The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 140

SHORTSTOP TIPS FROM THE GREATEST Ozzie Smith tells how he plays the position SPORTS SB WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17 1993 CONTENTS 1993 THE MIAMI HERALD MEMBER INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION PRINTED IN MIAMI AND PANAMA killers escape lax security blamed Running dry Cuba woos Europeans to look for oil Paulo lawyer who represented widow and two children at the trial blamed Acre authorities for the escape He said human rights activists there had warned repeatedly that a breakout was being planned knows that they were planning this escape for a long said Bastos a former head of bar association lack of responsibility by Acre authorities is very The Alveses had used repeated visits to a local hospital insufficient security to test By IAN SIMPSON Reuters News Service BRASILIA Police Tuesday were blaming lax security for escape from prison of the father and son killers of famed environmental activist Chico Mendes and a prominent lawyer said Acre prison authorities had been warned advance Darli Alves da Silva and his son Darci cut through bars on a window at the Acre State Prison in Rio Branco early Monday and fled with seven other inmates Acre Public Safety Director Amenco Cameiro Par said Marcio Thomaz Bastos a Sao oil companies or were explored so long ago that data for them are out of date Given its dire economic situation the reasons for interest in quickly finding more oil are obvious Before the collapse of the Soviet Union Cuba imported about 13 million tons of petroleum annually from the Soviet bloc Now imports have been reduced to about six million tons and Cuba has had to use scarce hard currency to buy most of that oil New production techniques have helped Cuba increase its oil production from 527000 tons in 1991 to 882000 last year but much of that oil is heavy and not particularly suitable for industry The London promotional meeting will be a By MIMI WHITEFIELD Herald Staff Writer Energy-starved Cuba will take its oil road show to London today in an attempt to entice European investors to bid on the right to explore for oil on the island The auction scheduled for Aug 1 opens the prospect of production partnerships between foreign companies and the state-owned oil company Cubapetroleo a radical departure for a country that nationalized foreign oil companies in 1960 The international auction the first since the 1959 revolution is for oil exploration and development rights on 1 1 parcels some offshore others inland stretching across the island The parcels either have never been explored by CHICO MENDES: His murder set off international outrage PLEASESEE MENDES 3A PLEASESEE CUBA 3A WINTER OVER YET if it 4 sVS5 8 Most people will feel bite Vk- jf a fi i (T-Vif'? 1 tv- tt' iW it 5 I a Hi 1 I 1 a a 5 Energy tax would rile just about everybody WASHINGTON (AP) The energy tax that President Clinton is poised to propose is certain to upset nearly everyone from consumers to oil producers and even windmill operators But administration officials expecting a tough sell say that could be a plus gets everybody said an administration official who requested anonymity shared sacrifice The question is how much will industry and consumer groups oppose Administration and congressional sources said the president is moving in the direction of a broad-based energy tax It would be pegged to the heat content of a particular fuel It would apply to all fuels and could affect the cost of everything from driving a car to heating homes and factories The energy tax idea worse than a sales on fuel said John Hughes of the Electricity Consumers Resource Council goes after energy as if energy is a Consumer groups and liberals could be in the fore- QUESTION TIME 5A WASHINGTON (AP) President Clinton is working to build momentum for a $500 billion package of tax increases and spending cuts warning the price of standing still far higher than the price of Americans making above $30000 a year are likely to feel a pinch an aide said Tuesday Republicans offered to cooperate on slashing the deficit after first prime-time address to the nation Monday night but were skeptical about his approach the president has proposed so far is not but raw said Sen Phil Gramm R-Texas White House communications director George Stephanopoulos said Tukesday higher taxes would likely be required of all Americans except those making less than $30000 the plan people making under $30000 are very likely to have no increase at all in their Stephanopoulos said on CBS He was not more specific saying Clinton was still working on some details of the plan Clinton will formally unveil the four-year plan which will include a new tax on fuels and sources of energy and an increase in the top individual and corporate income tax rate in an address tonight to a joint House-Senate session Stephanopoulos said Clinton hoped to have his plan enacted by the end of the year Clinton Tuesday was meeting with Democratic congressional leaders and visiting a road construction project in town to demonstrate the kind of public works A 5 a 4 i Associated Press Mike McKenzie 12 reaches as far as he can to remove snow from his car In Springfield Mo Snowstorm paralyzes US Midwest posted across the Midwest and east to Virginia Forecasters said the storm plowing northeastward through the Ohio Valley dumped four to seven inches on southwest and central Ohio overnight and blanketed most of Indiana with six to eight inches of snow roads cleared any and really Steve Baker said at a truck stop in Indianapolis The storm was expected to dump up to 10 inches in Michigan Pennsylvania and New York by Tuesday night forecasters Associated Press A farflung storm that unloaded more than Vh feet of snow on the Ozarks tied traffic in knots and shut down schools across the midsection swirled toward the Northeast Tuesday is a long way from said Dave Wacker city engineer of Hastings Neb which was carpeted with a half-foot of snow and scoured by 30 mph gusts The wind-chill was 35 below The storm rolled out of Mexico on Monday and collided with an arctic air mass over the Plains Heavy snow warnings were said Slick roads were blamed for hundreds of accidents and at least seven traffic deaths four in Missouri two in Oklahoma and one in Kentucky The storm brought up to 24 inches of snow to parts of Arkansas collapsing the roofs of a hardware store and an storage building at Mountain Home an indoor tennis club at Fayetteville and dozens of poultry houses in northwestern Arkansas No injuries were reported A dock and two boat shelters in Marion PLEASESEE SNOW A PLEASESEE ENERGY 5A PLEASESEE CLINTON 5A Czech-Slovak split a bit less amicable Escobar blamed as 4 die of latest Bogota bombs TV show uncovers fugitive in Panama Reuters News Service PANAMA A US murder suspect who eluded US authorities for 14 years was captured here after being recognized by a Panamanian viewer on Unsolved Mysteries show police said Edward Harold Bell wanted on murder charges in Texas since January 1979 was detained by Panamanian police early Sunday on a boat moored in the Panama Canal police chief Jaime Abad said Bell 53 is suspected of murdering 20-year-old Larry Dean Dickens in Houston in 1978 Abad said A Panamanian saw Bell on a recent episode of Unsolved Mysteries and notified FBI agents at the US Embassy in Panama Bell has lived in Panama for about 14 years and has a Panamanian wife police inspector Cooke Quijano said new armed group dubbed after home province One of the bombs apparently concealed in a taxi exploded in a parking area about one block from the luxury Tequendama Hotel mangling some 15 cars and shooting plate-glass like shrapnel from high-rise office buildings above one of most heavily transited By JUAN 0 TAMAYO Herald Staff Writer PRAGUE Czech Republic The Czech and Slovak six-week-old has grown prickly as the two sides bicker like divorcees everywhere over money and property The spats range from Czech demands for nearly $700 million from Slovakia and Slovak demands for an equitable distribution of real estate and run through historical archives pig vaccinations and even ice hockey teams Officials on both sides of the border are working patiently to sort through the complexities of divvying up the 75-year-old nation of 15 million 10 million Czechs and five million Slovaks Yet as they encounter more and more obstacles PLEASESEE SPLIT 4A By MARY SPECK Herald Staff Writer BOGOTA Colombia Colombian authorities Tuesday were blaming fugitive drug lord Pablo Escobar for the terorist bombs that rocked downtown Bogota the day before killing four people injuring more than 1 00 and blasting out the windows of hotels high-rise office buildings and dozens of small shops Last month Escobar declared war against the government as the self-proclaimed leader of a PABLO ESCOBAR: Escapee declared war last month PLEASESEE BOGOTA 3A SUSSMES 1 4.