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3- Robin Hood charity aids Unusual causes PAGE 4C Stacy: No regrets for staying at Dama PAGE1B THE ALABAMA 25 Cents Thursday, December 26, 1991 Copvrtght1991 ThAdviMrCo. 103rd Year No. 247 Man had premonition of his death ii vi in- it it i vr 'I'M Yf to dissolve lUif I 1 By Ishmael Ahmad Stall writer ffef Only days before he was shot, Angelo R. Jackson dreamed he was going to die. At a Christmas Eve party, his premonition came true.

"Angelo knew it was his time to go because Iggjslature I 5V days ago he told me he dreamed his death, and it was a matter of time," said Rita Julian, his girlfriend and the mother of his two young sons. His mother, Minnie Jackson, said her TV Jackson Taking aim An opposition militia man takes aim with a machine gun at forces loyal to Soviet Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia in Tbilisi recently. The rebel forces were shelling the Georgian parliament building. See story, Page 4A. VtiJ Related stories, Page 4A.

By The Associated Press MOSCOW A skeleton Soviet legislature followed Mikhail Gorbachev's lead today, voting itself out of existence after a parade of nations recognized Russia and other states of the new Commonwealth of Independent States. -Russia's red, white and blue flag was flying alone over the Kremlin but the mood in Moscow was anything but ebullient. The ruble is nearly worthless, shortages are widespread and residents are wondering how. they will cope when President Boris Yeltsin of Russia lifts price ceilings next week. Rifts among the members of the new commonwealth were also coming into sharper focus.

Ukraine Wednesday accused Russia of refusing to distribute new rubles to other republics and renewed its complaint about the dominant former Soviet republic's unilateral decision to free prices, Radio Russia reported, r. Russia, which has taken over the Soviet mints, started printing 500-ruble bank notes for the first time this week and had promised to distribute them throughout the former Soviet Union. The new 500-ruble notes reflect the plummeting value of the In a poignant, 40-minute session in the Kremlin today, the Supreme Soviet voted itself out of existence and recognized the new loose federation of sovereign states replacing the Soviet Union. About three dozen people convened the legislature that once was the pride of Mr. Gorbachev's reforms.

They had nowhere close to the number needed for a quorum in the moribund, 374-mem-ber body. The recently appointed speaker, Kazakh writer Anuarbek Alimzhanov, concluded the session with a farewell to lawmakers, "Until we meet again, wherever that may Outside the pastel yellow building during the session, a bronze plaque identifying their edifice as the home of U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet was unceremoniously removed. In a further sign of the new order, defense ministers of the commonwealth's member republics met in Moscow, the Tass news agency reported. Also today, lawmakers in Turkmenistan ratified the commonwealth agreement reached last week, making the former republic the sixth to approve the document, news agencies (Please see SOVIETS Page 8A) Bush reaches out to Soviet Republics son had talked to several family members about dreams of his "He just told us he kept having this dream, and he asked me what it meant," Ms.

Jackson said. "He did tell me he had a dream he got shot." Mr. Jackson, 22, of 3854 Governors Drive was attending a party Tuesday night at the home of a friend in west Montgomery when he was shot once in the chest with a small-caliber handgun, said Capt. Wyatt Gantt, a Montgomery Police Department spokesman. Mr.

Jackson was pronounced dead in the emergency room of Jackson Hospital following the shooting, which occurred about 11:24 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Some type of altercation involving a woman preceded the shooting at 3744 Whiting and police are looking for a female suspect, the captain said (See PREMONITION Page 8A) nition to six Soviet republics, praised a "courageous" President Yeltsin, the head of the dominant Russian republic. look forward to working closely with President Yeltsin in support of his efforts to bring democratic and market reform to Russia," President Bush said. President Yeltsin spearheaded formation of the new Commonwealth of Independent States and asked President Bush earlier in the week for recognition of the republics.

President Bush on Wednesday night extended U.S. recognition to Russia, Ukraitie," Armenia," Byelorussia, Kazakhstan and Kirghizia. "We will move quickly to establish diplomatic relations with these states and build new ties to them," President Bush said. "We will sponsor membership in the United Nations for those not already members." President Bush said the United States also recognizes as independent states the remaining six (Please see BUSH Page 8A) i WASHINGTON 'President Bush is reaching out td Boris Yeltsin and leaders of the other Soviet republics, even as he hails Mikhail Gorbachev's and courage" and declares the breakup of the Soviet Union to be a victory for "the, moral force" of the West. President Bush, in a televised address to the nation Christmas night that ushered out Mr.

Gorbachev and extended U.S. recog Video teleconferences allow families to reunite for holidays By Judy Fish Stoffwritar conference center. She said three-way conferences also are possible for family Christmas Last year was the first time Fort Rucker had a video conference room, Ms. Tomlin said. She said about nine families took advantage of the free Christmas family video teleconference last year.

Ms. Tomlin said so far this year, 12 reunions have been scheduled. There is time left for several more to be scheduled before the Wednesday cutolT. "The government pays a monthly fee whether (Please see VIDEO Page A) Monday as he and his wife, Laurie, walkdd out of the Video Teleconference Center at Fort Rucker. "That was just wonderful really fantastic." Capt.

Huisingh and his wife had just finished a half-hour visit with his parents, grandparents, an aunt and two cousins who all live in the Tacoma, area. His relatives had driven to nearby Fort Lewis, where they were electronically linked with the Fort Rucker Video Teleconference Center. "This has been perfect," Mrs. Huisingh said, add ing that this is the first Christmas she and her husband have spent away from home. "I didn't know it (setting up the conference) would be so easy," Military families who live near government facilities with video teleconference centers need only call the center and schedule an appointment at least one day in advance, said Mary Tomlin, video teleconference facilitator at Fort Rucker.

Ms. Tomlin said the only requirement is that the relatives on the other end of the conference must be able to get to a similar government video tele FORT RUCKER Family Christmas reunions have moved into the electronic age here and at 100 other military facilities throughout the country that allow service members and their families to "reunite" at no charge with faraway relatives via a video teleconference. "That's fantastic," Army Capt. Jeff Huisingh said Christmas Blue-Gray game part of World's heaviest man dies of heart attack at 46 omerians Montg tradition for many By Th AnoclotKI Pmt HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. Walter Hudson lived and died by extremes.

Once the fattest man alive, he lost 600 pounds, only to gain most of it back before his death. In the end, it took a huge hole cut through his bedroom wall, 10 men and a Cooler temperatures, rain expected Friday Friday will be cloudy with an 80 percent chance of rain. Highs will be in the mid-50s. Tonight's lows will be in the mid-40s. For the latest weather information, call Weather-line at 262-6800.

Ann Landers box, probably one of the best seats in the house. As president of the Lions Club in 1955 when the group became the sole owner of the Blue-Gray game, Mr. Fowler fondly remembers some of the people responsible for making the event a classic Montgomery tradition. Champ Pickens, the original owner of the game, gave it to the Lions, which struggled initially to make it work financially, Mr. Folwer said.

The game now rakes in thousands of dollars each year for area charitable organizations. "This is a Christmas tradition, and a very good one," Mayor Emory Folmar said just before kick-off Wednesday. Seated alongside Lt Gen. Charles G. Boyd, commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Mayor Folmar said the gridiron gala was positive national exposure for the city.

"It's a great football game with quality players and marvelous sponsors," the mayor said. "It takes the total cooperation of everybody in the city." The Folmars exchanged gifts Christmas Eve night "to be up early and ready to go this morning," he said. Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll Starr Sr.

buy tickets for their children and grandchildren and in return, the group "helps the couple celebrate their wedding anniversary. This year, it's their 59th. An early morning family breakfast, an afternoon at the stadium and a combination anniversaryChristmas dinner party in the evening round out a typical Dec. 25, said daughter Jua-nita Starr Burns. She and her husband, Jerry Burns, have been to 23 Blue-Gray games out of their 25 years of marriage, even if they had to fly in from out of town.

Their daughter, Mary Carroll Burns, a 23-year old student at Auburn University, had a special guest at her grandparents' annh versary party this year Blue team center Chad Germer of the University of Montana. Ms. Burns is a Blue-Gray hostess and invited the Montana player to dinner because his flight home didn't leave until today. Lane Wallock of Distributing Co. in Montgomery has brought his sons Ben and Adam hence the name to Cramton Bowl "for at least 10 (Please see GAME Page 8A) forklift to get his body to the morgue.

Mr. Hudson, 46, died Tuesday of a heart attack at the home he shared with his niece Gray topples Blue in annual all-star game, Page IB. By Mary Omdorff Stall witto The warmth of the holiday spirit clashes with Southern football fanaticism every year at Cramton Bowl, as thousands of Montgomerians arrange their Christmas celebrations around the kick-off of the Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic. Whether they were analyzing defensive strategy or just hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the country's top collegiate stars, most of the thousands of spectators lining the seats Wednesday at the downtown stadium were fulfilling a longtime Dec. 25 tradition.

"My wife doesn't like it," said T.M. "Red" Fowler from his perch at the press box door. The Montgomery Lions Club member laughed, shook his head, and mumbled something about how he would attend anyway. Mr. Fowler was at his 51st Blue-Gray game Wednesday.

The event is in its 54th year. "The grandchildren had us up at 6 a.m. to open presents," Mr. Fowler said, so he had plenty of time to take his post at the press stomach apart," Ms. Whitehead said Wednesday.

got to she said the doctor told her uncle. And so he did, quickly returning to his old habit of constant snacking. "He hated sweets. He loved dairy," Ms. Whitehead said.

Mr. Hudson, who before his diet was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest man alive, quickly regained most of the weight he lost. But he had begun to lose weight again in recent weeks, Ms. Whitehead said. "About a week ago he said, 'I'm losing weight.

Look at my I looked, and he was," she said. Nassau County Police Officer Bruce Benson said after Mr. Hudson died emergency workers had to cut a 4-foot-by-6-foot hole in his bedroom wall to get his body out of the house. They covered the body with a tarp and strapped it to two layers of thick plywood. Then 10 men carried it outside, where a forklift was used to put it on a van.

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