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LOS ANGELES TIMES THE NATION NA / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2002 A9 BUILDING: Senate Offices Open After Anthrax Scare

Continued from A1 It might have been the remains achieved,” Dr. Patrick Meehan of and a protective suit—left behind contaminated in an attack in which of the chlorine dioxide gas used to the CDC said at a news conference. by the cleanup crew—was dis- deadly spores were sent through decontaminate the place, or maybe “But as with any public health covered above a hallway ceiling the U.S. mail, killing five people. the thorough scrubbing delivered problem, we cannot eliminate any outside the Daschle suite, prompt- Left behind in the rush to get this weekend by work crews trying risk entirely.” ing another flurry of precautions. out were senators’ briefcases, com- to restore a building weeks in hi- Still, the staffers came back. The delay made Tuesday’s home- puter files, personal checkbooks bernation. Whatever it was, it was Daschle said he knew of no one in coming all the sweeter. and half-empty cups of coffee. The giving some people a headache and the Hart building’s 5,000-member “So this is a great day. It’s good Washington work force that serves others a sore throat, and some work force to resign out of safety to be back,” Daschle said. “It’s half the U.S. Senate was abruptly aides said they were less concerned concerns. But a twinge of ambiva- good to be confident that we can displaced, flung all over the Capitol about the anthrax than the stuff lence was in evidence. return to normalcy. And it is good complex. Republicans lent space to used to kill it. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D- that the Senate is working again Democrats, and vice versa. Work- “You know anthrax is a strong Conn.) said he was going in “with with all eight cylinders.” ers made do with borrowed com- bacteria, so what took it out had to confidence and a prayer.” Daschle made the pronounce- puters and not enough phones. be strong too,” said Dan Kunsman, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) led his ment at noon as he officially re- Some wondered whether life here press secretary to Sen. Craig office entourage into the building claimed the building but not his in- would ever feel normal again. Thomas (R-Wyo.). Kunsman re- in a demonstration of his good fected office. Stripped of all furni- “Wooo-hoooo!” rejoiced Michele turned to the office to find a 12- faith, however measured. “It feels ture, the walls knocked down, it is Hall, communications director for week-old apple and banana that fine. This is good for government,” free of spores but will take weeks Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), as she looked nothing like they did. he said, adding later, “I think we to rebuild. walked back in, a trolley of boxes, are all waiting for the next shoe to After 45 minutes inside, a lot of files and a roll of wrapping paper in Officials Say Building drop.” people said they felt as though tow. “I cannot put into words how ‘Safe and Clean’ The worker sentiment was prob- they had never left. The phones good it is to be back. It feels like ably best described by the ebul- started ringing again. The cafeteria going into the dorms after summer Officials from the Environmen- lient Hall, who whooped for joy to churned out chili. vacation—except it smells a lot like tal Protection Agency and the Cen- be back herself but had no inten- But the day-to-day rituals re- a swimming pool.” ters for Disease Control and Pre- tion of letting her children visit mained small reminders that some- The smell was unmistakably ab- vention declared the building “safe any time soon: “They are 5 and 7, thing is different. Hall’s job de- normal, and people sniffed the air and clean,” although they would and they were concerned about me scription now includes opening the as they cleared the security X-ray not go as far as to say it was “risk- going back. I told them I felt safe— mail, a task now deemed too dan- machines, endeavoring to describe free.” but I won’t be bringing them back gerous for a volunteer or an intern it. “Extraordinary measures have here for a long, long, long time.” like the one who opened the Das- Reuters “It smells like bleach,” said one. been taken using the safest tech- The building’s reopening was de- chle letter Oct. 15. “My job went A Senate staff member moves back into the Hart Senate Office “Like a new plastic toy.” nology available to us . . . for the layed several times, most recently from mundane to life-threatening Building. “It’s that new car smell.” lowest possible risk that can be last week when a bag with gloves overnight,” she said. High Court Tightens Rules for Confining Sex Offenders

By DAVID G. SAVAGE The 7-2 ruling clarifies the said they were confident they crimes. 5-4 vote in the case of Leroy Hen- to themselves or others. standard for defining who is a “sex- would be able to convince a jury State laws authorized officials to dricks, a Kansas pedophile. But until Tuesday, the court had TIMES STAFF WRITER ual predator.” that these dangerous offenders keep these sex criminals in custody Forced confinement of such of- not said what state prosecutors WASHINGTON—The Supreme Legal experts predicted that the must not be released, regardless of after they had served their prison fenders was not double punishment must prove to win a civil order that Court made it somewhat harder decision will allow some of the the higher standard set by the terms. for the same crime, Justice Clar- confines an inmate due to be re- Tuesday for states to lock up sex more than 1,200 men now being court. They were transferred from a ence Thomas wrote then, because leased from prison. criminals after they have served held in California and 15 other The “sexually violent predator prison to a prison-like treatment the inmates were being treated, Justice Stephen G. Breyer an- their prison time, ruling that states states to seek their release through laws” were an innovation of the center, sometimes located within not just incarcerated. nounced something of a middle- must prove these inmates have a new hearing. Currently, 301 peo- early 1990s. They were designed to the prison grounds. There they The court majority also said that ground position. both a mental disorder and a “seri- ple are confined as sexual preda- cope with serial rapists and child could be held indefinitely. the government has long had the It is important to distinguish be- ous difficulty” in controlling their tors in California. molesters who appeared to have an Five years ago, the high court power to commit mentally ill peo- tween ordinary criminals, who may behavior. But prosecutors in several states irresistible impulse to commit sex upheld these laws in principle on a ple who are judged to be a danger choose to commit crimes after they are released, from sexual preda- tors, he said. Criminals, whether they are bur- glars, drug dealers or rapists, Obituaries should be imprisoned and punished for their crimes but released once they have served their term, he said. This is so even if prosecutors VOICE: Peggy Lee, Stanley Marcus, 96; think an inmate is dangerous and is likely to commit further crimes. Sexual predators, he said, are in a different category. They are not Jazz, Pop Singer, Dies Shaped Fabled Store just criminals who have committed sex crimes; they also have been di- Continued from A1 there listening to me,” she recalled By PETER PAE buted in the 196Os with a pair of agnosed as suffering from a “seri- All There Is?”, Lee also was a years later in an interview with Beechcraft airplanes. ous mental illness (or) abnormality” TIMES STAFF WRITER gifted songwriter and arranger. Howard Reich of the Chicago Trib- The company was the first retail and show “a special and serious She also was the voice of Peg in une. “See, I was a big fan of his. . . . Stanley Marcus, a Harvard MBA apparel store outside New York to lack of ability to control their be- the Disney film “Lady and the So here was Benny Goodman in graduate who turned a family-run advertise in national fashion maga- havior,” he said. Tramp” and won a $2.3-million law- the room . . . and Benny had a women’s apparel store into a pio- zines and in 1953 prompted Vogue State prosecutors must prove suit against the Walt Disney Co. to funny way of chewing on his neer of high-end retailing and ex- magazine to describe the store as both of these elements to a jury, recoup royalties from videocassette tongue and staring at you at the travagant gift-giving, died Tuesday “Texas with a French accent.” In- Breyer said, before the inmates can sales of that movie. same time. So when you were per- in Dallas. He was 96. deed, early Neiman Marcus cus- be incarcerated in a treatment cen- A fine actress, she was nomi- forming, you couldn’t really think The chairman emeritus of Nei- tomers included cowboys, Indians ter. nated for an Academy Award for that he loved it. . . . man Marcus, a company synony- and women from rural outposts However, his opinion did not go her role as an alcoholic blues “Of course at the time, I didn’t mous with opulence and highbrow where land had yielded oil and as far as civil libertarians pre- singer in the 1955 film “Pete realize that I was really audition- tastes, was hospitalized Sunday newfound wealth. ferred. The Kansas Supreme Court, Kelly’s Blues.” ing, that Benny was looking for a Reuters and died with family members at “As far back as 1934, Marcus re- taking an even more liberal posi- But it was the voice that capti- replacement for Helen Forrest, Singer Peggy Lee died at her his side, a spokeswoman for Stan- alized that his greatest competition tion, said prosecutors should be re- vated generations of audiences. who had left the band. . . . home in Bel Air. Her daughter ley Marcus Consultancy told the was from leading retailers in New quired to prove that these offend- “If you don’t feel a thrill when “When I was told that Benny said she died of a heart attack. Associated Press. York and San Francisco,” the ers “cannot control” themselves, a Peggy Lee sings, you’re dead, was offering me a job, I thought it His daughter, Jerrie Smith, told American Advertising Federation standard that incorporates the no- Jack,” the jazz critic Leonard was some kind of joke.” fights in her life. the Dallas Morning News that Mar- said as it inducted Marcus into the tion of an irresistible impulse. Feather said some years ago. After some initial unpleasant- In 1991, she won a legal judg- cus died of “old age” at Zale Lipshy Advertising Hall of Fame in 2000. Breyer conceded that his opin- Jazz singer Cleo Laine said Lee ness with Goodman fans who ment against Disney after she sued University Hospital. “He died “Defying conventional wisdom, he ion did not draw a clear “bright “came from a big band era and wanted to hear Forrest, the 21- for a portion of the profits from the gently,” she said. boldly pursued a national advertis- line” but said an “absolute ap- knew how to swing. She knew how year-old Lee settled into her new videocassette sale of the movie, cit- Known as the “merchant prince ing campaign for his local store proach is unworkable.” Even the to sing on the beat when neces- job. ing a clause in her contract with of Texas,” Marcus spent 50 years at with two ads in Vogue and in worst of pedophiles do not try to sary. A lot of people don’t know “It was like a beautiful dream,” the studio barring sale of “tran- Neiman Marcus, shaping fashion molest a child if a police officer is how to do that. Her simplicity had she told Reich. “I would sit there scriptions” without her consent. and retail trends while helping standing nearby. They can control a lot of nuances that other people on the bandstand, night after And just last week, a Los An- transform Dallas from its early themselves to some degree, he just couldn’t grasp, that they just night, just reveling in the music. I geles Superior Court judge gave rough-and-tumble image into an said. couldn’t imitate to save their lives,” could hear the arrangements over preliminary approval to a $4.75- international shopping destination. In dissent, Justices Antonin Sca- Laine said Tuesday. and over and never got tired of million settlement between Viven- In 1938, Marcus originated the Nei- lia and Clarence Thomas said juries Diana Krall, a leading singer in them.” di Universal’s Universal Music man Marcus Awards, considered will have a hard time deciding jazz today, offered similar praise. Lee’s work with the Goodman Group and as many as 300 artists in the Oscars of fashion, introducing whether someone has a “serious “I love everything about her: her band yielded several hits, including a battle over royalties. Lee was the what are now household names difficulty” in controlling himself. elegance, her wit. And she is one of “Blues in the Night,” “The Way lead plaintiff in that suit, stemming such as Christian Dior and Muccia Tuesday’s ruling came in the the greatest influences in what I do You Look Tonight,” and “Why from her years recording for Dec- Prada. case of Michael Crane, a 39-year- as an artist,” Krall said in a state- Don’t You Do Right.” ca, which Universal now owns after Marcus, fondly known to em- old former landscaper who was ar- ment released Tuesday. Her time with the Goodman a series of takeovers. ployees as “Mr. Stanley,” kept a rested for two attempted assaults Lee’s work seemed to transcend band also yielded another benefit: “I wouldn’t be surprised if she simple philosophy for the business: on store clerks. changing tastes. her first husband, Dave Barbour, a thought, ‘I accomplished that. That “I do believe the best is discernible In both instances, he grabbed a “She was never part of any kind guitarist with the band. was the last big thing. Now I can to the observant eye.” female clerk, exposed himself, de- of fashion,” said jazz critic Nat After leaving the Goodman band go,’ ” her attorney, Cyrus V. God- Of German and Jewish descent, manded oral sex and threatened Hentoff. “She never engaged in in 1943, she had hits with records frey, said Tuesday. Marcus was born in Dallas on April rape, but then fled. pyrotechnics. She was subtle and such as “That Old Feeling,” and Lee had told him, Godfrey said, 20, 1905, to Minnie and Herbert STANLEY MARCUS He pleaded guilty to one count enticing in contrast with the bel- with three songs she composed that “the case was important to re- Marcus, who along with his sister Architect of the upscaler retailer of aggravated sexual battery and ters who show off everything but with Barbour: “It’s a Good Day,” solve the issues not only for herself and brother-in-law, Carrie and Al served a five-year prison term. their musicianship. “Don’t Know Enough About You” but for other artists.” Neiman, opened their first store in is shown in 1994. When his term ended in 1998, “She had some of [Maurice] and “Manana (Is Soon Enough For Though Lee will be remembered downtown Dallas in 1907 with Harper’s.” state prosecutors moved to confine Chevalier’s ability to connect with Me).” for her sultry, sophisticated stage $25,000 from the sale of a sales pro- The company operates 32 Nei- him in a treatment center, saying the audience to make them think The 1950s were a particularly ac- presence, she was still a North Da- motion business. man Marcus stores nationwide, as he suffered from an “antisocial per- she was singing just to them.” tive time in Lee’s career. She made kota farm girl. Marcus began working at the well as two Bergdorf Goodman sonality disorder.” A jury agreed to Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in several popular recordings for “There was a lot of down-to- store in 1926, shortly after receiv- stores in New York. It also pub- order his commitment. Jamestown, N.D., Lee was the sev- Capitol, wrote the title song for the earth that was part of her too,” said ing his master’s degree in business lishes a popular catalog that has But last year, the Kansas Su- enth of eight children. Her mother 1954 film, “Johnny Guitar,” and Foster, her daughter. Until her administration from Harvard’s featured custom-made Lexus con- preme Court ordered a new civil died when she was 4, and her fa- wrote songs for other films includ- health began to decline, she was a business school. Twenty-one years vertibles, a helicopter in Neiman hearing for Crane in which pros- ther, a railway agent, married a ing “Tom Thumb.” cook and a gardener. old at the time, his first duties in- Marcus colors and $2.5-million ecutors would have to prove that woman who by all accounts was “Fever” with its minimal jazz ar- “She had a terrific sense of hu- cluding working as a salesman in necklaces. the “defendant cannot control his physically and emotionally abusive rangement was released in 1958 mor, an absolutely fabulous one,” the store’s women’s apparel sec- For a man who sold extrava- behavior.” to her stepchildren. and helped establish her as an art- Foster said. Her mother even ex- tion. gance, his tastes were pragmatic Tuesday’s decision in Kansas vs. Undaunted by the abuse at ist who could cross into pop. pressed that sense of humor in a It was during his first year at the and simple. Asked a few years ago Crane, 00-957, overturns the state home and encouraged by the rec- She had film roles as well, ap- song about her childhood abuse in store that he introduced weekly to define elegance, Marcus replied: court’s ruling, but it is nonetheless ognition she received in her school pearing in the 1953 version of “The her song, “One Beating a Day.” fashion shows, the first of its kind “It’s the antithesis of sumptuous- likely to lead to a new hearing for glee club and the church choir, Lee Jazz Singer” opposite Danny “I think it took her a long time by a department store in the ness. It’s understanding that what Crane under the standard an- decided to pursue singing. Still a Thomas, and was nominated for an to get over and deal with that part United States and the first of a is right for one occasion at 8 nounced by Breyer. teenager, she found work on a ra- Academy Award for best support- of her life,” Foster said. “But once number of pioneering moves by o’clock in the morning is wrong for Kansas Atty. Gen. Carla J. Sto- dio station in Fargo, N.D., where ing actress for “Pete Kelly’s Blues.” she was able to put it behind her, the legendary retailer. The oldest 8 o’clock at night. If you visit air- vall said she was pleased with the the station manager changed her “I loved acting.” she later said, she was even able to joke about it. of four children, Marcus eventually ports, particularly, you see the an- outcome. “It’s a good decision for name to Peggy Lee. “But my agents never brought me And of course, there’s very little rose through the ranks, getting tithesis of elegance. People wear victims’ rights, and it’s a workable At the age of 17, she left Fargo another script. I was worth a lot humor in something like that.” promoted to secretary, treasurer everything from bikinis to sleeve- standard. If they had upheld the for Hollywood, arriving with $18 in more to them on the road.” Her marriage to Barbour ended and director of the company, a new less tank tops....I think a sense of Kansas court, we would have been her pocket. She got small singing Her most memorable role of that in divorce, as did marriages to ac- position that included managing appropriateness is probably the put out of business.” gigs, but took jobs as a waitress period came in her off-screen work tors Brad Dexter and Dewey Mar- the sportswear shop. In 1949, Mar- best qualification for elegance.” Hallye Jordan, a spokeswoman and worked in a carnival at the on Walt Disney’s “Lady and the tin and musician Jack Del Rio. cus was named president of the Although Marcus had retired for California Atty. Gen. Bill Lock- Balboa midway. Tramp.” With Sonny Burke, Lee In addition to her daughter, Lee company as it launched its boldest from the company in 1975, he con- yer, also predicted the ruling will Discouraged, she returned to the co-wrote the song “He’s a Tramp” is survived by grandchildren David move yet to open a branch store in tinued to provide business advice cause little trouble for the state. radio job in Fargo and eventually and provided the voice for “Peg” as Foster, Holly Foster-Wells and Mi- suburban Dallas. and consultation. “We require evidence of a men- made her way to Chicago, where well as three other characters: Dar- chael Foster, and by great-grand- Under Marcus’ direction, Nei- Marcus is survived by his wife, tal disorder that predisposes some- she got her break. ling, the woman who owns Lady, children Teagan Foster, Caleb Fos- man Marcus was the first to offer Linda Cumber Robinson; a son, one to commit sexually violent Lee was singing at the Ambassa- and Si and Am, the malicious Sia- ter and Carter Wells. personalized gift wrapping for cus- Richard; two daughters, Wendy acts. We think that pretty much dor West Hotel when Benny Good- mese cats. Services will be private. tomers and started a Christmas Raymont and Jerrie Smith, along meets the test set in Crane,” Jor- man, on the advice of his wife, It was her off-screen role in Times staff writers Ann O’Neill tradition of selling exotic his-and- with numerous grandchildren and dan said. stopped in to hear her one night. “Lady and the Tramp” that led dec- and Barbara Thomas contributed her gifts, which continues today. great-grandchildren. Times staff writer Maura Dolan “I couldn’t believe he was sitting ades later to one of the biggest to this report. The first his-and-hers category de- contributed to this report.