Tucson Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • 15

BEST AYAcLA3LE copy nn f'l a 1 ucsonArizona Weather3 Public records5 Business6 Tuesday June 3 1986 Tucson Citizen CITY EDITOR MARK KIMBLE 5734561 Babbitt to go ahead on King holiday By NORMA COILE Citizen Phoenix Bureau Dateline: Arizona Babbitt names aide to be chief of staff PHOENIX Longtime aide Ronnie Lopez has been named to replace Jack LaSota Jr as chief of staff to lame-duck Gov Bruce Babbitt officials say LaSota went to work for a Phoenix law firm yesterday Lopez 39 earned $80000 a year as executive assistant and will earn $85000 In the new post He was a justice of the peace in 1978 when he administered the oath of office as Babbitt was sworn in as governor The Miami native has served as an executive assistant to Babbitt since then LaSota 44 served as chief of staff since August 1984 hill for a King holiday was passed by the Senate but dii'd by two votes in the House Barr had voted for the bill Art 1 iamilton D-Phoenix the House minot cy leader and the leading proponent of a King holiday in Aiizona predicted yesterday that third Monday in January 1987 will see the largest crowd demonstrating at this Capitol that seen in a very long either be here to celebrate the Hamilton pledged be here demanding V- Hamilton the most prominent black loader noted that the King holiday issue was dead until proclamation at least it in the public with a bad opinion (from the attorney general) still in the game" said Hamilton a Phoenix Democrat 1 But some Repubicans praised opinion gratified that this governor or any gover- BABBITT continued4B power to declare state holiday 1 ies it the Legislature and not with the Rep Karen Mills a Glendale Republican ho was one of three GOP lawmakers who had asked Corbin for his opinion said she will be to go to court" against Babbitt Since Babbitt is not seeking another term and will be out of office by the time the King holiday arrives in January the controversy may fall on his successor Democratic candidate Carolyn Warner said yesterday she would stand by executive order Tony Mason another Democrat running for governor said Babbitt should call the Legislature back into special session and demand that it enact the holiday But Republican gubernatorial candidate Burton Barr of Phoenix the House majority leader indicated he would follow advice and rescind proclamation can you honor Barr asked to the opinion it Babbitt proclaimed the observance of birthday on the third Monday in January after PHOENIX Gov Bruce Babbitt said today he will disregard a state attorney ruling that he overstepped his authority in declaring a Martin Luther king Jr holiday for state employees reaffirm my executive order (creating the holiday) and consider it in full force and effect" Babbitt commented He said fight in court if necessary to preserve the holiday legislators who are intent on objecting have one recourse: to go to Babbitt said if they are serious I say to them simply Til meet you on the courthouse The opinion may make it easier for opponents to sue Babbitt or his successor to block the anuary holiday in honor of the slain civil-rights i leader advisory opinion by Republican Attorney General Robert Corbin stated that Tucson Citizen Martin Luther King Jr Search for missing boater 5 halted BULLHEAD CITY Mohave County and Bullhead City officials have called off a search for a 5-year-old boy missing since Sunday in a Colorado River boating accident Police Lt Roger Larm yesterday said four adults and their six children all from Bullhead City were in the boat when it overturned All but 5-year-old Brian Myers managed to jump clear and were rescued Witnesses told police the boy was the only one aboard the 1 8-foot boat who had been wearing a life preserver City has art fund deadline Details of spending crucial to bond sale By JUDY CARLOCK Citizen Staff Writer fj Glendale man joins District 16 race GLENDALE A retired state Department of Public Safety commander says he will challenge Republican state Sen Wayne Stump in the September primary Ron Young 45 of Glendale retired Saturday after 20 years with the DPS and served most recently as commander of inspections and control Stump 50 is a three-term Republican senator representing District 16 WARREN FAIDLEYTucson Citizen 1 OPPOSITION Members of the John right) Resident Gordon Cearlock (right) Spring neighborhood sit with Salvation made it clear he want a daily hot Army Capt Rudy Hedgren (above meal station in the neighborhood Salvation Army called deceitful Spring area residents: We weren't asked about homeless robbers palled professional SCOTTSDALE Police say three camouflaged gunmen who stormed into a popular tourist attraction tied up three employees and fled with an undetermined amount of money apparently knew what they were doing The robbery took place about 2:15 am yesterday at Rawhide Arizona about four hours after the recreated Old West town had closed Only a security guard and a night kitchen crew were on duty said Mark Barnett a Scottsdale police spokesman The Tucson City Council must deride within two weeks exactly how it will spend $42 million that has been allocated for a downtown arts district or risk losing the money City Manager Joel Valdez said yesterday The money is available because of a refinancing of the Tucson Community Center that will raise about $285 million Fifteen percent of that money was allocated by the council to form an arts district But Valdez told the City Council that potential of the $42 million could threaten the tax-exempt status of bonds to be sold by the Tucson Local Development Corp That would affect not only the arts district money but the remaining $243 million as well Valdez said that has a commercial type of benefit to anyone other than the city must be he said going to have to give us guidelines to define the parameters of going to be acceptable to those said Mayor Lewis Murphy referring to bond advisers' headquartered in New York City The council had scheduled a public hearing June 23 to discuss how the $42 million should be spent But on urging that hearing was rescheduled for June 16 Acquiring and renovating the Temple of Music and Art at 330 Scott Ave as a future home for the Arizona Theatre Company has been a priority among arts district supporters The cost for that project has been estimated at $58 million Last month council members stopped short of approving the purchase They said more public comment was needed By the time of the public hearing Valdez said the city should have a clearer idea of what it cannot do with the money That hearing will begin at 7:30 pm in the Mayor and Council Chambers at City Hall 255 Alameda St In other action yesterday the council tied 3-3 on a proposal to finance a water-harvesting demon-" stration project in conjunction with Pima County and the Tucson Unified School District- Councilman Rodolfo Bejarano was absent The tie vote means the city will not participate in the project for more than two decades That did not happen the residents said One 11-year John Spring area resident Susan Hutzler commented work with us on Capt Rudy Hedgren city coordinator for the Salvation Army who arranged to meet with the residents said people in the neighborhood were not notified of the Salvation plans because the expansion did not entail physically expanding the shelter show no concern for us our children our families our charged Marik LeGarra family has lived in Bruner said of the hot-meal site blown it" Hedgren said he would con tinue to search for another location for a permanent hot-meal site But he said no matter what area is considered people will out of the to protest the site He added that the Salvation goal is not just to feed the hungry but to nourish them emo- tionally and physically The organization wants to give them an opportunity to make something of their lives he said sandwich and a glass of Kool-Aid is an Bruner asked Hedgren noted that the Salva-RESIDENTS continued4B the area for three generations John Spring an early Arizona educator was her ther Another longtime resident Augustine Goins said she sees transients urinating in front of a bus stop near her home every day All seven residents voiced fears about a drastic increase in crime One resident Sean Bruner threatened to try to shut down the station He said there were residents who would be willing to take out second mortgages on their homes to hire a lawyer to down the whole tolerate you now but we going to tolerate By STEPHANIE MILLER Citizen Staff Writer Residents of the John Spring neighborhood next hot-meal site for the homeless last night accused the Salvation Army of trying to deceive them Seven residents showed up at the Salvation Army Hospitality House 1021 11th Ave to find out why the move was made from a temporary hot-meal site at City Hall and why they were not consulted Residents said the neighborhood and the Salvation Army had an understanding that residents would be notified about plans for any expansions of 11th Avenue shelter which has been in place Child hit by train may have been following dog 3 dozen sought in Phoenix drug sales PHOENIX A 13-year-old junior high school student and a 56-year-old Veterans Administration janitor were among nearly three dozen people being rounded up today in an investigation of drug sales to youths on West Side said a police spokesman The arrests including those of the 13-year-old and six high school students stemmed from an investigation launched March 3 in the Maryvale area after complaints from residents about the widespread availability of drugs said Sgt Brad Thiss Fifteen of those being sought were named in county' grand jury indictments according to Thiss The 2-year-old girl killed Sunday by a Southern Pacific Transportation Co train on the Northwest Side may have wandered from her back yard to find the family dog her father said Earl Abbott of the 5200 block of North Casa Grande Highway said last night that the family-began a search for Shelley Abbott after family members discovered she was missing from an enclosed yard area but it was too late The girl apparently was alone except for the dog when she was killed about 9:30 am by a passing southbound freight train near the home Abbott said Sheriffs officials said Sunday that the child was walking with her parents just before she was struck Investigators said it appeared she either walked onto the tracks or was swept under the train Abbott said family members were getting ready to take Shelley and her brother 6 to their to go swimming and his wife went to the back yard of their mobile home to get the children His son thought Shelley was inside the house but when they could not locate her they started searching (or her Abbott said Family members looking for the child met three rescue workers coming from the direction of the railroad tracks One of them told Abbott his daughter had been killed by the train Abbott said Shelley may have been trying to retrieve the small mixed-breed dog when the fieri-" dent occurred Abbott said One rescue worker said a witness told seart Iters that the girl was seen bending over the tracks -before the accident The dog which was recovered had injuries to its back legs that could have been caused by the train Doctors against telling been exposed to AIDS CARLA McCLAIN Citizen Staff Writer Compiled from Associated Press reports by Judith Rosen-burg Selby Positive HTLV-III test results 'might keep a person from obtaining health and life insurance Schooling and jobs may be threatened Yes we can report the number of positive results but not the names Dr Patricia Nolan Director of the Pima County Health Department including Nolan pointed out that the state can offer people with positive test results no treatment to prevent them from getting AIDS be- cause there is no vaccine or cure for the disease which has stricken more than 20000 Americans in- eluding 84 in Arizona AIDS cripples the diseasefighting immune system just have nothing to offer those patients with positive test re1 said Dr Kay A Bauman a family physician at University Medical Center and a trained epidemiologist is not like the PAP (for early detection of cervical cancer in women) where you can move in right away with treatment that will prevent the development of cancer and death You do that with Although the majority of AIDS' victims are gay men and drug abusers the disease also DOCTORS continued43 The Tucson medical community has spoken out firmly against the controversial proposal of reporting to state officials the name of anyone whose blood shows evidence of exposure to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Being proposed as a by state health officials the mandatory reporting and naming of such people on a state list already has been soundly denounced by the gay male community which is at highest risk from the killer disease and would be most affected by such a list And in a public hearing on the issue in Tucson yesterday held by statejiealth officials the proposal also "was opposed by the Pima-County Medical Society the Pima County Health Department the Arizona Public Health Association the College of American Patholo- DeConcini talks about tax overhaul is a major tax Sen Dennis DeConcini D-Ariz told a small group of Tucson taxpayers last night at a forum is the one I like Some aspects have to be looked at but I support this the AIDS virus but does not reveal who will get the fatal disease nor who might be able to infect others with it they testified 1 agree that controlling the spread of this virus is a major public health concern and that the reporting of all AIDS cases and AIDS-re-lated-complex cases is important to that said Dr Patricia Nelan director of the Pima County Health Department who also spoke as a representative of the Arizona Public Health Association she added issue of positive HTLV-III test results even when confirmed is less clear-cut These results might keep a person front obtaining health and life insurance Schooling and jobs may be threatened The reporting of these results by name is not desirable because there is not adequate protection of confidential iiy Yes we can report the number of positive results in order to get the statistics but not the Most of the testifying physicians gists and a number of individual physicians at University Medical Center Almost all medical experts cited the fear of losing the confidentiality of the names on the list who might become victims of discrimination Doctors also stressed that the test for exposure to AIDS known as the HTLV-III test is not totally accurate and only reveals the presence in the blood of antibodies to AIDS virus and not the virus itself The test does indicate exposure to Page 4B 1.