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I THE PES MOINES REGISTER Friday, January 1, 1988 Switzerland short of snow; 'skiers' turn to hiking, golf, tennis Relinquish Few judges "We can't even use snowmaking of snow to schuss down, skiers are finding 50-degree temperatures to sunbathe in. Many ski operators are saying it is the worst winter for them in a quarter century. "It's a catastrophe right now," said Alain Boyelle, director of the office of tourism in St. Gervais, a town in the French Alps. "Lift operators are being hurt.

Ski instructors are hurting. Ski shops are hurting." What is more, many towns are worried that mild winters like this will hurt Europe's image as a skiing capital that attracts people from as far away as Arizona and Australia, Bv STEVEN GREENHOUSE New York Times PARIS, FRANCE In Chamonix, they are playing golf and tennis. In Gstaad in the Swiss Alps, they are inking and riding mountain bikes. Indeed, the extraordinary lack of snow has made it a frustrating winter for skiers in France, Switzerland and Austria. Instead of finding 50 inches Over 100 Chairs to Choose From! Kroehlef, Bassett, and Engiewood All Special Clearance Priced Starting at $3995 LIVING Choose from a gigantic warehouse all in stock for immediate delivery.

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In a year-end report on the teaerai judiciary, Rehnquist said, "The immediate Drosnect is that few, if any, additional federal judges and court personnel will be available to cope with what has been and probably will continue to be an increasing workload at all levels." Rehnauist. the nation's highest- ranking judge, said federal courts in 1987 disposed of cases "at or near record levels." "But despite the determined efforts both new filings and pending cases continue at high, and in some instances, record levels," he said. Rehnquist noted that 48 federal judgeships remain vacant and that a judicial advisory panel he chairs has recommended creation of 56 new tri al judgeships and 13 appellate judgeships. "The federal judiciary now faces a serious dilemma," he said. "Considering both the vacancies and the dem onstrated need for more judgeships, the federal judiciary is shorthanded 117 judges.

Congressional budgetary concerns would suggest that immedi ate relief should not be expected." Rehnquist predicted that Congress will cut "perhaps substantially" the $1.4 billion sought to run the fed- ATV sales could resume despite ban By bill McAllister If Washington Pott WASHINGTON, D.C. The con troversial agreement banning sales of three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles contains a provision that could allow ATV makers to resume sales this year, industry spokesmen and gov ernment officials said Thursday. Less than 24 hours after the Justice Department and Consumer Product Safety Commission hailed a consent decree as marking an end to sales of what they described as the most dangerous ATV model, industry spokesmen were speaking of returning the three-wheel series to the American market, perhaps within months. "I think they're sadly mistaken, said safety panel chairman Terrence Scanlon, who said he saw no way the commission would allow the models to return to dealer showrooms. 'If the consent decree results in the resale of three-wheelers, it would be a disaster," said Commissioner Anne Graham, the one member of the three-member safety panel to vote against accepting the decree.

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Although all federal judges received substantial pay raises last February, Rehnquist said "a wide gap remains between federal judicial salaries and the income of established and highly skilled" lawyers. Musical postponed NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) A Broadway production of the hit London musical "Chess," scheduled for this spring, has been postponed indefinitely because of scheduling conflicts." 4 found guilty in plot to free leader of FALfl CHICAGO, ILL. (AP) Four members of the Puerto Rican independence group FALN were convict ed Thursday in a failed 1986 attempt to spring the group's leader from A U.S. District Court jury deliberated four days before returning the convictions against FALN leader Oscar Lopez and three other people.

After the verdicts were read, the packed courtroom erupted in shouting and singing by FALN supporters, some waving their fists. Prosecutors said the four defendants planned to use rockets, hand grenades and a helicopter to free Lopez from the federal prison at Leavenworth, where he was serving a 55-year sentence for a 1981 conviction on seditious conspiracy charges. Evidence at the trial indicated the FBI had been aware of the plot almost from the beginning. Lopez, now at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, was convicted on five of eight counts of conspiracy.

Grailing Brown, a murderer and fellow inmate, was convicted of one count of conspiracy; Dora Garcia, Lopez's former sister-in-law, convicted of three of six counts, and Jaime Del-gado, a counselor at Northeastern University, convicted of three counts. Sentencing was set for Feb. 26. Lopez faces up to 25 years in prison, Garcia and Delgado 15 years each and Brown five. FALN is a Spanish acronym for Armed Forces for National Liberation.

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