NEWS BRIEFING
A LOOK AT THIS MORNING S HEAOLINES
Leaded gasoline will
soon disappear from
Oregon
KUGKNK. Ore
(A I’) — Oregon
service station*
are finallv get
ting the lead out.
Soon the state
will lost> its distinction as one of
the few places in the nation still
pumping leaded gasoline.
Amendments to the federal
Clean Air Act bon the sale of
leaded fuel for highway use
nationwide after fan l. JOOfi
While leaded gas is already a
thing of the past in many regions
nationwide, some service stn
lions in Kugene are among a
select group in the Pacific North
west that haven’t yet phased out
the fuel.
Owners of the old vehicles an?
having to switch to unloaded
gasoline that works just fine in
their engines — but costs up to
10 cents more per gallon than
leaded gas.
Eugene Texaco stations
stopped selling leaded fuel last
fall, Chevron converted to all
unleaded pumps on May 1 r>
Most BP. Shell and Arco stations
will make the switch this month.
The station sells 300 to 400
gallons of leaded gasoline a dav.
compared to more than 3,000
gallons of unleaded fuels.
Over the past two decades, the
U S. Environmental Protection
Agency has gradually cut the lev
el of lead it allows in leaded fuel.
Now, leaded gasoline is allowed
to have only 0.1 grams of lead
per gallon, down from 4 grams
in the early 1970s. Also. iars
made since l‘)7ri can use only
unleaded fuel.
Shapiro denies
allegations of
Simpson plea bargain
tUTtONAl
IU.1 AINt.t.
i-ES (AD — Th»
lawyor who oryn
ninni O | Simp
son's high
powered loam oi
atloroev s denied Thursday that
ho tried to organize a plea bar
gain in the double-murder case
"He hail told me he was inno
cent from the beginning, and he
never wavered from that."
Robert Shapiro said In an inter
view with The Associated Press
Shapiro said he designed the
original trial strategy based on
his client's declaration that he
did not kill No ole Brown Simp
son and Ronald Goldman
His comments rebutted a
statement by i- Lee Bailey, who
said Wednesday that Shapiro
had been crafting a manslaugh
ter plea for Simpson involving
the football plover's friend
Robert Kardashian
Kardashian. n lawyer, was
sown carrying Simpson's gar
ment bag away from iiis estate
when he returned from Chicago
the day after the murders Pros
ecutors have contended that
evidence may have been in the
bag. Kardashian said he never
looked inside it, and when he
handed it over to police months
later, it was empty
Kardashian told the I.os
Angeles Times for Friday's edi
tions that in an early defense
session, Shapiro brought up
whether Simpson should plead
guilty to manslaughter As part
of the deal, Shapiro discussed
whether Kardashian could
implicate himself as an accesso
ry to the killings.
Parliament asked to
ratify West Bank
Autonomy deal
WOULD
JKRliSAl.KM
(AF) With a
p!«»a to "givt*
peai ti a chancw."
Priitiv Minister
Yitzhak Kahtn
asked Parliament on Thursday
to raltfv a deal giving Palestini
ans control over West Bank
cities
The m cord, which signals an
«nd to 2H years of Israeli on u
pation, was expei ted to he
approved fit-5‘9, despite threat*
by holdouts in Rabin'* Labor
Party to vote against it The rul
ing coalition controls f>3 of the
12tt seats in Parliament, but two
labor rebels said they would
vote against the accord
As the legislators debated,
20,000 Israelis, some < hunting
"Rabin is a traitor." rallied in
Jerusalem's Zion St) on re before
marching to Parliament
I ne Israel-PI.O agreement
tails for ii troop withdrawal
from Palestinian town** by the
end of tho year, the deployment
of 12,000 armed Palestinian
police in the West Hank and
Palestinian general ele« tions by
spring.
Isrntdi officials said Thursday
that Israeli troops will start the
process of withdrawing from
the West Hank on Sunday They
plan to la* out of sis West Hank
cities by the end of the year
Palestinians also will gain
administrative control over 450
West Hank villages, though
Israeli troops retain the right to
move freely in rural areas
The maps outlining the rede
ployment were laid out Thurs
day morning in Parliament
Bugs Bunny statue
was easier to build
than abolitionist bust
BOSTON (AP)
Nyyyyaaaaaaaah, what's up.
Doc? Certainly not a bust of abo
litionist Frederick Douglass. Rod
tape is keeping the statue from
fining installed at historic Fnneuil
Hall
But a larger statue has popped
up with no problem Bugs Bun
ny in bronze.
The main difference is who
controls the statues’ fates Both
will Ini installed at F'aiioui! Hall
Market plain, hut Bugs is out
doors on private property, in
front of the Warner Brothers Stu
dio Store The Douglass statue is
headed for a spot inside the J!» 3
year-old meeting hall, which is
owned by the city
On Thursday, tourist after
THAN FICTION
tourist paused to take pictures of
the 12-foot seated hare with a
half-chewed carrot.
Parishioners ignore
Pope for gambling
NEWARK. N | (AP) Not
even the spiritual leader of the
world's Konum Catholics can
corns between gamblers and their
slots
While the Archdiocese of
Newark made last minute prepa
rations for Pope John Paul H's
visit on Wednesday. HO parish
ioners from Sacred Heart Cathe
dral boarded buses for Atlantic
City
"It's ironic." acknowledged
Sebastian DeFroscia, HO, presi
dent of the Sacred Heart Sep
tember Club, which sponsored
the trip The seniors paid $70 a
head for the overnight trip
The trip was planned It)
months ago, before the Pope's
visit. DeFriKu 1a said.
Members of the local flock
were sheepish as they climbed
aboard buses parked just steps
away from where the pontiff held
un evening prayer service hours
later,
"I saw him last time lie was
herelin New Jersey)." said Helen
Cardetl, 72 Til see him on TV "
Others wore pragmatic
"No matter how i lose or how
far away you live, you'll never be
able to get a glimpse of him
unless you have a ticket, and
even then it's not a sure thing,"
said Jean Demidiu. 60.
The
Fun Shop
*POWi A Supplies
'Star Trek & Unmet
Trick* & Jokes
•Tun Gift*
fun for the uboie famth'
thupro Tamtiv Tun Shop
60 JE 13th Aw • MS-0032
xX Alumni Assoniiuon
i Don't lolluw
I mi’ .to .H live ti tii’ «i
your I'mwim rs <* in
t mvi rsity n( Ori'Koo
lit*- no*’ n now hi it no
the student Murani
Assm Mltoil fitkr III!
m«|>OftU«Uty to ln’l (KtK
tfivoii-d in t ctmnui
I’M lift Meet i* nj* !ii
site tonvnututy whI at
l ii in i business
strengthen the ttond
liivmji Mumk'fus ,»«t
titumm i ook to tin
future Network nm*
tom ft te s a A
Build a better University.
Applications air in 12.1 Agate Hall and air due October nth
Plan: EMU building to
be renovated by 1998
■ Continued from Pago 1A
food court and the recreation
t enter Renovations are neces
sary because the plumbing in
the food service is from the
1940* and has i nosed flooding
in the rei real ion center several
times. Geltner said
I MlT renov ations are os pet t
e<i to i ost about $4 million The
money for the construction is
already available from a state
fund
bach term, all student at state
colleges and universities pay an
StH r,0 building fee I'his money
is dispersed to Oregon schools
on a rotational basis to be used
for nonacademic buildings like
student unions. (ieltner said
Renovations to the 1 Ml! arc
planned to be t ornpleted by the
fall of 199fl I'he construction
will not be visible to students
until 1997. Geltner said
I .ist year's HMD Hoard presi
dent. Stephanie Dixon, said they
are waiting to start the i onstruc
lion until after the Hoard has
conducted a market research
survey and a strut tural study
Haircuts.'8
rn; JI ^ i runliOoorr
Perms.... s2 9”
loop rads $2095
& spirals .......
n% $*><!••» ii'mlHjMK-rv an A tftir
IiWJT n*» (n-jinJ tuu rm*r
(4>ti|xm ri»k! »tlh Shrrn
''Ulf iiluru tUkrr NhnU lull fUrfuri
IV*»ttun V*-m l-utuin A SUrlj 4...K
L
lf.<n nt^h \<«h7?)/kt fi /WS
Illusions
MU IjiHnln
l®tifT*«r T<**rf\ Kr.ukbng
V»S ISIO
^SPizza Pipeline
Quick Service and a Fair Price"4
GET THE
REAL DEAL
EUGENE HOTLINE 686-5808
B24 Charnclton Street
The Best Pizza in Town
Any 1 6"
Three Item Pizza
ONLY *9.95
Plus Two (2| FREf 22 oi Soft Drinks
686-5808
Any ) 4'
t %0t*\ l -V14^*1
Two Item Pizza
ONLY $7.25
Plus One 11) FREE 22 o/ Soft Drink
686-5808
SS-Sr Any I 2
One Item Pizza
ONLY *5.50
Plus One 11) FREE 22 o? Soft Drink
L____686-5808 ,
We accept UO purchase orders.
•ma *> .*?*• -jm*
IMJ a«W.»|-y