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CARROLL COUNTY TLMES Wednesday April 15 1992 NationWorld Page A5 Sanctions against Libya set World Court rejects last minute appeal By ANDREW KATELL Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS The UM Security Council on Tuesday rejected a last minute appeal and prepared to cancel all arms sales and airline travel to Libya because of its refusal to turn over suspects in the bombing of Pan Am light 103 The council armed with a World Court rejection of effort to bar the sanctions said they would go into effect at 12:01 am EDT Wednesday After the deadline passes there should be no flights to or from Libya nor sales of any military equipment the council said White House spokesman Marlin itz water earlier said the sanctions would take effect 24 hours later at 12:01 am Thursday In any event the Security first discussions on enforcing the sanc tions were beginning Wednesday The council demands Libya turn over two men indicted for the 1988 bombing of the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie Scot land which killed 270 people It also says Libya must prove it has renounced terror ism and cooperate with rance in the investigation of four other Libyans sus pected in the 1989 bombing of a rench airliner that killed 171 people Morocco had appealed on behalf of the Arab League for a delay in imposing the sanctions after Libya offered to turn the suspects in the Pan Am bombing over to Malta for trial there The United States and Britain which have issued warrants for their arrest rejected that proposal Among the five permanent Security Council members only China supported request "The council did not agree that a case had been made for said the British Ambassador Sir David Hannay No formal vote was needed or taken for the sanc tions to take effect he said The sanctions approved in a council resolution March 31 bar all nations from allowing aircraft to use their territory or airspace for travel to or from Libva Tax return deadline arrives By JIM LUTHER AP Tax Writer WASHINGTON rom the man who says just make up some more to the woman who files her returns eight years at a time professional tax preparers have seen it all Now they are bracing for a rush by millions who have a habit of filing on April 15 always a lot of panic at this time of says Donna Halligan who oversees seven Jackson Hewitt Tax Service offices in Syracuse NY expect us to pull off miracles at the last had spouses fighting people crying people afraid the IRS is going to take their house tomorrow because they pay" adds Harry Buckley of Kansas City president of tax operations at Block Inc Because of the battered economy millions of taxpayers made an extra effort to file early this year Nevertheless the Internal Revenue Service figures up to 20 million may have waited until die last two or three days before the midnight Wednes day deadline Taxpayers who owe can face stiff penalties and interest if they fail to file on time There is a considerably smaller penalty for not paying any balance by the deadline But there is no late filing penalty for the 80 percent of taxpayers who are due refunds meaning there is little reason to risk a mistake by rushing to mail a return News Highlights Boys 7 accused of rape INDIANAPOLIS Rape charges are pending against two 7 year old boys who allegedly at tacked a first grade classmate in a public school restroom "It is hard to believe it?" said Gary Chavers a deputy prosecutor who heads juvenile investigations Authorities believe the incident is the first involving suspects so young think our young est was a 10 year old charged a couple of months ago with Chavers said The boys whose names were not made public because of their age were arrested Monday appeared in juvenile court and were released to their parents for formal home detention during further court proceedings No trial dates were set Teen charged in slayings BALSAM LAKE Wi A 16 year old boy charged with killing five members of his family later told a friend did according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday Bruce Brenizer who also allegedly wrote in a diary about his anger toward his father told the friend that killing five people worse than it actually according to the complaint The juvenile friend identified only as JA allegedly helped move the bodies but was granted immunity from prosecution for his testimony A year after the killings Brenizer of rural Cushing was charged in adult court Tuesday with five counts of first degree intentional homicide Each charge carries a mandatory life prison term aberge back in Russia ST PETERSBURG Russia The art of aberge jeweler to the czars was wiped out by the Bolsheviks in 1917 Andrei Ananov jeweler to the stars is trying to revive it Because Soviet citizens were forbidden to trade precious stones and metals Ananov spent years working in secret trying to figure out lost methods Now his workshop in St Petersburg turns out aberge style pieces not replicas but one of a kind originals including intricate gold and enamel Easter eggs that sell for $10000 to $30000 each the old craftsmen either died or went abroad after he told a recent visitor training a new generation from rom Associated Press reports Russian lawmakers back down power preserved By ALAN COOPERMAN Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Russia's Communist dominated parlia ment backed down Tuesday from a week long clash with President Boris Yeltsin and passed a declaration that will allow him to continue his free market reforms The declaration preserves Yeltsin's power to rule by decree and directs the government to continue the painful reforms that the lawmakers who are mostly former Communists oppose It apparently averted one of most serious political crises since the collapse of the Soviet Union last December On Monday Cabinet threatened to resign claiming attempts to trim the powers would cripple reforms raise inflation and block entry into the world marketplace After the 530 236 vote by the Congress of People's Deputies Yeltsin's ministers happily clapped each shoulders and his parliamentary supporters burst into applause Yeltsin was not present for the vote eliminates the need for our right hand man State Secretary Gennady Burbulis told reporters Still lawmakers will have a chance to change their minds and amend the document Wednesday Iraqi commanders shuffled By ED BLANCHE Associated Press Writer NICOSIA Cyprus Saddam Hussein has moved several trusted generals into key positions in a command shuffle that reflects his constant efforts to forestall a coup informed travelers from Iraq say The sources who include Baghdad based Western diplomats and knowledgeable Iraqis say there is no sign that regime is in any immediate danger But the feeling is that these changes in the hierarchy the latest in a long line of shuffles over the past 18 months reflect insecurity more than a year after his Gulf War defeat The sources spoke to The Associated Press in Nicosia and Amman Jordan on condition of anonymity They said the Iraqi leader has ringed Baghdad with three of his five elite Republican Guard divisions to ensure his security amid the continuing threat of Kurdish and Shiite Muslim unrest They said Saddam has named Gen Hussein Rashid a former chief of staff and hero of the 1980 88 war against Iran the commander of the Republican Guard Corps a pillar of the regime Death evicts from her New York apartment By RICK HAMPSON Associated Press Writer Jean Herman the stubborn apartment dweller who turned down a $750000 buyout offer and forced a skyscraper to be built around her two room flat finally sur rendered her lease last month She died That Miss Herman prom ised was the only way ever lose her New York City home of three decades And on the day of her funeral the landlord changed the locks But Miss Herman has her monument: 134 60th St a four story brownstone built in 1865 that juts from the base of a 31 story glass granite and steel office tower built in 1988 NEWS OCUS was the ultimate hold said Seymour Durst the developer who wrote a book about such per sonalities Miss death at age 69 returned to her landlord the rent controlled fourth floor walkup for which she paid $200 a month in a neigh borhood where rents can eas ily reach four times that amount But it left unanswered why she hadn't taken the money and moved honestly do not said her brother Harold Her man liked the publicity she liked the neighborhood Did she think she could get more (money) from the devel Her lawyer Joseph allon added two more motives: AP 1 Th a 1 II "'jg gl MB I 11 I Jean Herman lived at 134 had a principled opposition to overdevelopment And she was Whatever her reasons they made Miss Herman famous In a decade and in a city when almost everything had a price and someone almost al ways had enough money to pay it she sell out was an inspiration to 60th St the people who fight these said Joyce Matz who represents tenant and commu nity groups A native of Newburgh NY Miss Herman came to the city to attend college in the 1930s and never left She worked in market research and publicity Please see Holdout A6 Attack brings back bad memories Secret Service probe IM UNIVERSAL CITY Calif ormer first lady Nancy Reagan said Tues day an anti nuclear charge at her husband gave her a sleepless night and bad memories of the 1981 attempt on his life just brought back a lot of memories rather forget" Mrs Reagan said very happy about it 1 really think really done this (being attacked) Mrs Reagan told reporters at Universal Studios Hollywood: sleep but he feels fine" Mrs Reagan praised her hus composure after incident in Las Vegas and said she would not criticize the Secret Serv ice for the apparent lapse in allow ing the man to get on stage with Reagan there so sure they did whatever they could she said of the agents She expressed no worry about her public appearances not concerned about me always concerned about my hus she said Ex hotel queen must do jail term NEW YORK ormer hotel queen Leona Helmsley said Tues day she was prepared to serve the four year prison term she received for tax evasion now that an appeals court upheld it People in the News Mrs Helmsley had been ordered to report on Wednesday the deadline for filing federal income tax returns to a federal prison hospital in Kentucky accept the judgment and prepared to abide by the Mrs Helmsley said Earlier Tuesday the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals unani mously rejected arguments from Mrs lawyers that the sentence should be reversed The lawyers said the in her health since she was sentenced in 1989 has made it a virtual life sentence Her ailments include hardening of the arteries and severe high blood pressure arguing not that the origi nal sentence was wrong but that circumstances have said defense attorney Alan Dershowitz He asked the appeals court to let Mrs Helmsley do community serv ice work instead of going to jail But prosecutors argued that the 71 year old hotel queen remains an active woman and letting her avoid prison would a mockery of the end has assistant US attorney Mark Hellerer said Defense lawyers said no time was set for her surrender Convicts generally are required to report during regular business hours They must arrange their own transporta tion to the prison Helmsley is very upset obviously about the prospect of going to jail and she is Dershowitz told reporters later Mrs Helmsley was convicted in 1989 of evading $17 million in taxes by billing personal expenses tv' 4 1 AP Princess Yasmin daughter in law of the late former Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi Iooks at her daughter Princess Noor who was bom In Washington DC April 3 The hospital room was symbolically declared a part of Iran during the birth because the child could not be bom on Iranian territory Kings donate to hospital unit BANGOR Maine Author Ste phen King and his wife Tabitha said they will give $750000 for a hospital pediatrics unit but in three installments to encourage others to give too The Kings donated $250000 to Eastern Maine Medical Center on Monday and said write checks for the rest as the fund raisers reach their goal of $55 million King said he was confident of "the good will of the community which never seems to fail no matter how hard times get" King a Maine native who lives in Bangor is the author of blockbuster thrillers such as Dead and Enriched by his novels and their resulting movies King shares his wealth His philanthropy helped build a Little League baseball field maintain the University of Maine swim team and support political candidates Mother daughter team loves Diamond SYDNEY Australia A mother daughter team of music reviewers found Nell Diamond as thrilling as ever after a 16 year hiatus between his last concert tour of Australia and his current sell out run When the 51 year old Diamond appeared in Sydney on Monday The Daily Telegraph Mirror sent staff 4 rock critic Kathy McCabe and mother Trish who last saw singer songwriter in concert iri 1976 unleashed his unmis takeable vocals sending obvious tingles down more than a few backs witfi his immense control" the younger McCabe observed Her mother judged voice deeper but just as strong' and he plays the audience like a violin At times Neil Diamond seemed surprised at his reception' from the crowd almost as though' he just believe he still be this popular" greatest hits include' "Love on the and Sung Writer Welty receives honor JACKSON Miss Writer Eudora Welty celebrated her 83rd birthday and was celebrated in turn as! winner of the $25000 Rea Award for the Short Story was amazed It came out of the blue Welty said from her Jackson home on Monday the day the Dungannon oundation an nounced the prize in New York lelighted How could I not be?" i birthdays Actor Michael Ansara is 70 Coun try singer Roy Clark is 59 Actress I Elizabeth Montgomery is 59 Actress Claudia Cardinale is 53 Rock singer guitarist Dave Edmunds is 48 rom Associated Press reports.