The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 1

V-' 1 iww'vyVVvWV 4 i y' 7 aKT' Facing the music -1 i How loverly Take heart 1964 film version of Fair gets a new lease on life Sonics meet Utah Jazz for Western Conference title series starting Saturday It 1 FDA gives speedy approval to heart device Weekend D12 NatlonWodd B1 I -i-t lm SEHEHHfnltmtiEttasSG a wmii Rod Frederiksen not air them in He did say been an indication I haven't delegated as well as I should have I want to sit down with my staff and make a good attempt to remedy that situation Perhaps I need to step back and give people opportunity That my problem and not (that Pension Board rejects extension of disability leave for Rod Frederiksen Thursday night after discussing five-month leave in a' closed meeting Mayor Royce Pollard said "The Pension Board made the decision that the chief is capable of going back to This morning Frederiksen told The Columbian he would report for work "and do the best job I possibly can look forward to working with the new city manager It's going to be a pleasure to come back and hopefully have some new perspectives on challenges feeing the Frederiksen said he suffered depression largely as a result of community and departmental pressures but he declined to elaborate saying "I want to go back and solve problems By QREQQ HERRINGTON TIm Columbian The Vancouver Police and Fire Pension Board says Police Chief Rod Frederiksen must return to work Tuesday The 49-yearold chief has been off the job since mid-December when he said HI have some medical problems exacerbated by job He's been off the job and out of touch since December Please see Chief Page A12 -1 1 I Dino bite cases Admirals death was suicide measles Top Navy officer death comes amid questions about his war decorations A fc MupviWKH sew People who were at Red Robin restaurant in Vancouver Sunday possibly exposed WASHINGTON (API The suicide of Adm Jeremy Boor da the Navy top officer stirred debate today about the legitimacy of his Vietnam combat decorations and whether Boorda should have known he was not entitled to wear the tiny V-shaped pins Just before SYMPTOMS: Cough nmy nose and or red watery eyes and a fever of at leest 101 degrees Mowed two to four days fetor by a blotchy red rash MMUWTVt People who have had meostae cant get the dtaeeee again One dose of the measles mumps and rubela vaccine given between 12 and 1 5 months of eg protects 96 percent of people tar the rest of their Ives A second does iIm il Inr HIT Intin requm tor omranctvuo stxxn grade and admission to many colleges Is aknostl 00 percent effective TRANSMISSION: Measles is highly contagious the virus can hang in the air in a room far as long as two houre attar a contagious person leaves DURATION COMPLICATIONS: One to two weeks gerv eraNy with no tasting effects Posstale compilations induds pneumonia encephaWs dehydration ear infections permanent hearing toes and brain damage By BOB SISSON The Columbian People who dined at a popular Vancouver restaurant on Mother Day might have been exposed to measles An employee who worked Sunday at Red Robin Burger and Spirits Emporium 8311 NE Vancouver Mall Drive developed a rash Wednesday that is suspected to be measles Dr Karen Steingart of the Southwest Washington Health District said Thursday The employee whom officials would not identify also attends Clark College where another case of measles and a case of rubella were confirmed this month Red Robin 80 employees are receiving measles immunizations if they've never had the disease Liz Clayworth executive assistant for Red Robin said Thursday The restaurant remains open Steingart said people who are susceptible to measles and were at his death Boorda abruptly left his Pentagon office troubled by questions he was to foce that day about the combat pins At least one of two suicide notes he left at Boorda Please see Measles Page A12 Whitewater verdict awaited his home expressed worry about what he feared might become a scandal over the combat decorations a government source said today Contents of the notes have not been released The source who asked not to be identified is familiar with the contents In a tribute to Boorda today Defense Secretary William Perry called him an extraordinary patriot who cared most about rank-and-file sailors He recalled the admiral coming to Perry's office last fall "excited and bursting with at the deployment of the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier battle group that patrolled in the Persian Gulf and off Bosnia "Nobody had more pride in his Perry said in a speech at Andrews Air Force Base Md outside Washington "Mike legacy the Navy he helped to create will live Perry made no men- ftW'-v- two as their forewoman Deliberations resumed this morning If no verdict is reached today jurors will get the weekend off and return Monday Also today a panel of the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a request by journalists seeking immediate access to Clinton videotaped testimony from the trial Hie jury verdict could set the LITTLE ROCK Ark AP) -Weighing a small-town word against that of the president a jury today deliberated the fraud case of Gov Jim Guy Tucker and Bill Clinton former Whitewater partners Jurors got the case Thursday after the judge said they could consider deals that prosecutors made with witnesses in exchange for their testimony The jury selected Sandra Wood a 38-yearold nurse and mother of Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago presents a model of the skull of Care ha odontosaunis saharlcus a fossil his team discovered In Morocco The dinosaur Is believed to have been larger than Tyrannosaurus rsx Story on Page B1 Please see Trial Page A9 Piease see Admiral Page AS ti-'i Visitors center to debut Vv lu New facility offers panoramic views sit-down dining and a Harry Truman look-alike J'- 1 1 5 1 i Also planned: ax-throwing and chain saw sculpture demonstrations music by high school bands and a book-signing of "Pathways to by author David Seesholtz The $35 million 17500-square-foot center was developed by Cowlitz County in cooperation with Weyerhaeuser Co Washington State Department of Transportation and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest A three-dimensional mural of foe volcanic ash plume captured in a prize-winning photograph from the Longview Daily News greets "V- sa mf- -s' 1 i By LORETTA CALLAHAN The Columbian MOUNT ST HELENS As visits to the volcano increase so do the reasons to go Cowlitz County dedicates the newest in the line of Mount St Helens visitors attractions at 10 am Saturday with the grand opening of the German tourists Caroline Hemmerbach and Mario Neuenhaus wait fora peak at the peak Mount St Holene that Is from the observation dock at the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Cantor Hoflktadt Blufl Visitor Center 27 miles east of visitors at the entrance r-1 -f AjMV' A life-size version of the infamous Harry Truman sits resolutely before the center floor-to-ceiling windows Behind the windows the mountain that took Truman life Mount St Helens appeared serene lightly Castle Rock No dedication would be complete without a few words from politicians UR Rep Linda Smith R-Hazel Dell Sid Morrison secretary of Washington State Department of Transportation and Cowlitz County commissioners Jon Taylor Joel Rupley and Van Youngquist will do the honors DOT OLSOWTh MumMmi Please see Volcano Page A9 Inside LocsImmhhmmmA3-57-8 Movies MMMMD10 NationWorid B1 Obituaries mmmmmmJU RellglOn MMMMMMMCT SpOrtS MMMMMMMC1 TelevlslonMMMMMBll Washington MMMMM A2 Weekend Ann Landers BU Business C9 Classifieds El Comics CU Crosswords E9U Editorials JLLO Horoscopes Bll Info-Line eases eeeeesase eeoe C8 Letters MMaHMMMMA10 On the road again Record number of Americans plan summer trips despite gas prices NatlonWorfd B1 i.