g the hand of his daughter. More than 1,000 left Kuwait this weekend.

rv
ing rab ;ulf for
.dad

lay, and d to

confirm a growing solidarity in Ittefaq said soldiers stormed the resopposition to Saddam, whose forces . idences of two embassy officials overran Kuwait Aug.2. Friday.. The resolution followed Friday's_ Italy announced it was expelling raids by Iraqi troops on the diplo- . all the officials at the Iraqi military matic compoundsin Kuwait attache's office in Rome. Other Iraqi Two Tunisian newspapers diplomats were forbidden to go reported yesterday that Iraqi troops more than 18 miles from Rome's had entered the Tunisian Embassy ce!1terwithout permission. in Kuwait as well: In Bangladesh, the Bengali-language newspaper

chairman Vi. .spokeat the on gomery meeting, said he told the business people that the campaign will be watching financial> disclosure statements. .;~ He said he told them, "You're: either for Guy Hunt or you're not for him. With the new financia.l disclosure, you don't have any-.: where to hide. . ~.: "The governor was too nice t9~ say that, but I.wasn't" = :-;. A 1988 law put new restrictio~ on political candidates to repot.t; all contributions over $100 a~. well as expenses. This is the fir:i~ election in which the law haS:beenappli~bre. =~: The inference of Folmar's ta~~: was that the H~t administration:' will be favorable to those who": contribute to the campaign. .. Please turn to HUNT,page AS ::
0""

Sef}

1"0

11'1D

rphy Brown" CBS

LEAD ACTOR
Ted Danson
"Cheers," NBC

Mountain bikers wanf their day in the park

By Stephen Kipp
Post-Herald Reporter .- ~

~ESS
ig
," ABC

LEAD ACTRESS
Candice Bergen
"Murphy Brown," CBS

be cut into six pieces

pushing the grand prize to its near-record height. lUtto be the winners, ut would have been out in a lump sum rears. iolders in Saturday's it until lottery offices llidate the tickets and )f claiming their winbe paid off over 20 redfour weeks in which T .nUll iackoot winner, In the history of state lotteries in the United States, only a $115 million LOtto jackpot in Pennsylvania last year has been higher. In that drawing, 14 winning tickets were sold. . With no single ticket holder taking home the $105 million this time, the U.S. record holder for a single wfnninglottery ticket remains Sheelah Ryan of Winter Springs. She bought the only lucky ticket in a
$55.16 million Florida lottery clrawing two years ago. 'lj

. Alec Cameron's slip of the tongue was an innocent one,~ but with it, he expressed a sentiment many visito~: to Oak Mountain State Park are feeling these days. .. . Standing beside the horse stalls at the park off Higli- : way 119 in Pelham yesterday, Cameron, without tbin~-: ing, compared mountain bikes t9 motorcycles. . "These motorized bikes," he said. _ His fellow horseback riders quickly corrected hini. : Mountain bikes have big, knobby tires, can cost into t~e : thousands of doll!lrs and have as many as 21 diffe~nt , gears. They run on leg power: They do not have motoM!:~ Still, it is a comparison that many people around th,e; country are making. To conservationists, mount;iln. bikes are no different from motorcycles. They tear up ~ trails and pose a threat to sensitive wildlife habitats.: . : States such as Califorma, Michigan and Pennsylva~i.a: have sougbt to ban mountain bikes from some state; parks. . ,. ; And the image of their riders,to some conservatiim- : ists, is no different from the image of their leather-~lad : street-riding brethren. . . ..The image is one mountain that bikers hope to dispe at a meeting tomorrow night at Oak Mountain's Pil headquarters. Park officials called the 6:30 p.m. m ing to discuss proposals for a new mountain bike trai Please turn t.iv. BIKERS, page AS

~un
, "That was definitely a major part of the meeting," said a Birmingham businessman who was at both the Montgomery and Birmingham meetings, but talked about them only on the condition that he not be named. Asked if the talk was a threat, the source said, "No, it was a promise ... It was very clear they were not going to tolerate playing both sides of the fence." ~ Business interests and political , action committees often have con" tributed to both candidates in past ,. gubernatorial races to assure ~hat <' they remain in favor in the capItal. '" Those races were normally in the Democratic primary because ':Republicans were not a serious . threat in gubernatorial elections until Hunt won the office in 1986. .J "It was a very wise strategy," , the businessman said. "It was to ~ dry up Hubbert's money .... It wasn't .: said in a threatening way." ~ ' He said Folmar's talk was not . surprising. "That's the major part of ~ why you support people, the threat

~.

"I to. ,hem we are now at the main event and we don't want to Some CEOs who usually back see anybody else's name 'on the other Republican candidates have indi- side because we would consider that cated they would support Democrat a very unfriendly act. Those (priPaul Hubbert against Hunt because maries) were the semifinals and of Hubbert's background in educawe're now in the finals." ( tion. As executive secretary of the Folmar, former state Republican Alabama Education Association for .Party chairman, was asked if the the past 21 years, he is one of the group was threatened with unfavorleading lobbyists in Montgomery. able treatment from state governThe business source said Hunt and ment if they supported Hubbert. some campaign aides - including "I can't speak for the governor. Birmingham attorney John Grenier, I would certainly say whatever litbut not Folmar - attended the Birtle, minuscule influence I would mingham meeting, held at the home . have, I would urge that where all of Houston Blount. things are equal that the political He said the tone there was simrule of being friendly to your friends ply urging support for the Repubis the one I would advise everybody lican governor in the final weeks to follow. The governor is too nice to of the campaign. "Those there were hold political grudges. I'm not." very supportive." He said a joking reference was made to the earlier Hunt campaign spokesman Terry meeting at the governo(s mansion. Abbott said the "vast majority" of Folmar acknowledged that he the business community supports used names from campaign disclo- Hunt although there have been camsure statements in exhorting the paign contributions to his opponent. group in Montgomery to contribute "Gov. Hunt, of course, is very to Hunt's campaign. much pro-business and has done so "I had a paper that had listed much to improve the state's business on it the campaign contributions in climate. Of course, his opponent has the Democratic primary," Folmar absolutely no record at all of being said. "Some in that room had given pro-business and the business comto various candidates in the Demo- munity pretty well understands that. cratic primary. They seem satisfied with the gov-

ernor they. Hubbert about the ml "There he who said, 'I going to hav the word is 0 will be, quo' any business hert said. Potential more caut money throll cratic Part) the .campaig "There ha me they did! had never h. they didn't i by it. In fa( doubled my don't intenl Hubbert said He said t shrewd movi backlash fI would feel tt "I think it their disad' think it will temporarily now beginni means," he!

mountain bikers. They just don't trail. The trail ends about 6 miles want them to ride on their trails. from where it starts. Mountain They say the bikes would scare their bikers have proposed extending the horses. . trail by making a complete loop so u_F_T_o_m_p_a_g_e_A_l________ The park maintains stalls for 55 the trail starts and finishes in the The meeting will culminate horses. Each owner pays $225 a same place. In the past, he said the park has ~ months of debate between mountain month for boarding. Horseback (' bikers and other park users who are riders can ride on two trails. One had problems with mountain bikers straying from the trail. But two ~ competing for the use of a limited takes about an hour to complete. number of trails. . The other ~kes .about seyen hours. months ago the park passed a policy allOWing rangers to issue fines to i. ' The mountain bikers say they ~ill . ..:They,~re fmed if they rIde on the anyone caught riding a mountain be fighting not only for better trails, :.. ::'p',!rks :paved roads. ,..but for their future in -the 10,000.- :::~he hders say they enjoy riding in bike where they are not supposed to. He said the park has yet to issue a t> acre park. With 3,000 peopl.e v~itin~. - .oak Mountain because the trails are ticket. the park on Saturdays an~ 8updays, ~~8~l~e, t~ey see plenty of wildlife, and After finishing a bike ride late .:: they say the fight has come:dow~ 'tp .~:.tfl.t;y d~n't h~ve to worry about hunt/' space. .. : ........ ": ..u~u:,e~~ m!stakmg them for deer. No yesterday afternoon, Curtis Wall, 35, of Alabaster said that most moun. "It seems like we are 'j,!st: ~ol.ding :~~,~untin~is allowed in the park. tain bikers follow the rules and do "on"by our teeth to get to'Tigeinth~"" .J{en:Thomas, who is a naturalist not ride on other trails. 'park at all," said Ken','Hester, an::"'~ll!ploye~::-:at the park, said that "art::hitect, who purchased: bis .first' , m'Qunt~in:bikers and hikers most Cmeuntain bike four yefl.'t's'ago: "Tlre-".. ltk~ly ~ilkhave to build their own bikers have been w:rtiting mot~"'" tl'.lIils ~n<tmake their own improve trails. At some point if'will have to""tnents.:He'said the park doesn'~ have b~ addressed. And this looks like it ' "~h'bugh funds to build additional ..wiil be the beginning of it." ::.tr-ails.: '~j _ :.;, ; Horseback riders like Cameron the park relegates mountain': ~argue they have nothing against bikers to"\:)ne trail called the red

ikers

GUARD SAVE! 0 from Am

est table
measurir

No adva
simply n

your tab

L.'

. -

_. -'-'

_ ...