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Coming Sunday Gifts from Guy's Party center, volunteers deliver dinners to shut-ins. Local Bl Letter winner jb The best of '98 i I Garfield receiver hears VI From theaters to courtrooms ll to outer space, the top stories 1 1 nice words but no offers. orte El Copyright 19(18, Beacon Journal Publishing Go. Akron Beacon journal 5 SATURDAY, December 26, 1998 2 i SummitPortage Edition iServing the community for 160 years HO Ointoa Mete some good news Influential New York Democrat Moynihan comes out in support of censure, avoiding a Senate trial of president. Prompt, fair, bipartisan solution desired It would take a two-thirds vote or 67 of 100 senators to remove the president from office.

With 45 Democrats and 55 Republicans, at least 12 senators from Clinton's party would have to vote against him- a scenario few see as realistic. fa 7 (7 Lmmw i li i if i it By Larry Margasak Associated Press Washington: Sea Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an influential voice among Senate Democrats, came out in favor of censuring President Clinton, lending momentum yesterday to the Democrats' drive to avoid an impeachment trial. Moynihan, who had not previously revealed his position, did so yesterday in a published report. Administration officials quickly expressed new hope for "a bipartisan solution" that would avoid Clinton's removal through a Senate trial As a senior member of the Senate, one of its leading intellectuals Building to the Senate floor to agree with his colleague in denouncing the president Now, as the Senate prepares to consider charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, other senators agreed there is increasing bipartisan support for a censure. "I think you do have a signifi-See Push, Page A8 and a sometimes critic of the president, Moynihan engenders considerable respect among his peers.

He holds particular credibility on the impeachment issue as one of the first Democratic senators to publicly criticize Clinton's behavior. Immediately following a dramatic speech by Sea Joseph Lie-berman, Moynihan took On Faith Associated Press file photo President Clinton shares the spotlight with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan in this 1993 photo. Moynihan has come out in favor of censuring President Clinton but not his removal from office. Taft is in no huny since winning race In Real Estate Ohio National Guard gets Ravenna Arsenal Most of the now-defunct Ravenna Arsenal is to be transferred to the Ohio National Guard for use as a training center.

The former arsenal, to be called the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site, will comprise 16,000 acres in eastern Portage County. On Tuesday, the Ohio National Guard is to sign a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command, the Army Material Command and the National Guard Bureau to effect the transfer of the land. Artillery and mortar shells were manufactured at the site during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. In Re-enacting History This year, Washington takes bridge across George Washington and his men had to cross the Delaware over a steel bridge during the annual Christmas Day re-enactment yesterday because the water was too low to row to the opposite shore.

Months of dry weather, which has led to a drought warning for the entire Delaware River area, have exposed gravel bars, rocks and stumps that have not seen the surface in a century. On Christmas Day of 1776, Washington and his troops began the quarter-mile crossing at 6 p.m. and did not finish until 3 a.m. because of the weather, ferrying 2,400 soldiers, 200 horses, and 18 cannons across and marching eight freezing miles downstream to surprise Hessian mercenaries celebrating Christmas at Trenton, N. J.

In Saber Rattling N. Korea warns it will launch a 2nd missile North Korea yesterday warned the United States that it was prepared to launch another medium-range missile. The Clinton administration had privately told the North that such a step would jeopardize international aid it was promised in exchange for freezing its nuclear weapons program. U.S.. officials have said in recent weeks that they have seen no activity to suggest that a launching was imminent Until North Korea launched a three-stage missile over Japan on Aug.

31, U.S. officials did not believe the North possessed the technology for a three-stage ballistic missile, which gives the country the ability to reach all of the major U.S. military bases in South Korea and Japaa Today's weather Partly cloudy Ohio governor-elect taking his time to make preparations for term, similar to way he won By James C. Benton Beacon Journal Columbus Bureau Columbus: In winning the race to be Ohio's next governor, Bob Taft ran a cautious campaign, staking himself to an early lead and then weathering the oppositioa As he prepares to take office next month, the 56-year-old Taft is being just as deliberate. In an interview this week, Taft described the careful approach his administration will take to dealing with the sometimes-raucous legislature, the impending deregulation of Ohio's $11 billion electric utility industry and the fate of General Motors' car manufacturing plant in Lordstown.

The Republican-controlled legislature has its share of rebellious members especially in the House, where hard-line conservatives occasionally spar with more moderate Republicans. But Taft Sr 1 jr- y4 Pinch from poor sales may wake up retailers Disappointing Christmas season just might be voice shoppers need to show stores the error of their ways Bob Taft, Ohio's next governor, is taking a slow, cautious approach to naming his Cabinet and setting an agenda. hopes selecting New Concord Rep. Tom Johnson as his budget director and former Senate staffer Scott Borgemenke as his policy adviser will help him deal with the legislature. Taft convened a summit on schools last week and explored several ways the state could help schools do better, but purposely avoided dealing with perhaps their biggest problem money.

That only makes sense, Taft says, while the Ohio Supreme Court reviews efforts the legislature has made to fix the school-funding formula Taft has been equally deliberate with his staff appointments. See TAFT, Page A8 when to pack up and leave. If you've read or heard the numbers, you know this Christmas season was a huge disappointment for many merchants. Today, you and I will benefit from that. The stores will be filled with tons of stuff that desperate retailers have dramatically reduced in price.

Some stores are opening three to four hours early to accommodate the hordes of shoppers expected. These sales are not an illusion, so go ahead and spend. But in the long run, this is not a good siga See SHOP, Page A10 the eastward-blowing jet stream, stopping it in its tracks over the vast Pacific. It was like "hitting up against a brick wall," said Richard Branson, the British tycoon who co-piloted the craft with U.S. millionaire Steve Fossett and Swedish balloon designer Per Lindstrand.

"All day See Down, Page A9 ROBIN TINAY SALLIEBeacon Journal Pastor Horace Drake addresses the congregation at Good Shepherd Baptist Church during services earlier this month. The church just celebrated its first Christmas in the former WAKC-TV studios. Akron church settles into home more than two years after fire plans to construct new sanctuary By Mary Ethridge Beacon Journal business writer 'Tis the day after Christmas. You could sit around and psychologically dissect your family's faults some more. Then again, you could shop.

lfflDSHOTO The Beaton Journal's eye on the stores Good Shepherd Baptist By Jew Carney Beacon Journal religim writer Even as smoke billowed out of his church and tears fell down his cheek, the Rev. Horace Drake never questioned God. And as the congregation at the Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Akron celebrates its first Christmas in its new home across the street from its old location on Copley Road, Drake and his members are planning for even greater things for their church. "I have learned that your faith Avenue. So far, about $200,000 has been spent on buy ing the 2.7 acres of property and remodeling parts of the former studio's first floor.

More remodeling will occur over the next weeks and months, including making required fire-safety improvements and adding See Fire, Page A9 and trust in God will be rewarded," said the 65-year-old Drake, a BridgestoneFirestone retiree. "When you go through a crisis, you don't know how you will come out, but God will always bring you through." The congregation moved into the former home of WAKC-TV (Channel 23) at 853 Copley Road in October after the $300,000 electrical fire on July 29, 1996. Prior to the move, members had been worshipping at the Prince of Peace Baptist Church on Garth i Associated Press 35 High 22 Low NewsChannel 5 forecast, PageA2 Inside Dl-7 Business B6, 7 Classified Cl-24 Comics D6, 7 Deaths B4, 5 Editorials All Ann Landers D6 Local News Bl-4 Lottery Bl Mad Shopper Al Movies D2 Real Estate Tab Religion A14-16 Soaps D5 Sports El-5 TV Listings D5 Fun activities for kids Ohiocom http:www.ohio.com 6 It's true that if you go shopping today, you may be shoved around and cursed at but at least it'll be by strangers and not some troll-by-marriage you can't stand. Come to think of it, annoying family members have a lot in common with too many retailers these days. They wear you out, try to take your money and don't know globe in a balloon.

Having overcome a weeklong series of mostly political obstacles, in which the pilots deftly maneuvered their craft to avoid U.S. and British warplanes over Iraq and struggled to steer clear of restricted airspace above China and North Korea, a massive low-pressure air system dragged the helium and hot air balloon out of Adventurers splash down off Hawaiian coast All three are safe, but 9,000 miles short of goal to circle the world in balloon By Rick Weiss Washington Post Seven days after its majestic launch from the Moroccan desert, the enormous balloon ICO Global and its payload of three intrepid adventurers splashed safely into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii on Christmas Day, nearly 9,000 miles short of the team's goal of being the first to circle the Two Coast Guard helicopters head for Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii, after picking up balloonists trying to circle the globe yesterday..