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'GIANT PEACH' Play is big adventure for young actors ENJOY9D NATION: Defense budget survives Senate's ax NATION-WORLD2A NCAA: Final Four preview, champion predictions SPORTS1 Uta COPYRIGHT 1992, I 1 1 BILLINGS GAZETTE 333 Oiii 107th Year, No Friday, April 3, 1992 Billings, Montana 59103 (Sir Billings police search for motive, suspect 4 4 0 4 1 just looked at us like 'What were we doing on the And that's when she was shot. "Boom, boom, boom. It was so fast Then she said, 'I'm hit I'm One of the shots hit Hertz in the stomach, and the youth died about 1 hours later at Deaconess Medical Center. She was conscious when police arrived and she gave officers her name. Yellowstone County Coroner Bill Jones said the bullet pierced her liver, and she bled to death.

Bell said Hertz later told an emergency medical worker she didn't know shots were being fired, but "felt a burning sensation in her stomach and then realized she had been shot" Three shots went through the front door, and three others hit near the frame. Detectives recovered from the house several bullets, apparently shot from a .357 Magnum, Bell said. A .357 revolver holds six rounds, meaning the gunman probably emptied the weapon before fleeing. Witnesses said the shots were fired in rapid succession. 'Just sitting around' Maciel said none of the three men knows why shots were fired into the house.

He said they had just met Hertz Wednesday night, and the youth identified herself as "Saman-tha." "We were just sitting around, listening to music and having a good time," Maciel said. "Maybe the guy was gun crazy or Investigators, however, suspect the three men may know more about the shooting than they've said. By NICK EHLI Of the Gazette Staff A 16-year-old Billings runaway was killed early Thursday morning by a man who fired several shots through the door of a South Side home. The victim, identified as Natalie Hertz, was at a small party at 2914 Fifth Ave. S.

at 12:35 a.m. when six shots were fired from a large-caliber handgun through the closed door. Billings police were still searching late Thursday for a lone gunman they believe approached the house on foot, fired the shots and then drove away in a brown pickup, said Detective Capt. George BelL Sorting out why Detectives haven't yet pinpointed a motive. Bell said, however, that the shooting was apparently planned, but Hertz was probably not the intended target "We can assume a lot of things," Bell said "Personally, I believe It wasn't a random shooting.

There was a reason for a shooting at that particular residence. We're just beginning to sort out why." Three other men, who live in the house and are familiar to city police, were also at the party but were not injured. Bell identified the three men as Rick Larouse, Ted Maciel and Fred Romero. Inside the house "We all took a dive for the floor," Maciel said Thursday afternoon while waiting for police to remove barriers from the house. "Except she didn't know what was going on.

She i I a OazMtt photo By Uny Mayor Billings Police interview witnesses who were inside the house during Thursday morning's shooting. from her home in Lockwood, dating back to 1990. Ron Owen, a friend of the victim who came by the house Thursday morning, said he believes Hertz was an innocent bystander. "I dont know," he said. "I guess she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time." pickup driving north on South 30th Street shortly after shots were fired.

The witness said either a black or Hispanic male with dark curly hair was driving the pickup, a 1979 to 1984 four-wheel-drive Chevrolet with a chrome front end, a chrome tailgate protector and honeycomb wheels. The witness saw the same pick up drive slowly past the house a second time after police had arrived, Bell said. Detectives said Hertz had been living for the last few days with friends at 424 S. 29th St, across the street from where she was killed. Bell said police have received numerous reports of Hertz running away "Let's just say they don't seem to be overly cooperative in our investigation," Bell said.

A witness who lives nearby told police he heard the shots, looked out a window and saw a black man running from the house, Bell said. Bell also said another witness reported seeing a dark-brown or black Libyan rioters attack embassies IRS: Most unpaid taxes will never be collected Target: Nations that support U.N. sanctions LIBYA EGYPT countries, including the United States, had warned their citizens in recent weeks to leave Libya. Not spontaneous Diplomats said they thought the demonstrations were orchestrated, possibly by revolutionary committees loyal to Gadhafi. With the intense police activity in Libya, it was unlikely the demonstrations could have occurred spontaneously, they said.

Many protesters arrived in busloads, and police reinforcements turned up early at several targeted embassies. "We didnt ask for protection," said Austrian Ambassador Wilfried Almoslechner. "They just came." At the Russian embassies, however, police arrived 15 minutes late, diplomats said. "They just watched it unfurl," said Aga Babyan, the Russian first secretary. abstained in Tuesday's 104 vote to impose sanctions on Libya.

Hundreds of students smashed furniture and ripped up the garden at the Venezuelan mission. Others tried to break into the Russian Embassy and destroyed four cars, then burned a Russian flag on the ambassador's limousine when they were turned back. Protests at other sites Rocks were thrown at the Austrian mission and boisterous protests were held outside the French and Italian embassies. Hundreds of riot police with shields and batons kept the chanting protesters away from the Belgian and Italian missions, which also represent the United States and Britain in diplomatic dealings with Libya. Despite the violence, there were no mass attempts by foreigners to leave the country.

Many Western WASHINGTON (AP) The backlog of unpaid federal taxes has ballooned to (111 billion and barely one-quarter of that is likely to be collected, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday. IRS Commissioner Shirley D. Peterson said the rest is divided about equally among erroneous assessments, insolvent businesses and individuals with personal hardships. "A quarter of the inventory is not owed, but results from errors by taxpayers and the IRS," Mrs. Peterson told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.

"There is little that we can do to collect amounts in bankruptcy or which taxpayers cannot pay." This is the first time the IRS has offered a detailed breakdown of these accounts receivable, which include all types of federal taxes that have been assessed but not paid. The total grew from $96.3 billion on Sept 30, 1990, to $110.7 billion a year later. About $29 billion is realistically considered collectible, Mrs. Peterson said Politicians of both parties often point to the accounts receivable backlog as a source of money for reducing the budget deficit and to pay for new programs. The new analysis presents a far smaller kitty to covet About 60 percent of accounts receivable are owed by businesses, chiefly as a result of failing to turn over payroll taxes collected from workers.

Most of the 40 percent of the backlog attributable to individuals results from failing to pay taxes when a return is filed or when the IRS completes an audit In fact only about half the corporate backlog is overdue taxes; the remainder is interest and penalties. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Young Libyans with firebombs sacked the Venezuelan Embassy and tried to storm the Russian mission Thursday during a day of protests against countries that supported a U.N. air and arms embargo on Libya. The U.N. Security Council, in emergency session, demanded Libya pay for damage to the embassies and laid blame for the attacks on CoL Moammar Gadhafl "This is so transparently and obviously directed to bring pressure on members of the Security Council," said U.S.

Ambassador Thomas Pickering. Women and schoolgirls carried white flowers to the embassies of India and Morocco, two of the five U.N. Security Council members that The official Libyan news agency JANA said dozens of demonstrators were hospitalized after clashes with riot police. Western diplomats said they had no reports of any injuries. The sanctions were imposed on Libya after it refused to surrender six alleged Intelligence agents sought in the bombings of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 and a French airliner in 1989, hich killed a total of 441 people.

The sanctions win take effect on April 15 if Libya does not hand over the suspects. INSIDE Gotti jury takes 1 3 blows at 'Teflon Don's' fame Learning to drive? Here's some advice1 (Five sections) Auto Plus 1E Living 7B City State 1 Markets 8C Classified 3E Movies -1 3-1 5D Comics 5C Opinion 7A Deaths 2B Sports 1C 1D TV 6C Landers 5C Weather 10A Frank "Frankie Loc" LoCascio, 59, were charged with murder, murder conspiracy, illegal gambling, toansharking, obstruction of justice, bribery of a public official and tax fraud At the prosecution table, lead prosecutor John Gleeson the subject of much Gotti vilification throughout the dramatic seven-week trial remained impassive. Gleeson was co-prosecutor when Gotti won a racketeering case in the same courthouse in 1987. At a press conference with Fox and Brooklyn VS. Attorney Andrew Makmey, he said.

"At that moment we said the jury had spoken. We say it again today." FBI boss Fox said that as a result of Thursday's verdicts, the government has quickened organized crime's decline. Gotti and the defense attorneys were stunned when the jurors sent word out at 1 pm. that they had reached a verdict Lawyers met with Gotti and LoCascio in the basement boktng pen before confronting reporters. TVy said Gotti tried to lift their spurts.

Gotti's prison poss-bt(ities9A Potential successors have drawbacks9A Mafia family will die in prison. Gotti will remain in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan until sentencing June 21 When the jury foreman announced that the government had "proven" the first racketeering crime, the man who became the most infamous gangster since Al Capone rocked slightly back in his chair with a taut smile of resignation. The first "proven" crime was the 1985 murder of former Gambino crime family boss Paul Castel-lano outside Sparks Steak House is Manhattan, meaning that the jury had decided that just as Gotti rose to power with Caste Ilano'i murder be should now fall because of it As the foreman continued to call out the verdicts that would be the nails for GottTs coffin, in-chiding four more murders, Gotti turned to a defense lawyer, rubbed his back affectionately and said, "Dont worry, the fights not over." In the front row of spectators, Gottis supporters shook their heads with (fcsbebef as became apparent the jury had completely lowered the boom on their leader. Besides racketeering, Gotti and top beutenant Court: It took government 4 tries to nail powerful Mafia boss By GENE MUSTAIN end JERRY CAPE CI New York Daily News NEW YORK With stunning swiftness, a jury brought down the curtain on Godfather-Part IV Thursday. After three courtroom victories in six years, John Gotti's swaggering reign as the so-called Teflon Don came to a crushing end in an electrified Brooklyn courtroom.

"The Teflon is gone," said the exultant New York FBI boss, Jim Fox. The Don is covered with Yelcro." After deliberating only 14 hours over a day and a half, the seven-man, five-woman jury found Gotti guilty on all 13 counts in the indictment and on each of II crimes re-charged under the two racketeering counts. The verdict means that barring a successful appeal, the 51 year-old boss of the largest OUTSIDE Mostty sunny today with record high temperatures possible High today 76. low tontght 45. Hgh Saturday 66.

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