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Show STARZZ LOSE BY 5 LOSING THE CRUISING Mystics show offtalent B-1 Copsseek State Street shutdown C-1 NOT-SO-GREAT IDEAS | A look at productflops E-1 CheSalt Lake Cribune www.sltrib,com Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume258 Number 39 SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1999 © 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City. Utat Bombing Blitz: GAME THREE: BLAZERS97, JAZZ 87 Jazz. Wake-Up Call NATO Admits New Blunder Pentagoninsists buildup of ground troops is for peacekeeping if Milosevic withdraws BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and BOB DROGIN LOS ANGELES IMES BRUSSELS, Belgium — A record number of NATO warplanes pounded liance’s policymaking body, will meet another deadly targeting blunder inthe slavia’s main republic, Serbia. NATO Yugoslavia’s major cities andothertar gets Saturday thealliance admitted two-month air war, this time against ethnic Albanian guerrillas Trent Nelson/TheSalt LakeTribune The Jazz trio of John Stockton, left, Jeff Hornacek and Greg Foster appear stunnedby the Blazers on Saturday. p> The Jazz were outplayed, outworked and outhustled in Saturday's defeat at Portland, Steve Luhmwrites. Oth er thanthat, they did just fine edfor peacekeeping opera- Gordon Monson chronicles the post game demeanorof Jazz CoachJerry Sloan, who wants to know Who's > The Trail Blazersare not claiming to have accomplished anything yet. leading only2-1 in the series Stories on Page B-1 going to cometo play?” in Game4 Colo. — They appearedfor all the world likenor. malteen-agers, with their multiple ear rings, platform heels and unrulyhair fidgeting under purple andsilver robes —not the most-watched groupof graduating seniors in the United States. Not kids whosebullet-pocked school remains a working crime scene. Three of Columbine High School's seniorsleft hospitals to graduatewith their class Saturday. Onerolled onstagein a wheelchair With cameras trained on them and an audience of 6,000 offering moral support, the Columbine Class of A year later, pain lingers in Oregon WStudents retum to Georgia school Rocky Mountains on a sunsplashed morning. Absent were two who would have graduated, Lauren Townsend and Isaiah Shoels. They were among the 12 in black and-whitestripes. The pin hasn't been pe icly unveiled yet, 500sofar I'mgetting c: alls but he has sold from over the porary abeyance as DeputyU.S. Secre- tary of State Strobe Talbott returned to. Washington from Moscow after talks with Viktor Chernomyrdin, the special envoy who has sought to mediate be- ‘0 plans to do this so the refugees can return home as quickly as possible after a peace agreement is tween Milosevic and NATO. Talbott is remains the same. Theair campaign fle>w 684 sorties — including 245 bomb “NATO's policy expected to return to Moscow this week Ay urther talks all, NATO fighters and bombers wil continue until Yugoslavia accepts ing or missile runs and 90 attacks on said. See NATO, Page A-7 team’s state championship match was the world. Seemingly every student's down April 20 by classmates Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then took their own lives Since then, school officials havestrug gled to provide a sense of normalcyto the Columbine students. for whomnormal is a distant memory. Theteen-agers Saturday's ceremony left no doubt that the teen-agers have grownweary of attention and hoped — as best could be managed under the circumstances — to See COLUMBINE, Page A-8 INSIDE SECTIONS WEATHER A coupleof thunderstorr may develop in the afternoon and evening Page C-12 OPINION An LDS Church bar tera ture should apply to everyone or no one Page AA-1 newfoundreputation as the world’s brib but includes a prison inmate ings and the force will be assembled.” Bacon said Diplomatic efforts to negotiate an endtothecrisis appeared to bein tem- smile and sneezehas been analyzed ery capital. Andheis casting his ideas in Hathaway's pin resembles a Utahcen tennial licenseplate with Del: Arch countries will come for ward and make their offer covered by sportswriters from around students and a teacher who were gunned If things goas they have, soon they will these are not sanctioned by the Salt will lead to the requisitioning of troops. and then counseled by therapists. Thegirls soccer be on the 10 Most Wantedlist In fact, Hank Hathaway cant make enoughof them. The Salt Lake City talk show host is capitalizing on the city’s Us’ AB AB bling that numberasafirst stage Oncethey reachadecision, that decision will have to be translated into a wholeseries of orders that have been questioned by investigators. interviewed by international media, and outdoor concert theater at the foot of the TRIBUNE STAFF AND NEWS REPORTS Lake Organizing Committee as Olympic collector pins. stressed gion, and the proposal calls for dou ‘O's terms The North American Council, theal They are wanted by the FBI, but Salt City Mayor Deedee Corradini can do without them front of the public as spoof collector's pins featuring the slogan “Bribes R Bacon that a rapid deployment of up to 50,000 NATO troops — nearly signed,” Bacon 1999 — 437 sturdy teen-agers who rememberedto laugh and celebrate — received diplomas and bid farewell to schooland classmates The upbeat ceremony was held at an Pin May Not Be Official, But It’s Hot | Kenneth now has about 16.000 troops in there- CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS sitrib.com turn homeunder NATOprotection Seniors makeit clear they wanttofocusonlife, not death,after shootings that shocked world LOS ANGELES TIMES GREENWOOD VILLAGE, tions and not an invasion Pentagon spokesman twice the forceoriginally envisioned — is needed in case Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevie capitulates to NATO’s demands that he withdraw his forces from Kosovo and allow nearly 1 million ethnic Albanian refugees to re Columbine Grads Embrace the Future BY JULIE CART In Washington, the Pentagon insisted that the swift buildup of NATO ground troops in the Balkans being urged by President Clinton is intend- this week in Brussels to debate whether to authorize a larger peacekeeping force for Kosovo, a province of Yugo- Radio host Hank Hathaway's pin pokesfun at Utah's reputation THE ARTS A photo exhibit sets the public discussions a country for “Bribes R Us,” Hathaway said The FBI contacted Hathaway, because agents wanted to buy as many pins as possible. Hathaway will sell only up to 10 at atime ethical issues | stage for variety of | Page D-1 | SUNDAY (undecn i ee ‘BRIBES R US’, Page A-4 TRAVEL Nutmeg, helpgi cinnan nada Spice Island. | | | : Page J-1 | | | Leah Hogeten The Salt Lake Tribune Catholic Community Services interpreter Gary Jensen, far left, welcomes Sahit Fazliu and daughters Shqipe. 16 center, and Shyhrete, 12, Saturday at Salt Lake City International. Shyhrete is hugged by CCS’s Lina Smith. First Refugees From Kosovo Arrive in Utah to Await Kin Mom, four sons still missing in war-ravaged Balkan land the nick Page H-1 PARADE mes Wo ioe urdies Aen Landers 52 Nakoryniow BertervBel C2 Odtusne Boot Revews DS Persona wastes Ads FD Puan wort F252 Ree oe ce Nowe D ¥ Inside AAS C ‘ nu s are amongan ex heduledtoarrive in the next week from Fort Dix, N.J.. which processing center for fugees the United BY BRENT ISRAELSEN The war in Kosovo Eur pe's disaster in nearly 50 y h on Saturday n azliu, 50 andhis tw ters, Shqipe. 16, ai 4 Shyhrete rived at Salt Lake Airport on Saturda City accept nlastic bags of es of luggage said they are formof nor nce their lives were turned up wn by fighting in Kosovo want to be comfortable. We free and find work.” said Interna night, nearly tw soldic . ‘ whe n Al Paaliu’s new excitement to be starting a life, however. is tempered by un- inty abc sons. who ran though Shyhrete could contain a buge grin of happiness his wife and their four ¢ in age from 14 to 23. Fazliu and his daughters have not See REFUGEES, Fase a? |