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amaaESHnniJ NCAA tournament Yankees' Perez suspended 1 year Where to find I tjr --is r-V projections Variable" clouds HIGH 68 LOW 78 Details. A16 wi Idf lowers Redskins' Jacoby talks to Cards The Amizona m. State Edition EFUMLEC 35o Copyright 1992, The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Arizona 102nd year. No. 294 Saturday, March 7, 1992 SWINGING INTO SPRING Michelangelo's no Typhoid Mary Cactus League games open as fans revel in sun and fun By Clint Williams The Arizona Republic The computer "virus" Michel-, angelo appeared to have done far less harm Friday than had been feared, and experts credited publicity about the rogue program with limiting the damage.

"I think anybody who gets hit today is deaf, dumb and stupid," said Charles Rutstein, a staff researcher for the National Computer Security Association. Heavy media coverage warning people of the danger posed by Michelangelo gave computer users plenty of time to scan their machines for the virus, he said. A spot check of -Valley computer-repair services revealed that at least six computers were struck. However, one expert estimated at least 10,000 computers out of 80 million potential victims worldwide had been hit, destroying the information stored on their disks. John McAfee, president of the Computer Virus Industry Association, said his information was based on reports from his com- See FEARED, page A2 5 5 1- i ft msm center field cooled the spectators.

At the Mesa game, one of five Cactus League contests Friday, fans of the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants agreed it was a perfect day for baseball. One boisterous cluster of Giants fans along the third-base line urged on its team and brutally heckled the Cubs' left fielder. "It's an absolutely beautiful day for baseball," Bob Chacon of Phoenix said as he ordered another beer from a vendor. "You just can't beat spring training in Arizona." Chacon's buddy Ed Wolken, shirtless and wearing shorts, stretched his legs out on the bleachers to better soak up the sun. See CACTUS, page A 16 By Jonathan Sidaner The Arizona Republic The ticket scalpers waved their wares outside Mesa's HoHoKam Park on Friday.

Inside, stragglers hurried to find seats as familiar lyrics warbled over the public-address system: ramparts we watched and the home of the brave." Then the man with the mask bellowed, "Play ball!" and 1992's Cactus League spring-training schedule officially was under way. The Arizona sun drenched the packed stands and bleachers. Vendors did a brisk business in cold drinks. And the same light breeze that fluttered the American flag in Benny Robbins, 12, has eyes only for the Cubs as he munches peanuts and watches Friday's opening-day action in Mesa. Eleanor Follendor studies a Cubs spring-training guide at HoHoKam Park.

She appears to take her baseball seriously. Jobless rate at 7.3, bet fairinc on rise Economists are upbeat '-H -i If, 'ill W3 V- i businesses. The February unemployment rate is up from 7.1 percent in January and the highest since July 1985. Payrolls rose more than expected to a seasonally adjusted 164,000 jobs. "This report is consistent with the idea that we're either at the end of the recession or getting pretty close," said economist Robert Brusca of Nikko Securities Co.

Inc. In a way, the higher unemployment rate is a favorable development, at least in part, analysts said. It likely See JOBLESS, page A 9 By Dave Skidmore The Associated Press WASHINGTON The nation's unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent in February, but a separate survey Friday showed a surge in hiring and provided an optimistic counterpoint. Democratic and Republican politicians reacted gloomily to the higher rate, but economists focused more on the payroll number and generally were cheered. The unemployment rate is based on a Labor Department survey of households, and the payroll data come from FEEDING THE SHEPHERD Clerqy salaries fail to Photos by Paul F.

GeroThe Arizona Republic Fan Jason Lane, 15, cracks up the Chicago Cubs, including pitcher Mike Harkey (foreground, left) while joking with shortstop Shawon Dunston (right). Spirits ran high at Mesa's HoHoKam Park and other spring-training ballparks Friday as Cactus League play began. Cactus League coverage. El, E3. keep pace with inflation.

Wages of sin fighters is dearth 16 Percentage change since 1988 12.6 Molester picks surgical castration over prison 7.4 volunteered after reading about the judge's support of castration for some sex offenders. Bill Hawkins, an assistant Harris County prosecutor, said members of the victim's family, who know Butler, approved of castration to spare the girl from testifying at a trial. "The mother of the victim is not interested in See MOLESTER, page A2 other crimes. "Would you allow an 1 8-year-old boy who stole a car three times to say, 'Cut my hands off so I won't do it again'?" asked Philip Reilly, who wrote a book on the history of inv.oluntary sterilization in the United States. State District 'Judge Mike McSpadden approved the request from Steven Allen Butler, 28, who By Susan HightoweK The Associated Press HOUSTON A judge Friday approved a child molester's request to be surgically castrated rather than go to prison on a charge of raping a 13-year-old girl last year.

The decision was called barbaric by critics, who said it could open the door to similar remedies for Clergy Total Consumer salary clergy Price compensation Index 'Includes housing allowance, insurance and pension payments Source: AP Graphics By David Briggs The Associated Press NEW YORK Clergy accustomed to working in a profession where temporal rewards are minimal are finding it harder than ever to keep body and soul together during the recession, according to a study. Christian clergy salaries rose an average of only 7.4 percent from 1988 to 1991, less than half the inflation rate, according to the "1992 Church Compensation Report" compiled by Christianity Today Inc. Slightly more than a third of senior pastors and 41 percent of single pastors surveyed said they are underpaid. The hard economic times and a natural reluctance for members of a The Arizona Republic i vocation so attuned to serving others to participate in salary battles are the reasons clergy salaries are lagging, church officials said. About 4,000 churches participated in the study, a 40 percent response rate for the 10,251 surveys sent out.

See SALARIES, page A9 Tsongas touts anti-drug plan inalleystop By Don Harris The Arizona Republic On a quick vi.iit the day before the Arizona Democratic caucuses, presidential candidate Paul Tsongas on Friday endorsed using the military to stem the flow of drugs into the United States from Latin America. Tsongas was the third Democratic presidential candidate to visit the state this week. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown and Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey were in the Valley on Tuesday, and Hillary Clinton, wife of Arkansas Gov.

Bill Clinton, made a stop in Tucson on her husband's See TSONGAS, page A2 Inside Presidential candidate Paul Tsongas explains his economic plan during a quick visit to the America West Airlines facilities at Sky Harbor International Airport. Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson was on hand Friday for the Democrat's campaign stop. CL34 El D8 A16 Solomon Sports TVRadio Weather Movies D4 Obituaries CL33 Prayer A2 Puzzles CL34 Religion B10 Astrology CL34 Classified CL1 Autos CL1 Comics D9, CL28 Bridge CL34 Dear Abby CL34 Business CI Editorial A 14 Chuckle A2 Life Leisure Dl II Phoenix boy very sick' after marrow transplant PageBl Michael GingThe Arizona Republic.