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TIIKAKI.ONVKITIIH.IC VALLEY St STAT BITTER PILL Aruoiu't olJci vkv thtip. 111. druf tiore IKIDAY JL'NCi lJ Sine An iM--f LOST NOVELLA KctWotrfnJ Uk fnxu Cum A (Ac wj auii.i lift. 1' 'Tiie bottom line is, it's not a free ride anymore' Judge makes jail inmates pay for their stay By Lourdea Mdrano Lead Th Aiton apucc Crime ducvt't pay. but uwk criminal do, IVorta JuMice of the Peace Lei AnJcrvm rrguUrly ljp people convicted of drunken driving with a SJ7-a-Jjy ub for their jail May.

"It takes a little bit of the burden oft the taxpayer." AnJcrvm uyt, "and maybe some petple mil think twice about driving drunk again." Tony Vela of TJ Mirage says he learned hi lewon. He swigged a few beers jul before getting behind the wheel of hii car one day March. It will cost him several weekends in a Maricopa County jail until he complete a JO-djy sentence for driving under the influence. Thin weekend will be his first in the slammer, and Vela doesn't cspect it to resemble a hotel May. despite the 37.54 per day bill for room and board.

"No more drinking and driving for me, said Vela, a two-time offender who muvt pay SI. 126 for hit incarceration on top of a 1783 fine. It's not an easy payment for the father of four, a dishwasher ho gets paid S3. 1 3 an hour. Anderson has slapped about 120 olTendert with a jail lab in the past 13 month.

His Peoria court, which covers western Maricopa County communities, has assessed $34,500 in jail costs so far. Some defendant pay the jail fine right away, while others make monthly installment. The juJge relic on a httle-used "W2 Artona statute that uvt the courts may include jail costs a part of a DL'I wntencing. the bulk of the conv ictioni in justice courts No one can order the judge to adopt the practice, because state law gives them wide discretion in how they operate their courts. Justice Court Administrator Duk Ortu said; that Maricopa County's 21 justice of the peace have discussed following Anderson's esample but JUDO, vye Stpho StncietfTha Aftiona Rputc Under little-used 1992 Arizona statute, Peoria Justice of the Peace Lex Anderson has ordered about 120 offenders to pay for their jail room and board.

Hello, Norma Jean: Stamp makes debut Tecsoe water exceeded limit for radiation les 77TJ. Officials decry 2-year study as 'misleading' Based on population, Tucson ranked only behind New York City among cities that had a violation; Tucson's Water Department serves nearly 480,000 residents. In all, 170 Arizona water systems recorded violations of federal water standards in 1993 and 1994. Officials with Tucson Water and the state Department of EnvironmcnJ tal Quality criticized the report as misleading. They said wells that showed high radiation levels were shut down last winter.

"Those wells aren't in service and won't be until we're satisfied there's not a problem," department spokesman Jim Mathews said. Tucson Water Director Kent McClain said two of three wells found to be contaminated with radiation were shut as a precaution, although the radiation levels did not exceed maximum federal standards. The third well, which had the lowest radiation level, remains open and is blended with water from the 20 or so other wells in the field, about six miles south of Tucson, McClain said. But Jim Driscoll, director of Arizona Citizen Action, a group that See TUCSON'S, page B3 By Miriam Davidson Arizona Republic correspondent Tucson is among the nation's largest cities that violated the Clean Water Act at least once in the past two years, according to a national report by environmental groups released Thursday. Tucson exceeded the federal standard for radiation caused by naturally occurring radon and uranium, according to the report released by the National Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group.

The report stated that one in five Americans drank water that was contaminated at some point. The groups' intent was to show the new Republican-controlled Congress that it shouldn't weaken the federal Clean Water Act when so many people remain at risk. The study immediately was questioned by some city and state officials eager to assure consumers that their water is safe to drink. Paul F. GeroThe Arizona Republic U.S.

Postal Service worker Larry Gonzales marks envelopes bearing the Marilyn Monroe stamp at a Planet Hollywood fete honoring the stamp's release. Fans flock to Marilyn's premiere i I i r- w7r sleeve with a photo of Marilyn. Born Norma Jean Baker on June 1, 1926, Monroe had a meteoric film career, appearing in 29 movies, including such classics as Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch and Bus Stop, which was partly filmed in Phoenix. She was Playboy's first centerfold, in 1953, and had marriages to New York Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller. Her death, of an apparent drug overdose, was immortalized in the Elton John song Candle in the Wind.

Others have approached Monroe's status as a sex symbol, but still fall a bit short. "Nobody could touch her," said Sandra Gilbreath, a Phoenix auditor. just had an aura about her that was just beautiful. She was just warm and people felt close to her." Candace McClue, a 37-year-old Phoenix paralegal, said Marilyn is such a part of Americana that she deserves her own stamp. "She deserves one a lot more than Richard Nixon does," she said.

By Bill Muller The Arizona Republic For someone celebrating her 69th birthday, Marilyn Monroe didn't look half bad. In fact, she was beautiful. A U.S. postal stamp adorned with the angelic visage of the naughty-but-nice screen star was released Thursday, anti Planet Hollywood threw a "birthday party" to commemorate and celebrate the historic event. In attendance were winners of a Marilyn Monroe trivia contest.

One got right to the point. "I think she was about the most beautiful woman I've ever seen," said George Lendzion, 70, of Phoenix. All the fans said it's high time that the voluptuous blond starlet takes her rightful place on the corner of millions of envelopes. "I think she deserves it because she's an icon," said Nelda Lower of Phoenix. "I can't imagine asking anyone who Marilyn Monroe is and them not knowing." While many of her contemporaries are forgotten, Monroe has endured, rising to an icon status only matched by Elvis Presley.

And The King already has his own stamp. Fans said Monroe's rare combination of innocence and sensuality helped propel her to a rare height of popularity. That, combined with her high-profile marriages, rumored affairs with the Kennedys and tragic death at 36, ensured her fame. "When people die before their time, you want them to go on and on," Lower said. "Elvis and Marilyn people just don't want them to be gone." The Marilyn stamp premiered at post offices nationwide Thursday, as the first in the "Legends of Hollywood" series.

Celebrations were held at 500 locations nationwide, including Planet Hollywood and the Scottsdale Main Post Office. More than 400 people bought stamps at the Planet Hollywood party, getting a special Planet Hollywood postmark in the bargain. Rob SchumacherThe Arizona Republic Barry Goldwater and Grant Woods welcome Sen. Bob Dole to Phoenix. Dole: American troops may be needed in Bosnia The Associated Press Monroe has risen to an icon status matched only by Elvis Presley.

Stamps bought in Scottsdale were marked "Some Like It Hot" Station. There were also stamp pins, an official program and a stamp-saver Channel 10 chief resigns amid low ratings I1 rj By Norm Parish The Arizona Republic Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Republican presidential hopeful, attacked President Clinton's handling of the Bosnian crisis on Thursday, but conceded that American troops may be needed to help free captured U.N. forces. Dole, R-Kansas, arriving in Arizona for a whirlwind fund-raising trip, spoke at a brief news conference at Sky Harbor International Airport. Supporters Barry Goldwater, the former Arizona senator, and State Attorney General Grant Woods were at his side.

Dole said American troops should be used only in a rescue mission. "If we have to go into Bosnia and rescue U.N. forces, that's one thing," Dole said. "But it ought to be under NATO command. We ought to have robust rules of engagement so that if anybody bothers us, then we can defend ourselves." Serbs have renounced recognition of all U.N.

agreements and have taken about 370 U.N. peacekeeper troops as hostages in recent days, chaining some to potential targets as human shields. Clinton has hinted at having American troops assist U.N. forces in the conflict. Dole said the War Powers Act should be lifted, so that a president would have to go to Congress to place American troops in such situations.

"Bosnia, in my view, is a failure of leadership," Dole said. "I think we are about to buy into a failed policy." He echoed Republican leadership's call that the United States and other countries should lift the arms embargo so Bosnians could defend themselves. He also continued his criticism of movies, music and television programs, saying media executives ought to be more responsible. He added that there are some good television programs and movies. "We don't need any more censorship," Dole said.

"We don't need any more Big Brother." Supporters say they expect the fund-raising trip to garner at least $160,000 at two gatherings: Thursday at Goldwater's home in Paradise Valley and this morning in Tucson, where Dole also will attend "a town-hall meeting. Ron Bergamo The general manager of KSAZ-TV (Channel 10) did not indicate whether he had been asked to resign. News viewership has fallen 50 in past year By Dave Walker Republic TV Writer Ron Bergamo, the general manager who guided KSAZ-TV (Channel 10) from its longtime affiliation with the CBS television network to the upstart Fox, told his staff Thursday that he has resigned. uj i Li ratings in Phoenix lagged behind most other New World stations. The station also undertook a wrenching news expansion to fill time slots once filled by CBS programs, adding a three-hour local wake-up show and an hourlong prime-time newscast.

Neither of those shows has been a ratings success. In the recent May sweeps, an important ratings period used by local stations to set some advertising rates, the station's 5 and 6 p.m. weekday newscasts ranked third of five stations doing news. In May 1994, it had won both time slots. The station's 10 p.m.

newscast, which last year finished second in the See CHANNEL 10, page B3 almost 50 percent. The station's prime-time ratings have plummeted as well. A message left at Bergamo's home Thursday night was not returned. Channel 10 staffers confirmed the announcement, but wouldn't comment on the record. Channel 10's transition began slightly more than a year ago, when the station was bought by New World Communications, a Georgia-based company owned by billionaire investor Ronald Perelman.

Weeks after the sale was announced, New World merged with Fox, a deal that threw a dozen of New World's major-market stations around the country to Rupert Murdoch's youth-appeal network. The deal set off a chain reaction of affiliate changes, in Phoenix and elsewhere, that began Sept. 10, when CBS departed Channel 10 for KPHO-TV (Channel 5) and left Channel 10 as an interim independent for three months. Fox arrived at Channel 10 on Dec. 12, but the network's prime-time manager since December 1988, after running CBS affiliates in Wichita, and Beaumont, Texas.

In the past year, Channel 10's news ratings in key time slots have fallen by.