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Show Inside Today: Aret Dospito th3 hoot, troops oxpoct to onjoy cpocial gulf ThankcgMng Kids wearing Millions of birds oxotlcpcnts In Moroni Peso Fi Thursday, November 22, 1990 PCD1 Central Utah's Newspaper for 116 Years Bmh arrives In gulf for turkey with U.S. troops JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -Thanksgiving trip to the front lines, President Bush conferred with Kuwait's exiled emir and Saudi's King Fahd. He said the 230,000 American troops on Saudi soil were not on a "mission impossible." Shortly after his arrival here, Bush declared he's "more committed than ever" to driving Iraq from Kuwait. "I think we should take action right away in the United On the eve of Nations for more resolutions," Bush said. .He made it clear he wanted approval of a resolution authorizing force against Saddam, and said that graphic indictments of Iraq's brutality to citizens of Kuwait would be presented next week to Sports Edwards WAC coach of year Page F2 " lue No. 114, Provo, Page 01 50 Cents Utah T y'Wf '"gn. WMiMIMllillliWlW -- L wf 4 i , V. .r: ' A''1" v r fV !, 4 " .'S- VVU L the United Nations. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, also in Jiddaii, said the United States and the Soviet Union had "unanimity of opinion with regard to the problems in the Gulf." He expressed hope the U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force could be framed by the end of the month. On Thursday, the president and his wife, Barbara, planned to share Thanksgiving with some of the 230,000 U.S. servicemen and he has sent to the Persian Gulf region to confront Iraq. "If I do nothing else, I will convey to them the heartfelt thanks of the American people at this very special time of year for Ameri-(Se- e BUSH, Page A2) Fear takes a seat at the nation's Thanksgiving tables on Thursday, ushered in by rumblings of imminent war in a distant desert. The fragile veneer of hope for a peaceful settlement in the Persian Gulf has all but shattered as the conflict drags into the iioliday season, with 230,000 U.S. servicemen and women in the region an! hundreds of Americans held hostage in Iraq and occupied Kuwait. At home, Americans cope with frayed nerves, growing uncertainty and the pain of separation through protest, prayer and patriotism, but patience is wearing thin. "If Saddam Hussein will move back out of there like everybody's been telling him to, we can maybe get back to a normal life. We've said a prayer for that to happen,' . k 1r' " dressing plight of - I Herald PhotoTrent Nelson National Guard mess sergeant Attendants Jodi Glover (left) and Jaime Glover and the bride's mother, Shauna Dean, admire Rebecca Glover's weddingown as they get ready for the marriage ceremony Wednesday at The Bungalow in Pleasant Grove. Frank Darrell Atchison, leads the Groom will ship out with unit Saturday whose Poplar Bluff detachment has yet to be activated. His son, 1st Lt. 1221st Company, Transportation which was called up this week along with 15,091 other reservists from 35 states. "I don't want any father's sons to be in war," the elder Atchison said, keeping a firm grip on the infant car seat holding his grandon daughter, Morgan, 1 month-ol-d Thanksgiving. "I'll give thanks if we don't have a war." Fear that the United States is moving too quickly toward war has chipped away at support for President Bush's policy. Only half of Americans surveyed recently approved of the deployment of troops (See MOOD, Page A2) By ROBB HICKEN Herald Staff Writer most weddings are expected to bring tears of joy, the wedding of Rebecca Glover and Peter Uluave was accompanied by tears of sorrow. Uluave, 20, will be shipped out as part of the Utah National While Guard's 144th Evacuation Hospital unit on Saturday. The medical unit, similar to a MASH unit popularized by the television show, was activated last week as i I serve their country. "I didn't say, when I signed on the dotted line, that if I'm going to get marrried on the weekend they activate me I won't go," said Uluave. A student at Utah Valley Community College studying to be a nurse, Uluave joined the National : . . f8 h --SS.SS r anil Guard earlier in the ear as a way of earning extra money. That was all before Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. "Our wedding was planned for Nov. 21 a long time before, so everything is ready. It's just with getting ready to go Saturday, it's been rushed," Uluave said. He explained that while a number of members of the company were to report Wednesday, he was given until Saturday to The couple wed in a ceremony held in The Bungalow in Pleasant Grove. It was attended by family and friends, who all expressed concern for the gulf crisis. Glover is the daughter of Shauna Dean of American Fork and Gary Glover of Lehi. Uluave is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Uluave Sr. of Provo. The bride, Rebecca, said, "I'm afraid. It's kind of scary getting married and then (See WEDDING. Page A2) Yeltsin claims republics can't wait for new treaty h '' i of President Bush's troop buildup in Saudi Arabia. While the orders for the troop are still unclear, the members of the unit are ready and willing to part and sombe Americans prevented from leaving Iraq. i 'i ' - - thoughts of fellow countrymen hid at potential military targets. At a dining table normally reserved for diplomatic functions, a handful of American men at the U.S. Embassy residence say they will make the most of their first holiday in captivity, nearly half a world away from their families. "Everyone at the residence feels Uus is the greatest holiday of the year, the most meaningful, but it will be somber and quiet," said hostage Roland Bergheer, the group's appointed liasion with the press. Bergheer, sitting in the residence garden, spoke of friends and colleagues held at strategic sites to multindeter attack by the U.S.-le- d ational forces in Saudi Arabia. About 100 Americans are among 600 Westerners held at such sites. He surveyed the swimming pool and the manicured lawn then told two visiting reporters it was degrading to be held. "Although we have it better than those at the sites ... we all suffer the indignity of being a hostage," said Bergheer, 62, a construction company executive who grew up in Los Angeles and now makes his home in Ixis Vegas, Nev. Joe Wilson, the charge d'affaires at the American embassy, said he hoped to begin Thanksgiving with the latest of several protests to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry about the 'srl&zS J 0 4 said Frank Atchison, a Missouri AmeriBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) can hostages in Baghdad planned a quiet, reflective Thanksgiving, with UTk4 turkey, - serv-icewom- Hostages plan quiet holiday . Z War fears accompany families this holiday By The Associated Press m Ml C - , f - MOSCOW (AP) Boris N. Yeltsin said Wednesday the 15 Soviet republics could no longer wait for approval of a new union treaty and were proceeding on their own to create an economic union separate from the Kremlin. Also Wednesday, Victor Alksnis, leader of a group of right-win- g legislators, threatened to call for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation next month unless he "begins at last to carry out his promises to prevent a breakup of the country," the newspaper Rossiya reported. The developments amounted to the harshest indictment of Gorbachev since he proposed Saturday to dump his prime minister, Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, and revamp the executive branch under his presidential control. Russian President Yeltsin signed his republic's fourth bilateral treaty with another republic Wednes Herald PhotoDavid Dahl day, after saying earlier he could not be forced to accept Gorbachev's proposed union. That treaty would redefine the relationship between all 15 republics and the central government. Yeltsin's comments came as he continued butting heads with Gorbachev. Their divergent plans for saving the economy and for holding this nation of 285 million people together have paralyzed power in their rival governments. Yeltsin is more popular domestically than Gorbachev. Wednesday's actions indicated he was moving faster to consolidate his support among the republics while refraining from taking a stand on specific points of Gorbachev's plan. The Supreme Soviet legislature gave Gorbachev's proposals initial approval, but will consider them further Friday. Yeltsin and Nursultan Nazarbay-(Se- e SOVIETS, Page A2) Dottie Majers feeds her turkeys Wednesday. She says her flock is dwindling due to vandals. Plucky gal wants her turkeys left alone By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer Dottie Majers is mad as a wet hen about turkey rustling on her property at 2035 W. 820 North in Provo. On Wednesday, she was feeding the tuikoys she had left. "I used to have 32. Now I have 18." She said the others have been shot and stolen by fowl rustlers. Majers, an animal lover, collects mostly birds and has refused many offers to sell her pet turkeys or her other birds. Site said she raises them just for fun. While one of her toms might weigh up to 70 pounds, she said she couldn't eat them and doesn't want anyone else to either. She said she got her Thanksgiving turkey at the supermarket just like everybody else. What would make Majers thankful, would be if people would quit tearing her "no trespassing" signs down and going on her property to kill and steal her animals. She said she suspects that many of the culprits may be teen-agerShe said some of the birds have been shot with .22 caliber rifles and left. Other birds just disappear maybe to be eaten. "I have only one Canadian goose left. I used to have eight." she s. said. Among her collection of fowl, are small roosters and hens. Some of them are registered. She also had mallard ducks that were raised from young chicks. Only one is left. Her other ducks include an African variety. "They are killing them as fast as I raise them," she says, and admits that it is costing her a lot of money. She orders the birds through the mail and they arrive in overnight mail as chicks. She then raises them to adulthood. She grows fond of them and has names for many members of her flock. (See gIP.DS, Page A2) Have a story Idea? Call the Herald newsroom 373-505- 0 Find It ArtsEntertainment Business Classified Ads Comics Weather G8-G- 9 E3 E5-E1- 2 E4 D3 D6 E5 Crossword Horoscope Legal Notices Movies G8-G- wrid A3 9 National Obituaries Opinions Sports Variable clouds throughout Thanksgiving Day with widely scattered snow showers near the mountains but little chance of measurable snow. See Page Air OUallty A3 F2 F7 G1-G- Air quality was good in aU areas along the Wasatch Front as 6 A4 of 8 a.m. Wednesday; no later readings were available. |