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5 I I 111 1B984 Valley high, low i Too much of a good thing, like sun, can be painful. I Sun exposure: UV INDEX: 9 Complete color forecast AlO AUTO MALL IMPACTS The key is convenience, not low costs, industry analysts sayci SELES STILL UNSTOPPABLE Win over Anke Huber lifts Seles into quarterfinals; Agassi rolls onti IIIGH-PROFILE ATTORNEY DIES William Kunstler defended clients like the Chicago 7 and Jack RubyA2 LOVE, LOST AND FOUND Indio woman plans to remarry man she divorced 37 years agoBi Jf ki i KUNSTLER SELES tms custom nic rof iLn JFfFRfY A. BAILEY JcVL KANSAS AVE KIVEKSIDEi CA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1995 SERVING THE COACHELLA VALLEY SINCE 1927 35 cents UmiQdDiros' vMvfo stiODD iiuDti dtoinie, vaBDey DaDDour adlvQcaties say LABOR DAY RALLY: Labor Advocates, the sponsor of the event, uses the holiday to highlight an ongoing local labor dispute. was formed to address the needs and protect the interests of working people. "Left to its own devices, economies such as ours give the majority of the income to the few at the top, other golf course goundskeepers.

"I'm here because unions are important to workers and respect them," Garcia said. The event, attended by about 100 people, was sponsored by the newly-formed Labor Advocates, a local worker-based association. "We feel the issues we've identified are important enough for us to be here instead of at Disneyland or on some boat on the river," said Ventura Gutierrez of Coachella, Labor Advocates organizer. Gutierrez said Labor Advocates rally at City Hall on Monday. The morning program joined laborers, union officials and those who are out of work in commemorating the holiday.

It also highlighted a labor dispute between Local 1184 of the, Laborers International Union of North America and the Santa Monica-based American Golf Corp. Garcia, 35, was fired two months ago from his job as a lake maintenance worker at a country club operated by American Golf, but he continues to support activities of the union that represented him and American Golf officials declined to comment on the dispute when contacted last month and could not be reached Monday because of the holiday. Michael Dea, of the union's Indio office, said a "very tentative" meeting with American Golf is scheduled for Sept. 11. Gutierrez said the organization also is concerned with social issues affecting workers.

Singling out card room gambling as one of those issues, the association announced See LABORAIO By CHRISTINE MAHR GARCIA dispute with American Golf, Gutierrez said. Union officials said they have been unable to negotiate contracts with American Golf for workers at three courses American Golf manages Monterey, Palm Valley and Indian Ridge country clubs in Palm Desert. The union, which represents groundskeepers at the golf courses, filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 14. "We're having a real war with American Golf," said Jim Whitley, field representative for the union.

mm mm The Desert Sun COACHELLA Juan Garcia is out of a job, and that was all the more reason for the Coachella father of four to attend a Labor Day leaving workers in no position to bargain as equals," he said. One of Labor Advocates' first efforts is support of Local 1184 in its FOCUS ON EDUCATION Mcsw suD0)D, guqw DdDdDCi, iraew year DBDDOIfiMtf A AM i 1 Aaao i. COURTING CALIFORNIA: Disputing many of Wilson's campaign themes, the president offers different answers for the state's economic troubles. By ALISON MITCHELL New York Times News Service MONTEREY Directly challenging some of the presidential campaign themes of California's Republican governor, President Clinton on Monday told a cheering crowd in Monterey that immigration, affirmative action and welfare were not responsible for the economic distress of the middle class. In a day that strongly resembled a Labor Day campaign kickoff, in a state crucial to his re-election hopes, Clinton said the answers to stagnant wages lay instead with a higher minimum wage and more education and training programs for workers, two initiatives the White House has advocated against Republican opposition And he reminded his listeners to remember their roots.

"We should never, ever permit ourselves to get into a position where we forget that almost everybody here came from somewhere else and that America is a set of ideas and values and convictions that makes us strong," Clinton said to cries of sup port from more than 10,000 people. Clinton came to dedicate California State University at Monterey Bay, which is opening on the former site of Fort Ord, an Army post that was closed in 1994. Clinton did not mention California Gov. Pete Wilson by name. But he stepped squarely onto the turf of Wilson, who has based much of his PRESIDENTIAL.

WAVE: President. Clinton, backed by thousands of supporters, dedicated the new Cali-; fornia State University-Monterey Bay on Sunday. campaign for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination on a crackdown on illegal immigration and an end to racial preference programs, as well as budget cutting and tough laws against career criminals. Clinton conceded that the country had too many illegal immU grants, that an overhaul of welfare was needed and that some affirmative action programs had to be changed. But, he said, "that's not the real reason for the middle class economic anxieties." In a jab at Wilson, he said "We've done what we could to close the borders and send people back.

But you know what? This is a nation of immigrants. Most of us do not have ancestors who were born here." DeMrt Sun photo by Dan MacMadan BACK TO SCHOOL: Janet Benavidez gives a quick tour of Herbert Hoover Elementary School to incoming kindergarten students and their parents. Valley schools welcome students back Wednesday By CHRISTINE MAHR Back to school Enrollments The Coachella Valley's three public school districts expect to enroll 47,00 1 students this year, about 3 percent more than last year. Projections: Coachella Valley Unified PARENTS' ROLE: They must be active participants In their children's education, principals and teachers sayA3 WAGES: A legislative showdown over salaries could endanger a $3 billion school bond issueA3 Scheol District: 10,646, students, or 3.5 up 358 percent. Desert School up 559 Sands Unified District: 19,193, students, or 3 'Revolution has begun, -women's leaders say excited about the technology lab and gymnasium, while parents and students at Workman praised all the high technology at their school.

The neW school year will bring other changes as well. At 13 of the valley's 54 public schools, many students will look alike but not because they're all following the same fashion trend. In fact, fashion is essentially out at the 13 schools. Uniforms are in. At the urging of parents, schools from Palm Springs to Oasis near the Salton Sea are requiring uniforms consisting in most cases of navy blue shorts, pants or skirts and white blouses and shirts.

Another school Theodore Roosevelt in Indio will start phasing in uniforms this year. Students may wear them, but uniforms won't be required until the following year. Parents and school officials The Desert Sun Nearly a month before school was scheduled to start, Justin Smith had bought his school clothes, backpack, notebook and other supplies. "He's really thrilled about going back to school he can hardly said Debi Smith, mother of the 13-year-old Cathedral City student Across' the valley, 14-year-old Vanessa Padilla of Coachella, was just as enthusiastic. "I'm ready for school I'm very excited about going back," she said.

Justin and Vanessa have good reasons for eagerly anticipating the 1995-96 school year. Both will be attending new schools. The start of school Wednesday in the Coachella Valley, Desert Sands and Palm Springs unified school: percent. Palm Springs Unified School District: 17,162, up 419 students, or 2.5 percent. The Associated Proas districts will be marked by the opening of two new middle schools James Workman Middle School of Technology and the Arts in Cathedral City and Cahuilla Desert Academy in Coachella.

"I really like going to a new school because there's no gang graffiti anywhere you can start out fresh," Vanessa said. Kim Ramirez, 13, and Clarissa Tapia, 11, who also will attend Cahuilla, said they especially are "If we join together as a global; community, we can lift up the health and dignity of all women," Clinton said today. The first lady, making a two-dayj visit, was expected to push fori improved human rights conditions; worldwide without specifically siri- gling out conference host China which is touchy about its running; dispute with the Clinton administra said the uniforms will prevent students from wearing clothes associated with gangs and will contribute to a safer, more educa-See SCHOOLSA10 The Cabazon dinosaurs will live on IN THE DESERT SUN Almanac B2 Horoscope C8 Ann Landers S3 tion on numan rights. The gathering-of more than: 4,750 delegates-from 181 countries, the first of its kind in a decade, opened with a lavish Chinese welcome. pvintt Bl-S Movies B4 Business Cl-2 BEIJING The largest U.N.

conference ever opened Monday with a call for men to join women in a social revolution for equality and for governments and international institutions to pay for it. "A revolution has begun," said Gertrude Mongella, secretary-general of the Fourth World Conference on Womea "There can be no spectators, no sideliners, no abstainers, for this is a crucial social agenda which affects all humanity." Some of the world's top women leaders said again and again that the conference will come to nothing without strong follow-up and that men must be part of the solution The conference was energized by the appearance of one of the world's most famous women: first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who appealed for better access to health care for women and girls. "In too many places, the status of women's health is a picture of human suffering and pain. The faces in those pictures are girls and women who, but for the grace of God, could be us," Clinton told a panel on women's health issues. Bridge CS Obituaries A4 AS Classified C3-10 Opinion Dl-8 Sports Comics BS Crossword Television CUNTON DearAbby S3 Weather A1Q COMING WEDNESDAY balls.

We just don't know yet "I think they're pretty spectacular." The company plans to upgrade the surroundings, adding a motel and up to five restaurants in the first of four planned phases of development. Phase two will include adding a truck stop. "We're taking it one phase at a time," said Fernando Acosta, another principal in Minkoff and Kanter Associates. "With 60 acres, there are a lot of possibilities. We might put in an RV Park.

We don't know yet. "It's a destiny place. People have See DINOSAURSA4 Rex, a 100-ton tyrannosaurus, form the landmark duo of replica dinosaurs that has lured motorists passing through the San Gorgonio Pass just off Interstate 10. They will continue to attract visitors for years to come, said Gary Kanter of Minkoff and Kanter Associates of Costa Mesa, which recently paid about $1.2 million for the 60-acre site that includes Dino and Rex, two gift shops, a museum and the Wheel Inn restaurant off the Main Street exit of 1-10. "We're not moving them.

We're going to accentuate them," Kanter said. "We're not sure what we're going to do. We might have laser-beam eye 1-10 ATTRACTION: Dino and Rex sold to a developer who plans to upgrade the duo's surroundings, adding a motel and 5 restaurants. By STKVS MMEOUO The Desert Sun CABAZON Dino and Rex have had the same home since the 1960s and aren't planning on going anywhere soon even though they now belong to new owners. Dino, a 150-ton brontosaurus, and Ladies and gentlemen, start your popcorn poppers.

A new movie season is upon us. In LIVING A "platform of action" to be adopted by the conference includes, specific proposals for governments, the United Nations and volunteer groups to alleviate women's poverty and improve health care, increase education and job opportunities, and combat violence against women. CONFERENCE: China rolls out the red carpet A2 For customer service: 322-S85S 1995 A Gannett Newspaper 4 Th Dmit Sun to printed using nacycM papar.