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Izlq niglit'i Scholar athletes return page A6 huu i 1 Li tfc ratings batilo page B1 OTJG: Goatees make comeback page A8 pi a Kvan tisis ao xaiKina paged Cft Vol. 129 No. 349 3w Sioux City, Iowa Today's readers: 122,320 iti 1 HI li i CITY EDITION TO) Biraifi ipi taygj In) (mm Undecided Kerrey holds fate of deficit bill in Senate WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats squeaked President Clinton's budget past unified Republican opposition Thursday night, setting up a climactic Senate showdown on the plan that targets the rich and asks middle-income Americans for an extra dime a day. Vice President Al Gore said the outcome might be a tie which he would break in favor of the plan. Democratic Sen.

Bob Kerrey of Nebraska was the lone undecided vote, and his opposition could doom the plan. The measure, with claimed deficits savings of $496 billion over five years, is the centerpiece of the president's first year in office, and the stakes were evident in a day-long debate in the House. Democrats painted the bill as an important effort to remove the "dagger pointed at our economic heart" a deficit threatening to spiral out of control. is the time to decide, tonight is the time for courage," declared Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash.

In deference to Democrats who seek additional spending cuts, he said the measure was merely the beginning of a campaign to cut spending. Republican Whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia said the measure would lead to a "job-killing recession" that Democrats would come to regret. "There is no doubt how Americans feel about the plan," he said. "The American people have answered the president: Not this bill," he said. Added Minority Leader Bob Michel, "We do have constructive alternatives to offer that neither the president nor the Democratic majority can ignore But we'll be back another day to remind you of your folly." Democratic leaders hounded wavering members in the backrooms as the debate consumed the entire day in the House chamber, SEE DEMOCRATS continued on page A1 2 The vote was 218-216 and came after a suspenseful roll call in which the measure stalled for several minutes just shy of a ma jority.

Senate leaders were expected to begin debate on the measure almost immediately. Blues' arant Two wings and a prayer Today, mostly sunny. Hiahs 70 to 75. Northwest winds at 5 to 1 0 helps health mph. Tonight, Increasing clouds.

center grow 1 Renovated buildinn STILL DROPPING The level of the Missouri River continues to drop, creating a different kind of quadruples space -r -1 -V. v-' 5 "K4 ByLynnZerschllng Journal staff writer boating dilemma In Sioux City. PagaAS "PRAIRIE JEWEL" The Woodbury County Conservation Board plans to establish hiking The Siouxland Community Health Center will be able to expand its operations thanks in part to a trails through Riverside Bluffs, a $100,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa Foundation. Robert Ray, president and chief 135-acre preserve of native loess hills. executive otticer ot the insurance TOPEKA BOMBING A man armed with guns and pipe bombs storms a federal courthouse 1 JM.

1 UHL INI )l I .1 i i i.ijubih. i 4 5- where he was about to be group, made the announcement Thursday in Sioux City. The foundation was established in 1990 to improve accessibility to health care and provide seed money to communities addressing those sentenced. Page E7 TEARFUL PLEA -A Florida teen-ager tearfully pleads to get her biological parents out of her life. Page C6 Hackett needs, Ray said.

Pilot makes gravel road his airstrip Empty fuel tank forces landing By Kate Thompson Journal staff writer LAWTON, Iowa Traffic 3 SERBS RELENT Serbian leaders promise to lift the siege of Sarajevo. Page B7 stopped Thursday afternoon when a BASEBALL IN SSC The Nebraska Class American Junior Legion baseball tournament comes to South Sioux City tonight for the first time ever. Page CI Woodbury County Deputy Scott Lanagan, left, checks the driver's license of Donald Moore, who made an emergency landing. Right, deputies and the county's disaster services truck escort the plane south on Garner Avenue toward a takeoff from county road D-38, above. (Staff photos by Ed Porter) man uS-llim" "We are pleased to be able to make this announcement for the grant to be given the Siouxland Community Health Center, which will offer a full-range of services," Ray said.

Jeff Hackett, the center's executive director, said the $100,000 will be used to renovate a building in near downtown Sioux City that will quadruple the space available at the current clinic at 1709 Pierce St. "Inadequate space and outdated facilities, particularly as it relates to our clinical and business needs, signficantly impede the center's ability to provide essential services," Hackett stated. "In the new location, we will be able to provide dental, nutrition and x-ray services for the first time." The clinic, which serves people who are underinsured or have no insurance at all, already provides primary care, a pharmacy, counseling and other services. However, Hackett explained, the building on Pierce Street needs major repair. "We determined that renovation of the present facility would not be cost effective, nor could it provide solutions to problems such as insuf- SEE RAY SAYS continued on page A1 2 Here are the numbers drawn in Thursday's "Iowa's $100,000 plane ran out of fuel and landed in Garner Avenue, a gravel road southeast of Lawton.

Pilot Donald A. Moore of Upland, said he and his passenger, T. Willard Hunter of Claremont, were flying from Oshkosh, to Sioux City on the first leg of their return to southern California when they ran out of fuel about 10 miles short of their destination. "The dumbest thing a pilot can do is run out of fuel," said Moore, a pilot for more than 50 years. He was a pilot during World War II in the Philippines.

This was the first time he ran out of fuel. The two men had attended the annual Experimental Aviation Association fly-in at Oshkosh. At 8 a.m. Thursday, they took off in Moore's single-engine Piper Cherokee 150, planning to have lunch and refuel in Sioux City. Cash Game 2-14-21-23-31.

U.S. Highway 20 between Lawton and Movilie. When he was setting the plane down, the tanks had already gone dry. In fact, the propeller had stopped and he was landing with a "dead stick." He said, fortunately, he had no trouble. First on the scene were "I did not notice what was happening until it was too late," he said.

Moore told the Sioux City air traffic tower what the situation was. Then he began looking for a place to set the plane down. They found Garner Avenue which is straight but hilly and has no electric poles. That's where Moore landed the plane, on the gravel road a few miles south of "It was a beautiful day, up to a certain point," Moore said. "We had a good weather we had a bad weather report from Sioux City.

I talked to Fort Dodge (on the radio) and they said it was improving." The pilot decided to continue on the 490-mile leg of the flight. There were heavy clouds and that forced Moore to fly low, which he said, uses more fuel. Unaware of the exact time and place, I missed the wedding of the Chamber Foundation and the City SEE NEARBY continued on page A12 Council. I wonder If they had prenuptial agreement, as there is a lot of money and property involved. CM EG won't 'ariry now Letierman show Gerald E.

Jacobson 3810 Claude Ave By Bruce R.Miller Journal staff writer Send your mini with your name, address and daytime telephone number to Mini Editor, The Journal, Box 118, 'it's strsno to in a psslilon to even consider a precrsm tfcst coio besten very by 'Ctri Trek' Sioux City, IA 51 102. Bruce Lewis KMEG genera! manager baugh." KTIV will stand firm with "The Tonight Show." Though Lewis is unlikely to "reconsider his decision prior to "The Late Show's" bow. he says there's always a chance KMEG could air Letterman "as programming tastes change and Star Trek' begins Jo wane. "I'm not convinced (Letterman) is going to do as well at 10:30 as he did at 11:30," he says. "But we'll watch what happens nationally.

I have nothing against Letterman. This is just a business situation. A popularity poll (the ratings) was taken three times and Letterman lost badly." Calls to the station. Lewis says, have mirrored those results. KMEG has gotten very few requests to run "The Late Show." "This may kill a lot of people." he says, "but we had more people call when we dropped 'The Bold and the president of late night programming for CBS.

"If you let one station do it, you must let them all." The network's goal? To get "The Late Show" in a head-to-head battle with Jay Leno's "Tonight Show." Because many stations like KMEG have been running syndicated fare in their late night timeslots, "we realize it's going to take some time to achieve parity," Perth says. To give those stations time to play out existing contracts, CBS is allowing the half-hour delay. Presently, 23 percent of the stations expected to air "The Late Show" will begin the show at 11 p.m. CST. In a year's time, Perth says, that number should decrease significant- iy- KMEG, meanwhile, will air reruns of "Cheers" and "Star Trek." Beginning Sept.

13, KCAU will follow its standard-bearer, "Nightline," with "Rush Lim Sioux City has been declared a "No Dave" zone. KMEG-TV, the local CBS affiliate, will not carry "The Late Show with David Letterman." The reason? Reruns are just too successful. "We've been fortunate this year to Eut together a late fringe lineup that as kicked everybody else's butt," says General Manager Bruce Lewis. Replacing second-run series with Letterman, he adds, wouldn't assure similar success. Routinely, Lewis says, Letter-man's NBC show, "Late Night," has been edged in local ratings by KMEG's offerings.

"It's strange to be in a position to even consider a program that gets beaten very soundly by 'Star Trek and 'Rush Nevertheless, CBS is eager to get "The Late Show" on in all markets. 4 SECTlONS-56 PAGES Abby B5 Ann Landers B6 Boyd B10 Bridge B6 Classified Ads C6-C10 Comics B5-B6 Editorials A10 Horoscope B5 Movies B4 Obituaries C5 Puzzle B6 Sports C1-C4 TV Listings TV JOURNAL Weather A2 In places such as Sioux City where the CBS affiliate has passed on the show, others have been offered the rights. KCAU General Manager Ray Cole says he strongly considered the option but turned it down after considering the margin for error. "If there ever was a blip on CBS' schedule a movie or a sporting event that runs long we'd have logistical problems," he explains. "Intrigued as we were with the whole idea, on balance it was too dif ficult to pull off." That means Sioux City will be among the 3 percent of the nation without Letterman.

When "The Late Show" premieres Aug. 30, 97 percent of the nation's television markets will air the talk show immediately following local news or a half hour later. Lewis says he offered to run the show one hour later than its scheduled time, but CBS officials said no. "We can't afford to allow that kind of delay," says Rod Perth, vice.