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Today Tuesday Wednesday High: 59 High: 56 High: 52 Low: 43 Low: 44 Low: 42 Precip: 10% Precip: 30% Precip: 60% IN BRIEF Johnny Carson, king of late-night TV, dies at 79 LOS ANGELES — Johnny Carson, i the quick-witted “Tonight Show” i host who became a national institu- ( tion putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of , celebrity banter and heartland , charm, died Sunday. He was 79. j Carson died early Sunday morn ing, according to his nephew, Jeff Sotzing. “He was surrounded by his | family, whose loss will be immeasur- . able,” Sotzing said. He did not provide further details, i but NBC said Carson died of emphy sema — a respiratory disease that , can be attributed to smoking — at his Malibu home. ( The boyish-looking Nebraska na tive with the disarming grin, who | survived every attempt to topple him from his late-night talk show throne, was a star who managed never to i distance himself from his audience. “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” was the booming announcement from side kick Ed McMahon that ushered Car- , son out to the stage. Then the formu la: the topical monologue, the guests, the broadly played skits such as “Carnac the Magnificent.” Blizzard pounds the Northeast, clogs transport BOSTON — A howling blizzard slammed the Northeast on Sunday i with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-strength wind gusts, halt ing air travel for thousands of people, i keeping others off slippery highways and burying parked cars under deep drifts. i Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ] and Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri both declared states of emergency. Up to 29 inches of snow fell north of Boston, parts of New Hampshire ;ot 2 feet, New York’s Catskills col ected at least 20 inches and 18 inch es fell on parts of Connecticut, New ersey, Rhode Island and the eastern ip of New York’s Long Island. The veather system had earlier piled a oot of snow across parts of Wiscon »in, Michigan, Indiana and torthem Ohio. At least six deaths were linked to he weather, three in Ohio, two in Wisconsin and one in Pennsylvania. Nixon-era terrorism task force prepared for threats WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly hree decades before the Sept. 11 at acks, a high-level government panel ieveloped plans to protect the nation igainst terrorist acts ranging from ra iiological “dirty bombs” to airline nissile attacks, according to declassi ied documents obtained by The Associated Press. “Unless governments take basic srecautions, we will continue to ;tand at the edge of an awful abyss,” Robert Kupperman, chief scientist for he Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, wrote in a 1977 report that summarized nearly five years of vork by the Cabinet Committee to "ombat Terrorism. The group was formed in Septem ser 1972 by President Nixon after 3alestinian commandos slaughtered LI Israeli athletes at the Munich Dlympic Games. The committee in /olved people as diverse as denry Kissinger to a young dudolph Giuliani, the once-secret locuments show. U.S. ambassador to Iraq discusses election issues BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. ambas sador to Iraq acknowledged serious sroblems ahead of next weekend’s election but gave assurance Sunday hat “great efforts” were being made so ?very Iraqi can vote. In an audiotape sosted on the Web, a speaker claiming o be Iraq’s most feared terrorist de rlared “fierce war” on democracy, rais ng the stakes in the vote. Rebels who have vowed to disrupt he balloting blew up a designated soiling station near Hillah south of 3aghdad and stormed a police station n Ramadi west of the capital, luthorities said. — The Associated Press Oregon Humanities Center presents a public lecture Dr. Karl A. Kumpfmuller independent scholar and peace activist Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:00 p.m. Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. University of Oregon The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, call 346-3934. Dr. Kumpfmuller will contrast the concept of pax, a peace system based upon contracts and military power, with the idea of Concordia, the philosophy of creating and maintaining peace by means of seeking harmony, justice, and balance. He argues that with the obvious failure and limitations of the pax concept, we should focus more on intercultural and inter religious concordia to establish a new world order of lasting peace. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON The University of Oregon is on EO/AA/ADA institution. For information, or for disability' accommodations, please call (541) 346-31)34. are you an undergraduate who is interested r in a summer job? L. Join Student Orientation Staff 2005 • Be a part of a team that represents the University of Oregon • Great opportunity for learning valuable experience while creating a reputable resume and the best part is... YOU GET PAID! Earn up to $1500 +for July Contact Student Orientation by phone at 346-1159 or at http://orientation.uoregon.edu it 3 ••• # n j i.i : i.i ■ i ■ 3 n ' ■ ■ . . ■ i . ■ , • ... •
