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a a a a a a a a Day In Panama Means Military Objectives The Associated Press Most North Carolinians spent Christmas opening presents and eating turkey, but Col. John Richardson spent the holiday moving from town to town in Panama, searching for weapons and the remaining supporters of Gen. Manuel Noriega. "My family doesn't know whether I'm dead or alive," said U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

William Orbin, based at Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, N.C., "but I hope my family is having a good Christmas." A second later he noted dryly: "Well, I guess they would 1 know I was dead." Richardson's task force's work was one of five similar operations involving about 1,100 troops from Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. "As far as Christmas goes, this is it, folks," said. "No sign of Bob Hope." In the Panamanian countryside, Christmas Eve for Richardson's task force meant moving from town to town, searching for weapons and the remaining Noriega loyalists. Twenty miles away in Panama City, Noriega was turning himself in to the Vatican embassy setting off a national celebration. Orbin and other troops worked the streets around the small harbor of Vacamonte, a suspected armsand drug-smuggling port and former Noriega stronghold 20 miles west of Panama City.

Three days ago, Orbin was at the side of Lance Cpl. Garreth "Gary" Isaak of Greenville, S.C., when Isaak died in an assault on a Panamanian outpost in the first few minutes of fighting after the U.S. in- Weather vasion. Orbin had been near the front of a 25-vehicle convoy of armored cars and trucks that had rolled into Vacamonte late Saturday afternoon amid looting and chaos. The Marines were accompanied by seven reporters, the first press to view what officials described as a typical combat operation in the countryside west of Panama City.

"This is the 1 real McCoy," Chief Warrant Officer Charles Rowe said of the operation. Many of the Panamanians surrendered without a fight, but nothing was certain. On Saturday, in a village about 25 miles from Vacamonte, a group of Panamanians pretending to give themselves up tossed a grenade, wounding 10 American soldiers. The troops fired back, killing five Panamanians. Two miles from Vacamonte, the heavily armed convoy whose vehicles bristled with black machinegun barrels and M16s abruptly slowed as Marines counted and searched Panamanians.

Above the unit, a spotter jet and Apache gun craft cruised the skies. Once in Vacamonte, a complex of warehouse and office buildings lining a U-shaped harbor, Marines fanned out, providing protection for an elite group of a dozen Marines specially trained in urban guerrilla warfare. The squad was getting ready to conduct a room-to-room search. But first, the Marines broadcast pleas in Spanish for anyone inside to come out. The forecast for noon, Tuesday, December 26.

Lines show high temperatures. 50 50 30 20 60- 70 60 FRONTS: COLD WARM STATIONARY 61969 Accu-Weather, Ine. 33 CA HIGH LOW. T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY Yesterday's Weather Temperatures indicate previous day's City HI Pre Otik high and overnight low to 08 p.m.

EDT. Little Rock cdy City HI Lo Pre Otik Los Angeles Albany, N. Y. cir Louisville .06 Albuquerque cdy Lubbock cir Amarillo cir Memphis cay Anchorage .24 cay Miami Beach cir Atlanta cdy Midland-Odessa cir Atlantic City Milwaukee Austin Mpis-St Paul cdy Baltimore Nashville cdy Billings New Orleans cir Birmingham New York City cir Bismarck Norfolk, Va. Boise North Platte cdy Boston Oklahoma City Brownsville Omaha Buffalo :8 Orlando Burlington, Vt.

Philadelphia cir Casper Phoenix Pittsburgh .01 Charleston, W.Va. .01 Portland, Maine Cheyenne Portland, Ore. Chicago Providence Cleveland Reno Cincinnati 899 Rapid City Richmond cir Columbus, Ohio .07 Sacramento coy St Louis Dallas-Ft Worth Salt Lake City Dayton .03 cay San Antonio Denver San Diego Des San Francisco Detroit San Duluth Santa Fe El Paso Evansville cay Fairbanks Fargo .03 Flagstaff cdy Grand Rapids .04 Great Falls Hartford. Helena Houston. Honolulu cir Indianapolis .03 Jackson, Miss.

Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Las Vegas North Carolina Cities Station PR Black Mountain 17 0.00 Boone Brevard 17 0.00 Bryson City 0.00 Cape Hatteras 27 0.47 Charlotte 15 0.00 Fayetteville 16 8 0.00 0.17 Grandfather Mt. St Ste Marie .21 Seattle Shreveport edg Sioux Falls cdy Spokane cay Syracuse .03 Tampa-St Pirsbo Topeka cir Tucson cdy Tulsa cir Washington, cir Wichita cir cdy Wilmington, Del. cir National Temperature Extremes Monday High 84 at San Juan Capistrano, Callf, Low -22 at Milo, Me. Station. PR Greensboro 11 0.00 Hendersonville 0.00 Morganton 0.00 Mt.

Mitchell 7 0.00 Mt. Pisgah 8 0.00 Murphy 0.00 Raleigh tr. Spruce Pine 10 0.00 Wilmington 16 0.23 Forecast Airport Data The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Tuesday, with the possibility of snow flurries in the northern mountains. Highs will be 35-40 degrees and in the mid-20s in the northern mountains. Tuesday night will be clear with lows zero to 5 degrees in the northern mountains and 10-15 degrees in the rest of the coverage area.

Wednesday will be increasingly cloudy with highs in the mid-20s to mid-30s. NORTH CAROLINA: A few flurries in the northern mountains Tuesday morning. wise, decreasing cloudiness across the state. Highs in the 308 to around 40. Clear.

Tuesday night. Low from zero to 5 above in the north. ern mountains and 10 to 15 elsewhere except for 208 along the Outer Banks. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Highs in the 30s with 20s In the northern mountains.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Mostly sunny and cold Tuesday. Highs in the upper to middle 40s. Clear and cold Tuesday night. Lows in the middle teens to lower 200. Partly cloudy Wednesday.

Highs In the upper 30s fo middle 405. TENNESSEE: Considerable cloudiness Tuesday with highs in the 30s. Cloudy In the east with light snow in the west and colder Tuesday night with lows in the teens and 20s. Cloudy and cold with flurries Wednesday, Highs ranging from 20s in the cast to near 40 in the west. The Asheville rals Funerals Today State and Area Lucius H.

Robinson of Canton, 11 a.m., Canton chapel of Wells Funeral Home. Gertrude Barber of Drexel, 11 a.m., Drexel First Baptist Church. Clarence C. Carroll of Murphy, 11 a.m., chapel of Townson-Rose Funeral Home. Dan Phillips of Dillsboro, 11 a.m., Jarrett Memorial Baptist Church.

Crawford E. Owens of Forest City, 11 a.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. John A. Daugherty of Hendersonville, 2 p.m., Thos. Shepherd's Church Street Chapel.

Effie Lawing of Nebo, 2 p.m., Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. Lucille Euten of Spindale, 2 p.m., Crowe's Funeral Chapel. Annie Case of Hendersonville, 2 p.m., Refuge Baptist Church. Harlen Neill of Brevard, 2 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church. Annie Mae Jordan of Old Fort, 2 p.m., Lackeytown Baptist Church.

Carol J. Eidam of Clyde, 2 p.m., chapel of Garrett Funeral Home. J.B. Hall of Murphy, 2 p.m., chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy. Eula Mae Amos of Spindale, 3 p.m., Broad River Baptist Church.

Donald E. McCall of Balsam Grove, 3 p.m., Shoal Creek Baptist Church. Lovina Wray of Spindale, 4 p.m., Crowe's Funeral Chapel. City and County Charles Branch of Black Mountain, 1 p.m., Chesterfield Presbyterian Church, Chesterfield, S.C. Margaret Hunter of Asheville, 2 p.m., chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home.

Guy Glad FLETCHER Guy Vernon Glad, 79, of 330 Livingston Cove Road, Hooper's Creek community, died Monday at his residence. A lifelong resident of Henderson County, he was the son of the late William and Flora Livingston Glad. He was a retired carpenter. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Shepherd's Church Street Chapel.

The Rev. Odell Barnwell will officiate. Burial will be in Patty's Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, WCCA, P.O. Box 685, Hendersonville, N.C. 28793 or to the Council on Aging. Gladys Moore HENDERSONVILLE Gladys Wetherell Moore, 91, of Carolina Vil- lage, died Saturday. A native of Manchester-by-theSea, she had lived in Winchester, before moving to Henderson County 26 years ago.

She was the wife of Murray S. Moore, died in 1988. She was a 1919 graduate of Simmons College and a member of First Congregational Church and the Blue Ridge Camera Club. Surviving are a daughter, Joan Hicks of Stratford, and four grandchildren. Private services will be held.

Memorials may be made to Carolina Village Endowment Fund, 600 Carolina Village Road, Hendersonville, N.C. 28792. Thos. Shepherd Son Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. Political Attack Ads Unleashed Increasingly In Local Elections The Associated Press RALEIGH Political attack ads show no sign of waning and instead are filtering down from presidential and senate races to local campaigns, a North Carolina political science professor said.

"I think we're going to see them dropping to races lower on lot," said Thad Beyle of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Witness the Winston-Salem and Charlotte races for mayor this year. What you end up with at that level is making it extremely difficult to pull a city council or county commissioners' board together after a campaign that has been spent denigrating your opponents." Much as people say they hate the ads, there is little chance they will disappear, Beyle said. Instead, they will spread into more races simply because they work, he said. "The ways to handle attack ads are now becoming clearer," Beyle wrote in the latest issue of Inside Politics: NC, a biweekly political newsletter.

"The 'high road' model, followed by some candidates in the past, is now being discarded. Candidates working the 'high road' do not respond to the attack ads of nents, but continue on a track ting the potential voters get to know them by discussing their credentials and the issues the candidate feels important." The "high road" approach failed in former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt's 1984 campaign against Republican Sen. Jesse Helms, whose campaign organization has consistently used attack ads to their advantage. It also failed Michael Dukakis in his Citizen, Tuesday, Dec.

20, 1100 IC J.B. Hall J.B. Hall "Red" Hall, 93, of Andrews Road, who died Saturday in a Murphy medical center, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy. The Revs.

Woodrow Busch and Jimmy Rogers will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens with masonic graveside rites. A lifelong resident of Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Alfred W. and Mary Jane Johnson Hall. He was an Army veteran of World War I and a retired barber and dairyman.

He was a member of Cherokee Masonic Lodge 146 and Murphy First Baptist Church. He attended Tomotla Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Elva Gentry Hall; a daughter, Janice Rhodes of Dothan, two sons, Harold M. Hall of Murphy and J.B. Hall Jr.

of Rex, a sister, Bertha Odom of Charlotte; two brothers, Knox Hall of Andrews and Willard Hall of Marietta, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Fund. Lawrence Benge MARION Lawrence Sims Benge, 82, of 507 Baldwin died Sunday at his residence. He was a retired fixer with Marion Fabrics. Surviving are his wife, Elsie Brown Benge; a son, Charles Benge of Nebo; a daughter, Louise Ward of Nebo; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Hill Freewill Baptist Church. The Rev. Carl Roland will officiate. Burial will be in McDowell Memorial Park.

body will remain at McCallKirksey, Marion, until taken to the home Tuesday. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the services. Noland Radford MURPHY Noland Radford, 79, of Route 5, died Monday in an Andrews hospital. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy.

Deaths Of Note MURPHY Services for J.B. Gambler Benny Binion LAS VEGAS, Nev. Benny Binion, one of the last of Nevada's colorful old-time gamblers turned casino entrepreneurs, died Monday at a local hospital. He was 85. Binion, whose Horseshoe casino gained fame over the years for its high-stakes poker tournaments and -dollar craps table bets, died of heart problems, according to a statement released by the Henri Bollinger Public Relations agency of Los Angeles.

Binion was born in Grayson County, Texas, and moved to Las Vegas in 1946, shortly after Nevada legalized table gambling. He built the Horseshoe into one of Las Vegas' liveliest attractions. Binion also helped create the Nevada high-stakes poker tournament by arranging a game 40 years ago between Nick "The Greek" Dandolos and Johnny Moss that was the forerunner of the Horseshoe's annual World Series of Poker. The Associated Press Phyphine S. Whitted A native of Asheville, she was a daughter of Leonard and Dorothy Lewis Smith of Asheville.

She was a 1968 graduate of Lee Edwards High School. Surviving, in addition to her parents, MRS. WHITTED are two daugh- Memorial services for Phyphine S. Whitted, of 12-D Lee Walker Heights who died Sunday, will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Hart Funeral Service.

The Rev. Charles R. Mosley will officiate. MRS. WHITTED ters, Tijuana LaShawn and Latasha LaShawn Whitted of Asheville; three sisters, Billie S.

Atkins of Bronx, N.Y., Jonnnie S. Robertson of Baltimore, and Sherlyn S. Allen of Asheville; and a brother, L. Forris Smith Jr. of Asheville.

The family will receive friends following the services. At other times, the family will be at 9 Charles St. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 50 South French Broad Asheville, Beulah Hudson A native of Buncombe County, she had lived in Haywood County for the past four years. She was a daughter of the late George Pinkerton and Margaret Elizabeth Rollins Jones. She was the wife of the late Hopson "Hop" Hudson.

Surviving are two daughters, Delois Virginia Holloway of the home and Fannie Mae Jones of Denver, N.C.; two sisters, Lois Frances Jones of Naples, N.C., and Estella Rollins of Asheville; a brother, Jack Jones of Brevard; a half brother, Henry Jones of Asheville; five grandchildren and a great great-granddaughter. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of AndersRice Funeral Home. The Rev. Johnnie T.

Tiller will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Haywood County Hospice, P.O.

Box 1066, Clyde, N.C. 28721. Robert F. Ross Robert F. Ross, 84, of 615 Biltmore Asheville, died Sunday in an Asheville hospital.

A native of Chicago, he had lived in Asheville since 1983. He retired as a foreman with Chicago Burlington Quincey Railroad, after over 42 years of service. Surviving are his wife, Irene B. Ross; a daughter, Lois A. Henry of Asheville; a sister, Edith Wahalberg of Roanoke, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Morris Funeral Home, Merrimon Avenue. Burial will be at a later date. The family requests that flowers be omitted. CLYDE Beulah Elizabeth Jones Hudson, 82, of Route 4, Lee Road, died Sunday in a Haywood County hospital.

Elsie Giles LEICESTER Elsie Giles, 90, died Monday in a Haywood County hospital. A native of Buncombe County, she daughter of the late L.R. and Arrie Bolden Giles and a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Surviving is a sister, Veldie Coleman of Weaverville. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Leicester. The Rev. Perry Hines will officiate. The body will remain at Garrett Funeral Home, Waynesville, until the service hour. State and Area Deaths Maybelle HIll, 70, of Bakersville, died Saturday; services 11 a.m.

Thursday, First Baptist Church, St. George, Ga. David Stulls, of Nebo, died Monday; arrangements incomplete. Paul Mears, 61, of Marion, died Saturday; services 2 p.m. Wednesday, St.

John's Episcopal Church. John Johnson, Co, of Roan Mountain, Wednesday, died Monday; Taylor services Chapel 3 Church. Flora Shook, 88, of Johnson City, Tenn, formerly of Banner Elk, died Sunday; services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Lawrence Benge, 82, of Marion, died Sunday; services 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Trinity HIll Freewill Baptist Church. Noland Radford, 70, of Murphy, died Monday; arrangements incomplete. Gladys Moore, 01, of Hendersonville, died Saturday; private servIces. J.B. "Red" Hall, $5, of Murphy, died Saturday; services 11 a.m.

Tuesday, chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy. Devore Bolden Devore Bolden, of 7-G Hillcrest died Monday at his residence. Allen Associates Mortuary will announce arrangements. James Walters' James Glenn Walters, 71, of 16 Campbell Circle, Asheville, died Friday in an Asheville hospital. A native of Westminster, S.C., he had lived in Buncombe County for the past 50 years.

He retired in 1986 as manager of Sky City Department Store. He was former general super- WALTERS Surviving are his wife, Juanita Ruth Smith Walters; a Patsy Ann Pressley of Wilmington; two sisters, Rosamond W. Murr of Greensboro and Mildred W. Jensen, of Asheville; two brothers, James Fred Walters Jr. of Asheville and.

Charles Ronnie Walters of Salisbury; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.. Wednesday in the chapel of Anders; Rice Funeral Home. The Rev. Brown will officiate.

Burial will be in Ashelawn Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Justin Maxwell FLETCHER Justin Scott Maxwell, infant son of Darryl and Katrina Griffin Maxwell, died Sunday in a Hendersonville hospital. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Volley Maxwell of Hooper's Creek; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Griffin of Hendersonville; paternal great-grandfather, Cary Maxwell of Hooper's Creek; paternal great-grandmother, Fannie Galloway of Arden; maternal great-grandmother, Mamie Griffin of Hendersonville; and maternal greatgrandmother, Birdell Page of Hooper's Creek. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Hooper's Creek Baptist Church cemetery.

The Rev. Harold McKinnish will officiate. Jackson Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Clara H. Moore BARNARDSVILLE Clara H.

Moore, 58, of 834 North Fork Road, died Monday in an Asheville hospital. A native of Madison County, she had lived in Buncombe County for the past 10 years. She was a daughter of the late Floyd and Byrd Mars Hensley. Surviving are her husband, Floyd Moore; three sons, Woodrow and Lester Moore of Asheville, Doug Moore of Barnardsville; four daughters, Emily and Aszalee Moore of Barnardsville, Zula Wilds of Leices: ter, Eula Mae Rice of Marshall; four brothers; a sister; and 13 grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the chapel of Bowman Funeral Home. The Revs. Joe Rice and Kenneth Parker will officiate. Burial will be in Newfound Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home. Stephen Gouge MARION Stephen Ralph Gouge, 39, died Monday in a McDowell County hospital. He was owner and manager of Goose Creek Body Shop. Surviving are his wife, Connie Cable Gouge; his parents, Rev. Ralph Gouge and Bernice England Gouge of Morganton; two daughters, Amy and Andrea Elizabeth Gouge of the home; two brothers, Dr.

Ed Gouge of Clinton, S.C., and Joseph Gouge of Charlotte; paternal grandfather, Lawson Gouge of Marion; and the maternal grandmother, Lula England of Marion. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Cross Memorial Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Revs. Steve Parker, Harold Sprinkle and B.M.

Strickland will officiate. Burial will be in Sugar Hill Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at McCallKirksey Funeral Home, Marion, where the body will remain until 30 minutes before the services. Matthew Norton MARSHALL Matthew Norton, of Route 4, died Monday at his residence.

Bowman Funeral Home will announce arrangements. ALLEN MORTUARY 127 McDowell St. 252-1251 Locally Owned Groce Funeral Home Prearrangements Funerals Cremation Shipping Service A Temperature Yesterday's High One Year Ago Normal for the Date Yesterday's Low One Year Ago Normal for the Date Yesterday's Average Precipitation as of 0 p.m. Yesterday's Total Month's Total Departure from Normal Year's Total Departure from Normal 12.01 in. French Broad River (Ficed Stase, 0 A17 a.m.

2.4 ft. Sunset Sunrise Today Tomorrow SUNSHINE Total sunshine yesterday 0 hours, 0 utes. Percent of possible sunshine o. MOON PHASES New Moon Dec. 28 First Quarter Dec.

6 Full Moon Dec. 12 Last Quarter 19 Extended Forecast The forecast for Thursdgy through Saturday calls fair Thursday with chance of showers on Friday and Saturday. Highs will the 40s Thursday with some 305 in the mountains. It should reach into the to sos by Saturday. Overnight temperatures will be in the teens and 208 Thursday night and 38-40 by Saturday night.

campaign against George Bush, Beyle said. The new approach to attack ads is to respond immediately and accurately with a simple message. "You attack, we counterattack hard, challenging the veracity of your ads thereby cutting off the message of the attack ad," Beyle wrote. "Unanswered attack ads gain credibility and a life of their own if they are not challenged. The message of the attack ad might be untrue, but no one is saying That means the likelihood of even more negative political advertising on the airways in next year's Senate race, and Beyle sees little hope of the attack ads falling out of favor.

"The different thing about this is the heavy use of television, and we have a public that is used to 15-second and 30-second bites in getting their information," he said. "I don't see at this point what would supplant it, except some sort of scandal, but the ads are scandalous enough." Beyle said he expects hop see similar advertising popping in even more races. Beyle says that while attack ads may be successful in the short run, their long-term effect has been to turn people off to politics. He pointed to last year's turnout for the prestdential election, the worst in more than 50 years. "These ads get into the credibility of government itself," he said.

"What you are really doing is ridiculing the process Itself, and people have responded by refusing to participate.".