The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 1

rv a v- ft i SOt Metropolitan Edition Saturday November 0 1000 i i Preparing for Y2K Look ahead toward Jan Ion Page C-l and coming Sunday a Y2K special section Royals on hold Officials confirm the team is under no obligation to Miles Prentice Sports Daily 'I Racing oval inKGK Sanctions and timetable uncertain Gates continued to insist foal Ml- DAVID WILSON WV-' 7 7 yV'VV' 7c'! v'V --Ti 1-f crosoft does not have monopoly lioukl wish power "Americans should Knight RMdar Newspapers WASHINGTON A federal judge on Friday declared Microsoft Corp a monopoly ruling that aggressive actions by Bill Gated1 sofi-ware empire to protect its technology dominance were innovation" and hurting consumers fudge Thomas Fenfidd Jacksonh finding that Mkroeoft had monopoly power in die market for desktop computer operating eystems had been expected But Jackson went for beyond what most analysts had expected essentially dismissing nearly all of Mfcroeoftk attempts to defend its business practices IBs 207-page findings of bet were issued after the stock market dosed Riday to avoid disruption Gates Microsoft's chairman end chief executive officet said: "Wfere- spectfully disagree with many of the court i findings" jw 'ii Mhe p7: v'-' A -) I Work on the (287 million auto speedway in Wyandotte County la well tinder way The grandstands above wlU seat 75000 people end can be by KUTHMYCKSTheKsnsasCIty Star But the grandstands seem so of ptpe In (he Infield at top As speedway work progresses hopes Airliner are heard hot seen expanded to accommodate 150000 large when viewed through a section That infrastructure sits atop huge concrete footings that line what will be the front stretch of the racing surface The concrete pillars also will support dub-level seating AH of that sits atop massive berms that circle the track On the angled faces of the berms more grand- stands will berbuilL Grandstands that eventually will seat 150000 spectators Kennedy executive vice president 1 of International Speedway Corp said this week -Evenaquick look at the construction site shows that hurdles have been leaped Rising above the trees that separate the site from two interstate highways is the steel infrastructure that will become luxury spectator tssarc JU JIM PEDLEY and STEVE NICELY The Kami City liar Less Kennedy shrugged when asked about problems her company encountered In getting construction rolling on the super-speedway in Wyandotte County a project of this magnitude you've got to expect some hurdles task forces formed on both sides of etate few to pursue a super speedway Star News NEWPORT RI Navy experts using a robot to explore die bottom of the Atlantic on Riday located key pieces of evidence in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990: the planefc two telltale black boxes The devices which record cockpit conversations and flight data on a planet operation were found within 15 to 20 feet of each other aid Navy Capt Bert Marsh Navy supervisor of salvage The Navy had hoped it could grab and hoist the boxes aboard the salvage ship Grapple on Friday night but deteriorating weather MJOBWaHMgae m-- n-yi ftiAnw mi Hir ii i xrmmmtu ms Mraanaoaeasri an that every business was as competitive as the personal computer he said The judgek decision could lead to serious sanctions against Microsoft and a reshaping of the multibillion-dollar high-technology industry A final ruling could come by the end of the year with any penalties or remedies spelled out next year Appeals are likely to keep the case in court and delay uiy punishments for several yean But Fridayk legal filing left little doubt where die judge appeared to be headed with the cast its conduct toward Netscape IBM Compaq Intel and others Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use Its prodigious See MICROSOFT A4 caused the effort to be suspended at 7 am Once the boxes are recov- eretC air safety officials plan to fly them Immediately to Washington for analysis The experts on Friday heard but could not see the Mack boxes because they apparently are burled under debris The contents of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder could explain why the jetliner plummeted into the sea early Sunday killing 217 persons Before the search was suspended the Deep a remote-controlled vehicle the size of a See CRASH MO About 300 of the 18-county areak 34000 Scouts applied for the photo shoot The BO who were chosen range in age from 7 to 17 The girls will be photographed today and Sunday at the Downtown Airport foe Kansas City Zoo a Kansas City fire station a television station and on a basketball court 1 'a- ze in Kansas for a run high Below the berms the 15-mile-long ring that will become the auto racing surface is visible Inside the ring" earthmoving equipment dean and levels an infield that will hdd garages pits ancillary buildings and auto and recreational vehicle parking placet Outside the track parking for See TRACK A-10 Cars wfe take to the track andtheflrat green flag wi drop Scouting By STACY DOWNS Tlit Smite City Star The girls pictured on buses of Girl Scout cookies may look awfully familiar next year About BO area Oil Scouts began a three-day photo shoot on Friday Their images will appear on millions of boxes of cookies that will be sold nationally In the next few years beginning next fol "1 hope going to be on the Thin Mints bores" said 7-year-Md Maddic Miguel of Shawnee Mindy McDermott spokeswoman for foe Mid-Continent Councfl of Giri Scouts said the area council was selected because national Girl Scout leaders were impressed during fodr recent natlon-al convention in Kansas City were so thrilled because we realized was a lifetime opportunity McDermott said Tlie pliolo shoot started Friday at Gatnp llmbcriake in Ovedand Park Girls played soccer while a pho- tographen camera cauit their moves Nine-ycar-old Lauren Ifeame of Independence said it felt and tlie others repeated as if site and I their actions hundreds of dines It was tiring but wortliwiiile die said "It would be cool if my picture is on a Lauren add My friends -battles budget problems Public safety hospital jobs are exempt II i Drop tile day Help the needy through -foe winter today by donating non-perishable food coats and Mankets to Project Warmth For locations and other details see box on page B-4 wwwkcskarcom WEATHER High 75 Low 50 Sunny ikies Forecast D-10 lEMITNIlIS Vi 120 Nu 50 AUTOMOTIVE F-t QASSIFttD JE-T7 DEATHS B-4 5 FAITH E-fl FORUM 1-6 BftvUore FYI E-l MOVIES 141 OPINION' 1-7 PUZZLES E- E-19 TV E-4 would laugh when they saw me on them" Girl Scouts have sold cookies to raise money since foe 1920s when troops would bake and sell them The firat commercially made cookies were sold in 1934 in Philadelphia The cookie boxes are redesigned every several yean ft Cm By IOHN FETTEISON The Kansas City Star hi Ms latest move to cope with a tightening budget situ- atkm Govt Bill Graves on Friday or-vait at least dered state agencies to wait at 1 90 days before filling vacant positions The hiring freeze will remain In place until June 30 when the current budget year ends Public safety workers such as Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and correctional officenindhos- pltal employees irs who pn and others who provide direct care to Kansans will be exempt from the freeze This does not solve our problem" said Duane Goossen state budget director "This is simply a frothier toolto get us down die road to solving tome of our budget problems In state agencies to reduce their current spending by 1 percent to save about $43 million "This week's revenue estimates demonstrate the need for continued fiscal management across state the governor said freeze combined with my earlier decision to reduce state agency expenditures by 1 percent will help us deal with the current fised Goossen said he could not estimate how much die hiring freeze which begins Monday would save Some agencies already had Instituted their own hiring freezes to help meet the 1 percent spending reduction "More will be required than Goossen said But even as the Graves administration continued to cotne up with ways to cut spending there wai mounting pressure from some Juarters to counter expected re-uctiona The Kansas Mental Health Coalition wai rallying its backers for a Set BUDGEi A-10 i llvhT HOWULSUNniw KilMHi (Uly SUV Girl Scout Ibnl Upari (left) was among 80 area glils who spent Friday In a photo shoot with photographer Lori Adamikfe-rerk (right) and assistant Chris Baifow The gliW photos may adorn cookie born In September Gravel directed EMmaiwm rTasaaamtBBtta: 7.