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Shortages Lack of abortion doctors TODAY. A3 Outside Cooler: Becoming cloudy tonight with rain toward morning. Low in upper 40s. Rain Wednesday. High in low 50s.

Digest fu Tram 3- KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA 40 mile 40km AP Truck-Train Crash: A big-rig truck slammed into a freight train near Granville, Ohio, Monday, killing the truck's driver and causing 10 freight cars to derail, authorities said. The train was carrying liquid asphalt and grain. At least one car leaked asphalt after the crash, but officials said the spill wasn't hazardous. War Crimes: TWO Serb soldiers were convicted of massacring civilians and murdering and raping captive women and sentenced to death today in the first war crimes trial of the year- old Bosnian war. No date was set for the execution by firing squad of Borislav Herak, 22, or Sretko Damjanovic, 31.

Tomorrow Shots: The Cass County Immunization Clinic for alj types of immunizations will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Health Dept. in the County Government Building, Third and North streets. A written, signed physician's order is needed for the first visit only.

Also bring a record of any previous immunizations. Lenten Recital: The weekly Lenten recital will be held at 12:10 p.m. at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 701 Spencer St. Recycling: Recyclable materials will be accepted from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the drop-off site on the grounds of the Caston School Corporation.

Newsprint, in paper bags or bundled, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, crushed tin and aluminum cans, and plastics, and all glass, by color and with rings and caps off. Index Advice Area. Business .83 Classified B6 Faces. A8 Lifestyle B6 Opinion. Records State NIT Picking: Minnesota, Georgetown in finals.

Page B1 Medical Speakers Expect Little Help Public hearing allowed testimony from health care officials, but most felt it would have little effect on Clinton's reform package WASHINGTON (AP) Michael Bromberg got his free-market message across at the first and only public hearing by President Clinton's task force on health care reform. But he left feeling the 13-hour event mattered very little. "I don't think it's going to have any impact on the final result" of Clinton's proposals to improve health care, said Bromberg, executive director of the Federation of American Health Systems, representing investor-owned hospitals. "They knew our views, they gave us a hearing," he said. He and some of the roughly 65 others who testified at Monday's talk- fest said that while they were grateful for the chance to be heard, they had no illusions of great influence.

The task force, headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, has been working behind the scenes for weeks to fulfill the president's promise of a reform package that would con- Davis: Survey Supports Universal Health Care, Choice INDIANAPOLIS Residents of Indiana House District 24 have indicated by a 2 to 1 margin they support universal health care for the entire state. That's the percentage of support State Rep, John'Davis found when results of his legislative survey of constituents were compiled. The survey, which was not conducted scientifically, indicates 68 percent favor universal health coverage. Davis, D-Logansport, said he is not surprised by the numbers. "A lot of people are scrambling for health insurance, and even if they have it, they're concerned about what will happen when they won't have it any more when they retire.

It's also a concern because i the private sector is moving away from insurance coverage for employees." Fifty-nine percent of the nearly 2,000 respondents said they support the con- of school choice. Seventy-five percent said they support the adoption of a law banning open alcoholic beverage containers in vehicles, and 53 percent said they support lowering the limit for drivers from .1 to .08. A recent survey by the Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving indicates 71 percent support an open container law and 58 percent said they'support lowering the limit. Fifty-nine percent said they would sup- port an increase in the state's gasoline tax if the revenue can be used only for improvements to local roads and bridges. One question on the survey addressed priorities for changing the state's tax structure if the burden of property taxes is shifted to other taxes.

Thirty-six percent said they support an increase in the sales tax, while 33 percent said they support in- creases on income tax for those making more than $50,000. Only 16 percent said they would support increases in taxes for everyone and 15 percent said they would support increased corporate taxes. Davis said the survey is important because he uses the information to gauge public opinion in the district. trol health costs and guarantee coverage for all Americans. Clinton has said he intends to submit legislation to Congress on May 3.

Monday's hearing was a landmark for the task force, which has been under pressure from Congress and the be less secretive. Until last Friday the health team had refused to identify its 511 staff members and advisers. Mrs, Clinton missed the Hearing because she remained in Little Rock, at the bedside of her ailing father. Vice President Al Gore substituted and ran the session at George Washington University for all but about two of its 13 hours. No further public hearings were scheduled.

Gore said the working groups putting together the policy would take the various views heard Monday into consideration. See HEARING, Page A2 Associated Press Clint Eastwood (L) holds the Oscars for Best Director and Best Film and Gene Hackman smiles as he is photographed with the Best Supporting Actor award, for their work in the film The western epic also took the Oscar for best film editing. Eastwood, Pacino Finally Winners 'Unforgiven' gets four Oscars; Thompson best actress LOS ANGELES (AP) On a night that was supposed to honor women in movies, the names to remember were Clint and Al. Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino, overlooked by Oscar voters despite more than 50 years of acting between them, finally broke through Monday night. Eastwood's moody Western, "Unforgiven," brought him awards for best picture and best director.

Pacino, the bitter, blind Army veteran of "Scent of a Woman," was named best actor. Neither became famous by smiling a lot, but they each had something funny to say as they picked up their long-awaited Oscars and received well-earned standing ovations. "This is pretty good," muttered Eastwood, drawing laughs as he picked up his first Oscar of the night, for best director. "This is all right." "I've been around for nearly 39 years; I've enjoyed it and I've been lucky," said Eastwood, who had never been nominated until "Unforgiven." "Everyone feels they are lucky when they can make a living in a profession they enjoy." Pacino, nominated six times before this year, obviously arrived with high hopes. He actually wrote an acceptance speech.

Best Actor Al Pacino ('Scent of a Woman') and Best Actress Emma Thompson ('Howards End') The actor quipped "You broke my streak," and then rambled on, offering plenty of thanks and memories. Midway, he paused and apologized: me for a minute, because I'm not used to this." While films such as "Dances With Wolves" and "The Silence of the Lambs" have dominated recent Oscar ceremonies, this year's awards were more evenly divided. See OSCARS, Page A2 65th Annual Academy Awards A complete list of Oscar winners at Monday Night's 65th annual Academy Awards ceremony: PICTURE: "Unforgiven," Clint Eastwood. ACTOR: Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman." ACTRESS: Emma Thompson, "Howards End." SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gene Hackman, "Unforgiven." SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Marisa Tomei, "My Cousin Vinny." DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood, "Unforgiven." FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: France, "Indochine." ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Neil Jordan, 'The Crying Game." ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, "Howards End." ART DIRECTION: Luciana Arrighi and Ian Whittaker, "Howards End." CINEMATOGRAPHY: Philippe Rousselot, "A River Runs Through It." See WINNERS, Page A2 Somber Discussion On Gays In Military Little agreement as hearings begin on lifting military's gay ban WASHINGTON (AP) The topic of discussion was President Clinton's proposal to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military, and just about everyone seemed unhappy talking about it. Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee raised the twin specters of sodomy and AIDS, and Democrats said it was going to be tough to support their president on this one.

Gay rights activists were angry again. "I was raised in a tradition that was extremely tolerant and extremely judgmental," Sen. Joseph Lieberman, said Monday in summing up the emotional pull for many lawmakers. Sen. J.

James Exon, opened his remarks with a question: "Am I open-minded? Not completely, I concede." Exon suggested that a "workable compromise may be very hard to come by." The Armed Services panel was beginning a series of hearings that are expected to stretch over several months as the Clinton administration attempts to settle an issue that has drawn intense responses on all sides. The committee's chairman, Sen. Sam Nunn, supports the current ban, but he suggested a compromise in which the interim policy of not asking recruits their sexual orientation could be made permanent. That didn't sit well with gay rights activists who still were fuming about Clinton's suggestion last week that homosexuals might be segregated by military assignment. The White House later backed Gregory J.

King, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the largest homosexual lobby, said the interim policy on not questioning enlistees is worse than the all-out prohibition. King said his group would not rule out the interim policy as a starting point. "But I don't think the interim policy would be acceptable to anyone," he said. Sen. Bob Smith, asked witnesses, if they made a distinction between bestiality and sodomy.

Sen. Lauch Faircloth, suggested that the number of AIDS-infected people military would increase and overwhelm the medical system. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne, R-Idaho, recalled that as mayor of Boise he refused to sign a proclamation for Gay Pride Day because he "didn't want to signal to the youth that he condones the gay lifestyle." And Sen. Dan Coats, used his backing of the ban to take a swipe at Clin- ton's lack of military service.

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