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Show 2A The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, February Spotlight 8, 1986 Duvalier Flees Haiti as Citizens Revel Continued From A-- l ther took power nearly 30 years ago and shouted, "Long live the army." Hundreds toted rum bottles, gulping the liquor or spewing it over the heads of their fellows. Many waved sprigs of greenery to symbolize freedom. The revelers hoisted soldiers on their shoulders in an outburst of jubilation. "My neighbor called me and said the bird had flown, cried one woman. U.S. Air Force plane flew Duvalier, 34; his wife, Michele, 26 and 22 A UPlReuter Photo Crowds celebrated President Duvaliers ouster by demolishing tomb of Jean-Claud- e his father, Papa Doc Duvalier, a hated dictator who ruled the nation for 13 years. i I Official Says U.S. Abetted Duvaliers Ouster Washington officials insisted that Duvaliers decision to leave was his own and that the decision was in Washington Post Service The Reagan adWASHINGTON ministration concluded before Christe mas that Haitian leader Duvalier was losing his grip on power. and it "laid the groundwork for his departure through a series of messages and signals of no confidence, official sources said Friday. Reflecting the basic U.S. judgment, the White House and State Department said in statements issued shortly after Duvalier's departure from Haiti that he could only have remained in power longer through repression and force" and that he had taken a "correct" course in deciding to leave. doubt until very late in the game. Jean-Claud- X"4 But when the "president-for-life- " finally decided to flee, U.S. diplomats made arrangements with France starting at 10 a.m. Thursday to accept Duvalier temporarily and ordered an Air Force transport plane to take him and his family to his temporary refuge in France. Administration statements, minimizing the U.S. role, left the impression that Duvalier's decision to leave came in a direct request to the French ambassador in Port-au- - ij-- v' ? - If S' m 'A ''''. ' , 4 i. Prince for asylum in France, about 2 p.m. Thursday. But it was learned in Washington that the State Department asked French officials to grant temporary refuge to Duvalier about four hours before Duvaliers meeting with the French ambassador. It was considered urgent that Duvalier leave Haiti before the Haitian carnipeople began their val festivities Friday. The presence of many thousands of people in the streets, some of them emboldened by freely flowing alcohol, could have brought the country to a new stage of crisis if tensions had still been soaring over Duvaliers future, a State Department official said. In this sense, he added, the coming of the Haitian carnival celebration, which lasts through Tuesday, was "an action-forcin- g event in the protracted maneuvering over Duvalier's fate. The dual celebration of Duvalier's departure and the religious festival, amid jockeying for power by important elements of the impoverished republic, was described as posing an immediate and a major challenge for the successor leadership, initially a junta headed by the military chief of staff. In retrospect, the fatal shooting of three teen-ageby security forces last Thanksgiving Day in the provincial town of Gonaives seems to have been the beginning of the end for "Baby Doc Duvalier. That event caused the Reagan administration to hold up its plan to make an expected certification to Congress that Haiti is "making progress toward improving the human rights situation." Such a certification was required by Congress as a condition of supplying $26 million in aid to Haiti. Based on reports from the U.S. Emthe adminisbassy in tration in Washington made a judgment prior to Christmas that "Duvalier was slipping in a way we had not seen before, an official said Friday. pre-Lent- five-memb- rs e, 3 Hurt as Exiles Hail Fall Of Duvalier United Press inter notional Photo e DuHaitians in Miami again rejoice at word of A celebration valiers flight. previous proved premature. Jean-Claud- chr salt fibunr kr Telephone Numbers Do you need information, w ant sports scores, have a news story or feature you want to talk about? Is your paper missing? Do you want to discuss a classified or display advertisement? HERES WHERE before (Weekdays Carrier & TO CALL a.m., Sunday before Home Delivery Information 10 1 p.m.) 237-290- (Monday-Friday- 237-295- Mag. & Arts 237 2078 237-201Promotion Editorial Page 237-201- Art Dept. 237-206- Information 237-200- News Dept. 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M told the "I hope youll come and walk all over it, the Divine Miss the for Boulevard ceremony on Hollywood estimated 400 fans gathered on it, but I really feel this star name does have "It my really Thursday. is the work of the fans. I am really overwhelmed and I am flabbergasted and I think this is probably the greatest thrill of my whole life. Midlers albums "Bette Midler, "The Divine Miss M and "The Rose earned gold records for sales of 500,000 each. She has won two "01 Red Hair Is Back Grammy Awards, and her television special earned her an Emmy nomination. She also received two Golden Globe Awards and an Oscar nomination for her feature film debut in "The Rose." Bette Midler says she's overwhelmed" at joining in the Torn Selleck, star of "Magnum, P.I., says his detective series has NBC s blockbuster comedy improved because of competition from Show. "The Cosby "I don't deny the fact that The Cosby Show is setting ratings records, but this only has made our show better, Selleck said, adding effort to upgrade CBS that there has been a rigorous values. "Magnum scripts and production "Were spending $1.5 million per episode in Hawaii now, he told The Honolulu Advertiser in an interview published Friday. "That's a lot of money and a lot of jobs." series, in its fifth year, might Selleck said talk that the Hawaii-basebe canceled was without foundation. behind-the-scen- d Tribune Wire Services Claims Victory Aquino Holds Lead In Philippine Vote Continued From A-- l vassing votes when only the Batasan Pambansa assembly is authorized by the constitution, he said. At least 30 people were killed in election-da- y violence and shots were fired at foreign photographers who said they were taking pictures of masked men stuffing ballot boxes. Lt. Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the deputy military commander who was charged with overseeing a peaceful election, called it the most peaceful election in recent memory, and added: "The true winner in this election is democracy. Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, archbishop of Manila and spiritual leader of the predominant Roman Catholic community, said, "Whatever may have happened today, and what will still happen, don't be afraid, don't be discouraged, keep calm, do not be provoked to violence. NAMFREL called for volunteers to help guard ballot boxes in the Manila suburbs of Pasay and Makati. Hundreds of people, many carrying sticks and candles, watched over ballots from precincts Mrs. Aquino was said to have won. Lugar who along with the American team was allowed into polling stations, said he was concerned about a very disturbing pat tern of incidents emerged in the vot- ing. Lugar visited a dozen voting centers outside Manila on Friday and of missing was told by ballots, voters being turned away because their names allegedly were missing from registration rolls, and otherwise intimidated. Shots were fired at American photographers who said they were taking pictures of masked men stuffing ballot boxes in Concepcion, Benigno Aquinos hometown. Jaime Opinion, an election commission member, told reporters: We will not hesitate to stop NAMFRELs quick count to prevent them from misleading the people into believing that one candidate has won. He said no attempt would be made to stop the operation Media Count '86 because it did not have an agreement, as the group did, to coordinate its figures with the commission. pro-Marc- answer to Commissioner Opinion is: We will see what we can do in order to make sure that the people come to know the real results of the election," NAMFREL Our Jaime chairman Concepcion said. The official Philippine News Agency reported most of the election-day killings. Gramm-Rudma- n Is Ruled Jean-Claud- CLIP & SAVE jialt MIAMI (AP) Three men were shot and slightly wounded Friday night as about 2,500 Haitians streamed into the streets of Miami to celebrate the downfall of President-for-Lif- e e Duvalier, police said. One man suffered an arm wound, another had a hand wound, and a third man had a leg wound, said police spokesman Juan Santos. The men were in stable condition at a hospital, he said. "We don't know what happened. It doesn't seem to be serious," Santos said. "There's more confusion than anything The people dont know what's going on." About 40 officers equipped with riot gear briefly moved into the area after the shootings, but were recalled after officials decided not to try to disperse the crowd. Santos said. At the urging of exile leaders, the crowd began to go home shortly after mid- other relatives and three security men out of the country at 3:46 a.m. Starlifter jet, proFriday. The vided at the request of Duvalier and French officials, landed in France, where French government officials said he would be allowed to stay only eight days. Duvalier arrived at 3:25 p.m. EST at the St. Geoirs airport in Grenoble, in southeastern France and after his bags were searched and some were confiscated, he and his party were whisked away to a lakeside resort. Diplomatic sources said the plan was for Duvalier to go on to Gabon, a former French colony in West Africa. But a Gabonese government spokesman said Gabon would not allow him to enter. Negotiations were under way for Duvalier to go to another African country, possibly Cameroon. Duvalier, who succeeded his father in 1971, announced his decision to step down in a recorded message broadcast nationally shortly before 7 a.m. After thorough consideration for the situation, I have been unable to detect a sign which would encourage hope that this nightmare of blood would spare my people, he said. This is why I am willing to go down in history with my head held high and with a clean conscience. I have decided tonight to entrust the destiny of the nation and power to the armed forces of Haiti, he said. In a broadcast that followed Duvaliers, Lt. Gen. Henry Namphy, president of the new military-civilia- n announced the ruling junta, formation of the new government and pledged to defend human rights. "For months the country has known an exceptionally serious situation which had to be improved, Namphy said. In a seven-minut- e speech, he said the strife caused by Duvalier terrorized "innocent victims and paralyzed national life." "The armed forces have no political ambitions, he said. Namphy proclaimed a national holiday and ordered all government offices to close. The new government consists of four military officers and two civilthree of whom were former ians advisers and officials in Duvalier's government. The four military officers were Namphy, Col. William Regalia, Col. Max Valles and Col. Prosper Avril. The civilians were identified as Alix Cineas, a civil engineer, and Gerard Gourge, a professor and human rights activist. g miliNamphy was a tary adviser under Duvalier. Cineas served as Duvaliers public works minister. Avril this week was appointed inspector of the presidential guard. U.S. officials said between 6.500 to 7.500 Americans remained in Haiti. Pentagon officials said the aircraft carrier America and 33 other U.S. warships were in the Caribbean on exercises and would be available to evacuate Americans from Haiti if necessary. U.S. officials called for a restoration of human rights and democracy in Haiti. The State Department said it is consulting with the new government about its plans for the future and how the United States could "be helpful. Muhammad Ali 237-200- ?! per coo v wrth doiiv I Se per coov V8 per coov Only by Carrier, and rednesdov (S L. County) $ 8 per yeek NfWVOtk or Vendor S JS per coov Dolly S 00 per coov Sundov outside the Sort dtter may (Hates Lake MetroooUton oreo.) Daily Sundov Sunday Sundoy by Moll S By Moil ond Sundov (Utah, Idaho, W SO mo. ond Wyoming) Dolly Only (Utoh, Idaho, Nevodo ond 1$ 7J mo Wyoming) Sundov Only (Utoh, kloho, Nevodo Ond Wyoming) S$ 25 mo Sundov Only (AH Other StOes) J4 25 mo Wednesday Only (S.L. 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In New York City. 150 people demonstrated at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza in support of Duvalier's overthrow despite blowing snow and cold About 100 Haitians gathered outside the Haitian consulate in downtown Miami, chanting "Down With Duvalier'" and calling for the Haitian consular officer to come out Unconstitutional Continued From A-- l that's for others to say, but stepping aside from my lawyers role and into a citizen's role, I think it has a lot of teeth." In overturning a central provision of the law, the three-judgcourt said, "Our holding today eliminates the automatic deficit reduction process. "It may seem odd that this curtailment of such an important and legislative program should hinge upon a relative technicality," the court said. "But the balance of separated powers established by the Constitution consists precisely of a series of technical provisions that are more important to liberty than superficially appears." The court left intact a "fallback" provision of Gramm-Rudmathat requires Congress itself to vote "yes or no" annually on a spending-cu- t figure to meet the law's e hard-foug- deficit-reductio- n goals. But the panel said it is unconstitutional to hand the job of ordering those cuts over to the comptroller general, who is appointed by the president to a term and only can he removed by Congress. The comptroller general heads Congress' General Accounting Office, un auditing and watchdog agency for federal programs. The ruling was signed by all three members of the special panel. I V |
