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Arsonist pleads guilty
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico lAP)
— The second of three men
charged in the New Year’s Eve
hotel fin* that killed H7 people
pleaded guilty to murder and
arson charges Tuesday and will
testify for the prosecution, of
ficials said, Francisco Rivera
lopez. a 4l>-year-old bartender,
pleaded guilty to a reduced
c harge of 96 counts of second
degree* murder and one count
each of conspiracy and arson,
the commonwealth justice
Department announced
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in jail on each murder ami arson
charge and up to five years for
conspiracy, defense lawyer
Kafael Albizu Merced said.
Must victims of the fire at the
I teach front Dupont Plaza Hotel
were tourists from the U.S.
mainland and guests and staff
members from Puerto Rico.
Hotel redone
MOGUANO VENBTO. Italy
(AP| — Villa Condulmer in nor
thern Italy’s countryside has
been redone for President
Reagan and his wife Nancy, in
cluding a special lied brought in
by air and roses cleared by
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allergy inspectors. The Reagans
are to arrive Wednesday night
for a five-day vacation at the
luxurious 17th-century hotel 12
miles outside Venice as a relax
ing preamble to the seven
nation summit in the lagoon ci
ty June 8-10.
Aquilino Chinellato. the
villa's manager, said the cost of
refurbishing the 45-room hotel
was about 0 billion lire ($4.2
million) Chinellato said most
of the money was "a gift" from
I'aolo Bisetto. an antiques
dealer in nearby Treviso, who
also provided 17th-century
treasures from his collection for
the spacious corridors.
National
Tampering frequent
WASHINGTON (AP)
Railroad workers have purpose
ly jammed safely devices on
trains at least t»H times since
tannery's fatal Amtrak-Conrail
collision near Baltimore, said
Federal Railroad Administra
tion head John Riley on Tues
day. Federal inspectors have
discovered instances of the in
tentional disabling of warning
whistles, electronic alerting
devices and equipment that
automatically stops trains. Riley
told the Senate surface transpor
tation subcommittee.
Riley said his agency's in
spectors have found most of the
tampering on Amtrak passenger
trains, when! they have con
ducted most of their examina
tions. "I don't think this begins
to measure what's happening
on freight trains." he said.
New details sought
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
House, rejecting a decision by
one of its committees, voted
overwhelmingly Tuesday to
seek new details from President
Reagan about U.S. military
plans in the Persian Gulf
Democrats who control the
Senate say that chamber is also
likely to pass it, despite con
gressional fears that Reagan's
plan to provide U.S. protection
for Kuwaiti tankers may involve
the Navy in the Iran-lraq war.
The vote on the bill became a
test of the House Democratic
leadership after the Foreign Af
fairs Committee rejected the
measure earlier in the day on a
voice vote. Moments later.
House Speaker Jim Wright, D
Texas. promised "absolutely,
we will pass it” despite the ac
tion by the committee Wright
was a co-sponsor of the bill,
along with Rep. Rob Michel. R
III.. the Republican leader.
Chairman named
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi
dent Reagan announced Tues
day he is nominating economist
Alan Greenspan as chairman of
the Federal Reserve Board to
succeed Paul Volcker. who
guided the nation's economic
fortunes for eight years. Reagan
made the startling announce
ment concerning what Is often
described as the second most
powerful fob in the nation in a
brief statement he read as
Volcker and Greenspan stood at
his side.
Volcker, 59, a hard-money
man who was named to head
the central bank by President
Carter in 1979. said he was leav
ing voluntarily and had inform
ed Reagan of his decision at a
meeting Monday. "I had no
feeling I was being pushed,"
Volcker said, refusing to answer
directly a question of whether
the president had asked him to
stay.
Drug trials begin
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Human trials are beginning for
potential AIDS treatment drugs
that may have fewer side effects
than those currently used, but
scientists should not rule out
trying toxic drugs, the head of
the government’s AIDS drug
program said Tuesday. Dr.
Samuel Hroder of the National
Cancer Institute, whose
laboratory screens and tests
potential anti-AIDS drugs
i>efor<! they go into larger trials,
said the situation with AIDS is
so grave that new treatments are
needed as stain as possible.
"I urge people focusing on
new therapies not to be too con
cerned with toxicity at the
beginning," Hroder said at the
Third International Conference
On AIDS. "We have to look at
the benefit first, then the
toxicity."
Immunity opposed
WASHINGTON (AH) - In
dependent Counsel Lawrence
Walsh will make a last-ditch ap
peal to the Iran-Contra commit
tees Wednesday opposing an
immunity grant for Oliver
North. Walsh sought a meeting
with the committees a day
before they were likely to vote
on immunity, according to a
spokesman for the counsel.
The spokesman said Walsh is
having lunch with the com
mittees for the purpose of op
posing immunity for "a key
White House figure in the Iran
Contra affair. The new develop
ment seemed likely to raise
speculation that Walsh is
building a criminal case against
the former National Security
Council aide, who arranged
arms sales to Iran and worked
with private groups raising
money to arm the Nicaraguan
Contras when U.S. aid was
banned.
Regional
Vote-by-mail OK'd
SALEM (AP) — Oregon's ex
periment with vote-by-mail
took a step closer toward
becoming a permanent part of
state elections Tuesday. That
came when the Oregon Senate
voted 22-8 to approve a bill to
continue on an indefinite basis
the mail voting experiment in
local elections that began six
years ago.
The measure. MB 2184.
eliminates a provision in cur
rent law calling for legislative
review of the program every two
years. The bill now returns to
the Mouse for consideration of
minor Senate amendments.
Backers of vote-by-mail say it
increases voter participation
and should be made a perma
nent option for county clerks.
But opponents said mail voting
is open to potential fraud or
abuse and should be periodical
ly reviewed by the legislature
to make sure it's running
smoothly.
Appeal considered
SALEM (AP) — Thu Oregon
Supreme Court will consider an
appeal of a lower court's deci
sion overturning as unconstitu
tional a law providing for the
death penalty for murders in
volving torture. An Oregon
Court of Appeals panel in a 2-1
decision last February said the
term "torture” is unconstitu
tionally vague. The state ap
pealed the riding, and the
Supreme Court on Tuesday an
nounced it will hear the appeal.
The appeals court upheld
Washington County Circuit
Judge Alan Bonebrake. who
dismissed an aggravated
murder charge against Donald
Kdward Cornell. Cornell, who
still faces trial on a felony
murder charge, is accused of
killing John Wallace Kuffner on
Sept. 19. 1985. Kuffner was
tied, gagged, cut and struck, ac
cording to an indictment.
Biweekly lotto on way
SAI.KM (AP) — Oregon lotto
drawings with $1 million
minimum jackpots will bo held
twice a week — on Wednesdays
and Saturdays — starting this
week. The drawing Wednesday
will have a jackpot of $1.75
million. 'The twice-weekly
drawing is expected to increase
sales,” said )im Davey. director
of the Oregon lottery. He said
the twice-weekly lotto format
has been successful elsewhere.
Tickets purchased after last
Saturday's drawing until t»:5l)
p in. Wednesday are eligible for
the Wednesday drawing, after
which tickets will be sold for
the Saturday drawing
Governor has budget
SALEM (AP) - Gov. Neil
Goldschmidt will present a
multi-million dollar higher
education construction budget
to legislators this week. Floyd
McKay, Goldschmidt's press
secretary, said Monday that the
proposal would tie offered
Wednesday to the legislature's
capital construction budget
panel, but he declined to say
what new building projects
would be included.
Goldschmidt met with higher
education Chancellor William
Davis on Monday and discussed
a $72 million list of projects.
Davis said the governor made
no recommendation on any of
the projects during the half
hour meeting, but wanted to
review projects on a $58 million
building "wish list" developed
by the State Board of Higher
Education.
BPA sliding
SEATTLE (AP) - The Bon
neville Power Administration's
slide through red ink is gaining
momentum as the summer
season approaches. Seven mon
ths into the 1987 fiscal year, the
federal power marketing agency
is reporting a deficit of $34.8
million, despite cutting $180
million this past year from ex
pected expenses. Stephen
Ailshie, BPA financial
manager, said Tuesday.
The deficit is projected to
reach about $150 million by the
end of the fiscal year. Sept. 30.
Ailshie said.