Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 1

FIRST EDITION FRIDAY COPY Furyk's ascent From UA to Ryder Cup 1C Revisiting the Bruins Cats' McAlister going home ID Surf to musical sites Tucson is all over the Web 14D Surface beauty Nuclear thriller Kidman, Clooney star in 'Peacemaker' Starlight, 5D Flagstone paving local patios Accent, IE j'''m'" .4 I liar Serving Tucson and Southern Arizona 1997 First Edition, Tucson, Friday, September 26 U.S.$1.00 in Mexico 86 Pages Vol. 156 No. 269 Judge hands docs a big win over Thomas-Davis By Sara Hammond The Arizona Daily Star A federal judge has ordered Thomas-Davis Medical Centers to restore working conditions to what they were before clinic doctors voted for union representation last December. U.S. District Judge William D.

Browning's order calls for the Thomas-Davis to rescind any changes at the request of the Federation of Physicians and Dentists, the AFL-CIO-affiliated union chosen by the doctors Dec. 5. "This is a huge victory for labor in Arizona," said Dr. Keith Dveirin, a Thomas-Davis pediatrician and one of the leaders of the union. The doctors yesterday asked that all changes made to their working conditions be rescinded by Wednesday and that the company meet them at the bargaining table that day.

Thomas-Davis' owners, FPA Medical Management of San Diego, filed an appeal of the judge's order yesterday morning with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said Angela Rivera, an FPA spokeswoman. Before Wednesday, the company will ask the judge to stay the implementation of his order, Rivera said. If the judge does not grant the stay, Rivera said, the company will bargain in good faith with the doctors. The injunction "is necessary to preserve the integrity of the collective bargaining process, to protect the quality of patient care and protect the community from the negative impact of the unfair labor practices," Browning wrote in his 14-page decision issued Wednesday.

The National Labor Relations Board sought the temporary injunction in August and argued for the relief in Browning's courtroom earlier this month. The temporary injunction is the first sought by See DOCTORS, Page 14A Nora unleashes dozens of raindrops False alarm called good preparation for winter's El Nino Toros move to county's new site fading fast Money and control are sticking points By Joe Burchell and Bruce Pascoe The Arizona Daily Star The prospects for the Tucson Toros' moving to Pima County's new baseball complex next year are fading fast because of disagreements over the terms of the lease. "I think it's in serious jeopardy. I really do," Board of Supervisors Chairman Raul sum-- rfr-- VBf Grijalva said of the Toros' anticipated move from the owned i J'' "At some point you give so much to have a team there that you lose money. I won't do that." Raul Grijalva Board of Supervisors chairman Corbett Field to the new county stadium on East Ajo Way near South Country Club Road.

Grijalva said money WE GOT SAND3AGGED i 1997 The Arizona Daily Star The sandbag panic is over. For Tucson, Nora turned out to be a wimpy acronym i NORA Not On Radar Anymore. It's the first wicked spin- off from what may turn out to be El None-yo. i Herewith, as a pub-; lie service, we pre- sent our Top 10 list of things you can do with your surplus sandbags. 10.

They make nifty filters for CAP 'water. 9. Paint them orange and use them jas 8. Re-cover them in a trendy fabric and market them as the latest in aerobic step equipment. 7.

Stack them up next to your office desk and start a mill- tia movement. 6. Dump the sand out in your living i room and have a beach party. i 5. Stick candles in them and call them "lumpy luminarias." 4.

Sell them to the city of Tucson as "instant speed humps." 3. Plaster one with 1 mayo and American cheese and call it the "Really Big King." 1 2. Use them to for- tify the porous of fen- sive line of the UA football team. 1. Fill them with dry straw, draw faces on them and start your own incorpora- tion movement.

Compiled by the Star staff and Rick Kaneen of Kaneen A Associates advertising company. 4 By Inger Sandal and Monica Mendoza The Arizona Daily Star Hurricane Nora proved to be a breeze for most of Arizona, but authorities called it a good dry run for the especially wet winter predicted. This is the beginning," said Mike Walsh, a TucsonPima County Office of Emergency Management coordinator. "They have anticipated a very active winter storm season based on the El Nino, so logic and prudence would dictate that those people who have taken precautions already should maintain what they've done," he said. El Nino is a periodic warming of surface waters off the west coast of equatorial South America.

It disrupts the climate worldwide and has been linked to increased winter rainfall in the Southwest. Yesterday was the first time this week Walsh's telephone wasn't swamped with calls from citizens worried about flooding. The forecast at the beginning of the week was fairly grim we were looking at 6 inches of rain in 48 hours," Walsh said. "As the week progressed and the National Weather Service was able to get a better look at where the storm was going and its intensity, they were able to advise us and downgrade that expectation from 6 inches to 4 inches to 2 inches to what we finally wound up with (yesterday)," Walsh said. "Considering the uncertainty with the track of a tropical storm like this, it's not a bad idea at all (to take precautions)," National -Weather Service meteorologist Jim Meyer said in Tucson.

"It's a good thing to get people's awareness up. We didn't get much out of this at all, but people who were just a little to our west got a whole lot Meyer said, explaining that the storm's punch stayed "pretty tightly packed around the cen- See NORA, Page 10A David Sanders, The Arizona Daily Star A lone man braves high winds that whip sand across desert floor of Puerto Penasco 7 Puerto Penasco lashed by rain and stinging sand issues and control of the facility are sticking points in a proposed lease. "At some point you give so much to have a team there that you lose money. I won't do that," he said. On Tuesday, after months of negotiating with various other county officials, incoming Toros owner Martin Stone sent a letter directly to the Board of Supervisors explaining his lease proposal and soliciting their support.

"If the terms spelled out herein are not satisfactory, then we have no choice but to return to Hi Corbett Field," Stone told the board. Stone said the National Association, which oversees minor league baseball, has given him an absolute deadline of Oct. 15 to finalize an agreement. If a deal Isn't reached by then, he said, negotiations could continue aimed at a move in two years. County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said some of Stone's lease provisions already have See BASEBALL, Page 14A By Tim Steller The Arizona Daily Star PUERTO PENASCO, Sonora Winds reached 75 mph at Puerto Penasco yesterday, lashing the city first with heavy rain then with stinging sand, and destroying dozens of maWpshift hnnp: Tropical Storm Nora also caused 10-foot pffi' tourist rpnfpr nf town.

Rut thp wavps did not ifeVl J-y 9 One fishing boat lost its steering near this port city of 28,000, known as Rocky Point, about 160 miles southwest of Tucson. Units of See MEXICO, Page 10A Jeffry Scott, The Arizona Daily Star Yuma policemen K. Vandersloot, left, and Dan Sizemore deal with fallen tree, but damage is light. Page 10A. NBC's Albert pleads guilty to assault Face lift WEATHER Nothing new.

Today is expected to be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Look for a high in the mid-90s and a low in the mid-60s. Yesterday's high was 92. The low was 78. Details on Page 15 A.

INDEX Mark Chesnutt's concert is the first in the redesigned, reopened and renamed country music club Accent JL-6E Money Bridge -2E Movie times Classified Noon to Noon Comics Obituaries .14 Comment Sports J. 10C Crosswords TV Istings Dear Abby Wheels His plea came a day after a surprise witness came forward with similar accusations: that Albert wearing white panties and a garter belt bit her on the neck and tried to force her to perform oral sex on him during a 1994 struggle in a Dallas hotel room that left her holding the sportscaster's toupee. "The significance of that testimony is profound. Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney Richard Trodden said outside court, adding that the plea bargain was endorsed by Albert's 42-year-old accuser. As he left court.

Albert thanked NBC for standing by him. But less than four hours later, the network issued a statement saving it had terminated its relationship with Albert. Albert, who for three decades has been one of America's most distinctive play-by-play voices wrth his exuberant "Yesss!" call, later issued a statement of See ALBERT, Page 14 Network fires him within hours of 'deal on charges ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) After three days that put the details of his kinky sex life on trial, sportscaster Marv Albert pleaded guilty yesterday to assault and battery charges that could bring him a year behind bars and perhaps a lifetime of humiliation. Within hours, NBC fired him.

"From my point of view, I just felt like I had to end this ordeal Albert said outside court in a weary voice after agreeing to a deal in which prosecutors dropped the more serious charge of forcible sodomy, a charge that carried from five years to life in prison. Albert, 56, was accused by a longtime lover of flinging her onto a bed. Tne Associated Press cum theme park, The New West. Car class A major auto equipment manufacturer is coming to town to teach technicians about 1998s high-tech vehicles. Former NBC sportscaster Marv Albert, accompanied by his fiancee.

Heather Faulkiner, meets with reporters outside court. viciously biting her back and forcing her to perform oral sex in an Arlington hotel room Feb. 12 because she failed to bring another man into their bed. 36''00001', SO.