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i Snuffed out More smoking restrictions Money, Page 5B It's a hit Powerball drawing tonight MetroRegion, Page lBlf Youthful Toros Ready to defend PCL title Sports, Page ID swat pMi 1994 The Arizona Daily Star Final Edition, Tucson, Wednesday, April 6, 1994 U.S7$1.00 in Mexico not a 'cult says former biospheriari Vol. 153 No. 96 Break-in By Jim Erickson The Arizona Daily Star Former Biosphere 2 crew member Abigail Ailing yesterday lashed out at project critics including her mother who say she is a brainwashed disciple of cult leaders. Ailing, 34, claimed responsibility for unsealing Biosphere 2 early Monday morning but said she was not following orders. "I will not stand for someone saying this is a cult idea," she 50 out whatever I have done," she said.

AUing, a marine biologist, played a key role in developing and maintaining the miniature coral reef inside Biosphere 2. She managed Biosphere 2's marine systems during her two-year stay in the 3.15-acre greenhouse. On Friday she was temporarily relieved of her responsibilities as the project's assistant vice president for biospheric development. A graduate of Middlebury Col- Mow 'tomtit tiltoose tion, said Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Belia Fessenden. The break-in occurred three days' after Ed Bass, the Texas billionaire who bankrolled the $150 million project, ousted the senior Biosphere 2 management, alleging mismanagement and waste.

In a telephone interview, Mrs. Abigail Ailing of Kennebunk, Maine, said her daughter was brainwashed by the ousted managers, who she described as cult leaders. 'A Calls! I UA panel targets journalism dept. as part of cutback "We haven't heard from her, and we want her to know we love her," Mrs. AUing said.

"We care about her and want to know where she is, and please tell her to get in touch with us." When told of her mother's remarks about mind control and cults, AUing said, "That's absolutely irresponsible of her to say such a thing. "It's a disappointment to me that she is unable to see the quality of my works and the integrity with which I've carried i i si i I A i (it By Alisa Wabnik The Arizona Daily Star A UA committee yesterday recommended eliminating the school's journalism department and communication graduate program to help defray debts and restructure priorities in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Faculty's Strategic Planning Committee also suggested cutting the undergraduate major in Mexican-American studies, suspending the graduate program in Near Eastern studies and reducing the size of graduate programs Freshman forward Jarvis Kelley, left, and Joseph Blair rap at rally Parade, stadium rally draw thousands of fans 2 news chiefs recall meeting Colosio killer 52 Pages lege in Vermont with a master? degree from Yale University AUing dropped out of a Yale toral program to work on theBH osphere 2 project, her mothe- said yesterday. AUing and Van Thillo were" iiv Japan with John Alien, the pro ject's vice president for lijrig spheric development, when gtgj; learned of Friday's management purge. AUen, who helped etnS ceive the Biosphere 2 projecR See BIOSPHERE, Page? in anthropology, history and poU-.

tical science. If the University of Arizona: cannot find additional funds for the Latin American Studies pro- gram, its master's degree and re-i search center also should be phased out, the committee's re-' port states. "This is a beginning of a shakedown of the said J.D. Garcia, faculty chair- man. "We have too many We're trying to do too many-things." -1 The recommendations are not See UA, Page 2k Sanchez Venegas, 57, has been accused of clearing a path so Aburto could shoot Colosio.

i Gonzalez publishes a weekly-paper called AhoraNow in, San' Ysidro, and her office is -just steps from the border with Tyuana. i 'm Two weeks ago, Gonzalez nd her colleagues at the newspaper who were present at the meeting-with Aburto, 23, and the older; man were watching television "When we saw the killing on television," Gonzalez said, "1 didn't want to believe it was the See MEXICO, PageSA i- 1993 AP photo Blackmun stepping down" Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion, will announce his retirement today, officials say. Blackmun, 85, who has served 24 years, was appointed by President Richard M.

Nixon. Page 4A. 1 said in a telephone interview. "That's insulting to me, and it's absolute nonsense. "I am doing this as an independent person.

I am not in a cult," she said. Ailing and former Biosphere 2 crew member Mark Van Thillo are sought for questioning by Pinal County detectives in connection with Monday's break-in. Yesterday morning Alling's attorney contacted the Sheriffs Department to discuss the situa But the red-and-blue-bedecked partisans didn't seem to mind, cheering wildly as a caravan of convertibles carrying the players and coaches sped east along Broadway and around the UA campus to a rally at Arizona Stadium. There, the team was greeted by a standing ovation from about 8,000 fans who packed the lower level of the stadium's east grandstand, holding signs and shouting pledges of love to their favorite players. "When you play as hard and go as far as these players have, the couple of days after losing that last game were very depressing for them," Coach Lute Olson told the crowd.

"To be able to come home See WILDCATS, Page 2A Middleton said the Paramount Network plans a January start up with a new series, "Star Trek: Voyager," as its cornerstone. Middleton said the Paramount Network plans a January start up with a new series, "Star Trek: Voyager," as its cornerstone. That program will be part of Par-amount's opening roster of four hours of original programming over two nights. Middleton said the new network also plans to show movies on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The Paramount affiliation gives KTTU "a brand name" identity and a third programming base, he added.

The station will broadcast University of Arizona football and basketball games beginning next fall, he said. The Paramount Network, billing itself as the nation's fifth television network, is jointly owned by Paramount Communications Inc. and Chris-Craft Industries Inc. By Joe Salkowski The Arizona Daily Star It was a long time coming. Although the University of Arizona's first trip to the Final Four in 1988 raised expectations of a quick repeat visit, it took six seasons before the WUdcats again reached the coUege basketball season's final weekend.

So perhaps it was fitting that fans who lined city streets to welcome the team home from Charlotte, N.C., were forced to wait for a parade that ran more than an hour behind schedule. The plane carrying the team landed more than 30 minutes late, police said, and the motorcade was delayed another 15 minutes because the players stopped at a fast-food restaurant for a bite to eat. Photos by David Sanders, The Arizona Daily Star Jonas Camp, 11, and his brother Frank, 9, show their Wildcat pride at the parade. mu Channel 18 to join new Paramount network Tucson airline adds route being cut by Calif, carrier Scripps Howard News Service Two California newspaper publishers who say they spoke with the confessed killer of a Mexican presidential candidate now suspect a pohtical plot behind the assassination. Publisher Berta AUcia Gonzalez says that when she met Mario Aburto Martinez two months ago, he was accompanied by an older man who resembled a security guard who has been charged as an accompUce in the killing of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta in Tijuana on March 23.

Security guard Tranquilino can Eagle operated at less than 50 percent capacity during the months it served Tucson. The same number of passengers could be profitable for Arizona Airways, he said, because of 'the lower costs of the smaller Beech turboprops. Adding Orange County will give Arizona Airways 15 daily Tucson departures, Swartz said, more than any other carrier. The company currently serves Phoenix, Albuquerque, El Paso, and Hermosillo, Sonora, with three daily round trips to each city. Swartz said the addition of service to John Wayne Airport, the closest major airport to Disneyland, will require adding about 12 new employees to the company's.

current work force of 55 people. The Tucson-to-Orange County flight will take about 1 hour and 45 minutes. A Tucson Airport Authority official said the exit of American Eagle has more to do with the California market than with Tucson. Pat Abeln, the airport authority's manager of administration, said American Eagle is trimming See AIRLINES, Page 4A WEATHER High clouds, breezy. Today is expected to be warmer and breezy at times with increasing high clouds.

High in the upper 70s, and an overnight low in the upper 40s. Yesterday's high was 74, and the low 48. Details on Page 13A. INDEX Dow gains 82.06 points StOCk rally. Investors looking for bargains created a stock market rally, with the Dow Jones industrial average soaring 82.06 points, a 2.28 percent advance and its biggest one-day gain since 1991 when it rose 88.10 points.

Page 5B. Accent 1-8C Bridge 2C Classified Comics 6C Comment Crosswords .....1 Dear Abby. 3C Horoscope 2C Money 5-8B Noon to Obituaries 12A Public records 16A TV listings 7C By Richard Ducote The Arizona Daily Star Tucson's KTTU-TV Channel 18 yesterday joined the lineup of stations nationwide for the expected January launch of the Paramount Network. Paramount announced the addition of the Tucson station yesterday, along with stations KFVE in Honolulu and KZIA in El Paso-Las Cruces, bringing to 36 the number of stations lined up for the new network. Ken Middleton, president of Mountain States Broadcasting Inc.

in Tucson, said affiliation of KTTU will put the independent station "on the same course followed so successfully by Fox-11," a reference to Tucson station KMSB. Mountain States, owned by Providence Journal Broadcasting owns KMSB and operates KTTU under a local management agreement with its owner, San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications Inc. Both Tucson stations operate out of facilities at 1855 N. Sixth Ave. Clear Channel bought Channel 18 from the Cathohc Diocese of Tucson in February 1989t By Richard Ducote The Arizona Daily Star One air carrier serving Southern California is leaving the Tucson market in June, but service on the same route is being picked up by Tucson-based Arizo-, na Airways.

American Eagle plans to drop daily service between Tucson and Orange County, on June 16, Tucson airport officials said yesterday. Tucson-based Arizona Airways reacted swiftly to the move, saying it would start similar service three times a day on June 17. The new service is subject to approval by the Orange County Board of Supervisors and its airport authority. American Eagle, which started Tucson service last August, now offers three daily flights to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, on 34 passenger Saab 340B turboprops. Arizona Airways plans three daily non-stop round trips to Orange County on its Beech 1900 turboprops, which carry 19 passengers.

Jim Swartz, president of the Tucson-based carrier, said passenger statistics show that Ameri.