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Page 2A Tuesday, April 3P. 2002 Independent Record www.helenair.com INationWorld PeopleNews High court: Seniority I trumps ADM I 1 31 mil i Am JMiiiT n7 -H minim nn AP photo A workman who declined to be identifed Monday carries a chair out of the second story office of Mudd, Mudd Fitzgerald law offices, located in The Sydney E. Mudd House, whose roof was torn off when a tornado struck downtown La Plata, Md. 'All you could see was the sky' 200 arrested jat Ala. concerts PELHAM, Ala.

(AP) "About 200 people were arrested on drug charges during a three-night undercover crackdown at a series jof rock concerts in which person died of an apparent overdose. About half the arrests at -Widespread Panic's outdoor Jows were felony drug faises. The rest involved misdemeanor drug and underage drinking charges. The crackdown, called Operation Don't Panic, was conducted Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre by agents of the state alcoholic beverage control board and Pelham police. Some 30,000 fans attend-: ed the group's sold-out con-" certs at the amphitheater south of Birmingham.

Italy bans book on Versace SYDNEY, Australia (AP) A court on Monday banned the publication of a book about Italy's Versace fashion family by an Aus- tralian man who claimed to have worked as a body-: guard for Gianni Versace, who was murdered in 1997. Justice Brian Tamberlin said Frank Monte's manuscript, "The Spying Game," lacks "any credibility whatsoever." He said the writer acted out of malice and had tried to "procure maximum publicity" from the case. en job security of all employees covered by a seniority syso tem, Breyer wrote. "We can find nothing iif the statute that suggests Congress intended to under mine seniority systems in this way," the court said, The court has ruled for i employers and against a disabled employee each time it has examined the scope of the ADA in the workplace. Monday's decision is no j.

exception, although the court did not give employees everything they wanted, The court left a little wig gle room, ruling that employees covered by i seniority systems remain free to try to show that theft case is special. The court said it is entirely up to the employee to prove they deserve a break the employer gets the edge, The court gave examples! of situations where a dis i abled employee might shot at bucking the seniority system, such as an er's previous history of -bending the policy. "It's not a slam dunk, since they said employees could show there's excep- tions to it," said Stephen Bokat, senior vice president and general counsel of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. By ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Companies' seniority policies almost always trump the demands of disabled employees, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision that continued the justices' trend of limiting the reach of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act.

When choice jobs go to those with the most seniority, employers do not have to upend that system to accommodate a disabled worker such as former US Airways baggage handler Robert Bar-nett, the divided court ruled. Barnett wanted a mail-room job that did not aggravate his back injury, but employees with more years on the job had dibs on the position. He sued under the ADA, the 1990 law guaranteeing fair treatment for the disabled on the job and elsewhere. "The statute does not require proof on a case-by-case basis that a seniority system should prevail," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the majority. Rather, the assumption is that seniority systems take precedence, the court said.

Anything else could compromise the expectations or Tornadoes ravage areas from Missouri to Maryland, killing at least 6 people batch of storms plowed across the eastern half of the nation. At least six people were killed, including three in a pair of hard-hit Maryland counties south of the nation's capital. More than 100 people were injured across the country and thousands lost power. The tornado that hit La Plata was an F5, the most powerful, according to a preliminary determination by the National Weather Service. In Charles County alone, the twister destroyed six houses and left a track of damage 24 miles long and 400 yards wide.

Damage still needed to be evaluated in Calvert County. Under the Fujita scale, a twister with an F5 rating has winds from 261 mph to 318 mph. Maryland has never had an FS and only two F4s are on record including one in 1926 that killed 14 schoolchildren in La Plata. Gov. Parris Glendening declared a state of emergency for Charles, Calvert and Dorchester counties, freeing the National Guard to help.

Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who surveyed the damage from the air, said the tornado appeared to have touched down "like a bouncing ball." Among the dead was Margaret Albey, 74, whose small, wood-frame home lay in the storm's path. Her body was found under a couch alongside her 77-year-old husband, George, who survived. Another victim, William Erickson died in a house collapse.

LA PLATA, Md. (AP) Deborah McClain was hiding in her basement with her husband and six children when La Plata was ripped by a deadly tornado, one of the most powerful in Maryland history. "When it was over, I went upstairs and all you could see was the sky," said McClain, 41. "The roof was gone. The wall was gone.

The beds had gone out the window." Tornado-ravaged cities from Missouri to Maryland picked up the pieces Monday, a day after an unusually potent aw EATHER Wednesday hursday Today Mostly cloudy Friday Windy and warmer Saturday Seasonal with scattered clouds Tonight Periods of rain and mountian snow Not as cool and mainly dry Little to no threat of additional moisture in tor ratn til i1 Z3 Moon Phases MA.Sunrise and Sunset Temperature Precipitation Today Sunrise: 6:16 AM Sunset 8:36 PM Wednesday Sunrise: This morning: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance for local rain early. This afternoon: Breezy and cloudy with rain showers possible. Highs near 53. Tonight: Cloudy with periods of rain and high elevation snow possible. Lows near 34.

Thursday Sunrise: 6:14 AM Sunset: 8:37 PM 6:12 AM Sunset 8:39 PM 6:10 AM Sunset: 8:40 PM 6:09 AM Sunset 8:41 PM Yesterday's High 60 Yesterday's Low 36 Normal HighLow 5834 Record High 86 In 1992 Record Low 14 in 1954 Temperature and Precipitation valid-through 6 p.m. for the previous 24 hours. Friday Sunrise: Saturday Sunrise: FULL: Apr. 27 LAST: May 4 NEW: May 12 FIRST: May 19 Yesterday o.OO Month to date 0.81" Normal Month to date .1 0.90" Year to date 1.46 Normal Year to date 2.71" Helena Weather Trivia April 1951 ended with a long cold rain in Helena; while up to three feet of snow fell in the surrounding mountains. May 1951 also ended with a major mountain snowfall, and it snowed in Helena on June 7.

LJ Road Conditions Moonrise Helena 444-9424 Montana statewide: 1-800-2267623 Today: 12:00 PM Internet httpiwww.rrHjt.state.mtusavtifo Mnnncot 2T EE Washington: 1-888-7664636, Idaho: 1-888-432-7623 Today: 7:45 AM Today's Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous 91 Visible -fvoTsr- ML' Yesterday I Yesterday HI Lo Prop 58 31 0.00" 63 32 0.001 65 32 0.00" Not available 58 33 0.00 57 38 0.00" 65 28 0.00 66 33 0.00' Not available 58 28 0.00 63 32 0.00 Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available 58 18 0.00 59 38 0.00 Tomorrow HI Lo 46 24 mc 39 19 mc 46 25 mc 42 23 mc 41 27 mc 54 28 pc 44 27 mc 46 24 mc 44 30 mc 48 28 mc 49 22 mc 42 21 me 38 20 mc 41 30 mc 54 29 pc 44 24 mc 38 23 mc 43 26 su Today HI Lo 61 26 mc 50 25 mc 52 25 mc 58 25 mc 57 30 mc 60 32 mc 49 27 mo 50 26 mc 43 24 mc 49 27 mc 54 24 mc 61 24 mc 60 25 mc 48 25 mc 61 33 mc 61 27 mc 49 25 mc 50 26 mc Thursday HI Lo 57 35 mc 58 36 mc 59 33 mc 60 32 pc 69 36 pc 60 33 pc 57 35 mc 57 35 mc 59 35 mc 57 36 pc 60 33 mo 52 39 mc 66 37 mo 60 38 mc 59 33 po 62 33 pc 58 37 mc 57 39 mc Today Tomorrow HI Lo HI Lo 50 25 mc 41 21 mc 57 34 mc 52 30 pc 47 25 mc 37 24 me 64 30 mc 58 27 pc 53 28 mc 47 28 mc 52 29 mc 42 23 mc 60 33 mc 54 30 pc 51 20 mc 41 18 mc 58 30 mo 52 28 po 44 24 fl 33 22 mc 59 27 me 42 24 me 51 25 pc 40 21 mc 63 31 mc 56 28 pc 62 32 mc 57 28 pc 60 33 mo 54 29 pc 36 12 fl 31 8 mc 44 15 mc 43 17 mc 55 24 mc 45 21 mc Thursday HI Lo 64 38 mc" 58 36 pc 57 38 mo 64 33 pc 60 36 mc 61 40 mc 59 34 pc 51 36 mc 62 27 pc i 54 36 mc 60 33 pe 55 38 pc 61 32 DC i 62 32 pe 60 35 pe 39 21 mc 52 25 pe 55 39 mc City Jordan Kalispell Lewlstown Libby Livingston Miles City Missoula Plentywood Poison Red Lodge Roundup Sidney Superior Thompson Falls Townsend W. Yellowstone Wisdom Wolf Point HI Lo Prep Not available 53 32 0.00" 64 21 0.00" 66 33 0.00" 66 31 0.00" 59 21 0.00" 60 27 0.00" 59 21 0.00" 60 29 0.00 64 27 0.00 Not available 56 35 Trace 55 37 0.00" 60 36 0.00' 69 32 0.00 66 33 0.00" 62 32 0.00" 60 29 0.00" City Anaconda! Baker Belgrade Big Timber Billings Boulder Bozeman Butte Cut Bank Dillon Drummond Glasgow Glendlve Great Falls Hamilton Hardin Haiiowton Havre weather key: V'f'. Salmon, ID 593456 404020 Yesterday's State Extremes: High: 67 at Gardiner Low: 18 at Wisdom su-sunny. pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, th-thunderstorms, sn-snow, fl-flurries. w-wmd, m-missing Yesterday Today Tomorrow HI Lo HI Lo 84 47 eu 71 42 eu 51 33 po 47 33 pc 75 65 mo 85 66 po 92 72 pc 92 64 pc 66 61 pc 70 59 mo 52 28 pc 43 23 pc 63 40 po 64 39 pc 57 47 pc 66 49 pc City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Austin Baltimore Bismarck Bolae Boston Chicago 'i Cleveland HI Lo Prep 80 68 0.00 60 41 O.OO" 79 64 0.04 93 72 O.OO" 67 54 O.OO 58 32 0.O5" 71 39 O.OO 42 36 0.03" 61 40 O.OO 44 39 0.02" 90 65 O.OO DO to pc 42 Dallas 60 43 pc 90 75 po 89 68 pc Daytona Beach 90 65 O.OO" Denver 56 52 sh 91 57 po 92 70 po 41 26 sh 65 37 44 26 pc 49 29 DO State Discussion: By Thursday a shallow ridge of high pressure will be gliding across the state.

Statewide conditions will in turn be much warmer and mostly dry. More cool and unsettled weather will return by Friday and Saturday. Western Montana: Northwest flow aloft will generally continue to dominate local weather conditions. A quick switch to northeasterly winds today will bring cloudier skies to the area as well as a slight chance of rain and high peak snow. The chance for precipitation will fade quickly as dry, northwest flow returns on Wednesday.

Eastern Montana: The progression of a cold front across the region will usher in some cooler air today. Temperature readings will dip accordingly, however, this is not going to become a significant cold air intrusion. We'll see warmer temperatures resurface by Thursday. Precipitation development is not much of a concern at this time. Townsend's Forecast Today: Mostly cloudy with a small threat of rain and mountain snow.

Highs 45 to 55. Lows 23 to 33. Tomorrow: Cloudy with little to no threat of additional precioitation development. Highs 40 to 50. Lows 23 to 33.

Local Mountains Expect a small chance of rain developing today, otherwise weather conditions will change very little. Temperatures will be cooler today and tomorrow but warming again on Thursday. htghsfows: 37 to 4720 to 30 4 Streamflow Conditions Location: Stage(ft) Ftow(cfpe) NormalHow SoutderR. hear Boulder 524' 52 195 iSearborn R. near Craig 3.06' 152 (41 F) 325 I titaePrickrPearaatVtolfCfc 317' 85(42F) 162 I Missouri R.

at Toston 3.73' 2590 (50 F) 6280 Missouri below Hauser Lake 332' 3140 I Missouri R. below Hotter Dam 2.13' 3160 (40 F) 5659 Boulder's Forecast Today: Mostly cloudy and mainly dry. The threat of precipitation developing is quite low. Highs 45 to 55. Lows 20 to 30.

Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with minimal threat of valley rain or mountain snow. Highs 40 to 50. Lows 17 to 27. 1 Lincoln's Forecast Today: Becoming cloudy and breezy with a chance of tain and mountain snow. Highs 52 to 62.

Lows 30 to 40. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy with a remote chance of valley rain and mountain snow forming. rJHighs 50 to 60. Lows 26 to 36. 75 36 O.OO 73 37 po 68 37 O.OO" 68 47 po 50 32 pc 53 33 pc 57 34 0.01" 61 75 0.05 Des Moines Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans Valid to 6 p.m.

today 90s 72 42 O.OO" 65 60 O.OO 69 54 O.OC 90 71 O.OC 60 38 O.OO" 66 42 O.OO 71 47 O.OC 90 70 O.OC 54 49 0.29" Low. 17 at South Pass City, WY Yesterday's Extremes Yesterday High: 105 at Cotula, TX Today Tomorrow 64 72 mc 84 72 mo 71 55 mc 64 40 75 53 au 75 55 su 64 52 pc 66 54 pc 89 75 mo 91 77 mc 62 41 pc 45 38 58 39 po 54 36 pc 76 64 th 86 60 pc 90 74 me 91 75 mo 57 48 pc 65 53 mc 81 63 mc 79 42 pc 74 48 th 54 35 sh 61 52 pc 69 58 mo 84 57 su 81 59 su 71 47 pc 73 47 pc 55 31 sh 41 18 fl 71 61 mc 76 49 ah City New York HI Lo HI Lo Hi Lo Prep OklahomaClty 78 53 O.OC and maps prepared by: DavWeather, Inc. Cheyenne. Wyoming SaJtLakeClty 70 41 O.OO 62 39 pc 56 36 pc San Francisco 58 47 0.21" 56 50 mc 62 50 pc SantaFe 75 41 O.OC 79 37 su 64 31 su Seattle 65 42 O.OC 67 46 pc 67 44 pc SiouxFalta 69 32 O.OC 62 38 mc 47 28 ah Spokane. WA 67 37 O.OC 64 37 pc 60 39 pc Washington, DC 59 66 O.OC 67 55 pc 70 61 mc 71 37 O.OC 58 57 O.OC 92 72 O.OC 73 43 O.OC 66 37 O.OC 70 40 O.OC omana Ptnladslphia Phoenix Portland.

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