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1,400 FOR FRAHCISSPORTS, C-1 One Of America's Great Newspapers 50 CENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1998 VOL. 71, NO. 183 13098 FINAL Prosecutors are unhappy with the ex-intern holding back on details about her conversations with President Clinton. I T5I wins. kj immomty talks A muted presence Jazz still matters in Pittsburgh, but nowhere near as much as it did 50 years ago.

Weekend, Page 20 FRIDAY Weather Brisk with flurries. High 38, low 28. PageA-2 Oops! An attempt to hock in full view of two plainclothes detectives a Penn State class ring belonging to an Allegheny County assistant DA lands the two would-be sellers in Unhappy Valley. The Region, Page B-3 Here to stay Tom Donahoe's new contract as the Steelers' director of football operations spans 10 years and will average $500,000 annually. Sports, Page C-3 Going up U.S.

Steel announces price increases of 2 percent to 3 percent to take effect April 1. Business, Page D-l Big uncertainties Anew ballpark and the condition of Jeff Wallace's left elbow are two big questions facing the Pirates as they prepare for the Feb. 14 opening of spring training. Sports, Page C-l Fergie vs. Arlen Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, and Sen.

Arlen Specter, will square off April 8 in Pittsburgh in a charity squash match to raise money for an inner-city baseball team. The Region, Page B-l CLINTON'S CRISIS The latest developments Monica Lewinsky failed to gain immunity in exchange for her testimony. Kenneth Starr said attorneys in the Paula Jones case were disrupting his investigation The judge in the Paula Jones case ruled that evidence about Lewinsky would not be admitted. Court papers revealed the expansion of Starr's investigation was initially aimed at Lewinsky because tapes suggested she had asked a witness to lie. Inside today Lawyers say people often lie under oath and are rarely punished.

Page A-8. Lewinsky was infatuated with Clinton, and there was another alleged White House incident. Page A-9. By R. W.

Apple Jr. The New York Times WASHINGTON Negotiations between Monica Lewinsky's lawyer and Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel, have stalled, partly because lawyers say she is not offering prosecutors as much detail about her conversations with President Clinton as she reportedly disclosed to a friend on secretly recorded tapes. One of the obstacles has involved conversations in which the former White House intern, in talks with a friend, quoted Clinton as saying he would deny they had had a sexual relationship when asked about it under oath and that she could do likewise, according to lawyers knowledgeable of the tapes' contents. One of the lawyers emphasized that the tapes indicate that Lewinsky, now 24, characterized the president's remarks more as a suggestion and not a directive by any means." But in discussions with prosecutors to determine whether Lewinsky should be granted immunity from prosecution, Lewinsky's lawyer, William Ginsburg, has not offered to have his client make those statements, according to a lawyer involved in the case. Prosecutors are keen on learning whether there was any attempt to influence Lewinsky's testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton.

Ginsburg met for 45 minutes Steven SenneAssociated Press left, driving yesterday from Washington's Monica Lewinsky and attorney Nathaniel H. Speights I Watergate apartment complex, where she lives. Starr running into galaxy of criticism than an impartial search for the truth. Los Angeles Times poll respondents who considered Starr too partisan by a margin of 60-27 percent said they were especially troubled that his office wired a friend of Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, to secretly record Lewinsky's tale of an affair with the president. In calls to radio shows and letters to newspapers, meanwhile, the prosecutor is being denounced as a conservative zealot who is trying to redeem his failed $30 million probe of the made any progress, we are making progress today on preparing Monica a defense." That was taken in some quarters as a broad hint that the talks had broken off, but people close to the negotiations said they had not.

Without immunity, Ginsburg has repeatedly suggested, Lewinsky would refuse to testify, citing the Fifth Amendment, so the difficulties in reaching agreement are good SEE LEWINSKY, PAGE A-8 By David G. Savage Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The investigation of alleged sexual misconduct within the White House is being reflected in damaging poll results and angry calls to radio talk shows around the United States. At the moment, however, far more Americans are saying they are upset with Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr than with the target of his probe, President Clinton. By roughly 2-1 margins, those surveyed in several polls taken during the last week say Starr's probe is driven more by "partisan politics" esterday with prosecutors.

Later, SEE STARR, PAGE A-8 ft told reporters: It you asked it we ft' 4 "II; Grieving father, fatal obsessions Never accepting daughter's death, lie kills self Residues in fruits, vegetables and commercial baby food could cause brain damage. Study cites pesticide risks to children Fresh air Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan sees some good for the U.S. economy from the "peripheral winds" of Asia's economic troubles. Business, Page D-l Closing The largely vacant Western Center for mentally disabled children, opened in Canonsburg amid lavish praise in 1962 as the Western State School and Hospital, will close by June 30, 1999. The Region, Page B-l By John Murphy a suicide, they told him, it had been an accident.

But Carr, who detectives said vacillated between lucidity and paranoia, was unmoved. He spoke of conspiracies and government agencies. On Wednesday, inside the Wal-Mart in Cranberry, Carr, 84, told his tale to a cellular telephone salesman throughout the day. Shortly thereafter, he took off a tassel cap, walked near the cash registers, drew a handgun, pointed it to his chest and pulled the trigger. He fell to the floor as terrifiedcustomers and clerks fled for safety.

SEE CARR, PAGE A-10 By Michael A. Fuoco Post-Gazette Staff Writer Thomas Carr gave Pittsburgh homicide detectives a torn piece of newspaper, 19 years old, with his daughter's troubled scrawling on it. The mostly indecipherable note written by Janla Carr told of some unidentified man looking at her strangely. That proved his daughter had been murdered, the Squirrel Hill man first told detectives nearly a year ago and many times since. Patiently, repeatedly, detectives told Carr that such was not the case.

Janla, who had a lengthy history of mental illness, had probably committed suicide eight days after her 45th birthday by putting herself in the path of a train in Oakland. If not Larry KasperekBirmingham Post-Herald Two unidentified women embrace outside the bombed abortion clinic in Birmingham, yesterday. INDEX Bridge D-1 D-8 Business Classified. Comics She'd like to ring somebody's bell at-WPXI-TV over digit disaster Lottery B-2 Marriages E-2 Neighbors B-3 Obituaries B-5 Scoreboard. Sports C-1 Weather A2 E-3 Editorials A-12 D-9 By Cecilia Balli Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON In a controversial finding immediately disputed by agricultural interests, an environmental group warned yesterday that more than 1 million children in the United States ages 5 and under are exposed to unsafe levels of pesticide residues tn fruits, vegetables and commercial baby food.

The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, said that even a few bites of supposedly healthy foods such as peaches, ap pies, nectarines and pears contain doses of pesticide residues that could cause long-term damage to a child's brain and nervous system. Food growers and chemical makers challenged the soundness of the group's conclusions, questioning the research and arguing that the SEE FOOD, PAGE A-2 Parents should no longer rely on that bottle of syrup of ipecac to save their child from poisoning. Story, Page A-3. WEEKEND MAG windows and shook walls a block away, came just a week after the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe vs. Wade legalizing abortion.

"It felt like lightning had hit the building," said Lindsey Thompson, who was at a University of Alabama at Birmingham dormitory when she heard the blast. Nearby dorms and a day-care center were evacuated for fear of a second, delayed bomb blast. Police Chief Mike Coppage said late yesterday afternoon that no other explosive was found. He said no one had claimed responsibility by last night. Jim Cavanaugh of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said the bomb appeared to be homemade and not intended to blow up the entire clinic.

"It was a smaller device intended to SEE CLINIC, PAGE A-10 Abortion clinic bombing kills guard By Jay Reeves The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A powerful bomb exploded at an abortion clinic yesterday morning, killing an off-duty police officer, who had just arrived for his moonlighting shift as a security guard, and critically injuring a counselor. It was the nation's first fatal bombing at an abortion clinic. The blast, which blew a crater in the eround and shattered Art 33 Dining 26 Feedback 39 Film 12 Guide 4 Music 22 Stage 19 Television 36 Video 35 The magazines announced a "Watch 11 to Win" season. That's a semiannual promotion in which viewers with the "lucky number" can win up to $11,000 if their number is flashed on the nightly newscast.

To win, one must register the "lucky number" included on the flier. To do that, viewers must call (888) 343-7062. Guess whose home number is Guess how many people don't dial the toll-free 888 prefix? Ohhhh, you betcha. SEE PHONE, PAGE A-11 By John M.R. Bull Post-Gazette Staff Writer Patricia Goettel has a phone problem.

She really wants to reach out and touch somebody about it. Actually, she wouldn't mind cuffing somebody upside the head. Preferably, someone at WPXI-TV, Channel 11. "I'm not a violent person, but you can only imagine what we've had to go through," said the Mt. Lebanon woman.

"It's been more than 48 hours of pure hell." Her problem started Sunday, the day after 400,000 promotional magazines from the television station landed on people's doorsteps across the reeion. ODD 'iriHTT'llll I IIIIMil 136 8 6.