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Show MONPAY, JANUARY 31 , 1000 STATE NATION WORLD FIERY CRASH KILLS FOUR MISSIONARIES: Four Mormon missionaries from Utah were killed Friday in a head-on collision while returning from a church conference near Des Moines, Iowa. The crash also killed a 90-year-old Iowan. r "When we lose a single missionary, it's always tragic,· said Elder W. Craig Zwick, an assistant executive director of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Missionary Department. "When we lose four in an accident like this. the loss 1s incalculab.le. Our hearts reach out to the families of these fine young men.· The four were identified by the church as Jaysen Ray Christiansen, 20, Harrisville; Jared Mont Pulham, 20, Alpine; Bradley Alan Savage, 20, Lehi; and Daniel Byrne Roundy, 19, Kaysville. All four had served in the Iowa Des Moines Mission for less than a year. Also killed was Herman Heckathorn of nearby Murray, Iowa. "In recent memory, this is the most significant accident" involving any of the church's approximately 60,000 missionaries worldwide, Zwick said. Pulham was driving the four-passenger, church-owned Chevy Cavalier west on Highway 34 with Savage in the front passenger seat and Christiansen and Roundy in the back. When Pulham attempted to pass another car, he lost control, veering across the two-lane road onto the shoulder of the oncoming lane, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Pulham then overcorrected twice, going sideways each time before entering the eastbound , oncoming lane and slamming into the Nissan pickup driven by Heckathorn. It was not clear if the five died on impact. The four missionaries and Heckathorn. the only victim wearing a seatbelt, were transported to Broadlawns Medical Center 1n Des Moines. Both vehicles were destroyed. CASTRO SAYS ELIAN'S MOM FORCED TO MAKE TRIP: Cuban President Fidel Castro says Elian Gonzalez' mother, Elisabeth Brotons, was "practically kidnapped" by her boyfriend and intimidated into leaving for the United States. Many who want Elian to remain in the United States say Brotons was trying to bring him to freedom . But Castro, speaking to a conference of economists Friday, blamed the tragedy on Brotons' boyfriend Lazaro Rafael Munero, who apparently organized the trip. He also died in the shipwreck. "The mother was practically kidnapped along with the boy· to make the trip, Castro said. "The mother was taken in conditions of intimidation.· Castro called Munero a · ruffian· on whom Cuban police had amassed "100 pages of reports." Castro said Cuba could carry on such protests - which have continued daily for two months - "for 10 years.· CHECHEN REBELS REPORTEDLY SURRENDER TO RUSSIANS: Fiftyfour Chechen rebels surrendered in the Chechen capital of Grozny, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, chief Russian spokesman on the conflict, was quoted as saying on Saturday. The lnterfax news agency quoted Yastrzhembsky as saying that the group surrendered to local prosecutors and to militia commanded by the pro-Moscow Chechen leader Bislan Gantam1rov Many of the fighters who handed in weapons and surrendered were badly injured and received treatment on the spot, Yastrzhembsky reportedly said. He said others were taken to Urus-Martan. near Grozny, to be turned over to police. Investigations would determine whether the fighters were involved in "terrorist acts," Yastrzhembsky said, including apartment bombings in Moscow and other Russian cities last year that killed about 300 people. HATCH SWITCHES GEARS, PLANS 5TH SENATE RUN: Faster than Superman can change back intb his Clark Kent get-up after a failed mission, Sen. Orrin Hatch shelved the trappings of his GOP presidential candidacy Orrin Hatch for his Senate re-election garb Friday. The 65-year-old Hatch, who quit his seven-month gambit for the nation's highest office Wednesday, wasted no time shifting gears to focus on seeking a fifth term in the Senate, where he has served since 1977. "I'm going to run the toughest, meanest, best campaign you ever saw: he promised, later clarifying that he used the word "mean" only in the sense of being · active" or "aggressive" and not "meanspirited." Hatch; who chairs the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, shared the podium in a sixth-floor room at Rice-Eccles Stadium with family members and a full lineup from Utah's GOP political establishment. Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt praised Hatch for having the courage to run for president and said the state needs Hatch as much a s much as ever. PAGE 9 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FOCUS: THE WEEkTHATWAS U . S. WORKERS EXPOSED TO RADIATION: The government has conceded for the first time that workers who helped make nuclear weapons were exposed to cancer-causing radiation and chemicals, The New York Times reported Saturday. · The findings that radiation exposure led to higher-than-normal and wide-ranging cancers in workers is detailed in a draft report prepared by the Energy Department and the White House, the newspaper said. "This is the first time that the government is acknowledging that people got cancer from radiation exposure in the plants,· Energy Secretary Bill Richardson told the Times. "In the past, the role of the government was to take a hike," Richardson said, "and I think that was wrong.· The admission raises the possibility that the government may eventually be forced to compensate families and survivors. The repor:t said 22 different kinds of cancers, including leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate, kidney and lung cancer, were found among 600,000 people who worked at 14 nuclear weapons plants since World War II. TRIAL TO LOOK AGAIN AT GUILT OF 'THE FUGITIVE': In a real-life sequel to the case that inspired the television series The Fugitive , the son of Dr. Sam Sheppard will seek to clear his father's name at a trial starting on Monday, 45 years after the Ohio doctor was convicted of murder. Sheppard's son, Sam Reese Sheppard, claims his father was wrongfully imprisoned for his mother's death on July 4, 1954. The doctor was jailed for 10 years before being acquitted at a retrial. The trial by jury on the wrongful impri~onment claim had been due to start last year. But Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William Mason sought and· received approval to exhume the body of Marilyn Sheppard and the four-month old fetus she was carrying in the belief new tests would confirm Sheppard's guilt. Mason's office said preliminary motions will be made in the case on Monday and jury selection will begin Feb. 7. Opening are statements due to start Feb. 9. MAN SUSPECTED IN PLOT AGAINST U .S. ARRESTED IN MAURITANIA: A man suspected of plotting a bombing attack in the United States has been arrested in his native Mauritania, security officials said Friday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Mohambedou Quid Slahi was being held at the offices of the Bureau of Mauritanian Security. They said he was arrested after leaving the neighboring West African nation of Senegal on Wednesday. Slahi, who had been living in Canada, left that country in part because of the investigation into an alleged bombing plot U.S. authorities say was tied to Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Thursday. In Washington, a federal law enforcement official said Friday that U.S officials want to question Slahi. But the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would not say whether the U.S. government would try to bring Slahi to the United States or would question him in Mauritania . SMALL NUCLEAR DEVICES PLANTED IN U.S.: A hooaed, former Soviet spy with tales of threats to U.S. security was the star witness at a congressional hearing this week in California. The one-time military intelligence colonel testified that suitcase-sized nuclear· devices are hidden on U.S. soil. ·soviet general staff designed special plan for the future war against America," witness Stanislav Lunev testified Monday in heavily accented English. It may sound like Cold War-era fiction . but some U.S. congressmen, hoping to convince people the stories are reality, invited Lunev - who they claim is the highest-ranking defector from Russian military intelligence - to a field hearing in Los Angeles. Lunev said his mission was to scout for "dead drop" sites in the United States that were to be used to store communications devices and weapons, including those of mass destruction. "Dead drop" sites were sites at which one agent could leave an item and another agent could pick it up. ·1 had very clear instruction: these dead drop positions need to be found for all types of weapons. including nuclear weapons," said Lunev But Lunev offered no hard evidence about where these sites are nor did he say if the nuclear suitcases were actually ever brought here. The congressman displaying a CIAcreated mock-up of the nuclear device also conceded he has no proof. SPORTS RAMS WIN SUPER SUPERBOWL: The Tennesee Titans nearly completed the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, but one yard made the difference between Super Bowl XXXIV champions and also-rans. The St. Louis Rams held on last night in the , Georgia Dome for a 23-16 victory to Kurt Warner take the franchise's first Super Bowl and first NFL title since 1951 . Isaac Bruce scored on a 73-yard TD with less than two minutes remaining to give the Rams the victory. The Titans had tied the game less than a minute earlier on Al Del Greco's 43-yard field goal. Steve McNair nearly led a comeback following the Ram TD , .but Kevin Dyson was stopped by Mike Smith one yard shy of the end zone as time ran out. The Rams, 4-12 last season, led 16-0 before the Titans mounted their comeback bid in the second half. The Titans came as close as possible to forcing overtime. They marched from their 12-yard line to first-and-goal at the · Rams 10 with six seconds left. On the final play for the game, McNair hit wide receiver Dyson on a slant pattern, but Jones corraled him as time expired. Early on, the Rams had as much difficulty scoring against aTennessee defense that was almost impenetrable in the red zone. The Rams moved inside the Titans' 20-yard line on each of their five first-half drives and built a more than 3-to-1 bulge in total offense. But they came away with just 9-0 lead at intermission. --:=---,• LEISURE "'··""'~~, ZETA-JONES, DOUGLAS ARE EXPECTING: Michael Douglas' fiancee Catherine Zeta-Jones is pregnant, her publicist says. "Catherine ZetaJones and Michael Douglas are pleased to announce they are expecting a child," Cece Yorke announced Friday. She would not say wnen Zeta-Jones, 30, is due. But Britain's su·n tabloid, which broke the news, reports the actress is three months pregnant. This will be her first child. Douglas, 55, has a 20-year-old son from another marriage. The couple got engaged on New Year's Eve at his house in Aspen, Colo. They plan to marry this year, but a specific date hasn't been announced. \ I· |