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Delegation from VSDB will attend inauguration Page A3 SERVING STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO AND AUGUSTA COUNTY nn Daily New EADER JH rm -jfciL--Afci- Fire damages Peabody St. dwelling Holiday at last for N.H. The day honoring the slain civil rights leader was a state holiday for the first time in Arizona and New Hampshire. In Arizona, where voters approved the holiday in November, thousands marched to the state Capitol in Phoenix. "This is a victory and commemoration," said organizer Gene Blue.

See page B1 for complete cover-age of local observance. New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill issued an executive order last week changing the name of Civil Rights Day to King Day. A bill to change the name permanently is pending before the Legislature. On Monday, about 200 people gathered on the Statehouse lawn for the ringing of a Liberty Bell replica.

Thousands marched in Denver to honor King. In Memphis, 10,000 people visited the National Civil Rights Museum in the former Lorraine Motel, where King was shot ATLANTA (AP) Martin Luther King daughter urged people marking his holiday Monday to honor him by keeping public officials true to their word and she suggested that President-elect Clinton hasn't been. true follower of the prophet must point out when people say one thing during the campaign and do another, whether it's budget cuts, tax cuts or Haitian immigration," the Rev. Bernice Albertine King told 1,100 people who filled Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her father used to preach. "All we say, President-elect Clinton, is say what you mean and mean what you say.

Let your yea be a yea and your nay be a nay." Aaatopsy ceveaDs maw PEABODY ST. FIRE Staunton firefighters spread water over a house at 204 W. Peabody St. Monday afternoon to battle a blaze which traveled from the basement to the attic. The cause of the Investigation, said.

fire is undetermined and under a fire department spokesman (Photo by Robert Stevenson) (0)OD By CINDY CORELL Staff Writer Staunton firefighters spent two hours Monday afternoon battling a house fire on West Peabody Street. A fire department spokesman said the blaze was called in by neighbors who noticed smoke in the two-story house at 204 W. Peabody. The house is owned by Vinton and Shirley Muterspaw, according to city records, but the name of the occupant wasn't available Monday night. The residents were not home when the fire broke out.

Damage was said to be "moderate to extensive," and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Arriving at 4:29 p.m., firefighters were alerted by a volunteer on the scene that the fire was located in the basement. Heavy dark smoke was pouring from windows on the first and second floors, as well as from the attic, said Charles Cubbage of the fire department. Smoke was evident from the front and both sides of the house. Firefighters entered the basement through a door on the east side of the house.

Flames in the basement were knocked down in a matter of minutes, but fire had already gotten into the duct system and traveled to the upper floors. The fire was brought under control at 6:16 p.m. "We were fighting fire on two, sometimes three levels at a time," said Cubbage. Firefighters went into the building through a second-floor window on the west side and others climbed a ladder to fight the attic-level blaze. Twenty-four firefighters responded to the blaze with two engines and a salvage truck.

Firefighters remained on the scene until 6:54 p.m. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who put his country's bases at the disposal of the allied jets carrying out the raids, said U.N. Security Council resolutions must "be respected and implemented whether they pertain to the situation in the Gulf or the Palestinian case and that of the deportees, or that of the nation of Bosnia-Herzegovina." Bush, returning to the White House from a weekend at Camp David, told reporters he was grateful for Clinton's support. "There's no division on this question at all," he said. The Pentagon declared Sunday's cruise-missile firing at a nuclear weapons-related complex a success but acknowledged hitting the al-Rashid hotel in downtown Baghdad eight miles from the intended target.

"We regret the loss of life," a senior Pentagon official said, insisting on anonymity. U.S. officials had speculated earlier that the hotel had been hit by Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. The Pentagon said Monday's bombing deprived Iraq of a coordinated system for an air defense network in the south. The primary targets Monday were anti-aircraft missile batteries that survived in the southern "no fly" zone last Wednesday when coalition allies renewed military action.

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Highs in the low 40s. See complete weather, page A2. By CINDY CORELL Staff Writer "WAYNESBORO A city man found dead in his home Friday morning had been shot to death with a large caliber weapon, police here said Sunday. -The autopsy revealed Reginald Darnell Sease, 30, of 995 10th St. sustained no other injuries.

Waynesboro Police Lt. W.R. Maki said the incident may have been related to drug activity. cm u-- -lit MP 1 X. 4: a r.

i WASHINGTON (AP) American-led warplanes thundered into Iraq in daylight bombing raids Monday as President Bush devoted his final hours in office to a tense showdown with Saddam Hussein that strained the solidarity of the Gulf War coalition. "Let's just hope that the message has been delivered loud and clear," Bush said, hours after allied planes rained bombs on air-defense missile sites in southern Iraq and hit other targets in the north in limited strikes. "We did the right thing," he said. President-elect Clinton expressed support for Bush's action but there was pointed criticism from Arab nations that once supported military action against Iraq. The Cairo-based Arab League called on the United Nations "to adopt a policy of self-restraint and use the language of dialogue." The Russian government delivered a note to the State Department admonishing the Bush administration not to act militarily without the explicit approval of the U.N.

Security Council. The message, from Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev, said, "There are casualties among civilian populations which is especially regrettable." The Pentagon acknowledged that a cruise missile fired from a Navy ship Sunday had struck a Baghdad JL "It's a possibility," Maki said. "We're trying to stay openminded. It's improper to draw conclusions and then spend time trying to prove them." The case has drawn much attention, both from the local media and from residents who have been flooding the police department with information.

"We've gotten a lot of leads," Maki said. "We've been working on this steady since Friday morning." Five investigators with the depart- See REPORT Page A2 ft i' ft 4 I The group held Christopher Bat-tiste, 33, until police arrived. Bat-tiste, who lived in the shelter, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, Vreeland said. "The indications are that he was at the church service before the robbery," Vreeland said. "Apparently people inside found out what happened and chased the guy." Buttafuoco shooting BALDWIN, N.Y.

(AP) A shot was fired Monday into the auto body shop owned by Joseph Buttafuoco, Amy Fisher's alleged lover, police said. on Iraq, Monday. Monday In allied southern Iraq. hotel. Iraq said two civilians were killed.

The Pentagon said the missile was knocked off course by Iraqi fire. A senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hotel, home to many American and other visiting journalists, was not a target. The hotel, he said, was "adjacent to the flight path" of the missile. "These attacks could proceed without further warning," Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said. Officials said all allied planes returned safely.

Iraq said 21 people were killed all together. Monday's raid was the second in 24 hours and the latest in a siring of allied blows that began with a bombing run on southern Iraq last Wednesday. Clinton, two days from taking power, said the United States "will not waver" from demands that Saddam bow to terms of Gulf War ceasefire resolutions adopted by the United Nations two years ago. Iraq has challenged "no-fly" zones imposed by the allies in the north and south and has restricted U.N. weapons inspectors.

Appearing to back away from their wartime alliance with the West, Arab nations questioned why American resolve to enforce U.N. resolutions regarding Iraq did not extend to those concerning Israel of Bosnia-Herzegovina. SO 60 70t 80 80 100 1t0 E3 E3 IRAQ BOUND An unidentified service man loads missiles chalked "to Saddam with love," on a warplane aboard the USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf just before the last air strike Iraq claimed 21 people died air attack In northern and (AP Photo) News capsules The Accu-Weather forecast for noon, Tuesday, Jan, 19. 10i -0 0 10 20 30 40 Band separai high wmparatura zones lor lh day. Buttafuoco and three others were inside Complete Auto Body shop at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured.

Detective Charles Bartclomeo said. Buttafuoco's father, Casper, received a call Sunday night from an unknown person saying his son would be shot Monday, Barte-lomeo said. Police said they have no suspects. Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo, was shot in front of her Long Island home by Fisher, who allegedly was upset that he had ended their affair. Buttafuoco denied having an affair with Fisher.

Fisher, 18, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of assault and began serving a five-to- 15-year prison term last month. Woman beaten NEW YORK (AP) A group of churchgoers, a construction worker and men from a shelter chased down a man they believed beat an 80-year-old woman to death behind a church, police said. Doll Johnson was on her way to an afternoon Sunday service when she was hit on the head with a pipe and dragged behind the church, where the beating continued, police spokesman Sgt. Nick Vreeland said. "The suspect grabbed her pock-etbook and ran from the church.

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