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Orioles stop Indians, 4-2, to force Game 6 in ALCS In Sports 1 Redskins win Washington defeats Dallas, 21-16, on Stephen Davis' 2 TDs Sports Diana's death Can media ever let her rest in peace? Living Take this quiz to pinpoint your pressure points Living WEATHER: No delay on the nice weather. High in the mid-80s, low in the mid-60s. Details, D-2. TUESDAY, October 14, 1997 A Mm Seminole Seminole 50 cents The best newspaper in Florida 1 Denver will be remembered for more than music LOS ANGELES TIMES racelnsing te I ilies to watch the launch of a probe they have spent 15 years working on, had to keep bottles of champagne on ice. They wanted to see Cassini start a seven-year voyage to Saturn and its mysterious moon Titan.

Air Force Col. Doug Nowak, deputy operations commander at Cape Canaveral Air Station's 45th Space Wing, called the delay "frustrating. We all want to see this go as soon as possible." Opponents, who earlier this month staged a peaceful protest at Cape Canaveral in which 27 people were arrested, were happy with the outcome. Most opponents avoided the launch site Monday for fear of being contaminated with plutonium in the event of a launch explosion. Just one anti-Cassini activist picketed the air station on Monday.

"We're going to use every minute of it to encourage people to keep calling the White House, keep Please see CASSINI, A-7 The controversial, plutonium-carrying space probe is now set to launch at 4:43 a.m. Wednesday. By Seth Borenstein OF THE SENTINEL STAFF CAPE CANAVERAL Scientists' dreams of learning Saturn's secrets and protesters' nightmares of a plutonium-spewing rocket explosion return again early Wednesday. A Titan IV-B rocket carrying NASA's Cassini space probe did not launch early- Monday morning because of technical and weather problems. The launch is rescheduled for Wednesday at 4:43 a.m.

The delay prolongs the tension for two different groups. Scientists and engineers, gathered with their fam PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. John Denver, the earnest "country boy" who soared to fame in the 1970s with sunny, folksy songs such as "Rocky Mountain High," died when an experimental plane he recently purchased crashed into Monterey Bay during a test flight. He was 53. Denver's Long-EZ plane a home-built, single-engine two-seater plunged into a marine sanctuary thick with seals and sea otters Sunday afternoon.

A veteran pilot, Denver had practiced three touch-and-go landings in which he swooped down to the runway and then pulled back up. He then received permission from the Monterey Airport to' take the plane on a test spin down the coast. Air traffic controllers had no indication of trouble as he took off in clear skies. In fact, Denver's last words were a calm query about whether he had Please see DENVER, A-4 AP FILE Country Boy. John Denver, shown in 1976, died Sunday in a plane crash in California.

If'1 fx -to. Crossley trial fails to get far The judge ordered a postponement after the evangelist demanded a piece of digital audio equipment. By Rene Stutzman Free-trade pitch gets cool reply Venezuela, Brazil and their neighbors are not enthusiastic about the president's proposal to unite the hemisphere. By William Neikirk IV. 1 1 OF THE SENTINEL STAFF CHICAGO TRIBUNE SANFORD The murder-for-hire trial of evangelist George Crossley came to an unexpected halt Monday just as it was beginning.

About 30 minutes after pretrial motions began, Circuit Judge Seymour Benson ordered an indefinite delay. fx i 'v .1 I i "5 The postponement came after Crossley insisted he have access to a sophisticated piece of digital audio equipment. The device is needed to back one of two recordings made of a meeting between the former religious broadcaster and an undercover federal agent. At that meeting on CARACAS, Venezuela President Clinton preached his hemispheric free-trade message Monday at the tomb of South American liberator Simon Bolivar, but the region appeared less than eager to rally to his cause. The president was unable to conclude a modest reciprocal trade agreement with Venezuela to tax companies in both countries more fairly, and reaction to his free-trade proposal bordered on hostility in Bra-, zil, where he arrived Monday night "Clinton, the street-vendor president, plays hardball to make Brazil buy what it does not want," the Brazilian magazine Vega said in an article titled "The arrogance of the empire." In addition, Brazil is upset about a U.S.

business guide released by the Commerce Department saying corruption is "endemic" in the country. After Brazil protested, the U.S. toned down the document to say that corruption is "widespread." The cool response to Clinton's call for a free-trade zone from Alaska to Argentina by Please see CLINTON, A-4 v'" Crossley July 2, 1996, which also was captured on a separate videotape, Crossley can be heard agreeing to give the agent an unregistered 9mm handgun in exchange for the murder of his nemesis. The victim was to be George "Butch" Waldo, 54, of Eustis, the estranged husband of Crossley's former lover. Please see CROSSLEY, A-4 ASSOCIATED PRESS In Venezuela.

President Clinton shakes hands after making a speech Monday in Caracas. Juvenile crime in Florida drops for 2nd straight year Toni Jennings INDEX Juvenile crime Osceola was one of the few counties that posted increases in felonies by young offenders. Countystate trends I National: Section A Briefing Names Faces Nation Worid. Next launches Other news to A-3 A-3 A3 A4 '95-'96 (total crimes) '96-'97 change Orlando Sen. Toni Jennings appears to have enough support for a 2nd term as Senate president Local State, O-l Jessica at 11 Jessica McClure can't remember falling down a well 10 years ago.

Page A-7 By Michael Griffin I Business Section B-2 TALLAHASSEE BUREAU CHIEF Orange Seminole 'Osceola Lake Volusia Brevard Statewide 3,636 3,543 -3 1,462 1,239 -15 642 711 11 771 730 -5 1,907 1,793 -6 1,679 1,686 0 60,043 59,125 -2 I Sports: Section Scoreboard 9. ony crimes, or 918 fewer than in 1995-96. Juvenile Justice Secretary Calvin Ross said part of the reason for the drop is that more young offenders have been locked up since his department was created in 1994 and began building more juvenile prisons. During the 1992-93 year, the state had 4,278 secure beds for juveniles. Last year, there were 7,584 beds.

JZ "If you prey on others and act like dangerous you'll face some serious consequences," said Ross, a former Miami police chief. "The days of 'Here's a tap on the wrist' and worry about the consequences' are gone." Serious crimes by juveniles peaked at 63,225 during the state Department of Juvenile Justice's I Local State. Section 04 NEWS TIPS: 420-5411 I Living: Section Comics Crossword E-8 E-7 E-7 E-6 TALLAHASSEE The number felonies committed by Florida teenagers dropped slightly for the second year in a row, but Osceola County was among a few counties that showed increases in juvenile crimes. Overall, the state's felony crime rate for juveniles dropped 2 percent in the 1996-97 budget year compared with the year before, officials said Monday. There were a total of 59,125 fel co; JASON K.

JONESTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL committed by juveniles have dropped 37 percent, auto theft has gone down by 34 percent and armed robbery has declined by 19 percent Please see CRIME, A-4 first year of operation. 1 At the same time, the state's population of young people has grown, from 1.3 million three years ago to more than 1.4 million the past year. In the past few years, murders IN A WORD: pulverize, PUL-vathriz verb. To break down Today's word is on Page A-7. completer; demolish..