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"V7" tnw- pies Junior League cookbook won't steer you wrong Cexlillac leads Bucks to triumph Want a Racine building? Cheap? Feds trying to sell Main-Lake Page 6C Cloudy, li -T cooler I 1 For detttii, tat pg Page 1C Page IB wiJwiniii Some international news reports, based on Londono's comment, interpreted it to mean Barco was angry with the United States. La Prensa, a Bogota daily with access to presidential advisers, said Monday the problem appears to be within the Barco government and stems from a dispute between the president and his foreign minister. Caracol, quoting an unidentified, high-ranking source in the government, said Londono was preparing his resignation Monday afternoon. Monday was a holiday in Colombia and none of the government offices were open for official comment. The Colombian Embassy in Washington issued a statement Monday denying that the United States tried to set up a blockade in Colombia's coastal waters and saying America gave assurances it will not interfere with Colombian flag ships, even on the high seas, without permission of Colombia's Defense Ministry.

State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said, "A blockade would mean shutting down everything, and that, obviously, is not our intention." A diplomat with the U.S. Embassy told The Associated Press on Monday that Barco had not sent a protest note or objected in any other way, officially or unofficially, to the increase of Caribbean patrols. The official asked to remain anonymous so he would not become a target of the cocaine gangs. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Dissension was reported within the government over increased U.S. naval activity in the Caribbean against drug traffickers and the foreign minister was reported Monday to be preparing his resignation.

However, late Monday in a interview with Radio Car-acol from Washington, Colombia's ambassador to the United' States, Victor Mosquera Chain, said Foreign Minister Julio Londono Paredes had told him he was not resigning. The Bush administration said publicly in Washington it was not planning a naval blockade off Colombia as part of the drug war and the government of President Virgilio Barco said it received private assurances as well. The United States said earlier it was increasing air and sea patrols in international waters, and Barco was reported in favor. But protests came from Colombia's opposition Conservatives and leftist Patriotic Union Party. Protests were expected because Barco's 5-month-old confrontation with Colombia's powerful cocaine barons, seen as courageous elsewhere, has received relatively little support here.

Confusion over Colombia's position on the U.S. action resulted from a statement Sunday by Londono that the government rejects any attempt to search Colombian ships. UtTDQ-fDed plan DoncDydes fopBDdlDirog two schools Police investigate homicide By John Kesfs Journal Times A young woman was found dead in her kitchen Monday night, the victim of an apparent homicide, Racine police said early today. Investigators were still uncertain early today whether the woman, in her early 20s, had been shot or stabbed to death. Police and witnesses said the woman was found in a pool of blood just inside the front door of 1019 Parker Ave.

Furniture and other household items were strewn about the home, indicating a struggle had taken place, police said. The dead woman's 4-month -old daughter was found unharmed in the two-story house, according to police-officers took the baby, dressed in pink, from the home and turned her over to a relative or family friend, police said. Police said neighbors two houses away told them they did not hear or see anything unusual during: the evening.Since police did not nave permission to be inside the home, investigators secured the house and went outside until they could obtain a search warrant. Though the plan saves neighborhood schools an issue that drew dozens of people in support to recent board meetings and calls for no closings, it does so at the expense of remodeling, building and some redistricting. It also raises the possibility of Unified having to face a voter referendum on whether to pay for school a Unified unveils '90-'91 budget building improvements during the next decade.

The plan was developed during the last month after board members asked for details on the implications of the 10 goals suggested by the community strategic planning committee last fall. Only one of those goals, which deal with everything from communication to early childhood education, was changed in the administration's proposal. By Barbara Taylor Journal Times A multimillion-dollar Racine Unified School District plan released Monday would result in two new schools, extensive remodeling, some redistricting and new programs, but would not close any existing schools. School administrators said they listened to public opposition to the proposed closing of some old inner-city elementary schools and crafted a plan that maintains those schools and moves few children. Highlights of the plan include: Construction of a new middle school in Mount Pleasant during the 1992-93 school year.

Construction of a new elementary school in the current inner-city Winslow. Elementary -School area during the 1992-93 school year. Complete remodeling and expansion of Garfield Early Childhood School. An expenditure of $5,075 million each year for 10 years to maintain facilities and provide technical equipment for students. (I ll spy A.

1CH1 -ffVSf vj? Mark rtortzborgJournal TlmM Police were on the scene late into the night. Experts say Noriega arrest unlikely to slow drug trade While the committee stated its top goal as providing "equivalent, up-to-date" facilities to all children, Superintendent Don Woods suggested that the goal be reworded to provide facilities "needed to effectively deliver the instructional program." Woods said the revision made the goal "less demanding." The Woods plan has immediate and long-range components stretching through the next decade. After principals from Johnson Elementary and West Ridge Elementary schools said that current overcrowding conditions have left the schools using storage closets for offices, the board was told that it will be asked to approve building additions for both schools for next year. The board will be asked next Monday to approve a $2.3 million 14-room addition, a library, and a gymnasium iat West Ridge. For $896,400 a two-room addition and library has been requested for Johnson.

The immediate plan also calls for (Please turn to UNIFIED. 2A) Mandela release near: Wife PAARL, South Africa (AP) An upbeat Winnie Mandela met her jailed husband Nelson Mandela on Monday for talks about his widely expected release, which she believes will be within weeks. Mrs. Mandela, who visited her husband for three hours, has never emerged from a visit so optimistic about prospects of freedom for Mandela, who has been jailed almost 28 years. "This is the first time I have accepted as a reality that he will be released this year," Mrs.

Mandela said. "This is the real thing." As recently as two weeks ago, Mrs. Mandela was playing down speculation that her husband would be freed early in 1990. She said Monday that no release date had been given to her or her husband. Asked whether it would be weeks or months frorpnow, however, she replied: "I don't think we are talking about months." Since taking office in August, President F.W.

de Klerk has freed several of Mandela's colleagues from the outlawed African National Congress guerrilla movement. A broad range of black leaders have said they cannot accept de Klerk's invitation to negotiate a new constitution until Mandela is freed. There is strong speculation de Klerk will make a statement about Mandela's status when he opens Parliament on Feb. 1. Added Rensselaer Lee III, a con-.

sultant and lecturer who specializes in Latin American drug trafficking issues: "I get suspicious when people hail these as major coups a Noriega aides "I'm talking about the total flow of drugs, the total flow of money." The Drug Enforcement Administration also is reluctant to expect any remarkable decline in drug fficking or money-laundering. "No single event, no matter how significant it is, will result in the immediate impact on availability of drugs in the United States," said Frank Shults of the DEA. "There are numerous financial centers throughout the world," Shults said. "Drug traffickers are very flexible in their ability to move their money. They will no doubt exploit whatever markets they are able to." take refuge WASHINGTON (AP) Drug traffickers began shying away from Panama when the United States began clamping down on Gen.

Manuel Antonio Noriega in 1987, according to experts who say his ouster 'will have little immediate impact on the cartels' ability to move drugs and launder money. "It inconveniences the Colombians no doubt some, but nothing that's going to make any noticeable difference to America's drug problems," said Peter Reuter of The Rand Corp. "No one ever said that Panama was the exclusive, or even the dominant laundry. Laundries are available in a lot of places." Associated Press Jim Davidson against the drug trade, because they're really not. "In terms of any impact on the flow of drugs or money through the banking system, the impact of Noriega's arrest will be nil," Lee said.

Andy Koffman of Seattle with Goliath frogs. Records in Frog Jubilee may leap out of sight Salvadoran questions remain Twain's story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Imagine basketball players 40 or 50 feet tall. That's about the human equivalent of the frogs Koffman wants to enter in the contest to be held in May in Angels Camp, Calif. "I'll apply for a green card for these guys if I have to," Koffman said Sunday. "This is what America is all about." Koffman is the sole importer of the Goliath frog.

SEATTLE (AP) An amphibian importer has spawned a controversy by entering giant frogs in the annual Frog Jump Jubilee, making some people hopping mad because the jumbo jumpers can stretch three feet and weigh up to 15 pounds. Organizers say Andy J. Koffman, 40, has created a "superfrog crisis" with his bid to enter 10 oversized amphibians from Africa in the whimsical competition started by Mark SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) President Alfredo Cristiani's acknowledgment that the military was responsible for killing six priests at the Central American University did not go far enough, its new rector said Monday. "He only confirmed what we have said from the beginning. We need something more complete," said the Rev.

Francisco Estrada of Cristiani's announcement Sunday night. Military and government officials declined to return telephone calls seeking elaboration of the president's admission that soldiers were responsible for the Nov. 16 slayings of six priests and educators and two women who lived on the Jesuit-run campus. Cristiani, in a five-minute nationwide address, did hot say who has been implicated in the crime, or give any idea of their number or rank. The chief of the joint chiefs of staff said Sunday night that 47 members of an elite battalion, including two officers, were being questioned in connection with the slayings.

But it was still unclear Monday if those soldiers and officers were the ones referred to by Cristiani. The United States on Monday praised Cristiani's announcement, but to Estrada, the speech "was not relevant." "It is not enough that they (the armed forces) put forward a sergeant. The question is, who ordered that sergeant to do it," said Estrada, who replaced the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuria, one of those murdered, as rector. Cristiani said a commission has been created "to determine the exact circumstances (of the slayings) and clarify the truth in its complete magnitude." Sisfte eyes use off ZaUmni's fouofldoing Index 4C Obituaries 5B Opinion 6A 8A Racine 3A-4A 1B Stock 6C TV 4C 8A, Wisconsin 5A Ann 5C Bridge 8B 6C Classified 5B Comics 5C Crosswords 7-8 Daily record 5A Dr.

4C Food 1C 7B vehicle registration center would remain at 4901 Washington Aye. The state now leases about 27,500 square feet of office space at six locations at rates ranging from $3.31 to $10.87 per square foot. Strohl said that James Klauser, Department of Administration secretary, toured the Zahn's property, a vacant warehouse at 1 Main St. and space in the Mil Bank of Racine building, 441 Main St. The Zahn's property, which last housed a department store in 1981, was seen as the best choice because of its proximity to the courthouse, a major bus stop and parking, he said.

four-story department store building and a two-story annex next door, he said. They also would like to buy a building at 510 Monument Square occupied by Household Finance. The annex would be torn down and the other buildings would be remodeled into office space. Converse said that two architects who looked at the property have made cost estimates. He declined to be specific other than to say the project would cost "a lot of money." There is about 35,000 to 40,000 square feet of usable space in the Zahn's property, he said.

The state offices would occupy about three- Pha turn WT ATE, 2A) By Paul J. Hollay Journal Times Business editor A one-stop government center in Downtown Racine is moving closer to reality. Sea Joseph Strohl, D-Racine, said Monday the state Department of Administration has picked the former Zahn's building, 500 Monument Square, as the best available The center, proposed by Strohl last spring, would bouse seven state agencies including Job Service, Department of Revenue and the Public Defender. The Division of Mo)r Vehicles driver's license and Negotiations have started between the state and two Chicago partners who hold an option to buy the property from Goldstein Properties of Santa Monica, Calif. The developers are Peter Converse, president of Wexford Group and Roger G.

Hill II, president of Gettys Group. is involved in building rehabilitation and property development in the Chicago area. Hill, a Racine native, is a developer who made an unsuccessful bid to build a Racine lake-front hotel in 1987. "We've already talked in Borne depth to the state," said Converse. "We hope it happens quickly." The partners would acquire the f.

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