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DOW REBOUNDS SOOT OFBUSINESS, F-l ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS 50 CENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998 VOL. 72, NO. 6 8698 FINAL The Sixth Street Bridge is being renamed Roberto Clemente Bridge and will lead to the new baseball stadium, which will be named today. Now it's Clemeete's brid. PNC Bank asks 'What's in name' April 2001.

"The whole idea is to name the bridge after Roberto Clemente," Dawida said. "It will be a main thoroughfare to get to the new ballpark. It makes a lot of sense." Once the new ballpark opens, the bridge will probably be closed to automobiles on the Pirates' game days, and eventually may be shut down to cars permanently, he said. That would turn it into a wide pedestrian walkway over the river that, in Dawida's scenario, would be filled with vendors' shops, cappuccino bars and roaming musicians. Dawida said he wanted it to become something like the famous Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

The bridge may, at that time, be renamed again, to the Roberto Clemente Walkway, Dawida said. SEE STADIUM, PAGE A-8 By Tom Barnes Post-Gazette Staff Writer The name of the Pirates' new ballpark won't be announced until 10 a.m. today, but the new name of the Sixth Street Bridge was announced yesterday. It will be changed to the Roberto Clemente Bridge in honor of the famous ballplayer with the strong arm who patrolled right field for the Pirates from the late 1950s until his death in a plane crash Dec. 31, 1972.

County Commissioner Mike Dawida said yesterday that he and colleague Bob Cranmer nave agreed to change the name of the county-owned bridge, perhaps as soon as this month. The bridge crosses the Allegheny River and, at its northern end, extends over Clemente Park on the North Shore. It will eventually lead straight into the new $228 million baseball stadium, which is scheduled to open in "4 I TV Tr "4 7 LEWINSKY TO TESTIFY TODAY 'v Caudipteryx zoui feather, including this tongue-twister, will flock together starting today at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. HealthScience, Page A-3 THURSDAY Weather Partly cloudy. High 88, low 67.

Page A-2 The Wright stuff The Pirates manage only five hits against Jamey Wright, who pitches a complete game and slugs a two-run homer in leading the Rockies to a 6-2 victory. Sports, Page C-l Saddam restive Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presses for an end to United Nations economic sanctions against his country by suspending cooperation with U.N. arms inspectors. International, Page A4 Disney on ice Disney offers the NHL nearly $600 million for exclusive U.S. TV rights for five years on ABC and ESPN.

The deal would net the cash-short Penguins $4.4 million annually. Sports, Page C-l Ozone Action Day Today's weather conditions could generate unhealthy levels of ozone-laden smog. Limit driving; use mass transit. Wait until evening to refuel vehicles or mow lawns. Rebuff for gays The world's Anglican bishops take a stand against the ordination of gays and same-sex unions.

International, Page A-4 Sending a message The Postal Service unveils its new Organ and Tissue Donation stamp at the Grant Street Post Office. The Region, Page B-l Soggy Saturdays Those people who complain about rainy Saturdays are all wet and they're right. Science, Page A-3 Chill of a lifetime Abombe glace is a frigid explosion of shape, taste and color. And here's the best part: no cooking or experience needed. Food, Page G-l By John Murphy INDEX 'St By Dan Fitzpatrick Post-Gazette Staff Writer No matter how much research the marketing department does, when a corporation picks a stadium name today, it's sure to be fiddled with tomorrow.

PNC Bank will be on the marquee of the new Pirates park, officials are expected to announce this morning. But will that name stick? Who knows? In Phoenix, Banc One Corp. paid $66 iff- jr. 1 Greg GibsonAssociated Press CM 1 VW 'tit Monica the name that launched i thousand headlines. Page A-7.

air 3 days later million over 30 years to gain the television exposure and public relations benefits of naming the Arizona Diamondbacks' new home Banc One Ballpark. But not even the state's largest bank could stop what happened next. Local headlines quickly nicknamed the stadium, and before the proud bankers knew it or could do anything about it Banc One Ballpark was truncated and forever fixed in the vernacular as "BOB." What could the executives do but embrace the fait accompli? "It is good to have our name associated with something people like," bank spokesman Steve Roman said. "As part of that, if SEE NAME, PAGE A-9 r0 Ridge leading Itkin, 57-22 Incumbent on top by margin in all major media markets ByJackTorry Post-Gazette Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Gov. Ridge, with a chance to win a second term by a landslide margin, holds a seemingly insurmountable lead over Democrat Ivan Itkin and conservative third-party candidate Peg Luk-sik, according to the Pennsylvania Poll.

In a survey of 806 registered Pennsylvania voters conducted Sunday through Tuesday for the Post-Gazette, Ridge has 57 percent of the vote compared with 22 percent for Itkin, a state representative from Point Breeze, and just 8 percent for Luksik, the Constitutional Party candidate. Thirteen percent of the respondents are undecided. The telephone survey conducted by the Mason-Dixon Political Media Research Inc. of Columbia, shows that Ridge has a strong lead in every major media market in the state. The incumbent leads Itkin, 58 SEE POLL, PAGE A-10 Many ache to reach the NFL, survey says By Chuck Finder Post-Gazette Sports Writer' Prompted by his son's concussion, Bridgeville-based sports agent Ralph Cindrich commissioned a survey that asked 100 potential National Football Leaguers about their health.

And the survey says: More football players had suffered brain injuries than previously believed. More than two-thirds of unsigned players surveyed were willing to trade permanent limitations' on their physical activity by age 55 to 65 for a chance to play in the NFL now. More than half of the players SEE INJURIES, PAGE A-3 vv 4. A President Clinton is followed back to Oval Office by Vice President Al Gore, left, and Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles after a pep rally with House Democrats yesterday that contained nary a mention of Monica Lewinsky. Story, Page A-6.

Clinton grand jury to hear key account By John Solomon The Associated Press WASHINGTON After a week of emotionally wrenching preparation, Monica Lewinsky wrapped up her last session with prosecutors and was ready to describe to a grand jury today her account of a relationship with Bill Clinton that could alter the course of his presidency. Lewinsky spent yesterday going over her testimony with independent counsel Kenneth Starr's staff one last time and was ready for her scheduled appearance, a source familiar with the preparations said. m' 1 I The source said Lewinsky, 25, was eager to put the grand jury appearance behind her and tell the truth but at times found it difficult or awkward to talk about the deeply personal details of a relationship with Clinton that she claims involved sexual encounters inside the White House. There were times during her week of preparation when she cried, the source said. The source said prosecutors hoped to keep Lewinsky's grand jury appearance concise, far shorter than the eight days her former SEE LEWINSKY, PAGE A-7 Rivers Regatta wrapped up Sunday night.

Trash lay all over the place yesterday: paper cups, plastic bottles, squashed lemons, partially gnawed chicken bones, even a few plates of half-eaten food. City work crews were out there picking stuff up and watering the grass trampled by the 1.5 million regatta-goers, and by late afternoon most of the garbage had finally been hauled away. But why was the park still a dump three days after the big river party? "I can understf that this is a major event," Ann E-5 Lottery B-2 Bridge E-7 Magazine E-1 Business F-1 Marriages D-1 Classified D-1 Movies E-3 Comics E-6 Neighbors B-3 Crosswords D-3 Obituaries B-5 Divorces D-1 The Region Editorials A-14 C-6 Food G-1 Sports C-1 Horoscope. Television E-4 Kids E-6 Weather A-2 Smell of the regatta still in the said Wittig, of Bloomfield. "But at the same time, here it's into the middle of the week and it looks horrible." "It doesn't smell too good, either," said Mannella, of Stanton Heights.

"And this," Wittig said, "is the city's showplace." I All of which was a little confusing for anyone who read what regatta spokeswoman Stacey Keating said Monday. SEE TRASH, PAGE A-10 By Torsten Ove Post-Gazette Staff Writer Gina Mannella and her friend Sandy Wittig took a lunchtime stroll in Point State Park yesterday. They sat on a bench near the fountain. The sun shined brightly and a gentle breeze blew in off the rivers. It was a beautiful afternoon in one of the city's most bucolic settings, and Mannella made this observation: "People are pigs." It was easy to reach that conclusion.

Point State Park has been a pigsty sie the Three i Visit us on the Internet at www.post-gazette.com DOQSDi 6 8.