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8A The News-Star Tuesday, February 5, 2002 America Strikes Bncit Editor seeks contact with kidnappers Super Bowl bash serves up touch of home and a 'yes' I have not heard from you for several days and want to begin a dialogue that will address your concerns and bring about Danny's safe release. Paul Steiger, Wall Street Journal managing editor "If anyone's going to give his life to save him it's me," she said. "Please make contact with me I'm ready." Twelve days into Pearl's kidnap ordeal, Pakistan's interior minister said efforts to find the journalist were now "massive in scale, spread to all parts of Pakistan." "We are hopeful that Daniel Pearl is alive," said the minister, Moinuddin Haider, who is responsible for law and order in Pakistan. "I can't claim of making any breakthrough, though we are getting close to the men involved." Pakistan is under pressure to find Pearl before President Pervez Musharraf visits Washington next week. Musharraf met late Monday with U.S.

deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam, and U.S. officials said-the Pearl case was believed to have been among the topics. Musharraf is a key ally in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, turning over airfields for use by U.S. forces and4 international peacekeepers. He hasj won praise from Washington for-cracking down on Pakistan-based Islamic militants accused of terrorism against nuclear rival India.

While the Bush administration says; Pakistan is doing everything possible; to find Pearl, his abduction threatensi to cloud Musharraf's visit and has! already prompted the State. Department to warn American citi- zens about the risks of traveling in' Pakistan. Summerall added: "What a wholesome thought." The military's Super Bowl buffet featured apples and oranges, and no drinks stronger than lemonade and coffee. At one point, Army Pfc. Joseph Borgia, 20, got down on his knees to propose to his girlfriend on the air, holding a grenade ring in his hand.

His girlfriend, Rene Brown, 18, of Jackson, N.J., said "yes" later when he called her from the tent and promised her a real ring. "It's a morale thing. It's something to remind you of home and it's a small chance for people to see you on TV," said Army Spc. Joe Cooper, 31, of Clarksville, Term. Army Spc.

Myra Sizemore, 28, of Hyden, watched part of the final quarter. "It's awesome," Sizemore said. "It's a break from the everyday work here. It's a real treat." Army Spc. Kendrick Harris, 28, of Centerville, said he just wished the game had gone into overtime so the party could continue.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) The U.S. military threw the biggest Super Bowl party in Afghanistan even without beer and hot wings. About 450 soldiers, mostly from the Army's 101st Airborne Div ision, based at Fort Campbell, packed a military tent at the Kandahar airfield before kickoff at about 4 a.m. Monday to watch the New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams 20-17.

The soldiers, all armed and in uniform, had made cardboard signs ith messages like "Tiffany, I love you baby" and "I love Britney Spears." In its Super Bowl telecast, Fox cut periodically to Kandahar to show scenes from the party. The troops celebrated loudest when cheerleaders were shown. Fox's reporter told the U.S. audience, "They want to see the winning team right here in Afghanistan. And, at the very least, bring the cheerleaders, right?" After an awkward pause and chuckle, Fox announcer Pat from your serious concerns.

The world is getting a mixed message, and perhaps a negative impression of the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty," the Steiger letter said. He suggested the kidnappers use the e-mail account or private telephone number of one of two Pearl friends, both best men at his wedding, to restore communication. "This line of communication would show me that Danny is with you and would allow us one-to-one contact. We are eager to hear from you soon," Steiger concluded. Pearl's abductors last released a photo of him Wednesday, with a threat to kill him in 24 hours.

Mariane Pearl, who is six months pregnant with the couple's first child, urged the kidnappers to contact her. "Don't harm an innocent man because you're just going to create one more misery," she said in Karachi in a BBC television interview. "Using Daniel as a symbol and all of tins is completely wrong, completely wrong." U.S., British forces retaliate against Iraqi anti-aircraft fire ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) U.S. and British planes patrolling a no-fly zone over northern Iraq bombed Iraqi air defense systems Monday in response to anti-aircraft fire, U.S. officials said.

It was the first time U.S. and British planes had bombed Iraq's north since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, said Capt. Brian Cullin of the U.S. European Command.

Allied planes over northern Iraq have been repeatedly fired on since Sept. 11. mm. Letter requests private dialogue to substantiate the status of a missing reporter and to address the group's concerns. KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) After a series of hoax e-mails, the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal issued an open letter Monday to the group he believes responsible for the kidnapping of reporter Daniel Pearl, asking for a private dialogue to "address your concerns." Pearl's wife, meanwhile, issued an impassioned appeal for his life and said she was willing to die in his place.

Paul Steiger, the Journal managing editor, addressed the letter to the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. That organization signed the first e-mail sent on Jan. 27 claiming to have abducted Pearl who disappeared four days earlier. Attached to that claim were photographs of the journalist one with a gun pointed at his head, another with Pearl holding a newspaper of dated Jan. 27.

That communication demanded Washington return Pakistani prisoners held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial in Pakistan. The Bush administration has ruled out any negotiations. "I know that the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty is very serious and wants others to know about its U.S. and British planes based in southeast Turkey have been flying patrols over northern Iraq since 1991.

The two countries say the patrols are designed to protect the Kurdish population from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "There's a day-to-day commitment made by three very strong coalition partners toward a population we still feel we have an obligation to protect," Cullin said from Stuttgart, Germany. p.m., West Ouachita Senior Center, 1800 N. Seventh, West Monroe. Patrick Henry Society Noon, Tuesdays Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church, 224 Auburn Ave.

Informal discussions. Open to the public. Rotary Club West Monroe Club, noon, West Monroe Convention Center. Sons ol Confederate Veterans 6:30 p.m., Archibald Community Center, Archibald. Twin City Ham Club 6:30 p.m., Civil Defense building, 704 Cypress St.

West Monroe. Information: 325-7223. Leisure Arts Crafts for Seniors 9-noon, daily, Emily P. Robinson Community Center, 3504 Jackson Monroe. Information: 329-3239 PineyHill doggers Call 396-9585.

3D Round Dance Club p.m., easy level, the Bradford's, Pucket Lake Road, West Monroe. Information: (318) 255-3113. Self-help Adult Aerobics 6-7 p.m., Emily P. Robinson Community Center, 3504 Jackson Monroe. Information: 329-3239.

Aerobics 5:45 p.m. and kickboxing, 6:45 p.m., West Monroe Sports Complex. Information: 388-0260. Alcoholics Anonymous For list of daily meetings call Northeast Louisiana Intergroup, 325-4414 or (800) 371-4017. Here are AA meetings in this area for today.

Open meetings are open to anyone. Closed meetings are for alcoholics only. Bayou Bonne Idee Group 8 p.m., 10050 Merton Bowe, Mer Rouge. Open. Caldwell Patience Group 8 p.m., 729 Alvin Columbia.

Open. Delhi Group 8 p.m., 402 Main Delhi. Open. Footsteps 5:30 p.m., The Mission, 317 N. Second Monroe.

Information: Rays of Sonshine, 323-0502. Keep It Simple Group noon, 1301 Oliver Road. Monroe. Open. New Freedom Group 5:30 p.m.

and 8 p.m., 315 Stella, West Monroe. Both within five days, still getting calls!" WANTED MORE FURNITURE! B. E. of Monroe ran this ad in The News-Star and look what happened. 7 sold the furniture within five days and still getting calls.

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A number of groups have been named by Pakistani authorities as possible suspects in the kidnapping. When asked why Steiger addressed his letter to the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, a Dow Jones' spokesman said the letter spoke for itself. Dow Jones publishes the Journal. "I have not heard from you for several days and want to begin a dialogue that will address your concerns and bring about Danny's safe release," Steiger's letter said. "Since your last e-mail I have received numerous e-mails from people who claim that they are holding Danny.

Because of these claims, it has become difficult for me to know that I am communicating with the people holding Danny. These individuals have caused a great deal of confusion. "Also these numerous messages, which have been made public, detract Expectations that Iraq could be the next target of the U.S.-led anti-terror campaign were strengthened by President Bush's State of the Union address last week. Bush said Iraq was part of an "axis of evil," along with Iran and North Korea, and accused it of seeking weapons of mass destruction. Turkey, host to the air patrols and a launching pad for strikes against Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War, has expressed anxiety over the prospect of war in Crimes The following crimes are among those reported to the Monroe and West Monroe police departments and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office from noon Sunday through noon Monday.

The times and dates are when the crimes are reported. Monroe ZONE 1 Aggravated assault with a weapon, 3300 block of Gordon Avenue, 8 p.m. Sunday. Theft, 4100 block of South Grand Street, noon Monday, cash. Theft, 2300 block of Lee Avenue, 6:40 p.m.

Sunday, electronics. ZONE 2 Burglary, 1200 block of Georgia Street, 5:15 p.m. Sunday, stereo. Aggravated assault with a weapon, 2800 block of Lee Avenue, 10 p.m. Sunday.

Thelt, 1900 block of South Fifth Street, 3 a.m. Monday, cash. ZONE 3 Theft, 500 block of Louise Anne Avenue, 1 p.m. Sunday, cash. Burglary, 800 block of South 19th Street, 2 a.m.

Monday, electronics. ZONE 4 Burglary, 900 block of Louisville Avenue, 3:25 p.m. Sunday, electronics. ZONE 5 Burglary, 1000 block North Fourth Street, 4:58 p.m. Sunday, cash.

Burglary, 2300 block of Forsythe Avenue, 9:35 p.m. Sunday, electronics. ZONE 7 Aggravated assault, 2900 block of Renwick Street, 7 a.m. Monday. ZONE 8 Open.

Twin City Group 8 p.m., 1712 Wellerman Road, West Monroe. Open University Group 6 p.m., 3706 Bon Aire Drive, Monroe. Closed. We Care Group 11 a.m., (open); 8 p.m. (closed); 3217 Concordia, Monroe.

Child Immunizations a.m., Ouachita Parish Health Unit, 2913 DeSiard Monroe. Bring shot record, medical card or a $5 administration fee with a maximum of $30 per family. Information: 362-3400. Child Immunizations p.m., West Ouachita Parish Health Unit, 1416 Natchitoches West Monroe. Bring shot record, medical card or $5 administration fee with a maximum of $30 per family, Information: 362-3428.

Cocaine Anonymous 6:30 p.m., Claiborne United Methodist Church, 5401 Cypress West Monroe. Information: Divorce Support Group Information: 397-9869. Gamblers Anonymous For meeting time and place, call 343-3585 (Mainline) or 324-8165 HIV Support Groups Call 325-1092 (GO CARE) for meeting places and times. Narcotics Anonymous 8 p.m., New Spirit Group, Sunshine House, Highway 15 (across from the Ford dealership.) Information: 376-5100. Overcomes p.m., 317 N.

Second, Monroe. For anyone affected directly or indirectly by abuse of mood-altering chemicals or compulsive behavior. Information: 362-4504. Overcome Outreach 8 p.m., brick house next to White's Ferry Road Church of Christ. Twelve-stepBible program for people with drug or alcohol problems.

Information: 396-6000. Overeaten Anonymous For information about area meetings, call 343-3585. Pregnancy Exercise Class 6:30 p.m., Glenwood Wellness Center, 3217 Cypress, West Monroe. Information: 329-9100. Support After Suicide Group St.

Paul's United Methodist Church, Monroe. Information: 323-9479 or 322-5065. J)h I rf Ill 1 LW-4fe Monroe A West Monroe wv" parish OBITUARY ADS are placed through funeral homes. Deadline is 4PM daily and weekends. We strive to ensure the correctness of your ads.

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Obituaries are also posted on our website at www.thenewsstar.com. The bombing came amid a rising debate on whether Iraq will be the next target of the U.S. anti-terror campaign. The bombs were dropped after Iraqi forces northeast of Mosul fired on a routine air patrol, the U.S. European Command said.

"All coalition aircraft departed the area safely," the U.S. statement said. Iraq's official news agency said four people in Mosul were killed in the bombing. NORTH MONROE Amanda and Brian Myers, a boy, Dakota Trey Sharon and Tyrone Woods, a boy, Tyrone 'TJ' Louis Jr. ST.

FRANCIS Kathryn and Wilson Barham, a girl, Frances Kathryn IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER Jennifer and Jarrod Hawthorne, a girl, Abigail Renee Meetings Civltan Club West Monroe Club, noon, West Monroe Convention Center. Disabled American Veterans 6:30 and Richard Johnston. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Tuesday at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Shreveport, LA or the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe, LA. MR.

BOBBY GEORGE FALUN Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston, LA CHOUDRANT, LA Funeral services for Mr. Bobby George Fallin, 70, of Choudrant will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at the Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston with Elder W. C. Hatten, Jr. officiating.

Interment will follow In the Longstraw Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Mr. Fallin died Sunday, February 3, 2002 at the LSI) Medical Center in Shreveport following a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Randall Ira Fallin and Pal-ma Futrell Fallin, and brothers Harold, Everett and Richard Fallin. He Is survived by his sister Irene Fallin Taylor and husband Roy of Ruston, a brother Ira W.

Fallin of West Monroe, sister-in-law Mrs. Bobbie Fallin of Bastrop and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Fallin was educated at Choudrant High School and Louisiana Tech University. He was a veteran of the Korean War, during which he served in the United States Air Force.

Pallbearers will be Andrew Taylor, Randell Fallin, Morton Parnell, Eddie Parnell, Corbett Best and Lamar Oxford. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 PM until 7 PM at Kilpat-rick's In Ruston. dismantled its weapons of massi I Ti i destruction, oagnuuu nas icjcwicu U.S. warning to admit the inspectors, or face the consequences. In a letter to Saddam, Ecevit warned of the "severe consequences: to be encountered" if Iraq does not, allow the inspection.

Also Monday, Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said America's' foreign policy could prompt attacks' worse than those of Sept. 11. The News-Slai OeSiard Street. 2:20 a.m. Monday, window.

Thett, 3600 block of Louberta Street, 12:18 a.m. Monday, cash, Sunday. The funeral is 1 p.m. today at Southern Funeral Home chapel, Winnfield. Visitation is 8 a.m.

today until service time. Burial is at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Ret. Lt. Col.

Kenneth Gritzmacher, 82 Kenneth Gritzmacher of Monroe, a retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force, died Monday. The funeral is 1 1 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew Catholic Church.

Monroe. Visitation is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday until service time at the church. Burial is at Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Lamy Lane, Monroe. Oleta C.

Holloway, 88 Oleta C. Holloway of Monroe, a homemaker, died Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe, James Lamar Hurst, 82 DUBACH James Lamar Hurst, a carpenter, died Sunday, The funeral is' 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mineral Springs. Baptist Church, Dubach.

Visitation 5-8 p.m. today at Kilpatrick Funera Home chapel, Ruston. Buriul is a1; Weldon Cemetery, Bernice. Minnie M.S. Womack, 83 SHREVEPORT Minnie Mai Spells Womack, a homemaker, die Sunday.

Graveside service is 1 p.m today at Columbia Hill Cemetery; Visitation is 10 a.m.-l2;30 p.m. todm at Riser Funeral Home chapel Columbia. Iraq fearing the fall of the Baghdad regime could lead to creation of a Kurdish state and boost aspirations of autonomy-seeking Kurds in Turkey. Turkey's Prime Minister, Bulent Ecevit, warned Saddam on Monday to admit U.N. weapons inspectors in order to head off possible U.S.

military action. Iraq has refused since 1998 to allow U.N. inspectors into the country to check if the Baghdad regime has Simple battery, 3500 block of LaSalle Street, 4:55 p.m. Sunday. Oamage to property, 5200 block of We Care AL-ANON 5:30 p.m., 3217 Concordia, Monroe.

Open only to friends and family members affected by another person's drinking. Information: 651-0026 or (800) 371-4017. YWCA Survivors Survivors of Rape and Sexual Assault support group. Call 323-1505 for meeting location, Deaths Funeral homes should call The News-Star with death notices at 362-0266 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 362-0278 on weekends. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Bell Charles 2 p.m. today, Erman Smith Funeral Home chapel, Pittsburg, Texas. Harris, Selena: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Zion Travelers Baptist Church, Monroe.

Upshaw, Harold: 10 a.m. today, Cannon Baptist Church, Spearsville. Felix Bennett, 81 Felix Bennett of West Monroe, a retired maintenance worker, died Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, Mary Hill Bryant, 74 TALLULAH Mary Hill Bryant, a homemaker, died Monday, Graveside service is 10 a.m. Thursday at Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, Visitation is 5-8 p.m.

Wednesday at Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home chapel, Tallulah, Arthur Dale Chandler, 61 WINNFIELD Arthur Dale Chandler, a retired chief with the Winnfield Fire Department, died West 0 Monroe 11 mVvIa Z-r i 3Li 'ajT i MRS. MAVIS JOHNSTON PENN Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe, LA Services for Mrs. Mavis Johnston Penn, 82, of Monroe will be Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel Sterlington Rd. with Rev.

Walter Mangham and Dr. Rod Masteller officiating. Burial will be in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Penn died on February 4, 2002 at St.

Francis Medical Center following a brief Illness. She was preceded In death by her parents, Luther and Sarah Jane Johnston; one sister, Una J. Nichols; and three brothers, Charles Rayford Johnston, Clarence Johnston, and Elton Johnston. Born in Sikes, LA, Mrs. Penn resided in Monroe for most of her life.

She was a graduate of Sikes High School and Soulee Business College of New Orleans, LA. Mrs. Penn was a retired Secretary and Bookkeeper and a member of the First Baptist Church of Monroe. Survivors Include her two sons, Charles H. Penn III and his wife, Jessica, of Keithville, LA; and Michael Johnston Penn and his wife, Jodi, of Shreve-port, LA; six grandchildren, Matt Penn, Jeffrey Penn, Jonathan Penn, Justin Penn, Taylor McCutcheon, and Sarah Bracy Penn; two great grandchildren, Matthew Penn Jr.

and Marc Penn; sister, Medra Carbone; brothers, LV. Johnston and his wife Joy; and R. Johnston and his wife Martha, all of Monroe, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Matt Penn, Jeffrey Penn, Jonathan Penn, Justin Penn.Rayford Johnston,.