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TAR TRIBUNE 2B TuesdayJune 231992Star Tribune ST. PAUL FniTIQM Doctor Around the Twin Cities Continued from page IB i i I I- i- St PaulFatal North End apartment fire attributed to arson; officials look for leads St.3Pul police homicide and arson investigators began looking for leads Monday in a fire that killed three people in a North End apartment early Sunday. "It looks like we're dealing with a triple homicide," police spokesman Paul Adelmann said after Fire De-" Bailment investigators officially attributed the blaze to arson yesterday' Theresa Bluhm, 53, her son Thomas Bluhm, 27, and a friend, Geneva Adams, 49, died of smoke inhalation in the Bluhms' second-floor apartment at 83S Hardenbergh the Ramsey County medical examiner ruled yesterday. The deaths increased to 13 the number of homicides in St. Paul this year.

Last year's total was 14. The record of 21 was set in 1990. The fire, which was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, began in a vacant ground-floor apartment, Adelmann said. Investigators did not discuss the means by which they believe the fire was set.

"All possible accidental causes have been ruled out," Adelmann said. "We have no idea what the motive was." fondled their breasts, and several, said he touched their pubic area, the lawsuits said. They allege that Heinz abused several patients once. One woman who complained of high blood pressure said he had abused her at least 20 times since 1975. A woman who sought treatment for a sore throat said she complained to the clinic immediately after Heinz fondled her breasts in April.

A licensed physician in Minnesota since 1957, he is in good standing with the state Board of Medical Practice, said H. Leonard Boche, the board's executive director. However, recent complaints would not be public until an investigation determines that disciplinary action should be taken. That can range from license revocation to a letter of reprimand. Complaints of sexual abuse by doctors in Minnesota increased to 102 in 1991 from 67 in 1990, Boche said.

Many of them are still being investigated. Smith, the clinic administrator, said patients are urged to express any complaints about their treatment directly to the clinic. "Patients have the right to expect the best medical care possible provided in an atmosphere of compassion, trust and confidentiality," he said. the women and their husbands, also allege that the abuse harmed their marriages. The complaints said the women suffered emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem and loss of earnings.

Some sought counseling and were "absolutely devastated" by the abuse, Snider said, adding that he may represent up to 10 more women who plan to file similar suits against Heinz. "OITicials of Oxboro Clinics were aware that Dr. Heinz previously and repeatedly sexually abused his patients since at least 1986," the suits said. "He was allowed to continue to perform examinations and his inappropriate and unlawful sexual conduct was allowed to continue, unchecked." Snider said Heinz was investigated on allegations of sexually abusing patients in 1986. No criminal charges were filed against him, according to Hennepin County court records.

The women who are suing, who range in age from early 20s to mid-40s, had complained of ailments such as skin rashes, sinus problems or loss of appetite. Most said Heinz asked them to lie down on an examining table and then without explanation St Paul Police investigate bicycle accident in leg, hip and arm, he said. She was struck by the suspect's car and thrown into another vehicle while riding near her home at Brainerd Av. and Clark St. in St.

Paul about 3:15 p.m., police said. Police are inspecting the brakes on the suspect car, Singer said, and also are awaiting the results of a blood-alcohol test of the suspect, a St. Paul man who has not been arrested. Police are investigating possible negligence by a 19-year-old driver whose car struck a 5-year-old St. Paul girl on her bicycle last week, leaving her in critical condition with severe head injuries and multiple fractures.

Nina Solis was placed in an induced coma at St. Paul Children's Hospital after the accident Friday afternoon, police Capt Al Singer said Monday. She has a broken skull, Sabo ranks 9th in House mailing costs Associated Press Minneapolis Man is charged in shooting Charges of attempted murder, rob Staff Photo by Stormi Greener In June 1990, Russell and Laura Jones of St. Paul, pictured at the time with their children, awoke to the glow of a burning cross in their yard. The U.S.

Supreme Court Monday struck down the St Paul hate-crime ordinance under which a man was prosecuted in the case. Jones Sabo, who is seeking an 8th term in Congress, was challenged for the DFL endorsement by disgruntled liberals, but a spokesman for Sabo said that had nothing to do with his mailings. Sabo ranks 8th in the cost of his mailings since the beginning of 1991, NTU said. Rep. Jim Ramstad, ranked 76th among House members with mailings that cost 19 cents per address.

DFL Rep. Gerry Sikorski was third among Minnesota House members at 159th. Mailings by the rest of the Minnesota delegation fell below the level set by Sikorski. Continued from page IB Washington, D.C. Rep.

Martin Sabo, who faced a strong challenge for the DFL endorsement in his re-election bid, was one of the top mass mailers in the U.S. House during the first three months of the year, according to a taxpayers group. Sabo sent 2.6 pieces of mail for every household in his Minneapolis district at a cost to the government of $83,089, said the National Taxpayers Union, which tracks congressional mailing practices. That works out to a cost of 36 cents per address, ranking Sabo ninth among the House's 435 members, the group said. bery and assault were filed Monday -against a 29-year-old Minneapolis man in connection with a shooting last Thursday.

Jonathan R. Young is accused of attacking Dennis Thomas, 28, in the 2500 block of 18th Av. S. in Minneapolis. Young was charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree attempted murder, aggravated robbery and second-de- gree assault, in a complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court.

The complaint states that Thomas left the apartment about 2:45 a.m., and Young followed. About five minutes later, the complaint says, other witnesses heard what sounded like a gunshot. A witness said she saw two men fighting in the street, saw one of them hit and kick the other, and bang the man's head on the ground. The assailant also removed gold necklaces from the man and then dug in his pockets, the complaint says. According to the complaint, police found Thomas shot in the chest.

He was listed in stable condition yesterday in Hennepin County Medical Center. Police said he identified Young as his assailant. Young was arrested later Thursday. The complaint says he had a man's gold chain necklace in his pocket. may have backfired.

For example, Laura Jones said she believes that her neighbors, some of whom may not have previously welcomed them in the neighborhood, became sympathetic after the cross-burning. And their two years in the house since the incident may be proof that the family isn't about to move out. "Where can you go?" Russ Jones asked. "You've got these attitudes everywhere. How do I know what we'd find in the suburbs?" charge on the basis that it stemmed from a law that unconstitutionally limited freedom of expression.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday. Viktora, who could not be reached yesterday, still faces a charge of assault for causing fear of immediate bodily harm or death. He has been quoted as saying in general terms that cross-burning is a traditional symbol of protest. The Joneses say this particular protest According to the complaint, witnesses heard Young threaten to kill Thomas on June 14.

The complaint lays they were in an apartment early Thursday morning. It says witnesses saw Thomas wearing gold Chains around his neck. FIRM UP YOUR ASSETS! We have the Twin Cities largest selection of Neighborhood Continued from page IB St PaulFORCE drug program proposed summer. "Previously Owned" home and institutional exercise equipment at tremendous savings, Rowers, Ski Machines, Steppers, Stationary Bikes, Treadmills, Free WeightsBenches and Misc. Other items arriving daily.

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The program has an annual budget of $875,000. The council is expected to support the program, although a debate over full funding is likely. A. -Citywide informational meeting on 'ft new antidrug program that could add IS police officers in St Paul will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Rondo Education Center at Dale Av.

and Concordia Av. The new program, called Focusing Ouf Resources on Community Empowerment (FORCE), is tentatively scheduled to start July 1. But it must first win approval of two City Council committees and the council as a whole. It will involve police directly with block club workers, housing inspec But Margaret and Donald Wolff say race wasn't a problem in their neighborhood of 22 years, at least not until the news media took an isolated incident and blew it out of proportion. Now, Margaret Wolff said, news reports and outsiders have labeled the East Side as racist They live half a block from Russ and Laura Jones.

"It's devastated this neighborhood," she said, glancing out at the "For Sale By Owner" sign in her front yard. They put their house on the market a year ago; they haven't had an offer. Omoto worried: "We're going to be known as the cross-burning capital. That will kill a neighborhood quick." White agrees. "This ruling by the Supreme Court now provides 100 percent octane of horror." At the Dayton's Bluff Recreation Center, director Susie Piram said she's trying to provide kids a haven from hate.

Outside her office in the concrete-block building, black kids, white kids and Hispanic kids played together, swatting a ball on a tether around a metal pole. Piram said the kids have been getting along fine in this part of town; it's the parents she worries about. "Parents still have a bad taste in their mouths from a couple years ago," she said. "Some won't let their children Di I Mil I i. Around Minnesota come up here because of the diversity, I think." Two Harbors Researcher pleads not guilty to charges in connection with bear deaths i Bear researcher Lynn Rogers plead Farmer reportedly sold chicken meant for hogs pMmmm ir lilt and several employees collected boxes from consumers Saturday and refunded the money.

District Judge Kenneth Sandvik took those issues under advisement. Sandvik also is expected to rule in several weeks whether there is probable cause to try Rogers. The state Department of Natural Resources has charged Rogers with the two gross misdemeanors in question. And the U.S. Forest Service, for which Rogers works, continues to investigate him for alleged incidents of sexual harassment, insubordination and other misconduct.

Rogers has called the investigations a "witch hunt" attributable to his unpopular stands on environmental issues. Associated Press Winona, Minn. Authorities Monday were investigating reports that an area farmer tore off "Not fit for human consumption" labels from boxes of chicken meat destined to be hog food, then sold the ed not guilty Monday to charges that he killed two bear cubs or allowed them to die without reporting their deaths to the state. Rogers, the renowned biologist from Ely who has come under fire for alleged improprieties, entered his plea in Lake County District Court in Two Harbors. His attorney, Thomas Kelly of Minneapolis, made a motion to have the charges dismissed.

Kelly has argued that the statute under which Rogers is charged is too vague. Kelly also i moved to suppress evidence collected during searches. "We want everybody to get their mind at ease and get rid of the boxes," Buhr said Saturday. "We're go ing above and beyond by doing this. A company official who would not give his name declined to comment yesterday, saying the matter had been taken care of.

Brand sahd that he did not know how many of the 340 boxes had been sold, but that 180 of the 35-pound hfead-on collision kills 3 people on state road boxes were returned Saturday. Three people were killed in a head-on collision, and a man who died when his pickup truck was struck Kevin Elfering, a foods compliance officer with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, said some of the boxes were taken as evidence and boxes out of a truck. The farmer stood to make "pretty good money about $3,000 if he sold all the boxes," said Dave Brand, Winona County Sheriffs Department chief deputy. Authorities did not know if the chicken was tainted or if anyone has eaten it. A St.

Charles company gave 12,000 pounds of processed chicken meat to a farmer Thursday after both signed an agreement that the farmer would use the "throwaway meat" to feed his hogs, Brand said. Instead, the unidentified farmer sold the boxes from the back of a truck for $10 each in the Winona and Minne-iska areas of southeastern Minnesota, he said. The chicken originally was meant for human consumption but had become too old, Brand said. North Star Foods President Bob Hartzell, Vice President Bill Buhr may be tested for contamination. He said he did not know whether the fanner will be charged.

Veronica VanKeulen, 51, of Minneota, was in critical condition Monday at St Cloud Hospital. The victim of the other accident has been identified as Erik Bern-boom, 21, of Anoka, the Sherburne County Sheriffs's Department said. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon between Becker and Clear Lake in Sherburne County. The collision led to a chain-reaction pileup with three other vehicles, and several people were injured. by a flatbed trailer that came loose from another vehicle has been identified; authorities said Monday.

The State Patrol said the collision Sunday afternoon between Paynes-ville and Hawick killed drivers Isabels Hennen, 82, of Minneota, and Willard McKenzie, 69, of Sacred Heart His wife, Naomi McKenzie, 73, also was killed. is A passenger in Hennen's vehicle, Jack King of Minnesota City said his father-in-law bought a box of chicken "Augsburg's Master of Arts in Leadership Program Taught Me How to Be More Creative and Resilient That's Necessary in a Changing Business Environment" A liberal arts approach to organizational management A model program designed to assess, promote, enhance and refine the individual's leadership capabilities For those in profit and not-for-profit organizations Seminar-size classes Emphasis on classroom interaction Designed to meet the needs and preferences of working adults Convenient location at 1-94 and Riverside Ave. Next information session: Tuesday, July 14, 6 p.m. Call (612) 330-1786 for more information. for him from a Minnesota City bar because of the good price.

King decided to return the chicken after hearing that it may be contaminated. He said he didn't understand why the farmer sold the chicken. "It concerns me that he did. Chicken is really easy MankatoGrad pleads guilty in MSU fires to spoil. fire marshal recommended psychi Mankato, Minn.

Man hospitalized after being hit by bus A 42-year-old Minneapolis man was Center. atric treatment for Lang, who suffers from schizophrenia, Blue Earth County Attorney Ross Arneson said. No one was injured in the fires, which caused about $300,000 in damage. Each charge carries up to 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine, but Arneson said he recommended psychiatric treatment, local jail time and restitution in lieu of a prison sentence. Tom Johnson, assistant chief admin A Mankato State University graduate! pleaded guilty Monday to 14 first-degree arson charges in connection with a series of campus fires.ij District Judge Richard Kelly took 'the' plea agreement under advisement and set sentencing for Aug.

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