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Show Wednesday, October 6, jSS II mm THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1993 By A.J. H03TETLER .Associated Press Writer 1974, he had taken a series of jobs overseas. When he was abducted on Sept. 12, 1936, he was on his Pa. -T- way to work as acting NORRISTOWN, comptroller here's no government official to at the American University in Beii call co grim anniversary to mark. rut, j The toteboards in the front yard On that day, Tom Cicippio, who ipdatcd nightly by Thomas once feared public speaking, bewith the number of days his came the family spokesman, trying brother, Joseph Cicippio, had been in his quiet way to win his brothheld hostage in Lebanon are er's release and to keep the hosgone. So are the television cameras tages in the spotlight. He found that recorded this ceremony. himself a national celebrity. The family's nightmare drew to Even Joseph Cicippio has some of the distance he a close as the Persian Gulf War once kept from relatives. He now changed the balance of power in lives in Virginia, working for the the Middle East and the hostages federal government; his book is became a political liability to their scheduled to be published in late captors. Joe Cicippio, now 63, came home October. 5, 1991, amid But Tom Cicippio, 70, remains cheers and tears of relief from his in this Philadelphia suburb, still in sister Helen, who was dying of cancer. the( same biSevel house that wel"I think about it late at night, comed Joe home after 1,908 days when I'm walking outside, taking in captivity. He no longer spends hours on the trash out," Tom Cicippio said. "I picture the signs, the TV trucks, the phone with journalists, officials and strangers. Life for this the people out front." The hundreds of letters the retired postal worker has returned received during their vigil normal almost two to nearly years after what he calls the "crisis" have slowed to a trickle. Now the mail brings mostly bills. And all ended for his brother and the othbut one of the numerous hostage-relate- d ers held hostage. "I don't miss it," Tom Cicippio photos that once decorated said. "It became a big part of our the family kitchen wull ere gone, lives for five years, but I don't replaced by school pictures of miss it." grandchildren. In the year or so following Joe's He then added, "But I do miss the people, the news people we got homecoming, Joe's hectic schedto know, because we all respected ule spilled over to Tom, with both brothers traveling to receive honone another." Joe Cicippio had little contact ors. The White House, Disney with his family for years before his World, the Caribbean, and numerkidnapping; in the wake of the ous towns and organizations in breakup of his first marriage, in Pennsylvania requested their pres- - - A pri- SHELL, Wyo. (AP) vate fossil digging team says it uncovered nearly the entire side; ;J dinosaur"-- , ton of a giant plant-eatin- g called a Camarasaurus, only the second of the species ever found. Hans Jacob Siber, head of the to - r "ti," public land. The Camarasaurus were cortirv g dinosaurs of the-Jurassic age, which ended about 136 million years ago. But they!; were shorter and stouter than many of their contemporaries. , lV "Its body made it kind of like, a bulldog of the time," said Siber. . Siber said the discovery will be-- .' come the centerpiece of a paleonrO tology museum that Siber opened last year in Aathal, Switzerland,. The museum is drawing about 4,r v ' 000 visitors each day, he said. , r Most of the Camarasaurus bones will be shipped intact j large chunks of rock as they were; found, he said. Experts in Switzer.--" land will then remove the bones-- ' and prepare them for public dis- -, mon on-De- , . t 7 Orlando Sentinel Rumors ORLANDO, Fla. were flying like crazy after a curt memo was distributed to the 500 employees at Phillips Publishing International Inc. in July. A mandatory meeting was scheduled in the employee cafeteria, it said, but the note was skimpy on the whys and what-for- s. Something was up. But what? Folks didn't have a clue. Tom Phillips walked into the firm's cafeteria Maryland-base- d that day toting a canvas bag. He chronicled the company's history. He rattled off sales figures. Finally, Phillips reached into the satchel, donned a pair of Mickey Mouse ears and, flashing a Cheshire cat grin, dropped the bombshell:- "We're going to Disney World." Saturday, Phillips, his entire complement of employees and their spouses, significant others and children about 1 ,300 people hippily bounced into the Magic Kingdom, enjoying their special bonus for shattering company sales projections. Send the $500,000 bill to Phil, lips. "I like to keep the small company values even as we grow larger; V said Phillips, 51, president and chief executive. : 'We're like one big family, and I'll keep it that way . I was looking destination, foran and it didn't seem like there was anything better than Orlando," he said. an Phillips Publishing's annual sales reached $117 million for this past fiscal year ending in June the first time the firm had eclipsed the $100 million mark. Phillips' goal was to hit $100 million by 1995. ' Mickey Mouse and his pals wel- comed the jocular Phillips bunch at Cmdei?LVs Castle. Dressed in a shirt, slacks and STATEMENT MANAGEMENT ; ' .refill. repair a porch In Nonistown, Pa. ence. Joe once attended as many as 25 events a month, but he's slowed down. After first settling in Princeton; N.J., he has moved to Virginia to take a job with the federal Agency for International Development. "I'm happy that Joe has settled down. Before, my thoughts were always with Joe. Now that he's settled, I'm relieved," Tom said. said. "But everybody has to cope with it in their own way." But Tom and his wife Fran have something else to worry about now. Their daughter is fighting a second bout of breast cancer a year after her aunt died of ovarian cancer. "We have an awful lot to think about now. Something else to cope with. ... We feel as though it's so unfair, but we realize that there are families all over the world with something worse than this," Tom Tom's very public manner of coping with tragedy has earned him respect from strangers, who still stop him in the street or in the supermarket to talk. wmiiii mi rrt "People do a double take," he said. "I still get an awful lot of that. You'd think it'd wear off, but it hasn't," he said. AM mmmk r K r7 Is Nancy Cathey, a marketing employee. "It does sound corny, but he does care about his employ- cloak-and-dagg- er ti Poole said. standing up at the time and public, that someone was buying the building or that Tom was retir-ing. That's how Phillips wanted it. "I wouldn't say anything, then I pulled out die mouse ears," he said. "I was hamming it up a little bit, but it was lots of fun. " Included on Phillips' tab is chartered round-tri- p airfare, lodging at the Swan Hotel, passes for Disney theme parks and a dinner party and celebration Saturday night. That covers employees in the Potomac, Md. office, as well as satellites in London, New York, Houston and Denver. Employees have the option of staying an additional night at no extra cost. OF OWNtftSHIP . OBJ r I v i l.fiii.'-!- i ) ' .v HEM! s ' 1555 North Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah 84604 4Lacton of known office of Publication: 5 Location of the headquarter of general business offices of the publisher: Same 6. Publisher Kirk Parkinson. Maptaton, Utah Utah Managing Editor Earl Biedermsn, SpringviOe, 7 The owner is: Scripps League Newspapers, Inc., do CT Corporation System, one own thai percent or more of the outstanding stock Wilmington, Delaware. Stockholders Of that corporation are: E.W. Scripps, Chartottesvifle. Virginia Borty Knight Scrippe, Chartottesv. Virginia ' Barry H. Scripps, Cardiff By Trie Sea, California interest in The Dairy Herald Kirk Pirturnon, MflpMon, Uttn, hotds a non-tcc- k 8 Known Bondholders, fete: None 9, txleot and narur of circulation: Av. Single lea. lea. Jur Prev. 12 mo. Ftt.dt A. Total No. cooies Printed 33,692 34,800 (Net Press Hun) B. Paid Circulation 1 . Sals through dealer and carrier. 31.637 32,191 Street vendors and counter sa 205 212 J. Mail Suocnpton 32,403 csrculRtion C. Total 31,62 ' O. Free d.stribution or narrier ma by other means samples, complimentary, and 33 other free copies , 32.220 32.781 E. Total Distribution F. Copt not attributed . 1. Office use. Movwr. unaccounted, ' 1.355 . . sorted star orirttir 1,403 6S4 2 Rtum from news agent 33.E92 34,800 O. Total t. n. tci m ebovo are correct and compiet. certify that th statements made by KIPK PARKINSON ; os! 'All At Unbelievably Low, Low Prices! A SALE SO LARGE WE HAD TO RENT 10,000 Sg. FT. MANY BRANDS REPRESENTED NEW USED REPOS RENTAL RETURNS Including Baldwin, Kawai, Wurlitzer, Kimball, Yamaha, Samick & More! . T- ; I -J ' ' Hi State Orem Factory Piano Sale Talic Orem Center Street Esit East To State Across The Street From Shoplio Thur. Oct. 7 12 Noon 9 p.m. Fri. - Oct. 0 10 a.m. 9 p.m. Sat. Oct 9 10 a.m. 9 p.m. krtto pd - : Pianos and The Largest Collection of Intermoun-tain The Organs Ever Seen In Consoles, StudiWest! Spinets, os, Grands, Digitals and Player Pian- : $102; Mail $144; Mail (Sunday -. ' ZZZD 170 Bo. ft 1- ' III fc If"""! AND CIRCULATION , 1 X 1 GRANDS, VERTICAL PIANOS, DIGITAL PIANOS AND ORGANS TOOl J,We actually thought it was my knees dropped. " "There were lots of rumors," Cathey said, like we were "going 3 FRE.t SAT. OFJLY ees." Added Bridget Poole, who works in the Denver circulation department: "It's a great company to work for. He makes us feel wanted, like part of the family. ' ' Phillips chuckled when recalling the approach he employed while carrying out "The Swan Plan" so named because the group is staying at the Disney Swan Hotel. Speculation ran the gamut. r. ' t.t!Ml.i! "Tom likes to talk about us and thank us for our hard work," said profit-sharing-," " dis-;-cov- thought he was grand . "I was Siber's team has been exploring for fossils in the badlands at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains since 1989. The team's latest adds to a series of major finds in the area over the last three ; years, including a carnivorous al- losaur dubbed "Big Al. " 0 , ; Vtf TV Phillips' employees simply about play. utah County' Largest! loafers a la Don Johnson (sockless, that is), a sash that read "Surprise!" and a new set of Mickey Mouse ears, Phillips, his wife Jan and their two children, Karen and Mark, sat at the feet of the Roger Rabbit float. Tom Phillips served as grand marshall of the parade. Titto of Publication: The Daily HwsW Z Dat of Filing: October 5, 1933 3. Fretnienc. of issue: Daiy A. No. of issue published annually: 365 B. Annual subscription price: Carrier $99; Motor y 1 - NO DEALERS PLEASE - ' ' H ; i ! ALL INSTRUMENTS MUST BE SOLD! Availability Subject To Prior Sale To Ss$t Ltk LOOK FOR THE GIANT BALDWIN TRUCK! m Orem I Cr.!ar Street snopKo Piano Factory S To Provo Salt Daily Herald October 8, 1993. p..im. i n. vft, lit L.MiRjwiemWvJl - Publisher No. 5815 Published In Th i Soan DeCamlllo, brother-in-la- (Required by Section 3585, Title 38. Unlwd State Cod.) ; ft w AP Photo lflf 1i I V t Retired postal worker Thomas Cicippio, left, helps his neighbor and CEO surpris 98 VJOFilGri am!WT ft By DARRYL E. OWENS plant-eatin- A , os Disney haS. private Swiss paleontology firm Siber & Siber, announced the disr " covery, which was found on prir :' vate land north of Shell. Private collectors are not allowed to dig on." ed VJfth 1 B7 - Swiss team finds rare fossil in Wyoming ;r it snmizniimi Sri yyy yirtna Page i.J n r. 9Hjmv ""el - if f . |