Salt Lake Tribune | 1995-06-12 | Page 2

THE AMERICAS TODAY'S BRIEFING BY MONDAY Kirk Millson JUNE12, 1995 a Bosnia: Croats, Bosnians | s gang up onSerb Utah: Alleged kidnapper, boy shotafter police chase * zy hugging his mother father stept Sister. brother, assorted cousin: friends whoturned out to Andrews 4 Base in Maryland. UTAH A2 Alleged Kidnapper, Boy Shot: Police shot a man Sunday after a chase from a church wherepolice said he abducted his estranged wife and two children. A 4-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder after police surrounded the man’s van. Details: D-1 Pacific Ocean Details: A-1 Massachusetts: Cruise | | ship runs aground Lotus OKs IBM Takeover: IBMwill buy out Lotus Development Corp. for $64 per share, the companies agreed Wanted Dad Gives Up for Kids: A Colombian man returned to Utah and pleaded guilty to drug charges on condition that his American wife, also charged, be released so she could care for the couple’s children. Details: D-1 Pacific Ocean Sunday. The price is $4 per share high- er than IBM's initial offer. | New York: Lotus | | accepts IBM takeover | Details: A-1 Clinton, Gingrich Face Off: In an Indian Ocean unprecedented joint appearance, Presi- dent Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich sparred politely over Medicare reform Sunday but shook hands on Colombia:-Drugiord an agreement to create a bipartisan | says he will plead guilty | ommission to recommend lobbying Dinosaurs for Sale? Scientists contend safeguards are inadequate to preventthe state fromselling land without first surveying it to determineif it contains scientifically important antiquities or bones. The director of the Trust Lands Administration calls such fears “a bunch of baloney.” Details: D-1 | Maryland: Rescued pilot returns to U.S. | and political reforms. Details: A-1 Druglord to Plead Guilty: A top leader ofthe world’s largest drug gang EUROPE/AFRICA ASIA/OCEANIA SPORTS Enemies Gang Up on Serbs: The Bosnian government and its Croatallies mapped out a joint battle plan and fought Serbs on several fronts Sunday Bosnian radio reported that two women andtwochildren werekilled in shelling of a Sarajevo suburb. The meeting underscored a growing frustration with the world’s inability to stop the war in Bosnia. Details: A-4 Syria WantsAll of Heights: Syria on Sundaycriticized Israel's offer of a partial withdrawal fromthe Golan Heights and said the whole plateau should be returned. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of SkySox 5, Buzz 4 says he will plead guilty to crimes in Colombia to win reductions in his prison sentence. U.S. officials worry that Gilberto Rodri Orejuela could exploit the country’s troubledjustice system to obtainalight sentence Details: A-d Cruise Ship Runs Aground: A 600foot luxury liner ran aground in the night on a sandy shoal near Nantucket Island, Mass, and high seas Sundaydelayed efforts to cuate passengers. The Royal M. italian Voters Back Ex-Leader:Italian voters appearedto reject a proposal Sundayto foree ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconito sell two of his TV networks. The outcome had been equated with a referendumonhispolitical future. ty was returning from ton with 959 passen- w of more than 500. Details: A-8 Dominica Plans Elections: With Prime Minister Eugenia 2 to run, the campaign elections in Dominica has been Jolly Good Luck: Winston Churchill’s doctor mayhave unwittingly prolonged his life with a drug that contained aspirin. Studies indicate that stroke patients live longer if they take aspirin daily. But that was not known when Churchill suffered a stroke in and was prescribed medicine with aspirin. He died in 1965 at age 90. or-all, one of the most ex- citing and emotional everon this small Caribbeanisland pauls yhing Mysteriously: A rash of cluding some in which xplainedincisions, have s of organ trafficking tivity at a hospital in Thatcher Hard on Major: Margaret Thatcher launched another salvo at the quality of her successor’s leadership of Britain on Sunday, saying Prime Minister John Major should stop waffling andsay no to a common European currency. Her remarks — andsimilarcriticismin the second volume of her autobiography which goes on sale Monday — could further depress Major’s low popularity ratings. Mexico. At least 61 infants havedied in the hospital since March Chilean Fugitive Flees: Chile’s former secret police chief Manuel Conr jail sentence socialist leader in fled Sunday to an cks in southernChile. State Warren Christopher wrapped up four days of diplomacy in the region, saying he had met his modest goals for thetrip but falling far short of a breakthroughin the peace process. Untouchables Gain a Hero:Theascension of a member of India’s “untouchable” caste to head of government in India’s most populous state — Uttar Pradesh — has buoyedthe spiritsof fellowHinduoutcasts around the country. Russians Near Rebel Base: Russian troops advanced Sundayto within 24% miles of the southern Chechen command base of rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev. Russian commanders, fearing a round ofguerrilla raids on the eve of Independence Day, put their troops on alert * OPINION What, Me Worry? Sen. Robert Bennett comesoffas an insensitive scrooge in telling Americansto wait until age 70 for Social Security and Medicare benefits. The millionaire Utahn would never feel the pain of such a change. Editorial: A-6 Mustering a Victory: In one of the most ferociously played championship matches in the long history of the French Open, Thomas Muster smothered Michael Chang 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 to win the first Grand Slam tournamentof his once-tortured career. Muster hit every shotin his repertoire, grunting and hitting most with unrelenting power, and he ran as if he were on a two-hour adrenalin rush. Details: C-1 On Verge of Sweep:In a tight game that endedwith a 3-point duel, Houston eked out a 106-103 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals. The Rockets’ improbable march to thefinals can concludein a second consecutive championship with a victory Wednesday night in Game 4. Details: C-1 DAYBREAK Computer Service Woos Women: The Women’s Leadership Connection, a female-friendly nationwide computer network, offers an instant library of news and information for women. Susan Williams DeFife launchedtheservice, whose membersare 99 percentfemale, to help women keep up on the information highway. Daybreak: B-1 EES UTAH INDEX In)swiliel eeS. Bue are you? $4,054 — Utah average federal individual income-tax liability in 1991 $5,005 — National average fed- eral individual income-tax liability in 1991 State Rankings 1994 U.S. FACTS Saturday's answer: Kentucky According to the Census Bureau, the U.S. populationis grow- ing by approximately 6,300 persons daily The Universal Almanae(1995 TODAYIN HISTORY 1776 — Virginia's colonial legislature became the VOCABULARY Debunk — (di-BUNGK) y. Exposea claim as being false or ex- fet 4 adopt a Bill of Rights 838 — The Iowa Territory was organized 1808 — Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain. 1939 — The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museumwasdedicated in Cooperstown, New York aggerated Best and WorstCities for Kids: America’s largest and best-known cities typically provide the worst environmentforraising children, according to a newsurvey. The best places for children to grow up are smallercities and suburban areas in places such as the Midwest, according to a report released Sunday by Zero Population Growth (ZPG). The Children’s Environmental Index rated 207 U.S.cities on a broad range ofsocial, economic and environmental pressuresthat affect the wellbeing of children Their top 10 cities were Madison, Wis.; Burlington, Vt; Stamford, Conn.; Fargo, N.D.; Lincoin, Neb.; Overland Park, Kan.; Sioux Falls, $.D.; Liyonia, Mich.; Green Bay, Wis.; and Virginia Beach, Va ZPGresearchers gathered data on education, crime, pollution, percent of childrenliving in poverty and other environmental indicators Cities scoring at the bottom of the index included St. Louis, Mo.; Riverside, Calif.; Atlanta, Ga.; Pomona, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Inglewood, Calif.; El Monte, Calif.; Long Beach, Calif.; New- ark, N.J.; and San Bernadino,Calif. coresin largercities generallyreflected 1963 — Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fa- He debunked the company’s claim. tally shot in front of his homein Jackson, M 1967 — TheU.S, SupremeCourtstruck downstate laws prohibiting interracial marriages. AND WE QUOTE Old age is a great trial, John. One has to be so damned good!” 1971 — Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden says violatorsare getting off too lightly. Details: D-2 Parole Hearing Excludes Victims: The family of a man shot to death in Mill Creek Canyon 12 years ago missed the killer's parole hearing when officials failed to notify them. The Board of Pardons agreed to postpone a ruling until after meeting with the family. Details: D-2 INTERMOUNTAIN 2 Die in Old Mine: Two men whodisappeared into an abandoned mine near Bayview, Idaho, were found dead seyeral hours later after an intensive search. Lake Powell Filling Up: The West's wet spring could force the government to send more water through Glen Canyon Damthis summer,raising the level of the Colorado Riverin the Grand Canyon. The Bureau of Reclamation said Lake Powell could comewithin 10 feet offilling. It last wasfilled in 1987. idaho GaysRally: Gayswill have to workharderthan everto control their freedom andlive without fear of violence, a national gay-rights activist told a Boise rally Saturday. HEADLINERS Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson: Three yearsafter photographers caught the Duchess of York having her toes sucked by her Texanfinancial adviser, Ferguson is again incurring royal FINDINGS & FIGURES THE RIGHT PLACE Not Gun-Free Enough: Rep. Ray Short, R-Holladay, says “it maybe time to look at harsher penalties” for those who carry firearms nearschools. Short. who pushed a bill through the 1993 Legislature creating gun-free zones, es of poverty, unemployment, crime, teen pregnancy, school drop-outs andpollution ZPG Board President Dianne Dillon-Ridgely said the answer wasnot simply to reduce the population of cities — Reuter News Service wrath. But this time money, not sex, is to blame. The estranged wife of Prince Andrew says she’s shortof cash.“I have decided to concentrate on my commercial activities and cut | back momentarily mytrips for charity. I have to work to earn myliving, to be able to provide my daughters with a pleasant upbringing,” the Duchesstold Hello! magazine. QO Bryant Gumbelsays CBSdid right in dumping Connie Chungas ‘Evening News’’ co-anchor. “I'ma big Dan Ratherfan,” Gumbelsays in Saturday's TVGuide. “‘It’s a better program with him alone.’ Chung wasfired last month after two years on the program with Rather. Gumbel, a ‘Today’ show host on NBC, attributed long-repeated claims that he’s arrogant and controlling to racism. “Find me a successful black man in television who has not been accused of being arrogant. It happened to Robert Guillaume,to Flip Wilson, to Bill Cosby, to Arsenio Hall,” Gumbelsaid. “After a while you start to say ‘Well, is this coincidence?’ I tend to think not.” oO Brett Butler, star of ABC’s “Grace UnderFire,” says she has becomeatarget for an unprincipled tabloid pr that has portrayed heras a tyrant drunk on her own power and success. She wrote anangryletter to Martin Short for depicting her as a violent hotheadin a TV sketch. “[Your portrayal] was cheap and easy and notfair,” she wrote. “P.S. I could kick your butt if I wantedto,” BIRTHDAYS NON SEQUITUR May Sarton Today's: Banker David Rockefeller is 80; actress Uta Hagen is 76; former President George Bush is 71; singer Vic Damoneis 67; Kinds ofLove (1970) actor-singer Jim Naborsis 63; jazz musician Chick Coreais 54. DEATHS NOTHING SERIOUS Lindsey Nelson, Hall of Famesportscaster andafamiliar voice to generations of baseball andcollege-football fans, died at age 76 of a bacterial infection. Vivienne Malone-Mayes, who became the first black professor at Baylor University after being denied enrollment there as a student, died of a heart attack; she was 63 The Secret Service says 20 people tried to jump the White House fence this year, but only ane guy was shot. 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