The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 1

Si TThe Commercial Appeal SCRIPTS HOWARD FINAL 500 156th Year No 357 4 Sections Memphis Tennessee Saturday Morning December 23 1995 Notes on Whitewater prompt new Rose Law among cryptic entries The notes were taken during a Nov 1993 meeting between GOP questions fers to repeated and newspapers link between the suicide Whitewater The White However Republicans and House rejected such a connection Speculation that Whitewater had something to do with death since been thoroughly White House kesman Mark Fabiani said entry referred only bolster their House aides of the confidential the criminal it along to The notes 12 pages of barely legible scrawls by then-Whlte House attorney William Kennedy are filled with titillating references that carry multiple implications Some of them are damning in the view of Republicans the White House says the notes reflect innocent remarks twisted by political foes One entry noted that FBI sub claimed the notes belief that 'White used the power presidency to gather information about inquiry and pass private attorney -Republicans said the ciyptic notation on Foster raised the prospect that Kennedy or other aides at the meeting suspected a By Ron Fournier The Associated Prau WASHINGTON Promising a new batch of White House subpoenas Republicans said Friday that Whitewater notes surrendered by President Clinton to avert an embarrassing court fight with the Senate raise questions that out for an expla NEWNONCONNAH Clinton sees veto killed for 1st time by Congress 20 Democrats join in vote to limit suits By Steven Smith Troy True (left) and Greg Rogers put up a new sign along Nonconnah Parkway marking the opening of the second section of the highway The $451 million 29-mile stretch extends Nonconnah Parkway from 1-240 to the Riverdale exit Commuters zoom onto ik several White House attorneys and Clinton's new personal law-David Kendall The White louse says the gathering was designed to bring the private ney up to speed on the growing controversy including press coverage Many of the entries support the White House position that Kendall was given information that already was in the public domain Kennedy re Hill area The six-lane roadway then passes a new Kirby exit before joining the existing Ridgeway exit From there the first phase of the project links with interstate 240 The eastbound lanes of the $447 million first phase of Nonconnah were opened in December 1993 with the westbound lanes opening a few weeks later Future phases of the project include a 13-mile four-lane seg- Please see OPEN Page A12 at Prolines on East Brookhaven destroyed by fire Dec 13 modate your clients qr you have them cannot miss a Becky Barnett Company missed just one day after the Dec 13 fire that spread smoke and flames through the salon PUDs poenas were Issued against chief accuser David Hale the same day that White House attorney Vince Foster died July 20 1993 the day that VF killed it read Another entry by Kennedy a former Rose Law Firm partner of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said Rose Law files Documents Never know go out tal downtown without cursing a single traffic signal cut off a lot of time for people going into town from Collierville" said May deputy Shelby County public works director and a Collierville resident now it takes me a good 45 minutes with everything being favorable to get into town Itll cut off a good IS The second phase begins (or ends depending on your direction) just off Riverdale near the Super Kmart east of the Hickory Becky Barnett work on a client Becky Barnett A Company waa is followed by the slowest month this industry this is the month we recoup for January" Byrd said are so many many parties All the kids are home from college Yon accom Chelsea and North Watkins that Trumps made her home after her death She lives in a 52-resident community on Bauman Street where many of her neighbors fit the same description: elderly disabled and fixed-income It is a place where everyday tads such as taking out the garbage are difficult for most and Nonconnah Parkway was officially opened And whether it's six or IS minutes suburbanites can now hack precious time off the brutal commute fTorn deep southeast Memphis to downtown an anxiety-charged drive often choked with red lights snarled traffic bleating horns and flashing highbeams Now it's even possible to drive from near the new Super Kmart Center oh Winchester to just outside Baptist Memorial Hospi to press accounts inaccurately linking the two events he said The notes opened with four to- Please see PROBE Page All their said David Keyko a New York City lawyer who supports the law The measure was condemned by Ralph Nader who called it a victory for and and said it would make it more difficult if hot impossible for many genuine lawsuits to prevail The measure will: Make it easier for a company to defend against a lawsuit when the company fails to live up to optimistic projections Limit attorney fees and permit the awarding of fees and costs to the winning party in the event of a meritless or frivolous suit Bar plaintiffs who allege fraud from recovering damages unrelated to the fraud Give judges power to sanction attorneys who make court filings the judges deem frivolous and to prohibit Individuals from being named in more than five class-action suits in a three-year period The White House expressed only mild disappointment and said that Clinton supports reforms to reduce merit! ess law suits The President hopes that the unintended effects of the legislation do not occur and if they do that Congress will act to make some of the narrow correc- Please see LIMITS Page AS Stopgap bill for welfare vets gets Clinton OK By Jonathan Peterson and Paul Richter Lot Angatoa Time WASHINGTON In a bid to limit fallout from the budget standoff Congress Friday approved and Resident Clinton signed stopgap legislation to fund temporary benefits for veterans welfare recipients and others Despite the action about 280000 federal employees remained on indefinite furlough due to the budget impasse Republican leaders and President Clinton meanwhile met at the White House in an effort to bridge the gulf that divides them on balancing the budget by 2002 After the session negotiators released a brief vague statement declaring had good meetings which built on the progress in discussions Returning from the session House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) struck a conciliatory note: have a good beginning We have many reasons to be But negotiators did not plan to Please see BUDGET Page All sanitation workers were collecting garbage at 11 mobile home parks and about 30 PUDs such as Harbor Town Under city policy irlvate property is not eligible or garbage collection The city charges $650 a month for such pickups True cost of the service is about $18 By James Rubin Ttw AModatad Proas WASHINGTON Overriding President veto for the first time Congress enacted legislation Friday limiting ability to sue for fraud The measure which alters rules put in place during the Great Depression to discourage stock manipulation became law after the Senate voted 68-30 to overcome veto Twenty Senate Democrats joined 48 Republicans to muster more than the two-thirds required to buck the President The House took the same action on Wednesday by a lopsided 319-100 margin that included 89 Democrats A coalition of accounting firms high-technology companies and stockbrokers said the measure will help eliminate frivolous lawsuits But opponents Including consumer groups lawyers and managers of state pension funds said small investors will suffer Despite the charged politics surrounding the derate Clin- ton's critics accused him of pandering to big-donor trial lawyers some analysts said the measure's impact has been overstated have a misperception of going on The bill still keeps companies on By Troy Glasgow Circle nearby hair talon Barnett had moved into just 2 Vi months earlier It was a total loss The fire is one of at least 20 that fire officials are investiga- Please see ARSON Page AS Brush with arson fails to crimp style Beauty shop helps rival in an act of shear giving U' By Jody Callahan The Commercial Appeal Doing some quick calculations Darrell May settled on IS minutes Shelby County Mayor Jim Rout quite so optimistic figuring on shaving somewhere between six and eight minutes With a quick ribbon-cutting in the nasty chill Friday afternoon the $451 million 29-mile second phase of the much-anticipated INSIDE GRUMPIER LOREN? In Grumpier Old Men Sophia Loren portrays the skirmishing love Interest of Walter character but such big names fall to lift the film from contrivance Story Cl BUSINESS BYGONE DAYS CS CLASSIFIED DM2 COMICS C5-7 CROSSWORD CS DEATHS A10 LOTTERIESBIRTHS D7 MOVIES C4-S RELIGION SCOREBOARD TELEVISION VIEWPOINT AI-7 Senate confirms Bernice Donald as federal judge B1 MEMPHIS WEATHER: Cloudy and cold today A few flurries High 35 Winds from northwest at 8-16 mph Brisk tonight Low 24 DetailsD7 CopyrlgM1MSThCsmnMfcHAfpMl 7 49377 0040IU By Patti Patterson Tha Commercial Appeal Salon owner Becky Barnett brushed a reddish foam onto a woman's hair and hoped for the best The client pronounced the final result the perfect shade Barnett had another satisfied customer a situation she didn't have much cause to worry about until last week That was before an arsonist set fire to her business destroying equipment supplies and the records of chemical formulas for coloring her hair The loss of the salon and the formulas had the potential for causing some seriously bad hair days in East Memphis this holiday season But a competing salon owner opened her doors to Barnett and her stylists disrupting her own business to help the victims of a destructive crime Inc said she leave Barnett without a salon during the busiest month of the year which By Debra Elliott-Tenort Ttw Commercial Appeal Life had been simplified for Carrie Trumps The 87-year-old woman with short cotton-white curls has lived in Lawson Mobile Home Park for nearly 10 years It is here on privately owned land off to lose trash pickup parks condominiums and lanned unit developments or 'Ds Cite officials said about 2100 residences will be affected by the change in one of those severe Catch-22s nobody wins right said Benny Lendermon director ofPublicWorks City officials realized in 1994 IK for the service is more difficult But Trumps and others in 11 mobile home parks across Memphis next year could bear the impact of the city correcting a violation of its policy on garbage collection In March the city will stop collecting garbage on all private property such as mobile home See GARBAGE Page All i A.