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World International DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER, N.Y., SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1999 3A Waving flags, thundering cheers and keys to city greet John Paul II yesterday. Vv 1 c. here 20 years ago. A huge mariachi band played at the airport, where security was tight and crowds greeted the pontiff with a chant like those heard at soccer matches, "El Papa! El Papa! Rah, Rah, Rah!" Four children, each from a different indigenous Indian group, presented him with a colorful box. Another group of children gave him a bouquet of white calla lilies.

The Mexican media is billing the trip John Paul's fourth to Mexico as the presumed farewell visit to Latin America by the 78-year-old pontiff, whose health has been declining with what appear to be symptoms of Parkinson's disease, particularly his slurred speech and trembling left hand. The Associated Press The guest book Pope John Paul II signs the distinguished visitors book of the Mexico City Museum yesterday. It is the popes fourth visit to Mexico. receive ceremonial keys to the city from Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a possible presidential candidate in 2000 from the leftist opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party. "I will pray to Saint Mother Mary of Guadalupe, at the end of this century, for the opening of fraternal and peaceful ways for the next century," John Paul said in Spanish in his arrival speech, referring to the revered patron saint of Mexico, which, after Brazil, has the largest Catholic population in the world.

"Mexico always loyal, always faithful, always present!" he intoned, repeating a popular phrase from his first trip 1 United States Washington, D.C. Lawyer, husband jailed for spying A former Pentagon lawyer and her labor organizer husband were sentenced yesterday to 21 and 17 years in prison, respectively, for spying for East Germany, despite their pleas for mercy. Attorneys for Theresa Maria Squillacote, 41, and Kurt Alan Stand, 44, both of Washington, also argued unsuccessfully that the pair did no damage to national security because the only classified information they passed ended up in the hands of an FBI agent pretending to be a spy. Their co-conspirator, James Michael Clark, who met the couple while all three were campus radicals at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, received 12 years in prison for his role in a decades-long espionage conspiracy. Alabama Gas blast kills 4, levels 3 buildings BRIDGEPORT -A natural gas explosion leveled three downtown buildings yesterday, shattered glass and ripped the tar off nearby roofs.

Four people were killed. Three of the people killed were utility workers. A fourth person died in a local hospital later in the day. At least eight people were critically injured, and numerous others suffered cuts and bruises. The downtown area was evacuated until the leak was contained three hours later.

Authorities searched the debris to make sure there were no more victims. Detroit Parole board frees lifer under new law A Michigan parole board unanimously agreed yesterday to release a woman sent to prison for life without parole in a 1978 heroin case, making her the first person freed under a new law that allows parole for lifers after 20 years. JeDonna Young, 44, plans to live with her mother, perhaps working at a law firm to make use of the college degree THE WASHINGTON POST MEXICO CITY Pope John Paul II arrived yesterday to a tumultuous welcome yesterday in Mexico, where he will outline a strategy to reshape and revitalize the Roman Catholic church in the Americas. He will spend four days in Mexico City before flying to St. Louis on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of flag-waving people lined the 12-mile parade route from the airport, where the pope was greeted by President Ernesto Zedillo and his wife, to the home of the Vatican representative where he is staying. Along the way, he stopped to DanQuayle claims the conservative GOP mantle He stakes out a position for likely bid for presidency. THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Former Vice President Dan Quayle, appearing before a crowd of hundreds of party activists yesterday, proclaimed himself the rightful heir to the conservative mantle in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In a forceful speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting, Quayle, 51, began the daunting task of overcoming a skeptical and increasingly pragmatic conservative base determined to back a winner after heartbreaking defeats in 1992 and 1996. Bill Kristol, Quayle's former chief of staff, said Quayle "has this high threshold to get over.

If he gets over it, he could be very strong. But it's tough to get over it. The monkey is on his back from all the years of ridicule and Jay Leno jokes." Quayle's speech before the crowd at CPAC sought to distinguish him from an expanding list of potential GOP candidates in a year with no consensus front-runner. Unlike former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander and publisher Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes, who in the past have been viewed with suspicion by social conservatives, Quayle has long espoused their views.

"Yes, values do matter," he said to cheers. Several people said his speech hit all the right notes, particularly on values and foreign policy. Quayle derided President Clinton and Vice President Gore as unethical, chided them for abdicating U.S. sovereignty to the United Nations, declared the need for moral leadership and promised to strengthen the military. But other than his vow to push for a 30 percent across-the-board income tax cut, the speech was short on specifics.

"Don't be fooled by this crowd," he said of Clinton and Gore. "They will take away our freedom. They're not New Democrats. They're New Age socialists!" t- I r. iT 1 i 1 he Associated Pitss In arms way Romanian soldiers who were on their way to a faceoff with striking miners were later taken off an alert.

Romania Miners OK deal, end violent march BUCHAREST Striking miners ended a violent five-day march to Romania's capital yesterday after their leaders reached a deal on future wages with the government. Prime Minister Radu Vasile emerged from four hours of talks at a monastery in Cozia, no miles northwest of Bucharest, saying the immediate crisis was over. After five days of clashes injured 190 people, mostly police officers, the government sent hundreds of military vehicles including tanks out of Bucharest late Thursday and early yesterday to keep the angry miners from reaching the capital. Indonesia 45 die in rioting on Ambon island JAKARTA In the worst violence in Indonesia since May, 45 people have died in four days of rioting between Muslims and Christians on the island of Ambon, local officials said yesterday. "There's rioting, burning, looting," said one American who fled to Australia, in an interview on Australian television.

About 40 foreigners fled to Australia from the island. Moscow Mir might get new lease on life Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov ordered the aging Mir space station to remain in orbit for three more years yesterday if private investors pay all its expenses, estimated at $250 million a year. At NASA's urging, Russia had earlier agreed to abandon the nearly 13-year-old Mir in June and concentrate its meager resources on the new international space station, already behind schedule because of Russia's economic problems. But Primakov's order allows space officials to run Mir through 2002. Elsewhere In Abuja, Nigeria, former President Jimmy Carter hailed Nigeria's upcoming presidential elections and said he would lead an observer mission during balloting Feb.

27. Today In Madras, India, the International Christian Association begins four days of protests against rising anti-Christian violence in India. Among the planned events are the distribution of 1 million Bibles, WIRE SERVICES in 1 lr-t-Tin Storm-tossed Mary Jo Richards helps a neighbor salvage belongings after a tornado struck homes in Beebe, Ark. One volunteer at a storm-refuge center in a Beebe church said many people told him, "We have no home." Tornadoes hit South again, kill 8 she earned in pnsoa Young and boyfriend James Gulley were both convicted under a new, unforgiving antidrug law. Gulley died in prison last year.

Massachusetts Work break saves clerk at toll booth WEST STOCKBRIDGE A tractor-trailer roaring down a long hill at more than 50 miles an hour smashed into a toll booth on the Massachusetts Turnpike early Thursday, moments after the toll taker had gone on break. The truck driver was hospitalized in stable condition and two toll workers were taken to the hospital in shock. Elsewhere In New York, Susan Stras-berg, the daughter of legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg and an accomplished actress in her own right, has died of cancer at 60. Today In Salisbury, N.C., the National Draft Elizabeth Dole 2000 committee plans to kick off its campaign to urge the outgoing American Red Cross chief to run for president. -WIRE SERVICES The Associated Press businesses remaining in the area.

"It's going to affect a lot of people. A lot of people don't have transportation or cars," said Diana Howley. "My mother is one. If we weren't here, she wouldn't be able to get where she needs." Four other people were killed in White County, outside the capital. In hard-hit Beebe, residents were tense as police held them back from seeing the damage.

Charles Underwood, a volunteer at the Church of Christ, was embarrassed after asking people how their homes fared during the storm. "They say, 'We have no Underwood said. After pounding Arkansas, the storm moved into Tennessee, killing a woman west of Nashville when she went outside to get her dogs. The state was still trying to recover from storms that killed nine people Sunday. In Clarksville, northwest of Nashville, a tornado cut off power to 25,000.

It ripped apart a five-block area, tore through the center of Austin Peay State University and skipped into a residential neighborhood. Cadillac. 100,000 homes in Arkansas, Tennessee are without power. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -Tornadoes ripped through the South for the second time this week, killing eight people, wrecking historic neighborhoods and knocking down Chelsea Clinton's childhood treehouse.

One of Little Rock's oldest areas, the 100-year-old Qua-paw Quarter, was sliced in half by a twister that killed three people Thursday night. A tornado also hit the historic district of Clarksville, early yesterday, leaving gaping holes in buildings like the 121-year-old courthouse. "It looks like somebody walked through with a broom and knocked over whatever was loose enough to knock down," said Fred Dye, photo editor at The Leaf-Chronicle of Clarksville, whose building was heavily damaged. Power was knocked out to more than 100,000 homes in Arkansas and Tennessee. The Little Rock storm Nature's wrecking ball A tornado sliced through this 121-year-old courthouse in Clarksville, leaving gaping holes.

Damage was spread over a 5-block area. rM'i 1 of the storm made it all the more real to me," Clinton said. "We are deeply committed to doing everything we can to help the people there recover." A supermarket near the mansion crumbled beneath the storm's winds, killing the pharmacist and leaving residents of the Quapaw Quarter without one of the few major figured out what people want in an SHY. First U.S. income tax was puny by today's standards knocked over trees at the Governor's Mansion, where Bill Clinton once lived.

He plans to visit Arkansas tomorrow. One of the trees blown down contained Chelsea Clinton's tree-house from the years when her father was governor. "The fact that the Governor's Mansion where Hillary and I raised Chelsea for 12 years was actually in the path We See A -Co MILLENNIUM The idea of taxing an individual's income is a relatively recent development. ran Constitution barred the federal government from levying direct taxes except in proportion to population. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution changed the rules, and an income tax was instituted.

The rate began at 1 percent for single people making more than $3,000 a year; $4,000 for married people. A surtax was added for people making more than $20,000. Gannett News Service France had an income tax in 1793 and Great Britain in 1799. With a couple of short-lived Lll United States generally managed to get by without one until 1913. An income tax was levied 1 vv MILESTONES during the Civil War, but it was dropped after a few years.

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