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The Indiono Gozette Thundoy. Jonuary 10, Bush more pessimistic about avoiding war 1 yr 'SS "0 f5S There was a widespread feeling that the failure of the Geneva meeting had strengthened Bush's hand to win a resolution from Congress authorizing force against Iraq unless It withdraws from Kuwait by next Tuesday. "We're at the point where Congress needs to speak up. It's a step backwards if we back off at this point," said Rep. Dante Fascell, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

"I think it's looked like war for some time." Despite his tough talk, Bush told reporters he had not decided "what and when" he will do if Iraq fails to meet the pullout deadline. Yet, he said he does not need authorization from Congress to take military action, and would not feel constrained if Congress failed to endorse the use of force. Underscoring the tough language that has been getting tougher as next week's deadline approaches, Bush said Saddam "is up against an immovable force." Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "I think they believe that if there is a conflict, the prospects are still reasonable that they can take more suffering than we can and that they can prevail that they might be able to drag the war on to make us suffer a great deal," Feuerwerger said. William Quandt, a foreign policy specialist at the Brookings Institution here, said Saddam will wait until the last possible moment before showing his cards.

"I think he has finally understood there is not a negotiated deal to be had," said Quandt, a former senior staff member of the National Security Council. "All he can do now is find a setting that makes it a little easier for him to make his concession. "If he doesn't do that, we're going to have a war," Quandt added. "No one can tell you whether Saddam is going to blink. Until the first bombs start falling, you don't know whether he's ruled it out." SUP SIOPPINO AWAY woman makes nor way through the sleet and rain and past ice-covered trees in downtown Philadelphia Wednesday.

(AP Laserphoto) O'Kicki's trial to go as scheduled I Commissioner calls for mass resignations Continued from Page 1 es paid by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Commissioner Sulkosky opposed the move, saying some county department heads told him the bonus pay created jealousies and hurt morale. Agreed to increase by about I four times the county's contribution to- the Domestic Relations Office. The county will now provide $5,250 per month to the office's operation. Awarded a $218,462 contract to Gene Rayman Construction of North Huntingdon for a water line replacement in Creekside Borough.

An $8,000 contract was also approved for the Indiana County Municipal Services Authority to provide inspection services during the Creek-side project. Amended the county contract with the Human Services Development Fund because of a staff reduction at the Indiana County Guidance Center. The county's contribution was reduced from $25,000 to $21,381. Agreed to contact officials in Harris burg for possible assistance iri evaluating old county records stored in the basement of the Clark House. The Historical and Genealog-'.

ical Society of Indiana County needs the storage space and asked the county if it could dispose of some of the old documents. Approved the following reap-: pointments and expiration dates. I Richard Wolfe, Joseph Donnelly and Larry Lockard, all of Indiana, to the Indiana County Airport Authori- ly, for terms ending in January 1994. Esther Lavsa of Blairsville RD I 4 and Joseph Sanna of Seward RD 1 to the High Ridge Water Authority, January 1994. Maher Shawer of Indiana to the Indiana County Municipal Services Authority, January 1996.

I William Cornman of Home RD1 and Dana Henry of Indiana to the Indiana County Planning Commis ion, January 1994. Donald P. Fritz of Indiana -RD 5 to the Redevelopment Authori-; "ty, January 1996. George Coury Jr. of Homer City Kenneth Brown of Indiana to the I -Indiana County Solid Waste Authori-; "ty, January 1996.

Luther Elkin of Indiana to the County Transportation Au-; -thority, January 1996. Lucy Donnelly of Indiana and Robert Salsgiver of Glen Campbell to the Indiana County Industrial Development Authority, January .1996. L. Blaine Grube and Commis- sionerBeaStates.bothoflndiana.to the Indiana County Hospital Author-; ity. Grube's reappointment will run through January 1996, and Commis-! sioner States' appointment to fill a vacancy will end in January 1994.

NASA i to paint the sky tonight Continued from Page 1 brightness. Scientists won't decide until 30 minutes before a planned release whether all conditions are right to go on. Howard said. The last of the seven in the January series is to be released on Jan. 25.

The public can learn about plans for release opportunities and where in the sky the cloud can be seen by calling 205-544-5356. Game officials favor new Attorney General Richard A. Graci said granting a delay would set a precedent that could bring the criminal justice system to a "grinding halt." Graci also said a postponement would lead the public to believe justice was not being done in the case. "What will the perception be if this second trial in a high-profile case is delayed with no reasonable end in sight?" he said. "All we're going to do is delay the final day of judgment." But O'Kicki lawyer James Yelovich contended the second trial would be wasteful and urged Papadakos to delay the trial while the appeal is pending.

"I'm afraid that if you don't grant this writ that we're going to be embarking on a monumental waste of time," Yelovich said. state pension, although he continues to draw a state paycheck. The jury in the first case decided O'Kicki made court employees chop his wood and feed his dogs, solicited $500 from a court officer for a promotion he never granted, sought payment from an attorney after a damage award and demanded that a bank favorably settle his personal loan. In the upcoming trial, O'Kicki is charged with 16 corruption counts that stem from personal business dealings. At the hearing Wednesday, which O'Kicki did not attend, his attorneys asked Papadakos to grant a writ of prohibition, which would have postponed the trial until the appeal is decided.

Prosecutors from the state Attorney General's office argued in favor of proceeding. Deputy PITTSBURGH (AP) Former Cambria County Judge Joseph F. O'Kicki has lost an attempt to postpone his second trial on fraud and corruption charges. After a 45-minute hearing Wednesday, state Supreme Court Justice Nicholas P. Papadakos denied a petition from O'Kicki's attorneys.

The lawyers sought to delay the start of the trial until an appeal from O'Kicki's previous convictions had been decided. Papadakos issued his decision in a one-sentence order, clearing the way for O'Kicki's second trial to begin Feb. 4 in Easton. O'Kicki in June was sentenced to two to five years in prison following his convictions for bribery, criminal coercion and official oppression. He also was stripped of his position as president judge of Cambria County and lost his Film may strengthen support of bill By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) Suddenly the clock is ticking louder toward war in the Persian Gulf and a mood of pessimism is growing after the collapse of talks between Iraq and the United States.

"I can't misrepresent this to the American people. I am discour- aged," President Bush said bluntly on Wednesday. There side in more than six hours of talks in Geneva between Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. Baker had called the meeting the last chance for peace, yet the two diplomats talked past each other on every point.

Aziz even refused to accept a letter from Bush to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that warned of the consequences of war with the U.S.-Ied military force arrayed against Iraq. Only five days remain before the United Nations' deadline authorizing force against Iraq if it fails to withdraw from Kuwait. The time will be filled with frantic diplomatic activity. Officials said U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar will go to Baghdad on a last-minute peace mission.

France and the European Community also pledged diplomatic efforts. Yet, in the absence of a major move by Saddam, the prospects are not bright. "There's always room for diplomacy, but it now hangs entirely on the Iraqis," said Robert Neumann, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and now a senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "There's nothing more for us to do," Neumann added.

"Eitner they give or there's war." "I think that they're ready to be attacked," said Marvin Feuerwer-ger, senior strategic fellow at the Hopes fading fast for peace effort Continued from Page 1 a war. The French, Germans, Italians and other Europeans favor a Middle East peace conference as a way of allowing Saddam to withdraw and partially save face. In Luxembourg, European Community officials discussed the Persian Gulf crisis today but voiced pessimism that Aziz would accept their offer to meet in Algiers in the next few days. Aziz said Wednesday that he wanted EC officials to come to Baghdad, but EC officials refused and had suggested Algiers as a compromise site. The United States and its allies were increasingly on a war footing, making final preparations at home and abroad.

The Britons evacuated their embassy in Baghdad today, leaving just one diplomat to settle final details, and the United States said all its diplomats would leave on Saturday. Germany said today that its last Baghdad-based diplomats had arrived home and the European Community was expected to coordinate evacuation plans for diplomats remaining from its member states. The United Nations today evacuated hundreds of personnel and their families from Israel. The Pentagon said restrictions on media coverage of military operations in the Persian Gulf region have taken effect and Bush ordered civilian manufacturers to fill military orders first. Were Mnbll NCR Co OlinCP PPG im PenrrtVJC Ppnna PwCI PhilaElec Polaroids Prix! Gam Quantum Swl BU Teiraeo UAL COfO USX Corv UnCartxto UnPacCe US wnt WeMftKEH WniMfcr WoolwrTft zwirne 54 43' M'4 sign of AIP Ntsws retreat by eitner and Reps.

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undertook a dangerous escape from Iran with her daughter after they were held as virtual prisoners there by her Iranian-born husband. Gekas intervened in a similar Pennsylvania case in 1989. In that case, a Hershey woman's four children were taken by their father to Jordan. The mother, Nabi-la Audi, got them back only after an elaborate exchange was worked out after long negotiations between U.S. and Jordanian officials and the children's father.

Nabila Audi had won custody of the children in the United States after the couple separated in 1988. But her husband was permitted unsupervised visitation after promising he would not take the children out of the country. Gekas intervened on the woman's behalf after the children disappeared, helping to set up the talks. Now, he says he is introducing legislation establishing penalties for illegally holding a child outside the United States. "The single most important benefit of our legislation is that it can act as a deterrent," Gekas said.

"A felony of international kidnapping in the context of marriage would act as a second-thought process to keep someone from abducting a child," he said. "Quite frankly, we are taking advantage of the attraction of the movie to highlight the fact that such a problem exists." Gekas is the ranking Republican on the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee. The premiere, held at the Union Station Theatres on Capitol Hill, was hosted by Gekas; Sens. Alan Dixon, D-II1. and Donald Riegle, WASHINGTON (AP) A Pennsylvania congressman is hoping his bill to strengthen child abduction laws will get a boost from, of all things, Sally Field's latest movie.

Republican George Gekas of Dauphin County normally pays little attention to movies. But he attended the premiere of "Not Without My Daughter" Wednesday because of its subject matter. Fields stars in the movie as Betty Mahmoody, a Michigan woman who Jittery troops must fight internal war Continued from Page 1 faith in your equipment and your training. You need the heart of the hunter." One of the reasons the military trains so hard to do the same things over and over and over again is to make a job second nature. That way, you can react without thinking.

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