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vM h2 dW'sv Ycift Ufcrid Ssrks -sports, di ALOHA! Fill Final ONO'AHU 50t -vv: eCopyrighUOOO K-3 11 I I I vi muv 87-730 Partly cloudy WEATHER, 4 www.honoluluadvertiser.com Wednesday octobi 18,2000 1 TMKSL ULi TO 10 mm In today's paper, two added weekly sections: Taste, for food and home entertainment, and a report on computers and technology. .7.7 7 i 1 Gore enters swinging for last debate Knight Rjdder News Service ST. LOUIS Vice President Al Gore came out swinging in the third and final presidential debate yesterday, battling Texas Gov. George W. Bush over health care, taxes and their vision for the coun-fay in a combative encounter just three weeks before the as CONGRESSIONAL RACE Russ Francis deals with troubled past Nov.velectioa While Gore pounded away on the differences between his proposals and Bush's, the Texas governor coun ANALYSIS Bush finds himself on defensive In this corner, it's Al "Hie fighter." And in the other corner, it's George W.

"the healer." By David S. Broder Washington Post ST. LOUIS In his final face-to-face opportunity to turn the election in his direction, Vice President Al Gore yesterday returned to the aggressive tactics that had served him well in past campaigns but caused him problems this year. The final televised debate of the 2000 presidential campaign saw Texas Gov. George W.

Bush often thrown on the defensive. But Bush managed several times to make Gore's partisanship an object lesson of why "people are sick and tired of the bitterness in Washington, D.C" The underlying motif of the town meeting on the campus of Washington University was "the fighter" vs. "the healer," with Gore See ANALYSIS, A3 GOP candidate stresses successes k. Jwl i tered that partisanship has caused gridlock in Washington and argued that he is a leader who can bring opposing factions together. "It's not your philosophy or your position on issues but whether you can get things done," Bush said.

Gore, meanwhile, tried to cast Bush as a throwback to the past and as a tool of the wealthy and special interests. "If you want somebody who believes that we were better See DEBATE, A3 More on the presidential debate, see Page A3 Associated Press With its town hall format, the St. Louis debate allowed more give-and-take between George W. Bush, Al Gore and the audience for their final televised exchange. By Walter Wright Advertiser Staff Writer It has been a dozen years since he has played in the National Football League, but Russ Francis is running again.

It's not on the icy turf of Sullivan Stadium outside Boston, where Francis was an All-Pro tight end with the New England Patriots, or on the green grass of Candlestick Park where he played for the San Francisco 49ers. Fit at age 47 and still a formidable figure at 6 feet 6, Russell Ross Francis is back in Kailua where he was raised, running as a Republican candidate for Congress. It is a tough, some would say impossible, battle in the 2nd Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink, the Democrat who has represented the Neighbor Islands and suburban O'ahu for 24 years.

And if the conventional political odds weren't challenging enough, Francis knows that by running for public office he will be asked not only about his positions on the is- 1 Hawai'i telescope views stellar collision FRANCIS: Seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink in 2nd District, sues, but to explain his conduct during stormy chapters of his life after the NFL "I bring it up, too," Francis said. "I say, 'Listen, you are going to hear about bankruptcy, you are going to hear about child support, you are going to hear about the And the weapons charge and drunken driving arrest in Nevada. But before that, there is the See CONGRESS, A12 Editor's note: This profile is one of several that The Advertiser will run on congressional candidates running for election on Nov.

7. whether the cloud is crashing into the star, said Peter Michaud, public information officer for Gemini North. The astronomical feature known as IRS8 is in a high-energy region in the middle of the Milky Way, where fast-moving stars are whipping through space within the gravitation field of the black hole believed to be at the center. The Gemini was able to peer through half a galaxy of dust and gas by using multiple observations in the infrared end of the light spectrum The Gemini was fitted for the viewing with the Hoku-pa'a, an adaptive optics device built by the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy that corrects for distortions caused by turbulence in the atmosphere. meter Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea, and were released this week.

They were the first scientific-quality data released by the new telescope. The images appear to show the star plowing into the gas cloud, creating a curved feature like the bow wave at the front of a ship. It is not yet clear whether the star is colliding with the cloud, or By Jan TenBruggencate Advertiser Science Writer Deep in the heart of the Milky Way, a star is colliding with a massive gas cloud, forming a shock wave that is visible in infrared The details of this stellar collision, 25,000 light years from Earth, were viewed for the first time using the 8.1- A star in the Milky Way and a massive gas cloud collided, forming a shock wave. Bloodshed continues despite truce in Mideast :0 Eflghsr profilo In this campaign, Board of Education candidates are working extra hard to get their messages out. O'ahu, B3 6 Sections, 72 Pages Classified D9-18 Big Island primary sees record-level spending By Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau HILO, Hawai'i Campaign spending in the 12-candidate primary for Big Island mayor hit a record level, but the two biggest spenders won't be on the ballot in November.

The dozen candidates spent a total of $620,097 in the most expensive primary election in Hawai'i County history, according to state campaign-spending reports. The richest campaign of all time was in 1992, when Mayor Steve Yamashiro's primary- and general-election campaigns cost a combined $982,000. In the days leading up to the Sept. 23 primary, Democrat Robert Herkes spent $191,154. He lost by more than 3,500 votes to Dr.

Fred SeerrviMASY.AlQ repressive steps Israel used to contain it. But there was scant evidence that the cycle of violence was ending. Demonstrators clashed with Israeli forces, marched against surrendering to Israeli demands and waged gun battles on the outskirts of Jerusalem. A Palestinian police officer was killed in Gaza, and a Palestinian civilian was shot to death near the West Bank town of Nablus. Three members of Israeli security forces were wounded.

The head of militias belonging to Arafat's Fatah political movement, Marwan Barghouti, as well as two other regional Fatah leaders and the heads of militant Islamic groups vowed last night that the fight would go on. The concluding statement fell short of even the most minimal expectations of the summit, and there was widespread skepticism that it will alleviate the deadly tensions. The agreement was not put into writing and was not signed by anybody. Will Palestinians heed Arafat? See story, Page A6 Los Angeles Times SHARM EL SHEK, Egypt Concluding a tense summit born of desperation, Israeli and Palestinians leaders agreed yesterday to urge an end to the growing bloodshed that has convulsed their region. Despite pledges to step back from the brink, however, violence raged again yesterday in the Holy Land and claimed more victims.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, who once vowed to make lasting peace but now cannot conceal their mutual animosity, offered their commitments separately to President Clinton, who led the emergency meeting here. Barak and Arafat did not address each other publicly. Nor did they shake hands. Clinton and other U.S. officials said the agreement, hammered out during angry, nearly round-the-clock sessions that stretched over more than 24 hours, should finally halt the current Palestinian uprising and the often- Ijimics C8 Crosswords C2 hlitorials AI4 Movie ads C7 Nation World A3 Obituaries B2 Stocks B8-9 TV listings Cb Weather A4 '0000 4090 Associated Press Shortly after the truce was announced, an Israeli police officer shouted for help after a Palestinian gunman shot and critically wounded a border guard just outside Jerusalem.

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