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Holding the line I UM's Thatcher Szalay wants to dominate the opposition on every play. Sports 1B SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2001 The Source STATE EDITION 4 Attack fallout: Jobless rate leans to 5.4 I 1 1 Today's briefing Economists believe country in 'nasty recession' Unemployment Here is a look at the unemployment rate for the past year. Seasonally adjusted ON THE BLOCK: Everything from ceramic turkeys to signed cowboy books were sold Friday as part of the Virginia Snook Estate auction at the Shrine Auditorium. 1C MAYOR'S WORK: Billings City Councilman Mark Elisor) wants his colleagues to consider making the mayors position a better-paying job. Elison asked City Administrator Dennis Taylor on Thursday to put a discussion of the proposal on the agenda when the council meets Monday.

1C I in September to 5.4 percent last month the highest since December 1996. "It's not good news for America," President Bush said, urging the Senate to quickly pass an economic revival package. He said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had not only taken thousands of lives but had also "threatened the livelihoods of thousands of American work- Economists said they no longer had any doubt that the country was in recession and warned that it could be deeper and longer than they initially thought "We are clearly in the of a nasty recession," Cheney, chief economist with John Hancock Services. losses touched every the economy, not just hotels, restaurants and travel-dependent indus tries, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The surprise? "The magnitude of the declines and how broad-based they were," said Mark Zandi of Economy.com. "It was pretty clear the report was going to be bad, but this was beyond bad in every way." Businesses slashed 415,000 jobs in October, the worst monthly cut in payrolls since May 1980. Those widespread job losses catapulted the unemployment rate from 4.9 percent WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's unemployment rate shot up to 5.4 percent in October and job losses surged to the highest level in more than two decades as the full brunt of the terrorist attacks hit an already weak economy. U.S. chopper crashes; crew rescued by 2nd rescue helicopter Associated Press American airstrikes in Afghanistan won't pause during the Muslim observance of Ramadan, President Bush said Friday.

In Afghanistan, a U.S. helicopter crashed while trying to rescue a sick soldier, and the injured crew had to be saved in rum. The helicopter crashed at about 11:30 am. MST nighttime in Afghanistan because of severe weather. Four crew members were injured, though their wounds were not life-threatening, a Pentagon statement said.

A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a second helicopter rescued the first chopper's crew. The Defense Department statement said the entire helicopter crew was safely returned from Afghanistan and the four injured were getting medical care. The downed helicopter was later destroyed by F-14 Tomcats flying from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Pentagon statement said, to prevent the helicopter from falling into Taliban or al-Qaida hands. Freezing rain also had halted attempts to put more U.S. special forces on the ground, defense officials said Friday.

"The enemy won't rest during Ramadan and neither will we," Bush said at the White House. "We're going to pursue this war until we achieve our objectives." The monthlong holiday begins around Nov. 17. The president chided critics who are demanding more aggressive U.S. action and said the American people understand the struggle will be a long one.

This is not an instant gratification war," the president said. The 27 days of airstrikes have made it harder for the Taliban to communicate, to defend themselves, and to hide, the president said. "We're slowly but surely tightening the net on the enemy," Bush said. Taliban air defenses have been demolished in the first four weeks of the air assault, he said. American B-52 bombers pummeled Taliban front lines Friday with dozens of bombs north of the capital, drawing cheers from opposition fighters and futile artillery fire from Taliban gunners.

With fresh snow on the mountains, the bombardment appeared aimed at a breakthrough on the ground ahead of the harsh Afghan winter. "There are too many to count!" 20- throes said Bill Financial Job part of airlines, other Stats CURFEW CONSIDERED: Gibson Bailey, of West Yellowstone, supports late-night restrictions on snowmobiles in town. But some are treating the issue as a way to show a commitment to snowmachines, the base of the town's winter economy. 1C GUTSY MOVES: State and federal biologists say grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park seem to know when elk hunting season begins in Montana and Wyoming: They leave the park and head for the gut piles hunters leave behind. 4C TRADITION CONTINUES: Eric Gysler, paralyzed from an accident when he was in college, will get the chance to hunt for big game again thanks to a new block management hunting program.

2C SENATORS SPLIT: Montana's senators split their votes this week on a $32.8 billion Treasury bill that would appropriate money for northern border security and an annual cost-of-living raise for members of Congress. 6C Nation Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said he Is bracing for the discovery of more anthrax letters in truckloads of decontaminated mall that postal authorities are sorting. 3A TV UMrrS: Americans in rural areas with no cable service worry that their TV options might be limited by a plan announced this week for the owner of satellite TV provider, Dish Network, to buy DirecTV the only other major player in the satellite TV business. 2A vsforidiii NORTHERN IRELAND: Northern Ireland's Catholic-Protestant government faced suspension or collapse Friday after two rebellious Protestant lawmakers refused to support their party chiefs effort to be re-elected government leader. 5A ARGENTINA DEBT: Investors objected Friday to a plan by Argentina's president to stave off a national financial meltdown with a debt swap that could cost them billions of dollars.

The country carries $132 billion debt load. 5A VVeather Sunny, breezy High 63 Low 38 Mostly sunny and breezy. 8C 3 ers. Please see Jobless, as the ground appeared to be directing Friday's strikes, opposition forces said, as U.S. war planners worked to send additional special forces troops into Afghanistan amid bad weather.

Friday's bombing north of Kabul as well as strong American attacks against Taliban positions defending the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif appeared aimed at enabling the northern opposition alliance to break the Taliban's front lines, where the Islamic militia has reportedly beefed up its forces. The opposition also has reinforced its troop strength near the front lines, but it still appears far outgunned and out-manned by the Taliban. Heavier U.S. bombardments in recent days have not translated into any significant opposition gains. The intensity of Friday's strikes north of Kabul was the latest sign that America Please see Attacks, 8A I i 5.5 NDJFMAMJJASO 2000 2001 8A SOURCE: Department of Labor AP Microsoft antitrust settlement debated WASHINGTON (AP) The antitrust settlement negotiated between Microsoft Corp.

and the government could bring consumers new technology from rival companies that works better than ever with Microsoft's Windows system. It also could give computer makers new flexibility in how they design their products. But critics of the prospective deal say it still would leave Microsoft firmly in the most powerful position in the nation's technology industry, F0T more despite tough fh rulings by the on ine federal courts MlCTOSOft that the com- i pany is an Me- aeal' 9 I0- gai monopo- yywwJaillings Sics dTeridSee gazette.com as ineffective the changes Microsoft would be ordered to make to Its flagship Windows software, which runs nearly all mainstream desktop computers. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates "is dancing in the corridors of Microsoft because yet again he dodged a bullet," charged Ken Wasch, head of the Washington-based Software Information and Industry Association. He said the Please see Microsoft, 8A Mega-Microsoft Microsoft Corp.

and the Justice Department presented a settlement of antitrust charges to a judge on Friday. The settlement would make restrictions that would help smaller software makers be competitive with the now dominant Microsoft Operating systems market share Unix Linux 3 1 Apple 6 SOURCE: Giga Information Group AP l' i. A. i 1 i i Associated Press An FA-18 Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Friday. The Roosevelt has launched more than 900 combat missions over Afghanistan since Oct 17.

.1 5 I National Guard patrols bridges in California, 3A Terrorism risk seen at nuclear power plants, 3A N.Y. firefighters protest cuts in WTC force, 4A year-old opposition fighter Shamsher Khan said of the deafening blasts that reverberated across the Shomali Plain, 25 miles north of Kabul. Plumes of white, black and gray smoke rose thousands of feet into the air. The bombing was the heaviest so far along the Kabul front in the nearly 4-week-old air campaign. U.S.

forces on Nuremberg trials are vivid memory her for court-reporting school Court reporters take down every word during trials and other formal proceedings. Although machines now help court reporters, Spitz used only shorthand, pen and paper throughout the Nuremberg By MARY PICKETT Of The Gazette staff The Nuremberg trials happened more than 50 years ago, but the horrors that they revealed still are vivid to Vivien Spitz. Classified IE Movies 7A Comics 5E Opinion 4A Deaths 6C Religion 3C Load A State 1C Sports IB Markets 2D Tempo 6D Moneywatdi ID TV 6E As a young court reporter at the trials, Spitz heard doctors and their victims tell of medical experiments conducted under the Nazi regime. Spitz will be in Billings to i speak about the trials on Monday. In a telephone interview from her home in Denver, Spitz, 77, talked about her experiences Jj VQU 0 Vivien Spitz will speak at 7 p.m.

Monday in Rocky Mountain College's Taylor Auditorium in Losekamp Hall. She graduated from court-reporting college in 1943. After taking her first job in Detroit, she heard about the U.S. War Department calling for court reporters for the Nuremberg trials. She went to Germany in November 1946 and stayed 18 months.

2001 The Billings Gazette, a Lee Newspaper, 116th year, No. 185 rti aAndifsgoodiA gallery of photos Ci I from the Billings West, Great Falls Ty-J High football game. i. The first of the 13 Nuremberg trials was for major leaders of Nazi Germany and was conducted by judges from the four allied powers the Please see Trials, 8A at Nuremberg. She grew up in Woodstock, 111., a small town 70 miles northwest of Chicago.

A high-school business teacher nudged Spitz toward her future career by increasing her shorthand speeds to levels that qualified Photo courtesy of Vivien Spitz Court reporter Vivien Spitz, right, Is pictured during the Nuremberg Trials in 1947 with German Adm. Karl Doenitz, left Doenitz was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Spitz will speak about the trials on Monday at Rocky Mountain College. 11.