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Show TheSalt LakeTribune PAGE 2 A2 TODAY'S BRIEFING BY:Melissa Galbraith and Mark Hansen > WEDNESDAY, December 22, 1999 Tennis star Jennifer , who has back after a drug arrest five years ago, has signed a multimillion-dollar_ endorsement deal with Fila U.S.A. inc, Capriati, 23, wili compete weal like tennis a and apparel, appear in Fila advertising and conduct tennis clinics for young players. Airport Security: Following last week’s arrest of a manallegedly trying to smuggle explosives into the United States, security at the nation’s airports is being tightened amid concerns aboutpossibleacts of terrorism during the holidays. Capriati, a top-10 player as a teen-ager, went through drug rehabilitation after her arrest and has had a strong year. She is ranked 23rd on the Women's Tennis Association Tour. The roup Pet Shop Boys was scheduled 0(aca undisclosed fel damages Tuesday over an author's claim that they made only a minimal contribution to songs recorded in their name. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, who makeup the gop had sued Roger Scruton, author of AnIntelligent Person's Guide to Modem Culture, and the book's publishers, Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. The defendants’ lawyer, Jane Phillips, said the book mistakenly suggested that there was compelling evidence that songs recorded by the Pet Shop Boys were almost entirely the work of sound engineers. Phillips said that the allegations were baseless, and that herclients would pay Tennant and Lowe damages and reimburse them fortheir legal costs. Details: A-1 Guarding Jerusalem: Israel will deploy 12,000 police in Jerusalem on New Year's Eve to guard against possible terrorist acts aimed at disrupting mil- lennium celebrations. Details: A-4 Tobacco Smuggling: Canadafiled a $1 billion lawsuitin U.S.District Court @gainst R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings inc., alleging that it and other ‘companies conspired to smuggle toacco products into Canada to avoid tnillionsofdollarsin taxes. : Details: A-6 ‘Moises Castillo/TheAssociated Press Crash Landing A Cubannationalairlines DC-10 skidded off a rain-slicked runway and crashed into the La Libertad neighborhood of ~, G,R, PG, PG-13, PG-Utah:State Rep. Ray Short, R-Holladayfiled to havere‘search done on a possible movie ratsthgs system andratings board specifi<ailly for Utah. a Details: A-1 ‘olice Profiling: A bill proposed by ‘state Rep. Duane Bourdeaux, D-Salt jLake, would require police to keep statistics on the race of motorists they Stop. Minorities have filed numerous pomplaints saying they were stopped Guatemala City on Tuesday. Twenty-six people were killed in the accident — nine on the ground — and several shacks were damaged. The Cubana de Aviacion DC-10 jet was carrying 314 people,including 18 crew members. Is Solution to Quebec Puzzle Close? Bill may answer question of whether province can or wiil secede from Canada ecause of skin color, not for their driving. : Details: B-1 +; Utah Hostage Home: Leonard Darter arrived home to Utah on Tues- way after more than three monthsas a iostage in the Ecuadorian jungle. @arter worked on an oil pipeline for BY LYLE DENNISTON ‘THE BALTIMORESUN After a historic — andat times rancorous — week, Canada’s Parliament hasjust left Ottawa for a seven-week recess. Despite the rancor, the week washistoric because it might have Edmonton, Alberta-based United Pipe- found the waytosolvethe constituline Systerns. Details: B-1 tional puzzle over Quebec. For more than two decades,the nation’s future has been wrapped up in the hardest question yetto arise under its constitution: Can Quebec break away to become a separatenation, and Positive Russien Elections: The outcome ofparliamentary elections in Russia looks good, but the U.S. should still be wary ofa tired — and volatile — people are looking for a strong leader. Details: A-16 BUSHES > Soaring Stocks: The Nasdaq composite index soared 127.18 to 3911.05; the Dow Jones industrial average rebounded 56.27 to 11,200.54. The S&P 500 index bounced back 15.34 to 1433.43. Stocks: F-3 Sitting Tight: Faced with uncertainties about Y2K computerproblems,the Federal Reserveleft interest rates unchanged Tuesday, butsaid a rate hike maight come afterthefirst of the year. Details: F-1 will it? WhenParliamentreassembles Feb. 7, the lawmakerslikely will begin to workseriously towarda final answer. The time between now and then, however, won'tbe idle: Canadianswill be facing a campaign-stylead blitz by the opposingsides in the debate over the possible secession of Quebec. ‘Thereis no prospectofcivil war in Canadaover Quebec, and Canada hopesit has found an answer that would keep the French-speakingprov- ince in the confederation.If so,it would be partly because therest of Canada might makeit too difficult or costly for Quebec to break away, and partly because support within the province for secession is waning noticeably — as indicated by new polls. Quebeckers, those polls further sug- gest, are losing theirinterest in voting on the question again in a referendum. Tworeferendums on independence havefailed: overwhelmingly in 1980 and barely in 1995. Pollster Frank Graves, presidentof Ceetet In action Tuesday, We State topped Utah State 86- 3B, end Southern Alabama beat BYU p46. ofCanada and its provinces -- to nego- stay — unlessit wanted to take drastic action that Quebeckers would not sup- port. tiate basic principles into reality. That UnderChretien’s proposal, the SupremeCourt ruling wastranslated this way: If Quebec holds a secession about:a reality check on what probably hasto be done, pragmatically, to solve the secession dispute. The court's guiding principles: sive unless the House of Commonsapproves the way the question was pre- is whatlast week's events wereall @ Quebec could secede only as a re- referendum,the result cannotbe decisented. ‘The Commonswill not find a ques- sult of a negotiated constitutional tion to have been clear enough unless it tested Quebeckers’ viewson a sim- @ Negotiations could come onlyifa “clear majority” of Quebeckers voted ple, stark choice: remain a part of Can- amendment. for secession in a referendum,and only if the question putto the voters were a “clear”test of the desire to secede. It is up to the national andprovincial governments togetherto decide what would be a “clear question” and what would be a “clear majority.” After waiting more than a year to see what that might meanif put into adaorleaveit. No negotiations overthe terms of secession would occur unless the Com- monswassatisfied aboutthe clarity of the question and the result. Any negotiations would focus not only on a constitutional amendmentto let Quebec depart, butalso on the termsof doing so, One significant sticking point: Quebec would have to its presentterritory. the national governmentof Prime Minister Jean Chretien made public a specific plan. His ministers putit before the a statementthat“this law should House of Commons onDec.13, as GovernmentBill C-20. The next formal Chretien’s minister of intergovernmental affairs, StephaneDion,said in neverbe used.” He said the governmentwrotethe plan only because Que’s provincial premier, Lucien Bou- committee for action. The probable meaningof Chretien’s plan:If the measure is enacted in anything closeto its current form, Quebec’s chances ofbeing able to negotiate successfully a plan of secession will haveall but disappeared. ‘The plan creates twogiant hurdles. First, it requires agreement on how the question of secessionis to be test by the fiery Bouchard, and put a scare even into opponents of Quebec's separation, whosaid they feared it would antagonize Quebec andbolster the faltering idea of secession. Bouchard, the separatist Parti Que- tainable in its current incarnation. ‘Thesense of resonance,thesense ofattractiveness and the senseoffeasibil6 . . haveall declined substantial- framed to Quebeckersin a referen- , ; ; ‘ THE MILLENNIUM MOLIERE: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin could have had a comfortable future in his family's tapestry business. He gaveit upfora life of play writing, controversy and comedy, taking the name Moliere and becoming perhaps France's greatest writer. The early going was rough: He wastwice tossed into prison over debts on his theatrical ventures. When success came, the clergy and aristocracy continually Moliere. With comedic genius,insight and doses of slapstick, Moliere explored the between truth and absurdity, between his characters’ self-images and the way the world truly sees them. His powerful targets often included conventional morality, the medical profession, the merchant class and feminine vanity. The king found Moliere’s “Tartuffe” to be an amusing satire of religious hypocrisy — then banned it for five years. A consummate showman, Moliere made a greatexit. He died after = ing while performing the leadin his play, “ Hypochondriac.” y ON THIS DATE In 1775,a Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious American colonies. In 1807, Congress passed the E! Act, designed to tee between Britain and France bycuttit all trade with Europe. + In 1971, the remo fatify the election of Kurt Waldheim ds secretary-general. In 1990, Lech Walesa took the oath of offige as Poland'sfirst resident. * In 1991, the of Lt. Col. William , an American hostage murdered by his , was found dumped along a highway in Lebanon. becois leader in Quebec whose term as premierruns out in 2003, has said a OnLi referendum will be held whenhefeels “winning conditions”exist. Today’s Highlights at www.sltrib.com CATS WITH HANDS LiL BE HONEST WH Yoo ... HIS CHRETMAS BONUS I THINK Ay RATHER HAVE A RRO for his austere approach and helping paye the way for the New Wave movement. Today’s Birthdays: Lady Bird Johnsonis 87. Actor Hector Elizondo is 63. Actor Ralph Fiennesis 37. negotiate overpossible loss of some of effect, Canada foundout Dec.10, when Ekos Research AssociatesInc., told (0aaete Ca oygsTeeae PD Food: D-1 might wind up with no option but to mentonthe terms under which Quebec could separate. Neitherseems likely, so Quebec Canadian reporters in Ottawa, “You put it all together, it may well be that this [secession] movement is not sus- The mostsignificantfactor influ- thining and celebrating in her books, dumis passed bya sufficiently impressive majority, the plan requires agree- pendence,the court's ruling is beginning to be translated into a real-world, practical scheme. The court's decision in Augustlast year was notself-executing.It madeit clear that it would be up to the “political actors” — the governments chard, had refused to abandonthe idea of another referendum. Theproposalset off an angry pro- ME inagazine and TV show. ts dum.And second,evenifa referen- step in the Commonsprocess, in February, will be to send the measure toa encing the Quebec question now,it ap‘|. Just B.: Often compared to Martha Stewart, B. Smith offers tips on enter- pears,is this: 16 monthsafter the Su- preme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec could notact alone to choose inde- MILESTONES Canceled: By the Chicago Sun-Times, “The Simpsons” comicstrip fromits pages,calling it “tasteless and excessively violent.” Editor in Chief Nigel Wade said he means“no disrespect” to fans of “The Simpsons” television show. But what works ontelevision, He said, does not alwaystranslateinto print. | Died: Frenchfilm director Robert Bresson, who helped redefine French cinema by focusing on images rather than dialogue, on Saturday. He was 98. Bresson was best knowin THAN ANGIHER ONE OF THOSE “i CATNIP MOUSES WITH A BAL ro @ www.sitrib.com/jazz/mvp/ — A retrospective on Karl Malone's career, tos and stories on his second Most Valuable Player award, A must for Jazz fans. @ www.sitrib.com/y2k/ — All the latest on attempts to deal with the Year 2000 computer bug. |
