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JA Thursday Augimt5 1993 THE MONITOR McAllen Texas 4 4T JAPAN i coalition takes over The Associated Press Knight Ridder Newspapers The Associated Press 1 i PEOPLE Comic becomes pitchman for crunchy snack Associated Press Phone Number 686 4343 or Outside McAllen Area Call 1 800 366 4343 CHASE SIMON Oft' Ju Mm 'm 3 1 fl The Monitor Wednesday that Izetbegovic told UN of ficials that the Serbs must withdraw by i inCongress unsure £oi At a Capitol Hill news confer ence attended by a dozen Senate and House Republicans sponsors said they hoped for Democratic support a prerequisite if any parts of the plans are to become law a I 1 any waiting period for firearms purchases a major source of con troversy in earlier comprehensive crime legislation a ti ly CLARE NULLIS he Asaociaed Press The intention of proposal was not clear The Croats and Muslims once fought together against the Serbs' but their alliance has disintegrated in the recent drive for territory by the warring factions Karadzic who left Geneva with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic planned to travel Thursday to Bosnian Serb headquar TOKYO Cabinet re signed today paving the way for the end of 38 years of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party that guid ed Japan from post war suffering to unparalleled prosperity The coalition government that was to take power later in the day has pledged to clean up the corrup tion that was the Liberal Demo downfall but is not expected to change key foreign or economic policies Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa did not join the Cabinet of 20 min isters in resigning Thursday morn ing He must stay in power until the next government swears in a successor later today Parliament was expected to elect Morihiro Hosokawa leader of the Japan New Party and head of the conservative led coalition as replacement Although the Liberal Democrats are still largest single party they now go into opposition for the first time since 1955 outnumbered by a governing coalition promising major electoral reforms and strict campaign finance controls The coalition came to power touting its will to reform where the LDP was corrupt and many Japa nese are excited at the prospect of change fed up with the political scandals that have left the Liberal Democrats barely able to deal with necessities like the national budget think it would be great to see our lawmakers act like real mem bers of Parliament actually debat ing issues like they do in said Shigeru Takano a bank execu tive old conflict have been in Geneva for al most a week to discuss a Serb Croat peace plan that would divide Bosnia into three confederated ethnic republics Izetbegovic reluctantly agreed to the plan last riday but has for three days WASHINGTON Congres sional Republicans sought to seize the anti crime initiative Wednesday with a $75 billion proposal to build more prisons and put more police on the streets The package also urges stricter mandatory prison sentences ex panded use of the death penalty and speedier executions Omitted is Larry Wingert rank Lyon Daniel Cavazos Jenise Diaz Becky Solis Buford Matthews Linda Gonzales Trisha Drago RATES SINGLE COPY PRICE Daily 35 Sunday $100 (USPS 594 160) ounded in 1909 Published every morning by The Monitor Division of reedom Newspaper at 1101 Ash Avenue McAllen Texas 78501 The Monitor Is committed to providing our readers and advertisers In Hidalgo Starr and Zapata Counties with the best quality source of news and Information for a Rio Grande Valley community rich in its diversity and hometown values Second class postage paid at McAllen Texas 78501 POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGE TO: THE MONITOR PO BOX 760 McALLEN TEXAS 78505 THE MONITOR MANAGEMENT Publisher General Manager Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Director Classified Manager Marketing Promotions Manager WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? BY CARRIER $700 per month MONITOR SUBSCRIPTION MAIL RATES back Mladic indicated Wednesday his forces controlled all of Mount Igman southwest of Sarajevo although Bosnian commanders le 1tityi UldUULVU Hl? vituiu far as the cease fire is concerned we are going to do our best to help the situation calm Karadzic said as he left the UN building referring to a truce imposed last week but violated by all sides since then will try to get some UN person nel as a buffer between Serbs and Muslims nn these mountains so we could step back from these mountains to the previous pro stood he told reporters who introduced a resolution calling for the investigation of possible wrongdoing by lawmakers The ranking Republican on theHouse Committee on Standards of Official Conduct called the resolu tion premature because a federal criminal investigation is underway too early to get into said Rep red Grandy Iowa who wants to wait for the Justice Department to finish its probe 1 month Daily Sunday $1200 Sun Only $840 Daily Only $1110 MISS YOUR PAPER? I asked the president if I could rope him they said I would have looked like a Montana said Queen mother marks 93rd birthday LONDON Cheering crowds greeted a frail looking Queen Mother Elizabeth Wednesday as she made her traditional appearance at the gates of her London home on her 93rd birthday She smiled broadly and waved at hundreds of well wishers some of whom had waited overnight as a pipe and drum band marched past playing The Queen Mother chatted happily to dozens of children 4ho presented her with flowers and cards Using her umbrella to steady herself she then greeted some members of the crowd lining the street outside her home Queen Mother is the widow of wartime monarch King George VI and the mother of the present Queen Elizabeth II She has been forced to limit her public engagements since throat surgery in May to remove a fish bone The annual auction raises money for social services on the island Bidders get a chance to buy time with celebrities who have local ties Lasso lariat legend still roping along AGUA DULCE Calif Roping legend Montie Montana has lassoed everyone from schoolchildren to President Eisenhower At 83 he has no plans to hang up his lariat been lucky" Montana said recently worked in pictures and all that fancy stuff and yet I can get out on a horse and relax and enjoy the simple things in Montana a veteran of Western movies and TV shows plans to appear in the Rose Parade in Pasadena for the 60th time this New Year's Day Perhaps his most famous performance came during Eisenhower's inaugural parade in 1953 in Washington Montana asked if he could perform his usual stunt and Eisenhower agreed Gun toting Secret Service agents weren amused LYING LUNACY Members of the Elvi' led by Captain George Head left and Roger Rider1 oster right take a ride on the Busch Garden's loch Ness Monster roller coaster Wednesday in Wil GENEVA Bosnian peace talks ap peared close to collapse Wednesday after Bosnia's Muslim president demanded' that Kerbs withdraw from the strategic Igmannd Bjelasnica mountains near Sarajevo by riday i Serb and Croat leaders 'mean Khile issued their own demand before leaving Geneva for consultations jn their tome territories: they would not return GOP split on probe of Post Office scandal WASHINGTON A group of Republicans demanded an ethics in vestigation of stamps for cash schemes at the House Post Office but the proposal Wednesday caused a rift within the GOP far does this corruption spread? We must find said Rep Ernest Istook Jr Okla a The company says it's the first dvertising campaign for Chaseho will begin a late night comedy" i ilk show on the ox network in I eptember budget plan Even some The Associated Press liamsburg Va The lying Elvi known for their role in the film Honeymoon In Vegas parachuted into Busch Gardens for a cel ebration marking the 15th anniversary he said 1 However it was unclear whether Karadzic had either the influence or the inclination to rein in his victorious general who has tightened the stranglehold around Saraievo in defiance of the peace negotia tions and the threat of possible Western military action US special envoy Reginald Bar tholomew met both Milosevic and Karadz ic to brief them about NATO's threat to use air strikes to if the Serb siege of Sarajevo continues and if aid convoys con tinue to be blocked impressed upon them the seriousness of the decision and I believe they under BALKAN WAR Peace talks falter as all sides issue demands We hope not But should you not receive your copy of The Monitor by 6 am please call our office at 686 4343 or 1 800 366 4343 and a newspaper will be delivered to your door Complaint service is available until 9 am each day HAVE A NEWS STORY OR SUGGESTION? appear in three omniercials or its new liins The irst which Shows Chase I escuing a bagf chips while elderly roman is run I iver by a teamroller vill premiere Thursday Old guard is out: Couple bids $81000 for private concert EDGARTOWN Mass To one couple who spend their summers on Vineyard nobody does it better than Carly Simon Jack and Sandy Dings bid 581000 at a benefit auction Monday night for a private concert by the singer Simon helped the bidding by promising to sing on the spot if people made higher offers When it appeared the bidding would end at $77000 Simon started singing Does it That inspired the Dingses song is very very special to us Mrs Dings said Simon agreed to sing a second Leno host of The Tonight Show concert for an anonymous losing appeared in Doritos commercials bidder who offered to match the from 1986 to 1990 winning bid 1 rLATMu rexas nevy Kinase till appear in TV commercials for the same product that fiis future late night rival Jay Leno jisedjp pitch ritqnLay Inc said Tuesday that JJiasewill WASHINGTON The Big f'Conifes todav Yet most mem ers of fongress entirely are on Suremerevafe theoutlines of Itresident huge budget package: $496 billion" deficit reduction' package of spending cuts rand tax 'increases a 43 cent a gallon increase in the gasoline tax(farm fuels exempted) higher So 'ciai Security taxes for retired cou jples with annual" inibmes higher taxes for couples 'earning over $140000 lower taxis jfor the working poor i But 'fhe bilb also contains thou 1sandgof otherjjctaUs affecting ev erything' from hormones in dairycows to luxury taxes on private air Inlanes and yachts And as the Svheel i ng ahd deal ihg hit" flood btage here Wednesday' even many Sawtaakers' were uncertain what's in out There Was no print ed copy of the final bill have not seen the bill or a eport on the bill yet and we may rot see anything before the rumbled Lisa Gagnon spokesper son for Rep Pat Roberts a Kansas Republican now pret One problem is the sheer breadth 'f the package Even its most ada nant opponents Senate Minority rcader Bob Dole Kan to name ne like some parts Dole favors i epealing the 10 percent luxury tax which is blamed for hurting the I Cansas economy by crippling pri rate jet sales The House is scheduled to vote in the budget package Thursday he Senate on riday i CONGRESSIONAL NOTES Republicans offer anti crime plan want probe of House scandal Phone Number 686 4343 Ext 297 Mid Valley Residents Phone 1 800 366 4343 I 1 893 THE MONITOR I I Cantona ol tmnpapw iray not toproduod wShout permitUon of THE MONITOR Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has prom ters in Pale to try to press Mladic to pull ised that his forces would withdraw from the mountains his powerful military com mander Gen Ratko Mladic has not obeyed Meanwhile Izetbegovic said he has pro refused to discuss the actual division of the posed that a joint Croat Muslim republic country unless Serbs withdraw from the be formed mountains around the besieged capital Be fore Wednesday however he had not set a deadline Mustafa Bihedic ambassador Jntil Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic to the United Nations in Geneva said I It nf romiseo io meet mem saiu uoiucicnw lookesman John Mills The warring factions in the 6 month riday or he would not negotiate National 1 ntek ati on a 3 1 I II S3 11 i I ts 1 1 1 1 vZ5' ffcili IP i 1 The Monitor I.