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Show A8 TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Thursday, November17, 1994 Blue Angels Soar Off With Ist Black Leader THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PENSACOLA. Fla. — The only blackpilotto fly with the Blue Angels in their 48--year history has become commanderofthe famed Navy flight demonstration squadron. flew with the six-plane aerobatic team from 1985 to 1988, returned to assumethetitle ofBoss” from Cmdr. Robert Stuf, who will become deputy corianderof an Cmdr. Donnie Cochran, 40, who ss, SauI SS HOT TUB Complete Package ae Scratch and Dent HOT TU Blow Out Sale All Spa’s in Inventory on Sale While TheyLast. “SBATESPAS 6540 So. State 288-0242 s61794meng (Across the Street from Sams Club) Cedras Keeps Low Profile in Panama Exile By David Luhnow REUTER NEWSSERVICE PANAMA CITY — Former Haitian strongman Raoul Cedras, in exile just over a month,is living in a luxury PanamaCity apartment tower called ‘‘The Emperor’ and writing his memoirs, friends and membersofhis security detail say. The ex-dictator has kept a low profile since he arrived here on Oct. 13 after bowing to U.S. demands to end his bloody threeyear reign: of Haiti. Herefuses to grant interviews and hardly has been seenin public atall since the United States bundled him aboarda flight for Panamafollowing the U.S. military oc- cupation of his impoverished Caribbean homeland. Soon after Cedras’ departure, the United States restored to power Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, whom Cedras had ousted in a 1991 coup. “He and the family are OK. They spend their time adjusting dition of anonymity. Cedras’ security chief said the former leader spends mostof his day writing on a portable computer and rarely leaves his apartment in Panama City’s upscale Paitilla district. In his only public outing, to reg- ister at Panama’s immigration department, Cedras coveredhis face in front of photographers and refused to speak to reporters. “He does not want to comment on the Haitian situation for some time,” said the security chief, who did not wantto be identified. The square-jawed Cedras has recently taken walks along the shores of the Bay of Panama and met someofhis neighbors. Cedras’ friends deny printed reports in the local mediathat the lieutenant general had sunk into despairin exile. Cedras and his formertop military aide, Brig. Gen. Phillipe Biamby, spent their first two weeks in Panamaholedupin dingy hotel rooms near Panama to a newcountry and doing every- City’s airport. day things like buying furniture,” a friend of the family said on con- said Cedrasneverleft the room. Early one morning, the Cedras Hotel employees family left the hotel and moved into their rented apartment.It is not known where Biambylives. Perhaps the biggest headache for Cedras and his family has beenfinding schoolfor his three children, who have been barred entry to a private French school in PanamaCity. Although Cedras’ arrival in Panama sparked small protests from those whofelt Panama was bending to U.S. pressure, most Panamaniansdo not seem to mind their new resident. Panama, which the United States invaded in December 1989 to oust dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, has granted asylum in the past to leaders such as Guatemala’s Jorge Serrane and the Shah ofIran. Cedras’ security official said he is part of Panama’s presidential guard. Panamanianofficials had originally said security would only be provided for Cedras during his first 15 daysin exile. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said embassy officials were unawareofany U.S. contact with Cedrassince he arrived in Panama. This page. from top: 155.00 Cole-Haan ‘Sullivan, in brown weather-resistant leather. Withfur lining and lug sole, 5-10,11m. Winterize 82.95 White Mountain ‘Mallard, in black or chocolate waterproofleather. Lug sole, 5-10m In Women 79.95 Rockport ‘Berkeley, in black or brownleather, 5-11m; 5-10w. MadeinItaly. CrossroadsPlaza, Fashion Place and Ogden City Mall. To order, call 1-800-695-E ‘ t |
