Show - F1 44 AvcwL"oApz - - - - - - - - :' -- - - - - - 4gatCLdbialirez IL I 1 1 p Will Welcome Mandela in High Style Big jinni 'Fr Tribune Wire Services NEW YORK — New York Tuesday prepared to welcome Nelson Mandela as only the Big Apple can — with a ticker tape parade a Yankee Stadium rally and a glitzy downtown bash An army of police 100 tow trucks 150 miles of ticker tape hawkers of and every last dog in the $15 bomb squad — all were ready for Mandela's arrival Wednesday in the United State: No one seemed readier than the man who will put Mandela up for three nights Mayor David Dinkins Speaking Tuesday at a national mayors' meeting in Chicago New York's first black mayor said that Mandela comes to America "as a transcendent symbol of freedom and as a solitary person who is altering world history" He also promised to alter life in New York accustomed though the Mandela's Here is a tentative schedule of malor events during the next three days for South African black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela's visit to eight US cities: New York: Wednesday June 20 — Arrival at JD( Airport Ticker-tap- e parade downtown Manhattan ending with reception at City Hall Meeting with South African exiles Thursday June 21 — Harlem motorcade rally at Harlem State Office Building and meeting with black journalists Friday June 22 — Address to UN General Assembly followed by news conference Private meetings with activists In id Fund-raisin- rally at Yankee Stadium g city is to gridlock-wreakin- g visitors security effort code named "Operation Topaz" enlisted thousands of city police officers and federal and state agents in an attempt to make sure the first visit to an Amen A can city by the leader of the African National Congress is a safe one A key weapon was what police call the "Mandelamobile" a flatbed truck outfitted with a bulletproof glass bubble large enough for Man It --4 O'''--N- sever! dein and Schedule Day-by-D- ay it )11 o Mandela arrives Wednesday morning at Kennedy International Airport and stops in Brooklyn to speak to a group of young people before proceeding to Manhattan for a ticker-tapparade up lower Broadway's concrete "Canyon of Heros" e For an flavor the city im old-tim- r1 :- e - -- - it 4 ($8) and a bearing "amandla" the Zulu word for power and Mandala's name ($15) e Lii t It Final Home Edition Morning June 20 1990 Salt Lake City Utah—Wednesday Vol 240 No 67 12-da- y I t ported genuine ticker tape About 150 miles ot inch-widpaper ribbon was provided by a Connecticut company that claims to be the nation's last ticker-tap- e supplier Computers have almost completely replaced tickers The rest of Mandela's New York City visit has plenty of contrast ranging as it does from a street rally in Harlem on Thursday to a $2500- reception on Friday night catered by actor Robert De Niro's new Tribeca Grill The latter is part of an effort to raise funds for Mandela's African National Congress and the battle against apartheid in South Africa The tour's organizers also have licensed the sale of various items including a Mandela tour poster ($5) a ceramic cup with Mandela's picture that one observer described as unprecedented — washed the windows on City Hall Mandela whose stop in New York tour of eight is the first on a US cities will sleep at Gracie Mansion the mayor's residence The place has only three bedrooms which meant the mayor's son David was evicted Or as his father put it "Ile's been kind enough to relocate" But is the maple imitation-bambobed in the state bedroom big Mandela? enough for the "Our measurements say it will work" insisted Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch — in a move Atherc There are concerns about the Mandela health of the whose 27 years in a South African prison included stretches of hard labor Ambulances will be stationed at cross streets along the route and the city's Emergency Medical Service has been given a detailed medical history Given the geographic breadth of his schedule and the police's determination to keep his travel route clear Mandela's visit was expected to cause particular difficulties for motorists during the next three days "This is more of a headache than when the president comes" said Stephanie Pinto a spokeswoman for the Traffic Department City workers had painted New York's official colors — blue and orange — in a line down the middle of Broadway filled potholes along the route of Mandela's motorcade and Toutiday 1 4 Panel Sends Flag Plan To House 4 Cr::i--:- - 4- Party May Cautions Gorbachev " AFt4 t I F 7 t c Reuter I News Agency — President Mikhail MOSCOW i4 tt '41' 't t4 tt Gorbachev's warning in a keynote address to a conference of Russian Communists drew a quick reaction from radical and conservative delegates One conservative accused Gorbachev who is also Soviet party general secretary of failing to consult the grass roots and forcing his reform drive on the people against their will t tt - i1 y tral party ):J tt party would lead to "the destruction of the CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union from the inside and evict it from the political arena" Attacking the party's conservative wing which wants to preserve the old political structure Gorbachev said their concept of socialism "lost connection with reality long ago" The two-daconference to form a Russian Communist party attended by 2744 delegates from the Russian Federation is seen as a dress rehearsal for a battle over the Soviet party's future at a crucial congress next month Gorbachev clearly occupying the middle ground won only tepid applause for his plea for moderation A conservative delegate who followed him to the podium drew ec Gorbachev fighting for the future of communism in the Soviet Union warned radicals and conservatives Tuesday they could break up the Communist Party Gorbachev gave formal backing to the formation of a separate Communist Party for the huge Russian Federation But he said it should not challenge the authority of the cen- 41 1 Gorbachev said proposals by radicals to set up a parliamentary-styl- e t':-1-- 1 : ) 4 1'4 4 ut 41 t stt - 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' - A '1 - '' " t1 7 i 1 t --- 1- ' irk " - - t 4' der Prime Minister Kazimiera Z Prunskiene is considered far more disposed to compromise with the Kremlin than the parliament which is headed by Landsbergis and dominated by members of Sajudis Subacius' account of Landsbergis' comments differed markedly from a report given by the Soviet Union's official Tass news agency Tass quoted Landsbergis as saying in a radio broadcast: "The Supreme Council of Lithuania will not discuss the proposal of the government in the form in which it was received won't vote for or against it today this week and perhaps ever" Subacius denied the Lithuanian president made the remark He said it clear the would ' r '' tk ) a---'- ' reported act together They're being a little pedantic" the official said In an effort to break the Kremlin's impasse with the Barnes Gorbachev last week offered to end his economic embargo against Lithuania and conduct negotiations In return he asked Lithuania to freeze implementation of its declaration of independence Lithuanian President Vytautas P 40 1 t r - I 11-1- t if r0 W A WI" - ''-- - '''''''-1"- '4f' telitft-- t' -- i ' 4 court jesters friendly dragons slot machines and poker tables — opened with medieval fanfare Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip Excalibur is the The 4032-roolatest effort to lure middle America to this gaming capital It was built for a modest $290 million less than half the pricetag of the recently-opene- d Mirage hotel Rooms start at $45 a night An estimated 30000 tourists and local residents swarmed into the sprawling resort for the ribbon-cuttinand a flood of the curious swept through the main entrance before the ceremony was done Hotel officials expected a full house Tuesday night Minstrels jugglers and harpists entertained guests a dragon cavorted and a man in a suit of armor walked stiffly amid the guests The entertainers full parliament until the republic's prime minister returns from a foreign trip "I think that today there isn't such a compelling reason to begin debates without clarifying our position beforehand in commissions and groups" Landsbergis told parliament His comment was reported by Haroldus Subacius a parliamentary spokesman :441 f : t- r'-4'-- ' ' : ' tA - ' 1 - t'42t- I King of Vegas Hotels 10-fo- 19-1- 7 Landsbergris in No II To Consider Soviet Offer Excalibur g By Paul Page Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted narrowly Tuesday to send a constitutional amendment protecting the flag to the House floor for a vote as an AssociPress survey showed the meashort of the Ipport needed to pass Congress The committee vote set the stage for a showdown in the House possibly as early as this week indicates that "The close vote it's going to be a fairly close vote on the floor" said Rep Jack Brooks DTexas the committee chairman The AP survey said as much and indicated that uncommitted Democrats will play a large role in determining the fate of the amendment In the House supporters and those leaning in favor outnumbered with 289 votes opponents 255-11required for passage the survey showed Of the 63 who were undecidor had no known position 53 were Democrats The survey foundI 58 senators were either committed to or leaning toward the amendment pushed by President Bush leaving it nine short of the 67 needed to pass Democrats and four Twenty-fou- r Republicans were either committed or leaning against supporting the amendment The top Democratic leadership in the House and Senate are vehementopposed to the mendment but a vote against it is seen by Democrats and Republicans alike as risky busiin an election year Only a week ago a Judiciary subcommittee cleared the amendment vote that but by an unfavorable carried a recommendation against passage The full Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to move the amendment to the House floor but took no stand for or against passage Earlier Tuesday Democratic opponents failed to get an adverse recommendation and supporters failed to get a favorable recommendation At Brooks' urging the panel voted on sending the amendment forward with no recommendation That carried by a 19-1- 7 margin During earlier committee arguRep Henry Hyde Rill told his colleagues: "Those who are shocked and revolted and frustrated by the excesses of the counterculture the pornography the obscenities that inundates I 74 ' Narrow Vote Sets Up Showdown on Floor l!rii 407 Or - 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- ro:::— ' 24 high-roller- 3' ::"Noorf: (V 4' I i: - '' - lit II a ' '"-A 7 ' : 1 '4 i' '' :o " 16 years ago has become the envy of the gaming industry with a strategy rather than focusing on s coveted The Excalibur is anchored by four towers and covers 70 acres It has about 500000 square feet of public entertainment space including a Renaissance village 12 food outlets and a casino the size of four football fields with 2630 slot machines Shows will :eature a medieval flair with live jousting ' ' k 44 ' ' ''' '''''' - ' vr :: Igoe a lit: Till 1 amm- gto --- '14- - Today's Chuckle Anyone who can raise enough money to attend college these days doesn't need an education ' fi 447 or entertainment industry the drugs the AIDS explosion the high abortion rate view flag burning as one more slap in the face at the millions of veterans" Woriovior" e'" -' - - t—- the hotel which mixes some of the aura of a theme park with the glitz of a casino Tuesday's formal opening marked a milestone for Circus Circus Enteroperaprises Inc the gaming-hote- l tion that has carved a niche for middle America in Nevada The $16 billion Circus Circus company which started with a single o 11ri - a' "4k : will be standard fare at hotel-casin- Mrs Prunskiene was visiting Greece and not expected to return until Friday Subacius said in a Itelephone interview Lithuania was forcibly absorbed into the Soviet Union in 1940 along with the republics of Latvia and Estonia Those republics have declared they want to regain their independence but they have taken a slower approach than Lithuania - 4 5-- 3 for the i l'1" '‘i -- NI ' i ' - v 1 6 11 I' t t ii '''‘'''' 1 14 ' Ktce- ''''' C1:::::? s4 - ' 1 ) ''' Ik'sk i ' t "' tt 1( Nd k it : vt 1 t:' ' V ‘ ie ilF4:14P4r ' ' 1 ' '111''"' ''''' ' ' is ih r '' loo t ' ' i(t - tt -- x i' ' ' " kt t ''' 1 4) - liki 4 i ''ktit ' ' t ) - r' i (si t 4 lc' t1 ty 1- I - -'' t4 t 41 ( : :' 1 ‘4 4: ' 411' MOSCOW 'T- 11141 t - 1 '1::'-':1 -- ' '': s: ti:: - :1 4 41) 2 ' a:ev' static applause with a hard-lin- e speech in which he resisted any de- parture from communism's ideological roots Hitting out at reformists delegate Ivan Osadchi said: "There are those who want to end the matter with suiWe are for a Communist cide Party on a Leninist basis" His reception appeared to confirm gloomy assessments by radicals before the meeting that the Russian party when formed was likely to be dominated initially by conservatives A hard-lin- e conservative Viktor Durkin said Gorbachev had not consulted the grass roots over his program to restructure the Soviet economy and society "What political organization can take upon itself the responsibility for the possible results of We have seen it all — the anti-Se- e A-Column 1 J A t: 14' By Ralph Boulton - 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