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1 6 True Romance neon appy Taking violence to a new level Accent, Page 1C Two-year win drought is over Sports, Page 5D SD1 1 993 The Arizona Daily Star Vol. 152 No. 257 Final Edition, Tucson, Tuesday, September 14, 1993 35 U.S.50 In Mexico 40 Pages Irk Pirafo(0og Tucsonan, 74, 'clobbered' would-be thief By Stacey Hoff The Arizona Dairy Star Rather than turn his keys over to a would-be car thief at Tucson Mall yesterday, 74-year-old David McDowell instead "clobbered" the gun-toting man with his cane, he said. Be chased the man across the parking lot and into the mall, where he lost him, McDowell said. A short time later, a 21-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted robbery in the incident, police said.

McDowell said. When McDowell hesitated, the man pulled out a chrome-plated handgun and repeated his demand, McDowell said. "That's when my Irish came up," McDowell said. "I thought he might shoot Jule and so I brought my cane up and clobbered him with it" "That startled him," McDowell said. "I hit him a second time and that didn't have much effect on him so then I took it with both hands and broke the cane over his head." Startled, the man fled with McDowell, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, said he took his wife, Jule, to the mall for a hair appointment and to deliver some home-grown pears to a friend.

The friend wasn't there, so the McDowells drank a little coffee and at 10:40 a.m. headed for their car, which was parked in the lot near Dillard's. He opened the door for his wife, then walked around the car, started to open the back door to put the pears away, when a man approached and demanded his keys, McDowell in pursuit. He chased the assailant across the parking lot and into the mall, where he lost him, McDowell said. When McDowell returned to the car he found pears all over the parking lot, but he didn't find his keys.

Luckily, his wife carries a second set, he said. Police arrested Sean Richard Ca-ballero, 21, of the 3100 block of West Villa Santa Dorotea near North Stone Avenue and West Thurston Lane, in the incident, said Sgt. Ernie Smith, of the Tucson Police Depart- ment. Caballero was charged with attempted armed robbery and taken to the Pima County Jail where he is being held on a $17,500 bond, said a jail spokeswoman. McDowell, an Arizona native who has lived in Tucson for nearly 70 years, said only his dignity was hurt during the incident "When it was all over my Parkinson's kicked in and then I shook like hell," McDowell said.

"I'm no hero. I'm just damn mad. You rise to the occasion and worry about the shakes later. "The old man still got some gump" in him, he just didn't know if'l McDowell said. In an unrelated matter, a 50-year-; old woman was robbed and her car' stolen at gunpoint in the parking lot of a southside grocery store yester-l day, authorities said.

The woman was loading groceries' into her car at 8:30 a.m. near the! Safeway, at 2940 W. Valencia Road when a man approached. He shoved See UNBOWED, Page 2A II if sSiak mams on mot 'V, i is 1 X- vv st 4 4 .1 I'M I i 4 1 v. The Associated Press President Clinton, with Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Yasser Arafat Peace accord's signing Rabin, Arafat make peace at White House By Susan Bennett Knlght-Rldder Newspapers WASHINGTON As millions around the world watched on television, Israeli and Palestinian lions of war promised yesterday to lay down their weapons and share the land in peace.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat broke a century-old cycle of Middle East violence with a simple handshake, presided over by President Clinton. The peace was formalized in an accord signed by representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. It sets in motion establishment of limited self-rule for the Palestinians in territories now controlled by the Israelis. To witness the historic moment, which many thought would never come, political figures, diplomats, members of Congress, and Jewish and Arab leaders in America sat side by side in chairs on the South Lawn of the White House, enduring more than an hour of unrelenting sun. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush who had made strides toward Middle East peace in their time in the Oval Office were among the spectators.

So was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who in years past was berated for his ties with Arafat. Departing from announced plans, Clinton met privately with Arafat after the signing ceremony. Martin Indyck, a special assistant to the president, said Arafat told Clinton: "'This event will help a great deal in terms of giving my people the sense that this is something real and that there is real hope In this agreement' Clinton told Arafat, "with some emphasis," Indyck said, "that it was absolutely essential to move quickly now to seize the moment and take advantage of the momentum created by this incredible event, to See CEREMONY, Page4A stirs revelry, violence INSIDE A -V JERICHO, Occupied West Bank (AP) One minute, thousands strained to catch the moment on the small TV and transistor radio on a stage in Jericho's main square. The next they beat drums, waved flags and danced arm-in-arm as the sun disappeared behind the foothills.

The throngs packing the streets of this once quiet oasis clapped, cheered and sang yesterday when Israeli and PLO representatives signed a landmark peace agreement at the White House. "I feel so good inside," said Nasser Prince, a 28-year-old money changer. "I hope I and my children will be able to live in a real peace. Now we can be friends with the Israelites." There were scattered demonstrations against the pact more violence, more casualties. Only a small fraction of the region's hundreds of thousands of refugees took part In anti-accord displays, however.

Mostly, joy surged across the occupied lands. "Bitter medicine" must -be taken because It brings hope. Page4A. Both sides know that the hard part begins now, an As- soclated Press analysis says. Page 4A.

The peace agreement's future is tied to resolution of the Jerusalem question. Page 4A. The celebrations were striking not only as a display of sheer delirium by a people fighting for years for a homeland, but as a show of support for PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat Israeli military patrols in Jericho were halted so Palestinians could savor the historic day. Some of the soldiers came out to watch, how-See REACTION, Page4A 4V, Ed Compaan, The Arizona Daily Star Toros win PCL title Tucson Toros catcher Scooter Tucker Is Toros beat the Portland Beavers 6-3 last night to showered with champagne during the Toros' win the Pacific Coast League title, their sec-championship celebration at HI Corbett Field. The ond in three years.

Story, Page ID. Clinton eases i weather ban on trade with Vietnam Still at large Cochise officials continuing search for 4 who escaped from jail Sunday Dry day. Today is expected to be mostly sunny, with some afternoon clouds. Northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph are forecast Look for a high near 90 and an overnight low in the mid-60s. Yesterday's high was 89, the low 70.

Details on Page IA. INDEX Ariz, court upholds children's right to 'divorce' parents By Joe Salkowskl The Arizona Daly Star The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that children can seek to sever ties with their parents, a decision one Tucson attorney says is the first of its kind nationwide. The ruling, issued Thursday by the court's Tucson-based Division 2, upholds a Pima County Juvenile Court judge's September 1992 order allowing four Tucson children to sever ties with their father. Ann Haralambie, the children's lawyer, said the ruling is one of only two published appeals court decisions addressing a child's right to request such a severance and the first to support that right Last month, a Florida appeals court reversed See Page 2A Acceat MC Horwesee 2C Bridie Mraey 448 CtassifM H4D NocitlNtM 2C Cemks 4C Obihuries 7D 1M1A Public IB Craanrarl ID Sports 14D DearAboy JC TVUstitgi WASHINGTON (AP) President fclinton relaxed the 18-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam yesterday by allowing American firms to compete there for development projects financed by international lending institutions. Clinton granted American businesses a limited commercial role in Vietnam to recognize the steps that country has taken recently to ac-tount for American POWs and MIAs, according to a statement by Dee Dee Myers, the White House press secretary.

But Myers said the overall embargo, In effect since 1975. was being maintained "to make clear to the Vietnamese that more needs to be done" on the issue of prisoners of See VIETNAM, Page2A By Ignaclo Ibarra The Arizona Daily Star BISBEE The helicopters and roadblocks are gone, but Cochise County officials said the search continues for four inmates who escaped Sunday from the county jail. Meanwhile, the Jail commander said the jail was understaffed and that contributed to the escape. Law enforcement officials said all four men are convicted felons facing prison time on charges that include murder, attempted murder, rape and kidnapping. Officials said the men have histories of violent behavior and should be considered dangerous.

LL Gene Kellogg, who is heading the investi gation for the Cochise County Sheriffs Department said that while the search has been scaled back, officers are in the field trying to track down the four men and others are following leads coming in from the community. But so far, nothing has panned out he said. "I sort of feel like they may have moved on. Two of these inmates have escaped before from that jail they know the way out of here," Kellogg said. The Cochise County Jail is less than 7 miles from the border, and some law enforcement officers have speculated that the escapees will head south for Mexico.

But yesterday, tracking dogs from the Department of Corrections fol-See JAILBREAK, Page 2A II 501361 00001.