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4- i 57lh Yraf Nu. 255 I (MM) Wiiiin 8uu Jounuil Wisconsin 4 State Journal 50 CENTS evitai i I Margin is 2-1; no opponent in November Ml IZ2 deieafe II Raemisch wins primary Page 1C i Slate Journal ROGER TURNER Longtime state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, and his wife, Nancy, greet well-wishers Tuesday night at Cafe Montmartre, where Risser celebrated his primary victory. The Democratic primary was the only race Risser needed to win because Republicans failed to put up a candidate in the predominantly Democratic district If Democrats retain the Senate majority in November, Risser will remain Senate president Fellow Democratic senators rallied around Risser to secure his Senate seat "The power of 40 years of incumbency is an awesome thing to behold. Certainly the dynamic of the race changed when Democrats regained the majority (earlier this year)," Levitan said.

"I had a great experience. I'm $20,000 in debt, but I'm not bitter." Risser, carrying on a family tradition, became a member of By Jeff Mayers State government reporter Fred Risser isn't ready to pass the torch, Risser, a Madison state legislator since 1957, defeated former Dane County Board member and community activist Stuart Levi-tan by roughly a 2-to-l margin in the Democratic primary Tuesday to get four more years in the state Senate. With all 55 wards reporting, the vote was: Fred Risser (i) 10,953 Stuart Levitan 5,428 "People who supported me throughout my career stuck with me," said Risser, who received 'The power of 40 years of incumbency is an awesome thing to Stuart Levitan congratulations from his opponent less than an hour after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Levitan, 42, ran in the liberal 26th state Senate District with the slogan, "Pass the Torch" and said he would be more visionary and energetic in fighting for urban causes than Risser, 69. But Levitan and Risser agreed on the issues, and as the oldest member of the state Senate said, the suggestion he was too old for the job "absolutely didn't hold water." Spottswood wins 1st District Page 3C Legislative primary results Page4C Other local and area races Page4C bitrator for the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, was backed by Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, who partly blames Risser for the city's declining state aid.

Soglin also backed candidate Michael Christopher in the 1992 Democratic primary, but Risser beat him and went on to win another term. the state Assembly in 1957 and was elected to the state Senate in a 1962 special election. He's an attorney and a member of the state Building Commission. He claims partial credit for Madison's Downtown building boom. Levitan, an activist in development issues and a mediator-ar Senate rejects same-sex marriage But bill to ban job bias against gays nearly passes for iawi wsaii Witnesses said a semitruck driver was going too fast in the fog before he crossed the median and overturned.

By Marcla Stepanek Hearst Newspapers WASHINGTON In historic votes illustrating the political complexities of debating homosexual issues in an election year, the Senate voted Tuesday to limit same-sex marriages and narrowly defeated landmark legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gays. The 85-14 vote on the Defense of Marriage Act was expected, but the close margin of the anti-discrimination measure vote 49 for and 50 against came as a surprise, even to some gay-rights supporters. (Wisconsin's two Democratic senators split on the Defense of Marriage Act, with Herb Kohl voting for it and Russ Feingold against the measure. Both voted in favor of the anti-discrimination bill.) Underscoring the close vote on the anti-discrimination measure, the White House had alerted Vice President Al Gore that he might have to fly back from a Philadelphia engagement to break a tie in the Senate, said White House gay rights liaison Richard Socarides. Socarides said Gore would have voted in favor of the anti-discrimination measure.

Gay rights groups were enthusiastic about the close vote and vowed to lobby lawmakers before Congress adjourns this fall to reintroduce the bill. "We are going to consider moving this on another bill this Congress," said David Smith, a spokesman for the Human Rights Sift Above: Madison police officer Pia Kinney James photographs the pickup truck that belonged to Steven Jell-nek, 38, of Bagley, who was killed Tuesday morning on Interstate 90. The semitruck that struck Jelinek's truck lies across the road In the background. Left: The crash stranded motorists on 1-90, which was closed for more than six hours while crews unloaded and removed the semi. a pickup truck driven by Steven A.Jelinek,38,ofBagley.

The semi came to rest across both westbound lanes of 1-90. Traffic was blocked until just after 1:30 p.m. Jelinek received chest injuries and was taken to Meriter Hospital-Park, where he was pronounced dead. Mitchell and tow truck driver Clarence Day, 32, Stoughton, were not seriously injured. Witnesses told investigators that Mitchell was driving too fast in the fog, which had cut visibility to 100 to 150 feet at the time of the accident, said Trooper John Luther.

"When I came (to the scene) from Stoughton it was very foggy all the way up," said Lu- Please see CRASH, Page 3A By Ed Treleven Wisconsin State Journal The driver of a semitruck may have been driving too fast in thick fog before an accident that killed a Bagley man Tuesday morning, the State Patrol said. The accident closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 for more than six hours, shunting traffic onto alternate routes throughout the area. Semi driver David E. Mitchell, 41, of Hinesville, was driving eastbound on 1-90 about 7:15 a.m. when he came upon a tow truck slowed by traffic nearing the Beltline interchange two miles ahead.

Mitchell's truck glanced off the back of the wrecker and veered left across the median and into the westbound lanes, where it overturned and struck Campaign, one of the nation's largest pro-gay political groups. I As expected, gay rights groups called State Journal photo JOSEPH W. JACKSON II on President Clinton to veto the marriage bill, which would define marriage in fed: eral law as a legal union between one man and one woman and would allow states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. State to correct abortion letter Judge: Doctors should be told they don't have to comply with new law yet But Clinton has said he will sign the marriage bill. Sen.

Edward Kennedy, vowed Please see SENATE, Page 3 Nuclear test ban The United Nations General Assembly Tuesday endorsed a global test ban on nuclear weapons. Page 7A. I Madison reaction3A 1 1 Supwlo 1, 6S.45 'Counsel advised the court that i r. Wmjmu 67 41 i i 1 OfMn liny 70i4j i Eau ClAlrt 6647 La Cms i N--. i I have no Medium Mllwmikw 70rt -rfftti obligations under that vise physicians throughout the state that the implementation of (the law) has been stayed and that they have no obligations under that act until this court has determined its constitutionality," Crabb wrote.

Planned Parenthood's lawyer, Simon Heller, also asked Crabb last week to rule the law unconstitutional without the trial. He argued that the facts necessary to resolve the case weren't in dispute and that a trial was unnecessary. But Assistant Attorney Bruce Olsen said he couldn't respond to Heller's arguments until Sept 30. Crabb said that wouldn't give her enough time to decide the issue before trial, but that she It A act until wis court Piper, administrator of the Division of Health, was sent to physicians licensed in prenatal care, obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, family practice, emergency medicine and general surgery. When asked Aug.

21 by Rep. Barbara Notestein, D-Milwau-kee, to tell doctors about Crabb's order, DHFS Secretary Joe Leean refused. Leean said the order only applied to the attorney general and district attorneys, the defendants named in the case. The law's challengers, including Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, then asked Crabb to include Leean and Piper as defendants and order them to tell doctors the law isn't in force. The state agreed to comply with both requests in a telephone conference with Crabb.

"Counsel advised the court that steps would be taken to ad- By Cary Segall Wisconsin State Journal State officials have agreed to tell Wisconsin doctors they don't need to comply with a new state law regulating abortion until a lawsuit challenging the law is resolved. In an order released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb said the state agreed to correct information about the law sent to doctors Aug. 6. The law requires a 24-hour waiting period for abortions and requires doctors to give state-produced pamphlets about abortion to their patients.

It also requires that patients complete a form certifying that doctors provided a variety of information. But Crabb last May barred enforcement of the law until she can decide if it's constitutional after a trial scheduled to start Oct 7. Madison Forecast: Today: Skies will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. High 70. Tonight: Mostly cloudy and cool.

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See related story3A. The state Department of Health and Family Services, though, told doctors in the letter that they were required to provide the pamphlets and use the form. The letter, signed by KB. 0 O- could reschedule the trial to start Nov. 18 if the lawyers agreed.

Heller and Olsen, though, said Tuesday they expect the trial to start Oct 7..