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THE POWAY RANCHO BERNARDO RAMONA k- 4 I- 1 Early patchy low clouds then sunny, warm Aztecs Davenport suspended by NCAA C-l NhVi'' FROM Po Vi, R-W HO BtRWvIO, Rai HO PlA T'QLITO CARVU. MoLTAI RaC RAMONA, tx OM'IIX' AM' Mhi O' FRIDAY, August 24, 2001 Voi 117, No 256 An Enmo ok Tin- North Coi Tivn-' 35 CENTS twiv ii mi Condit says he was very close to Levy City gives $300,000 to help agency Serenity House to use money to buy four houses for women, children ERIN MASSEY Stmt Writtr Condit does to help viewers See Page All. KILEY RUSSELL I AT TP IYt" MODESTO Rep. Gary Condit acknowledged Thursday that he had a very close relationship with former intern Chandra Levy, but denied he had any role in her disappearance nearly four months ago. In his first broadcast interview since the disappearance, Condit, repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether he had a sexual relationship with Levy.

He offered no apologies for his involvement with the 24-year-old woman or his level of cooperation with police. Ive answered every question truthfully. Thats wrhat youre supposed to do when youre cooperating with the police, he told ABCs Connie Chung. Terrance W. Gainer, Washingtons deputy police chief.

interview little him, say. lie. In the interview, Condit also denied that he had romantic relationships with two other women flight attendant Anne Mane Smith and former aide Joleen McKay ho have publicly CONDIT, A 6 California Rep. Gary Condit talks with ABC's Connie Chung during a half-hour interview Thursday in Modesto. AP PHOTO APT U' ALL-STARS DEFEATED Bush: U.S.

will abandon missile treaty disputed Condits assertion of early and complete cooperation with investigators following Levys disappearance on May 1. It took us three interviews and a lot of effort to get as far as we got, Gainer said Thursday night. Billy Martin, the Levy familys attorney, also took issue with Condit. He came forward only after pressure began to build and the facts of his relationship became pub- A'nx iatfj'PrE" Photo lose to the Bronx, New York, South Williamsport, Pa. Says withdrawal will come at a time convenient to America' DAVID E.

SANGER NFW V'Kk TlVI' CRAWFORD, Texas President Bush said Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the 1972 An-tiballistic Missile Treaty at a time convenient to America. But he insisted that he has no specific timetable in mind about when he would scrap the agreement so that his administration can begin testing a missile defense system, which the treaty forbids. His comments, made while visiting an elementary school in Crawford, marked his most definitive statement yet that Pitcher Thomas Eukovich reacts Thursday after his Oceanside All-Stars in the United States semifinal game of the Little League World Series in Oceanside loses 1-0 amid controversy Program for the poor earns hospitals money ESCONDIDO The City Council opted to reserve $300,000 from its $2.8 million housing budget this fiscal ear to help a nonprofit agency buy four houses for needy women and children. The normal process is to go to the housing commission and have them analyze this request, said Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler during a council meeting Wednesday night. But in this housing market, it is hard to get a good deal.

It is hard for sellers to wait around for us. We have to act fast. Karen Allgeier, a housing commission member, said the project is worth the councils speedy decision. If it was a larger project, it would bother me (that it didnt go to the commission), Allgeier said Thursday. But they are acquiring four houses as family transitional housing.

HOUSING, A 12 Lost overnight on Palomar Mountain County rescue officials search for 18 hours before finding 12-year-old Thursday. See Page B-l. Ann Landers D-4 Bridge D-4 Business D-l Classifieds F-3 Comics D-4, 5 Community News B-2 Crossword F-4, 5, 10 Cryptoquote F-5 DearAbby D-5 EditorialsTetters A-14, 15 Horoscope D-5 Jumble F-5 Local B-l Lottery A-2 Movie Listings A-10, 11 Obituaries 7 Public Notices F-17 Sports C-l TV ListingsWeather B4 Circulation (760) 740-5456 Advertising (760) 740-3557 News (760) 740-5400 fel5- 'This was the most productive ad I've had in a long Time. Sam, Escondido 600-5454 7 2691 000035 9 Please redp ttis newspaper (The Tines uses rervaed newsprt anclsoLasednk) STEVE SCHOLFIELD Stah- Writtr Little League team cheered even in loss YVETTE URREA Stv-f Writi he planned to walk away from the treaty. Previously, he had said the United States would abandon the treaty only if it could not work out an agreement on defensive sys tems with Russia.

But the strong wording he used Thursday may have been a tactic to pressure Russias president, Vladimir V. Putin, to begin serious negotiations or risk getting nothing in return for agreeing to the treatys demise. Bush began his comments by saying We dont have a date for withdrawing from TREATY, A 9 good for the hospitals financial health. Bob Hemker, chief financial officer for Palomar Pomerado Health, which runs the 328-bed Palomar Medical Center in Escondido and 107-bed Pomerado Hospital in Poway, estimated the hospital district made $600,000 between last October and July by rejoining the County Medical Sendees system. The $26 million County Medical Sendees program provides non-emergency medical sendees to people earning less than $686 a month, and treated an estimated 17.000 people in 1999.

County officials could HOSPITALS, A-7 WALDO NILO Stft Movt viifr biology major, and Kristopher hit the books Thursday during the State San Marcos. SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. If Danny Almonte is the best 12-year-old pitcher on the planet, then how far behind is Oceansides Thomas Eukovich? About one umpires call behind, thats how far. The Bronx, N.Y., scored a 1-0 victory over the Oceanside American Little League All-Stars before 23,800 fans Thursday at the Little League World Series. The U.S.

semifinal game ended Oceansides incredible season. The game turned into a classic pitchers LOSES, A-8 OCEANSIDE Some 400 fans of the Oceanside American Little League All-Stars stood and cheered for their team at the downtown recreation center Thursday as they watched the hometown heroes defeated in the televised U.S. semifinal game of the Little League World Series. The local boys lost 1-0 to the CHEERED, A-8 Officials: Rejoining county health care safety net working for district GIG C0NAUGHT0N Stw Writlr POWAY Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital leaders are still unhappy with the amount of money the county reimburses them for being part of its safety-net for the poor; but said Thursday that being part of the County Medical Services program appears to be Lanele Cox, an Escondido HoughtooTualatin of Oregon first day of fall classes at Cal CSUSM kicks off fall schedule previous summer and that the payment schedule for fees has changed. Undergraduate students pay $543 per semester for taking six or fewer units and $853 if they are taking more than six units, as they did last year.

Graduate students pay $567 per semester for six or fewer units and $892 for six or more, also the same as last year. But the grace period for payment has been shortened. Before, you were able to register for class and then pay a good deal dowm the line, Moore said. Now you are required to pay within a day or CSUSM, A-12 But the good news is that I found a parking place. With students standing in line for even, Thing from registration to buying books to grabbing a latte, the campus wasnt exactly a ghost town.

Its hot; I cant believe Im back in school on such a nice day, said Stacy Childs, 22, of Vista, as she juggled her books and a notebook of forms to be completed. My friends are at the beach, and Im here being processed. I know its worth it, but its hard to see that today. University officials attribute the dip in enrollment to the fact that more students took classes dining the summer a 13 percent increase over the Enrollment down slightly as new semester begins CANDICE REED FoRTiitNoRTiiCAT vn Timf' SAN MARCOS The fall semester at Cal State San Marcos began Thursday with 6,098 students enrolled in classes, a number slightly down from last year. We had 6,168 students enroll last fall, and we are definitely a little puzzled, said Rick Moore, director of communications for the university.

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