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A-6 Monday. November 21. 1994 Star-Bulletin THE NATION Find linked i V) 'J i 1. Pole: Supporc for ATT iinEiecl io capital gains Associated Pies WASHINGTON The wooing of Bob Dole on the GATT trade accord hit another snag today, with the future Senate majority leader standing firm on his demand that the Clinton aclministration commit to a capital gains tax cut 7 White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said the administration has no plans to reverse its opposition to the tax cut to accommodate Dole. But Dole made clear today that he won't let the issue die.

Dole said yesterday that before he signs onto GATT, he wants Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen "to give us some indication on capital gains what his indications are in this next Congress." Asked if he was making a capital gains tax a condition to his support of GATT, Dole said, "I suggested that to him (Bentsen)" in a Saturday meeting on GATT. Also at the meeting were Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and Panetta. The House and Senate convene in a lame-duck session later this month specifically to vote on the 123-nation accord designed to move the world toward free trade. House approval is expected, but Dole's support is key in the Senate. Dole has asked for separate legislation that will enable the United States to withdraw easily from the agreement if U.S.

interests are at risk. He is also seeking to change language in the bill that gives preferential treatment to three communications companies in obtaining licenses for the next generation of wireless phone systems. Dole said he and the administration were getting close to an agreement "I want to fix it and if we can fix it then I'll vote for it" GOP governors serve notice to Washington Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Emboldened by their swollen ranks, GOP governors are demanding more to cancer of prostate Reuters BALTIMORE Prostate cancer may be closely linked to a genetic defect that hampers the body's defenses against environmental carcinogens, researchers have found. Writing in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers said they had found what appeared to be the most common genetic flaw linked to the cancer.

"I think we'd have to view this as a tremendous clue," said the leader of the study, Dr William Nelson, assistant pro-feasor of oncology and urology at Johns Hopkins University. "It's present in almost all of the (prostate) cancers, so it's got to be telling us something," Nelson said. "The key is are we going to be clever enough to figure out what it means." The team found in nearly all of the 91 prostate cancers studied there was evidence of a genetic defect that blocked production of an enzyme that protects against cancer-causing substances in the environment The defect was not present in the prostates of healthy individuals. The flaw discovered by the researchers is in the molecular makeup of one of the strands of the DNA, or genetic blueprint That implies that the flaw is potentially treatable with drugs, Nelson said. He said scientists working in a laboratory were able to use drugs to make the problem gene work again.

0 J. case focuses on Ito's wife's role LOS ANGELES An OJ. Simpson case hearing today is to focus on the role played by the wife of the trial's presiding judge. Lance Ito, in matters relating to the case. Simpson's defense team has been granted a request to question Capt Margaret York, the highest-ranking woman in the Los Angeles Police Department, on reports she led a departmental probe into LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman.

The defense wants to question York about Fuhrman, who said he found a bloody glove at Simpson's estate. The defense has suggested that Fuhrman, who is white, is a racist who may have planted the glove. York was scheduled to take the stand during a hearing today before Superior Court Judge Curtis Rappe, who will decide if she should testify. Singer David Crosby gets new liver LOS ANGELES Rock singer David Crosby was in critical but stable condition today after seven hours of surgery to replace his drug-ravaged liver. That's normal for organ transplant patients, hospital spokesman Warren Robak.

He said he had no details on the donor in yesterday's operation at the University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center. Elliot Mintz, Crosby's publicist, urged fans to keep the 53-year-old musician in their thoughts. "I think the best thing for all of us to do right now is just send him our prayers and well wishes," he said. Dr. Ronald W.

Busuttil said the surgery went well "As with all transplant patients, we will watch his progress closely for several days and I am optimistic that he will do said BusuttiL Crosby was admitted to the hospital with a deteriorating liver Nov. 2. Mintz blamed his condi- tion on decades of drug abuse. Odd noises reported before jet crash CHICAGO At least three passengers on an earlier leg of USAir Flight 427 complained of strange noises before the jet took off on its final, fatal flight, according to a lawyer representing victims' families. Philip H.

Corboy, a lawyer suing USAir on behalf of some of the families, said reports of complaints were filed Thursday in depositions in federal court. The three passengers said they had heard an odd noise during the Sept 8 flight from Charlotte, N.C., fr to Chicago, he said. The Jet left Chicago for Pittsburgh later that day and crashed a few miles from the Pittsburgh airport, killing all 132 people aboard. Investigators have not determined what caused the crash. USAir's chief maintenance foreman in Chicago, Gerald E.

Fox, was told about a report of unusual noise but allowed the plane to take off without investigating because the pilot told him the craft was fine, USAir spokesman Richard Weintraub said. High school graduation up for blacks WASHINGTON Three-fourths of black youngsters are finishing high school, but about a third of them are going on to college, the Census Bureau reports. Some 75 percent of black students completed high school in 1993, the bureau said in a report That was up from 67 percent two decades earlier. During the same period, graduation rates remained unchanged for whites, at 83 percent, and Hispanics, 61 percent "Although the difference in the high school completion rates is narrowing between African-Americans and whites, and college enrollments are improving for both groups, the gap in college enrollment has not decreased," said census statistician Rosalind Bruno, a- Hi. rmnf.r 1M1 i i 'li i nmi i rr nssocialed Press TRAGIC RESCUE: Officials examine a ladder that buckled as firefighters were trying to rescue a family from a New York City apartment yesterday.

One man was killed, and his wife and two children were critically injured. A firefighter also on the ladder was in serious condition. Clinton vows he'll try to keep aid to Israel at $3 billion level Arafat urges Palestinian unity A-8 Associated Press leeway from the federal government ana warning House Republicans that "one size does not fit all" 5 states when it comes to welfare reform. Crowding a stage at their first post-election meeting, GOP governors and governors-elect vowed to serve as role models for the party as it takes control of Congress for the first time in 40 years, showing how to govern compassionately while cutting taxes, spending and bureaucracy. "People believe government spends too much, costs too much and is too intrusive," said George Pataki, who defeated Democratic Mario Cuomo of New York.

The governors said they were prepared to help the new GOP majority in Congress enact its agenda, pledging to back the balanced budget amendment tax cuts and a federal government downsizing. More than a dozen said they would be happy, for example, to see the Education Department elimi- nated and its powers shifted to the states. But in exchange for their help, the governors said they expected Washington to finally understand that'in their view, it often does more harm than good when it imposes mandates and strict policy prescriptions on states especially when it doesn't "send along the money to pay for them. feel it in their bones" that they will be secure. In an Oval Office news conference, Rabin made a lengthy defense of the use of American troops to help keep the 15-year peace between Israel and Egypt He said none of the 1,000 Americans there had been hurt.

There is one VS. infantry battalion in Sinai monitoring terms of the peace treaty and it is in an area protected by Egyptian armed forces, Rabin said. And on the Golan Heights, he said, Syria has kept to a 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel and there has been no terrorist incident between Israeli and Syrian lines, i "The Golan Heights today is safe from terror Rabin said in trying to make a case for using American troops to monitor a treaty with Syria if one can be worked out" ternational force there. But with no agreement yet, Clinton said it would be "jumping the gun" to define the role of the American troops. Clinton returned to work at the White House after a long trip to Asia to find Middle East peacemaking and a stepped-up war in Bosnia on his desk.

Despite the slump in Israeli-Syrian talks and Palestinian unrest Clinton called Middle East peacemaking "the most successful process since Israel became a nation." He pledged that "we will keep, "working at Tit to try to make it better" and also "to stand behind Israel in its security." He said Israeli people "have to WASHINGTON President Clinton today promised Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin he would try to keep U.S. aid to Israel at the 3 billion level despite congressional pressures on foreign spending. Trying to bolster Rabin in lagging talks with Syria, Clinton also said Joint production of the Arrow anti-missile missile would be continued. And he said he would' "make a case" for sending U.S. troops to the Golan Heights if a treaty called for stationing an in From Star-Bulletin news services FROM PAGE ONE NATO attacks Area of I SO detail 7 I SLOVENIA NMJNGARY Zagreb l-fiihac ERBIA BOSNIA- ft Quzta Serb held Croatia LjjHT "jGr Bosnian Serb fXV Muslim-Croat tn RAID: NATO forces bomb Serb air base FROM PAGE A-1 Muslims loyal to renegade leader Fikret Abdic.

German government spokesman Dieter Vogel called the bombardment an "inevitable response to the Serbian attacks in Bihac. We hope the Serbs will reach the appropriate conclusion and stop their attacks against U.N. protection zones." The top U.N. official in former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, described the airstrike as a "necessary and proportionate response." 1 1 -A i i 1 v- KHNL Makes 'quantum leap' deal with NBC FROM PAGE A-1 from a network that delivers five hours of programming a day to a network that delivers 12 hours of programming a That programming includes a number of popular shows: the "Today Show," "Tom Brokaw and the NBC News," "Seinfeld," "Fra-ser," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBA basketball, Notre Dame football and in 1996, the Summer Olympic Games. "What's not to love about a network as comprehensive as NBC," Armstrong said.

Although KHNL revenues are certain to rise with the NBC affiliation, it's "very hard to determine" how much they will increase next year because the time of the affiliate switch remains unknown, Armstrong said. There are only three television rating periods in Hawaii February, May, and November which determine how much a station can charge advertisers. There' is no way at this point to know -when NBC programming on KHNL prior to a ratings period. "NBC is a more popular television network" than Fox, Armstrong said. "In Hawaii, NBC is 75 percent more popular than Fox.

NBC is Hawaii's favorite network." KHNL still has not decided whether it will remain at its current Puuhale Road facility, which it shares with KFVE, move to a larger, more convenient downtown location, or create a new location. Friday, Armstrong announced that Dan Cooke, KTTV anchor and weatherman, will head its multimillion-dollar news program. "NBC is wonderful but their programming is connected to the network," Armstrong said. "KHNL's connection with the community is through news and public affairs." Craig Marrs, an interim consultant at KHNL, added, "News is a driving force for the image of a television station." Marrs also is the president and general manager of Northwest Cable News and a former consultant to KHON. Associated Press 4.

NEIGHBOR: Lend a hand this holiday season; help is needed Associated Press French soldiers evacuate Bosnian soldier Amir Coric, who was mortally wounded during sniper fire in Sarajevo today. Bosnian premier pleased Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic seemed pleased: "I would like to say it is now very clear what is the character of this war in Bosnia. Some people thought that this was a civil war. It is an aggression, it is quite clear now. It is not a civil war.

They are coming across the border to attack our people." Smith said the intention of the attack "was to try to limit collateral damage. We did not want to go outside of that airfield area. We wanted also to limit the number of people on the ground who might (become) casualties as a result of the strike." The UJ4. Security Council on Saturday extended NATO air au-, thority over neighboring Croatia after warplanes flying from the base staged air strikes on Bosnian government targets. The resolution specifically allowed NATO to target the Udbina airfield, used in a napalm attack Friday on Bihac and in an air attack Saturday on the nearby town of Cazin.

U.N. troops on high alert U.N. troops throughout Bosnia were on high alert today for the second time in 24 hours. All nonessential U.N. personnel had been Striking back NATO air attacks this year Feb.

28: American F-1 6 fighters shoot down four Bosnian Serb warplanes violating a no-fly zone in central Bosnia, the first military strike by NATO in its 45-year history. April 10: Two American F-1 6s strike Bosnian Serb positions near Gorazde, a Muslim enclave under attack 35 miles southeast of Sarajevo. Results are inconclusive. April U.S. Marine FA-18s strike Serb positions near Gorazde, reportedly destroying a tank.

April 16: A British Sea Harrier jet is downed near Gorazde by ground fire. The pilot ejects and is rescued by Bosnian government troops. Aug. 5: Two U.S. A-10 jets destroy an antitank weapon near Sarajevo after Serbs seize heavy weapons from a U.N.-guarded compound.

The weap- ons are later returned. Sept 22: NATO jets strike a Serb tank near Sarajevo after Serbs attack a French armored personnel carrier and defy U.N. demands to remove heavy guns in a no-weapons zone. I Today: NATO war planes bomb the air base in Serb-held Croatia that Serb planes have used to raid the Bosnian "safe-area of Bihac. FROM PAGE A-1 sitters to be with the children while she is at work at night The family does not qualify for food stamps.

Mona longs for some toys and books to make Christmas special for the children. She'd like to borrow or somehow acquire a sewing machine to make clothes for the children and curtains to cover over the board-ed-up windows. The washing machine in their shack is broken. Mona drives to a washerette. That takes gas for the car and money for the washing machines.

Sometimes she does the washing by hand. Mona takes short naps while the children are at school. Otherwise, she is cooking, cleaning or working on their clothes. Mona speaxs two languages but has few friends here and no ami- ly to call on for help. If you'd be willing to help, send a check to the Star-Bulletin's Good Neighbor Fund, P.O.

Box 2019. Aiea 96701. The fund is using a post office in Aiea because no post office boxes are available in Honolulu. Or if you have a washing machine or sewing machine in working condition that you can spare, call the Community Clearing House. For others of our neighbors in need, nonperishable food, furniture and clothing in extra large sizes always are needed.

Also needed are volunteers to pick up, sort and pack donated items. Workers from public and private socir! agencies provide the names of individuals and families needing a hand. The names are changed for use in these reports. Some people thought that this was a civil war. It is an i aggression, it is quite clear now.

It is not a civil war. They are coming across the border to attack our people" 99 presidency and near the city government building next door, slightly injuring three people, U.N. officials said. Sniper fire forced the halting of the city's tram service. Government-held Tuzla also was shelled this morning.

UN. spokesman Lt Col. Jan-Dirk von Merveldt said Bosnian Serbs had renewed their threat to shell Tuzla on an "hourly basis" in retaliation for government troops surrounding a Bosnian Serb platoon nearby. Bosnia's war began when minority Serbs rebelled against the republic's vote to secede from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia. More than 200,000 people have been killed or disappeared since.

evacuated from U.N. bases in two sections of Serb-held Croatia yesterday. In Sarajevo, two Sagger guided missiles hit the roof of the Bosnian Haris Silajdzic Bosnian Prime Minister A -5 5 1.