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Show ll~ THE NATION ~ t-~~~~.;;;...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---1 Clinton pitches tobacco legislation Clinton says tobacco settlement money will be used for child care BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - President Clinton raisers with the Democratic National Committee's business council. pressed bis case for tobacco-settlement legislation yesterday, then set off for a At a fund-raising luncheon at the 125-year-old Democratic fund-raising dinner at the home of a Inn at National Hall in nearby Westport, Conn., lawyer friend who represents smokers. Clinton said the Democratic Party must stay CHnton renewed focused on ways his call on to spread the Congress to act benefit of this soon on a tobacco decade's settlement that economic boom would cost the to a wider circle industry $368 of Americans. billion in exchange "There are still £or legal limits on neighborhoods cigarette and people who advertising and haven't marketing. ~ participated in In a speech g; it," he said. focused mainly on S Later, the child care, Clinton ~ president.was said pan of the ~ flying to tobacco settlement ~ Cincinnati for a money could be ~ ' ~ $10,000-per used to finance his couple dinner at lan to make child Youngsters vie for Pres. Clinton's attention as he tours the th h f P Early Childhood Laboratory at Housatonic Communitye ome O , care safer and more Technical College in Bridgeport Conn. yesterday. St_anley Chesley, a accessible for ' tnal lawyer who needy families. He is among a group announced that be was ordering federal agencies of attorneys representing individual smokers. to ensure proper background checks on child Last week, Chelsey testified before Congress in care workers and to ensure that 100 percent of favor of a settlement. federal child care centers will be independently On Monday, Public Citizen's Congress Watch, accredited by the year 2000. which opposes giving the tobacco industry After his appearance at Housatonic protection from future lawsuits as part of a Community Technical College in downtown settlement, criticized Clinton's attendance at Bridgeport, Clinton was attending two fund the Cincinnati dinner as a conflict of interest. U.S. DIGEST PROSECUTOR SAYS MCKINNEY ABUSED POWER T O SEEK SEX: Prosecutors described Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney as a liar who abused bis power to seek sex from women, but his attorney countered during closing statements yesterday that he was framed by schemers. Both sides in McKinney's sexual misconduct court-martial used the day to make their final appeals to a jury expected to begin deliberating today. The Army's former top enlisted man faces 19 counts alleging that he groped six military women for sex. McKinney, who was ousted as sergeant major of the Anny last year, could face 55 1/2 years in prison. CLINTON ACCEPTS APOLOGY FROM AUTHOR OF 'TROOPERGATE' STORY: President Clinton has accepted an apology from the journalist who wrote the article that sparked Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against the president and sowed the seeds for the current White House sex scandal, a spokesman said yesterday. - - - - - · Clinton's reaction came after former David - -Brock - - American Spectator reporter David Brock apologized to Clinton in an open letter in the April edition of Esquire magazine. Brock said he questioned the credibility of the sources he used in his 1993 article. LLOYD BRIDGES DEAD AT 85: Lloyd Bridges, whose half-century in acting ranged fro m the drama of "High Noon" to the adventure of TV's "Sea Hunt" to the daft II Airplane!", has died, his agent said yesterday. He was 85. Lee Stollman, a spokesman fo r the William Morris Talent Agency, said Bridges died in Los Angeles, but had no other information. The tall, craggy-faced blond actor enjoyed amazing resiliency throughout his career, even surviving the film industry's political blacklist. He also spawned a new generation of actors. Sons Beau and Jeff became stars in their own right. THE WORLD Protests erupt in Chile over Pinochet move SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Gen. Augusto Pinochet ended a 65-year army career yesterday, stepping down as commander during an emotional ceremony while demonstrators dashed with police in protests over his new job: senator for life. Pinochet, whose military career turned him into one of the longest-lasting dictators in Latin America, had tears in his eyes and his voice broke repeatedly during a brief speech at the farewell ceremony at Santiago's Military Academy. " Fatherland of mine, I've been your soldier and that makes me happy," he said. "As I retire today, I can say I leave the army in a situation that is a reason of pride for Chile. " He appeared especialJy touched when be mentioned his wife and when be paid tribute to five bodyguards killed during a 1986 attempt on his life. But he made made no mention of bis controversial Senate seat, a perk written into the constitution during his 1973-90 dictatorship. During the ceremony, hundreds of • demonstracors repeatedly clashed with police in downtown Santiago and burned barricades at several intersections, blocking traffic. Dozens of protesters were seen being detained and led to police buses, and several people were injured, including a few reporters. Pinochet's foes say a man who shut down WORLD DIGEST KOSOVO'S ALBANIANS MOURN IN ANGER; U.S. ENVOY HOLDS TALKS: While relatives filed past the corpses of loved ones slain in a Serb crackdown, a U.S. envoy visited the tense province of Kosovo yesterday, trying to prevent hatreds from boiling over into a new Balkan war. The diplomat, Robert Gelbard, demanded that forensics expens be allowed to examine the bodies of the ethnic Albanian victims, but officials said Serbians had taken away 49 corpses and buried them in a mass grave; certain to inflame rage over Serbia's behavior in the province where a Serb police crackdown last week killed at least 74 ethnic Albanians. ALBRIGHT SAYS U.S. PREFERS 'STRONG AND UNITED' CANADA: Chile's outgoing Army Commander in Chief Gen. Augosto Pinochet attends a farewell in his honor yesterday in Santiago, Chile. Congress after taking power in a bloody military coup has no place in the legislature. He was accused of widescale human rights abuses during bis long reign, including more than 3,000 political killings, according to official figures. Pinochet, 82, will be sworn in this morning amid tight security at the Congress building in the neighboring city of Valparaiso. Meanwhile, Pinochet's successor, Gen. Ricardo lzurieta, vowed to keep the army within the frame of the constitution. . .ti Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, using her highly polished French, ventured into Hull, Quebec yesterday and expressed a clear preference £or a Canada that is both "strong and united." Denis Turcotte, an offici:11 with the separatist Quebec government's office in Toronto, said Albright broke no new ground in Madeleine her remarks, sticking closely to the standard Albright State Department position. Albright's trip, coming on the heels of a five- nation swing through Europe, is the first official visit by an American secretary of state in 10 years. IRAQ DEMANDS ANNAN SILENCE U.N. INSPECTORS: Iraq asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a letter made public yesterday to silence U.N. arms inspectors, punishing any who speak to journalists about the United Nations' search for banned weapons in Iraq. Iraq's letter cited unspecified "promises." Annan 's spokesman, Fred Eckhard, told reporters Annan bad made no such promises to the Iraqis during talks in Baghdad last month. |