The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

WITH A words fly at rally backing Auburn race track American Indians finding success on music scene 80UNDLIFE World War II-era motorcycles arrive from Russia BUSINESS ci LOCAL B1 i 4- MBUN Tuesday morning July 26 1994 Tacoma Washington South King County Edition A new kind of doubleheader for Chenev Stadium? dlodk Dim Taamsn By DonBont The News Tribune County is liable for Mariner bill Maleng says By Cindy Brown The News Tribune King County is liable for losses the Seattle Mariners are suffering as a result of the Kingdome being dosed county Prosecutor Norm Mataig said Monday Maleng said the county would have to pay the Mariners fin1 lost profits and extra expenses the team has incurred since the Kingdome was closed July 19 after four ceiling tiles fell into the stands The Mariners estimate their losses could reach $400000 to $500000 a game or about $3 million fir the six home games lost so far Maleng said how much of that the county would pay had to be negotiated with the Mariners games in Thcoma's Cheney Stadium could actually happen next week Officials of the Mariners and the stadium spent most of Monday tiying to figure out how the mqjar-league team could transplant some of its games into the minor-league ballpark Even though the Tacoma Tigers have home games scheduled for most ofthe dates the Mariners might need dub and stadium officials agree that staging Maimers games during the day and Tigers games at night could satisfy both teams could make baseball history Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said after touring Cheney Stadium with American League representative Dick Butler "If the Kingdome isn't ready for us certainly like to see that happen "But before anything could happen here have to get approval mom the league the visiting teams and the association None of thoee is a rubber stamp with the only viable option being that the Mariners remain road warriors for as long as the Kingdome is available extending their current 11-day trip to as many as 32 days King County officials are scheduled to announce today when they expect the Kingdome to be reopened The Mariners say they have been led to believe the dome will not be ready lor the Aug 2 start of a nine-game homeetand but that it should be available by the time the team hits the road again on Aug 10 The Mariners have three other homes-tands remaining this season (starting Aug 22 Sept 6 and Sept 27) which the team expects to be unaffected A temporary move ly the Mariners Tacoma would mean that two of three major sports franchises have found refuge in Tacoma during periods when they had no home Four months ago the Seattle SupeiSonics announced they would play the 1994-95 season in the Tacoma Dome while the Seattle Coliseum is being rebuilt Please see Chine back page Estimates are the Kingdome could be ready in a matter of days or a couple of weeks Officials hope to have more information today and cost estimates by midweek Even without those numbers announcement was more bad financial news for the county which loses an estimated $10000 every day the Mariners The county also likely faces a 1 repair bin Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said Monday the team was still adding up the numbers but it would be in the millions "When you consider the revenue' loss from tickets concessions pro-' grams meal money on the road flights all those kinds of things can add up he said Maleng declined to comment on the estimates but said he was sure the parties could reach agreement The important issue we have to focus on now is getting the Kingdome Maleng said Tb that end County Executive Gary Locke said that by Wednesday six cranes will be in the dome to help Please see BB back pagB i i I i i i 'i 5 I WHAT: Kingdome shuts down July 19 after four acoustical tiles tell from ceiling Workers are removing all 40000 tiles MOMMY: King County admits liability for Mariner's financial losses while and American League check Tacoma's Cheney Stadium as potential temporary home WHAT HffiXT: Word expected today or Wednesday on when the Kingdome will reopen NEXT M'S SAME: Today 405 pm at Detroit Tigers NEXT SCHEDULED M'S GAME AT HOME: Aug 2 7:05 pm with California Angels M'S TICKET INFORMATION: 6283555 MMKM SMUTS With all the talk of the M's future It might behoove us to take another look at the past Bart Wright El Wre trying to do what la good for our neighbors and what to good for baseball In the Tacoma Tigers owner Georgs Foster says of the potential guest stand In territory t- Israel Jordan see 'great of peace Key provisions: generations of hostility blood and tears' the state of belligerency between Israel and Jordan is terminated Vigorous negotiations will continue toward a folHIedged peace treaty The countries will take immediate steps to develop 'good neighborly relations' and resolve disputes Direct telephone links will be opened between the two countries and their electricity grids will be linked The two countries agree to speed talks on opening an international air corridor Tourists will be allowed to travel easily between the two nations Trio new border crossings will be established Israel to respect Jordan's 'historic role' in administering Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem and to give high priority to the issue in negotiations on the city's future Jordan agrees to negotiate an abolition of economic boycotts against Israel Lawn at the same 19th century desk at which Rabin and Arafat initialed the accord between Israel and the FLO on the same lawn laat fall "It is dusk in our homes in the Middle Rabin said "Soon darkness will prevail But the citizens of Israel and Jordan will see a great With his move toward accommodation with Iarael Hussein who watched aa his grandfather King Abdullah was assassinated by a Palestinian militant in 1951 also Please see MMssst back page the last mqjor holdout among the Middle East belligerents But on a day that marked the first time the leaders of Jordan and Israel have ever met in public the sweep and detail of their accord appeared to have surprised even the participants "Out of all the days of my life I do not believe there is one such as Hussein said in a voice quiet with emotion after Clinton escorted them into the Rose Garden The leaders perched themselves three abreast on a stage on the South state of war between their nations As President Clinton sat beaming between them on a stage on the South Lawn ofthe White House the two leaders also agreed to reaffirm Hussein's role as guardian of Muslim holy rites in Jerusalem a step designed by Israel to forestall Yasser aspiration to claim that right for himself In practice Jordan and Israel have functioned for years as civil neighbors It is an open question whether this declaration will lead to an early agreement between Israel and Syria After 46 years as enemies neighbors sign pact to coexist By Douglas Jabi The New York Times WASHINGTON King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel reached across 46 years of war uneasy coexistence and furtive attempts at peace Monday to sign an agreement that ended the Whitewater hearings start today topic Is propriety of meetings By Lany Margasak The Associated Press Walt Disney Co Lay it on the lion smash hit perpetuates stereotypes violence critics say By Devld Foeter The Associated Press Sexist Racist Homophobic Violent Even perhaps a threat to democratic ideals What kind of depraved entertainment could generate such bitter epithets? A Snoop Doggy Dogg video? An Andrew Dice Clay concert? Would you believe The Lion G-rated coming-of-age saga well on its way toward becoming the highest-grossing animated film in history? Believe it Some parents psychologists and pundits read between the lions and see not family fun but shocking violence and offensive stereotypes: subservient lionesses jive-talking hyenas a swishy Uncle Scar a murder The movie is full of Harvard psychologist Carolyn Newberger complained in an op-ed piece for The Boston Globe good-for-nothing hyenas are urban blacks the gestures are effeminate and he speaks in supposed gay The plot is a sort of Hamlet-meets-Abbott-and-Costello-in-the-jungte: The lion king Mufasa is murdered by his evil brother Scar who then lays the blame on son and heir Simba Riddled with guilt Simba runs away and is befriended by a warthog named Pumbaa and a meerkat named Timon who teach him to forget his troubles Scar takes over and the kingdom plunges into chaos Eventually Simba returns to overthrow Scar and re- ate banking committee hearings which begin Friday Meanwhile deputy Treasury secretary Roger Altman said Monday he has done nothing wrong and will not resign Altman defended his earlier congressional testimony as "wholly but acknowledged a govera-ment lawyer disputes part of his story Roger Altman also said he had one conversation each with Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton about the Whitewater affair He described those contacts as incidental: a conversation with the president during an event with president and a telephone call with Hillary Clinton In both cases he said the Clintons told him Please see WNtswate back page WASHINGTON Congress' long-awaited Whitewater hearings begin today but expect to hear much about President Arkansas land deals Instead the House banking committee hearings will focus on the propriety of contacts between White House and Treasury officials about regulators' probe of Madison Guaranty Savings Loan owned by the Whitewater partner James McDougaL after who told who what and when We be out there fistpounding or calling people liara just looking for said Rep Rod Grams (R-Minn) Congressional leaders limited the scope cftheir hearings at the request of special counsel Robert Fiske Only the issues of contacts and the death of White House lawyer Vincent Foster can be explored The same constraints apply to Sen- WEATHEB Morning down Hlgi in upper 70s Details Simba ttw hero left and Ma Ikmeas pal Nala romp through a fanciful musical sequence In Diwiey'a 'The Lion claim his rightful crown In between lots of singing and dancing and a few bad vaudevilhan jokes Criticism new for Disney Parents still fret about the death of mother Some feminists are uncomfortable with the prince-a8-avior themes in "Snow White and the Seven and "Cinderella" Mae recently some Arab Americana denounced as racist Ann Adams of Cotuit Mass said she planned to fak her 3K-year-old daughter to The Liar but gave in after listening to Allison count the days to the premiere She wishes she She feds deceived by the Grating-Ttk supposed be a family show a movie that you Please see Mans back page 112th year hsus No 108 1994 Ths New Tribune today'i press fire 130435 Recycled paper is used to print The News Tribune i 4.