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R2 The Arizona Republic Friday, April 30, 1993 'eConcini-Kyl poll Mayor Johnson's no Lemon puts race as tight one By Mary Jo Pitzl The Arizona Republic Eighteen months before the U.S. Senate election in Arizona, a poll reports that a race between incumbent Dennis DcConcini and potential challenger Jon Kyi would be a squeaker. The Rocky Mountain Poll says Kyi, a Republican, would draw 42 percent of the vote, compared with 39 percent for DcConcini, a Democrat who has announced that he will seek a fourth term in 1994. Given the poll's margin of error of 3.7 percentage points, the results would be a wash, said pollster Earl de Bcrge of the Behavior Research Center. "The outcome would likely be one of the closest statewide elections in Arizona history, so close it would probably rival the 1980 U.S.

Senate race between Barry Goldwater and Bill Schulz," de Berge said in a prepared statement. In that contest, incumbent Goldwater edged Schulz by 1 percentage point. The poll contacted 727 adults statewide April 10-15. Kyi is a U.S. representative, and although he ha iot announced his Senate candidacy, it is all but official that he will run.

The poll also paired DcConcini with potential Democratic primary opponent Dick Mahoncy and found that DcConcini would defeat Maho-ney, 49 percent to 30 percent. Maho-ney is secretary of state but is seriously eyeing DeConcini's seat. DcConcini's approval rating remains static at 30 percent, the level he has held for the past two years. Sen. John McCain, a Republican who was returned to a second term last year, got a 42 percent approval rating.

fiwe)ti. ft jo ''t'-' 1 V'j 7 7 JVf j' $2 million urged for parents of man slain by DPS officer standards of police conduct. But Woods pointed out that a police expert who testified during the trial said that Manning's actions were appropriate in the situation. "There's not a police officer in the country who would tell you different," Woods said. Woods also said the actions of Stephen Paul, not those of DPS officers, led to his death.

The jury will begin deliberations today. Navajos alter marriage laws to make it easier to get benefits The Navajo Nation Council has amended the tribe's marriage laws to make it easier for members to qualify for Social Security benefits, insurance and government compensation. In a 56-5 vote Friday, the council voted to officially recognize traditional Navajo marriage ceremonies and common-law marriages, tribal spokesman Duane Beyal said. Many Navajo marriages were either common law or through traditional ceremonies and therefore not recorded in official records, he said. However, the U.S.

Justice Department was using official records to determine eligibility for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. As a result, some widows whose husbands had died of uranium exposure while working on a federal atomic-energy program were denied money. Now it will be easier for couples to prove they are legally married, Beyal said. The law is retroactive, but couples or surviving spouses must go through the tribal courts to validate their marriages under the new law, said Steve Boos of the Navajo Nation Attorney General's Office. Pima County pays for liver transplant An indigent woman is recovering from a liver transplant paid for by Pima County.

Anna Soto, 23, underwent a 14-hour operation early Wednesday at University Medical Center in Tucson. She was in critical but stable condition Thursday night. It was the medical center's fifth liver transplant since Dec. 13, when doctors there began performing the procedure, spokesman George Humphrey said. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously voted April 6 to pay for the operation.

The board four years ago paid for a liver transplant for a patient also refused help by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's health-care program for indigents. AHCCCS rules do not cover liver transplants to patients 21 or older. The rule was designed to prohibit operations for those who abuse alcohol and drugs. Humphrey said no cost estimate was available for Soto's operation, but the earlier transplant cost the county $71, (XX). Man held in Tucson woman's '88 slaying A 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1988 stabbing of a woman in her Tucson apartment.

Police say an anonymous tip led detectives to Toribio R. Rodriguez, who is accused of killing Dawn D. Dearing, Sgt. Charles Armijo said. Dcaring, 38, was found stabbed numerous times Aug.

26, 1988. Armijo on Wednesday described the death as "one of the most brutal homicides I've ever seen." He would not elaborate but said that Dearing was nearly decapitated and that the motive likely was sexual. Rodriguez was arrested after his fingerprints, hair and blood samples were analyzed and tied to the slaying, authorities said. He was being held in Pima County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Lake Havasu City chief placed on leave Victor M.

Wilkins, chief of the Lake Havasu City Police Department since 1982, has been placed on administrative leave. City Manager Larry Price confirmed to Today's Daily News that he placed Wilkins on leave Tuesday and that Assistant Chief John Alexander has been temporarily placed in charge of the department. Interviewed by the newspaper Wednesday, Price would not say why Wilkins was placed on leave. He released a statement Thursday reiterating what he'd told the newspaper and declining further comment. Attempts to reach Wilkins for comment Thursday were not successful.

Crane's boom crushes worker to death A 24-year-old man was crushed to death early Thursday when the boom of a crane accidently fell on him as he was working at a south Phoenix tree company, police said. Ruben Aguilar, 24, an employee of Trees Co. in the 6100 block of South 32nd Street, was killed instantly, said Detective Leo Speliopoulos, a Phoenix police spokesman. Aguilar was standing on the base of the crane when some bolts sheared off and the arm collapsed on him about 6:20 a.m., he said. A Trees Co.

supervisor said the firm had rented the crane while its own was being repaired. The workers were moving a 1 palm tree when the accident occurred. The accident is being investigated by the state Industrial Commission to determine whether any safety violations may have contributed to it. POLICEFIRE ROUNDUP A fireball visible from 12 miles away erupted along a highway west of Tucson after a gasoline tank separated from its trailer and exploded, fire officials said. The unidentified driver of the truck narrowly escaped injury Wednesday afternoon by continuing to drive down the highway, said Lt.

Michael Droban of the Drexel Heights Fire Department. The blaze closed U.S. 86 for about an hour as fire departments from Drexel Heights, Sells, Tucson Estates and Picture Rocks put it out, Droban said. Compiled from reports by The Arizona Republic and The Associated Press. Michael GingThe Arizona Republic Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson takes a shot during a one-on-one basketball game with Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters.

Johnson and Lemon played Thursday at the City Square Sports Club at Phoenix City Square. Lemon was there with his staff from Camp Meadowlark, which teaches kids basketball fundamentals. Lemon beat the mayor in this one-on-one game, but Johnson won a special shootout. LARGE TALL MEN 'PifYOWTouriiament $24 Solid Color Knits OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICE is 1 wrrwrnap-' Enjoy the comfort of a cotton blend knit shirt designed with a raglan sleeve and pocket. Also available in fancy stripes Sizes: LT-3XLT, 1XB-5XB (while quantities last) By Pamela Manson The Arizona Republic The parents of an Apache Junction man deserve $1 million each for the "brutal and violent" death of their son, a 23-year-old with a brain disorder who was killed four years ago during a standoff with police, an attorney told a jury Thursday.

"We've gone a long way from meting out capital punishment in the streets," said Richard Waugh, who claims that a Department of Public Safety officer overreacted when he shot Stephen Paul to death in 1989. But Attorney General Grant Woods, helping represent the state, called the shooting justified and said police shouldn't be expected to read minds. He said Paul created a dangerous situation by leading officers on a chase, running into a south Phoenix church, and emerging with a rifle, which he pointed toward officers. Woods also discounted the contention that officers should have known that Paul wouldn't shoot. The comments were made during closing arguments in a lawsuit by Kathleen and Karl Paul over the April 1, 1989, shooting at Our Lady of Sorrow Catholic Church, 750 E.

Baseline Road. Stephen Paul, who had suffered brain damage at birth, once had been an altar boy there. More than a dozen officers converged on the church after a 23-mile chase that began when Mesa police tried to stop Paul for speeding. DPS Officer Mike Manning, who fired the fatal shot, and another DPS officer took up the chase after Paul drove onto the Superstition Freeway. When Paul arrived at the church, he dashed into the rectory.

After a two-hour standoff in which Paul repeatedly threatened to kill himself, he emerged from the rectory with a rifle that one of the priests had stored in a closet. Prosecutors said the young man was shot after pointing the rifle at Manning. Waugh, who sounded close to tears during his closing argument, said $1 million each for Kathleen and Karl Paul seems like a lot. But, he said, that comes out to less than $100 a day each for the next 30 years. As a mother, Kathleen Paul was close to her son, Waugh said.

And Karl Paul, who had rushed down to the church during the standoff, witnessed his son's death, he said. "He cradled his son's head in his lap and heard those final words, 'Oh, Waugh said. Waugh also contends that the jury's decision on whether to award damages to the Pauls will affect the r-i Tin i-rn minrfn i- 1 "ff" T. if fin 'o I Mil IMil I I nj 1 I Laiise- "i--' -1- 11m eiirr i i -minn ir. -1 --ii tiiiii rur.riimiT.-i.i -ii ir.i QUOTE, UNQUOTE It's always flattering to be considered, but with two justices from Arizona already on the court, it's unlikely that a third one will be named.

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in the Board Room of the Daar Valley Unified School District No. 97 located at 20402 N. 15th Phoenix, Ariiona. At tha hawing tha Governing Board of tha Daar Vallay Unified School District No. 97 shall potent tha proposed Revised Budget for tha school district for tha year 1992-93 for tha consideration of tha residents and taxpayers of tha district.

There wiH ba Regular Board Meeting on May 11, 1993 immediately following the public hearing in the Board Room of tha Deer Velley Unified School District No. 97 located at 20402 N. 15th Avenue, phoenix, Arizona at which time tha revised budget will ba adopted. Tom Boone, Associate Superintendent Administrative Services Deer Valley School District Published: Am one Republic. April 30, 1993.

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