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Wisconsin State Journal. Tuesday, July 20, 1993 2A Baldwin: 'Concession to bigotry' 'We were just about to redo the floors. Now, that emerge from this fight with more allies than we had when we began. "In a society that values honesty, it is unacceptable that lesbians and gays should have to lie about their orientation." Mariam Ben-Shalom, a Milwaukee lesbian who challenged the military's ban on homosexuals, said Monday the policy amounts to state-sponsored discrimination. "I can't believe that they're doing this to Americans," said Ben-Shalom, a former Army drill sergeant.

Ben-Shalom, 45, received national attention for her unsuccessful battle to re-enlist in the Army after publicly declaring she is a lesbian. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of State Journal staff, wire reports Rep. Tammy Baldwin said Monday that President Clinton's compromise is a "concession to bigotry." "It shows how far we still have to go to eradicate irrational prejudices and homophobia," the Madison Democrat, a lesbian, said in a statement But she said, "I think it is only a matter of time before the ban is totally lifted." "We can still be proud that this issue prompted a dialogue on gay and lesbian issues like we've never seen before," she said. "People learned about gays and lesbians and many used this new knowledge to challenge their own bigotry.

We Nuclear Continued from Page 1A from the brink. Trying to prevent such recklessness, the United States has bombed Iraq's nuclear research plants and begged allies to quit selling sensitive technology to Iran. Just more than a week ago, President Clinton warned North Korean leaders that it would "be the end of their country" if they ever use the nuclear bombs they are building. In many countries, government efforts to block the passing on of this technology bring complaints from politicians and from industries trying to create jobs and bolster national economies. But it appears that the rest of the world has said.

Thunderbird: At Thunderbird Transit farther down Sauk Avenue, just off Highway 12 on Baraboo's west side, floodwater had risen to the tops of the hoods of 32 school buses parked there. "We have to drain the engine oil, the transmission fluid and the gas tanks," said manager Phil Niles. "Well also have to clean the mud out of the insides. School starts on Aug. 24 and we'll work right up until then.

Well have to hire six more people to do most of the work and cleaning. We do have insurance to cover it" Glacier Valley Ford, across the street, escaped damage, he noted. Railroad tracks: On Highway DL, Daniel Sluga, an engineering superintendent for Chicago and North Western Railway, was surveying work Monday. "We lost a half mile of track, in various places," Sluga said. The worst was a stretch between Devils Lake State Park and Highway DL.

Another 200 feet of track was ruined on the south side of Baraboo, he said. Track between Highway DL and the park will need to be rebuilt from the bottom up, Sluga said. CNW might be able to reuse a fifth of the ties, he said. This stretch is a spur that connects the Pink Lady Quarry at Rock Springs with the CNW mainline, he said. Ironically, the very sort of material that is quarried there rock and gravel is needed to rebuild the track bed.

Since it is cessible, trainloads of rock are on the way from elsewhere, including South Dakota, Sluga said. His crew of 30 hopes to have the track back in use in a week. "This is the biggest (track washout) we've ever seen in Wisconsin," he said. Hein-Wemen At the building housing Hein-Werner Automotive Corp. on Lake Street on Baraboo's south side, Tom Griffith of Deppe Enterprises, which owns the building, was shoveling mud out of the closed plant and a warehouse that also housed paper for Perry Printing.

He said walls of water broke through freight doors and pushed 200-pound rolls of paper through other doors. Hein-Werner has about 65 employees. At the rear of the building, much of a bluff on which railroad tracks run was washed away, leaving tracks suspended, bridgelike. David Deppe, Deppe Enterprises president; said, "We think the building can be salvaged, though it sustained major damage. Hein-Werner has indicated it wants to stay in Baraboo.

"This is something nobody conceived could have happened," he said. "The wall of water emptied Baraboo Continued from Page 1A behind. Perry Printing Corp. suffered little damage in its printing plant here but had to stop operations about 3 p.m. Sunday because its presses require large amounts of water, said general manager David Robinson.

Three of four city wells were shut down as a result of the flood, he explained. Robinson said three of Perry's six presses were back in operation Monday afternoon and he hoped the rest could resume Monday night Perry has about 400 employees here. "We sent some employees home," Robinson said. "Last (Sunday) night a good share didn't come in. "We lost considerable paper in a warehouse.

We don't have an exact figure yet. The big loss was lack of production." Robinson estimated Perry's losses "in excess of $100,000." "We don't know the effect of the paper loss," he said, explaining that rail cars will be unable to bring in paper because the siding is washed out nearby. "We hope to be able to make arrangements to off-load the paper somewhere else." Robinson said the damage couldn't have come at a worse time because "this is a very critical period, our busiest season and one involving very critical customer needs." However, he predicted the company would be back on schedule "within a couple days." Blain's: Several blocks away at Blain's Farm Fleet store, where 2' feet of water covered the floor Sunday, employees were cleaning up the mess, trying to salvage merchandise that can still be sold and preparing to reopen. Owner Bert Blain of Janesville estimated the loss at $2 million, mainly in merchandise. Employees hung clothing to dry on a chain link fence surrounding part of the building.

"Not much is salvageable," Blain said. The store has sustained some water damage after previous heavy rains, "but nothing like this." The store's 110 employees, plus 40 from other Blain's stores, worked to get the store ready for reopening, but that's probably several days away, Blain said. "We were just about to redo the floors," Blain said. "Now, that will start all over again. The city has talked about putting new storm sewers in, but hasn't done anything yet." A sign in the store's window said it was closed but was still selling "pumps, generators, drainage hose and emergency items." Sysco, a food distribution company a short distance away, sustained no damage, a receptionist learned nothing from the mistakes made in selling billions of dollars of weapons and high-technology goods to Saddam Hussein in the 1980s.

Nine countries have nuclear weapons today. U.S. intelligence officials say that number could double over the next decade as countries like Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Libya scratch for the means and clout to terrorize their neighbors. In addition, two dozen nations either have or are developing chemical and biological weapons, often referred to as "poor man's nukes." Sheafer, the naval intelligence director, said he doubts the rest of the world will get serious about stopping proliferation until "something awful" happens and a Third World nation sets off a nuclear or biological bomb. MISSED YOUR PAPER? Please call your carrier.

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Water seven to eight feet deep went through the building." Country club: Across Lake Street from the plant, the Baraboo Country Club's 18 holes were closed Monday after water and mud swept through the course, destroying six bridges and sweeping an automobile along the raging torrent, depositing it on one of the bridges, said Ann Henderson, manager of the club's Eagle Links Restaurant She said the restaurant will remain open, but seven golf outings scheduled for this week will be canceled. Club pro Greg Befora said the course will be closed until at least Saturday. "We really got hit hard. We're insured, but not for floods. We're probably looking at a couple weeks until we get 18 holes open." Mike Bidwell, a board of directors member, said the flood damage comes on top of a season during which many other days were lost because of rain.

The Devi Bara Resort tavern across from Devils Lake State Park was closed Monday after 28 customers fled when water cascaded into it Trudy Maatta, one of the owners, said, "I have no idea when well reopen. It might be as late as next year. We had three feet of water in it Now, it's down to two to three inches of mud." Twelve vehicles in the parking lot, including one of Maatta 's, were severely damaged in the flood, she said, and the tavern lost its liquor stock. Martha's Store: Georgette Young, who leases the nearby Martha's Store from her mother, lost a couple of storage sheds in the flood and "our truck and snowmobile are completely ruined." "They're insured, but not with flood insurance," Young said. "We won't get anything because it is flood loss.

We never considered flood insurance. We're not near a lake, and a stream nearby (which flooded) only has water in it in the spring. The Baraboo River is half a mile away." She said the store relies on Devils Lake Park traffic for 95 percent of its business. "It's going to be a very slow week. July and August are usually our best months." She said, "the lake was so high it broke through a parking lot and we have pieces of its concrete retaining wall around our store." Million Dollar Diamonds Ruby Emerald DMMOND Appeals ruled against her in 1989.

Reached in Washington, D.O, Ben-Shalom said the Clinton plan is worse than the old policy because it sets gays and lesbians apart "I can't believe they're doing this to Americans," she said. "This is an issue of civil rights, not gay rights." Major General Gerald Slack, adjutant general of the Wisconsin National Guard, said the Guard has had in place since January a policy of not asking recruits about their sexual orientation. "My feeling about the new policy doesn't matter," Slack said. "I'm a soldier and IH follow orders. Postmaster Send address changes to: 1901 Fish Hatchery Rood Post Office Box 8058 Madison, Wl 53708 Second class postage paid at Madison, Wisconsin (USPS 688-720) ISSN: 0749-405X Huge Storewide Clearance Sale Sofa, Loveseat iRecllner 4 styles to H099" Choose From Sofas 2599-399" .7 Futon Frame Complete iii.jiiP!.iJ4iii ftnrtlehfthifte fvvnui iv i ww 5 Drawer Chest 49" Mattresses Twin 6691 Full 89 jQueen 1199 FURNITURE 1002 S.

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