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••HM The Hometown Newspaper of Clinton, Essex, Franklin Counties Vol. 103 •*• No. 124 O Copyright 1995, PreM-RepbuHcu Plottsburgh, NY 12901, Sunday, December 24,1995 Suggested Price: 1.50 40 Pages \ 5574 s.;\ § 1727 ifial 1855 !nr itifj ay si AVYl red. itial Chargers overcome Giants, snowballs to make playoffs. SPORTS Staff Writer Steve Manor's annual Christmas story returns. SPECTRUM Learn how to deal with a hazard of the new com- puter age, the virus. BUSINESS OPERATION MISTLETOE: ACCOMPLISHED! Dec. 24 — Last shopping day before Christmas. WEATHER Cloudy with a 50 percent, chance of snow showers. Agriculture Bridge D-9 Business News..... \. ..D-l-7 Calendars C-2 Crossword 0^3 Editorial C-8-9 Entertainment i C-6-7 Books..... B-9 Travel : B-8 Horoscope C-3 Ann Landers C-3 Public Record A-5~ Sports B-l-7 Weather A-2 Weddings, Engagements C-5 LOTTERY Lotto 54: 3, 9, 11,28,29,51. Supplementary No.: 15. Lottery: 726. \Win 4\: 4487. \Pick 10\: 4, 6, 9, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32,. 36, 37, 40, 44, 47, 49, 58, 59, 62, 66, 72. New England: Pick 3': 774. Pick 4':4182> . Tri-Stato Megabuckt: 22, 25, 27, 28,32,37. . NATO leader sends warning to Bosnians By JEFFREY ULBRICH Associated Press Writer TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The commander of NATO forces in Bosnia warned the republic's rival factions to \knock that stuff off' Saturday after gunfire ripped through an American plane and a British helicopter was targeted. \I hold all parties responsible JsJLJBSKy^^^SST^their people know this is a~peace~rni§sion7\™ said U.S.y Navy Adm. Leighton Smith. \I'm going to. put the onus on the leaders of the parties.\ One small arms round hit a C-130 military transport plane bringing humanitarian aid to Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital. The bullet entered under the naviga- tor's bulletproof seat and rico- cheted in the cargo bay, NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Mark Rayner said. There were no injuries. In Friday's other incident, a' British Sea King helicopter flying two sick infants and their mothers from the northern city of Tuzla to Sarajevo came under small arms fire two miles north of the capital. It was fired on again on the return flight. It was not hit .either time. Smith, speaking to reporters as he toured the American head- quarters at Tuzla air base, said it had not been determined who fifed the shot. He added the culprits probably would claim it was \celebratory gunfire.\ But he said that was no ex- cuse. \Celebratory fire is the mark of an undisciplined army,\ he said. However, he added that coop- eration with Bosnia's rival sides had been good so far, despite \a few bumps in the road.\ NATO formally took over the Bosnia peacekeeping mission from the United Nations on Wednesday, in accord with a peace plan aimed at ending a 3V2-year war between Bosnia's Muslim-led government and rebel Bosnian Serbs. Tuzla is the center of opera- tions for the 20,000 Americans Continued Page A-10 Dashing through the snow Staff Photo/Mike Dowd Shawn Nutt and Mike Favro of Sciota were among dozens of riders cruising snowy Plattsburgh trails Saturday afternoon. \It's good riding,\ Fayro said. \We lost a lot of snow with the warm weather, but there's still 1 y h to 2 feet in spots.\ The pair planned to log about six hours on their sleds Saturday. Investigators signs of a cause X-ray bodies, search for in jetliner crash By CHRIS TORCHIA Associated Press Writer BUGA, Colombia (AP) - In- vestigators X-rayed rows of bodies in a makeshift morgue Saturday to determine if an American Airlines crash that killed 160 people was caused by sabotage. Officials believe Flight 965 from Miami to Cali crashed into a remote mountainside by acci- dent *- it was 13 miles off course. But X-rays will establish whether shrapnel from an ex- plosive device is embedded in any corpses. Colombian officials say there is no evidence that an explosion brought down the airliner. \If it was a bomb, it would have ex- ploded in the air,\ said William Duarte, spokesman for the pro- secutor general's office. Peasants in the hills near Buga, 40 miles from Cali, saw the plane flying low before smashing into the forest and bursting into flames Wednesday night. Only four people and a dog survived. Rescuers poring over the wreckage Friday found the flight data recorder, which should con- tain information about the plane's air speed, direction and pitch at the time of the crash. The \black box\ and a cockpit voice recorder also found, in the forest were being flown by a Fed- eral Aviation Administration plane to Washington, D.C., for Continued Page A-10 A woman cries while waiting for the bodies to be brought in from the wreckage of Ameri- can Airlines flight 965 Friday in Buga, Columbia. TRAVEL ADVISORIES The North Country wilt be fairly cloudy today with a 5 0 percent chance of snow showers. Christmas day will remain cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light snow later in the day. If you're headed south, the Albany area will be more cloudy than sunny with a goad chance of snow flurries; highs 30-35. Light snow is likely on Christmas. Toward New York City, you'll find a mostly cloudy day with a chance of flurries. High near 30. Light snow will be moving in just in time for Christmas. Travelers heading into western New York will find much the same weather — mo^ cloudy vrith a 30 parawrt chariot of snow or scattered flurries late in the day. Highs will be around 30. Expect a bit of snow on Christmas. Road conditions on the Thmway are available 24 hours a day by calling a toll-free number: 1-800*47-8929 (or 1-800-THRUWAY) Vermonters Will have a partly cloudy day with a chance of snow showers. Highs 27-37. Christmas will see a chance of light snow. The Boston area will be partly cloudy today and Christmas Temperatures will reach Into the 30s both days Dole, Clinton lead money race By RICHARD KEIL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - If the race to raise campaign funds equaled the battle for the Republican presidential nomina- tion, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole already would be preparing to face President Clinton in next fall's election. As 1995 draws to a close, Dole, the GOP front-runner, holds a commanding advantage — both in money raised and cash re- maining — on the eve of the 1996 GOP primary season. Dole's GOP competitors can only envy the Kansan's campaign cash as they struggle with smaller bankrolls. Most, like commentator Pat Buchanan and former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, are carrying debt and expect to be scraping for every dollar come January. Dole will close out 1995 having raised more than $24 million, ac- cording to campaign finance director Jo Anne Coe. He also will enter 1996 with a negligible debt, a minimum of $4 million in the bank, and eligibility for at least $9 million in taxpayer- backed federal matching funds — just as campaign expenses begin to accelerate. \We feel very comfortable in terms of the financial advantage we have over other campaigns,\ Coe said. \And while that's a nice • asset — literally — we believe that our best asset really is the candidate.\ In fact, Dole's only real money rival is President Clinton, who will raise at least $26 million by the end of 1995 and apply for $10 million in matching,funds. \The directive we had from the president was to raise it quickly and Spend it slowly, and I think Continued Page A-10 SUNDAY S FEATURE One busy Morrisonville family watches its Christmas Village grow every year By ROBIN CAUDELL . Staff Writer MORRISONVILLE — Give Rhonda Daniels a can of Great Stuff — no, make that a case of Great Stuff, an expandable foam sealant, and '• watch out. She creates the heavens, the earth and everything in between with this material normally used to insulate pipes. Daniels made a moun- tain with a train chugging through it, a lake, and a moon for her % mother's Christmas village. And her mind is already churning, con- ; templating next year's addition — lighted stars and an extension of the village. ... - \It all started as a project for the family to get together,\ Rhonda '. said. \It kept growing-and growing.\ Six years ago, her father Clifford and brother Jason built seven J wooden houses and placed them on a modest wood platform. Today,4.i the village includes a barnyard complete with' nativity scene; a sia, resort, Protestant and Catholic churches, a fire department, an ice hockey rink and a mountain where men hunt deer* 11 Staff Phpto/MIke DOwd Continued Page A-3 Rhonda Daniels (left) and her mother, Alberta, with the ever-growing Christmas village. V-l'j' \'^Ajfft%!:^^i'ti\\ii ' : j-''^h.<- i
