European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 tempers Fly when Chicago gets nod As site for Airport Chicago apr a site selection commission defied hundreds of hostile spectators monday and voted to build an Airport on the City a Southeast Side instead of in Gary ind. The panel of Illinois and Indiana representatives voted 6-4 in favor of Chicago. One member voted against both Sites. Enlarged j area v Illinois Indiana the $10.8 billion Airport would displace mostly poor residents neglected Industrial properties and waste dumps that would have to be cleaned up. It also would annihilate wetlands that environmentalists said Are Home to 20 species of rare Birds. About 1,000 people packed a Hall for the vote which fell along state lines. _ the double dissenter was a amps Illinois state sen. Aldo Deangelis who said he hoped to Force further study of Rural Sites that fell from the running last week. Catcalls and Boos from placard carrying audience members punctuated the vote. One Spectator shouted a a we re going to fight  another taunted a throw us out. We have no More to lose than we re losing  not everyone was there to complain about the Chicago site near Lake Calumet As evidenced by handheld signs Reading a Lake Calumet Airport Means  the Federal government has the final say on whether the commissions preferred site will be Home to the air port which would relieve pressure to expand of Hare International Airport the worlds busiest on the City a Northwest Side. The regions other major area Airport is Midway on the Southwest Side. Of Hare handled 60 million passengers in 1990, according to the Federal aviation administration. The new Airport to open in 2005 at the soonest would handle 43.5 million passengers annually within five years and create up to 235,000 jobs about 40,000 of them permanent the City estimates. The City also says a Lake Calumet Airport would add $15.6 billion to the local Economy. Federal officials had said they Likely would respect a consensus of the 11-member commission but a vote along state allegiances might not indicate a consensus. The vote came five Days after gov. Jim Edgar threw his support to the Chicago site a coup for mayor Richard m. Daley who waited until 1990 to propose the Lake Calumet area Well after the site selection process was under Way. Daley enlisted . Transportation Secretary Samuel k. Skinner for help in modifying the site selection commission to include three chicagoan in addition to the three Illinois residents already on it thus outnumbering Indian ans. Daley and Edgar had hoped to win Indiana a support by giving Indiana representation on a regional Airport authority that would control the new Field and of Harc and Midway airports. But Indiana gov. Evan Bayh made a last minute plea for Gary saying a fairness dictates the Airport go there. Construction would demolish More than 8,000 Homes near Lake Calumet. Apr reporter joins in refusal to take lid off news sources by the Washington Post Washington a National Public radio reporter Nina Totenberg joined other journalists monday in refusing to reveal news sources to a special counsel pm lowered by the Senate to investigate leaks about its de iterations. A half dozen reporters and editors have been asked under subpoena to disclose sources but none has done so. Titis sets the stage for a confrontation Over first amendment rights if the Senate decides to try to compel testimony by the journalists. The special counsel Peter e. Fleming jr., declined to say whether any other journalists will be called to testify or whether he will seek an order from the Senate rules and administration committee to Force testimony by those who have refused to answer questions about their sources. Fleming was hired by the Senate to learn the source of stories about Anita f. Hills charges of sexual harassment against judge Clarence Thomas during deliberations on Thomas confirmation to the supreme court last year and about the a Keating five ethics investigation that began in late 1989. Hills charges were disclosed by Totenberg a pro Slegal affairs reporter and by new Day reporter Timothy m. Phelps who refused to disclose his sources to Fleming on feb. 13. Under separate subpoenas apr and new Day editors have refused to produce materials requested by Fleming. Washington times reporter Paul Rodriguez has refused to disclose sources for stories on the ethics probe of five senators ties to former savings and loan executive Charles h. Keatingjr. If Fleming decides to seek authority from the Senate rules committee to compel testimony by the journalists a bitter fight is expected that could reopen slow Healing wounds from the Thomas Hill and Keating five cases. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-., a member of the rules panel has vowed a a blood on the Walls fight in the committee to Block efforts to Force reporters to disclose their sources and several senators have expressed Hope that the Issue will not get As far As the committee. A surely we re not Daft enough to bring these journalists before us in chains when they be done nothing wrong a Moynihan said in an interview last week. A what the hell is going on Here Are there not enough self inflicted wounds around Here without this a National Public radio reporter Nina Totenberg and her lawyer Floyd Abrams arrive at Capitol Hill on monday. Although other senators have expressed misgivings about trying to Force reporters to answer questions about their news gathering Senate leaders including majority whip Wendell h. Ford d-ky., who is also a of the a. Mentions. Chairman of the rules panel have not signalled their in but Ford and the ranking committee Republican sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska have indicated they regard the Issue As serious. In a letter to colleagues feb. 4, they said any questions involving first amendment rights would be decided by the full committee even though Ford and Stevens could Rule on the Issue if they chose to do so. The question of first amendment rights would be debated in Public session after both sides were heard committee officials have said. If the committee seeks to compel testimony and the journalists again refuse the panel could drop the matter or recommend that the Senate seek civil or criminal enforcement action which could include imprisonment for contempt.  go to court Over driveway hoopla from wire reports Mason Ohio a basketball hoops in driveways have residents slamming and jamming in a court a of Law. A Community association has tried twice and failed to ban hoops from being placed in driveways along the Street in the 2,400-unit Landon development near the Kings Island amusement Park Northeast of Cincinnati. The association which sets and enforces rules in the development is now considering appealing to the Ohio supreme court. Although an agreement signed by residents forbids basketball hoops hoops Nave been erected on poles in driveways at about 50 Homes. The association sued three residents in 1989, but the Warren county common pleas court ruled the hoops could stay. Earlier this month the 12th District court of appeals in Middletown upheld the ruling. Both courts said the association effectively waived the ban by allowing the hoops into the Community  is Colo Blind Albany . A a vote is a vote no matter what color Ink its cast in a state appeals court ruled monday. The appellate division of the state supreme court declared Martin a. Carbone the Winner of a City judgeship in Mechanicville after approving an Absentee ballot filled out in Green Ink. A lower court said Only Blue or Black Ink was valid. The ruling gave Carbone a Democrat a one vote margin Over Republican w. Donald Carola. Election officials in Mechanicville 20 Miles North of Albany initially declared Carbone the Winner by 1,142 votes to 1,138 votes. But Carola appealed and the lower court declared him the Winner after switching a handful of votes including the one filled out in Green  kills Man Yellowstone National Park Wye. A a Man studying Mountain Lions in Yellowstone National Park was killed by an Avalanche in a Remote area Park superintendent Bob Barbee said monday. Gregory Felzien 26, who worked for the wildlife research Institute at the University of Idaho in Moscow failed to return As scheduled saturday evening and a search was begun the next Day Barbee said. His body was found that afternoon in the soda Butte area about 25 Miles from Mammoth hot Springs in the Parks northeastern  suspect faces test Tallahassee Fla. A a Federal judge ordered a mental evaluation for a Man charged with setting fire to 16 churches in Florida. Patrick Lee Frank will be committed for 30 Days to see whether he is mentally competent to stand trial . District judge Maurice Paul ruled Friday. Frank 41, is being held without Bond on a 10-count Federal indictment accusing him of setting fire to churches throughout North Central Florida last year. He also faces charges in connection with four fires at three churches in his Hometown of East Ridge tenn., a Chattanooga  jailed in killing san Francisco a a Man was sentenced monday to six years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of a Man who made a frantic Call for help that was Given a Low priority by a 911 operator. Totoa Pohahau and his Cousin Joshua Livai were charged with first degree murder in the death of Scott Quackenbush at a Gas station near candlestick Park in september 1990. Pohahau pleaded guilty in san Francisco Superior court to the lesser charge As part of a plea Argain. Livai was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a jury and sentenced earlier this year to four years in prison. The murder gained attention because Quackenbush made an emergency Call from the Gas station saying someone was trying to steal his car. A dispatcher who has since been fired gave the Call a Low priority