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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Thursday, December30, 1999 Ag 4-Year-Old Spends Holiday Weekend Alone With Body of Her Dead Father ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — Little Karina Pistorio put damp cloths on her father’s head to ease his pain. She brought the phoneso he could call for help. In the end,the 4-year-old spent the Christmas weekendalone with the corpse of her father, who died suddenly of years ago, he said. The Citranos plan to raise their granddaughter with help and didn’t answer the telephone from a son and daughter-in-law. Kevin Rowland with the state Medical Examiner's office said suburb of Mustang broke down Pistorio died of a ruptured aorta. Nooneis certain howlong father and daughter were in the home or the door. Police in the Oklahoma City the door to Pat Pistorio’s home Sunday nightafter concerns were raised because no one had heard Kohl fiercely insists he ‘was neverforsale’ LOS ANGELES TIMES BERLIN — Germanfederal prosecutors took the first step Wednesday toward criminal pros- ecution of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, undermining his towering legacy as the architect of German unity with allegations that he misappropriated $1 million while in office. Embodying the adage “the bigger they come, the harder they fall,” Kehi’s reputation as one of the greatest European statesmen of the century appeared shattered by the unprecedented proceedings, in which prosecutors in Bonn sought suspension of his parliamentary immunity to pur- Union for a quarter ofa century, is already the subject of a parliamentary investigation into whether unreported contribu- tions from an arms broker and a French oil conglomerate were kickbacks for allegedly influenc- ing government decisions. Kohl Federal prosecutors in Bonn set the process in motion Wednes- 30 that he maintained secret bank day by notifying the president of the lower house of parliament, accounts as party leader to hide certain cash contributions, issued Wolfgang Thierse, that they were seeking the suspension of Kohl's immunity as a member of the Bundestag, That step must be has veherently insisted that his leadership “was never forsale.” The parliamentary probe, expected to take as long as two years, made before formal charges can be brought. only six weeks ago was on the world stage to take his bows for helping bring down the Berlin But Thierse, a former activist with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s ey Social it Democratic Faa . ooconelien7A te lieves a full airing ofthe i ic Union scandal would benefit all German could resultin fines for Kohl, who Wall in 1989. Rut the federal case, centered around illegal political donations, signals a far more serious action ‘Thierse has 48 hours to consult with party leaders and move to block the immunity suspension. against him. Kohl could serve time in jail if eventually charged and convicted. And his reputation as one of the most influential statesmen of the post-World War “This whole affair is a deep scar on German history,” Thierse told ZDFtelevision. “That a Ger- duct. Parliament isnotexpectedto block the investigation. Il era has already been overshadowed by his becoming the first man chancelloris forced to admit that he violated party laws and the democracy for 16 years and history to becomethe subject ofa _is an outrage.” sue charges of criminal misconKohl, who ruled the Democratic RATE PLANS AND GET 7¢ START OF SERVICE AND 7¢ FIRST MONTH A\ HANDS FREE SET leader in modern criminal investigation. political parties. itution and his oath ofoffice Kohl, 69, who has kept a low profile since acknowledging Nov. a statementfrom his Berlin office saying he accepted the federal criminal probe “with regret” but would cooperate to the extent that he could. The former chancellor has refused the demandsofcurrent CDU leaders to name names and escape suspicions of having pocketed some of the money — position thatlegal analysts interpret as in- vocation of his right to avoid self: tion. N.Y., on Tuesday to makefuneral and travel arrangements. the refrigerator and slept off and on. She did as she had been told Charges Loom for Former German Chancellor trano said Wednesday. He and his wife, Ethel, arrived in Oklahoma from their home in Deer Park, Karina knows that her father is now in heaven with her mother, Carole, who died of cancer two granddaughter made herself toast, drank bottled water from A Black, Oily Tide “I'm pretty proud of her for whatshe did for being alone,” Ci Joseph Citrano, 69, said his heart trouble. Soldiers and volunteers scoop oil from the beach at LeCroisic, Brittany, in France on Wednesday. Three million gallons of oil poured into the sea on Dec. 12 whenthetanker Erika broke in two and sank. Sea birds have beenthe most touched by the spill, with about 16,000 sick or dead oil-drenched birds washing upalong thecoast. TotaiFina, the company that hired the tanker, said it will help with cleanup. from Pistorio, 39, for several day aloneas hedied. 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