The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

Port complains about customs transfer to Seattle concerns shipping lines Business B5 Loyola winsone for Hank Gathers Iowa upsets Missouri Virginia ousts Notre Dame Sports Cl C4 Buying Americana Kv Collectors value the old worn torn: i SoundLife Saturday March 17 1990 mmaoMm 'it 'y- 1 'Y I 1 1 Job-rich project Sea-Tac with quandary to Murphy's Law that says that opportunity knocks at the least opportune Riniker told a hastily assembled group of government officials community activists and media people Friday The timing is awkward for the airport because it is In the midst of negotiating an agreement over noise containment at the airport and because planning has just begun on how the region should handle increased air and ground traffic at Sea-Tac Riniker laid that should Sea-Tac make a bid for the Northwest fadU- yet made up her mind Northwest has told the port that it wants a proposal by April 2 if the CL is interested in winning the The maintenance bate which Northwest plans to build in phases between 1991 and 1996 probably would not contribute more to either noise or traffic at Sea-Tac than would normal growth she said because the airline would maintain only relatively quiet modern aircraft at the base Northwest would keep ferry flights to a minimum she said preferring to fly the planes for scheduled maintenance at Sea-Tac aa part of the regular flight schedule Initial reaction to the proposal from the three dozen people at the hearing was generally favorable say go for said Marian MacKenxie a Des Moines real estate woman who lives near the airport SmTic Mayor Frank Hansen said he believes it appears that noise would be in the derision whether to pursue the base all be the latest and Bargain hunting UW decides downtown or TCC will get campus: quietest aircraft and be flown in on regular he said think welcome the busi- MM Winning the competition for the base could provide an unexpected bonus for Sea-Tac area residents Because Northwest says it needs 120 acres on which to locate Its seven-hangar base the most logical site for the facility at Sea-Tac would be oo the west side Should Northwest build there the construction would preclude build- Pteaae see Sea-Tac back page Tacoma-area permanent campus arc 1 iy First downtown Taconfi site This 79-acre site lies between South 13th end South 25th streets and between Tacoma and Jefferson ave-' nues A smaller core rite between South 15th end South 21st streets would be the focus of initial devel- Second downtown Tacoma rite This rite is bounded by Pacific Avenue Market Street and South 17th and South 23rd streets It roughly encompasses the historic Union Station district Tacoma Community College This 76-acre plot of state-owned land is part of the 150-acre TCC campus The rite is bounded by South 12th end South 19th streets Pearl Street and the TCC campus The two sites eliminated for the Tacoma area were: Hilltop This 79-acre rite is between South 19th end South 25th streets end between South and South streets The Fife area This 58-acre Please see UW branch back page talks April 11 and ANC leaders who hive been in exile for up to 30 years will discuss with Mr Mandela and ANC leaders from outside and from within the country the obstacles perceived to obstruct the process toward negotiation" de Klerk said in a statement In the weeks since the government lifted a SO-year ban on the ANC and freed Mandela the ANC has expressed a willingness to enter into government-sponsored negotiations on a new constitution that would give the black majority a Please wo Africa back page By John Gillie The News Tribune Seittle-Tacoma International Airport could be top contender for the site of a new $200 million Northwest Airlines aircraft maintenance base airport director Andrea Riniker Mid Friday But the Port of Seattle still has to decide whether it even wants to enter Sea-Tac in the competition for the base which eventually would employ some 1200 workers with an average salary of $52000 a year an important corollary Boeing Microsoft stocks hit new highs By Graham Fyah The New Tribune Boeing and Microsoft stock leaped to record highs Friday as Well Street reacted to more signs that the economy successfully will avoid a recession this year Seattle aircraft-maker Boeing added 2 to reach 69 while Redmond software developer Microsoft was 2 higher at 112 Their new highs were symbolic of the performance of Pacific Northwest stocks which riding the wave of a regional economic boom have outperformed national stocks so far this year Regional stocks have grown by 5 percent aince the start of the year judging by the performance of the Northwest 50 Index which reflects local issues By contrast national stocks as measured by the Standard ft 500 are 4 percent below their level of Jan 1 Local stocks alio fare well against other measures For example the Rusadl 2000 Index which meesurea the performance of smaller companies across the nation is down 244 percent since the start of the year And the Dow Jones Industrial Average which registers the performance of the top SO companies is down marginally from the level at which it ended in 1989 Friday's jump by regional stock came at the same time aa national stocks showed a solid gala The Dow added 4550 points to reach 274122 its highest dose since It reached 276067 on Jan 11 This brought the gain in the closely watched index to 5789 points for the week adding to a gain of 119 points over the previous two weeks Two main reasons were given for strong advance One was technical pressures from the expiration of three seta of options and futures on stock indexes wed by professionals in computerized index arbitrage But this was not enough on its own to explain the strong jump Analysts also pointed to renewed investor interest in the market based oh a battery of economic numbers released Friday Most significant of these numbers was the producers' price index which some traders interpreted is a lessening of inflationary pressure The index was unchanged in Febru- Please see Stocks back page By Steve Maynard The News Tribune By eliminating sites oo the Hilltop end in the Fife area the University of Washington on Friday narrowed the choice for the permanent location of the Tacoma-area branch campus to downtown or Tacoma Community College The Board of Regents also added a second downtown site a 50-acre area that includes historic vacant warehouses along Pacific Avenue near Union Station The UW eliminated the Hilltop site because it had less usable land than the other sites said Joe Brew-ley UW project manager for branch campuses And the regents knocked out the Fife-area rite because they meet the March 21 deadline for picking a permanent location Of five rites for the BotbeU-Wood-inville campus the regents eliminated three They expanded one site and added another to leave a total of three rites The three remaining rites for the fc presents it probably would rank among top three contenders She declined to name the other two cities she sees as potential prime competitors Riniker said she wanted the community to be aware of Northwest's interest and Its implications before the port decides whether to make a bid for the maintenance base She said she soon will make her personal recommendation to the executive director and he will make his recommendation to the port commission at Its March 27 meeting Riniker said she bis not 1 MOVMOfi 1 Vital statistics" 8L21-23 B4 80 pages 8 sections Today! weather: Cloudy High In low 60a DetaHa AS 107th year No 344 1990 The News Trlbun swarmed the 20 to 50 percent filing by the neesB5 Africa-ANC will begin By Scott Kraft Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG South Africa South white minority-led government end the African National Congress chief adversaries in decides of radii conflict will meet April 11 in ground-breaking talks to remove obstacles to full-scale peace negotiations the government said Friday The first official contact between the government and the guerrilla movement would bring President Frederik de Klerk and senior Cabinet ministers face-to-face with freed nationalist Nelson Mandela HateyTh Nnr TribwM store Friday as prices were cut in the wake of a bankruptcy eight-store chain Story in Bush Their shopping baskets piled high bargain hunters wait In line as a liquidation sale begins at Bl-Lo Foods on Sixth Avenue In Tacoma Unas were long outside too as shoppers Index Crackdown set on misleading ads US to test recyclable biodegradable claims Rap group files suit after record store clerk Is arrested By Josef Hebert The Associated Prose WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced an investigation into the environmental claim of products ranging from trash bags to hair spray saying it vigorously will pursue deceptive advertising and packaging Commission Chairwoman Janet Steiger said the FTC staff would join various state officials and a number of companies substantiate environmental in advertising and packaging No specific companies were tan geted who buy mentally products in hopes of bettering the environment cannot themselves judge whether such products will deliver the promised Steiger said in speech to the Consumer Federation of America A broad range of consumer products has appeared in stores in the past year claiming to be beneficial to the environment The products range from plastic trash bags to hair spray to diapers said to decompose in landfills The attorneys general from eight states including Washington have been investigating environmental claims on consumer products Earlier this week they held a fact-gath- i ering hearing in St Paul Minn that attracted representatives from dozens of companies end environmental groups a flower the sunshine or a whale to your label is not aid Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey HI Other states Involved with the task force ere Texas Maasachii-etts Missouri Wisconsin California and New York Various environmental groups have criticized the environment-oriented marketing that has characterised an increasing number of products charging the claims often PleaM ms Ada buck page By Barbara Walsh FOrt taudsnMe Naas ft 8un-8antlnri FORT LAUDERDALE Fla Luther Campbell rep singer with the group 2 Live Crew had a defiant look on hla face ai be stood oa the steps of the federal courthouse Friday in Fort Lauderdale with other band members He laughed when someone asked whether he thought the album Nasty As They Wanna is obscene write about whet happens in everyday Campbell said they like whet we sing about then change what we see in society" 2 Live Crew held a news conference at the courthouse while a lawyer representing the bend members asked the federal court to determine whether their music is Please see Rap group back pegs RECYCLED PAPER IS USED TO PRINT THE MORNMG NEWS TRIBUNE i.