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The Ariro-s Republic TTinrxlty, March H. 1091 AUTOMODILE-COMPARISON SURVEY (Six-month premiums) Column A Is the rata for a hypothetical married mala, age 36, who owns a 1988 tour-door Honda Accord OX, Uvea at Redbook' lists S. Mountain 44th Street and cameibecK Road, pnoenix, and has 30-mile round-trip work commute and a clean driving record. Column Is the same driver, but with a 16-year-old son who la an occasional driver and has a clean Kid-tied gun law mulled KID-TUB, from page Bt rights groups said Wednesday another weapons law isn't needed. Tk -r tvYi a record.

Company Nan Group American National Fire Ins. Co. (American Financial) Worldwide UrKterwritars Ins. Co. (Capitol Holding) Amax Assurance Co.

among top U.S. high schools outh Mountain High School has been named on of the nation's "sTek top public high schools by Redbook magazine. The school, which provides magnet programs in aerospace, the arts, law-related A 8 $426.00 $1,336.00 452.00 934.00 456.70 1,078.70 462.00 1,115.00 American National Ins. Co. (American National) Insurers' rates vary WSUREBS', from page Bt hop around," said Gay Ann Williams, spokeswoman for the Depart-merit of Insurance.

But numbers don't tell the whole story. One of the cheapest carriers, United Services Automobile Association, sells only to military officers and their families. Other companies keep the lid on costs by choosing their customers carefully. American National Property and Casualty ranked fourth-cheapest in the survey, will not insure driven who have had moving violations or studies and communications, is profiled in the magazine April issue. "It's another feather in South Mountain's hat," Principal Art Lebowitz said Wednesday.

"We still have too many kids not in class, our test scores -need to improve, but I think they're recognizing the good things we have done." South Mountain, along with one school from each state and D.C, was selected by a panel of education experts. The schools were chosen based on several factors, including academic achievement, the arts, community service, special needs and overall I South Mountain, part of the Phoenix Union High School District, was praised for having lowered its dropout rate and improving its test scores through its magnet programs, which provide intensive instruction ia specific areas and are used to attract Anglo students to heavily minority Country Mutual Ins. Co. (Country Companies) 500.05 1,180.98 United Services Automobile Association (USAA) 520.37 1,189.57 American Family Mutual Ins. Co.

(American Family) 523.30 1,134.30 State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. (State Farm) 632.90 1,214.00 Nationwide Mutual Fire Ins. Co. (Nationwide) 540.50 1.163.10 Economy Preferred Ins.

Co. (Kemper) 54 3.00 1 ,047.00 Hartford Fire bis. Ca (Hartford) 566.22 1,193.64 Automobile Club Ins. Co. 574.75 1.410.25 First General Ins.

Co (Metropolitan) a 585.00 1,080.00 Farmers Ins. Ca of Arizona (Farmers) 594.90 1,525.80 American Economy Ins. Co. (American States) 600.50 1,123.50 Western Agricultural Ins. Ca 601.00 1.280.00 Prudential Property Casualty Ins.

Co. (Prudential) 617.00 1,359.00 Government Employees Ins. Ca (GEICO)' 618.20 1,346.80 Allstate Ins. Co. (Allstate) 631.20 1,243.20 Liberty Mutual Fire Ins.

Co. (Liberty Mutual) 636.00 1,190.00 American International Ins. Ca (American International) 649.00 1,103.00 Arnica Mutual Ins. Ca 674.50 1,399.50 Continental Ins. Co.

(Continental) 677.00 1,246.00 Teachers Ins. Ca (Horace Mann) 684.80 1,876.20 Principal Casualty Ins. Co. (Principal Financial) 690.00 1 ,8 1 2.00 Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

(Fireman Fund) 710.00 1.841.00 Federal Ins. Ca (Chubb) 713.00 1,603.00 Safeco Ins. Co. of Illinois (Safeco) 717.30 1.508.70 West American Ins. Co.

(Ohio Casualty) 718.10 1,552.80 All America Ins. Co. (Central Mutual) 726.00 1.731.00 Transamerica Ins. Co. (T ransamerica) 7 3 1 .00 1 ,3 3 1 .00 Sentry Ins.

and Mutual Ca (Sentry) 750.60 1,419.80 Grain Dealers Mutual Ins. Co. (Grain Dealers) 769.00 1,531.00 Preferred Risk Mutual Ins. Co. (Preferred Risk) 791.72 1,847.95 Travelers Indemnity Co.

of Illinois (Travelers) 825.00 1,703.00 CSE Safeguard Ins. Co. (Civil Service Employees) 836.60 1,230.70 EMCASC0 Ins. Ca (Employers Mutual) 834.00 1,671.00 Unigard Security Ins. Co.

(John Hancock) 864.00 1,910.00 Atlantic Mutual Ins. Ca (Atlantic Mutual) 880.00 1,951.00 Colonial Penn Franklin Ins. Co. (Colonial Perm) 880.15 2,443.00 American Hardware Mutual Ins. Co.

(American Hardware) 893.00 1,808.50 Cumis Ins. Society (CUNA Mutual) 896.00 1,785.00 Transcontinental Ins. Ca(CNA) 933.00 1,644.00 Auto-Owners Ins. Co (Auto Owners) 1,024.00 1,794.00 iivtv nt.i. Hiwi minm I they're not doing any good," said Bob Corbin, first vice president of the National Rifle Association and a former state attorney general.

Corbin and Landis Aden, a lobbyist for the Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association, said authorities could use existing negligence laws against people who leave guns unattended when the weapons are used by children to injure -or kill others. The law is already there if it is -appropriately applied, Aden said. -n He said gun-safety education, not laws, could prevent accidental shoot- ings but are opposed by some school officials. Senate Bill 1332. which is being pushed by Aden's group, calls for gun-safety education in Grades 3, 7 and 11.

The problems with (teen-age) sex and drugs seems to be getting solved through education, he said. This isn't any different. But they (some" school administrators) don't want h. Meanwhile, Senate President Pete. Rios, D-Hayden, has instructed staff members to examine existing laws or.

prepare new legislation to "encourage -gun safety in some way, a st-tT member said Wednesday. Glendale boy to be tried in temple case A Maricopa County judge ruled Wednesday there is sufficient evidence for Alex Garcia, a 16-year-old Glendale boy. to go to trial in the Aug. 10 of nine people at a west Valley Buddhist temple, The order was issued by Superior Court Judge Mark Armstrong, who 'presided over Garcia' juvenile-transfer hearing and ordered earlier this month that the youth be tried as an adult in the mass slaying. Armstrong et a tentative trial date of May 26, although a postponement until late this year or early next year is expected.

A second youth, Johnathan Doody, 17, also is being tried as an adult and was given the same trial date earlier this week by another judge. I The youths are charged with nine counts each of first-degree murder and armed robbery, and one count each of burglary and conspiracy. Auction will benefit sex-abuse center A silent auction to raise money for the Center Against Sexual Abuse will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at the Crescent Hotel Ballroom, 2620 W. Dunlap Ave.

accidents. At the other end of the scale, companies may have high rates because they don't really want to be in the Arizona market but state law locks them in, Williams said. Insurance carriers may cancel a policy for almost any reason in the first 60 days, but after that, they can't drop policyholders except for a few specific reasons, such as non-payment. Royal Insurance, the most expensive carrier, stopped seeking new business in Arizona in 1989 because it was losing money. "We found that the restrictive environment in Arizona made it very difficult to manage or properly price our business," spokesman Guy Stafla said Wednesday.

The company has only 137 policies in effect in the state. Now that the state has put teeth into its mandatory-insurance law you can't register your car without a special card showing proof of insurance more Arizonans are feeling the pinch of high rates. The state had the nation's 14th-highest rates in 1990, with an average insurance cost of S614 per insured vehicle, compared with a U.S. average EL MIRAGE VOTE Final, unofficial results of Tuesday's voting. TOWN COUNCIL United Pacific Ins.

Ca (Reliance) 1 ,036.00 1 ,8 1 9.00 SL Paul Guardian Ins. Ca (St Paul) 1,066.00 1,534.00 American Professionals Ins. Ca 1,145.00 2,412.00 Royal Ins. Ca of America (Royal) 1,336.00 3,173.00 Available only to military officers and their families. Available only to governmant employees.

The event also will feature refreshments and live entertainment. Admission to the auction is $20. Paramedics abusing dogs, group says The Phoenix Fire Department is abusing greyhounds by using the racing dogs to train paramedics, animal-rights activists say. The department has used heavily anesthetized greyhounds to train paramedics in surgical methods since 1974. "It is absolutely shameful for the city of Phoenix to contribute to making it financially profitable to overbreed and destroy greyhounds," said Raphael Carter, president of Concerned Arizonans for Animal Rights and Ethics.

Assistant Fire Chief Wes Powell said paramedics must train on the idogs if they are expected to save lives in emergencies. 223 16.8 159 12 177 13.3 173 13 177 13.3 192 14.5 226 17 Almond Cutright Jr. Macario Garcia John Garza (i) Mary Izaguirre (i) Robert Robles (i) Fred Saldonia Cecil Skaggs (i) incumbent 'faces runoff That seems unfair to drivers such as Lerch. Five years ago, he paid $300 every six months for full coverage on his two trucks. Now he pays S370 for bare-bones coverage and uses one vehicle for recreation only.

10.4 percent came after a 6.4 percent increase in 1990. But although insurance companies must file their rates with the Department of Insurance, the state doesn't regulate bow much they can charge. of $574, according to the A.M. Best rating firm-Last year's average rate hike of Concern for the treatment of racing dogs has heightened since the carcasses of 124 greyhounds were found in a citrus grove in Chandler -Heights earlier this year. Phoenix-area breeder Eugene McGaughey -pleaded no contest to the felony of criminal Uttering in the case and was fined 525,000.

Ma A ft- 4 -J Tempe police chief regains stolen gun in- A handgun stolen from Tempe Police Chief David Brown Jn early September was sold at least eight times and went as far Mexico StartsTcdiay! KG'sF ai-ious Spring MMW aT AT AT mm -at before it was returned early this week, authorities said. "It's a relief to get it back," Roger Austin, a spokesman for the Tempe "Police Department, said Monday. "As far as we know, the gun was not LTJ "used in any criminal activity in the time it was reported missing." A police imormer, wno nas not Deen identitiea Dy police to protect his safety, drove to Magdalcna, Sonora, over the weekend to pick up the gun. He returned it to I empe police bun day, Austin said. Brown's son, Robert, 18, has been accused of stealing his father's gun Jn September and selling it for 100 to a Tempe man.

Since then, the gun was sold several times and stolen at least once, Austin said. COURT ROUNDUP rt4 li'Vl tLsra--A mmmA mmmmmmmU I HP I- tu I i 1 4 AX aTi A Phoonlx man who paid two neighborhood taon-aga boys to pos nude for photographs was sentenced Wednesday to lifetime probation after I pleading guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Be rod Schwartz, 53, of the 1200 block of East Ocotillo Road, was sentenced by Judge Ruth Hilliard of Maricopa County Superior Court. A decision by the Meaa City Council to award multimillion-dollar street contract to the second-lowest bidder was upheld Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. Judge William Schafer III ruled that the council, worried about possible cost overruns, "did not abuse its discretion" Feb.

18 by awarding the project to Pulice Construction which bid $6.84 million to widen Country Club Drive. The action was challenged in a lawsuit filed by Granite Construction which bid $6.79 million for the contract Craig Kaufman, a Tucson lawyer for Granite, said there has been no decision whether to appeal. An Apache Junction woman has been indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury on three counts of manslaughter in an Oct. 25 traffic accident that claimed the lives of members of an Apache Junction family. Choose from a gigantic select ion including: Preferred Stock Raffinati Arnold Palmer Many others Sale Tammy Lynn Lewis, 20, is charged in the deaths of Michael Martin Cross, 38, Connie Elizabeth Cross, 27, and their son, Michael William Cross, 3.

They were killed when a vehicle driven by Lewis crossed the center line on Brown Road near Meridian Road, crashing head-on with the victims' vehicle, according to Maricopa County sheriff's deputies. They said alcohol was involved in the accident. Compiled from reports by The Arizona Republic and The Associated Press. ffflifl. zi': IPRESSLlNE.

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