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TEMPO 1 RICHARD BUSINESS B1 8 Generation goes for 0, as in owner Court jester of fitness PLUS: TRISTATE MOST WANTED B2 FW' A Gannett Newspaper 501,100 Readers Daily Monday September 23, 1996 Final EditionWest 35 cents MEmQB1 CLOSE HOME A 1T TfY RFR Larkin makes history i wi I'l KM I I II John F. Carolyn Kennedy Jr. Bessette V- it No. 1 bachelor ties the knot After years of speculation about his romantic life and a weekend flurry of hot rumors, John F. Kennedy Jr.

was reported Sunday to have been married Saturday to Carolyn Bessette, his longtime girlfriend, in a private ceremony on a secluded Georgia island. Nation A2 1 ft Til SIIMO 1 i 3 .4 A BY DONALD M. ROTHBERG The Associated Press and The New York Times STOCKHOLM, Sweden Signaling an easing of tensions in the Persian Gulf, Defense Secretary William Perry said Sunday that Iraq is "backing off" the threatening moves it was making a week ago. One of two U.S. aircraft carriers in the region might leave next month, he said.

"All the evidence I've seen the last four or five days is positive," Mr. Perry said on a flight from Finland to Sweden. "I truly believe Iraq is backing off i y. -f 1 t- Perot calls Dole 'rude, arrogant' Texan plans lawsuit over debate snub BY BARBARA VOBEJDA The Washington Post WASHINGTON Reform Party presidential nominee Ross Perot on Sunday called Republican nominee Bob Dole "rude and arrogant" and said Mr. Dole had "poisoned the attitudes of millions of independent voters" for opposing Mr.

Per- AAA nt's nartifina- l' 1 1 J.i;f II i i 600 additional troops arrive The U.S. military buildup in Kuwait continued Sunday, with 600 more U.S. soldiers arriving and others on the way. The last of 3,500 soldiers arriving from Fort Hood, Texas, were expected by midweek, said Lt. Col.

Thomas Nickerson, a military spokesman. The United States has about 30,000 soldiers, 200 planes and 35 ships in the region. The Cincinnati EnquirerMichael E. Keating Barry Larkin is congratulated by utility man Lenny Harris after Larkin homered in the fifth inning of a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Larkin is the first shortstop to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a Major League season. At a vision Shortstop sets record, but effort no surprise the threatening actions they were taking a week ago. "But we will watch it very carefully, very carefully, every day, every hour." On Sept. 11, Mr. Perry said U.S.

forces would inflict punishment "disproportionate to the provocations" after Iraqi rocket launchers erratically fired a missile toward a U.S. aircraft enforcing a flight-interdiction zone over Iraq. The Iraqis stopped harassing the American fighters rather than confront a major Campaign tion in debates this fall. '96 On two morning talk shows, the Texas billionaire spoke harshly of Mr. Dole and the decision to lnsideA2 Dole: Clinton would try health overhaul again if re-elected PAUL DAUGHERTY He raised his arms briefly in triumph as he rounded first base.

When he crossed the plate, he waved to his family in the stands. He answered a curtain call, just long enough to respect those who would cheer him, but not so long as to be self-serving. This is all we would get from Barry Larkin, who counts dignity among his skills. He hit his 30th home run Sunday. That goes with his 36 stolen bases.

Larkin is going, going, gone, where no shortstop has ever been. 30-30. That's for outfielders with long legs and thick chests, who are not asked to avoid sliding base runners or chase ground balls into the hole. It is not for shortstops, until now. Larkin's fifth-inning line drive off St.

Louis Cardinals starter Donovan Osborne cleared the wall in left field. It hit just to the right of where Johnny Bench's retired No. 5 jersey hangs. Close to where Larkin's own No. 11 will hang one of these days.

It was another brick in Larkin's Hall of Fame wall. Later, he would say he lost all sleep Saturday night, agonizing over the 30-30 notion. When he hit a warning-track fly in the first inning, he looked into the blue seats behind home plate, where, but chooses to stay here. The only endorsement bearing his name is a charity for hospitalized kids. The only part of Larkin that doesn't stay spotless is his uniform.

He has had the misfortune of working in the Era of Ozzie and Cal, in a town suited to his regulation-sized ego, if not his accomplishments. We don't blow horns here. Even when we should. Like now. "Whatever theory you want to conjure up," Larkin said.

Someone asked him why he thought he hit 30 home runs this year, when his previous high had been 20. "This is just one of those years." "He's not a home-run hitter. He's a line-drive hitter that hits home runs," said Reds hitting coach Hal McRae. "We don't want him to feel he has to hit 30 home runs. We want him to maintain that right field, line drive stroke.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit 15 next year." For three weeks, Larkin has listened to McRae harp on Larkin's "approach" to the record. Approach? Larkin has a made-for-baseball tem- (Please see DAUGHERTY, Page A4) In SportsDl The Reds would have been eliminated by losing either game Sunday, but Barry Larkin and John Smiley kept them mathematically alive for another day. The Atlanta Braves won their fifth straight division title and set their sights on a second consecutive World Series forces buildup ordered by President Clinton. In the face of criticism from many U.S. allies, the administration demurred on any counterattack.

As part of the buildup, the carrier USS Enterprise joined the USS Carl Vinson in the Persian Gulf, and its planes began patrolling an expanded no-fly zone in southern Iraq. Mr. Perry raised the possibility that if there is no increase in tension, the Vinson would leave the Middle East next month and return to Bremerton, its home port. "When it gets to the date of decision for it to go, we'll look carefully at what's going on in Iraq," said Mr. Perry.

The current U.S.-Iraq problem began when Iraq's President Saddam Hussein helped one of two battling factions gain control of Kurdish-populated northern Iraq over formerly U.S.-aligned Kurds. In congressional testimony last week, CIA Director John Deutch said Mr. Hussein emerged from the episode stronger politically than he had been. The ground troops being sent to Kuwait are participating in training exercises with Kuwait soldiers. Mr.

Perry said the exercises will last several months, and he suggested that the troops' stay might be extended, depending on the actions of the Iraqi military. keep him out of two presidential debates, saying it would deny him the opportunity to get his message out to millions. Mr. Dole's campaign had argued against Mr. Perot's participation in the Oct.

6 and 16 debates, while President Clinton's campaign wanted him in. Mr. Perot said he will bring a lawsuit today challenging the recommendation of the Commission on Presidential Debates that Mr. Perot be excluded because he did not have a realistic chance of being elected. On NBC's Meet the Press, Mr.

Perot said of Mr. Dole: "Now, here's a guy that's supposed to be a war hero. You'd think he'd be willing to stand up and talk to another person, wouldn't you?" On Fox News Sunday, Mr. Perot said Mr. Dole was "the point man" on excluding the Reform Party nominee from the debates and, "I guess he's desperate." and could not find his family.

"My wife and kids came up from Florida," he said. "I couldn't see them." They were there in the fifth. Maybe Larkin planned it that way. He is a superstar of the sort that's becoming extinct. Larkin shows up, plays, goes home.

He could play any- WEATHER Partly cloudy 1 Tribe nudges trustees to change with times Miami to reconsider 'Redskins' nickname High 76 Low 53 Mostly sunny this morning. A storm system to the west will bring afternoon clouds. Rain possl- ble tonight and likely for Tuesday. Details, back page this section INDEX Four sections, 156th year, No.167 Copyright 1996, The Cincinnati Enquirer Yeltsin's doctor says surgery may be delayed Boris Yeltsin is pushing for his bypass surgery to be performed soon, but his surgeon said Sunday the procedure is too risky to rush and perhaps could be canceled. Mr.

Yeltsin had said the surgery would be at the end of September. However, Dr. Rinat Akchurin said it may not be performed until mid-to late November, depending on test results. WorldA5 Dorothy Laniour, actress, dies at 81 Dorothy Lamour, the sultry, sarong-wearing sidekick of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby when they went on the "Road," died Sunday morning. She was 81.

Cause of death was not immediately determined. NationA4 1 BY RANDY McNUTT The Cincinnati Enquirer OXFORD This is one battle the Indians expect to win. When Miami University'3 trustees meet Wednesday, use of the school's sports name, the Redskins, will be reconsidered. The outcome could affect the relationship between two old friends: the university and the Miami tribe. In July, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma asked the university to stop using Redskins and other Indian-related team names by the end of the 1996-1997 academic year.

"There's too much of a chance that the name could be used de-rogatorily," said Kimberly Wade, a Miami freshman from the tribal headquarters in Miami, Okla. "I find the tomahawk chop offensive, too, but the university has no control over that. Over the name, it does." Ms. Wade, who is attending school on a scholarship for members of the Miami tribe, said she was present when the tribal council voted. She knows how deeply its members feel about the issue.

It was the first time the tribal council has petitioned the university to drop the name. Numerous (Please see MIAMI, Page A4) Abby C2 Obituaries B4 Business B18 Puzzles C7 Comics C8 Rate Report B17 Editorials A6 Sports D1 Horoscope C6 The Talk C2 Lotteries A8 Tempo CI Metro B1 TV C4 Nation A2, 3 World A2. 5 Classified B5-13, D8-16 Printed on recycled newsprint uilng toy oil Ink The Cincinnati EnquirerJason Clark Chicken divine: Jennifer Hernandez does the Chicken Dance with Winni Mundl of Munich, Germany, along with thousands of others Sunday during Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati. MetroB5.