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tar-coded hives Teen parents rL Volunteers $ve helping hand WMm 1 -AccentPage3B Scientist checks bees out MetroState, Page IB 6r 1988 The Arizona Daily Star Vol. 147 No. 306 48 Pages Final Edition, Tucson, Tuesday, November 1, 1988 Tacoma Cms skeleton's delight 15 j4i ment ops case i ja 3 1 Vvvw; miff settle By Ernie Heltsley The Arizona Daily Star Tacoma, officials yesterday approved their share of a $226 million agreement that could lead to a full settlement of the $2.25 billion Pacific Northwest utilities securities dispute on trial in Tucson. The Tacoma Public Utility Board and City Council approved settling claims against Tacoma City Light for $40 million. At the same time, Washington Gov.

Booth Gardner and Attorney General Ken Eikenberry announced that they are recommending the state put $10 million into the settlement pot. "We believe that this will finally put the WPPSS issue behind us," Who V- 4 October refused to fall as average day boiled 4 Fright night at El Con Halloweeners got their treats 'at El Con Mall last night. Some store employees dressed for the part Whooping cough cases A.E. Araiza, The Arizona Daily Star as they handed out sweets. Jane Slauson of B.

Dalton Bookseller Is shown passing out candy suckers to children. abate in Pima County in August. Last year whooping cough was suspected, but never proved, to be the cause of death of a Maricopa County baby. This year's outbreak prompted local and state health officials in August to lower the recommended age for whooping cough immunizations to 1, 2 and 3 months, with a booster at 9 to 12 months. As of today, because the disease is slowing down, the county will go back to the traditional immunization schedule of 2, 4 and 6 months, with a booster at 15 to 18 months.

Children are unprotected until they have had four shots, which are effective about 80 percent of See EPIDEMIC, Page2A By Jane Erikson The Arizona Dally Star Pima County's whooping cough epidemic appears to be winding down, but the disease still seems to be running rampant in Maricopa County. Local health officials recorded only two cases of whooping cough in October, compared with 10 in September and 18 in August. But 30 cases were reported last month in Maricopa County, compared with 44 the month before. Pima County has had 76 cases so far this year, and Maricopa County has reported 133 cases, officials said. "It's definitely on the slow-down.

Seasonally, it should be gone, anyhow." said Renelle Worrell, immunization director for the Pima County Health Department. Also, news of the epidemic has resulted in a "booming" business at county immunization clinics, with worried parents getting shots for youngsters under 7 years of age, Worrell said. This year's outbreak compares with eight cases in Pima County last year, two cases in 1986, and a previous high of 15 cases in 1983. Health officials have been hard-pressed to explain this year's outbreak, which included the state's first death officially blamed on whooping cough since 1962. A 3 -month-old Maricopa County baby died they said in recommending the settlement to state legislators who must vote on it next year.

The agreements are contingent on the U.S. Justice Department's approval of a $35 million share of the settlement by the Bonneville Power Administration. Neither Bonneville, which brokers power in the state, nor the state of Washington, is a defendant in the suit, but both are being sued in related litigation. The 13 other Washington public utilities taking part in the $226 million settlement started voting on the agreement yesterday. The Tucson trial, which started Sept.

7, recessed last Wednesday so the settlement talks could be pursued, but attorneys cautioned that See WHOOPS, Page2A TUCSON'S UCTOCER VW HEAT oq The Arizona Daily Star Although record highs were twice tied earlier last month, Halloween was the first day that set a new standard, Bartolome said. The October 1988 mercury's one-day leaping ability also fell short of the 1987 version. October 1987 set four daily records, two of them in triple figures. When it comes to hot Tucson Octobers, the 1952 version remains the king seven of its records still stand. Bartolome said the weather service is not sure whether relief is on the way for Tucsonans longing to take their sweaters out of mothballs.

But, he said, cooling breezes could appear late this week. 8, were told of the broadcasting extension yesterday afternoon. The station would have ended yesterday's broadcasting schedule at 12:30 this morning and not come back on the air. The diocese announced a week ago that KDTU was going off the air today, citing financial difficulties. Two weeks before the announcement a couple of diocesan officials said revenues were matching operating expenses, although the debt incurred when the station began broadcasting was a heavy burden.

Allison has since said the information was erroneous KDTU has never made money on a year-to-year basis. The diocese continues to refuse to release financial information, such as how much money it has lost on See KDTU-TV, Page2A Highs Lows Source: National Weather Service. Hostage Anderson, in video, says U.S. blocks release leased several times over the past two years. But each time it seems that the U.S.

government uses its influence to stop any agreement from being made. And I don't understand this." In Los Angeles, Reagan told reporters his administration had done everything possible to win the hostages' freedom. "I don't think that was Terry speaking," he said. "I think he had a script that was given to him." When asked about the statement See HOSTAGE, Page4A BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) American hostage Terry Anderson, in a videotape released yesterday by kidnappers, read a statement 'that accused the Reagan administration of blocking his release and "urged the next president to do more. President Reagan denied interfering with efforts to free Anderson, and his chief spokesman, Marlin denounced the tape as "a attempt" to influence the Nov.

8 election. Copies of the 2-minute, 35-second "tape were delivered to two Western By Keith Bagwell The Arizona Dally Star Halloween played a trick on Tuc-sonans already suffering from a blistering October yesterday's high temperature set a record for the date. The mercury soared to 88, topping the previous Halloween record of 87, set in 1954, said Paul Bartolome of the National Weather Service in Tucson. The record capped a month during which the average high was 5.7 degrees above normal for Tucson Octobers. Bartolome, a weather service specialist, said the average high for October in Tucson is 84.1 degrees.

This October the average high was 89.8. Lows average 56.7 degrees in Tucson during October, Bartolome said. But this year they averaged 61.1. Bartolome said the blame for the heat goes to high-pressure systems that clung stubbornly to the Tucson area for most of the month. As a further insult to those who like October not only cool but dry, last month was a wet one.

The reign of high-pressure systems over Tucson last month was broken only once, between Oct. 14 and Oct. 20, Bartolome said. During that week, a low-pressure system moved in from the Baja California coast and dumped nearly all of the 2.09 inches of rain that were to fall on Tucson for the month, he said. Nevertheless, Bartolome said, October's heat was not a Tucson record.

In October 1987, the average high was 90.3 degrees. When several parties were trying to obtain broadcasting rights for the commercial station from the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1980s, McKinnon dropped out when the diocese agreed to give the Texas company first right of refusal should the diocese sell KDTU, which most Tucsonans pick up on Channel 18. "We have a lot of interest in the Tucson market," said President Michael McKinnon. He said McKinncn Broadcasting representatives are aware of KDTU's situation and would consider an offer. When reached yesterday, McKinnon and Kalil said they did not know how much time McKinnon Broadcasting would have to agree to match the offer.

Allison said remaining on the air was not expected to be a problem because KDTU's 42 employees, who are scheduled to lose their jobs Nov. Fed unlikely to increase interest rates this year KDTU-TV gets weeklong reprieve Station stays on air at behest of potential buyer Press, began the message by identifying himself and saying the date was Oct. 30. "Once again I'm being given a chance to speak to my family, to my friends and to the American people," he said. Anderson said his spirits were boosted by the birthday greetings he received, "But as my fourth birthday in captivity passes and as the end of my fourth year (in captivity) approaches, I find it difficult to keep my hopes and my courage high." "I've been very close to being re (WEATHER 3 This is November? Today will be sunny with some high clouds.The high will be in the upper 80s, the overnight low near 55.

Yesterday's high was a record 88 degrees. The previous record high for the date was 87 in 1954. Yesterday's low was 56. Details, Page SA. INDEX Accent MB Bridge SB Classified 14-2SC Ctmics IB IH1A Crwswtrd ISC Dear At 4B Dr.Cttt 4B Horactpe SB Mney 7-1 JC Mevies SB Obituaries 14C Psblic records 12A Sprtj 1-SC Tkmi today 4B TV 7B news agencies in Beirut four days after Anderson, 41, marked his fourth birthday in captivity.

Statements from the pro-Iranian Islamic Jihad, which holds Anderson, accompanied the tapes. "On the occasion of Terry Anderson's birthday and in response to your letters, and according to his desire to send you a recorded message, we hereby enclose with this statement the recorded message on videotape," the kidnappers said. Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Last week, the government reported that the broadest measure of the economy's performance, the gross national product, grew at a modest 2.2 percent annual rate during the summer, the slowest pace in almost two years. Many economists believe this slowdown is good because it will ease demand and take some of the pressure off tight labor markets and factories already working at peak capacity. Blamed for slowdown The Fed, whose main job is to guard against inflation, began a series of credit-tightening steps late last March that ended in August with a one-half percentage point increase in its discount rate, the interest it charges to make bank loans.

The discount rate now stands at 6.5 percent Some economists believe the Fed See FED, Page4A WASHINGTON (AP) With the I presidential election just a week the Federal Reserve Is not likely to push interest rates higher, especially since there are signs on I the eve of its policy-making session that inflationary pressures are eas- tng, economists said yesterday. Many analysts said they expected interest rates, which have been falling slightly, to stabilize at current levels through the end of the year. But they were still looking for rates to resume an upward climb next year. The Federal Open Market Committee, led by Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, meets behind closed doors today to review how the economy has been performing and to map monetary policy for the next two months. A recent spate of economic reports suggests economic growth has slowed in the second half of the year.

By Jim Radcliffe The Arizona Daily Star KDTU-TV, which was scheduled to go off the air this morning, will continue broadcasting for at least a week to appease a potential buyer, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson announced yesterday. Diocesan spokesman Fred Allison said he did not know whether any money would exchange hands in the agreement between the undisclosed party and the diocese, which owns KDTU. Attorney Thomas Murphy and media broker Frank Kalil would not discuss the negotiations specifically, but Kalil did say, "You can surmise if they are going to stay open for a week there is a reason." If the party makes an offer acceptable to the diocese, McKinnon Broadcasting of Corpus Christi, Texas, has the right to purchase KDTU by matching the price..