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Show Jar accuses Farr of inaccurate statements 'Gentle person' kills four In California BYU Page A3 Page j iw jw ..m Public divided over Indiana Pacers no what's good to eat match for Utah Jazz Page Page CI B1 flMri D1 nil Cental Utah's Nswspapsr for 120 Ycsrs, Provo, UHh ffis to Oiififfi 1 t&kS a Pentagon options for North Korea include the buildup of U.S. military By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON - President Clinton is trying to defuse tensions with North Korea over its nuclear program, saying there's "no cause for any great alarm" even though the Pentagon is drafting options that include a military buildup. "I still think there's a chance that we can put (North Korea) in a position where they can crawl back off this ledge they are on, and I certainly hope they will," Clinton said. Saying he did not want to raise the threat of military confrontation, Clinton said Pentagon planners nonetheless were considering ' nrarfciiiMriMini irtttBuiTwaarn-iTirilrrM-fim'ia- wwfir fmtrnrT r'linnTiiifrnin inm m iinrfrir ' Mnwnmitn AP Photo An aunt of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar grieves at his casket today in a building at the Monte Sacro Cemetery in Medellin. - By STEVEN GUTKiN Associated Press Writer Related story, A5 MEDELLIN, Colombia housands of Pablo Escobar's -T- fol- lowers, listening to mariachi music and bearing flowers, gathered at a cemetery today a day after one of the century's most notorious crim-- " inals was gunned down. Tipped off by a traced phone call, police and soldiers raided the hideout on drug lord's Thursday. They shot and killed the portly, bearded Escobar and his bodyguard as they tried to escape over the roof. ; "Colombia's worst nightmare has been slain," President Cesar Gaviria declared. - Escobar's family invited the general public to attend his funeral at a cemetery on the outskirts of ; Medellin. More than a thousand 'people had gathered by to the music of a mariachi "band, local reporters said. Medellin appeared normal today. Police officer Juan Carlos two-sto- ry mid-mornin- g, Rodriguez said that if people were celebrating Escobar's death, they were doing so behind closed doors out of fear of reprisals by Escobar's followers. The death of the leader of the Medellin drug cartel was not expected to seriously cut into the flow of cocaine from Colombia to the United States and other countries. But for many Colombians, it was a sign of hope. Escobar was accused of ordering the assassinations of presidential candidates, judges, journalists and police. Hundreds of ordinary Colombians died in bombings of shopping centers, neighborhoods and a passenger airplane. "It's the triumph of law over crime," said Andres Pastrana, a presidential candidate. "Now the country can begin to live more peacefully." Gabriel Silva, Colombia's am NASA officials By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston -The Hubble Space Telescope was 'put down for a nap today as shuttle astronauts closed in to restore the 0 sight. 'observatory's 20-2- t.& ' ; The $1.6 billion Hubble made its last science observation over-- 1 night. Ground controllers then switched the telescope to low pow-;in preparation for Saturday's rendezvous and capture, and er bassador to the United States, said in an interview with CBS this morning in Washington that the "drug lords received yesterday a very tough message: You surrender or you are killed. ' ' Authorities tracked Escobar down through a phone call he made to a radio station Monday to complain about his family's treatment by the German government, army commander Gen. Hernan Guzman said. Escobar's wife and two children had been refused asylum by Germany earlier in the week. Escobar had apparently been living at the Medellin hideout for several weeks, authorities said. On Thursday, at least 200 members of an elite force that had hunted Escobar since his escape from prison in July 1992 cordoned off blocks around the hideout, then stormed in, investigators at the scene said. A barefoot Escobar and his bodyguard leaped out a window onto a roof three feet below. Escobar was killed instantly, shot in the closed the protective door over the lens. Once Hubble is secured in En- deavour's cargo bay, spacewalk-in- g astronauts will attempt to install 11 new parts, including corrective optics. Hubble was launched in 1990 with an improperly polished mirror that left the telescope nearsighted. The problem made this $629 million repair mission necessary. "It's sad and a tragedy that there was a flaw that might have been caught by additional testing that wasn't done at the time," shuttle commander Richard Covey said this morning in an interview with The Associated Press. "I think it's past the time of pointing fingers. We've just got to go up and fix this thing now and get it working the way it was intended to." Endeavour was trailing Hubble by 678 miles at 8:45 a.m. EST, a tenth the distance at which the (See HUBBLE, Page A2) HANOI, Vietnam The target: the Ho Chi Minh Trail. During the war, hundreds of U.S. planes attacked this supply route, the lifeblood of North Vietnam's campaign against the United States. Hundreds of American pilots were lost. Nearly 20 years after the end of the war, Vietnam and Laos joined e foe to search for their some of those missing pilots in an y operation unprecedented launched today. President Clinton encouraged one-tim- 18-da- such cooperation when he made the recovery of MIAs a condition for establishing normal relations with Vietnam. head and arm. The bodyguard jumped down to the sidewalk, where he was killed, investigators By ROBERT NAYLOR JR. AP Labor Writer said. "They offered resistance and - died on the spot," Prosecutor Gen- eral Gustavo de Greiff said. Investigators said two 9mm pis- WASHINGTON The nation's unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent in November, the improvebiggest ment in a decade and the most dramatic signal yet that the nation's economy is gaining mo- tols were found near Escobar's body with shells scattered" around, indicating Escobar had opened one-mon- fire. A witness told RCN radio that the raiders fired into the air in jubi- The United States lists 2,248 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia: 1,648 in Vietnam, 514 in Laos, 78 in Cambodia and 8 in China. U.S. officials have said it is unlikely there will ever be a full accounting because so much time has passed and many of the airmen went down over water or in mountains. The investigation by nearly 50 American specialists and their Vietnamese and Lao counterparts of the 62 ed discrepancy cases. In these, the crew was last known alive and in imminent danger of being captured. Maj. Roger Overturf, a spokesman for the Joint Task Force Fall Accounting at Camp Smith, Hawaii, said the operation was significant because of the large number ofmissinginthearea. "That's why we needed a trilateral operation," said Overturf. "We have cases where we believe the actual site of the loss occurred in Laos but those areas were under the control of Viztnamcsc forces." "And even over the last 20 war." Gen. Merrill McPeak, the Air Force chief of staff, said in an interview today with defense writers that the 10,000 U.S. airmen in South Korea are constantly train- ing for the possibility of war against the North, but that nothing has changed recently. "We in the Air Force are doing absolutely nothing that we haven't done for the last five general said. years," the four-st"We have not sent additional forces and we are not preparing to ay day-to-d- ar forces." "The alert state of our forces in send additional (See CLINTON, Page A2) Unemployment Percent ot workforce, 8.0 th mentum. The nation's chief economic forecasting gauge, meanwhile, flashed signals of even better days ahead. The Commerce Department said its Index of Leading Indicators jumped 0.5 percent in October, the third straight increase. In other positive economic news, the Commerce Department said orders to U.S. factories rose 1.2 percent in October, pulled higher by big gains lation after killing Escobar and yelled "We won!" Escobar's mother, Hermilda Gaviria, identified her son's body an hour after the shooting, authorities said. President Clinton sent a congratulatory telegram to the Colombian president. "Hundreds of Colombians brave police officers and innocent lost their lives as a result people of Escobar's terrorism," he said. (See JOBLESS, Page A2) ifpl "Hal mmm mm ill HI 14 imn u uu '62 168 Oct 93 Kov. "S2 Source: U.S. Dept. ol Uuot APGafi Fox (See ESCOBAR, Page A2) By SHEILA SANCHEZ Herald Staff Writer PROVO Mayor-eleGeorge Stewart spent close to $42,000 to win his bid for the city's top executive office. According to campaign financial disclosures submitted to Provo City Recorder Marilyn Perry, Stewart's opponent, City Council-woma- n Shari Holweg spent almost $16,000 in her unsuccessful quest for the mayor's office. Total campaign expenses for ct search for will include some and saying Washington wants "to push the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of November jobless rate shows steep decline hope for success Stewart spent $42,000 ., Vietnam, Laos united in By GEORGE ESPER AP Special Correspondent all possible options, "thinking about every conceivable thing that could happen, bad and good. ' ' He added: "There is no cause for any great alarm on the part of the American people or the North Koreans, for that matter. ' The president made his remarks in interviews with U.S. News & World Report magazine and NBC News. North Korea responded by calling the U.S. government "trigger-happy- " in Stewart and Holweg were $41 ,804 and $15,907, respectively. Stewart, 53, a newcomer to politics, reported receiving two significant financial donations from supporter Hyrum Smith of $10,-00- 0 and $7,000. He also received a $1,000 donation from Arlen B. Crouch. However, much of the $41,804 came out of his own pocket. He personally contributed $23,786 towards his campaign. According to Stewart's expendi campaign ture report, he spent $10,127 in billboard advertising by Regan Outdoor Advertising. He also spent $7,467 in preparation of his newspaper political ads, fliers and lawn signs. He also spent $8,797 in newspa- per advertising and radio announcements and about $219 in postage to mail his campaign literature to the public. Holweg spent most of her financial contributions in advertising, (See EXPENSES, Page A2) Mi As years, there have been some shifts back and forth as to the precise location of the border between Laos and Vietnam." The operation required approval by all three governments, whose representatives met in Hanoi on Nov. 1 1 to work out the details. Lt. Col. John C. Cray, of Tacoma, Wash., commander of the search team, said the cooperation was hard to obtain in the past. A large percentage of the airmen were downed in an area 100 miles north of what was the Demilitarized Zone that divided the North Weather Find it Classified Ads Comics Crossword Entertainment Legals Movies D7 D6 E6 C4 D7 Tonight increasing clouds. A chance of snow late. Lows Saturday a good chance of rain or snow. 25-3- 0. Highs near 40. See Page B8. ...C4 B2 B4 Obituaiies Opinions Sports State Stocks TV listings World Dl B3 A6 C6 A5 Air Quality Today's air quality was Front good for all Wasatch areas. Wood and coal burning conditions are "green." See Page A2. (See MIAs, Page A2) JL M t - Iff f ( "J j , ' f |