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G The BG News Friday, January 17,1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 74, Issue 77 War in the Gulf: One Year Later Weather Bush applauds his Gulf War effort byTtrMcanint ing to exert the same energy to and commitment stranded The Associated Press lift the nation from recession. thousands of Kurds and other Bush had soared to record Iraqis who heeded his call to heights in polls last year because overthrow Saddam Hussein." WASHINGTON On the first of the war, but the ratings slipped Turning to the economic prob- Bush set to announce anniversary of the Persian Gulf to the lowest point in his presi- lems faced by some Americans War, President Bush said Thurs- dency as the afterglow of the war returning from the war, Tsongas day that Americans should "take gave way to deep anxiety about asked, "How many of those economic proposals Snow Is likely, a high near pride" In the defeat of Iraq even economic problems. troops are unemployed today? 28 degrees. though it failed to drive a defiant Sensitive to criticism that he How many face an uncertain fu- credit that will probably be Saddam Hussein from power. stopped the fighting too soon, ture of dwindling incomes, debt The Associated Press about $5,000, according to one Although Bush called anew for Bush said the U.S.-led coalition and even foreclosure on their official Off the campus Iraqi citizens to oust Saddam, the "fought a limited war for a lim- homes?" The president has promised White House made clear that the ited but vitally important pur- In his statement, Bush said, WASHINGTON The eco- to come up with a plan "to get Oh, oh, oh, Ginger: United States would stay on the pose. It prevailed." "The American people and I re- nomic proposals President this country back to work TOLEDO, A soundtrack sidelines rather than step in "Saddam's Iraq is weak and iso- main determined to keep the Bush will announce in his again." He is expected to lay from a hard-core pornogra- again with military force to oust lated, unable to impose its extre- pressure on Saddam until a new State of the Union message out main elements in his phic movie popped up on an him. mist policies on the region or the leadership comes to power in could Include an increase of speech on Jan. 28 and his pro- episode of "GUligan's "We don't anticipate anything peace process," the president Iraq." as much as $500 per child In posed federal budget the next Island" broadcast in Toledo. unilateral," White House press said in a written statement which Recalling his dramatic announ- families' tax exemptions as day. The episode, broadcast secretary Marl in Fitz water said. Fitzwater read before television cement of the start of the war, well as other tax breaks to The package Is expected to Tuesday by Fox TV affiliate White House strategists hope cameras. Bush said, "We can all take pride help Americans buy health in- include provisions to allow WUPW, began with a con- the focus on the war's anniver- "We must not forget the human in the results of that effort - Ku- surance, officials said Thurs- savers to roll Individual Re- versation between Mr. and sary will boost Bush's re-election suffering which the war set in wait is liberated and the legiti- day. tirement Accounts into family Mrs. Thurston Howell III. campaign. He has started re- motion," said Democratic presi- mate government restored, the Bush's plan will also offer savings accounts that could But Instead of their voices, minding campaign audiences of dential candidate Paul Tsongas. first-time home buyers a tax be used for specific purposes. viewers heard the words his leadership in the war, promis- "The president's failure of nerve See Iraq, page eight and sounds from a porn flick. "She was very explicit, very detailed of what this man was doing to her," said Wood County Kim Brasher, whose two children, ages 3 and 6, were watching the show and aler- ted their mother. "It was gross. It was aw- man could get ful. I couldn't believe it," she said. "I immediately picked up the phone and called my sister. She got it on hers, too." death penalty On average, 15,000 to 20,000 people are tuned into by Chris lawny WUPW when "GUligan's murder charge in Wood County to Island" comes on at 5:30 courts reporter Involve a death sentence was a p.m. The episode was on the 1989 indictment against Richard air for about a minute be- Fox, whose case is now being ap- fore the master control As Wood County prosecutors pealed. operator discovered the prepare for the trial of alleged Geringer, a 44-year-old Per- problem and put on a killer Richard Geringer, the rysburg man, was indicted Jan. 8 different episode, Katell county Court of Common Pleas for arson and the shooting deaths said. this week notified the Ohio Su- of his wife, Carol Geringer, 44; Venus -- in 3D preme Court of a possible death his daughter, Kim Geringer, 13; PASADENA, Calif. The sentence in the case... only the and his girlfriend, Susan Pelc, 39, Magellan spacecraft will try second such possible sentence in on Dec. 23,1991. to make a 3- D image of Ven- Wood County In more than a cen- The indictment includes two us' tallest peak now that tury. counts for each death. The first NASA has figured out how According to state law, Ohio's count charges the killing was to get pictures to Earth de- highest court must be contacted premeditated, and the second spite the ship's faulty whenever a defendant is Indicted charges the killing was done transmitters. for aggravated murder with ag- while committing a felony. Magellan will resume its gravating circumstances, a capi- $744 million mapping mis- tal offense. The last aggravated See Murder, page nine. sion Jan. 24, said Doug Grif- fith, mission director at NA- SA's Jet Propulsion Labora- tory. The craft is scheduled to make images of Peace treaty ends 38,000-foot Maxwell Montes. Carryouts were never like this: Salvador civil war HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) A forkllft laden with cases ■y fredo Cristiani, who took part in of beer didn't look right The Associated Press the treaty signing in Mexico, traveling down a street, so summoned its followers to Plaza someone called police. Libertad to welcome home "the SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador president of peace" Thursday Soon, William Hardacre, Workers got the day off, church night and dance until dawn. 40, of Huntlngton was ar- bells pealed and technicians Though separated by only 100 rested on a preliminary wired downtown plazas for sound yards of pavement, the two pla- charge of possession of sto- Thursday in preparation for rival zas were worlds apart. The figur- len property. Thirty cases of block parties celebrating the ar- ative chasm underscored the beer had been taken from rival of peace. magnitude of the task of recon- the City Beverage Co. late Much of this small Central ciliation awaiting the country. Wednesday. American nation was glued to radios or TV sets at midday, wit- The conflict killed at least Hardacre had traveled nessing long-distance the signing 75,000 people, wounded twice about six blocks on the fork- in Mexico City of a treaty ending that number and laid waste to lift and was almost home 12 years of civil war. much of the nation's productive when he was arrested short- By mid-afternoon, tens of infrastructure. ly after the beer was taken, thousands were gathered in or By afternoon, the Plaza Civica police said. heading toward the central Plaza was jammed with leftists, among Police said they would Civica or Plaza Llbertad. The them hundreds of guerrilla com- have caught him even if guerrilla Farabundo Marti batants who'd left their guns and they hadn't gotten a tip his The BG N>wi/Jay MiirdKk National Liberation Front and fatigues in the hills. route was marked by a trail Now THIS Is Winter leftist organizations had called "Our rifles are the guarantee of of dumped and broken supporters to the former. the campesinos' land," said one cases. Braving the afternoon cold, Andy McCarty Is dressed for the weather as he walks past the Education The rightist government of Al- banner. building Thursday. Wind chill sent the temperature as low as 40 degrees below zero during the day. Hardacre appeared Thursday In Huntington Su- perior Court and the hearing was continued. Zoning violation forces BG student out of lease Huntington Is the home- town of Vice President Dan Quayle. BG city landlord Carty claims he did not understand laws by Dm Mar house at 211E. Reed St. variance would be discussed at a Zoning cause of the excessive noise and parking Lottery municipal reporter According to Joe Carty of Carty Rent- Board of Appeals meeting at 7 JO p.m.