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1988 The Arizona Daily Star Vol. 147 No. 137 Final Edition, Tucson, Monday, May 16, 1988 38 Pages Move planned to bar Mecham from GOP convention might prefer to mount the challenge from the floor of the convention because that would be a more public forum. Gingrich failed to return several calls Friday and over the weekend to his offices in Washington and Georgia. His press secretary, Sheila R.

Ward, said Friday that she had not heard about such a credentials challenge. She said any further comment would have to come from See MECHAM, Page4A here in Arizona, what with Republicans tearing apart Republicans." Gingrich's challenge could come before the convention's Credentials Committee, which must approve the name of each delegate sent to New Orleans, or it could come when that committee submits its credentials report to the full convention, the sources said. One source speculated that Gingrich delegation of 33 delegates and 33 alternates, the sources said. If Mecham is removed, one of the alternates will take his place. Mecham reacted tersely yesterday when told that his credentials would be challenged by Gingrich.

"Tell them to mind their own business," Mecham said in a brief telephone interview. "We've got enough problems By Steve Meissner 1988 The Arizona Daily Star WASHINGTON Evan Mecham's credentials to the Republican National Convention will be challenged when the GOP convenes in New Orleans, sources close to Arizona's congressional delegation say. Three separate sources, all of whom would only speak, anonymously, said Rep. Newt Gingrich, a leading Mecham's lawyers will try to stop their client's criminal trial before it begins. Page 3A.

conservative in Congress, will challenge the credentials of the former Arizona governor when the GOP gathers in New Orleans, Aug. 15-18. Gingrich will try to keep Mecham from being seated as part of Arizona's 1 IU II VUV HIU II If III! II II II llll II fl 1 fir I El KM Km mfm Mm I II MM 13 MM MM mm Ma El Soldiers get mixed farewell after 8V2 years of fighting ar Iv By Thorn Shanker Chicago Tribune MOSCOW Soviet troops, their trail marked by flowers, dung and defeat, began a historic withdrawal from Afghanistan yesterday after 8'2 years of fighting American-backed Moslem guerrillas. Putting the best face on the pull-out, the leadership in Moscow and Kabul exchanged official messages reaffirming the continuation of a relationship that has been "sealed by blood." The first of the departing soldiers were met with a mixed farewell. Some Afghans threw flowers; others hurled mud and dung.

Rebel snipers fired from the safety of the distant hills. Official confirmation that the withdrawal had begun came not with cannon fire, a rifle volley or the cheers of crowds. A brief statement issued early yesterday by Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said the first stage of the pullout was a motorized rifle unit that rolled in an armored column from Jalalabad, 80 miles east of Kabul near the Pakistan border. The 1,200 soldiers in the unit, carried in 300 tanks and personnel car riers, arrived in the Afghan capital yesterday afternoon. As the convoy reached Kabul, after an eight-hour ride through rebel-infested territory, the troops paraded past a reviewing stand holding Soviet and Afghan officials The troops received a salute from Afghan President Najib before joining other soldiers waiting in Kabul for the trip north to the Soviet border, slightly more than 200 miles away.

The parade stand site was damaged Saturday by a truck-bomb explosion. Afghan officials said the bomb killed 16 people. About one-fourth of the 115,000 Soviet troops will cross the border into Soviet Uzbekistan before President Reagan's arrival in Moscow May 29 for his summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Under terms of a treaty signed April 14 in Geneva, half the Soviet troops will leave Afghanistan by Aug.

15. The remaining troops must be out of the country by Feb. 15, 1989. The final pullout will end a painful and embarrassing chapter of Soviet history, begun when the late Krem- See PULLOUT, Page5A 3a'1 tern The Associated Press Afghan children and a soldier bid farewell to some of the first Soviet soldiers to leave the war-torn country 103 Inmates agree to end Okla. hostage ordeal Amusement park visit for teens ends in death for 27 on Ky.

road "I just heard a crash, felt the impact of the car (pickup truck) and looked up and saw flames. They spread pretty fast. I was pinned. Everything was pretty wild. I was under a lot of people.

That's probably what saved me from getting burned." Wayne Cox 14-year-old passenger Simmer down, cool air coming The hot streak may be cooling. Yesterday was another record scorcher, but cooler air is on the way, according to Paul Crim-mins, a National Weather Service spokesman. Yesterday's high of 103 qualified as the fifth consecutive record-breaking hot day in Tucson. The temperature broke the previous record, set in 1948, by 4 degrees, Crimmins said. But "it looks like this might be the last record-breaker," he said yesterday.

The low yesterday was 66. Cool air coming from the Pacific Ocean will filter into Tucson and bring lower temperatures this week, Crimmins said. Today's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of about 97. A low near 65 is expected. Tomorrow's high is expected to be in the low 90s, which is about normal.

The inmates, who hung bedsheet banners that called for "White Power" and accused corrections officials of lying as the siege stretched into a third day, released prison Capt. Lewis McGee, she said. He was in apparently good health, she added, and the other hostages were also thought to be unharmed. Anita Trammell, another spokeswoman for the prison, said earlier that no resolution was in sight with the inmates, believed armed with crude knives. I' The prison administration for the" first time last night released a list of the captors' demands.

Trammell said that besides the ice cream and cigarettes, the demands included having the electricity turned back on in their area, and having meetings with reporters and with Lou Bullock, an American Civil Liberties attorney who has helped prisoners in the past. The inmates also asked for the return of a bus that was made available to take the inmates to a federal prison late Saturday as they re-See SURRENDER, Page 5A By Brett J. Blackledge The Associated Press STRINGTOWN, Okla. About 20 medium security inmates agreed early today to peacefully end their 3-day-old prison uprising after authorities said the surrender could be televised, according to officials. Late yesterday, the inmates released one of three guards they were holding hostage, authorities said.

The inmates, whose rebellion at the Mack Alford Correctional Center began late Friday and resulted in $2.5 million in damages, agreed to surrender at 8:30 a.m. CDT today if the surrender is televised, Warden Ted Wallman said through as spokesman. Prison officials agreed to that demand, said the spokesman, Jerry Massie. The guard was released in exchange for food and a meeting with three state legislators, officials said. "We gave them some pop, ice cream and cigarettes and they talked to some legislators," Corrections Department spokeswoman Joy Hadwiger said.

By Mike Embry The Associated Press CARROLLTON, Ky. A bus carrying a church group home from an amusement park became a fiery deathtrap when a pickup truck traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway crashed into it, killing 27 people, authorities said. It was one of the worst bus accidents in U.S. history, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Between 30 and 40 people were injured in the crash, many suffering from burns.

The bus, carrying 67 teen-agers and adults from the First Assembly Church of God at Radcliff, about 35 miles south of Louisville, was headed south on Interstate 71 when the accident occurred at about 11 p.m. Saturday. The group was returning from the Kings Island amusement park, north of Cincinnati. As word of the accident spread, distraught relatives clutching dental and medical records arrived in Carroll-ton yesterday to help identify the dead. The U.S.

Army provided vans to transport family members from Radcliff to Carrollton, about 75 miles away, and state police escorted the parents to a local hotel. The state medical examiner, Dr. George Nichols, met with about 60 family members at the hotel at midday. He said he did not want family members to view the charred remains, which he said would be identified with dental records. "The picture of their children in that room is not what they have in their memories or wallets," he said.

He said he would not release a list of the victims until all were identified, and he did not know how long that would take. The parents and other family members were secluded in the banquet room of the hotel, where Red Cross workers were taking down family medical histories in an effort to identify the dead. At least eight of the injured, including the pickup truck driver, were in critical condition yesterday, according to police and hospital officials. "I just heard a crash, fe't the impact of the car (pickup truck) and looked up and saw flames," said 14-year-old Wayne Cox, an asthmatic who suffered See BUS CRASH, Page 2A WEATHER Portrait of top-secret Stealth bomber emphasizes sophistication A reprieve. Today win be mostly sunny, but not as hot.

The high is expected to be in the upper 90s. Tonight's low should be in the middle 60s. West winds this afternoon of 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow's high should be in the low 90s. Yesterday's high was a record 103.

Tne low was 66. Details, Page 2A. full range of bombs and missiles to attack targets ranging from fortified underground command bunkers to moveable targets like missiles and rail cars. Five more bombers are being built, with 132 planes to be finished before the end of the century. The first operational planes will be based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where 34 hangars, one for each plane, are to be built to screen them from Russian satellites and pry ing eyes.

Two other base locations for the planes are to be picked later, they. too. will be inland to allow maximum warning from any Soviet missiles launched from coastal submarines. that in the new B-l bomber, had been expected. The crew of two underscores the advanced technology of the plane.

Training the crew will also be less expensive. To bring an Air Force pilot to combat readiness costs about $6 million. The Stealth bomber has been designed to fly more than 7,500 miles without refueling. To achieve that range, speed has been held to subsonic levels; engines gulp fuel at supersonic speed. With aerial refueling, the plane will be able to cruise over enemy territory for repeated strikes rather than dashing in and out like the B-l.

whose range is less than 7.500 miles. The flying wing has been designed to carry a Since 1980, when plans to build the Stealth bomber were first disclosed, the Defense Department has guarded all operational and technical details about the craft Even its cost has been hidden in annual military budgets. But an accurate, if general, description of the new bomber has been pieced together from information that congressional aides, aviation specialists and experts on nuclear warfare have m- naged to gather. That description has now been confirmed for the first time by authoritative government officials. Perhaps most surprising, the Stealth will be flown by only a pilot and a weapons officer, using advanced electronic and computerized controls and instruments.

A crew of four, like By Richard Halloran 1988 The New Yorfc Times WASHINGTON After eight years of secrecy, a public portrait of the Stealth bomber is taking shape: a plane with the range and sophistication to roam elusively over enemy territory for repeated attacks. The new bomber is to fly at subsonic speeds, allowing a 7.500-mile range without refueling. It will fly at altitudes ranging from higher than 50.000 feet to a few hundred feet above ground. After two years of strenuous testing, the bomber's first flight is scheduled for this fall. If all goes well.

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