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News-Pilot day IbrSelf A2 TUESDAY December 15 1987 I 3 Ej newsDOCe Shultz calls for arms cuts i i I THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Doin the homelsss rock: Super stars Billy Joel left Bruce Springsteen center and Paul Simon perform at New Yorks Madison Square Garden in a benefit for the homeless The Mecham Recall Committee needs 216746 valid signatures of registered voters to force Mecham to face a recall election The recall drive turned in 391738 signatures Nov 2-3 for verification by county election officials Mecham spokesman Ken Smith said If these numbers hold up and it looks like they are holding up that would be a sufficient number to warrant a recall Maricopa County Recorder Keith Poletis said his office has validated 131554 of the 178978 signatures it has checked so far His office received 254055 signatures in all There simply does not seem to All said they were in good condition The five were identified as Johnny Griffin 34 the captain Artie Guidry 29 Leonard Guidry 20 his brother Anthony Falgout 17 and Joseph Pitre 34 all from the Golden Meadow area Reese said Griffin said they were thrown overboard when the tug Pam Alario capsized They managed to get to their life raft which carried provisions for 15 people for 10 days They drifted six days until reaching Matelot on the northeast Trinidad coast Reese said The tug was under contract to take oil rig parts to Brazil Legislators want phone porn blocked for free Two House Democrats asked the Federal Communications Commission on Monday to order telephone companies to block dial-a-porn ceiIIs at no charge to customers who dont want their children to hear the obscene recorded messages US Reps Barbara Boxer and George Miller of California also wrote American Telephone Telegraph Co and regional telephone companies urging them to donate profits from dial-a-porn calls to national non-profit agencies working to prevent child exploitation or abuse Boxer and Miller asked FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick to follow the example of the California Public Utilities Commission which voted last week to allow residential customers in the state to block 976-exchange information calls at the request of a customer for a $2 charge The legislators said the FCC should order phone companies to make the blocking service available free on request Gunmen kill policemen jogging in gymnasium Sikh gunmen wearing track suits entered a sports institute Monday and killed two senior police officers who were jogging officials reported in India At least three men firing automatic weapons shot AS Brar police chief of Patiala district and his deputy KPS Gill who were exercising at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala city Punjab state police spokesman Shingara Singh said in Chandigarh Brar was killed instantly and Gill died of his wounds at a local hospital The victims were unarmed and a guard who was with them was shot and wounded Patiala is 35 miles southwest of Chandigarh the Punjab capital COMPILED BY RON LOGSDON FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS ecretary of State George jShultz called today for a 50 percent cut in the superpowers strategic arsenal but said the West will have to continue to rely on the nuclear deterrent Shultz also told a news conference the Western allies had started an initiative to improve life in West Berlin Shultz was in Bonn to brief Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other West German leaders on last weeks Washington US-Soviet summit between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev during which they signed a treaty to eliminate shorter- and intermediate-range nuclear missiles Many of these missiles with a range of 300 to 3400 miles are stationed in West Germany and communist East Germany Iranians attack Greek tanker Iranian gunboats attacked a Greek tanker bound for Saudi Arabia twice in seven hours today the second time setting it ablaze with a shell or missile to the crews quarters maritime salvage executives said The 28-man crew of the 102088-ton Ariadne took to life rafts and was later picked up by Persian Gulf salvage tugboats The fire was brought under control after about two hours but the Ariadne was listing heavily after taking on water through a gaping hole in its hull said the salvage executives who spoke on condition of anonymity In the first attack off the coast of Oman near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz two gunboats raked the Ariadne with machine gun fire causing only minor deunage and no casualties the executives said The second assault came after the Ariadne had transited the strait gateway to the gulf The Ariadne was en route to load oil at Saudi Arabias Raa Tanura terminal Mecham recall campaign draws nearer to goal Almost three-fourths of the 216746 signatures needed to force Arizona Gov Evan Mecham to face a recall election have been verified so far officials said Monday in Phoenix The GOP governor who was elected in 1986 has come under fire for such actions as rescinding the state Martin Luther King Jr holiday and defending use of the word pickaninny I American Ballet Theater performs Nutcracker American Ballet Theater will begin its traditional winter holiday engagement of Mikhail Baryshnikovs production of The Nutcracker at 8 pm Wednesday (through Dec 27) Tickets are $9 $12 $19 $30 and $36 Shrine Auditorium 665 Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles: (800) 233-3123 I Kenny Sheldon brings back Big Band sounds Musician Kenny Sheldon and his orchestra will perform swing and romantic music of the Big Band years from 12:30 to 2:30 pm Wednesday at the Westaide Jewish Community Center The center will host a free dance party in its main ballroom 5870 Olympic Blvd Los Angeles: 938-2531 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cissy and Chip McClure demonstrate a toy for Jessica (Mother wouldnt want to relive well ordeal Two months after she was rescued from an abandoned Texas well while a nation watched on television Jessica McClure sleeps in a room overflowing with gifts while her parents write thank-you notes Chip and Reba Cissy McClure both 18 have moved out of an apartment and into a modest three-bedroom home since the Oct 16 rescue Jessica now 20 months old and still wearing a cast covering her right foot from which doctors amputed her small small toe lives in a room Mrs McClure says is the kind every parent dreams of for their child The 58-hour ordeal changed their lives but Mrs McClure wishes it had never happened Its hard to sit there and think about how your child is suffering she said In addition to toys and clothes people sent money and a trust fund for Jessica was set up at a bank To protect Jessica her parents wont release the amount it holds Duchess of York earns her wings The Duchess of York has earned her pilots wings and can fly a helicopter but her husband Prince Andrew says that doesnt mean theyll be flying together The former Sarah Ferguson on Monday flew solo in a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter and received her helicopter wings at a ceremony at the Benson Royal Air Force Base It is an amazing achievement said Andrew 27 a Royal Navy lieutenant and helicopter flight instructor Asked who would be the pilot when they were together in a helicopter the duke said: That is a difficult question I have no civilian license at all so I cannot legally fly this helicopter and Sarah cannot fly my navy military helicopter 1 Lancaster church gives I Bakker ordination papers Former PTL leader Jim Bakker received his most recent ordination at a Springs Of Life congregation in the Mojave Desert community of Lancaster Announcement of the ordination by the Faith Christian Fellowship International based in Tulsa Okla was delayed until last week while church leaders consulted with each other Bakker and his wife Tammy Fae have attended services at the Lancaster church since June the Antelope VaUey Press reported Sunday Bakker has not spoken to the congregation and is therefore not a minister church members said COMPILED BY JACK MULKEY FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS ZIGGY 0OWIPOKSO INNOCENT i KNOU) VOOHAD liNGTOCO US be a high percentage of questionable signings Poletis said Air from ancient pit Is modern polluted Air sucked from a covered pit beside the 4600-year-old Great Pyramid of Cheops has proved to be ordinary air from polluted Cairo a scientist said Monday in that city The finding raised questions about the extent of damage to the ancient artifacts in the pit because of humid and polluted modern air scientists said Physicist Pieter Tans told an audience of pyramid experts that tests showed the six canisters of air removed from the covered pit in October contained everyday air Tans of the University of Colorado said a main object of the probe was to discover whether Freon a gas derivative of methane or ethane produced only in this century was present in the pit We found about the same amount of Freon inside the pit as outside which means gas is entering the pit from the outside Tans said The modern air may have caused the decay of a dismantled wooden (Film composer gains Achievement Award Celebrated film composer George Duning will receive the Preservation of Film Musics Career Achievement Award at 6 pm Wednesday at the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wrapped runner: Amy Weaver has her bow adjusted by Pres Tinamin before the costume judging for the Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis in Portland Ore boat seen in the pit via a tiny camera Pharaoh Cheops ruled in the 26th century BC 5 men survive 6 days adrift then wash ashore Five seamen washed ashore Monday on Trinidad after surviving six days adrift in a life boat in the Caribbean the US Coast Guard said in New Orleans The men were taken to a hospital after they went to a Trinidad police station and said they had been at sea since Dec 8 when their tug capsized said Reginald Reese a Coast Guard spokesman Pavilion Restaurant of the Music Center Tickets are $50 135 Grand Ave Los Angeles: 474-5225 1 LA Chamber Orchestra I performs at Ambassador The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Iona Brown will perform at 8 pm Wednesday at Ambassador Auditorium Ticketa are $1650 $1950 and $2150 300 Green St Pasadena: 681-0212 Blmages International holds SM art auction Images International will present one of its last auctions of 1987 beginning with previews at 7 pm Wednesday at the Miramar Sheraton Hotel Auction will begin at 8 pm Admission is free with catalogs available at the door 101 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica: 394-3731 COMPILED BY NANCY BURKE upcoming! 11 Bernard Epton one-time Chicago Republican mayoral candidate will be laid to rest in the same cemetery where his 1983 Democratic opponent the late Mayor Harold Washington was buried last month authorities say Epton 66 who nearly blocked Washingtons bid to become Chicagos first black mayor died Sunday in his sleep at eui Ann Arbor Mich motel of an apparent heart attack The millionaire insurance attorney was in Michigan visiting his son Ann Arbor City Councilman Jeff Epton when he died The elder Eptons wife Audrey awoke Sunday morning and couldnt rouse her husband said Police Lt Harold Tinsey Dr Donald Riker a Washtenaw County medical examiner said Epton suffered tm apparent heart attack Epton challenged Washington in hopes of becoming the citys first Jewish mayor and its first Republican executive in 50 years insights! WEATHER Rain heavy at times Rain likely tonight becoming heavy at times through Wednesday morning and ending in the afternoon Ninety percent chance of rain Wednesday Low tonight at the beaches 46 Chefs remember the holidays Seasonal memories evoke visions of roast goose from Germany wine punch from Sweden and more Wednesdays Food Section "I think one has to look at why a nation of 3 million people would want to have 600000 people under arms National security adviser Lt Gen Colin Powell commenting on reports that Nicaragua plans a defense buildup to that level.