The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

IN BUSINESS 8B 1B IN SPORTS BROADWAY CHINDEN CONNECTOR i Statesman Staff SST 8 BASEBALL IRE SEASON IN IDAHO St Pete Gwtaw join tie fight Giants? Owner of San ranciso iggi HEALTH CARE WAR IN THE BALKANS Bush vows Muslims back in May i Boise Idaho 7 By James Martinez The Associated Press By Colleen LaMay The Idaho Statesman Boiseah Michael David Murphy arraigned on rape charges tosh 13 of Nampa said the fires were "kind of but that "It was cool having the firemen here" More on the Bradley Boy Scout Camp and the fires raging in the Northwest Page 3C Dr ws item Biss's new mtaay Idaho Gov Cecil Andrus says he absolutely will not recommend giving Medicaid program an extra $143 million this year "I have trouble meeting the needs of education and I am not going to continue to siphon off all the money for prisons and Medic he said riday Officials with the Idaho Depart ment of Health and Welfare which runs Medicaid pro gram are warning lawmakers and the public that unless it gets an extra $143 million in state NA i rl nrill vim ah! at iucuiuaiu 0 411 4U44 VWV V4 money April 1 three months before the end of the fis cal year That could put some health care providers out of business and leave Medicaid patients without help Health and Welfare Director Rich Donovan said he was not UN inspectors arrive A UN weapons inspection team arrived in the Iraqi cap ital of Baghdad on riday one day after Saddam Hus sein said they could forget about inspecting any govern ment ministries Page 6A The Associated Press and Statesman staff Thousands of firefighters con tinued to make progress riday against most of the wildfires in Idaho but military reinforcements were called in at one CentraL Ida ho blaze National Guardsmen were called in riday to support fire 7 fighters battling a 3000 acre wild 's fire above Central rugged Salmon River canyon as fire bosses braced for winds gusting toward 40 miles an hour Another 120 firefighters joined nearly 600 already or the lines during the day and over 100 more reinforcements had been ordered Helicopters drenched hot spots on the northern and western flanks of the Horsefly fire with watpr scooped from the river into huge 1000 and 2000 gallon buckets The wildfires have burned more than 235000 acres since they be gan last week The Horsefly fire was one of four major blazes still giving officials major problems in southern and Central Idaho About 2300 of the 3500 fire fighters at work statewide were committed to a pair of blazes on about 11000 acres of the Boise National orest the 2800 acre Cub Creek fire and the 8310 acre County Line fire Postal Service cuts US Postmaster Marvin Runyon said on riday that he plans to slice 30000 work ers from the Postal Service in a plan to reduce redundan cy in the force Page 6A to open far camps Report shows UN peacekeepers knew team says moving the franchise to lorida Ribbon cutting signals the opening of long 7 awaited Broadway Chinden Connectorldaho 1C surprised by statement But Donovan added a pay now or pay later issue A See MedicaldBack page Health and Welfare says it needs $143 million in extra funds to help keep program running 5 Katherine JoneeThe Idaho Statesman TRAIC PATTERNS ATER: This photo was taken about 5 riday Now motorists can choose the Connector or airview expects the Connector to allevi ate the heavy traffic traveling on Main Street and airview Ave nue Highway officials expect 35000 cars to travel on the highway each weekday Bohannan said the Ada County Highway District and the Ada Planning Association will be monitoring the effect the Connec opening will have on down town' travel and will devise ways to enhance travel to downtown "I expect the Connector to start traffic jams but make traveling more Bohan nan said Construction on the $60 million Connector began in January 1988 and several projects have yet to be completed The median between the Or chard and Curtis street exits and the Orchard Street on ramp are expected to be completed in Sep tember or October Bohannan said The opening of the Broadway QJjjpden Connector was met with much fanfare riday morning but by late afternoon the thrill was gdn? and rush hour was on Jilt's going to help me get to school a lot Boisean Dan Kelly said riday as he waited at the intersection of Eighth and Epbnt streets Traffic appeared to be flowing smoothly and quickly along the Connector as vehicles packed all fiyddanes on ront Street from 5 5:30 pm Jeanine Bohannan spokeswom an for the Ada County Highway Diafrict and Idaho Transporta Department said riday she At the United Nations mean while Bosnian Ambassador Mo hamed Sacirby released a report showing that UN peacekeepers knew about summary executions of Muslims as far back as May The reportwas written by a peacekeeper and based on inter Kevin ClarkThe Idaho Statesman TRAIC PATTERNS BEORE: 5 pm rush hour traffic on airview Avenue heads toward the Connector on Thursday Report Bush prepares attacks President Bush says go ing to have fun attacking Democratic presidential nominee Bill stances on the election is sues Look for Bush to deride Clinton on health care re form education the environ ment and taxes ocus Page 3A Clinton and running mate Al Gore are urging Midwestern crowds to "stick with Vice President Dan Quayle berates Clinton Page 3A Connector passes test acars flow smoothly on first day Inside 6 sections 72 pages Byufony Smith TMfAesdclated Press Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovi Also riday Yugoslav Premier Milan Panic said he will order Serb officials in Bosnia to close the camps within 30 days or re sign But he acknowledged he has no authority over Serbs in Bosnia The United Nations and other sources have accused all sides in the former Yugoslavia of atroc ities Most of the latest allega tions have focused on Serbs Muslims who were held in Serb August 8 1992 SATURDAY Idaho's big banks given the OK to offer full services on Saturday IN IDAHO 1C Kevin ClarkThe Idaho Statesman Dean Pihlstrom left and Socorro Acevez spray County Line fire threatened the camp John Rap fire retardant foam on the mess hall at Bradley Boy Scout Camp in the Boise National orest on riday Boise Interagency ire Center personnel have been at the camp since Sunday in case the Gov Andrus: No more money for Medicaid QUESTION Do you think major league base ball team owners should OK the relocation of the San rancisco Giants to St Petersburg la i Touch tone users call one of these toll free numbers: 888 4043 in Boise Meridian and 7 Nampa or 454 1186 in Caldwell Wait for instructions and enter category code 7777 Call between 5 am and Bpm today ST PETERSBURG la? The San rancisco Giants among the fiiSE baseball teams to move west iiOf)57 announced plans riday tcppove to St Petersburg next season Giants owner Robert Lurie frustrated that local voters had rejected four stadium proposals said ne in tends to sell the team to a group of Tam pa Bay inves tors who plan to move the franchise to lorida for 1993 The deal is believed to be worth $110 million The sale needs approval from 11 of 4 National League clubs the new expansion teams at lorida and Colorado will vote and eight of 14 American League clubs More on the saleSports 1B TEL US There were 186 responses riday to this question: Do you think the Broadway Chinden Connector will make it easier to drive around Boise? It washever forwarded to the Security Council so it could con conjunction with the sider action officials said was nasQpd narf wav alThe Red Ctors said it hns visit up trfe bureaucratic chain of com aa 4 4 'i i a a 4 a A a A uioiiu VLiiviaio saw anu men ilui uaiiips ill nuiiiiVYCbi Duaiua Jennifer Capriati wins a tennis gold at Olympics 350 Independent Television Network via AP On Thursday Britain's Independent Television News network was allowed into a detention camo run bv Serbs in Bosnia Herzegovina iSri resh allegations of atroc The journalists say they saw many emaciated Muslim prisoners iftby Serb forces in Bosnia sur Today Arts festival The 6th Annual Nampa es tival of the Arts runs from from 10 am to 7 pm today at Nampa's Lakeview Park The festival features arts and crafts exhibits art classes food vendors and live entertainment or informa tion call 465 2207 Coming Sunday In Business Learn how lumber producers are using high tech means to help them replace precious wood supplies lost in the spotted owl controversy In Daybreak So you think your boss is a jerk we talk to the author of "How to Work for a and offer some tips In Insight When the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona end Sun day Atlanta has just 1441 days left to prepare to host the 1996 Olympics 129th year IZh Imae 1992 The Idaho Statesman A Gannett Newspaper LJ Medicaid cuts Here are examples of cuts that could be made in thet Medicaid program without 7 changing state law: nuuuvv urc iaic pcuu tv hospitals for outpatient sur gery and radiology Lower inpatient hospital 7 reimbursement rates by bas ing them on last year figures Change regulations to Jimit the number of doctors who can charge special higher rates for some health care services for children Reduce dispensing fees Ipaiu to pnarniacies However even if Health I' and Welfare eliminated all its' 77 optional programs the ones not required by state or federal law the savings would only be $163 minion 7 I'iin state and federal funds Health and Welfare Director Rich Donovan IMA riAhlflart TA rtlUQ THO Broadway Chinden Connec tor a roaa rest or our own We clacked the rush hour zv 4 a a 4 a 41 paccuciweeiioiuiivvMiavr urn and St Alphonsus Re 7 gional Medical Center before and after the grand opening Leaving the stadium park Ing lot at precisely 5:05 pm Thursday we drove along Broadway Ave and through downtown Boise on Idaho Street and on Main Street to Interstate 184 We got to the iiuspiiai iuivuuui tis Road in 16 minutes and seven seconds riday we left at the same time but traveled via the Connector We arrived at the hospital in 10 minutes 45 'seconds'1 7 7 Before construction had begun officials estimated the time along the route would 7 be shaved from 13 and a half i minutes to eight twl fkrAA Rprhrun dptontinn non 1 in Bosnia and found harsh feared to the Red Cross which have told AP reporters of beat Conditions but no evidence so far has been trying to get into camps ings rapes killings and starva of Nazi etyle death camps to inspect them tion diets feted5 riday but both President Husband a senior UN command caution about mili Xfrfesident Bush responding to Awfeliiag outrage in the world coMihrdnity said the United States not until Serbs full access to their deten views witj 18 witnesses uaqips oui ue also said any tBC'of force would have to be taken in cornu fed Nations 1 7 7 fl I pan 7 Mostly i Highs ii Ur' ijmi4u nt lows in Rin' 'J jTS t'TZT Time trial I 'ii' Sl I 77 a' i I "'W 7" X' a 3 1 77 i isy i Ci I I YES 31 no UNDECIDED 29 Advice 2D Idaho news 1 3C Business 6 8B KIDS TODAY 5D Classified 4 8C Obituaries 3C Comics 7D Sports 1 5B Daybreak 1 8D Stocks 6 7B Editqnals 7A Weather 8A I tit mi fl 9 a 1.