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Show SheSaitLakeSribune PAGE 2 A2 TODAY'S BRIEFING BY:Kimberiee Hiatt SATURDAY, December 25, 1999 aa — THE HEADLINES OLE oon Pag a ho play Ruth Ann in the “Northem prot re”nae series, after being is Succ by aonLisg A, 8 was walkil7.2 her Wednesdayin a mail pa ing lot in a when another vehicl backed into her. She fell, Situation: Hijackers seized anyae Airlines jet with 189 people iday, forcing theaircraft igenanil take off repeatedly on a breaking her right hip and rightwrist, she said. She underwent rey and is recovering in a hospital. Just Phillips was in Los Angeles taping anER episode in which she played a pat je ing across South Asia ani into the Middle East. Details: A-1 Same Old: After one of the busiest Charles Schulz, who delighted four mere. tions with his Peanuts cartoon strip, will be nominated for a Congressional Gold Medal when lawmakers reconvenein January. “He's art of the American culture,” Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif, said Thursday in announcing his plans to nominate Schulz. “He has brought humor, hope and enlightenmentin those comic strips since the 1 Heput a little joy in people's lives.” The medalis the highest civilian honor handed out by Congress. Schulz's wife, Jean, said the 77-year-old cartoonist was too tired from chemo! erapytreatments to comment Thursday, but she was overjayed. Schulz, who is recovering from colon cancer, announced Dec. 14 he was retiring the comic strip in order to focus onhis health. reseasons ever in American presitential polities, things are about to get serious, And a lot of the arguments are going to sound familiar. Details: A-3 | Final Assault: Russian forces tight- an their squeeze Friday on rebels hiding in Chechnya’s rugged southerh mduntains, while Russia's top commidnder in Chechnya said that thefinal assault on the capital, Grozny, had begun, Details: A-12 Insurrection: Ivory Coast, long a bastionof stability in a region racked by war, was riven Friday by an army revolt that its declared leader described as a coupd’etat. Details: A-15 STATE OFUTAH. True Meaning: Jim and Alicia Quigley two years ago decided to simplify their celebration of Christmas after discoveringtheir children couldn't remember anything they'd received the previous year. Jose Lais Magana/Tbe Associated Tens of thousands of Cuban workers and students wear T-shirts and carry i with Portraits of Elian Gonzalez,the boy rescued off the coastof Florida by two durit his return to Cuba on Wednesdayin Havana. Such protestsare part of Fidel Caste!. poster campaign. A Poster Child for Castro’s Cause Cuban dictator successfully using boy in U.S. custody asa rallying point for country BY ANITA SNOW Details: A-1 Universe-ity Grant: Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory expects to receive $30.4 million from NASAto build anorbiting instrument that will be launched in 2003 to test newtechnologiesfor U.S. weathersat- ellites. Details: D-1 Smooth Flying: For a holiday that’s usually among the year’s busiest in travel, Christmas Eve was a relative breeze for travelers flying to and from Salt LakeCity. Details: D-1 Tree Wars: Kaysville — Tree City USA — is contemplating pulling out 17 Norway maple trees that business owners along Main Street say are a big nuisance. Details: D-2 States. Elian’s father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez,says his ex-wife THE ASSOCIATED PRESS did not get his permissionto take the boy out of Cuba, and HAVANA— Inthe United States, the images of Elian Gonzalez being showered with Christmas toys are proofof the generosity and plenty there. In Cuba, those same images areoffered as proof of America’s cynical exploitation astro’s political poster child. Young Communist Pioneers, children as “/My boy] talks about Elian young as 6 and 7 have spoken before every day. And heis worried thousands atprotestrallies, criticizing for he won’tx come back because the United% States and Miamiexiles " ‘Theboy's bewildered face looks out froma billboardoutsidetheU.S. diplo- Bs . ofall the things they are giving him over there.” and posters hoisted high at demonstra- tions demandinghis return. Cuba’s aging communist ruler has launched a campaign of well-attended Alexis Pineiro Cuban parent rallies, televised appearances and ad- vertisementsthat haverallied his coun- a trymenand galvanized many younger Cubans whose ties to Castro were perhaps most tenuous. “What would you rather have? Toys or health care?” a Castrocriticized whathecalled “the grotesqueandincredible display ofostentatious gifts that show they will go to anycostto buy thesoulofa 6-year-old boy.”In therole of kindly grandfather,he has assured Elian’s classmates that the boy will return. Soon to enter his 41st year in power,the 73-year-old Castro often expresses concern about Cuban youth andtheir role in a communistsystem still recovering from the Soviet Union's collapse a decadeago. Whateverthey maythinkof Castro, Cubansclearly have been moved by the plight of a boy wholost his motherat sea andis separated from his father and four grandparents in Cuba. The government portrays him as trapped in a for- eign land, ringed by “wolves” and “mafia ringleaders” — references to the Cuban exiles living in Florida who fiercely oppose Castro and wantElian to remain there. memory. Editorial: A-16 Strip Searches? Forget the normal hassles of moving from onecity to another by air this season. With nut cages abroad, apparently anything goes for security reasons. As hehasin the past, Castro has effectively stirred the country's strong sense of nationalism with theideaofits old nemesis, the United States, again playing Goliath to Cuba’s David. “Wewill save Elian,” has becomethe new rally- ing cry. Elian was found Nov. 25 by two sport fishermen, two daysafter the boat carrying him, his mother and other Cubans sank during an apparent attempt to reach the United Manypeople attend because they feel strongly about the case orthink it is the civic duty. Others£0, because of festive atmosphere the events,of- tenfeaturing popular musicians such as troubadour Silvio Rodriguez or Compay SegundoofBuenavista Social Club fame. Notall Havana residents are enthusiastic about being bused by the governmentto yet another demonstration outside the U.S. Interests Section. At one recentprotest, hundreds of arriving people were seen picking upposters andleaving. Some teen-agers offer their own versionofthe protest chant “Elian,our friend! Cuba is with you!” Between guffaws, somehave been heard chanting,“Elian, our friend! Take us with you!” But youngerchildren have been affected by the stories about Elian, according to many Cubans.His plightis dis- Cuba’s holiestsites, said they asked thesaintto bring in 1223, St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the first Nativity scenes in Greccio,Italy. in 1776, Gen. Gr crossed prise attack on Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J. In 1818, “Silent Night” was performed for the = ime, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in mdorff, in 1977, comedian Sir Charles Chaplin died in Switzerland at 88. In 19 5, 1995, singer or died at his Bev- Elian home. Parents tell of their children clinging to them, worrying that they will lose them if they let go. “My boy hugs metight every day when hegets home from school,” Alexis Pineiro,35, said of 12-year-old Josiel. “Hetalks about Elian every day. And he is worried he won't come back because of all the things they are giving him over there.” Teresita Eredia says her 10-year-old daughter, Anais, keeps asking, “Mami, you would never take me and mylit- tle sister out there ona raft, would you?” “AndI haveto tell her, ‘no, no, my girl, don't even think aboutit,’” said Eredia, a 34-year-old housekeeper and single mother.“We're staying here,” CRleyNae /es tyTheWeettegeen Pont WrnersOoway Categet weeane wreeen Stuntman: Of all the shenanigans Bobby Valentine has pulled off curing hjs 12-year big league managerial ca reer, returning to the New York Mets’ dugout in disguise after being thrown out of a game perhaps best captured i Details: B-1 bE ee the cathedrals oftennee inposshl delicate and airy inside. France, bathed ieInterior in‘ ht from 160 stained lass windows.In 1245, aoe imported French architects to begin rebuilding Westminster , and it Notre Dame was completed it in Paris. In A.D. 336,the first recorded celebration of Christmason this day took place in Rome. - In os William the Conqueror was crowned DIOCENES TODAY... — away. Massive as fortresses from it to underscore thedifferences betweensocialist and capi- talist societies. Someyoung children who madethe annual pilgrimage Dec.17 with their families to the St. Lazarus shrine, one of NON SEQUITUR eae (Utah) 5. Dally & Suny(OutsideRon) 6.8 CATHEDRALS:In the'12th and 13th centufies, a great outpouring of Christian faith led to the creation of some of history's’ most magnificent cathedrals. European architects reached for the heavens,putting up soaring columns and ceilings so high they eerie? eee to float cussed in classrooms across the nation, where teachers use Editorial: A-16 hjs style. By about 75 demonstrators Thursday, the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Department's decision to hire a formerpolice officer involved in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black woman. Announced: Friday, the abdication of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg after 35 years of et n in favor of his oldest son. The Grand e, 78, eared the admiration of his subeas‘when he enlisted in the British army during World WarII to fight the Nazi occupation of his country. : Gen. Joao Baptista Figueiredo, the Brazilian president who oversaw thetransition from military dictatorship to civilian rule, on Friday from heart and respiratory failure. He was 81. Today's Birthdays: Actor Dick Miller is 71. Singer JimmyBuffett is 53. Singer Annie Lennoxis 45. tryingto “steal our Elian.’ matic mission, T-shirts of supporters “We wanthealth care!”the children reply. A Time to Reflect: On this Christmas Day 1999, the sense of time passing, a century turning, heightens the yuletide tendency to pause with family and friends and reflect on people and places that have passed into id. S or shorts and neckerchiefs ofthe The 6-year-old Cuban boy found clinging to an innertube off Florida last month,after a harrowing voyage in whichhelostpolitihis mother, has Gaieea : become boy about8 years old asks classmates in a scene shown on Details: C-1 him betterlife offthe communist In Castro’s campaign for the boy’s return, young Cubans playa leadingrole. Wearing the white shirts, red jum} ofhim andofthe crass materialism of Fidel Castro’s enemies in America. governmenttelevision. Prayers for a Miracle: After drawing on members’ personal loans and credit cards to pay the up-front lease for their church building, as well as to construct a sanctuary and baptistry inside, membersof the Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antigua fellowship stand to lose everything. wants him back. Elian’s Miami relatives say they can give MILESTONES o . erly Hills home at age 78 |
