Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 91, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 December 1988 — Page 2

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC December 21,1988

No Christmas in Bethlehem this year as Palestinians protest dead and injured

BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank (AP) Vendors in the souvenir stalls around the birthplace of Jesus Christ are keeping their Christmas lights and ornaments in packing boxes this year. In honor of the Palestinian uprising, city officials are refusing to sponsor holiday celebrations in the birthplace of Christ. ISRAELI SOLDIERS stood guard Tuesday as Israeli civilians employed by the army built a platform for a choir concert to entertain the hundreds of pilgrims who officials hope will come to worship in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. But Arab officials in this West Bank city have decreed that there will be no municipal decorations this year and no traditional holiday reception for diplomats or Boy Scouts on parade.

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“It is a protest for those killed, injured and detained,’’ said the town’s Palestinian Christian mayor, Elias Freij. “The people are not in a mood to celebrate or rejoice.” MORE THAN 330 Palestinians have died in clashes with the Israeli army since they launched their “intefadeh,” or uprising, against Israel’s 21-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Thirteen Israelis also have died in the 12 months of unrest The underground leadership of the uprising has declared Dec. 24 “a national day of mourning,”, calling a general strike to close shops and restaurants on the normally busy holiday eve. For its part, Israel’s Tourism Ministry has tried to maintain some semblance of Christmases past. “NOTHING HAS CHANGED in the intrinsic meaning of Christmas in Bethlehem,” it said in a statement. “No secular municipal action will either dampen the religious fervor of pilgrims or mar their freedom of worship in Bethlehem.” To this end, the ministry is sponsoring Christmas Eve performances by choirs from Switzerland, Spain and the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Roman Catholics, Anglicans and other Christian denominations have

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put out pamphlets publicizing events ranging from the Catholic patriarch’s procession Saturday afternoon to midnight Masses in Bethlehem chapels. JUST HOW MANY pilgrims will travel to Bethlehem for Christmas rites is uncertain. Tourism for the year is down 14 percent, and Israel admits many potential visitors have been frightened away by the daily reports of clashes. Peace and joy were not part of the mood Tuesday on Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity, which covers the grotto where the Bible says Christ was bom. Israeli soldiers lounging near the undecorated municipal tree were pelted with stones by Palestinian youths, who then fled up a narrow street in the Arab market. Street hawkers complained of bad business. THE HOLIDAY SADNESS extends deep into the Palestinian community, including its Christians. There are an estimated 35,000 Christian Arabs in the occupied territories and about 100,000 within

Lottery hopes go bust as bills catch up with winner

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Israeli borders, according to Geries S. Khoury, director of the Al-Liqa Center for Religious Studies and chairman of the religion program at Bethlehem University. Khoury, a Greek Catholic, says there will be no Christmas presents for his wife and four children, no festive dinner at his home. “The only present I would like to give them is the story of the suffering of my people,” IGioury said. NICHOLAS CANAVATT, owner of a large Bethlehem souvenir store, said he and other businessmen were called in by Israeli officials this week for what he described as “a gentlemanly talk.” He said the officials asked if it wouldn’t be better for business if stores got out their decorations. “I said yes,” Canavati says. “But I told them there are more important things than business.” His store remains unadorned, and he is unconvinced flashing lights and colored ornaments would be a lure. “Why should anyone come to Bethlehem when the town is full of arms and soldiers rather than peace, which is the symbol after all of the man bom here,” Canavati said.

came forward, claiming he gave the ticket to Ms. Elsinga to avoid having to pay her a cut of the winnings. They were married in 1981, separated three months later and never got divorced because “we could never afford one,” said Kandy McCullough VanDeßoe. Then, the former wife showed up, also questioning his motives, saying VanDeßoe was years behind in child support payments for their three children. THE STATE ALSO made a child support claim. The Internal Revenue Service joined in, declaring that if a gift had been made, VanDeßoe could owe millions of dollars in gift taxes. A breakthrough came at a court hearing last week when VanDeßoe, through his lawyer, agreed to pay his child support debt and to clear up claims the state had against him. VanDeßoe, 37, and Ms. Elsinga, 27, entered into a joint-winner agreement to settle the gift tax issue. It also permitted Ms. Elsinga to get her half of the money while the courts sort through the claims against VanDeßoe. TWO ORDERS SIGNED Tuesday by Judge Luther Gian ton dissolved prior injunctions and ordered VanDeßoe’s lawyer, William Wimer, to make agreements with the two other women, with SIOO,OOO held back for each.

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‘The List’ returns for the tar and nicotine conscious

WASHINGTON (AP) After nearly four years without a brand-by-brand analysis, American cigarette devotees are once again confronted by The List The List which itemizes tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content in cigarette smoke is back, released Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission for the first time since January 1985. THE NEW COMPILATION, based on tobacco-industry tests of 272 varieties of cigarettes, showed that varieties of Carlton and Now scored lowest in all three categories, exactly where they ranked in the 1985 list. At the other end of the spectrum, Old Gold Straights produced the highest amounts of tar and nicotine and varieties of Century 255, More 120 s and Tall 120 s produced the most carbon monoxide in the tests, the consumer agency said. The list was formerly done annually, with the testing done by an FTC laboratory. After the release of the 1985 list, the agency halted the testing program it began in 1966 in the wake of the U.S. surgeon general’s finding that cigarettes are dangerous to human health. IN DROPPING ITS tests, the FTC cited budgetary constraints and said such scientific sampling was not consistent with the chief functions of an agency dominated by lawyers and economists. The new test results were produced by the industry-supported Tobacco Industry Testing Laboratory under FTC oversight and using the same procedures previously employed by the agency, according to Judith Wilkenfeld of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Affairs. She said that Harold Pillsbury, former director of the FTC laboratory, worked under contract to the agency to monitor the industry testing procedures and review its data. “WE FEEL VERY confident the results are consistent with the results we were generating when we did the tests,” Ms. Wilkenfeld said. An FTC statement said the 272 varieties of cigarettes were obtained by a company hired by the

Feds get white Christmas by seizing two tons of coke

MIAMI (AP) U.S. Customs Service agents using blowtorches spent 30 hours ripping apart the belly of a Panamanian freighter before finding their version of a white Christmas: 4,792 pounds of cocaine hidden in a secret compartmenL The shipment, which was destined for holiday consumers, brought a five-day total of cocaine seized on two arriving freighters to 6,733 pounds, according to authorities, who said the shipments were from the same organization. THE AMOUNT confiscated made it one of the largest cocaine busts in U.S. history, said authorities, who estimated the drugs’ street value at SSO million. “We had a little Christmas party,” Customs spokesman

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industry laboratory. It said the company purchased two packages of each variety in 50 different locations around the nation. The tests measured each variety’s smoke content of tar, which is particulate matter exclusive of nicotine; of nicotine, an addictive substance; and of carbon monoxide, a toxic gas. Lowest in all three categories were Carlton’s and Now’s filter kings marketed in hard packs. Each produced tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide readings below the measurement sensitivity of the test equipment. THE LOWEST measurable readings in the three categories were also produced by these two brands: Carlton filter king regular and menthol in soft packs, 100 s in regular and menthol in hard packs and 100 s in soft packs; and Now filter kings, regular and menthol, in soft packs, and 100 s, regular and menthol, in soft packs. Their tar readings ranged from 1 to 3 milligrams per cigarette, with nicotine ranging from 0.1 milligram to 0.3 milligram and carbon monoxide ranging from 1 milligram to 4 milligrams. Among high-tar cigarettes, Old Gold Straights and Philip Morris Commanders each produced 27 milligrams. The Old Golds also had the highest nicotine reading, 1.9 milligrams, trailed by English Ovals with 1.8 milligrams. THE HIGHEST CARBON monoxide results came from Century 25 100 s in the soft pack; More 120 s, regular and menthol, in soft packs; and Tall 120 filters in the soft pack. Each produced 21 milligrams per cigarette. The latest list showed that Americans have a choice of 184 varieties of cigarettes producing less than 15 milligrams of tar, up from 152 in the list released in 1985. There were 190 varieties with 1 milligram or less of nicotine, up from 159 in 1985. But they are finding less choice in the cigarette racks when it comes to varieties with less than 10 milligrams of carbon monoxide. In 1985, there were 80 varieties in this category, but the latest list has only 49.

Michael Sheehan said. The latest bust came Tuesday after Customs agents, acting on a tip, spent the weekend staking out the Panamanian-registered freighter Santo Domingo Express, authorities said. The 300-foot ship, originating from northern Colombia, docked at the Miami River, Sheehan said. NO ONE APPEARED to unload the vessel, and agents boarded and seized the ship after the captain tried to leave port Monday, Sheehan said. Agents were forced to open sealed compartments in the empty vessel’s hold, where they found nothing, then spent 30 hours cutting through a ballast tank holding the cocaine, which was numbered, marked and stuffed into duffel bags, authorities said.