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Former pro star in Nationals Sports. CI jiung Hay Fat Ohoy! IBM announces $4.97 billion loss Business, B8 Your guide to celebrating Chinese New Year Pace, D1 ia 1993, The News Journal Co. A Gannett newspaper Wilmington, Del. 1 14th year, No. 279 35 cents WEDNESDAY jan .20 .1993 FINAL EDITION 3 W- "VJWwii Iraq offers DITDinfilD ipos(teirirtj7 11 JOOOWl -fire JT By VICTORIA GRAHAM Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq sought to ease its crisis' with the United States by promising Tuesday to stop firing at allied aircraft in no-fly zones if bombing raids halt.

Baghdad also said it would allow U.N. weapons inspection flights to resume without conditions. Iraq said it wanted to give President-elect Bill Clinton a calmer atmosphere after his inauguration today to study the confrontation. An "open letter" to Clinton from Saddam's chief spokesman urged the incoming president to stop allied bombing raids and to adopt a more conciliatory approach to Iraq. Clinton has supported President Bush's handling of the dispute.

Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams welcomed the cease-fire offer, but said Iraq had to remove AS Complete coverage of Iraq Carper pledges to provide quality legacy as governor By NANCY KESLER Dover Bureau chief DOVER On a bright, cold day Thomas R. Carper, 45-year-old former state treasurer and Congressman, retired naval aviator and father of two young sons, took the oath of office as Delaware's 71st governor. For many, his inaugural Tuesday was a celebration of inclusion a fete that began with a 9:30 a.m. interfaith prayer service at Dover's Mount Zion AME Church. More than 20 religious and cultural leaders, including Christians, Hindus and Muslims, led the church procession.

Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Congregation Beth Shalom, Wilmington, advised the new governor and his guests about the dangers of "a well-adjusted life." He said people should be "maladjusted" about such things as religious bigotry and economic injustice. After state and local officials crowded into the Tatnall Building for a midmorning reception, a crowd of nearly 2,000 people gathered near a platform in front of Legislative Hall for the swearing-in ceremonies. The Delaware National Guard's historic 75mm artillery piece marksd the moment with 19 volleys, exploding in a cloud of smoke from the west end of the Legislative Mall. Lt. Gov.

Ruth Ann Minner, 58, was sworn in first. She told the audience her path to election as the state's first woman lieutenant governor "was neither traditional nor easy." She promised "a new culture of inclusiveness," where "no citizen's concerns should be overlooked or trivialized" and all state agencies must have an open door to the public. Carper showed his mischievous streak when he stood to take the oath. Norman Veasey, chief justice of the state Supreme Court, asked Carper if he was ready. "I'm not sure," Carper said.

"No, I'm sure." In his 10-minute inaugural address, Carper continued the theme of inclusion that is, including members of diverse groups in the state's decisionmaking and spoke of the enduring task a governor shares with the people "a responsibility to provide for ourselves and our posterity." Carper said his task is to see to the long-term economic good, improve education and balance the health of the environment with the expanding needs of growth. Speaking to his two sons, Christopher and Ben, and all the state's children, he promised never to forget "that the ultimate measure of our stewardship will be the Delaware we leave as our legacy to you." Carper and Minner had official duties to attend to within hours of taking their oaths. Carper swore in William T. Quillen as secretary of the Department of State, his first Cabinet officer to win Senate confirmation. Minner climbed to the podium in the Senate as the presiding officer and was given two gavels, one large and one small.

"As long as the senators are orderly, I'll use the small one," she promised. 1 weapons that threaten U.S., British and French planes over the no-fly zones. Saddam's government said in a television broadcast the cease-fire is "a gesture of goodwill toward the new American president, Bill Clinton, and through him toward the American people." U.S. warplanes attacked missile and radar positions in northern Iraq earlier after Iraqis fired at U.S. planes and took other hostile steps.

Also Tuesday: U.S. officials said the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was in the eastern Mediterranean moving within striking range of Iraq. The U.N. Secretary-General asked the Security Council to send 3,650 armed peacekeepers to reinforce 353 observers monitoring the demilitarized zone on the Iraq-Kuwait border.

Harry Roberts, ex-councilman, dies of cancer By TOM CURLEY and JERRY HACER Staff reporters ODESSA The last public words Harry B. Roberts Jr. uttered were in federal court. "Your Honor," he said, "I hope I live long enough to be vindicated." The News JournalGARY EMEIGH With his wife, Martha, at his side, Carper waves to onlookers alter being sworn in as Delaware's 71st governor. Governor ly INAUGURATION Pomp and favorable circumstance.

A6 Quillen first Cabinet 1 secretary to take oath of office. A6 What Carper has promised he will do. A6 Text of Carper's inaugural address. A1 1 He did not. Harry Benson Roberts Jr.

died at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday of lung cancer at his Odessa home. He was 65. j. ill iiu lY i his lawyer, Edmund D.

Lyons Jr. I 1 Roberts in a wheelchair. Editorial: Too many oxygen tank at his side pleaded innocent Dec. 29 to conspiracy and bribery charges. His Tom Carper leaves Legislative Hall with his wife, Martha, sons Ben (left) and platitudes.

A1 0 Christopher, minutes before taking the oath of office. ROBERTS Du Font memo: little data on Benlate safety doctor already told him he was dying. The FBI said he sold the vote of his son, New Castle County Councilman J. Christopher Roberts, who was exonerated. His death brings an inconclusive end to the corruption case against him.

It also marks the passing of one of the more colorful figures in county politics. Born Jan. 23, 1927, he was the scion of a prominent family with political and agrarian roots in the county's southern area dating from the 1700s. Ironically! he was a Republican unlike his Democratic ancestors and son, Chris. In 1960, Harry Roberts was 33, a farmer and World War II veteran.

He won a seat on New Castle County Levy Court a three-member panel that held the county's executive and legislative powers for about 300 years. See ROBERTS A7 1990, memo referred to a 1989 recall of Benlate DF, not the complete withdrawal of the product on March 22, 1991. Hamlen, a plant pathologist, worked in Du Pont's product registration and regulatory affairs group at that time. The company recalled the fungicide formulation in 1989 after discovering some batches were contaminated with a plant-damaging herbicide called atra-zine. Staff reporter Merritt Wallick contributed to this article.

before the company announced in November that it had scientifically determined Benlate DF was not responsible for damage to ornamental foliage, fruit trees, vegetables and a variety of other crops. Du Pont has continued to sell a powdered Benlate formulation but has not reintroduced the granular Benlate DF formulation, once its top seller. In the company memo, Du Pont scientist Ronald A. Hamlen said, "We do not test the magnitude of crops or ornamentals to allow a reasonable level of confidence that no problems will occur from trace impurities. "However, we still establish permissible level limits and, I feel, it is a little like playing Russian Roulette." Another portion of the memo says, "I also see a disconnect between our biology and manufacturing.

We have very limited biological data to allow any meaningful interpretation as to the safety of our products and even less clear understanding of the safe levels before plant injury results." Du Pont said Monday the Aug. 28, Associated Press WAUCHULA, Fla. A Du Pont Co. scientist warned in an August 1990 memo there was little biological data to guarantee the safety of plants treated with the fungicide Benlate DF, according to court documents. Du Pont recalled the preventive spray seven months later and began settling hundreds of crop damage claims throughout the nation.

Payments to 1,900 growers totaled $500 million $400 million in Florida the TV camera rolls, Fla. man kills his former wife filmed the interview and Nunez placing flowers on the grave, Martin, off camera, drives up. Nunez's current wife and stepson were sitting in his car, and, also off camera, he apparently told them to leave the area on foot, Delgado said. Here's what the video shows: Martin enters the cemetery, followed by Cruz, holding out her microphone. Nunez comes from behind Cruz and bumps her out of the way.

He raises the pulled the trigger. She fell to the ground, and Nunez stood over her, firing again and again into her head, killing her. The videotape of Monday's shooting was broadcast Tuesday in Miami on the Spanish-language Telemundo network newsmagazine "Ocurrio Asi," or "It Happened Like This." Nunez, 34, remained at large Tuesday, though his car was found. The Delray Beach man left his current wife and stepson behind at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale. On the videotape, before the shooting, Nunez told reporter Ingrid Cruz that his 33-year-old ex-wife had abused their daughter, 15-year-old Joandra Nunez.

The girl fatally shot herself on Thanksgiving. Nunez alleged that the girl killed herself after her mother slapped her when she disclosed she was pregnant. While cameraman Jorge Delgado gun to the back of Martin's head and fires. She falls, and he continues to shoot. Cruz screams and runs.

After the shooting ends, Delgado drops the camera to his side. The video then shows grass, feet, the microphone on the ground and Cruz scrambling toward their van. Delgado calls police on his cellular phone: "This is an emergency! A man just shot a woman, and he's possibly coming after us. He's psychotic, man." By JOHN PACENTI Associated Press MIAMI The TV crew was filming Emilio Nunez placing flowers on his teen-age daughter's grave, grieving over her suicide. Then his former wife whom he had just blamed for the girl's death showed up unexpectedly.

As the camera rolled, Nunez lunged at Maritza Martin Munoz, put a 9mm semiautomatic handgun to her head and 04 The economy The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials falls 18.92 points to 3,255.99. Gainers: Citicorp, Chemical Banking Business: Du Pont courts black farmers Index BB Classified C6 D7 Crossword 06 Editorial A10 Utters. Sports flash Football: Bears hire Wannstedt Baseball: Phils re-sign Schilling Tennis: Lendl falls in Australia Open Basketball: La Salle upsets St. Joe's SELL WITH CLASSIFIEDS. CALL 324-26CO.

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