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fiGuide Chance of storms Bounty hunters' target was no longer wanted Complete preps coverage -HIGH 102 iOW 80 Page B6 for your fawn TC A TED F- WHMM A TOP TT7TTDTT TTTD FlfJAl Ecmorj mi-JD ii a iCi it uj in) 50c DC Copyright 1997, The Arizona Republic FINAL CHASER September 6, 1997 September Saturday, Phoenix, Arizona www.azcentral.com 108th year, No. Ill evered Motfieir Teresa die I (r 'Angel of Calcutta' left deep impression on Valley I'V ft i Ft 1. An i sm mt 1 i SAINTHOOD: Path could take.many years. A26. REACTION: There is less love in the world, less A27.

ft By Bikas Das Associated Press CALCUTTA, India Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun revered for her tireless dedication to the world's most wretched, died Friday surrounded by grieving sisters of her order. She was 87. Crowds of weeping people stood in the rain before dawn in the streets outside her Missionaries of Charity home in central Calcutta. Pope John Paul II, President Clinton and other world leaders praised Mother Teresa and her commitment to the poor. With Mother Teresa gone, "there is less love in the world, less compassion, less light," said President Jacques Chirac of France.

"She leaves us a strong message which has no borders and which goes beyond faith: helping, listening, solidarity. The world is in mourning," Chirac said. The frail, 4-foot-11 -inch nun, who was born in Europe but became an Indian citizen during her six decades on the subcontinent, had suffered heart problems and other ailments for years and gave up leadership of her order in March because she was too ill to do the job. Please see NUN, Page A26 By Clay Thompson and Kelly Ettenborough The Arizona Republic the Valley's high and mighty remembered Mother Teresa on Friday, the people she Jived for ate beans off cardboard trays in a charity dining hall on the west edge of downtown Phoenix. "The Angel of Calcutta," who died Friday at age 87, left a lasting impression on the Phoenix area when she visited in 1989 to open a home for the destitute staffed by sisters from the order she founded, the Missionaries of Charity.

The visit was bankrolled" by Charles Keating who was Mother Teresa She helped the hungry in Ethiopia, the radiation victims at Chernobyl, the blacks of South Africa's squalid townships and AIDS patients 1n the United States. or flying high in those days. Former Gov. Rose MofTord still has the rosary that Mother Teresa gave her during the visit. Political and civic leaders crowded to be near her.

But it was the sort of people who were eating lunch Friday at the St. Vincent de Paul dining room at Ninth Avenue and Madison Street that Mother Teresa came to see. Please see 'ANGEL', Page A27 Bikas DasAssociated Press Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity gather around the body of Mother Teresa in Calcutta. She died of heart failure on Friday at age 87. JtlUII ecomes governor as Symington era ends Man says he killed woman in 1968 Confession solves Phoenix homicide -VU- r- 'i" 1 i.

it, -f- jy i i-i vL i I fv By William Hermann The Arizona Republic William Howard found Jesus at a Salt Lake City rescue mission. A day later, police found the solution to a 28-year-old Phoenix murder. Justice O'Connor will administer oath on Monday By Hal Mattern The Arizona Republic Jane Dee Hull became Arizona's 20th governor at 5 p.m. Friday with little fanfare, choosing to postpone her official swearing-in ceremony until noon Monday. But there will be fanfare on Monday.

U.S. Supreme Court 'Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Arizonan in federal government and a longtime friend of the new chief executive, will administer the oath of office to Hull during a ceremony in the lobby of the Executive Tower at the state Capitol, where Hull will "soon occupy the ninth floor office 'vacated by former Gov. Fife Symington, who was convicted Wednesday in federal court on seven felony fraud counts, an- Deirdre HamillThe Arizona Republic Gov. Jane Dee Hull arrives at the KFYI studios for her first public appearance as governor. The talk show was hosted by Brenda Burns.

"Mr. Howard called around noon Wednesday and wanted us to meet him at a Denny's near the police station," said Salt Lake City police Detective James Prior. "He said he had something important nounced his resignation soon afterward, making it effective Friday at 5 p.m. As secretary of state, a post she had held since 1995, Hull automatically succeeded the Please see HULL, Page A12 SYMINGTON: His legacy will be tainted by conviction. A12.

DEQ CHIEF: Mull criticizes his stand against transit tax. A12. ALDRIDGE: House speaker temporarily gives up post. A13. William Howard Michael GinThe Arizona Republic With the Executive Office Building in the background, a mover loads one of the items Fife Symington accumulated during his years as governor.

Scottsdale hunting for funds to offer Smithsonian display to tell us." Howard, 50, showed up wearing blue denim pants, dress shoes and a pressed shirt. Prior bought the man a hamburger. "He told me he'd found religion since coming to Salt Lake," Prior said. "He told me he'd had this secret for 28 years. He told me about a homicide." A terrible homicide.

He told Prior that in mid-December had assaulted, then stabbed, an apa.tment manager in central Phoenix. He couldn't display the "Icons Smithsonian" artifacts. Despite knowing that the money was not available to stage the visiting exhibit, it was still pursued, Campana said. "What we said to them (Smith- lespie's trumpet. Campana and other city officials, along with Excel Realty, owners of the Scottsdale Galleria; the Scottsdale Cultural Council; and the Museum of Progress, a non-profit group founded in 1996, have been negotiating with the Smithsonian for three weeks to other memorabilia," part of a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit, i "We have money, but we do have an opportunity to give citizens of, Arizona a glimpse into America's Mayor Sam Campanaiiaid.

Friday. Some of the items, which have By Rachel Ochoa Thj Arizona Republic With a couple of clicks and a whirl of phone calls, Dorothy's red ruby slippers havejMlanded in Scottsdale. But they'll remain unseen until the city of Scottsdale raises $1.5 million to display them and not been on display in 20 years, include Abraham Lincoln's stovepipe hat, the Freedom 7 space capsule, the slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, the chairs and table used by Generals Grant and Lee at the surrender of the confederacy at Appomattox Courthouse, and Dizzy Gil Please see SMITHSONIAN, Page Ail Please see CONFESSION, Page A28 INSIDE Royaliiurn with countrymen Queen calls Diana Exceptional human being' coverage: Astrology Az Home Bridge Business Classified Comics D6, Editorial Leibowitz Life Obituaries Puzzles Religion Sports Television Weather Wheels D8 AH1 D8 El CL1 7.CL45 B4 Bl Dl R3 Rl CI D9, 10 B6 CL1 leveled at it by Britons for the family's seeming coldness and indifference toward the death of Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash Sunday along with her millionaire boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and his driver, Henri Paul. By Fawn Vrazo and Jeffrey Fleishman Lederer Knight-Ridder Newspapers LONDON Queen Elizabeth II heaped praise upon her late former daughter-in-law, Princess Diana, on Friday night in a Princess A It was also a rare public discussion by the virtually unprecedented address that palace officials said was the monarch's first livegueen of personal matters. Diana's funeral 'First.

I want to pay tribute to Diana broadcast in nearly 40 years. J' aaais'OTreJ? myself," the queen said. "She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. "I admired and respected her for her Please see QUEEN, Page A2 "What I say to you now, as your queen and a grandmother, I say from my said the queen, hatless and wearing simple street clothes as she stood against a backdrop of mourners milling outside Buckingham Palace.

The four-minute address was the royal family's pointed response to heavy criticism Princess Diana's Frances Because the funeral occurred at 3 a.m. Arizona time, coverage couldn't be provided in today's home-delivered editions. The Republic is producing a special edition that will be on sale midday today with full coverage. Shand-Kydd (right), and the Duchess of Kent attended Mass on Friday. DAILY.

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