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Thursday, January 25, 1996 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 82, Issue 67
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NHL Scores now for May graduates Buffalo 4 Pim Dlxon important step to finding a Job. Carrer Services, located at 360 Hartford 2 The BG News One way to network in a particu- Student Services Building. lar field is to use the Internet, The six counselors on staff Spring graduates are slowly according to Kroll. help negotiate full and part-time Pittsburgh 4 beginning to realize that the time "The World Wide Web is a employment for students and Ottawa 3 to find Jobs is near, according to great resource and has lots of alumni. They aid students in JoAnn Kroll, Career Planning good advice," Kroll said. identifying appropriate resour- and Placement Services director. Other resources Kroll sug- ces and in putting together a plan Philadelphia 4 The service offers students a gested were classifieds, direc- of action. The program also seeks N.Y. Rangers 4 variety of programs to assist tories, referals, and listings to refine Job hunting skills. them in their Job search, accord- posted by the University. Job fairs, counseling appoint- ing to Kroll. Chicago 2 "All methods work, though ments, mock interviews and Kroll suggests students begin some do work better than oth- workshops can be accessed by Toronto 2 looking for Jobs six to nine ers," she said. "An Intrepid Job students free of charge through months before graduation, de- hunter will use all of these meth- Career Services. Detroit 4 pending on the competitiveness ods. Depending on just one The service also offers the VIP of the field they want to enter. source may work, but It's unrea- (Vacancy Information Phone), a San Jose 2 She added students pursuing listic." 24-hour database which de- Jobs In public relations, govern- Kroll said she feels students scribes available Jobs all over the ment service or other highly should not wait until the last country. competetive fields should start minute to begin their search. According to a study recently NBA Scores looking as early as their Junior Kroll said students need to start published in the Journal of Ca- year. Job hunting earlier. reer Planning and Employment, Kroll also said it is important 'I've observed that, in recent using these services is a smart Cleveland 91 for students to have a profes- years, students are waiting career move. Philadelphia 88 sional resume and know how to longer to start Job hunting," she The study showed students interview. said. "The vast majority of Job who used this type of assistance "Students may want to attend markets are challenging. Stu- found work faster, started at SUto Parki»Th« BC N.w. Phoenix 101 career service seminars and dents should begin looking ear- higher salaries, and were more Chris Finn, a freshman undeclared major, braves the cold Minnesota 91 schedule an appointment with a lier when they have a bigger likely to stay at their Job than weather Wednesday afternoon. He said he wore shorts due to a career counselor," Kroll said. support network." Students can "lack of laundry." She said networking is also an also access resources through See seniori, page five. Chicago 104 Vancouver 84
Indiana 97 Alleged riot leader on trial NATO establishes Milwaukee 89 new headquarters Detroit 85 for murder of prison guard San Antonio 84 David Crary Croats even set their own By Tarry Klnney The Associated Press houses afire rather than let Serb The Associated Press families live there. NATO sol- Politicians react to SIPOVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina diers have witnessed the de- Clinton's speech CINCINNATI - The man ac- - It's called the Anvil, a region of struction, but have no mandate to WASHINGTON-Presi- cused of planning and leading the rugged valleys and ransacked stop it dent Clinton's election-year 1993 riot at Ohio's maximum- ghost-towns where a pivotal "It looks like something out of State of the Union speech security prison Is a hero In the question may soon be answered: a nuclear war," said Jackson. drew hearty hurrahs from eyes of fellow Inmates, the form- Will Bosnia's Serbs conclude that "It's a very sad place." Ohio's congressional Dem- er Lucasville warden testified peace pays dividends? In Banja Luka, where tens of ocrats and heard-it-all- Wednesday. The wedge-shaped Anvil, thousands of displaced Serbs before ho-hums from He said Carlos Sanders, 33, Is covering 580 square miles in have taken refuge, plans are majority Republicans. known throughout the state's northwest Bosnia, is by far the afoot to resettle the Anvil. The "President Clinton has de- prison system and benefitted largest chunk of territory due for livered a statesmanlike ad- Serb mayors of Slpovo and from the 11-day uprising In transfer under the U.S.-brokered Mrkonjic Grad came to Inspect dress which challenges both which a guard and nine Inmates Republicans and Democrats peace accord - Bosnian Croat mi- their damaged towns last week- alike to set aside narrow po- were killed. litiamen who conquered it last end, and NATO Is urging the litical posturing and put the "He Is viewed, In my opinion, year are to hand It back to the Serbs to tackle reconstruction. interests of America first," almost In martyr status by Serbs next month. "They want to come home, said Sen. John Glenn, D-O- prisoners around the state," British NATO troops, who are whatever home might be," said hlo. Arthur Tate Jr. told a Hamilton iv^lgnrd to a northern swath of Brig. Richard Dannatt, com- "The theme of economic County Common Pleas Court Bosnia with the Anvil at its heart, mander of the British base at Sl- security for all Americans Jury. "It is my professional opin- have taken on the task of per- povo. rang strongest for me," said ion that his status has been en- suading the Serbs they are NATO's primary mission in the Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio. hanced." peacekeepers, not occupiers. "That is where most of our Anvil Is to provide a sense of se- attention should be focused Sanders Is being tried on 15 "If we can make It all work, It curity for Serbs and relief rather than wasting our charges, some of which carry the says to the Serbs: "We do not re- groups who will bear the brunt of time and the taxpayers' pa- death penalty. He is charged with gard you as denizens of utter reconstruction. Dannatt said his tience by the squabbling aggravated murder in the deaths AlBckrmaa/TktAi darkness,' " said British Maj. troops will also provide help with that has typified this Con- of Guard Robert Vallandingham Carlos Sanders, right. Is led to court by Hamilton County sheriffs Gen. Michael Jackson. "We want engineering, health care and gress." and inmate Bruce Harris, the at- deputies Jan. 23, la Cincinnati. Sanders is the alleged ringleader of to show absolute evenhanded- other services. The Republicans, tempted murder of another In- the 1993 Lucasville prison riot. ness, and create an atmosphere The Serb mayors told NATO however, heard things a mate, kidnapping a guard and for the future." they expect a fairly complete re- little differently. felonious assault against two demands were not met. But Judge Fred Cartolano re- The British have made recon- turn - perhaps 20,000 of Mrkon- "I didn't find any signifi- struction and resettlement of the cant new initiatives. I found other guards. "We were assuming we would fused to let the defense dwell on jic Grad's 27,000 residents and a lot of old promises," said Defense attorneys contend that work through that deadline," prison conditions, including al- area a top priority. 15,000 of Sipovo's 20,000. Both Rep. Paul GUImor, R-Ohlo. Sanders, a leader of the prison's Tate said "We had worked leged overcrowding, racial ten- Jackson, the British command- towns currently are deserted, "I looked at it really as a Muslim inmates, is being made a through several deadlines. ... We sion and mismanagement of the er, plans to move his headquar- and the only remaining Croat ci- campaign speech. It was scapegoat. Lawyer David Otto didn't feel we were taking a riot ters from Gornji Vakuf in vilians In the Anvil - about 100 probably designed by poll- said Sanders - who uses his Mus- chance." government-controlled central families In the village of Majdan sters." lim name Slddlque Abdullah Ha- Tate, who returned to the wit- "We're not concerned with the Bosnia to Banja Luka, the Serb - are heading out. san - was the peacemaker who ness stand Wednesday for cross- philosophical ramifications of stronghold just north of the An- Dannatt went to church last negotiated the end of the riot examination, testified Tuesday the riot," Cartolano said "This Is vil. It would mark the first time Sunday in Majdan, trying to en- Quote of Prosecutors contend Sanders for the first time In any of the a murder case that has nothing to since the Serbs launched Bos- courage the Croats to trust NA- organized the riot In the belief riot-related trials. There have do with a riot nia's war In 1992 that either U.N. TO's protection and stay. The the day that prisonwide tuberculosis been nearly SO prosecutions and peacekeepers or NATO estab- parish priest was virtually the "There is no tests violated Muslim law, and to about 45 convictions leading up "There Is no justification for lished a major headquarters on only villager who indicated he show how much power he com- to the Sanders trial. murder based on a riot" Serb territory. wouldn't flee. justification manded Tate was replaced as warden at It took five days to seat a jury, The last Croat militiamen must "The heart says it's very dis- Tate said he had been assured Lucasville prison shortly after and testimony Is expected to last be out of the Anvil by Feb. 3, and appointing," Dannatt said Tues- murder based by other Muslim leaders that the the riot, and since July 1994, has another six or seven weeks. But Serb civilians will be free to re- day. "But with all their fears, tests did not violate Muslim prac- been warden at the Belmont Cor- Cartolano has been insistent that turn to their former homes. perhaps common sense says It's on a riot." tice, and that he was not about to rectional Institution. testimony press on and has re- A grim sight awaits any early the right decision." knuckle under to Sanders' de- Under questioning by defense fused numerous requests for returnees. The Anvil's two main Had the Croats stayed, some -Fred mands for alternative tests. attorney Tim Smith, Tate re- "sidebars" among lawyers. towns - Slpovo and Mrkonjic British officers feared they Cartolano, "There was absolutely no peatedly said he could not re- Grad - have been devastated, might have suffered some form Common Pleas reason for those prisoners to kill member specifics about the riot 1 dont want to get into a first by shelling, then by system- of retaliation from Serb retur- Bob Vallandingham," Tate said, or negotiations with inmates or Judge I to situation here," he said atic looting and arson committed nees who are likely to be shocked Judge even though Inmates had threat- who made key decisions for at one point, alluding to the pro- by Croats before they fled the ened to kill a guard If certain prison negotiators. tracted O. J. Simpson trial. prospect of renewed Serb rule. See NATO, page eight Opinion page two Thursday, January 25, 1996 Aaron celebratesTHE holiday
If a been a long time coming, Drunk Combatant #2's car as It leas you are... so I'm not even go- but It's finally here: Tuesday Is drove away. ing to bother trying to invent one Gehrke's stance on cate spousal abuse, something my 21st birthday. And people ask me why I don't to describe you. comes along to yank us all back. I know that it's the big ritual to drink. And while I'm on the subject on abuse not honorable Abuse Is abuse, no matter the de- go out and get trashed on your It really depresses me to see drunk driving, please allow me to gree to which It is taken. It is past 21st birthday, but contrary to people like that I mean, how digress a bit further. ' The contents of the article, time people like Judge Gehrke what my appearance leads a lot could you look at yourself In the Who the hell came up with the "Americans support judge for see this and stop making excuses. of people to believe, I don't drink. mirror without cringing knowing giving wife abuser 'slap on idea of making the legal driving Kim Gassner-Harkness Or smoke. Or do drugs. that you have to get drunk to age 16, and the legal drinking ace wrist,'" (printed Jan. 19) both as- Bradner, OH It never ceases to amaze me cope with reality? 21? tounded and disgusted me. The that some people accuse me of This might sound kind of silly, Let me tell you something, If article told of Stewart Marshall RodV hflfl*? flOn't being "pretentious" or "holier but what if all the alcohol In the of Michigan who was convicted UUUJ "«¥* UUII I there's one person's hand I'd like than thou" when this fact comes world suddenly dried up? to shake. It's the hand of the of misdemeanor abuse against Cnl\/P nrohlPiTIC out In conversation. Then what would addicts do? his wife who had committed oulvc yiUUIGNId chump who came up with that If you're one of those people, How would they escape from great Idea. adultery and became pregnant I read Mike Wendling's article then 111 tell you the same thing I their problems then? Is It possi- Despite being convicted, all fines "Generation X Needs a Tour of tell everyone else who says that: ble. Just possible, that they would and a Jail sentence was suspend- Duty" the other day and was ab- Believe It or not, there's a The fact that you think I'm be- attempt to face their stress? whole wide world outside of ed by the obviously omnipotent solutely flabbergasted by his ing pretentious says more about Or would they fall Into the Judge Joel Gehrke, who literally words. I agree with his stereo- America, and In a good portion of you then It does about me. bowels of heavy drug use and its countries you're allowed to slapped Marshall's wrist and types of a typical Generation The point of this column isn't to never come to terms with the said: "don't do that." Xer, moat of the people my age legally drink before you're al- inform the whole campus of my reality of their existence? lowed to legally drive. How revolting! Gehrke claims are lazy, selfish, materialistic upcoming 21st birthday, Anyway, there I was hunting Mind you I'm not saying that not to be soft on spousal abuse and "slackers," and those people however. for a parking spot when my head- those of you who go out and get The rationale is that you'll - yet he says: "Sometimes women are in need of a wake up call, as The topic of the week is alcohol lights suddenly fell upon a back- drunk once In a while are lie. Sometimes women manip- he said. learn the mind-altering effects of abuse. alley brawl. hopelessly doomed to a life of alcohol BEFORE you get behind ulate." So, In Judge Gehrke's However, I can not agree with Without further ado, let's To make a long story short. false-security through cheap the wheel. mind, spousal abuse is not right; him in any way, shape or form flashback to exactly one week Drunk Combatant #1 and his beer. Most people I know go out unless, of course, you have a real- that a war is the wake-up call we That way you'll (hopefully) be ago: friends left the fight (hopefully and get drunk once In a while, less likely to kill someone. ly good reason for doing It. Geh- need. I had just dropped a few to go to a hospital), and Drunk and there's nothing wrong with rice also stated: "In the eyes of As for me, I don't claim to be friends of mine off at Howard's Combatant #2 was escorted to that... for the most part Moses, the crime was not com- the most experienced warrior In "Optimism" you say? Well kid- Club H, and I was scouring down- Tuxedo Junction by his friends But 'ya see, SOME of you mag- dles, they have a hell of a lot less mitted by the husband." Excuse America, like many Vietnam, town BG for a parking spot so I so they could get some more gots out there decide to drive me, Mr. Gehrke, but wasn't the Korean or World War II vets, but drunk driving accidents in could join them. drinks. home under the influence on oc- Europe per year then we do. case before you dealing with I spent time with a Marine Corps After all, Rlbcage Houdinis Drunk Combatant #1 was casion. abuse and not adultery? I don't Reconnaissance Battalion In So- Aaron Weisbrod is the Thurs- was already on stage. screaming death threats at There are no words yet known day guy. Send stuff to aar- condone what Mrs. Marshall did. malia, off the coast of Bosnia- Wow. Now that was a ruthless Drunk Combatant #2 as he left, to the English language that de- She was wrong to cheat on her Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia, onw9bgnet.bgsu.edu or 210 West plug. and he actually tried to chase scribe how disgusting and worth- Hall. husband. Her sentence has come and I would never wish that on in the form of an upcoming di- my worst enemy. And for him to voroe because she will not give say that a war would give a col- up her baby. lege student something to look There were two things the artl- forward to because our forefath- cle neglected to mention that I era fought in major wars in would like to know and that oth- which hundreds of thousands of era should question. Were there people died doesnt mean we : any prior incidences of abuse in have to murder foreigners, too. the Marshall household? Con- We should be thankful for our cerning the piles of "mostly posi- forefathers' deeds and enjoy tive phone messages" left for what they have created, which is Judge Gehrke, how many of a nation whose poor eat just as these messages came from men well and have larger and more who may or may not have inci- homes than other nations' upper dences of spousal abuse (whether middle classes. known or unknown by others) in MacArthur R. Plumart their own households? Sophomore For every step taken to eradl- Accounting major The BG News "A Commitment to Excellence"
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Joe Boyle Stephani Miskawi Weekend Reality editor Photo editor Truth camouflaged like fatigues Rochelle Slosser Tiffany Wendeln Graphics editor Copy chief Be All That You Can Be. The kindly crew-cutted The article's focus, however, death The disgusting pictures Yeah gentleman in the firmly pressed was on the children of these men broadcasted from Vietnam were Carolinne Shaffer Anna Wahrman Right. fatigues looked at me squarely. and women who were sent home safely stared In the TV. Copy editor Copy editor When I was in high school the He said the likelihood of actually five years ago. "life" reported For all we know, war isn't Army recrultors came to put on a going into combat were slim but that studies have shown a dis- much different than capture the Penny Brown Stefoni Bavin concert We were herded Into the it's an excellent opportunity to proportionate number of birth flag. The Gulf War was blind Copy editor Copy editor gymnasium, all 1,800 of us, and earn some cash for college and defects among children of Gulf luck. We simply scared the beje- the doors were pulled shut; no see the world, and would you like War vets. sus out of the Iraqis, thousands escape. What came next was some Information? Not unlike the Agent Orange surrendered, they didn't believe something out of a Prince video. "No thank you." fiasco, when the Pentagon denied In Hussein's war any more than Leah Barnum Michelle Bracken Lights, lazers, smoke, sur- As I wandered back to class, its danger, what has come to be we did. round-sound and giant screens star-struck, slightly deaf, and Colleen Casey Alianna Dias known as the Gulf War Syndrome On the news, we see some foo- filled the enclosure; the Westland confused, one question leaped was dismissed as a figment of tage of some rebels firing a few Ed Dowling Brian Gallatin Cougars half-time show had noth- Into my mind. their Imaginations While the rounds throughout the streets of Chad Gamby Matt Gannon ing on these guys. Where is the truth anymore? Pentagon denies traces of any a city we would never consider Teresa Krieg Cathy Raidl While every sense of our hor- Hamburgers In commercials chemicals were found during the for a vacation getaway and flip Kevin Rathge Ed Reed mone-filled little bodies was don't look like the garbled mess conflict, several other countries, the channel to Beavis and Butth- Jessica Wherry Carla Zvosec masturbated, the big screens of grease and bun you have to Including Canada and Australia, ead.Heh.heh. flashed on, and the multi-media peel off the wrapper, and being a say they have found signs that Thls Ignorance that most conglomeration fired up. Giant person In the armed forces Is not some traces of chemicals were Americans have of war is a won- Copyright© 1996 by The UCi News. Reprinting of armored tanks Jumped dunes In any material in this publication whitout the permission of Just a Joy ride in one of those cool present In the desert derful opportunity for the Armed The BG News is strictly prohibited. sync In front of a John Chalfint Joint Legislative Ethics Commit- The Associated Press tee before filing an amended re- port. COLUMBUS - When Ohio's "The Inspector general con- legislative leaders were Invited firms that but for the special cir- to breakfast with The limited cumstances Involving top man- Inc. in 1991 and 1993, they were agement at The Limited, these served more than' food. They honorarium probably should shared $9,000 in corporate have been characterized as sepa- checks that an Investigator said rate payments," Saxbe said Wednesday should have been A message seeking comment disclosed. was left with The limited Legislative Inspector General The report said there was no Tom Charles said multiple dispute that parent and subsi- checks of $500 each that Senate diary corporations were separate President Stanley Aronoff and and distinct entities. former House Speaker Vern Rl- But It said facts of the case in- ffe received from limited subsi- dicated that The Limited not its diaries actually came from a subsidiaries, intended to pay an single source - the parent com- honorarium: pany. Honoraria payments were ■ The Limited orchestrated legal at the time, but the law re- both functions. quired lobbyists and legislators ■ Invitations came only from to disclose receipt of any in ex- The Limited, signed by chairman cess of $500. LesWexner. The Limited did not list the ■ The Limited's lobbyist payments in its original lobbyist helped with details. reports, but Included them In an ■ The limited alone made the amended filing Jan. 2. decision to pay honorariums to Similar payments from The Aronoff and Rlf fe. limited and others to 12 past and ■ The Limited sought two legal present legislators are the sub- Chrli Koun/Tke AooclMed Prcti opinions regarding the propriety Ohio Deparlmcnl of Natural Resources Division or Wildlife offi- of the division, announces at a Columbus, Ohio news conference ject of a Franklin County grand of multiple honoraria. cer Dan Huss holds a trumpeter swan as Mike Budzlk, left, chief that the swan will be relntroduced to Ohio this spring. Jury Investigation. Charles' report said The Lim- Filing a false financial disclo- ited Invited Aronoff, Riffe and 16 sure report is a first-degree mis- other legislators from the Cuya- demeanor. So is paying or receiv- hoga County delegation to an Oct. ing Improper compensation. 3, 1991, breakfast meeting in Muddy streets befuddle Marietta mayor Maximum penalty: six months In Cleveland. jail and a $1,000 fine. Aronoff and Riffe spoke at the Lawyers for Riffe and Aronoff event. Al Dietzel, vice president John Nolan New Richmond, about 20 miles at 55.1 feet early Wednesday. But Burr Oak water system in Ath- previously said they were not re- in charge of finance and public The Associated Press southeast of Cincinnati. jecause of rain Tuesday, the ens, Hocking, Perry and Morgan quired to disclose The limited relations, handed Aronoff and No rain was forecast in Ohio -rest was expected to reach 56.1 counties In southeastern Ohio honoraria because the money Riffe envelopes with checks Marietta Mayor Joe Matthews through Thursday night ' i eet by early Thursday. were told to boil their water be- came from eight subsidiaries. normally worries about snow this from various subsidiaries. Esther Wagner, who helped her At the Cincinnati riverfront cause the water plant near Glous- That view began to change In "Both Aronoff and Riffe time of year. But this year, it's mother evacuate from her house ter was flooded. Plant operator light of Charles' report. mud. early Wednesday afternoon, received seven $500 checks each In New Richmond, said Wednes- water lapped at the tires of a car Keith Jones said it would take a "The second portion of the re- from the following companies: Flooding that has hit communi- day she had driven through hub- day to clean up the mess. port brings out facts ... about ties around Ohio left a mess be- that a commuter had parked The Limited Stores; Express; cap-deep water on a street that Wednesday morning In what was The National Weather Service which we had no knowledge nor Lane Bryant; Victoria's Secret; hind In the city of 15,000, located had been dry Tuesday. said .6 inches of rain fell Tuesday could we have had any know- between the Ohio and Mus- then a dry parking lot Snow be- Lerner New York; Abercrombie gan falling later In the day. at Toledo Express Airport ■ re- ledge. Based upon the findings klngum Rivers. "When we came through this cord for the date. The previous we will likely amend our report See ethia, page five. mark of .58 Inches was set In Matthews said Wednesday he morning, we came through In Newtown, east of Cincinnati, as well," said H. Ritchey Hollen- firefighters used a boat Tuesday 1962. has ordered out the city's snow- water," she said. baugh, Rlffe's lawyer. night to rescue a man who had plows to clear the muck from last "It's been moving up fast," said Hollenbaugh said he did not be- been sleeping In a school bus. Roads in the southeast Ohio lieve the report would affect the weekend's flooding. Brenda Durham of the Clermont County emergency dispatch Water surrounded the bus while counties of Vlnton, Athens and grand jury view of Rlf fe. He declared a state of emer- he slept, firefighters said. Melgs counties were closed be- gency to keep people off flooded center. "Our position remains that The Hocking River at Enter- cause of high water. there was no way for my client to roads when the Ohio River Creeks across southern Ohio prise, Paint Creek near Chilli- State officials said Tuesday know that this was a single crested Sunday night at 40.7 feet. overflowed, forcing closings of cothe in central Ohio and the that preliminary damage esti- source because we didn't have Flood stage Is 35 feet. roads and schools. Great Miami River, Just west of mates to property in flooded the factual background that was In Cincinnati, the Ohio River Cincinnati, were among water- areas of the Ohio River had ex- turned up in the investigation," "We've got a lot of mud. You exceeded its 52-foot flood stage ways cresting Wednesday and ceeded $16 million and were ex- Hollenbaugh said in an Inter- try to hose it down," said Mat- Monday. Forecasters originally Thursday. pected to increase. The flood view. thews, a veteran of flood crises predicted the river would crest About 14,000 customers of the waters damaged more than 2,000 Charles Saxbe, Aronoffs law- when he was a firefighter. "We'- homes and businesses, along with yer, said Aronoff probably would ve got most of our streets pretty public buildings. wait for a directive from the passable." NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT Meanwhile, the rising Ohio River forced evacuations in Adams and Clermont counties, SKI BOYNE fflGHLAND | east of Cincinnati. That includes about 50 people Wednesday In S MICHIGAN 1 Friday, Feb. 2-Sunday, Feb. 4z $125.00-Not Including $ Ski Rental and Lift Tickets! z O * Lodging and Transportation 3 Bursarable z 5 Q kWlt Sign-up in the UAO office Today! For More info, call 2-7164 ' ^PSXSi C NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT "When the finises go up DRINK the blessings wtfB come down" 'SANDWICH! & wnraritcui! Saturday. Fettwry 3. 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Main St. (Kroger Food Court) * Offer good through Jan. 31, 2nd pizza must be of equal or lessger value. ■jgeagHj ■ State page four The HO News Thursday, January 25, 1996 Water Troubles Silverman asked to reveal source of illegal tape The Associated Press to listen to or record the tele- TOLEDO - The Blade has asked phone conversations of other a judge to compel a former city people unless you have a court councilman to reveal who gave order," he said. him a copy of a taped cellular The Blade's petition did not telephone conversation between specify when in 1993 the conver- the newspaper's co-publisher and sation between Block and Sallah a reporter. occurred or what was said. The newspaper said John Rob- That year, Silverman was run- inson Block, The Blade's co- ning for mayor. Sallah was one of publisher and editor-in-chief, several Blade reporters covering was talking to staff writer Mi- the campaign. Some editorials by chael Sallah on a cellular tele- The Blade In previous months phone In 1993 about "Journalistic had been critical of Silverman. matters." Silverman finished fourth In Unknown to the two, someone the September 1993 mayoral intercepted and illegally record- primary. Only the top two vote- ed the conversation, the news- getters In the primary were on paper said in a petition filed the November ballot. Monday in Lucas County Com- Last year, Silverman told The mon Pleas Court. Blade during an interview that a college student called him in d KohYTfce AlMcUIcd Pnil The Blade said it learned about 1993 and told him he had taped a A row boat to used to help evacuate resident! In a low lying area of New Richmond, Ohio, as the Ohio River continues to rise. the recording last year, and that telephone conversation between a copy of the tape was given to Block and Sallah. The student Peter Silverman, a former city said they were talking about Sil- councilman and candidate for - verman. mayor. Montgomery asks state Racial unfairness The newspaper filed a petition Silverman said he hired a law- to force Silverman to provide In- yer, who then picked up the tape formation about the tape. The from the student. He claimed he to carry out execution | legal action, known as a petition did not know the student's name comp aints raised to obtain discovery, to not a law- and never listened to the tape The Associated Press neys are using every delay tactic possible to keep his sentence suit but the first step towards Cellular telephones transmit COLUMBUS - Attorney Gen- from being carried out," Mont- one, The Blade said. The case conversations through some The Associated Press police hiring exam in 1993 and was assigned to Judge Frederick 1,000 radio frequencies. It to pos- eral Betty Montgomery on gomery said. 'They have refused were placed on an eligibility list Wednesday prepared to ask the to file a proper federal lawsuit, McDonald. sible for outsiders to listen to COLUMBUS - The Justice De- in 1994. such calls on scanners or to de- U.S. Supreme Court to allow the which would allow this execution partment to investigating a com- They later were removed from "I hope this to not what I fear," state to carry out Its first execu- to be postponed.'' Block said. "What I rear to that termine which frequency the call plaint that racial discrimination the list by the Civil Service breaking the law has now become is using with a hand-held fre- tion in nearly 33 years. If her request to granted, the was behind the removal of three Commission following back- part of mainstream politics in quency finder - a device that Attorneys for inmate Robert execution could proceed as black applicants from the city ground investigations, said Bar- Lucas County." picks up a nearby signal and in- Buell, a Summit County man scheduled at the Southern Ohio police department's eligibility bara Gates McGrath, commis- convicted of kidnapping, raping Correctional Facility at Lucasvi- Silverman declined to com- dicates the frequency in use. list, a newspaper reported sion executive director. ment on the allegations. and murdering an 11-year-old lle. The electric chair to kept at Wednesday. Concerns about cellular securi- The three appealed but the Fritz Byers, The Blade's law- ty have been around nearly as girl In 1982, promised to fight. the maximum-security prison The city, which has denied the commission declined to reinstate yer, declined to elaborate on the long as cellular phones them- Montgomery announced about 80 miles south of Colum- complaint, has until Feb. 5 to them following a review of their Wednesday afternoon that she bus. Buell declined to choose, as petition. selves, said Susan Boon, market- submit its formal response to in- cases. "It to illegal under federal law ing manager of Cycomm Corp. would ask the high court for an Ohio law allows, whether to die vestigators. The Columbus Dis- Brihm, Tanksley and Norman emergency order overturning a by lethal Injection or electrocu- patch reported. allege in the complaints that stay of execution granted Tues- tion. In the absence of choice, the The- complaint was filed in other candidates in similar situa- day by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court law requires he be electrocuted. June by Police Officers for Equal tions who are not minorities were Accused sex offender of Appeals in Cincinnati. That Rights, a Columbus civil rights accepted Into the police acad- stay temporarily delayed Buell's Mark Weaver, Montgomery's group that has been a persistent emy. execution, which had been spokesman, said Montgomery to critic of police hiring and disci- James Moss, Police Officers scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Thurs- trying to force public defenders plinary practices. for Equal Rights president, de- will receive pension day. to get into federal court sooner Safety Director Thomas Rice clined to Identify candidates who The move was unusual because rather than waiting until the last said Tuesday the division has allegedly got more favorable The Associated Press name David Lawrence to unpu- Buell had not yet exhausted his minute to buy more time for their given files relating to the case to treatment. blished. federal-level appeals. He clients. the city attorney's office and McGrath said It to difficult to COLUMBUS - The approval of His attorney, Chris Lopez with exhausted his state appeals more Nonsense, countered Dale asked for assistance in drafting a find two candidates with similar a state disability pension for a the Ohio Education Association, than a year ago. Baich of the Ohio Public Defen- response. backgrounds. teacher accused of sexual 'In- said Lawrence was receiving a "Robert Buell and his attor- der's Office. "From my reading of the files, 'There are so many back- volvement with students pre- benefit to which he was entitled It does not appear to me that ground areas that are reviewed, sents an image problem but was under state law. Lopez also ques- these three Individuals were de- I'm not sure I've ever seen two done properly, the director of the tioned the validity of allegations nied employment because they candidates who are exactly the pension system said Wednesday. against Lawrence. are a minority," Rice said. same," she said. David A Lawrence, who taught If violations are found, penal- An independent panel the city sex education at a suburban high Lawrence lost his teaching cer- ties could mean the loss of the ci- assigned to review police hiring school, was not charged with a tification in October when the ty's Community Oriented Polic- policies has criticized the back- crime, said Herb Dyer, executive State Board of Education ruled ing money - including $2.8 mil- ground investigation process. It director of the State Teachers he had "inappropriate romantic lion the federal government gave reported in June that its review Retirement System. Dyer said and sexual relationships" with at the city to hire 38 of fleers. had found a higher percentage of Lawrence received a fair review least five female students from The applicants, Lachelle blacks than whites was removed of his disability claim by doctors 197S through 1991. from each of the last three el- and the board. QuendilU Brihm, Wallace Tanksley and The board said Lawrence also Jeffrey L. Norman, took the igibility lists. The pension of $38,760 a year Combo Combo was awarded Friday to the smoked marijuana with students. toco <0) fan bcotf Logs Lawrence applied for a disabi- pecov teo ot Man Dumb ctum loooM buMo 49-year-old Lawrence, who re- bunte £n damn 13 tg «*«x»cwam.ondoDai 2riDBnDaLC0CttSr lity pension In March. The pen- FraMftCodutl COOtW and 4 pace cccc* signed in February from Reyn- oldsburg High School. sion fund board rejected the ap- $699 plication but reversed itself after Dyer acknowledged that he appealed. awvMtacfvti auoaoacra m Lawrence's pension might pose Assistant State Superintendent an image problem for the pension of Public Instruction James Van a D a a fund. "It to an awkward situa- Keuren cast the only vote against tion," he said. the disability pension. He said He said the pension was based Wednesday that the psychiatric on psychiatric problems. disability claim was not based on However, Dyer said medical re- any sexual dysfunction that may ports on the case were privileged have led to Lawrence's in- (gsmsmWrni and could not be divulged. volvement with students. Lawrence could not be reached Lawrence claimed that his men- to comment The only Reynolds- tal state had deteriorated in re- 1 DAY ONLY! burg phone listing under the cent months, Van Keuren said. SUNDAY 104$. 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But nondur- Analysts said government re- straight month in November, able goods output fell 0.2 per- ports Wednesday underscored down 2.1 percent to a 649,000 cent, the second consecutive de- how weak the economy was dur- seasonally adjusted annual rate. cline. ing the fourth quarter and could The rate was the lowest since Mining output also fell for a help persuade Federal Reserve 607,000 last April Sales dropped second time in a row, down 0.2 policy-makers to cut interest in all regions except the South In percent. Production of utilities rates again next week to stimu- the Northeast, they plunged to a advanced 0.4 percent, although late growth 13-year low. that was slower than the l.S per- Stock and bond prices rose The reports, which had been cent gain a month earlier. after the reports were released. delayed by the partial govern- The Commerce Department Many traders agreed the latest ment shutdown, were among the report showed new home sales evidence of weakness could lead last major economic data sched- have not improved since they to lower interest rates, which uled before the Federal Open rose 8 percent last July, to a would make their securities Market Committee begins a two- 781,000 annual rate. That helped more attractive. day meeting next Tuesday. push sales for the first 11 months "The economy Is still in an ex- Many analysts believe it will of the year 1.7 percent below the pansion, but it clearly is slowing cut short-term rates by a quarter same period of 1994. down," said economist David percentage point in an attempt to Existing home sales fell 1.7 Lereah of the Mortgage Bankers energize the economy. It last percent In November and single- Association. "I dont think we are trimmed the federal funds rate In family housing starts were flat. in any trouble of recession, but it December, to 5.5 percent from Mortgage applications also have clearly is slowing and could use a 5.75 percent, the second cut of leveled off. boost." 199S. The rate Is what banks The seasonally adjusted esti- "The economy has slowed, the charge each other for overnight mate of new houses for sale at industrial sector has stalled, loans. the end of November was housing activity is going no- In its report Wednesday, the 375,000, representing a supply of where even though mortgage central bank said the Industrial 7.2 months at the current sales rates are declining and con- sector was operating at 82.8 per- rate. It was the largest backlog of sumers are worried," agreed cent of capacity In December, unsold houses since a similar Bruce Steinberg of Merrill down from 83 percent a month rate in June 1969 and a possible Lynch & Co. "The Fed should, earlier and the lowest since 82.6 restraint to any new construc- and we believe will, ease" Inter- percent In January 1994. tion. est rates. Analysts monitor the capacity The median price of a new The Fed reported Wednesday rate for signs of future inflation. home was $132,400, down from Jculfcr Y«uan'kc AiMclated Praia that production at the nation's Many believe a rate over 85 per- $137,000 in October but up from Senate Foreign Relation! Committee Chairman Sen. Jeiae Helmi escorts Israeli Foreign Minister factories, mines and utilities In- cent could lead to production bot- $129,900 a year earlier. Ehud Barak to their Capitol HUI meeting Jan. 23. One topic of the meeting between committee ched up just 0.1 percent in tlenecks, shortages and rising Sales rose 6.3 percent in the members and the foreign minister was to discuss the prospects for peace between Israel and Syria. December after rising 03 per- prices. South, to a 321,000 annual rate. cent a month earlier. Output had Although the report said over- They plunged 18.2 percent In the fallen 0.4 percent In October. all production edged up 0.1 per- Northeast, to 36,000, the lowest seniors That meant production growth cent In December, it showed the since June 1982. Sales fell 10 slowed to an 0.8 percent annual anemic growth was due mostly to percent In the West, to 171,000. Continued from page one. she said. "Co-ops make students ten and oral communication more marketable, help them con- skills, are computer literate, and P t h IC S students who did not participate firm they have entered the right are able to work with others. *=*"i«_a in such programs. field and give them a valuable Continued from page three. learned upon his return that no to write the checks. Kroll said she estimates about skills and a track record era- Cindy Ernsthausen, president honoraria had been paid and ad- "Cacique had already sent a 2,000 seniors and graduate stu- ploy era can look at." of RHS Decorating, Inc. said she & Fitch; and World Financial vised subsidiaries to prepare $500 check to Aronoff and a $500 dents use the service each year. Along with suggesting the ser- agreed. Network," the report said. $500 checks for Aronoff and Ri- check to Riffe directly even Kroll said she also recom- vice and co-oping, Kroll outlined A similar breakfast was held ffe. though the checks were original- mends finding internships. basic skills which employers "We want employees who are March 30, 1993, In Columbus. The Limlted's lawyers subse- ly supposed to be sent to Dietzel. "People who co-op or do In- value. people-oriented, dependable, Aronoff, Riffe and 11 other legis- quently recommended against The World Financial Network's ternships are further ahead and She said employers looks for punctual and have good commu- lators attended. paying multiple honoraria, and checks were also sent to Aronoff know how the process works," employees who have good writ nication skills," she said. Dietzel was out of state. He Dietzel told the subsidiaries not and Riffe," the report said. Y HOM€ FALCON HOCK6V FRIDRV VS. IVlin/Vll/SnTURDnV VS. 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Mon Jan 29, Tues Jan 30 7:30-9:30 MMMMMN Nation page six The BO News Thursday, January 25,1996 Government agency Artistic License Simpson approves 'fake fat' does live Uuran MeergurO urged Americans not to eat oles- tra because It depletes nutrients interview The Associated Press believed to fight disease. WASHINGTON - Americans "It will cause everything from will soon be eating potato chips diarrhea to cancer, heart disease on cable made with the first zero-calorie and blindness," said Jacobson, artificial fat. who threatened to sue to block Michael Fleetnan The Food and Drug Adminis- olestra's sale. The Associated Press tration approved Procter 4 Olestra is a synthetic chemical Gamble's olestra Wednesday, made of sugar and vegetable oil. LOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson over the protests of some scien- It looks like regular fat but Its appeared for a live, one-hour tists who called the fake fat dan- molecules are too large and Interview Wednesday night on gerous. tightly packed to digest. So it cable's Black Entertainment Tel- The FDA warned consumers passes through the body without evision, saying "I'm as innocent that olestra can cause such gas- stopping to clog arteries or fatten as anyone else out there." trointestinal side effects as hips. The channel promUed would diarrhea and can literally wash One ounce of regular potato be a no-holds-barred session, out of the body certain nutrients chips has 10 grams of fat and ISO with no topic off limits. when it is eaten along with that calories, but olestra chips have Simpson, acquitted Oct. 3 in the lunchtime bowl of soup or pile of no fat and Just 60 calories, about slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown carrot sticks. the same as a plain baked potato. Simpson and her friend Ronald But the FDA concluded that There are other fat substitutes Goldman, has spent much of the while some people will find oles- on the market, but none can with- week in the offices of a Goldman tra unpleasant, it is safe for the stand the high heat of frying and family lawyer answering ques- general population to eat In po- none Is calorie-free like olestra. tions about the murder case tato chips and other snack foods The low-fat chips sold today re- under oath. - as long as the foods bear a label duce fat by baking Instead of fry- The victims' families have warning of those side effects. ing, giving them a different taste. filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Procter & Gamble spent 25 But olestra can act as a laxa- against Simpson. And Simpson's years and $250 million develop- tive, **wii«ing diarrhea, cramps answers in the BET interview ing olestra, which it will sell and other gastrointestinal dis- were being closely watched by under the brand name Olean. turbances. It also can rob the attorneys in the civil case for any "It's pivotal to help get our fat body of nutrients, including the departures from his sworn tes- intake down" for better health, vitamins A, D, E and K and the timony. and olestra will help Americans carrot-derived nutrient beta- Simpson never took the stand do that, said spokeswoman carotene, because they stick to during his 9-month murder trial. Wendy Jacques. the fatty substance and slide out Since winning his freedom, he But consumer advocate Mi- of the body. has granted no live TV inter- chael Jacobson of the Center for views. He has given a few news- Science in the Public Interest See fake fat, page •even. paper interviews but has refused to discuss the crime inany detail. Last fall, he canceled a live Interview with NBC, saying at- torneys advised against it be- cause of the wrongful-death law- suit. Simpson also complained NEW YEARS EVE that the interviewers were Scan N«rrl«/T\€ AHK Uted PTCM "sharpening knives" for him. REPLAY PARTY at Pat Ellis of Coralvllle, Iowa, wipes snow from his snow sculpture at his home Monday, Jan. 22. Ellis BET President Jeffrei K. Lee ■peat almost four hours Sunday afternoon working on the coffee cup with the help of his neighbor said Simpson set no conditions on BW-3!! Marnl Brown, 11. the interview with news anchor- man Ed Gordon. Friday, January 26 The channel also did not prom- 9pm-close ise Simpson any free time to Drink Specials Car seats recalled for hazards promote his new mail-order The Associated Press crash at 30 mph tinue using the Cosco model. video in which he discusses the and Party Favors! The recall U for 15,370 Dream- "Properly used, child safety case, Lee said. WASHINGTON -- The ride Ultra car seats, model seats are llfesavers," Martinez But, Lee said, the producer of *Pre-0rder Wings government announced Wednes- 02-179, manufactured from April said. "An unrestrained child is at the videotape bought advertising day that 15,370 infant car seats 8,1994, through June 15,1995. a much greater risk of Injury in a time on BET before and after the Now for Superbowl* are being recalled as possible Carole Dingledy, spokeswo- crash than a child In a restraint show and over a four-week safety hazards In car crashes. man for Cosco Inc., the manufac- system." period. The National Highway Traffic turer, said the Columbus, Ind., NHTSA officials have warned Safety Administration said the company had no immediate parents repeatedly, however, BET reaches about 44.2 million rear-facing Dreamrlde Ultra in- comment. never to use a rear-facing Infant cable households. That repre- BW-3; fant seats failed a government Dr. Ricardo Martinez, seat in the front passenger seat if sents more than 90 percent of crash test by tipping towards the NHTSA's administrator, urged the car Is equipped with a right- black cable households in the na- 353-BWWW front of the car by more than 70 parents with the seat to contact side air bag. tion. It is seen in such major 176 E. Wooster degrees. Cosco to receive a reinforcement The agency has recorded three markets as New York, Chicago '*nV*L Federal safety standards re- kit. Until the kit is In hand, Mar- deaths and three skull-fracture and Los Angeles. quire that rear-facing seats stay tinez advised parents without a injuries of Infants restrained In Simpson agreed to a pay-per- almost upright during impact in a suitable replacement seat to con- rear-facing seats. view TV appearance shortly after his acquittal, but that idea fell flat when cable companies, TTTTrrT'TTrrTTfrrrrT-rfrTVTVTTyrT-ri-Tvi-TY rebuffed the proposal because of /^ BG VS. MIAMI vUj his notoriety. S£ FRIDAY 7:007-nn pP.M. M" *P Available for 1996-1997 Last month, Simpson promised to give his first TV interview to Over Downtown Businesses CNN, then backed out. Simps: a BG VS. MICHIGAN attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. said anything Simpson said on »:SATURDAY 7:00 P.M? 114 South Main television could be used against 117 North Main him in the wrongful-death law- \l IIMIOX Ml III VIS... 128 West Wooster suit DUE TO AN EXPECTED SELLOUT AT SATURDAYS 134 East Wooster BG UM GAME. 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"We certainly were not sur- mission in Macedonia, New re- minister to America Outside the courtroom at prised because, frankly, no mili- fused to wear the U.N. tnaignia WUERZBURG, Germany - A Leighton Barracks U.S. Army tary court is qualified to rule on The United States provides about Julia Rubin critics have long accused it of U.S. soldier whose refusal to base. New smiled again when re- something of this constitutional half of the 1,100 troops who have The Associated Press kowtowing to the West. Now even serve under U.N. command was porters asked him how he felt, importance," he said from Texas. been in the former Yugoslav re- many moderate ones say Moscow lauded by conservatives but but he did not answer any ques- "We're ready to go to federal public since 1993 with the aim of MOSCOW - While the Kremlin has been too accommodating. In called a potential "cancer" by the tions. His attorneys say he will court.'' preventing the spread of fighting leans further and further away general, they want better trade Army, was convicted of disobe- appeal. The elder New said that when from neighboring Bosnia. from the West, Boris Yeltsin's terms, more access to Western dience Wednesday and given a New's case has been cham- his son was told he could be New has said he was willing to prime minister is headed to the markets and more foreign in- bad-conduct discharge. pioned by American conserva- court-martialed and lose his go to Macedonia, but that it was United States with words of reas- vestment in Russia. Spc. Michael New, 22, Is the tives who oppose placing U.S. benefits for refusing to wear the unconstitutional for him to wear surance. And maybe some of "Chernomyrdin will try to first American serviceman armed forces under United Na- U.N. gear, bis son replied: "If I U.N. gear or answer to the gen- reproach. show, 'Look, we need better eco- court-martialed for refusing to tions command. About 100 con- have to go to prison. 111 go, and eral designated to head the U.N. On a four-day visit to begin nomic conditions for our re- accept foreign command on a gressional representatives, in- why would I want those benefits operation. Sunday, Viktor Chernomyrdin Is forms. If you don't help us, we'll United Nations operation. cluding Senate Majority Leader if I have them in a country that In December, New told the mil- expected to try to calm the wor- have no choice but to change,' " The Jury could have slapped isnt free?"" itary's Stars and Stripes news- ries of politicians in Washington Bob Dole, have sponsored legis- said Sergei Markov, a political New with a dishonorable dis- lation making it illegal to order Daniel New brought wide at- paper that the decision to reject and businessmen in New York. analyst at Moscow's Carnegie charge, six months' incarcera- an armed-services member to tention to his son's case by ap- the U.N. insignia was "pretty As he and Yeltsin told foreign Endowment for Peace. tion and a loss of pay. New's at- wear U.N. insignia. pearing on radio talk shows. simple to me." investors in Moscow this week, The prime minister's press torney said he thought the less- U.N. officials hi Geneva de- New's mother went to Ger- "I am not a political person," Russia is committed to free- secretary, Viktor Konnov, insists severe sentence indicated the clined to comment on the case many to plead for clemency. Her he said. "I made my decision market reforms. his boss is "not going to the jury believed New's concerns Wednesday, saying it is against son "always loved his country," based on my beliefs and the With presidential elections United States as a messenger. He were legitimate. policy to discuss member states' Suzanne New told the court- ideals I have been taught." looming just five months away has work to do there." New, a medic from Conroe, court decisions. martial. Prosecutor CapL Gary Com and Communists enjoying strong Chernomyrdin will attend the Texas, stood Impassively as the New's father, Daniel, said the In October, shortly before his public support, Yeltsin's team sixth meeting of a commission seven-man Jury returned the verdict was a foregone conclu- unit shipped out from Germany See soldier, page eight. may also feel compelled to sound headed by himself and Vice tougher in dealings with U.S. President Al Gore, which works leaders. on a wide range of unglamorous, Internal political pressures nuts-and-bolts issues, from busi- and the anti-Western mood pre- ness to science to the environ- vailing in Russia already have ment. led Yeltsin to fire Foreign Minis- Along with the group's practi- YOUR SUPER BOWL ter Andrei Kozyrev and privati- cal work, the link between Gore zation chief Anatoly Chubais this and Chernomyrdin has grown month. And they may have into one of the steadiest and most weakened Chernomyrdin, too. important sources of contact be- HEADQUARTERS! The prime minister was hum- tween the two governments. bled by voters in parliamentary During this visit, Chernomyr- 1080 SOUTH MAIN ST., Bowling Green elections last month in which his din also plans to meet with Presi- bloc got Just 10 percent of the dent Clinton and House Speaker vote. He seems increasingly out Newt Gingrich, and with New Deli Fresh of sync with Yeltsin on issues York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ranging from the Chechnya war and business leaders. Pepperoni to the economy, and also has "Naturally, he will relay his de- enemies among some powerful termination to carry on reforms Pizzas industrialists who have battled and current economic policies, to 12" size SUPERMARKETS the government over tax breaks, improve the economic climate in customs duties and monetary Russia," Konnov said. policy. The Clinton administration Many in the West have come to said last week that it will give V0& •*«*•' Chernomyrdin a "message" that Prices valid until rely on Chernomyrdin as the 1-28-96 steady overseer of Russian re- reforms must continue. Despite forms. That could be an asset. The government's hard-line See russian, page eight. fake fat Continued from page lix. tenold connections to disease were still hypothetical - and thus Top nutritionists in November not a reason to block olestra told the FDA to approve olestra The FDA is making P&G study as long as P&G fortified it with olestra's long-term dietary ef- vitamins A, D, E and K But the fects and will check the results panel noted there are many ques- within 30 months. In the mean- tions about olestra's long-term time, olestra-containing foods impact on Americans' dietary will carry a warning about gas- health. trointestinal effects and nutrient Of most concern to Jacobson is loss. olestra's depletion of nutrients called carotenoids, including the P&G's stock rose 4.5 percent carrot-derived beta carotene. after the FDA approval, which While the government last week some think could substantially proclaimed that supplements of boost the $750 million market for beta carotene don't ward off low-fat and nonfat snacks. In disease, some doctors insist that afternoon trading, Cincinnati- getting enough carotenoids from based P*G shares were up $3.87, food is Important to prevent can- 1/2 at $90. cer, heart disease and age- related blindness. Procter & Gamble will sell Olean to other snack manufac- So the FDA asked the National turers and in a few months will Institutes of Health about that begin test marketing a variety of risk. Top NIH scientists wrote its own Pringles potato chips the agency last month that caro- made with Olean.