Show 10A Saturday April National World 6 1996 HEWS BRIEFS: Clinton Gore to help comfort families of plane crash victims OKLAHOMA CITY Okla - President Clinton and Vice President A1 Gore will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware today for the arrival of a plane bearing the remains of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and other victims of a military plane crash The announcement of Clinton's trip was made in Oklahoma City as the president celebrated the community spirit behind the rebuilding since the bombing of the federal building here a year ago A W hite House official said Clinton likely would be accompanied by family members of some of the victims The president and vice president are expected to speak at a ceremony around 3 pm MST and then return to Washington PHILIPPINES: Several Filipinos crucifixion of Jesus SAN PEDRO CUTUD Philippines - A dozen Filipinos and a Japanese man were nailed to crosses Friday in of the crucifixion of Jesus part of Good Friday observances in Asia's only Roman Catholic re-ena-ct nation Participants in the annual ritual prayed their sacrifice would help protect this village 30 miles north of Manila from volcanic mud that spills down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo during the rainy season Two people underwent the ritual in another town Shinichiro Kaneko told village leaders he had traveled from Tokyo to make the sacrifice in hopes of helping cure a sick relative The man screamed as attendants dressed as Roman centurions hammered nails through his palms into the wooden cross which was then lifted to a vertical position RUSSIA: Nationalist extremists rally in downtown Moscow - Carrying MOSCOW e banners young nationalist extremists marched through central Moscow and rallied Friday outside Russian government offices Some shouted “Sieg Nazi-styl- Heil!” Gulping vodka and beer about 200 demonstrators most teenagers or in their early twenties waved the red white and black banners but were generally peaceful Police stood by and did not intervene “We believe that we must have a class revolution” said rally organizer Eduard Limonov an author whose autobiographical books advocate political extremism He leads the National Bolshevik Party “We must replace the old bureaucrats with young people truly talented youth from the provinces” Limonov said The party previously declared self-styl-ed of Boris Yeltsin for June’s presidential election but now supports former Russian Olympic power lifter Yuri Vlasov RAPE CASE: Parents go to jail instead of testifying against son WILLISTON Vt - Arthur and Geneva Yandow have gone to jail in hopes of keeping their son out of one The couple refuse to testify at a prosecutor’s inquest in a rape case in which the suspect is their son The Yandows claim “parent-chil- d privilege” gives them the legal and moral authority to refuse So far the courts and the couple's church disagree “My clients are absolutely adamant that they will not testify” lawyer Paul Volk said Wednes- day “They believe morally and based on their religious values they will not destroy their family and betray their son” Craig Yandow who lives with his parents and works in his father’s construction business has not been charged in the Feb 14 attack in which a woman was raped beaten and left in the cold d unconscious and A jacket identical to one the younger Yandow owns - blue with “Saint John’s Bay” on the back - was found at the scene half-nake- Court upholds military gay policy Judges say it isn’t their job to set policy for the aimed services “In the end the best service courts can render is to return this debate to where it all began - to the halls of democratic governments where the many The Associated Press - Nun says first lady has promised to help her WASHINGTON - An American nun who says she was tortured by Guatemalan military personnel said Friday that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton promised efforts to have US government documents on her case released soon Sister Dianna Ortiz who has been conducting a vigil across the street from the White House said in a press statement she received the assurance during a meeting Thursday with Mrs Clinton “Mrs Clinton said she would do everything in her power to help me obtain as much information as possible” Sister Ortiz said Since Monday Sister Ortiz has been conducting a vigil to protest the US government’s lack of response to her request for documents concerning her case The nun said Mrs Clinton told her she would attempt to have the information released fore a presidential panel be- com- pletes its investigation Sister Ortiz said the target date for completion is June 30 President Clinton last year asked his Intelligence Oversight Board to investigate the case and allegations that US payments had been made to Guatemalan informants who might have been among those who tortured Sister Ortiz JERUSALEM: Good Friday crowd smaller because of bomb threats JERUSALEM - Amid fresh threats of suicide bombings thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world gathered in Jerusalem on Good Friday to retrace Jesus’ last steps to his crucifixion Carrying wooden crosses and chanting hymns the pilgrims trudged along the cobblestones of the Via Dolorosa - or Way of Sorrows - to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher which occupies the site where many Christians believe Jesus was buried and resurrected The pilgrims followed robed priests through the maze of the Old City’s outdoor market bumping into Muslim women with bundles of vegetables on their heads A drama troupe from California the procession “It is very exciting” said Don Obendorf a pilgrim from San Francisco “The vibes and ambiance it is nice Jerusalem seems to be a special place” Obendorf and his wife said they ignored warnings from friends to postpone their trip after four suicide attacks by Islamic militants killed 62 people including the bombers in February and March Two of the bombs went off in Jerusalem Others seemed to have heeded the warnings Fewer than 5000 pilgrims took part in the procession Friday compared with some 10000 in calmer years RICHMOND Va A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Clinton administra- award by Tho-mass- “Lt Paul Thomasson’s reer is over because it is resolve a significant question national military policy discapre- sumed that he will misbehave in a manner that is assumed to incite the prejudices of his colleagues whom it is speculated will abandon their duties to de- Judge J Harvie Wilkinson III wrote in the majority opinion that the court could not accept Thomasson’s claims that the policy is unconstitutional “To do so would not only overturn the efforts of the elected branches of government to IRS - 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Merchandise Obtained From: United States Customs Service on full-cou- 771-885- The Associated on federal appeals level A three-judg- e panel of the 4th Circuit heard Thomasson's appeal in September and took the highly unusual step of sending the case directly to the full court for review In most cases one of the parties in rt an appeal must ask for the hearing Fighting kills 17 people in capital of troubled country - ju- admitted is not a ground for discharge” State and federal courts achievable by around the nation have been conpolitical grappling with the issue Some sensus” The court federal courts have ruled issued the against the Clinton policy Just last month a federal ruling in the case of for- judge in San Francisco ordered mer Navy Lt the reinstatement of a gay National Guard officer discharged Paul who under the military's “don't ask disdon’t tell” policy And last year was missed from a federal judge in New York the Navy last blocked the discharge of six hoJune after mosexuals who had challenged the policy giving a letter to his commanding admiral stating “I am gay” Thomasson who worked for The ruling which upholds a the admiral administering the lower court ruling against “don’t ask don’t tell” policy is the first time a legal contended that the policy was challenge to the administraunconstitutional because it tion’s policy has reached the equated the words “I am gay” WEBER COUNTY ft ing more than an expression of his state of mind Tlie expression was not illegal and the fact dicial decree what was not Tho-mass- PUBLIC AUCTION in a dissent that Thomasson was being punished for “noth- 9-- SOMALIA: anti-aircra- Americans affected by decisions such as these can participate directly in their resolution” Judge Kenneth K Hall wrote tion’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy for gays in the military saying it was not the court’s job to shove elected leaders aside and set military policy by itself In a 4 decision the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said courts “were not created to r CF would also violate much plain and settled Supreme Court precedent” Wilkinson wrote TORTURE CASE: ch With a crown of barbed-wir- e on his head he grimaced and wailed for about two minutes under a broiling sun until he was taken down and his hands bandaged Ropes around the participants’ arms and bodies supported their weight on the crosses Most had only their palms nailed but others had their feet pierced as well with blows by a claw hammer its backing Also Yandow had injuries “consistent with those a rapist would sustain from a struggling victim” prosecutors said in court papers Standard-Examine- ONE CALL DOES IT ALL |