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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Page A2 Pro, Utah. Tuesday. April IX 1W Chochon rebel leader reportedly tilled In raid Bombeck found humor in 'wonderful By MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Writer S AN FRANCISCO Erma Bomheck's humor rang true because she was the frazzled housewife we all knew, the mother who told us to pick up our sneakers, who car pooled and cleaned with an eye for the joys in the drudgery can't let go of being a housewife. You have to be part of it." she once said. "You've sot to empty the garbage, swish out .the toilet bowls. Doing the laundry keeps you humble." . i When Bombeck wrote about washing the dog. picking her kids up from school or changing diapers, it wasn't shtick. She'd been there. "It was just as advertised wonderfully human chaos, dogs and laundry." said Ellen Goodman, who as a young reporter was sent to interview Bombeck 25 years ago at her home in the suburbs of Dayton. Ohio. "It w as a real break, a real change of the era." Good-ma- n said, "because, before that, the truth of domestic life in a!! of its pleasures and horrors and humor and frustration had been kind of a dirty little secret." Bombeck. who in her books and columns poked fun at real life and gave a voice to suburban housewives everywhere, died Monday at the age of b9 from complications from a kidney transplant. Yet her wit lives in a string of g books, with titles that revealed her unique way of looking at the world: "The Grass Is Alwavs Greener Over the Septic Tank," "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries. best-sellin- chaos' of life The What Am I Doing in the Pits?"' and "Family Ties That Bind ... And Gag." Much of her work, however, was enjoyed as clipped newspaper columns, sent to a friend or relative, or taped on refrigerators across America. Bombeck was an Ohio housewife when she decided she would write a humor column about married life in the suburbs. Knowing the editors of the Davton Journal Herald would not hire someone with little experience, she began writing a column for the editor's neighborhood newspapers in Within a vear. she was writing two columns a week for the Journal Herald, and a few weeks later, she was syndicated. Her columns appeared twice a week in about MM) newspapers. Bombeck also was a correspondent on ABC's "Gtxxl Morning America" for years and wrote a short-liveI9S0 television comedy. "Maggie." "She wrote about what she knew and that was being a housew ife. The good, the bad. the ugly and the smellv. The reality of it."" said Ponce Cruse Evans, author of "Hints Fam Heloise." humor was While gentle, Bombeek's trademark, she also applied her light touch to weightier issues. Her book ""1 W ant to Grow Hair. I Want to Caw L'p. 1 Want to go to Boise" dealt w ith children surviving cancer. She donated a SI. 5 million advance fee for the 1989 to cancer research tha'e vears before Bombeck was diagnosed w ith breast cancer. MOSCOW (AP) 1 ! By LARRY McSHANE NEW YORK Bernhard Goetz got hit from both sides at the end of the $50 million ciil suit against him: His own lawver said he deserved to be punched in the mouth while the opposing attorney called the subway gunman '"a small man with large hatreds." Lawyers for both sides made their final arguments to the jurv of four blacks and two Hispanics Mondav. were Deliberations a two-ho- ur PresiDAMASCUS. Syria dent Hafez Assad declined tiday to confer w ith Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he brought to Syria Israel's response to a plan to end iolence in southern Lebanon Israel and Muslim guerrillas. Upon his return to Damascus from Jerusalem. Christopher wa told by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk that Assad was "not aailable." a State Department official said. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said Christopher would head back to Jerusalem, where he met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. cross-borde- r rocket and bombing exchanges between Krael and Hezbollah guerrillas continued Ulay in the I4th day The violence has killed more than 50 people. t about the time Christopher relumed to Damascus. Iran's foreign minister. Ali Akbar Yelayati. arrived from Morocco for talks with Syrian officials. Iran is principal financier of and holds considerable sway over Hezbollah. And Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and that country's parliament speaker. Nabih Berri. met privately for most of Unlay with Abdul-HaliKhaddam. Syria's v ice president. French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette. who said he had "useful talks" in Damascus with Foreign Minister Farouk flew to Jerusalem to meet with Israeli officials. The Fraeli newspaper Haaretz reported today that de Charette told an interviewer France wants Israel to leave its securitv summation, defense lawyer Darnay Hoffman reminded the jury that Cabey said in a 19S5 newspaper inten iew that Gtetz "loked like easy bait." Gesturing toward his client. Iran-backe- d 1 self-declar- zone in expressed willingness "to contribute to this in the framework of an international force." Haaretz said. Both Israel and Syria were e proposing changes in a document Christopher brought to Damascus from Jerusalem. "Nothing's approved." a senior U.S. official said. "Nothing's finished until every thing's finished." Before the Assad meeting was scrubbed. Christopher planned at least one more round-tri- p between Israel and Syria seeking a written agreement to prevent the kind of one-pag- violence wracking southern Lebanon and northern Israel. It was unclear what effect the development in Damascus would have. in Washington, a W hite House official speaking on condition he not be identified said. "Do not read too much into this." Christopher flew here to meet with Assad after two meetings with Peres and his military and legal advisers. "They went over the text very carefully." the official said, and they proposed changes Christopher then took to Assad. Earlier, in Jerusalem, Christopher said the talks were in "a very intensive period now. I perceive a very serious effort to deal with the difficult pnblems we are facing together." Peres said he appreciated Christopher's mediation, now in its fourth day. and indicated wrapping up an accord would take more bargaining. "We are in the middle of a stream." the Israeli leader said. The talks were held against a backdrop of Israel's "Remembrance Day." which honors Israelis killed in its several wars with Arab enemies, beginning with the successful light for independence in I94X. "The U.S. stands with the peo Air Quality The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollution report compiled by the Utah Division of Air Quality. The Complete report is available hv telephone unhealthful: ardous. Hoffman then launched a string of insults. "He's a nerd, a geek, a pecker-wooa cracker," Hoffman said of Goetz. He was "not some cool, calculating racist." the attorney said, but a subway rider afraid for his life. Hoffman admitted that Goetz's own words "damned him tremendously." including his remark thai Cabey 's mother should have had an abortion and his reference at a community meeting in 9X0 to "spies and niggers." d, 1 300 and above s. s. co carbon monoxide The airiiiality this morning was as follows: oz ozone sulfur dioxide Overall air quality pa Outlook The forecast calls for decreasing ing. 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The news appeared to take official Moscow by surprise. Spokesmen at the Defense and Intent ministries, the prime minister's otTice and the Federal Security Service said they knew nothing about Dudavev's fate. If true. Dudayev 's death might radically change the nature of the war in Chechnya and the resistance to Russian rule. A sv mbol of Chechen defiance and one of the most wanted mei in s Russia. Dudaye eluded the since the fall of Grozny die capital, early last year. He was known to be in the Gekhi recic-jwhere the Chechens had headquarters, in March. j J7J-M5- 0 Subscriptions ind delivery service City s. 00 To You Up $500. Pay Oe'll is detlj Russia's official nrtsl has frequently issued agency, neous news reports based on'i. ITAR-Tas- shots at Goetz "Quite frankly, someone should punch him in the nnnith for saving it." Hoffman said. lawyer. Ronald Kuln. CaN:y delivered his own verbal assault during his closing argument, calling Goet "a small man with large hatreds" who pulled the trigger when he saw the black vouths. Goetz is white. Kuby told the jury to deliver a verdict that serves as a message of deterrence: "Bankrupt every other racist with a pistol who taunts and ' !' attack, the agency said. It offered no further AP PtXXO Columnist Erma Bombeck, surrounded by roses at a news conference in this 1985 file photo, died Monday in San Francisco where she had undergone a kidney transplant earlier this month. 1555 Ntxtti Freedom Boulevard ; Box 717, Provo, Utah 84603-07J- Classified Advertising Retail Advertising haz- particulates Note The Utah County residential area reading is taken from the Lindon monitoring station. pollution levels with a clearing index of 900 and the trend is increas- PO I' J X ... at The air quality today is good lor all areas along the Wasatch Front. ' ple of Israel ."and alw ay w Christopher safd. After a second session w ith Peres, he planned to shuttle back to Damascus to see Assad again. Christopher is committed to an open-ende- d stay in is the region until a cease-tir- e reached to end the fighting. Neither Christopher nir Peres said they were at the brink of an agreement nor used the word believe we are moving progress. forward, but it is in a difficult phase." Nicholas Bums, the State Department spokesman, said. "It's still unclear how fast we can move." For new subscription, restarts, home or delivery information, cancellations can 375-510- 3 weekbilling mtormahon. days Irom 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Afhrvv iations so "Dudavev's been killed." he said, according to ITAR-Tas"There's no doubt about it." the According to ITAR-Tasstatement said Dudayev was killed in a missile attack Sunday night or Mondav morning near the Ulace about 18 mir of Gekhi-Chof southw est Grozny. Several members of Dudavets inner circle also were killed in the? 1 Syrian leader slows peace efforts By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer ( d expected to begin today. Goetz. 4S. shot Darrell Cabey and three iHher young black men on Dec. 22. 19S4. "after "they demanded $5 faun him. saying later that he had feared them. P;ualyed and braindamaged from the shooting, the Cabey is suing Goet. In Chechnya. The report could not immediately be confirmed. The agency said the announcement was made by Dudayev's ousted government and was distributed in the Chechen capital by Khoh-Akhme- d Yarikhanov, a former Dudayev peace negotiator. X yVJ r As trial wraps up, lawyers take Associated Press Writer ITAR- - , l5. 1 The Tass new s agency said today that Chechen rebel kxkf Dzhokhar Dudayev was killed this week in a houth western missile attack-- n Hwmhi koj4. it H mi b LC. OREM 0GDEN 3I7E.1300S. 4390 S. 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