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Show AG The Salt LakeTribune NATION/WORLD Friday, January 22, 1999 Milosevic Backs Down, Allows Envoy to Stay Extremist Abortion Foes Hold Auction U.S. peace monitor refused Yugoslav expulsion order THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — The U.S. Mulls Force Yugoslav government an- deleine Albrightis enlist- ing” the expulsion order against the American head of the peace monitors in Kosovo — backing down after the envoy declared he ing U.S. allies to push on Yugoslavia a series of de- NATOif President Slobo- the state-run Tanjug news agency, dan Milosevic rejects them. “Force is the only language he appears to understand,” she said Thursday. “The world is confronted by new and unacceptable violence in Kosovo.” A massacrelast Friday the government said the expulsion order against William Walk- er would remain “frozen” until “the consequences of his behavior are fully clarified.” Walker was ordered to leave Yugoslavia by 5 p.m. Thursdayaf- ter he accused Serbpolice of massacring 45 ethnic Albanianslast week near the southern Kosovo vilians “has brought tensions to a razor’s edge,” Albright said as she prepared for trip that is to mained holedupinhis office in the Kosovo capital of Pristina. involveconsultations with British, French and other allies on thecrisis in the. The statement noted that, since the order wasissued Monday, the Yugoslav government “was con- tacted by high representatives of Serbian province. several governments and interna- tional organizations in their ef- decision sets aside the I was sure I was doing the right thing.” A prison sweatshirt that Brockhoeft wore during seven years ina federal lockup for firebombing two Cincinnati abortion clinics wasoneof the most popularof the Srdjan Hlic/The Associated Press A Serb police convoypatrolsthe village of Vraganica, Kosovo, about 25 miles northwestof Pristina, on Thursday. Twosoldiers from the Kosovo Liberation Army werekilled Wednesday. between government forces and Kosovo Albanian rebels. In Washington, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright had warnedthat the entire 750-person forts to havethis decision re-ex- The military fatigues and a black beret. “The price might be high, but of 45 ethnic Albanian ci- village of Racak. Walkerdefied the order and re- standoff over Walker but by no Some of the 50 people attending had themselves been convicted of abortion-related crimes. “Prison is hard,” said John Brockhoeft, decked out in black could result in attacks by In a statement distributed by Yeltsin and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. jailed for maiming a doctor. mands about Kosovo that would ignore the orderto leave. The statement said it “especially took into consideration’ appeals by Russian President Boris Thursday to honor their militant peers and auction off a few keepsakes, including a pair of camouflage booties knitted by a woman Secretary of State Ma- nounced Fridayit was was “freez- amined THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE PARK, Md, — Abortion foes held a banquet means signals an end to the crisis in Kosovo U.S. diplomats say that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic remains defiant on most of the ma- jor issues regarding compliance with the Oct. 12 agreement, which ended seven monthsof fighting monitoring team would be pulled out of Kosovo unless Milosevic al- lowed Walker to remain as head of the mission. The removal of the monitoring team would probably mean the end of the tottering cease-fire be- tween Milosevic’s forces and ethnie Albanian separatists and could pave the way for NATOair- strikes against Yugoslavia. As the deadline for his expulsion approached, Walker canceled a trip to Belgrade and holed up in his headquartersin the Kosovo capital of Pristina. An aide said Walker would spend the nighton his office couch. While Walkersattight, the U.S. special envoy for Kosovo, Christopher Hill, and Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek were meeting separately in Bel- grade with Milosevic to urge him to rescind the expulsion order. Vollebaek is chairman of the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. — Montana livestock cy on managing bison that wander from Yellowstone National Park, rejecting a changethat would have preventedthekill- ing of someof the animals. State Veterinarian Arnold Gertonson said reports that the federal government had modified its view of “low-risk” bison negative for the disease are considered low-risk and released. brutal and needless slaughter of a national treasure. They say it is ridiculous to think to be untested bulls, yearlings, calves and cowsthat have completely passed a placenta. If the state adopted that definition, it would allow many more bison to remain outside the park unmolested. not even enter the pastures near Yellowstone for months. But the National Academy of Sciences, after studying the issue, called the risk of the bison passing the disease small but real, and said the result to the cattle industry could be catastrophic if transmission in- Federalofficials consider low-risk bison Brucellosis, which can cause animals to aborttheir fetuses and can cause undulant the bison poseanythreatto cattle, whowill deed occurred were incorrect and Montana maintainsits objection to the existing federal policy fever in humans, is passed primarily throughcontact with infected birthing ma terials or aborted fetuses. liberal federal policy on low-risk bison un- Livestock the policy of the Animal and Under a federal-state agreement, the Livestock Department is responsible for controlling bison when they migrate out of less the federal government promises to re- He told membersof the state Board of Plant Health Inspection Service remains the sameas it has been since late 1997 ate policy requires brucellosistesting > of all bison t leave the park and cannot be d back within Yellowstone's bound aries. Those carrying the disease are shipped to slaughter, Only those testing the snow-covered park in search of winter THE Critics are harsh, calling the killing a tion of state veterinarians to endorse the Manyarekilled. Montanacattle crossing their borders Thestate also wants a national organiza- onedfor shooting and injuring a Wichita, Kan., doctor in 1993 Thatlot went for $40. Ascarfanda hat, also rendered in camouflage by Shannon, went for $70 after auctioneer Don Spitz said wearing them would make a have gone on alert for possible strikes against Yugoslavia, and Yugoslav forces have continued an offensive in Kosovo and pre- said. The Rev. Michael Bray helped sees the monitor mission. In the past week, NATO planes vented the U.N. war-crimestribunal from investigating the Racak massacre. federalpolicy beforeit will be accepted by Montanalivestock officials. The U.S. Ani- mal Health Association opposesthe policy. In a letter to Gov. Mare Racicot this week, MarcBridges, acting executive offi- cer for the Livestock Board, said those con- “pro-life fashion statement.” “No one will recognize you. The feds will walk right by you,” Spitz organize the banquet, similar to previousonesthat critics say introduced posters featuring a “dirty dozen” list of physicians whoprovided abortions. Planned Parenthood and four doctors say the posters amount to. a hit list, and are seeking $200 million in an Oregon lawsuit. “Mr. Bray is a danger to society,” said Margie Kelly, spokeswomanfor the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy in New York, Bray defends the banquet, as well as bombing abortion clinics ditions have not been met The department will continue to manage bison through a combination of hazing, capture and slaughter, he said. The issue of Yellowstone bison management has been debated for years, but inten- and killing doctors. slaughter during a mass migration. Joshua Graff recently finished probation in Houstonafter spending nearly three years in prison for setting fire to an abortion clin- sified after the harsh winter of 1996-97 whenabout 1,100 bison wereshotor sentto So far this winter, 364 bison have been hazed back into the park. Two capture op- erations earlier this month near WestYellowstone netted 19 animals. Thirteen of those tested positive for brucellosis and weresent to slaughter. “I would call it the use of force to defend the innocent in the womb,” said Bray, jailed for nearly four years for bombing andsetting fire to seven abortion clinics in the 1980s.“It’s defensiveforce, not retributive force.” ic. “My only regret is that I got caught,” he said. AIRTIME FOR LE 5.20 6.95 Wyo. — Some preached, some Digital Rates drew onpersonal experience and some used anecdotes, but all had strong opinions on the virtues or evils of bias-crimelegislation The Wyoming State Joint Judiciary Committee listened to 31% hours of testimony from 43 wit to that would occur if other states, concerned about more bison being allowed to roam outside the park, demand testing of all ASSOCIATED PRESS: nesses Thursday imburse the livestock industry for losses forage. The goal is to prevent infected animals fromspreading the disease to cattle. Wyoming Residents Voice Opinions On Bias-Crime Law CHEYED berated, some Thestate has refused to adopt the more Rachelle Shannon, whois impris- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which over- MontanaRejects Feds’ Live-and-Let-Live Bison Policy, Will Continue Slaughters officials say thestate will notrelaxits poli- 12 items up for bid. It fetched $125. The two booties were knitted by determine which bias-crimes bills, if any. Additional Line should be sent to the floor of the House and Senatefordebate. Bias-crime legislation has Month failed fourtimes in recent years in Wyoming Mostof those supporting enact ment urged passage of House Bill 132 and Senate File 84, sponsored by Rep. Pat Nagel, R-Casper, and Sen. Jayne Mockler, D-Cheyenne. 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