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(AP) — Oliver Nofth captured the Republican Senate nomination Saturday as party faithful ignored warnings about a GOP split by sending a man who lied to Congress into battle against Democratic incumbent D-Day’s anniversary launch World War Il veterans remember feelings of boarding ships for Normandy chooses North He calls himself ‘comeback kid’ — a SeSeeee SER i Northern Utahns look backat ‘the longest day’ —Special pull-away section stormed Normandy’s beaches 50 years ago. “The camaraderie and sense of appreciation are touching,” said Jenny Clark, 71, a plane spotter for the British army during World War I]. “And it will never happen again: We veterans won't be here for many more years.” But Harold Wnght, a former Royal Navyofficer who transported troops across the English Channel on D-Day, expressed a twinge of regret. “T feel somehow we're cheating a bit because there were others who did so much — in the Pacific, North Afnca and the Mediterranean — who are not being recognized,” the 70-year-old said. Charles Robb An estimated 20.000 vetera nS Were n southern England this weekend. almost half from America and Canada. Others came from } gear up I il gin Carpiquet, troopers in S ent Frar tull military dress checked their chutes South Africa, France, Greece and the Netherlands to join British comrade Saturday’s round of memorials began in Cambridge, where President Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major saluted American airmen burned near the university city “The victory of the generations we honor today came at a high cost,” Clinton said, standing that D-Day. ned tod amid the 3,812 graves As the ceremony ended, a B-!17 Flying Fortress, workhorse of the Allied bombing cam- French and Germanofficials spoke of the losses as well as the new Europe that rose from the ashes of World War II paign against Germany. roared low over the In Portsmouth. the center of British celebrations, many veterans proudly displayed medals mme [ ab Pp 7 Can D-D en comrades final rest fina visitors veteran para- the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium, cemetery. ; Across the channel, scores of towns along the five-mile swath of Normandy beaches and in- d 1 S. uctions for jumps ate the ones they made on rain and gusty winds threatand swamp B France, German veterans, unS mbered fally's largest cemetery, 4) Germansoldiers. See D-Day on 3A North’s nomination sets up a likely free-for-all among four candi- dates. “Are you ready to take back our urges U.N. government?” hesaid in his acceptance speech, prompting the more : mg} than 13,000 del|} egates to roar, | "2-44 Re to consider | “Yes.” ; see a, 2 Rey a North. goes home_ | fair, called hima self ee best known as a key figure in the Iran-Contra af- “the ¢ comeback kid.” North sanctions real “Today, we send the Clintons and their cronies a simple but unmistakable message: This is Our government. You stole it. and we are going to take it back,” North said PRINCES RISBOROUGH. Engand (AP) — President Clinton said aturday the threat of U.N. sancould prod North Korea to to international nuclear hat it was not too ngyang to comply. yn spoke. South Korea n backed the push for after a two-day meeting fficials at the State Dertm n Washington North Korea’s actions have, in Wed It virtually imperaurity Council conion of sanctions,” joint news conferiin’s John Major at Mourners gather at the gravesite of Ezra Taft Benson in Whitney, idaho. “Weare besieged by a liberal government that is up toits caboose in the peccadilloes and personal distractions of its president, and a Congress that is hell-bent on an explosion of federal programs that place a millstone around our children’s necks as they drown in a rising ude of red ink.” yuntry home ofthe Robb told reporters he’s prepared for a tough campaign: “With my 34 years in the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserves. I'm ready for any kind of attack.” Immediately after North’s nomi- The reyected Korean ions are equiva- do nation. a committee to draft former GOP Attorney General $a the Marshall Coleman to run for the not want a lot ofsaber-rat- This 1s peace talk.” He said United States and other connt Senate announced it had collected enough signatures to place Coleman on the November ballot. Cole- to enforce the Nuclear NonPr r T North Korea man has dropped hints that he will run but has made no formal announcement. M said he and Clinton had t some time “looking at the for effective action by the Thestate’s other senator, Republican John W. Warner, supported James C. Miller III] — a former budget director for President Reagan — andsaid he would back n MIAMI (AP) — Cuban gunboats fired for more than four hours Saturday on a Cuban freighter loaded with Florida-bound refugees who reportedly hijacked the vessel. SevFour of the wounded, including the ship’s captain, were taken by Coast Guard helicopters to Key West Memorial Hospital. Three people who were hurt scrambling for cover during the shooting were treated on Guard said the ship, the Coast Thefreighter was hijacked by the people aboard, WTVJ-TVreported Saturday night, and a Coast Guard official said authorities believe a hijacking may have occurred. “There may be something to that effect.” Coast Guard Petty Officer Tim Keenesaid by telephone from Key West. “We're not sureat this ume.” Passengers said three gunboats chased and tried to stop the 125foot freighter Rene Bedia Morales soon after it left the Port of Manel on Cuba's northern coast about | a.m They said the gunboats continued to fire even after passengers showed them children were aboard “They kept shooting at us, we showed them the children, they still kept shooting,” Larisa Cuesta a stepdaughter of one of the boat's officers. told radio station WCMQ in Miami. “At one point they threw ropes to try to drag us in Wecut the ropeto get loose again See CUBA on 3A a Statement is- th of r Korea’s the United nd Japan said a posed “a hreat to the peace and stability of Northeast Asia Region as well to 1 n-prolifera- he situa national AUGUST MILLER/Standard-Examiner Steve Benson, a grandson of President Ezra Taft Benson, bids gravesite in Whitney, Idaho, while Amber Benson of Provo, a farewell to his grandfather after serving as a pailbearer at the great-granddaughter, looks on. ds ty. \ N SECL ’ | ider an ay [ d sanctions.” | ssistant § that the through urgently * response, thev said in a t read by Robert Gallucci, elary of State and Benson remembered for his Work 2s. 2 1 the department's steering Ni K nic CS applying to North en people were injured, onecritically. ing behalf States, Sou Coleman's independent campaign Hijacked Cuban boat fired upon V a His strong beliefs voo, Ill NEVEr WAVETED By LORI BONA tatt HUNT tandard-Examiner SALT LAKE CITY — Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Benson walked among great men of the earth and held a prestigious government position But he never forgot his humble Idaho upbringing, or lost his belief in the strength of the family That was the message from leaders of the LDS Church during funeral services for Benson Saturday. The church's 13th president died Memorial Day of congestive heart failure at age O04 After the funeral in the Tabernacle on Temple Square, mourn ers drove two hours to Whitney Idaho, to bury Benson in his hometown cemetery about a mile from. the farmhouse in which he was born He was bur ied next to his wile Flora who died in 1992 Benson is only the second of the church's 13 presidents to be buried outside of Utah. The first was church founder Joseph Smith who was buried in Nau imit In his first public address since Benson's death, Korea, although a official said ' Elder Howard aot H the LDS Church’s mostHunter, senior apostleand the man | W. | bee would be sultat poke th other nations on likely to be namedpresident of t will be the 8.7 million-member church Security spoke at the funeral of Benson's reunion with his wife, Flora Mormon doctrine teaches of an 1dministra- afterlife to this earthly existence “Although this is a time of with hina and believes that sadness, it thrills us to think of | the joyful reunion President | to influence North Or Benson is having with his beloved sweetheart, Flora, who has been waiting patiently, or per- mMply ; g , haps even a little impatiently, for her husband of 66 years to join her on the other side,” Hunter said “Theirs was a storybook romance, an example to all of what a marriage should be,” Hunter said The last public appearance of Benson was in August 1992, at the funeral of his wife Hunter, 86, himself has been physically ailing. He had to be assisted to and from the Tabernacle pulpit Saturday but was | », 1994 : & lett with inspections : i 5 e bt ie ne ue ae vi 56 1-12F 1-17€ 18-194 1-12 3-68 | vm 4-148 18-19¢ . 1-80 9-11F able to stand there and deliver Elder Howard W. Hunter, who is expected to succeed Benson, is his address without aid assisted after speaking by an aide and Elder Boyd K. Packer. The | : LOS Church's most senior apostle, 86, has suffered for quite some time from health problems. | 10F said no Mormon prophet See BENSON on 2a > 3E 15-17A, 20A |