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RIDGE TO FIND FINANCING FOR PIRATES BALLPARK BY DEADLINE

          PA Gov. Tom Ridge has "come up with" $10-12M in "stop-
     gap" financing that could keep the Pirates' new ballpark
     project "alive heading into next year," according to Shelly
     & Dvorchak of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE.  Ridge "declined
     to discuss specifics," but noted that he has identified "one
     source" in the state budget for the financing.  He will
     speak with Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and Pirates Owner
     Kevin McClatchy "within the next few days."  Shelly &
     Dvorchak write that word of the financing comes against a
     December 21 deadline imposed by McClatchy, who said work on
     the stadium would stop on that date without an interim plan
     from the state (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 12/15). 

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