The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 4

Embryo Continued from A1 "f-V' Yeltsin in mwet sound I Russian President Bods Ybltsin and Ms wife Naina win visit the I Puget Sound regon Thursday ArtMties scheduled for the coupld fodude? Arrival at Paine Field In Everett about 11:30 am iBApossfolatourof Boeing's I Everett plant and a private chat 4 with Boek Chairman frank -i IShrontt- I A luncheon speech by President bttsln to business and political I leaders In Seattle'' H' i A cruise around Seattle's Elliott I A visit with a typical American family The Identity offoe family Is being kept secret officials say I Naina Maltsln will separately visit Highland Park Elementary School and have a private lunch at the Space Needte The Ysltslns are scheduled to depart from Boeing Field at 5 pro 1 glass artist and native Dale Chihuly who was scheduled to attend with his guest Leslie Jackson of Seattle At the glittering black-tie dinner in the regal State Dining Room Yeltsin declared in his toast: really feel good about being here I feel at (The Associated Press and Me- nuyor political issue in Moscow Similarly Tuesday night Yeltsin was the honored guest at one of rare formal at the White House Yeltsin will return the favor to Clinton tonight at the new Russian Embassy Among the dignitaries on the lengthy guest list for dinner was Tacoma Clinton is only too happy to oblige And in the same vein Clinton and Yeltsin observed a Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday honoring the role of soldiers from both nations in World War Russia was excluded from the 50th anniversary D-Day celebrations in Europe last June and the snub from the West became a NEW RAMP MEIER The first ramp meter between Seattle and Portland will be Installed at the intersection of Washington 512 and Interstate 5 1-5 By Kevin EM The News Tribune A traffic sigral will be added at the end of the southbound Interstate 5 offramp Seattle-bound worst nightmare is about to end The state Department of TVansportation said the dreaded work-zone islands on five northbound Interstate 5 overpasses between Federal Way and Tukwila are to be removed this week Islands at three overpasses -South 288th Street Military Road and South 272nd Street -were to vanish early this morning The remaining work-zone islands at overpasses at South 188th Street and the exit to Southcenter Mall will be removed in time for the Thursday morning commute officials said The prqject originally scheduled to take 30 days is being completed 14 days ahead of schedule Under the 30-day schedule the project wouldn't have been finished until Oct 11 know at least in my office said Jennifer Duff Department of Transportation spokeswoman getting done a lot sooner than we With the islands gone the highway will be back to its regular four-lane configuration ending two weeks of intense congestion during the morning commute That congestion could be reduced even more dramatically soon Duff said Transportation workers built the islands to strengthen overpasses so crews could widen the freeway and install a high-occupancy vehicle lane Duff said that lane could be ready for commuters within the next few weeks Commuters the only ones benefiting from the rapid completion of the prqject The contractor has earned a $100000 bonus Under the contract the state agreed to pay the contractor $10000 for each day the prqject is completed ahead of schedule up to $100000 Underground equipment senses cars on the onramp activating the metier During heavy traffic a warning light win ten motorists the meter Is oa 2 The meter wil mate motorists stop for a red light which quickly turns to green allowing one or two cars to enter the freeway The meter adjusts to traffic flow and will flash from red to Been every 4 to 15 seconds 3L With a meter vehicles are more likely to enter the ftaewsy at the posted speed helping to prevent accidents WHAT TO DO AT A RAMP METER If the ramp meter is on wait your turn When you reach the front of the line and the ramp meter turns green proceed dmwi the freeway entrance ramp and merge into traffic YOU STOP If a ramp metier is red and you don't stop It's like running a red light If you're caught the fine lor not stopping at a ramp meter is $47 Summit Continued from A1 pected to boost to )1 billion the total USinve8tmenta in the Russian recovery prompting Commei'ce Secretary Ron Brown to say the meeting truly be called the trade and investment summit" Clinton asked Yeltsin to stop Russian arms sales to Iran and although Yeltsin immediately rejected the request officials on both sides said there was the possibility of reaching agreement on what kind of weapons might be sold Russia strapped for cash is believed to sell about $1 billion a year in submarines missile parts and combat plane weapons to Iran which the United States considers a terrorist nation The partnership already has produced solid results administration officials say Thanks to it at least in part Yeltsin pulled Russian troops out of the Baltic republics worked co-operatively with Clinton and European allies in search of peace in Bosnia helped foster the nascent peace process in the Middle East and agreed to help Ukraine scrap its nuclear weapons In return for his one main goals is to be treated in Washington and thus on the world stage like a true friend Meter Continued from A1 bound 1-5 might be operating by the end of the week said Lee Fouta su-intendent of Tbtem Electric of Once the running it also should help southbound motorists trying (o dhnb onto eastbound Washington' 512 toward Spanaway and Puyallup said Jay Burgin a state trawl analysis engineer Because traffic around Washington 512 intertwines in loops engi-neerd-are regulating traffic on the leu Congested 1-5 onramp to help the busier onramp that spits cars toward Puyallup metering the onramp going under the bridge so it will help the mqjor movement on the 512 Burgin said 1116 long afternoon backup that goes all the way up 1-5 is people going to Puyallup metering one tiling to help something About 20000 vehicles use the southbound 1-5 to eastbound Washington 512 onramp a day Burgin said By 2012 projections say about 39000 cars wffltravri the same foute each day he said Sensors implanted under the freeway and north of tiie onramp as well as on the looping southbound on-ramp will monitor traffic flow Swanson said Once they sense a jam a warning light will tell oncoming motorists the Dreamer Continued from A1 eta So far spent $28000 of his own money on tickets ads and other expenses As of Tuesday sold four tickets at $450 each If he doesn't raise enough money to build the prqject he will refund the money for the tickets Tfekaat said Even so the state attorney general's office like the sound of the ad campaign ad smacks of unfair and deceptive advertising in that it fails to information which I to the decision whether to invest money assistant attorney general Doug Walsh said Tbkaat should have said huw much money he had raised whether he had contacted a roller-coaster designer and whether the ride was for People Porno film actress gives John Bobbitt a mixed review Fnm performer Tiffany Lords has good-bad news for John Wayne Bobbitt on preggers by him (It works!) On the show scheduled for airing on Friday she says it happened when they recently did a porno movie Tm new to the said LordR 20 slept with anyone but She told producers that she wants to get on with her porn career plana an abortion and wants Bobbitt to pay for it Ivana Dump has announced her engagement to longtime squeeze Riccardo Mazzucchelli 51 is a terrific said Dump 45 was married 22 years the first time been there He appreciates a good But mostly rich Made oodles in the African construction biz Just bought a new house in London for Some types of experiments such as deliberately producing twins or testing embryos to select bqys or girls also would be ineligible for federal support but could continue to be per-formed by private researchers Federal researchers would be forbidden to buy or sell human embryos eggB or sperm Die informed consent of the donors would be required for any experiments No such rules apply to private researchers who have been working with embryos Bince the first baby was bom in 1978 In one of its most controversial proposals the committee would let the at finance the creation of i specifically for research purposes and not just as a byproduct of attempts to help an infertile woman get pregnant Such could not be transferred into a body and brought to term The 19-member panel which included scientists doctors medical ethicista and other experts said the benefits of human embryo research justify what opponents regard as tampering with the sanctity of human life The panel said an embryo in the days before it is implanted in the womb deserves moral consideration aa a developing form of Whati recommended 'S- '''yi'-S V' Examples of acceptable human embryo research: i1 Studies to improve successful pregnancies I Research on the process of fertilization Itsetf-! Research to aid in' diagnosis of genetic problems in an embryo that could be used for hvvttro I fertilization the test-tube baby technique Strides on embryonic stem cells that will evolve Into the varkws tissues and organs of the i itoqysW -The AasocMsS Prats 'i-v 'f i human life (but) does not have the same moral status as infanta and Panel reasoning was that an early embryo smaller than the period ending this sentence is a collection of undifferentiated cells lacking a nervous system and incapable of consciousness or pain Roman Catholics and organizations opposing abortion objected fiercely to the willingness to accord a lower status to an embryo than to a fully developed human being panel thinks researdiers may do to a human embryo things that happen to a said Richard Doerflinger speaking for the National Conference cf Catholic Bish- ops Another opponent the American Life League called the proposed research unethical and Rep Robert Dornan (R-Calif) vowed to use available legislative to block human embryo research including congressional hearings and possible legislation The chairman of the panel Steven Muller former president of Johns Hopkins Univerdty in Baltimore acknowledged the status of the human was the most difficult issue the committee faced Agreement came only after ing Muller said All 19 members approved the final report although two dissented to portions ofit Die report now goes to another advisory committee which wiU hold public hearings in December and finally to Dr Harold Var-mus director of the National Institutes of Health who will decide what guidelines to issue (The Washington Poet contributed to this report) Charles Schulz 32 33 35 37 48 51 53 63 69 72 79 1232404 todsyr $4 million $100000 $25 million PowmMI 10 IMqs $14 million ramp meter will be on From there motorists will have to obey the ramp meter or risk a $47 fine Officials said the ramp meter will Clatchy News Service contributed to this report) TRiBaner For Instructions on getting additional stories by computer see SoundJfe 16 For more 44014405 almost over pancy Vehicle lane for buses and car-poolers The signal will regulate traffic to South Thcoma Way better and should help buses that need to reach the nearby park and ride lot Ferry Continued from A1 he said counting at least 30 tdack-and-orange inflatable rafts six to 10 of which had capsized Die Estonia was listed as carrying 679 passengers and 188 crew members said Finnish Coast Guard officer Ilkka Karppala It was en route from the Estonian capital Tallinn to Stockholm Sweden Karp-pala said One of the rescued passengers a Swedish man in his mid-20s told rescuers the disaster happened too quickly for most people to prepare according to SederxjviBt Die cause of the accident was unknown Sederqwist speculated that the heavy cargo including cars and other vehicles might have shifted in the rough seas causing it to capsize LOTTERY NUMBERS MS 1 2 4 11 12 17 22 25 29 5 QsMa (SaaL 24): 7 Tekaat is a man of his word You can trust him with your money You can trust him to build an 188-foot tall roller signed by 58 hospHM In addition to the ramp meter construction crews have nearly completed a traffic signal that will be posted at the end of the southbound 1-5 offramp to South Tacoma Way The signal will have a High Oocu- building height limit Schesser said ride would be about 45 times as tall as highest building All that aside sure enough of his idea that he has printed 500000 tickets He has business cards And he has a check-canceling stamp with his signature His co-workers at Madigan liken Tfekaatfs idea to that in the movie of whispering you build it they will into the hospital's public announcement system And 58 hospital colleagues believe in him enough to sign a petition that says Tfekaat is a man of his word You can trust him with your money You can trust him to build an 188-foot tall idler Oh a said his boss Sgt Tbny Decker kind of an interesting character If youcan think about doing something hell figure out a way to do A meter will i flow of westbound 512 traffic entering the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 i r- it -rs Brag HankThe News Tribune flash to green every four to 15 seconds The average delay to a motorist will be less than two minutes Swanson Baid made Baid Larry Hays company vice president Tekaat said his lawyer made sure the advertisement was legal and the tickets should not be considered securities Tfekaat has met with Fife officials but the information he brought was community development director Howard Schesser said Assuming Tekaat gets the money for the land it would take at least a year for the prqject to get a permit Schess-er said Die City Council would have to re-zone the area and waive a 35-foot Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz was ordered Monday to Btop singing for a week after doctors found soft nodules in his throat charity Walsh said Selling tickets to something that hasn't been built could also qualify as selling securities said Deborah Bort-ner assistant director of the Department of Financial Institutions' securities division Businesses selling securities must register with the state will probably mail him a letter and ask him what he intends to do and some of the details about Bortner said Tbkaat has contacted Arrow Dynamics a rollercoaster designer in Sait Lake City No deal has been i Umtey Associated Press Happy Blues: Members of the The Moody Blues left to right Ry Thomas Graeme Edge John Lodge and Justin Hayward Imprint their hands Into a block as they are Inducted Into Hollywood's Waft' Tuesday In Loo Angeles The Duchess of York is furious with her father for discussing her marriage in his book currently being serialized in Britain a Brit newspaper reported TWsday In The Gal-loping Ronald Ferguson suggests that the Yorks will reconcile but expresses fear about how long she would able to stay on the straight and Meanwhile Susan Ferguson who divorced the mqjor in 1975 said his marital roaming made her life miserable years I spent with him were she writes in the Brit mag Hello self-respecting wife could have put up with it Compiled from news services by Jim McNett (Srapt 24): 4512-21-23-28 $4 million In addition to a 10-carat yellow diamond friendship ring he gave Dump a while back plus the vintage Rolls-Royce a few months ago he slipped on her engagement finger a flawless $1 million oval Burmese sapphire with heart-shaped diamonds (Sept 24): 10-16-23-2832 I.