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2 Monday April 13 1998 WHAT'S Jjp Up is a daily collection of news and information from the Associated Press and other wire ser vices that you may want to share with others Today is Monday April 13 the 103rd day of 1998 There are 262 days left in the year highlight in history: our hundred years ago on April 13 1598 King Henry IV of rance endorsed the Edict of Nantes which granted rights to the Protestant Huguenots (The edict was abrogat ed in 1685 by King Louis XIV who declared rance entirely Catholic again) On this date: In 1742 was first performed publicly in Dublin Ireland In 1743 the third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson was born in present day Albemarle County Va In 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York In 1943 President Roosevelt dedi cated the Jefferson Memorial In 1958 Van Cliburn became the first American to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow In 1970 Apollo 13 four fifths of the way to the moon was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst (The astronauts managed to return safely) In 1986 Pope John Paul II visited a Rome synagogue in the first recorded papal visit of its kind In 1992 the Great Chicago lood took place as the century old tunnel system and adjacent base ments filled with water from the Chicago River birthdays: Author Eudora Welty is 89 Actor Howard Keel is 79 Movie director Stanley Donen is 74 Actor Lyle Waggoner is 63 Actor Edward ox is 61 Playwright Lanford Wilson is 61 Actor Paul Sorvino is 59 Movie and TV composer Bill Conti is 56 Actor Tony Dow is 53 Singer Al Green is 52 Actor Ron Perlman is 48 Singer Peabo Bryson is 47 Comedian Gary Kroeger is 41 Actress Saundra Santiago is 41 Chess champion Garry Kasparov is 35 Actress Page Hannah is 34 Actor Rick Schroder is 28 Actor Jonathan Brandis is 22 Serpent slithers from Mass man SPRINGIELD Mass It your usual missing animal notice Anyone happening to see a 10 foot long Burmese python in down town Springfield please call William Jeter The Springfield man said his python disappeared from his apart ment in the Indian Motocycle Building on Thursday afternoon He feared the big snake may have been snatched but he said it may have slithered off on its own 7 The snake was still on the lam riday afternoon according to girlfriend Valerie Duke Jeter said the reptile has a bad temper and could bite if approached Pythons are not poisonous and kill by constricting their prey but can deliver a nasty bite Inflamed driver steals fire truck SALT LAKE CITY A woman climbed into a 25 ton fire pumper truck drove away with the emer gency lights flashing and led police on a 50 mile chase before she was arrested Police accounts say the hour long chase began after Shirley Jean Shay 41 walked up to police officers during a domestic dispute Saturday morning asked them for help find ing her car and was told to wait for a taxi Instead she climbed into a $350000 fire truck idling nearby and drove off She went north for a while and then turned around on Interstate 15 reaching speeds of up to 70 mph even though the parking brake was never disengaged Police used road spikes three times to puncture all six tires Shay drove 20 more miles before the wheels gave out regarding it as a fluke that she was able to get the truck under fire Capt Devin Villa said drivers undergo exten sive training to learn how to operate the Verses the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places gladness shall be found therein thanksgiving and the voice of melody Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion and everlasting Joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy and sorrow ad mourning shall flee away Isaiah 512:311 Thought for the day History in general only informs us what bad government is" Thomas Jefferson (1743 1826) Lottery: April 11 1998 Pick 3 2 0 7 Pick 4 9 1 3 9 Tri Stata Megabucks 16 21 24 29 38 41 Bonus 26 Local Nation fUnnthirj entitwl Movie Sinn ein Continued from 1 ilter Continued from I Rep Peter King NY Mitchell Continued from 1 8WMI June 10: Talks begin chaired by Mitchell AP Satellite Continued from 1 the Some key dates In the history of the conflict faces of another Massachusetts cou ple who bought the house for $5400? from the IRS are shown through) camera lens meeting those of the protesters who camp outside the house for months The power of the meeting and the presence of uniformed US mar shals Massachusetts State Police protest supporters and prison bars is all woven to the strains of quiet music some of it played by Kehler him self When police take him away to the county jail on a cold rainy March afternoon Kehler is first allowed to finish a piano piece by Johann Sebastian Bach Toward the end of the move as con flict nears resolution the same piece is performed by Kehler again at the piano again in his own home but not to stay The timing of the screening of no chances with public said Gilliam As a hospital with 450 pa tients and employees administrators are keenly aware of the dangers as sociated with lead pipes he added bottled water bill for the six month period that ended in Janu ary totaled $19130 Gilliam said Ivers of the state Bureau of Health said the federal government has recommended bottled water as an acceptable option for buildings with lead pipes But he supports a less costly solution and has never urged officials at other state depart ments to install bottled water sta tions first recommendation is to use the water more often and flush it said Ivers Doing so for 20 sec onds or longer will rid the water of lead leached from in house pipes he said Gilliam said since many sections of AMHI are unused due to down siz ing water sits for lengthy periods in some pipes Hospital officials will be kept posted on the new ortho polyphosphate pipe treatment and on whether filtered water units can be used in AMHI buildings later this year or next year Many state offices without lead pipe problems purchase bottled wa ter but those bills are paid for by the employees through collections buy them because they like the taste of the chlorine in Augusta said Ivers Workers who live in rural towns with their own private wells are especially sen sitive to the difference in taste he added the deal in the upcoming referen dum ein is fearful of being left alone when the euphoria of the peace process is over and we go back to Washington the British go back to London that they would still be there under the gun of the the main pro British Protestant party King said on News the linchpin here and he can keep this King said of Clinton Martin McGuinness chief nego tiator for Sinn ein the political wing of the Irish Republican Army praised Clinton for becoming lectually and emotionally in Northern future have been really really impressed by his knowledge of the situation and also by his commit ment to the search for equality for justice and for peace in McGuinness said on the To apply for a job: To request information regarding job opportu nities or to speak to someone in Human Resources 1 800 537 5508 Nancy Manes Human Resources Director Officials at the PUC building were told On Sept 2 1993 that water tests revealed higher than acceptable lead levels in the tap water there Bottled water was brought in at the time as a replacement said spokesman Phil Lindley using a filter he added 1vo spigots on the second floor are connected to pipes in the building that receive district water A disposable filter traps lead particles and other contaminants before water flows from the two spouts Barry Cote a BGS supervisor said about 12 filtration units have been in stalled in the DEI? agriculture and PUC buildings The contractor is Vending Service of Waterville looks like a bottled water cool er but without the bottle The filters are changed and maintained by the said Cote The new arrangement is more efficient since heavy 5 gallon bottles no longer have to be loaded into containers headded Other state owned and state leased buildings in Augusta with lead pipe problems could get filter ing devices later this year after the water district introduces an altered chemical solution to water piped in from Carlton Pond and the East Winthrop treatment plant Concentrations of an ortho polyphosphate mixture first added Ireland would remain part of the United Kingdom with a new assem bly But the Protestants and Catholics in this new administration would be required to forge formal links with the rest of Ireland as well Hurdles remain in implementing the peace agreement which was struck riday among eight parties including the possibility of contin ued violence are people on both sides who want to disrupt this process who are committed to the way of vio lence and I expect step up their activities between now and the date of the referendum and there Mitchell said hope is that it destabilize the Mitchell said death threats against government officials during the talks added to the pressure to forge compromisequickly although he said they were not a deciding factor in meeting the Easter weekend deadline Square owners On Wednesday the deadline for Adams said their sacrifices been in vain and that Sinn ein yet accepted every paragraph in the accord Although negotiators from the eight parties reached agreement no party was required to sign the accord and acceptance by the parties as a whole is not a foregone conclusion David nimble leader of the key Protestant party the Ulster Unionists is still trying to sell the accord to his party members He out maneuvered rebels within his ranks Saturday winning support of the executive committee but still has to win over the rank and file Adams said the provisions to create a reformed government for Northern Ireland that would be required to cooperate formally with Ireland had advanced the of a free and independent The accord which must be approved in public referendums May 22 in both parts of Ireland asks vot ers in the Irish Republic to drop the constitutional claim to Northern Ireland Adams signaled that Sinn ein would oppose this part Northern six counties he said Irish counties Nothing can change Still these Mainers may not have to pay the copyright fees much longer The bill to roll back copyright fees has won approval from the Senate Commerce Committee and is now headed for the full Senate where it is expected to pass very clear Congress recog nizes that this is a decision (by the arbitrator) that does nothing to fos ter competition with cable providers" Marswocci said doing everything in our power to get this overturned" Londonderry NORTHERN 0 IncLANU BelfasJ the linchpin here and he can keep this togeth arbitration process between satellite companies and entertain ment firms Cable and satellite copy right fees are set by federal law because they are considered quasi monopolies The superstations and networks argue that satellite companies could absorb the fees in their healthy prof it margins without increasing con sumerbills The networks also argue that the fees represent the market value of their programming as determined by the federal arbitrator Rolling back prices now would represent price on the AN calte pertaining to advertising dallvary of newepepera andfor accounting matters ahouM ba made during these hours NewwPepartmarrt Hours: 8:30 am to 1 am Monday through riday and 4 pjit to 1 am Sunday Waterville 8733341 1 80044044EWS: Skowhegan office 474 9534 Pittsfield office 487 3288 Newsroom email address: meeditQbiddofordcom Resolving conflict riday April 10 negotiators cleared the way new for Northern Ireland after 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks to the water in December 1996 will be changed within a month said General Manager Scott Minor The new solution will create a better shield between the lead in pipes and the water moving through them he explained lays down a film on the pipes and acts as a barrier to the lead The new blend will lay down more of a barrier in the said Minor All buildings and homes served by the district will benefit from the move headded Dana Ivers an official with the state Bureau of drinking water program said the ortho polyphosphate mixture is safe and" especially so in distribution systems that chlorinate water The district chlorinates water drawn from Carl ton Pond The solution which also reduces iron buildup in water needs time to coat the pipes hoping that in about six months see some positive re said Minor If the process works out as anticipated the state is expected to authorize the installation of additional filtration units in other buildings with lead pipes including those used by the Augusta Mental Health Institute Eric Gilliam chief of operations at AMHI said there are no immediate plans to eliminate bottled water Mi nor met recently with AMHI officials to discuss the ortho polyphosphate additive feel comfortable (with piped in water) We use bottled wa ter paramount to us that we take resistance groups 24 hours a day for nearly two years The couple longtime pacifists stopped paying their federal taxes in 1977 because they said they objected to their tax dollars being used for war and military spending Kehler and Conner chose Instead to donate the identical amount of their money that would have gone to the federal government to crisis groups and to the victims of American backed war in Central America Randy and Betsy may have backfired on the IRS maybe in the sense that they wanted to make them an Leppzer said Sunday people became more inspired and more resolute in their convictions their protest their resis In the film Leoozer 39 notes that every year 10000 Americans refuse to of which runs through pay all or part of their federal taxes as Thursday at Railroad Square Cinema conscientious objectors war tax in Waterville is no coincidence resisters Most are never confronted according to Leppzer by US marshals as Kehler and called me up and wanted to Comer were in March 1989 he 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somebody fight should be Small said be fighting their tiTAitfnv nnfnc4c ara cnhodlltafl far If WaftotA 1ODUC LHCUl UlCtC wao UCLU1C HCUiaA IVWOV0 uiv UVUVUUVM contiiiued jrom During the 90 minute film the noon in three locations in tax resisters win leaflet ar me mam post office on Western Avenue in Augusta at the federal building on Harlow Street in Bangor and at Monument Square in Portland The film is especially relevant to people in Maine according to owners of Railroad Square because a couple in Hartford lost their home to the IRS in 1996 because of their refusal to pay federal taxes Leppzer said the story of Randy Kehler and Betsy Comer and their long nonviolent civil disobedience: raises questions in eveiy audience that sees the movie far are we willing to go to stand up for our deepest principles" the director said form of protest is a uniquely American He said the film also illustrates the and that arise when people take a stand and when the black and white of simple ques tions become gray with complex twists turns and contradictions of made its world debut at the Sundance ilm estival and last April 15 aired nationally on the Cinemax cable TV movie channel Nov 15: British and Irish prime ministers sign agreement giving Irish Republic role in shaping British policy in Northern Ireland Protestants infuriated BE3I "2 19S? I Nov 11: IRA bomb at Enniskilleh kills 11 Protestants' 1993 X2W Oct 23 31: Worst week of violence in Northern Ireland since early 1970s IRA bomb kills nine Protestants Pro British gangskill 13 Dec 15: British and Irish prime ministers offer Sinn ein place in negotiations if IRA renounces violence 1994 Aug 31: IRA declares cessation of military operations" Oct 13: Major pro British paramilitary groups call truce Dec 9: British government opens dialogue with Sinn ein and Ulster Defense Association and Ulster Defense orce representatives 1995 Nov 28: ormer US Sen George Mitchell appointed to resolve disarmament debate that has deadlocked peace process aKT 1996 mw 1982 Oct 20: Inspired by Sands' victory IRA's allied Sinn ein party runs for first time in Northern Ireland election 1985 fSSH Nov 21: British and Irish governments agree to new power sharing Executive for Northern Ireland 1974 May 14 28: Protestant strike against Executive bnngs Northern Ireland to standstill Three car bombs kill 31 in Irish Republic Executive collapses Direct rule resumed fli IO S' A.