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Key decisions made by few voters Si 5 rr nj V- -i-' 4 By Martin Van Der Werf and Kris Mayes Staff writers What's at stake in Tuesday's primary election? Things most of us rarely think about. Did you know that a toxic plume extends 20 miles through the aquifer under Phoenix? That alone will cost at least $50 million to clean up, but the state has budgeted $15 mil-; lion to clean up water pollution statewide. Did you know the Legislature is about to become responsible for spending as much as $5.7 billion that Washington is sending out to the states for such programs as welfare and health care? That's more than $60 million worth of decision making in the hands of each legislator. That's not all. Abortions may be harder to obtain.

Income-tax cuts may go to businesses rather than consumers. And limits could be placed on how much plaintiffs can collect in lawsuits, even though voters have rejected the idea three times. It seems there's a lot at stake for a relatively simple partisan primary election. Although the aim of a primary is to choose a political party's nominee to run in a general election, it is more than simply a partisan exercise. By the time Tuesday's votes are counted, almost half the state Senate will be chosen and more than a quarter of the House will be in place.

See WHAT'S, page A18 ELECTION Battle for $15,000 post could cost candidates $200,000. A7. Maricopa County school superintendent opponents square off. B5. The Republic's recommendations for Tuesday's primary.

H4. i V. 3 j- 4 V. Randy ReidStaff photographer Eric Maas (center) and other fans cheer the Sun Devils during Arizona State's wild 45-42 victory over Washington on Saturday night before a packed stadium in Tempe. Story, Football Extra, G1.

1 srr Dish wars: Sky is latest frontier Satellites challenging cable TV au i. .1 1' 1 4 'Ill Ik "jT By Glen Creno Staff writer The companies that sell minidish satellite television apparently aren't content to compete with broadcasters, cable companies and video stores. Now, they're taking on one another in a Star Wars-style fight for supremacy in the sky. They've slashed prices systems that recently topped $500 are $199 now and pumped millions of dollars into marketing, rebates and launching satellites. It's a high-stakes race for new "subs" industry shorthand for subscribers and there are no guaranteed winners other than consumers who waited for prices to fall and for more choices in hardware and programming.

All of the fuss is being caused by a nifty package of technology consisting of an 18-inch satellite dish, a receiver that routes the signal to a TV and a remote control to run it all. The minidish, also called direct broadcast satellite, was an instant sensation when it hit the See DISHES, page A8 Photos by Don CampbellStaff photographer Developers hope to turn Tusayan into a rustic-looking town blending with the surrounding forest. Tourist trap war Tusayan interests seek Canyon supremacy HOW DirecPC WORKS Okla. bomb suspect had escape map Found in trash at Nichols' home By Nolan Clay and Robby Trammel! Daily Oklahoman OKLAHOMA CITY A hand-drawn getaway map, with an escape route leading away from the Oklahoma City federal building, was found wadded up in the trash at bombing defendant Terry Nichols' home just days after the deadly attack, the Daily Oklahoman has learned. FBI agents found the.

map in searches of Nichols' property in Herington, after arresting him. The Oklahoman also has been told that the key to the bomb truck was recovered in downtown See GETAWAY, page A3 Erbil's fall ended CIA operation By Jeffrey Smith (Washington Post WASHINGTON The Iraqi Jnilitary's recent takeover of a city controlled by independent Kurdish groups broke up a long-standing CIA-funded covert operation to destabilize the Iraqi government and led to the arrest and apparent execution of more than 100 Iraqis associated with the effort, according to U.S. officials and Iraqi dissident sources. i The destruction of the headquarters in Erbil of the Iraqi National Congress, which Washington had set up in 1992 as See IRAQI, page A4 INSIDE Hughes Network Systems Galaxy IV satellite Requested file is beamed to satellite 0 By Steve Yozwiak Staff writer TUSAYAN Visitors arriving at the Grand Canyon's doorstep often expect to glide unimpeded into the silent majesty of Arizo File Is beamed 22,300 miles directly to receiving dish of home computer. 0 i INSIDE Clinton may propose a national monument for southern Utah.

A21. na most famous natural wonder. Instead, they swoop into the din of Tusayan, the unincorporated community along the main drag to the canyon's South Rim. This one-time potato farm, sitting on one of the West's prime properties, can startle Internet server locates the file and sends it to Hughes' Network Operations Center (NOC) In Maryland. i 7 Request for file is sent via telephone newcomers: a hodgepodge of pricey hotels, restaurants, trinket shops and tourist booths.

It's a maze of uncoordinated development that throttles the senses: the roar of aircraft banking in See DEVELOPMENT, page A20 modem or other conventional line to Internet server. Source: Hughes Network Systems Frank Barome packs his motorcycle after staying at Grand Canyon Camper Village in Tusayan. Michael NovackStaff artist Surfing the Net bv satellite dish Murders declining in Phoenix HOMICIDE STATISTICS Phoenix homicide rate per 100,000 Homicides In Valley As of Sept. 5 25 Classified Arts Plus Astrology Books business Chuckle Fl F13 F14 Dl A2 By Kerry Fehr-Snyder Staff writer When surgeon 1 Samuel Pi-cone moved his family halfway across the country to a Midwestern town that "you won't find on a map," he sacrificed many of the perks, of urban life. The ones he imisses most: cable TV and high-speed Internet access.

"The trouble with living in the country is if you have little kids and they want to watch Nickelodeon, there's no cable," he said. And Picone found no highspeed telephone data lines for his computer, either. Picone solved the television dilemma with a pizza-size satellite dish that beams hundreds of channels into subscribers' homes. And a month ago, he also found a solution to the Internet problem: a new dish to a satellite 22,300 miles above the Earth that zaps photos, graphics and text from the Internet at lightning speeds to his home computer. "It's sort of like opening up the faucet," said Picone, who practices medicine in a town near Clinton, Wis.

"It accesses See SATELLITE, page A6 B6 133 16 2 7 2 2 Phoenix Mesa Scottsdale Glendale Chandler Tempe Peoria 1995 244 19 5. 10 11 ,8 3 30 City slow to join national trend By Jim Walsh Staff writer After two grim years of defying the national trend toward fewer murders, Phoenix finally is headed in the rightHirection. Through August, Phoenix killings have dropped 23 percent, to 130 from 169 a year ago. Every major Valley city except Mesa also reported a decline in slayings. Phoenix police attribute the decline to the impact of community-based policing, more officers on the streets and crackdowns on gangs See KILLINGS, page A24 20 TF 'lllilili: CL1 Fll H4 Gl Fll F10 Bl F5 B4 HI A2 Fll CI Tl B6 B2 A2 Dear Abby Editorial Football Extra Landers Life Montini Movies Obituaries Perspective Prayer Puzzles Sports Travel Weather Willey Wilson I III Maricopa County 14 Source: Valley police agencies '85 '87 '89 '91 '93 '95 SUNDAY Staff artist mm 3.