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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6 1993 THE HERALD-SUN DURHAM NC PAGE A3 NATIONAL Faircloth sworn in to US Senate Daily Briefing had received advice from Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole R-Kan about the process but whether he gets his preferred assignment will depend on what is left after senior lawmakers choose their seats Faircloth who ranks 94th out of 100 senators in seniority said he would like a seat on either the Appropriations Committee which controls spending-or the Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee But he said he would be satisfied to work on other panels if he doesn't succeed in getting his top choices Faircloth said he has met with Sen Jesse Helms R-NC but has no plans to collaborate with him on legislation Because both are conservatives we would be voting the same on a good many issues but certainly there will be others" on which they will not vote alike By ELANA VARON States News Service WASHINGTON Lauch Faircloth was sworn in to his first US Senate term Tuesday afternoon taking the place of former Sen Terry Sanford the Democrat he unseated in November At a reception after the ceremony the Clinton Republican told a group of about 400 supporters that he would work to reduce federal spending taxes and government regulation themes he emphasized during his campaign not under any illusion as to what a freshman senator can do alone but I think a dedication among a lot of senators Democrat and Republican that the deficit is out of control" Faircloth said In an interview later in the day Faircloth said his next task will be to seek out committee assignments He said he SEN FAIRCLOTH: Sen Lauch Faircloth R-NC re-enacts his taking of oath of office from Vice President Quayle Tuesday in Washington NATIONAL Banking panel chairman wants Fed accountable WASHINGTON The chairman of the House Banking Committed introduced legislation Tuesday that he said was designed to make the Federal Reserve more publicly accountable The Federal Reserve System Accountability Act introduced by Rep Henry Gonzalez D-Texas would require the Fed's key policy-making committee which meets in private to videotape its meetings and release the tape and a written transcript 60 days after it meets Brinks hit in $10M heist ROCHESTER NY Several gunmen in ski masks held up a Brinks Inc armored car service depot on Tuesday and may have gotten away with as much as $10 million The robbers entered the depot in a small one-story brick building on the edge of the city shortly before 7:30 pm said police Sgt Sherman Scott About 10 people were working there at the time but no one was hurt Scott said The robbers took the money from a secured area in the depot hat is in ring WASHINGTON Missouri Gov John Ashcroft entered the race for Republican National Committee chairman Tuesday pledging to the party to a dominant but stay neutral among GOP presidential hopefuls Ashcroft who leaves office this month after two terms as governor is a conservative but has used several party posts to make friends and alliances across the party's ideological divisions Other declared candidates are Haley Barbour a Mississippi strategist who was a political adviser in the Reagan White House Spencer Abraham the former Michigan GOP chairman who was a top adviser to Vice President Dan Quayle Colorado activist Bo Calloway and Oregon party chairman Craig Berkman case to court MORRISTOWN Term A prosecutor said Tuesday he will present a Hamblen County grand jury with the case of a man who hed after taking cyanide that was in a headache powder box District Attorney General Berkeley Bell said authorities are looking at the possibility of suicide in the death of William Tucker Williams He died on Nov 29 shortly after taking two packets of headache powders Krueger fills Texas seat AUSTIN Texas Gov Ann Richards Tuesday named Bob Krueger a Texas railroad commissioner and former congressman as her interim replacement for Sen Lloyd Bentsen Bentsen was chosen by President-elect Clinton to be the next Treasury secretary Krueger will serve until a special election is held probably in May to fill the final two years of term CHELSEA'S SCHOOL: Students play kick-the-can outside The Sidwell Friends School in Washington Tuesday Chelsea Clinton 12-year-old daughter of President-elect Clinton will attend the exclusive private school when the family moves to Washington the Clinton family announced Tuesday Chelsea to go to private school Decision not at odds with Clinton's public school support spokesman says Statement prepared on Haiti Clinton seeks options to deter refugees Associated Press WASHINGTON Worried that thousands of Haitians may flee for the United States around Inauguration Day President-elect Clinton is weighing options for persuading would-be refugees to stay home Democratic sources said Tuesday The sources said Clinton is preparing a public statement on Haiti which could come before the end of the week Clinton met in Little Rock with leaders of his foreign policy team and Vice Presidentelect A1 Gore Hie group included Secretary of State-designate Warren Christopher Defense Secretary-designate Les Aspin and National Security Adviser-designate Tony Ike Clinton has criticized the Bush administration for turning back Haitian boat people without determining whether they are eligible for entry to the United States as political refugees statements have sent the hopes of many desperate Haitians soaring and produced estimates that perhaps 100000 Haitians may head for south Florida once President Bush has left the White House Hundreds of refugee boats have either been constructed or are being readied for the 600-mile voyage according to official estimates Clinton does not want a crisis in the Caribbean to dominate his first days in office and draw attention from his top-priority domestic economic program So the Haiti situation has been a major topic in contacts between the outgoing and incoming administrations Officials from the Organization of American States mid the United Nations have been involved as well A number of Democratic emissaries have traveled to Haiti in recent weeks in search of a solution Asked if Clinton is preparing a statement on Haiti spokesman George Stephanopoulos said in Little Rock it's something we have to do relatively soon The governor has been looking at the issue throughout the transition as has foe entire foreign policy team and he'll have some announcement to make soon" understand the decision to act in the best interests of their The 800000-member American Federation of Teachers offered its support took a lot of courage for Bill Clinton to do what was best for his daughter said union spokeswoman Ellen Shearer question is best for his child Chelsea is in a very unique situation" Sidwell Friends stressing the Quaker tradition of peace and justice has two campuses: a 15-acre spread in Northwest Washington for the 744 students in grades 5 through 12 and five acres in nearby Bethesda Md for 286 students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade Predominantly white the student enrollment is 17 percent black 7 percent Asian and 3 percent Latino Sidwell Friends has challenging academic standards and requires its students to be involved in community service In Little Rock Chelsea attended Mann Magnet School which has an enrollment of 850 students Chelsea who skipped a grade excels in science and math She takes ballet instruction and likes to play softball and soccer Associated Press LITTLE ROCK Ark Presidentelect Qinton's 12-year-old daughter will attend one of most exclusive private schools rather than a public school it was announced Tuesday Chelsea Clinton who attends public school in Little Rock will be an eighth-grader of The Sidwell Friends School favored by the families of diplomats members of Congress and other prominent Washingtonians Clinton and his wife Hillary said they made the decision many family discussions and careful consideration As parents we believe this decision is best for our daughter at this time in her life based on our changing The tuition at Sidwell Friends is $10800 a year Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos said The decision was a disappointment to leaders of the predominantly black public schools which have been plagued by violence poor test scores and budget problems District of Columbia officials had hoped Chelsea would be enrolled in a public school which they would have seen as a signal of confidence in urban education at a time when middle-and upper-class families are seeking alternatives reject public Stephanopoulos said schools in the District of Columbia and across the country are good schools and Governor Clinton supports the public school system as he has throughout his term as governor and will continue as president What they did was choose as a family Sidwell Friends and a good He rejected any suggestion that the decision was at odds with oft-stated support for public education important point was to make the right choice for wanted to do what is best for their daughter" said spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers think every parent in the country will understand Washington Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly said she understood In a written statement Kelly said I believe the District of Columbia's public school system is equally challenging as a mother I Dodd's execution efficient Postal dispute continues HUD verdicts reached WASHINGTON A federal jury on Tuesday found a one-time top aide to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Samuel Pierce and two other men guilty of offering gratuities to HUD officials But the jurors acquitted Lance Wilson who was Pierce's executive assistant in the early 1980s Texas developer Leonard Briscoe and Maurice David Steier an Omaha Neb lawyer of more serious bribery mail fraud and conspiracy charges Fox names woman LOS ANGELES Lucie Salhany was named head of Fox television on Tuesday the first woman to lead a broadcasting network Salhany 46 replaces Jamie Kellner who resigned as president Monday after shepherding so-called "fourth since its creation in 1986 Since 1981 Salhany has headed Fox Twentieth Television The company the parent of syndication and network production arm produces such shows as Simpsons" and "LA and the noose around his neck The trapdoor beneath his feet dropped open at 12:05 am His bound body plunged the length of foe rope a drop prison officials had calculated would be enough to snap his neck Dodd 31 who confessed to murdering three young boys in Vancouver was pronounced dead at 12:09 am was no squirming no kicking no Lee said was dead instantly" Even in Dodd's hands slightly crossed in front of foe groin no movement was visible The body was transported to Seattle for an autopsy in the King County medical examiner's office Gov Booth Gardner had rejected requests to commute Dodd's sentence to life in prison A last-ditch effort by the American Qvil Liberties Union to block the hanging as cn- and unusual punishment was Monday by tfle state Supreme Court Associated Press WALLA WALLA Wash First there was silence Then a sharp crack as a trapdoor sprang open and foe body of Westley Allan Dodd dropped into view at the end of a 7-foot-l-inch rope With cool efficiency the state of Washington executed the child sex killer early Tuesday in America's first legal hanging since Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" days nearly three decades ago Dodd's body his head and shoulders covered by a black hood swung gently on the rope for a moment Then a curtain was drawn across a window between foe death chamber and the witnesses who included the mothers of his three victims The condemned man who had resisted attempts to appeal his sentence showed no fear even the last second of his said his lawyer Darrell Lee After Dodd murmured his last words about a new-found faith the black hood was placed over his head and shoulders and "earnestly and asking him to let a court settle the matter The current dispute goes back more than a year when the Postal Service accepted under protest the 29-cent first-class rate the commission approved rather than the 30 cents the service had sought That case also included a provision for a discount 27-cent rate for the general public for specially prepared mail that can be handled by machines That has never been put into effect and is a major factor in the current dispute The Post Office sued the Rate Commission contending that foe 27-cent rate established a new subclass of mail and the commission have authority to do that Associated Press WASHINGTON Ignoring President Bush's threat of firing the Postal Service's governing board reasserted its autonomy Tuesday and suggested a court settle its extraordinary dispute with foe White House spokesman said the independence was challenged Bush on Monday ordered the board of governors to drop a legal fight over rates with the independent Postal Rate Commission He set a deadline of today for board members to act or be fired The governors responded with a three-page letter Tuesday urging Bush not to follow through with his tjppeat restating their independence From wire Reports I.