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I 41009 03111997 SW flICRCPUP.LISHING 2627 YANDELL DR EL PASO TX 79903 Logging sales on again SEE PAGE 2 SDOIJB n-rmrnrrtiiiTTi ith -t Volume 51, No. 188 A Pulitzer Community Newspaper February 20, 1997 'N At a Glance CHILD-SNATCHISM Breast-feeding Texas mom lotpking for toddler, legal rights in Flagstaff 1 an, a helicopter tour service. They said they hadnt heard from him so Adriane had friends drive her to Flagstaff, where she has begun legal proceedings to regain custody of the boy. All I know is my baby is gone, she said. I just want my baby back.

This is as bad as somebody dying, my baby being ripped from me. Adriane said the baby, also named Vaughn, was not wearing shoes, and she believes her husband took nd extra baby clothes, baby food or diapers. She was still nursing the child when he was taken. Here in Flagstaff, officials who deal frequently with child custody disputes say no two cases are alike. 1 When a couple is married mid no prior grievances have been filed, each parent begins with an equal See SNATCH, Page 5 By LUKAS VELUSH Sun Staff Reporter Instead of a day of love, Valentines Day was nothing but a heartbreaker for Adriane Jacqueline Mead, a Texas woman in Flagstaff since Sunday searching for her 18-month-old toddler.

Early on the morning of Feb. 14, Adrianes boy was stolen from his bed in Georgewest, Texas, and hasnt been seen since. Adriane believes that her estranged husband, Vaughn, who lives in Tusayan but showed up in Texas on Feb. 13, took the boy. The couple had been separated for four months, but when Vaughn asked to see the child, she consented.

She also let him stay the night because he didnt have any other place to go. But when she awoke the next morning, dad and son had disappeared. She contacted her husbands employer in Tusay Pete ScanlonArizona Daily Sun Adriane Mead of Georgewest, Texas, is in Flagstaff searching for her 18-month-old son, who was snatched by her estranged husband on Valentines Day. Power shifts likely after Dengs death V. ff id) 1 Clinton predicts continuity By GEORGE GEDDA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Clinton said today he does not anticipate the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping will lead to sharp deviations from Chinas present course.

We expect basic continuity, Clinton said at an Oval Office photo session. He said Deng began laying the groundwork for a transition more than two years ago. The State Department said a trip to China next week by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is expected to proceed as planned. I expect the trip will go forward, said State Department spokesman Nicholas Bums, who traveled to Moscow today with Albright China is scheduled to be the last stop on her around-thc-world tour. Clinton defended his policy of dealing with the Chinese despite disagreements over human rights and other issues.

The policy were following of engaging with China, to work where we agree and honestly air our disagreements and work through them, is the right policy for the people of the United States and indeed for the world in the 21st century," he said. Clinton, in a statement Wednesday issued shortly after he learned of Dengs death, called him the driving force behind Chinas decision to normalize relations with the United States. China today plays an important role in world affairs in no small part because of Mr. Dengs decision to open his country to See CLINTON, Page 7 both are in the same market and both are NBC affiliates, they arc competing with each other. Second, Hoskins said the Telecommunications Act of 1996 reduced the importance of requirements on how much local content should be broadcast by television stations.

Before the law took effect, if a station was bought and the new owner eliminated local news and public service announcements, the Federal Communications Commission would have been concerned and could have stepped in and stripped a broadcast license from the new owner. With KPNX competing with KNAZ for Sec CII. 2, Page 5 3 'Jr. Just enough The Coconino boys basketball team wasnt at its best, but the Panthers still made the Class 4A state quarterfinals. PAGE 8 On strike CHICAGO (AP) Former Rep.

Mel Reynolds was ordered to submit to medical tests and possibly force-feeding if he doesnt end a hunger strike protesting prison conditions. Reynolds, serving five years for sexual abusing an underage campaign worker and obstructing justice, complained of dismal cells and solitary confinement since being moved from a state prison to a federal center Feb. 7. He also said he was denied adequate access to his lawyer to prepare for an upcoming trial on campaign finance and bank fraud charges. Im Doing treated like an animal, Reynolds, 45, told U.S.

District Judge Charles Norgle on Wednesday. Attorney Robert Locb said his client may have lost as much as 20 pounds since starting the hunger strike two days after the transfer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Ferguson said the restrictions are designed to protect Reynolds from other inmates. Reynolds has refused to let doctors examine him- Earth saverS LIFE'S A BEACH If you live or vacation near a beach, make it sale lor the marine creatures that depend on it lor survival When you see plastic trash such as six pack rings or bags washed ashore, pick them up and cany them out Birds and marine animals olten eal or gel tangled in plastic snip all six pack rings trash and die before discarding them Source The Associated Press Oct 3 1 1991 PRINTED WITH) SOY INK Athene Mr Sun pilnHd cn noM pap.

r2s Business Page 4 Classifieds 15-22 Comics 1 13 Dear Abby 12 Editorial 6 2 12 Sports 8-10 Stock Market 4 TV Listings 12 Weather 14 By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Writer BEIJING China lowered its red flags to half-staff in Tiananmen Square today and declared eternal glory to Deng Xiaoping, the revolutionary who helped transform the country into an economic power. The government announced a six-day period of mourning and said 10,000 people have been invited to a memorial meeting Tuesday at Beijings Great Hall of the People, the national legislative chambers. Sirens will sound througho1 1 China during the memorial, which will be broadcast live, state-run television announced. Dengs family asked that the mourning activities be kept simple, in keeping with his wishes, and that no mourners be allowed to make the traditional three bows in front of Dengs corpse. His eyes are to be donated, his organs dissected for scientific research and his ashes scattered at sea.

The family asked that his remains be cremated without ceremony before the memorial. No foreign dignitaries will be invited to the memorial. However, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday and leave Tuesday, the day of the memorial. State Department spokesman Nicholas Bums, tttveling with her today to Moscow, said the visit was expected to go forward. Deng, 92, died Wednesday evening of a lung infection and complications of Parkinsons disease.

The official death announcement said he was 93 but Chinese sometimes add a year to the ages of babies who survive more than one month after birth and often add a year at the start of the Lunar New Year, which began Feb. 7 this year. The first test of Dengs legacy will be whether his handpicked successors. Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin and other, younger technocrats, will withstand the political maneuvering sure to follow his death. Lacking Dengs historic stature, Chinas new leaders have staked their fortunes on a commitment to following the reforms See DENG, Page 7 Analysis say the numbers needed to keep Channel 2 operating as an independent station simply dont add up.

Understanding why requires a quick course in the broadcast industry. First, stations make money front advertising sales, and ad rates are set by how many viewers a television station reaches. Those viewers are divided into markets. Flagstaff once had its own market but now is rolled into Phoenixs market, Hoskins said. As a result, he said KNAZ in Flagstaff is competing with KPNX in Phoenix for northern Arizona television viewers.

The more viewers each station reaches, the more it can charge for ads. So now that ImQHCl ho Eric Weidinger, 1 1 gets a crows-nest while climbing an aspen tree in his Weidinger said he was playing outside be inside. Channel 2s future conies under scrutiny Jake BaconArizona Dally Sdn view of his Cheshire neighborhood front yard Wednesday afternoon. because the weather was too nice to KMOH-TVi out of Kingman for $6.25 million. The media giants interest in buying KNAZ could very well be to shut off competition with its Phoenix station, said Dale Hoskins, a Northern Arizona University broadcast communications professor.

Gannett officials at corporate headquarters referred the Daily Suns calls to KPNX in Phoenix. There, President and General Manager Colleen Brown denied her station has any plans to shut down KNAZ in Flagstaff. Under no circumstances. Absolutely not," Brown said. "We are not planning to close that television station.

We are extremely excited about working with that group." Despite the denials, Hoskins and others Despite denials, some fear Gannett will pull plug By BLAKE MORLOCK Sun Staff Reporter i Despite denials by corporate officials, the grapevine in Flagstaff is abuzz with speculation that KNAZ-TVs new owner will make Channel 2, FlagstafFs only network television station, a northland bureau for Phoenixs KPNX, also owned by Gannett. Recent developments in the industry make KNAZ ripe for the plucking and coring after Gannett bought KNAZ and i j- i. ji i.