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INSIDE TODAY Contra talks Sandinistas rebels report truce accord near: Page 9 Bruin blanking postal nine It's going to cost you 25 cents as of April 3: Page 15 Boston's Andy Moog shuts out lyers vasSBiQIBS Those one dish meals are fit for company: Page 25 I I Page 17 (207) 873 3341 (Crntral fflainr Monttnn Vol 84 Nd 331 WatervilleWinslow Maine 32 Pages 35 Cents Wednesday March 23 1 988 Congress overrides Reagan's rights veto By JILL LAWRENCE Associated Press WASHINGTON Congress overrode Presi dent veto of a major civil rights bill Tuesday ending a four year battle to restore broad protection for women minorities the el derly and the handicapped A 73 24 vote in the Senate followed by a 292 133 tally in the House handed Reagan a severe political defeat and reversed a 1984 Supreme Court decision that sharply restricted the reach of four anti discrimination statutes The votes in both chambers exceeded the two thirds majority needed to enact a law over a presidential veto It was the ninth time Con gress had rejected a Reagan veto The WhiteHouse pledged to enforce the new law which Reagan had called a federal presented an alternative civil rights act which stated the strong views against discrimination in this a White House statement said Congress chose to override the veto We will work to implement the new who voluntarily take federal funds have an obligation to treat everybody else said Rep Barney rank Mass summing up the rationale of lawmakers who have been pressing for the Civil Rights Restor ation Act since the high court ruling The court said only specific programs or ac tivities receiving federal aid had to comply with four major civil rights laws The restoration act bars (discrimination by institutions government agencies and some corporations that receive arty federal aid That means if a college physics department for ex ample receives federal assistance the entire college would fall under the civil rights laws Reagan and his congressional allies argued for a less sweeping alternative saying the act went far beyond simple restoration They said it would curtail religious liberty and expand federal control over the private sector a blank check to the bureaucrats and the said Rep James Sensenbren ner Wis But House Speaker Jim Wright Texas said in a statement that veto was unnecessary and it provoked an unnec essary confrontation The new law will not end illegal discrimination But it does represent a step forward in making America truly a land of equal opportunity for Supporters in the House erupted into cheers and applause when the two thirds mark was reached In the Senate the mood was more sub dued Sen Edward Kennedy Mass chief Sen ate sponsor of the bill said the Senate had dem onstrated that country does not want to retreat on protections of rights for the Ameri The opposition leader Sen Orrin Hatch Utah said: you win some and sometimes you lose some the nature of our Ralph Neas executive director of the 185 group Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called the votes bipartisan reaffirmation of civil rights and a bipartisan repudiation of the civil rights extremism of the Reagan Bush ad ministration It was a great victory for civil rights and for the The US Chamber of Commerce however said the bill little to protect these basic More on RIGHTS Page 8 Where bullets flew Sentinel photo by Ron Maxwell Waterville man stages motel shooting spree Police arrested Peter Hall 50 a five year resident of the Yardarm on charges of reck less conduct with a firearm a felony and criminal mischief according to police re cords Hall a non commissioned officer in the Bangor Air National Guard returned Satur day from a two week training stint in Pana ma according to Cates The police sergeant said commanding officer has told po lice Hall suffered a head injury shortly after his return Waterville patrolman Joseph Massey de A More on SHOOTUP Page 8 Peter Hall (center) of Weterville is led by Waterville Patrolman James Rob ertson (Idft) from the Yardarm Inn Tav ern Tuesday morning where police Sentinel photos by David Learning said he went on a shooting spree At right is an arsenal along with 200 rounds of ammunition police said they confiscated from Hall A Waterville man who just returned from military maneuvers in Panama went on a wild shooting spree Tuesday morning spray ing a motel hallway with shotgun and pistol firebefore surrendering Waterville police saidT just a wonder that nobody got said Sgt Cecil Cates of the Waterville Police Department in the wake of the 11:45 am inci dent Tuesday at the Yardarm Inn Tavern 148 College Ave By KIM LEIGHTON Sentinel Staff MMBWWWRWaBGk'V! 11 Tr Xs: flBSESSS H9 WIM IhtisSii wmff tTMVI8 I fr" 411 ESQJL JL 1 in fi flHffB wHB BaHrar Bm IMT' lBlr BBHk BIBk flH tsdsmkfsv ilm 8881 wwiili PvTflJk i jgSi BHHBjBBBHBBBB hawftaBHBI EVJMKf'MBHBBKl'QffBNBr AoBhEHIH IwBRNBVatsVA'WrS ROWKMSjasaM raOis! 5553C II I kanA fl fl ijgl gjMjHWfl v2gjjKMigfl Towns want piece of Me Kernan 5C gas tax By PAUL CARRIER Guy Gannett Service AUGUSTA A proposed nickel a gallon increase in the gasoline tax appears headed for almost certain defeat unless the bill is rewritten to provide money for local road improvements Such a AnaVcic change would improve the Miiaiyaia chances in the Legislature accord maawMi ing to lawmakers from both par ties but it would not guarantee passage because legislators are particularly wary of any election year tax hike no matter how it is structured will never pass unless some of it goes back to the towns and it will be awfully close said Sen Charles Dow West Gardiner Senate chair man of the Transportation Committee The hike faces added opposition according to Dem Roads called antiquated: Page 8 ocratic leaders because Gov John McKeman Jr has not mustered public and legislative support for the increase which he officially unveiled in January think he should have done a selling job on this said Sen Donald Twitchell Norway Sen ate chairman of the Taxation Committee Republicans view such criticism as unfair and pre mature noting that legislative committees got their first official look at the bill Tuesday probably mentioned it in most every speech made outside of said Willis Lyfora Mc press secretary think he thinks any more he could have But some Republican representatives report that even the GOP contingent in the House is evenly split on the plan fueling calls for changes that might make the bill more palatable to both parties If McKeman cannot drum up support among fellow Republicans said Rep John A Cashman Old Town House chairman of the Taxation Committee it is litically to believe the majority Deinocrats will line up behind the plan without revisions The governor proposed the increase which would boost the tax from 14 to 19 cents a gallon and raise about $35 million a year to finance highway and bridge projects along so called growth corridors" The administration argues that some of the extra money is needed to offset cuts in federal highway aid which is expected to fall $20 million short of expecta tions during the current biennium More on GAS TAX Page 8 Associated Press from the kite string DeAndra and her parents who Hve in the East Bay com MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif Little DeAndra Anrig was fly ing her kite when it suddenly started to fly her her parents say It was jnst a short hop but one the 8 year old likely forget I A twin engine plane caught the 200 pound nylon test line of Hie and carried the 7G pound chUd about IM feet up in the air about 10 feet over her head and almost into a tree she said Tuesday She let go but said she was still sore after two days rest It's a plane! 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It's why it's DeAndra! munlty of Dublin were picnick ing with friends at the Shoreline park about 30 miles south of San rancisco ana anout two miles from the Palo AMo Airport Sun day and taking turns flying a glider type kite with a 12 foot 7 While it was turn a plane descending for the air port snagged the line her par ents said said it was just a big jerk that lifted her into the said mother Debby' carried her right over my bead All he saw a shadow going over his fast thankful she let The plane meanwhile is We always said on pounded because of damage tight let go the motaer said recalling ueir ao More on KITE Page 8 Maine college fees to rise by an average 74 this fall By EVA PARZ1ALE Associated Press Tuition room board and other fees at top private liberal arts colleges will increase an aver age 74 percent again this fall to a high of about $17000 school offi cials said Tuesday The Increases which follow similar boosts over the last several years are in line with fee hikes at other private colleges and univer sities nationwide Trustees at Bowdoin College in Brunswick increased tuition and housing costs 8 percent to $16950 for the 1988 89 school year At Bates College in Lewiston students will pay $16785 in September up' 73 percent from a current total of $15635 Colby College trustees will vote at their April 9 meeting on an in crease which is expected to be about 7 percent spokesman Ed ward Hershey said Students at the Waterville school now pay $15590 for tuition room board and gener al fees By comparison Maine resi dents attending the state support ed University of Maine at Orono this year paid $4780 for tuition and room and board out of state resi dents paid $7840 A fee increase for next year has not yet been dis cussed by the board of trustees Officials said the higher fees at the private schools were made nec essary by increases in faculty sala ries insurance medical expenses equipment costs and inflation Still adminstrators claimed the in creases were kept to a minimum continue to believe that our increase is minimal and that which is absolutely required to maintain the quality of this kind of Bates President Thomas Hedley Reynolds wrote in a letter to students and parents the budget committee of the board is dedicated to keeping the cost of education at Bates as low as possible to facili tate Reynolds said add ing that the board is aware of the pressures which have beset moderately well off parents and are not about to permit the collge to raise its charges without due The increases follow similar hikes at the small liberal arts schools over the last several years which also reflects a pattern of rate increases at public and pri More on COLLEGES Page 8 Index Calendar 23 Classified 27 31 Comics 22 23 Crossword 23 Editorials 10 11 ood 25 26 Helolse 22 Landers 22 Movies 21 Obituaries 7 Sports 17 20 Sportsmen Say 20 Stock listings 14 TV listings 21 WEATHER REPORT: Clouding up Wednesday Partly sunny Thursday Page 7 LOTTERY: Tuesday's winners: 511 end 2523 VERSE: When then best down thee shalt not be afreld: yea thou short He down and thy sleep shall be sweet or the Lord shall be thy confidence end shall Jteep thy foot from being taken Proverbs 3:242 (King James Ver sion) I Qi I I I A Where bullets flew 8 flM' HRS1 "MMfl 'MiflHHMflflEwflHflBSflflflHflflHMfllflfllflBI BHHIHBBHBBflfllBM Bflra? 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