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U.S. Libya closer The Panama Defense Forces have Although the patient's arrival at freedom of movement guaranteed to the 1977 CAIRO, Egypt - Libya's chief apparently stepped up their strategy Gorgas Army Hospital was delayed U.S. military members in representative to the United of harassment of U.S. forces. On by nearly an hour, a hospital Panama Canal Treaty. Nationssaidinremarkspublished Feb. 10, a U.S. Army ambulance spokesman said the patient was out Most cases included detaining last week there are encouraging responding to an emergency was of danger. U.S. servicemembers outside U.S. signs concerning U.S.-Libyan delayed 50 minutes by the Transito The PDF has increasingly military installations without relations and that Tripoli is ready (PDF traffic police). attempted to interfere with the U.S. charges. to restore "balanced" ties with On Feb. 9, seven separate U.S. forces freedom of movement rights Another recent incident occurred Washington. In an interview with government vehicles were detained guaranteed by the treaty. when the PDF refused to issue 1989 the Saudi newspaper Asharo Al- for nine hours while enroute from "Stopping an ambulance vehicle registration decals to U.S. Awsat, Ali Treiki also praised Colon to Panama City. responding to an apparent life-or- citizens with privately-owned, duty- Secretary of State James Baker, Despite numerous protests by the death situation is stooping to a new free cars as stipulated in the treaty. saying his "position . has been U.S. government, the Panama low," said a spokesman for This move prevented U.S. residents clear in opposing imposition of Defense Forces continue -to Headquarters, U.S. Southern in Panama from obtaining 1989 economicsanctionsagainstLibya implement an apparently coordi- Command. "What the PDF did license plates. After vigorous or boycotting it." nated strategy of harassment today could have meant someone's protests by U.S. officials, the PDF violating the 1977 Panama Canal needless death." finally relented and began issuing pay big bucks Treaty. Another freedom-of-movement stickers Feb. 9. Fans In Friday's incident, the action occurred Feb. 9 when the Repeated protests to the POMPANO BEACH, Fla. ambulance crew, stopped about 150 PDF began stopping U.S. military Panamanian government have (AP) -- Fans of Orson Welles and yards from the Curundu-joint use vehicles at the Chagres River Bridge brought no response in the other the curious lined up to pay $180 area, explained their emergency on the Atlantic side at about 4:15 cases, only in the auto registration for a postcard with his picture and mission to the traffic policemen, who p.m. Finally blockading seven issue. signature on it and $3,500 for a informed them they were "tired of vehicles, the PDF held- them until Officials in the Headquarters, U.S. sculpture that once belonged to U.S. ambulances running around after midnight, insisting all return to Southern Command say the PDF- the late actor-director. with sirens and red lights and were their bases. related incidents are all aimed at "I'm going to get something," going to put a stop to it." After nine hovrs of negotiation, limiting U.S. operations and said Ellen Hart, 70, who cowered Dispatch of a second ambulance they allowed three to proceed to U.S. movement. The officials said the in a Pennsylvania farmhouse in was delayed as U.S. officials tried to installations on the Atlantic side and 1977 Panama Canal Treaty not only 1938 as the "aliens" in Welles' find out why the PQF had stopped forced four to return to the Pacific makes the U.S. the primary protector frightenly realistic radio play the first, a Gorgas Army Hospital side of the isthmus. of the canal until 1999, but also "War of the Worlds" drew closer. spokesman said, to avoid having the Thirty-nine times since Jan. I guarantees freedom of movement to "I want a piece of a man who gave second one stopped also. Panamanian forces have violated the U.S. forces in Panama. us so many memories." Innocent man killed Woman in coma FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) h a t Two men have been convicted in ion 71 the 1987 slaying of a teenager who MANHASSET, N.Y. (AP) they mistakenly accused of raping Doctors Saturday completed an the 80-year-old grandmother of abortion on a comatose wife whose one of the men. . husband had battled anti-abortion A Tarrant County jury activists to the U.S. Supreme Court deliberated less than 40 minutes to become her guardian. Friday before convicting Norris Wayne Hicks and Boyd Ballard of "The procedure has been murder in the Nov. 27, 1987, completed," announced Carol shooting of Jeffery Donnelle, who Hauptman, a spokeswoman for died eight days later. North Short University Hospital, "It's a shame, because he where Nancy Klein has been since a (Donelle) wasn't guilty," said Dec. 13 car accident that left her Terri Moore in closing arguments. comatose. "This 17-year-old kid absolutely "Mr. Klein is very happy that the died for nothing." procedure is completed. He has other After Donnelle's death police things to do with his life," said a determined his blood type did not spokesman for Martin Klein, an match the blood type of the Upper Brookville man who sought person who raped the elderly guardianship of his 32-year-old wife. woman. No one has been charged He later thanked people who had In the rape. supported his efforts. About a half- 'American Music Showcase' dozen pro-choice activists carried February 17 thru 26 placards outside the hospital. opens Nancy, 32, was 18 weeks pregnant. FORT CLAYTON (USARSO Her husband Jan. 26 sought to be MWR) - A musical review, declared guardian of his brain- "American Music Showcase," a damaged wife so he could authorize Pacific Theatre Arts Center the abortion that doctors said might - production to mark February as save her life. A judge granted his American Music Month, will request. open Friday, Feb. 17 and run But the activists blocked the through Feb. 26 on Friday, abortion at each court level until LOOKING FOR A SAFE HA VEN-Afghan citizens travel Saturday and Sunday evenings. U.S. Supreme Court Justice dangerously on top of a bus along the risky Salang highway in Kabul, A cast of 20 singers, dancers Thurgood Marshall Friday turned Afghanistan where much fighting has recently occured between and entertainers will bring down their request for a stay of the Afghan government troops andAfghan guerrillas. (APLaserphoto) country, rock, gospel, Broadway lower court ruling declaring Martin show tunes,jazz, pop and more to his wife's guardian. Court Justice Antonin Scalia to She said it was unclear what effect anaudienceinanightclub-cabaret "Tough battle but we won it," intervene because "they are the abortion would have had on theatre style setting with Martin said by telephone from his criminally assaulting her and killing Nancy. waitresses serving drinks and home in Upper Brookville on Long her child." snacks throughout the show. Island. "We can now turn our Around 6 p.m. Friday, doctors "In her condition, puncturing a As space is limited, make attention to trying to help Nancy." gave Nancy medication that is pimple is dangerous," Hauptman reservations early. Cal 286-3814 John Short, a Farmingdale anti- routinely administered about 12 said. She's in guarded condition and or 286-3152 or stop by the Pacific abortion activist who had helped hours before a second trimester the status of her life neurologically is Theatre Arts Centre, Building block Martin's guardianship, also abortion is performed, Hauptman very precarious. It's terrible, really 2060, Curundu. had asked conservative Supreme said. really tragic." 2 Tropic Times Feb. 13, 1989 world roundup Officials cancel Tibetan holiday festival BEIJING (UPI) - Authorities in leader in China and an important inhabitants still resent Chinese rule Cering expressed concern over the Tibet, fearing new violence after 16 mediator between Beijing and restive and long for the return of the Dalai festival, noting last year's rioting. But months of anti-Chinese unrest, Tibetans. Lama. Chinese authorities have been he maintained the government would warned last week against calls for Writing in the latest edition of the accused of human rights violations permit the festival if local leaders independence in the region and Chinese C o mm u n is t P arty and repressions of Tibetan culture. wanted it. announced the cancellation of a theoretical journal "Seeking Truth," Anti-Chinese rioting erupted in During the colorful festival, festival marking Tibetan Buddhism's Raidi, the deputy Communist Party October, 1987, in Lhasa for the first revived in the early 1980s after being most important holiday. secretary in Tibet, issued a thinly time since 1959. A focus for the banned for decades, Tibetan lamas The admonition in a magazine veiled warning against calls for continued protests has been Tibet's sound trumpets and chant ancient article by a senior Tibetan official independence in the Himalayan many monasteries and temples, scriptures as the faithful fervently and the potentially, explosive region. where Buddhist monks have led a hurl good-wish letters tied in silk scrubbing of the religious festival "To maintain social stability and movement demanding independence. greeting scarves to a presiding holy reflected government worries over keep the economy prospering, it is Mindful of this, authorities also man. persistent protests led by Tibetan imperative to adhere to the announced the cancellation of the The main celebration is held at the monks against Chinese Communist leadership of the Communist Party Grand Summons Ceremony, Jokhang Temple in the center of rule. and follow the socialist road," Raidi scheduled late this month. Officials Lhasa. But the temple, Tibetan Nine people were killed in fierce wrote, noting the impoverished asserted the decision had been made Buddhism's holiest shrine, has also rioting at the end of last year's Grand region's economy had improved with by local Buddhist leaders and said been the main site of the protests. Summons Ceremony, the most Chinese aid. smaller ceremonies would be held in Beijing's sensitivity over Tibet has important annual holiday, in early The article was tied to the monasteries. been reflected since the Panchen March. The latest violence occurred upcoming 30th anniversary of the The festival, called Moinlam Lama's death by an avalanche of in December when police fired on March, 1959, Tibetan rebellion Qenmo, brings thousands of Tibetan coverage of Tibet and memorials for protesters in Lhasa, the capital, against Beijing that was crushed by Buddhist pilgrims to Lhasa, the late leader in the official press. killing three people. Chinese troops. The top Tibetan including Dalai Lama supporters Authorities are known to be Concern over religious fervor Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, from India. Authorities suspect the concerned over the loss of their key sparking protests has intensified as fled to India afterward and has lived returnees of stirring up unrest. mediator, over finding an interim Tibetans mourn the death Jan. 28 since in exile. On Jan. 28 - the day of the replacement and how the years-long from a heart attack of the Panchen Although Tibet is accepted as part Panchen Lama's death - Tibet process of determining a new Lama, the senior Tibetan religious of China, many of its 2 million regional government chairman Doje Panchen Lama will be conducted. Hirohito wanted to make amends TOKYO (Reuters) - Emperor the same way as I did, that it would Hirohito wanted to visit China to be questionable since he had not make amends for the war and gone to Okinawa and that it had a considered Japan guilty of serious bearing on how to make a formal transgressions during its occupation return speech to (Former South of Korea, according to the diary of Korea) President Chun (Doo his chief aide made public last week. Hwan)." Grand Chamberlain Sukemasa Hirohito, led Japan Irie served Hirohito for 50 years until., throughout its efforts. to build an 1985 and gave his diary to the:Asahi Asian empire in the 1930s and 1940s. Shimbun newspaper before his death The diary, which Irie kept daily that year, an Asahi spokesman said. he diaryihich i eptd On July 27, 1982, at the height of a from 1930 until his death, is expected controversy with China and Korea to shed light on many controversial over Japan's rewriting of history aspects of Hirohito's reign, especially textbooks, Irie wrote: his wartime role. "exbas, caredwrote morni. Asahi Shim will begin publication "I was called in the morning.' of excerpts today. Talked about China's complaints Hi ro hito is known to have AFGHAN REFUGEES-Two Afghan refugees collect their rations at the over changes made in Japan s privately apologized for Japan's Nasr Bagh refugee camp, where the NationallslamicFront of Afghanistan textbooks. He (Hirohito) said Japan brutalattempt colonzatioan handed out food to refugees whofledfighting in the Kunar province. (AP really did bad things in Korea. br ate at nzaio Laserphoto) other wartime acts in various In the entry for April 20, 1984, Irie meetings with heads of state of said then Prime Minister Yasuhiro countries that suffered at the hands Nakasone had talks with Hirohito of the Japanese during and before Shuttle to retrieve station about the possibility of a visit to World War II. China. Hirohito's death has revived the MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet history of space exploration. "He listened to Hirohito's plea for controversy over his wartime Union will use its recently launched During a previous mission, a visit to China, but answered him in position. Buran space shuttle to retrieve the Cosmonaut Vladimir Vasyutin mothballed Salyut 7 space station became seriously ill while onboard and return it to earth for possible Salyut 7, forcing an earlier of sw ord w ound repair and relaunch, Radio Moscow termination of the flight. A ctor dies said last week. "The experts of the Soviet space TOKYO (UPI) -- A 34-year-old Fukuyama City, where the movie The Salyut 7, launched in April, program intend to bring back to Japanese movie actor, who had was being filmed. 1982, was shut down three years ago earth the orbiting Salyut 7 space his neck slashed during the filming The director's son, Takehiro when the new generation MIR space station with the help of the re-useable of a samurai sword fight, died Okumure, 24, took the real sword station was launched. A total of 21 space shuttle Buran," Radio Moscow from the wound, the Mainichi to act out a samurai sword fight dsmonauts worked on Salyut 7 said. reported last week. wihflo co ui aoduring its four years in service. newspapere rewith fellow actor Yukio Kato. The station had been hounded by The Before filming of the sword Buran, which means During the fight, Okumure bad luck almost since its launch. In snowstorm in Russian, was fight scene began on Dec. 26, the slashed Kato's throat. 1985, the station's solar batteries successfully tested in an unmanned the crew to replace a fake sword Ma h di om te wou,te malfunctioned shutting down all mode last November. Its cargo hold used in three a fa real aiici newspaper rerted.the power and rendering the complex can easily carry the entire Salyut Polic sa idey b te useless. A Soviet space repair crew station. sworsword because the fake weapon because t n, f ake wea death was an accident, but are managed to revive the station in what Radio Moscow did not say when was in poor condition, said a investigating and have confiscated still rates as one of the most daring the retrieval mission report in the local newspaper in the sword and might take film of the fight. and complex repair operations in the place.

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Tropic Times Feb. 13, 1989 3 I hemisphere Managua adopts free-market policies MANAGUA, Nicaragua (UPI) -- that would set the new "pragmatic" been cordial, and some independent Pressured by a collapsing economy, tone for Sandinista rule in the post- businessmen have agreed to deal with Nicaragua's government leaders are Reagan era. the government. moving away from socialism toward But Ortega left both supporters But skeptical businessmen say free-market economic policies--and and opponents confused in his there are also contradictory signals: suffering an identity crisis in the rambling two-hour discourse. Sandinista officials say if the private process. Trying to have things both ways, he sector fails to cooperate in the Inflation of more than 20,000 described the Sandinistas as current anti-inflation plan, the percent, rising unemployment and Marxist-Leninists who "have not government will implement a "war- continuing recession have forced the given up the socialist orientation of time economy," putting all goods Marxist government to dismiss 30 our revolution" but then appealed to and services under state control. percent of its workers, slash capitalist producers to help boost the Which message is to be believed? government spending by 43 percent economy. The answer lies more in politics than and negotiate with farmers and In addition, Victor Tirado, a in economics, and will depend on businessmen to try to boost private leading member of the Sandinista how seriously the economic crisis enterprise. junta, downplayed the advent of affects the Sandinistas' popularity The austerity moves are socialism in a newspaper interview, since elections are scheduled next paritcularly wrenching for a saying, "we won't see it even in the year. revolutionary regime like the 21st Century." Those who oppose the switch to Sandinistas, who took power almost Officials hastened to assure baffled free-market principles say the 10 years ago under a banner foreign correspondents that they economy can still fall much further celebrating the working class above intended to open up the economy to before posing a political problem. In all others. the private sector, despite addition, they say, it would be "In their heads, they are contradictory messages. dangerous to cut defense spending committed to opening up the "Watch what we do, not what we before the new U.S. administration economy and making peace with the say," an official said, citing defines its Nicaragua policy. private sector, because they know negotiations under way between the Those in favor say they are simply that is the only way they can get over government and farmers and pushing a pragmatic response to the this crisis," said a top Sandinista government promises not to hyperinflation that could literally adviser. "But in their hearts, they are confiscate more land. wipe out the economy in a matter of having a hard time telling thousands There are many signs Ortega's months. BUDGET CUTS Nicaraguan of workers they will lose their jobs." government is moving to cut back a "The bigget political risk of all is PresidentDanielOrtegaannouncesa Conflict between what Nicaragua's large, inefficient state apparatus, having the current inflation severe austerity plan for 1989 that leaders would like to do and what trim investment in government continue, because then we will have nearly cuts his government's budget th y have to do was especially projects and offer joint ventures to 3.6 million Nicaraguans (the in half, restricts credit and slashes evident last week, when President private investors. country's entire population) opposed capital investment in a bid to curb Daniel Ortega delivered what had Negotiations with coffee farmers to the government," one top official hyperinflation and increase been billed as a watershed speech and cattle ranchers have reportedly said. productivity. (APLaserphoto) In worsening crisis, Argentina devalues austral BUENOS AIRES (AP) -- interest rates high in order to prevent rates and has taken other steps to used to determine how much Customers besieged banks to acquire a freefall in the austral. support the austral and restrain industrial exporters would be paid in U.S. dollars, pushing the value of the Argentines who gathered outside inflation. australs for their dollars. Farm inflation-battered Argentine foreign-exchange services found that But the 6.8 percent inflation rate in exporters are required to sell most of national currency down by 25 they had to pay as many as 26 December and 8.9 percent rate in the dollars to the government at the percent and intensifying the nation's australs for the dollar that they could January were worse than expected lower official rate. economic crisis. have purchased for 17.59 australs on and suggested to many Argentines Argentines who were unhappy The long lines of depositors Friday. But those who had dollars that the government's policies are not with the old system are not happy waiting to change australs for dollars received 21 australs or more, working. Annual inflation in 1988 with the new one either. resulted from the Central Bank's compared with 17.51 on Friday. was 387 percent. Farm exporters, who provide the decision to restrict dollar sales in an During the day, the austral kept On Monday, the government bulk of Argentina's foreign- attempt to stabilize the austral and to slipping and by the time financial announced that it would maintain a exchange earnings, grumbled that hold down inflation. houses closed, a dollar fetched 23.20 three-tiered exchange rate system; while the "special" rate is marginally Financial houses were closed while australs, it cost 23.50 austral to buy a the official rate, a "special" rate that higher than the official rate, they still the government grappled with ways dollar. is 25 percent higher and the "black have to sell most of their dollars to to combat Argentina's economic The Central Bank during the past market," or free rate. the Central Bank at a little more than travails, which have forced it to keep several months has tightened interest The special rate replaces a rate 14 australs to the dollar. A ndres Perez could succeed where othersfailed

economic problems are linked to CARACAS (Reuter) - With in the Organization of Petroleum implement democratic reforms, and international factors such as oil extensive international contacts and Exporting Countries and an Central he added that the climate of U.S.- in prices and foreign debt. a no-nonsense populist style, American issues. Soviet detents would favor peace Venezuela's new president Carlos This placed him in contact with the region. His confidence in winning a Andres Perez could succeed with an such prominent Europeans as Perez urged the Chilean greater role for Venezuela's foreign from his ambitious package of proposals Fr e n c h Pr e si d e n t Franc o is opposition to unite behind one policy apparently stems his where other Third World suggestions Mitterand and Spanish Prime opposition candidate to win the negotiating successes under have failed, diplomats and financial Minister Felipe Gonzalez, whose elections this year, and added previous government. to officials said. help he hopes to tap in easing the Chilean President Gen. Augusto He was then a close adviser Panama in its difficult negotiations "Perez sees himself more as a deal- crushing foreign debt burden. Pinochet should receive recognition the country's with the United States leading to the maker between the developing and It also linked him to Latin for paving the way for 1977 Panama Canal treaties. industrialized worlds rather than just American leaders with tough foreign return to democracy. an active In 1976, he nationalized as a Third World leader voicing debt stances, like President Alan Despite his plans for Perez admits he will Venezuela's oil industry, one of the hard-line rhetoric," one diplomat Garcia of Peru. foreign policy world's largest, paying only $1 billion leader, sworn Already, he has called for the have "a very difficult year" at home said of the Venezuelan oil companies after in last week. industrial world to write off at least in 1989 as he introduces austerity to foreign "Hias weea half of the Latin American debt, a measures and seeks an International arduous negotiations. "His non-confrontational style can stand unlikely to be popular with the Monetary Fund loan package he Although he drove tough terms, he help him be successful," said a top new U.S. administration of President hopes to soon have in place. did not strain relations to the official from a regional financial George Bush. He will face a Congress where his breaking point with oil multi- institution, explaining how Perez Addressing Central American Democratic Action party no longer nationals. could help bridge positions between issues, he said he would be willing to holds the majority after last Venezuelan officials are also Latin America and the United States work with the United States and December's elections. Major conscious of their country's ability to and Europe. Panamanian political groups to opposition parties vow to fight be on good terms with both With a flair for diplomacy, Perez ensure the May elections are free and against measures which would Washington and Third World was president of Venezuela from fair. further impoverish the neediest groups. During the 1973 Arab oil 1974 to 1979 when he gained a high He also called upon Nicaraguan sectors of society. embargo Venezuela boosted its oil international profile for his activism President Daniel Ortega to Perez insists that domestic exports to the United States. Times 4 Feb.Tropic 13, 1989 U.S. news Congressman out serves nine presidents WASHINGTON (UPI) - One of although some of his feudal ways By contrast, Vinson was a well- the state's first House member in the last of the old southern barons, were banked by the reforms of the known figure. Although he, too, 1912. He stayed in the House 12 Jamie Whitten of Mississippi, is mid-'70s. shunned the national limelight, his years, put in another 42 in the Senate, closing in on one of those Now 78, Whitten, once a pious long career on the House Armed then put away his stirrups in 1969. congressional records that most segregationist and rock-solid Services Committee made him a To match Hayden, who had believed never would be broken. conservative, has become more of a towering figure in military affairs reached nine decades in age when he The venerable Congressman, who mainstream Democrat, partly to during World War II and the left, Whitten would have to win five was first elected a month before Pearl prevent more attacks on him -such postwar years. more two-year terms. The voters, Harbor, is now one more election as the challenge to his assumption of Interestingly, Whitten is neither unless he shows severe signs of and pocket change from breaking the the committee chairmanship in 1979 the oldest member of Congress nor failing, probably would return him House longevity record of Rep. Carl - and partly because Mississippi does his service go back the farthest. another 10 years, although Whitten Vinson of Georgia, which stands at blacks are now allowed to vote. Both those honors belong to Rep. would be just about 90 then. 50 years and two months. Despite his lengthy tenure, - he Claude Pepper, D-Fla. There are other serious contenders Seemingly in good physical health has out-served nine presidents and Pepper, a feisty George Burns 88, to Vinson's record among House and politically solid as only an old- been the bane of numerous started in the Senate in 1937 four veterans. Rep. Charles Bennett, D- time southern Democrat can be, agriculture secretaries - Whitten is years before Whitten, but was called Fla., came in 1953 but is as old as there is every likelihood that Whitten little known outside the Capitol and home by the voters in the 1950 Whitten and no one else dates back will ask the voters of northern Mississippi's Ist Congressional Florida Senate election, considered to the 1940s. Mississippi to give him another district. one of the dirtiest of all time. He was Perhaps somewhere down the round trip, or more, to the nation's The old-time southerners, by elected to the House in 1962. seniority list there is a very young, capital. choice, never cottoned to national Whitten seems to have at least an healthy and politically lucky Without question, Whitten, by exposure and attempts to decipher outside shot at the all-time congressman or congresswoman virtue of his seniority and his his pronouncements for just one congressional longevity record of 57 with the staying power to challenge chairmanship of the House decent quotation have eluded years, held by the late Sen. Carl Vinson - or perhaps even Hayden. Appropriations Committee, is one of generations of reporters. Whitten Hayden of Arizona, a former For now, however, it's all up to Jamie the power players in Congress, probably could not care less. territorial sheriff who was elected as Whitten. Senators propose ways to slow warming trend WASHINGTON (UPI) -- atmosphere, trapping heat that eliminate the nation's ability to research to develop non-fossil luel Senators introduced legislation last otherwise would escape into space. export farm commodities and could energy resources. week intended to slow the destructive This heat raises surface temperatures, devastate national forests. --Promote energy conservation. global warming trend through a $5 which are estimated to rise between 2 "This may be our last chance. You -- Halt tropical rain forest billion, three-year plan that includes degrees and 7 degrees Fahrenheit in do not reverse 100 years of neglect dest ruction and en courage energy conservation, curbs on the next 50 years. easily," he said. reforestation, including a repeal of pollutants and research. The ice age, scientists note, was Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., said about $40 million in annual subsidies "Global warming is the most caused by a 4 degree drop in the the bill offers "big payoffs" to tout 4i on AnasasuTsidies important issue for the remainder of average global temperature, so that society. to cut timber from Alaska's Totigass this century and the beginning of the by comparison, a continuing 4 degree "Even if we were not being National Forest. next," said Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo., rise would make it too warm for life threatened by the greenhouse effect, --Expand funding for atmospheric as mid-winter temperatures in to exist. this bill is still good public policy,"he research into the global warming Washington hit a record 70 degrees. Senators made dire warnings said. trend. The bill introduced by Wirth, Sen. about the consequences of the The National Energy Policy Act --Fund projects to convert mass Albert Gore, D-Tenn., and 19 other warming trend. would attempt to slow the global transit from gasoline to cleaner- senators would cost about $5 billion "The American midwest could warming trend by: burning natural gas. over three years. But Wirth said the become a dust bowl and the western, -- Reducing carbon dioxide -Study new generation of safer costs were offset by "enormous southern and eastern coasts could be emissions, which come from burning nuclear reactors. savings" in conservation measures. devastated by flood," Sen. Alan fossil fuels, by 20 percent by the year -Increase U.S. efforts to help Scientists believe industrial Cranston, D-Calif., said. 2000 through conservation and control world population growth. emissions of carbon dioxide and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., alternative resources. -- Improve the supply of natural other gases are accumulating in the predicting higher temperatures could -Authorize about $600 million for gas. Medical center could pass for college campus ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - inmates do not need passes to move Springfield, Mo., is a high-security About half of the prison's Doctors and nurses scurry to make about the campus. facility. approximately 580 patients work .in their rounds and patients in The prison, located in this the kitchen, on the grounds crew or wheelchairs and gurneys fill the halls. southeastern Minnesota town of "Patients come here for everything in a factory which makes cables for It looks like an ordinary hospital but 60,000 that's home to the Mayo from severe mental disorders to the government. the patients are convicted felons, Clinic, admits federal convicts who personality disorders to terminal About 120 inmates are there for among them swindlers and spies. need medical or psychiatric care. The cancer to orthopedic work," Chreno medical reasons, about 75 for The Federal Medical Center could only similar institution, the Medical said. "We represent a cross section of psychiatric treatment and others for just as easily be a college campus with Center for Federal Prisoners at the illnesses of society." chemical dependency. its open spaces, tree-lined walkways Woman selected as Grand Marshal and outdoor recreational facility that includes a basketball court, ice rink and jogging path. The combined St. Patrick's Day parade slated for March 17 prison and hospital moved onto the grounds of a former state hospital NEW YORK (UPI) -- Irish- has been held. Academy of Music, where Diana was that closed in 1982. American broadcaster Dorothy "A woman grand marshal is long, to attend an opera. "We want the appearance to be Hayden Cudahy was elected grand long overdue," said Martin Galvin of A grandmother from Queens who reasonably attractive," said Warden marshal of New York's 228th annual the Irish Northern Aid Committee,. units for decades has hosted the "Irish Joseph Bogan. "We think it would be St. Patrick's Day parade last week, one of about 200 marching Memories" show her father created unproductive and unwise to tear the first time a woman has been comprising the Ancient Order of on radio station WEVD-FM, downthetrees,removethegrass and accorded the U.S. Irish community's Hibernians. of Cudahy became the first woman to put in concrete." highest honor. "Mrs. Cudahy has a record does seek the title of grand marshal when The tranquil scene has its limits. Cudahy, 66, won an overwhelming service to the community which and to the she ran for election in 1985. The 55-acre center is surrounded by a majority of the nearly 600 votes cast honor to both the Irish double razor-wire fence, patrol by members of the Ancient Order of parade. This is viewed as the highest But her nomination was blocked trucks carrying armed guards circle Hibernians at the New York honor in Irish-American circles that on a technicality: she did not qualify the complex and computerized Sheraton. She had lost four earlier one can receive." Gal in said. because she was only a member of the sensing devices detect movement bids to lead the March 17 parade up Cudahy's election came on the eve ladies'auxiliary of the Ancient Order along the perimeter. Fifth Avenue. of the first visit to New York by of Hibernians. But unlike most federal prisons, As of last weekend, when several Britain's Princess Diana, an event She was defeated in 1986. 1987 by the Federal Medical Center men resisted pressure to oppose that has become i focal point of eser narrower margins, and lasit concentrates security on the Cudahy and her only opponent, Irish-Anerican opposition to British year's marshal, Bank of Ireland perimeter and allows inmates relative Mary H oflt Moore, there was not any rule in Northern Ireland. senior vice president \iIam Bulrke. freedom inside the fences I here are question] that a woman would lead Cudahy wsas chrduled to address predicted after his election thal a no bars on the windows of the low the parade for the first time in 1989, a rally inl support of northern Irish swomatn would lead this car' to-medium-security facility and the 228th consecutive year the event indepndncr ouitsidr ilie Brooklii parade. Tropic Times Feb. 13, 19893 U.S. news Aerospaceparts Co. raided by agents SEATTLE (UPI) -- A major possible wider probe. Investigative Service. according to the affidavit. supplier of aircraft fasteners to the "The focus is on the integrity of the The search of the Voi-Shan facility Boeing officials told task force Boeing Co. and other airplane system set up to certify these airplane was prompted by a 24-page afidavit agents the company is one of the manufacturers has been accused in parts," Anderson said. written by an FBI agent that cited use major purchasers of Voi-Shan parts, an investigation of the aerospaceparts A federal task force called of an approval stamp by a including large quantities of titanium industry of falsifying crucial test Nordecon, for Northwest Defense nonexistent "Inspector I ." fasteners, according to the affidavit. data. Contracting, is conducting an The allegations surfaced as 20 investigation that has not turned up The affidavit said the "Inspector Fairchild's 1987 annual report said federal agents staged a surprise any evidence that any crash involving I1" stamp was used to certify aircraft its fasteners "are installed on almost weekend search of the Chatsworth, Boeing airplanes was caused by fasteners including nuts, bolts, lock every military and commercial Calif., Metallurgical Testing bogus parts. bolts and rivets that had failed tests aircraft. Eighty percent of the Laboratory operated by the Voi- The task force is composed of or were never tested. products are used in the airframe and Shan Aerospace Products Division agents of the FBI, the Internal Voi-Shan claimed it performed 20 percent in engines." of Fairchild Industries. Revenue Service, the Defense tests to check the brittleness of Boeing officials declined to discuss Gene Anderson, the U.S. attorney Criminal Investiagtive Service, the titanium fasteners when, in fact, they the case publicly, even though for western Washington, said the Air Force Office of Special were tossed in a box in a corner ofthe Anderson said they had been very raid was a "beginning point" to a Investigations and the Naval lab and left there for months, helpful in the probe. Reagan announces end to his retirement LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Former Responding to a student's machine gun is not a sporting local and state movements to ban President Ronald Reagan, lamenting question, he said he still doesn't weapon or needed for defense of the military-style weapons in the the constitutional restrictions believe in "taking away the right of home." aftermath of a Jan. 17 bloodbath ina limiting him to two terms, celebrated citizens to own guns for sporting, for The question, from one of seven Stockton Shoolyard in which a man his 78th birthday last week by hunting and so forth, or for home students who won the chance to with an AK-47 killed five children announcing an end to his retirement defense. question the former president and wounded 30 other people before in his first public appearance since "But I do believe that an AK-47, a through a lottery, was prompted by shooting himself to death. leaving office. "Two weeks ago I went intq retirement," Reagan told a crowd of 1,600 at a University of Southern California student assembly. "Am I glad that's over,"he joked. "I just didn't like retirement. It took all the fun out of Saturdays. "I tried adjusting to private life and growing old gracefully without being a nuisance to anybody, but that's not my style," he said to enthusiastic laughter. "So here I am, saddled up and ready to ride again," he added, vowing to lobby--through public appearances at a fee of up to $50,000- -for his long-sought balanced-budget amendment and line-item veto. "If I would have had a third term, I would have gone into full combat on the budget," he said. Reagan said his speaking tour would be aimed at increasing public pressure on Congress to give future presidents "the tools they need" to reduce the current budget deficit and eliminate future deficits with line- item vetos and a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. "The Congress has wrapped the budget process in kryptonite," he said, referring to the substance which rendered the comic book hero Superman powerless. "Even Superman himself couldn't get at it." Departing only once from his DOLPHIN DEA THS-Dr. Joseph Geraci, professor of wildlife diseases at the University of Guelph, Ontario, usual list of reforms, Reagan implied Canada, explains in Washington, D. C., about the "Red Tide" which caused several hundred dolphin deaths on the a switch in his historic views on gun East Coast over the past two years. The report was carried in a recent edition of the Tropic Times. (APLaserphoto) control. Radioactive object found in New Jersey school PISCATAWAY, N.J. (UPI) -- A the closet and how it got there, no answer at the school when called licensed radioactive waste disposal 13-year-old boy showing a Geiger Staples said. that night. company in Westwood, who will test counter to friends found a highly "It could have been there one day The rod, which emits gamma it to determine its composition, he radioactive piece of metal in a or 10 years," he said. "Either way, it radiation, is believed to be of the kind said. locked, unused storage closet in a should have been in a lead pipe for used in medical radiation treatments No residual radiation has been religious school, state investigators safety. We don't have the vaguest or in calibrating radiation detection detected at the school since the object said last week. idea how it got there." devices, Staples said. was removed, staples said. The small rod-like piece of metal, Investigators believe the object The rod was connected to a 10- Staples said the boy who found the about one-half inch long and one- may contain radium, but they were inch length of heavy wire with a tag rod, who was not publicly eighth of an inch in diameter, was still trying to determine the level of that said the object had been indentified, visited the Lake Nelson found last week at Lake Nelson radiation to which anyone in the manufactured by the Radium School Jan. 25 with a Geiger counter School in Piscataway township in school has been exposed. Chemical Co. of New York. There he borrowed from the school he central New Jersey, said James "We are trying to interpolate the was no listing for such a company in attends to show old schoolmates how Staples, a spokesman for the exposure," Staples said. New York City. the instrument works. Department of Environmental The school, operated by the "It may have been made decades "He was just showing the Geiger Protection in Trenton. Seventh Day Adventist Church, has ago," Staples said. counter to some kids and he walked Investigators are trying to about 100 pupils from kindergarten The rod has been picked up by a down the hall and Bingo," Staples determine how long the rod was in through the ninth grade. There was crew from Teledyne Isotopes Inc., a said. Times 6 Feb.13,1989Tropic military news Board identifies officers for early retirement WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) - Notification of early retirees will The selection boards convened individual officers, a by-name Some 243 officers - 142 colonels and be completed by Feb. 15 through the Jan. 10 under authority of Section selection list will not be released. a 101 lieutenant colonels - must retire first general officer in their chain of 638, Title 10, U.S. Code. Although special "hot-line" will become no later than Aug. 1, following the command. the law dictates that those selected operational Feb. 7 at the U.S. Total secretary of the Army's approval on A review of critical skill must be retired on the first day of the Army Personnel Command. Jan. 31 of the latest Selective Early requirements was made during the seventh month - August - after the Those officers having questions Retirement Board recommendations. selective retirement approval month in which the secretary of the should call between 7 a.m. and 6 "Action of this kind is agonizing process. Approval of subsequent Army approved the results of the p.m., Monday through Friday. The because it involves selecting officers requests for recall of individual boards, the officer may voluntarily telephone numbers are AUTOVON bhcae it nv es servdteatin fhful officers selected for early retirement request an earlier retirement date. 221-0928 or commercial (202) awell. e sured the sniorfarmly is not anticipated. To ensure the privacy of the 325-0928. and well. Be assured the senior Army leadership considered all possible altnais Lt. oen.ap rovng the Exchange shopping saves patrons big bucks the Army's deputy chief of staff for WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) - The privately funded surveyor also Automotive 16.7 personnel. When you choose to shop at your found that the AAFES price beat the Tobacco 15.5 This management action is local post exchange, you chose competition by 93 percent of the Sundries 13.1 necessary to comply with something else in addition to time. Officials view this record of Congressionally mandated Fiscal convenience, quality of goods, and Then there's the indirect savings to savings as a barometer of how to Year 1989 Army officer strength efficiency of service. those soldiers and their families who stretch your dollars in today's cuts. The Army was originally According to officials at the Army use local morale, welfare and economic climate. directed to cut approximately 2.200 and Air Force Exchange Service in recreation facilities - since those officers per year during FY 89 and Dallas, your additional choice, activities receive financial support FY 90. However, a compromise was whether witting or not, consists of from AAFES revenues. reached with Congress which saving yourself some money. Here's how the survey listed your reduced the cut to approximately 500 Figures c o m piled in an savings by category: officers per year over the next two independent price comparison last years. year show that the military shopper CATEGORY PERCENTAGE Congress further directed that the saved an average of 24.9 percent over Household 31.1 Army take a balanced approach to off-post purchases. And that Stationery 31.1 achieve these reductions, i.e., the cuts percentage, officials say, doesn't Clothing 30.7 could not come solely from junior include the savings accrued from PX Jewelry 25.3 officer accessions. exemption from state sales taxes. Toiletries 17.2 States outline methods for license extension/renewal

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t)r m s iev appesfordependelts Tropic Times my Feb. 13, 1989 I sports I NBA Standings West Stars down East 143-134 EASTERN CONFERENCE HOUSTON (AP)-Playing magic of their own yesterday, Star Game. Atl antic Division without the real Magic, Karl Malone carrying the West to a 143-134 Stockton, the only point guard on W L Pc t. 8 and John Stockton created some victory over the East in the NBA All- the West team after scheduled starter New York 32 16 .667 - Magic Johnson was injured on Philadelphia 26 0 .565 Wednesday night, directed a record- Boston 2 3 . p breaking attack in the first half, New Jersey 18 28 .391 1- wowing a record All-Star crowd at Washington 1S 28 .164 14 the Astrodome. Charlotte !'-1, .25-' 15 1/ The West led by as many as 31 Central Division points en route to an 87-59 halftime Cleveland -1 11 .6 lead, breaking by one the All-Star Detroit 31 .705 1/2 record for points in a half set by the M1lwaucee 30 .5667 West in 1962. The East got as close as Atlanta 28 18 .609 6 1/2 seven in the fourth quarter before Chicago 26 i9 578 If faltering. indiana 11 34 244 WESTERN CONFERENCE Stockton had an All-Star record Midwes Livision nine assists in the first quarter, W L Pct. GB breaking Johnson's 1984 mark of although he didn't play the last Houst on 27 it .LI -eight, Utah 28 19 .56 - Dallas 23 1 .27 1/2 Malone, Stockton's Utah Jazz Denver 24 21 4 teammate, scored 18 of his 28 points San Antonio 13 89 4 in the first half and was 8-for-9 from Mi ami 5 9 .114 1/2 the field in the first two periods, most Paci ncDi vision of them on dunks or feathery layups. L.A. Lakers 32 15 .6E1 Malone was selected the game's Most Phoenix 28:7 .62 Valuable Player. Seattle 28 10 .609 l1/2 Dale Ellis scored 27 points and Golden Stat 21 . 1/2 Alex English 16 for the W'st. Portland 25 .556 6 Stockton finished with 11 points and Sacramento 3 2 .289 18 17 assists. L.A. Clippers!! 36 .- 4 Michael Jordan scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to lead the East, which still leads the All-Star series 25-14. The East had won seven Ken Schrader wins of the previous nine -games. Isiah Thomas added 19 points and 14 pole at Daytona assists for the East. Kareem Abdul-Jabbarin his 20th DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- and last season, appeared in his 18th Ken Schrader won the Daytona 500 All-Star Game, missing his first five pole for the second straight year shots and scoring four points. He set Saturday, taking the top qualifying the career All-Star scoring record spot away from Darrell Waltip and a last year. one-armed Bill Elliott in the first The attendance of 44,735 broke round of the trials for the Feb. 19 A the All-Star record of 43,146 at the race. Indianapolis Hoosier Dome in 1985. Schrader turned a fast lap of It was the largest NBA crowd ever 196.997 mph on the 2.5-mile high- away from the Pontiac Silverdome, banked oval at Daytona which has the four largest ever. International Speedway, while The West broke away from a 12- Waltrip, his teammate with 12 tie by outscoring the East 35-19 in Hendrick Motorsports, took the the last 8:14 of the first period. other front row position at 195.916. The suprt started with a 13-2 run Those two, both in Chevrolet during which Malone scored six Monte Carlos, were the only drivers consecutive points and Ellis five. to pin down starting positions for the With Stockton out, the West $1.7 million season-opening offense hardly slowed down. Chris NASCAR Winston Cup race. Mullin, a 6-foot-7 forward, took over The rest of the 42-car field will be at point guard, but got help bringing determined in further time trials the ball upcourt from 6-10 Tom today through Wednesday and in the Chambers, who scored 12 points in twin 125-mile qualifying races 5:14, helping the West increase its Thursday. margin to 57-33 with 8:44 left in the Elliott, the defending Winston ANOTHER VICTIM-Morganna the "kissing bandit" made another hit first half. Cup champion and a three-time recently in Houston when just before tipoff between the Los Angeles Lakers Only the outside shooting of Ellis Daytona 500 pole-winner drove his and the Huston Rockets, Morganna rushed the court and place a kiss on and English, who had 10 points in the Ford Thunderbird to a lap of 195.737 Kareem A bdul-Jabbar. Currently in his 20th and last season, A bdulJabbar first quarter, kept the game from - - ukfs o h et the third fastest of the day erdmyse being a complete fastbreak, slam- despite a broken left wrist suffered in appearedin yesterday's A ll-Star game, bringing his totalto 19 appearances in dunk fest for the West. a crash during practice Friday. the annual event. (AP laserphoto) arH drv it hrcicefFrdyn uselessly in his lap. Frenchman wins super-welterweight title Elliott, who said he is not certain if he can run more than one or two laps GRENOBLE, France (AP) -- Judges Sid Nathan of Britain were no knockdowns in the fight with his aching and heavily- Rene Jacquot became the first scored it 117-113, Justo Vasquez of although Curry slipped in the ninth bandaged wrist, could now skip the Frenchman in 30 years to win a world Spain 118-115 and Jesus Arias of round. qualifying races, which determine boxing championship by scoring a Mexico 118-116 in favor of Jacquot. The Frenchman's record improve positions three through 30, and start unanimous 12-round decision over It was the first defense of the WBC to 24-9 with one crew. He is the Feb. 19's event 31st by virtue of his crown for Curry, who won it July current European super-welter- fast lap Saturday. American Donald Curry for the 1988 against Italian Gianfranco cerrht Eurpen Elliott, who later complained of World Boxing Council super- Rosi. In 1985 and 1986 he was the weight champion. pain in his right side and had welterweight title Saturday 0$., unified welterweight champion Curry, looking tired in the last four precautionary X-rays made of his Curry, of Fort Worth, Texagbuift before losing that title to LLoyd .rougids, dropped to 31-3. In a non- ribs in the track medical center, said an early lead but an inspired iacquot, Honeyghan of Britain. title bout, in January, he stopped his only real problem in qualifying cheered on by a hometown crowd, Jacquot had not been regarded American Mike Sachetti in the fifth was shifting as he left the pits and got turned the bout in his favor from the highly by the American camp but he round. But the bout against Jacquot up to speed on the banking. sixth round on. stubbornly stayed with Curry. There was just Curry's fourth in 14 months. Times 8 Feb.Tropic 13, 1989 Medicare, gains tax cuts upset solons

WASHINGTON - The Demo- renewed his campaign call for a cut in blueprint "not the final answer, it's inner cities: "Keep hope alive." ratic-controlled Congress began capital gains taxes. Most Democrats the starting point." He added, Bush's Pentagon spending plan adjusting to life under a new sat silently in their seats. "Congress can swat it away, or it can calls for an increase next year that Republican administration Friday Fights also are likely over Bush's grasp the president's hand in the true would allow spending to rise with after receiving President Bush's call proposed $5 billion cut in the spirit of cooperation." inflation but no higher. "After that for no new taxes, increases in Medicate insurance program for the The Bush budget envisions a increases above inflation will be scattered domestic programs and an elderly, and his renewed deficit of $91.1 billion, beneath the required," he said. offer to "work day and night" to commitment to the Star Wars missile $100 billion mandated in the federal - tackle the deficit. defense program. anti-deficit law. But Bush's deficit E t center "The people didn't send us here to Democrats promised cooperation figure is predicated on rosy economic bicker," the new president said - and left it at that. assumptions carried over from the Mansfield Thursday night in a nationally "That does not mean obedience. It Reagan administration -assumptions praised televised speech before ajoint session does mean our honest help and our of continued strong growth that by United Press International on the House and Senate. "It's time very best advice," said Speaker Jim many economists question. WASHINGTON - Mike to govern." Wright of Texas, who presides over a The president's speech was not a Mansfield returned to the Senate Initial Democratic reaction to the House with a 261-175 Democratic State of the Union address in the last week to be honored for his new president and his $1.16 trillion majority. literal sense. But it served as one, record tenure as Democratic. budget was cordial but wary. Senate Republican Leader Bob from the pageantry of a House majority leader and then U.S. Republicans cheered when he Dole termed the president's budget chamber filled with lawmakers, the Ambassador to Japan. A diplomatic corps, Supreme Court resolution praising Mansfield for justices and hundreds of guests, 50 years of public service in the listening to the breedth of his armed services and government remarks. was passed on a unaminous voice "We Americans have only begun vote. Mansfield, 85, seated in the our mission of goodness and visitor's gallery with his wife, greatness," he concluded. Maureen, listened as a series of Bush said he would "proceed with Senators lauded his service, then caution" in his dealings with the slipped out as his former Soviet Union, but said, "We will not colleagues lined up to praise him. miss any opportunity for peace." He Evictions for crack vowed to work for the elimination of chemical weapons and said he would LOS ANGELES - Mayor "stand firm" for democracy in Tom Bradley and police chief Nicaragua and elsewhere in Central Daryl Gates proposed last week America. requiring landlords to evict The new president called for tenants arrested for dealing drugs trimming $2.6 billion from President from their apartments or rented Reagan's final Pentagon budget, houses. The proposed law, which adding a few prog-rams for isundercity council consideration, education, aid to the homeless and would give landlords five days to the environment, all areas that fit in start legal process to .evict the. his campaign promise of a "kinder, suspected drug dealers. If a gentler nation." landlord failed to act, the city However, his overall education would evict the tenant and could budget would fail to keep up with charge the property owner up to inflation, and his child-care credit is $5,000 in legal fees. limited to only the poorest of families Mafia into bingo? GIVING GIFTS - Mother Teresa gives a religious medallion to a - those making $10,000 a year or less. wellwisher from the backyardof the house which will serve as theMother's He urged enactment of measures WASHINGTON - A former Missionary of Charity in Phoenix, Ariz. Mother Teresa broughtfour of to revitalize inner cities, declared a organized crime associate, her sisters to staff thefoundationhouse which will minister to the homeless ercer war on drugs and tookpage heavy guard, told a Senate panel and chronically ill. (AP Laserphoto) when he said to kids living in the last week the mob controls at least a dozen high-stakes bingo halls on Indian reservations across the Manly wis eectin iin Jam ica country. Inaddition, he estimated Manley wins election Jamaica about half=h. of all Indian bingo KINGSTON, Jamaica - Leftist said. "I congratulate them on their flamboyant Manley and the reserved operations are linked in some way leader Michael Manley urged his victory. We will hold our heads high Seaga. Many Jamaicans expressed a to organized crime. His testimony supporters to put campaign violence as an opposition party." desire for change after Seaga's eight contradicted the assertion of one behind them and accept his landslide M an1e y arrived at P N P years in power. FBI official before the committee in election win over conservative Prime headquarters in a white van and was About 10,000 troops and police that direct mob involvement MinisterEdward Seagawith"dignity mobbed by hundreds of supporters were deployed at the 6,300 polling Indian affairs was relatively violence that left limited. and humility " blocking the entrance to the one- stations to prevent In unofficial returns early Friday, story building. Speaking from a at least 13 percent dead in three Yeutter confirmed state-run television reported that platform outside, he urged his weeks of campaigning. with 65 percent of the vote counted, cheering supporters to "take this Ballot boxes in more than a dozen WASHINTON - The Senate People's National Party victory with dignity and humility." sited nationwide were reported last week unanimously confirmed Manley's former (PNP) had taken 36 seats in the 60- "Sometimes we win, sometimes we stolen. as Agriculture Secretary member Parliament, a controlling lose," Manley said. "When it is Manley moved Jamaica to the left trade ambassador Clayton to majority to Labor's nine seats. finished, we have to bury the during two terms in the 1970s, Yeutter, who promised world Fifteen contests in Thursday's campaign." nationalizing some industries, continue his fight to open Senators parliamentary elections were too Manley, 64, becomes Jamaica's bringing in Cuban advisers and markets to U.S. exports. close to call. first three-term prime minister and trying to improve the lives of the voted 100-0 for the nomination. list of In the popular vote, the PNP led the win catapults him to a position of poor through better education, a Yeutter faces a long from 429,680 to 324,486, or 57 Caribbean island nation during an minimum wage and social services. challenges, ranging Labor to percent to 43 percent. Manley and election day in which scattered His policies bankrupted the country deadlocked world trade talks costs Seaga, who both represent districts violence left one pregnant woman and sparked deadly street fighting. holding down farm subsidy in the capital, were among those dead and five people wounded. Some Manley said he has learned from and assuring food and water elected, the television reported. polling stations closed hours before his mistakes and would seek foreign purity. Seaga conceded defeat shortly the official 5 p.m. closing time after investment and maintain good Family sues Navy before 11 p.m. in front of 100 reporting 100 percent turnout. relations with the United States and Voters gathered at polling stations international leaders. PENSACOLA, Fla. - The in 1980 family of a recruit who drowned eadquarte su Arters at labor before dawnto choose parliamentary Seaga defeated Manley hedarte "Asefavase arken candidates representing the parties of after a campaign in which at least 700 last year in a swimming rescue once ned, the eav soe n Seaga, 58, and Manley, who has people were killed. He was re-elected class has filed a $20 million ' vowed to "put the people first" and in 1983 in polls boycotted by the wrongful-death claim charging restore ties with communist Cuba PNP. the Navy with negligence, lawyers that he forged during his two terms as Seaga restructures the economy, said last week. The law firm the prime minister in the 1970s. and Jamaica has enjoyed steady representing the family said Classified ads must be But Manley has said he would growth since 1986. But unemploy- claim was mailed to the in by 9 a.m. on Monday moderate his leftist ideology and the ment remains high at about 18 commanding oficer at Pensacola three-week campaign centered percent and Jamaica has a foreign Naval Air Station, where recruit largely on the contrast of debt of about $4 billion, among the Lee Mirecki died March 2 at the personalities between the world's highest per capita. Rescue Swimmer School.