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The Battalion I i f G Paj Tuesday • October 1,li ► People in the news Lawyer asks judge to block prosecution Prospective juror claims ignorance ► State DETROIT (AP) — Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s lawyer asked a federal judge on Monday to block authori ties from prosecuting the retired pathologist again for helping people commit suicide. Kevorkian “Does a state have the right to make you suffer? The answer ab solutely has to be no,” Geoffrey Fieger told U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen. “It is the role of this court to pro tect us from unfettered government.” Fieger appealed to Rosen one day after Kevorkian helped Richard Faw, a 71-year-old psychiatrist from Wilson, N.C., kill himself. Faw, who suffered from colon cancer, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, said Medical Examiner LJ. Dragovic, who ruled the death a homicide. Dragovic said autopsy results showed Faw’s colon had been re moved and that he had cancer in his colon area, lymph nodes, lower belly and bones. But he said other organs were cancer-free and that Faw wasn’t terminally ill. SANTA MON I- fg CA, Calif. (AP) -J- They said it couldn’t be done: Attorneys in the OJ. Simp son civil case found a prospec tive juror Monday who claims to know nothing about the crimi Military begins housing demolition Simpson nal trial and couldn’t care less. “Do you have any strong feel ings at all about this case?” asked plaintiff attorney Daniel Petrocelli. “No I don’t,” said the woman, who is in her 20s. “I don’t even know when it start ed or ended. I don’t have any opin ion of anything.” She said she was busy going to school and working and didn’t read newspapers or watch TV. “Are you aware of Shannon Lu cid, the woman who orbited the earth over 300 times?” Simpson attorney Robert Baker asked. “No,” the woman said. “Well, she knows more than you know about this case,” he said, drawing laughter in the courtroom. The woman was not chal lenged by either side and was al lowed to remain on the prospec tive jury panel. EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Army on Monday began demolishing a va cated Fort Bliss subdivision that had put the military at odds with ac tivists who wanted the homes turned into low-income housing. A coalition of community organi zations remained opposed to the removal of the 138 duplexes that make up the Hayes subdivision, but a group spokesman said it had no legal way to intervene. “We don’t really have much power to stop them,” said Steve Juen, president of El Pasoans for Affordable Housing. The Army plans to use the land for 130 new homes to be built during the next two years for military personnel. who emigrated to the United States in 1956 and became a citizen in the early 1960s, announced Monday that he’s establishing the Emma Lazarus Fund. Named after the poet whose words — “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearn ing to breathe free...” — are in scribed on the Statue of Liberty, the fund will make the money avail able immediately, Soros told a news conference. The idea, he said, is to provide direct assistance — payment for English-language instruction, civic education, even the $95 fee re quired for naturalization. Congress sends budget to Clinton ► Nation Billionaire helps legal immigrants WASHINGTON (AP) — Upset by a “mean-spirited” law denying food stamps, SSI and other federal aid to legal immigrants, billionaire philan thropist George Soros is pledging $50 million to help those hurt by the new welfare law. The Hungarian-born financier, WASHINGTON (AP) — With just hours to spare Monday, a battle- weary Senate sent President Clinton a $389 billion spending bill for scores of federal agencies and a tightening of immigration laws, the Republican-led 104th Congress’ last major legislation. The catchall bill contains $6.5 billion in extra money that Clinton demanded for education, drug-fight ing and other programs and pushes overall spending nearly as high as it was before Republicans captured Congress two years ago. It also drops GOP-written immi gration provisions the White House argued were too severe, such as one barring federally paid AIDS care for illegal immigrants. The 84-15 vote sent the mea sure to Clinton, who promised to sign it so that the 1997 fiscal year can begin Tuesday without a rerun of last year’s partial government shutdowns. Forty-six Democrats and 38 Republicans voted for the legis lation, while one Democrat and 14 Republicans opposed it. The House approved the mea sure Saturday night, 370-37, and with a preelection adjournment ap proaching, most of its members im mediately left Washington. While bent on speeding home for their re-election races, senators saw their hopes of adjourning for the year immediately dimming because of a dispute over a separate bill authoriz ing air traffic systems. Democrats complained that it contained lan guage to help Federal Express pre vent its truck drivers from unionizing. Williams was under the inft drugs. However, state pol 74 marijuana plants and it pounds of dried hallw mushrooms at his house. A friend who accor:* Williams to the hot springs a thorities he had gonetobecj f Williams up by himself Ttag night of a full eclipse ofthe ► World Russian populai | continues decll Man dies after watching eclipse SELMA, Ore. (AP) — A man who went to the hot springs in the desert to watch a lunar eclipse was found dead the next day in the 117- degree water. Kevin Williams, 35, died of hyper thermia at Mickey Hot Springs in the Alvord Desert, an autopsy found. Authorities awaited results of tox icology tests to determine if MOSCOW (AP) — Fti riages and births are cot to Russia’s declining poo.: the government said Mona The state Statistics C(r| said the population deci 147.7 million from 148 ™ during the first six montlis? I year. However the rate of * was less steep than intfr; months of 1995. Russia’s population ano pectancy have been fallinj the late 1980s because oh ing health and living standa:; The committee said the uing population decline re‘i!| in part, fewer marriages am! ing number of divorces.!! there were 9.1 births perlj people during the first W year, compared to 9.5 bi 1,000 people during the sa-i riod last year. ► This day in history Weather (AP) — Today is Tuesday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 1996. There are 91 days left in the year. On this date: In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T au tomobile to the market: each car cost $825. In 1949, Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse- tung raised the first flag of the People’s Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing. In 1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run during a 162-game season, compared to Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs during a 154-game season. In 1962, Johnny Carson succeeded Jack Paar as regular host of NBC’s “Tonight” show. In 1964, the Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California at Berkeley. Ten years ago: Former President Jimmy Carter’s presidential library and museum were dedicated in Atlanta with help from President Reagan, who said he and his predecessor had come together in “mu tual respect.” Five years ago: President Bush strongly condemned the military coup in Haiti, suspending U.S. economic and military aid and demanding the immediate return to power of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. 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