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f- 31 Locally Had eroira? 4 fx After a dry spell in June, Decatur got its wettest month on with 16.81 inches of rain. Olympics Politics, religion don't mix Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton and his running mate Al Gore are both Southern Baptists, but don't bank on support from all members of their denomination. Some experts say it's hard to call. Crossing party lines Pat Pajak, pastor of the Tabernacle Southern Baptist Church in Decatur, is a registered Democrat. Will he vote for his party's Southern Baptist presidential ticket? NO! StoriesB1 yb" CO Cl, Shot put drought ends; swimming tidal wave continues The U.S.

wins it first gold in the shot put since 1968, and nabs the silver as well. Meanwhile, the Dream Team rolls in its long-awaited court showdown with Brazil, and American swimmers end competition in Barcelona with another medal-rush day. Stories, AP A HALF THE TICKET: Democratic vice presidential candidate Al Gore, above, and his running mate, presidential nominee Bill Clinton, support abortion and gay rights. That's counter to beliefs of many Southern Baptists. i ar-iiitniWfiMi-uiTi A TODAY: Mostly sunny, warmer.

High of 82. 1 1 1 Ann Landers B9 Business CI Comics BIO Lottery A2 Movies B9 Obituaries A6 Puzzles C3.7 Television BM Our 120th Year Issue 214 Four sections TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low of 60. i i 1 I 5 TOMORROW: 8464. DetailsA2 1 Sutter Decatur, Illinois 50 cents Home delivery: 31 cents 1992 Saturday, August 1, 1992 Judge wm PnirftnfnirniDOD ml If ii i i i 1 1 i i i i i 1111111111 By JIM GETZ Taylorville Bureau Chief Stuart Heaton sentenced for 4 The HSR team with a different view Herald Review staff writers Dave Moore and David Burke share their single-guy impressions of the opening night of Decatur Celebration.

The crowds, the Pope (that is his look-alike) and a ton of food with green peppers in the recipe all get' pegged. Just some of the many things experienced by the festival's lost boys. ColumnA5 Foreign relations mixed with excitement Improving relations between Japan and America is one topic on the minds of five young Japanese visiting from Decatur's sister city, Tokorozawa. Another is learning more about Americans and having fun doing it. Those goals were being met Friday as the young people, with their host families, savored the sights, sounds and smells of the Decatur Celebration.

StoryA4 PIZZA CHOMP: Four-year-old Jennifer Veech of Decatur chomps on a piece of pepper-oni pizza. World of fun greets crowd on first day By DAVID BURKE Staff Writer Ramsey teen's vandalia -i want you to listen to SClSSOr murder. something," Circuit Judge Joseph Fribley said before he sentenced Stuart Heaton of Bluff City. "Bang!" went Fribley's gavel. "Bang!" again.

Twenty times the clap of wood on wood reverberated in the Fayette County Circuit Courtroom. "That's one time less than one-quarter of the times Krystal was stabbed," Fribley said Friday, referring to 16-year-old Krystal Lynn Naab, whom Heaton was convicted of murdering by stabbing her 81 times with a pair of scissors. Then, two days after Heaton's 26th birthday and 53 weeks after Naab's body was found in her mother's trailer five miles southeast of Ramsey, Fribley sentenced Heaton to life in prison. Fayette County State's Attorney said Heaton is not eligible for parole. Only the governor can grant him clemency.

Fribley's decision came after 35 minutes of contemplation by the judge and a three-hour sentencing hearing in which a 21-year-old former Ramsey woman testified Heaton had sexually assaulted her in 1986 and a coroner revealed Naab had been pregnant when she died. "There is a day of reckoning, a day of judgment," Fribley told Heaton before pronouncing sentence. "Today the scales of judgment will be balanced, and the balance will swing back toward Krystal. "You will pay dearly for those 30 to 45 minutes she lay dying in a pool of blood while you cleaned up," Fribley continued. "You could've stopped and faced, at most, attempted murder.

But you chose to look out for yourself." In arguing for the life sentence, Sheafor said that society needed to be protected from Heaton's "deep-rooted emotion, possibly rage" and his "affinity towards sex with young girls." "He was really acting more like a vicious animal than a human being when this occurred," Sheafor said. "The state concludes he needs to be locked up, and locked up for the rest of his life." Related storyA3 News flash: It's a small world after all. In fact, it's about 22 blocks large. The seventh annual Decatur Celebration kicked off Friday night, and lived up to its expected billing as "An International Affair," with an estimated Siililiil ill '-v, Jtffr. -I I' 1 ft-f.

iiii i I 90,000 people experiencing a blend of entertainment, and food and crafts, from different cul-tures around the world. "The best thing is the variety," said General Chairman Cathy Coulter, munching on a Swedish meatball. "The international theme really gives us so much to work with because it gives us the chance for so many unique acts." Friday night crowds were plentiful for the oldies of the Delfonics, the Cajun swing of FESTIVAL Photos by Darrell Goemaat A TUMBLEWEEDS: A carnival worker watches children tumble out of a spinning wheel at the exit of The Wild Hayride Fun-house on the midway at Decatur Celebration on Friday night. Continued on A4 i 111 i llii I iiiiiOiliHiHi iirfjMMlMrilrillW(irtl i IHMIIHllWltlr Armv troop presence i I Pilot aborted liftoff because of warning light NEW YORK (AP) The pilot of an airliner that veered off a runway and erupted in flames told investigators Friday he aborted the takeoff when a warning system indicated engines were stalling, a federal official said. The pilot had no indication there was a fire until after he aborted the liftoff at Kennedy Airport, John Lauber, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator, said at a news conference.

All 292 people aboard escaped through emergency exits as flames engulfed the back half of the plane. Fiftyifive people were hurt, none seriously. TWA Flight 843, a Lockheed L-1011, had been headed to San Francisco. Air traffic controllers told investigators they meant as message to Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration plans to send 2,400 Army-troops to Kuwait during the next three weeks for training exercises to fur- ther demonstrate U.S. resolve in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Soldiers with mechanized and infantry units from Fort Hood, Texas, and special operations forces from Fort Campbell, have been given orders to prepare for the move, said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams. The move "is intended to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the security, and stability of the Persian Gulf region," a Pentagon statement stated. The move follows the administration's decision in light of the ongoing tension with Iraq over United Nations weapons inspections to send a battery of Patriot missiles to Kuwait, and another battery of the antimissile weaponry to neighboring Bahrain. As well, Navy and Marines are expected to participate in a round of naval and amphibious exercises with the Kuwaiti military, beginning next week.

Advance units will begin moving next week and fly to the Gulf region during the next three weeks. Williams described the decision to deploy the forces as a "field training exercise" in line with other naval and amphibious exercises U.S. forces will be conducting with the Kuwaiti military during the coming weeks. The spokesman said he did not know how long the soldiers would remain in the Persian Gulf emirate. A Pentagon source, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the exercise as "a message to Saddam.

It's to show the flag." The decision to shift some Army armor and infantry troops to Kuwait does not portend military action, the source said. AP A SURVIVORS ARRIVE: John Cegrue, a survivor of TWA Flight 843, arrives Friday at San Francisco International Airport to a warm welcome from his friend Nora Horvatch saw smoke coming from the plane when it was halfway down the runway and radioed the pilot at about the time of liftoff, Lauber said. Lauber disputed an earlier report that fuel had leaked from the plane during the takeoff The Port Authority's preliminary report on the accident said a rear fuel line to the plane may have ruptured, causing the fire, said a Port Authority police official who spoke on condition of mmuwmm.