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DAILY CM Western Colorados chronicle of record since 1893 Forecast for tomorrow: Cloudy High: 73 Low: 45 Vol. 102, No. 201 Thursday, June 8, 1995 Grand Junction, Colorado 35C newsstand 52 pages THE si' Downed U.S. pilot during dramatic mission U.S. pilot recovered i Marines flew a helicopter into hostile Serb territory and rescued an American F-16 fighter pilot shot down six days ago by rebel Serbs.

Capt. Scott F. O'Grady Marines brave Serbian guns for successful dawn rescue CH-53D Sea Stallion of Spokane, was found alive and well Government-Bosnian Croat federation tsl Croat-Serb and Bosnian-Serb Capt. Scott F. OGrady, shown in a photo supplied by his sister, was rescued by U.S.

Marines this morning in hostile Bosnian Serb territory six days after his F-16 jet was shot down. Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov-ina Braviitg Serbian missiles and rebel guns, U.S. Marines flew helicopters into hostile Serb territory today and rescued an American fighter pilot in hiding since being shot down six days ago. Capt. Scott F.

O'Grady of Spokane, ran out of the pine-covered forest with a pistol in his hand and into his American rescuers' arms near where his F-16C jet was shot down by a missile in a Bosnian Serb stronghold southeast ofBihac. At least one missile was fired at the rescuers but missed. A Marine gunner on a helicopter one of 40 aircraft involved in todays spectacular rescue fired back at the Serbs as O'Grady was flown out of Bosnia to safety. The rescuers were only on the ground a couple of minutes. There were no casualties.

Adm. Leighton Smith, com mander of NATO forces in southern Europe, said the rescue mission began after a pilot from OGrady's squadron lying an F-16 over the area heard OGradvs voice on the radio. The 2 a m. signal (6 m. MDT Wednesday) was the first time that we had radio contact with the pilot, Smith said.

Fifteen minutes earlier, NATO was tipped to O'Grady's existence when it received a Morse code message from the pilot "that told us exactly who it was, a NATO source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Nearly 5'A hours later, from first contact to the rescue, O'Grady was safe on board the USS Kearsarge in the Adriatic Sea. Smith said OGrady conserved the batteries in his survival radio by using it only sparingly and when he thought he could make contact. The NATO source said OGrady moved only at night until Were they lying? "Obviously." McCurry said. Adm.

William Owens of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington said a multinational force took part in the rescue, including two CH-53 helicopters that landed on a hilltop 50 yards from where the 29-year-old O'Grady was hiding. He ran out of the trees and was hauled aboard by Col. Martin Berndt. i It won't be very soon tjiat Ill forget the look on his fact as he approached the helicopter this mounng." said Berndt. speaking via telephone from the Kearsarge.

an American amphibious assault he found a location several miles from the crash site where he could be rescued. A Serb surface-to-air missile had blown O'Gradys fighter jet in two on Friday as he flew a NATO mission over northern Bosnia. His fate had been unknown because an accompanying pilot didnt see O'Grady parachute, so it was not known for sure whether he had ejected. Increasing the uncertainty was Bosnian Serbs claims they had captured the pilot, an action "consistent with the outrageous behavior we see from the Serbs throughout the Bosnian conflict." White House press secretary Mike McCurry said. Source Jane's All theWorld's Aircraft APWm Castello See PILOT, page 5A First gated subdivision in city gets council OK Laurena Mayne Davis Daily Sentinel The Grand Junction City Council grappled Wednesday with the implications before approving Grand Junction's first gated development.

The council debated theiimped-iment to police cars and fire trucks, as well as the loss of sense of community caused by the exclusivity of a gated entry. It was approved in a 5-2 vote, with Coun-cilmen David Graham and Jim Baughman opposed. "Im concerned that it doesn't fit with the idea of community that Grand Junction represents, Coun-cilwoman Janet Terry said. "Its a choice that people make, countered Councilwoman Linda Afman, "People who object wont buy there. The Villas at Country Club will be a 23-unit townhome development at 27 and roads.

Entry to the private road will be restricted by a gate across the 27 Road entry. Glenwood rapist given 6-year term Sharyn Wizda Daily Sentinel GLENWOOD SPRINGS Shannon "Bear" Smith was handcuffed and taken to jail Wednesday to begin serving a six-year prison sentence. "I truly feel sorry for Mr. Smith, but I could not possibly feel as sorry for him as he does for himself," said District Judge David Bottger as Tie sentenced the 22-year-old. who had tearfully begged Bottger to put him back on probation so he could go to college and study medicine.

In 1993. Bottger sentenced Smith to six years of probation after Smith pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four Glenwood Springs girls, aged 12 to 14 Earlier this year, Smith admitted violating that probation by having repeated. Smith unsupervised contact with two 17-year-old Mesa County girls. Smith was a fugitive for nearly 10 months, running away to San Diego and finally to Phoenix, where he was arrested in February after his story was featured on televisions "Unsolved Mysteries." Defense attorney D. Shackelford Shipp described Smith as a misguided young man whose early signs of promise were squashed by girls with whom Smith thought he had relationships, and by publicity surrounding their allegations.

Several family members and friends testified that Smith had matured in Phoenix. and asked Bottger to give Smith one more chance. "The urges this young man had were no different than any young man has to find a relationship, to find somebody to love," Shipp said Choking back tears throughout much of his statement, Smith described the shame and guilt he felt in sex-offender counseling classes classes his probation required but which he stopped attending. He said he wanted to make up for his mistakes by serving the community as a doctor. "I proved myself Phoenix." he said.

But one of Smith's Glenwood Springs victims, now-17. told Bottger: "I thought we gave him his chance to rehabilitate himself. Whos to say it won't happen again? He obviously didnt take the law or the judicial system very seriously. District Attorney Milt Blakey took a similarly dim view of Smiths supposed changes. I hardly think being a fugitive is recommended rehabilitation.

he said Bottger agreed. While Smith said he wanted to take responsibility for what he'd done, he continued to blame others his victims, too stringent probation and publicity for his crimes. Bottger said. I dont sentence people to probation when they have not only absconded but spat on probation. He describes his trip to Phoenix as if it were a vacation." he said.

He already had a chance, and he blew it spectacularly. ometimes you just arent ready to stop having a good time, just as 3-year-old Sara Burns of Fort Collins couldnt resist one more climb up a ladder on playground equipment at Lincoln Park before her family packed up and left just before sundown. See GATED, page 5A Both sides say compromise likely after Clinton vetoes spending bill Veto power President Clinton Wednesday used his presidential veto lor the first time, rejecting a $16.4 billion spending cuts bdL Associated Press WASHINGTON A quick deal between President Clinton and congressional Republicans seems likely over a vetoed spending-cuts bill that the GOP says provides "real savings and the White House says amounts to old politics. In the first veto of his 27-month-old administration, Clinton rejected the measure Wednesday. He said the $16.4 billion it would cut from already approved spending for this year would slash education, environmental and housing programs too deeply while sparing pet congressional projects." That is old politics," Clinton said.

It is wrong." handlers decided a veto was needed to say President Clinton is relevant," said Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican National Committee. But amid the tough talk, each side said it wanted an agreement and meetings were likely among administration officials and top congressional Republicans and Democrats to try for a compromise. Im prepared to sit down with the president and work out an agreement. said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston, R-La. Indeed, the two sides have common interests in reaching an accord.

Clinton and Republicans are eager to show they are adamant about reducing the deficit. There is no dispute between the president and the GOP about the amount of the cuts: their differences are over but a small percentage of the bill's contents. House Majority Leader Dick Armey conceded Republicans didnt have the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto and wouldnt even try. He described the issues separating the two sides as a modest difference. Now that the president seems to be able to come to the table and work out the differences we ought to be able to put it back together and get it back through as quickly as possible," he said.

Republicans accused the president of abandoning deficit reduction just as lawmakers begin the far more daunting task of balancing the budget and predicted it would hurt him with the votft next year. It is one of the nails that fits into a coffin, said Rep. Jerry Lewis, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. It is clear the White House political AP I W' -i wlKV In todays Sentinel OUT ABOUT hw SPORTS fjfic ROCKETS 1995 TRIP MAGIC IN OPENER Cjuia(i) See page ID Outdoors 2D Sports ID Television 3B Weather 2A Westlife 1C Editorials 4A Horoscope 3B Local news IB Markets 7D Obituaries 2B Around the region 3A Business 7D Classifieds 3C Comics 6D Crossword 3B BLOCKBUSTERS EXPLODE INTO THEATERS Inside Index LL'j I 4.