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The Sacramento Bee A6 Friday January 22 1999 STATE 18" DISH SYSTEM BETTER THAN AFTER $200 PROGRAMMING REBATE 90 Direct TV Programming 21 Pay Per View Movies (7 coupons) 46 USSB Big Event 32 USSB Movies 1 NEW SUBSCRIBERS START 11 4 '99 CALL FOR DETAILS Divvying up a $206 billion pie States set to fight if US seeks slice of tobacco deal government is owed the money from the states as reimbursement for federal Medicaid funds spent on health care for smokers Gregoire said she and other to ii The federal government is not Though the administration imposed 8 one-year on reimbursements HCFA it would recover by deducting it from the entitled to make a claim on any of the settlement funds due the states JJ Christine Gregoire Washington state attorney general Our hospital and staff have over 14 years of treating difficult chronic pain problems effectively We specialize in non-narcotic approaches and we emphasize improved functioning in all areas of life Call about our in-patient and out-patient Chronic Pain Programs L8009641493 Bee Staff and News Services WASHINGTON Lawmakers and state attorneys general warn-ed Thursday that they would use both legislation and lawsuits to deny the federal government any part 'of the billions of dollars the states won in a national settlement with the tobacco industry Washington state Attorney General Christine Gregoire one of the leaders in reaching the settlement said unless Congress acts this year to block it the Clinton administration has indicated it will move forward with plans to take between 50 percent and 60 percent of the $206 billion settlement that 46 states negotiated late last year In California Gov Gray Davis is' Counting on the initial shafe of the settlement about $562 million to arrive early next year in time to help close an estimated $23 billion gap in the state budget Under proposal the money would not be earmarked or specific programs but used foi- general state purposes Clinton administration officials hfcve indicated that the federal tractors Life 638S24 Rtf 119 9161156511060 St Helena Hospital In Napa Valley i the federal government to demand recovery is simply Gorton said adding that he thought the administration should file its own lawsuit against the tobacco industry rather than after the money these attorneys general fought President Clinton in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday said the Justice Department was reviewing whether to file such a lawsuit The federal Health Care Financing Administration has already written to one state Florida saying it wanted to be reimbursed for the cost of providing health care to smokers under Medicaid UUJ 'ICasual Dining I Game SetsM mfifort ThM Youvi Ever Seintm 1 ifACTpRY OUTLET STORE? 830 Auburn BlvdV488-8680 What It Means To Be A Mason A Special Invitation To All Who Would Like To Learn More About Being A Mason You are invited to attend a Masonic Information Night sponsored by Washington Lodge AM (Wives and Ladies Welcome) WHEN: Friday Jan 29 1999 at 7:30 PM WHERE: MASONIC TEMPLE 1 1 23 Street Sacramento If you would like to attend or for more information call Allen Winter 922-6655 Rennie Porterfield 455-8556 1 Giving Freely of Yourself and Asking Nothing in Return Of all the cardinal virtues none is more valued in Masonry than selfless giving Examples of Masonic charity are legion Nationally Masons contribute million every day to relieve suffering for the enrichment of mankind Masons are the founding sponsors and supporters of the Shriners Bums Institutes and the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children both of which offer their services free of charge Every Shriner is a Mason i Masons are responsible for the Knights' Templar Eye Foundation and the Scottish Rite Learning Disabilities and schizophrenia Research programs Serial sex murderer sentenced to death i Innocent man was convicted in 1 killing has moratorium has indicated the funding federal contribution to each Medicaid costs Gregoire said administration officials have told her HCFA thought it was owed about 57 percent of the total settlement with tobacco companies though the amount would vary state to state At least one state Mississippi could see the federal government take 80 percent of its share of the settlement she said Gregoire said the administration appeared serious about pressing its claim and had factored the $100 billion or so it expected to receive in reimbursements from the states into the budget proposal for the next fiscal year it will release in early February Roger Salazar a White House spokesman said the administration has no choice but to press its Medicaid reimbursement claims with the states want to work with Congress and the states on Salazar said under federal Medicaid laws we do have an obligation to recoup these The Bee Capitol Bureau and Les Blumenthal of The Bee Washington Bureau contributed to this report Don't let Nursing Home BiUs Devour Your Estate! Call about our complete Elder Care legal services James WalkerElder Law Attorney 8005760441 ftMKfltMtttVM KhKKJfiittulrirmiStOnHK PAGING attorneys general are prepared sue first time a of the settlement is taken from one of the states federal government is not entitled to make a claim on any of the settlement funds due the Gregoire said after no help no support to have the federal government suggest it is owed $100 billion strikes right at the heart of A spokeswoman for California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said he also would oppose any move by the federal government to claim part of the tobacco settlement money waiting to see what the federal government does attempt to said Hilary McLean press secretary Attorney General Lockyer wants to defend our claim against the federal Gregoire attended a Capitol Hill news conference at which five senators Kay Bailey Hutchison R-Texas Bob Graham D-Fla Slade Gorton R-Wash Evan Bayh D-Ind and George Voinovich R-Ohio said they were angry over the threat and planned to introduce legislation to prohibit any such move pockets He declined an offer to make a statement and stared straight at Briseno as the judge passed sentence Invited to speak along with other relatives told Briseno that Parker deserved to die but that she still believes Green beat and raped her shortly beforehand She said Parker whom she visited in jail told her that on the day she was attacked he was watching the Costa Mesa home from his van He told of watching Green leave she said then came in found her unconscious hit and raped her Besides a temporarily impaired memory she was left with partial deafness and headaches from a metal plate in her head she said of the two men is being sentenced here today but the other is being she said feel like been raped by the system all over again 17 years Briseno told her that he understood her feelings but that he could consider only the defendant before him: Parker not Green Green who maintained his innocence has remarried and moved to Missouri is not about he said Thursday in a phone interview from Jefferson City Green said his mother raised the allegations out of animosity Green said he had been sued and had countersued his ex-wife in a civil dispute over the wrongful death of their fetus That case could come to a hearing in May he said 4 Boitrodocioig the pager that speaks for itself- im 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Associated Press 'Santa ana a serial sex murderer who confessed to a killing that sent an innocent man to prison for 16 years was sentenced to death Thursday Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno told Gerald Parker 43 that even one of the six murders during his 1978-79 homicide spree would warrant capital punishment the defendant would repeat these acts six different times is beyond Briseno said before ordering Parker to San Quentin State Prison for execution California uses lethal injection but' appeals are automatic and usually take years to resolve Jurors took about 10 minutes to delilberate Oct 20 before convicting Parker 43 of the sex killings of five women ages 17 to 31 and the jnurder of a full-term fetus by assaulting the pregnant Dianne Green now Dianne Her ex-husband Kevin Green was1 sentenced to life in prison for thdt homicide and served 16 years in prison before he was exonerated in 1996 DNA evidence linked Parker to the attack and he later confessed to a grand jury All the victims in the case lived in Orange Cpunty where Parker was stationed as a Marine staff sergeant Most were attacked while alone in their homes His head held high a bearded Packer surveyed a courtroom sprinkled with relatives as -die walked to the beach with shackled hands in his You hear complete messages in the own voice and message 4 delivery is guaranteed So there's no unnecessary calling back no hassles You can even get unlimited 60-second voice messages for only $1995month unlimited 30-second voice messeges Sffl for Pockotalk unit plus activation feo Now available in Sacramento Service also available in 15 other major citios Sacramento service includes IA San Francisco and San Josa IPedketafe" The pager that talks Available at Staples and hi AND CELLULAR RETAILERS towowt ammam m- Going outside the coverage area? 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