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Lazaro Gonzalez had been instructed to deliver his grand-nephew to an airport near Miami at 2 p.m. EDT. Instead, he took his brinkmanship one step fur ther: The child remained in the Little Havana home where he has lived for 4 1/2 months. He appeared playful and cheerful. Attorney General Janet Reno said earlier the gov ernment would act in a “reasonable, measured way.” “We have the authority to take action,” Reno said. “But responsible authority means not only knowing when to take action, but how and when to take that action.” After failing to reach an agreement with the fam ily during a dramatic 2 1/2-hour meeting attended by the Cuban boy, Reno ordered them to bring him to Opa-locka airport outside Miami at 2 p.m. for a flight to Washington. Fifty police cars ringed the airport and 200 officers were deployed to the area. Lazaro Gonzalez had insisted he would not relin quish custody of the boy he has cared for since Elian’s mother drowned off the Florida coast nearly five months ago. “We will not turn this child over — not in Opa-locka, not in any ‘locka,’” he said. “They will have to take this child from me by force.” Outside Lazaro Gonzalez’s house this morning, police chained barricades together and thousands braced for Elian’s departure. “War! War! War!” some shouted in Spanish; others renewed pledges of non violence. Many demonstrators headed to a side street behind the house — which some feared the govern ment would use to sneak in. Actor Andy Garcia and singer Gloria Estefan, both Cuban-Americans, spent time with demonstrators and inside the house. Lazaro Gonzalez addressed the growing crowd with a bullhorn this morning and called for peaceful demonstrations. “We’re going to set an example so that they do not take the child Elian, and we're not going to fight with anyone,” he said. The crowd cheered wildly. "Hfc will not turn this child over - not in Opa- locka, not in any 'locka'. They will have to take this child from me by force” Lazaro Gonzalez Government sources have said that if the relatives didn’t deliver the boy, the Justice Department would be prepared to eventually send U.S. marshals and im migration agents into the Little Havana house to re move Elian. Protesters have repeatedly said they would link arms and form a human chain around the house to block federal agents from going in. It was learned that federal marshals and immigration agents sent to get the boy would likely arrive in mini mum numbers wearing civilian clothes. The agents who actually would go to the house might not even he armed. Reno said there was no intention< house immediately iftheboy wasi p.m. She also proposed that the Miamirdi to Washington and meet with his father. “We are tr> ing to do this fairly, straigi ly. without playing games with people,"fe “1 am trying to work through an ext® tragedy without ha\ ing to cause further dim the little boy.” Family attorney Manny Diaz bristledais called government demands. “Let thefamfe to each other,” he said. "Who knowswhat^ out in a family meeting?” It was unclear#: stopping the Miami relatives from doingso. President Clinton also weighed in. ‘Tvil do everything I can to stay out of it,”lei Washington. "But it is our obligationtoupij rule of law.” Crowd control outside Lazaro Gonzalezl is a local responsibility. Reno and other feds cials have been assured by Miami police thatij keep order, the government official said. \ Mayor Alex Penelas renewed his call forpei Qgy qq i lian. speaking in Spanish on a homevT ^ dressed his father, saying: “I don’t wan: ; stays, C uba.... I want to stay here.” The video war*- by the Spanish-languagenetwork Univisk WASHINC Melissa V 1 and Marl< intermedi The government plan had called fon gious const take 1 lian. and any Miami relatives who t' tor signs ti come, to Washington fora retreat at a Won’t chang \s ith the boy's father. No Cuban dip!omts^JP su SS afte present. After the meeting, the govenuneJ§ /1 ^ activist “care and parole of Elian will be transfer;*! Miguel Gonzalez. \ In House opens inquiry into Supreme Coil CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to open an impeachment inquiry into New Hampshire’s Supreme Court jus tices, deepening a constitutional crisis that began over a divorce case. Lawmakers decided 343-to-7 to au thorize the first impeachment probe of a New Hampshire judge in 210 years. The crisis has brought down one member of the high court already and threatens three of the four re maining justices. “The court’s been sinking its own ship pretty well,” said Rep. Paul Mirs- ki, sponsor of the legislation. “We’ve got to let the committee go where it can go. This stuff is just going to continue to erupt.” Gov. Jeanne Shaheen called the vote “a necessary step toward restor ing the public’s confidence in our judi cial system.” The vote, which empowers the House Judiciary Committee to investi gate Chief Justice David Brock and other members of the court, comes nearly two weeks after Justice Stephen Thayer resigned rather than face pros ecution on charges he tried to influence the assignment of judges to hear his own divorce case. In a report. Attorney General Philip McLaughlin also alleged Brock violat ed the law by listening to Thayer. Brock said he understands the need for the investigation. “We welcome this inquiry by the House Judiciary Committee which has established its ability to conduct inves tigations in a trustworthy and even- handed manner,” he said in a statement. Brock said he hoped the process would be “undertaken expeditiously so that we can return to our full-time judicial responsibilities.” While Brock’s alleged offense was not criminal and carries no punishment, the report also concluded that justices who were excused from cases because of conflicts of interest were still al lowed to comment on proposed rulings in those cases. The attorney general said in his re port that it was up to the Legislature to decide what to do about the alleged ethics lapses. Brock has defended the court, say ing no justice besides Thayer ever tried to affect the outcome of a case in which he was disqualified. He said judges who disqualified themselves merely corrected grammar or factual errors in proposed rulings. Rep. Julie Brown called the inquiry a “political hack job” prompted by the court’s unpopular ruling two years ago requiring the state to ovi it pays for the public school^ “These men have served well. Their reputations are deff using the word ‘impeach® Brown said. Under the New Hampshire tution, impeachable offenses “bribery, corruption, malptfl maladministration of office.'' [j If the Judiciary Committee J mends impeachment ofanyoftJ tices, the House would puttheii of impeachment to a yoteJj passed, the Senate would sitasi| Besides Brock, two ( face removal — Sherman M ! John Broderick. The fourth!#■ the current court, Justice Nadeau, was not named in thear- | general’s report. P!£lSe*C9IE:i!HI9E:R!! •r 'v, r i'jt /'/ ’/ »>/» ?'r / L Jltyxa’o A&M CAMPUS Texas Ave. Gallery and Custom Framing 404 University Drive East College Station,Tx. 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