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ton criticized a photograph Ice-T should not be equated
<br /> Q and a headline next to an arti- with dislike of blacks.
<br /> percent tax cut for all cls wrote for his cam- "I don't have a•racist bone
<br /> paign literature denouncing ' in my body and she knows it,"
<br /> rapper Ice-T's song "Cop he said. "How can (Gara-
<br /> tax increase and I'm not going to do it Killer." The article appeared mendi) make this a racial
<br /> again — ever, ever," presidential spokes- in I newspaper format, but . ($egPOMBO, page A6)
<br /> Vows jo slash man Marlin;,>Itzwater insisted that Bush
<br /> was not 'repeating his famous broken MOnte .'.YISta ' Up ' for
<br /> his spendi{ g pledge of 1988: "Read my lips -- no new .
<br /> taxBattered'by bad news in the polls and Blue Ribbon . award
<br /> Bush set as "a grand goal' the nearly on the economy, Bush's newly repackaged
<br /> doubling of the nation's $6 trillion econ- economic',plan was an attempt to deflect By P.J. JOHNSTON lash year with Clover Middle
<br /> omy,.to $10 trillion, "by the early years criticism'that-he hasn't focused enough Press Staff Writer School ,has been nominated
<br /> of the next century" — an ambitious tar- attention Pn the economy. by the:state to apply for the
<br /> get considering the;slow economic growth ";;knpw that times have been difficult, Last year, two Tracy - Blue Ribbon Schools Program,
<br /> of the past few years. very . difficult, for many Americans," schools achieved statewide which gives national recogni-,
<br /> His new plan:,was, unveiled as i.the.: Bush told the Detroit Economic Club. recognition, and this year, one _ tion to public and private
<br /> White House struggled with an economic-. . _. He-suggested his "agenda for change" of them is going for broke. schools 'across the country
<br /> policy embarrassment of its own making. was superior.to that of Democratic chal• Monte Vista Middle School ,- "that are unusually effective
<br /> A day after Bush told a New Jersey au- lenger Bill Clinton, whom he trails in all T which shared California in meeting local, state and na-
<br /> dience "I went along with one Democratic x(See BUSH, page A6) Distinguished School honors (See RIBBON,page A6)
<br /> Johnston` urges depot water hearing
<br /> INDEX additional possible round-water contami
<br />_ By SAM MATTHEWS I'° g
<br /> A3 Press Co-Publishernation after confirmation of contami-
<br /> State Sen. Patrick,Johnston '
<br /> D-Stock- , '.'The count/ health nation 'in drinking-water wells near the
<br /> C3-C7 ton, hay ur ed officials of Defense Distri depot.
<br /> g department tells me the
<br /> levision g8 bution Region West to make good on their Since then, two residences have been
<br /> promise to complete a new survey.of pos distribution center's waste-'' provided with bottled water by DDRW.
<br /> arts A2 sible contamination of wells near DDRW's disposal practices In post , Doug Imberi, public affairs.officer for i
<br /> Trac depot and hold a public hearing on DDRW, said one:;well of a residence on
<br /> C4 y p° p g years have caused well Banta Road east of the depot was found
<br /> the findings, contamination resulting In
<br /> B5 But. a depot spokesman said ,the De-, g to contain traces of the chemical TCE.
<br /> fense Logistica Agency has ,completed a two off-site residences l "Although the-amount of TCE in the
<br /> C2 surve and is awaitin results of a surve " well water did not exceed drinking-water: - f
<br /> r 1; y -using bottled water.
<br /> C1 promised by' the ,state; Department of — Stato Son. Patrick Johnston standards, DDRW agreed to provide bot-
<br /> Health Services before comparing results ' tled drinking water to the well's owner,'
<br /> 131-134 and holding a hearing,:: ,'12;;_ Imberi said.,"We also are supplying bot-
<br /> Johnston voiced his concerns about the tied water to 'a nearby resident, even
<br /> ches BB-B7
<br /> survey and hearing in a -letter to Army;,; Johnston ` said. "That's why it makes., though no chemcW traces were found in
<br /> on A2 Col. James LaBounty,;,commander of .sense to do a well survey and hold a pub- that well." i
<br /> DDRW, which has its headquarters at its lic hearing now to find out if the contami- 4mberj said the depot has completed its '
<br /> Id AS 1 Sharpe facility in Lathrop, . nation has spread or is being contained." iurvey of possible ground-water contami-
<br /> A4 `.'The,county_.health. department tells Last November, the San . Joaquin nation.'around the Tracy depot and is
<br /> me the :distribution cepter's waste-dis County Public Health Services Environ awaiting the state to complete its survey.
<br /> A2 posal practicpa in past years have caused mental Health Division wrote to the Tracy "We agreed to compare our results
<br /> well contamination. resulting In two off-- facility, .located: southeast of. Tracy off with those of the state ,and then hold a
<br /> site residences using bottled water," Chrisman Road, expressing concern about (See DEPOT, page A6)
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