort to return Aristide to office, Clinton said. The U.N.

Security Council voted Wednesday to reimpose sanctions against Haiti, including economic See HAITIAN, page A 8 i Channel 3 plans cable station with all-news format 1 1 A 4 i .7" Worldwide Television News Army helicopter pilot Michael Durant is aided by the Red Cross after his release in Mogadishu. Story, Page A13. Christopher BerkeyThe Associated Press Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant's wife, Lorrie, addresses the press outside her home in Clarksville, Tenn. Behind her, sporting T-shirts that pleaded for their son's are Michael's parents, Leon and Louise Durant. By William H.

Carllle The Arizona Republic Move over, Ted Turner. The parent company of KTVK-TV (Channel 3) announced plans Thursday to launch the state's first 24-hour, all-news cable-TV station, beginning in January 1995. The station would be an Arizona version of the Inside No smoking allowed: Puffing mom loses custody of asthmatic daughter worldwide cable news operation pioneered by Atlanta's media mogul. Media America Corp. said the new station, to be called the Arizona NewsChannel, would be accessible by about half of the Valley's cable viewers under an agreement worked out with Dimension Cable Services.

In addition, agreements with about 80 smaller cable companies statewide would give access to at least half of the rest of the state's cable customers, according to Delbert Lewis, The channel will fill a need, because people expect to watch news when they want to watch it. PHIL ALVIDREZ MEDIA AMERICA'S NEWS MANAGER Astrology Bridge Business Chuckle Classified Comics B4, Dear Abby Dr. Gott Editorial Mclntyre Montini Movies Obituaries Prayer Puzzles Short Takes Snorts Television Weather Weekend Wilson B5 B5 CI A2 B8 CL1 CL12 B5 B5 B6 B5 Bl E12 B3 A2 B5 E6 Dl E15 B8 El A2 psychiatric evaluations and ordered medical tests to help make a final decision. Tanner had twice been ordered by the court not to smoke in front of her daughter. Sharon Huddle, Masone's lawyer, told the court that laboratory reports on urine samples from the second-grader showed that she had levels of nicotine and a byproduct, cotinine, that were equal to someone smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.

Terri Newman, attorney for the mother, disagreed, saying the tests were inconclusive about the nicotine levels, and she questioned the handling oft he urine sample. The child, who has not been publicly identified, has been at the center of a drawn-out custody battle between her parents, who divorced in 1987 after a year of marriage. Permanent custody will be decided in a later court hearing, Sweet said. Masone contended that smoking by his ex-wife, Susan Tanner, a registered nurse, was making the girl's asthma worse. But Tanner denied smoking in front of her daughter and said that Masone was using the smoking issue to obscure her allegation that he was an unfit father.

Sweet ordered the parents to undergo Reuters SACRAMENTO A mother who smokes was ordered by a judge Thursday to give up custody of her 8-year-old asthmatic daughter because the child was in danger from secondhand smoke. The girl's father, Steve Masone, who is divorced from the mother and had sought to have his daughter removed from her custody, said he was happy with the judge's order. "I've won. I have taken my daughter out of a dangerous environment," he said after Judge Nancy Sweet of Sacramento County Superior Court awarded temporary custody of the girl to her father's 59-year-old mother. Jerrod Mustaf A misdemeanor assault charge against the Suns forward, accused of striking his I cousin, is dismissed.

Bl. Media America's president and chief executive. No channel designation has been made for the new station, according to Gregg Holmes, vice president and See KTVK-TV, page All.