Sedalia Sunday Democrat (Newspaper) - December 12, 1999, Sedalia, Missouri 12, 1999 Privatizing space 4A Are you a 8A Testing video games IB basketball Inside They keep throwing candy It's just like only everything is red and green or candy Monica processions bring good BY LISA t wasn't a miniature sleigh and a eight tiny reindeer cruising through the 1999 Sedalia Chamber of Commerce Christmas it was an early model top down and chock full of is wearing Futcher some of the dogs I've seen have or Santa in a sported a matching halo of gold foil stars in honor of the Saturday morning parade down South Ohio of the Christmas spirit were An antique red Dodge was decked out with a shiny silver and several entries were festooned with Others simply bore passengers handing out Christmas such as the entry from Jerry Baker's Used been so hard to get in the Christmas mood this because it's been such good Anita Shriver haven't even had to get my winter coat out of the hall closet and Christmas is just two weeks see page 8A Nichole 10, is among the Sedalia elementary students wearing poster boards Saturday in the annual Chamber of Commerce Christmas The students are depicting favorite Christmas books for the Literacy Council and the Sedalia school district's Title One Below Aubrey 8, with Brownie Troop 325, Heber Hunt Elementary is a star for a day as she walks up South Ohio Below South Ohio Avenue is lined with spectators from Seventh Street to Main Street to watch the abroad warned of holiday Osama bin Laden linked to BARRY Americans around the world were warned Saturday by the State Department that there is terrorists could strike at large holiday worldwide caution issued by the department told U.S. to avoid large crowds and gatherings and to keep a low statement gave no details of the evidence and did not reveal which group may be the cause of the a senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that the threat was linked to Osama bin who the U.S. government believes is the head of a terrorist network and is accused of involvement in the bombings last year Embassies in Kenya and bin Laden is believed to have been given sanctuary by the militant Islamic Taliban group in U.S. government has credible information that terrorists are planning attacks specifically targeting American citizens during the period of time leading up to and through the beginning of the New Year and Ramadan events and the announcement doesn't in military still not president SONYA I II Fla. Agreeing with his President Clinton said Saturday his 1993 don't policy on gays in the military doesn't and pledged to work with the Pentagon to find a way to fix it. out of whack he a radio interview with CBS Clinton said he meant to create a policy that would help gay service members remain on duty without being persecuted for their But Clinton said the policy's flaws were revealed in the case of a young soldier convicted of beating to death a fellow soldier whom he suspected was can only hope that this last brutal beating death of a gay soldier will give some sobering impetus to a re-examination of how this policy is and whether we can do a better job of fulfilling its original Clinton original intent was that people would not be rooted gave the interview Saturday after addressing the Florida Democratic Party he flew on to Fort Lauderdale to help raise money for Rep. Alcee then to Miami for a dinner benefiting Democratic congressional and senatorial The Hastings reception was expected to raise while the Miami dinner was expected to bring in president also told he feels upcoming negotiations in Washington between Israel and Syria will be because leaders of both countries have sense of about setting an agenda and a timetable for a peace don't go into these negotiations without some idea about where they want to some idea about where they'll have to give and where the other person will give and how it will all play Clinton think they know there is a sense of hope and possibility he believes appropriate action will be taken in the case of the Russian diplomat accused of using a listening device to pick up transmissions from offices in the State I wish it hadn't but I think they learned something about Clinton consequences of all while certainly not are not as dire as they were in the dark days of the Cold delays attack on Chechen information indicates that attacks could be planned for locations throughout the world where large gatherings and celebrations will be taking said Americans or residing abroad during the period are urged to review their security to remain alert to the changing situation and to exercise American citizens should avoid large crowds and keep a low profile and vary routes and times of all required to have several more weeks to Russia With Russia under intense international pressure to end its offensive in the military backed away Saturday from plans for a massive assault on the breakaway province's saying it would give civilians more time to military had given Grozny residents an ultimatum to leave the city by Saturday or face But a senior commander said the army would wait several weeks before trying to take the course of the next two or three weeks we will have to carry out a whole range of reconnaissance and other then we will see either in the mountain regions or in said Maj. Gen. Vladimir forces were concentrated around Grozny but there were no combat operations although fighting continued in other parts of Chechnya The military halted all airstrikes against Grozny until midnight on the news agency pressure has built on Russia in recent days to the ultimatum to Grozny's the leaders of the European Union on Saturday condemned the Russian military particularly the ultimatum for Grozny and sad the organization would divert some funds aimed at supporting the Russian economy to purely humanitarian causes to protest the Shopping Days to Shipping BOXES 826-0700 I 3 34 4, 28 9 9 9 Sedalia