Network sticks by
untrue broadcast
NEW YORK (AD — Is a TV show exi own) from stu king to
the truth if it isn't branded "news"?
In at least one instance. CBS says yes
In February, the network broadi ast a two-hour sjms ml that,
among other things, smutted to i line h the existent o of Noah s
ark In partii ular. "The Incredible Discovery of Noah s Ark
ini luded an act mint by a man named George Jammal, who
( Ilimit'd l« havu twin tlit' ark
with his own eyes — nod
brought back what he said wns
o chunk of it ns proof
Hut the story was ti fabrica
tion. w cording to the man who
said lie helped JammnI < oncoct
it. The "relic" on view was just
a piec e of wood.
Many si holors cried foul
after the spec ial was telecast.
CHS "acted Irresponsibly in
airing a so-tailed documentary
that was actually a propagan
da vehicle for ‘creationists'
opposed to the theory of evolu
tion." c harged the Committee
for the Scientific Examination
of Religion, an organization of
st ionlists, biblical sc holars and
other specialists. The organiza
tion t ailed the spec.ial "riddled
with biased statements and
errors of fad."
•(CBS) acted
irresponsibly In
airing a so-called
documentary
that was actually
a propaganda
vehicle for
•creationists'
opposed to the
theory of
evolution.’
Committee for the
Scientific Examination
of Religion
But in a brief statement Mon
day utter a Time tnagosine ortu le labeled the network a "vic
tim to a hoaxer." CBS spokeswoman Beth Corns!** k said only
that the program "was an entertainment spe* ial. not a news
documentary. We certainly were not aware of any alleged
hoax ”
Gerald I.arue, a professor emeritus of biblical history and
archaeology at the University of Southern California, said he
helped |nmmul. a sometimes actor and an acquaintance. < ook
up the tale he presented on camera.
"For n guy who had never been to the site (believed to be on
Mount Ararat in Turkey), jammal was a little bit confused:
'What do I say ' I don't know anything alioul Mount Ararat.'
" I-irue said. "So we talked a little about that." ,
Larue had been interviewed for an earlier special, which
like "Noah's Ark" was produced by Utah-based Sun Interna
tional Pictures. He called that program "unfair pseudo-s* i
enco," and said his prank was designed to expose Sun's
research practices.
Lincoln papers found in court
PKKIN. ill. (API — The clerk in
the Tazewell County Court how
pulled a long-hidden folder
marked "Re: Lincoln" from a
basement vault Monday and
found 20 brittle papers hand
written or signed by the 16lh U S
president
The Hud added to historians'
discovery in the courthouse last
weak of 14 of Abraham Lincoln's
legal paper* That already was the
single largest i ache ever found
"And we've onlv scratched the
tip of the iceberg here We've
only gone through 10 perc ent of
the materials in Pekin. Who
knows how much material we ll
find?" said William Heard, assis
tant editor of the Lincoln Legal
Papers — a project of the Illinois
ilistorii Preservation Agency
The court clerk. Pam Gardner,
said she alwavs know her files
contained some Lincoln docu
ments. but she never had time to
investigate.
"! showed the researchers the
documents ... und they about had
n heart attack," Ms Gardner said
after pulling out the "Re: Lin
coln" folder "It's really exciting."
The documents inc lude jury
instructions, bills of indictments,
affidavits and pleas.
Man admits to killing 17 women
MINKMjV N Y (Ai*) — Troop
ers who chased down a pickup
truck for a routine traffic viola
tion said Monday they found a
woman's det omposing body in
the back and a driver who < on
fessed to killing 17 women
)o«l Rifkin. 34. a landscaper
from the Long Island communi
ty of Last Meadow, was charged
with second-degree murder,
police said
Stale Police Capt. Walter
Heesch said Kifkin also was
linked to the slaying of a woman
whose body was found May !)
along a road in the resort com
munity of .Southampton. Kifkin
was not charged Monday in that
slaying
Troopers tried to stop Rifkin
around 4 a m. for driving a truck
without a rear license plate and
running a stop sign, Trooper Tom
Collins said. He refused to stop
and troopers followed him for
nearly four miles until his trm k
collided with a light pole, police
said The chase did not reach
high speeds and it was not clear
what caused him to run into the
pole.
The troopers smelled a rank
odor coming from the twu.k of the
truck and found the hadly
decomposed body of a woman
wrapped in a tarpaulin. Heesh
said. She had been dead three to
four days, he said
He said Rifkin had no reaction
to his arrest and soon told inves
tigators that he had been on his
way lo dump the body. He also
admitted killing 17 women over
the past two to three years,
Heesch said.
Kifkin told police he dumped
the bodies in Long Island. Con
necticut and New Jersey. Heesch
said.
He said investigators believe
the women were prostitutes that
Kifkin initially picked up in New
York City.
Neither victim was identified
immediately, and the cause of
death had not been determined
in either case, authorities said
Heesch had few details about
Kifkin, except to sav that he lived
with his mother and sister.
Heesch said police were search
ing Kifkin's house for evidence.
Couple has a ‘dog-gone’ wedding
PORTLAND (AP) — The
flower girl was a dog and so was
the ring hearer
After the wedding, Ruthve
and George Dennis rode off in a
balloon-bedecked tiirt polled by
a pair of Rottweilers
The weekend wedding was
the first at the Oregon Humane
Society.
Ruthve. ftf>, recently retired
from the Humane Society,
where she interviewed people
who wanted to adopt pets.
"Animals have been most of
my life," she said.
Kuthye and George have
known each other for at least 40
years. Ruthye was married to
George's brother, but her hus
band died four years ago.
George's wife died last year.
Their friendship blossomed
when Ruthye traveled to
George's house in Las Vegas to
help him sort his wife's belong
ings.
"At our ages, people shouldn't
have to be alone," the 72-year
old groom said as he stood
under white paper bells hanging
from leashes.
Below the bells was a three
tier wedding cake topped with
bride and groom figurines sur
rounded by several miniature
ceramic dogs.
Disabled veterans on patrol for
handicapped parking violators
SAI.KM (AP) — Veterans will
begin patrolling this bill for
motorists who park in handi
capped parking spaces without
a permit and will slap violators
with Stot) citations.
Police usually don't have time
to patrol the parking lots, says
Dave Parker of the Oregon Para
lyzed Veterans of America, so
most violators are never caught.
The veterans group lobbied
the toot Legislature to authorize
polit e to train volunteers for the
task
Volunteers must be screened
and take an eight-hour c lass
from the Oregon State Police
lie fore they are allowed to write
tickets
"The main thing is, we want
them to be able to keep any con
flict to a minimum," state police
Lt. lack Rogers said. "We don't
want n situation where an argu
ment ensues or blows are
exchanged."
Volunteers have been working
in Portland. Kugene and south
ern Oregon for the past 1H
months, and there have been
only two minor int idents. Park
er said So far, 75 percent of the
volunteers are disabled.
Once a few tickets are issued
in an area, the number of viola
tors drops quii klv because of
the sizeable fine, which ranges
from $100 to $250. Parker said
The program also adds to city
revenues. In Beaverton, two vol
unteers working a total of 30
hours a week generated about
$0,000 in fines a month
Third attempt to recall
Gov. Roberts expected
SALEM (AP) — A third
attempt to retail Gov. Bar
bara Roberts from office will
be launched soon, says a
Washington County man
who was involved in one of
the earlier efforts.
P | Mulcahy, an Aloha
contractor, said Roberts and
members of the Legislature
are too busy pursuing tax
increases to do anything
about wasteful government
spending.
"It's time for new leader
ship." Muicahy said at a
news conference Monday
Roberts said she wouldn't
let the prospect of another
recall attempt deter her from
her efforts to streamline gov
ernment.
"What people do outside
of this process is obviously
their right as citizens." she
said.
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