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VARIETY Lessons learned the hard way Gophers fall to Badgers in conference opener 1C Rose leaves prison 1C stc- Partners 0rCnan, ce3B ers demand ent of New nop TUESDAYJanuary81991 NEWSPAP 0 I I I Troops hunt draft dodgers in rebellious republics Cheney cancels Navy jet deal Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney canceled the Navy's A-12 Stealth attack plane because of cost overruns and schedule delays. It is the largest military weapons contract termination ever. The decision leaves the Navy without a replacement for its aging fleet of A-6 Intruders, which entered service in the early 1960s; they are the only Navy bombers that can attack at night and in bad weather. It also sets the stage for a legal battle between the Pentagon and the aircraft's prime contractors, General Dynamics Corp. and McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Page 7A. A Soviet official suggested Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze might withdraw his resignation. Paga BP. Inductions during the most recent round of nationwide conscription, held in the fall, tumbled as low as 10 percent of the draftable 18-year-olds in the republic of Georgia, according to official sources. The crackdown on draft dodging was the latest in a series of actions by Gorbachev that show the growing clout of traditionally conservative institutions such as the Soviets continued on page 6A Los Angeles Times Moscow, U.S.S.R.

The Soviet Defense Ministry on Monday ordered army paratroopers, reportedly by the thousands, to track down and capture draft dodgers and deserters in restive areas of the country as President Mikhail Gorbachev reasserted his determination to have Soviet laws obeyed nationwide. However, the move could dramatically raise ethnic tensions and complicate U.S.Soviet relations at a crucial time. President Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, where resistance to the draft has been an integral part of moves toward independence, said last night that the move was "a huge provocation." "They are looking for bloodshed," he said of the Soviet leadership. The Defense Ministry said the decision to send squads of soldiers to 'dragoon youths into the military ranks had become necessary to ensure the country's ability to defend itself. racism 37th governor sworn in at Capitol i i Gov.

Ame Carlson faces a nasty dilemma. Doug Grow's column, page 1B. John Riley named transportation commissioner. Page "IB. I 5 j'jr By Betty Wilson Staff Writer Arne Carlson took office as Minnesota's 37th governor Monday, calling for a new partnership of government, business, religion, labor and community that understands people need help.

In his inaugural address, the 56-year-old son of Swedish immigrants said: "I want us to reach and to touch." Carlson was sworn in at a noon ceremony in the Capitol rotunda, along with Lt. Gov. Joanell Dyrstad and other constitutional officers. "We need today to overcome the decade of the past, where we were more committed to short-term gain I I 7 M'li- Cl JM am and short-term greed than we were to long-term benefits to society," he said. Carlson is the state's first Independent-Republican governor in 12 years.

He wasted no time in getting to work. Three hours after the ceremony, he signed an executive order Carlson continued on page SA AS en? Minnesota on brink of major budget war I I I I i- i SESSION PREVIEW '91 By Dane Smith StaffWriter Virtually every Minnesotan will be affected by an all-out budget war in state government that will begin soon after today's official convening of the 1991 Legislature. By the time the 201 legislators go home in late spring, taxpayers are likely to find that they will be paying more and getting less service from both state and local governments. Some public employees can expect layoffs or wage losses, or more work for the same amount of pay. Some programs and agencies may be eliminated or consolidated.

And county and city governments may be in for big reductions in state aid, forcing them to cut services and raise proper- i i Legislators are willing to make cuts, but not in education. Page 5B. ty taxes. "Everybody must share the pain" seems to have become Gov. Arne Carlson's favorite slogan these days, and the DFL legislative leaders aren't saying anything different.

Budget continued on page SA Staff Photo by Stormi Greener Arne Carlson became governor as his family watched clockwise from top, his son, Tucker; his wife, Susan, and daughters Jessica and Ann. Almanac Minorities now are majority in Minneapolis public schools 37 killed as Haitian troops crush coup attempt by Baby Doc associate Tuesday, January 8, 1991 8th day; 357 to go this year Sunrise: 7:50. Sunset: 4:50 Cloudy with a few flurries. High of 1 8. Comics 4B 6E 4.5E Obituaries 6C TV, Radio Movies up from just over 50 percent last year.

Out of 100 students, about 48 are white, 32 are black, 10 are Asian, eight are American Indian and two are Hispanic. The district's demographics have changed at the same pace tor the past 15 years. This year, however, there's By Mary Jane Smetanka StaffWriter For the first time, members of minority groups are a clear majority in Minneapolis public schools. And statistics released this week indicate that white flight from the school district may be slowing. tion of power to Haiti's first freely elected president.

Coup leader Roger Lafontant, reputed head of the dreaded Ton-tons Ma-coutes militia, was captured by troops who stormed the National Palace where Lafontant was holding the caretaker president, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot. She was freed unharmed after 10 hours as a hostage. The aborted coup came one month before the scheduled swearing-in of a populist priest, the Rev. Jean-Bert-rand Aristide. Haiti has been ruled almost exclusively by tyrants since gaining independence from France in Haiti continued on page 6A Associated Press Port-au-Prince, Haiti Loyalist troops Monday crushed a coup attempt by an associate of former dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier that left at least 37 people dead, including seven by lynching.

The uprising threatened the transi 2A Complete index 673-4343 Circulation Copyright 1991 Star Tribune Volume IX Number 279 5 sections Minority enrollment is 52.25 percent, Racial mix continued on page 5A 6 Iraqi copter pilots defect into Saudi Arabia, U.S. says The central issue in the gulf crisis remains access to oil, writes Foreign Correspondent Frank Wright. Page 2A. Stock prices tumble Fear on Wall Street toppled stock prices Monday and brought the decline in the Dow Jones industrial average in the year's first four trading days to 1 1 1 points, or 4.2 percent. The blue-chip average tumbled 43.32 to 2,522.77.

Article, Page 1D. fateful since Congress adopted the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that President Lyndon Johnson cited as his authority to increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. House Speaker Thomas Foley, Gulf continued on page 6A i House is expected to vote this week on whether to authorize military action against Iraq if that nation does not surrender Kuwait by Jan. 1 5, the U.N.

Security Council deadline. The House vote, scheduled yesterday despite White House worries about a divisive debate, could be the most i From News Services Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Six Iraqi helicopter pilots flew their craft to Saudi Arabia Monday in the first major defections of the gulf crisis from President Saddam Hussein's air force, sources in Dhahran and Washington said. Four of the helicopters landed at an air base at Khafji, about 10 miles south of the Kuwaiti border in Saudi Arabia, while two others ran out of fuel and landed in the Saudi desert, Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said. The Iraqi government denied there had been defections. In Washington, meanwhile, the.