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WEATHER Mostly sunny but cool. 8854 Details, Page 3B. Florida Edition www.herald.com 97th YEAR, No. 114 Copyright 0 1999 The Miami Herald WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1999 50 Cents Price may vary on the Florida 'edition FLA PQQG Q0flfl3 P5CT aOPGBQOG 1 Short trial for Clinton in question Some GOP senators want to hear witnesses 4 Faith, family, friends top priorities for Bush I NEW SPEAKER PLEDGES TO REACH OUT, A By DAVID HESS and RAJA MI8HRA Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON With the day of reckoning on charges of lying under oath and covering it up nearly upon him. President Clintons chances for a fore shortened Senate impeachment trial faded Tuesday as several Republican senators insisted on hearing from witnesses before judging the case.

Senate leaders spent the day struggling over the framework for the historic impeachment trial, which will, at least ceremonially, begin Thursday. By days end, a new proposal was circulating among Republican senators that called for a trial with generous time limits and a minimum number of witnesses. Details of the plan were sketchy, but some Republican senators said each side would be given four or five days to present its case. Each side would be limited to about five or six witnesses. Under the plan, the trial would end by mid-February.

Senior Democrats, however, while underscoring their hopes for a bipartisan approach to handling the trial, opposed calling witnesses. Minority Leader Thomas Daschle, warned that the lack of a bipartisan agreement on ground rules could bog down the trial in a bitter fight. Without an agreement, Daschle said, I think the White House and House managers would become entrenched, and we could end up with a prolonged WMEDOLfEAP TAKING THE OATH: Jeb Bush is sworn in by Chief Justice Major Harding as Bushs son, George and his wife Columba stand with him. Inaugural address targets education, social services PLEASESEE IMPEACHMENT, 6A U.S., Iraqi planes spar in no-fly zone From Herald Wire Services WASHINGTON U.S. warplanes clashed twice Tuesday with Iraqi fighters in the no-fly zone in southern Iraq, firing air-to-air missiles but missing their targets in the first aerial duels in six years.

Pentagon officials said. The Iraqis beat a hasty retreat after the early-morning clashes, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said. In the first incident, Iraqi MiG-25s southwest of Baghdad turned their radar on two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters, which responded by firing four air-to-air missiles that missed their target, Bacon said. About 15 minutes later, two U.S.

Navy F-14 Tomcats fired two air-to-air missiles at two Iraqi MiG-25s about 62 miles away in the no-fly zone south of the 33rd parallel and southeast of the Iraqi capital. Bacon said. Separately, U.S. military officials said an Iraqi MiG-23 apparently crashed as it was preparing to land, but Bacon said it was not involved in the clashes. U.S.

fighters returned safely to their bases in the Persian Gulf and aboard the aircraft carrier Carl Vin- is seeking, in his tum-of-the-mil-lennium turn as governor and chance at a bully pulpit, a revival of the values that come from nurturing families and spirituality. This is our call to arms, said Bush, 45, in his inauguration as Floridas 43rd governor. I ask you to join with me to make Florida not only a magnificent engine of commerce but something that is far simpler, and far more elusive: It should also be a better neighborhood, a nicer place. Bush assumes his own place in history only the third Republi- INSIDE Buddy Mac- Kay takes over the late Lawton Chiles last duty, IGA. Next for Bush: state budget, education and appointments, 10A.

A youthful look at the -changes in Tallahassee, BE. By MARK SILVA Capital Bureau Chie Tallahassee Asking Floridians to place more trust in people than in government, John Ellis Bush became governor Tuesday in a jubilant celebration of faith, family and friends. The new Republican leader enters his first elective office with a pledge to improve the public schools and bolster social services for the frailest and weakest among us, revive inner cities and ease the crushing weight of taxes. But most of all, Jeb Bush says he FREEZING: Kevin Gallagher, brother of Commissioner of Education Tom Gallagher, seeks warmth in frigid Tallahassee. Today is forecast to be a little warmer in Florida.

Story IB. But winter tightly grips most of the nation. Story 3A. PLEASESEE BUSH, 10A PLEASESEE IRAQ, 11A Life on lam ends tearfully for Miamis Most Wanted 500 civilians slain in Congo New Years massacre may be rebels reprisal the troops of Congolese President Laurent Kabila since August, the sources said. Misna said it had lists with the names of people massacred, supplied by its correspondents in the field.

The massacre took place in three areas of the Makobola village. Among the victims were the pastor of Makobolas Protestant church, Kinyama-goya, who was killed with his seven children, and Red Cross director Elanga Mushunguto, who was slaughtered with his wife and four children, Misna said. chet under her left arm at her fathers Liberty City grocery store in August. That chilling incident caught on videotape as Fail shot at his intended target, Richard Reberane marked the beginning of a recent rash of violence that police attribute to Fail or his enemies in the drug trade. Police suspect they are responsible for 12 fatal shootings in Liberty City since August.

Officers said Fails arrest will quickly be followed by tough indictments target- From Herald Wire Services ROME Five-hundred civilians, many of them women and children, were massacred by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the New Year period, the Rome-based Roman Catholic missionary news agency Misna said Tuesday. The killings took place at Makobola in South Kivu region, it said. The people responsible for this cruel crime, carried out between Dec. 30 and Jan. 1, are rebels from the Congolese Democratic Coalition who have been fighting ByQAR.EPBTEM HeraM Staff Writer --Anthony Little Bo Fail, the reputed drug gangster captured Tuesday after topping Miamis Most Wanted list for eight days, cried while confessing to a double shooting that accidentally injured an 8-year-old girl.

I never meant to shoot that girl, Fail, 25, told Miami Police homicide detectives hours after an FBI team stormed a West Palm Beach hotel and arrested him. The girl he referred to was Tahani Farraj, who was struck by a rico CARL JUSTX Hank) Staff MANHUNT OVER: Anthony Little Bo Fail is escorted to Miami jail. PLEASESEE CONGO, 14A PLEASESEE ARRE8T, 6A INDEX SPORTS CUBA White House lauds altered Cuba policy The changes, officially announced on Tuesday, are touted as helping ease the way for a post-Castro democracy, 7 A. 7E LANDERS 7E LIVING IE MOVIES 4E SPORTS ID TELEVISION 4E WEATHER 3E YO. BE ACTION LINE ISA BUSINESS 1C CLASSIFIED IF COMICS 7E DEATHS 48 EDITORIALS IDA FLORIDA IB BUSINESS Concrete roof tiles in short supply The earthtone, curved roofing tile suddenly has become a rarity in South Florida, frustrating many builders, 1C.

Ryan, Brett, Yount head for the Hall Nolan Ryan, left, George Brett and Robin Yount are in the best rookie class elected to the Hall of Fame since its inception, ID. www.herald.com FOR INTERNET ACCESS AND MORE CALL: 1 (800) 850-4322.