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NEWS BRIEFING A LOOK AT THIS MORNING S HEADLINES Another Democrat runs for Hatfield seat SAUKM (AP) An Oregon Demo crulic Party activist and for mer two-time candidate for Mate attorney gen eral said Wednesday he will run for the seat held by U S Sen. Mark Hatfield. K P "Jot*” Smith, a former Umatilla County district attorney and Oregon Democratic Party chairman, said he'll seek the Democratic nomination in the May primary election Smith ran unsuccessfully for attorney general in 1972 and 1980 Hatfield, n five-term Repub lican senator, has not said whether he’ll seek re-election next year. Bend businessman Harry Lons dale also is running for the Democratic nomination Repub lican Bill Witt, a Portland busi nessman, says he will try for the GOP nomination. Service says there's no need to list pink salmon as endangered SEATTLE (AP) — Washing ton's pink salmon fishery is run ning strong and does not need to he listed under the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced Wednesday "It's heartening to know that |>ink salmon in Washington are in relatively good shape," said William Stelle, director of the fisheries service's Northwest regional office. "This is partii ularlv gratifying in view of the fact that other pop ulations of West Coast salmon ant dei lining and are either listed or proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act."he said. The agency had been asked to consider listing two populations of pink salmon on the Olvmpii Peninsula as threatened or endangered. The fisheries service said the two petitioned runs are both part of a larger population that includes all odd-year pink salmon stocks in southern British Columbia and in Washington as far west as the Elwha River. Because odd and even-year pink salmon are completely iso lated repruductively, the fisheries service considers them separate populations Pope brings message of peace on U.S. visit NEWARK. N | (AP) Pope John Paul ll returned to America on Wednesday ns a self described pilgrim for peat e. echoing Pope Paul Vi's !9fiS appeal to the United Nations "No more vsar. war never again " The pope told President (dirt ton and about 2,000 Catholic schoolchildren gathered to meet him at the airport that the ideals behind the founding of the Unit ed Nations 50 years ago are still needed in a world where "ancient rivalries and suspicions still compromise the i austi of peace" At a prayer service later, |ohn Paul challenged countries in the United Nations to "clothe your selves with humility In partic ular. the powerful and the mighty ought to show meekness in their dealings with the weak The 1,800 invited guests «t I ho evening prayer service ini hided (Hinton, comedian Bob Hope and about 120 cloistered nuns Some of the nuns left their convent grounds for the first time sin< »> taking their vows as long as fit) years ago. The (tope met with Clinton for about to minutes before the ser vice at Sacred Heart Cathedral Unlike their meeting two years ago in Denver, the pope did not challenge the president's support fur abortion rights Instead, the leaders discussed efforts to forge peace in Bosnia and throughout the world "The president asked his Holi ness to continue his prayers for peace.” said a joint statement from Vatican and White House spokesmen. In his airport address. John Paul called for America to be a moral superpower in the post Cold War era. and he reminded the nation's leaders not to forget the poor as Congress considers cuts in social spending “Your i ountry stands upon the world scene as a model of a democratic society at an advanced stage of development Your power of example carries with it heavy responsibilities,'’ the pope said. "Use it well, Ameru ul Be an example of jus tice and civic virtue, freedom ful filled in goodness, at home and abroad Atoll damage report prompts France to defend nuke tests tests is full of cracks put tin* gov ernment back on tin* defensive Wednesday over its underground testing program Th.* Defense Ministry dis minced the report as "trivial and whimsical," and said it has the situation at Mururoa Atoll under "perfect scientific and ecologi cal control." The Paris newspaper h Monde reported Tuesday that a I'JHt) French army map shows that years of nuclear pounding had < racked the atoll, the site of a 20-kiloton nu< I ear test blast on ■Sept 5, PARIS (API — A report that a South Pacific island used for France's nuclear Somti scientists have warned that the atoll could break open under the (on a of continued test blasts or a natural disaster, rwiwas ing radioactivity and poisoning an area known for its coral reefs and crystal waters Front e plans to conduct up to eight underground nuclear tests to check its nuclear arsenal and develop computer simulations that will make future detonations unnecessary President Jacques Chirac has promised to then sign a global test ban treaty Hut France has angered many of its European neighbors and the nations of the South Pacifii by breaking a three year interna tional testing moratorium France t uimIiii ted its first test Sept fi beneath Mtiruron Atoll, and on Sunday it set off a blast afxnit f'nti times stronger beneath nearby Fangataufa Atoll Greenpeace spokeswoman l.ynettc Thorstensen said the map of the i racks at Mururoa seriously eroded F'raiu.e'si laims that it had made a thorough sci enlifii study to determine if there were any safety problems at the atolls A diagram that appeared with the article showed several fis sunn several miles long, as deep as 28.000 feet and up to 11 feet wide No information was given about when or how quickly the cracks developed France conducts its nuclear tests in tunnels up to 6 feet in diameter and about t.000 feet beneath the sea bed The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program 1996 Teach English in junior and senior high schools in Japan Learn about Japanese culture and people Gain international experience Requirements • Have an excellent command of the English language • Obtain a bachelor's degree by June 30,1996 • Be a U.S. citizen • Be willing to relocate to Japan for one year Applications are now available tor program beginning August 1996. For more information, contact The Consulate General of Japan, 2400 First Interstate Bank Tower, 1300 SW 5tti Avenue, Portland, OR, 97201, (503) 221-1811, or call 1-800-INFO-JET (1-800-463-6538). Trauma center fires surgeon for working years unlicensed BAt.TIMORK CAP) A surgeon who tn>«ted some of Maryland's most critically injured patients for two voars h.’ts Us'tt fins I because he had no license to practice medi cine. Or Arthur Boyd |r was dismissed Tuesday from the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Outer Boyd. -itt. has failed at least 11 lic ensing exams in Ten nessee. Mn higan and North Carolina, and was convicted in 19B5 of offering a Mic.hi gan state employee a $20,000 hrthe for an advance copy of the exam. I hr (Baltimore) Sun reported Wednesday, t it Ing court records i a (cable surgeon" and res ords show no Instances of his patients Iwing harmed, said trauma i enter spokesman lead I he registrar at Meharrv Medii al College in Nashville, Tonn . confirmed Bovd grad tinted from the s< howl in 1978. the Mtv(|uip«r said Hoyd. rent hed lit his per manent home in Shaker Heights. Ohio, declined to comment Practicing medit me with out a license is a misde meanor in Mary-land OfTu nds ill the state Hoard of Physician Quality Assurant e suit! they would serve Boyd with an order to stop practicing med u me in Maryland Wednes day. The board can fine violators up to $M),tMHJ. Hospital officials repent edly asked for proof of Boyd's license, and he said he woultl provide it, laai said. l he Michigan bribery i on viction hrtmghl Hoyd a JO day (ail sentence and a $4S0 fine ORIENTAL RUG SALE HUGE SAVINGS Quality Handmade ruj»s. from Persia, China. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Turkey. 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