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8 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Monday, May 8, 1995 Jacques Chirac was elected TT French president Sunday sir IMP" I wl 9 1 VH tix J-' V. The right has nearly all the power, which will give it enormous said Socialist Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister and presidential hopeful. Chirac played to the de Gaulle legend, riding to his campaign headquarters in a modem version of the long, low Citroen preferred by the late de Gaulle. A crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands filled the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees, splashing in fountains, chanting and dancing. Initial market reaction was positive.

Computerized trading at the Paris Bourse opened for two hours Sunday night and boosted the CAC40 index by 2 percent The franc gained against the German mark in Tokyo trading today, though it later slipped in Paris. Chirac rattled financial markets last week by suggesting he would call a referendum to give French voters a chance to retreat from some European Union initiatives. But he clarified his stance in his victory speech, stressing France "would again become the motor of the European Union." Today, Chirac met with many of the world's leaders in Paris at the 50th anniversary celebration of the surrender of Nazi Germany. President Clinton sent congratulations to the president-elect Conservative Prime Minister John Major of Britain called the results "tremendous news." New Zealand and Australia urged Chirac not to resume nuclear weapons test blasts in the South Pacific. Chirac has refused to rule out ending the test moratorium set by Mitterrand in 1992.

Iraq's state-run press expressed hope today that Chirac's victory will bolster moves to lift crippling U.N. PARIS CAP) While supporters' splashed in the fountains of Paris today to celebrate Jacques Chirac's victory, union leaders threatened more strikes unless the conservative president-elect acts fast to cut France's 12 percent jobless rate, Chirac, appeared headed toward a third presidential defeat just three months ago, defeated Socialist Lionel Jospin 53 percent to 47 percent in a runoff Sunday. The race ended the 14-year hold on the presidency by the left and its ailing elder statesman, Francois Mitterrand. Already holding 80 percent of Parliament, the conservative coalition consolidated its grip with Chirac's win, and has three years before the next legislative elections "Our main battle has one name: the struggle against unemployment," Chirac, 62, the mayor of Paris and a former prime minister, said in his victory speech Sunday night Polls showed Jospin, a 57-year-old former education minister, closed on Chirac in the final days with calls for job programs, a boost in the minimum wage and reduction of the work week to spread jobs around. But voters decided against another Socialist presidency, embracing Chirac's promise to slash heavy social security taxes on businesses and expand worker training.

Today, Marc Blondel, secretary of the Workers' Force union, predicted new strikes by government employees hit by austerity cuts if Chirac doesnt "confirm that social issues are a priority." It is the first time since 1974 that Chirac's Rally for the Republic party which espouses a moderate version of the nationalist policies of Charles de Gaulle has controlled both the presidency and Parliament A crowd of Jacques Chirac supporters, celebrated the victory of the conservative mayor of Paris over socialist Lionel Jospin in the French presidential runoff election in Paris' Concorde Square early today. The banners read "Students with Chirac." Sam Nunn nushinff maior initiatives; eyes retirement WASHINGTON (API Sam Nunn retire. when he'd be 58. would be the oddi WASHINGTON (AP) Sam Nunn when he'd be 58, would be the oppor Iranian oil exports production level visibly high at a time it is facing growing U.S. pressure.

The Middle East Economic Survey noted that South Africa is a likely target for Iranian oil sales. South Africa has been buying as much as 70 percent of its oil imports of 420,000 barrels a day from Iran. The newsletter said U.S. oil companies purchased an average of 447,000 barrels a day from Iran in April, compared to 369,000 in March. U.S.

companies bought an average of 613,000 barrels daily during 1994. A U.S. ban on importing Iranian oil was imposed in 1987, but American oil companies can buy Iranian oil for use or resale abroad. That will cease when Clinton's executive order takes effect as part of his campaign to punish Iran for its alleged sponsorship of terrorism and its purported drive to acquire nuclear weapons. didnt look like a man who was seriously considering retirement after four Senate terms when he proposed comprehensive overhaul of the nation's tax system.

Nor would it appear likely that he is thinking of leaving at a time when he is launching another major legislative initiative revamping the long-controversial War Powers Act Nunn has already invested months of work in both projects, and neither seems likely to reach fruition by the end of 1996, when his term expires. But Nunn, a Georgia Democrat insists that he's making a careful, methodical and very personal assessment of whether he should seek another six-year term in the Senate. And he's not about to be rushed into a decision, notwithstanding the retirements of other senators or the political needs of the faltering Democratic Party in the South. "This is not an academic exercise," said Gordon Giffin, an Atlanta lawyer who serves as Nunn's campaign treasurer and is one of his closest advisers. a very real, substantive, thorough thought process that he's going through about what he should do with the balance of his professional life," he said.

Although the Republican takeover of Congress forced Nunn out of the influential chairmanship of the Senate Armed Services Committee, friends say that would not be a factor. Nunn has learned to enjoy the freedom and flexibility that comes with being a member of the Senate minority, they say. Nunn and Sen. Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island are the only Senate Democrats whose terms expire in 1996 who remain undecided about seeking re-election. Five other Democrats, including three from the increasingly Republican South, already have announced plans to sanctions against Baghdad.

France, eager to resume business with Iraq, has been a leading advocate of easing the sanctions against Baghdad. Final results showed Chirac beat Jospin with 15,770,249 votes to 14,187,963, or 52.6 percent to 47.3 percent Mitterrand, 78 and suffering from prostate cancer, is expected to step down in about a week. He sent telegrams congratulating Chirac and thanking Jospin for "a campaign of force and hope." Alain Juppe, the foreign minister expected to become prime minister, said Chirac prevailed through "courage and tenacity" after trailing conservative Premier Edouard Balladur just three months ago. For the Socialists, the election was a solid improvement over the 1993 parliamentary elections that booted them from power. Jospin's showing reaffirmed the Socialists as the leading opposition party and a power to be reckoned with as France prepares for municipal elections next month.

Jospin was the surprise winner in the April 23 first round over Chirac and Balladur, who split the conservative vote. But both Jospin and Chirac won less than one-fourth of the ballots, making for a suspenseful two-week scramble. They sought support from Balladur voters as well as the 40 percent of the first-round vote that went to fringe candidates, notably rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen, who took a record 15 percent on promises to expel 3 million immigrants. Polls showed Chirac trailing Balladur until February, but Chirac mounted a vigorous campaign. He lost the first-round presidential vote in 1981 and the runoff in 1988 against Mitterrand.

rebound The newsletter reported that Exxon accounted for 243,000 barrels a day of the Iranian crude purchased by U.S. firms in April, with Mobil another 76,000. Exxon bought an average of 219,000 barrels of Iranian crude daily in 1994, Mobil 46,000. Oil industry sources said the increase in purchases by U.S. companies in April was probably due to them stocking up before Clinton's ban takes effect while negotiating new contracts with non-Iranian sources.

The U.S. oil ban is not likely by itself to seriously disrupt Iran's oil exports. But if Washington convinces other major purchasers, such as Jar pan, Jo cut off Iranian oil importsrij the dislocation could be immense. So far, U.S. exhortations to Japan and Europe, major trading partners with Iran, to tighten the economic squeeze as well have fallen on deaf ears.

stepbrothers. "I'm just going to hold on to them and not let go," Bambi Ivey, 34, said Saturday. Ivey is being held in the Wake County Jail and will be extradited to face felony abduction charges. Bambi Ivey said she and her husband were not having any domestic problems when he disappeared. "We were happily married, I thought" she said.

Ivey was laid off from his job as a software engineer with a company in Milpitas, on Feb. 1. On Feb. 7, Bambi Ivey went to see a doctor before the family's health insurance coverage ran out. She returned home to find the boys and her husband were gone.

So was the $7,000 he got in severance pay. So were several of David Ivey's books on how to change your identity, which she never gave much thought to before. Now Bambi Ivey has a surprise for her husband their divorce becomes final in September. "I love him," she said. "He was a very good dad and husband.

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Thursday Discount Matinees: Sal, and Sun. 2:00 1 4:30 $3 .50 Coming soon: Forgot Paris, Crimson Tide, Die Hard 3 With A Vengence Ph. 738-5214 pfi 676 Commercial St. And with the GOP now holding a 54-46 edge, the retirements have dampened the Democrats' prospects of recapturing the Senate next year. But the retirement of his five Democratic colleagues has put increasing political pressure on Nunn, who would be the odds-on favorite if he were to seek a fifth term.

Nunn said recently that Democrats frequently cite the party's increasingly tenuous position in the South as a reason he should seek reelection. (Auociitrd Press) Sen. Sam Nunn "But in the final analysis it has to be a personal decision," he said. "You can take factors like that things like that and justify trying to stay here forever," Nunn hasn't said what other options he's considering. But he has said for the past year that if he's ever to leave the Senate and do something else, the end of his current term, crime than on one another." Early in the race, racial epithets were painted on Kirk's campaign material.

In the final week, Garcia challenged as racist a campaign letter that said Jordan had the "breeding" to be the next mayor. Jordan said the letter had no racial connotations. In San Antonio's six-candidate race, Thornton had 42,258 votes, or 49.9 percent, to Ms. Turner's 36,852, or 43.5 percent, according to unofficial results. City Clerk Norma Rodriguez said I I Californiaa arrested after television show (Auodaled Prwsl tune time.

While assessing his options, Nunn is putting the campaign machinery in place. He has $125 million in his treasury, and Giffin said he is completing a financial plan to raise another $3 million to $4 million once Nunn gives the go-ahead. Nunn built his influence in the Se nate largely because of his reputation of nonpartisanship, and associ ates say he has become increasingly frustrated in recent years as Washington has become more and more partisan. But Charles Harman, who was Nunn's top aide for years before leaving in 1992 to become executive director of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, said he doesn't think those frustrations by themselves will be enough to prompt Nunn to retire. "He has focused on things that are of interest to him, and I think he remains positive about his job and his work," Harman said.

One focus has been the tax reform plan Nunn and Sen. Pete Domenici. introduced last week. It would replace the current income tax with a system designed to reward individual savings and investment and improve U.S. competitiveness in international markets.

Nunn plans to make his re-election decision by late summer or early fall, and he said the legislative progress on tax reform and the war powers revision were "certainly going to be a factor" in that decision. While refusing to speculate on Nunn's decision, Giffin suggested that the key probably will be whether Nunn decides he can walk away from unfinished business about which he cares deeply. "That's the heart of the issue if he can answer that question in a way that's satisfying to him, kne ing that he would not be there to see these things happen," Giffin said. she will seek a court order today for a recount of several election boxes because of concern over handwritten return sheets compiled by election judges. The unofficial tally in El Paso gave Francis 27,024 votes, or about 66 percent.

Carlos Ramirez had 10,179 votes, or about 25 percent Francis' campaign focused less on issues than on last year's declaration that he would not seek a second term, which was followed a month later by a change of heart forested and almost 9,000 feet in elevation, said Keith Draper, Beaver County dispatcher. The FAA said the Cessna 210 took off from Provo and was bound for Visalia. Fryer said it's not known whether the flight originated in Provo or had stopped there for refueling. The FAA reported the plane missing in the area about one hour before the crash was reported. Draper said Beaver County search and rescue members were able to drive near to the crashed plane, and they sifted through the wreckage Sunday until about 11 p.m.

They returned this morning, but by mid-morning, the bodies had not yet been recovered. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA were expected to reach the crash site by early afternoon. Ron Kirk elected first blacl mayor Dallas on Saturday RALEIGH (AP) A California man accused of abducting his two sons was arrested about an hour after his likeness was aired on a network television show. Someone who saw the Friday episode of the NBC television show "Unsolved Mysteries" reported that the man named David Eugene Ivey looked like the resident of a North Raleigh apartment complex. Raleigh police knocked on Ivey's door and arrested him on fugitive charges.

The Wake County Department of Social Services took custody of his sons, 4-year-old Keyan and l's -year-old Logan Ivey. Ivey has been living under the assumed name of Aaron Barta and worked for a computer software company. The boys are flying home early this week to Tracy, near San Jose, to join their mother and two older NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Iranian oil exports, the country's economic lifeline, rebounded by 311,000 barrels a day in April after slumping sharply the previous month, the Middle East Economic Survey reported today. The rebound reported by the authoritative oil industry newsletter came before President Clinton's April 30 announcement of a total U.S. embargo against Iran, including purchases of Iranian oil by U.S.

companies. The ban will take effect 30 days after Clinton signs the executive order. The newsletter estimated the Islamic republic's production last month at 3.6 million barrels a day, its OPEC quota. The Iranian increase boosted OPEC's overall production level in April to 24.99 million barrels a day, up 407,000 barrels a day from March and 470,000 barrels above the OPEC ceiling. The newsletter, published in Nicosia, noted that the state-owned National Iranian Oil Co.

purchased a record 1.004 million barrels of its own output in April, a sharp rise from the 815,000 barrels a day it bought in March. Industry sources said this was because the company was shipping the oil to Europe and Asia to sell directly to customers, a risky undertaking but one that keeps the Iranian DUNAGIN'S PEOPLE missep the smrl of fresh-baked cookies in tt white house?" Ar -A OleAndenon Mud Bog and plus Car Shredding ELKO Sat May 13 7:00 pjn, Gitet open Advance tkktts thru May 12 Adults: $11 CfiBd (12 and under: $5 SPRING NATIONALS Six believed killed in Utah plane crash DALLAS (AP) Ron Kirk wanted to be mayor so he could direct the city's future, not so he could be the first black person to hold the office. "Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my race, but I got in this race to be mayor of Dallas," said Kirk, who won more than 60 percent of the vote in Saturday's election. Kirk, 40, becomes the first black mayor of any major Texas city when he is sworn in June 5. It is his first elected office.

Voters in two other Texas cities also headed to the polls in nonpartisan elections Saturday. El Paso Mayor Larry Francis won a second two-year term, while San Antonio officials say they'll seek a recount because City Council member Bill Thornton fell 68 votes short of avoiding a runoff with community activist Kay Turner. Kirk was secretary of state in 1994 to former Gov. Ann Richards before joining one of the city's top law firms. He will take a leave to work in City Hall.

Lawyer Darrell Jordan got 24 percent of the vote, while Councilman Domingo Garcia came in third with 13 percent Mayor Steve Bartlett chose not to seek a second four-year term. Kirk, a native of Austin, does not believe his strong victory was a political blank check. One of his top priorities, he said, is to bridge the rifts in city government "This isnt a mandate to Ron Kirk," he said at his victory celebration late Saturday. "What it is is a strong message to city council to stop the in- -fighting. Yes, we're going to have disagreements, but we can't make enemies of one another.

The voters of Dallas want us to be tougher on Monster Showdown ONitTor mm uo Tug-or-War MILFORD, Utah (AP) Sheriff's rescuers and a state medical examiner were at the mountainous crash site of a private plane today, identifying and recovering the bodies from a Sunday crash believed to have killed six people in a flight to California. The pilot listed on flight documents had a Visalia, Calif, address, said Federal Aviation Administration duty officer Lee Fryer in Seattle. Names were not released pending final identification of the bodies and notification of relatives. A rancher in the Pine Valley area of Beaver County witnessed the crash around 6 p.m. and notified authorities.

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