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Battalion N EWS JPao^A^Thursda^Januar^^f^J^QQ^ ’ope condemns death penalty luring visit to U.S. heartland ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pope John jl II brought his campaign against aital punishment to a death-penal- state in America’s heartland sday, urg- POPE ERIC sr.v. ering major, 000 wor- ppeis to spare ■ those who mu “great il.” “Modern soci- has the means protecting itself thout definitive- denying crimi- 1s tlie chance to reform,” he said ring a Mass at the TYans World me on the final day of his visit to nericas. “frenew the appeal I made most enily at Christmas for a consen- s to end the death penalty, which )Oth cruel and unnecessary.” The message may have had par- lilar relevance in Missouri, where ie state Supreme Court, without ex- anation, postponed an execution rat Ivas to have taken place while Jpope was in town. Papal okesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls lied the delay “a mockery.” On n.I3, a killer was executed by in- tion in Missouri. Addressing the largest crowd of is30 hour visit to the United States, is Ifth to the U.S. mainland, the ope also lashed out against abor- ,on, euthanasia and assisted sui- ide, and declared that “the dignity if human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil.” He also invited Roman Catholics separated from their faith to return to the church, even if there are “ob stacles to Eucharistic participation,” a reference to divorce and remar riage. And he called on his flock to end racism. Racism is “a plague which your bishops have called one of the most persistent and destructive evils of the nation,” the stooped, 78-year- old pontiff said, his voice hoarse and his words slurred. Later Wednesday, John Paul was to meet with civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, the black seamstress whose refusal to give up her seat on a seg regated bus in 1955 led to the Mont gomery, Ala., bus boycott. The pontiff also was scheduled to deliver an evening prayer service at the Cathedral Basilica and meet with Vice President Al Gore before leav ing for Rome Wednesday night. More than 100,000 people filled the seats of the TYans World Dome and a convention center adjacent to the football stadium, where the pope’s image was projected on giant TV screens with running captions of his homily. One thousand priests cel ebrated Mass with the pope. The faithful came for blessings, cures or just a glimpse of the man credited with hastening the fall of Communism and lessening religious restrictions in Cuba. Ida Costa, a cancer-stricken 77- year-old woman from Little Rock, Ark., looked for a miracle cure from the pope: “I’ll get the blessings God wants to shower upon me in his presence.” Linda Mary DeLonais of Spring- field, Ill., was a forest ranger when she saw the pope in Denver in 1993. “Part of the pope’s final blessing was a prayer for vocations,” she recalled. She since has become a nun. The pope’s condemnation of the death penalty brought mixed reac tions from those at the Mass. “I don’t know. I guess we’ve all got a right to live, but I don’t know, especially when they take someone else’s life,” said William Walker of Alton, Ill. “As a Catholic, it’s easy to be against abortion,” said Douglas Mar shall of St. Louis. But as for sparing the life of an evil person, “that’s the thing. It all boils down to a matter of forgiveness. Are you willing to for give an evil person?” The pope arrived in St. Louis Thesday after five triumphant days in Mexico. He met with President Clinton and attended a youth rally where he got rock-star treatment from the crowd of 20,000. His mes sage: that Americans should use their freedoms responsibly and strive for a higher moral standard. “It was exciting for the pope to go back and start his pilgrimage in Mex ico, to close the gap between Mexi co and the United States,” Rosalia Vazquez, 21, said in St. Louis. Ranchers support environmentalists’ fight against Air Force training missions p Desk me iqure software a" LUBBOCK, Texas [AP) reviews. Par - — Keeping animals calm t promotes ar in the tranquil, almost -smokers. E0£' sleepy atmosphere of rur al West Texas has never before posed a problem for ;ms, Inc rancher Gerald Hender son. :.com i«v^ ow flying B-l •^Bombers, spooking hors- — —'"HiS, Bearing cattle and dis- upfing otherwise quiet af- QUPPW oons P erfect for lipping lemonade on the availabMfch are just what he ioesn’t need. xibie hours? L ' Henderson is one of to work witiii ;everal ranchers glad to s relating toWTear the Heritage Environ- nental Preservation Asso- Jation will fight plans by he Air Force to conduct railing missions over nght counties in the re gion. ■I‘Does it look like we teed a bunch of loud reliable, enthusi )i anes doing flybys out find out more a^ : sit our website. essary i graduation here?” said Henderson, who lives on a ranch about 40 miles north of Roby. “Are you telling me that after all these years of quiet, this has to be the year when it’s absolutely necessary to have planes start flying overhead? I’ve heard those bomber planes and they’re loud.” The Air Force an nounced plans last year to inact a Realistic Bomber Training Initiative, which could have B-l and B-52 bombers flying sorties, some as low as 300 feet, in either West Texas or north eastern New Mexico as early as October 2001. West Texas counties that would be subject to the training missions include; Borden, Dawson, Fisher, Garza, Kent, Lynn, Scurry and Stonewall. HERA has threatened a lawsuit, hiring attorney Frank Bond to lead litiga tion, if the Air Force goes through with the plan. Bond successfully pre vented such missions from being flown over some ar eas of New Mexico last year. The HEPA represents the interests of ranchers, farmers and businessmen in West Texas. “Low-level bomber training could cause seri ous health effects and en danger the livestock and lives of the residences in these eight West Texas counties,” Bond said. “This proposed Realistic Bomber T-aining Initiative would be disastrous for the local economies caus ing a decrease in land val ue, loss of tax revenue for schools, loss of livelihoods and wipe out hunting leas es. And we all know that the military has a poor record when it comes to protecting the environ ment.” The Air Force said it will consider such con cerns as it prepares an en vironmental impact state ment that is required before it can implement the bomber initiative. The final statement is due in April 1999. Air Force officials have declined to comment on environmental issues until the impact statement is finished, but Dyess spokesman Maj. John Boyle said flying the mis sions in West Texas would be more effective for train ing. “Now we have to fly to Utah, do part of the train ing, then fly somewhere else to do other training,” Boyle said. .com inly Gov. Bush: Republican party could capitalize on my rising national profile USTIN, Texas (AP) — Noting Ahe attention he has drawn as an un- ri • jj. ^declared presidential candidate, Re- >pini A l p U bii ca n Gov. George W. Bush urged Texas legislators to use the national spotlight to show the nation how limited, bipartisan government solves problems. In his State of the State address | undents Wednesday, Bush bush — unlike a week now available i; ago in his inaugural address — ac- dlowing locati 1 knnwledged how his indecision over ~ ‘ seeking the White House in 2000 has taken center stage. . n , ■ While he repeated that he re- ) pi °" jd 1 mains undecided on seeking the loor Rudder ° -ge us Building • 137 MSC deuces >23 MSC contributions 11 iors Richard"" Weirus: Ser' Students from ! ii association on of the Presi Information ■ San Antonio • GOP presidential nomination. Bush said state House and Senate mem bers could capitalize on his rising na tional profile. “I have been asked about it. You have been asked about it. You didn’t ask for it — but it is here anyway. And we can either view it as a dis traction, or seize it as an opportuni ty to show the world what limited and constructive government looks like.” Bush noted that the nation’s sec ond-largest state, with the world’s llth-largest economy, runs well with a Legislature that meets only 140 days every other year. He said Texas’ short lawmaking period focuses the attention of all participants because it “requires us to put aside posturing and politics and find common ground. “We sometimes disagree, but we do so agreeably,” he said. The first Texas governor re-elect ed to consecutive four-year terms. Bush praised lawmakers for changes enacted during his first term. The state’s welfare rolls have been trimmed by half, more than 340,000, to the lowest level in a decade, he said. Bush, the son of former President George W. Bush, is considered an early front-runner for the 2000 GOP nomination. 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