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151stYear No.247Chicago Tribune 7Section 0 lUr'A' TODAY'S TRIBUNE 1961-1997 DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES Original stadium Justice to probe Gore calls for cash Reno acts following report 'soft' money used as 'hard' funds Addition TT A j- i TV Customer is always right That's the theory behind renovation of Notre Dame Stadium, which will seat 80,225 for Saturday's opener. INTERNET A virtual tour Get a look inside and around the stadium and more information at chicago.tribune.comgond 4 1 mm a AP file photo Princess Diana rushes to embrace Princes William (center) and Harry aboard the HMS Brittania in Toronto Harbor in 1991. METRO Burris steps into the race Ex-Atty. Gen. Roland Bum's (left) joins Democratic free-for-all for governor.

MOTHERLESS CHILDREN By Naftali Bendavid Washington Bureau WASHINGTON After insisting for months that there was insufficient evidence to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Al Gore, the Justice Department on Wednesday initiated a process that could lead to the naming of a special prosecutor. The decision significantly escalates the stakes in the campaign finance scandal that has engulfed the Democratic Party and has been creeping ever Disclosure certain to energize Senate inquiry. Page 3. closer to Gore, whom many consider the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000. At issue are fundraising calls Gore admits making from his White House office, in possible violation of a law that forbids the solicitation of campaign contributions in a government building.

Arty. Gen. Janet Reno had refused to act before now, saying Gore solicited only "soft money" which is used for general party-building purposes and is not covered by the law. But she evidently changed her mind after the Washington Post disclosed Wednesday that some of the cash raised by Gore was used as "hard money," which goes to specific candidates and is more clearly addressed by the law in question. "The Justice Department is reviewing whether allegations See Gore, Back Page ROYAL FAMILY Britons ask: Where are tears? History may hint at what sons face Anyone who as a child has dealt with the pain of a mother's death may have some idea of what Princess Diana's sons, THIFO A different pose Agency dedicated to disabled models strives to compete for advertising jobs with its able-bodied counterparts.

BUSINESS Sears strikes deal Retailer agrees to pay $2 million in Illinois as part of settlement with states in debt collection case. KATTGN Arizona governor guilty A jury finds Gov. Fife Symington guilty on seven felony counts, forcing him to announce his resignation. Page 3. WEATHER Thursday: Sunny; high 70.

Thursday night: Clear; low 47. Friday: Partly sunny; high 77. II Complete report, Sec. 2, pg. 12.

IT If Jr Museum is truly work of art Art gallery opening in Elmhurst landmark 1 By Ray Moseley Tribune Staff Writer LONDON The royal family came under attack Wednesday for its muted response to the death of Princess Diana after it issued a statement saying it was "deeply touched" by the world's grief but avoided any tribute to her. One British television anchorman, in a blistering report, noted that the royal family has neither praised Diana, nor contributed to a fund in her memory, nor ordered the flags of Buckingham Palace flown at half-staff. For some, the written statement simply emphasized that no member of the family has yet stepped before a microphone or appeared in public to say anything about the 36-year-old Princess of Wales, who was killed in a Paris car crash early Sunday along with her companion, Emad "Dodi" Fayed, and the car's driver, Frenchman Henri Paul "If only the royals dared weep with the people," said a headline Wednesday in the Independent newspaper. The palace issued a statement Sunday morning expressing the shock of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles. Nothing more was said until Wednesday's brief statement "All the royal family, especially the Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry, are taking strength from the overwhelming support of the public who are sharing their tremendous sense of loss and grief.

They are deeply touched and enor- See Royals, Page 9 i William and Harry, will now be going through. By Bonnie Miller Rubin and Steve Kloehn Tribune Staff Wrtters Walt Disney once said it was no accident that Bambi, Cinderella, Snow White and so many other storybook heroes had to face the world without a mother. "Everyone knows," he explained, "that you cannot have danger when a mother is around." From the moment Princess Diana died last weekend, her two young sons have been showered with condolences and concern from around the globe. They have the formidable support of Britain's royal family behind them, and a life of material comfort ahead of them. Yet for all their guards and governesses, for all their royal riches, Prince William, 15, and Prince Harry, 13 next week, must ultimately draw on their own strength as they face one of life's toughest tests.

Certainly they will never feel quite so safe in this world now that their mother is gone. "Men are what their mothers made them," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, and he might have added that -J i AP photo Prince Charles with William, now 15, (center) and Harry, almost 13, on vacation in Scotland last month. Lyric orchestra wants more gain for musical pain For each of them, and innumerable others through the ages, the loss of a mother opened a chasm that they spent a lifetime trying, one way or another, to bridge. In pop psychology the untimely death of a mother is explanation enough for a vast array of emotional ailments. Life is changed irrevo-See Mothers, Page 12 mothers continue to shape their children long after they have left them.

So it is that a haunting vulnerability surfaces again and again in the lives and works of those who lost their mothers in childhood, from the poems of William Wordsworth and William Cowper to the songs of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. By Ted Gregory Tribune Staff Writer It was during those days and nights standing on the concrete floor in her basement teaching art to kids that Eleanor King Hookham dreamed of an art center in her town. Today, she has nearly debilitating arthritic pain from the dank, hard basement floor as a reminder of those dreams. That and a gleaming, $3.3 million art museum that, by virtue of being designed in large part by legendary architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is a landmark before it opens. When the Elmhurst Art Museum doors open Saturday, five decades will have passed since Hookham conceived her dream.

And, in some ways the most difficult challenges are ahead. "It was the teacher in me that wanted this building so badly, a place where we could have monthly shows for young, emerging artists and for older, undiscovered artists and to teach children," said Hookham, 88, an acclaimed artist whose work hangs in two Paris museums. "We're all going to be zombies if we don't have art in our lives, but it's especially important for children because it can be such a happy experience in their See Museum, Back Page By Lou Carlozo and John von Rhein Tribune Staff Writers The Lyric Opera orchestra's troubled contract talks have taken on a plot line a librettist might well have appreciated: In this drama, the orchestra's 75 musicians, accustomed to spending the season out of view in the pit, find themselves uncomfortably thrust onto center stage. Fast on the heels of the UPS strike, the Lyric's threatened work stoppage sounds an odd note of contrast The average wage earner who sympathized with those brown-uniformed truck drivers might have a tough time cheering on longhair musicians in basic black tuxedos especially given a 24-week season that pays, on average, more than $55,000 a year. But as orchestra members fight for more pay and more weeks of work, they offer a glimpse into an occupation marked by its own hazards, sacrifices and uncertainties.

It may look like a cushy life from the balcony seats and playing in the Lyric does have its perks. Yet viewed close up, the task of meeting the opera company's musical and scheduling demands produces more than its share of grueling moments, orchestra members say. Just as playing in the Lyric orchestra has its challenges, so does the path to get there. Years of training, hard work and discipline go into landing a position there. And the musicians, looking at the Lyric's loudly Sii Lyric, Back Page KASS' VIEW 'The Royals broke her.

And now she's Page 3 THE VILLAGE Some residents fear her tomb will become a shrine. Page 10 THE PROBE Detained photographer says he was not chasing Diana. Page 13 THE WAY WE SAW HER Diana's public image, until it collapsed under the pressure of an unhappy marriage, was so carefully packaged and presented it can be safely stated that we have no idea of who she actually was, only of the person she seemed to be. Page 16 4 11 "it- 11 1 ..1 Reuters photo A London chalk artist puts finishing touches on his sidewalk memorial..