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Tuesday, December 1, 1992 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho A-9 Nation Judge sends HIV-infected man to prison for endangering girl 0 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A man convicted of attempted murder for knowingly exposing a 17-year-old girl to the AIDS virus was sentenced Monday to nearly 9Yi years in prison. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Ancer Haggerty sentenced Alberto Gonzalez, 28, to 65 months in prison for attempted murder and three consecutive 16-month terms for giving the girl marijuana. The case was seen as a test of the use of existing laws to prosecute those who knowingly or deliberately expose others to HJV at a time when many states have passed or are considering laws specifically to cover that situation. Before sentencing, Gonzalez complained about his conviction.

"I feel it was an extreme racial vendetta from he said, pointing to the prosecutor and a police detective. "I was a guinea pig. The first time, why not?" Haggerty, who said he was unsure if Gonzalez would be medically capable of serving his entire term, said there was no racial or judicial prejudice involved. Jurors deliberated for about 7Yi hours over two days before reaching their verdict Wednesday evening. Deputy District Attorney David Peters successfully argued that Gonzalez, who did not warn the girl he was infected, was a danger to society.

Defense attorney Karolyn March A Oregon jury found Alberto Gonzalez, 28, guilty of attempted murder for having unprotected sex with a 17-year-old girl after he had been diagnosed as having the AIDS-causing virus. AP photo President-elect Bill Clinton autographs a banner welcoming his family to Summerland after a morning Jog Monday outside the Southern California vacation retreat. Clinton ponders call on House freshmen, winds up vacation Yuppie haven seeks influx of diversity said she believed the conviction was racially motivated. The prosecution has a lynch-mob mentality, she said, and "the criminal justice system is not the area for a public health issue." The victim, who testified she had unprotected sex with Gonzalez in 1990, has tested negative for the AIDS virus. Evaluation indicates Boulder may soon be overrun by young urban professionals City leaders intend to focus more attention and money on Boulder's Affordable Housing Program to attract poorer residents.

The University of Colorado is also trying to bring in more minorities to improve the racial mix of the faculty and staff. The census study showed the percentage of residents who work in professional and executive jobs jumped from 35 percent in 1980 to 44 percent in 1990. swap public service for college tuition, trim the federal bureaucracy, and reform campaign finance and lobbyist laws. "These guys are coming from outside Washington," From said. "There are a number of new ideas, reform issues, that Clinton is going to pursue that I think they'll be interested in.

They're going to be a key group." In addition, many of them are "committed deficit-cutters," From said, which Clinton considers a top priority. Clinton wants a version of the line-item veto that would give him power to delete individual items of pork-barrel spending. In the past, Congress has balked at giving up such power of the purse. A senior Clinton aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said the president-elect hopes to forge early alliances with the independent-minded freshmen and let them know "he's willing to work with them." A Clinton trip to Washington next BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Too many yuppies are moving in, and city officials want to balance the influx with more poor and lower-income families.

"What's happened is many, many upscale people from both coasts are moving to town," said Mayor Leslie Durgin. "I'm worried Boulder is becoming an upper-middle class and very white community. I don't think that's healthy for any community." An analysis of 1990 census figures compiled by the city's Division of Research and fun ym AP photo Two of Gonzalez's former sex partners have tested HIV-positive. One of them, Shawn Hopp, died of AIDS earlier this year. The other, Bridgett Pederson, attended both the trial and the sentencing.

"It's adequate," Pederson said of the sentence. "He put himself where he is at. I hope this message goes out to others." Stealth service brings dog honor LAS VEGAS (AP) A German shepherd military police dog who pulled guard duty with the F-117A Stealth fighters in Operation Desert Shield, will receive a special honor at Nellis Air Force Base Friday. The dog, named Shep, was bitten by a scorpion in the fall of 1990 while on duty guarding the exotic aircraft at an airfield in southern Saudi Arabia. Toxins from the bite eventually caused renal failure, and the guard dog was put to sleep by a military veterinarian to end his suffering.

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Clinton was headed back to Little Rock, on Monday night to resume transition work. He held a flurry of interviews last week with potential Cabinet picks, and said he was close to making decisions. But aides said the first of his appointments might not come until next week. On the final day of his long Thanksgiving weekend, he played a round of golf on the sunny Sandpiper course north of Santa Barbara with real estate developer Jack Theimer and two of Theimer's friends. drilling techniques," Gertz said.

"We're very excited about preparing to move underground where the scientists can conduct tests to better understand the geological structure of the mountain at the underground levels of the proposed repository." Members of the media accompanied Energy Department officials to Monday's groundbreaking activities. "I think there's no way to hide anything," Gertz said. "It's a wide open project." The Yucca project is being monitored by state and regulatory agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. State officials are vigorously opposed to the project, which would involve storage of 77,000 tons of radioactive waste from the nation's nuclear power plants for 10,000 years. One area scientists plan to study is the Bow Ridge fault, a section cited by former DOE scientist Jerry Szymanski.

Szymanski has raised concerns that Yucca Mountain is an unsafe site for the storage. 8am to 6pm 12pm to 5pm SUMMERLAND, Calif. (AP) President-elect Clinton may pay a call on House freshmen next week to help build congressional support for his proposals, aides said Monday as he wrapped up a four-day California vacation. "A new crowd is coming to town, both in Congress and in the White House," said transition aide Al From, commenting on newcomer Clinton's hopes to build early alliances with the 110 new incoming House members. If Clinton travels to Washington the plans aren't definite he would likely go early next week, when members of the new Congress will be in town for the House's organizational meetings.

Clinton sees great potential for allies in the House newcomers, many of whom were swept into office on anti-gridlock and reform themes. From, the transition's director for domestic policy, said Clinton would be looking to them for help with his legislative proposals to let people Judge orders family murder trial to proceed SEATTLE (AP) A man accused of hacking his wife and two sons to death and hiding their bodies in a storage locker for 12 years is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Monday. King County Superior Court Judge Anne Ellington made the ruling after reviewing a Western State Hospital psychologist's report and questioning Bender in court. Ellington asked Bender if he knew why he was in court. "Yes," he replied.

Asked for what, Bender added; "Murder." Pressed by Ellington to be more specific, he said: "Three counts." Bender, 50, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, Barbara, 35, and their two sons, Mark, 15, and Brian, 8. Prosecutors contend Bender cut them to pieces with a hatchet at the family's Federal Way home in mid-April 1980. Jury selection starts in Nevada murders LAS VEGAS (AP) Jury selection started Monday in the trial of Joseph Weldon Smith, charged with the October 1990 slayings of bis wife and two stepdaughters in their posh Henderson home. Clark County District Judge Jeffrey Sobel has scheduled three to four weeks for the trial. Opening arguments are planned Tuesday or Wednesday once a jury is seated.

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