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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, I'tah, Friday, January 26, 1996 Page A2 m Philippine boat exchanges heavy gunfire with ships j MANILA, Philippines (AP) The Philippines confirmed today that a naval patrol boat engaged in a heavy gun battle this week with two foreign ships that intruded into its waters.' Defense Secretary Renato de Villa described the vessels as pirate ships that target boats between China and Subic Bay, a former U.S. naval base in the Philippines. Initial unconfirmed reports said the clash involved ships flying Chinese flags, but Rodolfo Severino, a foreign ministry undersecretary, said "there were no signs" the ships were from China. In Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry also denied Chinese involvement. "As we have learned, that has nothing to do with the Chinese side," the ministry said. The navy said a gunboat on patrol Monday spotted the two vessels 12 miles off AP Photo !The Philippine navy patrol boat PCF381 is docked ;today at the navy's headquarters in Manila after it WHITEWATER: (Continued from Page Al) a ;decade later people would "try to; distort it to undermine my reputation and my law practice, of course I would not have done it," sh'e told the Valley News of Lebanon. N.H. Mrs. Clinton was testifying today in the same U.S. Courthouse where grand juries investigated the Ira;Contra and Watergate scandals; She is the only sitting first ladj: ever to appear before a grand jury: 3iides said she planned to arrive at the courthouse through the rather than be ushered thdSugh back doors and out of as some grand jury witnesses do. Questions have cascaded down orrjjhe Clinton White House since theJan. 5 disclosure that Mrs. Cljdton's billing records' still for the work she did in 195$ and 1986 on Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan. The questions increased with the revelation pub-licvie- w thiH- - the records had been in the bo2k room of the White House faSly residence last August. .. 3he aide who found them, Car-olHuber, said they hadn't been uiyc ncvcuu uay cainci. nui icaishe she said, izijjg what they were, hag! them boxed up and taken to heKoffice, not examining them until Jan. 4. They had dropped from sight following the 1992 presidential campaign. &1rs. Clinton said she didn't kn3w how the records suddenly appeared, but that she was "glad they're out ... because they support v hit I've been saying for the last foijr years." She said she didn't do irujch work for Madison, which w;k owned by the Clintons' Whitewater partners. James and Susan McDougal. ;The records show Mrs. Clinton di,it about 60 hours of work for the pi S(L over 2 1 contacts 15 months reflecting with S&L executives SPEED: and lawyers at her Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Ark., on a proposal for Madison Guaranty to issue preferred stock. She also spoke about the stock proposal to state securities commissioner Beverly Bassett Schaf-fe- r, whose testimony Thursday before a Senate committee was seized upon by Republicans to challenge Mrs. Clinton's truthfulness. Today, the lawyer for the Senate Whitewater Committee's Republicans, Michael Chertoff, said the congressional probe is likely to continue weeks. anti-pira- was involved in gunfire earlier this week with two unidentified foreign vessels in Philippine waters. for at least eight more SERVICE: (Continued from Page Al) nun of the Racine, Wis., Dominican religious order, who participated in the service. "I believe in a merciful God who's our judge. We, here on earth, are to be for each other. My heart and my prayers go out to the King family and to Mr. Taylor. I'm here only to ask that God's mercy be given." Taylor, 36, had abandoned all his appeals and insisted on facing the firing squad for the rape and Charla King murder of year-old 1 1 "We would very much like to get this done by the spring," Chertoff said on ABC's "Good Morning." But he said completion depends largely on the White House providing documents "they have promised us for months." The White House repeatedly has said it is trying to fulfill the committee's voluminous requests for materia as expeditiously as possible. Republicans are proposing to extend the Feb. 29 deadline for the Whitewater probe indefinitely. Democrats are urging the panel to stick to the cutoff date set in a Senate resolution. In her testimony to the committee, Schaffer said she informed Mrs. Clinton in a 1985 telephone call that she was comfortable with the idea of issuing stock in Madison. Mrs. Clinton did not mention Schaffer's comment in written answers to federal regulators when questioned about the phone call, saying she had only a vague recollection and was not even certain she made a call to anyone at the state agency. After Schaffer made the favorable comment about the proposal to Mrs. Clinton, two regulators who worked for Schaffer, Charles Handley and William Brady, raised questions about the plan which would have involved issustock in ing preferred, the institution. non-voti- port eliminating the speed limit, as George, Rep. J.W. Hickman, t. unsuccessfully proposed Wednesday. Hickman proposed allowing drivers to cruise at a reasonable and comfortable speed in areas outside the Wasatch Front. -- in 1989. with raping girl on Capones Island near northwestern Luzon and fired warning Okinawa base. 1 shots. The two ships sped off arid the 1 navy boat pursued, leading to a 12-hosaid the battle, navy gun today in a statement. One of the ships tried to ram the patrol boat but was turned back by a barrage from the naval boat, the statement said. An earlier, unconfirmed military operations report said some of the foreign crewmen were injured by gunfire. The military still had only sketchy information on the boats. "We are still verifying the identity of the vessels," said military spokesman Col. Leopoldo Maligalig. The area of the clash, about 70 miles west of Manila, is frequented by pirates, both Filipino and foreign, the navy said. In August 1994 suspected pirates shot at a ship carrying cargo from Subic Bay to Taiwan, but were unable to board it. ; ur group appealed to the Uatted-Stat- es to remove military bases from the island, saying that is.thet only way to prevent future rapes: Though American military and'. government leaders have repau.t edly apologized and characterized the September rape as an isoj&ejH incident, reports of crime inVM-- l J1 Ukini McCarron said Taylor's criminal behavior was caused by a tragic life. "I don't think we have the right to take his life. I don't think he's responsible for his crimes." Orem resident Elizabeth Glea-so- n said she was pleading for God's grace. "It's not our place to take man's life, even though man has made a bad decision. A young child died, her mother ,is in grief, but that doesn't make it right." The woman added: "We lose a piece of ourselves every time we do this ... I can't forfeit myself, and that's what I'm doing every time we, the people, '" put someone to death." with violence. "God alone gives life and God Provo community activist Toni alone takes life. God's law is highBillings attended the service with er," said Sister Janet Ackerman, her two young daughters to pray another Roman Catholic nun of the for King, Taylor and those who same religious order. "I'm here to commit violent acts against the innocent. pray not only for John Albert Taylor, his family and friends, but also "When this crime was first for Charla King, her mother and committed, I was filled with disher family. We're not here to judge gust and hate and wanted some the right or the wrong of (Taylor's) form of justice, but when I entered actions. We're trying, as Catholic the church and prayed, I was most- Christians, to stand with those who j ly filled with sadness for every-- " suffer. In that spirit I've come one," Billings said. tonight." Monica Galligan and her husSister Ackerman said she was band, Jim McCarron, participated also praying for Billy Bailey, the in the service to pray for an end to murderer of an elderly the death penalty. "I think it's dis- was hanged early gusting that people can play God who couple, Dee Rowland, legislative liaison for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, which includes all Catholic churches in the state, said Utah didn't have to resort to anoth-- . er act of violence to punish an ini- -, tial act of violence. , . Other Catholic churches in Utah designated services Thursday evening to pray for victims and an end to the death penalty. The ser vices were not well attendedJ ' ld i While the jrU " TOKYO (AP) al for three U.S. servicera accused of raping an Okinav8 schoolgirl winds down, theAIr: Force confirmed today that anpihf-- ; er U.S. enlisted man has ttjfeff this time.f charged with rape American gin. The latest charges come amid widespread calls in Japan foEntha withdrawal of the U.S. military,-;- , from the southern Japanese island! J" , U .I..,-- . CantamKaf Vina ciiV4j eirLfT II abduction of a Two U.S. Marines and a sailor are on trial in a Japanese court-for- i that crime, and a verdict is expects, tiT ed next month. e ad in today's Wfew-- j In a York Times, a Japanese worudnls;: full-pag- and kill other people," Galligan said. "I hate that criminals do it, but I don't think it makes it any more right for the state to do it." Thursday in Delaware. "This is not what Jesus came to preach. As followers of Jesus our intent should be on loving and not on punishing," she said. Sister Janet Stankowski, a pastoral associate at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, said the purpose of the service was to also reflect about the meaning of life. "We need to what we're doing and ask ourselves if we truly value human life.", Sister Stankowski lamented violence in the world and said Taylor's execution was sending a disturbing message to society that violent crimes can be redressed airman-charg- ed U.S. . ' ' ' ing military personnel on are frequent. Today's charges, confirmed in an Air Force statement faxed rto the media after repeated inquiries,! are the third report of rape inYoJv. ing American servicemen since., the September sexual assault, j,.Nn- charges c ' have been filed ir in s the other two cases. One involves.a Marine who allegedly raped another Marine. In the second incident.'a suspect has not been identifiecf, faut the victim claims she was rap'dat knifepoint by a Marine. In the new case, Senior Airman Anthony T. Williams, Jr., 24, facias charges of rape and indecent' acts with a female under the age of 16'.' adultery, and providing alcoh6)"W minors, according to Kadena Aiil Base spokeswoman Lt. TUnia '"t".;' Dutko. 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