A u g u s t 4 ,1 9 9 9 (Fiji Çortlanh ©haeruvr Page A 3 WORLD NEWS Gunman’s Children Laid to Rest JAMES PILCHER C T he A ssck iattd P wias LITHIA SPR IN G S, G a. (Aug. 2) - An A m erican flag and a blanket o f pink roses draped the caskets o f M ark O. B arton’slw ochildren today as relatives and triends gathered to m ourn the young­ est victim s ofB arton ’ s deadly rampage. M atthew Barton, 11, and his sister, M ychelle, 7, w ere bludgeoned by their father on W ednesday, the day after Barton, 44, killed his w ife in her subur­ Church, 11 m iles w esto fM aco n , w here M rs. B arton grew up. ’ ’G o d ’s answ erto how to go on is love.” O n Thursday, the day after the chil­ dren died, B arton m arched into two brokerage firms in A tlanta’s B uckhead com m ere lal distnc t and opened fire wi th tw o handguns, killing nine people and w ounding 13 others. H ours later. Barton com m itted suicide w hen police cor­ nered him at a gas station. Fred H erder, w ho w as w ounded in the back in the attack, told T he Atlanta Journ al-C o n stitu tio n h e jo k e d w ith Barton w hen the assailant arrived at All- husband’s children. ‘ ’She w asasoccerm om for Matthew andaG irl Scout leader for M ychelle,’ ’ he said. Sev eral Girl Scouts, w earing their blue uniforms and sashes, passed a pack­ age o f tissues am ong themselves. Davis also read a letter from Mrs. B arton’s sister, D ana R eeves, that ad­ dressed the 27-year-okl b y her nick­ nam e, "G o ld ilo ck s.” * ’ 1 only w ish I could have spared you all o f th is... I know you are in a safe place Mexico Slaps Dumping Tariffs on U.S. Beef M E X IC O C IT Y , A ug 1 (R euters)- M exico said on Sunday it w as slapping com pensatory tariffs o f up to 215 per­ cent on U.S. b e e f im ports, saying U.S. producers w ere sending m eat across the border at artificially low prices. O nly live cattle im ports from the Tech Investm ent G roup that morning. " I asked him , ‘W here w ere you yesterday? Y ou m ake too m uch m oney or w hat?’” H erder,55;told the new spa­ per in a story published today. A couple o f m inutes later, he heard three shots. B usinessm an Sang 'Yoon, 34, was tried to cope with the violence. S e rv ic e s fo r s h o o tin g v ic tim V adew attee M uradlidhara. 44, were held Sunday afternoon inPeachtreeCity. She will be b uned in her native Trinidad. shot in the arm w hile sitting at a com ­ puter term inal at A ll-Tech. H e said he will never return to the high-intensity w orld o f day trading because he fears Payne said at the service. A m em orial service also w as held for Allen Charles Tenenbaum , w ho was c o u n try ’s n orthern n eig h b o r w ere spared from the tariffs, w hich the trade m inistry said w ere set in order to pro­ tect the local industry from “unfair international trade practices.” The com plex set o f tariffs w as bound to raise foe ire o f U.S. producers, w ho have disputed charges they are dum p­ ing b eefo n foe M exican market, saying M exican consum ers w ould only suffer. T he m inistry specifically cited Ex­ cel C orp, IBP Inc., Farm land N ational B e e f Packing C o., and C onA gra Inc. as U.S. com panies that w ould b e af­ violence from other traders. ‘ ’ I think 1 m ay buy another dry c lean­ buried Friday. In its Aug. 9 issue, N ew sw eek m aga­ zine reports that Barton recently changed fected b y the tariffs. T he steepest tariff, o f 214.52 per­ cent, w as set on im ports o f edible b e e f ing business,’ ’ he said. A t church Sunday, D avis urged the m ourners not to allow the violence to his profile on his A m erica O nline ac­ count to include guns as a hobby and " M a k e m y d a y ” - th e lin e C lin t strippings, except for specifically m en­ Eastw ood’s character D irty H arry ut­ tered before gunning crim inals - as his • M rs. Barton. The Rev. D oug D avis rem em bered the song as one o f her favorites, with its soaring chorus often " c lo u d o ur m em o ry .” " I ’m afraid th ere’s a tem ptation to becom e focused o n the horrible events o f last w eek ,” D avis said. " I f w e give into that tem ptation, w e do a great dis­ blaring from her car. ‘ ’The question lies before us, ‘H ow service to L eigh Ann. D avis said one o f the greatest im ­ do w e go on from here?’ ’ ’ D avis said to about 400 m ourners at Lizella Baptist pressions that he had of M rs. Barton w as how she loved and cared for her ban apartment. Pallbearers today w ere m em bers o f the young victim s’ B oy Scout and G irl Scout troops. The Rev Kenneth H ennesy ofU m on G rove Baptist C hurch asked the 300 mourners not to ask w hy M atthew and M ychelle died, but to celebrate the fact that they have gone on to a better life. ’’The Lord said, ‘Let y o u r heart not be troubled,’” H ennesy said. ‘ T m s u r e w e have a lot o f questions w hy, but the Lord w ill provide.” The flag draped the casket o f M at­ thew and the roses blanketed M ychelle ’ s casket at a funeral hom e chapel in Lithia Springs, west o f Atlanta. O n Sunday, the gospel tune ‘T U Fly A w ay” reverberated through a rural church at Lizella, G a., at a service for n o w ,” the letter said. M is. B arton’s w as o n e o ftw o funer­ als held Sunday as A tlanta area churches ‘ ’ She w as alw ays v ib ran t She never really w as dow n,” friend D oleford personal motto. The children’s mother, D ebra Barton, and maternal grandm other were hacked to death in A labama in 1993. Police said Barton, who was having an affair with First Lady Explains Husband’s Actions Hillary Clinton Tells Magazine President C lin to n ’s Infidelity Stems from Childhood Conflict the boy. "S h e describes the chaos. She describes an incident in w hich Bill s grandm other and she literally w ere pull­ o T ub A ssociattd P ress ing him apart.” with one tugging on a shoe and theother on an arm. Franks said. N E W Y O R K (A ug. 2) - First lady H illary R odham C linton called her husband’s infidelity " a sin o f w eak­ W h ite H o u s e s p o k e s m a n Jo e Lockhart said he w asn ’t sure if Clinton knew prior to the interview that Mrs. Clinton w ould discuss the incident from n ess” and insisted in a magazine inter­ view that she has stayed w ith him out o f love and not for her ow n benefit. In an interview w ith T alk m agazine. M rs. C lin to n e m p h asized th at h er husband's affair w ith M onica Lewinsky happened after the deaths o f his m other and her father, and the 1993 suicide o f their close friend V incent Foster. " Y o u know in Christian theology there are sins o f w eakness and sms o f m alice, and this w as a sin o f w eakness, ” she sa id President C linton w as im peached by the H ouse for lying about his affair w ith the form er W hite H ouse intern; the Senate acquitted him after a trial in his childhood. " H e knew som e time ago that she'd done this interview and the story was com ing out,” Lockhart sa id * The ar­ ticle paints a portrait o fM rs. C linton that is quite positive and it speaks for itself. H e said C linton ‘ ’believes that like m any young people, he had difficult tim es within his family, but he feels he has been blessed with love and a w on­ derful life.” Mrs. C linton told Franks that, since the Lewinsky scandal, her husband' has been w orking on h im self very h a rd .... H e has becom e m ore aw are o f his past and w hat w as causing this behavior affected parties in foe T rade M inistry investigation, w hich studied im ports betw een June and D ecem ber 1997, the received no tariffs. W hole and half carcasses, fresh re­ frigerated or frozen, were hit by a 5.24 percent tariff while ConAgra, Excel, Farm land and IBP did not receive tanffs. T he four com panies that received m inistry said. It said the tanffs announced w ere prelim inary and that futher investiga­ tion in foe com ing m onths w ould yield a definitive ruling on the b e e f issue. tioned com panies. For exampleConAgra’sstrippings will have a 11.42 percent tariff, IBP’s 36.22 percent, Excel’s 17.10 and Farmland’s 2.67 percent, foe ministry said F ro z e n to n g u e im p o rts re c e iv e d the n ex t-h ig h est tariff, at 198.07 p e r­ cen t, e x c e p t fo r sp e c ific a lly m e n ­ tio n e d c o m p an ies. then-Leigh A nn Vandiv er, w as a suspect although he was never charged. low er tariffs took part as potentially percent tariff, w ith IB P ’s boneless cuts to p ay 4.14 percent and C onA gra’s 7.66 percent F arm lan d ’s and E xcel’s For instance, Excel’s frozen tongues S h a k e y o u r fins to some great w ill have a tariff o f 23.17 percent, IB P ’s 5.29 percent, C onA gra’s 16.91 percent and F arm land’s 8.45 percent, She defended him as a good m an, i the m inistry said. Frozen liver im ports w ere slapped but said: "Y es, he has w eaknesses, yes w ith a 106.24 percent tariff, w ith indi­ he needs to be m ore responsible, m ore vidually nam ed com panies receiving disciplined.” tunes. Maybe there's a more relaxing way to help restore Oregon's wildlife habitat, but we don't know what it might be PGE invites you to spend summer evenings outdoors, immersed in music, while you help make a difference for native trout. Mre. Clinton refuted suggestions that I sm aller tariffs. B eefcutsw ifobonesreceiveda 12.76 she stuck with the president for h er ow n percent ta riff although im ports from benefit. C onA gra, Excel and EBP w ere ruled ‘ ’ Everyone has som e dysfunction in exem pt from foe tariffs. F arm land’s their families. T hey have to deal w ith it. im ports got a 7.6 percent tariff Y ou d o n ’t w alk aw ay if you love som e­ B oneless cuts got hit by a 74.98 one. Y ou help the person,” she said. When you enjoy the great sounds of the PGE Trout Aid Summer Concert Series, you're also supporting the Trout Aid Alliance that's working to restore wild trout habitat in our state PGE is the proud sponsor of the Trout Aid concerts held at Sokol Blosser Winery in the Red Hills of Dundee. Tickets are $17.50 to $33 and are available at all Fastixx outlets, Sokol Blosser Winery and People's Records in McMinnville. “ A nd it is love, isn’t it?” Franks asked. “Yes, it is. W e have love,” she replied. Mis. Clinton acknow ledged the pain o f the infidelities, but said it did not outw eigh the close relationship the couple have built. " I s he asham ed? Y es. Is h e sorry? Y es. B ut does this negate everything he has done as a husband, a father, a p re s id e n t? ,” M rs. C lin to n ask ed . "T h e re has been enorm ous pain, en o r­ m ous anger, but I have been w ith him h a lf m y life and he is a very, very good man. 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