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Friday, March 17, 1995
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U.S. celebration of Irish day angers English politicians
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The politicians crowding around Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams reflect the diversity of America — and the political clout of the Irish. Even President Clinton has earned a rare torrent of praise from Republicans for his embrace of Adams.
It is not surprising in a country that elected a Kennedy and a Reagan president. And where every child learns the British were the villains in the American Revolution.
"I knew I was Irish even before I knew I was American," the late House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill of Massachusetts wrote in his memoirs.
St. Patrick's Day is a holiday identified as much with precincts as parishes. It is a day of parades, speeches and toasts by politicians who celebrate their real and imagined ties to Ireland.
St. George's day will pass quietly as always on April 23: no parades, no pubs crowded with English-American celebrities and no speaker's lunch or White House reception.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich
played host yesterday to Clinton, Adams and Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland at a lunch in the Capitol. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., a participant at the closed luncheon, said that when Clinton and Adams shook hands, they were greeted with loud applause.
"It was cordial," he said.
Adams said later that he and Clinton chatted for a few minutes.
When Sinn Fein sought international support, he naturally looked to the United States, Adams said.
"Irish America is much better organized and much better politically represented," he said. "We looked here for an initiative, and I think President Clinton has brought that initiative to bear on the process."
On Friday — St. Patrick's Day — Clinton will hold a reception at the White House. To the annoyance of the British government, Adams is on the guest list
The inevitable photograph of Clinton and Adams shaking hands will not play well in England, said one British official.
On the other hand, it plays quite well among many Americans.
due credit to President Clinton for having taken specific dramatic steps during the past year to move the peace process forward," said King.
Normally not a fan of Clinton, King lauded the Democratic president for turning aside British objections and granting a visa to Adams. King also praised him for allowing the Sinn Fein leader to raise money in the United States.
"As a Republican, I want to give
When the British objected, White House representative Mike McCurry pointed out that Adams could legally hold fund-raising events in England.
The British official conceded that was true.
But, he said, "I don't think there's much likelihood they'd get very much money raising funds in the U.K. It's like trying to raise funds for the World Trade bombers in New York."
Sinn Fein is a political ally of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which has waged a violent struggle against British rule of Northern Ireland.
The British content there are no assurances that money raised by Adams won't be used for weapons.
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Three surviving Beatles to release reunion tracks
THE NEWS in brief
The long and winding road to reunion will be shared by all of the Fab Four.
The vocal, "Free As A Bird," was completed by the remaining Beatles in February 1994.
A vmtage John Lennon vocal, reffitted with music from his old Beatles bandmates, is one of several new tracks due out later this year from the group's three surviving members.
The Beatles broke up in 1970. Four years later, Lennon recorded his vocal on "Free As a Bird." Lennon was slain in 1980.
"It's spooky to hear John singing lead," Paul McCartney told radio station WNEW-FM.
McCartney said Wednesday that George Harrison and Ringo Starr have joined him to do an additional couple of tracks.
"These tracks will be released at the end of this year as a couple of cherries on the cake of "The Beatles Anthology." McCartney said.
The anthology is a 10-hour television documentary on the band to be aired later this year.
McCartney's statement was read at a news conference to promote another project he's working on, the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts. The school, a college for young musicians, dancers, actors and would-be showbiz managers, will open in September.
Californians await place in the sun
BERKELEY, Calif. - Day-care worker Quita Waters measures California's torrential rainfall in decibels, not inches.
The Associated Press
"Can you imagine being inside with 16 toddlers?" she asked. "The noise level is just tremendous. They're bouncing off the walls, quite literally."
People in the land of blue skies, convertibles, surfboards and sun are having trouble coping with being cooped up.
Two rounds of storms this winter, in January and then this month, have claimed more than two dozen lives, caused billions of dollars in damage and forced thousands from their homes.
Most affected, of course, were those directly in the storms' paths. But the waterlogged winter has cast a pallet over the rest of the state, too.
Waters, who works at the University of California's child-care center, said rainy-day activities for the 190 kids included listening to jazz, reading stories and anything else workers could think of to keep the tots occupied during the rainstorms.
How wet is it?
By mid-March, San Francisco had received more than 27 inches of rain, 60 percent higher than normal for the season. Los Angeles had more than 21 inches, 78 percent above normal, and normally clear and sunny San Diego had more than 14 inches, 84 percent above average.
Only two years ago, rainfall was cause for celebration in California as the state welcomed the end of a drought.
In January, two weeks of rain caused 11 deaths and more than $300 million in damage.
A second round of storms that started March 8 and ended Tuesday killed at least 15 people and ravaged the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, the nation's "salad bowl." Damage to crops and livestock alone was more than $300 million.
John Poimuroo, state director of tourism, said areas directly hit by the flooding could expect a short-term drop in business of 30 to 40 percent.
California has a $45 billion-a-year tourism industry.
JACKSON, Miss.
Mississippi finally abolishes slavery
Mississippi yesterday accomplished what the rest of the nation did 130 years ago: It ratified the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.
Without debate, the state House of Representatives approved a resolution ratifying the 13th Amendment. The state Senate had acted earlier.
Clerks of the two chambers will notify Congress of the action and it will be noted in congressional records. No action by Gov. Kirk Fordice is required.
The Union comprised 36 states at the time slavery was abolished in 1865. Only Mississippi hadn't ratified the amendment. At the time, state lawmakers were angry they had not been reimbursed for the value of freed slaves.
Most current members of the Legislature were unaware that Mississippi had never ratified the amendment.
Sen. Hillman Frazier, a Democrat from Jackson, learned of the shortcoming while searching historical records earlier this year and convinced lawmakers it was time to put the matter to rest.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.
Surgeon removes the wrong breast
A surgeon performing a mastectomy on a cancer patient removed the wrong breast, a television station reported.
Hospital representative Tim Bulson said he could not confirm the report.
Citing unidentified sources, WZZM said Wednesday that the 69-year-old woman went in for the operation at Butterworth Hospital in February. The report did not identify the patient or the doctor.
"It's just that we have to be very careful to adhere to the laws of patient confidentiality," he said. "Unless or until someone comes forward with consent from the patient, we can't discuss any of the details."
EMERYVILLE, Calif.
EMERYVILLE, Calif.
Woman beaten to death in exorcism
Five members of a religious sect were charged with the murder of a woman who police said was beaten in an attempt to drive demons from her body.
Eight members of the group stayed in an apartment with the body for five days after their minister told them that the woman's spirit had gone to the great heaven and that they should wait for it to come back, police said.
The followers eventually realized something was wrong.
Police said people at the exorcism told them that Kyong-a Ha, 25, was struck 20 to 50 times on the chest. She had at least 10 broken ribs.
Eun Kyong Park, minister of the 15-member Jesus-Amen Ministries, was arrested along with four followers. They were arraigned Wednesday.
OSLO, Norway Man convicted of drunken mowing
OSLO, Norway
A Norwegian man was convicted of drunken driving — on a lawnmower — then let off the hook because his top speed was barely enough to do damage.
The 54-year-old man had been cutting grass for the town of Haugesund when police caught him driving a lawn tractor from one to another, the Oslo newspaper *Aftenposten* reported yesterday.
But his blood alcohol level showed the equivalent of three beers, well over Norway's legal limit.
The report, which did not say when the incident happened, said there was nothing wrong with his driving. Police just stopped him as part of a spot check.
The Haugesun preliminary court fined him $795 and sentenced him to 24 days in jail. However, the court suspended the sentence, ruling that the lawnmower's limited top speed of 6 mph was too slow to be dangerous.
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