AP891106-0001 AP-NR-11-06-89 2327EST r a AM-People-Fergie 11-06 0505 AM-People-Fergie,0525 Duchess of York Visits Inner-City School in Houston By LAURA TOLLEY Associated Press Writer HOUSTON (AP) The Duchess of York visited an inner-city school Monday, ending a five-day trip to Texas that included opera, a polo match and a stop at a private ranch. The former Sarah Ferguson took part in an anti-drug program, and was serenaded by more than 600 students at Blackshear Elementary School. ``She seemed like royalty,'' said fifth-grader Gary Williams, 11. The duchess, who is married to Britain's Prince Andrew, came to Houston Thursday at the invitation of the Houston Grand Opera, which is saluting 300 years of British opera. She took a flight Monday afternoon to New York, where she planned to spend a day. Royal-watchers who gathered outside the school Monday morning applauded her, and some shouted, ``We love you Fergie!'' The duchess participated in the school's Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, known as DARE, by joining students in an anti-drug play. She also gave the school's library autographed copies of the ``Budgie'' books for children she has written. Students presented her a book they had written. ``We thought she was very fun,'' Gary said. ``We were excited to see her. She did some sketches with us.'' The sketches involved students acting out criticism for students who are pretending to drink, smoke or use drugs. During one sketch, the duchess showed her disgust for smoking by pulling her long red hair across her face. ``I think she was really concerned about the program,'' said Blackshear principal George Mundine. ``She was very impressed.'' The duchess then went to the school playground where students holding small U.S. and British flags were standing in a formation that spelled DARE. ``Your Royal Highness, the Duchess of York, from the boys and girls of Blackshear School, may I present to you these flowers and ask for your permission to sing?'' shouted 8-year-old Jermaine Thibodeaux, who gave the duchess a bouquet of yellow roses. The students sang ``Deep in the Heart of Texas,'' ``Yankee Doodle Dandy,'' ``You're a Grand Old Flag,'' ``We are the World,'' and an anti-drug song. ``You really were very good, and are very good, and you look so smart,'' the duchess said. She thanked the students for the book, ``The Big Parade,'' and said her toddler daughter, Beatrice, would love it. The book, which is about the duchess going to the circus, was written by several students, Mundine said. The duchess is five months pregnant with her second child. During her stay in Houston, Sarah was the guest of the family of Oscar Wyatt, chairman of Coastal Corp. of Houston. His wife, Lynn, is vice chairman of the Houston Grand Opera. She spent Saturday night at the Wyatts' ranch near Hebbronville, but stayed the rest of the time at their mansion. The duchess attended a polo match Sunday, where Great Britain defeated a Texas team, 11-6. Her father, Maj. Ronald Ferguson, captained the British team and she stood in the rain to present trophies to the victors. AP891106-0002 AP-NR-11-06-89 2332EST r a AM-BakkerMinistry 11-06 0346 AM-Bakker Ministry,0356 Tammy Faye Agrees to Leave Mall Church-Studio ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Tammy Faye Bakker agreed Monday to vacate her storefront church by the end of the month after the owner of the shopping mall threatened to sue to get her evicted. ``Mrs. Bakker has agreed that they will be out by Nov. 30, that there will be no more delays, that there will be no more unforeseen problems,'' attorney Ed Leinster said after meeting with the wife of imprisoned evangelist Jim Bakker. The Bakkers' Orlando ministry, which has been conducting Sunday church services and occasional television gospel shows out of a makeshift church-studio for about four months, owed at least $73,000 in rent, said Shoppers World mall owner Stewart Gilman. Gilman had ordered the financially strapped ministry to leave almost two weeks ago, but Mrs. Bakker and her supporters continued to hold services there the past two Sundays. On Sunday, she told followers that services would continue to be held there until the ministry found a new, inexpensive site to lease, preferably for no more than $5 per square foot. Gilman contacted Leinster, who is his attorney. Mrs. Bakker has vowed to continue the ministry. Her only comment Monday was, ``We're looking for a place in Orlando.'' Jim Bakker, 49, was convicted of bilking ``lifetime partners'' of the now-defunct PTL of $3.7 million to support the Bakkers' lavish lifestyle. He is serving a 45-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn. At the service Sunday, Tammy Bakker said the ministry now faces a $500 million lawsuit brought by former PTL followers. She urged worshipers to remain ``faithful in your tithings'' because that's the only way God can be expected to answer prayers for better jobs, pay raises or income tax refunds. ``That is what God can do for you if you are faithful to him,'' she said. She said the Jim and Tammy television gospel show would remain off the air until the ministry pays off $400,000 in production-related debt. No new shows have aired since Jim Bakker's conviction. AP891106-0003 AP-NR-11-06-89 2343EST r e BC-Perlman 11-06 0202 BC-Perlman,0206 Perlman is Soloist at Philharmonic Benefit Eds: No PMs planned. By MARY CAMPBELL Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Violinist Itzhak Perlman the soloist, Zubin Mehta the conductor and Beethoven the composer. For a music lover, this New York Philharmonic concert at Avery Fisher Hall was about as good as it gets. Perlman began the evening with ``Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra,'' followed by the somewhat more familiar ``Romance No. 2.'' He played them with a tone of warmth, depth and purity. The orchestra was glittering in its performance of the ``Eighth Symphony.'' Mehta began it at a brisk tempo; the orchestra seemed to lean into it and, flowing together, they propelled themselves through the music. The result could be compared favorably with any favorite recording of the symphony. After intermission came ``Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major.'' The orchestra sounded marvelous and Perlman exquisitely and seamlessly changed tone, from white to full of colors. He concentrated; one could almost see his mind dictating glissandos and trills. Had the audience reacted as opera audiences do, there would have been applause after every solo. During one poignant passage, the audience seemed too intent to breathe. AP891106-0004 AP-NR-11-06-89 2353EST r a PM-People-SteelMagnolias 11-06 0250 PM-People-Steel Magnolias,0257 `Steel Magnolias' Cast Helps Raise Money in Atlanta Premiere By ROBERT BYRD Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) The cast of the movie ``Steel Magnolias'' showed off their Southern accents and helped raise money for a charity in the region where the story is based. ``It's such a thrill to have this premiere in the South, where I'm from,'' said screenwriter Robert Harling, on whose hit play the movie is based. Harling grew up in the small central Georgia town of Madison. Actresses Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts and Olympia Dukakis attended a gala champagne reception, screening and buffet Monday to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Hundreds turned out, paying $100 to $150 each. Cast members attended a benefit premiere Sunday in New York. They also are scheduled to appear Thursday in Los Angeles and Friday in Natchitoches, La., where the movie was filmed. ``Steel Magnolias'' stars Ms. Roberts as a headstrong, beautiful young woman who draws strength from the women around her while battling a serious illness. Ms. Roberts, a native of nearby Smyrna, said ``the wonderful quirkiness of where I'm from'' helped in Southern role. Ms. Dukakis, the Oscar-winning daughter of a Greek immigrant, though, displayed for reporters a more-than-passable Southern accent: ``Pay-ull mee uh pay-uh'' (``Peel me a pear''). And Ms. MacLaine, who has chronicled her spiritual travels in several best-selling books, explained how she prepared for her role as a grumbling curmudgeon: ``I just slummed into the future and saw myself.'' AP891106-0005 AP-NR-11-06-89 2355EST r i PM-SocietyKiller 11-06 0378 PM-Society Killer,0389 Australian Police Set Up `Granny Squad' To Trap Killer Of Elderly Women SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Police say they have set up a ``Granny Squad'' to capture a killer who bludgeons elderly women in wealthy Sydney suburbs, a psychopath dubbed the ``Society Killer'' by newspapers. Police said Monday that the killer could be a woman. The suspect is suspected of stalking and killing four women in the past eight months _ all in their eighties, always in daylight and all on the classy North Shore. The killer taunts police by leaving victims' belongings in parks and other public places weeks after the crime. ``For God's sake, how many more people must die?'' Detective Sgt. Paul Meagher asked Thursday after two attacks in 24 hours. John Avery, police commissioner for New South Wales state, announced formation of 24-hour granny patrols. Thirty-five detectives were assigned to guard old people's homes and scan streets in an area across the Harbor Bridge from downtown that has Australia's highest concentration of elderly. An estimated 50 percent of homes on the North Shore are occupied by single people. Australian media labeled the attacker the Society Killer after Sydney socialite Lady Winifreda Ashton was battered to death in May. She was found savagely bashed and throttled, with her stockings outside her home. A month earlier, Gwendoline Mitchelhill, 82, was found outside her apartment with massive injuries. Three other attacks occurred which resulted in two deaths, all in strikingly similar circumstances. The only survivor, Doris Cox, 86, said she was hit from behind with a piece of wood and described her attacker as young, with short, dark hair. Police refused to rule out the possiblity the suspect is a woman. The killer has been active from sometime between noon to 6 p.m., attacking single elderly women on their arrival home from shopping. Avery said a police task force was looking for a ``meticulous psycopath.'' ``There is a high proportion of the elderly living on the North Shore and they are terrified,'' said Mayor Ted Mack of Sydney. He advised elderly women not to leave home unless they are accompanied by friends or relatives. Homicide detectives said the attacker liked ransacking his victims' purses and leaving personal belongings to be found weeks later. AP891106-0006 AP-NR-11-06-89 2356EST r i PM-GanglandVows 11-06 0287 PM-Gangland Vows,0295 Imprisoned Gangster Weds For Second Time Behind Bars LONDON (AP) One of Britain's best known convicted gangsters, who with his twin brother headed a powerful criminal empire in the 1960s, was married for a second time behind bars, prison authorities said. Gangland killer Ronnie Kray, 56, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, wedded former kissogram girl Kate Howard, 33, Monday in a ceremony at Broadmoor hospital for the criminally insane. The best man was convicted double killer Charlie Smith. Ronnie Kray and his twin brother Reggie built up an underworld empire based on protection rackets and other criminal activity. Posing as respectable businessmen and nightclub owners, they mixed with high society personalities until they were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for killing gangland rivals. The wedding at Broadmoor, 30 miles west of London, was Ronnie's second behind bars. He and Elaine Mildener, 29, were married in the top-security hospital in 1985. The couple divorced after less than three years. The new Mrs. Kray spent 90 minutes with her husband before he was returned to his cell. She told reporters outside the hospital: ``It is a shame Ronnie can't be here but we are obviously in love and I shall be going to see him tomorrow.'' She did not say how they came to meet. A handful of friends attended the ceremony conducted by the local registrar and drank non-alcoholic beverages. Reggie Kray, who is held in a conventional prison at Lewes 60 miles southeast of London, did not attend the wedding. The bride kept her head bowed as she arrived in a gold Rolls Royce for the ceremony wearing a peach-silk taffeta dress and carrying a bouquet of carnations, the groom's favorite flowers. AP891106-0007 AP-NR-11-06-89 2356EST r i PM-FeloniousCucumber 11-06 0203 PM-Felonious Cucumber,0207 Cool It May Be, But Cucumber Gun Still Lands Robber In Jail LONDON (AP) A robber whose cucumber ``gun'' fooled cashiers into handing over more than $18,800 has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Ernest Coveley, 37, wrapped the vegetable in a plastic bag and waved it like a sawed-off shotgun at cashiers in mortgage lending institutions known as building societies, a court was told. On two occasions, when he was unable to afford the price of a cucumber, he used an iron bar. Defense lawyer Stephen Pownall said Coveley used a cucumber because it was the most innocuous thing he could think of. But Circuit Judge Edwin, who sentenced Coveley on Monday, told the defendant he had frightened his victims. ``They were put in great fear, not to say terror by you,'' the judge said. ``I have no doubt you used the cucumber so that if you were caught later in the street you would be able to point to the vegetable and deny any responsibility for what you had done.'' Coveley pleaded guilty last month to eight robberies in east and northeast London between May and July, saying he used the money to buy drugs. AP891106-0008 AP-NR-11-06-89 2357EST r i PM-Israel-Cosmetics 11-06 0778 PM-Israel-Cosmetics,0803 Ancient Perfumes, Cosmetics on Display Eds: Also in Tuesday AMs report. By NICOLAS B. TATRO Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) The most dangerous women in the ancient world spent a fortune on perfume, and the vanity of at least one Biblical king can be measured by the size of his bathtub. The lavishness of the ancients' royal boudoir and bath will be on display starting Nov. 14 in an Israel Museum exhibition of a 1,000-piece collection of toiletries from ancient Israel. Blown-glass eyeliner kits, jewel-studded makeup palettes, polished bronze mirrors, gold hairpins, faience cosmetic boxes. Among the collection is an ivory cosmetic spoon that once held the eyeshadow of Queen Jezebel, the 9th century B.C. ruler who gave makeup a bad name. There is also the only surviving juglet of balsam, the favorite scent of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. ``Cosmetics in antiquity appealed at first to both men and women. Over the centuries, cosmetics became more used by women,'' said Michal Dayagi-Mendes, curator of Biblical archaeology and organizer of the exhibit. She said cosmetics were used as a means to color the faces of gods to make them appear less cold and remote. Soon, priestly attendants adopted the colorings and ultimately so did ordinary people. In the hot, dry climate of the Middle East, cosmetics also served a medicinal purpose. ``Wearing makeup repelled the little flies that caused inflamation of the eyes. Also, eyeshadow took the place of sunglasses, reducing the glare,'' she said. Like their modern counterparts, ancients squandered vast sums on pampering themselves, indulging in cosmetic fads that sometimes were silly and harmful. Ancient Egyptians used a reddish ochre makeup over the entire face. Romans lightened their faces with a powder made from crocodile excrement. Greek women used a finely ground lead to turn their faces white and spent hours in the sun to bleach their hair. ``The Greeks were aware that the lead caused great damage, but beauty was above everything else,'' Dayagi-Mendes said. Roman women went to great extremes to braid and curl their hair and many wore wigs. But the greasy look was in, mainly because oil was used to combat lice. The pests and more than 80 lice eggs were found, for example, on a 2,000-year-old wooden comb recovered recently from the Qumran caves near the Dead Sea. Nero's wife, Pompaea, was especially extravagant. ``Every day she took a bath in asses' milk. When she was finally banished from Rome, she was allowed to take 50 asses with her just to make sure she could have her daily milk bath,'' said Dayagi-Mendes. Her bath did not survive, but that of Herod the Great was retrieved a few years ago from his ruined Kypros winter palace near Jericho. The 1{-ton, six-foot-long alabaster bathtub is a monument to the grandiose style of one of the ancient world's great builders and architect of the Second Jewish Temple. ``The man obviously had good taste and enjoyed all the luxuries,'' she said, pointing to the regal tray where oils and lotions once rested on the side of the tub. The costliest luxury in the ancient world, however, was perfume, and ancient Israelites made the most famous variety, balsam, from a now-extinct tree that once grew on the edges of the Dead Sea. To please Cleopatra, the Roman general Anthony acquired a whole orchard of the precious balsam trees near Jericho so she would always have a supply of her favorite fragrance, which cost twice as much as silver. Calling it ``serpent's poison,'' sages of the Jewish Talmud recount that the daughters of Jerusalem put balsam in their shoes and, on seeing attractive young men, clicked their heels to release the fragrance as a lure. Today, the only surviving balsam is a 1{-ounce flask covered in palm matting that has lost all its allure. Only a musty, oily scent remains in the padded box where it is kept. ``It must have been sweet, heavy and oily. It was their taste, but you can't say more,'' said Dayagi-Mendes. To give museum goers a whiff of the past, Dayagi-Mendes has enlisted the help of experts in Holland and Israel to recreate a fragrance similar to the ones in Biblical times. ``I used all the plants mentioned in the Bible in connection with perfumes and scented ointments,'' she said, adding that ingredients included cinnamon, myrrh and frankincense. The result is Avishag, a perfume named after a consort of King David. A two-ounce bottle is being marketed at the exhibition for $50. ``We thought it would be intriguing to smell something of antiquity, and this way you can take something home to remember besides a brochure,'' she said. AP891106-0009 AP-NR-11-06-89 2358EST u a AM-AmandaBlake 1stLd-Writethru a0727 11-06 0529 AM-Amanda Blake, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0727,0542 Amanda Blake's Death Was AIDS-Related, Doctor Says Eds: INSERTS 1 graf after 7th graf, `Acquired immune ...,' to ADD that Nishimura was interviewed after TV report that AIDS played a role in Blake's death; picks up 8th graf, `AIDS is ...' By KATHLEEN GRUBB Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Amanda Blake, who played Miss Kitty in the long-running ``Gunsmoke'' television series, died of AIDS-related complications, not cancer as previously reported, her doctor said Monday. Blake did have throat cancer, but ``that wasn't the reason that she died,'' said Dr. Lou Nishimura, a Sacramento internist. After Blake died Aug. 16 at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, a statement composed by the hospital and the actress' friends reported her death as the result of her long battle with cancer. Blake, 60, had AIDS symptoms for about a year, said Nishimura. He said he didn't know how she contracted the fatal disease. Blake's fifth husband, Mark Spaeth, an Austin, Texas, city councilman and developer, died of pneumonia in 1985 at age 45. They married in April 1984, and divorced a short time later. Blake's death certificate listed the immediate cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest due to liver failure and CMV hepatitis. CMV or cytomegalo virus hepatitis is AIDS-related, said Nishimura, who treated Blake during the year before her death and signed her death certificate. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cancer were listed on the certificate as contributing to her death. Nishimura was interviewed following a report Friday on Sacramento television station KRBK quoting friends of Blake who said AIDS had played a role in her death. AIDS is caused by a virus that attacks the body's immune system. It is spread most often through sexual contact, needles or syringes shared by drug abusers, infected blood or blood products, and from pregnant women to their offspring. Once a two-pack-a-day smoker, Blake had undergone surgery for oral cancer in 1977 and afterward made appearances throughout the country on behalf of the American Cancer Society. Jerri Ewen, a Mercy General spokeswoman, said she reported cancer as the cause of death at the request of Blake's close friends. ``When somebody dies, you go by what the wishes of the family are. In this case, the friends were the family,'' Ewen said. Ewen said she never saw the death certificate. Death certificates are public documents under California law and are recorded with the county where a person dies. Ewen said the hospital reported the death to the federal Centers for Disease Control. Blake reigned as Miss Kitty, queen of Dodge City's Long Branch Saloon, for 19 years in the TV series ``Gunsmoke.'' Set in the lawless cattle town of Dodge City, Kan., in the late 1800s, ``Gunsmoke'' was one of television's original ``adult westerns'' in the mid-1950s. Blake left ``Gunsmoke'' in 1974. The show last one more season on CBS, then was canceled. After ``Gunsmoke,'' she worked only sporadically, usually in guest appearances for TV game shows, movies of the week and such series as ``Edge of Night,'' ``Hart to Hart,'' and ``Love Boat.'' Miss Blake, a resident of Sacramento, was a longtime activist for animal protection. AP891106-0010 AP-NR-11-06-89 0120EST r a PM-BlackMemorabilia Bjt 11-06 0603 PM-Black Memorabilia, Bjt,580 Sambo Dolls, `Colored Only' Signs Become Hot Collectors' Items LaserPhoto WX6 By ROBERT M. ANDREWS Associated Press Writer HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) Mementos of white bigotry from yesteryear _ Little Black Sambo dolls, ``Colored Only'' signs, figurines of grinning, watermelon-eating urchins _ are becoming hot collectors' items among American blacks who once scorned them as hated symbols of humiliation. The booming market for ``black collectibles'' has attracted such celebrities as Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who reportedly collects African slave chains and shackles. ``Black people buy these items for the very same reason that Jewish people research the Holocaust,'' says Jeanette B. Carson, a prominent figure in the black memorabilia business. ``The black experience, during and after slavery, was a Holocaust we must never forget.'' Ms. Carson, 56, a retired State Department specialist in African affairs, began collecting black artifacts about seven years ago. The 600 items that fill her home near Washington, D.C., range from quilted dolls hand-sewn by former slaves to a mirrored mahogany hat rack, valued at $800 to $900, which prize fighter Joe Louis once kept in his dressing room. Ms. Carson's home-based firm, Ethnic Treasures Inc., sponsors dealer shows and auctions from New York to Atlanta. She also publishes ``Black Ethnic Collectibles,'' a bimonthly magazine with 8,000 subscribers, and heads the National Association of Black Memorabilia Collectors, with more than 500 members nationwide. Ms. Carson says the business has grown from about 50 dealers in 1983 to more than 500 this year, with an estimated $500,000 in annual sales. The number of collectors _ like dealers, once mostly white but now predominantly black _ has soared from about 10,000 to more than 35,000 in the past six years, she says. Her personal collection includes 100 hand-fashioned dolls and other objects presenting a positive image of blacks, including commemorative stamps and coins, historical photographs and newspapers, and record albums, paintings and sculptures by black artists. No less valuable, she says, are the racist artifacts that older black customers find highly offensive. Like souvenir placemats from a 1940s chain of restaurants in the Western states called ``Coon Chicken Inns,'' whose logo was a winking, smiling black face. Or the framed sign reading ``Colored Seated in Rear,'' dating from 1929. Or the original 1897 sheet music for a Negro dialect song titled ``Ma Curly-Heady Babby.'' Or the yellowed postcards with cartoons of wide-eyed, pigtailed black children _ they were called ``pickaninnies'' in those days _ engaged in such pursuits as riding mules, picking cotton, sitting on a toilet seat or tugging at the tails of Florida alligators. ``They all tell a story,'' says Ms. Carson. ``They are important because they document our history, both the positive and the negative. It is particularly important to pass them along to young people, so they know where they came from and where they are going.'' Ms. Carson said there was a time when older blacks, including her parents, destroyed Aunt Jemima cookie jars and Amos 'n' Andy toys as painful reminders of racial stereotypes created for the amusement of whites. But Ms. Carson said popular interest in collecting and preserving black memorabilia has increased with the rise of a younger generation which is proud of its racial heritage. ``This is one aspect of bringing our history and culture to light,'' she said. ``If our children continue to be misinformed by history books which focus on what happened in white America, they won't feel they belong to this society or have any idea of the important contributions their ancestors made to this country.'' AP891106-0011 AP-NR-11-06-89 0115EST r a PM-WalkofFame 11-06 0384 PM-Walk of Fame,0394 College Sidewalk a Stroll Through History By IKE FLORES Associated Press Writer WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) Students can take a short and somewhat quirky stroll through history at the Rollins College Walk of Fame: 600 slabs and chunks of stone recalling famous people through the centuries. There's a stone from the cathedral crypt in Havana that once held the remains of Christopher Columbus. There's a slab of worn flagstone from the east portico of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Va. There's a bit of stone from Atlanta donated by the family of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Honored are half the signers of the Declaration of Independence, most of the American presidents, flagmaker Betsy Ross, composer Richard Wagner, Aristotle, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Most of the rocky memorabilia were collected by Hamilton Holt, president of the the small private college from 1925 to 1949. Holt, a wealthy New Englander who was active in the world peace movement that led to the formation of the United Nations, had friends around the world who helped with his hobby. Adm. Richard Byrd brought a souvenir from the mountains of the South Pole and presented it to the campus himself in 1938. President Harry Truman joined Holt for a stone-laying ceremony in his honor on March 8, 1949, after receiving an honorary degree. ``The stones ... are of no intrinsic value,'' Holt once wrote, ``yet each one of them is eloquent with suggestion and inspiration.'' Each of the geological souvenirs has been carefully set in a slab of concrete engraved with the name of the person it represents and the place where it originated. For years the stones were part of an asphalt pathway and were actually walked on, defaced and weathered. But they have recently been cleaned and restored and set off from the walkway itself by concrete borders. The landscaped Walk of Fame was rededicated on its 60th anniversary this past weekend. Not everyone proposed for the walk has actually been honored. In 1945, someone donated a stone from the fireplace of Adolf Hitler's bunker in Berlin. Holt accepted, planning to use it in a ``walk of ill fame.'' But either Holt or a successor thought the better of the plan, and the Hitler relic has been lost. AP891106-0012 AP-NR-11-06-89 0156EST r w PM-SilentState 11-06 0634 PM-Silent State,620 WASHINGTON TODAY: State Department Should Speak Up, Members of Congress Say By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Throughout his 1988 campaign for the presidency, George Bush complained of excessive interference by Congress in the day-to-day running of U.S. foreign policy. Echoing President Reagan, Bush maintained it is impossible to conduct any kind of sensible and coherent foreign policy ``with 535 secretaries of state'' insisting that their views prevail. As president, Bush also has had occasion to complain of congressional ``micromanagement,'' as he did when Congress imposed restrictions on the transfer of U.S. aircraft technology to Japan. But for the moment, at least, the complaints are going the other way. Senators are complaining that when they do seek policy direction and advice from the State Department, department representatives often are either silent or nowhere to be found, leaving lawmakers to thrash matters out as best they can. The problem, they say, is not one of 535 secretaries of state; it is the difficulty of obtaining the views of representatives of the only official Secretary of State, James A. Baker III. At a recent hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the issue under discussion was a law enforcement treaty drafted as a weapon in the war on drugs. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., offered four modifications or ``understandings.'' What did the State Department think about changes in interpretation of the treaty its diplomats had negotiated? No State Department official was present to respond. Whereupon Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., erupted. ``The State Department is systematically yielding its position in foreign relations,'' he said. ``I do not know what they think they are doing.'' ``They have let the Central Intelligence Agency take over the estimates of world situations and take over most of their embassies. ``And on things like these treaties, they will not even show up. ... ``They are becoming a caricature,'' Moynihan said. ``... It is as if they had finally decided to agree with the people who despise them. ``They are afraid to come here and say they are not in favor of these understandings,'' the senator said. ``They are fearful of having to do so. If they are fearful, why don't they get a job where you don't have to take a position on anything? Or maybe that is what they think the State Department job is.'' Finally, a member of the staff of the State Department's legal office arrived to say that the department did indeed object to the understandings, but not enough to delay action on the treaties themselves. So the understandings, and the treaty, were approved. But the complaints continued. On the Senate floor, Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., was outvoted in a bid to waive the requirement that no appropriations for the State Department be approved until Congress passes an authorization bill. His motive: This year's authorization is bogged down in a difficult conference between the Senate and House foreign affairs committees. Rudman contended the department is known to vigorously object to major portions of the authorization bills. His side would have prevailed _ and funding for the State Department would have been assured _ if the department had had the courage to speak out, Rudman said. ``My understanding is that the department was unwilling to go on record because they were fearful of offending the authorizing committees,'' Rudman said. ``I hope the department will have more courage in the conduct of its other affairs than it does in this one. ``They were not willing to stand up and be counted,'' Rudman said and added: ``I will give the State Department a message here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. I have stood up and been counted for that department in the last nine years. ``I shall not do so again.'' AP891106-0013 AP-NR-11-06-89 0154EST r a PM-PencilPusher 11-06 0320 PM-Pencil Pusher,0336 Duke Professor Pens Pencil Saga GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) An engineering professor who penned a history of the pencil says that while the topic hasn't gotten much ink, it is anything but pointless. Drawing on two years of research, Duke University Professor Henry Petroski has written a 450-page book on the pencil that includes the following: _ You could probably draw a line 70 miles long with one pencil; _ It would probably cost $50 for a person to make a 10-cent pencil; _ There are 2 billion pencils produced in the United States annually; _ The so-called lead in a pencil is actually graphite and clay. The more clay the harder the point. _ Erasers didn't appear on pencils until about 100 years ago. ``There was a great debate about whether children in schools should be given pencils with erasers,'' Petroski said. ``People said if they had erasers, they would be encouraged to make mistakes.'' What he doesn't know is when the first pencil as we know it today was produced. ``People don't record the origins of such common things,'' Petroski said. He does know that the first illustration of a pencil appeared in 1565, the date generally noted as its origin. Petroski's book, ``The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance,'' is being released in January. Petroski intended to write about the cultural role of engineering. The pencil was merely to serve as an introduction to some of his thoughts on engineering. ``I couldn't find much written on the pencil and soon realized there was no definitive history of it,'' Petroski said. That led Petroski to do his own. Petroski thinks the pencil will continue to make its mark. It has withstood the invention of the typewriter, the ball-point pen, the printing press and the computer. ``There's no reason it's ever going to disappear,'' he said. ``It's held up as a model of design.'' AP891106-0014 AP-NR-11-06-89 0206EST r w PM-FarmScene 11-06 0667 PM-Farm Scene,640 Poland Almost Self-Sufficient in Food Supply, Agriculture Department Says By DON KENDALL AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A new analysis by the Agriculture Department says Poland is close to providing enough food for itself and that aid from the United States and other countries may be needed for only a brief period. ``Despite the much-publicized long food lines and empty food shelves in Polish shops, Poles are not starving,'' the report said. ``Annual per capita meat consumption, at 63 kilograms (about 139 pounds) in 1988, is approximately the same as in Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.'' It added: ``Total caloric intake, nearly 3,300 calories a day (per capita), is close to that of western Europe, but markedly below that in the U.S. (3,500). The country is close to becoming self-sufficient in food, and may face only a short-term need for food assistance.'' The latest U.S. food aid for Poland was formally signed on Friday, providing up to 10,000 metric tons of pork bellies. The meat is part of a $100 million package of U.S. food aid pledged by President Bush this fiscal year. Ambassador Jan Kinast of Poland said the $10 million worth of pork ``helps us to meet our immediate needs'' and that his country has many complex reforms underway that are aimed at boosting farm output. If there is additional U.S. aid in Poland's future, Kinast said he hoped it would include ``such products which would help us stimulate the agricultural production'' of his country. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa put it more bluntly a day earlier in Gdansk when he expressed thanks for the first emergency shipment of U.S. grain. ``I am not delighted with this kind of help,'' he said. ``I treat this help as a kind of necessity, so we can work out solutions.'' Walesa said it would be better if Americans would send combines and other machines to help farmers produce more in Poland. The USDA report by economists Nancy J. Cochrane and Francis Urban in Agricultural Outlook magazine said many reforms have been instituted by the Polish government _ the first non-communist leadership in the Eastern Bloc _ but that ``long-term solution to Poland's food problems will require drastic improvements in farm efficiency and cost control.'' Basic policy changes that have been suggested include a more determined drive to consolidate Poland's fragmented private farms. Almost 70 percent of Poland's agricultural land is in private farms. The maximum holding is 100 hectares (247 acres), but the average is only five hectares (less than 12.5 acres), the report said. These farms account for about 80 percent of Poland's gross agricultural output, with the remainder coming from some 4,500 state farms of about 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) each. ``Many of the private farms are fragmented into several small plots, and all are under-capitalized,'' the report said. ``Many are operated by older people, as younger workers leave for city jobs.'' The state farms are less efficient and require large subsidies. Also, under the old central planning system, state farmers got top priority for the distribution of ``inputs'' such as fertilizer, seed and machinery, the report said. Polish agricultural output ``has improved dramatically'' since the sharp declines after martial law was imposed in the early 1980s, especially in grain production. But livestock output _ the meat, poultry and dairy products needed for consumers _ has slumped since it rebounded in the mid-1980s. ``Red meat production for 1989 is likely to slip by 6 percent,'' the report said. ``The sector suffers from poor profitability and perennially tight feed supplies.'' Farm output continues to be hampered by shortages of production supplies, inadequate storage and transportation facilities. Fertilizer use dropped in 1989 for the third consecutive year, reflecting shortages and high prices. There are shortages of small machinery and spare parts. ``Moreover, while Poland has an excellent network of agricultural research institutes, there is no effective extension service that can transmit the results of this research to the farmers,'' the report said. AP891106-0015 AP-NR-11-06-89 0207EST r w PM-US-SovietIncomes 11-06 0508 PM-US-Soviet Incomes,460 CIA Says Average Soviet Earned $8,850 in 1988 By CARL HARTMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The CIA says the average Soviet citizen earned the equivalent of $8,850 last year, less than half the average American's earnings of $19,970. The Central Intelligence Agency's ``Handbook of Economic Statistics 1989'' shows the U.S. figure was higher than that of other major non-communist countries, with the average Japanese shown as earning $14,340 and the average West German $14,260. Earnings of the average American grew by 2.9 percent in 1988; the average Soviet citizen enjoyed an increase of only 0.5 percent. The handbook's 1988 edition did not include a figure for the Soviet Union, though other statistics indicate the average citizen's earnings there was $8,363 in 1987, compared with $18,200 for the average American. The CIA makes these comparisons on a ``purchasing power'' basis. That means it does not translate foreign earnings into dollars at prevailing exchange rates, but at theoretical rates that would equalize the cost of a basket of goods and services in the two countries being compared. The document did not say what those theoretical rates were. A few other comparisons were given for 1988: life expectancy was 69 years for the Soviet Union, 75 years for the United States and 78 years for Japan. The average American used up energy equal to burning 56 barrels of oil, while the average Soviet consumed only 35 barrels worth. There were a few more cars than one for every two Americans _ 572 per thousand _ and only one for every 24 Soviets _ 42 per thousand, according to the CIA. The Soviet figure came from 1986 and may have grown some by 1988. Soviet international trade was closer to balance than America's: the United States imported $128 billion worth of goods more than it exported, while the Soviets had a surplus equal to $3.4 billion. Total production of goods and services in the Soviet Union was valued at $2.5 trillion, compared with $4.9 trillion for the United States. The Soviet population was larger at mid-year, 296.4 million compared with 246 million for the United States. Both populations were growing at the same rate: 0.9 percent a year. For 1987, U.S. loans and grants to the Third World were given as $9.3 billion, and Soviet economic aid as $2.2 billion, rising to $7.3 billion in 1988. No comparable 1988 figure was given for the United States. The CIA reported some east European countries as turning in a better earnings record than the Soviets. For the first time in 1988, Czechoslovakia joined 29 other countries where the average citizen earns the equivalent of more than $10,000 annually, the only country to join that group last year. The figure for Czechoslovakia was $10,140. East Germany was already a member, with average earnings of $12,480 last year. At the bottom of the CIA's table were 45 countries from Afghanistan to Zaire where average earnings were $401 a year or less _ most of them under a dollar a day. AP891106-0016 AP-NR-11-06-89 0130EST u i BC-Japan-Stocks 11-06 0026 BC-Japan-Stocks,0025 Stocks Down In Tokyo TOKYO (AP) The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 35,434,00, down 60.86 points, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday. AP891106-0017 AP-NR-11-06-89 0210EST r i PM-Japan-Pinball 11-06 0637 PM-Japan-Pinball,0658 Politicians, Parlor Owners Hope to Put Pinball Scandal Behind Them An AP Extra By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) Pinball played in brightly lit, smoke-filled parlors where millions of Japanese escape stress and engage in low-stakes gambling has long rivaled baseball as Japan's national pastime. The game of ``pachinko'' and its often gaudy parlors also are at the center of political scandal following allegations the industry sought to protect its earnings by paying off legislators. After two days of special discussions on the issue in Parliament last week, however, politicians now seem ready to let the issue fade. Both opposition and governing party legislators have acknowledged receiving donations from the industry, but deny any wrongdoing. The industry has about 15,000 parlors nationwide and total annual revenues estimated at up to $140 billion. About 10 million Japanese are believed to play pachinko regularly. Players ``rent'' 25 small steel balls for 70 cents and try to shoot the balls through a maze of pegs into winning holes _ often decorated as flowers or airplanes _ before the balls fall to the bottom of the upright machine. Each success, heralded by bells and flashing lights, brings a payoff of 15 or so more balls. An automatic firing mechanism is manipulated to control the velocity of each shot. The clanging of balls, ringing bells and loud march music drown out most other sounds in the parlors and seem to hypnotize pachinko players, who sit shoulder to shoulder in crowded rows. The balls are later counted and exchanged for prizes such as cigarette lighters that can be turned in for cash at booths near the parlors. A good day's play would bring in more than $70. Because all transactions are in cash, making it virtually impossible to trace a parlor's income, the game has created a tax collectors' nightmare. ``It's inevitable that our industry is a big tax evader,'' said the manager of one Tokyo pachinko parlor on condition of anonymity. ``It's all done in cash, and if someone wanted to cheat I'm sure they could.'' Police believe organized crime runs parlors or extorts protection money from them. Tax officials long have sought tighter regulations. One idea proposed by the National Police Agency was the introduction of pre-paid cards to replace the cash and make tracking pachinko funds easier. The weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun has charged that lawmakers from Japan's leading opposition party, the Socialists, took bribes to oppose introduction of the cards. Bunshun also alleged huge sums of money from pachinko ended up in the hands of North Korea's Communist government, with whom the Socialists have close relations but Japan has no diplomatic ties. It also charged North Korea was using pachinko money to bribe Japanese politicians and illegally influence government policy. Many pachinko parlors are owned by Koreans living in Japan, about 30 percent of whom are loyal to North Korea. Although many were born and grew up in this country, most of Japan's 677,000-member Korean community do not have Japanese citizenship, and receiving political donations from foreigners or foreign organizations violates the Political Fund Control Law. Kim Kuk Han, a spokesman for the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, said his pro-North Korea organization has made no political donations, through the pachinko industry or otherwise, to Japanese legislators. But the ``pachinko scandal'' has become the latest of several sex and money scandals that have plagued Japanese politics over the past year. The Socialists have acknowledged that party members received $56,000 in donations. The governing Liberal Democrats said Thursday that their party and 52 of its members have received $822,000 in donations from the industry. However, both parties have denied wrongdoing and the issue, the subject of two days of special hearings, is not expected to be seriously investigated in future Parliament meetings. AP891106-0018 AP-NR-11-06-89 0217EST r w PM-Bush 11-06 0556 PM-Bush,540 Bush Says He'll Keep Quayle on 1992 Ticket By CHRISTOPHER CONNELL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Dan Quayle says he's happy that President Bush is keeping him on the 1992 ticket, but says it's too early to talk of having any presidential ambitions of his own. Bush, in an interview published Sunday by the Dallas Morning News, said Quayle ``absolutely'' will be his running mate again. His comment appeared to be an offhanded way of acknowledging his own hat will be in the ring for a second term _ something the first-year president has not said publicly before. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, asked Sunday if Bush had meant to end any suspense about his own intentions, said, ``I think they've been thinking in terms of an eight-year team all along. I hope that's not a surprise to anybody.'' Sununu, speaking with reporters on the tarmac at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., added with a laugh, ``I need the job.'' Quayle, appearing on the NBC-TV program ``Meet the Press,'' said, ``I am very pleased that the president is pleased with the job that I am doing.'' Asked whether he had thought about running for president himself, he said, ``What has crossed my mind is just doing a good job right now.'' Bush visited his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, at her home in Greenwich, Conn., on Sunday after participating in a convocation at his prep school, Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. Mrs. Bush, 88, hospitalized for a week in September with pneumonia, was well enough to take part in a presidential photo opportunity outside her front door before her son departed. ``I want you to see how well my Ma looked,'' Bush told reporters as he and older brother Prescott Jr. helped her outside. At Andover, the Class of '42 graduate told the crowd of 2,500 assembled on the school's Great Lawn, ``I loved those years. They did indeed teach `the great end and real business of living''' _ a phrase from the constitution of the school founded in 1778. ``Even now its lessons of honesty, selflessness, faith in God ... enrich every day of our lives,'' said Bush. In Bush's day there were no girls and only two black or Hispanic students at Phillips, also called Andover. Today girls comprise almost half the 1,217 students, and there are 156 black or Latin students. The convocation marked the 200th anniversary of the visit of another president, George Washington, two of whose grandnephews later enrolled in the young, rigorous academy. They proved no match for the curriculum or the New England weather and had to withdraw. The school also draws pupils from dozens of foreign lands, and it paraded its diversity with a procession of flag-bearing students, as well as Bible readings in several languages. Bush, a star athlete and student leader who went directly from Andover to become a Navy combat pilot in World War II, said he was taught that ``we were put on earth to help others. ``Back in the early '40s, this formed the essence and character of Phillips Academy, and you can still feel its power today,'' he said. Bush made the nostalgic visit without his wife, Barbara, who returned to the White House directly from Camp David because of a stomach ailment. AP891106-0019 AP-NR-11-06-89 0225EST r i PM-PoisonBooze 11-06 0180 PM-Poison Booze,0182 Reports: 21 Dead From Drinking Poisoned Alchohol HONG KONG (AP) An imitation rice wine produced at a factory in the southern China province of Guangdong has poisoned scores of people, killing 21 and sending at least 136 others to hospitals, reports said today. The poisoning occurred over the past week in Zhaoqing city, about 125 miles west of the British colony of Hong Kong. Four people have been arrested in connection with production of the imitation wine, which had a level of methyl alcohol far above standards set by the government, according to reports appearing in the pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao newspaper. Wen Wei Po, another pro-Beijing newspaper that gave the latest casualty figures, said quick removal of the product from store shelves was difficult in part because some greedy entrepreneurs continued to sell the wine despite a mass media campaign warning people of the deadly liquor. The official China News Service reported that officials from one city district searched more than 60 businesses Saturday and confiscated more than 545 gallons of the poison alcohol. AP891106-0020 AP-NR-11-06-89 0238EST r w PM-WashingtoninBrief 11-06 0704 PM-Washington in Brief,680 US Lauds Election of Mouawad, Chides Christian Leader Aoun WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush is warmly welcoming the election of Rene Mouawad as president of Lebanon and urging all Lebanese to back their new leader's efforts to end the 14-year civil war. The State Department on Sunday also issued a congratulatory statement that singled out for criticism Christian army commander Gen. Michel Aoun, who had tried to block the session of the Lebanese parliament that elected Mouawad. ``We call upon Gen. Aoun and the Armed Forces to respect the results of parliament's action,'' said State Department spokeswoman Nancy Beck. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Bush ``welcomes the election of Rene Mouawad ... The president also commends Lebanon's parliament for its ratification of the national reconciliation charter.'' ``We extend to President Mouawad our sincere congratulations and best wishes,'' the State Department said. ``We ask all parties to refrain from violence and intimidation and aid President Mouawad in reunifying Lebanon,'' its statement added. To elect Mouawad, parliament met beyond the range of Aoun's artillery at Kleiat, in Syrian-policed north Lebanon. The parliament also ratified a peace plan brokered by the Arab League last month in Taif, Saudi Arabia. The State Department statement said: ``General Aoun, with his confrontational tactics and threats of partition, does a disservice to the state and people he claims to defend.'' Scowcroft Says West Germany Can Cope With Refugee Influx WASHINGTON (AP) The White House national security adviser says he believes West Germany can cope with the thousands of East German refugees crossing its border, but concedes the situation may be explosive. ``West Germany can handle it,'' Brent Scowcroft said Sunday on the CBS-TV program ``Face the Nation.'' But he added, ``We're making plans for whatever might happen. ``It would be easy ... for something to happen, something unexpected which could turn what is still, even despite a million people, a relatively orderly process into chaos or an explosion,'' Scowcroft said. The separation of Germany into two parts since World War II has been a recurrent source of East-West tension. The democratic reforms sweeping the Soviet bloc have rekindled the ``German question'' because, said Scowcroft, ``there is no East German nation. They distinguish themselves only by their political and economic system so that to the extent that they reform, they undercut their reason for existence.'' Scowcroft predicted that Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, in his planned Dec. 2-3 summit with President Bush, will not ask the West for massive credits for Poland and Hungary as they move out of the Soviet orbit. ``I don't think his intention is to throw Eastern Europe to the West to bail out,'' said Scowcroft. ``I think he is using developments in Poland and Hungary to bolster his own attempts at reform.'' Government Cheats Itself Out of Millions, Says GAO Water Report WASHINGTON (AP) The government has cheated itself out of millions of dollars by misinterpreting legislation that specifies who uses federally subsidized water, says a General Accounting Office report released today. The congressman who wrote the law blames the Interior Department and the GAO advises Congress to close loopholes that let Interior interpret the law the way it does. The law was written for states where water is scarce, primarily the West. California farmers have been the greatest beneficiaries of the loopholes. ``Wealthy farmers in California's Central Valley have subverted the intent of federal water laws, and top Interior Department officials aware of the abuse declined to take corrective action,'' said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. Miller said he rewrote the law in 1982 governing the cost of federal water to Western farmers so that large farms would receive a limited amount of cheap, federally subsidized water. Only farms of 960 acres or less would be eligible. But owners of large farms got around the law by reorganizing into 960-acre tracts that qualified for the subsidies. ``Congressional expectations have not been met,'' said the GAO, which is Congress' investigative arm. The Interior Department, however, said it is following congressional intent, although spokesman Joe Hunter of the department's Bureau of Reclamation said he had not seen the GAO report and did not want to comment on specifics in it. AP891106-0021 AP-NR-11-06-89 0257EST u i PM-Japan-Markets 11-06 0333 PM-Japan-Markets,0345 Dollar, Shares Down in Tokyo TOKYO (AP) The dollar declined moderately against the Japanese yen today, and share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange edged down. The dollar closed at 143.45 yen, down 0.30 yen from Thursday's close of 143.75 yen. After opening at 143.25 yen, the currency moved in a range of 143.22-143.57 yen. It closed at 143.30 yen in New York on Friday. Currency dealers said the yen's strength in Tokyo is a carry-over from the currency's bullishness in New York on Friday. But ``because of a lack of market-affecting incentives, the yen-dollar rate is stuck slightly above the 143-yen mark today,'' said a dealer at Daiichi Kangyo Bank, speaking on condition of anonymity. Another dealer at the Bank of Tokyo said it was ``slow day for most currency dealers all day today. It is as if the market has not been fully awakened from the laziness of the long weekend.'' Financial markets were closed in Japan on Friday due to a national holiday. Mitsuhiko Kinugasa, a dealer with Daiwa Bank, said the dollar stayed at nearly the same level as its close in New York on Friday. ``Dealers are taking a wait-and-see attitude with the bidding on U.S. treasury bills coming up this week,'' he said. Bidding for 2-year treasury bonds will begin in New York on Tuesday. Bidding on 10- and 30-year bonds will start later in the week. On the stock market, the Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues, a 69.7-point loser Thursday, lost another 60.86 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 35,434.00. Securities dealers said trading was light and rather directionless throughout the day. After opening slightly lower than Thursday's close, the Nikkei index rose marginally in early afternoon trading. But the most widely followed barometer in the exchange edged down toward its close in ``directionless and mixed'' trading, said Ichitaro Watanabe, a dealer at Nikko Securities Co. He added that investors sidelined themselves because of uncertainties in the currency market. AP891106-0022 AP-NR-11-06-89 0308EST r a PM-Lites 11-06 0575 PM-Lites,0594 On the Light Side TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) A chili cookoff co-sponsored by an antacid maker attracted entries from as far away as Iowa and Hawaii, but it was a Texan's ``Yahoo Chili'' that drove the judges wild. Barbara Benton of Dallas beat 204 other entrants Saturday in the 23rd Annual Terlingua International Chili Cookoff in this Mexican border town. ``Like my grandson says, `It's just awesome,''' Ms. Benton said after being handed the prize, a 50-pound trophy shaped like a chili pepper. The saucy beef and bean concoctions were judged on taste and texture by members of the Chili Appreciation Society International, said Ravi Dasari, spokesman for the group based in San Antonio. The Texas event was open to winners of regional contests. A co-sponsor of the event the past four years, Gaviscon antacid, passed out liberal samples of its product to the 4,000 people attending. MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Forbes magazine called Vermont a ``Third World state that needs all the help it can get.'' Now, the state Personnel Department is trying to capitalize on the statement. ``Forbes was right, and we're ready to admit it,'' the department said in an advertisement in Sunday's Burlington Free Press. ``Vermont state government always needs capable, creative committed people willing to work hard for a below-average salary, but an above-average sense of accomplishment and contribution,'' the ad reads. State recruitment supervisor Joe Benner hoped to one-up publisher Malcolm Forbes by placing the ad in the next issue of ``the capitalist tool.'' Benner figured that it would be good publicity for the state _ but he didn't figure on the cost of an ad in Forbes. ``We called Forbes and found out it costs $28,000 for one full-page black-and-white ad, for just one issue,'' Benner said. ``That's more than our advertising budget for the whole year.'' Instead, the state paid $281.28 for the newspaper ad. AMHERST, Mass. (AP) Tad Tuleja may have attended too many academic parties where names dropped like a shower of Perrier. Or maybe it was the plethora of publications he dug through as a student of literature. Whatever it was, Tuleja, by day a writing instructor at the University of Massachusetts School of Management, now spends much of his time engaged in what he calls ``mockademia,'' books that poke fun at scholarly research. His latest work, ``The Catalog of Lost Books,'' is a collection of titles of imaginary research such as ``Salamanders are People Too'' and ``Canary Row,'' a takeoff on the title of Steinbeck's ``Cannery Row.'' Tuleja's version is the tale told by a canary taken into coal mines in the 1930s to check the quality of air. In ``Lost Books,'' the premise is that despite the tons of treatises lining bookstores there were books so outlandish they have been buried. From the first ``book,'' a story in stones from a prehistoric cave to a New Age classic, ``Ayuh Speaks,'' he lists 100 ``lost books.'' ``I did a lot of work in literature as a young man and I got real sick of it. The catalog is my revenge,'' Tuleja said, a grin taking the sting out of his assessment. ``Probably the vast majority of people in academia ... are bright and interesting,'' he said. ``But there's always (those) that are around that are into dropping names in 16 languages.'' ``You only need a few irritating more-subtle-than-thou people around to turn you against it,'' he said. AP891106-0023 AP-NR-11-06-89 0319EST r a PM-CivilRightsMemorial 11-06 0746 PM-Civil Rights Memorial,0765 Monument Honors Martyrs of Civil Rights Movement By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Most people remember Martin Luther King Jr. and the ultimate price he paid in the struggle for racial equality. But few know of William Moore and his one-man march against segregation. Or Emmett Till, who was shot, mutilated and dumped in a river for speaking to a white woman. The creators of the nation's first monument to the martyrs of the civil rights movement hope to change that, preserving the memories of fallen heroes and inspiring young people to carry on their work. The stark black Civil Rights Memorial was dedicated Sunday in Montgomery, the ``Cradle of the Confederacy'' and the city where King began the national movement for racial justice with a boycott of buses in 1955 and 1956. ``I'm really thankful that he's there,'' said Mary Moore Birchard of Birchardville, Pa., Moore's wife when he was gunned down near Attalla in 1963. ``This is the first recognition Bill has received in 26{ years.'' ``I was just overwhelmed,'' said Mamie Till Mobley of Chicago, whose 14-year-old son was slain during a visit to Money, Miss., in 1955. ``I knew it would be moving, but it's something where you can't anticipate how you will feel.'' Several of the 5,000 people who attended the ceremony broke down in tears as they touched the cool water that flows across a circular black granite slab engraved with a timeline of events of the civil rights era. The slab, which bears the names of 32 blacks and eight whites who died in the struggle, sits in front of a black granite wall 9 feet high and inscribed with the words King chose from the Bible for his first speech of the Montgomery bus boycott: ``... Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.'' The $700,000 monument at the headquarters of the Southern Poverty Law Center was designed by Maya Lin, architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ``It shows what did happen and what can happen,'' said Julian Bond, Georgia's first black state legislator since Reconstruction. ``I think it's important that when you lean over to touch a name, you see your own face reflected in the water.'' Martin Luther King III, a county commissioner in Atlanta, said: ``It's a tremendous tribute that will be here through the ages for those yet unborn. ... I look forward to coming back again and again.'' After the ceremony, King had his first contact with his father's former confidant, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, since the publication of the latter's recent book, which portrayed the elder King as having a weakness for women. Abernathy, who has been scorned by many black leaders because of his book, ``And The Walls Came Tumbling Down,'' shook hands and spoke briefly with his best friend's son. ``He expressed the fact that he was hurt,'' Abernathy said. ``I told him that I love him and he'll understand someday, hopefully.'' The Southern Poverty Law Center sharply criticized Abernathy for walking onto the podium at the end of the ceremony and joining hands with others singing of ``We Shall Overcome.'' ``His ploy was simply a cheap effort to bring himself back into the fold of the civil rights movement after selling out its most honored hero,'' it said in a statement. Though King's is the most prominent name on the monument, Bond said it was important to remember other victims of what he called ``American apartheid.'' ``Without degradating Dr. King, this was a lot more than a Martin Luther King movement,'' he said. ``Many were ordinary, everyday people who rose above their ordinariness to make a difference.'' Others attending included Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert Kennedy; Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat to a white man prompted the Montgomery bus boycott, and Myrlie Evers, widow slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evars. Hoping to use the monument to reach the young, the law center published a magazine that tells the story of each person named on the monument, and sent copies to schools around the country. On Sunday, 7-year-old Herbert Franklin touched the name of his grandfather, Herbert Lee, a voter registration worker who was killed by a white legislator in Liberty, Miss., in 1961. ``I've tried to tell my children how their grandfather was killed,'' said Lee's daughter, Shirley Franklin of Kenner, La. ``Now they can see it for themselves.'' AP891106-0024 AP-NR-11-06-89 0339EST r a PM-Memorial-Abernathy 11-06 0463 PM-Memorial-Abernathy,0480 Abernathy Causes Furor With Appeareance at Civil Rights Memorial With PM-Civil Rights Memorial By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, whose recent memoirs contained embarrassing assertions about the late Martin Luther King Jr., stirred another furor at the dedication of the Civil Rights Monument. At Sunday's dedication of the memorial to 40 people killed in the civil rights movement, Abernathy walked unbidden to the front to join hands with others in singing ``We Shall Overcome.'' To many who are angry about his portrayal of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as one with a weakness for women, the appearance at the Southern Poverty Law Center was an intrusion. ``Along with 14,000 other persons, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy was invited to attend the dedication of the Civil Rights Memorial,'' the law center said in a hastily prepared statement. ``He was not asked to sit on the podium or make any comments. ``His ploy was simply a cheap effort to bring himself back into the fold of the civil rights community after selling out its most honored hero.'' Last week, the Atlanta minister wrote to say he wouldn't attend, officials of the law center said. After the ceremony, Abernathy shook hands and exchanged brief remarks with Martin Luther King III, his first contact with the King family since his book, ``And The Walls Came Tumbling Down,'' was published last month. ``He said he was hurt, and I'm sorry he's hurt,'' Abernathy said. ``He expressed the sorrow and grief that I have done to his family. I told him I've told nothing but the truth and didn't think I was revealing anything new.'' King, a county commissioner in Atlanta, left quickly after the ceremony without speaking to reporters. Abernathy's book says King was with two women and fought with a third the night before his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. Many black leaders say the book betrayed the man who made Abernathy his second-in-command during the turbulent civil rights era. Johnnie Carr, who heads the Montgomery Improvement Association the elder King founded during the 1950s bus boycott, shook her finger at Abernathy after the ceremony and was visibly upset about his book. ``We'll talk later,'' she told him. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., one of those who criticized the book, said he still considered Abernathy a friend. ``I have no malice, no ill feeling,'' Lewis said. ``An occasion like this brings people together and helps them forget about conflict.'' Abernathy said he regrets nothing about the book. ``In the last speech he made, and I quote, Martin said, `Ralph David Abernathy is my best friend in the world,''' he said. ``He would have wanted me to reveal that he was a human being.'' AP891106-0025 AP-NR-11-06-89 0347EST r a PM-Memorial-List 11-06 0530 PM-Memorial-List,0562 With PM-Civil Rights Memorial MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Here is a list of the 40 people whose names are engraved on a civil rights memorial dedicated Sunday. First is the date of the person's death, followed by their names and the circumstances surrounding their deaths, as given on the memorial. _May 7, 1955: Rev. George Lee, killed for leading voter registration drive in Belzoni, Miss. _Aug. 13, 1955: Lamar Smith, slain for organizing black voters in Brookhaven, Miss. _Aug. 28, 1955: Emmett Louis Till, youth killed for speaking to white woman in Money, Miss. _Oct. 22, 1955: John Earl Reese, slain by nightriders oppsed to black school improvements in Mayflower, Texas. _Jan. 23, 1957: Willie Edwards Jr., killed by Klan in Montgomery, Ala. _April 25, 1959: Mack Charles Parker, taken from a jail and lynched in Poplarville, Miss. _Sept. 25, 1961: Herbert Lee, voter registration worker killed by white legislator, Liberty, Miss. _April 9, 1962: Roman Ducksworth Jr., taken from bus and killed by police, Taylorsville, Miss. _Sept. 30, 1962: Paul Guihard, European reporter killed during Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Miss. _April 23, 1963: William Lewis Moore, slain during one-man march against segregation in Attalla, Ala. _June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers, assassinated civil rights leader, Jackson, Miss. _Sept. 15, 1963: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, schoolgirls killed in bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala. _Sept. 15, 1963: Virgil Lamar Ware, youth killed during wave of racist violence, Birmingham, Ala. _Jan. 31, 1964: Louis Allen, witness to murder of civil rights worker, assassinated in Liberty, Miss. _April 7, 1964: Rev. Bruce Klunder, killed protesting construction of segregated school, Cleveland. _May 2, 1964: Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, killed by Klan, Meadville, Miss. _June 21, 1964: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, civil rights workers abducted and slain by Klan, Philadelphia, Miss. _July 11, 1964: Lemuel Penn, killed by Klan while driving North through Colbert, Ga. _Feb. 26, 1965: Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights marcher killed by state trooper in Marion, Ala. _March 11, 1965: Rev. James Reeb, march volunteer beaten to death, Selma, Ala. _March 25, 1965: Viola Gregg Liuzzo, killed by Klan while transporting marchers on highway near Selma, Ala. _June 2, 1965: Oneal Moore, black deputy killed by nightriders, Varnado, La. _July 18, 1965: Willie Wallace Brewster, killed by nightriders, Anniston, Ala. _Aug. 20, 1965: Jonathan Daniels, seminary student killed by part-time deputy, Hayneville, Ala. _Jan. 3, 1966: Samuel Younge Jr., student civil rights activist killed in dispute over whites-only restroom, Tuskegee, Ala. _Jan. 10, 1966: Vernon Dahmer, black community leader killed in Klan bombing, Hattiesburg, Miss. _June 10, 1966: Ben Chester White, killed by Klan in Natchez, Miss. _July 30, 1966: Clarence Triggs, slain by nightriders in Bogalusa, La. _Feb. 27, 1967: Wharlest Jackson, civil rights leader killed after promotion to ``white'' job, Natchez, Miss. _May 12, 1967: Benjamin Brown, civil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters, Jackson, Miss. _Feb. 8, 1968: Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith, students killed when highway patrolmen fire on protesters, Orangeburg, S.C. _April 4, 1968: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated, Memphis, Tenn. AP891106-0026 AP-NR-11-06-89 0629EST d a PM-GannettFoundation 11-06 0211 PM-Gannett Foundation,0215 Dorsey to Retire as Gannett Foundation President ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) Eugene C. Dorsey will retire at year's end as Gannett Foundation president, chief executive officer and trustee, the foundation announced today. Dorsey, 62, is taking an early retirement to devote more time to Independent Sector, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of philanthropic organizations, the foundation said. He was named Independent Sector chairman last month. Dorsey called his tenure with the 54-year-old foundation ``the most rewarding of his life'' and wished it well under its new leadership and at its new location. The foundation, one of the nation's largest with year-end assets in 1988 of more than $500 million, will move its headquarters to Arlington, Va., on Dec. 1. Charles L. Overby, 43, will rise from senior vice president to president and CEO; Gerald M. Sass, 57, from vice president-education to senior vice president; and Everette E. Dennis, 47, an executive director of the Gannett Center for Media Studies at Columbia University, becomes a foundation vice president. Dorsey was elected to his current foundation positions in 1981. He previously had been vice president of Gannett Co. Inc., president of one of its regional newspaper groups and publisher of Gannett newspapers in Rochester, N.Y.; Boise, Idaho; and Lansing, Mich. AP891106-0027 AP-NR-11-06-89 0628EST d a PM-BRF--Fletcher 11-06 0162 PM-BRF--Fletcher,0168 Civil Rights Panel Nominee Hospitalized YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) Art Fletcher, President Bush's choice to head the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, remained in satisfactory condition after suffering chest pains. Fletcher, 64, was admitted Friday to St. Elizabeth Medical Center, suffering from angina, hospital officials said. Angina is a chest pain associated with the heart, but is not a heart attack. Nursing supervisor Lillian Ahrendt said Sunday that no decision about Fltcher's release had been made. Fletcher had been traveling during the past two weeks, with appearances in California, Minnesota and Washington state. Bonnie Gallaway of the Small Business Administration said Fletcher may have suffered from fatigue. The SBA was a sponsor of a conference on women and minorities in small business. Fletcher arrived for the conference Thursday. Fletcher, who owns a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., was the first black elected to public office in Washington state. He was elected a member of the Pasco City Council in 1967. AP891106-0028 AP-NR-11-06-89 0420EST r i PM-Spain-Bomb 11-06 0137 PM-Spain-Bomb,0139 Policeman Killed In Bombing BILBAO, Spain (AP) A bomb believed set by Basque separatists killed a national police officer today as he started the engine of his car in Algorta, a town about 20 miles from this northern Basque city, authorities said. Officials of the provincial Bilbao civil governor's office said the car was parked near the home of the police officer, 49-year-old Eladio Rodriguez Garcia. The officials, who were not identified in keeping with custom, said they suspected the bomb was planted by members of the Basque separatist organization ETA, which has been blamed for 15 assassinations in Spain so far this year. ETA has killed more than 600 people, mostly military and police officers since it started a violent campaign for independence of the three-province Basque country from Spain in 1968. AP891106-0029 AP-NR-11-06-89 0420EST r p PM-DrugTax 11-06 0469 PM-Drug Tax,0481 Kansas City Ponders Sales Tax to Fight Drugs By SALLY STREFF BUZBEE Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas City area voters, faced with one of the nation's worst drug problems, will decide Tuesday whether to raise taxes by $14 million a year to fight back. ``We're doing everything we can right now with the money we have,'' Jackson County prosecutor Albert Riederer told a church group last week. The additional money, he said, would be used for more police, prosecutors, courts and drug treatment programs. But some community leaders don't like the way the money from the proposed one-quarter-cent county sales tax would be divided. Some say 30 percent of the additional money isn't enough for treatment programs that have six-week to six-month waiting lists for poor addicts. ``If you can pay your own way it's no trouble,'' said Dianne Cleaver, who runs the mental health department at Swope Parkway Health Services. ``But if you can't, we can't help you. It's criminal to keep these people out when they want help.'' Other groups complain officials aren't using the crime-fighting resources they already have. Rev. Michael Roach, whose coalition of inner-city churches wants officials to place drug treatment centers on public land and use health, safety and fire codes to shut down drug houses, said his group supports the tax. ``But what we really need is for the city to make this its first priority. That's what would really help,'' Roach said. Alvin Brooks, the city's human relations director whose Ad Hoc Group Against Crime has rallied the black community to march outside crack houses, agrees the tax is flawed. But he thinks it will pass. ``It's going to pass because people are afraid,'' he said. ``They don't know what to do to stop this drug problem. ... If they vote for this, at least they feel they've done something.'' Many agree the money would only scratch the surface of Kansas City's drug problem. The area was shocked last year by 136 killings, the ninth-highest rate in the country, according to the FBI. About 40 percent of those were related to drugs, up from just 6 percent six years ago, Riederer said. The federal government has estimated that the area _ the nation's 29th largest metropolitan area _ ranks sixth in the availiability of crack. Three years ago, police presented 60 drug cases to the county prosecutor's office. This year, the office already has seen 700. The quarter-cent sales tax, which all county residents can vote on, would generate $98 million, or $14 million each of the seven years it continues. ``We know in general that people say they're willing to pay if the money is earmarked for drugs,'' Riederer said. ``If we can get that word out, we have a legitimate chance.'' AP891106-0030 AP-NR-11-06-89 0434EST r a PM-Marathon-Newspage 11-06 0296 PM-Marathon-Newspage,0306 Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa Sets Course Record in NYC Marathon LaserPhoto NY15 NEW YORK (AP) Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa broke the course record by 12 seconds to win the New York City Marathon. Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway fell just one second short of a course record in winning the women's division. Ikangaa, 32, who trained in the 7,500-foot altitude of Alamosa, Colo., to improve his finishing strength after coming in second in three straight marathons, ran away from the pack before the 14-mile point in Sunday's race and never was seriously challenged. He ran the 26-mile, 385-yard race in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 1 second, the 10th-fastest marathon ever and 12 seconds faster than the course record, by Alberto Salazar in 1981. The course in that race later was found to be about 100 meters short. ``I could have gone another five miles,'' a smiling Ikangaa said. Kristiansen, 33, the fastest women's marathoner in history, won her first New York City Marathon in five tries. Her time of 2:25:30 was one second off the course record also set in 1981, by Allison Roe of New Zealand. Kristiansen broke away early. After 16 miles, she led by more than two minutes and was on pace to break her world's best of 2:21:06. But stomach problems slowed her considerably. ``It was tough to regain my speed after slowing down,'' she said. Each winner received $26,385 from the total purse of $302,270, plus a Mercedes-Benz valued at $32,500. Americans Ken Martin and Kim Jones came in second in the men's and women's divisions, respectively. The race, which winds through all five boroughs of the city on a course lined by an estimated 2.5 million people, was run in crisp 50-degree weather. It attracted more than 23,000 runners. AP891106-0031 AP-NR-11-06-89 0456EST r a PM-Obit-Sadler 11-06 0475 PM-Obit-Sadler,0493 `Battle of the Green Berets' Singer Dead By PAUL RANDALL DICKERSON Associated Press Writer MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Barry Sadler, who co-wrote and sang the hit Vietnam War-era ``Ballad of the Green Berets,'' died 14 months after being shot in Guatemala, where he reportedly was training anti-communist Contra fighters. He was 49. Sadler, who suffered brain damage in the mysterious Sept. 7, 1988, shooting, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration's Alvin C. York Medical Center, hospital spokesman Albert Archie said. A cause of death wasn't given and an autopsy will be performed, he said. Then-Army Staff Sgt. Sadler helped write the ballad while recuperating from a leg wound he suffered while serving as a medic in Vietnam. The song, the No. 1 hit in the country for five weeks in 1966, glorified the fighting men of the Special Forces during the early days of America's involvement in Vietnam. He went on to write 20 adventure books featuring a mercenary named Casca, but never repeated the musical success of the ballad, which sold 9 million singles and albums. His other efforts included producing and writing a bicentennial year album called ``Of Thee I Sing.'' ``He was a very loyal person with old-fashioned prinicples,'' said a friend, Bill Parrish of Nashville. ``He was a solider. That was his job. He talked of caring for people and had established a trust fund for orphans in Vietnam.'' In recent years, he spent time in Central America. Sadler was shot in the head as he got into a taxi in what authorities said was apparently a robbery attempt. The crime remains unsolved. According to one friend, Duke Faglier, Sadler helped with firearms training for the U.S.-backed Contras in their fight to overthrow the Nicaragua's leftist government. After Sadler was shot in Guatemala City, Faglier recounted death threats Sadler had received during five years living in Guatemala. ``I'm sure it made us less than popular,'' Faglier said of the training, without saying who financed the effort. Faglier said he shared quarters with Sadler in Central America. But another friend, Col. Lew Millet of Idyllwild, Calif., discounted Sadler's soldier of fortune image. He said his friend went to Central America as a soldier and medic. ``He liked the people there,'' Millet said. ``I don't think Barry was directly involved as a soldier of fortune. It keeps you young to stay in touch with your old profession, and that was Barry's interest.'' Since the shooting, he has been hospitalized in Cleveland or at the VA hospital here named for the World War I hero and Tennessee native known as Sgt. York. Friends recently described Sadler as lucid and able to use one arm, though at times during his hospitalization relatives said he was unable to make legal decisions for himself. Sadler is survived by his wife, Lavona, and three children. AP891106-0032 AP-NR-11-06-89 0513EST r a PM-ProfessorSurvey 11-06 0589 PM-Professor Survey,0610 College Faculty Harshly Assess Their Bosses and Their Students By LEE MITGANG AP Education Writer NEW YORK (AP) College students often are willing to cheat and are obsessed with grades and careers but lack basic skills they should have learned in high school, according to a poll of professors. Despite this disdain for students and dissatisfaction with ``autocratic'' administrators, more college teachers are satisfied with their jobs than five years ago, according to the poll released Sunday. Two-thirds of the 5,450 campus faculty polled by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching believe there has been a widespread lowering of standards in U.S. higher education. Three-quarters consider their students ``seriously unprepared in basic skills,'' and 68 percent believe colleges spend too much time and money teaching students what they should have learned in high school. ``Public education, despite six years of reform, is still producing inadequately prepared students,'' concluded the survey, ``The Condition of the Professoriate: Attitudes and Trends, 1989.'' It was the fourth survey of its kind since 1969. Fifty-five percent agreed that most undergraduates at their schools ``only do enough to get by,'' 70 percent believed students have become more grade-conscious, and 84 percent agreed that students have become more careerist in their concerns. Forty-three percent said students are more willing to cheat to get good grades. Professors were hardly more flattering about their bosses: 64 percent rated the administration on their campus either ``fair'' or ``poor,'' a percentage hardly changed from surveys in 1984 and 1975. Sixty-nine percent regarded administrators as ``autocratic.'' Only half felt their college or university is managed effectively. On the other hand, more faculty members expressed overall satisfaction with their professional lives than five years ago. Only 20 percent thought that this is a poor time for young people to consider academic careers, compared with 50 percent in 1984. Seventy-seven percent felt exciting things were taking place in their disciplines, and an identical percentage disagreed with the statement, ``If I had it to do over again, I would not become a college teacher.'' Nearly half _ 49 percent _ believed job prospects have improved for undergraduates in their fields. Forty-eight percent rated their salaries as good or excellent, up from 40 percent five years ago. But two-thirds still believed their salaries have failed to keep up with inflation. The campus adage ``publish or perish'' appears as true as ever: 54 percent believed it's difficult to gain tenure without publishing, compared with 55 percent in 1984. In 1975, just 46 percent felt that way, and in the first such Carnegie survey, in 1969, the number was 41 percent. Professors in all disciplines but engineering also gave a ringing endorsement to liberal arts: 56 percent agreed that undergraduate study in America would be improved if there were less stress on specialized training and more on liberal education, compared with 51 percent in 1984. Only 19 percent of engineering faculty felt that way. ``The good news is that faculty are more committed to liberal education than five years ago. And our conclusion is that the profession is healthier now,'' said foundation president Ernest L. Boyer in an interview. ``On the dark side are the harshly negative faculty feelings about the academic preparation of their students.'' The survey, conducted in February by mail by the Wirthlin Group, of McLean, Va., had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1 percentage point. There are approximately 489,000 full-time college faculty in U.S. institutions of higher education, according to federal statistics. AP891106-0033 AP-NR-11-06-89 0519EST r i PM-Mouawad 11-06 0458 PM-Mouawad,0473 Lebanon's New President: An Art-Loving Peace Advocate With PM-Lebanon, Bjt By MOHAMMED SALAM Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) The new president, lawnker Rene Mouawad, is an art lover who favors Christian-Moslem reconciliation despite his backing by the three largest Maronite Catholic clans that dominate the mountainous north. Mouawad, from the rugged region of Zghorta, is often referred to as ``the cool Zghortan.'' Parliament elected the 64-year-old Mouawad Sunday as the country's ninth president under terms of an Arab-brokered peace plan aimed at ending a civil war that has killed more than 150,000 people. Mouawad, a member of Parliament for 32 years, was first elected for the Zghorta region in 1957 when he was 32. His wife, Naila, hails from the Issa Khoury clan. They and the Mouawads are allied with the powerful Franjiehs in the northeastern Zghorta region. The Franjiehs, who have their own Marada, or Tigers, militia, are headed by former president Suleiman Franjieh, one of the last of the old-style Maronite warlords. Mouawad graduated from the French-affiliated St. Joseph University in Christian east Beirut with a law degree in 1947. He started his own practice in the northern provincial capital of Tripoli two years later but gave it up when he entered Parliament. He was named Minister of Telegraphs and Telecommunications in 1961 and held the post until February 1964. He was named Minister of Public Works in 1969 and Minister of Education in 1980. While he held the education portfolio, Mouawad sliced through sectarian hatreds to organize examinations for Christian and Moslem youngsters whose studies were interrupted by war. In 1981 he established a ``zone of legitimacy'' where all students could take their exams. He requisitioned all schools in the Hazmiyeh, Jomhour and Fayadiyeh districts east of Beirut so students could do their work, protected by a multi-sect brigade from the Lebanese army. It was the first time in six years Christian and Moslem students had been able to do that. Mouawad's effort was expanded to include students from villages in the Israeli-occupied border enclave in south Lebanon. His love of art led him to sponsor an operation to salvage 1,000 paintings and sculptures from Education Ministry warehouses set on fire in Israeli air raids July 18, 1982, during Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Seventy policemen rescued most of the works from warehouses in Moslem west Beirut and stored them in underground vaults of the Central Bank. Mouawad took part in the 20-member ``national dialogue committee'' formed in September 1975 to find a settlement to the civil war, then five months old, but that peace effort collapsed. Mouawad and his wife married in February 1965 and had their first child, Michael, later that year. They also have a daughter, Rima, 22. AP891106-0034 AP-NR-11-06-89 0547EST r p PM-SpokaneMayoral 11-06 0435 PM-Spokane Mayoral,0449 Showdown Over Trash Burner in Spokane Elections By TIM KELLY Associated Press Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) The next mayor of Spokane will be elected on a platform of garbage. Two years after a contract was signed to build a municipal trash incinerator, the stalled project remains a divisive issue that has dominated this year's race for mayor. The lone City Council member to oppose the burner is considered the front-runner. Sheri Barnard received 52 percent of the vote in September's mayoral primary, nearly double the total of her runner-up, Councilman Rob Higgins, whom she faces in Tuesday's non-partisan runoff. Higgins says Barnard won the primary because of an anti-incinerator ``fringe'' group that doesn't reflect true public opinion. He insists the electricity-generating ``waste-to-energy'' plant is the best solution to Spokane's garbage problem, and emphasizes that nine of 10 city and county elected officials support the project. ``It's just a matter of time before people realize they're right,'' he said. However, one poll suggests that time hasn't come. The poll, published last week by The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle, showed Barnard leading Higgins by 46 percent to 27 percent. Both candidates have tried to raise other issues but have been unable to shift the focus from the $134 million waste disposal system built around the incinerator. Barnard says she is the only elected official who has listened to residents who tried unsuccessfully to get a vote on the incinerator in 1987. The state Supreme Court disallowed the attempt to place the issue on the ballot. Opponents say the burner would harm residents' health and the environment. ``Seventy percent of the people wanted to vote on this in 1987, and that vote was denied to them. They're still very angry over that,'' Barnard said. She said opponents also were angered that the plant's location was moved to a site near Spokane International Airport without a public hearing. Higgins maintains that the plant would pose no significant risks, and that more hearings have been held about it than any other public works project in Spokane. Higgins has warned that canceling the project would risk Spokane's economic development. Cancellation would cost $55 million to $70 million, he said. Barnard places the amount at $12 million and said that would be far less costly than paying off construction bonds over 20 years. Higgins has attacked Barnard for offering no workable alternative to the trash burner. She says she favors more recycling and has suggested shipping Spokane's solid waste to a new regional landfill, building a state-of-the-art landfill in Spokane County or building an industrial composting plant. AP891106-0035 AP-NR-11-06-89 0609EST r p PM-CasinoVote 11-06 0439 PM-Casino Vote,0453 Casino Debate Now Goes To Legislature After Clearing Referendum By DOUG RICHARDSON Associated Press Writer GARY, Ind. (AP) Gambling supporters are betting they can persuade a skeptical governor and legislators to follow the lead of Gary voters and approve construction of casinos on the city's Lake Michigan shoreline. Voters in this economically depressed steel town endorsed casino gambling by a wide margin in a non-binding referendum Saturday, setting the stage for a battle in the 1990 General Assembly over casino legislation. ``An opportunity for jobs and economic revitalization _ that's going to be the pitch,'' said state Rep. Earline S. Rogers, D-Gary. ``In the absence of the state coming up with a way to solve our problems, we've come up with something ourselves.'' Democratic Gov. Evan Bayh tempered his opposition to the idea in comments after the vote _ but only slightly. ``I'm opposed to casino gambling, but I'm willing to sit down and look at all the arguments for and against and I have yet to do that,'' Bayh said. ``You never say never.'' There's little chance a casino bill would get far in the 1990 General Assembly session if the governor threatens a veto, said House Republican Speaker Paul S. Mannweiler. Democratic Mayor Thomas V. Barnes and other Gary casino advocates believe the city could support five lakefront casino-hotels, which would create 25,000 casino-related jobs and another 10,000 jobs for construction workers. Those figures, coupled with a 60.4 percent vote in favor of casinos, make a strong case, casino advocates believe. Of the 22,042 people who voted, 13,309 favored casinos and 8,733, or 39.6 percent, were opposed. Turnout was 32.3 percent. ``The more we tell our story, the more people look at the numbers, the more inclined they are to look at the opportunity favorably,'' said Robert Spolyar, a lobbyist for casino operator Resorts International of Atlantic City, N.J. ``I think we've got a 50 percent chance and I'm conservative.'' Bayh said he believed the referendum result is important but uncompelling, given the low voter turnoutt. The mayor said the turnout was modest because of the city's first-ever Saturday voting, an experiment with electronic voting machines that intimidated some voters and the decision to save money by opening just 18 polling places instead of the usual 155. Any effort to bring gambling here faces an uphill battle because of moral objections, Mannweiler said. ``In my mind, even though Gary says this is a local-option issue, that we ought to help Gary help themselves, casino gambling is not something I look very favorably on seeing in the state of Indiana anywhere,'' said Mannweiler. AP891106-0036 AP-NR-11-06-89 0611EST r a PM-BusCrashTrial 11-06 0597 PM-Bus Crash Trial,0617 Driver's Murder Trial Nears in Crash that Killed 27 CARROLLTON, Ky. (AP) Lawyers for a driver who allegedly drank as much as a case of beer before a fiery crash that killed 27 members of a church youth group hope to turn the murder trial into a forum on school bus safety. The crash _ the nation's second-worst involving a school bus and most deadly blamed on drunken driving _ already has prompted sweeping safety proposals from the National Transportation Safety Board. And the judge who will preside over the trial set to begin Wednesday has ruled that attorneys for defendant Larry Mahoney can introduce evidence that the design of the 12-year-old bus contributed to the smoke-inhalation deaths of 24 children and 3 adults on May 14, 1988. Mahoney's pickup truck was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 outside Carrollton, near the Ohio-Kentucky line, when it slammed into the school bus carrying members of the First Assembly of God. Among the group returning home to Radcliff from an outing at a Cincinnati amusement park, one adult and 39 youths escaped, some with serious injuries. The crash blocked the front door and sent choking clouds of smoke through the bus as seat covers burned. After studying the crash, the NTSB in March urged that the oldest 20 percent of the nation's school buses be taken off the road because of safety flaws. The board also recommended stricter standards for fuel tank protection, emergency exits and the flammability of seat covers on school buses. Defense attorney Bill Summers said the defense will try to convince jurors the bus's design flaws are at least partly to blame for the deaths. ``No one died or was injured by the accident itself,'' Summers said last week. He complained that Mahoney's reputation was damaged in NTSB hearings. The attorney likened the hearings to the Salem witch trials, but said Mahoney acknowledges a role in the deaths and injuries. ``He believes that he had a part in it, yes,'' Summers said, adding, ``He's not a murderer.'' Special prosecutor Paul Richwalsky will argue that Mahoney is responsible for the deaths under a 1984 state law that makes a drunken driver guilty of murder if he ``wantonly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death of another person.'' Rejecting the bus-safety reasoning, Richwalsky said, ``The defense is always looking for somebody or something else to blame.'' The defendant's blood-alcohol level was found to be 0.26 percent 90 minutes after the accident, and an NTSB expert testified during board hearings that at the time of the 10:55 p.m. accident it likely would have been 0.29 percent. That is nearly three times the state's definition of drunken driving and two-thirds of a lethal dose of alcohol, said NTSB investigator John Moulden, who estimated Mahoney would have consumed a case _ 24 cans _ of light beer to reach that level. Summers ruled out a last-minute plea-bargain before the Carroll Circuit trial begins. The defense argued in pretrial motions that blood test evidence being used by Richwalsky should be excluded as illegally obtained, but Judge Charles Satterwhite rejected that contention. The NTSB concluded the probable cause of the accident was Mahoney's drunkenness. Contributing to the deaths, the board found, was the puncturing of the bus's fuel tank and the resulting fire, as well as its flammable seat cushions and bench seats that partly blocked the rear emergency door. The Kentucky medical examiner blamed the deaths on smoke inhalation and said none of those aboard was seriously injured by the impact. AP891106-0037 AP-NR-11-06-89 0622EST r i PM-Israel-Unrest 11-06 0303 PM-Israel-Unrest,0314 Soldiers Kill Uprising Activist Who Tried To Cross To Jordan By SERGEI SHARGORODSKY Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli soldiers shot and killed an activist in the Palestinian uprising before dawn today as he tried to flee into Jordan, the military commmand said. An army spokesman said the shooting occurred north of Mehola, an Israeli collective settlement in the occupied West Bank about 40 miles northeast of Jerusalem. The spokesman, who cannot be identified under military rules, said an army patrol in the area spotted two suspicious-looking men moving toward the Jordanian border. They opened fire, wounding one. The injured man was treated by a military doctor but died of his wounds, the spokesman said. He added that ``it is very possible that his colleague succeeded to escape into Jordan.'' The military identified the victim as Wail Mahmad Daoud Haj Hassan, 20, of Qalqilya in the West Bank. He was wanted by the security forces for the past two years on suspicion of firebombing Israeli cars and attacking Arabs suspected of assisting Israeli authorities, the army spokesman said. In uprising violence, Mohammed Dulani, a 37-year-old resident of Jenin in the West Bank, was brought to Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus late Sunday with beating and stab wounds to his back, head and hands, doctors said. Arab journalists said he was suspected of being a collaborator with the Israelis. At least 141 Palestinians have been killed by fellow Arabs on suspicion of helping Israel during the 22-month revolt in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In other violence, a 15-year-old Palestinian was shot and wounded in a clash with troops in the occupied Gaza Strip today, Arab doctors said. About 611 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the uprising. Forty Israelis also have died in the violence. AP891106-0038 AP-NR-11-06-89 0614EST u i PM-Dollar-Gold 11-06 0286 PM-Dollar-Gold,0301 Dollar Mostly Higher, Gold Down LONDON (AP) The dollar rose against most major foreign currencies except the British pound and Canadian dollar in early European trading today. Gold prices fell slightly. Currency dealers said trading was quiet and listless and, in the absence of economic indicators, they predicted little movement for the rest of the week. ``It's very quiet now and we don't expect much movement for a while,'' said one trader in Rome. Traders elsewhere said the dollar continued to benefit from better-than-expected U.S. unemployment figures released Friday. Some said the currency could get a boost from U.S. Treasury bill auctions scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In Tokyo, where trading ends before Europe's business day begins, the dollar fell 0.30 yen to a closing 143.45 yen. Later, in London, it was quoted at 143.55 yen. Other dollar rates at midmorning compared with late Friday: _1.8508 West German marks, up from 1.8470 _1.6240 Swiss francs, up from 1.6210 _6.2788 French francs, up from 6.2620 _2.0917 Dutch guilders, up from 2.0825 _1,358.25 Italian lire, up from 1,356.25 _1.1715 Canadian dollars, down from 1.1723 In London, the dollar fell against the British pound. It cost $1.5741 to buy one pound, more expensive for buyers than $1.5705 late Friday. Gold opened in London at a bid price of $377.40 a troy ounce, compared with late Friday's $378.85. At midmorning, the city's five major bullion dealers fixed a recommended price of $378.15. In Zurich, the bid price was $378.00, down from $380.75 late Friday. Earlier, in Hong Kong, gold rose $1.32 to close at a bid $378.55. Silver was quoted in London at a bid price of $5.23 a troy ounce, down from Friday's $5.28. AP891106-0039 AP-NR-11-06-89 0624EST r a PM-WeatherpageWeather 11-06 0428 PM-Weatherpage Weather,0439 Showers and Thunderstorms in Central U.S. By The Associated Press Showers and thunderstorms developed this morning from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The wet weather followed a cold front crossing the Mississippi Valley. The showers and thunderstorms were most numerous from eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois to Indiana and southern Michigan. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were over Arkansas and southeastern Missouri. Showers and thunderstorms were also reported in south central and southeastern Texas in response to an upper level weather disturbance moving out of Mexico. A few rain showers were scattered across Montana, while snow was reported in northeast Minnesota, near Lake Superior, on Sunday evening. Temperatures reached the 80s Sunday from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas through Florida, and in Southern California and southern Arizona. Several Texas cities had recored high temperatures for the date. Highs were in the 60s and 70s across the Ohio Valley and the middle Mississippi Valley, the 30s in eastern North Dakota, Northern Minnesota and northern Maine. The high for the nation Sunday was 91 degrees at Kingsville, Texas. Other reports at 4 a.m. EDT: _East: Albany, N.Y. 50 windy; Atlanta 60 cloudy; Boston 46 fair; Charleston, S.C. 53 foggy; Chattanooga 61 cloudy; Cincinnati 57 cloudy; Cleveland 57 partly cloudy; Detroit 54 partly cloudy; Hatteras 56 foggy; Jacksonville 55 foggy; Key West 78 partly cloudy; Knoxville 55 cloudy; Macon 52 fair; Miami 76 fair; New York 54 fair; Philadelphia 47 partly cloudy; Pittsburgh 58 showery; Portland, Maine 47 cloudy; Richmond 49 partly cloudy; Tampa 66 foggy; Washington, D.C. 53 cloudy. _Central: Birmingham 66 drizzle; Bismarck 30 partly cloudy; Chicago 44 cloudy; Denver 33 fair; Des Moines 32 fair; Indianapolis 50 fair; Kansas City 36 fair; Little Rock 60 foggy; Louisville 62 cloudy; Memphis 62 showery; Nashville 62 cloudy; New Orleans 69 foggy; North Platte 32 fair; Oklahoma City 51 fair; Omaha 31 partly cloudy; Rapid City 38 cloudy; St. Louis 45 fair; Minneapolis-St. Paul 35 cloudy; Sault Ste. Marie 40 cloudy; San Antonio 71 fair. _West: Albuquerque 45 fair; Anchorage 21 cloudy; Boise 31 fair; Casper 30 partly cloudy; Fairbanks 04 snow; Great Falls 34 fair; Honolulu 76 partly cloudy; Las Vegas 55 fair; Los Angeles 60 cloudy; Medford 34 fair; Pendleton 46 partly cloudy; Phoenix 59 fair; Salt Lake City 40 partly cloudy; San Diego 62 cloudy; San Francisco 49 fair; Seattle 50 cloudy; Spokane 38 cloudy. _International: Calgary 28 fair; Montreal 46 showery; Ottawa 46 rain; Regina 28 fair; Toronto 54 fair; Winnipeg 27 cloudy; Mexico City 54 fair; Nassau 77 fair. AP891106-0040 AP-NR-11-06-89 0631EST r a BC-Quotes 11-06 0146 BC-Quotes,0150 Current Quotations By The Associated Press ``We need as quickly as possible a new government.'' _ Hans-Joachim Hoffman, East Germany's culture minister, calling for the resignation of the Communist Party's entire ruling Politburo as at least 17,000 more East Germans emigrated West. ``There was the sense of an unbelievable energy being harnessed, and the feeling that if he ever let it go, it would burn up the hall.'' _ Pianist Emanuel Ax on the performances of legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who died Sunday at age 85. ``Black people buy these items for the very same reason that Jewish people research the Holocaust. The black experience, during and after slavery, was a Holocaust we must never forget.'' _ Jeanette B. Carson of Hyattsville, Md., the booming market for such mementoes of white bigotry as Little Black Sambo dolls and ``Colored Only'' signs. AP891106-0041 AP-NR-11-06-89 0704EST r e BC-Theater 2ndLd-Writethru a0484 11-06 0803 BC-Theater, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0484,0817 A New Version of `3 Penny Opera' Opens on Broadway Eds: SUBS 16th graf to CORRECT typo to contrast sted contract. Pick up 17th graf: `Clive Barnes...' Suzzanne CQ 8th graf. No PMs planned. By MICHAEL KUCHWARA AP Drama Critic NEW YORK (AP) ``Art is not nice,'' intones Macheath, also known as Mack the Knife, the villainous dandy of London's Soho underworld. It is an opinion that the director and much of the cast of a new, heavy-handed production of ``3 Penny Opera'' affirm over and over during what seem like three long acts. The quirky spelling of its title aside, this revival, which opened Sunday at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater, offers few surprises or insights into a classic piece of musical theater. Its main draw, at least at the box office, is Sting, the golden-haired rock star making his Broadway debut as Mack. Sting certainly looks the part _ a sinister, sexy Peter Pan done up in waist coat, spats and white gloves. His acting has a rudimentary charm. But he has trouble barking out the savage lyrics _ Michael Feingold's new translation of Bertolt Brecht _ and negotiating composer Kurt Weill's difficult melodic line. That's one of the show's problems. Sting is the weakest performer in the musical, and Macheath is its centerpiece. It's his brutal story that Brecht and Weill tell with such irony. Mack secretly marries the virginal Polly Peachum, daughter of a big Soho crime boss. Her parents plot to have him hanged, and he goes in jail. Eventually Mack ends up on the gallows, only to be pardoned before the noose is tied around his neck. Brecht and Weill told their story with wicked glee. But much of it is smothered here by director John Dexter. His bunch of ragtag ruffians and dispossessed are particularly unconvincing. They mouth Brecht's messages about the downtrodden but look as if they are just playing at being poor. In true Brechtian style, a white curtain swirls across the stage between scenes, and song titles are projected onto screens on either side of the stage. A narrator introduces each scene. He also gets to sing ``Mack the Knife,'' the one song everyone knows from the score. The narrator is played by Ethyl Eichelberger, a cadaverous, bald-headed Ray Bolger look-alike. The loose-limbed Eichelberger gets the majority of choreographer Peter Gennaro's meager dance steps. Except for a wan tango for Sting and Suzzanne Douglas, one of Macheath's brothel playmates, there is little formal movement in the show. Other cast members have a good handle on the music's peculiar style. Georgia Brown, as the revengeful Mrs. Peachum, seizes the score with a zestiness missing from the rest of the production. Alvin Epstein, as her equally unremorseful husband, exudes a fine comic sensibility. So does Kim Criswell as Lucy Brown, a spurned girlfriend who helps Mack escape from jail. She also possesses one of the strongest voices in the cast. Nancy Ringham, temporarily replacing the indisposed Maureen McGovern, is a real find, an actress who can sing. Her Polly Peachum is sweet but not simpering, a woman who quickly embraces the criminal life of her husband. The scenic design by Jocelyn Herbert confines the show, rather than liberating it. The small orchestra is perched above the playing area, forcing everything to be played down front, center stage. The thin settings, from stable to shop to brothel to prison to the gallows, fly down from the proscenium arch or barrel in from the wings. Dexter's last Broadway show, ``M. Butterfly,'' had a surprising amount of theatricality for a play, a perfect combination of setting, costumes, lighting and the right actors. Now dealing with a musical, he restricts his imagination and the characters to reiterating what Brecht and Weill want to say. ``First comes the feeding, then the moral code,'' goes one of Brecht's more trenchant lines. But with this new ``3 Penny Opera,'' it's impossible to care who eats whom or what to survive. Only the message gets batted home now _ with deadening results. In other reviews: _The play ``may have Sting, but it has no sting,'' wrote Howard Kissel in Monday's Daily News. ``Nothing about this production suggests that live theater can be as exciting as MTV.'' _``Sting is a stiff onstage,'' Frank Rich wrote in today's editions of The New York Times. And, ``Far from trying to tart up `Threepenny Opera' for Broadway, Mr. Dexter makes the show look so spartan that by contrast `Our Town' might seem decadent.'' _Clive Barnes in Monday's New York Post gave a favorable review, praising the show as ``Quite effortlessly _ the best musical in town, this season, next season and for anticipated time. ... ``Shiftless, shifty and determinedly dishonorable, Sting has a natural presence and makes a debonair bandit-villain,'' said Barnes. AP891106-0042 AP-NR-11-06-89 0714EST r a PM-BakkerMinistry 11-06 0243 PM-Bakker Ministry,0253 Tammy Faye Tells Worshippers: Need $400,000 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Tammy Faye Bakker asked worshippers to help pay off her storefront church's $400,000 debt and find new quarters for the ministry that's facing eviction from a suburban shopping mall. The wife of jailed evangelist Jim Bakker urged about 100 people at a Sunday service to be ``faithful in your tithings,'' suggesting God is more likely to answer the prayers of those to contribute to their churches. ``That is what God can do for you if you are faithful to him,'' she said. Mrs. Bakker said next week's services might be held in the rented space in the Shoppers World mall, even though mall owner Stewart Gilman is demanding she move out. Sunday night, an angry Gilman threatened legal action. ``I'm disgusted,'' he said. ``You cannot have someone stay in a property indefinitely.'' He refused to reveal financial details of the dispute. Tammy Bakker asked the congregation to help the ministry find a new site to lease _ preferably for no more than $5 per square foot. ``We are going to try to move out of here as quickly as possible,'' she said. ``But unless you hear differently, we'll be here next Sunday.'' Bakker, who was convicted Oct. 5 of federal fraud and conspiracy charges for diverting money invested in enterprises connected with his PTL television ministry, is serving a 45-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minn. AP891106-0043 AP-NR-11-06-89 0723EST r i PM-SriLanka 11-06 0517 PM-Sri Lanka,0537 Sri Lankan Tamils Fight in Big Clash After Indian Pullout By DEXTER CRUEZ Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) A leading Tamil rebel group raided camps of rival factions in an eastern district, leaving 47 dead in the first major inter-Tamil clash since Indian peacekeeping forces withdrew, military officials said today. Two supporters of the rebel group that launched the attack were publicly executed in retaliation, area residents said. One Tamil activist warned of a ``bloodbath'' now that the Indians are gone from the area. Sunday's fighting took place at Tampiluvil and Tamputte villages 20 miles southeast of Ampara town. Military officials, who cannot be identified under briefing rules, said about 250 members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam raided two military camps run by rivals and killed 41 men. At least six Tigers also were killed in the fighting, they said. The Tigers are the largest and most militant of the minority Tamil groups fighting a 6-year-old separatist war with the government. Angered by Sunday's attack, members of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front publicly executed two Tiger supporters in neighboring Akkaraipattu, according to residents contacted by telephone. Residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two were shot. The camps raided by the Tigers apparently are run by a shadowy group known as the Tamil National Army, a militia organized by former rebel groups to keep order in the area. A Tiger leader in Colombo, who confirmed the attack, said, ``Action has been taken to dismantle the illegal Tamil National Army.'' He spoke on condition of anonymity and did not eleborate. Military officials said 140 members of the Civilian Volunteer Force and Tamil National Army were either captured by the Tigers or surrendered during the attack. The Tigers also drove away two tractor loads of weapons, including 100 rifles, they said. A leader of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization, a Tamil group closely associated the Tigers, warned of more clashes. ``There is no proper apparatus to look the law-and-order situation, which means there will be a bloodbath among the groups,'' Velupillai Balakumar told reporters today. However, Sri Lankan Army Commander Lt. Gen. Hamilton Wanasinghe said Sunday that troops had been rushed to the area to halt violence. India withdrew about 4,000 soldiers from Ampara district two weeks ago, heightening fears of inter-Tamil fighting. The fighting marked a new phase in the struggle by the Tamil Tigers and other guerrilla groups for a separate Tamil homeland in the north and east. Most groups gave up the armed uprising under an India-mediated accord in July 1987. The Tamil Tigers briefly accepted the agreement but later rejected it. Indian soldiers came to Sri Lanka to supervise the accord. The force has been withdrawn in phases, and the remaining 36,000 soldiers are scheduled to leave by Dec. 31. Tamil militants are demanding a separate nation, claiming discrimination by the majority Sinhalese. Tamils are mostly Hindus and make up 18 percent of Sri Lanka's 16 million people. The predominantly Buddhist Sinhalese comprise 75 percent of the population and dominate the government and military. AP891106-0044 AP-NR-11-06-89 0730EST u i PM-Greece 1stLd-Writethru a0454 11-06 0667 PM-Greece, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0454,0688 Greece Flounders In Political Uncertainty After Elections Eds: LEADS with 19 grafs to UPDATE with Mitsotakis expected to get mandate to try to form government within 48 hours, business and newspaper reax. Picks up 7th pvs, `Mitsotakis, 71 ...' By NIKOS KONSTANDARAS Associated Press Writer ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece's political crisis deepended again today after the conservative New Democrats, for the second time in five months, narrowly missed achieving a parliamentary majority in national elections. A tough period of bargaining was expected to begin shortly on forming a new government, with the country's three major parties widely divided over economic policy and the presence of U.S. military bases. The result of Sunday's election could be another life for Andreas Papandreou's Socialists, who were felled in June's vote due in part to a banking scandal that has led to the former prime minister being indicted. A government dominated by the Socialists would almost certainly include Communists. With 98 percent of the vote counted, New Democracy, led by Constantine Mitsotakis, had 46.3 percent for 148 seats in the 300-seat Parliament. That was three more than it won in June but three short of the number needed to control the government after eight years of Socialist rule and a brief coalition administration. Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, won 40.7 percent of the vote for 128 seats, a gain of three. The Communist-led Coalition of the Left and Progress got 10.8 percent of the vote and 21 seats, a loss of seven. The other three seats went to independents _ a leftist backed jointly by PASOK and the Coalition, a Greek-Moslem and an environmentalist for the first time in Greece's political history. ``Without a doubt, our political life is entering a difficult phase,'' Mitsotakis told a news conference on Sunday. e was expected to receive a presidential mandate within 48 hours to try forming a new government. After the June election, his party joined with the Communist-led Coalition of the Left and Progress in an unusual alliance to launch investigations of scandals under Papandreou. That administration resigned last month after Parliament indicted Papandreou on charges of involvement in the multimillion-dollar banking scandal and of ordering wiretapping of the telephones of his friends and foes. Papandreou has denied the charges. ``It gives us special satisfaction that after the June elections, we have had such a significant rise ... despite the unbelievable barrage of attacks against us and despite the fact that we were out of the government,'' he told reporters on Sunday. The leftist Coalition's loss of seven seats in Sunday's poll suggested their supporters were unhappy about the alliance with conservatives. The Communists vowed before the election that they would not work with the conservatives again. However, they also said they would not support the Socialists with Papandreou as leader. After the Socialists' strong showing, it seemed certain that they would insist on keeping Papandreou in place. The Athens Stock Exchange today reflected disappointment in the election results. ``Every stock opened lower this morning, apparently reacting to the economic uncertainty we are in store for,'' said a broker speaking on condition of anonymity. The daily Kathimerini newspaper, which supports the conservatives, called for ``a repeat of the successful cooperation'' between New Democracy and the leftist Coalition. Mitsotakis, 71, campaigned on promises to cut the government's heavy role in the economy and strengthen ties with NATO and the United States. He accuses the former Socialist government of ruining the economy. Papandreou, 70, promised to boost pensions and other benefits. He said he would hold a referendum before approving any new base treaty with the United States. The Coalition wants to remove U.S. bases from Greece and favors a strictly controlled economy. The inconclusive elections in June ended a 15-year period of stable government dominated by Papandreou and another charismatic politician, pro-Western Constantine Caramanlis, who founded New Democracy in 1974. Sunday's was the sixth election since the return to democracy after the 1967-74 military dictatorship. AP891106-0045 AP-NR-11-06-89 0743EST r a PM-Horowitz-Appreciation 1stLd-Writethru a0465 11-06 0766 PM-Horowitz-Appreciation, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0465,0788 Vladimir Horowitz: A `Volcanic' Presence in Music With Obit-Horowitz, Bjt Eds: SUBS 10th graf, `The biggest...', to CORRECT spelling of Artur. Minor editing elsewhere. Also sent late in AMs cycle with a BC-cycle designator. By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) One evening at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, four balalaikas serenaded Vladimir Horowitz on his return to his native land after more than a half century. Suddenly, the virtuoso pianist grabbed a fork and started tinkling his own accompaniment on the empty bottles at his table. ``He would do things nobody else would dare ... like a volcanic rock opening,'' said Mark Sydorak, a pianist and recording engineer. Earlier that evening in 1986, Horowitz drew tears from a Soviet audience when he appeared on stage in the Communist country he had vowed never to see again. But Horowitz, who died Sunday at the age of 85, had never really left. Through his playing breathed the grand Russian romantic style that is ending with his death _ a fiery explosion of technique, emotion and elegance. ``He hypnotized us; we were jumping out of our seats,'' said Vladimir Viardo, a Soviet pianist in New York who was in the audience for that Moscow concert. ``A whole epoch went away with his death. We have lost a branch of pianism _ an old-fashioned, elegant style that we will never meet again. He was a direct descent of the school of the 19th century,'' said Viardo, who is the only Soviet artist allowed to move to the West while retaining his citizenship. ``We all thought he was going to live forever, he was so joyful,'' he added. As Horowitz's concerts became more infrequent, people flocked to each one as if going on a pilgrimage. ``The biggest mistake that people made is that they classified him as some sort of a super-technician. I think his greatest asset was in his musicianship,'' said Sydorak. ``He was well beyond any pianist, multidimensional as opposed to other greats such as (Artur) Rubinstein.'' The aura he generated was only enhanced by his absence from the stage from 1953 to 1965 after he reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown. But the high-strung, neurotic sensibility that brought him to that edge also nourished his playing. Horowitz's pianistic electricity was indelibly marked by that personality. His enormous, lightning-quick fingers drew the most surprising pianissimos and powerful fortissimos from the keyboard. Long after he became a musical icon, an almost childlike insecurity pushed him to prove himself again and again. ``He felt that his fingers were made out of glass and that they would break,'' said Sydorak, who has heard every concert Horowitz played in New York since his comeback in 1965. ``He was scared of the stage. ... But he came back because he longed for the stage.'' To reassure the pianist, Horowitz's psychiatrist reportedly stood in the wings during the performances. And as his age grew, so did Horowitz's other eccentricities. He refused concerts in any place that could not produce filet of sole for his meals, prepared by his travel-along cook. Also traveling with him was the only instrument on which he would play _ the Steinway concert grand that was a gift from the piano maker on the occasion of Horowitz's wedding in 1933. Horowitz allowed it to be adjusted only by one technician, Franz Mohr, for the unique bell-like resonance that filled the great concert halls _ and later televisions _ of the world. What one saw towering above the keyboard were Horowitz's sprightly, amused eyes, still animated by a curiosity that spilled into his fresh, witty musical explorations. Horowitz pranced lightly on his personal keyboard, specially made so he didn't have to push the keys down far and could play in an unusual, almost flat position. ``He would play with flat hands. His technique was especially elegant; he had inner power. The little passages made you ticklish,'' said Viardo. ``He had extreme inner freedom and musicality. He was just pure music, with a great release inside.'' As he passed his 80s, Horowitz changed his repertoire, replacing some of the flashiest, most difficult pieces with the elegant simplicity of Mozart or the depth of Bach. ``But his technique did not deteriorate,'' said Sydorak. Neither did his need for approval. ``He was praising himself all the time. He needed it _ but he got the praise,'' said Viardo. ``His art was profound; he was not.'' ____ Editor's Note: Verena Dobnik, an Associated Press reporter based in New York, was a professional violinist until 1986. AP891106-0046 AP-NR-11-06-89 0750EST r i PM-Soviet-Economy 11-06 0355 PM-Soviet-Economy,0369 Gorbachev: Public Fears Prevent Radical Economic Steps By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) President Mikhail S. Gorbachev told economists to be cautious as they try to ease shortages and strengthen the ruble because he said consumers will rebel against radical change, according to a report published today. Gorbachev's comments were aimed at economists who argue that imposition of a market economy could quickly solve the problem of shortages and bolster the nearly worthless Soviet currency. ``I know only one thing, that after two weeks such a `market' would bring the whole nation out on the streets and sweep out any government, even one declaring devotion to the people,'' he said. Economists must not only take into account what the economy needs, but what people are willing to accept politically, Gorbachev said. ``We must look at how much this or that proposal takes reality into account, and how it will be accepted and digested in the minds of the people,'' the Soviet leader told a conference of economic specialists. The comments were reported today in the Communist Party daily Pravda. It did not say when the conference was held. Gorbachev reiterated that the country must not turn back to its old administrative methods or embrace capitalism. He said the current economic woes stem from a reform program that has not been completely worked out yet The changes are aimed at developing a still ill-defined socialist market system. Economist Oleg T. Bogomolov, a prominent economist who sits on the Congress of People's Deputies and directs the Institute of the World Socialist System, complained of ``large social limitations'' in economic policy to steady the plunging value of the ruble. ``It's impossible to touch prices seriously. It's impossible to freeze salaries,'' he said. Gorbachev said work was under way on a comprehensive program of economic reforms that would be presented to the Congress, presumably when it meets in December. He did not give details, but he said the changes would deal with the country's finances and the consumer market as well. He also said they would further refine the strategy of reform. AP891106-0047 AP-NR-11-06-89 0806EST r i PM-Soviet-Horowitz 11-06 0427 PM-Soviet-Horowitz,0439 Homeland Eulogizes Pianist as World Treasure By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union today eulogized native son Vladimir Horowitz as a musical phenomenon whose brilliance belonged to neither the United States nor the Soviet Union, but to the world. Horowitz, born in Kiev in imperial Russia in 1904, died Sunday in New York, where he had lived more than 60 years. He was 85. He left this country in 1925 and returned only once, 61 years later, enrapturing fans in concert halls in Moscow and Leningrad. ``This death is a tremendous loss not only for musicians, but for the whole world since Horowitz was one of the greatest phenomena of our time,'' said Boris Pokrovsky, the artistic director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater. ``He belonged to all peoples, all countries; not Russia or America. Thank God that something, at least, was recorded for posterity,'' Pokrovsky said. The death of Horowitz was reported too late in New York on Sunday to make today's edition of the only national daily newspaper that publishes on Monday, the Communist Party paper Pravda. But official Radio Moscow and the Tass news agency both issued reports today, a holidary preceding Tuesday's celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Radio Moscow recalled Horowitz's return to his native land in April 1986 and said ``his performances in halls filled to capacity are still alive in the memories of music lovers in this country.'' Tass called him a ``remarkable improvisor'' who emphasized emotion in his performances. Despite the suspicions of the Cold War years, Horowitz was well-known in the Soviet Union. His return for concerts at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall and the Leningrad Philharmonic was an outgrowth of improving relations between the two superpowers that included growing cultural exchanges. In Moscow, Horowitz's April 20, 1986, concert drew hundreds of people who lined streets and alleys near the Tchaikovsky Hall, asking every passer-by if they had an extra ticket. Only about 400 tickets for the 1,800-seat hall went on public sale, and the rest were given to officials, well-known musicians, or handed out by the U.S. Embassy to music students. ``You can't sense his age at all,'' Soviet composer Alfred Schnitke said at the time. ``He plays with total freedom, but at the same time with great control.'' Vladimir Feltsman, a young Soviet pianist who has since won his struggle to emigrate to the United States, said of Horowitz's performance in Moscow: ``I have no words. I could just go home and kill myself happily after hearing this.'' AP891106-0048 AP-NR-11-06-89 0808EST u i PM-DutchRoyals 1stLd-Writethru a0407 11-06 0787 PM-Dutch Royals, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0407,0809 Through Thick and Thin, Unpretentious Dutch Royalty Still Popular Eds: SUBS graf 16 `In 1964...' with one graf to CORRECT that Carlos Hugo pretender to throne sted king. Story also sent Oct. 30 as b0268 LaserPhoto NY8 sent Nov.1 By ROLAND DE LIGNY Associated Press Writer AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) It is still a crime to insult the royal family in the Netherlands, as a 24-year-old Dutchman recently learned when he was fined 500 guilders ($230) for displaying a poster depicting Queen Beatrix as a pig. Most Dutch frown on insults to the House of Orange, whose fate and fortunes have been entwined with the Low Countries for 400 years. Periodic polls indicate the public overwhelmingly favors retaining its constitutional monarchy. ``The Orange family belongs to the antique furniture that we've inherited, and it would be unwise to do away with it _ they might be very valuable,'' said historian Coenraad Tamse of Groningen University. ``They offer a simple icon of the continuity of Dutch nationa identity.'' Since 1898, the Dutch have been led by three queens _ the dour Wilhelmina, a symbol of hope during the five-year Nazi occupation; the motherly Juliana, and now the practical Beatrix, who has a strong sense of her role in Dutch life. ``Beatrix has a very strong notion of historic continuity, even though nothing could be further apart than the role of 16th-century William and hers,'' said royalty writer Fred Lammers, referring to Prince William of Orange, who led the Dutch fight for independence from Spain in the 16th century. Although the 51-year-old Beatrix is far from a figurehead, her official statements are closely tailored to fit the policy of the elected government. An attractive woman with the characteristic ruddy cheeks of her countrymen, Beatrix is unpretentious in public and dresses like a prosperous middle-class matron. She and her husband, Claus, a former West German diplomat, mix easily with the public and eschew extravagance. But Beatrix reportedly is concerned with maintaining respect for the monarchy and insists on being called ``Majesty,'' rather than ``Ma'am,'' which her mother Juliana preferred. Over the centuries, the House of Orange has survived financial and romantic scandal, as well as occupation by Napoleon's forces in 1795-1812 and by Hitler's in 1940-45. Both times its members fled to England. Its current hallowed image dates from Wilhelmina, Beatrix's grandmother, who was ``groomed to fit the mold formed by the supposed Dutch national traits: virtuousness, diligence, charity, religiosity, and aversion to violence,'' Professor Tamse said. Wilhelmina's bond with her people was irrevocably forged by her frequent morale-boosting radio speeches from London during World War II. Periodic scandals have failed to tarnish the Orange image. During the 1950s there was Queen Juliana's reported dependence on a faith healer, which the media attributed to her depression over the near-blindness of her daughter, Princess Christina, born in 1947. In 1964, daughter Princess Irene enraged hard-line Protestant factions by rejecting the royal family's Dutch Reformed Protestant faith for Roman Catholicism to marry Prince Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma, a pretender to the Spanish throne. Juliana's husband, Prince Bernhard, was Dutch industry's unofficial ambassador until his implication in the Lockheed bribery scandal in 1975. He was stripped of his rank as inspector-general of the Dutch armed forces but is still highly popular and active in conservation issues. Even the royal family's wealth _ reported to range from $80 million to $4.4 billion _ has failed to incite popular resentment. Beatrix and her family live in Huis ten Bosch (House in the Woods), an estate in The Hague visible from the public highway. Except for state occasions, Beatrix is driven around in a Ford. Their three sons study in the state-run university system and room with friends. The heaviest public insult to the monarchy came in 1980, when Juliana abdicated in favor of Beatrix. During the inauguration _ Dutch monarchs are not crowned _ stone-throwing squatters rioted outside. ``In hindsight, the inauguration riots had less to do with the monarchy than with anything else _ the housing situation, unemployment, and the like,'' writer Lammers said. ``But as national symbols, the royals bore the brunt of the unrest.'' Despite her circumscribed role, Beatrix's interest in government is keen, according to sources close to the royal family. She meets every Monday morning with Premier Ruud Lubbers and has at least one extensive policy discussion a week with other Cabinet ministers. The royals draw a line at exploitation of their private life by the popular press. Four years ago, Claus obtained a court-ordered retraction from a Dutch magazine for an unsubstantiated story alleging that their eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, spent the night with a ``mysterious blonde'' in an Amsterdam hotel. AP891106-0049 AP-NR-11-06-89 0819EST r a PM-Names Sub a0418 11-06 0226 PM-Names, Sub, a0418,0230 Eds: SUBS OMAHA, Neb.-dated 4th item in rdp to add background on group's album. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Mannheim Steamroller, which cut America's No. 1-selling holiday album last year, teamed up with talk show host Larry King to find the heartbeat of Christmas this year. King, who had bypass surgery after a heart attack two years ago, and Mannheim Steamroller composer Chip Davis hope the Christmas cassette of King's words and Davis' music will raise money for the Larry King Cardiac Foundation. The foundation helps people who can't afford heart bypass surgery. The $10 tape grew out of Davis' appearance on King's radio show last December. ``I wanted to do something for people who couldn't afford'' heart surgery, Davis said in Omaha last week during a recording break. ``I remember listening to one of his tapes in my car one week before my (heart) surgery,'' King said in a telephone interview from Arlington, Va. The 14-minute tape features King's essay on growing up in New York's Brooklyn: celebrating Christmas, watching the Dodgers play at Ebbetts Field and hanging out with friends on the streetcorner. Backing King's reminiscences is a take from Mannheim Steamroller's album ``A Fresh Aire Christmas.'' In addition, the tape includes other music from the album, which has sold more than 1 million copies since its release last year. AP891106-0050 AP-NR-11-06-89 0839EST u i PM-EastGermany 3rdLd-Writethru a0494 11-06 0750 PM-East Germany, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0494,0769 Communist Leaders Promise New Law Making Travel Easier Eds: LEADS with 16 grafs to UPDATE with draft law being published, opposition leader's reaction, new quotes, inserts reference to law's effect on Berlin Wall escapes; Picks up 12th graf, `The country's ...' By NESHA STARCEVIC Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) East Germany's Communist government today published the draft of a new law allowing citizens 30 days a year of free travel in the West after 19,000 East Germans joined the westward stampede over the weekend. A Cabinet minister urged the Communist Party's ruling Politburo to resign, and activists planned to stage another pro-democracy rally in Leipzig tonight to maintain pressure on the government for reforms. An opposition leader reacted coolly to the new travel proposal and said authorities will need to do more to gain public trust. ``Travel is not the primary problem in East Germany,'' said Sebastian Pflugbeil, a co-founder of New Forum, the largest opposition group. ``Too many have left the country already.'' ``The leadership must make other steps to prove it is earnest in its reform efforts and to win the trust of the people,'' Pflugbeil said in an interview with West Berlin's RIAS radio station. ``The tension between the people and the party has never been so great as today,'' he said. In an apparent bid to discourage further exodus to West Germany, where East Germans are automatically granted citizenship, the government promised to ease restrictions on foreign travel before the year is out. Announcing the decision, Interior Minister Friedrich Dickel said on national television Sunday night: ``We want to give the possibility to all citizens to travel wherever they want without any restrictions.'' All East German citizens would be allowed to travel freely abroad up to 30 days a year, he said. The draft law will be discussed publicly until Nov. 30 and will then go to Parliament. It should take effect by year's end, he said. In addition, passport applications will be handled within 30 days with urgent cases settled in three days or less, Dickel said. He indicated that illegal stays in the West would be decriminalized. Only direct violations of the border will be punished, Dickel said, indicating this referred to escapes over the border with West Germany or the Berlin Wall. Freedom of travel has been a major demand of East Germans who have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands over the past month to protest decades of authoritarian rule. The only country East Germans can currently visit without exit visas is neighboring communist Czechoslovakia, through which thousands have poured since it opened its western frontier. About 1 million people took to the streets of East Berlin on Saturday in the largest protest in the nation's 40-year history, demanding free elections, freedom of speech and an end to the Communist Party's ``leading role.'' The state-run news agency ADN on Sunday quoted Culture Minister Hans-Joachim Hoffmann as saying the ruling Politburo should resign ``to give the new general secretary a real chance.'' ``We need as quickly as possible a new government,'' he was quoted as saying. The country's new leader, Egon Krenz, has promised major reforms, including freer travel, in an effort to staunch the flood of refugees that is sapping East Germany's labor force of skilled young workers. Since August, more than 70,000 East Germans have fled to West Germany through Hungary and via West Germany's embassies in Prague and Warsaw. At least 19,000 more fled West after authorities announced Friday that East Germans could travel to West Germany from Czechoslovakia without any restrictions. The emigres were, however, considered to be giving up their East Germany citizenship. On Sunday, thousands of young East German refugees rolled into West Germany at the rate of more than 100 an hour, causing a traffic jam that stretched several miles back into Czechoslovakia. Today, more were arriving but at a slower pace. In his appeal for personnel shake-ups, Hoffmann also told a crowd in Leipzig on Sunday that he thinks the 42-member Cabinet should be streamlined. Krenz said Friday that five elderly Politburo members would step down. Two other members of the 21-member Politburo were dismissed when Krenz on Oct. 18 replaced longtime leader Erich Honecker, his mentor. All those removed were closely associated with Honecker's 18-year rule as party chief. In other protests Sunday, about 10,000 demonstrated in Dresden for action on environmental problems, and 10,000 protested for reforms in Wilhelm-Pieck-Stadt Guben, ADN said. AP891106-0051 AP-NR-11-06-89 0848EST r a PM-CocaineBust 11-06 0350 PM-Cocaine Bust,0361 Investigators: Value of Seized Cocaine Could Reach $1 Billion By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Investigators searched today for five suspects in the city's largest drug seizure and continued to extract cocaine from drums of a caustic powder that were found in a warehouse. The suspects may have fled because of news stories about the Friday raid, which reporters learned about from a radio channel used by law enforcement officials. Authorities focused their search on a man from Peru who heads the company that rented the warehouse, his Colombian wife and three others, The New York Times reported today. Mary Cooper, an agent and spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the street value of the cocaine could reach $1 billion. About 8,800 pounds, or nearly 4{ tons, of cocaine were removed from drums by Saturday. The work was suspended Sunday because the path of the New York Marathon brought runners past the warehouse and fumes could have been dangerous, Cooper said. Agents resumed their work today. The 8,800 pounds already extracted was estimated to have a street value of more than $700 million, Cooper said. ``At this time, the seizure appears to be in the top five nationwide,'' she said. The cocaine was wrapped in plastic bundles and put in drums that contained powdered sodium hydroxide, which is the active ingredient in lye. The raid was the latest in a series of large drug seizures in the United States. On Sept. 29, 21.4 tons of cocaine were found in an unguarded warehouse near Los Angeles. On Oct. 5, authorities discovered 9 tons of cocaine in a house in Harlingen, Texas, and about 6 tons on a Panamanian ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The raid in Queens occurred after an anonymous tip to the Brooklyn district attorney's office. Smugglers apparently believed the cocaine, packed in plastic-wrapped bundles, would go undiscovered because it was surrounded by sodium hydroxide, which can burn the skin and damage lungs. The drugs were believed to belong to the Cali cartel, one of Colombia's largest cocaine distributors. AP891106-0052 AP-NR-11-06-89 0912EST u i PM-EGermany-Refugees 2ndLd-Writethru a0457 11-06 0706 PM-EGermany-Refugees, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0457,0727 East German Rush into West Germany Leads to New West German Appeals With PM-East Germany, Bjt Eds: INSERTS 1 graf after 9th graf, ``We hope ...' with new travel law published; SUBS grafs 13-23 pvs, `Johann Ermer...into Marktredwitz' with 11 to UPDATE with new arrivals and details from today; no pickup. By KEVIN COSTELLOE Associated Press Writer SCHIRNDING, West Germany (AP) As thousands more East Germans cross into the country and strain temporary shelters, West Germany's leaders are urging Communist leaders in East Berlin to move rapidly on fundamental reform. Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of the opposition Social Democrats, on Sunday appealed to East Germans to stay home and push for change in their own country. In an article for the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Vogel said he respected the decision of East Germans to emigrate to West Germany. ``But we are appealing to all those who are thinking of emigrating to carefully examine whether they should not stay in East Germany to support the process of democratization and to engage themselves in that process,'' he wrote. Ernst Breit, head of the national Trade Union Federation, cautioned the refugees not to entertain mistaken notions about life in West Germany: ``We have to make it clear to them that West Germany is not paradise.'' Karl Heinz Horndasch, a spokesman for the federal border police in Munich, said late Sunday that the number of temporary shelters for the refugees had jumped from four on Friday to 25 nationwide. ``We are considering now whether we will have to open more,'' Horndasch said by telephone. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other leading politicians called on East Germany's new leader, Egon Krenz, to adopt reforms quickly to stop the exodus. ``We hope that things will change so that people will not have to leave their homeland to find happiness,'' Kohl said. East Germany today published the draft of a new law allowing citizens 30 days a year of free travel in the West and speeding the processing of passport applications. The law also would decriminalize illegal stays in the West, although direct violations of the border _ such as escaping over the Berlin Wall _ would be punished, Interior Minister Friedrich Dickel said. Alfred Dregger, a parliamentary leader in Kohl's coalition government, urged the East German leadership to allow free elections. ``The Communist Party's monopoly on power is eroding,'' Dregger said. ``The protest movement is a wild fire that Egon Krenz and the Communist Party can only put out by free elections.'' Thousands more East Germans flooded into West Germany through Czechoslovakia after their government permitted its citizens, for the first time, to cross to the West through that country with nothing more than East German identification papers. The pace of the weekend exodus slowed today, but the tally of East German arrivals since Saturday was 19,000 and still rising. Some Germans said East Germany's leaders had, figuratively, opened a hole in the Berlin Wall with the new Czechoslovak escape route. Driving their sputtering Trabants and Wartburgs filled with stereos, luggage and children, the refugees needed to travel only 15 miles from the East German border to reach Bavaria in West Germany. Many of the latest refugees went to temporary shelters. Horndasch, the police spokesman, said 12,500 refugees were in military barracks, police training centers, a gymnasium, and other temporary shelters. He said many were staying three to four days before heading off to find housing and jobs. Some local police and relief workers wondered when the crush would end. ``How long will they keep coming? That you have to ask Mr. Krenz,'' said Uwe Luethje, a border police officer at the Schirnding border crossing in northeastern Bavaria. At times Sunday, the refugees coming over the border at Schirnding caused traffic jams backed up several several miles into Czechoslovakia. Horndasch, the border policeman in Munich, said about 1,400 more refugees were expected later in the day on trains from Prague, the Czechoslovak capital. ``The people will keep fleeing as long as they can,'' said Christian Schreiber, a 23-year dental technician from Staaken outside East Berlin. In addition to the East Germans arriving at Schirnding and Waidhaus, 10 trains carrying refugees from Prague also crossed into Marktredwitz. AP891106-0053 AP-NR-11-06-89 0913EST u i PM-Lebanon 3rdLd-Writethru a0486 11-06 0889 PM-Lebanon, 3rd Ld - Writethru, a0486,0913 Aoun Loyalists Manhandle Christian Spiritual Leader Eds: New thruout to UPDATE with details of protests; Corrects spelling of Sfeir. No pickup. By MOHAMMED SALAM Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Supporters of Christian leader Gen. Michel Aoun today roughed up Lebanon's Maronite Catholic partriarch and forced him to kiss a picture of Aoun for supporting a peace plan the general opposes, police said. About 100 young Aoun supporters stormed the compound of patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir in Bkirki, north of Beirut, shortly after midnight and ransacked it, police said. Aoun's supporters also rallied in the streets of east Beirut and other Christian areas. A police spokesman, who cannot be named under standing regulations, said other Aoun loyalists stormed at least six other churches in the 310-square-mile Christian enclave early today, firing automatic rifles in the air and burning tires. The assaults came a day after Parliament elected a Maronite Catholic president as part of an Arab League-sponsored plan designed to end Lebanon's 14-year-old civil war. Sfeir, the spiritual leader of the Maronites, Lebanon's main Christian sect, supported the parliamentarians against Aoun. Sfeir's office alleged that a 40-man army unit of Aoun's troops assigned to protect the patriarch did not try to stop the protesters as they charged the compound in the hills above Beirut. ``The rioters broke into the patriarch's bedroom, dragged him out of bed, forced him to kneel with two senior aides ... and forced them all to kiss posters of Aoun,'' a police spokesman said. Sfeir, 68, fled after the one-hour assault to his summer residence in Diman in Syrian-controlled north Lebanon, his office said in a statement. The unrest flared hours after parliamentary deputies, forced out of Beirut after Aoun threatened to shell them, convened at the Kleiat airbase in north Lebanon and elected Maronite deputy Rene Mouawad president to head a national reconciliation government. Mouawad, 64, is Lebanon's ninth president since independence from France in 1943. Aoun has been living in the presidential palace and refused to give it up to Mouawad. On Saturday, Aoun declared Parliament dissolved in a bid to stop it from meeting to elect the president and ratify the peace plan. He rejected the plan because it did not set a deadline for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Legislators moved their session to the base, beyond the range of Aoun's artillery. In a speech after his election, Mouawad, a 32-year parliamentarian, called the peace plan, approved last month in Saudi Arabia, an introduction to ``a new Lebanese republic.'' He promised to quickly appoint a Cabinet that would ``patch up broken ties and reunite what had been fractured.'' The accord increased Parliament's seats from 99 to 108, distributed equally between Christians and Moslems, and curtailed presidential powers to give the prime minister and parliament speaker, both traditionally Moslems, a larger share in the decision-making process. The police spokesman said Sfeir urged rioters to leave his compound, ``but they were hysterical.'' Some protesters broke through into the small church in the compound ``and desecrated it by smashing benches and throwing sand and rocks on the carpets and paintings,'' the spokesman said. He said Aoun's loyalists tore pictures of the patriarch and Pope John Paul II from the walls and replaced them with posters of Aoun, who is also a Maronite. In east Beirut and other Christian areas, Aoun supporters blocked key intersections with rocks and blazing tires and chanted, ``Mouawad will not be allowed into the liberated (Christian) area!'' One group drove around Beirut's Christian sector in a convoy of about 50 cars, firing automatic rifles in the air, honking horns and shouting: ``There is no leader but Aoun! Mouawad is a Syrian lackey!'' Schools, shops, restaurants, banks, government offices and other businesses closed throughout the Christian enclave in a general strike to protest the election. In a statement broadcast by Radio Lebanon, which is controlled by Aoun, the general told his supporters to ``limit your protests to civilized and peaceful methods.'' He remained in the bunker of the hilltop presidential palace in suburban Baabda, east of Beirut, unwilling to surrender the shell-wrecked building to Mouawad. Asked whether the general would turn over the palace to the new president, an Aoun aide snapped: ``You must be kidding.'' ``The general does not recognize the election. How would he turn over the palace, the symbol of legitimacy, to someone whom he doesn't recognize as the legitimate president?'' said the aide, who refused to be named. Mouawad, who spent the night at his family mansion in the northern mountain resort of Ehden, drove to nearby Diman around noon to ``pay his respects'' to patriarch Sfeir, his press office said. Men performed folk dances and women sprayed Mouawad with rose water and rice in a traditional gesture of greeting. ``The presidency is yours! Mouawad is a hero!'' they chanted. Salim Hoss, who headed a Moslem Cabinet that has vyed for power with Aoun's Christian government for 14 months, also drove to Diman to meet Mouawad and Sfeir. Hoss, a Sunni Moslem, announced his resignation a few minutes after Mouawad was elected Sunday. Lebanon has not held parliamentary elections since 1972 and it had been without a president since September 1988, when President Amin Gemayel's six-year term expired and Parliament was unable to decide on a successor. AP891106-0054 AP-NR-11-06-89 0918EST r a PM-LexingtonReunion 1stLd-Writethru a0470 11-06 0457 PM-Lexington Reunion, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0470,0465 Crews of Today, Yesterday Remember Departed Shipmates Eds: SUBS lead to CORRECT number of sailors who died in kamikaze attack to 47 sted 43. Changes `sailors' to `people' in 2nd graf; one victim was a civilian. By BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) More than 300 former USS Lexington crew members gathered on the aircraft carrier to mark the 45th anniversary of a kamikaze strike that killed 47 sailors. They also remembered five people who died a week ago when a training jet crashed into the ship. During shipboard services Sunday, Capt. C. Flack Logan told the former crew members their presence was a good influence on training carrier's young crew as it mourns the deaths from the Oct. 29 crash. ``You represented the best when you went to war and you won. You started a tradition of excellence on the Lexington,'' Logan said. ``You've shown us the way to prepare, to train, to drill, and to be ready for the unexpected.'' The veterans had planned the reunion to coincide with Sunday's anniversary of the Japanese suicide attack during World War II. A week before the anniversary, a T-2 Buckeye training jet crashed into the Lexington, killing the student pilot and four people on the deck. ``This has been a very trying week for all of us,'' said the ship's chaplain, Jerry Seely. The Blue Ghost Association of Lexington veterans organized the reunion. During the war, Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose gave the ship the nickname ``Blue Ghost'' because she reported it sunk several times, only to have it reappear in its unusual, uncamouflaged blue-gray paint. The ship now is used solely to train naval aviators. During a day cruise Saturday, sailors from two eras dropped a pair of wreaths into the Gulf of Mexico about 10 miles from where the trainer crash occurred. Pointing to a radar dome at the rear of the ship's superstructure, Roland King of Westfield, Mass., president of the veterans' association, said, ``We got a kamikaze strike just behind that thing on the starboard side. ``That one (the trainer) hit on the port side, just the opposite side,'' King said. ``It's just a narrow place. It's ironic that they both struck at the same place.'' A couple of bent railings and scuff marks on the deck were about the only remaining signs of the crash. About 1,500 guests, including family members of the 1,400 current crew members, crowded onto the ship's flight deck to watch demonstration flights by various Navy aircraft and a fly-over by five T-2s. One of the training jets peeled off to leave the other four in a missing-man formation. Logan and King then dropped the wreaths overboard. AP891106-0055 AP-NR-11-06-89 0919EST r a PM-ShipAground 11-06 0261 PM-Ship Aground,0269 Yugoslav Freighter Seized on Order From Prosecutor MIAMI (AP) A Yugoslav freighter that destroyed part of a coral reef when it ran aground in the Florida Keys has been seized at the order of a federal prosecutor, who plans to seek $3 million in damages against its owner. The 475-foot Mavro Vetranick arrived Saturday at the Port of Miami after 66 hours swinging back and forth on the reef about 65 miles west of Key West. The vessel, which carried a cargo of phosphate and 390 tons of fuel, destroyed between two and three acres of living coral, environmental officials said. The ship was seized Sunday by U.S. marshals. ``Marshals went out, put a sticker on the ship and moved it to a U.S. Customs dock,'' said Diane Cossin, spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen. A federal lawsuit was to be filed asking about $3 million in damages, Cossin said. The ship and its cargo have been valued at $9 million. ``We've ordered the seizure of this asset because it assures us that the claim we are alleging will be satisfied,'' Cossin said. Members of the ship's 26-man crew were subpoenaed to appear Tuesday at the opening of a Coast Guard board of inquiry to determine why the ship ran aground Oct. 31. Karl Mueller, an agent for the ship's owner, Atlantska Plovidba in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, said company officials weren't happy to hear the freighter had been seized. ``They were upset. Naturally, everybody's upset. The ship costs money. Lying idle, the ship costs money,'' Mueller said. AP891106-0056 AP-NR-11-06-89 0919EST u w PM-TreasuryAuction 11-06 0146 PM-Treasury Auction,140 Debt Limit Problem Postpones T-Bill Auction WASHINGTON (AP) The Treasury Department postponed its scheduled weekly auction of three-month and six-month bills today because of Congress' failure to raise the debt limit. It was uncertain whether the Treasury would be able to go ahead with its planned quarterly refunding later this week. It tentatively had scheduled to auction $10 billion in three-year notes on Tuesday, $10 billion in 10-year notes on Wednesday and $10 billion in 30-year bonds on Thursday. In addition, Treasury planned to sell $10 billion in 36-day cash management bills on Thursday. The government's borrowing authority dropped from $2.87 trillion to $2.80 trillion last Tuesday. The House has voted to raise the debt ceiling to $3.1 trillion for the current fiscal year, but Senate legislation has been blocked by a squabble over whether to cut the capital gains tax. AP891106-0057 AP-NR-11-06-89 0920EST r i PM-Obit-Mercier 11-06 0298 PM-Obit-Mercier,0305 Vivian Mercier, Irish Academic and Literary Critic, Dies at 70 LONDON (AP) Vivian Mercier, an Irish literary critic and academic whose published works included a major study on the work of Samuel Beckett, has died at age 70. Mercier, who taught at New York University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of California at Santa Barbara, died Saturday in London, The Irish Times reported today. The cause of death was not announced. Mercier's published works included ``The Irish Comic Tradition,'' ``A Reader's Guide to the French New Novel'' and ``Samuel Beckett.'' The last book was done with the cooperation of the reclusive author, an Irishman who has long lived in France. Mercier was also co-editor of an anthology, ``A Thousand Years of Irish Prose,'' and was at work on a ``A New Critical History of Anglo-Irish Literature.'' Conor Cruise O'Brien, the writer and former politician who was Mercier's roommate at Trinity College, wrote in The Irish Times of meeting Mercier two weeks before his death. ``His conversation was as animated, his mind as penetrating and as idiosyncratic as ever; even more remarkable, and more characteristic, was how annoying he could be, there on his hospital bed,'' O'Brien wrote. ``I never met Vivian, at any time, during our long years of friendship without his saying something _ never more than one thing _ which was calculated to annoy. And I mean calculated. This may not seem an endearing characteristic, but in fact it was; it was a sort of spice, preserving our friendship.'' Mercier is survived by his wife, the novelist Eilis Dillon, and three children from his first marriage. A funeral service was scheduled Wednesday at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, followed by burial in his native Clara in County Offaly. AP891106-0058 AP-NR-11-06-89 0925EST r i PM-Burma 11-06 0144 PM-Burma,0149 Burma Sets Date for General Elections RANGOON, Burma (AP) Burma's first multi-party elections in nearly three decades will be held May 27, 1990, Election Commission sources said today. The independent five-member commission met with the governing State Law and Order Restoration Council today to discuss the nationwide balloting. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be the first general election involving more than one party since 1960. The military seized power in 1962 and held general elections under a one-party system in 1974, 1978, 1981 and 1985. The military, under armed forces chief Gen. Saw Maung, overthrew the socialist regime on Sept. 18, 1988, following nationwide demonstrations for democracy. The military then dissolved the one-party system and promised general elections without military participation. More than 200 parties have registered to take part in the elections. AP891106-0059 AP-NR-11-06-89 0933EST u p PM-PropositionsRdp 1stLd-Writethru a0401 11-06 1036 PM-Propositions Rdp, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0401,1059 In Several States, Ballot Issues Focus on Children Eds: Subs 3rd graf to CORRECT that Texas bond issue is $500 million, sted billion. Picks up 4th graf pvs: ``Among other...'. SUBS 6th graf, `A second...', to CORRECT that proposition would give funeral leave benefits to city employes only, not all employes, and does not concern sick leave. By LEE MITGANG Associated Press Writer Voters in Washington state and Michigan may increase education taxes, quake-weary San Franciscans may finance a new stadium to keep their pennant-winning baseball team from fleeing, and Texans may spare politicians from having to swear they didn't bribe their way into office. In all, voters in 10 states will face 56 statewide issues and dozens of local ballot measures Tuesday. Texas voters tackle the heaviest load: 21 statewide propositions, including a $500 million bond issue to extend running water and sewers to disease-ridden border towns, another to finance a record build-up of the state's prison system, and one to drop a 113-year-old provision requiring state officeholders to publicly affirm that they gained their jobs honestly. Among other key contests, Maine voters will consider a non-binding measure asking if they want to ban cruise missile testing within their state and a second asking whether they approve of an agreement to dispose of Maine's nuclear waste at a facility in Beatty, Nev. Locally, San Franciscans will decide whether to build a new $115 million ballpark to replace aging, windswept Candlestick Park and keep the baseball Giants from leaving town. The measure is strongly backed by Mayor Art Agnos, but polls suggest the multibillion-dollar expenses from the recent earthquake have eroded support. A second San Francisco ballot measure would allow unmarried couples, including homosexuals, to formally establish their relationships as ``domestic partners.'' Registered partners working for the city would be entitled to the same funeral leave benefits as married people, if their partner dies. A large turnout is expected in nearby Concord, Calif., where an ordinance banning discrimination in housing, employment and other areas against AIDS victims was approved by the City Council but placed on the ballot after protests by outraged residents who collected 10,000 signatures. Seattle residents will decide a measure that would end forced school busing and promote educational choice. In St. Louis, voters will consider a 4-cent property tax increase to subsidize the St. Louis Symphony. Symphony officials said the orchestra has gone as far as it can in raising money from the wealthy and raising ticket prices. But critics in the Missouri Legislature have called the symphony elitist. Voters in New York City, under U.S. Supreme Court order to replace its legislative system with a more representative one, will weigh a complicated charter revision that would strengthen the mayor and the City Council, while scrapping the 89-year-old Board of Estimate. The measure is expected to pass easily. In Texas, there has been little opposition to Proposition 2, which would authorize $500 million in bonds for basic water and sewer systems in the substandard border subdivisions called colonias. An estimated 200,000 people live in colonias, where sewage runs in irrigation ditches and dysentery, hepatitis and tuberculosis are common. ``It's sometimes very easy for us who have running water to just open the tap and get it, and we forget about others who don't,'' said Amalia Lerma of Valley Interfaith, one of the groups backing the bond issue. The package also includes $400 million for water supply, water quality and flood control projects around the state. Texans also will decide whether to approve $400 million in tax-backed bonds for the biggest prison buildup in state history, along with new mental health institutions, juvenile corrections facilities and law enforcement. Texas Proposition 13 would enshrine a ``victims bill of rights'' in the state constitution, giving victims the ability to confer with the prosecutor, receive restitution and get information about an accused's conviction, sentence, imprisonment and release. Another Texas measure would eliminate the oath now taken by elected officials and others who must swear _ often during public ceremonies in front of family and friends _ that they didn't bribe anyone to get their jobs. The provision was added to the Texas constitution in reaction to corruption during the Reconstruction Era. But some now feel the oath is outdated and undignified. In Washington state, Initiative 102, called the ``Children's Initiative,'' would boost the state's 6.5-cent sales tax by nearly a penny to provide at least $360 million for social and education programs. Big business led by Boeing Co. recently created a stir by contributing about $50,000 to opponents of the initiative, who include Republican conservatives. Opponents brand the initiative a disguised teacher raise. Backers, mainly teacher and public employee groups and social service organizations, say the unmet needs of children are staggering. They range from more child protective caseworkers to handle a growing number of kids taken from crack-addicted parents, to an overwhelmed system for the developmentally disabled, to overcrowded classrooms as parts of Washington experiences a surge in growth. In Michigan, voters will consider two ballot proposals, each of which would raise the state sales tax to provide more money for schools. Proposal A, backed by Gov. James Blanchard, teacher organizations and major corporations, would increase the sales tax to 4.5 percent from 4 percent to generate $400 million more for schools. Proposal B, with no organized backing and a tiny budget, would raise the sales tax to 6 percent, cut property taxes some $1.5 billion and put about $350 million more into schools. ``Proposal A has money and B doesn't,'' said state Sen. Dan DeGrow, a Proposal B backer. ``But they both face an uphill fight.'' Both, or neither, could pass. If both garner majorities, the one with the larger one would prevail. The Michigan State Chamber of Commerce wants voters to reject both. ``The further we get away from the Capitol, the better the reception,'' said chamber vice president Richard Studley. David Rohde, a political science professor at Michigan State University, said: ``There is indeed a lot of cynicism, at least about anything that involves spending money and increasing taxes to spend money. It's not impossible, but any tax increase has a tough row to hoe.'' AP891106-0060 AP-NR-11-06-89 0954EST r i PM-Czechoslovakia-Trial 11-06 0445 PM-Czechoslovakia-Trial,0459 Dissidents' Trial Adjourned; Protesters Demand His Release By ALISON SMALE Associated Press Writer BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia (AP) About 200 people rallied outside the Palace of Justice today to demand freedom for one of Czechoslovakia's most prominent dissidents, who faces up to 10 years in jail on sedition charges. The trial of Jan Carnogursky was adjourned today because his defense attorney, Tibor Boehm, was ill. The rally began shortly afterward, when Carnogursky's 18-year-old son read to his father's supporters a letter the attorney wrote to the court. Boehm wrote that the only crime committed by Carnogursky and four co-defendants was to speak the truth. He urged the court to free all five in the name of democracy. ``The defendents only tried to make people think and speak openly, to arouse them from indifference,'' Boehm wrote. ``Truth and justice can be deformed, but they cannot be suppressed forever,'' he said. The trial of Carnogursky, a Roman Catholic activist and human rights campaigner, epitomizes a crackdown on dissent that is out of step with the reforms in most other Soviet bloc nations. It has drawn widespread protest. Carnogursky is charged with sedition and subversion for writing one article for an underground monthly in Bratislava, capital of the republic of Slovakia, and for signing a statement with four other activists in August. Those four who were detained with Carnogursky on Aug. 14 face up to five years in jail. Their trial is to begin next week. Police have cracked down hard on mass demostrations for democracy in Czechoslovakia over the past two years, but security men watching today's gathering filmed it but did not interfere. In court, Carnogursky, a trained lawyer who was barred from practice after signing the Charter 77 human rights document, refused to allow a substitute defense lawyer to take Boehm's place. Judge Stefan Cakvari granted adjournment. Carnogursky then asked to be freed pending trial. No date was set for a new trial and no ruling was reached on the request, which drew cheers from the crowd outside. ``Long Live Carnogursky!'' the crowd chanted. They also broke into chants of ``Freedom! Freedom!,'' and ``Long Live Charter 77!'' Several church and Charter 77 activists were admitted to the courtroom, as were Western correspondents and diplomats. Carnogursky asked that his case be considered together with that of fellow activist Miroslav Kusy, one of the four to be tried next week. All five people were detained after signing an appeal in August urging people to mark the 21st anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion by laying flowers in memory of people who died in the invasion. The Soviet-led assault crushed a reform movement in Czechoslovakia. AP891106-0061 AP-NR-11-06-89 0956EST r a PM-People-Robbins 1stLd-Writethru a0504 11-06 0246 PM-People-Robbins, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0504,0248 Jerome Robbins to Resign from City Ballet Eds: INSERTS 1 graf after 5th graf, `The choreographer...', pvs to add background on Robbins' works. NEW YORK (AP) Jerome Robbins, regarded as one of the century's finest choreographers, said he will resign as co-director of the New York City Ballet on Jan. 1. Robbins, 71, plans to continue writing his memoirs and to develop an autobiographical theater piece. The ballet company announced his resignation Sunday. ``It's important at my age to do other things,'' he said. ``I'm resigning from the New York City Ballet; I'm not retiring from the field.'' Though he's stepping down as co-director, Robbins is due soon to begin rehearsals at the City Ballet for a retrospective of his ballets since 1944. The Robbins festival is scheduled to be presented next spring. The choreographer, who has worked with the City Ballet since 1949, has spent most of the past year working on ``Jerome Robbins' Broadway,'' a medley of excerpts from musicals he choreographed or directed. His ballets include ``Fancy Free'' and ``The Guests,'' while his Broadway work includes such shows as ``West Side Story,'' ``Fiddler on the Roof'' and ``Peter Pan.'' Peter Martins, the City Ballet's other co-director, will be solely responsible for the company's artistic policy after Robbins' resignation becomes effective. Robbins said he also is considering working in Europe on stage ballets or operas, but ruled out the possibility of directing any other company. AP891106-0062 AP-NR-11-06-89 1007EST u i PM-Soviet-Strikes 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0347 PM-Soviet-Strikes, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0512,0355 Soviet Coal Minister Fails to Persuade Strikers to Return to Jobs EDS: Leads with 8 grafs to UPDATE with miners saying they will continue strike. Pickup 8th pvs, `The strike... MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet coal minister met with striking miners in the Soviet Arctic today but failed to persuade them to end their illegal walkout, which officials say threatens winter fuel supplies. Mikhail I. Shchadov met for three hours with strikers from 11 mines in the Pechora Basin but did not adequately assure them their working, social and living conditions would improve, said Alexander Petrovsky, who attended the session. Miners were promised improved living and working conditions in July after a nationwide strike. Workers in the largest mine of the Pechora Basin struck Oct. 25 to protest government delays in fulfilling the promises. They were joined last week by miners at 10 other shafts, and now only two mines in the region are working, with more than 15,000 miners reported on strike. Shchadov told miners that part of the July decree pledging the improvements was being implemented on schedule and that the rest was awaiting action by the Supreme Soviet legislature, according to Petrovsky, who spoke in a telephone interview. Petrovsky and strike committee member Nikolai A. Teryokhin, who was interviewed in Moscow, said miners were not satisfied with Shchadov's report and would continue the walkout. On Sunday, Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov said the situation in the coal industry ``creates an inadmissible situation in ensuring vital supplies for our people, for the work of basic and other sectors of the national economy.'' Ryzhkov, in remarks distributed by the official Tass news agency, asked the strikers to show ``reason and a sense of civic duty.'' The strike violates a law passed by the Soviet legislature last month banning walkouts in such vital sectors as energy and defense. A local court has ruled the strike illegal but has not moved to halt it. Government officials are scheduled to meet with miners Nov. 17 to review how well the government has kept its promises. AP891106-0063 AP-NR-11-06-89 1013EST r i PM-Poland-Party 11-06 0385 PM-Poland-Party,0396 Party Holds Plenum to Prepare for Upcoming Congress By DEBORAH G. SEWARD Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) The Communist Party Central Committee today began preparing its program for an upcoming nationwide congress that aims to revamp the party and revive its flagging fortunes. During the course of a daylong plenum, the committee planned to debate ideological changes, the preliminary program and the party's position on the economic program of the new Solidarity-led government. ``We are meeting in an atmosphere shaped by unfavorable social moods. Thus, the bigger are party expectations for a bold programmatic offer,'' the official news agency PAP quoted party leader Mieczyslaw F. Rakowski as telling the meeting. Continuing a practice started earlier this fall, the party briefly allowed reporters in for the opening of the session before closing the plenum for debate. The future course of the party became a key issue after the Polish Communist Party became the first in the East bloc to lose control of the government with the Aug. 24 election of Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. In an interview with the party daily Trybuna Ludu, Politburo member Leszek Miller said the most important issues ``are the questions not about what we want to achieve, but how we want to do it.'' An internal survey of the party conducted in September indicated that 72 percent of the members favored a complete retooling of the party, starting with its name. The Central Committee also planned to discuss procedures for the election of delegates to the party congress that are supposed to be held under new democratic rules. It was decided at a plenum Oct. 3 that the election of the delegates should occur by Dec. 20. Top party members have said the party will transform itself into a broad party of leftist and social democratic forces at the congress in January. A party official who refused to be named said one of the most important issues at the plenum would be discussion of the party's position on the Mazowiecki government's economic reform program, which aims to introduce a market-style economy. ``In the conditions of the market economy, the realization of the principles of justice as well as other leftist values is especially difficult ... There are no ready recipes,'' Miller said in the newspaper interview. AP891106-0064 AP-NR-11-06-89 1025EST r w PM-Scotus-Williams 11-06 0390 PM-Scotus-Williams,380 Woman Who Claims to be Country Singer's Kin Loses Royalty Bid By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A woman who says she is Hank Williams Sr.'s daughter lost a Supreme Court bid today for a share of the late country music legend's copyright royalties. The court, without comment, let stand a ruling that Cathy Yvonne Stone waited too long before suing over the royalties. Ms. Stone, 36, was born in Alabama five days after Williams died Jan. 1, 1953, at age 29. Her mother, Bobbie Jett, and Williams signed an agreement a few months earlier in which he acknowledged he might be the father of the then-unborn child. The girl first was adopted by Lillian Stone, Williams' mother. After Mrs. Stone died, the child was adopted by George and Mary Deupree. The Deuprees in 1967 refused to be included in court proceedings to determine whether Williams had fathered any children other than Hank Williams Jr., now a country music star. Mrs. Deupree first told her adopted daughter in 1973 that the elder Williams may have been her natural father. But Ms. Stone did not take any immediate legal action to establish her real parentage. Ms. Stone waited until 1985, soon after marrying attorney Keith Adkinson, to file federal and state court lawsuits seeking a share of Williams' songwriting royalties. State courts in Alabama ruled she was Williams' daughter but not his legal heir. The 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals, based in New York City, threw out her claim for the royalties last April. The appeals court, which presumed that Williams was Ms. Stone's father, said there may have been good reason for her not to sue soon after learning the apparent truth. Her delay at least until 1980 may be explained by loyalty to the Deuprees or out of fear of the notoriety a suit would generate, the appeals court said. But it added, ``There is simply no plausible explanation for delay in filing the complaint until September 1985. Ms. Stone's procrastination and delay, which silently allowed time to slip away, remain as the only reason for her failure to bring suit earlier.'' The appeals court said permitting a suit after so many years would be unfair to the other copyright owners, including Hank Williams Jr. The case is Stone vs. Williams, 89-295. AP891106-0065 AP-NR-11-06-89 1030EST r w PM-Scotus-Mormons 11-06 0525 PM-Scotus-Mormons,500 Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Mormon Tax Question By RICHARD CARELLI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether money given directly to Mormon missionaries by church members is a deductible donation under federal tax law. The justices voted to hear the appeal of a Mormon couple from Idaho who were denied tax deductions for subsidizing their two sons' missionary service. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has 6.7 million members and about 35,000 fulltime missionaries through the world. Nearly all are supported by relatives or other church members. The high court's decision, expected by July, will resolve conflicting federal appeals court rulings that allow such deductions in six states and ban them in nine states. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ruled that the Internal Revenue Service correctly refused to treat the donations made by Harold and Enid Davis of Idaho Falls as tax-deductible charitable contributions. Such direct donations are not deductible because the Mormon Church does not exercise sufficient control over how the money is spent, the San Francisco-based appeals court said. Its ruling set a binding precedent for nine Western states: Idaho, Arizona, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. About 1.6 million Mormons live in the states encompassed by the 9th Circuit. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals explicitly rejected the ``control'' requirement adopted by the 9th Circuit court. In a ruling that set a binding precedent for Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming, the 10th Circuit court said such direct donations to missionaries are tax-deductible because their primary purpose is to further the church's aims. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that such donations by residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas may be tax-deductible if the amounts paid match a specific request from the church for those amounts. At issue is that part of the federal tax code defining a deductible contribution to charity as ``a contribution or gift to or for the use of'' a qualifying organization. Bush administration lawyers, although contending that the 9th Circuit's interpretation of federal tax law is the correct one, asked the justices to grant review to the Davises' appeal. Noting the thousands of missionaries supported by individuals, government lawyers said, ``The issue presented in this case will govern the tax liability of many United States taxpayers.'' They added, ``The general issue ... has ramifications beyond the specific context of the church's missionary program.'' The church asks a missionary's family to contribute the necessary financing. If a family is unwilling or unable to contribute the necessary funds, the church seeks direct donations to the missionaries from other church members in the same community. The Davises spent about $7,600 subsidizing their son Benjamin's missionary work in New York City in 1980-81, and about $1,500 for their son Cecil's missionary work in New Zealand in 1981. The subsidies for neither son exceeded amounts set by the church. The Davises made the deduction claims belatedly, unsuccessfully seeking refunds of $1,779.71 and $2,613.10, respectively, for the two years. The case is Davis vs. U.S., 89-98. AP891106-0066 AP-NR-11-06-89 1035EST r w PM-Scotus-Diplomat 11-06 0397 PM-Scotus-Diplomat,370 Ambassador Loses Bid to Shield Self from Divorce Lawsuit in Connecticut By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Mozambique's ambassador to the United Nations, described as one of Africa's richest men, lost a Supreme Court bid today to shield himself from a potentially costly divorce lawsuit in Connecticut. The justices, over one dissenting vote, let stand a ruling that diplomatic immunity does not protect Ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez from being sued by his estranged wife. Justice Harry A. Blackmun voted to hear arguments in the case, but four votes are needed to grant such review. Connecticut courts placed an $8 million lien on Fernandez's property pending the outcome of the divorce case. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled last September that Barbara Fernandez should have her day in court to determine whether she is entitled to the family home in Greenwich, Conn. The state court said the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations does not give the ambassador immunity in the divorce case because the government of Mozambique issued a waiver permitting the Connecticut courts to dissolve the marriage. The state court said it did not have to decide whether Mrs. Fernandez would be entitled to sue for a property award even if there were no waiver. The Vienna treaty allows Mrs. Fernandez's ``claim for ownership of the family residence to be heard in this case,'' the state court said. ``It is for the trial court to determine whether to grant (her) title to the disputed real property.'' But the state court said Connecticut courts lack authority to award Mrs. Fernandez any support payments. Mrs. Fernandez said her husband has a net worth of more than $75 million and ``has admitted to being one of the richest men in Africa.'' The couple married in Arlington, Va., in 1961 and were separated in early 1985. In his Supreme Court appeal, Fernandez said the divorce suit also infringes on his diplomatic immunity by examining his private life. The trial judge will hear evidence about his health, his finances and the reasons for the divorce, Fernandez said. This will ``require the deepest intrusion into the ambassador's most personal affairs _ factors that would directly challenge the prestige and dignity of the diplomat,'' his lawyers said. Asked for their views, Justice Department lawyers said the court should reject Fernandez's appeal. The case is Fernandez vs. Fernandez, 88-1042. AP891106-0067 AP-NR-11-06-89 1036EST r a PM-Boeing 11-06 0318 PM-Boeing,0328 Neither Side Willing to Budge in Boeing Strike By ANDREA BLANDER Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) Neither side is willing to budge in the Machinists strike against the Boeing Co., which vowed not to make any new contract offers after union negotiators rejected its latest proposal. ``They have our best proposal. This is our final offer,'' Larry McKean, chief Boeing negotiator, said Sunday. ``Then they won't get any planes,'' countered Tom Baker, president of Machinists District Lodge 751. ``Boeing will find that our members are angry and determined not to be insulted and degraded by takeaways and phony number games.'' After six days of meetings with a federal mediator, talks collapsed Saturday when union negotiators rejected the last company offer. The strike began Oct. 4. Talks were not expected to resume anytime soon. ``Both sides need some time to make some pretty hard decisions,'' mediator Doug Hammond said. ``If they came back in the moods they're in now, they won't get anything done except to snipe at each other.'' McKean said the new contained improvements in lump sum payments, overtime and retirement benefits, but it had no more money than a proposed three-year pact rejected by the union Oct. 3. Baker said the union had no intention of putting the latest offer before its members because it would be rejected and ``putting it to a vote would only mean more anger.'' The Machinists represent about 57,800 workers, including 43,300 in the local district lodge, 12,000 in Wichita, Kan., 1,700 in Portland, Ore., and a few hundred at scattered sites in other states. McKean said an average 10 percent of those represented by the Machinists are crossing picket lines nationally, ranging from 4 percent in the Puget Sound area, where union membership is mandatory, to 34 percent in Wichita, where membership is voluntary under state law. Union leaders have maintained the figures are far lower. AP891106-0068 AP-NR-11-06-89 1038EST r w PM-Scotus-Punitive 11-06 0663 PM-Scotus-Punitive,650 Court Declines to Hear Alabama, Nevada Cases on Punitive Damages By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today passed up a chance to decide whether huge punitive-damage awards in personal-injury lawsuits may be unconstitutional. The court, with one dissenting vote, rejected appeals in two cases from Alabama and one from Nevada that raised the issue. Justice Byron R. White voted to hear arguments in all three cases, but four votes are needed to grant such review. The justices last June ruled, by a 7-2 vote, that such multimillion-dollar awards do not violate the Constitution's ban on excessive fines. But the decision left open the possibility that the awards may so exceed actual damages that they violate due-process rights. The clause says states may not deprive anyone of property without due process of law. Those wishing to limit punitive-damage awards say due process should prohibit unlimited jury discretion in civil cases. Left undisturbed were a $6 million judgment an insurance company was ordered to pay a Nevada stroke victim, a $2.75 million award to an Alabama woman whose teen-age daughter was killed in a car crash and a $500,000 award to an Alabama couple who bought a defective mobile home. In the Nevada case, Combined Insurance Co. of America had been ordered to pay $200,000 in compensatory benefits and $5.9 million in punitive damages to Thomas Ainsworth of Sparks. Ainsworth suffered a stroke in 1982 while undergoing an angiogram, in which dye is injected into the blood vessels to find out if they are blocked. Ainsworth had suffered from occasional dizzy spells. The insurance company was sued because it refused to pay a claim for $9,600 on grounds the stroke was caused by a disease _ the build-up of plaque in the arteries. Ainsworth's policy covered accidents but not diseases. A jury decided the stroke was the result of an accident, and the insurance company's refusal to pay caused Ainsworth and his wife cruel and unjust hardship. One of the Alabama cases stemmed from an 80-mile-per-hour drag race between Thomas Eugene Clardy and James K. Kervin in Montgomery in the early-morning hours of Aug. 30, 1986. Clardy, attempting to pass Kervin, swung his truck into the opposite lane and crashed head-on with Norma Hoffmann, 16. Clardy, who was drunk, and Ms. Hoffmann were killed. The girl's mother, Martha Hoffmann Sanders, sued Kervin and the estate of Clardy, who owned a real estate company. A jury awarded her $2.75 million in punitive damages. Clardy's widow, Debby, appealed. In the other Alabama case, Wayne and Carolyn Jaye bought a Vintage Enterprises mobile home in 1985 from a dealer in Opelika, Ala. The vehicle was made at a Vintage plant in Georgia. The Jayes said there were various problems with the mobile home, including a ceiling that needed to be replaced. The couple said some defects were remedied but other attempted repairs were inadequate. A jury in Alabama awarded the Jayes $20,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 to punish the manufacturer. Vintage Enterprises said the award forced it into bankruptcy and to shut down a plant in Henderson, N.C., where 150 people were employed. Business leaders have clashed for years with lawyers and consumer groups over the legitimacy of huge judgments in civil cases. Those who oppose the big-money awards say they squelch American competitiveness and development of new products, particularly new forms of medical treatment. Consumer activists say punitive damages are a powerful deterrent to corporate greed, which poses a threat to public safety and well-being. They say smaller compensatory awards may be viewed by larger corporations as an acceptable cost of doing business. Some state legislatures, reacting to soaring insurance rates, recently have put caps on how much money can be recovered in personal-injury cases. No such law was at issue in the cases acted on today. The cases are Combined Insurance Co. vs. Ainsworth, 89-282; Clardy vs. Sanders, 89-440; and Vintage Enterprises vs. Jaye, 89-456. AP891106-0069 AP-NR-11-06-89 1038EST r w PM-Scotus-Gas 11-06 0272 PM-Scotus-Gas,250 Court Allows Officials to Put Price Ceilings on Texas Natural Gas WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today allowed federal officials to place price ceilings on natural gas recovered from a vast underground reservoir in the Texas Panhandle. The court, without comment, rejected appeals by Texas state officials and gas producers who challenged orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. At issue were gas reserves under a panhandle area 124 miles long and 20 miles wide. The commission in 1984 identified 37 oil well operators it said were interfering with the interstate sale of gas found under the same land as the oil wells. Because of the underground formations in the Panhandle, oil well operators often must drill through gas-bearing rock to reach the lower-lying oil deposits. The commission said the oil well operators were taking gas intended for interstate sales and selling it within Texas for higher prices. The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 permits some hard-to-produce gas to be sold at higher prices to encourage gas production. The law requires gas previously committed to interstate commerce to be sold at lower prices. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates gas production in the state, joined the oil well operators in claiming the federal agency exceeded its authority and mistakenly classifed the Panhandle gas. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in April upheld the federal commission's orders, saying it found ``overwhelming support for the reasonableness'' of the agency's decisions. Bush administration lawyers urged the justices to leave the appeals court ruling undisturbed. The cases are Railroad Commission vs. FERC, 89-196, and Walker Operating Corp. vs. FERC, 89-394. AP891106-0070 AP-NR-11-06-89 1039EST r i PM-Afghanistan 11-06 0300 PM-Afghanistan,0309 Afghan Rebels Claim Government Casualties in Kandahar Fighting By BRYAN WILDER Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Afghan rebels today claimed they killed 15 government soldiers and wounded 11 others, including the son of a provincial governor, in an attack on the airport of the southeastern city of Kandahar. The insurgents killed an Afghan Army general during a separate attack on the airport. Official Radio Kabul, monitored in Islamabad, said Gen. Ali Akbar, the commander at Kandahar, was buried Sunday in Kabul, the Afghan capital. ``He was killed during face-to-face fighting with extremists,'' the radio said, referring to the U.S.-backed Moslem guerrillas. MIDIA, a news agency of Afghan rebels based in Pakistan, reported that guerrillas began a series of rocket attacks on the Kandahar airport on Oct. 29, wounding two Afghan generals. One of the generals wounded was Akbar, who later died. It identified the other wounded general only as Gen. Halim, military police chief of the province. It said the Kandahar chief of military intelligence, identified as Gen. Shamshuddin, also was wounded nearby by a mine planted by rebels. MIDIA today reported 15 more soldiers killed in another attack on the airport Friday. It said the wounded included the son of the provincial governor, Gen. Abdul Haq Ulumi. On Sunday, the agency reported that 11 officers and 18 enlisted men were killed when rebels attacked the large Shindand air base in western Farah province. It did not say when the attack occurred or give details. The guerrillas, backed mainly by the United States and Pakistan, are fighting to oust the Soviet-backed government in Kabul and replace it with an Islamic government. Soviet forces ended nine years of involvement in the civil war in February, but the guerrillas have yet to conquer a major Afghan city. AP891106-0071 AP-NR-11-06-89 1043EST r w PM-JudgesWar 1stLd-Writethru a0420 11-06 0924 PM-Judges War, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0420,900 Senate Moves Toward New `Judges War' as Bush Names Black Conservative Eds: Subs 5th graf, Civil rights, to include court to which Thomas nominated By MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans are bracing for a fierce fight over the nomination of black conservative Clarence Thomas as an appeals court judge, saying it could rekindle the so-called judges war that raged in the Reagan era. ``If they try to do to Clarence Thomas what they did to Bill Lucas and Bob Bork and you might as well throw in John Tower, then it's going to be all-out, bloody war,'' Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said after the nomination arrived in the Senate last week. Democratic senators are treading warily. ``I am one of those who has spoken out for more minority representation on the courts, but I don't want ideologues,'' says Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who, like Hatch, is on the Senate Judiciary Committee that will consider Thomas' nomination. ``Will he apply the law or will he apply his philosophy?'' Civil rights forces thus far have been holding their fire, but for months they have been building a thick dossier on Thomas and clearly are weighing an intensive fight to block his confirmation as a member of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. That would guarantee a return to the brand of political drama that flared last summer when the lawmakers killed the nomination of black Republican William Lucas to become the Justice Department's civil rights chief. Such fierce skirmishing between liberals and conservatives accompanied the nominations of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, Daniel Manion to the appeals bench and other judicial candidates during the Reagan administration. Behind the so-called judges war has been a fight for the philosophical tone of the federal courts, which grew more conservative in the eight years that Reagan appointees donned judicial robes. And President Bush can carry the change further as he fills 57 current vacancies on the federal bench. Actually, the administration's laggard pace in finding candidates has brought on a lull for most of this year. Bush has sent just 18 judicial nominations to the Senate this year, causing impatience even among Senate allies. Until the Thomas nomination, the only contested judicial nominee has been Vaughn Walker, a San Francisco attorney who antagonized gay rights groups and compounded his problems by waiting months to resign from a private club with a history of bias against women and blacks. Thomas offers fodder for a more dramatic conflict. He climbed out of childhood poverty in the rural South, graduated from Yale Law School and became a protege of Sen. John C. Danforth, R-Mo. However, the outspoken 41-year-old conservative has been a storm center since he became chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission more than seven years ago. A disciple of conservative economist Thomas Sowell, he says that government should enforce fairness but, in contrast to many black leaders, rejects any notion that government should compensate for the wrongs of the past. ``I adhere to the principle that individuals should be judged on the basis of individual merit and individual conduct,'' Thomas once said. ``No one should be rewarded or punished because of group characteristics.'' Civil rights advocates say inaction by Thomas has caused thousands of job discrimination cases to fall through the cracks. ``His actions as head of the EEOC ... suggest that he lacks the commitment to equal justice, the qualifications and the judicial temperament for a lifetime appointment to one of the nation's most important courts,'' a group of civil rights groups and labor unions told the Senate in a letter last week. Although the letter criticized Thomas, it did not call on senators to reject him but only to postpone their decisions until all the information is in. Republican senators are quick with reminders that Democrats and civil rights groups blocked the confirmation of Lucas. Lucas, in Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, rejected chances to criticize recent Supreme Court decisions limiting civil rights laws. His answers led Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., to drop his endorsement and a number of black officials were among Lucas' critics. After the nomination died, however, Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., and other GOP lawmakers complained that a black candidate deserved a better chance. The gesture amused civil rights leaders who remember Thurmond as a leading advocate of states' rights in the days of segregation. ``I've been listening to Sen. Thurmond for a long time,'' says NAACP lobbyist Althea Simmons. ``It's interesting to see that he is advocating for blacks when he has been just the opposite.'' She said the NAACP could announce its decision on Thomas within seven or eight days and that qualifications, not race, would be the sole criteria. ``Race has nothing to do with this nomination,'' said Nan Aron of the Alliance for Justice, a leading civil rights organization. ``Clarence Thomas has a record of being chair of the EEOC and he as chair was engaged in the enforcement of civil rights in this country, and it is that record that we must expect the committee will scrutinize carefully.'' The day after the White House sent the nomination to Capitol Hill, Danforth told the Senate that Thomas ``has one thing going against him and that is that he is a black lawyer of fairly conservative political and judicial philosophy. ``The interest groups that did a job on William Lucas in the Senate Judiciary Committee are mobilizing again to do a job on Clarence Thomas.'' AP891106-0072 AP-NR-11-06-89 1050EST r i PM-Britain-Politics 11-06 0624 PM-Britain-Politics,0643 Thatcher Says She'll Step Down After Next Election By LESLIE SHEPHERD Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has weakened her position and kicked off the race to succeed her by saying she plans to step down after winning another term, opposition leaders and political observers said. A pro-Thatcher newspaper today said she had merely stated the obvious and that her statements were no ``cause for astonishment.'' Mrs. Thatcher told The Sunday Correspondent in an interview published Sunday that she hoped to lead her Conservative Party to a fourth successive election but said it was unlikely she would try for a fifth. ``I think people would think it was time for someone else to carry the torch,'' she told the newspaper. The Sunday Times of London said in a commentary: ``Mrs. Thatcher has committed a colossal blunder.'' ``She has given the riders for the Tory succession their starting orders years in advance of the actual race,'' the newspaper said. The next election must be held by the summer of 1992, but it is expected Mrs. Thatcher will call it in 1991. Mrs. Thatcher, who turned 64 last month, has never previously made it clear in public when she plans to retire as party leader. She was elected in 1979, the first female prime minister in Europe, and won re-election in 1983 and in 1987, when she said she planned to ``go on and on.'' Earlier this year, Mrs. Thatcher overtook Liberal Lord Asquith's 1908-1916 tenure as prime minister to become Britain's longest continuously serving prime minister of the 20th century. Mrs. Thatcher's popularity is the lowest of any prime minister since opinion polls began in Britain 50 years ago, and senior colleagues have publicly admonished her to change her leadership style following the surprise resignation of her treasury chief, Nigel Lawson. Lord Callaghan, former Labor prime minister whom Mrs. Thatcher defeated in 1979, said her comments had ``considerably weakened her position.'' If her party wins the next election, it is expected Mrs. Thatcher would step down before her term ends to allow her successor to choose a time to call a new election. ``My guess is that the Tory party will want someone as leader who could take them through the next Parliament,'' Callaghan said. If Mrs. Thatcher resigns while in office, her successor elected by the party automatically becomes prime minister with approval of Queen Elizabeth II, but convention dictates that he or she seek a mandate in a general election as soon as possible. The Sunday Times speculated she would step down by 1994. Mrs. Thatcher would celebrate her 69th birthday that year and her husband, Denis, will be 79 and ``his age may have been a factor in her decision,'' the newspaper said. The newspaper predicted the opposition Labor Party will try to promote leader Neil Kinnock as ``the occupant-in-waiting of 10 Downing St., who is ready, able and willing to complete a full term.'' Kinnock called Mrs. Thatcher's comments ``the interview of someone preparing herself for quitting. Mentally, Margaret Thatcher is preparing herself for packing her bags.'' In an editorial today, the pro-Thatcher Daily Telegraph said Mrs. Thatcher was merely stating the obvious by indicating she would not seek a fifth term. ``Even were she not to fight a fifth election, Mrs. Thatcher could yet enjoy seven more years in charge,'' it said. ``By then she would be in her 70s, and her devoted husband a decade older ... Nonetheless, what other politician would be expected to entertain an inquiry about his or her intentions in seven years time? And can it really be a cause for astonishment that Mrs. Thatcher is unwilling to commit herself to political activity in her mid-70s and beyond?'' AP891106-0073 AP-NR-11-06-89 1105EST r w PM-Scotus-Fatality 11-06 0445 PM-Scotus-Fatality,420 Court to Decide on Double Jeopardy in New York Car Crash By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether a motorist who pleads guilty to drunken driving and related traffic offenses in a fatal car crash later may be prosecuted for homicide and assault. The court said it will hear an appeal by law enforcement officials seeking to prosecute Thomas J. Corbin in connection with an Oct. 3, 1987, accident on Route 55 in LaGrange, N.Y. The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, last July barred Corbin's prosecution on homicide and assault charges. The state court said such a prosecution would violate double-jeopardy protections. Corbin was accused of crossing a double yellow line and striking two other vehicles headed in the opposite direction. Brenda Dirago, who was driving one of the other cars, was killed. Corbin pleaded guilty 24 days later to drunken driving and driving on the wrong side of the road. He was fined and his driver's license was suspended for six months. The local judge who sentenced Corbin apparently was unaware someone had died in the crash. No one from the Dutchess County district attorney's office appeared in court when Corbin pleaded guilty or was sentenced for the traffic violations. Two days after the January 1988 sentencing, the district attorney's office learned what happened and won an indictment on various criminal charges, including negligent homicide and reckless assault. The New York State Court of Appeals threw out the indictment on grounds it violated Corbin's right against facing multiple prosecutions for the same offense. The state court said that while Corbin and his lawyer ``may have been less than forthcoming in their dealings with (the local judge) ... it certainly cannot be said the traffic infraction prosecution was conducted, or the conviction obtained, with the knowledge of the Dutchess County district attorney's office.'' The state court barred use of a state law aimed at preventing people from pleading guilty to minor offenses to escape prosecution for more serious crimes. That law is designed to apply to cases in which prosecutors are unaware or unable to inform judges of pending prosecutions for the more serious offenses, the state court said. The state court also relied in part on wording in a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that raised _ but did not answer definitively _ the double-jeopardy question in similar circumstances. In Corbin's case, the state court said, the prosecution stated in its charges that it intended to use the acts underlying the traffic offenses to prove negligent homicide and reckless assault. The case is Grady vs. Corbin, 89-474. AP891106-0074 AP-NR-11-06-89 1106EST r a PM-UndercoverEducator 1stLd-Writethru a0427 11-06 0779 PM-Undercover Educator, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0427,0797 School Supervisor Goes Undercover to Expose Cronyism Eds: SUBS 2nd graf to add time element on revelation of tapes. By LARRY McSHANE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) The talk in School District 27 was about hiring white Christians, not blacks or Jews. And providing patronage jobs. And cutting deals. Colman Genn, the school superintendent, taped all this talk with a recorder fastened to his back and a microphone stuck to his chest. The undercover educator's work, revealed at a hearing Oct. 23, led to the suspension of nine elected officials amid charges of patronage, racism and anti-Semitism in their Queens district. ``We need a system with people responsible for dealing with children instead of feeding off children,'' Genn said in explaining why he did what he did. ``Our children should not be seen as cash cows.'' Genn's colleagues say his students have always come first, ever since he came to the city's school system in 1958 as a gym teacher. As he moved up, Genn won raves for his work as principal of the Manhattan Center for Math and Science, an East Harlem specialty school that blossomed under his leadership. But things changed after he arrived in July 1987 at District 27, an area that includes the predominantly white Howard Beach and Breezy Point sections. Although more than half the district's students are black, the nine-member school board included a single black representative. Of the district's 1,690 teachers, 82.5 percent are white, above the city average of 70.7 percent, and its 35 principals include only a half-dozen blacks, below the city average. Under the city's decentralized system, 32 locally elected boards run the city's elementary and junior high schools. Few New Yorkers vote in school board elections; there is little media oversight of school board activities. Perhaps as a result, some boards have been exposed in recent years as fonts of corruption. Genn, 53, learned first-hand how district business was done during a March 1988 trip to Los Angeles for a convention. He was dining with local board members James Sullivan and Samuel Granirer when they laid it all out, Genn testified before a school commission last week. ``I was told that if I was a good boy and allowed them to handle the hiring and appointments, I would have a long life and tenure as superintendent,'' Genn recalled. An infuriated Genn approached the Joint Commission on Integrity in the Public Schools about the conversation. They persuaded him to surreptitiously tape his future talks with board members to expose what was going on. Genn _ although sometimes visibly nervous and sweating _ did just that, swapping PTA meetings for get-togethers with Sullivan, Granirer, board member Sal Stazzone and 10th-grade teacher Richard Lipkowitz. The contents of the tapes recorded between Feb. 6 and Oct. 13 made clear exactly what was important to some district officials. On one tape, Sullivan suggests creating a deputy superintendent post specifically for a black to quell minority hiring concerns. But he insisted the appointee be ``pliable ... I can't have a (expletive) Mau Mau. I don't need anybody beating the war drums.'' On another recording, Stazzone and Lipkowitz are heard discussing District 27 when the latter is suddenly struck with an absurd thought. ``I've never heard the word `children' or `education' enter into our discussions in the last few years,'' said Lipkowitz. ``With anybody,'' responded a laughing Stazzone. And on a third, Sullivan explained how he expected business to be done in the district: ``I'm a political leader, that's why I'm here. And I make sure my people get jobs.'' Genn's predecessor, Marvin Aaron, did his ``hiring out of a synagogue,'' Sullivan said on one of the tapes. The Queens district attorney and U.S. Attorney Andrew Maloney have received copies of the tapes for possible criminal prosecutions. Most of those involved have declined comment, but Sullivan asserted his innocence. ``I've always acted in the best interests of the children and the parents of School District 27,'' said Sullivan. The tapes were played when Genn testified before a commission hearing; a day later, acting schools Chancellor Bernard Mecklowitz suspended the board _ the fourth such move in the past three years in the city's troubled system. Although Genn feared a backlash and requested police protection, he has heard little but praise for his role. ```Colman Genn is a modern-day hero,'' said James Gill, head of the commission. ``He acted out of conscience. He didn't act to promote himself. That's what makes him a hero.'' ``I've received calls from kids I taught 25, 30 years ago,'' said Genn. ``Everybody was concerned but everybody was very positive.'' AP891106-0075 AP-NR-11-06-89 1107EST u i PM-LostShip 5thLd-Writethru 11-06 0587 PM-Lost Ship, 5th Ld-Writethru,a0499,0602 Two Crewman Rescued, 85 Crewmen Still Missing Eds: Leads with 9 grafs to add that crewmen were pulled from water, company official saying ship was safe. Pickup 5th pvs, `Unocal identified... By DAVID BRUNNSTROM Associated Press Writer SONGKHLA, Thailand (AP) The Thai navy today rescued two crewmen from the Gulf of Thailand after their American oil drilling ship capsized in a typhoon, but four other crewmen were found dead in the wreckage and 85 were missing, the company said. Six crew members have been rescued from the 362-foot Seacrest since it overturned early Saturday when Typhoon Gay swept through. The company said the search for survivors would continue. The American company's Thai subsidiary said two Thai crewmen were pulled from the water near the ship today after spending 50 hours equipped only with life jackets. They were undergoing medical treatment. Divers found four bodies in the wheelhouse area of the 5,373-ton vessel today.Two other bodies were found on the ship Sunday. Some oil workers and relatives of crewmen have said the vessel was too top-heavy to withstand high winds and seas and complained that the ship was not given enough warning of the typhoon. Graydon H. Laughbaum, president of Unocal Thailand, today told reporters the 10-year-old Seacrest was safe and had been inspected in March. ``For one thing, the eye of the typhoon passed directly over the Seacrest. The typhoon came up very suddenly,'' he said. A press release from Unocal said a management team from its Los Angeles headquarters had begun an investigation of the disaster. ``The group is looking into the accuracy and timeliness of the weather reporting and the action taken by Unocal Thailand and the Great Eastern Drilling and Services, Inc., the ship's operators, before, during and after Typhoon Gay hit the area,'' the release said. Unocal identified one of the dead recovered Sunday as Andrew Chalmers, a 28-year-old British field engineer. One of the four found today was identified as Kent Nolen, 27, an assistant driller from the United States. Thai fishermen on Sunday rescued four crewmen, indentified as an Indonesian and three Thais and reported in good condition. The fate of the other 85 crewmen from 13 countries was unknown. Aboard were 64 Thais, seven Americans, five Britons, four Australians, three Filipinos, three Singaporeans, two Malaysians, two Indonesians, two Canadians, two Danes, one West German, one New Zealander and one Norwegian. ``We will carry on with the search as long as we think there may be some people alive,'' said Boonrich Chaiyean, deputy commander of the Thai navy base at Sonkhla, the main base for the search and rescue operation. A Unocal press release said air was being pumped into the hull of the $15 million Seacrest, which might be towed once the underwater probe is completed. ``Unocal's sea rescue operations continued throughout the night,'' the press release said. ``Company helicopters and 10 aircraft and 12 vessels of the Thai navy joined the search at daybreak this morning.'' The Seacrest capsized in the gulf's Platong field, one of several being exploited for natural gas by Unocal. It is 270 miles south of Bangkok. After hitting the gulf, Typhoon Gay swept inland across the peninsula of southern Thailand, where at least 30 people were killed and extensive damage was reported in several provinces. About 30 fishing boats with an unknown number of crewmen aboard have been reported missing by the Thai navy. Local press reports said that the number of missing is in the hundreds. AP891106-0076 AP-NR-11-06-89 1111EST r p PM-Martin-Senate 11-06 0263 PM-Martin-Senate,0271 GOP Senate Candidate Formally Launches Campaign ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) Republican Lynn Martin, a five-term congresswoman and close ally of President Bush, today launched her bid to unseat one of the nation's best-known Democratic senators, Paul Simon. Martin, 49, formally began her campaign for the U.S. Senate more than four months after she announced her decision to take on Simon in next year's election. ``Illinois deserves better'' is the theme of her campaign, Martin said in an early morning speech at Greater Rockford Airport in the northern Illinois district she represents in Congress. Her departure began a six-city fly-around stint through Illinois. ``Illinois deserves better than a part-time senator who sees America through a rear-view mirror and wants to go back to the 1930s,'' said Martin. During his first Senate term, Simon crisscrossed the country in a failed bid for the 1988 Democratic nomination for president. The lawmaker said June 21 that she would challenge Simon, who upset incumbent GOP Sen. Charles Percy in 1984. She's since continued to jab at Simon on a number of issues, including defense spending and federal funding. GOP strategists have made Simon a top target for defeat in next year's Senate campaign, a decision that will bring extra money and campaign assistance for Martin. President Bush, who encouraged Martin to enter the Senate race, is scheduled to stump for her Nov. 20 in Chicago, and has promised to return to Illinois during next year's campaign. Martin seconded Bush's nomination at the 1988 Republican National Convention and served as national co-chairman of his presidential campaign. AP891106-0077 AP-NR-11-06-89 1122EST r a PM-InsuranceIndictment 11-06 0516 PM-Insurance Indictment,0532 Former Insurance Executive Pleads Innocent By JOSH LEMIEUX Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The former head of Transit Casualty Co., a high-risk insurer that left up to $4 billion in unpaid claims when it crumbled in 1985, has pleaded innocent to a charge of filing a false financial statement. George Pettengill Bowie, 64, Transit's former chairman and chief executive officer, entered the plea Thursday in Circuit Court after his indictment by a Cole County grand jury, county prosecutor Richard Callahan said Sunday. Transit's court-appointed liquidator, Burleigh Arnold, said Transit left $3 billion to $4 billion in unpaid claims in all 50 states from mainly corporate customers with high-risk insurance policies, including policies on race horses and toxic waste dumps. That made Transit the biggest property and casualty insurance failure ever in this country, said Michael Barrett Jr., staff director for the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which is probing the case. Callahan kept the indictment sealed until Sunday. The charge stems from the company's 1984 financial statement, which indicated a $21.9 million surplus when in fact Transit's records were ``incomplete, inaccurate, inauditable and in such a state that it was impossible to construct an accurate financial statement,'' the indictment said. The statement was filed with state regulators. ``Their records were so unreliable they shouldn't have filed anything,'' Callahan said. Bowie's lawyer, Arthur Margulis, said the 1984 statement was drawn up in compliance with Missouri law and industry practice. He said there was no intent to defraud. Nevertheless, Bowie resigned Friday as a partner in the law firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker because of the charge, Margulis said. Filing a false annual statement is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. No trial date has been set for Bowie, who is free on a $250,000 signature bond. Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder ordered the state to liquidate Transit in 1985. Transit obtained a Missouri charter in 1945 to sell liability policies for the transportation industry. In the 1960s, Beneficial Standard Corp. acquired Transit and moved its headquarters from St. Louis to Los Angeles. Though based in Los Angeles, the company maintained its Missouri charter, giving the state jurisdiction over its liquidation. Arnold and several regulators said Transit expanded rapidly in the early 1980s by giving its 17 managing general agents freedom to write high-risk policies. Agents wrote policies for satellites, horses and toxic waste dumps, among others, Arnold said. Transit found itself with a $15 million claim from Union Carbide Corp. for part of Carbide's liability in the 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India, that killed more than 2,500 people, Arnold said. Many of the managing general agents never kept adequate records and the company did not have a central computer to keep track of its policies. ``The way things were being done, there wasn't any way even Transit Casualty could know what was going on,'' said Donald Ainsworth, director of the Missouri Division of Insurance from 1981 to 1985. ``Policies were being written that were not being reported.'' AP891106-0078 AP-NR-11-06-89 1124EST u i PM-Namibia 11-06 0386 PM-Namibia,0396 Gunfire Forces Party's Plane Down On Eve of Election By LAURINDA KEYS Associated Press Writer WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) A small airplane hired by a political party crash-landed today after being hit by gunfire, but authorities reported mostly calm on the eve of an election leading to the end of a century of foreign rule. The single-engine plane chartered by the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, favored to place second among 10 parties, was hit by bullets over the northern region of Kavango, police said. The two men aboard were unhurt, and police launched a hunt for the attackers. Tuesday marks the start of a five-day, U.N.-supervised election for 72 seats in an assembly that will draft a constitution for Namibia when it becomes independent from South Africa next year. Fred Eckhard, chief spokesman for the U.N. monitoring force, said officials were nervous because ``there is a deep-seated mutual distrust on the part of the different parties.'' Eckhard agreed with other officials in describing the territory as generally tranquil, but added: ``The peace is a very fragile peace.'' Posters and television advertisements financed by U.N. and territorial officials have stressed that ballots will be secret and urged the 701,453 registered voters to ``vote without fear.'' The overwhelming favorite to win the most votes among the 10 parties is the South-West Africa People's Organization, or SWAPO, which waged a 23-year war against South African rule. If SWAPO wins win two-thirds of the votes, it will be allowed to draft a constitution without compromising with other parties. SWAPO's leading rival is the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, a multiracial coalition that participated in a South African-installed transitional government. The Organization of African Unity, which backs SWAPO, issued a statement today urging Namibians ``to vote decisively ... to rid this country and its people of the agony of colonialism, degradation and servitude.'' South Africa captured Namibia from the Germans in 1915 and agreed last year to grant independence as part of a regional treaty that also calls for the phased withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, Namibia's northern neighbor. Angola's official news agency today reported that U.N. officials have confirmed the withdrawl of all Cuban troops from southern Angola below the 13th parallel, in accordance with the treaty. Angola is to be free of Cuban soldiers by July 1, 1991. AP891106-0079 AP-NR-11-06-89 1127EST u a PM-CatholicBishops 2ndLd-Writethru a0524 11-06 0820 PM-Catholic Bishops, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0524,0837 Catholic Bishops' Head Calls For New Anti-Abortion Push Eds: SUBS 2nd graf to show speech delivered. LaserPhoto BA1 By DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press Writer BALTIMORE (AP) The president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops today issued a rallying cry to end abortion on demand in a speech celebrating the bicentennial of the Catholic hierarchy. In a speech opening the fall meeting of the bishops' conference, Archbishop John May of St. Louis paid respect to the nation's democratic traditions and said the Roman Catholic Church must exercise its right to express its opinion on abortion. ``Don't forget the baby. That's all the Catholic Church is saying to America,'' said May in what was also his farewell address as conference president. Leaders of the nation's largest religious denomination are scheduled to discuss statements on abortion, the Middle East and AIDS and elect a new president during the four-day meeting. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, conference vice president, is expected to be elevated to the presidency, while nine other archbishops vie for the vice presidency. The bishops on Sunday celebrated a special bicentennial Mass in the Basilica of the Assumption, the nation's oldest cathedral, marking the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Baltimore and the appointment of the Rev. John Carroll, on Nov. 6, 1789, as the first U.S. Catholic bishop. In his speech, May said Americans need to hear the 53 million-member church's voice on issues ranging from the Middle East to poverty, but the one issue where ``clear-cut moral principle stands tall above all else'' is abortion. If someone were to propose dropping any 6-month-old baby who seemed to be a burden to the family into the Baltimore Harbor, May said, people would be aghast. ``What is the difference between a child a few months after birth and a child a few months before?'' May said. The nation's approximately 300 Catholic bishops will take up the abortion issue Tuesday, when debate is scheduled on a proposal calling on Catholics to give ``urgent attention and priority'' to the issue. In his talk, May also praised a proposed document on the Middle East as an example of the ``American way'' of reaching agreement by discussion and consensus. On Sunday, a bishops' committee announced some last-minute revisions in its Mideast statement, which had been criticized by Jewish groups. The criticism of the draft statement by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Middle East said the proposal went too far for calling on Israel to negotiate directly with Palestinians over ``territory and sovereignty.'' The revisions added a statement that there must be negotiated limits to the exercise of Palestinian sovereignty to protect Israel's security. It also noted that Israel has been the victim of acts of terrorism by groups aligned with the Palestinian cause. ``It is our conviction that a truly open moment for peace exists in the Middle East,'' said the committee made up of Archbishop Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, Cardinal John O'Connor of New York and Archbishop William Keeler of Baltimore. The revised document, ``Toward Peace in the Middle East: Perspectives, Principles and Hopes,'' also adds a call for the release of all hostages held in Lebanon. The statement on AIDS came after an earlier document approved by the conference's administrative board came under attack. The document was criticized for giving conditional approval to condom education in public schools as long as sexual abstinence outside of marriage was presented as the only ``medically correct and morally sure way'' to prevent AIDS. The drafters of the first document _ ``The Many Faces of AIDS: A Gospel Response'' _ said it showed a willingness to work with people of other faiths and a recognition that condoms may save some lives when used by individuals who could not be persuaded to change their sexual habits. But some bishops said it would be misinterpreted as condoning artificial birth control and sex outside marriage. The proposed statement _ ``Called to Compassion _ A Response to the HIV-AIDS Crisis'' _ attacks condom education as a ``quick-fix'' approach, and urges that youngsters be taught chastity instead. Mahony, chairman of the commitee that drafted the second statement, said bishops never have indicated a willingness to compromise on Catholic teaching to become more influential in the public policy debate. ``Even to start down that road is fraught with difficulties,'' he said. With church custom dictating Pilarczyk's succession of Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis as president of the bishop's conference, interest has turned toward the vice-presidential election. The candidates who have agreed to be nominated are Archbishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, Keeler, Mahony, Archbishop Eugene A. Marino of Atlanta, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of Denver, Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala., Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera of Dubuque, Iowa, and Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville, Ky. AP891106-0080 AP-NR-11-06-89 1133EST u w PM-S&LStandards 11-06 0489 PM-S&L Standards,480 Government Imposes Tough Capital Standards on S&Ls With PM-S&L Convention By JOHN D. McCLAIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The government today announced tough new capital standards designed to reduce further failures of savings and loan institutions. ``These new standards will require savings institutions to become stronger and will thereby reduce the exposure of the federal deposit insurance fund to losses,'' said M. Danny Wall, director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. The OTS, created by the savings and loan bailout law passed by Congress last summer, estimated that 800 thrift institutions with assets totaling $600 billion would not be able to meet the capital requirements immediately. Those failing to comply will have immediate grwoth restrictions imposed on them by the OTS and will be required to develop capital restoration plans detailing the steps they will take to meet the new standards. The announcement was made as James Barth, OTS chief economist, told an S&L industry group in Chicago that thrift institutions lost at least $2.5 billion in the July-September quarter, likely the best performance in a year. Anticipating the new standards, many thrifts have been selling assets and reducing their size recently and the OTS said many of them will be able to meet the new requirements by the time they take effect on Dec. 7. A key provision in the reform bill requires S&L owners to risk more of their own capital as a buffer between losses and government deposit insurance funds. The standards require S&Ls to keep in reserve at least 1.5 percent tangible capital, 3 percent core capital and meet a risk-based capital requirement. Tangible capital consists of common stock plus retained earnings but excluding most intangible assets such as goodwill. Core capital consists of tangible capital plus goodwill. Goodwill is an accounting term referring to the amount above actual cash value paid by an investor for a troubled thrift. Risk-based capital consists of 8 percent of the value of risk-weighted assets when the new rule is fully phased in. ``The minimum capital for the credit risk component _ the risk of a loan not being repaid _ is calculated by multiplying the value of each asset (including off-balance-sheet commitments) by one of five risk factors and holding 8 percent of the result as the minimum required capital,'' the OTS said. It said the five risk categories range from zero percent for cash to 200 percent for certain delinquent loans and repossessed property. For example, it said, a typical home mortgage has a risk factor of 50 percent. Thus, the minimum required capital on a $100,000 home mortgage loan would be calculated by multiplying $100,000 by 50 percent and the resulting $50,000 by 8 percent, resulting in $4,000 risk capital. The risk-based capital requirement was described as the ``most important'' of the three standards which will make S&L standards ``no less stringent'' than those imposed on the commercial banking industry. AP891106-0081 AP-NR-11-06-89 1134EST r w PM-Scotus-JobBias 11-06 0439 PM-Scotus-Job Bias,430 Court to Decide Job Bias Case from Illinois By RICHARD CARELLI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether lawsuits charging employers with violating a key federal anti-bias law must be filed in federal, rather than state, courts. The justices said they will review a $27,000 judgment won by a Chicago Ridge, Ill., woman against the Yellow Freight System Co., the trucking company she works for. Lawyers for Yellow Freight are urging the justices to rule that Coleen Donnelly waited too long before filing a lawsuit invoking a federal law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that bars on-the-job discrimination. Mrs. Donnelly's lawsuit invoked the federal law within a required 90-day deadline but the case at that time was in an Illinois state court. Lawyers for Yellow Freight said that does not meet the deadline requirement because, its appeal contends, federal courts have exclusive authority to hear Title VII cases. Some federal appeals courts have ruled that such suits must be filed in federal court, but the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state courts have co-existing authority to hear Title VII cases. The 7th Circuit court noted that Congress, in passing Title VII, did not say whether lawsuits invoking the law must be filed in federal court. ``Unless Congress includes ... an explicit statement vesting jurisdiction exclusively in federal court, state courts may presume that they share jurisdiction concurrently with the federal courts over a federal cause of action,'' the appeals court said. Mrs. Donnelly applied to Yellow Freight for a job as a dockworker in October 1982. Although the company was not hiring at the time, Mrs. Donnelly was told she would be the next dockworker hired. Although Yellow Freight began hiring dockworkers again in February 1983, Mrs. Donnelly was told repeatedly that the company was not hiring. She was hired 18 months after the February 1983 start-up of hiring. Mrs. Donnelly in early 1985 filed charges with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging sexual bias in Yellow Freight's delay in hiring her. The commission issued a right-to-sue notice on March 15, 1985 _ triggering a 90-day deadline. Mrs. Donnelly sued in state court within the deadline. But her original lawsuit did not allege a Title VII violation, only a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The suit later was amended to include allegations of a Title VII violation. After Yellow Freight had the case transferred to federal court, Mrs. Donnelly was awarded $27,656.6l in back pay and prejudgment interest. The case is Yellow Freight System vs. Donnelly, 89-431. AP891106-0082 AP-NR-11-06-89 1140EST d a PM-BRF--Coke-Schools 11-06 0206 PM-BRF--Coke-Schools,0217 Coca-Cola Announces $50 Million Program of Education Grants For '90s ATLANTA (AP) The Coca-Cola Co. announced today it will give $50 million over the next 10 years to improve education, shifting its philanthropic priorities in order to concentrate on the nation's schools. Improving the schools has become such a major issue that the philanthropic foundation wanted to concentrate its efforts only in that direction, officials at the Atlanta-based company said. Programs for minority students will be emphasized. In the past, the Coca-Cola Foundation has donated money to other causes, such as health and the arts, as well as education. The first specific grants under the program include: _$5 million to historically black colleges and universities in Atlanta. _$2 million to the United Negro College Fund for schools outside Atlanta. _$2 million to the University System of Georgia for projects to improve public elementary and high schools in the state. _$2 million for Hispanic education including literacy programs in Texas, California and Florida. _$1 million to the University of Notre Dame for minority faculty development. _$300,000 to Georgetown University for international business education. _$360,000 for a program in which high school seniors are designated as ``mentors'' to help freshmen get along in school. AP891106-0083 AP-NR-11-06-89 1142EST u a PM-S&LConvention 2ndLd-Writethru a0535 11-06 0977 PM-S&L Convention, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0535,950 Eds: Inserts new 7th graf, In Washington, with tougher capital standards announced By DAVE SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) The nation's savings and loans lost at least $2.5 billion in the July-September quarter, a large loss but still likely the best performance in a year, a government economist said today. James Barth, chief economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision, said preliminary figures indicate that S&L red ink will be at its lowest point since a $1.8 billion loss in the third quarter of 1988. Thrifts last year lost a record $13.4 billion. Official figures for the July-September period of this year will not be released until next month, but if Barth's projection proves correct, losses for the first nine months of this year will total $9.7 billion, on track for a slight improvement for all of 1989. Barth, speaking at the annual convention of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, said losses in the latest quarter were concentrated heavily in the approximately 260 institutions under government control, although the rest of the industry also lost money. He attributed the reduction to government steps to close or rescue failed S&Ls and said he expected the decline in losses to continue. ``The fact that we've gotten rid of a lot of institutions ... suggests that the numbers should get smaller over time,'' Barth said. In Washington, meantime, the thrift supervision office announced toughened capital standards designed to prevent further S&L failures. It estimated that 800 thrifts with assets totaling $600 billion would not be able to meet the new requirements when they take effect Dec. 7 and would be subject to restrictions on growth. In September, the industry continued to shed assets for the fourth consecutive month in an effort to meet new capital standards going into effect next month, Barth said. Institutions reduced their portfolios by about $15 billion, up from a record $13.4 billion shrinkage in August, he said. Deposit outflows totaled about $9 billion, up from $5.1 billion in August and close to the record $10.8 billion in January, he said. Meanwhile, S&L executives, looking back on their industry's most turbulent year in five decades, are wondering if they fought a little too hard to wrap themselves in the American dream of home ownership. When leaders of the league mapped strategy last year for the debate on a taxpayer bailout of the industry, they decided their key argument would be that S&Ls are needed to finance housing. Congress listened. Legislation enacted Aug. 9 authorized $50 billion to rescue or close an estimated 500 failed S&Ls. However, it also required the survivors to devote more of their assets to home lending. Starting July 1991, 70 percent of thrift assets must be in housing, up from 60 percent currently. As S&L executives gathered today for the 97th annual convention of the industry's oldest and largest trade group, the 70 percent requirement was the top item on a list of changes they want Congress to make in the three-month-old bailout bill. ``We think this may have gotten us into the overkill area,'' said league President Frederick L. Webber. ``It's a classic example of getting killed by a myth,'' said Bert Ely, a financial institutions analyst in Alexandria, Va. ``They bought their own propaganda and now they're choking on it.'' The problem is that the new rules are taking effect as advancing technology makes it easier for competitors to enter the mortgage market and on the eve of a decade expected to see the housing sector weaken in response to the aging of the Baby Boom generation. James W. Christian, chief economist of the league, estimated that new households in the 1990s will require 12 million to 13 million new housing units, down from 15 million units in the 1980s and 17.5 million units in the 1970s. ``However you varnish it ... weak aggregate demand for housing ... is going to be part of the picture of the 1990s,'' he wrote recently. According to Ely, technology has split the home financing business into three parts: mortgage funding, mortgage servicing and mortgage origination. Insurance companies and pension funds are taking over the funding part by purchasing securities from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, large congressionally chartered companies that buy mortgages to back the securities they sell. Since anyone can sell a mortgage to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S&Ls now must compete for origination business against commercial banks and private mortgage companies. And, because most thrifts are too small to compete effectively against large, computerized mortgage-servicing operations, which collect homeowners' monthly payments, they are losing that part of the business as well, Ely said. Webber, however, said, ``We are confident ... there will be a successful thrift industry provided we can correct some of the more onerous parts of'' the S&L bill. Among the other changes the group wants: _A reduction in the industry's contribution to the bailout. The 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks, which are industry owned and provide low-cost loans to member S&Ls, ar being tapped for $2.6 billion in retained earnings through 1991. And, they're supposed to contribute $300 million a year to help pay the interest on government borrowing for the bailout. _An increase in the limit on loans to one lender. The bill cuts the limit from 100 percent of capital to 15 percent. Under the old standard, one default could push an S&L into insolvency. But Webber said 15 percent may be too stringent and suggested something between the two figures would be more appropriate. _Equal deposit insurance premiums for both thrifts and commercial banks. Both types of institutions will have to pay more for deposit insurance. But the thrift rate will be higher than the bank rate until 1998 when both types of institutions will pay 15 cents for every $100 in deposits. AP891106-0084 AP-NR-11-06-89 1146EST r i PM-GreenhouseMeeting 11-06 0310 PM-Greenhouse Meeting,0319 Conference on Reducing Greenhouse Effect Opens By ROLAND DE LIGNY Associated Press Writer NOORDWIJK, Netherlands (AP) Environmental leaders from around the world began meeting today with the goal of persuading industrialized nations to commit themselves to measures to stop the potentially catastrophic greenhouse effect. The Dutch, the hosts of the two-day 68-nation conference, hope participating nations will commit themselves to stabilizing emissions of greenhouse-related gases by the end of the century. The greenhouse effect is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the atmposphere. The warming could eventually turn fertile land into deserts and flood densely populated coastal plains. Experts believe that to stop the effect, a major reduction is needed of emissions of greenhouse-causing gases, particularly carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, known as CFCs, methane, and nitrous oxides. But a number of nations are unwilling to commit themselves to such measures for now and say this conference is not the proper forum for such commitments. They want to postpone formal discussions until a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Washington next year. A draft communique calls for ``recognition of the need to stabilize (emissions) by the year 2000 and to develop policy tools to achieve that goal.'' The United States, Britain and Japan had opposed the communique but on Sunday agreed to reopen talks on the issue, according to Marjan van der Giezen, a spokeswoman for the Dutch Environment Ministry. ``It looks as if we might succeed in keeping those three aboard,'' Ms. Van der Giezen told The Associated Press. Participation of major industrialized nations in the fight against the greenhouse effect is ``essential,'' according to Pier Vellinga, the Dutch Environment Ministry's key expert in climate policy. In all, developed nations in the northern hemisphere _ including the East bloc _ produce 65 percent of all greenhouse-related emissions, Vellinga said. AP891106-0085 AP-NR-11-06-89 1151EST u w PM-Bush-Nixon 11-06 0374 PM-Bush-Nixon,370 Ex-President Briefs Bush on China Trip By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush had dinner with former President Nixon at Sunday to hear a report on Nixon's just-concluded trip to China, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said today. During his trip, Nixon had urged the United States and China to put aside differences and resume normal relations despite lingering tensions from the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy forces. ``The president (Bush) found those views quite interesting and productive but our general policy has not changed,'' Fitzwater told reporters. ``We do want to preserve the relationship and ... as events proceed we will continue to consider possible actions that would change our relationship.'' The White House dinner had not been announced in advance. After the meeting, Nixon returned to New York. Other dinner guests included Vice President Dan Quayle, Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, deputy national security adviser Robert Gates, CIA Director William Webster, White House chief of staff John Sununu and Michel Oksenberg, a China scholar and a member of Nixon's entourage. Fitzwater also disclosed that Bush met at Camp David, Md., on Saturday with officials from the CIA, State Department and National Security Council to receive the first in a series of briefings to prepare for his Dec. 2-3 shipboard meeting in the Mediterranean with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev off the coast of Malta. He said Bush also would hold talks with experts outside of the government. ``The president will be extremely well prepared as evidenced by the first meeting ... and many to come. We know what we want out of it,'' Fitzwater said. ``We know what we want to say. We want out of it a good conversation that illumniates the policies on both sides.'' While the United States has been trying to keep expectations low, the Soviets have taken a different tact. Soviet spokesman Gennady Gerasimov suggested the talks would lead to the end of the Cold War. Fitzwater deflected questions about that comment by jokingly saying, ``Well you've got to be a little careful (about) old Gennady. He's pretty smooth. Sometimes his unfamiliarity with the language kind of overstates things. We're on the right track.'' AP891106-0086 AP-NR-11-06-89 1156EST u i PM-Israel 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0503 PM-Israel, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0463,0519 Israel Says It Accepts U.S. Plan But Wants Assurances EDS: Leads with 5 grafs to ADD U.S. response. Pickup 3rd pvs, `The vote... By LOUIS MEIXLER Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) The decision-making inner Cabinet has accepted an American plan for preliminary Israeli-Palestinian talks but demanded written U.S. assurances on several points, including that PLO members be excluded. ``Without these assurances, we will not enter into these talks,'' said Yossi Ahimeir, a spokesman for Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. The Bush administration welcomed the action and called on Egypt and the Palestinians to respond promptly. ``We still think there's a lot of work to be done, but we think it's a positive sign in terms of moving the process forward,'' said presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. Despite Israeli demands for U.S. assurances on various points, Fitzwater said the Cabinet's decision ``provides further impetus for an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue.'' The vote came 10 days before Shamir plans to visit the United States to meet with Jewish groups and senators. He hopes to meet with President Bush, but the two sides have not yet agreed upon a meeting. The inner Cabinet voted Sunday 9-3 to accept the plan designed by Secretary of State James A. Baker III. Finance Minister Shimon Peres, who leads the left-of-center Labor party, welcomed the decision, saying it will keep the United States involved in the search for peace. ``I think this has great significance because we prevented the loss of America as part of the peace process,'' Peres said on Israel Television. Israeli media reports had said the United States might put Middle East peace efforts aside for other issues if Baker's peace offer were rejected. Ahimeir said Israel will ask for six assurances. He said Israel wants guarantees there will be no talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization and that talks be limited to Israel's elections proposal, which offers limited autonomy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Baker's offer calls for an Israeli-Palestinian meeting to break a stalemate over the stalled Israeli plan, first announced six months ago. Israel Television said another of the six assurances was that Washington would support Israel if it left the talks because ground rules were violated. Peres and a spokesmen for Shamir said Israel expects the U.S. assurances in writing. Sunday's Cabinet vote was unanimously supported by Labor's six ministers but created a split in its coalition partner, Shamir's right-wing Likud bloc. Those ministers voted 3-3. Likud hard-liners say the Baker plan will lead to indirect negotiations with the PLO. ``The move will bring disaster,'' Industry and Trade Minister Ariel Sharon said on Israel radio. In Cairo, the PLO's executive committee announced it had ``crystalized a united position'' on the Baker plan, but members would not say if the organization accepted or rejected the proposal. Should the PLO approve the plan, the next step would be for Baker to meet with Egyptian and Israeli officials to work out the composition of a Palestinian delegation acceptable to Israel. AP891106-0087 AP-NR-11-06-89 1216EST r i AM-BRF--Algeria-Quake 11-06 0155 AM-BRF--Algeria-Quake,0159 Six Injured by Aftershocks in Algeria ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) An apartment building housing three families collapsed during earthquake aftershocks and injured six people, the Algerian news agency reported Monday. The building was in the famed Casbah section of the Algerian capital, where many older structures suffered heavy damage in a severe earthquake Oct. 29. Six aftershocks struck the North African country Saturday and Sunday, registering from 3.5 to 4.2 on the Richter scale. The building fell Sunday, the agency said. Many residents of the Casbah fled their homes to camp in the open air Saturday night, the agency said, fearful of the aftershocks. A quake measuring 6 on the Richter scale struck Oct. 29 and was followed 12 minutes later by one measuring 4.8 on the scale. The quakes killed 26 people and injured at least 450, causing heavy damage to towns and villages east of Algiers along the Mediterranean coast. AP891106-0088 AP-NR-11-06-89 1216EST r i AM-France-Scarves 11-06 0306 AM-France-Scarves,0315 Teachers Spurn Moslem Girls Wearing Scarves CREIL, France (AP) About 60 junior high school teachers took a unanimous stand Monday against allowing three Moslem girls wearing headscarves in class. The vote came as students returned to school after a holiday weekend that featured a new attempt by the government to end a debate pitting freedom of religious expression against laws separating church and state. After the teachers shut them out of the classrooms, Leila and Fatima Athaboun and Samira Saipali went to the school library to sit out the day as they have done since the dispute began in mid-October. The girls have refused pleas from Principal Ernest Chenieres to remove the ``hijab'' covering head, neck and ears, which they say Islamic law orders them to wear in public. Chenieres maintains the scarves are potent religious symbols that amount to proselytizing, banned by French law from the public school system. The issue of wearing religious symbols in school has been emotionally charged since the 19th century, when advocates of a secular school system free from the influence of the Roman Catholic Church won a bitter fight. On Saturday, Education Minister Lionel Jospin said he would seek an advisory opinion from the Council of State, which rules on constitutional issues but can be asked for advice on any topic the government chooses. Jospin has been criticized from within his governing Socialist Party and elsewhere for a decision that authorities should discuss the issue with students and parents to persuade them to remove the scarves. If persuasion fails, Jospin said, students must attend classes, scarves or not. His decision to ask the Council of State for a judgment was supported Sunday by Premier Michel Rocard. Islam is the second-largest religion in France, with more than 3 million adherants in a population of 55 million. AP891106-0089 AP-NR-11-06-89 1216EST r i AM-BRF--Bangladesh-Strike 11-06 0175 AM-BRF--Bangladesh-Strike,0181 Anti-Gov't Strike Leaves 265 Injured DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Workers clashed during an anti-government strike called by opposition parties to demand free elections, and 265 people were injured, news reports said Monday. Police arrested 115 people during the strike on Sunday. The strike, the 61st this year, also called for an end to President Hussain Muhammad Ershad's 7-year-old government. Police said worst violence occurred at state-run Adamjee Jute Mills, near Dhaka, where pro- and anti-strike workers clashed. At least 150 workers were injured and 30 of them were hospitalized. The jute mill is the country's largest and employs 200,000 people. In Dhaka, a city of 6 million people, police used batons to break up a street play, a satire on Ershad, who seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1982. At least 15 people were injured, witnesses said. Ershad has rejected opposition demand to step down and order new elections. Police said at least 100 people were injured during clashes among rival political groups in the cities of Chittagong and Khulna. AP891106-0090 AP-NR-11-06-89 1217EST r i AM-China-Markets 11-06 0284 AM-China-Markets,0294 Beijing Ends Campaign Against Illegal Street Trade BEIJING (AP) Authorities have shut down dozens of black markets in the capital, exposed thousands of illegal street traders and confiscated thousands of pornographic books in a 100-day campaign, a newspaper said Monday. The campaign unearthed 110,000 unlawful businesses and gained the government $567,000 in taxes and fines, the newspaper said. It said 36 black markets were closed down and 500 ``unlawful cliques,'' many dealing in fake or inferior goods, were disbanded. Among the main targets of the cleanup were privately owned hair salons, bars, cigarette booths, street billiard operators, black market money-changers and unlicensed street traders. The paper said the campaign, part of a nationwide drive against pornography, netted 820,000 copies of books, magazines and albums. It also appeared linked to moves initiated by the government's current conservative leadership to control private enterprise. Authorities stress that private enterprise will continue to play a supplementary role in China's socialist economy, but since the June crackdown on the pro-democracy movement and subsequent purge of reformers, advocates of market-oriented private trade have been on the defensive. Many private businesses or small collectives have halted operations because of increased taxes or inability to get credit, energy or raw materials because the government now gives priority to state-run enterprises. Before the campaign, Beijing officials had expressed concern over what they described as a rampant increase in unlicensed business activities. The report also said officials had persuaded 80,000 rural laborers, who operate many of the free market street stalls, to return to their hometowns. It said similar campaigns will be repeated to provide a ``clean and fresh atmosphere'' for the Asian Games in Beijing next September and October. AP891106-0091 AP-NR-11-06-89 1217EST r i AM-Angola 11-06 0217 AM-Angola,0222 U.N. Confirms Cuban Withdrawal From Southern Angola With AM-Namibia LISBON, Portugal (AP) United Nations officials say all Cuban troops have withdrawn from southern Angola below the 13th parallel in accordance with an agreement signed in December, Angolan media reported Monday. Brazilian Gen. Pericles Ferreira Gomes said Saturday he was satisfied with the withdrawal after inspecting former Cuban bases in Namibe, Huila and Cuando-Cubando provinces south of the parallel that runs along Angola's central highlands, said a report from ANGOP, the official Angolan news agency. Ferreira Gomes, who heads the U.N. monitoring mission, said last week that half the 50,000 Cuban troops helping the Angolan government in a 14-year civil war against U.S.-backed UNITA rebels had left Angola ahead of the deadline set by the December agreement signed by Cuba, Angola and South Africa. All Cuban troops are due out by July 1, 1991, under the agreement that also calls for a halt to South African aid to UNITA and commits Pretoria to granting independence to Angola's southern neighbor, Namibia. The Cuban pullout began in January when the first 3,000 Cubans left Luanda. UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, has been fighting to share power since a Marxist government took power in Luanda after Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975. AP891106-0092 AP-NR-11-06-89 1231EST r a AM-SpaceShuttle 11-06 0255 AM-Space Shuttle,0260 Space Shuttle Managers Meet to Select Discovery Launch Date CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Space shuttle Discovery will be launched in two weeks on a military mission if NASA officials turn up no problems during a two-day flight review that began Monday. The space agency has been aiming for a Nov. 20 liftoff, but shuttle managers admit the schedule is tight to complete all necessary work. They will set a date Tuesday after assessing the readiness of all flight hardware, ground support and worldwide tracking operations. Because the military payload in Discovery's cargo bay is classified, the Defense Department and NASA have revealed very little about the mission. Officials plan to announce a four-hour launch period on the selected day and will make the countdown public with just nine minutes remaining. Sources close to the project report the announced launch period will be between 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., making this only the third after-dark shuttle launch in 32 missions. The sources also report the payload is a $300 million 2{-ton satellite called SigInt, for signal intelligence, which is to monitor Soviet missile tests and eavesdrop on selected military and diplomatic communications. A similar satellite was launched by another Discovery astronaut crew in 1985. The flight is expected to last four days. The crew for the upcoming flight are Air Force Col. Frederick C. Gregory, the commander; Air Force Col. John Blaha, the pilot; and three mission specialists, Navy Capt. Manley L. Carter Jr., F. Story Musgrave and Kathryn C. Thornton. AP891106-0093 AP-NR-11-06-89 1243EST r i AM-Japan-Lifestyle 11-06 0267 AM-Japan-Lifestyle,0274 Poll: Japanese Believe Their Lives Getting Harder TOKYO (AP) Despite Japan's reputation as a wealthy country, about one in three Japanese says making a living is getting harder, according to a poll released Monday. The poll revealed that 32 percent said their lives had become harder in the past year, while only 3.3 percent thought their lives had become easier. This represented a nearly nine percentage point increase in the number of people saying their lives had become harder this year. About 65.5 percent of those who said their lives had become harder said they felt they could no longer live comfortably. While 63.1 percent of those polled said they were satisfied with their lives, 35.9 percent were not. The survey also showed that the number who said they were satisfied has been decreasing since 1986. The poll revealed that many people still dislike the consumption tax, a new value-added tax that was instituted in April. More than 60 percent said they thought opportunists were using the tax to raise prices. In response to a question on what issue they most wanted the government to handle during the coming year, however, most did not choose the tax issue. The most popular response was social welfare programs at 38 percent. Only 34.7 percent chose the tax issue, a fall of 6.2 percent from last year. It was the 35th ``Opinion Poll on the Life of the Nation,'' which was conducted by the prime minister's office in May. A total of 10,000 men and women across the country were polled, of whom 77.4 percent responded. AP891106-0094 AP-NR-11-06-89 1230EST u p PM-ElectionsRdp 1stLd-Writethru a0477 11-06 1177 PM-Elections Rdp, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0477,1120 Democrats Sound Confident in Races in Virginia, New Jersey, New York Eds: Top 8 grafs new update with developments, Giuliani clarifying statement; picks up at pvs 6th graf, The two; deletes last 2 grafs to shorten By DONALD M. ROTHBERG AP Political Writer Democrats L. Douglas Wilder and James Florio, striving to give their party a gubernatorial election sweep on Tuesday, brushed aside favorable polls today and appealed for a strong turnout as the off-year campaign wound down on a lingering negative note. ``The only polls that count are the polls taken tomorrow,'' said Wilder when asked about a survey that said he was nine points ahead of Republican J. Marshall Coleman in the race for governor of Virginia. ``Turnout is very important,'' said Wilder, bidding to becomne the first black elected governor of any state. Coleman also sounded optimistic, saying, ``Republicans can taste this victory. The force is with us.'' In New Jersey, Rep. Florio greeted morning commuters in Newark and vowed to campaign as if his race with Republican Rep. James Courter for the governorship were considered a tossup. The Democratic candidate was fighting overconfidence after a poll that said he was leading Courter by 24 points. A Florio victory would give the Democrats a governorship held by Republican Thomas Kean for eight years. The Virginia and New Jersey races as well as the contest for mayor of New York City were marked by a succession of negative commercials that had party leaders suggesting it was time to look for a way to tone down the attacks. Republican Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday that if he is elected mayor of New York he will order an investigation of Democrat David Dinkins' finances. Dinkins, bidding to be the first black mayor of the nation's largest city, responded that former U.S. attorney Giuliani ``just can't get the prosecutor out of himself.'' Today, Giuliani amended his statement by saying Dinkins should be investigated. ``It is not the function of the mayor to investigate. Of course, that will be up to federal and state authorities,'' he said through a spokesman. The two races for governor and the New York mayoral contest are getting the most attention in a light political year being watched for political trends that might impact on the 1990 elections when 34 Senate seats, 36 governorships and 435 House seats are on the ballot. In Houston, 11 candidates are vying to fill the House seat held by the Rep. Mickey Leland who was killed in a plane crash in Africa. New York is only one of hundreds of cities holding elections around the country. In Detroit, 71-year-old Mayor Coleman Young is trying to fight off a spirited challenge from 40-year-old Tom Barrow, the man he beat easily four years ago. Cleveland voters are choosing between Councilman George Forbes and state Sen. Michael R. White in a contest marked by nasty personal attacks from both sides. Two cities _ New Haven, Conn., and Seattle _ are considered likely to elect their first black mayors. State Sen. John Daniels upset the Democratic establishment choice in his party's primary in New Haven, a city that is 30 percent black. Norm Rice is the favorite in Seattle where blacks are only a small percentage of the electorate. The customary list of ballot propositions includes proposals to finance a new baseball park in San Francisco and to express opposition to cruise missile testing in Maine. Faced with the possibility of losses in the three most visible 1989 races, Republican Party chairman Lee Atwater minimized the significance of this year's contests. ``All politics is local,'' he said during an appearance Sunday on ABC's ``This Week with David Brinkley.'' His Democratic counterpart, Ronald H. Brown, was on the same program and reflected his party's optimism when he said victories Tuesday by Wilder, Florio and Dinkins would indicate that ``clearly we're moving in a new direction.'' The emotional question of legalized abortion showed the strongest potential for a political turnaround at the gateway to the 1990s. During the past decade opponents of legalization claimed creit for helping elect supporters of their view, including Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and defeat several members of Congress who supported abortion rights. But last summer's Supreme Court decision opening the way for states to restrict access to abortions appeared to energize advocates of legalization. Wilder ran television ads proclaiming his support for abortion rights while Coleman, Courter and Giuliani all found themselves trying to temper their opposition. In an interview late last week, Brown said abortion has ``had tremendous impact politically. I think the Democratic Party is on the right side of the issue.'' ``We're trying to be the majority party, and we're a big enough party to have differing viewpoints on all issues, and specifically, abortion,'' said Atwater, appearing to move his party away from a hard-line position opposed to abortion. During their joint appearance on ABC, Brown and Atwater sparred on the subject of what to do about the negative tone of campaigns. ``I think there's too much of it on both sides,'' said Brown, urging Atwater to join an effort to curb the candidate attacks. When Atwater said he would enlist in that effort only if it included discussion of new campaign laws proposed by Bush and largely unacceptable to Democrats, Brown retorted, ``This is really a case of changing the subject, isn't it? The subject is negative politics, dirty campaigning.'' With Giuliani battling to overtake Dinkins in heavily Democratic New York City, his media adviser, Roger Ailes, said there would be no letup in the attack strategy. ``The only question is can Dinkins get over the finish line with the question of integrity dragging around his ankles,'' said Ailes, a leading architect of President Bush's 1988 campaign. With Republicans holding a two-seat edge in the New Jersey Assembly, Florio was concentrating on districts Democrats have targeted as key to their effort to regain control. ``Our message seems to have gotten through,'' Florio told supporters at a Sunday breakfast. ``But if I don't have people in the Assembly that are philosophically in line with the message I've been trying to get across, then I'm going to have a mission to carry out with one hand tied behind my back.'' A Richmond Times-Dispatch poll said Wilder was leading Coleman by nine points with 19 percent still describing themselves as undecided. Coleman was in the northwestern part of the state to conclude a weekend in which he charged his rival with privately pledging to coal miners he would ``sabotage'' the state's right-to-work law by permitting unions to collect dues from nonunion workers covered by union contracts. Wilder says he supports the right-to-work law. ``It's not in the bag,'' Coleman told supporters at a picnic in Front Royal. ``...We're coming around the corner. ... The undecided are going our way overwhelmingly.'' Wilder was in the southwestern corner of the state where he told voters of the region's crucial role in his upset victory in the 1985 race for lieutenant governor. AP891106-0095 AP-NR-11-06-89 1246EST r i AM-China-Moonlighting 11-06 0307 AM-China-Moonlighting,0316 Millions of Chinese Taking Second Jobs BEIJING (AP) Millions of Chinese battered by inflation and bored by their work are taking on second jobs, an authoritative weekly said Monday. The Beijing Review said many of the moonlighters are simply not showing up at their regular work, where job security is guaranteed, so they can devote all their energy to their other jobs. Around 30 percent of workers in the southern city of Canton have second jobs, while the moonlighting rate in the northeast city of Tianjin has gone from 2 percent in 1982 to 20 percent last year, it said. Shanghai has more than 1 million workers with outside employment, 16 percent of the workforce. In the coastal city of Wenzhou, known for its booming private enterprise, 70 percent hold down at least two jobs. The weekly said China's irrational wage system, where street peddlers are likely to earn far more than university-trained workers, is one reason for the increase in ``Sunday engineers.'' The State Statistical Bureau estimates that 1.39 million technical personnel, saddled with low wages in their overstaffed, underfinanced work units, have found part-time work, many in flourishing private or locally run enterprises. Rapid inflation, running at near 20 percent, has forced many to seek outside sources of income, the weekly said. Half the moonlighters in Beijing did their second jobs during normal work hours and continued to receive free medical treatment, labor protection and welfare services, it said. Some took extended sick leave while others offered no explanation for their absence. State-run enterprises almost never fire employees because of poor performance, and many show little concern over absenteeism because of their surplus worker problems. The weekly said there is some concern moonlighters are taking advantage of lax management to engage in illegal activities that damage the interests of the state. AP891106-0096 AP-NR-11-06-89 1248EST r i AM-Jordan 11-06 0690 AM-Jordan,0711 Fundamentalists Make Strong Showing in Election Campaign By JAMAL HALABY Associated Press Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) To the beating of drums and cries of ``God is great,'' Jordan's Islamic fundamentalists are advancing toward a strong showing in the kingdom's first general election in two decades. No other faction rivals the size and organization of the Moslem Brotherhood group's campaign. That strength has raised hopes among its supporters and caused concern for King Hussein and secular Jordanians. Many analysts believe the Brotherhood's 26 candidates and their allies could win 12 to 20 of the 80 seats in the parliamentary voting on Wednesday, enough to have a significant effect on legislation. ``We will erase all laws which allow adultery and vices and place hurdles in the way of Islamic jihad (spiritual struggle) and the word of God,'' Sheik Hammam Saeed, a senior Brotherhood leader, told hundreds of supporters gathered at a recent rally. ``We will work hand in hand, God willing, to make this country an Islamic country in all means and to make Islam the source of all its laws,'' he said. The election was called following April riots in southern Jordan protesting price increases and austerity measures. It is the first nationwide parliamentary ballot since 1967 and the most open since 1956. The Parliament elected in 1967 was suspended in 1974 and revived a decade later with a few elections to fill gaps caused by death. It was generally compliant to government will, despite a few vocal critics. Politicians have expressed hope that the new Parliament will take a stronger role. Political parties have been banned since a leftist coup attempt in 1957. The government announced Oct. 17 it won't enforce that ban for this election, opening the door to greater democracy and looser government control. The fundamentalists' apparent strength has alarmed some secular Jordanians. Even the king last month urged his countrymen ``not to mix religion with politics and avoid extremism.'' He denounced efforts by some religious figures to reduce the role of women in the workplace, saying such interpretations are counter to Islam. The strongest attack came this week when Sultan Hatab, editor of the government-owned Sawt Al-Shaab daily, said some ``who veil themselves in religion and trade in it'' want ``to burn our tongues, brains, existence and our wish for freedom.'' More than 500 people who gathered to hear Saeed and other fundamentalists jammed a parking lot beneath green banners proclaiming ``Islam is the solution.'' In between speakers, drummers beat a fast rhythm common to Brotherhood rallies. Men were separated from a large group of veiled women. Many in the crowd bowed to pray in unison, a scene reminiscent of a mosque service. ``My God, I see that Ayatollah Khomeini has returned!'' exclaimed a secular bystander rattled by the scene in a middle class neighborhood where women commonly wear western garb and large public gatherings are rare. But the Brotherhood's creed probably has more in common with Saudi Arabia's strict religious code than with the Iranian revolution led by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran's Moslems are mostly Shiites, while those in Jordan and Saudi Arabia belong to the mainstream Sunni sect. The difference is as profound as that between fundamentalist American Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians. ``In Jordan, we want Islam to govern our judicial and social life and we are not calling for an Islamic revolution like Khomeini,'' said Ghaleb Abu-Abood, a Brotherhood candidate in Amman. ``Khomeini's movement was associated with violence,'' he said in an interview. ``We reject violence except in Israel to liberate the Moslems' land, including its capital, Jerusalem.'' The party rejects compromises which would accept Israel's existence as a state. Engineers Association President Laith Shubeilat, the most persistent government critic in the previous parliament, said he opposes the Brotherhood call for an Islamic government ``at this time'' because other reforms should take place first. ``It's true that we call for Islam to be the source of our laws and a guide to our daily life affairs, but the Islamic laws should be applied in such a way to fit with the needs of modern times,'' Shubeilat said. AP891106-0097 AP-NR-11-06-89 1253EST u i AM-RevolutionDay Bjt 11-06 0836 AM-Revolution Day, Bjt,0854 Soviets Planning Toned-Down Celebration of Bolshevik Revolution By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) As a long winter of discontent approaches, Soviets are preparing for a more sober celebration of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that brought a troubled brand of socialism to their land. Lenin's portrait in red and white is hanging once again on KGB headquarters at Dzerzhinsky Square. Shopworn decorations and giant red banners adorn the major streets in preparation for Tuesday's 72nd anniversary, when military hardware will clank and rumble through Red Square. But it is clear that few from President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on down are interested in repeating the show of bravado that was standard on Revolution Day just a couple of years ago. And there are signs that restive minorities and disgruntled workers, in whose name Lenin seized power, can find little to celebrate. _ A local chapter of the People's Front movement in the Baltic republic Latvia has declared the Great October Socialist Revolution, as it is called here, not a revolution at all, but ``a government coup ... that cut short the process of democratization that started after the February 1917 revolution.'' Communist Party officials in the Latvian capital of Riga said efforts to belittle the revolution could destabilize the republic, which along with neighbors Lithuania and Estonia is pushing fast and hard for autonomy. _ Workers building a new subway in the Ural Mountains industrial center of Sverdlovsk rejected the city government's plans to organize brigades of shock workers to finish the first tunnel by the holiday. Such gargantuan efforts have been a part of Soviet life for decades. But this time the newspaper Izvestia said ``the workers did not want to become a part of another whitewash'' and the city had to back down. The new completion date is in the third quarter of 1990. _ The Kuznets Basin of Siberia has almost ground to a halt due to a lack of gasoline. Shops in the coal-mining area that in July erupted in strikes over poor living and working conditions are nearly empty and there isn't enough gas for plows to remove the first snow from the streets, Tass said. A shipment of fuel was dispatched from Irkutsk 730 miles to the east, but on Siberia's roads it will take five days to get there. It should arrive Tuesday. Cold rain and heavy clouds pressed down on Moscow in the days preceding the holiday, and even the prospect of four days in a row off from work didn't appear to help the mood. Soviets worked Saturday instead of Monday, with Sunday through Wednesday off. This year, a crumbling distribution system and spasmodic coal strikes are making supplies of food, consumer goods, and even heat and electricity a worry. In Vorkuta in the Soviet Arctic, where coal miners walked off their jobs again Oct. 25, a strike spokesman said police asked the workers whether they planned any disruption of the celebration there. ``We respect the holiday, but if we go to the parade we'll go with our own slogans,'' said spokesman Vladimir Deneka in a telephone interview. Soviet officials already have made clear the Revolution Day celebration in Moscow will be toned down. Official slogans have been a part of the festivities for years, but the number of them has fallen steadily under Gorbachev. In 1986 there were 50. This year there are 16. For the past two years, the Bolshevik slogan ``Workers of the world unite!'' has been dropped, and there is scant mention of Lenin. The slogans instead urge Soviets to get on with the business of restructuring the economy and society. One senior Western diplomat who has watched many Revolution Day celebrations said the 1989 slogans are far less militant than a few years ago. This year's parade will be smaller than in previous years, said Col. Gen. Nikolai Kalinin, head of the Moscow military district. Kalinin, who until recently was the head of Soviet airborne forces, told Tass that 220 military vehicles and 8,197 soldiers will file past Lenin's mausoleum. Many of the soldiers in the parade will be Afghanistan war veterans. Activists have appealed at meetings in the last week for people to join an alternate parade column they say will be forming in northwest Moscow. Gorbachev has reduced the adulation of party and government leaders that stuck in official celebrations from Stalin's time through the era of Leonid I. Brezhnev from 1964-82. But the Soviet leader still believes that his people have kept their faith in Soviet socialism, are beginning to transform it, and do have something to celebrate. In a meeting with officials of the state-run media in October, Gorbachev said it was time for the press and for Soviets generally to get over their preoccupation with finding fault. ``The English have a proverb: It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness all your life,'' Gorbachev said. ``People already are lighting the candles and we cannot ignore this.'' AP891106-0098 AP-NR-11-06-89 1310EST u w AM-DrugPlaneProblems Bjt 11-06 1092 AM-Drug Plane Problems, Bjt,1080 Drug Plane Problems: `Gee Whiz' Gadgets but Faulty Basics With LaserPhoto WX15 By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The first plane in a high-tech Customs Service radar fleet has been plagued by electronic and mechanical problems that seriously compromise its ability to find and track drug-smuggling aircraft, according to agency documents. One Coast Guard officer who went along on an early mission summed up: ``A lot of `Gee Whiz' gadgets and color displays _ but a lot of the basic requirements for useful detection and tracking are absent.'' Deficiencies have included an unreliable computer system that has trouble locating and tracking smugglers; faulty on-board communications for the crew, and a problem with a spinning, metal radar dome, according to the documents, most of them written by crew members. Some initial reports critical of the performance of the first, $27 million P-3 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft were ordered rewritten by an agency supervisor to stress success and not failures, according to the documents and Customs sources. Some of the same problems have afflicted a second P-3 delivered last April at a cost of $30.6 million, according to the documents and sources. Congress has approved $35 million for a third P-3. All the planes are based at Customs' Surveillance Support Center at Corpus Christi, Texas. The P-3 has been used for years to detect enemy submarines, but the new electronics have been custom designed for the drug war. Officials at the Customs Service and the manufacturer, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co., but both say the plane works well overall, though they concede some problems exist. ``It works and it works great,'' said Peter Kendig, acting director of the Surveillance Support Center. He said there are a ``few glitches'' in the system that tracks the speed and course of potential targets and in a separate system for fixing the location of other planes, but added they are being resolved. He said the P-3 AEWs were mainly responsible for detections leading to 36 arrests from Jan. 1 to Aug. 10 this year, seizures of 37,000 pounds of marijuana and 8,300 pounds of cocaine as well as vessels, aircraft and vehicles. John McGinnis, director of Lockheed's airborne early warning program, said the firm is making improvements in the tracker and in other areas because of ``anomalous behavior that we could not prevent. The plane is functioning but there are problems with it and we are correcting it. The airplane and the tracker are very capable and doing their job,'' he said, adding the firm hopes to have the difficulties fixed by the first of next year. The plane is not designed to intercept suspected smuggler aircraft or ships. Instead, it monitors a wide expanse of airspace and open seas, and when a suspicious craft is sighted, other Customs Service planes are summoned for pursuit. The P-3 AEWs can be crucial to the nation's drug interdiction effort because 51 percent of the 112,000 kilograms of cocaine seized during 1988 came by air, including 45 percent in private planes, according to the federal government's multi-agency El Paso Intelligence Center. According to the Customs documents, problems with the electronics cropped up almost immediately after Lockheed delivered the first four-engine turboprop to the Corpus Christi center in June 1988. One Customs source said the plane's course, altitude and speed readings have been so unreliable that crewmen worry that interceptors they send after a drug plane could end up colliding with the target. ``You can't use the system for interception and that's what this magic is all about,'' said a crew member who would speak only on condition of anonymity. Both of the P-3 planes have kept flying while efforts continue to fix the problems. According to documents and interviews with knowledgeable agency sources, the problems on the first P-3 AEW include: _The multicolored, multigraphic computer screens had trouble tracking target planes for speed, altitude, direction and distance. Some single targets were displayed as multiple images. Targets were lost when the P-3's computer system ``crashed.'' Ships registered on the computer as planes moving at hundreds of knots, thousands of feet in the air. _It was discovered in November 1988 that some bolts attaching the heavy, metal radar dome to the plane were ``overtorqued and had sheared off.'' Customs supervisors said the rotodome was not in danger of separating from the aircraft, but one memo suggested the dome would become ``a neat frisbee when it would come off from 25,000 feet.'' _ Radar specialists on board were unable to monitor pilots' transmissions, a handicap that would _ according to a memo _ ``hinder safety of flight and impede crew coordination.'' A memo warned of the potential for a total communications failure. One supervisor at Corpus Christi ordered two crewmen to alter highly critical reports of the first P-3's performance during a then top-secret mission, Operation Barrier, in late July and early August 1988. This was the first operational test of the new P-3. ``To allow production `as is' will provide the Customs Service with an undeveloped asset that requires additional personnel (to) operate it, as well as producing a high stress environment to do so from,'' concluded one memo that was later rewritten. A number of documents about the P-3s were colorful, semiofficial in-house Customs memos called ``Eagle Droppings.'' ``Those stupid ghost tracks. They're like Herpes, you can't get rid of them,'' one such memo said on Nov. 18, 1988, referring to false readings on suspected targets. Identification of the authors of most of the documents was obscured by sources who made the material available. After Operation Barrier was completed in early August 1988, four reports were written: two highly critical, then two more favorable versions. One of the originals, dated Aug. 2, said ``deficiencies in the tracking program'' required use of antiquated ``raw radar'' to ``verify the validity'' of the computer displays and to ``provide accurate intercept data.'' The same author rewrote his report _ after being told to, according to sources _ and called the operation ``a complete success.'' However, yet another memo, on May 2, 1989, said in reference to the newly arrived second P-3 AEW: ``What has been done to the tracker? Not a damn thing.'' Despite the difficulties, Kendig at the Corpus Christi surveillance center, called the aircraft ``a cost-effective piece of equipment, giving taxpayers one of best bangs for the buck in government today.'' He said incorrect altitude readings, and displays of ships as planes are ``characteristic of the radar system'' and ``the military has the same problems.'' AP891106-0099 AP-NR-11-06-89 1407EST r i AM-Lebanon-Kidnap 11-06 0320 AM-Lebanon-Kidnap,0328 Swiss President, Red Cross Appeal for Release of Kidnapped Workers With AM-Lebanon, Bjt GENEVA (AP) Swiss President Jean-Pascal Delamuraz and the International Committee of the Red Cross renewed calls Monday for the release of two Red Cross relief workers kidnapped a month ago in southern Lebanon. The families of Emilio Erriquez and Emanuel Christen, both Swiss nationals, warned the greatest threat to the hostages was that they might be forgotten. A Red Cross spokeswoman said the Oct. 6 kidnapping had deprived 81 civil war victims of rehabilitation treatment by forcing the closure of its orthopedic center in Sidon, where the two men helped fit artificial limbs. Delamuraz repeated his government's condemnation of ``this inhuman act.'' He called on all parties in Lebanon to respect international humanitarian law and allow the Red Cross to continue its work helping Lebanese and Palestinian people in the country. ``We are all concerned by this act of violence ... and are all affected by events in Lebanon,'' Delamuraz said on Swiss radio. Appealing for an ``end to this ordeal,'' the Red Cross said all Lebanese parties, the PLO and other Palestinian organizations in Lebanon had condemned ``this outrageous and unjustifiable act.'' No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The PLO and Sidon police contend that Emanuel and Erriquez are held by Fatah Revolutionary Council, a breakaway guerrilla group led by Palestinian terrorist mastermind Abu Nidal. The group has denied the accusation. Another Red Cross delegate, Peter Winkler, was kidnapped a year ago and released after one month in captivity. Death threats after Winkler was freed prompted the Red Cross to pull out from Lebanon. It returned several weeks later after Lebanese factions guaranteed there would be no more attacks on the neutral humanitarian organization. Eighteen Westerners are missing in Lebanon. The longest held is Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, who was kidnapped March 16, 1985. AP891106-0100 AP-NR-11-06-89 1421EST r i AM-BRF--Netherlands 11-06 0143 AM-BRF--Netherlands,0147 Dutch Premier Completes Center-Left Government THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Premier Ruud Lubbers completed his third coalition government Monday, with the appointment of a Christian Democrat as traffic and waterways minister, Dutch Television reported. Hanja Maij-Weggen, a member of the European Parliament, is the third woman in Lubbers' center-left cabinet, which has more female ministers than any previous Dutch government. The other two are Ien Dales, the interior minister, and Hedy d'Ancona, head of the Welfare, Culture and Public Health Ministry. Both are Labor Party members. On Saturday, Dutch media announced the appointment of another Christian Democrat, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, as justice minister. Hirsch Ballin, 39, is a former Justice Ministry official and law professor at Tilburg University. Both Lubbers' Christian Democrats and the Labor Party have seven seats in the government, which is expected to be sworn in Tuesday. AP891106-0101 AP-NR-11-06-89 1319EST u w BC-Scotus-Glance 11-06 0629 BC-Scotus-Glance,610 WASHINGTON (AP) Here, at a glance, are highlights of actions taken Monday by the Supreme Court. DALKON SHIELD The court removed the last major hurdle to carrying out a $2.5 billion settlement for victims of the Dalkon Shield birth-control device. The court, over one dissenting vote, rejected a challenge by some 650 of the thousands of women likely to share in a trust fund established by A.H. Robins Co., manufacturer of the intrauterine device. Justice Byron R. White voted to hear arguments in the case but four votes are needed to grant such review. The justices also turned down an appeal challenging that portion of the settlement barring individual lawsuits against A.H. Robins' insurer, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. The cases are Menard-Sanford vs. A.H. Robins, 89-441, and Anderson vs. Aetna, 89-442. MORMONS The court agreed to decide whether money given directly to Mormon missionaries by church members is a deductible donation under federal tax law. The justices voted to hear the appeal of a Mormon couple from Idaho who were denied tax deductions for subsidizing their two sons' missionary service. The case is Davis vs. U.S., 89-98. MOTHER The court turned away an appeal by a woman threatened with jail if she lets her boyfriend stay overnight while her children are in the house. The justices, without comment, let stand a ruling that the Rhode Island woman's rights were not violated by a judge's order restricting her having overnight male guests. The case is Parrillo vs. Parillo, 89-75. JOB BIAS The court agreed to decide whether lawsuits charging employers with violating a key federal anti-bias law must be filed in federal, rather than state, courts. The justices said they will review a $27,000 judgment won by a Chicago Ridge, Ill., woman against the Yellow Freight System Co., the trucking company she works for. The case is Yellow Freight System vs. Donnelly, 89-431. HANK WILLIAMS The court turned down an appeal by a woman who says she is Hank Williams Sr.'s daughter. The court, without comment, let stand a ruling that Cathy Yvonne Stone waited too long before suing for a share of the late country music legend's copyright royalties. The case is Stone vs. Williams, 89-295. PUNITIVE DAMAGES The court passed up a chance to decide whether huge punitive-damage awards in personal injury lawsuits may be unconstitutional. The court, over one dissenting vote, rejected appeals in two cases from Alabama and one from Nevada that raised the issue. The cases are Combined Insurance Co. vs. Ainsworth, 89-282; Clardy vs. Sanders, 89-440; and Vintage Enterprises vs. Jaye, 89-456. DRUNKEN DRIVING The court agreed to decide whether a motorist who pleads guilty to drunken driving and related traffic offenses in a fatal car crash later may be prosecuted for homicide and assault. The court said it will hear an appeal by law enforcement officials seeking to prosecute Thomas J. Corbin in connection with an Oct. 3, 1987, accident on Route 55 in LaGrange, N.Y. The case is Grady vs. Corbin, 89-474. TAKEOVERS The court refused to block states from giving business managers broad power to block takeovers by other corporations. The court, without comment, rejected a challenge to a Wisconsin anti-takeover law. The case is Amanda Acquisition Corp. vs. Universal Foods, 89-372. DIPLOMAT The court turned down a bid by Mozambique's ambassador to the United Nations, described as one of Africa's richest men, to shield himself from a potentially costly divorce lawsuit in Connecticut. The justices, over one dissenting vote, let stand a ruling that diplomatic immunity does not protect Ambassador Antonio Deinde Fernandez from being sued by his estranged wife. The case is Fernandez vs. Fernandez, 88-1042. AP891106-0102 AP-NR-11-06-89 1321EST u i PM-Nicaragua 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0398 PM-Nicaragua, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0569,0409 Precede UNITED NATIONS EDS: New thruout to ADD rebel comments, report of military activity in Nicaragua. No pickup. By FREDDY CUEVAS Associated Press Writer TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) Nicaraguan rebels said today they will meet representatives of the Nicaraguan government in New York this week for their first direct talks in more than a year. The meetings will take place Thursday and Friday at the United Nations. Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, proposed a meeting when he canceled a 19-month cease-fire with the U.S.-backed Contras on Wednesday. He suggested the meeting be held this week. The Contras proposed Thursday and Friday. Contra military leader Enrique Bermudez told The Associated Press, ``We have accepted the new proposal for dialogue from Ortega.'' ``We will make another effort to end the war and bloodshed in Nicaragua. We will make another effort to have the Nicaraguan electoral process be fulfilled Feb. 25, 1990,'' he said. Bermudez said the rebel delegation, comprised of himself and four rebel commanders, will travel Thursday from Tegucigalpa to New York. In New York, a senior U.N. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said all issues will be on the agenda, including the disbanding of the Contras, security guarantees for rebels returning to Nicaragua, and political reform in Nicaragua. The last time the Contras and Sandinistas held direct talks was in June 1988. Those talks broke down when Nicaragua refused to agree to sweeping Contra demands for reform, including an end to government control of the army and police. Under a Central American peace plan signed last year, the Contras are to be disbanded by Dec. 5. So far, few have shown any inclination to lay down their weapons and return home, although some have returned to Nicaragua with their weapons. Ortega said infiltrating Contras have killed dozens of people in the country and are trying to disrupt the campaign for national elections, to be held Feb. 25. He cited that as the reason for calling off the cease-fire. The Contras denied Ortega's allegations. The State Department has said about 2,000 Contras have infiltrated Nicaragua in recent weeks from Honduras. About 10,000 Contras remain in Honduras and 4,000 are in Nicaragua. In Nicaragua, sources in the southern region of Chontales, Boaco and Rio San Juan provinces told The Associated Press today there had been intense military activity for several days in the area. AP891106-0103 AP-NR-11-06-89 1330EST u a AM-SFQuake-TriggerTheories Bjt 11-06 0814 AM-SF Quake-Trigger Theories, Bjt,0833 Some Think Quake Was Triggered by Tidal and Atmospheric Forces By LEE SIEGEL AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Some researchers say changes in atmospheric pressure and the tidal pull of the sun and moon may have triggered California's disastrous earthquake, and many scientists call the theory plausible but still unproven. A few studies have suggested quakes happen more often during very high ocean tides _ when solar and lunar gravity also tug at solid ground _ and when shifting masses of heavier air create certain high-pressure systems and related winds that press down on and rub against the ground. The government warned Oct. 12 of the highest Pacific tides in years during the week of the Oct. 17 quake on the San Andreas Fault. The jolt measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, killed at least 66 people in the San Francisco Bay area, and happened during breezy, warm and dry conditions dubbed ``earthquake weather'' in California folklore. Quakes aren't caused by such weather, but might be triggered by the same atmospheric pressure conditions that create warm winds, said meteorologist Jerome Namias, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. ``Abnormal pressures and wind systems operating on the fault could encourage slipping motion along the San Andreas, which if other conditions were right, would then trigger this quake,'' said Namias, who headed the National Weather Service's extended forecast division for 30 years. ``It's conceivable the high tide added to this condition.'' ``I would say it is at least 90 percent likely there was some (tidal) influence on the timing of this quake,'' said astronomer Stephen Kilston, of Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. But many seismologists remain skeptical. ``The idea of triggering earthquakes by tidal or atmospheric forces is at least physically plausible,'' said seismologist Lucile Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey. ``The problem is that none of the studies have been very convincing.'' Jones and others said statistical analyses failed to convince them correlations between quakes and tidal or atmospheric forces are more than coincidence. ``Just like a poker player can think his royal flushes are caused by his rabbit's foot, some people find what they think are patterns in the random distribution of earthquakes,'' she said. Namias said his unfinished preliminary study shows that during autumns since 1947, quakes were more frequent when high pressure hovers above western Canada. The study covers only Southern California. But Namias said ``amazingly high'' pressure was centered over Canada during the recent quake, when winds rotating clockwise brought warm southeast winds to Northern California. A 1983 study found Southern California quakes of magnitude-6 and larger were most likely when tidal forces are strongest: near full or new moons, within a couple of hours of sunrise or sunset, and within two years of when the moon is farthest north of Earth _ a point reached every 18.6 years. Each of those conditions can pull faults apart to trigger quakes, suggested the study published in Nature by Kilston and UCLA geophysicist Leon Knopoff. Three days before the Oct. 17 quake, the moon was full and was closer to Earth than it had been in three years, Kilston said. The quake happened an hour before sunset. Two days later, the moon was at its northernmost point in its monthly cycle. Tidal forces are stronger than atmospheric forces. But no one has been able to show tidal gravity actually created stress on a fault during an earthquake, said Bruce Bolt, a seismologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Bolt said he doubts atmospheric forces extend deep enough underground to trigger fault movement. Tidal and atmospheric stresses ``are not trivial. It's reasonable they might be able to set off a fault that's ready to go anyway,'' said Don Anderson, director of the California Institute of Technology's seismological laboratory. ``I'm prepared to accept it if somebody makes a good case, but I haven't seen a good case yet.'' Advocates of the tidal and atmospheric theories don't claim such forces cause quakes, only that they might be the last straws needed to set off a quake on a section of fault already about to snap under accumulated stress caused by movement of giant plates of rock that make up Earth's crust. Namias published a study last year showing summertime quakes in Southern California happened more often when low pressure covered the West and high pressure hovered over the eastern Pacific. He speculated winds flowing from high to low pressure might trigger quakes by piling seawater against the coast. Kilston said killer quakes that rocked California in 1857, 1933, 1952 and 1987 all happened within two years of the peak of the 18.6-year lunar cycle and near full or new moons and sunrises or sunsets. Jones said such timing is coincidental. A much more thorough Geological Survey study found no link between tides and quakes, she said. AP891106-0104 AP-NR-11-06-89 1338EST u a PM-Iowa-Insurance 11-06 0349 PM-Iowa-Insurance,0359 Attorney: Insurance Company Paying Truitt in Ship Explosion By RICHARD COLE Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) An insurance company has agreed to pay former USS Iowa sailor Kendall Truitt $100,000 in the death of a crewmate whom the Navy blames for the shipboard explosion that killed 47, Truitt's attorney said today. The policy, taken out a year ago by Clayton Hartwig with Truitt as the beneficiary, played a part in the initial Navy investigation of the April 19 disaster. Truitt was eventually cleared, but the Navy continues to say that it is likely that Hartwig set off the explosion on purpose to commit suicide. Today, Amex Assurance Co. of San Rafael, Calif., reached an agreement with Truitt and the Hartwig family to pay the $100,000, said Truitt's attorney, Ellis Rubin. ``We have settled the claim, and they are going to pay the full policy,'' Rubin said. Some of the money _ Rubin refused to say how much _ will be given to the Hartwig family. Rubin said the payment was one more piece of evidence showing Hartwig did not blow up the gun turrett to kill himself, as the Navy believes. ``If the insurance company thought he had committed suicide, they would not have paid,'' he said. Hartwig named Truitt as the beneficiary of a $50,000 policy, which had a clause doubling the benefit for accidental death. Initial leaks from the Navy investigation suggested that Truitt and Hartwig had a homosexual relationship that had gone sour, and said Truitt was a target of the probe because of the insurance claim. Truitt, who is married, strongly denied any sexual relationship with Hartwig, or any involvement in the fatal blast. The Navy's official report cleared Truitt in the case. Rubin said Truitt, currently stationed at Mayport Naval Station near Jacksonville, is to testify Wednesday in Washington before a congressional committee investigating the explosion and would have no comment before then. Hartwig's family had initially protested payment of Truitt's claim. That prompted Truitt to sue Amex Assurance, a division of American Express, in U.S. District Court in Miami. AP891106-0105 AP-NR-11-06-89 1529EST r p AM-ELN--PropositionsRdp 11-06 0658 AM-ELN--Propositions Rdp,0654 Ballot Issues Include Baseball, Taxes, Cruise Missile, AIDS Discrimination With AM-Elections Rdp Bjt By LEE MITGANG Associated Press Writer The fate of the baseball Giants, tax increases to boost education, and a proposed anti-smoking ordinance in the heart of tobacco country are among 56 statewide propositions and dozens of local referendums voters decide on Tuesday. Michigan voters will choose between two tax proposals to provide up to $400 million in additional state funds for education. Washington state voters consider a ``Children's Initiative,'' a penny rise in the sales tax to increase by $360 million education and social spending for children. Among the more interesting citywide contests, residents of Greensboro, N.C., where popular cigarette brands are manufactured, will decide whether to limit public smoking. In the Bay area, a proposal to raise $115 million for a new stadium to keep the National League champion San Francisco Giants from fleeing faces tough odds in the wake of huge costs from earthquake damage. San Franciscans also will weigh a ``domestic partners'' measure that would entitle unmarried couples working for the city the same funeral and sick leave benefits as married couples. In nearby Concord, Calif., a first-ever vote by a U.S. community on ending discrimination against AIDS victims has attracted a heated, last-minute advertising blitz. Foes trying to overturn a recently enacted Concord ordinance that prohibits such discrimination sent voters a postcard showing a man shooting a hypodermic needle into his arm. The postcard caption reads, ``Don't Protect High-Risk Behavior. You could be sued for not renting to this man. You could be sued for not hiring this man.'' In affluent, conservative Irvine, Calif., residents weigh a measure that would remove the words ``sexual orientation'' from the city's human rights ordinance, thus ending its applicability to homosexuals. ``There never has been gay discrimination in Irvine. If it's not broke, don't fix it,'' said Christina Shea, 39, an Irvine homemaker and member of the Irvine Values Coalition that favors the measure. ``This law has caused such divisiveness, a pitting of citizen against citizen.'' Seattle residents consider a measure ending forced school busing and promoting educational choice. In St. Louis, voters will consider a four-cent property tax hike for the St. Louis Symphony. Critics in the Missouri legislature have called the symphony elitist. Voters in New York City, under U.S. Supreme Court order to replace its legislative system with a more representative one, are expected to pass a charter revision that would do away with the Board of Estimate, which allows each borough one vote regardless of population. Texas voters face 21 statewide propositions, including one that would triple the salaries of state legislatures from $7,200 a year to $23,358 next year. There is little opposition to a second measure that would authorize a $500 million bond issue aimed at bringing running water and sewers to disease-ridden Texas border towns. Another would finance a record $400 million build-up of the state's prison system. Texans also will decide whether to drop a 113-year-old provision requiring state office-holders to publicly swear that they didn't bribe their way into their jobs. Some consider the oath demeaning, but at least one officeholder who recently took it said he didn't mind. ``I kind of like it,'' said Secretary of State George Bayoud. ``During my swearing in, there were people from around the state here and they said they liked it.'' Texas Proposition 13 would enshrine a ``victims bill of rights'' in the state constitution, allowing victims to confer with the prosecutor and receive restitution and information about an accused's conviction, sentence, imprisonment and release. In Maine, a non-binding referendum on whether voters want the Navy to stop its Tomahawk cruise missile testing over their state has turned into an extended debate over the arms race. The testing over Maine airspace began last winter. Maine voters also will vote on a contract to dispose of nuclear waste from their state at a facility in Nevada. AP891106-0106 AP-NR-11-06-89 1431EST r a AM-People 11-06 0953 AM-People,0998 People in the News LaserPhoto NY44 MONTREAL (AP) You name it, Donald Sutherland has had it. Polio, rheumatic fever, hepatitis, an appendectomy, pneumonia, scarlet fever. ``And spinal meningitis,'' the actor said. ``I died ...'' A reporter chuckled. Sutherland looked perturbed. ``Yes. I died. For four or five seconds,'' he said. Sutherland overcame the bout of meningitis, and said his experience with disease since childhood left him with a deep appreciation of the medical profession. He is the 1989 honorary fund-raising chairman of the Montreal Children's Hospital, which hopes to raise $1 million this year to pay for renovations and new equipment. Sutherland said concern for his five children makes him especially sympathetic to the hospital's appeal. He has a farm in Georgeville in Quebec and homes in Los Angeles and Paris. Eds: For release 6 p.m. EST RADNOR, Pa. (AP) Actress Michelle Greene said she was able to get producer Steven Bochco to make her ``L.A. Law'' character independent and more attractive because Bochco is a ``feminist at heart.'' Miss Greene plays lawyer Abby Perkins in the NBC hit series. The actress, in an interview for the Nov. 11 issue of TV Guide magazine, said she decided to talk to the show's producers about her character after the first season. Abby was ``never seen doing anything involving the law,'' Miss Greene said. ``She was this mousy creature to whom all kinds of dreadful things kept happening. She had an alcoholic husband, she got beaten up, her child was kidnapped, she had a messy divorce.'' Finally, Miss Greene said she confronted the producers, saying ``I guess every show has to have the obligatory female victim in it, but I don't want to play the victim any more. I don't want to spend all my time crying on camera.'' During the show's current and third season, Abby is on the partnership track at the firm. Eds: For release 6 p.m. EST RADNOR, Pa. (AP) Actor Richard Chamberlain is proud of his 54 years, though he once hated the idea of growing old. ``When I was in my 20s, I was obsessed with how I looked and thought the idea of getting older was terrifying,'' he said in an interview for the Nov. 11 issue of TV Guide. ``Now I find it rather fascinating, except for the fact that I don't run quite as fast,'' said Chamberlain, who stars in CBS-TV's ``Island Son'' series. ``Our battle scars, our wrinkles or whatever, should be looked upon with pride,'' Chamberlain said. CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) James Brady, crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on his then-boss, Ronald Reagan, was honored for his work ever since on behalf of the disabled. The former White House press secretary got an award Thursday from the Will Rogers Commission, in part because of his recovery from the head injury. ``God did it. I didn't do it,'' Brady said Sunday, when he was guest of honor at a parade. ``I went up there and God told me `I'm not ready for you yet. ... When I am I will call you back up here, but there are some things I want you to do on Earth.' He didn't tell me what they were, but I have an idea what they are _ like doing things I am doing now for the disabled.'' Brady, 49, was shot in the head during the assassination attempt in Washington, D.C. He is vice chairman the National Organization on Disability, a private, non-profit group that promotes acceptance and employment of the nation's 37 million disabled citizens. Rogers, the late cowbody humorist, was an Oklahoma native. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Guitarist Albert Collins was named Blues Entertainer of the Year, got four more top honors and shared a fifth during the 10th Annual Handy Blues Awards. Collins won Contemporary Male Blues Artist of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year for guitar. His group The Icebreakers was voted Blues Band of the Year and the album ``Showdown'' with Collins, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray was voted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Etta James was named Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year. The Sunday awards presentation, emceed by bassist Willie Dixon, has evolved into the premier forum for recognition of blues artists. The winners were chosen by a worldwide panel of 3,000 industry professionals, radio programmers and blues society members. Dixon received the first National Blues Treasure award. A collection of classic Dixon recordings titled ``Willie Dixon _ The Chess Box'' won the Vintage or Reissue Album of the Year award. NEW YORK (AP) Choreographer Jerome Robbins is stepping down as co-director of the New York City Ballet at age 71, but he's not disappearing into retirement. Robbins, considered one of the century's greats, plans to keep busy finishing his memoirs and developing ``Jerome Robbins' Broadway,'' a medley of pieces from musicals he choreographed or directed. ``It's important at my age to do other things,'' he said. ``I'm resigning from the New York City Ballet; I'm not retiring from the field.'' The ballet company announced Robbins' resignation Sunday. He's stepping down as co-director, but Robbins is to begin rehearsals soon at the City Ballet for a retrospective of his ballets since 1944, to be presented next spring. Robbins ballets include ``Fancy Free'' and ``The Guests,'' while his Broadway work includes ``West Side Story,'' ``Fiddler on the Roof'' and ``Peter Pan.'' Peter Martins, the City Ballet's other co-director, will be solely responsible for the company's artistic policy after Robbins' resignation becomes effective. Robbins said he also is considering working in Europe on stage ballets or operas, but ruled out the possibility of directing any other company. AP891106-0107 AP-NR-11-06-89 2107EST d a AM-BRF--Coke-Schools 11-06 0181 AM-BRF--Coke-Schools,0184 Coca-Cola Announces $50 Million Program of Education Grants ATLANTA (AP) The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Coca-Cola Co., on Monday announced $50 million in educational grants to be made over the next decade. The foundation has donated to various causes, primarily in health, the arts and education, but Coke officials said education has become a major issue and the foundation wanted to put its efforts only in that direction. The grants will be made during the 1990s to public and private schools at all levels and to other programs that support innovative education, with an emphasis on programs benefiting minorities. The first grants include a series of contributions totaling $5 million to historically black colleges and universities in Atlanta; $2 million to the University System of Georgia; $2 million for public and private Hispanic family literacy programs in Texas, California and Florida, and other Hispanic education programs; $1 million to the University of Notre Dame to support minority faculty development and exchange; and $2 million to the United Negro College Fund for schools outside Atlanta. AP891106-0108 AP-NR-11-06-89 1407EST r a PM-Guatemala-Nun 1stLd-Writethru a0571 11-06 0467 PM-Guatemala-Nun, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0571,0474 Nun, In Statement, Says She was Tortured In Guatemala Eds: SUBS 2nd graf to restore dropped first reference to nuns Chmielewski and Ballard. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The Roman Catholic nun missing more than 24 hours in Guatemala last week said she was kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused by three men in a building where other people were also apparently being abused. Diana Ortiz returned here Sunday and is resting quietly in a convent in an undisclosed location, said the two nuns who brought her back to this country, Sisters Darleen Chmielewski and Mary Elizabeth Ballard. The kidnapping could have been an act of vengeance directed at the church, or it might have been an act of personal vengeance for some real or imagined slight, Ballard said. Chmielewski and Ballard said Ortiz, 31, wanted to make her story public to draw attention to conditions in the Central American country, where they said a repressive military regime backs a puppet elected government and terrorism is a fact of daily life. Ortiz, a native of Grants, N.M., is a member of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, a religious community based near Owensboro, Ky. After teaching kindergarten at two schools in Kentucky, she moved to Guatemala to do the same kind of work in the village of San Miguel Acatan. She was not involved in any kind of political activity, the sisters said. But for some reason, around the first of this year, Ortiz started receiving anonymous, threatening letters telling her to leave the country. In July, a man she didn't know accosted her and repeated the threat. Early Thursday morning, according to her written account, the same man and another approached her, showed her a pistol and threatened to harm her friends if she didn't come quietly with them to answer some questions. She was taken by bus and car to a large building, under threat of harm if she cried out, where they were met by a third man dressed as a police officer. Ortiz said she could hear men moaning and a woman screaming in pain. Ortiz said she was struck in the face and abused sexually. She said the three men showed her photographs taken in San Miguel, asked her to identify people pictured and burned her after each answer she gave. Finally, another man came in and ordered the abuse to stop, calling the other three ``idiots'' and saying, ``She is a North American. Let her alone. It's already on the news on television.'' She said this fourth man took her to Guatemala City, about an hour's trip by car. He asked her to pardon them because they had mistaken her for someone else, but also acknowledged that they had sent her the anonymous letters. AP891106-0109 AP-NR-11-06-89 1534EST r p PM-NYCMayoral 2ndLd-Writethru a0565 11-06 0481 PM-NYC Mayoral, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0565,0487 Guiliani, Trailing in Polls, Says Dinkins' Finances Should Be Probed Eds: LEADS with 6 grafs to CLARIFY that Giuliani original statement was in response to a question. Picks up 7th graf pvs, `Dinkins would..'. With PM-Elections Rdp, Bjt By PAUL GEITNER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Rudolph Giuliani, trying to overcome a wide gap in the polls with only one day to go, says David Dinkins' finances should be investigated, no matter who wins the mayoral race. ``I think it is now quite clear that he does not have the honesty and integrity that commends him to the voters,'' Giuliani said Sunday in the second of two televised debates. The former U.S. attorney was asked if he, as mayor, would order an investigation into Dinkins' finances. ``There's no question that David Dinkins has to be investigated,'' he replied. Today, he added through a spokesman: ``It is not the function of the mayor to investigate. Of course, that will be up to federal and state authorities.'' Dinkins bristled at what he called Giuliani's ``distortions and complaints,'' reiterating that he has put to rest questions about his failure to file income tax returns 20 years ago and about a stock transfer to his son. Told of Giuliani's pledge to investigate him if elected, Dinkins said: ``I suppose he just can't get the prosecutor out of himself. He seems not to realize that he's running for mayor.'' Dinkins would be the first black mayor of New York if elected Tuesday. He beat the incumbent, Edward I. Koch, in the September Democratic primary. The Giuliani campaign made fresh allegations Sunday that Dinkins has concealed information about his finances. Dinkins, who is Manhattan's borough president, acknowledged that he did not report on financial disclosure forms that a local jewelry manufacturer paid for most of a trip to France he and his wife took in 1988. But he said it was all a mistake and that the man does not do business with the city. City officials are required to report all gifts valued at $500 or more. Dinkins promised to file amended forms today to include the trip as a gift. The latest poll showed Dinkins leading Giuliani by 51 percent to 35 percent. The poll of 2,006 registered voters was conducted Friday and Saturday for WNYW-TV. It had a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Giuliani opened Sunday's debate on WNBC-TV by hitting hard at Dinkins' personal finances. He charged that Dinkins failed to make good on a promise to reveal records showing he transferred stock in a cable TV company to his son. Referring to Dinkins' charge from the first debate Saturday night that New Yorkers need ``a mayor, not a prosecutor,'' Giuliani said, ``I think the people of this town want a mayor who has nothing to fear from a prosecutor.'' AP891106-0110 AP-NR-11-06-89 1548EST r i AM-BRF--Zambia 11-06 0103 AM-BRF--Zambia,0105 Officers Plead Innocent in Plot to Overthrow Kaunda LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) An ex-army commander and three senior officers pleaded innocent Monday to charges of plotting to overthrow the government of President Kennth Kaunda. High Court Judge Weston Muzyamba ordered the four to be held pending their next court date, which was not set. The state alleged Gen. Christon Tembo, 45, and the three officers _ Lt. Col. Chongo Shulya, 37; Lt. Col. Bizwayo Nkunika, 40; and Maj. Knight Mulenga _plotted a coup before Zambia's October parliamentary elections. At the time, Tembo was serving as Zambia's ambassador to West Germany. AP891106-0111 AP-NR-11-06-89 1548EST r w AM-Military-Stamps 11-06 0242 AM-Military-Stamps,230 Arlington Cemetery Gets Military Stamp Collection WASHINGTON (AP) A collection of 100 U.S. postage stamps recalling the struggles and triumphs of the American military took its place on display Monday at Arlington National Cemetery. ``Each stamp represents a chapter in the sacred and binding agreement between America and its citizens which has necessitated that men and women in uniform make sacrifices,'' said Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank in presenting the collection. Entitled ``In Honor of Those Who Served,'' the stamps will become a permanent display at the cemetery, with new military-related stamps being added as they are issued. Frank said the Postal Service is currently planning a new series of World War II stamps, including issues remembering Pearl Harbor, the Lend Lease program and the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, among others. Opening of the display comes just a few days before Veterans Day, and the stamps will be on view for the more than 4 million annual visitors to Arlington Cemetery. The oldest stamp in the collection was issued in 1895 and depicts Ulysses S. Grant, commander of Union Forces in the Civil War. Stamps recalling the American Revolution include Washington crossing the Delaware, foreign volunteers such as Lafayette, Von Steuben and Pulaski. Other stamps include those honoring the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Stamps on display also recall battles in the two woeld wars and commemorate veterans of the wars in Korea and Vietnam. AP891106-0112 AP-NR-11-06-89 1557EST r a AM-Horowitz-Services 11-06 0123 AM-Horowitz-Services,0127 Horowitz to be Buried in Italy NEW YORK (AP) A viewing will be held in Manhattan prior to a funeral at La Scala in Italy for piano virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz, a spokeswoman said Monday. Horowitz died Sunday at 85 of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan. His body will be laid out for public viewing Tuesday at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, said Alice Baiget, a spokeswoman for Horowitz's manager, Peter Gelb. Wanda Horowitz, daughter of conductor Arturo Toscanini, will accompany her husband's body Thursday on a flight to Milan, Italy. A service will be held at the La Scala opera house Friday morning and his body will be buried at the Toscanini chapel, Baiget said. AP891106-0113 AP-NR-11-06-89 1558EST r i AM-Afghanistan 11-06 0443 AM-Afghanistan,0455 Afghanistan Releases Three Guerrilla Prisoners By JOHN POMFRET Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) A delegation from the European Parliament has secured the release of three guerrilla prisoners of war in the first prisoner swap since the Soviet army withdrew in February, the government said Monday. Also on Monday, an official report said a lieutenant general was killed during clashes with U.S.-backed Moslem guerrillas. He was the second general to be killed in a week. Lord Nicholas Bethell, a member of the British Parliament and the vice chairman of the Committee on Human Rights, won the prisoners' release Thursday after meeting with President Najib, said government spokesman Mohammad Nabi Amani. Bethell will arrive in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday to negotiate the release of Soviet and Afghan government prisoners of war, Amani said. Bethell, translator of such Russian works as Alexander Solzhenitsyn's ``Cancer Ward,'' came to Kabul via Moscow, where he spoke with Soviet officials. Earlier reports said Bethell would negotiate for the exchange of Soviet prisoners for 75 guerrillas. But Amani denied these reports and said only three guerrillas were released. He said Bethell also would try to secure the release of Afghan government soldiers. During the decade-long Soviet military intervention, there were many prisoner exchanges between the guerrillas and the Soviets. Since the Soviet pullout in February, no known exchanges have taken place. The Soviets say about 310 of their soldiers are missing but the guerrillas say they are holding no more than 75. The rebels say 35,000 of their men are in prisons either in Afghanistan or the Soviet Union. Amani said Afghanistan is holding 2,500 guerrillas. Amani said the released guerrillass were soldiers who had been sentenced to jail terms ranging from five to 10 years for anti-government military actions. The released were members of the fundamentalist Moslem group loyal to Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, the royalist and conservative Mujadiddi family and the moderate Gaylani family. They had been held in the infamous Pulcharki prison. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which has offices in both Kabul and Peshawar, will take the rebels to Pakistan, Amani said. ``This is a step forward in the process of releasing prisoners,'' he said. ``We hope a great number of prisoners will be released.'' The Daily Payam, the official organ of the ruling People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, said guerrillas killed Lt. Gen. Ali Akbar during fighting in Kandahar province in southeastern Afghanistan. It said Akbar, a highly decorated officer, was buried Sunday on Martyrs' Hill in Kabul. Last week, a general and several officers were killed in a plane crash near Jalalabad. The government said the crash was an accident. AP891106-0114 AP-NR-11-06-89 1600EST r i AM-Iran-Iraq 11-06 0486 AM-Iran-Iraq,0503 U.N. Envoy Hopeful of Peace Talks Breakthrough By SALAH NASRAWI Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A United Nations envoy said Monday he is hopeful a breakthrough is possible in the deadlocked peace talks between Iran and Iraq. Jan Eliasson, Sweden's ambassador to the United Nations, arrived in Baghdad Sunday night from Tehran on the third part of a new diplomatic mission seeking to revive the stalled negotiations. He said he had ``fruitful discussions'' with Iranian leaders on his three-day visit to Tehran. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Cyprus, quoted the Tehran Times newspaper Monday as saying it was doubtful Eliasson would be able to break the deadlock. It added, however, that hopes for a ``lasting peace cannot be ruled out altogether.'' Eliasson, representing U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, spent four days in Baghdad last week at the start of his mission, which is expected to last another two weeks. He said his talks in Baghdad and Tehran were ``productive and interesting ... but as I'm in the middle of the process, I can't go into details now.'' Eliasson was to meet Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz, who heads the Iraqi negotiating team at the peace talks that began Aug. 25, 1988 _ five days after a U.N.-sponsored cease-fire in the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq. Eliasson was expected to stay in Baghdad for two days before returning to Tehran. Eliasson said he met Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati and other officials, but he declined to elaborate. U.N. officials have said Eliasson is not carrying any specific proposals to break the impasse. Western diplomats said he was trying to convince Iranian and Iraqi leaders to start an exchange of more than 100,000 prisoners of war held by both sides and to convince the Iraqis to withdraw from Iranian border territory they captured at the end of the war. Neither side has given any sign that their positions have changed since the last round of talks collapsed in April. Iran claims Iraq holds 1,080 square miles. U.N. observers estimate Iraq holds 386 square miles. The U.N. cease-fire resolution, accepted by both sides, calls on them to withdraw all forces to pre-war borders and exchange prisoners of war. Iran has said there can be no progress in the negotiations until Iraq withdraws. Baghdad accuses Tehran of blocking the POW exchange and refusing face-to-face talks. Iraq has insisted Iran allow the Shatt-Al-Arab waterway, the southern boundary between the two countries, to be dredged and reopened after its enforced closure that began in September 1980. Iran refuses. The 120-mile waterway, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, was Iraq's main outlet to the Persian Gulf before the war. Since the cease-fire, the Iraqis have been seeking to open other waterways in the south to provide access to the gulf from the port of Basra. AP891106-0115 AP-NR-11-06-89 1605EST r a AM-StevensonManuscript 11-06 0636 AM-Stevenson Manuscript,0655 Long-Lost R.L. Stevenson Story Is Tale Of Odd Marriage By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) A newly published long-lost short story by Robert Louis Stevenson is a whimsical tale of an English gentleman, way down on his luck, who marries a wealthy young woman and must obey her every order. The story, ``The Enchantress,'' is published for the first time in the fall edition of Georgia Review, the literary magazine of the University of Georgia. David Mann, a professor of the Miami University of Ohio, who found the manuscript among uncataloged papers at Yale University, notes in the introduction he co-authored that the story departs from Stevenson's tendency to focus on male characters. The 27-page manuscript was hand-written in pencil, apparently in 1889 while Stevenson was on the schooner ``Equator'' from Hawaii to Samoa, where he spent the last years of his life after leaving Scotland because of his failing health. He died in Samoa in 1894. It is believed to be the last unaccounted-for complete Stevenson story. It followed his best-known works, ``Treasure Island,'' ``Kidnapped'' and ``A Child's Garden of Verses.'' The newly discovered text, initially titled ``A Singular Marriage,'' was suppressed for years by Stevenson's stepson, Lloyd Osborne. He apparently felt the description of the female character, Miss Croft, too closely resembled his mother, Fanny. It was sold for the first time in 1914, the year Fanny died, and changed hands among collectors until it was bought at auction in 1923 and dropped from sight. In the first-person story the hero, a Mr. Hatfield, is lounging outside a French casino, broke from gambling and wondering where he'll find his next meal. He considers several options and decides on panhandling. His first _ and last _ target is the lovely Miss Croft, a wealthy orphan under the nominal control of a guardian who is himself something of a gambler, and not a very good one. In cumbersome Victorian English, Hatfield puts the bite on Miss Croft, who identifies him as a gentleman. She gives him 1,000 francs _ a bundle in those days _ turns up the charm and makes a proposition. They are to meet as if by accident in Paris, take the same train to Calais and the same boat back to England. ``You are a gentleman? Put your hand in mine and promise you will obey me implicitly,'' she said. The Enchantress goes on to live up to her name. ``You have picked up a tool, Miss Croft,'' Hatfield says. ``What do you propose to do with it. You have bought a slave. I hope you like him.'' Miss Croft proposes marriage on these terms: if Hatfield refuses, she will set him up in a comfortable business and never see him again; if he accepts he is to have a stipend of 300 pounds sterling a year, paid quarterly _ less than he would get if he refused _ and she gives the orders. She asks Hatfield ``whether you prefer to be my husband or my pensioner.'' They are married in a simple ceremony in Scotland only after Hatfield, now love-struck, tries to forego the stipend. It is, her lawyer assures him, a package deal _ no money, no Enchantress. After the ceremony she says goodbye on a street corner, reminding him of his promise to obey and tells him to return to his hotel room. Two days later a letter from her lawyer arrives saying it would be better if he never saw Miss Croft again and that she had left the country. It turns out that Miss Croft had just turned 21, but could not get control of her inheritance from the guardian until she married. Thinking her guardian not to be a sound businessman, she took the obvious course and married. AP891106-0116 AP-NR-11-06-89 1607EST r a AM-People-Wallace 11-06 0209 AM-People-Wallace,0216 Former Gov. George Wallace Facing Possible Ear Surgery BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Former Gov. George C. Wallace, whose hearing has been failing for years, will undergo several hours of tests to see whether doctors can help him without surgery. The tests, scheduled to end Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital, also could lead to an operation known as a cochlear implantation. Wallace, 70, has relied on the telephone in recent years to keep in touch with people, but his increasing loss of hearing has interfered with that, said his chief aide, Elvin Stanton. Wallace recently has had to write notes to converse. Hearing aids haven't helped. ``Put a hearing aid on and all I hear is loud talking, but I can't understand,'' Wallace told the Birmingham Post-Herald in an interview earlier this year. ``We are hoping we can help him,'' said Dr. Jerry Alpiner, chief of audiology at the VA hospital, ``and help him without resorting to the implant. But we won't rule that out either.'' Alpiner said patients should not expect too much from a cochlear implantation, in which hearing is stimulated by tiny electrodes hooked to a miniature microphone in the inner ear. Wallace has been in a wheelchair since an assassination attempt in 1972. AP891106-0117 AP-NR-11-06-89 1438EST u i AM-Germany-Refugees Bjt 11-06 0545 AM-Germany-Refugees, Bjt,0562 West Germans Say Many East Germans Will Return if Reform Comes LaserPhoto BON3 By KEVIN COSTELLOE Associated Press Writer SCHIRNDING, West Germany (AP) East Germans crossed the border by the carload in a cold, light rain Monday, including a young couple who came directly from their wedding, still wearing formal attire. West Germans who watched the stream of cars entering West Germany from Czechoslovkia predicted many refugees would return home if communist East Germany introduced enough reforms. The waiting line of vehicles was 400 yards long at the Schirnding crossing in northeastern Bavaria. ``A lot of them will go back if there are true democratic changes that create real trust in the government,'' said music teacher Franz Meixner from Wuerzburg in central Bavaria. ``I estimate it could be two-thirds.'' Meixner, who is 60 and left East Berlin for the West in 1948, said his sympathy went out to the newcomers. ``My neighbors say, `Why are they coming here?''' he said. ``Especially the young West Germans claim the refugees are taking away jobs and apartments. I tell my neighbors they should go over there and see how they like it.'' Last month, East Germany announced an amnesty that appears to allow the return of any of the tens of thousands who have fled without exit visas. ADN, the official East German news agency, said late Monday more than 23,000 citizens had left through Czechoslovakia in the previous three days. They join more than 150,000 who have emigrated legally, escaped or failed to return from approved trips abroad this year. West German officials have had to requisition temporary shelter and demands have arisen that the flow of refugees be ended. Chancellor Helmut Kohl said political and economic reform is needed in East Germany to keep its people home. Gabi Engmann, standing in the rain at the Schirnding crossing, said she also believed many refugees would return if reforms came to pass. In West Germany, ``they will certainly find there is a real housing shortage, said the 52-year-old hairdresser from Wunsiedel. Kohl's government has have promised a major building program to ease the shortage, and is recommending the use of vacant offices as apartments. Manfred Mueller, 59, of nearby Hof, believed the pull on refugees would be strong if conditions improved in East Germany. ``Just consider how much they left behind _ friends, relatives and almost all their belongings.'' Government officials estimated late last month that about one-third of East Germans who had arrived since September still were unemployed. Ethnic Germans also arew arriving from elsewhere. Red Cross officials say they expect up to 400,000 from the Soviet Union and other East European countries this year. ARD-TV said the East Germans were arriving with ``huge hopes.'' It showed the couple crossing the border in their wedding finery. Sylvio Lube, 21, rode his motorcycle through cold rain rain to Schirnding from Koenigswusterhausen, just south of East Berlin. ``When you have a goal, you can get used to the cold,'' the shivering factory worker said after the 180-mile ride. He said he left his 21-year-old wife, Janette, and their two small children, but ``I'm hoping to get them out later. All I had was this motorcycle to leave with. We don't even own a car.'' AP891106-0118 AP-NR-11-06-89 1608EST r i AM-SAfrica-Beer 11-06 0405 AM-SAfrica-Beer,0415 Largest Labor Federation Calls For Nationwide Beer Boycott By DAVID CRARY Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Leaders of the main black labor federation Monday called for a beer boycott by consumers and tavern owners to support workers on a four-week strike against the country's beer monopoly. ``The boycott will not end until the demands of the workers are met,'' said a statement issued by Johannesburg-area officials of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which claims 1 million members. About 6,000 employees of privately owned South African Breweries went on strike to press for a wage increase of 38 percent. The company has refused to revise its offer of a 16 percent raise, and says it will agree to mediation on other contract matters only if the wage dispute is left off the agenda. Throughout the strike, the company has accused the Food and Allied Workers Union of sanctioning violence against employees who continued to work. One workers's house was burned down, and armed guards were placed aboard some delivery trucks after a driver was killed in Durban. The trade union congress, in its boycott call, urged ``all our people to conduct this campaign in a peaceful and disciplined method.'' Anticipating the possibility of a boycott, the company last week expressed concern that it would be enforced through coercion. ``People are being asked to lose their jobs and their livelihoods in solidarity with peple who are refusing one of the highest wage packages in the country,'' the company said. The company's wage offer would raise monthly pay for its lowest-paid workers to about $400. That is more than twice the minimum wage for members of the National Union of Mineworkers, the largest black union. Blacks consume about 80 percent of South Africa's beer, and the national association of black tavern owners has agreed to support the boycott. However, the main association of black liquor store outlets has declined to do so, saying their customers would simply turn to white-owned stores. South African Breweries produces all four leading beer brands in South Africa, which imports relatively small quantities of beer from abroad. The strike has affected seven of the company's 11 breweries, but production has continued and no reports of severe shortages have surfaced yet as summer approaches. There have been no contract negotations since the strike began, although the union last week suggested the two sides agree to mediation. AP891106-0119 AP-NR-11-06-89 1445EST u a PM-Obit-Horowitz 1stLd-Writethru a0447 11-06 1227 PM-Obit-Horowitz, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0447,1262 Titan of the Keyboard Dead at Age 85 Eds: SUBS 2nd graf and 11th graf, `He is ...', to UPDATE with funeral plans. Picks up 12th graf pvs, `In a...'. LaserColor NY4; LaserPhotos NY7,8,9 By RAUL REYES Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Vladimir Horowitz, the legendary pianist who dazzled the world for 60 years, was mourned upon his death as the 20th century's titan of the keyboard whose passing created a void that can never be filled. The Russian-born virtuoso, who brought ``controlled thunder'' to the piano and was a last link to the 19th century masters, died Sunday at 85 in his Upper East Side home. Funeral services were set for Friday at the famous La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy. Horowitz left his native Russia in 1925 and came to the United States in 1928, playing his first American concert seven days later. He was an instant success. ``When he played, he'd turn on the current and it would hit sort of like a shockwave,'' said Morton Gould, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ``His performance had that unique electricity that was magical.'' ``He touched every musician who ever heard him,'' said pianist Murray Perahia, who was at the home when Horowitz died. ``He knew all the repertory and could play pieces he hadn't done in 20 years.'' Horowitz had been in good health and as recently as last week was recording in his living room, said his manager, Peter Gelb. Less than three weeks ago, hundreds of admirers filled a record store for an album-signing session. His last performances were in 1987 in Berlin, Hamburg, West Germany, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, Gelb said. The year before, he had returned to Moscow for the first time in 61 years for an emotional concert shown on American television. His final American performances were in the fall of 1986, Gelb said, when he played at New York's Lincoln Center and the reopening of the refurbished Carnegie Hall. His awards included the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award in 1986, the Legion of Honor from France and Italy's Order of Merit. He also was the recipient of more than 20 Grammy awards. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Wanda, daughter of the late conductor, Arturo Toscanini. Visitation was set for Tuesday afternoon in New York, and then the body would be flown to Italy for the service at La Scala, a spokeswoman for Gelb said today. He will be buried in the Toscanini family plot in Milan, Gelb said. In a letter of condolence to Mrs. Horowitz, composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein called the temperamental pianist ``a super musician with all the mortal fallibilities such geniuses have.'' Referring to Horowitz's occasional long withdrawals from performance, Bernstein wrote that Mrs. Horowitz cared for him and ``returned him to us time and again refreshed, renewed, and ever greater.'' ``The greatest legend of the piano in the 20th century is dead and his death leaves a vacuum which probably can never be filled,'' lamented Sir Georg Solti, the Chicago Symphony's music director. Pianist Emanuel Ax said an audience could feel Horowitz' energy when he performed. ``There was the sense of an unbelievable energy being harnessed, and the feeling that if he ever let it go, it would burn up the hall,'' Ax said. Pianist Andre Watts said, ``It would be hard to come up with an equivalent. There isn't another Horowitz. Thank God for recordings.'' Watts also said that Horowitz during a performance was ``like a demon barely under control out there on the stage.'' President Carter in 1978 called Horowitz a ``national treasure.'' Horowitz played the White House three times _ first at Herbert Hoover's request, second at Carter's, and the third for then-President Reagan. Roman Popadiuk, deputy White House press secretary, said in a statement: ``We are saddened at the loss of this world-renowned musician. We extend our sympathies to his family. His musical legacy will continue to live on.'' Horowitz, whose sartorial trademark was a bow tie, was known for his intense, electric performances, his technique and skill, his rich interpretations, speed and a power described as ``controlled thunder.'' In addition to his playing, audiences were charmed by eccentricities _ his impish smiles and twinkling eyes. He traveled with his Steinway grand piano. He called playing the piano as ``the coordination of mind, heart and finger,'' with emotion the key. ``The brain is the control of emotion; there has to be something to be controlled. The heart is the guide, the brain is the control; what comes out had to have both,'' he once said. He often interrupted his career for long periods _ 1936 to 1938, from 1953 to 1965, from 1968 to 1974 and from 1983 to 1985. He continued to make records during the second retirement and served as mentor to five concert pianists who later would speak of the complex relationship that grew between them and their volatile teacher. The ``demon inside me'' that urged him to do better, and a desire to perform in public again, brought him back to the stage when he was 61 with what critics said was a new maturity and a wider range. The pace of his concerts slowed as he grew older, but his reputation was undiminished. ``No matter how difficult and complicated the piece, Horowitz would make it sound easy,'' The New York Times' Harold C. Schonberg once wrote. Horowitz was born Vladimir Gorowicz on Oct. 1, 1904, on Kiev's Music Street. His father, Simeon, was a prosperous engineer impoverished by the Russian revolution. His mother, Sophie Bodik, was an amateur pianist who inspired such a love of music in her three children that daughter Regina also became a concert pianist and son Georg a violin teacher. Horowitz was given piano lessons at age 6. Within three years, he shocked his parents by learning all the Rachmaninoff pieces in the family library and all the piano scores of Wagner's operas. He attended the Kiev Conservatory, where from age 12 to 16 he studied piano and composition under Felix Blumenfeld. He made his concert debut at 19, seeking to earn money for his family. Horowitz left the Soviet Union on a six-month visa to study in the West. Instead of studying, he began a two-year European tour that won him acclaim. It was during that tour, when he played in Berlin, that he changed his name to Horowitz. In 1933, he was chosen as solo for Toscanini's last in a series of Beethoven concerts. Toscanini also introduced Horowitz to his daughter, and they were soon married. Horowitz, who became a U.S. citizen that year, was a longtime critic of the Soviet system _ ``I don't like the Russian approach to music, to art, to anything'' _ and repeatedly said he would never return. But he did return in 1986. The Soviets obviously had not forgotten him; determined fans rushed police and stormed his Moscow concert and open rehearsal. It was the most talked-about musical event in the Soviet Union in years. Horowitz' only rival for acclaim and popularity was Artur Rubinstein, who died in 1982. Rubinstein conceded that Horowitz was the better pianist, but not the better musician. ``I am a 19th-century Romantic,'' Horowitz once said. ``I am the last.'' AP891106-0120 AP-NR-11-06-89 1619EST r i AM-China 11-06 0706 AM-China,0725 Communist Party Plenum Meets to Set Economic Course By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) The Communist Party Central Committee, holding its first plenary session since it purged reform leader Zhao Ziyang in June, convenes this week to tighten the lock on the nation's economic and political policies. The plenum is expected to endorse a three-year program, advocated by hard-line Premier Li Peng, reasserting central controls over the economy. It may also fill vacancies in the party's decision-making Politburo with supporters of the conservative line. As is usually the case, there has been no official announcement on the plenum, but East European sources said it would begin Monday and run for two or three days. Party leaders were reported to have met in a secret last week to map out the decisions to be made at the 5th Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee. The plenum, consisting of 175 Central Committee members and 108 alternates, will focus on the economic prospectus that many fear could be a setback for China's 10-year course of market-oriented reforms. Premier Li and planning chief Yao Yilin are believed to be pushing for retrenchment policies that will revive the primacy of central planning, restore the leadership of party functionaries in factories and economic planning departments, and limit the growth of collective and private enterprise. The plan is expected to cast aside price reforms and other structural changes while the government strives to slow down economic growth, control inflation and bring centralized order into the economy in the next three years. There have been indications, though, of resistance to the conservative line from pro-reform economists and officials from coastal provinces whose regions have flourished under decentralization and introduction of market-style economies. The plenum was originally expected to convene in October but apparently was delayed because of differences over how far to push economic retrenchment. Differences may also remain over two other key issues: the handling of disgraced former party chief Zhao Ziyang and the retirement of senior leader Deng Xiaoping. At the June 23-24 plenum, Zhao was purged from all his party posts and accused of abetting the pro-democracy demonstrations that were crushed in Beijing by military force on June 3-4. He has been under virtual house arrest since then, and Chinese leaders have suggested he could be put on trial for crimes against the state. Recent statements, however, indicate the plenum won't bring criminal charges against the former protege of Deng. It is also not clear whether the plenum will single out other Zhao supporters for censure or punishment. The plenum may also put off a decision on Deng's retirement from his last official post, as chairman of the Central Military Commission. Deng is 85. The post is one of the most powerful in China's political hierarchy, and the likely candidate is Zhao's successor, new party General Secretary Jiang Zemin. Deng has anointed the 63-year-old ex-Shanghai party boss as his heir-apparent, and Jiang needs the military ties to bolster his weak credentials as a national leader. However, President Yang Shangkun, one of the masterminds of the June military crackdown, also is bidding to head the military commission. Yang, 82, is permanent vice chairman of the military commission. But there is reported concern that Yang is moving to establish a family dynasty within the military. Yang's younger brother, Yang Baibing, heads the army General Political Department, his son-in-law Chi Haotian is chief of staff, and his nephew, Yang Jianhua, is commander of the 27th Army that spearheaded the bloody attack on Beijing in June. Deng remains China's strongest man despite his retirement from most of his official duties. His departure from the military commission would not change that, although the choice of his successor could influence the outcome of the power struggle expected to occur after Deng's death. The plenum may name new members of the party Politburo, which is down to 14 members after the loss of three reformists. Former party chief Hu Yaobang, who was fired from his job but remained on the Politburo after 1986-87 student demonstrations, died in April, sparking the the seven-week pro-democracy movement. Zhao was removed from the Politburo in June along with Hu Qili, another leading advocated of reform. AP891106-0121 AP-NR-11-06-89 1635EST r w AM-Bush-Nixon 11-06 0633 AM-Bush-Nixon,610 Nixon Dines at White House to Report on China Trip By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush held an unannounced dinner at the White House with former President Nixon, who is urging the United States and China to restore good relations despite Beijing's military crackdown on pro-democracy forces. Despite Nixon's appeal, the White House indicated it was not ready to change its approach, which includes suspension of all high-level official contacts. Nixon spent two hours at the White House on Sunday evening, reporting on his trip to China and meetings with senior leaders, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Monday. Fitzwater also revealed Bush had summoned officials from the CIA, State Department and National Security Council to Camp David on Saturday for the first in a series of briefings for his summit in December with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. ``It was a staff session primarily to assess the situation in the Soviet Union and to consider many of the political and economic issues that are now facing President Gorbachev,'' Fitzwater said. He said the meeting was not designed to produce new initiatives toward the Soviet Union and was the first of many pre-summit sessions. ``They're simply to give him a full explanation and opinion package from all sides of all issues before he goes, so he's thoroughly acquainted with Soviet actions, Soviet history, issues of interest to the United States. ..., Fitzwater said. Bush also discussed policy toward the Soviet Union over lunch Monday with Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was the national security adviser to President Carter. Fitzwater said other meetings will include experts from outside government. Nixon's trip to China put a fresh spotlight on the tensions between Washington and Beijing since June's bloody repression of the pro-democracy movement in China. Despite Nixon's call for restoration of relations, Fitzwater indicated the United States was taking a more cautious approach. ``We do see some changes in China in terms of them reaching out to other parts of the world, but at this point, we have not determined that the time is right to make very dramatic changes,'' he said. Fitzwater added, ``The issue that would change our position are changes and actions in China.'' Asked if Bush and Nixon disagreed over strategy toward China, Fitzwater said, ``I wouldn't want to suggest agreement or disagreement or suggest anything of the kind. Simply, we just aren't willing to describe the former president's remarks. He can do that fine.'' The press spokesman said, ``Our general policy has not changed ... We do want to preserve the relationship, and that as events proceed, we will continue to consider possible actions that would change our relationship.'' Nixon, traveling as a private citizen at the invitation of the government, was the most prominent American to visit China since the crackdown. In Beijing, Nixon had said the two powers should return to the formula of 1972, the year of Nixon's historic door-opening visit to China, ``acknowledging our profound differences while realistically identifying and pursuing our common interests.'' After Sunday night's dinner at the White House, Nixon returned to New York. Other dinner guests included Vice President Dan Quayle, Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates, CIA Director William Webster, White House Chief of Staff John Sununu and Michel Oksenberg, a China scholar and a member of Nixon's entourage. Bush's China policy won support Monday from another former president, Jimmy Carter, who told a group of reporters in Washington that he believes the sanctions imposed on China are just about right. Noting China's extreme sensitivity to interference by foreigners, Carter said: ``I think all of us should help reintegrate China in the world community without relinquishing our commitment to basic human rights.'' AP891106-0122 AP-NR-11-06-89 1505EST u w AM-Scotus-Peyote 11-06 0549 AM-Scotus-Peyote,550 Tribal Use of Peyote Argued Before Supreme Court With AM-Scotus Rdp, Bjt By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court was told Monday that establishing a constitutional right to take peyote in religious ceremonies would allow use of a dangerous hallucinogenic drug and could lead to broader drug use. ``It can cause psychotic reactions in a small number of users,'' Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer said about peyote. ``It is very risky.'' However, Craig J. Dorsay argued that the survival of the Native American Church would be threatened if Oregon officials are allowed to deny unemployment compensation to two men fired for using peyote at religious ceremonies. Dorsay, who represents the two fired workers, said small amounts of peyote had been used in religious ceremonies for hundreds of years with practically no evidence of harm. Alcohol generally is more dangerous to Indians, he said. Frohnmayer said that if the drug is permitted in church ceremonies, ``it will be a wedge'' for drug use by other religious groups, citing a pending state case involving the use of marijuana. When asked by Justice Antonin Scalia if states may ban snake handling as a religious practice, Dorsay said, ``I don't think there's a dispute that rattlesnakes can cause harm. Peyote misuse is dangerous,'' not its controlled use in religious ceremonies. The justices heard 60 minutes of arguments and are expected to announce a ruling by July. After Monday's court session, members of the Native American Church conducted a religious ceremony on the grounds of the Capitol across the street from the court. Peyote was not part of the ceremony. Leaders burned leaves and bits of cedar and prayed for the future of the church. The case is before the nation's highest court for the second time. The justices last year sent it back to the Oregon Supreme Court to determine whether the religious use of peyote was a crime in that state. The state court declined to answer that question and once again ruled that Oregon may not deny unemployment benefits for use of peyote in a religious ceremony. The fired workers, Galen W. Black and Alfred L. Smith, were counselors with the Douglas County, Ore., Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment. After each took small amounts of peyote as part of a church sacrament, they were fired for violating company policy. Peyote, a cactus ``button'' containing the hallucinogen mescaline, is an illegal drug under Oregon law. But high court members said Monday that state officials apparently don't try to ban peyote use on Indian reservations. ``Isn't it likely there will continue to be exemptions (from criminal laws) for peyote use'' regardless of how the court rules, Justice John Paul Stevens suggested. The opposing lawyers disputed whether the amounts taken by Black and Smith at the church services could cause dangerous hallucinations. Smith, a Klamath Indian, is an alcoholic who has not used alcohol since 1957. He counseled alcoholics for the county agency. Black is not an Indian. He worked for the agency counseling drug users while he was recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. The rehabilitation program has changed its policy, agreeing not to fire employees for the sacramental use of peyote. The case is Employment Division vs. Smith, 88-1213. AP891106-0123 AP-NR-11-06-89 1642EST r i AM-Namibia 11-06 0740 AM-Namibia,0762 Guerrilla Leaders Appeal For Reconciliation on Eve of Election By LAURINDA KEYS Associated Press Writer WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) Leaders of a 23-year guerrilla war against South African rule appealed for reconciliation Monday on the eve of the election that will bring independence to Namibia after more than a century of foreign rule. ``I call on all Namibians ... to forget the past and unite together to overthrow the yoke of colonialism,'' said Andimba Toivo ja Toivo, secretary general of the South-West Africa People's Organization. SWAPO is favored to outpoll nine other parties in a five-day, United Nations-supervised election starting Tuesday for 72 seats in an assembly that will draft a constitution for independent Namibia. South African President F.W. de Klerk urged Namibians to ``cast your vote in the interest of peace and prosperity.'' ``The strife and bitterness, the mistrust and misunderstandings of the past must be put behind us,'' he said. An airplane chartered by SWAPO's main rival, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, to broadcast political messages was forced down by gunfire Monday, but otherwise authorities reported calm throughout the arid, sparsely populated territory. Police said the single-engine plane crash-landed and caught fire after being hit by bullets over the northern region of Kavango. The two men aboard the plane were not seriously hurt, and a hunt for the attackers was launched, police said. Fred Eckhard, chief spokesman for the U.N. monitoring force, said officials were nervous because ``there is a deep-seated mutual distrust on the part of supporters of different parties.'' ``The peace is a fragile peace,'' Eckhard said. Posters and TV advertisements financed by U.N. and territorial officials have been stressing that ballots will be secret and urging the 701,453 registered voters to ``vote without fear.'' SWAPO is the overwhelming front-runner, and the key question is whether it will win two-thirds of the votes, which would allow it to draft a constitution without compromising with other parties. ``The day has finally arrived when Nambians will vote for freedom,'' said SWAPO President Sam Nujoma, who spent 30 years in exile. Both Nujoma and de Klerk said they were prepared to accept the results of the election, regardless of the outcome, as long as the U.N.'s chief representative, Martti Ahtisaari, certified that the voting was free and fair. Nujoma said ``Namibian patriots'' of other parties would be invited to join a SWAPO-led government. But he ruled out a role for Dirk Mudge, a white moderate who is the best-known leader of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. The alliance is a multiracial coalition which participated in a South African-installed transitional government. Nambia was colonized by Germany in 1884, and captured by South Africa in 1915. South Africa agreed last year to grant independence as part of a regional treaty that also calls for the phased withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola, Namibia's northern neighbor. Last week, South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha raised the possibility of delaying the elections when he alleged that SWAPO guerrillas had mobilized along the Angola-Namibian border for a treaty-breaking incursion into the territory. Botha later admitted his charge was based on false radio messages and said prospects for free and fair elections were good. Some opposition politicians and newspapers in South Africa have demanded Botha's resignation, and there have been calls for an investigation of the possibility that he was duped by right-wing elements in the military who sought to undermine the Namibian elections. U.N. election officials said votes will be cast at 358 polling stations, including 143 mobile booths sent to remote areas. Final results are expected by the end of next week. The voting will be monitored by 1,695 U.N. supervisers, along with observers from at least 25 foreign countries and representatives of the Namibian political parties. The U.N. force will remain in Namibia until independence, expected early next year. But Eckhard said other U.N. agencies would take over trying to track down more than 300 missing Namibians who allegedly were detained by SWAPO at prison camps in Angola and Zambia. At the United Nations on Monday, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar noted that there have been 120,000 gun permits issued and said he was concerned about a possible outbreak of violence after the election. ``While, at this time, there have been marked improvements in the security situation on the eve of the election, I remain vigilant to the possibility of a deterioration in the field of law and order,'' he said. AP891106-0124 AP-NR-11-06-89 1509EST u a PM-SFQuake 1stLd-Writethru a0464 11-06 0656 PM-SF Quake, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0464,0668 Deukmejian Signs Quake Relief Package, Including Quarter-Cent Tax Increase Eds: LEADS with 6 grafs to UPDATE with governor signing bills, quote. Picks up 5th graf pvs, `I congratulate...'. LaserPhoto FX1 By KATHLEEN GRUBB Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Gov. George Deukmejian today signed a 12-bill earthquake relief package, including a temporary sales tax hike to raise $800 million. ``We're going to do whatever is necessary to restore the lives and the homes of the people who were victims of this quake,'' Deukmejian said as he began signing the bills. As Mayor Art Agnos and a dozen legislators looked on, Deukmejian signed the relief package at 11:45 a.m. after riding a ferry boat across the San Francisco Bay from Oakland. Although state lawmakers approved the temporary sales tax increase for earthquake relief, the package was nearly derailed by partisan bickering. Legislators completed a hectic three-day special session over the weekend, but only after rejecting claims that the sales tax hike was insufficient or premature. The Oct. 17 quake killed at least 66, injured 3,000 and did an estimated $7 billion damage in Northern California. The levy, intended to raise $800 million, would take effect Dec. 1. ``I congratulate the Legislature on its quick action on the earthquake relief package to assist the earthquake victims in rebuilding their lives, businesses and communities,'' Deukmejian said. State and federal aid, the Republican governor said, ``should provide the necessary resources in order to restore some semblance of normalcy in the Bay area.'' Some legislators of both parties criticized the plan, which raises the sales tax to as much as 7 cents on the dollar, depending on local rates. Deukmejian also plans to tap the state reserve for $200 million. Some lawmakers insisted the cost of the earthquake repairs will be much higher than the total $4.25 billion in approved federal aid and state funds. ``It's going to be closer to $10 billion, believe me,'' said Sen. Nicholas Petris, a Democrat who urged a half-cent sales tax increase. ``This is no time to be pandering to the pockets of the people.'' The tax hike, opposed by most Republicans in the Assembly, passed the lower house Saturday with two votes to spare. It passed the Senate by 34-2. ``Why would anyone want to take advantage of this disaster to raise taxes?'' asked Assemblyman Pat Nolan, a conservative Republican who tried to block the measure. In other quake developments: _Engineers plan to create earthquake conditions on a section of Oakland's Interstate 880 with hydraulic jacks and a massive spinning device in an experiment to help freeway designers learn to protect highways from quakes. A section near the stretch of double-decked freeway that collapsed in the quake will be deliberately felled in the test sometime before Christmas, said James E. Roberts, chief of the structural division of the state Department of Transportation. Most of the quake's victims were crushed between the freeway's decks. _A mild aftershock struck the San Francisco Bay area Sunday morning, but authorities said there were no reports of damage or injuries. The aftershock, on the San Andreas Fault and centered 8 miles east of Santa Cruz, some 60 miles south of San Francisco, registered 4.0 on the Richter scale, said Pat Jorgenson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Survey. _Hispanic leaders and Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., complained that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has responded inadequately to the needs of Spanish-speaking residents left homeless by the quake. At the public meeting Saturday in Santa Cruz, FEMA official Bob Stevens responded that the agency ran out of Spanish-language applications while helping Puerto Rico residents after Hurricane Hugo. _The National Football League on Sunday announced a $1 million donation to the earthquake relief effort on behalf of the 28 teams' owners. San Francisco 49ers owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. will add a $250,000 contribution on behalf of his family, the NFL said. AP891106-0125 AP-NR-11-06-89 1525EST u p AM-ElectionsRdp Bjt 11-06 0785 AM-Elections Rdp, Bjt,780 On Election Eve, Talk of Racial Breakthroughs, Abortion Impact By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia and David Dinkins of New York campaigned to the finish line Monday in drives to shatter race barriers, one aiming to become America's first black elected governor and the other the first black mayor of the nation's largest city. Democratic Rep. James Florio and underdog GOP Rep. James Courter sought last-minute support in New Jersey's gubernatorial contest, the other high-profile race in Tuesday's off-year elections that will be closely watched for signs of changing voter sentiment on abortion. Ballots were also studded with hundreds of mayoral races, contests for other city and county offices and referendums. J. Marshall Coleman, discounting polls that showed him trailing Wilder in Virginia, told a rally ``the undecideds are breaking our way. ... We're absolutely on the eve of a great victory.'' But Wilder, the lieutenant governor and grandson of freed slaves, countered that chances were ``exceedingly good'' he would win and lead a statewide Democratic sweep of three top offices. There was no letup in Republican Rudolph Giuliani's attacks on Manhattan Borough President Dinkins, who has admitted failing to file income tax returns for four years two decades ago and has faced questions about a stock transfer to his son. ``David Dinkins has a history of getting away with things that others don't get away with. I don't know why,'' said Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney and underdog in the New York mayoral race. ``He is less than candid. He hides, he evades.'' Dinkins replied that his Republican rival entered the race like a ``knight in shining armor on a white charger. I suggest that the armor is a bit tarnished and that charger is no longer white.'' Elsewhere on the ballot, 11 Democrats went through their final campaign paces in Houston, where they were vying to fill the unexpired term of the late Democratic Rep. Mickey Leland. New York aside, big city election campaigns were winding up in Detroit, Houston and Miami, where incumbents Coleman Young, Kathy Whitmire and Xavier Suarez sought new terms. Cleveland's unusually nasty mayoral campaign neared an end, pitting City Council President George Forbes against state Sen. Michael R. White. Voters in 10 states will decide 56 referendums on Tuesday. Among them was Michigan, deciding the fate of two competing plans to raise the state sales tax for education. One called for a halfpenny increase and the other a two-cent rise. In others, a proposal to raise $115 million for a new stadium for the San Francisco Giants faced a tough fight in light of huge costs from earthquake damage, while residents of Greensboro, N.C., where cigarette manufacturing is big business, were deciding whether to limit public smoking. Democrats were hoping for a three-race sweep in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City to buoy the party in advance of 1990 elections that will fill 34 Senate seats, 36 governorships and 435 House seats. President Bush campaigned for Republican candidates in all three races. Republicans said the results would prove of little use in handicapping next year's campaign. But all three races, particularly Virginia, were being watched closely for signs of shifting views on abortion. Wilder has made Coleman's opposition to abortion a cornerstone of his campaign, challenging a decade of political wisdom that said pro-choice candidates should avoid the issue. Pro-choice and right-to-life groups also poured thousands of dollars into television commercials for Wilder and Coleman. Giuliani and Courter both modified their opposition to abortion during the campaign, the first since the Supreme Court ruling last summer permitting states to impose greater restrictions. Ironically, perhaps, abortion largely overshadowed race in the campaign in Virginia, once the capital of the Confederacy. Coleman broached the subject indirectly late last week when he said Wilder was benefiting from a ``double standard'' in press coverage. Florio, loser in two previous gubernatorial campaigns, spent the final hours saying he was guarding against overconfidence, but also appealing for election of enough Democrats to give his party a majority in the State Assembly. The GOP holds a two-seat majority. Courter scheduled several stops during the final day of his campaign, culminating with a ``Favorite Son'' rally at home in Warren County. Wilder and Coleman both spent their final day of campaigning in the company of popular Virginians. Coleman made his rounds with Sen. John Warner at his side and stressed his law enforcement experience as the state's former attorney general and his opposition to higher taxes. Wilder was accompanied by Gov. Gerald Baliles and Sen. Charles Robb, a former governor, to accentuate his claim to being the heir to eight successive years of Democratic government. AP891106-0126 AP-NR-11-06-89 1649EST r i AM-Greece 11-06 0488 AM-Greece,0502 Greeks Face Possibility Of New Elections Before Christmas By PHILIP DOPOULOS Associated Press Writer ATHENS, Greece (AP) Voters Monday faced the possibility of going to the polls for the third time this year after elections failed to give any party a clear governing mandate. According to the constitution, President Christos Sartzetakis must call elections within 30 days if political leaders fail to form a viable government that can win a parliamentary vote of confidence. Constantine Mitsotakis' conservative New Democracy party won Sunday's election but fell three seats short of an absolute majority of the 300-member unicameral Parliament. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, led by former Premier Andreas Papandreou, came in second with 128 places and the Coaliton of the Left and Progress led by Communist leader Harilaos Florakis took 21 seats. The remaining three seats went to independents, including a leftist, a Greek Moslem and an environmentalist, for the first time in the nation's political history. In the previous Parliament elected in June, New Democracy controlled 145 seats, PASOK 125 places and the Coalition 28, with two seats going to independents. New Democracy and the Coalition governed together for three months following those elections with the sole intention of investigating scandals involving the Papandreou government. The political impasse froze decisions on how to solve the country's economic crisis and negotiations on the continued presence of U.S. bases in Greece. A Greek-U.S. defense accord expired last year and negotiations on renewing it were suspended in June. If no agreement is reached with a new government, the United States has until May 1990 to close the four major military installations. New Democracy party officials said Mitsotakis, 71, would confer with Sartzetakis at the presidential palace on Tuesday where he would seek a mandate to form a government. If he failed to do so, then Papandreou, 70, would be given his chance followed by Florakis. The chances for the conservatives to succeed appeared slim since PASOK and the Coalition said that differences with New Democracy in ideology and foreign and domestic policy issues could not be bridged. Leaders of the Coalition rejected Papandreou's bid to form a government after the June 18 elections ended in a hung Parliament. The Athens Stock Exchange reacted sharply to the election results. Its General Index, which gives an overall picture of the daily value of the shares traded, was down 8.9 percent for the day. The sharp drop in share values reflected the anxiety felt by many business leaders because of Greece's worsening economy which cannot be revived without unpopular measures. When the socialists lost the June vote, ending eight years in office, they had built up a $58 billion public debt, which included $20 billion owed abroad. Mitsotakis campaigned on a program of less government interference in the economy and closer ties to the United States. Papandreou pledged to double farmers' pensions and defend the welfare state if elected. AP891106-0127 AP-NR-11-06-89 1650EST r w AM-Catastrophic-Medigap 11-06 0400 AM-Catastrophic-Medigap,370 Congressman Says Most Seniors Would Pay More if Catastrophic Repealed By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Most senior citizens would see their total health insurance costs rise if Congress repealed Medicare's catastrophic care program, because private ``medigap'' premiums would go up, a congressman said Monday. Rep. Fortney ``Pete'' Stark, D-Calif., released a government survey of 20 private insurers that estimated the average medigap premium would rise an extra 15.4 percent next year if the catastrophic package were repealed. Medigap policies are the supplemental private insurance that people buy to fill gaps in their Medicare coverage. Stark, chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health, said that for at least 20 million people, the increases in medigap premiums would exceed the amount they would save in reduced Medicare fees if the catastrophic package were scrapped. The survey by the General Accounting Office predicted the average monthly medigap premium would rise from $58.71 this year to $60.10 in 1990 because of rising health care costs. If the catastrophic package were repealed, the average monthly premium would rise to $69.35, according to the survey. ``These Medigap increases will hit those least able to afford it _ those who are the poor and have modest income,'' Stark said. ``The evidence continues to mount that repeal has a price, a big price to those 24 million seniors who have medigap policies.'' Stark has been a big defender of the catastrophic program, which offers expanded Medicare coverage against the high costs of serious illness. He acknowledged that Congress is on the verge of rolling back all or most of the program. The catastrophic package has drawn complaints from senior citizens who argue its costs exceed its benefits. The program is financed by higher Medicare premiums on all but the poorest beneficiaries and a surtax that affects the 40 percent of elderly Americans who pay more than $150 a year in income tax. The surtax has been the main focus of the opposition. The Health Insurance Association of America last week estimated medigap prices are likely to rise 7 percent to 12 percent in 1990 due to rising health costs. But it said the increases can be expected to total 15 percent to 20 percent under a Senate-passed plan to cut back part of the catastrophic package or 20 percent to 25 percent if Congress repeals the whole program. AP891106-0128 AP-NR-11-06-89 1656EST r a AM-InmateDeath 11-06 0249 AM-Inmate Death,0255 Man Convicted in Southside Slayer Case Dies in Prison SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) A 32-year-old man convicted in the strangling of four prostitutes and sent to death row has died in prison of natural causes, a prison spokesman said Monday. Louis Craine died Friday, said Lt. Cal White, a spokesman for the San Quentin prison who provided no further information on the cause of death. Craine arrived at the prison July 5 and was hospitalized later that month, White said. Craine, a construction worker with a sixth-grade education and an IQ of 69, was sentenced to death June 27, one day after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for executions of mentally retarded killers. Superior Court Judge Janice Claire Croft rejected a defense plea that would have allowed a life term for Craine, saying his victims ``fought frantically for their lives'' and he ``strangled each of them to death and discarded their bodies in abandoned houses, vacant lots and an alley like so much trash.'' Craine was convicted April 26 of first-degree murder in the stranglings of Loretta Perry, Gail M. Ficklin, Vivian Louise Collins and Carolyn Barney. They were killed between August 1985 and May 1987. He was among four men arrested in the ``Southside Slayer'' attacks on 18 women. At one time, the murders were thought to be the work of a single killer. Craine had admitted to three slayings after his arrest in 1987 but recanted on the witness stand. AP891106-0129 AP-NR-11-06-89 1656EST r i AM-Belgium-Abortion 11-06 0376 AM-Belgium-Abortion,0387 Abortion Bill Gains in Belgium BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) The Senate on Monday passed a bill to legalize abortions in this overhwelmingly Roman Catholic nation after members of the governing party sided with the opposition to support the measure. The bill, approved 102-73 by the Senate, still must be approved by the parliament's 212-seat Chamber of Representatives before it can become law. No date was set for debate to begin, and it could be months before the bill makes it through the various committees to the full chamber. Under current Belgian law, women who have abortions and doctors who perform them face prison terms of up to 10 years in jail. The law has not been strongly enforced in recent years, and public opinion polls show most Belgians favor the right to abortion. Efforts to legalize the operation began in earnest in 1973. Since then, 15 abortion bills have failed to win parliamentary approval. The bill approved Monday would allow abortions to be performed during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy if a pregnant women was judged by her doctor to be in a ``state of distress.'' The vote capped a two-week debate in the 183-member Senate and ignored an Oct. 31 ruling by the Council of State, a legal panel that acts as a constitutional court, that the abortion bill violates the penal code. The Council of State said ``state of distress'' was a subjective notion without legal meaning. Its views are not binding, but they rarely are ignored. The issue has split the center-left government of Prime Minister Wilfried Martens, whose Christian Democrats oppose abortion. Socialist members of the party favor the right to abortion. The government's theoretical majority in the Senate is 133, but socialist senators, who can muster 65 votes, were joined by most opposition members in favor of the bill. Their Christian Democratic partners could only get the support of a few opposition members. Seven senators abstained. In the Chamber of Representatives, those in favor of the right to abortion control about 62 percent of the seats. It is estimated that 15,000 illegal abortions take place in Belgium each year. Hospitals and clinics list the operations as ``womb surgery'' to enable women to get reimbursed through social security. AP891106-0130 AP-NR-11-06-89 1657EST r a AM-Brites 11-06 0421 AM-Brites,0438 Bright & Brief TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. (AP) Come Tuesday, look for Ralph Cox on the second floor of the Spencer County Courthouse, screaming out a window to an excitable election-day crowd. For 25 years, Cox has carried on a tradition dating to the early years of the century by shouting election results from a courthouse landing _ precinct by precinct. ``Sometimes I use a bullhorn when I can borrow one from the elementary school,'' said the modern-day crier. Cox, 69, a retired school bus driver, farmer and funeral home worker, said it was his ``roaring voice'' that got him the no-pay job 25 years ago. The practice apparently stems from a provision in state law that calls for election results to be ``announced distinctly and audibly.'' During elections, Cox waits in the county clerk's office until several precincts are in, then grabs a handful of tally sheets and heads for the second-floor of the courthouse. There, with a crowd often in the hundreds on the courthouse lawn and beyond, he shouts the names of the leaders. People cheer and boo, depending on how things are going for their favorite candidates in this county about 40 miles south of Louisville. Several hundred people are expected Tuesday, mainly to hear the results of a heated judge-executive's race. CHICAGO (AP) A planned Miss Russian American pageant may be held somewhere else if Chicago officials don't decide soon on sister cities. The Ukrainian capital of Kiev feels snubbed because Chicago has yet to act on its 2-year-old request for such a partnership. Avis LaVelle, a spokeswoman for Mayor Richard Daley, said Chicago's new cultural affairs commissioner is organizing a group to implement pending sister city programs, but it soon will be too late. Paul Wisniewski, a representative of Slavic American Cultural Association Inc., said the people of Kiev ``have been given excuses; the only thing they haven't seen are results.'' Wisniewski's New York-based group is sponsoring the Miss Russian American pageant, hoping to hold it next year in Chicago. A parallel pageant is to be held in Moscow and the Soviets wanted the American counterpart to be in Chicago because they believe that's where ``East meets West, the center of the U.S.A.,'' Wisniewski said. But as far as Kiev officials are concerned, if Chicago doesn't make up its mind soon, the pageant could go to another U.S. city, Wisniewski said. ``Naming a sister city is not a Herculean task. I don't know what is taking them so long,'' he said. AP891106-0131 AP-NR-11-06-89 2107EST d a AM-BRF--Jail-Video 11-06 0129 AM-BRF--Jail-Video,0133 Inmate Caught Driving Stolen Car After Leaving to Rent Video WASECA, Minn. (AP) A jail trusty with as many as seven car theft convictions signed out of jail to rent a video and was caught driving a stolen pickup truck, authorities said. Jeffrey Sauffer, 28, had work release privileges at Waseca County Jail when he checked out Friday to rent a movie downtown. About three hours later, officials said, Sauffer was found in nearby Mankato in the pickup, which had been reported stolen from the parking lot of a hardware store. Sauffer was in jail in the first place on an automobile theft charge dating to July. He had as many as seven previous convictions for car theft, officials said. New charges were pending Monday. AP891106-0132 AP-NR-11-06-89 1707EST r i AM-Israel-Ethiopia 11-06 0554 AM-Israel-Ethiopia,0573 Mengistu's Top Aide Pledges to Let Ethiopian Jews Go By SERGEI SHARGORODSKY Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) A top aide to Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam pledged Monday to let his country's 16,000 Jews emigrate freely but refused to say whether Israel promised to provide military assistance in return. Kassa Kebede also said he had no knowledge of Israeli military advisers reportedly working at an Ethiopian air force base. Kebede, Mengistu's political aide, said Ethiopia's renewal of diplomatic relations with Israel, announced Friday, had ``nothing to do with the emigration rights of Ethiopian Jews.'' An Israeli Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the agreement on the resumption of ties included ``no linkage'' to the emigration question. Kebede said his government was willing to let the Jews go. ``There are Ethiopian Jews who would want to come and join their families in Israel. They are most welcome. It is a basic human right that has to be respected,'' he said. There are about 16,500 Ethiopian Jews in Israel. About 8,000 of them were brought to Israel in a dramatic U.S.-assisted ``Operation Moses'' airlift from November 1984 through January 1985 to join earlier emigres. The airlift was halted after news of it leaked out to the embarrassment of Addis Ababa's Marxist government. ``The government of Ethiopia was disappointed with the Operation Moses, not because Ethiopian Jews came to Israel but because of the publicity which was associated with that operation,'' Kebede said. Some 16,000 Jews remain in Ethiopia, and immigrant groups here say as many as 18,000 people want to flee the African nation, which has suffered from drought and civil war. Large numbers of Ethiopian Jews have continued to emigrate to Israel in the past two years, Kebede said, declining to provide a figure. Foreign reports said Ethiopian Jews are receiving exit visas at the Swedish embassy in Addis Ababa. Kebede dismissed Israeli hopes of a renewed airlift and said emigration would continue in its present form. Speaking at a news conference with Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kebede said Ethiopia's decision to renew relations followed informal contacts since 1973. Ethiopia and Israel exchanged consulates in 1956, raising these to embassy level in 1962. After the 1973 Middle East war, Ethiopia and 27 other African nations broke ties with Israel in response to a call from the Organization of African Unity. Israel now has relations with 11 African nations, Netanyahu said. The New York Times on Sunday quoted foreign diplomats in Addis Ababa as saying Mengistu was seeking Israeli military assistance in his struggle against Erithrean Moslem and Tigrean rebels after the Soviet Union, his main weapons supplier so far, demanded a national reconciliation. It also quoted the diplomats as saying Israeli military advisers have been present for some time now at an Ethiopian air force base. ``I am not a military man and I do not know of any Israeli military advisers in Ethiopia,'' Kebede said. Kebede, who has studied sociology and economy at Jerusalem's Hebrew University in 1960-65 and speaks fluent Hebrew, declined to say whether Israel has promised military aid. ``First come the relations, then we will discuss the products of these relations,'' he said. ``We are not resuming relations because we want something from Israel. The resumption of relations means resumption of interdependence.'' AP891106-0133 AP-NR-11-06-89 2108EST d a AM-BRF--GayRights 11-06 0090 AM-BRF--Gay Rights,0092 Senate Sends Gay Rights Bill to Governor BOSTON (AP) The Massachusetts Senate sent a bill banning discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and credit to the governor's desk Monday. The 21-9 vote was largely ceremonial and came after only brief debate. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has said he will sign the measure to make Massachussetts the second state, following Wisconsin, to enact such a law. The bill's final passage through the Senate was heralded by gay rights advocates, who fought 17 years for its passage. AP891106-0134 AP-NR-11-06-89 1729EST r i AM-Soviet-Opera 11-06 0426 AM-Soviet-Opera,0439 La Scala Officials Say Their Soviet Tour Plagued by Corruption By PIERO VALSECCHI Associated Press Writer MILAN, Italy (AP) The famed La Scala opera company called its recent tour of the Soviet Union a ``bureaucratic inferno'' of bribery and corruption and urged the Italian government Monday to lodge an official protest. Alberto Rispoli, secretary-general of La Scala, said it was ``a miracle'' the company was able to stage all its performances during the Oct. 2-Nov. 4 tour in Moscow and Leningrad. La Scala officials said they had to pay bribes and offer gifts to ensure the shows could go on. ``Every day we had to deliver something under the table for being allowed to work,'' Rispoli said. Theater superintendent Carlo Maria Badini said he has asked the Italian government to file a protest with the Soviets. He emphasized, however, that the incidents would not hamper relations with the Soviets and that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev will be welcome to visit La Scala during his Nov. 29-Dec. 1 trip to Italy. Gorbachev, who is scheduled to travel to Milan to meet business leaders, had expressed a desire to attend the opera. The regular season opens Dec. 7, but there have been reports that Gorbachev could attend a rehearsal of Verdi's ``Vespri Siciliani.'' Gorbachev, an avid opera fan, attended a performance of La Scala company at Moscow's Bolshoi theater last month. Sergio Escobar, Badini's assistant, said the performances went on ``only through daily payoffs and gifts to corrupt officials. This was the only way for getting what had been provided by the original contract.'' ``We were in the hands of a criminal organization,'' Escobar added. ``It was a bureaucratic inferno.'' ``Trucks disappeared during unloading or loading operations,'' said Rispoli. ``Every day we had to deliver something under the table for being allowed to work. We even considered the possibility of giving up and returning home. We succeeded in going on stage every time. It was a miracle.'' The La Scala officials did not go into details of the alleged payments. Badini said the Italian company probably was the victim of an ongoing dispute between Gosconcert, the state company that controls and manages cultural performances in the Soviet Union, and the Bolshoi, where La Scala performed most of its works. ``We were caught in the middle of a chaotic situation because the forces opposing changes pursued by Gorbachev still are very powerful in the world of art as well at the highest political levels,'' Badini was quoted as saying by Milan's daily Corriere della Sera. AP891106-0135 AP-NR-11-06-89 1748EST r n AM-PlantExplosion-Hearing 320 11-06 0320 AM-Plant Explosion-Hearing, 320 Union, Lantos Assail Phillip's Practice of Using Cheaper Contract Labor By JENNIFER DIXON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) An explosion that killed at least 19 workers at Phillips Petroleum Co.'s petrochemical complex near Houston was ``a disaster waiting to happen,'' a union official told a House committee Monday. Officials of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union blamed the Oct. 23 explosion in part on Phillips' practice of using sub-contractor maintenance crews in the huge complex on the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena. ``We believe the evidence will show that this catastrophe was a disaster waiting to happen,'' said union vice president Robert E. Wages. Wages said that subcontract workers earn about 65 percent of union wages. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee on employment and housing, questioned Phillips officials repeatedly about the wisdom of using contract labor. ``We are dealing with complexes of enormous potential danger ... and instead of trying to build a stable workforce under one management, providing them with uniform procedures of training, evacuation, safety, etc., you're sort of pulling in people through contracting outfits at a dollar savings, but potentially at a very high cost in human lives,'' Lantos said. ``You're not dealing here with a catering operation. We are dealing with life-threatening materials in enormous quantities.'' Glenn A. Cox, president and chief operating officer of the Bartlesville, Okla.-based company, said the facts of the accident ``speak very clearly'' to the question of how Phillips staffs its plants. ``One of the key questions we have to address is how, in fact, work is assigned _ who does work _ to make certain there is not a compromise in safety in these facilities,'' Cox said. In addition to 19 confirmed dead, four people are missing and six remain hospitalized. More than 100 others were injured in the explosion that hurtled debris up to six miles. AP891106-0136 AP-NR-11-06-89 1752EST r i AM-Picasso-Theft 1stLd-Writethru a0558 11-06 0364 AM-Picasso-Theft, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0558,0369 Picasso's Granddaughter Robbed of Millions in Artwork Eds: UPDATES throughout with number of works stolen, CORRECTS to guard sted housekeeper, quotes from art experts, alarm failed to go off; No pickup. CANNES, France (AP) Thirteen works of art worth about $17 million were stolen from the Riviera home of Pablo Picasso's granddaughter in what police called one of the biggest art thefts ever. Police declined to reveal the titles of the works, which were stolen Sunday morning from Marina Picasso's villa in Cannes. Ms. Picasso was on vacation in Megeve at the time of the break-in, which police said took place while a guard was out shopping. Police estimated the value of the stolen artwork at $17 million, and said it included two paintings by Henri Matisse, a bust by Auguste Rodin and seven paintings by Picasso. Maurice Rheims, a Picasso expert who was appointed by the government to help divide up the multibillion-dollar Picasso estate after the painter's death in 1973, knew the collection and said he thought the value estimate was low. ``I don't know what the thieves will do with the paintings,'' Rheims said. ``They all have been inventoried, catalogued and photographed many times over. No serious art dealer or collector would touch them.'' An official at the Picasso Museum in Paris said the collection was shown in 1980 in West Germany and Italy and described it as ``impressive.'' ``If anyone tries to sell them, they're crazy,'' the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ``They would all be known.'' Ms. Picasso, who inherited the works from her grandfather, returned to Cannes on Monday but declined to speak to reporters who had gathered at the three-story villa. Police said they believed a single thief who was familiar with the house entered it without using force. Investigators said a sophisticated burglar alarm did not function and none of the five guard dogs was disturbed. Ms. Picasso is the daughter of Paul Picasso and his first wife, Emilienne. Paul, who was estranged from his father at the time of his death, was Picasso's only child by his first wife, the Russian-born dancer Olga Kokhlova. AP891106-0137 AP-NR-11-06-89 1807EST r w AM-Cheney 120 11-06 0123 AM-Cheney, 120 Defense Secretary Cutting Trip Short WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Dick Cheney is returning to Washington several days ahead of schedule after completing a series of meetings in Australia, the Pentagon said Monday. Cheney, who left Oct. 21 for a tour of U.S. military bases and talks with allies in Western Europe and Australia, had been scheduled to spend several days in Hawaii before coming back to the United States at the end of this week. Defense Department spokesman Fred Hoffman said Cheney was able to meet with Pacific Fleet officers during the Australian leg of his trip and therefore didn't need to go to Hawaii. The secretary was expected to be back in Washington on Tuesday, Hoffman said. AP891106-0138 AP-NR-11-06-89 1815EST r i AM-Israel 11-06 0489 AM-Israel,0505 Policeman Fabricated Story on Stabbing; Palestinian Killed By LOUIS MEIXLER Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) A paramilitary border policeman who claimed he had been beaten and stabbed by Palestinians confessed Monday to slashing himself with his own knife, a police spokeswoman said. Also Monday, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian activist as he tried to flee to Jordan, the army said. Yihye Amar, 18, a new recruit in the paramilitary border police, slashed his arms in a lavatory in Tel Aviv's central bus station Sunday after he realized he would be late returning to his military base, said Billi Dahlberg, a spokeswoman for the border police. Amar, a member of the Druse sect, was returning from leave in his village in northern Israel, Dahlberg said. She said Amar, covered with blood, cried out for help, saying he had been attacked by Palestinians. He told police as he was being taken to a hospital that he had been attacked by a bearded Arab wearing a keffiyah and an accomplice. The keffiyah is widely regarded as a symbol of the Palestinian uprising. He claimed he was rescued by an army officer who chased away the Arabs before they stole his gun, Dahlberg said. She said police investigators became suspicious when they were unable to find the officer or any other witnesses who saw the attackers flee from the bathroom into the crowded bus station. When confronted by police, Amar confessed he had slashed himself and fabricated the story. Dahlberg said the border police plans to take ``the necessary steps against the policeman.'' The border police are a paramilitary police force that is primarily responsible for patrolling the occupied territories. The force contains a disproportionate number of recruits from the Druse sect and other minorities. In the continuing violence in the occupied territories, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian as he tried to fle with another Arab across the Israeli border into Jordan, the army said. An army spokesman said soldiers on patrol spotted two Arabs moving towards the border north of the settlement of Mehola, 40 miles northeast of Jerusalem, and opened fire, fatally wounding one of the Palestinians. The army identified the dead Arab as Wail Mahmad Daoud Haj Hassan, 20, of the West Bank town of Qalqilya. He had been wanted for two years by security forces on suspicion of firebombing Israeli cars and violently interrogating Arabs he suspected of cooperating with Israel, according to the army. At least 141 Arabs accused of collaborating with Israeli authorities have been killed by their fellow Palestinians since the uprising began almost 23 months ago. An army spokesman said it is possible that his accomplice succeeded in crossing the border. His death raises to 611 the number of Palestinians shot and killed by Israeli troops or civilians in the uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Forty Israelis also have died in the violence. AP891106-0139 AP-NR-11-06-89 2108EST d a AM-BRF--BeerHeist 11-06 0133 AM-BRF--Beer Heist,0135 Teens Nabbed On Return for Tap HUDSON, Fla. (AP) Two teen-agers who stole a keg of beer from a restaurant were nabbed when they returned a few hours later for a tap to open the keg, police said. ``These guys broke into the restaurant ... and might have gotten away with it,'' said Lt. Tom Brooks of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ``But they went back because they decided they needed a beer tap.'' The boys, 15 and 16, were arrested early Sunday by sheriff's deputies after they returned to Mario's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, officials said. The restaurant had closed about a half-hour before the first break-in occurred. The juveniles, who were charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools, were taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. AP891106-0140 AP-NR-11-06-89 1910EST r i AM-Poland-Mayor 11-06 0346 AM-Poland-Mayor,0357 Solidarity Takes its First City Hall LODZ, Poland (AP) A Solidarity candidate was elected mayor in Poland's second-largest city Monday, the first time the independent movement has taken control of a municipal government away from the Communist Party. Waldemar Bohdanowicz defeated four other non-Communist candidates in a secret ballot by the municipal People's Council, ending a five-month impasse. With Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, a Solidarity journalist, leading the first non-communist government in the East bloc and the Communist Party's influence waning in factories, provincial and municipal governments have remained the last bastion of communist control. But that too will be challenged next year when fully democratic elections for local councils are planned. Partially free voting in June parliamentary elections led to defeat for Communist candidates and overwhelming victories for those backed by Solidarity. Lodz, a textile manufacturing city of 850,000 people about 80 miles southwest of Warsaw, has been without a mayor since May 29, when the previous Communist city president was ousted in a no-confidence vote following complaints of poor management. An Oct. 11 bid to elect a replacement failed when the Communist-dominated council refused to elect either of the two Solidarity-aligned candidates put forth by Mazowiecki. The prime minister earlier had declined to nominate either of two candidates proposed by the communists. But after an Oct. 23 meeting among representatives of the communists, Solidarity and other political groups, it was decided to entrust the choice to Mazowiecki, who approved five nominees, none from the party. Bohdanowicz, one of the two rejected Oct. 11, got through Monday, receiving 110 out of 168 valid votes, according to the PAP news agency. The prime minister must approve candidates for mayors before they can be elected by the municipal councils. The Mazowiecki government, which assumed power in August, is preparing to reform the system, allowing communities to select their own representatives without interference from Warsaw. Bohdanowicz, 48, has been a Solidarity activist since the independent movement was founded in 1980. He said he is ``proposing cooperation to everyone who desires the good of Lodz.'' AP891106-0141 AP-NR-11-06-89 1913EST r a AM-PrisonSuit 11-06 0458 AM-Prison Suit,0470 ACLU Asks Judge to Unshackle Prisoners By DAVID MORRIS Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Four inmates filed a lawsuit Monday over the use of handcuffs and shackles at the riot-torn Camp Hill state prison, contending that inmates there are being inhumanely treated. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the inmates whose families had asked the ACLU for for help. Named as defendant was David S. Owens Jr., commissioner of the state Corrections Department. Judge Sylvia Rambo scheduled a hearing for Tuesday and ordered the state to bring the four inmates to the federal building in the morning so they can meet with their lawyer and be called as witnesses in the hearing. ACLU legal director Stefan Presser asked the court for a restraining order that would force the department to remove handcuffs and shackles from inmates and would allow the prisoners to meet with their lawyers. In his petition, Presser said more than 1,000 inmates, some clad only in underwear, remained shackled in pairs inside cells. Many of the inmates have been held that way since two nights of rioting at the prison ended Oct. 27. ``I think it's torture. We do not treat animals this way,'' Presser said. The fiery rioting left more than a dozen buildings destroyed at the prison five miles west of Harrisburg. Thirteen prison staffersls repeatedly about the wisdom of using contract labor. ``We are dealing with complexes of enormous potential danger ... and instead of trying to build a stable workforce under one management, providing them with uniform procedures of training, evacuation, safety, etc., you're sort of pulling in people through contracting outfits at a dollar savings, but potentially at a very high cost in human lives,'' Lantos said. ``You're not dealing here with a catering operation. We are dealing with life-threatening materials in enormous quantities.'' Glenn A. Cox, president and chief operating officer of the Bartlesville, Okla.-based company, said the facts of the accident ``speak very clearly'' to the question of how Phillips staffs its plants. ``One of the key questions we have to address is how, in fact, work is assigned _ who does work _ to make certain there is not a compromise in safety in these facilities,'' Cox said. In addition to 19 confirmed dead, four people are missing and six remain hospitalized. More than 100 others were injured in the explosion that hurtled debris up to six miles. AP891106-0142 AP-NR-11-06-89 2109EST d a AM-BRF--Eight-StoryFall 11-06 0197 AM-BRF--Eight-Story Fall,0202 Woman in Critical Condition ater Falling Eight Floors in Hotel KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A man picked up his wife in a romantic gesture in a hotel, but stumbled and dropped her over a railing and she fell eight floors onto a restaurant table, police said. Deborah A. Schneider, 34, was in critical condition Monday with two broken legs, a broken pelvis and internal injuries after the fall Saturday night. Police spokesman Sgt. Greg Mills said no charges are being contemplated. U.S. Army Maj. David P. Schneider, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., had picked up his wife to carry her to their room Saturday night, said Kansas City police Officer Al Sauer. His wife began to fidget, and Schneider tripped and lost his grip near a wooden railing 3-foot, 7 inches high overlooking the hotel's lobby. Mrs. Schneider went over the railing backward and fell 75 feet, landing on a table. ``I think that's what saved her life,'' Sauer said. Mills said the woman was wearing a fur coat, making it hard for her husband to keep hold of her. No one was in the restaurant at the time of the accident. AP891106-0143 AP-NR-11-06-89 1919EST r i AM-SriLanka 11-06 0553 AM-Sri Lanka,0565 Troops Sent to Area Where Rival Tamil Groups Killed 47 By PATRICK CRUEZ Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Troops moved into eastern Ampara district Monday where rival Tamil factions fought a bloody battle that left at least 47 people dead, the Defense Ministry reported. It said hundreds of soldiers, backed by armored vehicles, left their barracks to impose order after the fighting Sunday in Tampiluvil and Tamputte villages, 20 miles southeast of Ampara city. Ampara is 125 miles east of Colombo. Military officials said about 250 guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the largest and most militant group of Tamil separatists, raided two military camps run by other Tamil organizations and killed 41 men. The officials said at least six Tamil Tigers were killed in the hourlong battle. The camps were set up by the Tamil National Army, a militia organized by former rebels to try to maintain order. The military officials said 140 members of the Tamil National Army and Civilian Volunteer Force were captured by the Tamil Tigers and taken away. They said the Tamil Tigers also seized an arms cache, including 100 rifles. Enraged by the raids, members of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front grabbed two Tamil Tiger supporters Sunday and shot them to death in Akkaraipattu, 10 miles southeast of Ampara city. It was the first time government troops had been sent to Ampara district in 27 months, according to the Defense Ministry. And Sunday's fighting was the first major clash between Tamil groups after Indian peacekeeping forces were removed from the district last week. Government military units had been withdrawn from predominantly Tamil areas in the north and east of this island nation when Indian peacekeeping troops moved in under an agreement reached in July 1987. Under the accord the Tamils were to gain greater political control in their areas and were to stop their war for a separate homeland. The Tamil Tigers at first accepted the pact but then reneged and began attacking the Indian troops. About 1,100 Indian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. Under pressure from the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels India agreed earlier this year to withdraw its forces. An Indian diplomat, speaking with the condition of anonymity, said the Ampara fighting will not delay the scheduled departure of the remaining 36,000 Indian soldiers by Dec. 31. ``The renewed violence is a wholly internal affair now and can be contained by the local administration supported by the federal government,'' the diplomat said. Deputy Defense Minister Ranjan Wijeratne issued a statement saying, ``I have ordered the Sri Lankan army and police to move into the Ampara district and maintain law and order and this is being done right now.'' He toured the Ampara district Monday and said, ``The situation is completely under control.'' The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, formerly a militant separatist group, accepted the Indian-brokered 1987 peace pact and controls the government in Ampara. At least 10,000 Sri Lankas have been killed in the Tamil separatist war that began in 1983. Tamils, most of whom are Hindus, claim the Buddhist Sinhalese majority discriminates againt them. Sinhalese form 75 percent of Sri Lanka's population of 16 million and control the central government and army. Tamils comprise 18 percent of the population. AP891106-0144 AP-NR-11-06-89 1929EST r a AM-BRF--USAToday 11-06 0191 AM-BRF--USA Today,0195 Former `USA Today' Producer Settles Lawsuit NEW YORK (AP) James Bellows, former managing editor of ``USA Today on TV,'' has settled his $1.8 million lawsuit against the company that makes the syndicated series, spokesmen said Monday. Neither Bellows' attorney, Michael Zweig, nor M.S. ``Bud'' Rukeyser, spokesman for GTG East, would disclose terms of the settlement, but each described it as amicable. The company is a branch of GTG Entertainment, a co-venture of former NBC Chairman Grant Tinker and the Gannett Co. The series, which premiered in September 1988 and initially was carried on 156 stations, has suffered in the ratings. It now appears on about 100 stations, Rukeyser said. Bellows, 66, hired under a two-year contract paying him $275,000 a year, took over in October 1988 and left in March to help develop a new program for GTG. His lawsuit, filed Oct. 2 in U.S. District Court, alleged he was fired Sept. 26 without cause, justification or warning. Bellows said Monday he hasn't decided what he'll do next, but plans to move back to Los Angeles next summer. He has lived in New York since 1983. AP891106-0145 AP-NR-11-06-89 1727EST u i AM-EastGermany 1stLd-Writethru a0623 11-06 0869 AM-East Germany, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0623,0893 Half-Million March in Leipzig; East Germany Says 23,200 Went West LaserPhoto BON3 Eds: LEADS with 13 grafs to UPDATE with more protests, details. Picks up 11th pvs, `So far ...' By NESHA STARCEVIC Associated Press Writer BERLIN (AP) A half-million East Germans thronged the streets of Leipzig in a hard, cold rain Monday night to demand free elections and unlimited freedom to travel abroad. More than 135,000 people rallied in other cities, including Schwerin, Halle, Cottbus, Dresden and Karl-Marx-Stadt, the news agency reported. While East Germans at home protested, mass flight continued. The official news agency ADN said 23,200 citizens had gone to West Germany since the suspension of exit rules Saturday. Lutheran Church sources said some marchers in Leipzig shouted ``The Wall must go!'' _ demanding demolition of the Berlin Wall, symbol of East German repression for three decades. ADN said banners demanding ``Free elections'' and ``Travel law without restrictions'' waved above the crowd, and others challenged Communist Party supremacy. It said ``several hundred thousand'' people took part in the biggest rally so far in Leipzig, where some of the largest protests of the pro-democracy campaign have been held. Michael Turek, a Lutheran pastor in the southern industrial city of 650,000, said by telephone about 500,000 people marched. A rally Saturday in East Berlin, where the crowd was estimated at 1 million, was the largest protest in the communist nation's 40-year history. Members of New Forum, the largest pro-reform group, addressed the crowd in Leipzig, ADN said. Protests have become Monday night events in Leipzig. Crowds at the last two were estimated at 300,000. Dresden's march was authorized by authorities and led by Mayor Wolfgang Berghofer and the reform-minded local party chief, Hans Modrow. ADN said it was the first officially approved demonstration in the city. Earlier Monday, the government published a new draft law that is expected to take effect before Christmas and will permit travel abroad for up to 30 days a year. Flight through Czechoslovakia continued and people who stayed behind said they were unimpressed by reforms introduced by Egon Krenz, the president and Communist Party chief who last month replaced his hard-line mentor, Erich Honecker. Church sources said some marchers in Leipzig shouted, ``Egon, who elected you?'' This year about 175,000 East Germans _ more than 1 percent of the population _ have moved to West Germany by emigrating legally, escaping or failing to return from approved trips abroad. West Germany gives them automatic citizenship and help in starting over. Although the new law would allow travel abroad, East Germans pointed out it retains old provisions giving authorities the right to refuse passports for vague reasons. It also does not address the problem of financing such travel. The East German mark is not convertible and lack of foreign currency could make a legal trip impossible. ``Who is going to pay for all this? Who has that much money?'' said a cook in a restaurant on the Unter den Linden boulevard of East Berlin. East Germans poured into Czechoslovakia after their government lifted a month-old ban on travel to the neighboring Warsaw Pact ally, still the only nation East Germans can visit without official permission. By the time the ban was removed, 5,000 East Germans had gathered at the West German Embassy in Prague. Special trains took the East Germans from the embassy to the West German border and thousands of others drove through Czechoslovakia in personal cars. A line of cars 400 yards long waited at the Schirnding crossing into northeastern Bavaria. To leave Czechoslovakia, refugees were required only to show their East German identity cards. The unexpected decision to let the refugees out through Czechoslovakia created the first direct route to the West since the Berlin Wall was built in August 1961. Authorities have said the route will remain open until the travel law takes effect. Many East Germans, including opposition leaders, reacted coolly to the draft law. Sebastian Pflugbeil, a founder of New Forum, said, ``Travel is not the primary problem in East Germany. Too many have left the country already.'' He said on the West Berlin radio station RIAS: ``The leadership must make other steps to prove it is earnest in its reform efforts and to win the trust of the people. The tension between the people and the party has never been so great as today.'' Interior Minister Friedrich Dickel said Sunday the law would be discussed publicly until Nov. 30, then go to Parliament. Freedom of travel has been a major demand at pro-democracy rallies. Krenz, who became Communist Party leader Oct. 18, has promised sweeping political and economic reforms in addition to freer travel. Passport applications would be handled in 30 days under the new law, with urgent cases settled in three days or less. ``Fleeing the republic'' no longer would be criminal. Dickel indicated only those caught trying to cross the Berlin Wall or fortified borders with West Germany would be punished. No mention is made in the law of how much hard currency an East German could take abroad. The limit is 15 marks ($8 at the official rate) and officials have said shortages could be an obstacle. AP891106-0146 AP-NR-11-06-89 1931EST r w AM-FederalProsecutors 320 11-06 0324 AM-Federal Prosecutors, 320 Pending Legislation Could Double Federal Prosecutors Eds: RETRANSMITTING a0666 to restore deleted material By JAMES ROWLEY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Legislation awaiting final congressional approval will complete a near doubling in the number of federal prosecutors since last year to help fight such major crimes as drug trafficking and fraud. Appropriation legislation for the 1990 fiscal year will add 918 new federal prosecutors to the Justice Department payroll. Barring unexpected developments, the appropriation bills are expected to be approved by Congress and sent to President Bush for his signature. Both bill have cleared conference committee and are awaiting final approval. Last year, Congress appropriated money to hire 440 new federal prosecutors as part of sweeping anti-drug legislation. The two-year expansion increases the number of federal prosecutors from 1,400 to 2,758. Justice Department spokesman David Runkel cautioned that the increase may be pared by the automatic sequestration cuts under the Gramm-Rudman budget balancing law. That could result in a 7 percent cut in the number of new assistant U.S. attorney positions actually financed by Congress, said a Justice Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Of the new positions, 118 will be assigned to help reduce the backlog of savings and loan fraud cases piling up in the wake of the scandals in the nation's thrift institutions. The extra positions were requested earlier this year by Bush as part of the S&L bailout legislation. Congress also appropriated $25 million to hire an additional 100 FBI agents to investigate the cases. Runkel said the Justice Department is considering a proposal to open up more S&L task forces modeled after the one in Dallas that has obtained 55 criminal indictments and netted 40 convictions. No final decisions have been made, but additional prosecutors will be assigned to states where there are a large number of fraud cases. Runkel identified the states as Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Minnesota. AP891106-0147 AP-NR-11-06-89 1735EST u w AM-LincolnS&L 11-06 0420 AM-Lincoln S&L,400 Keating Testimony in S&L Hearing Delayed By MATT YANCEY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Phoenix millionaire Charles H. Keating Jr. won a two-week delay Monday on having to testify before the House Banking Committee about the collapse of his Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, Calif. At Keating's request, the panel agreed to delay until Nov. 21 his appearance to answer questions about why regulators allowed Lincoln to keep operating _ losing billions of dollars in federally insured deposits in the process _ for two years after federal examiners recommended closing it. Keating originally was scheduled to testify Tuesday before the panel, along with Edwin Gray, who until June 1987 was chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in charge of regulating thrifts. Gray, who is still scheduled to testify Tuesday, has said in the past that top regulators were reluctant to move against Lincoln because of Keating's political influence with several key senators and House members. Although the Banking Committee authorized a subpoena of Keating on Oct. 12, it was not formally served until Monday, said Leonard Bickwit, an attorney representing one of Keating's companies. ``There was never any attempt to avoid service,'' Bickwit said, ``and Mr. Keating was available for service for a number of days after the subpoenaes were authorized.'' Bickwit, however, said Keating had only recently hired an attorney to represent him personally and that the new attorney wanted two more weeks to become more familiar with the issues. Bank board officials in California formally recommended on May 1, 1987, that the government seize Lincoln because of its mounting losses. Some of those same officials had been summoned to Washington twice in the previous month to meet with five senators whom Keating and his associates had given a total of more than $1.3 million in campaign contributions. Lincoln, a 29-branch S&L subsidiary of American Continental Corp. that is chaired by Keating, was seized by the bank board last April, nearly two years after federal examiners first recommended taking it over. Officials expect Lincoln's collapse eventually will cost taxpayers up to $2 billion. That would make it the single most expensive failure of more than 300 S&Ls taken over by the government in the past two years. In three previous hearings, the Banking Committee has attempted to focus blame for the magnitude of Lincoln's losses on M. Danny Wall, formerly the bank board's chairman and now director of is successor agency, the Office of Thrift Supervison in the Treasury Department. AP891106-0148 AP-NR-11-06-89 1739EST u w AM-CarterReunion 1stLd-Writethru a0634 11-06 0815 AM-Carter Reunion, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0634,760 Carter Criticizes Bush Response to Changes in Eastern Europe Eds: New material, editing thruout By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Former President Jimmy Carter challenged President Bush on Monday to respond decisively to the rise of democratic movements in Eastern Europe. ``We have got to get our act together,'' Carter said. Carter told an audience here that there is ``substantial proof'' Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is producing irreversible change in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and said the response of the Bush administration ``doesn't match what Gorbachev is doing.'' In a strongly worded criticism of a kind he has rarely made since leaving office in 1981, Carter said that only the United States can provide a response worthy of the changes Gorbachev has wrought. ``The spokesman for the Western world has got to be the president of the United States,'' Carter said. ``I think we need to be able to respond to Gorbachev because he is winning a tremendous propaganda victory in all of the many countries I have visited. ... We have got to get our act together.'' Carter, who is in Washington for a reunion of the people who staffed his presidential campaigns and administration, was joined at a seminar by former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, who said the slowness of the Bush administration to respond to events is being felt among those in Eastern Europe struggling for democracy. ``Now is the time to strike,'' Mondale said. ``I think the circumstances are such that we need a much more rapid U.S. policy responsse. ``The people of Poland speak to us of the joy of democracy and freedom. We come back with the language of bookkeeppers and bureaucrats.'' Carter and Mondale commented as they took part in a seminar dedicated to the ways and means of ``waging peace.'' The former president also challenged Bush to more closely engage the United States in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East, saying the president must make it clear he intends to pursue a peace agreement with all of its will and vigor and will not withdraw until it is achieved. Using the resources of the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Carter has been engaged in monitoring the electoral process in Nicaragua. He said his purpose is ``to make it extremely difficult _ impossible _ for either party to withdraw from the election when one side or the other discoveres it is likely to lose.'' Carter also he said he believes recent attacks by Contra rebels across the Honduran border into Nicaragua have been aimed at disrupting the process of registering voters. Carter said he believes Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's Marxist president, ``made a tragic and deplorable mistake'' last week when he announced he was cancelling an 18-month cease-fire with the rebels. But he said he does not believe Ortega's action ``is going to interfere with the holding of an election.'' Although he criticized Bush's policies, Carter had earlier voiced nothing but praise for the cooperation given the Carter Center since the Bush administration took office. The former president, speaking at Georgetown University, said the center's activities had little support from the White House while Ronald Reagan was president. ``Since George Bush has been in office, we have had an almost perfect relationship,'' he said. At that event, attended by friends and political associates as well as Georgetown students, Carter appeared loose, relaxed and by turns serious and funny as he described his work at the Carter Center to promote global health, housing, human rights and peace. Carter said that under his direction the Carter Center has dedicated itself to ``filling vacuums'' untouched by other international efforts. His wife, Rosalynn, said that the center in Atlanta now has a budget of $17 million a year and that an endowment of $50 million is sought for a permanent fund to pay for maintenance, upkeep and repairs. On Sunday, some 2,000 people who worked in Carter's presidential campaigns, staffed the White House and worked for his administration gathered in a hotel ballroom to cheer him once again. On Monday, at Georgetown, Carter and his wife gave a smaller audience a reunion report on what they have been doing lately. They have been doing a lot at the Carter Center, they said, from fighting a vicious African parasite called the Guinea Worm to organizing a drive to inoculate the world's children against polio to finding textbooks for the war-ravaged schools of Uganda to organizing peace talks in Ethiopia's 28-year civil war. Mrs. Carter said she and her husband discovered after they left the White House in defeat that they had not walked away empty handed. ``What we've learned is that we still have resources,'' she said. ``Because Jimmy was president, we can call on anybody in the world and ask for their influence _ and they help.'' AP891106-0149 AP-NR-11-06-89 1933EST r w AM-Bush-POWs 11-06 0189 AM-Bush-POWs,180 Bush Meets With Vessey on POW-MIA Issue WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush received a report Monday from retired Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. on talks in Vietnam about American servicemen unaccounted for in Indochina. ``Our policy remains that we will continue to follow every lead on the assumption that Americans are alive,'' White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said. ``We have no evidence that there are alive Americans but we will continue to pursue every bit of information until it's proven there are none,'' he said. Vessey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is Bush's special presidential emissary for POW-MIA affairs. He met in Vietnam on Oct. 29 and 30 with Vice Premier Nguyen Co Thach and later said they had agreed to increase cooperation to clear up discrepancies and increase research in POW-MIA matters. ``The president said he was very pleased to hear of the agreements to expand efforts to resolve the POW-MIA issue, and looks forward to continued progress on this and other humanitarian concerns,'' Fitzwater said. The United States says there are 2,331 Americans still missing or unaccounted for in Indochina. AP891106-0150 AP-NR-11-06-89 1933EST r i AM-BRF--SovietJews 11-06 0149 AM-BRF--Soviet Jews,0151 New Monthly Record of 8,300 Soviet Jews Emigrate Through Vienna GENEVA (AP) More than 8,300 Soviet Jewish emigres were registered at the Vienna transit center in October, the fifth straight monthly record, officials said Monday. Regina Boucault of the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration said 45,970 Jews had left the Soviet Union via Austria this year. She said only 115 of the 8,360 registering in October chose to live in Israel. October's total, up from 7,469 in September, was the largest since the agency began keeping monthly figures in 1979, Ms. Boucault said. The 10-month total for 1989 is more than the 20,082 in all of 1988. So far this year, 1,065 emigres have gone to Israel. Most seek resettlement in the United States. About 350,000 Soviet Jews have emigrated since the resettlement program began in 1971. The largest annual number, 51,328, was in 1979. AP891106-0151 AP-NR-11-06-89 1935EST r i AM-UN-Palestine 11-06 0349 AM-UN-Palestine,0360 Security Council Debates Israeli Crackdown on Uprising By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) The Security Council debated on Monday whether to send a fact-finding mission to observe Israel's crackdown on the Palestinian uprising. A resolution before the council also demands that Israel return confiscated property or compensate Beit Sahour, a Palestinian village of about 10,000 in the occupied West Bank that refused to pay taxes to Israeli authorities. The town, just southeast of Bethlehem, is predominantly Christian. Israel began tax raids on Beit Sahour on Sept. 20. Troops confiscated at least $1.5 million worth of machinery, cars, refrigerators, household goods and personal effects to be sold at auction. Kuwaiti Ambassador Mohammed Abdulhasan said in introducing the resolution, ``The people in Beit Sahour ... raise the same banner ... raised by the young revolutionaries in Boston during the fight for independence _ `No taxation without representation.''' A vote was expected later this week. Israeli Ambassador Johanan Bein dwelt on Palestinian violence in his address, describing in detail the ax murders or stabbings of five Palestinians in October. The victims were mutilated, some in front of family members or while praying in a mosque. ``These are only five gruesome examples of the violent murders perpetrated by PLO hit squads, five out of 23 similar murders committed in October, in one month only, for failing to toe the line,'' said Bein. ``Indeed, the rate of PLO attacks against Palestinians increased sharply following the promulgation of Israel's peace initiative in April 1989,'' he said, reporting that it increased seven-fold. Stung by international criticism, Israel last week lifted its roadblocks around Beit Sahour. ``Taxation without liberation is tyranny,'' declared Zudhi Labib Terzi, the Palestine Liberation Organization's permanent observer. Terzi asked Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar to dispatch U.N. observers to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, home to about 1.7 million Palestinians. Israeli gunfire has killed about 611 Palestinians during the 22-month-old uprising. Forty Israelis have died in the violence. At least 141 Palestinians were killed by fellow Arabs on suspicion of collaborating with Israel. AP891106-0152 AP-NR-11-06-89 1941EST r w AM-US-Refugees 350 11-06 0346 AM-US-Refugees, 350 Reports of Fraud Prompt Cut-Off of Route Used By Tens Of Thousands By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Reports of fraudulent Soviet exit permits have prompted the State Department to restrict access to a European route used by tens of thousands of Soviet Jews to come to the United States, officials said Monday. A pattern of fraud emerged last month, apparently involving some individuals in the Soviet agency that issues the permits, officials said, adding that the going rate was 5,000 rubles _ or about $3,200 _ apiece. Officials didn't say how many exit permits were illegal, but that a pattern had been established that would increase unless the United States acted. Permits had to be dated before Oct. 1 for Soviet Jews to obtain U.S. visas in Rome or Vienna, and the applicants had to also have Israeli visas. Otherwise, prospective emigrants are processed through the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Soviet Jews who reach Vienna or Rome are considered to be ``in the pipeline'' and are virtually certain to be accepted unless there are security or other problems. Those who apply at the U.S. Embassy, however, are up against U.S. quotas. The new restriction, announced by spokesman Richard Boucher, required emigrants to obtain their Israeli visas by Monday. A notice of the change was posted Wednesday at the U.S. Embassy and at the Dutch Embassy, where Israeli visas are obtained. As a result of the change, Soviet Jews may remain at home rather than waiting in Rome or Vienna until their entry to the United States is approved. However, getting to America could be more difficult. Jews who leave the Soviet Union after Monday on Israeli visas will be presumed to have chosen to emigrate to Israel, U.S. officials said. Israeli visas long have been the best device for Jews to leave the Soviet Union whether they intended to go the Israel, the United States or elsewhere. However, under President Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms, applying directly for admission to the United States may offer an equal opportunity to leave. AP891106-0153 AP-NR-11-06-89 1944EST r i AM-Sweden-Nazis 11-06 0538 AM-Sweden-Nazis,0555 Dutch Authors Say Swedish Bank Cooperated with the Nazis By CAROLINA EHRNROOTH Associated Press Writer STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) The Wallenberg brothers who headed Sweden's largest commercial bank during World War II helped Nazi Germany dispose of gold and jewels stripped from murdered Jews, according to a book published Monday. Dutch authors Gerard Aalders and Cees Wiebes, in their book ``The Art of Cloaking,'' said the Wallenberg brothers also acted as front men to disguise foreign subsidiaries of German companies associated with Adolf Hitler's regime. Editorials in Swedish newspapers marking the 40th anniversary of the war's outbreak have renewed the debate over the role neutral Sweden played in the war. Marcus and Jacob Wallenberg, as heads of Stockholm's Enskilda Bank, were one of Sweden's richest and most influential dynasties. The bank, founded by the family in 1856, played a central role in Sweden's industrialization and development before and after World War II. Aalders and Wiebes claim the Enskilda was among Swedish and Swiss banks that bought gold, stocks, jewelry and art collections stolen from Jews and other victims imprisoned and killed in Nazi concentration camps. Their book says Marcus Wallenberg told a British diplomat in 1946 that his bank bought confiscated property from the Nazis, and the diplomat reported that information in a confidential cable to Washington. Some of the stolen items were found after the war in Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Latin America and other countries. The authors said they traced accounts that the Wallenbergs helped establish covers for subsidiaries of Bosch, IG Farben, Krupp and other German corporations to avoid having their assets confiscated by Allied governments. They wrote that under a secret agreement the German corporations would have the right to repurchase the companies once the war was over. The authors said one such company was the American Bosch Corp., which they said conducted research for the U.S. Defense Deparatment and sent information back to Berlin. ``Swedish neutrality made all this possible,'' Aalders wrote. Peder Bonde, a nephew of the brothers, told Swedish radio the family had no reason to be ashamed of the Wallenbergs' wartime business dealings. ``They did business with businessmen who wanted to protect their own property. They were not Nazis,'' said Bonde. He said he found it hard to believe that their transactions could have taken place without the government's knowledge. Aalders said the practices used to help German firms during World War II are being employed today to circumvent embargos against South Africa. The authors speculated that the links the Wallenberg brothers had with the Nazis might help explain why their relative, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, was seized by Soviet forces when they captured Budapest, Hungary, in 1945. Raoul Wallenberg, whose father was the bankers' cousin, was credited with providing documents that saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from being sent to Nazi death camps. He was taken to the Soviet Union and the Soviets have said he died in prison in 1947. Former prison inmates have said they saw Raoul Wallenberg after 1947. Per Anger, who served with Raoul Wallenberg at the Budapest legation, called the authors' theory ``fantastic speculation.'' ``Raoul didn't belong to the inner circle of the bank,'' Anger said in a newspaper interview. AP891106-0154 AP-NR-11-06-89 1946EST r w AM-DefenseProcurement 11-06 0384 AM-Defense Procurement,360 Senator Says Pentagon Planninh to Boost Off-Shelf Purchases By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon is planning to buy more off-the-shelf commercial products at a potential savings in the save hundreds of millions of dollars, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said Monday. The plan offers the hope the Defense Department will wean itself from excessive use of custom-made merchandise, Levin said as he released a Senate subcommittee report on the subject. ``We expect there will be a significant reduction in taxpayer money that is spent on these products that should be bought commercially (but are) being designed from scratch,'' Levin told a news conference. The Pengaton has a shopping list of about 50,000 items it regularly purchases, only 3 percent of which are commercially available, he said. ``That is a terrible track record,'' Levin said, vowing to push the armed services to double or triple the percentage annually until roughly half of its purchases are off-the-shelf. Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood said he had not seen the report and could not comment on it. The 31-point plan is still being put together, he said. ``We've been looking at this area for a long time now,'' Flood said. ``It's a slow process. It can't be done overnight.'' The Pentagon has increased the number of specialists looking for ways to boost use of commercial products from two to six in the wake of hearings by the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Levin said. Levin, chairman of the panel, said the hearings produced embarrassing evidence of over-reliance on products developed specifically for military use _ including foods such as chocolate-chip cookies and applesauce. Additionally, he said, the hearings showed that military specifications for products it buys are so complex that many contractors are discouraged from submitting bids. That reduces competition and inflates costs, he said. Pentagon tests ``are much too rigid. They are arcane, ancient,'' he said, pounding his fist on a foot-high stack of papers on his desk. The stack of documents were those through which a contractor must wade to submit a bid for selling the Pentagon an oscilloscope _ a device that measures variations in electrical currents. The 1990 defense spending bill approved by a House-Senate conference committee last week directs the Pentagon to increase off-the-shelf purchases. AP891106-0155 AP-NR-11-06-89 1811EST u w AM-MinimumWage 11-06 0405 AM-Minimum Wage,410 Senate Opens Debate on Minimum Wage Compromise but Schedule Unclear By JOHN KING Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate opened debate Monday on the compromise plan to raise the hourly minimum wage to $4.25, with a leading Republican conceding the measure would pass easily but warning it would cost jobs and fuel inflation. ``Every good and material that is sold in America is going to go up in cost,'' said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. ``I think that means we're going to have some very difficult economic times in the future. I hope I'm wrong.'' Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., criticized Hatch's arguments and called the planned increase from $3.35 to $4.25 by April 1991 ``a very small adjustment'' that will leave minimum-wage earners well behind inflation since the last increase in 1981. ``We have really, I think, failed in our compact with those Americans who are on the bottom rung of the economic ladder,'' Kennedy said. ``Never in the half century of the minimum wage has this long a period elapsed without an increase and may we do everything in our power to make sure that the working poor never have to wait that long again.'' The House-passed proposal, which also would create a subminimum ``training wage'' for teen-agers, is the product of a deal struck a week ago between President Bush and Congress' majority Democrats. Kennedy and Hatch were the only senators to speak on the issue Monday, and whether a final vote will come Tuesday appeared to hinge on whether Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on a plan to raise the government's debt ceiling. Several Republicans are mulling amendments that could delay a final vote on the minimum-wage bill indefinitely but an agreement on the debt limit likely would lead to an agreement on a timetable for debate on the wage bill as well. House and Senate leaders were meeting Monday night to discuss the debt limit. The minimum-wage bill provides two 45-cent increases, one April 1 and the other a year later. It also allows employers to pay a lower wage to workers ages 16 to 19 with fewer than three months total job experience. The subminimum could be paid for three additional months if the workers were in certified training programs. The subminimum would be $3.35 beginning April 1 and rise to $3.61 April 1, 1991. The provision allowing the lower wage expires in 1993. AP891106-0156 AP-NR-11-06-89 1812EST u a AM-SF-Quake 11-06 0500 AM-SF-Quake,0513 Governor Takes Ferry, Signs 12-Bill Quake Relief Package With AM-SF-Quake-Trigger-Theories, Bjt LaserPhotos FX2 By KATHLEEN MACLAY Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Gov. George Deukmejian crossed San Francisco Bay by ferry Monday, joining scores of commuters forced from their cars by the earthquake, then signed a 12-bill relief package officials hope will raise $800 million. ``I give the people of this area my pledge: I will make sure we will do what we have to do,'' Deukmejian said as he signed emergency legislation to help restore businesses, highways and homes damaged in the Oct. 17 quake. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake ravaged Northern California, killing 66 people and injuring more than 3,000. ``We're going to do whatever's necessary to restore the lives and the homes of the people who were victims of this earthquake,'' said Deukmejian. He said the legislative package, which includes a temporary sales tax hike, was absolutely necesssary. The bill-signing ceremony took place at the Ferry Building, at the foot of the damaged San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and across the street from a section of the Embarcadero Freeway that has been closed and reinforced with beams. State lawmakers approved the package over the weekend during a three-day special session, although the deal was nearly derailed by partisan squabbling. The governor said he sailed on the Catalina Empress from Oakland's Jack London Square to the World Trade Club in San Francisco to publicize a mass-transit system that commuters unable to cross the damaged Bay Bridge have increasingly relied on. The quake collapsed sections of Interstate 880 near Oakland and the Bay Bridge, forcing thousands of commuters who normally drive to use ferries, Bay Area Rapid Transit trains, and other bridges and freeways to get to work. State authorities have estimated total damage at more than $7 billion, including about $1.7 billion to state and county roads. The 13-month, quarter-cent sales tax increase will raise an estimated $800 million, with another $200 million coming from state reserves. Also included in the package was $150 million in tax relief. Several Northern California legislators complained the legislation isn't enough, and insisted quake repairs will cost substantially more than the $4.25 billion in approved federal aid and state funds. ``It's going to be closer to $10 billion, believe me,'' said Sen. Nick Petris, an Alameda County Democrat who pushed for a half-cent sales tax increase. ``This is no time to be pandering to the pockets of the people.'' The tax hike, opposed by most Republicans in the Assembly, passed the lower house Saturday with only two votes to spare. It passed the Senate on a 34-2 vote. Lawmakers recessed their special earthquake session Saturday evening, postponing action until January on other earthquake-related measures. California's statewide sales tax is currently 6 percent, although the tax is as high as 7 percent in parts of the state where local voters have approved higher levies. The extra quarter-cent tax will be in effect from Dec. 1 of this year through Dec. 31, 1990. AP891106-0157 AP-NR-11-06-89 2052EST r i AM-SovietStrikes 1stLd-Writethru a0593 11-06 0473 AM-Soviet Strikes, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0593,0483 Soviet Coal Minister Fails to Persuade Strikers to Return to Jobs Eds: One graf SUBS for 6th graf, Shchadov told ... identifying Petrovksy. With AM-Revolution Day, Bjt MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet coal minister met Monday with striking miners in the Arctic but failed to persuade them to end their walkout, which officials say threatens winter fuel supplies. Mikhail I. Shchadov met for three hours with strikers from 11 mines in the Pechora Basin, but did not adequately assure them their working, social and living conditions would improve, said Alexander Petrovsky, who attended the session. Miners were promised improved living and working conditions in July after a nationwide strike. Workers in the largest mine of the Pechora Basin went on strike Oct. 25 to protest government delays in fulfilling the promises. They were joined last week by miners at 10 other shafts, and only two mines in the region continued working, with more than 15,000 miners on strike. The official news agency Tass reported Monday that four mines were operating. Shchadov told miners part of the July decree pledging improvements was being implemented on schedule and that the rest was awaiting action by the Soviet legislature, according to Petrovsky, who spoke by telephone and described himself as a worker from Vorkuta. Petrovsky and strike committee member Nikolai A. Teryokhin, who was interviewed in Moscow, said miners were not satisfied with Shchadov's report and would continue the walkout. On Sunday, Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov said the situation in the coal industry ``creates an inadmissible situation in ensuring vital supplies for our people, for the work of basic and other sectors of the national economy.'' Ryzhkov, in remarks distributed by Tass, asked the strikers to show ``reason and a sense of civic duty.'' But the miners remain unsatisfied. ``We share the concern of the chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers N.I. Ryzhkov over the current situation in the coal industry,'' strike committee leader V. Kopasov told Tass. ``But the miners don't believe that their demands will be met. They need clear guarantees.'' Kopasov said Shchadov did not have the authority to make such guarantees and that the miners want to speak only to a government commission. The Vorkuta miners, meanwhile, appealed to the AFL-CIO trade union group in the United States to send a delegation to meet with them and offer ``material and technical support,'' according to a statement released by Teryokhin. A similar appeal was made to British miners. The strike violates a law passed by the Soviet legislature last month banning walkouts in such vital sectors as energy and defense. A local court has ruled the strike illegal but has not moved to halt it. Government officials are scheduled to meet with miners Nov. 17 to review how well the government has kept its promises. AP891106-0158 AP-NR-11-06-89 2055EST r w AM-Bush-Personnel 11-06 0177 AM-Bush-Personnel,170 Diplomat, Mass.-Maine, Ohio People to Get Nominations WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush announced Monday he would nominate Stephen J. Ledogar, a career diplomat, to be U.S. representative to the 40-nation Conference on Disarmament. The post carries the rank of ambassador. The conference oversees various East-West negotiations. Ledogar, 60, since 1987 has been in the top U.S. official in negotiations under way in Vienna between NATO and Warsaw on reducing conventional forces. He is being succeeded in that post by James Woolsey, a former Pentagon official in the Carter administration and a conservative Democrat. In other announcements, Bush said he will nominate Barry Lambert Harris, president of the Alliance Corp. of Portland, Maine, as deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminstation. Harris, 50, is former assistant city manager of Gloucester, Mass., and was a documentary writer-producer for WBZ-TV in Boston. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Barbara McConnell Barrett. Bush also announced his selection of businessman William Houk of Shelby, Ohio, to be public printer. Houk, 62, would succeed Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr. AP891106-0159 AP-NR-11-06-89 1834EST u w AM-Traficant-Flight103 11-06 0391 AM-Traficant-Flight 103,400 Congressman Provides Part of Report on Flight 103 Insurance Probe By KATHERINE RIZZO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) An Ohio congressman on Monday made public part of what he said was an insurance investigator's report alleging West German intelligence tipped the CIA to a possible bomb aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The plane blew up last December over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people. U.S. officials have denied having any such advance information. Rep. James Traficant was accompanied at a news conference by former CIA officer Victor Marchetti, from whom he said he got the report. Marchetti left the agency in 1969 and later wrote a critical book, ``The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence.'' The excerpts released by Traficant describe a West German intelligence agent watching baggage handlers an hour before the flight left Frankfurt, singling out one suspicious suitcase and deciding ``something was very wrong.'' West German intelligence passed on the concern to a CIA unit in Frankfurt, which relayed it to an unidentified ``control,'' says the excerpt from the insurance investigator's report. ``Control replied: `Don't worry about it, don't stop it, let it go,''' the excerpt says. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield, who last week called the report ``nonsense,'' said Monday ``It's still nonsense.'' Pan Am, which has been sued for more than $300 million, said in court documents filed last week that it is trying to show the United States got warnings from West German and Israeli intelligence. Administration officials on Monday denied that they were tipped off by any foreign intelligence agency about the bombing of the Pan Am flight. Rosemary Wolfe of Alexandria, Va., whose stepdaughter Miriam was among the victims on Flight 103, said she didn't know whether to believe the allegations but ``I think we're getting closer to the answers.'' At his news conference, Traficant handed out five of 27 pages of a report which he said shows connections between the bombing and a trans-Atlantic heroin shipment, hostage rescue efforts, terrorists and spies. The other 22 pages were withheld pending a meeting with Pan Am's lawyers, Traficant said. The Ohio Democrat first made his allegations Friday, saying then that the report concluded the CIA was ``covering up a drug run,'' protecting the terrorists' Frankfurt-to-New York heroin route in exchange for contacts that might lead to the release of American hostages. AP891106-0160 AP-NR-11-06-89 1841EST u a AM-CatholicBishops 1stLd-Writethru a0658 11-06 0824 AM-Catholic Bishops, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0658,0842 Abortion Tops List of Catholic Bishops' Concerns Eds: SUBS grafs 6-7, `At the opening ...,' to CORRECT that Casaroli is papal legate to current conference, sted legate in 1789; SUBS 15th graf, `The resolution ...,' to CLARIFY background; SUBS last 2 grafs, ``In other ...,' with 6 grafs to UPDATE with action on Catholic collections. LaserPhoto BA1 By DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press Writer BALTIMORE (AP) The Catholic Church is mounting an offensive against legalized abortion in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling allowing states more freedom in setting limits on the practice. ``Don't forget the baby. That's all the Catholic Church is saying to America,'' Archbishop John May, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Monday in a speech opening the conference's fall meeting. Leaders of the 53 million-member church are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a policy statement on abortion calling on Catholics to ``give urgent attention and priority to this issue'' to counteract efforts by abortion rights advocates galvanized by the court ruling in the Missouri case. Abortion rights advocates said the bishops' new activism was expected in light of the court ruling and the recent ``backstepping'' by some politicians challenged by pro-choice groups. ``I think this meeting marks their re-emergence as a political force on this issue,'' said Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice. ``They're ready to go.'' At the opening session of the four-day meeting, representatives of the U.S. church and the Vatican celebrated the bicentennial of the U.S. hierarchy by noting how the church was shaped by the American principles of religious liberty and democracy. The Rev. John Carroll was appointed the first U.S. bishop on Nov. 6, 1789 Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, who is Vatican secretary of state and papal legate to the bicentennial, warned the bishops not to be discouraged from entering into public policy debates. ``The religious freedom so forcibly affirmed by your founding fathers was not intended to exclude religion from society, from public life and public morality. That would truly be freedom in reverse,'' Casaroli said. In his speech, May said Americans need to hear the church's voice on issues ranging from the Middle East to poverty, but abortion is the issue ``where clear-cut moral principle stands tall above all else.'' In a letter to the bishops, Pope John Paul II said Catholics have played a ``significant role in upholding the moral principles of justice, freedom, and respect for human dignity.'' The Pope, however, never directly addressed the abortion issue, but instead asked the bishops to uphold ``the dignity and rights of the human person from conception to natural death.'' Comparing abortion to dropping a child in the Baltimore Harbor, May said there is no difference between a child a few months after birth and a child in the womb. ``The church, therefore, has no option: It must speak out to protect that child,'' said May, adding that the Catholic Church promises to care for any pregnant woman. Kissling said May's remarks a ``are really simply cruel and unusual punishment to the Catholic and non-Catholic women who decide to have abortions.'' The resolution on abortion from the bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities said the Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services was encouraging. The decision upheld Missouri's law banning abortions in public hospitals and stopped public employees from counseling women about abortions. The law also required doctors performing abortions to first test any fetus over 20 weeks old to determine if it could live outside the womb. But the Supreme Court's ruling also has caused abortion rights advocates to threaten ``retaliation against politicians who do not support permisive abortion.'' In calling upon Catholics to redouble their efforts, the committee said, ``At this particular time, abortion has become the fundamental human rights issue for all men and women of good will.'' In other business Monday, the bishops decided to develop a pastoral letter on stewardship in order to find ways to reach deeper into the pockets of Catholics in the pews to meet the church's financial needs. Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Lousiana said red is fine liturgical color, but is not good news at the end of a financial statement. ``We are called to bring the good news. Let's do it,'' he told the bishops. The conference president was asked to appoint a committee to develop the pastoral letter by the June 1991 meeting of the bishops' conference. In addition to the abortion issue, the bishops on Tuesday are scheduled to elect a new conference president and vote on a proposal _ prompted by the severe clergy shortage _ from the bishops Committee on the Liturgy on an ``Order for Sunday celebrations in the Absence of a Priest.'' Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, conference vice president, is expected to be elevated to the presidency, while nine other archbishops vie for the vice presidency. AP891106-0161 AP-NR-11-06-89 1953EST r i AM-UN-Nicaragua 1stLd-Writethru a0653 11-06 0577 AM-UN-Nicaragua, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0653,0590 Contras Will Meet Sandinistas at UN This Week Eds: ADDS 4 grafs with amnestied Contras speaking in Managua By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) Leaders of Nicaraguan rebels have agreed to meet Sandinista government representatives this week for the first direct peace talks in more than a year, U.N. officials said Monday. When President Daniel Ortega canceled a 19-month-old truce last week, he also proposed a meeting at U.N. headquarters. Nadia Younes, a U.N. spokeswoman, said the two sides had agreed to meet Thursday and Friday. Nicaragua's U.N. mission said Victor Hugo Tinoco, deputy foreign minister, probably would lead the government delegation. A senior U.N. official said privately all issues will be on the table, including the voluntary disbanding of the rebels, known as Contras; security guarantees for those repatriated from rebel bases in neighboring Honduras and political reform in Nicaragua. In Honduras, Contra military leader Enrique Bermudez told The Associated Press, ``We have accepted the new proposal for dialogue from Ortega,'' and said he would lead a five-man rebel delegation. Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, Roman Catholic primate of Nicaragua, has agreed to attend as an observer. He has been a go-between for the Sandinistas and Contras in the past. Also present will be the International Commission for Verification and Support consisting of one official each from the United Nations and Organization of American States. The commission was established under the Central American peace plan of Aug. 7 to help the Contras disarm and resettle in Nicaragua with their families. The Contras are expected to insist on resuming the cease-fire. They also want a general amnesty and guarantees that they can visit Nicaragua to verify that reforms have been made and it is safe for them to return. The peace plan says the Contras must be disbanded by Dec. 5, but also that their repatriation be voluntary. So far, the rebels have shown no inclination to lay down their weapons and return home, although some have gone back to Nicaragua with their weapons. Ortega said the infiltrating Contras had killed dozens of people and were trying to disrupt the campaign for national elections to be held Feb. 25. According to the State Department, about 2,000 Contras have returned to Nicaragua from Honduras, making a total of 4,000 in Nicaragua and about 10,000 remaining in Honduras. Carlos Lopez Contreras, the Honduran foreign minister, said Friday the rebels are ``a Nicaraguan problem'' and his government will not participate in the meetings at U.N. headquarters. The last direct talks between the Contras and Sandinistas, in June 1988, failed when the government rejected Contra demands for reform that included an end to Sandinista control of the army and police. In Managua on Monday, the Defense Ministry presented two men identified as Contra commanders and 13 other rebels to journalists and said they had accepted amnesty. Orlando Barrera and Carlos Martinez, the commanders, said they were ordered to tell people to vote for the United Nicaraguan Opposition, the main opposition to the Sandinistas, in the February elections. ``We told people that if they didn't vote for UNO they would have problems, and that meant we were going to kidnap them afterward,'' Barrera said. The opposition party denies links to the Contras. Santos Guzman, a 15-year-old rebel, said: ``We put down our weapons because we had no ammunition, no food. We just walked, and when we encountered the army, we ran.'' AP891106-0162 AP-NR-11-06-89 2000EST r i AM-Dominican-Bosch 11-06 0256 AM-Dominican-Bosch,0262 Former President Juan Bosch Ahead in Polls for 1990 Election SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) A poll published Monday indicated former President Juan Bosch, whose leftist policies led to a coup and a U.S. invasion in 1965, is favored to win the 1990 presidential election. President Joaquin Balaguer, 83 and nearly blind from glaucoma, has not said he will run again. Bosch, now 80, has led in polls for a year. A Gallup survey published Monday in the daily El Siglo said Bosch was the favorite of 29 percent of 1,279 people questioned. Balaguer had 27 percent support; Jacobo Majluta, a former president, got 14; and Mayor Jose Francisco Pena Gomez of Santo Domingo had 11. No margin of error was given. The May 16 presidential election will be the eighth since military dictator Rafael L. Trujillo was assassinated in 1961. Bosch, a historian, poet and novelist, won the presidency in 1963 in the first free election after Trujillo. He was ousted from office after seven months by a military coup. Bosch supporters tried to put him back in power, factional fighting broke out and President Lyndon B. Johnson sent 23,000 Marines in 1965. As leader of the Dominican Liberation Party, Bosch campaigns as a moderate. He denies being a Communist, but he told The Associated Press in December he follows Marxist economic doctrine. Balaguer has been elected president five times, most recently in 1986, but pursuing an expensive public works program at a time of economic crisis has cost him support. AP891106-0163 AP-NR-11-06-89 1848EST u a AM-WeatherpageWeather 11-06 0296 AM-Weatherpage Weather,0304 Rain in East and South, Snow in Colorado By The Associated Press Rain showers stretched along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast on Monday as snow fell on parts of Colorado. The showers reached from New England to Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and northern Georgia. Showers and thunderstorms extended from Alabama to Mississippi, southeast Arkansas, Louisiana and the upper two-thirds of the Texas coast. Thunderstorms produced hail at Port O'Connor, Texas. Scattered rain showers also fell over northwest Minnesota, upper Michigan, southeast Iowa and the Idaho Panhandle. Rain reached from the Oregon coast to western Washington state. Snow showers in the mountains of northern Colorado tapered off but continued in the central part of the state. At least 2 inches of snow fell in Leadville, 3 inches in Winter Park and 8 inches on the Eisenhower Tunnel. Snow was forecast for the Cascades of Oregon, where up to 5 inches fell in the passes Monday morning. A high wind watch was posted through Tuesday along the northwest mountains of Wyoming and the southeast mountains of Wyoming. Heavier rainfall during the six hours ending at 1 p.m. EST included 1.4 inches at the Air Force base near Columbus, Miss., 1.22 inches at Birmingham, Ala., and 1.01 inches at Tupelo, Miss. High temperature records for the date were set in Pensacola, Fla., where it was 81 degrees, 1 degree higher than the mark set in 1909 and tied in 1935; San Antonio (87 degrees, 86 in 1915) and Shreveport, La. (86 degrees, 85 in 1980). The low temperature in the Lower 48 states was 12 degrees at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Temperatures around the nation at 3 p.m. EST ranged from 25 degrees in Yellowstone to 90 degrees in Fort Myers, Fla. AP891106-0164 AP-NR-11-06-89 2011EST r a AM-College-Slurs 11-06 0399 AM-College-Slurs,0411 Students March After Racial Slurs Hit College By SARAH OKESON Associated Press Writer JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (AP) Students at MacMurray College marched across campus Monday to show unity against racism after a campaign of anonymous threats and racial slurs against blacks hit the small, private school. ``We must come together,'' sophomore Ricky Bragg, told about 350 students, faculty and residents who marched to the college chapel. ``There is no way this can be a white problem or a black problem or a Jewish problem. This is MacMurray's problem,'' said Bragg, who is black. The student-organized march came four days after hand-written letters containing racial slurs and threats were found in campus mailboxes of the 35 to 40 black students at the 620-student liberal-arts school, and in the box of the college's only black staff member. The letters were addressed to students by name and campus mailbox number, and contained slurs directed at the person, according to students who saw the letters. Investigators were trying to develop leads from fingerprints on the letters, but hadn't identified any suspects, said Tom Weeks, police chief in Jacksonville in west-central Illinois, 30 miles west of Springfield. ``Right now, it looks like it's at a dead end,'' he said. Since the letters were discovered, the school's administration has sponsored a series of meetings to talk about racial tensions on campus. ``This is a marvelous educational opportunity for our students,'' said college President Edward Mitchell. ``They're dealing with a real-life problem. In that way, it differs from all the other problems we have in college where you have a right answer. Here there is no right answer.'' Junior Michelle Sharp, who is white, told her fellow students that by attending the rally, ``You're saying that there is a problem, that something's broken and it needs to be fixed.'' Before the rally, Cathleen Hopkins, a senior who is black, said the administration had put too much stress on blacks and whites talking to each other in the wake of the incident. ``It's past the communication stage,'' she said. ```What are you going to do?' is what we want to know.'' But Mitchell said way to deal with racial problems will evolve from the meetings. ``One of the things I tried not to do was to define the problem and the solution because then it would be my problem and my solution,'' he said. AP891106-0165 AP-NR-11-06-89 2026EST r i AM-Colombia 11-06 0224 AM-Colombia,0230 Bomb Explodes Outside Office of Colombian Newspaper SANTA MARTA, Colombia (AP) A bomb tossed from a passing car exploded early Monday outside the circulation office of the local newspaper El Tiempo, causing minor damage to the building but no injuries, the daily said. In Cartagena, another Caribbean port, a bomb exploded outside a bank but injured no one, police said. The pre-dawn attack was the first against El Tiempo, Colombia's largest circulation daily, since violence escalated in August in response to the government's war against drug barons. The cartels have promised to retaliate for the five suspects extradited to the United States on drug charges. The media in particular have been under constant attack by the drug traffickers. In the last two months, four journalists have been killed, several other news people have been wounded and the building of the El Espectador has been bombed by terrorists hired by the drug lords. At least 39 people have been killed and 226 injured since President Virgilio Barco on Aug. 19 announced a tough set of measures to fight drug traffickers, including extradition, perhaps the penalty feared most by Colombian drug lords. Barco's decision to actively pursue traffickers came a day after the slaying of opposition presidential candidate Sen. Luis Galan at a political rally. Barco by law cannot run for re-election. AP891106-0166 AP-NR-11-06-89 2028EST r w AM-S&LBailout 11-06 0525 AM-S&L Bailout,540 S&L Bailout Funds Running Out With AM-S&Ls, Bjt By MATT YANCEY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The $50 billion that Congress appropriated this summer to rescue the savings and loan industry will be depleted in the next 14 months, officials in charge of the bailout said Monday. Daniel P. Kearney, president of the federal Resolution Trust Corp. oversight board, told a House task force on the bailout that the $50 billion will be exhausted by the end of December 1990. Officials had warned earlier the government might have to borrow another $50 billion to $100 billion of short-term ``working capital'' beyond the $50 billion approved by Congress in August to cover the deposit losses of failed thrift institutions as they are closed or sold to new investors. But Kearney's assessment on how fast money is being spent on some 290 failed thrifts passing through the government's hands shocked lawmakers who were repeatedly told by the Bush administration that $50 billion was all that would be needed. ``It's mind-boggling to think that we're going to have another blank check here,'' said Rep. Tom McMillan, D-Md. Kearney said the oversight board _ composed of Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp _ should have a plan ready within the next two weeks on how to raise the additional cash. Administration officials maintain that the $50 billion authorized through the bailout legislation may cover the net loss to taxpayers once all the loans, properties and other assets of the seized thrifts are sold. But they acknowledge that could be several years away. Meanwhile, Kearney and other officials said, the administration wants to shore up the working capital needed to cover despositors' insured losses through short-term borrowings. As the assets are sold, the working capital that was borrowed would be repaid. But to prevent the short-term borrowings from ballooning annual federal deficits, the administration has proposed setting up an off-budget Resolution Funding Bank to issue the new debt. Democrats insist that any additional borrowing above the initial $50 billion come directly through the Treasury, a move that would swell the fiscal 1991 and 1992 deficits and force either spending cuts elsewhere or a tax increase. Assistant Comptroller General Richard L. Fogel said both Congress and the administration need ``to engage in a much more honest dialogue this time about what it's going to take.'' As a watchdog in Congress' General Accounting Office, Fogel said the administration ``should come back to Congress, even though it might not be what you want to here, and say they need more money.'' That's not likely, said Bert Ely, a private S&L analyst in Alexandria, Va., who has persistently criticized Congress and the Reagan and Bush administrations' handling of the thrift crisis. Ely said no one in Congress or the administration wants to have to write another S&L bailout law that includes billions of dollars in more government spending before the 1992 election. The administration is effectively telling Congress: ```Don't push us too hard on this working capital thing, or we will be back up here,''' he said. AP891106-0167 AP-NR-11-06-89 2030EST r i AM-Brazil 11-06 0467 AM-Brazil,0483 Candidate Accuses President of Manipulating Election Campaign By JORGE MEDEROS Associated Press Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) A presidential candidate on Monday accused President Jose Sarney of trying to manipulate next week's election, the first free presidential balloting since 1960. Front-runner Fernando Collor de Mello claimed Sarney has ``a sinister plan'' to manipulate the Nov. 15 election by backing the last-minute candidacy of Silvio Santos, head of Brazil's second-largest television network. ``I'm talking to you, Jose Sarney. I'm talking to an irresponsible, dishonest and weak man,'' Collor de Mello said in his spot on a 70-minute television campaign program, which all five networks are required to run twice a day. Collor de Mello, leader of the center-right National Reconstruction Party, called Sarney ``incapable, incompetent and corrupt.'' Sarney declared he would respond to Collor de Mello's accusations with an address on national television. Santos' candidacy also was denounced by other leaders among the 22 presidential candidates. In a televised debate Sunday night, Leonel Brizola of the center-left Democratic Labor Party called Santos ``a test-tube candidate'' of the Sarney administration. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of the leftist Workers Party compared the Santos candidacy to a ``coup d'etat'' against the electoral process. Both Sarney and Santos, conservative candidate of the new Brazilian Municipalist Party, deny allegations that they are engaged in a joint political effort. Sarney, who by law cannot run for re-election, opposes Collor de Mello and polls have shown that Santos' late entry in the race caused a sharp reduction in Collor de Mello's lead. Santos presented his candidacy officially to the Superior Electoral Court on Saturday, and it is being challenged. A law decreed in 1970, when Brazil was under a military dictatorship, that directors of government-licensed businesses, such as television stations and networks, must resign from such positions at least three months before elections if they are candidates. Santos' lawyers say although he is the main stockholder in the SBT network he is not an active director and the law should not apply to him. Jose Francsco Rezek, president of the seven-member electoral court, said the tribunal would rule on the legality of Santos' candidacy by Friday. Rezek noted the 1970 law was adopted during military rule and said the main issue for the electoral court will be to determine which points of that law ``have survived'' under Brazil's new constitution written in 1988. Santos is not among the 22 candidates listed on the ballots, which have gone out to Brazil's 250,000 polling stations. To vote for Santos, Brazilians will have to draw an `X' through the box next to the name of Armando Correa, the Municipalist Party candidate who withdrew to be replaced by Santos. If no candidate gets a majority a runoff will be held between the two top vote-getters. AP891106-0168 AP-NR-11-06-89 2101EST r i AM-Salvador-Amnesty 11-06 0211 AM-Salvador-Amnesty,0216 Amnesty Calls for Investigation into Salvador Bombings LONDON (AP) Amnesty International appealed Monday to El Salvador to investigate the bombing of a trade union office in San Salvador. Ten people were killed and 29 were injured Oct. 31 when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the National Federation of Salvadoran Workers. The attack came a day after leftist guerrillas bombarded the Defense Ministry compound with mortar shells, killing one person and wounding 15, most of them civilians. Amnesty International said human rights sources claimed that Defense Minister Gen. Rafael Humberto Larios made a statement that the labor movement would suffer the consequences of the attack on the ministry. The London-based rights group said the attacks in San Salvador ``were not isolated incidents but took place in the context of escalating human rights violations against members of trade unions and grassroots organizations perceived by the government as sympathetic to the guerrillas.'' Amnesty said it was appealing to President Alfredo Cristiani ``to guarantee the physical security of trade unionists following persistent reports of violent attacks on trade union premises, and arbitrary arrests, torture and `disappearances' of trade unionists in recent months.'' Left-wing guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front have been battling the government for 10 years. AP891106-0169 AP-NR-11-06-89 2106EST r a AM-NavyCrash 1stLd-Writethru a0660 11-06 0314 AM-Navy Crash, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0660,0318 Navy Bomber Crashes into Strait of Juan de Fuca Eds: UPDATES throughout with Navy jet having mechanical problems, identities of crew, crash in Nevada. No pickup. OAK HARBOR, Wash. (AP) A Navy A-6E jet bomber crashed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday after its two crew members parachuted to safety, the Navy said. In Nevada, an F-15 fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashed about 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The pilot ejected safely, a base spokesman said. The Navy A-6E plane, built by Grumman as a carrier-borne bomber, went into the water west of the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, the Navy said. The jet experienced mechanical problems before the crew ejected, Navy spokeswoman Mariana Graham said. Base spokesman Howard Thompson identified the crew as pilot Cmdr. Harold Starling, 36, and bombardier-navigator Lt. Chris Eagle, 26. Starling is from Virginia Beach, Va., while Eagle's hometown is Wheaton, Md. Thompson said the two crew members were picked up and taken to the base hospital on the Whidbey Island base just north of Oak Harbor, 50 miles north of Seattle. They suffered only minor injuries and were listed in satisfactory condition with minor cuts and bruises, said Thompson. The A-6E class of jets are known as Intruders for their ability to fly low and for flying in inclement weather. The Strait of Juan de Fuca separates Washington state from British Columbia's Vancouver Island. Two crewmen were killed in early August while practicing for an air show at the Whidbey Island base. Since 1980, 13 of the Whidbey Island A-6 class of jets have crashed, killing 14. The pilot in the Nevada crash was identified as Lt. Col. Richard Banholzer. He was treated for a minor scrape. The cause of the crash was unknown, said Sgt. J.C. Marcom, a Nellis spokesman. AP891106-0170 AP-NR-11-06-89 2108EST r p AM-ELN--VirginiaGovernor 1stLd-Writethru a0603 11-06 0563 AM-ELN--Virginia Governor, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0603,0575 Wilder Warns Against Overconfidence; Coleman Claims Undecideds Eds: SUBS 3rd graf to ADD that temperatures expected to be in the 60s; SUBS 5th graf , `Baliles is ...,'' to CLARIFY that Baliles cannot seek second consecutive term; INSERTS 1 graf after 11th graf, ```Let's be ...,' to UPDATE with later rally; picks up 12th graf, `Coleman, flanked ...' With AM-Elections Rdp, Bjt By JOE TAYLOR Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) L. Douglas Wilder, campaigning for the job that would make him the nation's first elected black governor, rallied supporters Monday with a warning against overconfidence because of his lead in polls. Wilder's opponent, former Attorney General J. Marshall Coleman, dismissed the polls putting him behind, saying his organization showed enough support to win on Tuesday and that undecided voters were moving his way. As the candidates made flying tours to hit Virginia's major TV markets on the eve of the election, campaign workers staffed telephone banks to urge supporters to vote. Weather could be a factor, with forecasters predicting clouds and possibly rain but temperatures in the 60s. Wilder, the state's Democratic lieutenant governor, went on the stump with Gov. Gerald L. Baliles and former Gov. Charles S. Robb, now a U.S. senator. Also along were his two running mates, businessman Donald S. Beyer Jr. for lieutenant governor, and incumbent Attorney General Mary Sue Terry. Baliles cannot seek a second consecutive term under the state constitution. At a morning stop in Roanoke, Wilder said he felt ``exceedingly good'' about the chances for a Democratic sweep of the state's top three offices. But he also played down a Richmond Times-Dispatch poll Sunday showing him 9 percent ahead of Coleman, his Republican opponent, with 19 percent undecided. ``The only polls that count are the polls taken tomorrow when all the polls are closed,'' Wilder said. ``Turnout is very important,'' he said. ``Every Democratic election here has to depend on turnout and hopefully it will be there tomorrow.'' He urged his followers not only to cast their ballots but to ask others to vote and drive people to the polls. ``Let's be certain that we get out and, as Chuck would say, haul and call,'' Wilder told the enthusiastic crowd. Later, at a rally at the state Capitol during a steady drizzle, Wilder pointed to the sky and said everything was sunny. ``It's only in perception,'' he said. Coleman, flanked by his son Sean and U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, told about two dozen supporters at a Richmond airport rally that he has the most effective grassroots organization in state history and that his workers were out to ``energize the precinct organization.'' He said his campaign has identified 650,000 Republican or Republican-leaning voters, and those people will be called and urged to vote. ``We're absolutely on the eve of a great victory,'' said Coleman, who also was joined in Richmond by the GOP candidate for attorney general, state Sen. Joseph B. Benedetti. The GOP candidate for lieutenant governor is state Sen. Edwina P. Dalton. Coleman stressed his law enforcement experience as the state's former attorney general, his opposition to higher taxes and his ties to the Bush administration in saying he believes Virginians want a change. ``Our tracking shows the undecideds are breaking our way,'' Coleman said. ``All we have to do is get the vote out.'' AP891106-0171 AP-NR-11-06-89 2051EST u i AM-Lebanon 3rdLd-Writethru a0676 11-06 0870 AM-Lebanon, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0676,0891 Strike Shuts Down East Beirut Eds: INSERTS 2 grafs after 14th: `Arab states...' with Baker comments. Pickup 15th: `A statement ... Edits thereafter to trim and conform By MOHAMMED SALAM Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) A strike called by Gen. Michel Aoun, the Christian army commander, virtually closed down east Beirut on Monday and his followers filled the streets to protest the election of a Syrian-backed president. Rioting Aoun loyalists stormed the residence of Nasrallah Sfeir, the Maronite Catholic patriarch, who supported Rene Mouawad's election as president Sunday, and forced him to kiss a portrait of the general. Mouawad, 64, and Aoun, 54, are Maronites, the main Christian sect in Lebanon. Aoun declared a ``war of liberation'' this year on the 40,000 Syrian soldiers stationed in Lebanon under a 1976 peacekeeping mandate from the Arab League. He issued a statement Monday urging supporters to ``limit your protests to civilized and peaceful methods.'' Schools, shops, restaurants, banks and government offices closed in Christian east Beirut and many parts of the Christian enclave north and east of the city. Patriarch Sfeir, 68, fled to his summer home in an area of north Lebanon under Syrian control and said he would not return to his official residence on the wooded slopes of Bkirki ``until peace prevails.'' Lebanese police issued a statement saying they ``ensured the patriarch's safe drive'' early Monday to Diman, 52 miles north of Bkirki. ``We plead with God to forgive'' the attackers, Sfeir said at Diman, where he was greeted by Mouawad, Parliament speaker Hussein Husseini, Arab League envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi of Algeria and many legislators. A police spokesman said 100 supporters of Aoun drove to Bkirki in 30 cars shortly after midnight Sunday and stormed the walled compound. A 40-man unit of Aoun's command assigned to protect Sfeir did not try to stop them, said the spokesman, whose name was withheld under standing regulations. ``The rioters broke into the patriarch's bedroom, dragged him out of bed, forced him to kneel with two senior aides who rushed to help him and forced them all to kiss posters of Aoun,'' the spokesman said. Other Aoun loyalists broke into at least six churches in the Christian enclave to protest Mouawad's election. The spokesman said they fired automatic weapons into the air, ``burned rubber tires at several churches and rang bells.'' Pro-Aoun rioters went into the streets hours after legislators, forced out of Beirut by the general's threat to shell the Pariament building, convened in the Syrian-controlled north Sunday and elected Mouawad. On Saturday, Aoun said he was dissolving the legislature. He and acting Prime Minster Salim Hoss have led rival Christian and Moslem governments for 14 months, since President Amin Gemayel's six-year term ended without agreement by Parliament on a successor. The new president, a moderate lawyer, met Monday with spiritual leaders and politicians to try to form a national reconciliation government capable of ending the 14-year-old civil war. Arab states and several Western nations welcomed his election, including the Gulf Cooperation Council of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Foreign ministers of the 12-nation European Community congratulated Mouawad and urged that foreign armies withdraw from Lebanon. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, in Canberra, Australia, for a 12-nation meeting on Asia-Pacific economic cooperation, told reporters, ``We support the election for president and we support the Taif agreements _ and the enforcement of the Taif agreements.'' Lebanese legislators drafted a peace plan at meetings last month in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A statement from the Soviet Foreign Ministry said Lebanon had made ``an important move toward restoring constitutional institutions.'' U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar expessed hope ``the Lebanese people can at long last look forward to the return of peace, tranquility and normalcy.'' When rioters arrived at the Maronite patriarch's residence, the police spokesman said, Sfeir tried to talk them into leaving ``but they were hysterical.'' He said some entered the small church in the compound ``and desecrated it by smashing benches and throwing sand and rocks on the carpets and paintings.'' They tore down pictures of the patriarch and Pope John Paul II and put up Aoun posters, ``placed a poster of Aoun on the patriarch's chair and used dirty words against the patriarch,'' the spokesman said. In Washington, State Department deputy spokesman Richard Boucher expressed shock at the raid. ``We strongly deplore the mistreatments that were suffered by the Patriarch Sfeir,'' he said. Aoun also rejected the peace plan Parliament adopted Sunday, which was worked out in weeks of negotiations in Taif, because it lacks a timetable for Syrian withdrawal. He has refused to surrender the presidential palace at Baabda, a Christian suburb of Beirut, to the new president. Aoun lives in a bunker beneath the palace, which was heavily damaged during a six-month artillery war that began in March between Aoun's troops and a Moslem alliance led by the Syrians. Asked whether the general would vacate the bunker, an aide said privately Monday: ``You must be kidding. The general does not recognize the election. How would he turn over the palace, the symbol of legitimacy, to someone whom he doesn't recognize as the legitimate president?'' AP891106-0172 AP-NR-11-06-89 2112EST r p AM-ELN--NYCMayoral 2ndLd-Writethru a0719 11-06 0576 AM-ELN--NYC Mayoral, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0719,0587 Giuliani Continues Assault on Dinkins Eds: DELETES redundant 10th graf, `Dinkins' campaign ...' With AM-ELN--Elections Rdp, Bjt By BILL STIEG Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) The candidates vying to succeed Edward I. Koch as mayor made a final pitch Monday, with Rudolph Giuliani calling the election ``a referendum on integrity'' because of questions about front-runner David Dinkins' finances. Tuesday's election will give the city either its first Republican mayor since John Lindsay in 1965, Giuliani, or its first black mayor ever, Dinkins, who defeated Koch in the Democratic primary. Dinkins leads by about 15 percentage points in polls despite revelations about the Democrat's personal and campaign finances that Giuliani said cast doubt on Dinkins' honesty and character. ``So many serious questions have been raised about my opponent that this election has become a referendum on integrity,'' Giuliani said during a busy day of campaigning. ``David Dinkins has a history of getting away with things that others don't get away with,'' Giuliani added. Dinkins made several appearances, shrugging off Giuliani's charges as signs of desperation. Dinkins repeated his themes of unity and vowed not to allow the city to become ``a Republican beachhead,'' a term used by President Bush. ``Of course, I'm pleased at the progress we're making,'' he told reporters, adding, ``I won't be happy until the last ballot is counted tomorrow _ assuming, of course, it results in a victory for our side.'' Dinkins accused Giuliani, the former federal prosecutor in Manhattan, of making ``loose allegations'' and running a negative campaign. He said Giuliani entered the mayoral race ``like a knight in shining armor on a white charger. I suggest that the armor is a bit tarnished and that charger is no longer white.'' Dinkins' campaign has been dogged in recent weeks by accusations of financial transgressions, including the sale of cable-television stock he once valued at $1 million to his son for $58,000, his failure to file tax returns for four years 20 years ago and the payment of $9,500 to an ex-convict to get out the vote in the primary. The latest allegation was that Dinkins failed to list on financial disclosure or tax forms that a friend paid in part for a trip to France last year. Dinkins said Monday that he was trying to determine if the gift exceeded a $500 minimum that would require its listing. Later, Dinkins said part of the air fare was paid by the friend through a hotel bonus program, similar to a frequent-flier program, and had no cash value. Dinkins said it is not clear whether such a gift must be listed on financial disclosure forms, but said he would amend his statement. ``He is less than candid, he hides, he evades,'' Giuliani charged. ``You finally confront him with it, he hides, he evades. ... This had to be dragged out of David Dinkins.'' Giuliani also has accused Dinkins of accepting cruises from unions, but Dinkins, the Manhattan borough president, said they were related to city business. ``Trust is a very important word in government,'' Giuliani said. ``It's at the heart of American democracy. It's at the core of this election. ... We must be able to trust our mayor.'' The candidates met in two televised debates over the weekend, with Dinkins saying voters ``don't want a prosecutor, they want a mayor.'' Giuliani said they ``want a mayor who has nothing to fear from a prosecutor.'' AP891106-0173 AP-NR-11-06-89 2135EST r i AM-Aquino 11-06 0305 AM-Aquino,0316 Mrs. Aquino Says Military Action Not Solution to Insurgency OTTAWA (AP) President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines said on Monday she does not believe military action is the answer to the communist insurgency in her homeland. She is on an eight-day visit to Canada and the United States and made the remark at a meeting with about 70 Filipinos in a Toronto hotel before coming to Ottawa. Mrs. Aquino is to meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and sign several Canadian-Philippine agreements before leaving for the United States. At the meeting with Philippine expatriates in Toronto's Royal York Hotel, she was handed a letter asking her government to negotiate a settlement with communist rebels and suspend counterinsurgency operations. She said her government is committed to protecting human rights and that she believes a military solution to the revolt, now in its 21st year, is not the answer. ``We have to address the socio-economic needs of our country, which we are doing,'' she said. Outside the hotel about 25 demonstrators demanded that Mrs. Aquino allow the body of former President Ferdinand Marcos to be returned to the Philippines for burial. ``Bring home Marcos!,'' a few demonstrators shouted as Mrs. Aquino left the hotel. She did not respond. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii on Sept. 28. Mrs. Aquino became president after a popular civilian-military uprising ousted Marcos in February 1986. It was the first time since Mrs. Aquino began her visit in Vancouver Saturday that Marcos loyalists had confronted her. In Toronto, Mrs. Aquino encouraged investments in the Philippines, first at a meeting with bankers at the Bank of Nova Scotia and later in a speech to the Empire and Canadian clubs. She said Canadian investment in oil exploration to help the Philippines secure its energy needs would especially be welcome. AP891106-0174 AP-NR-11-06-89 2135EST r a AM-HumperdinckSuit 11-06 0278 AM-Humperdinck Suit,0287 Judge Dismisses $50 Million Humperdinck Libel Suit Against Enquirer LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge has dismissed a $50 million lawsuit brought by Engelbert Humperdinck against The National Enquirer, which reported that the mother of the singer's daughter feared he had the AIDS virus. U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall dismissed the libel lawsuit last week, said Humperdinck attorney Robert Rotstein. Rotstein said Humperdinck would appeal. Humperdinck, 53, has tested negative for the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Rotstein said. Mike Walker, a National Enquirer editor, said Monday that the Lantana, Fla.-based newspaper stood behind the article, which he said was based on a court filing and was therefore not libelous. ``In our Dec. 27, 1988, issue, we published a story describing how the mother of Engelbert's illegitimate child charged in a legal proceeding that the singer had the AIDS virus,'' Walker said. ``We reported the allegation in an accurate and truthful manner and now we feel vindicated by the judge's verdict.'' The headline, ``Mother of His Child Claims in Court ... Engelbert Has AIDS Virus,'' was totally accurate, the Enquirer maintained, published only after being closely reviewed by legal counsel. Kathy Jetter filed papers in New York City's Family Court demanding that Humperdinck provide for the financial future of her 12-year-old daughter, already ruled by a court to be his daughter. Humperdinck's lawsuit said the woman's claims about him were false and unsubstantiated and that they were ultimately dismissed by the New York court. Humperdinck claimed the Enguirer's story was false and malicious. The National Enquirer is a weekly supermarket tabloid that boasts the largest circulation of any paper in America. AP891106-0175 AP-NR-11-06-89 2152EST r a AM-Scotus-Mother 11-06 0516 AM-Scotus-Mother,0532 Rhode Island Women Loses Appeal on Boyfriend Visits With AM-Scotus Rdp, Bjt By KAREN SCHWARTZ Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday that a Rhode Island woman cannot let her boyfriend stay overnight while her children are in the house has sexist overtones, the American Civil Liberties Union said. The justices, without comment, let stand a ruling that Carla Parrillo's rights were not violated by a judge's order forbidding her from having overnight male guests while her children are home. ``I would be surprised if judges were as willing to serve as moral guardians of a family where a man is involved,'' said Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island ACLU chapter. Ms. Parrillo and her husband, Justin Jr., were divorced in May 1986 after seven years of marriage. The Johnston woman was given custody of her children and her husband was given visitation rights. Ms. Parrillo said her ex-husband began to harass her when he learned she was dating Joseph DiPippo. She asked for a court order limiting Parrillo's visitation rights, requiring him to see the children, then aged 8, 10 and 13, at specific times away from the home. Parrillo countered by asking the court to bar Ms. Parrillo from having overnight male guests, and Family Court Judge William Goldberg in November 1986 barred Ms. Parrillo from allowing any unrelated males to stay overnight when the children are home. Permitting DiPippo to stay overnight with Ms. Parrillo is not ``a suitable arrangement for the children to be put into,'' said Goldberg, who has since retired. Attorneys for Ms. Parrillo said Goldberg's order was based on a presumption, without any evidence, that allowing DiPippo to stay overnight would cause the children psychological harm. Neither side called experts to testify about the psychological effect of the visits on the children. The children told Goldberg in a private meeting that they all got along well with DiPippo, although the eldest child, a boy, said there were times he did not like the man. Goldberg also noted that if Ms. Parrillo married DiPippo, the issue would become moot, although Ms. Parrillo, 33, had told the court she did not plan to marry in the near future. Ms. Parrillo could not be reached for comment Monday. Her telephone number is not listed and her ACLU attorney, Patricia Hurst, said she had not spoken with her client. Earlier this year, when the state Supreme Court upheld Goldberg's order, Ms. Parrill said she was no longer dating DiPippo but had a new boyfriend whom she intended to invite for overnight visits, even if it meant risking jail. Thomas DeSimone, an attorney for Parrillo, said Monday that he was not surprised by the ruling. ``I didn't think that there was a federal question involved,'' he said. Brown said he felt the high court chose not to review the case because there are not similar cases elsewhere and it was ``simply a strange little case from Rhode Island that didn't deserve the full court's attention.'' The case is Parrillo vs. Parrillo, 89-75. AP891106-0176 AP-NR-11-06-89 2200EST r i AM-Hess 11-06 0270 AM-Hess,0275 Government Says Nothing In Report Suggests Hess Was Murdered Eds: Rhodri is cq LONDON (AP) The government solicitor-general said Monday there is nothing to suggest in a British policeman's report on the prison death of Rudolf Hess in 1987 that Adolf Hitler's World War II deputy was murdered. Detective Chief Superintendent Howard Jones, the policeman heading an official inquiry into Hess' death in Berlin's Spandau Prison, sad earlier this year that discrepancies in evidence merited a full criminal investigation. But Sir Nicholas Lyell told the House of Commons on Monday, ``Inquiries carried out by (Jones) have produced no cogent evidence to suggest that Rudolf Hess was murdered, nor, in the view of the director of public prosecutions, is there any basis for further investigation.'' Hess died on Aug. 17, 1987 at age 93. The governments of the United States and America's three wartime allies, Britain, France and the Soviet Union, ruled formally that Hess committed suicide by hanging himself from a window latch. His body was found in a garden hut in the grounds of the prison, where he had been the sole inmate since 1966. Family members, among others, expressed doubts that Hess killed himself. Legislator Rhodri Morgan of the opposition Labor Party, who prompted the solicitor-general's statement by asking what action was to be taken on Jones' report, told the Commons the government ruling was ``deeply disappointing for anybody interested in the truth.'' Hess was captured after flying to Scotland in 1941 in a self-proclaimed bid to end the war. He was convicted in 1945 as a war criminal and sentenced to life imprisonment. AP891106-0177 AP-NR-11-06-89 2205EST u a AM-Immigrants-Translations 11-06 0241 AM-Immigrants-Translations,0249 L.A. Judge Orders Full Translations For Immigrants in Court PASADENA, Calif. (AP) A federal judge ruled Monday that immigration court proceedings must be translated in full for non-English speakers facing deportation and exclusion hearings. U.S. District Judge William Gray ruled that the current policy, which provides only for translation of questions to non-English speakers and their responses, violates statutory and constitutional rights. Sandra Pettit of the Legal Aid Foundation said the ruling will give those facing such hearings the ability to understand and participate. ``The proceeding won't be something that is just done to them,'' she said. Gray rejected a request by government lawyers that the ruling be put on hold while they appealed, Ms. Pettit said. Ms. Pettit represents two refugee rights groups, El Rescate and the Central American Refugee Center and five individuals, three of whom speak Spanish and two Farsi, the main language in Iran. All five were involved in immigration proceedings, and in March 1988 filed suit claiming that immigration court proceedings were incompletely and poorly translated. The suit was filed against the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the branch of the Justice Department that oversees immigration courts, as well as others including U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh. Gray granted a summary judgment on their claim that the translations were incomplete. A second claim, that court interpreters are poorly trained and unqualified, likely will go to trial early next year, Ms. Pettit said. AP891106-0178 AP-NR-11-06-89 2217EST r e BC-Theater 11-06 0504 BC-Theater,0516 `Closer Than Ever,' A New Musical Revue, Opens Off-Broadway Eds: No PMs planned. By MICHAEL KUCHWARA AP Drama Critic NEW YORK (AP) Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire spin highly personal stories through song. They did it in the off-Broadway revue ``Starting Here, Starting Now'' in 1977 and in the musical ``Baby,'' a modest Broadway success nearly six years ago. Now another collection of their musical tales is on display in ``Closer Than Ever,'' a pint-sized but emotionally potent revue that opened Monday at off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre. Their terrific songs come from a grab bag of sources. Some were dropped from ``Baby'' before it opened in New York. Others appeared in a topical revue, ``Urban Blight,'' done at the Manhattan Theatre Club. And several were created specifically for this new show. What Maltby and Shire chronicle in their nearly two dozen numbers is choice and change _ people coming to terms with their choices and changes involving husbands, wives, lovers, children, parents and, most importantly, themselves. If that makes the show sound gloomy and a bit pompous, it isn't. ``Closer Than Ever'' is an exhilarating musical revue that reaffirms one's belief that the American musical theater isn't dead yet. Shire's music sounds contemporary, but it is more than a collection of pop melodies. Maltby's lyrics are intelligent and often witty, yet never intricate for the sake of being tricky. Together, they turn what could be just songs into one of the finest scores of the year. Three numbers anchor the show. In ``One of the Good Guys,'' a married man wonders what it would have been like if he had cheated on his wife and not done ``the right thing.'' In the devastating ``Life Story,'' a woman looks back on the choices she made about marriage and career. And in the highly emotional ``If I Sing,'' a son thanks his father for introducing him to music. Several very funny songs spice up the production. In ``The Bear, the Tiger, the Hamster and the Mole,'' the mating habits of man are compared _ unfavorably _ to the mating habits of animals. And ``Another Wedding Song'' may be the first wedding salute to second marriages. The performers _ Brent Barrett, Sally Mayes, Richard Muenz and particularly Lynne Wintersteller _ are enormously appealing. They are the kind of singers who should be in Broadway shows every season if Broadway were still producing musicals like this. The quartet gets yeoman support from pianist and musical director Patrick Scott Brady. Maltby, who directed the show with Steven Scott Smith, moves the cast briskly through their numbers, and the pace rarely falters. The setting, a takeoff of a painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte, features a blue sky, clouds and an open door, framed by musical notation. It's a tantalizing bit of imagery that suggests life's possibilities. ``Closer Than Ever'' doesn't make those choices seem unlimited, but it suggests that most of the fun _ and some of the pain _ is in the trying. AP891106-0179 AP-NR-11-06-89 2219EST r i AM-UN-DriftNets 11-06 0381 AM-UN-Drift Nets,0393 U.S. Denounces Drift Net Fishing as Devastating By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United States joined South Pacific nations on Monday in denouncing drift net fishing as a ``potentially devastating technology'' that kills marine mammals, sea birds and fish. Japan, Taiwan and South Korea have made extensive use of the nets in the Pacific Ocean to catch squid. Drift nets can be 30 miles wide and a U.S. delegate, Ambassador Jonathan Moore, said they ``catch every living thing with which they come in contact, with the exception of fish small enough to pass through the mesh size.'' Moore told a General Assembly committee the United States will join 11 other nations in sponsoring a resolution that would ban large drift nets. The measure would abolish drift net fishing immediately in the South Pacific and phase it out worldwide by June 30, 1992. Moore said the United States does not object to developing nations using small drift nets that allow fish to multiply and renew the stock. But he said the use of vast drift nets is ``an inherently indiscriminate and potentially devastating technology.'' He told the committee such nets violate the principle of sustainable development by harvesting and killing fish and marine life faster than they can reproduce. Sponsoring the resolution on drift net fishing along with the United States are New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Fiji, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Zaire, Colombia and Sweden. It does not single out any nation for criticism, but expresses concern about the indiscriminate nature of drift net fishing and sets out proposals for international management and the eventual ban of the nets. Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer of New Zealand told the General Assembly last month that drift nets are ``walls of death'' and that their use has depleted salmon stocks in the North Pacific. In Seattle, six Western states and the province of British Columbia issued a proclamation at a news conference urging their federal governments to act to reduce drift net fishing in the North Pacific. The proclamation was issued by the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Hawaii and by British Columbia and was announced during the meeting in Seattle of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission. AP891106-0180 AP-NR-11-06-89 2222EST r a AM-People-Quinn 11-06 0348 AM-People-Quinn,0360 Anthony Quinn Experiences Chest Pains, Withdraws From Play SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Chest pains forced actor Anthony Quinn to withdraw from a production of ``A Walk in the Woods'' less than a week before the play's opening night, organizers said. Quinn's withdrawal Saturday forced cancellation of previews scheduled for Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Syracuse Stage. ``It became clear he could not handle the show,'' said Barry Weisler, the play's co-producer. ``He ... won't be permitted to travel until he is out of pain and the doctor gives his approval. It is clear that he must undergo a full and careful examination.'' Syracuse Stage officials said there was no diagnosis, but the 74-year-old actor had been experiencing chest pains and last week asked for the name of a cardiologist. Susan Chicoine, a New York City spokeswoman for Weisler, said Monday that Quinn would be ``going in for complete checkup. He does have a heart condition.'' She said the actor was under the care of his personal physician in New York City. The spokeswoman declined to elaborate. Director Arthur Storch said Saturday that he learned Quinn was ill when the actor's wife, Yolanda, called him that morning. Storch was later told that Quinn had gone to a hospital for a checkup, then returned to his Syracuse hotel. Storch said he realized early last week Quinn was in pain. ``We were rehearsing the scene in which the Soviet diplomat has an angina attack and Tony said, `I know what that is. I have it.' And we talked about it,'' the director said. Quinn was to portray a Soviet diplomat in the play, which is about the friendship developing between two Soviet and U.S. arms negotiators. ``A Walk in the Woods'' had been scheduled for three weeks in Syracuse before going on tour through April, but Storch said he was skeptical the tour would go on. Ben Hammer, who played the Soviet diplomat last season, will replace Quinn in the cast. The first preview was set for Thursday, and the play was to open as scheduled on Friday. AP891106-0181 AP-NR-11-06-89 2230EST r i AM-China-Rural 11-06 0504 AM-China-Rural,0518 Economic Retrenchment Closes 1 Million Chinese Rural Factories BEIJING (AP) About 1 million rural factories, one of the great success stories of China's past decade of reforms, have shut down this year because of government austerity policies. Hundreds of thousands of other rural enterprises either stopped production or shifted to making other goods since the year began, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday, quoting Agriculture Ministry officials. The China Daily said in a related report that the number of private business people in China fell from 14.5 million at the end of 1988 to 12.3 million now as a result of the economic slowdown and Beijing's determination to tighten controls over the private sector. Xinhua did not say how many people lost their jobs as a result, and the government has not addressed the issue of rising rural unemployment. Government officials have said unemployment will double from 2 percent on Jan. 1, 1989, to 4 percent on Dec. 31, but those figures refer only to urban workers. Laid-off rural workers can return to farming, the government says. Fast-growing rural enterprises and private business have made major contributions in the past decade, by providing services and goods the inefficient state-run economy can't handle and by providing millions of jobs for surplus farm workers. At the end of 1988, China had 18.8 million rural enterprises employing nearly 100 million people. Total output value last year was $175 billion, up about 40 percent from 1987, exceeding the nation's agricultural output value and accounting for a quarter of that of the entire country. Rural enterprises, however, have been a loser in the year-old austerity program under which the government has cut credit and given priority to state-run enterprises in alloting scarce energy and raw material resources. The government has called for large-scale readjustment of rural factories, citing widespread problems in poor management, duplication of production, waste of energy and materials, severe pollution and poor quality products. The Agriculture Ministry said no new rural enterprises will be allowed to open over the next two or three years except those producing goods for exports; those supplying energy or materials industries or big industries; those producing daily goods in short supply, or those making agricultural equipment. The China Daily said that despite the sharp drop in private entrepreneurs, the government stands by its policy of encouraging supervised growth of the private sector and allowing some people to ``become prosperous first through honest labor and lawful dealings.'' It quoted a government official as saying the state wants the private sector involved in food and drink, repair work, handicraft and service industries that are not profitable for state and collective enterprises. Most private business people now are involved in commerce. Only 15.5 percent are in service and food industries. The official said tax collection on individual incomes must be improved to ``readjust the staggering profits some private entrepreneurs make and to hold back upstarts.'' Tax evasion is pandemic, with 90 percent of Shanghai's private entrepreneurs not paying taxes. AP891106-0182 AP-NR-11-06-89 2232EST u a AM-PittsburghCouncil 1stLd-Writethru a0640 11-06 0478 AM-Pittsburgh Council, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0640,0484 Acting Council President Convicted of Racketeering, Extortion Eds: UPDATES throughout with verdicts, possible sentence. No pickup. PITTSBURGH (AP) Acting City Council President Ben Woods was convicted Monday of an array of racketeering and extortion charges, just hours after the veteran politician resigned from the council. A U.S. District Court jury found Woods guilty of 17 of 22 counts, including two counts of conspiracy, seven counts of extortion, one count of racketeering, five counts of income tax evasion and two counts of filing false tax returns. Woods was accused of taking $19,600 in payments from businesman Michael Hartman to help the contractor get city housing contracts and expedite payments on a project Hartman had before the city Housing Authority. Prosecutors also alleged that Woods accepted $36,727 from Joseph Wozniak, a former Westmoreland County businessman. In return, they said, Woods used his influence to help Wozniak sell concrete sealants to several city agencies. During testimony in his own defense, Woods said he received commissions of 5 percent or 10 percent, depending on how much sealer Wozniak sold. Hartman, 38, of Pleasant Hills was convicted of one count each of conspiracy, racketeering and filing false corporate tax returns. Hartman's Ablebuilt Construction Co. was convicted of a single count of racketeering. Judge Alan N. Bloch dismissed four counts of extortion against Woods and one count of filing a false 1984 corporate tax return against Hartman because the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on those counts. The jury also found Woods innocent of one count of extortion. The panel will reconvene Tuesday to hear additional testimony in order to decide how much of the profits the three defendants must forfeit. Under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, they could be required to forfeit up to three times what they received as a result of their illegal activity. The defendants face a maximum of three years in jail on each of the counts of filing false tax returns, five years for each of the conspiracy and tax evasion counts and a maximum of 20 years for each of the racketeering and extortion counts. Wozniak, a government witness, was granted immunity from prosecution. Woods, 47, was elected acting council president when Sophie Masloff left the post. She became mayor in May 1988 when Mayor Richard Caliguiri died. Woods opened Monday's council meeting and led a silent prayer, then announced his resignation, effective immediately. ``For the past eight years, I have always attempted to represent this great and proud city in a manner in which I felt to be consistent with its best interests,'' Woods said. ``Now, however, with the serious and important business of budget deliberations about to begin, the nagging and persistent controversy still being played out threatens to interfere with and diminish the attention that the budget process deserves.'' AP891106-0183 AP-NR-11-06-89 2254EST u w AM-US-Japan 1stLd-Writethru a0641 11-06 0569 AM-US-Japan, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0641,510 Japanese Criticize U.S. Corporate Strategy Eds: New throughout to UPDATE with Japanese arguments, U.S. comment; add byline By GENE KRAMER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) As a new round of high-level economic talks opened Monday, Japan criticized Wall Street's flurry of corporate takeovers as an example of U.S. short-term business strategy harmful to the economy and to America's own competitive interests. The U.S. side replied that certain takeovers ``perhaps have gone too far,'' but maintained that leveraged buyouts play an important role in recycling assets, a U.S. official said. Japan took the offensive at the opening of the two-day round of structural talks the two countries have agreed to hold every two months in a new search for solutions to their multibillion-dollar trade imbalance. As host of the meeting, the United States takes its turn as critic on Tuesday, planning to highlight Japanese infrastructure defects, anticompetitive pricing and distribution practices that discriminate against imports and penalize Japanese consumers, said senior U.S. administration officials who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. The session will end with release of a joint study by the two governments showing that consumers in Tokyo and Osaka must pay substantially more for the same goods than those in New York and Chicago, the officials said. Prices of 140 items made in Japan, the United States and third countries were checked. President Bush announced the SII, or Structural Impediment Initiative, talks in May, saying they should be a two-way street. They started in Tokyo in September and aim to produce by early 1990 a preliminary report and by July a final report on structural and lifestyle problems contributing to the $50 billion annual U.S. trade deficit with Japan. The ideal result, a U.S. official said, would be the emergence of ``some new patterns of behavior in both our countries so that ... the U.S. is much more competitive and so that on the Japanese side their economy is much more open.'' The Japanese side has been criticizing U.S. emphasis on short-term profits as an example of corporate behavior that hurts U.S. competitiveness and staying power in the complicated Japanese market. According to a U.S. official, the Japanese voiced concern Monday that ``leveraged buyout activity in the United States in a way reflects the short timeframe with which business managers view their ongoing businesses and the decision-making process ... they see it in many ways as being counterproductive to the long-term health of the economy and to business.'' The U.S. reply, he added, was that ``we view the issue with a tinge of concern because ... certain (cases) have perhaps gone too far (but) ... not overly concerned because we see a very important and viable place in the economy for leveraged buyouts, in the sense that they recycle mature assets, they represent a recapitalization of mature industries. ``I think they understood the arguments'' of the U.S. side, and the issue will be discussed further, the official said. The U.S. officials said specific issues to be raised Tuesday include an inadequate Japanese ``infrastructure for importing and distributing foreign-manufactured products'' such as airports, air and sea cargo facilities and superhighways, and the lack of investment in medical facilities, sewer systems and parks. Most of the U.S. recommendations already have been made by forward-looking Japanese organizations, so the talks are really ``a win-win game'' rather than a ``zero-sum game,'' the officials said. AP891106-0184 AP-NR-11-06-89 2307EST r i AM-Walesa-Wreath 1stLd-Writethru a0702 11-06 0552 AM-Walesa-Wreath, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0702,0565 Walesa Excluded from Canadian Remembrance Day Eds: LEADS throughout to UPDATE with labor spokesman comment, Mulroney's office saying schedule change refused because it involved trip to Niagara Falls, minor editing to conform. No pickup OTTAWA (AP) Lech Walesa will not lay a wreath in Ottawa on Armistice Day as he had requested, but the argument raged Monday about who was to blame. The Canadian Labor Congress said Walesa, who founded Poland's independent trade union Solidarity in 1980 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, was shut out by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mulroney's office denied the charge, and the Foreign office said the union federation decided Friday that Walesa would skip the ceremonies at the cenotaph, or national monument to the dead, in Ottawa. Walesa is to arrive Friday in Montreal for a four-day private visit to Canada arranged by the labor federation. Walesa asked the congress some time ago to arrange for him to lay a wreath Saturday in the federal capital of Ottawa because Nov. 11 is Poland's independence day. He had been tentatively scheduled to be in Ottawa Saturday for the televised national observance of Remembrance Day, as Nov. 11 is known in Canada, and return to Ottawa two days later for meetings with Mulroney and other dignitaries. Now his schedule is to go to Toronto late Friday and on Saturday place a wreath at the cenotaph in Toronto. Derik Hodgson, a labor congress spokesman, said Monday the Foreign Office vetoed plans for Walesa to lay a wreath in Ottawa on behalf of the federation's 2 million members and ``we were told (the order) came from the prime minister's office. ``They said it would be a breach of protocol, that it would be embarrassing to the prime minister if Walesa participated before he officially meets with Mulroney.'' Hodgson said meetings with Foreign Office officials were held over a period of weeks and labor congress officials were told repeatedly it was the prime minister's office that did not want Walesa included in the national observances in Ottawa. ``I would hate to think it was because our prime minister was vain and didn't want to share the stage with someone so well known,'' Hodgson added. Mulroney will lay a wreath at the ceremonies on behalf of the government of Canada. A different version was given by Gilbert Lavoie, the prime minister's press secretary. He said Walesa was scheduled to meet with Mulroney on Monday. Then last week the labor group asked if Walesa could instead meet Mulroney on Saturday to accommodate a planned visit by Walesa to Niagara Falls, Ont., on Monday, Lavoie said. ``We said no,'' said Lavoie. ``You don't change the prime minister's schedule at the last minute because you're planning a meeting in Niagara Falls.'' Rejane Dodd of the Foreign Office said of the conflicting accounts: ``I'm telling you what I've been told. I find it strange. It's totally different. I doubt very much our people would give me wrong information.'' Hodgson claimed Murray Fairweather, director of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe division at the Foreign Office, threatened to cancel Walesa's trip if the labor congress pressed the matter. Ms. Dodd said: ``Anybody is free to come to Canada. ... I don't think you can cancel a visit like this.'' AP891106-0185 AP-NR-11-06-89 2311EST r a AM-BRF--FletcherHospitalized 11-06 0133 AM-BRF--Fletcher Hospitalized,0135 Civil Rights Commission Candidate Suffered Heart Attack YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) Art Fletcher, President Bush's choice to head the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, said Monday that he suffered a mild heart attack last week and he expects to remain hospitalized until Thursday. Fletcher, 64, said he still wants the Civil Rights Commission job. He would succeed William B. Allen, whose resignation was accepted by Bush last month. Fletcher was in Yakima to participate in a conference. He was hospitalized Friday complaining of chest pains, and test results over the weekend confirmed he suffered a mild heart attack, he said in a statement. Jennifer Woodkey, a spokeswoman for St. Elizabeth Medical Center, said Fletcher remained in satisfactory condition and was resting. Flether also suffered a heart attack six years ago. AP891106-0186 AP-NR-11-06-89 0609EST r a PM-DigestBriefs 11-06 0907 PM-Digest Briefs,0939 By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) Vladimir Horowitz, the legendary pianist who dazzled the world for 60 years, was mourned upon his death as the 20th century's titan of the keyboard whose passing created a void that can never be filled. The Russian-born virtuoso, who brought ``controlled thunder'' to the piano and was a last link to the 19th century masters, died Sunday at his Upper East Side home. He was 85. Horowitz left his native Russia in 1925 and came to the United States in 1928, playing his first American concert seven days later. He was an instant success. ``When he played, he'd turn on the current and it would hit sort of like a shockwave,'' said Morton Gould, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ``His performance had that unique electricity that was magical.'' WASHINGTON (AP) The power of states to set stiff liability for oil spills is the focus this week as the House votes on a measure that became a top priority after the massive Exxon spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound last spring. Months of wrangling have produced a bill praised widely for moving the federal government forward on oil spill prevention and reaction to spills, but criticized for banning the states from enacting liability laws that go further than the proposed federal limit. That issue, plus the question of when unlimited liability should be imposed for negligence, is expected to be addressed during final action on the bill, scheduled for Wednesday. In other business this week, party leaders will continue seeking agreement on a crucial debt-limit extension, a deficit-reduction bill and other measures. The government has reached its borrowing limit of $2.8 trillion, and default will occur unless the ceiling is extended early in the week. By The Associated Press Candidates are sticking to negative themes entering today's final day of the campaign for governor of Virginia and New Jersey and mayor of New York, with Democrats sounding confident the results will give them off-year political bragging rights. The campaigns of Democrats L. Douglas Wilder and David Dinkins to score racial breakthroughs in Tuesday's elections are sharing attention with the changing impact of abortion as a political issue. Bidding to become the first black elected governor of any state, Wilder is battling Republican J. Marshall Coleman in a Virginia contest in which race was rarely mentioned until the closing days. Republican Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday that if he is elected mayor of New York he will order an investigation of Dinkins' finances. Dinkins, bidding to be the first black mayor of the nation's largest city, responded that former U.S. attorney Giuliani ``just can't get the prosecutor out of himself.'' HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) Mementos of white bigotry from yesteryear _ Little Black Sambo dolls, ``Colored Only'' signs, figurines of grinning, watermelon-eating urchins _ are becoming hot collectors' items among American blacks who once scorned them as hated symbols of humiliation. The booming market for ``black collectibles'' has attracted such celebrities as Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who reportedly collects African slave chains and shackles. ``Black people buy these items for the very same reason that Jewish people research the Holocaust,'' says Jeanette B. Carson, a prominent figure in the black memorabilia business. ``The black experience, during and after slavery, was a Holocaust we must never forget.'' Ms. Carson, 56, a retired State Department specialist in African affairs, began collecting black artifacts about seven years ago. The 600 items that fill her home near Washington, D.C., range from quilted dolls hand-sewn by former slaves to a mirrored mahogany hat rack, valued at $800 to $900, which prize fighter Joe Louis once kept in his dressing room. WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans are bracing for a fierce fight over the nomination of black conservative Clarence Thomas as an appeals court judge, saying it could rekindle the so-called judges war that raged in the Reagan era. ``If they try to do to Clarence Thomas what they did to Bill Lucas and Bob Bork and you might as well throw in John Tower, then it's going to be all-out, bloody war,'' Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said after the nomination arrived in the Senate last week. Democratic senators are treading warily. ``I am one of those who has spoken out for more minority representation on the courts, but I don't want ideologues,'' says Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who, like Hatch, is on the Senate Judiciary Committee that will consider Thomas' nomination. ``Will he apply the law or will he apply his philosophy?'' BALTIMORE (AP) The nation's Roman Catholic bishops face volatile issues such as Palestinian sovereignty, AIDS, and abortion at their fall meeting opening today, the bicentennial of the first U.S. bishop's appointment. During the four-day meeting, leaders of the nation's largest religious denomination also will elect a new president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, conference vice president, was expected to be elevated to the presidency, while nine other archbishops were vying for the vice presidency. The bishops on Sunday celebrated a special Mass in the Basilica of the Assumption, the nation's oldest Roman Catholic cathedral, marking the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Baltimore and the appointment of the Rev. John Carroll, on Nov. 6, 1789, as the first U.S. Catholic bishop. AP891106-0187 AP-NR-11-06-89 0738EST a i PM-DyingDhows Adv13 11-06 0748 PM-Dying Dhows, Adv 13,0771 $Adv13 For Release Monday PMs, Nov. 13 or Thereafter Ancient Work Boats Disappearing from Bahraini Waters LaserPhoto Planned By BRENDA SMILEY Associated Press Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) Twenty years ago, when Abdulla Salman was a boy learning the sea, as many as 1,500 dhows plied the waters around Bahrain. Today, only about 300 of the traditional craft remain. ``Not too many Bahrainis like the sea so much anymore,'' said Salman, whose fleet of five dhows makes him, at age 30, one of Bahrain's hardiest survivors in a vanishing breed. The 8-year Iran-Iraq war in the Persian Gulf cut off Bahrain's sea trade with Iran. That and the opening of a causeway linking Bahrain, an island, with Saudi Arabia in 1986, dealt severe blows to dhow operators already affected by modernization of shipping and the virtual end of the pearling that once flourished here. However, nobody expects that the dhow, still built to a centuries-old design, will become extinct _ Bahrain's government is working to keep them afloat. But records at the port authority show an 80 percent decline over the past 20 years. Abdulla Salman learned seamanship from his father, who once worked on big cargo dhows, called booms, sailing to India and Africa, and later ran ferries between Bahrain's islands. Salman the younger uses three of his dhows for commercial fishing and hires out the others for picnics, dinner cruises and excursions. The charter trade has picked up since the end of Iran-Iraq war 15 months ago. Among Salman's best customers now are U.S. sailors who, even after weeks at sea, are eager to go fishing and teach Salman what he calls ``interesting American expressions.'' The circumstances are less bright for Abdul Ameer Al-Qaisi, one of Bahrain's last remaining master dhow builders. After 30 years working at the craft handed down through six generations of his family, Al-Qaisi struggles to make ends meet by doing repairs and maintenance. He built his last dhow four years ago, and sold it at a loss, he said. Only one of his six sons has shown even passing interest in continuing the family tradition. ``This generation goes to school, then finds other jobs,'' he said. ``Our people have been shipbuilders for generations. Now, once a father dies, the children don't take over.'' As far back as 2,500 B.C., Bahrain, then called Dilmun, was a center for trade with Mesopotamia, the ancient name for what is now Iraq, at the head of the Persian Gulf. Sumerian tablets tell of ships arriving from Dilmun with wood, copper, and precious stones. A traditional dhow is distinguishable by its lateen sails or raised deck at the stern. The big cargo dhows called booms are thought to be the original design, but the most common type of dhow in the Persian Gulf today is the banoosh, a smaller vessel used for fishing, cargo, passengers and pleasure trips. Another is the jalibut, a sturdy but less graceful craft whose name may be derived from the British ``jolly boat.'' The sailing dhows have all but disappeared, as engine power replaced the lateen sails used since the 4th century. Many modern dhows have no masts. Dhows, however, do have some things in common. The keel is almost always a single, squared-off log of teak. Another common feature is the absence of shelter or cabin space. Fishermen and cargo handlers work, eat, sleep and pray on the decks, regardless of weather. The only comforts may be the captain's wood-slat bed on the quarterdeck and a toilet, a large box slung over the stern. Bahraini dhow builders are noted for their workmanship, and some, shunning modern methods, still work ``from memory,'' with a yardstick to measure and hand-made tools to drill, gouge, saw, pound and plane. As a result, no two dhows are ever identical. Al-Qaisi is among the traditionalists, drilling holes with his bow-drill, or mijdah, and sewing the planks together with hemp rather than using nails or bolts. Bahrain's government, which compensated some dhow owners for lost business after the causeway to Saudi Arabia opened, has recently acquired a dhow for tourist excursions and is studying ideas for reviving the pearling industry. Al-Qaisi hopes the government will find a way to encourage young people to stay in the trade. Dhow builders, he said, ``don't really want to sit around and be photographed by tourists. We want to do the work as before _ father to son.'' End Adv Monday PMs, Nov. 13 AP891106-0188 AP-NR-11-06-89 0739EST a i PM-Afghanistan-Carpets Adv14 11-06 0730 PM-Afghanistan-Carpets, Adv 14,0755 $Adv14 For Release Tuesday PMs, Nov. 14 or Thereafter War Is Destroying Afghanistan's Famed Carpet Industry LaserPhoto Planned By JOHN POMFRET Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Sitting on his favorite multicolored rug in the shaded courtyard of his carpet factory, Aji Badghisi remembers the good times _ when business was brisk and traders came from afar seeking his rare designs and wools. Now, after more than a decade of war, Badghisi's carpet factory is crumbling around him. His male employees have gone to war or fled Afghanistan. Young boys and girls, no more than 13 years old, work in their place. Costs have skyrocketed with the current inflation. Cash that took him through two months before the war began in 1979 lasts only two weeks now. His weaving machines have shrunk from 200 to 20. Still, Ewaz Badghisi Ltd. survives. It is the last carpet factory in Kabul, a city that once had scores. ``What can we do?'' said Badghisi, a small man with two gold teeth and the hands of a craftsman. ``This is the life of my family of generations. We know no other business.'' Switching jobs wouldn't do. The war between the government and the Moslem guerrillas has made Afghanistan's poor economy even poorer. Exports have dwindled to almost nothing, and the civilian economy is completely dependent on the Soviet Union. Carpets used to provided millions of dollars in revenue, about 40 percent of Afghanistan's export earnings. Now the industry is losing out to carpet weavers in Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and China. Carpet weaving in Southwest Asia began thousands of years ago by nomadic tribes that inhabited the valley on both sides of the Amu Darya River dividing what is now the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. Rugs were traditionally knotted by women. Young girls acquired the skill at home as they prepared their dowry of carpets, quilts, cushions and wall hangings. The flourishing Silk Route, connecting Europe to India and China, turned carpet weaving into a major industry and had a strong influence on the rugs made in Afghanistan. Buddhist and Christian motifs still show up in the patterns even though Islam was adopted as the main religion of the Afghan tribes in the 9th and 10th centuries. Various parts of Afghanistan became famous for their carpets. The Mauri style, said to be one of the world's finest, hails from the northwestern province of Badghis, the home province of the Badghisi family. Made from lustrous wool of the Kandahari sheep, a Mauri carpet can have up to 60,000 knots in a square yard. The Baluch style from western Afghanistan is used in Moslem prayer rugs, with its restrained tree-of-life and mosque motifs. Even after the communist takeover of Afghanistan in 1978, carpet weaving remained primarily a village industry. Government attempts to organize state-run concerns resulted in low-quality goods. Badghisi Ltd. survives because the family's native village is under government control and is near the Soviet border. The company organizes several journeys to the village each year to bring carpets to Herat where they can be shipped to Kabul and then exported to Western Europe, Japan and the United States. Lately the trip from the village to Kabul has become more expensive. Gasoline is rare and becoming even rarer because the rebels are shutting the roads in the north. In addition, wool from the Kandahari sheep has almost quadrupled in cost. ``No one is herding sheep anymore,'' Badghisi said. ``They are all either dead, fighting or refugees.'' Production at the factory has also fallen sharply. ``Twelve years ago we had 1,000 workers here,'' he said. ``Now we've got 100, and they are just children.'' In one workshop, a group of boys were bent over a loom, slowly knotting wool strands into a pattern of elephants and horses. ``I want to go to school, but there's no school,'' said 12-year-old Mohammad Amin. ``I want to fly my kite too, but my family needs money.'' Mohammad earns about 2,000 afghanis ($5) a month, enough to buy about 15 pounds of flour when it's available in the markets. Badghisi sighs and runs his hands over the wildly colored carpet, his favorite perch, in the factory's courtyard. ``We are all waiting for the war to end,'' he said. ``The young need to play, and we need to make business.'' End Adv Tuesday PMs, Nov. 14 AP891106-0189 AP-NR-11-06-89 0743EST a a BC-History Adv12 11-06 0453 BC-History, Adv12,0474 $adv12 For Release Sunday, Nov. 12 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 1989. There are 49 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on Nov. 12, 1889, De Witt Wallace, who, with his wife, Lila Bell Acheson, founded Reader's Digest, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. On this date: In 1815, American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, N.Y. In 1921, representatives of nine nations gathered in the nation's capital for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments. In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1920, baseball got its first ``czar'' as Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis was elected commissioner of the American and National leagues. In 1929, Grace Kelly _ the future movie star and Princess of Monaco _ was born in Philadelphia. In 1944, during World War II, the German battleship Tirpitz was sunk off Norway. In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal. In 1954, Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since it opened in 1892. In 1975, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired because of failing health, ending a record 36{-year term. In 1977, the city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, Ernest ``Dutch'' Morial. In 1980, the U.S. space probe Voyager 1 came within 77,000 miles of Saturn, sailing beneath the planet's rings while transmitting data back to Earth. In 1982, Yuri V. Andropov was elected to succeed the late Leonid I. Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee. Ten years ago: In response to the Iranian hostage crisis, President Carter announced the United States was suspending imports of oil from Iran. Five years ago: Space shuttle astronauts Dale Gardner and Joe Allen snared a wandering satellite in history's first space salvage. The Palapa B-2 satellite was secured in Discovery's cargo bay for return to Earth. One year ago: The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, opened a four-day meeting in Algiers, during which delegates proclaimed an independent Palestinian state. Today's Birthdays: Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun is 81. Actress Kim Hunter is 67. Musician-songwriter Neil Young is 44. Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci is 28. Thought for Today: ``A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be large enough for our needs.'' _ Arthur Balfour, the First Earl of Balfour, English statesman (1848-1930). End Advance for Sunday, Nov. 12. AP891106-0190 AP-NR-11-06-89 0745EST a a BC-History Adv13 11-06 0574 BC-History, Adv13,0598 $adv13 For Release Monday, Nov. 13 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 1989. There are 48 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: Two hundred years ago, on Nov. 13, 1789, Benjamin Franklin, in the last months of his life, wrote a letter to his friend Jean Baptiste Le Roy in which he coined a now-famous saying. Said Franklin: ``Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.'' On this date: In 1775, during the American Revolution, U.S. forces captured Montreal. In 1839, abolitionists gathered in Warsaw, New York, for a convention, during which they nominated James G. Birney, a former slaveholder, for president. In 1909, 250 miners lost their lives in a fire and explosion at the St. Paul Mine at Cherry, Ill. In 1927, the Holland Tunnel _ the first underwater tunnel for vehicle traffic _ opened to the public, connecting New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River. In 1937, NBC formed the first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio broadcasting. In 1940, the Walt Disney movie ``Fantasia'' had its world premiere at New York's Broadway Theater. In 1941, during World War II, the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in the Mediterranean, one day after it had been torpedoed by a German U-boat. In 1942, President Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18. In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses. In 1969, in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network television news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints. In 1971, the U.S. space probe Mariner IV went into orbit around Mars. In 1974, Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash. In 1981, the first manned balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean ended as the Double Eagle Five, skippered by Ben Abruzzo, landed in the Sanhedrin Mountains near Covelo California. In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington D.C. following three days of ceremonies and marches in the nation's capital. In 1985, some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a gigantic mudslide, triggered by the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, buried the city. Ten years ago: Former California Governor Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination at a fund-raising dinner in New York. Five years ago: A libel suit against Time Inc. by former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon went to trial in New York. The court ruled the Time article in question had been false and defamatory, but not libelous; Time later apologized to settle a libel action in Israel. One year ago: Alexander Dubcek Czechoslovakia's former Communist Party leader, received an honorary degree in Italy, the first time he was allowed outside his country in 18 years. Today's Birthdays: Actress Madeleine Sherwood is 67. Actor Richard Mulligan is 57. Producer-director Garry Marshall is 55. Actor Dack Rambo is 48. Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 40. Thought for Today: ``A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.'' _ George Bernard Shaw, Irish-born playwright (1856-1950). End Advance For Monday, Nov. 13 AP891106-0191 AP-NR-11-06-89 0746EST a a BC-History Adv14 11-06 0461 BC-History, Adv14,0481 $adv14 For Release Tuesday, Nov. 14 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 14th, the 318th day of 1989. There are 47 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on Nov. 14, 1889, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (the pen name of 22-year-old Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's fictitious hero Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. Bly succeeded _ finishing the trip the following January in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes. On this date: In 1832, the first streetcar _ a horse-drawn vehicle called the ``John Mason'' _ made its debut in New York City. In 1851, Herman Melville's novel ``Moby Dick'' was first published in the United States. In 1881, Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of President Garfield. Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year. In 1889, 100 years ago, Jawarharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, was born. In 1922, the British Broadcasting Corp. began its domestic radio service. In 1935, President Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth. In 1940, during World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry. In 1969, Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, Fla. In 1972, on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000-point mark for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16. In 1973, Britain's Princess Anne married a commoner, Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. The couple announced their separation in August. In 1986, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed a record $100 million penalty against insider-trading defendant Ivan F. Boesky and barred him from working again in the securities industry. Ten years ago: The Carter administration ordered the freezing of all Iranian assets in the United States, in response to the continued hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Five years ago: Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery plucked a second satellite from orbit and secured it in the spacecraft's cargo bay _ the second successful salvage mission in two days. One year ago: Israeli President Chaim Herzog formally asked Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to form a new government, giving him six weeks to put together a coalition. Today's Birthdays: Composer Aaron Copland is 89. Actor Brian Keith is 68. Actor McLean Stevenson is 60. Actor Don Stewart is 54. Jordan's King Hussein is 54. Britain's Prince Charles is 41. Thought for Today: ``Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.'' _ Jawarharlal Nehru, Indian statesman (1889-1964). End Advance for Tuesday, Nov. 14 AP891106-0192 AP-NR-11-06-89 0749EST a a BC-History Adv15 11-06 0517 BC-History, Adv15,0539 $adv15 For Release Wednesday, Nov. 15 Today In History Eds: Pikes Peak cq in 6th graf. By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 1989. There are 46 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on Nov. 15, 1889, Brazil's monarchy was overthrown. A republic was proclaimed following the ouster of Dom Pedro the Second, the country's second and last emperor. On this date: In 1777, the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States. In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop that later became known as Pikes Peak. In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company made its on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations. In 1939, 50 years ago, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. In 1940, the first 75,000 men were called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription. In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after 21 years. He was suceeded by Louis St. Laurent. In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as the capsule _ carrying astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin ``Buzz'' Aldrin Jr. _ splashed down in the Atlantic. In 1969, 250,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War. In 1978, 183 people were killed when a chartered Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashed short of an airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In 1980, Pope John Paul II began a five-day visit to West Germany, becoming the first pontiff in 198 years to visit the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation. In 1982, funeral services were held in Moscow's Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev. In 1985, Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing the troubled British-ruled province of Northern Ireland. In 1987, 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed when the plane crashed on takeoff from Denver's Stapleton International Airport. Ten years ago: The British government publicly identified Sir Anthony Blunt, a respected art historian, as the ``fourth man'' of a Soviet spy ring that included Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and Kim Philby. Five years ago: Baby Fae, the month-old infant who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at a California medical center almost three weeks after the transplant. One year ago: The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers. The Soviet Union launched its first space shuttle, Buran, on an unmanned, 3{-hour flight. Today's Birthdays: Former White House Chief of Staff Howard H. Baker Jr. is 64. Actor Edward Asner is 60. Singer Petula Clark is 57. Actress Joanna Barnes is 55. Actor Sam Waterston is 49. Thought for Today: ``He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.'' _ Henry Brooks Adams, American historian (1838-1918). End Advance for Wednesday, Nov. 15 AP891106-0193 AP-NR-11-06-89 0751EST a a BC-History Adv16 11-06 0470 BC-History, Adv16,0494 $adv16 For Release Thursday, Nov. 16 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 1989. There are 45 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 16, 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov in which he expressed hope that U.S.-Soviet relations would ``forever remain normal and friendly.'' On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their ``March to the Sea'' during the Civil War. In 1885, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. In 1889, playwright and director George S. Kaufman, who co-wrote plays such as ``The Man Who Came to Dinner,'' ``You Can't Take It with You,'' and ``Stage Door,'' was born in Pittsburgh. In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state in the union. In 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ``The Sound of Music'' opened on Broadway, starring Mary Martin as Maria von Trapp. In 1961, House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn died in Bonham, Texas, having served as speaker since 1940 except for two terms. In 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he'd murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. In 1973, Skylab III, carrying a crew of three American astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an 84-day mission. In 1973, President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law. In 1981, actor William Holden, age 63, was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, Calif. In 1982, an agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players. In 1982, the space shuttle ``Columbia'' glided to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, ending a five-day mission. In 1983, a jury in Gretna, La., acquitted California feminist leader Ginny Foat of the murder of an Argentine businessman during a robbery outside New Orleans in 1965. Ten years ago: Militant Iranians holding the U.S. Embassy in Tehran threatened harsh action against the hostages if the United States sent the deposed shah to any country except Iran. Five years ago: The space shuttle Discovery landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the first two satellites ever salvaged from space. One year ago: Voters in Pakistan cast ballots in their first open election in more than a decade, resulting in victory for populist candidate Benazir Bhutto. Today's Birthdays: Actor Burgess Meredith is 81. Journalist Elizabeth Drew is 54. Actress Joanna Pettet is 45. Baseball player Dwight Gooden is 25. Actress Lisa Bonet is 22. Thought for Today: ``Satire is what closes Saturday night.'' _ George S. Kaufman (1889-1961). End Advance for Thursday, Nov. 16 AP891106-0194 AP-NR-11-06-89 0755EST a a BC-History Adv17 11-06 0457 BC-History, Adv17,0479 $adv17 For Release Friday, Nov. 17 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 1989. There are 44 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on Nov. 17th, 1889, the American West became more accessible as the Union Pacific Railroad began direct, daily service between Chicago and Portland, Ore., as well as Chicago and San Francisco. On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary. In 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partly completed Capitol building. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas. In 1917, sculptor August Rodin died in Meudon, France. In 1925, actor Rock Hudson was born in Winnetka, Ill. In 1934, Lyndon Baines Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, better known as ``Lady Bird.'' In 1948, Britain's House of Commons voted to nationalize the country's steel industry. In 1962, Dulles International Airport, outside Washington D.C., was dedicated by President Kennedy. In 1968, NBC outraged football fans by cutting away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV adaptation of ``Heidi'' on schedule. In 1970, the Soviet Union landed an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle on the moon, the Lunokhod One. In 1973, President Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Fla., that ``people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.'' In 1980, President-elect Reagan arrived in Washington for his first visit to the nation's capital since his victory. In 1982, South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim was declared legally dead by a judge in Las Vegas, four days after he was left in a coma during a boxing match against Ray ``Boom Boom'' Mancini. Ten years ago: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 female and black American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Five years ago: Egypt announced it had foiled an assassination plot by Libya, using faked photographs to fool the Libyans into thinking a prominent exile _ former Libyan Prime Minister Abdel-Hamid Bakkoush _ had been slain. One year ago: President-elect Bush announced his choice of New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu to be his White House chief of staff. Today's Birthdays: Olympian-turned-politician Bob Mathias is 59. Actor-comedian Peter Cook is 52. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 51. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 47. Actress Lauren Hutton is 45. Actor Danny DeVito is 45. Baseball pitcher Tom Seaver is 45. Thought for Today: ``Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.'' _ Allen Saunders, American cartoonist (1899-1985). End Advance for Friday, Nov. 17 AP891106-0195 AP-NR-11-06-89 0758EST a a BC-History Adv18 11-06 0545 BC-History, Adv18,0568 $adv18 For Release Saturday, Nov. 18 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 1989. There are 43 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: Two hundred years ago, on Nov. 18, 1789, Louis J.M. Daguerre, one of the pioneers of photography, was born in Cormeilles, France. Daguerre invented the daguerreotype, a photographic process which used a light-sensitive silver-coated copper plate. On this date: In 1820, U.S. Navy Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered the continent of Antarctica. In 1865, author Samuel L. Clemens _ using the pen name ``Mark Twain'' _ published his story, ``The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'' in the New York Saturday Press. In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones in order to eliminate a plethora of local time zones across the continent. In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, died in New York at the age of 56. In 1903, the United States and Panama signed a treaty granting the United States rights to build the Panama Canal. In 1928, the first sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's ``Steamboat Willie,'' starring Mickey Mouse, premiered at the Colony Theater in New York. In 1936, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco. In 1949, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the National League's Most Valuable Player. In 1964, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as ``the most notorious liar in the country'' for accusing FBI agents in Georgia of failing to act on complaints filed by blacks. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays. In 1969, Joseph P. Kennedy died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 81. In 1976, Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship. In 1978, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple. The killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members led by the Rev. Jim Jones. In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Reagan bore ``ultimate responsibility'' for wrongdoing committed by his aides. Ten years ago: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini granted interviews to the three major U.S. television networks, repeatedly warning that some of the American hostages would be tried as spies if the deposed shah was not returned. Five years ago: President Reagan was in seclusion at his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., resting for what a spokesman called ``the budget struggle in Congress.'' One year ago: President Reagan signed an executive order giving the Federal Emergency Management Agency broad new powers to carry out evacuation plans for nuclear power plants. Today's Birthdays: Actress-comedian Imogene Coca is 81. Former astronaut Alan Shepard is 66. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is 66. Actress Dorothy Collins is 63. Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 50. Actress Linda Evans is 47. Actress Susan Sullivan is 45. Singer Kim Wilde is 29. Thought for Today: ``The real mission of photography is explaining man to himself.'' _ Edward Steichen, American photographer (1879-1973). End Advance for Saturday, Nov. 18 AP891106-0196 AP-NR-11-06-89 0235EST a w PM-WalterMears ADV07 11-06 0905 PM-Walter Mears, ADV07,0926 $Adv 07 For Release PMs Tues Nov 07 and Thereafter Bush's Summit Surprise: He Knew What He Was Doing All Along An AP News Analysis By WALTER R. MEARS AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) First by land, now by sea, President Bush has delivered a pair of summit surprises that countered critics of a foreign policy they term timid and he calls prudent. Each time, he said the complaints didn't bother him because he knew exactly what he was doing all along. It's happened twice within six months, in May with his proposal to slash conventional arms in Europe, and now with his shipboard conference planned for December with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Each time, Bush said that prolonged public criticism didn't faze him because he knew what he wanted to do and how to do it. At one point, the president even claimed he was immune to political criticism. If so, he's the first. The two summit maneuvers, one West, one East, display the powers a president wields in matters diplomatic _ although events can overrule him. Jimmy Carter, in town for a weekend reunion of his administration, can attest to that, 10 years after the Iranian embassy hostage seizure that dominated his final year and undermined his 1980 campaign. Indeed, Bush has his own experience with presidential limits, in his attempt to force Manuel Noriega out of power in Panama. But in East-West diplomacy, he's succeeded in writing the agenda so far, and Democratic critics are relatively quiet, if not satisfied. In the first months of the Bush administration, there were widespread complaints at home and among U.S. allies abroad at administration silence while Gorbachev was scoring public opinion points in western Europe with a series of arms control promises and offers. Bush had ordered a review of U.S. foreign and defense policies, and he waited it out without countering the Soviet leader's peace offensive. Then, at the NATO summit in Brussels, he proposed swift and drastic cuts in Soviet and U.S. conventional weapons in Europe. Gorbachev had proposed reductions, too, over five or six years. Bush wanted a deal negotiated in six months or a year, with the actual reductions to follow in 1992 or 1993. His time frame is slipping, although Bush said last week that the conventional arms negotiations are going ``reasonably well... ``We have to keep driving ... to be sure that we can keep moving forward to meet a rather ambitious time frame,'' he said. Back when he announced the conventional arms proposals, there was a told-you-so air to his comments about the critics. ``I know that some voices were raised in Congress that we were going too slow,'' he said on May 29. ``but we knew exactly what we were doing all along ...'' That's almost exactly what he said on Oct. 31, announcing the meeting with Gorbachev. In May and again in October, Bush said he had come under fire for being reluctant to move, that people kept saying do something, but that he insisted on taking his time and acting prudently. After Brussels and his midsummer trip to Poland and Hungary, criticism of the Bush pace picked up again. Senate Democratic Leader George Mitchell said the administration seemed more comfortable with the certainties of the Cold War than with the challenges of change in the governments and economies of the once-solid communist bloc. Bush had said his goal was to overcome the division of Europe and forge a new unity based on western values. The goal was applauded, but as events moved that way, some Democrats said Bush wasn't doing enough to support change. They were dissatisfied with the economic aid package he recommended for Poland and Hungary, and Congress doubled it. They thought he should be more assertive in dealing with Gorbachev, and there were suggestions all summer that he ought to meet with the Soviet leader. In September, the two governments agreed to a summit meeting on strategic arms control in the United States next spring or summer. The critics still deemed the president too passive. Then he sprang his second surprise, an informal, preview meeting with Gorbachev Dec. 2 and 3, aboard ships off Malta. Bush said he'd planned it since the middle of the summer, but kept it secret from all but the top echelons of the administration until the simultaneous Halloween announcements at the White House and the Kremlin. ``We've known what we were doing,'' Bush said. ``We've been on this track for some time. I've elected to remain very quiet in the face of a good deal of sentiment that we were missing an opportunity and that hasn't perturbed me... ``Some have suggested that I am _ they use a different word for it, but a little too much on the cautious side. I think there is reason to be cautious, and I've said that over and over again. Substitute the word `prudent' if you want.'' Bush said he hadn't needed a lot of advice, even from inside his own administration, in planning the meeting. ``I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I knew how I wanted to go about doing it,'' he said. Twice. EDITOR'S NOTE Walter R. Mears, vice president and columnist for The Associated Press, has reported on Washington and national politics for more than 25 years. For Release PMs Tues Nov 07 and Thereafter AP891106-0197 AP-NR-11-06-89 2118EST a i AM-Border-Jordan Adv13 11-06 0584 AM-Border-Jordan, Adv 13,0603 $adv13 For Release Monday AMs, Nov. 13, and thereafter Jordan Fears Israeli Reprisals for Border Attacks by Palestinians Eds: an accompanying story is AM-Border-Israel, b0306. With LaserPhoto By JOHN RICE Associated Press Writer ADASSIYEH, Jordan (AP) Hassan Humayed and his 10 children were sleeping on his rooftop one hot night when a Katyusha rocket hissed over and ricocheted off the concrete roof through a stone wall without exploding. ``The people who launch the rockets don't hurt the enemy,'' Humayed fumed. ``They hurt us.'' The people who fired the rocket were Palestinian guerrillas in a mountain above town. It was aimed at Israel, 1{ miles west of Humayed's house on the northern end of the border. A second missile exploded harmlessly in an Israeli field. A few days later, Humayed said, Israeli troops fired a flare onto the Jordanian side of the Yarmouk River, apparently to burn brush guerrillas could use for cover. But instead the resulting fire burned 60 of his family's orange trees. The missiles and several recent guerrilla attacks on Israel have interrupted years of relative calm along Jordan's 300-mile border, prompting veiled Israeli threats of retaliation if they continue. The Palestinian attacks pose a security problem for Israel. But for Jordanians the issue has wider, strategic implications _ survival against a more powerful foe. A senior military official, who cannot be identified because of Jordanian army regulations, said the Jordanians are doing their best to stop the Palestinian attacks. Twelve members of the Syrian-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were arrested after the rocket attack. Military officials said the guerrillas who fired the Katyushas crossed from Syria, which takes a militant stand against Israel and sponsors hardline guerrilla factions. At the same time, the guerrillas are hostile to efforts by Jordan and Yasser Arafat's mainstream Palestine Liberation Organization to reach a diplomatic settlement with Israel. ``We don't believe this sort of action will solve the Palestinian problem,'' the Jordanian military official said. ``If the Israelis retaliate, it might hurt our citizens.'' He suggested Syrian-backed radical Palestinians were trying to undermine Arafat's peace initiative. Jordanians are alarmed by right-wing Israeli calls to establish a Palestinian state in Jordan or for Israel to take control of Jordanian territory under what they consider to be biblical precedent. ``We take every word said by the Israeli leaders seriously ... because we've learned they mean it,'' the senior officer said. Aqaba, Jordan's only port, along with its most important farmlands, water systems and potash industry are within Israeli artillery range. All of Jordan's urban centers are only a few minutes' flying time from Israeli air bases. Israeli jets regularly fly into Jordanian airspace, diplomats said. But the military official noted: ``Nobody has reported to me that the Israelis are trying to be aggressive against Jordanian soldiers.'' Jordanian and Israeli policemen still meet on the King Hussein-Allenby Bridge on the Jordan River to coordinate the flow of tour buses that cross under the scrutiny of machinegunners in blockhouses. Along much of the border, Israeli and Jordanian outposts are only a few hundred yards apart. Soldiers at a northern post overlooking the Golan Heights village of Hammah can hear laughter and music from an Israeli amusement park nearby. But the thunder of artillery from Israeli gunnery ranges, the supersonic booms of Israeli warplanes and occasional explosions in border minefields, sometimes triggered by wild pigs, bear witness that this is still a war zone. End Adv for Monday AMs, Nov. 13 AP891106-0198 AP-NR-11-06-89 2118EST a i AM-Border-Israel Adv13 11-06 0486 AM-Border-Israel, Adv 13,0499 $adv13 For Release Monday AMs, Nov. 13, and thereafter Israel Concerned at Guerrilla Attacks from Jordan With AM-Border-Jordan, b0305 By NICOLAS B. TATRO Associated Press Writer KIBBUTZ ASHDOT YAACOV, Israel (AP) Farmers growing cotton, avocados and dates in this commune carry rifles and two-way radios when they go down to the Jordan River to tend their crops. After 20 years of calm alng the 300-mile Israeli-Jordanian border, recent attacks from inside Jordan have raised tensions. ``We're not retreating or panicking,'' said Zvi Zexer, 65, a high school teacher on the commune of 650 people 75 miles north of Jerusalem. ``The events of today are nothing compared to the past.'' Eight members of the kibbutz, one of 73 such communal settlements along the frontier, were killed by shells, mines and cross-border raids by Palestinian guerrillas in the 1967-70 war of attrition. According to army figures, 165 soldiers and 32 civilians died in 5,270 terrorist incidents in that period. In the latest attacks, the heaviest since the 1960s, three Israeli soldiers have been killed, a half-dozen wounded and one kidnapped and held briefly in seven cross-border attacks this year, the Israelis say. In one incident, rockets were fired into Israel. Sgt. Maj. Tomer, patrolling the dusty border in a jeep armed with a machine gun, recalled that in one attack two Israeli soldiers were wounded near this kibbutz Sept. 16, by someone who appeared to them to be a Jordanian soldier, although Jordan says its soldiers are not involved in attacks on Israel. ``It was daylight, about 6 a.m., on the sabbath,'' Tomer said. ``He was hiding in the date palms. He jumped up and fired _ 15 rounds, semi-automatic.'' The attacker got away. Israeli officials see the attacks as a sign that the 22-month-old Palestinian uprising in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip is spilling over into Jordan. Many of the 1.7 million Palestinians in the occupied territories have relatives in Jordan. Col. Gidi, commander of a unit stationed along the border, said the Palestine Liberation Organization appeared to be behind some of the attacks. Several attacks have been claimed by radical Syrian-based Palestinian factions; the PLO says it now wants a peaceful settlement with Israel. ``There are many Palestinians in the Jordanian army,'' Gidi said. ``They have connections with Palestinians here. Maybe they're trying to show their families they want to help and identify with the uprising.'' Some Israelis view the attacks as a sign that Jordan's 74,000-man army, which has prevented most such attacks in the past, has become less disciplined in the wake of April's anti-government riots in Jordan. Col. Renaan Gissin, deputy spokesman for the Israeli army, noted that if the guerrillas feel ``there's some laxity in the discipline in the Jordanian army, or some weakening in Jordanian resolve, of course they'll try to infiltrate from this area.'' End Adv for Monday AMs, Nov. 13 AP891106-0199 AP-NR-11-06-89 1435EST s i BC-APN--China'sStudents Adv19-2Takes 11-06 1058 BC-APN--China's Students, Adv 19-2 Takes,1090 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 2 35mm slides.) EDITOR'S NOTE Even as the Communist Party celebrates 40 years in power, a day of reckoning between it and China's 1.1 billion people seems inevitable. Across the vast country, the political tensions that produced the student-led pro-democracy movement last spring are still simmering despite the government's brutal crackdown and propaganda campaign. Tiananmen Square will not soon be forgotten. By KATHY WILHELM Associated Press Writer LANZHOU, China (AP) The anonymous poster that went up at Lanzhou University in the first month of classes was defiant. The spring student-led democracy movement, it said, was not over. Across China in Canton, a college student was caught stuffing leaflets in mailboxes and bicycle baskets, pledging a ``struggle to the end.'' Pamphlets written by extreme leftists, criticizing senior leader Deng Xiaoping as a capitalist, and by reformists, calling him senile, have appeared mysteriously in the mail of Chinese and foreigners in several cities. Students in southwestern Sichuan province were stopped by soldiers from marching to Deng's home village and desecrating his ancestors' graves. Soldiers remain camped there to protect the graves. In the northwestern city of Xian, local residents have taken to spitting when they see a woman who turned in her younger brother, a student activist on the government's most-wanted list. Sources said she has received anonymous threats. Taken individually, small events. But together, they signal that the political tensions that produced the huge student-led marches of April and May and climaxed in June's bloody crackdown have not spent themselves. Even as the Communist Party celebrates 40 years in power, a moment of eventual reckoning between it and China's 1.1 billion people seems inevitable. ``People are waiting for Deng to die, just as they waited for the emperors to die,'' said a Western scholar, speaking on condition of anonymity. Although the 85-year-old leader has appeared several times in public lately, he is believed to suffer from cancer. ``When Deng dies, we'll celebrate,'' said a college senior in Zhengzhou. The Chinese have a saying: ``Three men can create a tiger.'' ``One man can say he saw a tiger, and no one will believe him. But if three men say they saw it, people will believe,'' explained Wei Yang, a college student in this arid capital of Gansu province, two day's journey by train from Beijing. Wei, like others, spoke on condition he be given a pseudonym. He worries that with time and repetition, people will begin to believe the government's version of a tiger _ its charge that counter-revolutionaries were behind the popular student-led democracy movement and that they and hoodlums caused more damage with rocks and bottles than soldiers did with tanks and guns. In Beijing, the center of the storm, where more than one out of every 10 residents joined in the movement in some form, few people believe in the tiger despite months of intense education by the government. To them, the students remain heroes who dared to say what no one else did: that the people's democratic dictatorship was only a dictatorship. Generally, Beijing residents no more represent China than New Yorkers speak for all Americans. But two weeks of travel through provincial capitals found the same cynicism and anger in conversations with dozens of students, teachers and urban workers. Only in the villages, about the only places where students and sympathizers did not march for reform, do ordinary people say with apparent sincerity that the government was right to set the army on protesters in Beijing. But they are ignorant of many details, even the government's admission that hundreds died. Asked how the army ended the protests, Zhou Zhenchuan, a factory manager in Peaceful Village near Lanzhou, replied, ``They used tear gas.'' Told that soldiers also fired guns, he said in disbelief, ``I never heard that.'' If ignorance has ensured peace in the countryside, fear serves the same purpose in the cities. Although the government stopped announcing arrests of suspected dissidents in July, after more than 2,000 were publicized, Chinese and Western sources in Lanzhou and three other provincial capitals _ Zhengzhou, Xian and Chengdu _ said a new wave of interrogations and arrests began in September, when colleges reopened. No reliable figures were available. Special investigation teams have been formed on each campus. ``They're going through the libraries on campus and taking books off the shelves and locking them up,'' said a foreign teacher who insisted on not being identified, even by the city where she lives. Old files are being reopened, she said, and past writings and comments are being examined for signs of capitalist or Western sympathies as authorities seek not only to round up those connected with the protests but to stamp out liberal thought. Police patrols of campuses have been increased. At one school, police stop at night at the room of a former student leader to ask, ``Are you there?'' Some professors who sympathized with or advised the students have been banned from teaching and remain in limbo in their campus housing, not daring to meet with friends for fear of harming them by association. Wei said that after the lone ``big character poster'' went up at Lanzhou University, signed ``the China Democratic League _ Lanzhou Branch,'' officials brought in handwriting experts to examine it. Within days, seven students were arrested. ``We don't know if our dorms are bugged,'' he said. ``One night a group of students debated among themselves. One group argued for putting down the turmoil, another opposed it. The next day, a teacher said, `You students should talk less about it.' ``How did he know?'' Lanzhou clings to the banks of the Yellow River 840 miles west of Beijing. For centuries it was the westernmost outpost of Chinese civilization before plunging into the thinly charted wilds of Mongolia and Xinjiang. News from Beijing often arrives days late. By the time the impact of a government policy trickles down, a new policy often has taken its place, a government worker said. But when Beijing students began a hunger strike in May to press their cause, more than 10,000 Lanzhou students and older intellectuals marched to show support. MORE AP891106-0200 AP-NR-11-06-89 1439EST s i BC-APN--China'sStudents Adv19-1stAdd 11-06 1071 BC-APN--China's Students, Adv 19-1st Add,1099 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 LANZHOU, China: show support. When the army attacked the Beijing students on June 3-4, Lanzhou students flocked to the railway station and tore up the tracks to keep local soldiers from being sent to the capital. They blocked city roads and bridges, too, shutting down the city for nearly a week in hopes that the chaos would topple Premier Li Peng and others who ordered the army attack. Gansu Gov. Jia Zhijie mobilized thousands of police to remove the blockades and round up protesters. ``When a rat runs across the street, everybody cries, `Kill it,''' he said grimly. Lanzhou is far from the most remote place where people protested. The government says 80 cities were affected, but the number seems much larger. Domestic radio in May reported marches in a dozen cities and towns in the southwestern province of Sichuan alone, including some places so small they could not be found in an atlas. A recent traveler to a dozen semi-rural county towns was told in each that protests were held there in the spring. During the height of the movement, hundreds of thousands of students traveled between Beijing and other cities, sharing information and funds. Although their illegal unions have been disbanded, ties of sympathy remain. Asked if he believed the protests were counter-revolutionary, one student in Xian declared: ``We have brains, we also are students. Students all over the country are in unison.'' Several months into the new school year, this unison seems unlikely to translate into action anytime soon. Under the most intense and wide-reaching government attack in years on dissent and anything else that offends the leaders, most people _ students included _ have subsided into silent introspection. There are reports that gambling and drinking are on the increase among students. At one technical school, students were found gambling at mah-jongg, an ancient tile game, and were given demerits, a fellow student said. ``The students are depressed. They don't cooperate. They don't `biaotai' (make the ritual declaration of their political loyalty) or if they do it's just perfunctory,'' said Wang Shuying, a provincial government employee, privately confirming what teachers and students have said. ``The political education has no impact. People are trying to leave. Those who before were willing to wait for their work units to send them abroad are trying now to pay their own way.'' Wang, who does not speak a foreign language, has no hope of leaving. He wavers between bitter envy of the students' arrogance and a shared hatred for the party. ``Wang Dan and the others, their lives were easy,'' she said, referring to a top Beijing student leader now under arrest. ``That's why they dared speak _they had no political experience.'' She has spent most of her more than 30 years under the inherited stigma of her parents' 1957 label as ``rightists.'' ``Speaking out does no good,'' she said, anger in her voice. ``You can't change anything. You can only make it harder for yourself later on. The arm cannot be stronger than the leg.'' The leg in China is the Communist Party. ``Chinese intellectuals are weak,'' she adds. ``Yes, I count myself among them. There's something lacking in our character. Why have all modern Chinese leaders been peasants? Look at Mao Tse-tung, Deng Xiaoping.'' Wei shares some of Wang's doubts. ``We talked about democracy, but no one really knew what it is,'' he said. ``I only know what it is not. How does it work? We need to find out more about it.'' When, like thousands of students, he traveled to Beijing in May to join the sit-in in Tiananmen Square, he found the movement presided over by a few students who were inaccessible behind cordons of pickets, just like party leaders. ``Some people say that in 30 years when this generation comes to power, we will overthrow the system,'' he said. ``But others say we will only change the name of the party from Communist and nothing will really change, just like the Communists replaced the emperors but became new emperors. ``Deng Xiaoping was suppressed once, and now he suppresses others. Some say Wu'er Kaixi (a student leader who fled to the United States) will be the next Deng Xiaoping.'' In the end, Wang said, it may not matter whether the intellectuals choose socialism or capitalism, democracy or authoritarianism. Rising unemployment and the gap in living standards between cities and villages may trigger mass anger that will put China's future, once again, in the hands of peasants motivated not by democracy but by their pocketbooks. Chengdu's experience may be telling. Many of those who clashed with police there in early June, setting buses on fire and throwing bricks and stones, were peasants come from the countryside to look for work. Both of the two men executed in Chengdu were peasants _ one was 61, the other was 19. The penalty was heavy, but some still look back with nostalgia on the heady days of spring. ``Students from the Communications University went around collecting money to give the students in Beijing,'' a Xian factory worker recalled, waiting wearily at midnight for a late train. ``People didn't think, I have 10 bucks, I'll give the students 5. They gave whatever money they had.'' As in Beijing, most of the scars of Xian's protests have been scrubbed or painted over. A young office worker stood in the rain in Xincheng Square, where Xian students held a month-long sit-in in the spring, and looked about as if searching for the vanished banners and tents. ``It looked just like Tiananmen Square,'' he said. ``They had a broadcast station over here and another at the bell tower. The students closed off the street, but I got in and took some photographs.'' He keeps the negatives hidden, unprinted, waiting for a more tolerant time. Wei, too, has hidden photographs and memories. ``Everyone thinks Beijing people are great. I had no place to stay and a man offered to take me in. My friend was walking down the street in Beijing and a man stopped him and said, `Are you a student?' The man took him to a restaurant and gave him a big dinner. ``I am proud I went. I don't know what will happen in the future, but it was history and I saw it.'' END ADV AP891106-0201 AP-NR-11-06-89 1441EST s a BC-APN--TheBomb-II Adv19-2Takes 11-06 1156 BC-APN--The Bomb-II, Adv 19-2 Takes,1187 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo.) EDITOR'S NOTE Years later, Albert Einstein would say it was ``the great mistake of my life.'' Fifty years ago, Einstein signed a letter urging President Franklin D. Roosevelt to get the United States government involved in nuclear research. But there was good reason. Nazi Germany already had begun its hunt for the atomic bomb. The second of two articles. By SID MOODY AP Newsfeatures Writer In 1939, much of the U.S. Army, such as it was, trained with make-believe cannon made of two-by-fours, trucks labeled ``Tank,'' rifles that were actually broomsticks. On Jan. 4 of that year President Franklin D. Roosevelt astonished Congress by asking to increase the military budget by an unheard of $2 billion. War loomed in Europe. A new Oldsmobile cost $777. Who of the survivors of the Great Depression could afford one, much less tanks and bombers? Into this nail-biting world on Jan. 16, 1939, sailed the Swedish-American liner Drottingholm. On board this unheralded arrival in New York was Danish physicist Niels Bohr. He bore momentous news _ to the esoteric world of physics. The atom had been split. In Nazi Germany. By nightfall the word reached the weekly meeting of the Princeton University physics faculty. It became galvanized ``like a stirred-up ant heap.'' Eugene Wigner hadn't been there. He was in the university infirmary with jaundice. But he had heard. He told his friend Leo Szilard who was making a bedside visit. That was like telling the town gossip your juiciest tidbit. Szilard and Wigner were Jewish physicists. Along with their Hungarian countryman, Edward Teller, they had decided to put an ocean between themselves and Adolf Hitler. In time they would become known as ``the Hungarian conspiracy'' for their lapel-tugging insistence that their new homeland heed the atom. Szilard, a stubby fountain of overflowing ideas, had once tried to patent atomic energy after reading a futuristic novel by H.G. Wells prophesying nuclear war. At the Princeton infirmary ``all the things which H.G. Wells predicted appeared suddenly real to me,'' Szilard remembered. He rushed back to Columbia University and asked Dr. Isidor Rabi to query the quiet, methodical Italian Enrico Fermi, recent winner of a Nobel Prize, whether a split uranium atom could produce a chain reaction, key to a bomb. ``Nuts,'' Fermi replied. There was only a ``remote possibility,'' perhaps 10 percent. ``Ten percent is not a remote possibility if it means we may die of it,'' said Rabi. The news spread rapidly far beyond the Princeton-New York axis. In Paris, Pierre Curie confirmed the German experiment. French scientists took out a patent on atomic energy, including one for a bomb. The Dutch bought 50 tons of uranium from the Belgian Congo, the world's richest source. ``Clever, these physicists,'' said the Dutch finance minister. The German army ordnance department began investigating ``the uranium problem.'' On March 16, Fermi and George Pegram, a physicist and dean of graduate faculties at Columbia, visited the Navy Department in Washington. They explained how uranium could possibly ``liberate a million times as much energy per pound as any known explosive.'' The Navy, interested in the phenomenon for submarine propulsion, asked them to stay in touch. It advanced them $2,000 _ not quite three Oldsmobiles _ for further research. William Arnold, an American biologist, was studying under Bohr in Copenhagen where the splitting of a uranium atom by Germans Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmani in December had been duplicated two weeks later. He recalled the name for division of bacteria. Binary fission. He named atom-splitting nuclear fission. By whatever name, the Hungarian conspiracy and Szilard in particular were chilled at the thought of Nazism unlocking the atom first. Fission was no longer just a scientific Holy Grail. Mankind could be at stake. The U.S. government must do something. But the immodest Szilard had the modesty to appreciate that an unknown Hungarian lacked the megatonnage to press urgency on Washington. Who did? Albert Einstein. The German emigre with the hurricane-blown hairstyle was probably the world's best-known scientist. And Szilard knew he was an acquaintance of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and its Congo uranium. Szilard phoned Princeton where Einstein was with the Institute for Advanced Study. Einstein was summering at a Dr. Moore's cottage in Peconic, Long Island. On July 16 Szilard, who didn't drive, set off with Wigner, who did, to find the reclusive Einstein. ``We asked a number of people, but no one knew where Dr. Moore's cabin was,'' Szilard recalled. ``We were on the point of giving up when I saw a boy of about 7 or 8 years of age standing on the curb. I leaned out the window and asked: `Say, do you by any chance know where professor Einstein lives?' The boy knew and offered to take us there.'' An atomic bomb? ``I never thought of that,'' said Einstein who had just come in from sailing and was clad only in shorts in the heat. ``I did not, in fact, foresee that (atomic energy) would be released in my lifetime. I only believed that it was theoretically possible.'' The deviser of the core formula of the atomic bomb, the fateful e equals mc2, had had his mind on other cosmic matters. Einstein preferred contacting a Belgian Cabinet member he knew rather than the queen. As a courtesy, Szilard said, they should mark in the State Department. If State didn't respond in two weeks, Einstein would send his letter to Belgium. Over sandwiches sporadically produced by the household, the scientists agreed they probably knew more about atoms than statecraft. Szilard said he would ``consult with friends more experienced in practical things'' back in New York. On July 19 he contacted one such, Dr. Gustav Stolper, a refugee and former member of the German Reichstag. Stolper advised Szilard to meet with Dr. Alexander Sachs, a financier, biologist and economist who had worked for three years in Roosevelt's New Deal and was a friend. Sachs was 46, Russian-born, American-educated in a variety of areas, a bystander fascinated with current atomic research, a dead ringer for comedian Ed Wynn and a man who prided himself on a talent for ``prehistory,'' being in on the birth pangs of things in their infancy. ``The best thing to do,'' he counseled Szilard, was contact his friend FDR. If Szilard preferred someone other than himself as a middleman, Sachs suggested Karl Compton, president of MIT; Bernard Baruch, the financier; or Charles Lindbergh, the hero pilot and vocal anti-war isolationist. Szilard drove back to Peconic to discuss a draft letter to Roosevelt. This time Teller drove. ``I entered history as Szilard's chauffeur,'' said the man who would become known as the father of the H-bomb. The A-bomb was to have no designated father. Szilard was certainly the matchmaker. MORE AP891106-0202 AP-NR-11-06-89 1446EST s a BC-APN--TheBomb-II Adv19-1stAdd 11-06 1069 BC-APN--The Bomb-II, Adv 19-1st Add,1102 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 UNDATED: the matchmaker. In early August, Einstein sent back to Szilard the signed two versions of the letter Szilard had drafted, one short, one long. ``I wondered how many words we could expect the president to read,'' the matchmaker recalled. ``How many words did the fission of uranium rate?'' Einstein warned the impetuous Szilard against being ``too clever.'' Szilard replied: ``We're surely not trying to be too clever and will be quite satisfied if only we don't look stupid.'' Einstein was to say that the letter was ``the great mistake of my life. But there was some justification _ the danger that the Germans would make (bombs).'' Einstein was aware that C.F. Weizsacker, son of the German undersecretary of state, was working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute where Hahn Strassmann had split their atom. He did not know that the month after signing the letters Hitler's War Office officially took over the KWI and began its hunt for an atomic bomb. ``The show was going before that letter was even written,'' said Dr. Vannevar Bush, the U.S. wartime science leader. On Aug. 14, Szilard wrote Lindbergh enclosing Einstein's letter and suggesting he contact Roosevelt. That now famous letter was pure Szilard in its assurance that the impossible was possible: ``Now it appears almost certain that (vast amounts of energy) could be achieved in the immediate future ...'' Restraint elsewhere sounds more like Einstein: ``This new phenomenon (a chain reaction) would also lead to the construction of bombs and it is conceivable _ though much less certain _ that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed.'' Lindy never answered Einstein's ``Dear Herr Lindbergh'' letter. On Sept. 27, less than a month after Germany began World War II by invading Poland, Szilard wrote Einstein, ``Lindbergh is not our man.'' Sachs seemed no better. On Oct. 3 Szilard wrote Einstein that Sachs was ``still sitting on the letter ... (and possibly) Sachs was useless.'' Not so. Sachs understood atoms. And he understood Washington. ``Our system is such that national public figures ... are, so-to-speak, punch-drunk with printer's ink ... There was no point in transmitting material which would be passed on to someone lower down. I could only do it if I could see (Roosevelt) for a long stretch of time and read the material so it came in by way of the ear and not as soft mascara on the eye.'' On Oct. 11, 1939, Sachs finally got his appointment. ``Alex, what are you up to?'' the president askeds. Sachs had discussed nuclear energy with Roosevelt earlier in the year. Nothing came of it. The Navy had relayed its doubts to the White House based on Pegram's and Fermi's uncertainty that a chain reaction was possible. This time Sachs played the president in accord with the old recipe for boar's head soup: ``First, catch your boar ...'' He opened with a parable from history, a lure to catch a classicist president. Napoleon had once scoffed at an offer from Robert Fulton to use steamboats to invade Britain. Moral: Leaders reject technology at their own peril. Determining that ``no scientist could sell (atomic energy) to him,'' Sachs instead paraphrased Einstein's letter in his own 800 words. He concluded by quoting a lecture in 1938 by British scientist Francis Aston comparing the cave man's probable rejection of fire as dangerous to his descendant's reaction to nuclear energy for the same reason: ``Personally,'' Aston had said, ``I think there is no doubt .. . that one day man will release and control (the atom's) almost infinite power. We cannot prevent him from doing so and can only hope that he will not use it exclusively in blowing up his next-door neighbor.'' ``Alex,'' said Roosevelt, ``what you are after is to see that the Nazis don't blow us up.'' ``Precisely.'' Roosevelt turned to his secretary, Brig. Gen. Edwin M. ``Pa'' Watson. ``Pa, this requires action.'' Then Sachs and FDR had a snifter of brandy. Napoleon brandy. While the National Academy of Sciences had existed since 1863, relations between government and science had never been easy, even in wartime. Government was a collective enterprise. Science was the lonely figure in a lab with a few assistants. After Oct. 11, 1939, however, science and government became inextricably wedded _ particularly by the shotgun wedding exigencies of World War II. Following his meeting with Sachs, Roosevelt directed Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, head of the National Bureau of Standards, to form a committee to investigate the potential of fission. Szilard, Teller and Wigner were at the first meeting in Washington on Oct. 21. Lt. Col. Keith F. Adamson, an army ordnance expert, said it took two years to develop new weapons. Morale, not weapons, won wars, he said. The Army had a standing prize for anyone who could kill with a death ray a goat tethered at the Army's proving ground in Aberdeen, Md., he added. ``Nobody has claimed the prize yet.'' Wigner, the most tactful of the Hugarian conspiracy, interjected that this was very interesting. If morale, not weapons, won wars, ``perhaps one should take a second look at the budget of the Army, and maybe the budget should be cut.'' ``All right, all right, you'll get the money,'' Adamson shot back. It was only $6,000 and slow in coming. At Columbia, Fermi began using the money to start building a pile of sooty, slippery graphite blocks, hopefully the first reactor. He enlisted the muscle of the Columbia football team for heavy lifting. Off in the future were Pearl Harbor, Fermi's historic chain reaction in Chicago in December 1942, the Manhattan Project that culminated man's long curiosity about atoms. And Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which raised questions beyond science's abililty to answer in a lab as to where the quest into the invisible world of matter had led. Fermi, as he had so often in this long pursuit of the atom's secret, foreshadowed what was to come while the doings of Szilard and Einstein and Sachs in the year 1939 were still only question marks. And little ones at that. Not long after Einstein's letter had been delivered, the Italian scientist was standing high up in Columbia's Pupin Hall contemplating Manhattan's skyline. ``A little bomb like that, and it would all disappear,'' he said to himself. END ADV AP891106-0203 AP-NR-11-06-89 1447EST s a BC-APN--ChowingDown Adv19-2Takes 11-06 1065 BC-APN--Chowing Down, Adv 19-2 Takes,1091 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 2 35mm slides.) EDITOR'S NOTE Had any good pig snouts lately? For food writers Jane and Michael Stern, life is a never-ending search along the front lines of American gastronomy. Their reports from the diners, clam shacks and barbecue pits of the nation celebrate regional fare and capture the flavor of a vanishing America. By NANCY SHULINS AP Newsfeatures Writer WEST REDDING, Conn. (AP) To get on Jane and Michael Stern's wavelength, think macaroni and cheese instead of squid ink pasta, Jell-O, not aspic, and s'mores instead of sorbets. Forget haute cuisine. Think home cookin'. Imagine crisscrossing the country, from clam shack to catfish parlor to barbecue pit. Picture a never-ending search for the perfect pig snout sandwich (C&K BBQ, St. Louis) or the ideal sugar cream pie (Groves Restaurant, Bloomington, Ind.). The Sterns do this for a living, filing dispatches from places like Mary Bobo's Boardinghouse (Lynchburg, Tenn.) and Maurice's Piggy Park (West Columbia, S.C.). The view from the front lines of American gastronomy is pretty much unobstructed. ``I can't think of a single food writer who travels, except to places like San Francisco or New York, or on junkets with other food writers to other major cities,'' says Jane. ``Nobody else just gets in their car and goes to these stinkpot little towns and asks, `What's for dinner?''' It could be tripe soup in Philadelphia, country ham and red-eye gravy in Nashville, Rocky Mountain oysters in Denver, cioppino in Eureka, Calif. And save room for dessert: Indian pudding in New England, banana pudding in Virginia, bread pudding in Louisiana, persimmon pudding in Illinois. The ``pie pan of beans'' at Lambert's in Sikeston, Mo., comes with dessert _ a King Edward cigar and a stick of Big Red chewing gum. Unlike most food critics, anonymous eaters who slip in and out of restaurants incognito, the Sterns aren't at all shy. There they are, about to dig into breakfast, on their latest book, ``A Taste of America,'' a compilation of their weekly column published in 200 newspapers. ``In most of the restaurants we go to, when people see us taking notes, they just assume we're from the health department,'' Jane says. Besides which, there's little danger of being recognized at, say, Ruth & Jimmie's Sporting Goods and Cafe in Abbeville, Miss., where diners can stock up on live bait before chowing down on fried okra. Likewise in the green cinder-block house in Sevierville, Tenn., where customers pay $5 to troop into Gladys Breeden's kitchen, grab plates from her cupboard and pile them high with whatever she felt like cooking that day. Make no mistake, though, Jane says. ``We wouldn't hang out in any old greasy spoon. The central charm of a place like Gladys' is that the food is really good.'' Let other critics fill up on salsa, seviche and chocolate mousse cake. Michael Stern prefers ``a really great tuna casserole,'' the kind with crumbled potato chips on top. Jane is partial to that old blue-plate special: the hot turkey sandwich a la Wonder Bread. Should crushed potato chips seem a trifle passe in this era of sun-dried tomatoes and balsamic vinegar, that doesn't bother the Sterns. ``We're very obstinate people,'' says Michael. ``We like going against the grain.'' Consider ``Square Meals,'' their 1984 cookbook. At the height of nouvelle cuisine, it celebrated ``The Miracle of Dry Onion Soup,'' ``Casseroles _ Glamour With a Can Opener,'' and ``Jell-O, the Chef's Magic Powder.'' ``We got annoyed reading articles claiming that the day of the meatloaf had passed,'' Jane says. ``We realized that food was getting ridiculous. Food writers were so out of touch.'' Not to mention that nouvelle got on her nerves. ``Those tiny little portions, the rare fish, the baby vegetables. The preciousness of it all.'' Ironically, ``Square Meals,'' an affectionate look at America's culinary past, proved to be ahead of its time. It ushered in the ``comfort food'' era, just as ``Roadfood,'' their 1978 guide to roadside cuisine, presaged a new interest in regional American cuisine. Not just food, but ``food in its cultural context'' is what interests the Sterns, whose accounts whet appetites for the flavor of a disappearing America. They're stories about people and places, department store lunch rooms and Southern boardinghouses, of outmoded ways of fixing outdated dishes, of the joy of finding blue-ribbon pies lurking behind the rusted-shut door to a combination gas station-restaurant that appears to be closed but isn't. Places like the Tick-Tock Room or This Is It Cafe ``really give you a real taste of the region, of the people, of the heritage, of the place,'' Jane says. ``If you ate at Lutece or Le Cirque, you'd get a taste of France in New York City. ``That may be interesting to many other writers, but it doesn't have the cultural evocativeness and richness that the Gladys Breedens of the world have.'' Evocative is the word. In ``A Taste of America,'' a Seattle cinnamon roll is ``a vast spiral of pastry with clods of raisins and veins of dark sugar gunk packed into its warm furrows''; the crust of a New Haven white clam pizza is ``a sumptuous mottled ring of pliant bready pillowettes.'' ``The problem with being a food writer is, it's an oxymoron,'' says Jane. ``Food is so interesting, the writing gets eclipsed. People love our books because we can tell them where to go for a good, inexpensive meal. But we're also good writers.'' The Sterns also cover non-food topics for The New Yorker, and their literary credits include such varied works as ``Elvis World,'' a 1987 New York Times best seller; ``Trucker: A Portrait of the Last American Cowboy''; and ``Amazing America,'' a guide to such little-known tourist attractions as The World's Largest (Or Second Largest) Ball of Twine. ``The common thread that runs through our work is that we write about things other critics and writers ignore,'' Jane says. ``We don't write about what life should be, we write about what is. ``We're two East Coast, Ivy League, upper-middle-class intellectuals in love with the wrong side of culture,'' she says, her pensive expression giving way to a devilish grin. ``It gives priggish people the shivers.'' MORE AP891106-0204 AP-NR-11-06-89 1448EST s a BC-APN--ChowingDown Adv19-1stAdd 11-06 1088 BC-APN--Chowing Down, Adv 19-1st Add,1112 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 WEST REDDING, Conn.: the shivers.'' Jane, the only child of a former concert pianist and a Hungarian leather salesman, grew up in Manhattan where ``I didn't see one shred of normal family life.'' When she was 10, her parents hired a housekeeper from Alabama, ``one of the great Southern cooks. She'd make things like Coca-Cola-basted ham and I thought this was great New York Jewish food. It wasn't until I moved away that I realized I'd been wrong.'' Michael cut his teeth on elaborate Jell-O creations from his mother's kitchen in an affluent Chicago suburb, which accounts for his love affair with The Chef's Magic Powder. His good grades were marred by what passed for a rebellious streak in 1950s Winnetka: He was thrown off the crossing guard squad for beaning a kid with an eclair. Later, as a teen-ager he joined a gang of marauding suburban youth. ``We raised heck.'' They met at that mecca of radicalism and counterculture, Yale. Jane still buries her face in a pillow when Michael gleefully describes her opening line 21 years ago: ``Are you a Scorpio?'' Their courtship consisted largely of movies _ so many that Michael dropped out of graduate school to fit them all in. He later got a master's in film at Columbia University. Jane's, in fine arts, is from Yale. When the time came to launch their careers, ``I couldn't figure out how to do galleries, and Michael couldn't figure out how to go to Hollywood and make movies.'' They opted to stay in Connecticut and play volleyball. While Michael taught at a community college, Jane drove back and forth from their rented house in Guilford to New Haven to read the bulletin board at Yale's job placement office. En route, she stopped for coffee at a truck stop, where ``I got more and more intrigued by the truckers, to the point where I'd take Michael with me.'' For most people, the turning point in life is a meaningful job offer, a relationship with an influential mentor, or a decision to pursue a long-held dream. For the Sterns, it was a routine browse in the 39-cent record bin at Mammoth Mart, where they came upon Red Simpson's album, ``Hello, I'm a Truck.'' ``We realized there was a whole subculture, the last cowboys,'' says Jane. ``But we still didn't know what to do about it.'' Eventually, a friend suggested they write a book. Eureka! With a $2,500 advance from McGraw-Hill, the Sterns headed off on the trail of the trucker. Their photo essay book came out three years later. As luck would have it, ``Trucker'' ushered in the CB radio craze. They moved right on to ``Roadfood,'' book No. 2. ``We'd always been eaters,'' says Michael. ``While researching the trucker book, we found all this regional American food. We realized it was all word- of-mouth, that there was no catalog or listing of great road food places.'' They set off in June 1976 with a game plan nothing short of brilliant: Eat in every diner in America, then write about the good ones. Eight months later, they got to New Jersey. Time for a new plan. They began honing their road food radar, the ability to separate the memorable from the mundane. ``We began looking for sheriff's cars, or pictures of pigs or cows on roofs. That shows personality,'' Michael says. ``We said no to big mondo plastic places with mansard roofs, to corporate chains with huge laminated menus. What intrigued us were places that gave evidence of one person's genius, old places, wacky places, places with hand-written menus or big round tables where everyone knew each other.'' They scanned Yellow Pages, eschewing big ads for tiny ones. They studied billboards, shunning any place that said, ``Bus Tours Welcome.'' They learned to taste rather than gorge, so they could check out 10 restaurants in a day. The more they traveled, the more they took note of regional specialties: the sour cream raisin pie of East Iowa, ``a dairyland dense pack topped with swirling meringue''; the Indian pudding of New England, ``a dark duff with centuries of character in every rough-grained spoonful''; the red beans and rice of New Orleans, ``each bean a small pillow of creamy silk ....'' Such local dishes have become the Sterns' bread-and-butter, prompting Country Journal to dub them ``the heroes of real American food.'' The late James Beard called ``Goodfood'' a book ``of the people and for the people.'' After 14 books and countless articles, all written jointly and with a compatibility rare among collaborators, ``it's hard to tell who did what anymore,'' Jane says. ``We both take credit for the good parts.'' Their biggest difference may be their taste in food. ``We rarely eat the same thing for dinner,'' Jane says. Lately, all her dinners have consisted of the same low-cal dish: turkey burgers on pita bread, penance for past research. Michael, an exercise addict, diets constantly. After 15 years on the road, they still love to travel, though their trips tend to be shorter, their tolerance for cheap motels lower. They're also more selective about where and what they will eat. They concede that the climate surrounding American cuisine is becoming more hospitable, but still, ``Nobody is writing about pretzel salad,'' Michael says. ``It's amazing how much attention and care is paid to subtleties in regions of Italy and China, but not here.'' Jane blames the traditional purpose of food writers: ``To help people climb out of the lower middle class and into the upper middle class, to help people impress others. The same thing is true of decorator books; no one says, `Go out and buy a Barcalounger.' '' There are no Barcaloungers at the Sterns', no velvet paintings, pink flamingos or any of the other artifacts chronicled in their forthcoming epic, ``The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste.'' Given their passion for cultural oddities, their home seems incongruous, like finding a cache of Velveeta in Julia Child's cupboard. But wait. What have we here? Inside that grand mahogany bookcase are ``Mask and Flippers,'' the autobiography of Lloyd Bridges, and ``Come In, Gasman,'' the history of the American gas industry. The Autobiography and American Industry sections flank the Constipation Collection (``The Culture of the Abdomen''), just to the left of Neuroses (``Are Your Glands on Friendly Terms?'') and Poultry (``The Squab Register''). ``Just like a social register,'' Jane says helpfully, ``except it's for squabs.'' END ADV AP891106-0205 AP-NR-11-06-89 1449EST s a BC-APN--PartyTownCrusade Adv19 11-06 1142 BC-APN--Party Town Crusade, Adv 19,1174 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) EDITOR'S NOTE They're trying to clean up Fort Lauderdale, ``Fort Liquor-dale'' as it's known to many, the springtime trysting place of hordes of beer-soaked college students, the place where the wet T-shirt contest may well have been invented. Well, they're trying. It's like a stripper working in reverse and there are a lot of boos from the audience. By BRIAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Business remains brisk at a topless check-cashing outlet. There's talk of resuming semi-nude car washes. And for a $2 cover charge, bare-breasted women will serve you coffee and doughnuts at a shop near the airport. Off the interstate, brothels thinly disguised as ``gentlemen's retreats'' boast in neon of all-girl staffs and round-the-clock hours. Male and female prostitutes patrol the palm-dotted beach. But the permissive atmosphere has dissipated a bit recently in this South Florida city, which got a reputation as a freewheeling party town nearly 30 years ago with Connie Francis' beach-blanket anthem, ``Where the Boys Are.'' With Ms. Francis well into middle age and her version of Lauderdale little more than a memory, reform-minded officials and outspoken citizens have taken aim at the remaining risque diversions, saying it's time Fort Lauderdale grew up, too. ``It's not a morality issue, it's an image issue,'' said City Commissioner Sheila Harrigan on Oct. 3 before the five-member board unanimously passed an ordinance banning liquor from clubs with nude entertainment. The controversial effort to restrict the city's seven adult nightclubs is but the latest crusade to tame Fort Lauderdale into a more family-oriented environment and reduce crime. One reason is that the winter trek of northern tourists more and more ends at the wholesome Walt Disney World in Orlando. ``It's true that Disney and the other theme parks are competition, but we're trying to tie into that market,'' says Francine Mason of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. ``Disney, after all, doesn't have a beach.'' The long stretch of sand was the scene of the first skirmishes between those partying college students and police. Beginning in the mid-1980s, an intense police crackdown ran out Spring Break, an annual bacchanal that drew up to 350,000 college students to the sub-tropical sun of Fort Lauderdale. With spring breakers exiled to Daytona Beach, South Padre Island in Texas and other spots, Fort Lauderdale officials have turned their attention to the city's seamier side. Gone are the adult bookstores and peep shows, pushed across the city limits. Ordinances have been passed to curb radio noise and cruising in cars along the beach strip, where police vehicles with pulsing blue lights are stationed like beacons warning lawbreakers to steer clear. ``You cannot, by legislation, make people morally pure and holy,'' says the Rev. James Kennedy, pastor of Fort Lauderdale's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. ``But government can control the baser instincts of man. Rape and murder are immoral so we have laws against them.'' ``We're slowly cleansing the city of its not-clean elements,'' says Mayor Robert Cox. But critics of the crusade are easy to find. Many merchants along the beach strip _ a tawdry collection of T-shirt shops, hotels and hard-drinking bars _ have vowed to battle a proposal to raze their property for redevelopment as an upscale complex of boutiques and cafes, similar to the gentrification of Miami Beach about 20 miles south. The city also has hired consultants and launched an international public-relations campaign, boasting plans to upgrade its downtown with projects such as a $52.6 million performing arts center and a $29 million science complex. Officials are considering a proposal to add a 64-story skyscraper to its growing skyline. Signs are everywhere proclaiming Fort Lauderdale's goal of being the best city of its size by 1994. ``Image. That's all I hear is image,'' says Dante Scola, owner of the Playmate Lounge, a nude dance club. ``The image I have is of a city that's trying to change itself by making a lot of rules.'' ``All of a sudden Lauderdale got religion,'' says Eric Murray, sitting on a stool at R Donuts, a coffee shop with topless waitresses. ``This town built itself on being a party place. You take the fun out of Lauderdale and you're left with nothing.'' Even tourism experts have been slow to tout the new Fort Lauderdale. ``I wouldn't see Fort Lauderdale as your typical family destination,'' says Bill Carlson, marketing research director for Holiday Corp., which owns the Holiday Inn and Embassy Suites hotel chains. ``When I think of Fort Lauderdale, I think college students and spring break.'' ``It seems like the place to go for a good time,'' says Julie Northcutt, spokeswoman for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. ``All I know is my father always called it `Fort Liquor-dale.''' Television cameras also have put the city's serious crime and drug problems on display. Earlier this year, the syndicated police show ``Cops'' followed Broward County sheriff's deputies though the mean streets rarely seen by tourists. In April, city officials withdrew permits for a film documentary about a young runaway in Fort Lauderdale after reviewing the script. Ms. Mason, however, notes that a record 3.5 million vistors came to Broward County last year, with a substantial increase in the number of foreign tourists. ``They don't have a negative image about Fort Lauderdale because they have never heard of spring break,'' she says. The contentious nude bar issue could be the turning point in the evolution of Fort Lauderdale. Opponents say the ordinance may set the tone for further restrictions on establishments offering late-night hours or spectacles such as wet T-shirt contests. M.J. Peter Club Management, which operates two Fort Lauderdale clubs and others from the East Coast to Honolulu, is challenging the ordinance as a violation of the club's First Amendment rights. City officials note the ordinance is fashioned after a Daytona Beach measure, which was upheld by the Florida Supreme Court. ``There's a lot of case law involving this issue and it seems we're on solid legal ground,'' says Commissioner Doug Danziger, an insurance agent and Coral Ridge church member who introduced the anti-nude bar ordinance. He was one of two commissioners to report receiving threats during the four-month controversy. Even if the court challenge fails, the nude bars have threatened to counterattack with sleaze. Peter told commissioners he has leases to 18 sites, including one next to Danziger's office, and would open steamy alcohol-free sex clubs to make up for lost liquor revenue. ``It's a matter of economics,'' Peter said. ``You are creating a nightmare for Fort Lauderdale ... I will do what I have to to stay alive.'' END ADV AP891106-0206 AP-NR-11-06-89 1458EST s a BC-APN--BlissSisters Adv19 11-06 1021 BC-APN--Bliss Sisters, Adv 19,1055 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos.) EDITOR'S NOTE The news from Kansas City, it would seem, is that all is bliss. Every morning, Lili Bliss wakes up watching her sister Katherine Bliss on Channel 4, anchoring the news. Then Lili goes to work at Channel 5 to do the same thing. A hot TV rivalry? No, say the sisters. ``We pick each other up,'' said one. By JIM BAGBY Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) As the news anchor of one midday Kansas City television news show wraps up her broadcast, her sister faces the cameras on a rival station. But Lili Bliss, who anchors the noon news on KCTV, says she doesn't consider her sister a rival _ even though Katherine Bliss anchors the 11:30 a.m. news show on WDAF-TV. ``We want us both to be rated number one,'' she says. The Blisses are believed to be the only sisters in the nation who come within 30 minutes of being head-to-head rivals on local network affiliates. Katherine Bliss, 28, is finishing her first year at Channel 4 and Lili Bliss, 30, has spent six years with Channel 5. The sisters say they talk almost every day and share ideas about their work, but both understand their job is to get the most interesting guests for their midday interviews. Instead of feeling competitive, Lili says, ``It's a wonderful support to have. If you have a bad show or a bad day, there's always someone in the business who understands. We pick each other up.'' ``It's really nice to be able to call up and say `Boy, you'll never guess what happened today,''' says Katherine, who is known to family and friends as Kitty. The sisters like working in their hometown together. Outside of an occasional mistaken identity, they say, there are no drawbacks to the competition. While both women have anchor and interview duties, Lili books her own guests. Because of her 6:30 a.m. anchor duties, Katherine works closely with producers to arrange her interviews. Lili wakes up watching her sister each morning. While their lives have taken similar professional paths, their personal lives are different. Lili and her lawyer husband have a 2-year-old son, Curtis, and another child due in November. Lili had co-anchored the noon and 5 p.m. newscasts on KCTV until March. But she cut her hours to spend more time with her growing family. Katherine is single, and jokes that her social life suffers because her only free time is in the afternoon. ``When the 4 a.m. alarm goes off, I groan,'' Katherine says. ``But then I think, `Well, Jane Pauley has already been up for a couple of hours.''' Dominating 60 minutes of airtime has changed the family's viewing habits. The sisters say their family watches a lot of television. Their father takes some ribbing, but he won't leave his office TV for lunch until both midday shows are over. After growing up together, with two older sisters, Lili and Katherine can size each other up easily. ``Lili is very motivated. If one dream doesn't work out, she always has another,'' Katherine says. ``And she's very much in control of every situtation. She has a much calmer response to this business.'' Lili describes her younger sister as ``very outgoing, very friendly, very relaxed meeting people, with a great sense of humor. I'm really proud of Kitty, and what she's done in TV.'' Lili earned an economics degree from Stanford and completed the 10-week summer program at Stanford's Mass Media Institute. Her first job was at KOLR-TV in Springfield, Mo. She joined KCTV in 1983. Katherine got a communications degree from Tulane, then returned to Kansas City and worked in advertising. With Lili's encouragement, in 1983 she also attended the Stanford institute. While there, she drove to Reno, Nev., to submit her audition tape. The first two stations turned her down _ but the news director at KCRL offered her a $4-an-hour job _ if she'd change her first name. The station was worried that in Nevada, ``Kitty Bliss'' might sound like the wrong kind of working girl. Katherine called Lili for advice. She was emphatic: ``Use your real name and take the job.'' After nine months in Reno, Katherine spent two years in Tulsa, Okla., as reporter and weekend anchor at KTUL, and another two years as weekend anchor at KTVI in St. Louis before she joined WDAF a year ago. She might have sought work in Kansas City earlier but feared that no station would be interested, knowing she was Lili Bliss' sister. WDAF news director Joyce Reed says she looked at Katherine as an individual first. ``She is such an energetic, enthusiastic journalist,'' she says. ``There was no question that she would fit well into our organization.'' The family ties don't bother Reed. ``It hasn't made any difference,'' she says. ``Katherine has a different style. Viewers accept her as an individual.'' Moreover, Reed says, ratings have doubled since Katherine joined forces with weatherman Dave Dusik on the morning show. Stan Carmack, Lili's Channel 5 co-host, is equally enthusiastic about his partner of six years. ``In a business where what we call `twinkies' are running rampant, here is a lady who has a professional attitude _ and is a fine journalist. ``We have different ideas about how the show should be put together, and sometimes the discussions get intense. But 90 percent of the time we're pretty much in accord about what goes on and how it should go,'' he says. And he sees no drawback to the filial competition. ``It's a competitive situation, but they are family and they are very close. We have never encountered any problems with the situation.'' And there is no end in sight to the Blissful competition, with both sisters saying they are where they want to work. ``With satellite hookups, I can go anywhere or get an interview from anywhere,'' Lili said. ``I've done my moving,'' agrees Katherine. END ADV AP891106-0207 AP-NR-11-06-89 1459EST s a BC-APN--JailhouseLawyers Adv19-2Takes 11-06 0904 BC-APN--Jailhouse Lawyers, Adv 19-2 Takes,0929 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo.) EDITOR'S NOTE They usually begin confronting the law on their own behalf. But they often end up taking care of other cases for fellow prisoners overwhelmed by the legal apparatus. Joyce Dixson is a dramatic case in point. She's one of the jailhouse lawyers. By LISA ZAGAROLI Associated Press Writer COLDWATER, Mich. (AP) Inmates follow Joyce Dixson everywhere, to the bathroom, to the dining hall, to her cell. Her legal knowledge has her in such demand that she feels there are too few hours in the day to get everything done _ even as she serves life in prison without chance of parole. She's paying for her education dearly. An attractive 38-year-old mother of two, she has spent the last 14 years behind bars for shooting her pimp. Her own case seems hopeless, so she works for her fellow inmates. But it was the sense of having been wrongly used that drove her to study law. She has appealed several times, winning three times in the Michigan Court of Appeals on different issues. But the appeals were overturned in state and federal courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court, she says, refused to rule on it. As a child in Saginaw, Mich., she would watch her future pass. ``I used to sit on my porch when I was a little girl and watch him go by with a Cadillac full of girls _ that was the exciting, glamorous life. The heroes of the neighborhood were those people with money and big cars. ``I graduated from high school and I had good jobs. I worked at GMAC, at the bank, at Kroger's. But as long as I was home in the neighborhood, whatever I got was never enough. My mother was on welfare. I got caught up in his sweet talk, `I can show you a better way.' ``I was off and running and I didn't even know where I was going. It's so easy to be manipulated when you want to believe what you hear.'' She worked for the pimp as a prostitute for three or four years. She didn't work the streets; he hooked her up directly with men he knew ``wanted a pretty woman to waste their money on.'' ``I could not take it anymore. It got to the point where I said, `Joyce, are you going to be a burned out whore and a dope fiend the rest of your life or are you going to get out?' You have to make a decision. At the time that seemed like the only one to make. ``I had been in his house for three days and I wanted to go home. I was full of cocaine and he just kept feeding me more cocaine. I was paranoid and he wouldn't let me out. He had another woman there. The cocaine told me I had to get out. He was talking to a friend on the phone and I just shot him and left.'' Looking back, Dixson says, ``I knew somebody was going to shoot him some day. I'm just sorry it was me. People try to make it sound like he was a poor, helpless man, and what I did was such a horrendous thing. But I know I'm not that kind of person. For that 20 to 30 seconds, they have completely judged me as a cold-blooded murderer and I'm not that.'' Dixson is much like other ``jailhouse lawyers.'' Their interest in law is sparked by hope of their own vindication, but they derive hope and meaning, and often a few bucks, from helping their colleagues get released or have their sentences reduced. By the time indigent inmates realize they've lost their right to court-appointed attorneys, they have nobody to turn to on appeal besides the people who have taken it upon themselves to learn law. Many women inmates are involved in custody and divorce battles, and male prisoners more and more are seeking visitation rights with children on the outside. ``A simple letter from the courts is so hard for some of them to read. A lot of them are embarrassed,'' says Anita Alcorta, another jailhouse lawyer in the Florence-Crane Women's Facility in Coldwater. She learned English as a second language, as well as the intricacies of law. Dixson says, ``I'm one of only three prisoners in the state to be accepted at the University of Michigan. All that wouldn't have happened if I had stayed out there.'' Yet trust in jailhouse lawyers can lead to disappointment and retaliation, says James Jourdan, 43, who is serving eight years in the State Prison of Southern Michigan for shoplifting. ``Ninety-five percent of the jailhouse lawyers are not by any stretch of the imagination competent to represent someone. A lot of people are pretending to know the law to take from the less fortunate,'' says Jourdan, who claims to have about 40 cases pending before courts. ``Some have been stabbed for not representing other prisoners too well. Here, the remedy is quick justice.'' About 59 percent of the 2,666 cases filed in the Michigan Supreme Court last year were criminal cases, and about half of those were filed without an attorney, says Corbin Davis, clerk of the high court. MORE AP891106-0208 AP-NR-11-06-89 1500EST s a BC-APN--JailhouseLawyers Adv19-1stAdd 11-06 0783 BC-APN--Jailhouse Lawyers, Adv 19-1st Add,0805 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 COLDWATER, Mich.: high court. It can get expensive for the state. ``I win 97 percent of all of them,'' says state Attorney General Frank Kelley, who spends 7.2 percent of his $23 million budget defending the state against prisoner claims. The 18 lawyers in his corrections division are more than those assigned to the criminal or environmental divisions. Some of the suits are just plain nuisances. Take the case of the crushed Twinkies. When an inmate purchased the cream-filled cakes, the worker who packed his purchase put them at the bottom of the bag. The inmate sued the state for refusing to give him replacement Twinkies. The litigation cost the state a few thousand dollars. Others that fall in the frivolous category involve a refused demand for a haircut, an orange that an inmate was prohibited from taking from the cafeteria (he claimed he was refused medical attention for want of the vitamin C) and a sex offender who wanted to see the personnel files of female prison guards under the Freedom of Information Act. More notorious was a man undergoing a sex change at the time of his imprisonment who is suing the state for refusing him the sex hormones to continue his transformation. Paralegal classes are offered periodically at all community colleges that offer prison courses. Many inmates teach themselves or absorb legal knowledge from other inmates who frequent prison libraries. Yet, Dixson says, a prisoner in court without attorney representation often is looked down upon. In prison, inmate paralegals can write briefs and file appeals, but they can't leave prison to represent someone other than themselves in court. They must put up with slow mail to research materials to appeal a case. Regardless of the barriers, some jailhouse lawyers are excellent attorneys, says George Krause, a retired attorney who teaches inmates at two Ionia facilities through Montcalm County Community College. ``Some of them are better than the lawyers they had before they got put in there,'' he says. Dixson claims her attorney was a longtime friend of the man she shot and a customer as well. She says she didn't know that until she was in the county jail, but courts ruled it did not prejudice her case. ``That's one of the reasons I learned so much about the law when I got in here.'' Some knowledgeable inmates work for Prison Legal Services Inc. of Michigan, a non-profit corporation required by court order and housed at the Jackson prison. The staff is comprised of 14 prison paralegals and two civilian attorneys, including director Sandra Girard. The unit assists prisoners in preparing pleadings, except for cases filed against the department. William G. Ramsey, regarded by his cohorts as among the best jailhouse lawyers, specializes in murder cases because it helps him to prepare for his own appeal to be filed this month. He has written arguments in numerous cases that have been reversed. One involved a motorcycle gang member convicted of killing two women who wandered into its club. Another involved a man accused of beheading another person. He's opposed to most civil suits filed in prison _ ``Prison is a cancer and you can't cure it by suing it.'' Most inmate lawyers deny taking money for their services because it's forbidden. But it does happen, everything from cigarettes to cash and marijuana passing hands. Despite frustration in their own cases, the jailhouse lawyers plow forward to help those who need it. There is some altruism. ``It was meant for me to help certain people that can't help themselves,'' says Victoria Hollis, a 40-year-old Illinois native who lived in Benton Harbor, Mich., a year before killing her husband. ``I have a gift where I can understand and I can do the legal work. I have to share it and help whoever I can get out of here.'' For Joyce Dixson, there is a kind of vindication in her work. Yet she remains haunted by what happened and by the man she killed. ``He was a big fish in a little pond. He was the biggest drug dealer, he was the biggest pimp. He was very careful about how he did things. Let's just say he was not a nice man. ``I was out there on those streets and I never should have been. I got caught up out there. ``I'm sorry he's dead because I'm here and I've missed so much of my children's lives. (Her sons, 21 and 19, were raised by her mother.) But I'm whole, I'm not a dope fiend, I'm not used up. And I'm getting an education.'' END ADV AP891106-0209 AP-NR-11-06-89 1503EST s a BC-APN--Ex-JailhouseLawyer Adv19 11-06 0650 BC-APN--Ex-Jailhouse Lawyer, Adv 19,0665 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures With BC-APN--Jailhouse Lawyer By LISA ZAGAROLI Associated Press Writer LANSING, Mich. (AP) Daniel Manville's distinction in the legal community stems from something he did long before he was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan. He served time for manslaughter. Over the years, Manville's reputation has grown in a way state officials would just as soon forget _ his devotion to suing the state on behalf of inmates and prison guards. And the Detroit lawyer would like to start a law firm comprised solely of ex-offenders. ``When I left prison I really had a jump. Hey, I was white and by then I had two bachelor's degrees,'' says Manville, who hires ex-cons as paralegals in his office. ``It wasn't easy for me, but compared with other people I guess it was. I felt that something had to be done. I've always been someone who got involved in causes.'' Isn't there a rule against allowing felons to become lawyers? ``As a constitutional matter, there's no offense a person can commit that would forever preclude them from practicing law,'' says Dennis Path, chief investigator of the Michigan Bar. ``The question we have to ask is are they rehabilitated? We're concerned about present good moral character. Manville demonstrated he was likely to serve the public in a fair, open, honest manner. He's made all the right moves.'' Manville's conviction arose from a December 1972 drug-related slaying. Then a student at the Flint branch of the University of Michigan, Manville, his brother and another student traveled to Mount Pleasant to settle a score with a rival they believed had stolen money and drugs from them. Manville used chloroform to knock out two men, and one of them died. Manville, a natty dresser of 42 with a neatly trimmed beard, was allowed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter instead of the murder charges on which he was indicted. During his more than three years and four months in the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson, Manville completed his college degree and earned a second. A fascination with the legal profession led him to become a prolific jailhouse lawyer. He obtained books that explained legal research and criminal law in a nutshell. He experimented with other inmates' cases. His own was futile because he pleaded guilty. ``There's a lot of demand,'' he says. ``But prisoners have a very short attention span. One day they're screaming to sue and the next they forget all about it.'' After his 1976 parole, Manville's activities included working for the Head Start program for the disadvantaged in Lansing, interning at a Chicago program to combat racial bias, writing a couple of books, and then earning a master's degree in criminal justice. In 1979, he enrolled in the now-defunct Antioch Law School in Washington, D.C. Manville's attorneys, stating his case for the admissions review boards for the bars in Michigan and in Washington, D.C., were unable to cite another case in which someone became a lawyer after killing someone. Manville waited several years before the panels approved him. In the interim, he worked for the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project. ``It's not easy. I'm not encouraging every ex-offender to do it,'' says Manville, who lives in downtown Detroit because he likes to be in the thick of city activity. He carries a load of about 70 cases and is chairman of the bar's Prisons and Corrections Committee. He recently was asked to make a presentation to a legislative committee. State officials can name only four ex-felons who are practicing law in Michigan, two of whom prefer to keep their past in the past. The fourth, Georgia Manzie, was admitted to the Michigan Bar this year and said she wants to save her story for a book. END ADV AP891106-0210 AP-NR-11-06-89 1504EST s e BC-APN--TVWeek Adv19 11-06 0848 BC-APN--TV Week, Adv 19,0865 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo.) By JERRY BUCK AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Gerald McRaney thought it was time to get into uniform after seven years as laid-back detective Rick Simon on ``Simon & Simon.'' ``I'd wanted to do a show about somebody in the service to show the human side,'' says McRaney, who stars in the new CBS comedy ``Major Dad.'' ``I'd gotten fed up with people in the service being portrayed as bumbling fools or Rambos. I have a lot of friends and relatives in the service. They're just ordinary people. I wanted to do a sitcom. I couldn't face the rigorous schedule of doing another hour show.'' McRaney plays Marine Maj. John D. MacGillis in ``Major Dad,'' which opens CBS' Monday night comedy block. His new bride, Delta Burke,is one of the stars of ``Designing Women,'' which follows later in the evening. Unlike Rick Simon, MacGillis is ramrod straight, neat from his pressed uniform to his polished boots and has his receding hair cut so short he almost looks bald. MacGillis, a conservative career officer, marries a liberal newspaper reporter who is a widow with three daughters. The longtime bachelor, a man long used to an environment of men, suddenly finds himself surrounded by women. The major's wife, Polly, is played by Shanna Reed. ``Polly may be liberal, but she's steeped in a lot of old-fashioned ideals,'' McRaney says. ``Rearing her children has top priority with her. But the show's about more than just a nuclear family. Most of the stories take place in the home. ``You knew that Ozzie Nelson was a band leader from the radio show but on television you never knew what he did for a living. Here, you see Mac at work. Some of it takes place at his office, and the Marine Corps is a family, too.'' MacGillis is a hardnose, which is the nature of the business, but he's also very good at what he does. McRaney portrays him as a man who's dedicated and cares about his job and the people he works with. He sees the major as a man whose skills would allow him to take a much higher-paying civilian job. He remains in the Marine corps out of patriotism and a sense of duty. On ``Simon & Simon,'' televised by CBS from 1981-88, McRaney played the offbeat, casually dressed half of the brother-detective team. In fact, Rick Simon almost reached the point of being lazy. He rode around in an old pickup truck and lived on a houseboat. A.J. Simon, played by Jameson Parker, was conservative, clean-cut and aggressive. ``I have mixed emotions about `Simon & Simon' ending,'' he says. ``Its time was due, but I miss working with the people. Well, most of the crew's on `Major Dad.' I miss working with Jameson. I'm thinking of having him come in the show as my liberal brother-in-law. Maybe an attorney for the ACLU.'' McRaney says if he had to define himself he would say he's a conservative. ``I'm a registered Democrat,'' he says, ``but I'm a conservative in that I believe in conserving ideals and values that have proven correct. Some people say that's rigid, but there's a big difference.'' McRaney was born in Mississippi and began working as an actor in New Orleans before moving to Los Angeles. His first job here was on an episode of ``Night Gallery.'' After that came roles on ``The Rockford Files'' and ``Gunsmoke'' before landing a starring role on ``Simon & Simon.'' He met Delta Burke when he did a guest role on an episode of ``Designing Women.'' He played Dash Goff, one of the former husbands of her character, Suzanne Sugarbaker. ``I don't see how I could go back (on `Designing Women') again with both of us working,'' he says. ``I told them the only way I could go back as Dash with this Marine haircut was that I could explain he's taking chemotherapy. ``Besides, Delta and I have been busy getting married and honeymooning. We bought a place in Pasadena. We're still thinking about buying a house in the South since we're both from the South.'' They are developing a television movie called ``Love and Curses,'' in which they would play a couple in the manner of ``The Thin Man.'' The idea for ``Major Dad'' came up when McRaney was still on ``Simon & Simon.'' ``We went through a lot of proposals,'' McRaney says. ``He was going to be the widowed father of three. We decided that was a bummer. Then we decided he should marry a widow of three. That's less depressing. He was always in the Marine Corps. We thought of making him a drill instructor. I thought he should be an officer because a D.I. is too much of a stereotype. You know, the image of barking at the children. We picked the rank of major because of my age, which is 42.'' END ADV AP891106-0211 AP-NR-11-06-89 1521EST s e BC-APN--TheaterWeek Adv19 11-06 0812 BC-APN--Theater Week, Adv 19,0840 $adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Nov. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) By MARY CAMPBELL AP Newsfeatures Writer NEW YORK (AP) Julius Rudel, a conductor of classical music who is making his Broadway debut, jumped at the chance to conduct ``3 Penny Opera.'' Rudel, who headed the New York City Opera for 22 years and this fall divides his time between Broadway and the Metropolitan Opera, wasn't looking for new worlds to conquer when he accepted the job. He did it, he says, because ``I think Kurt Weill is one of the most important 20th century composers. I felt it was very important to make the right approach to this German theater music of the 1920s _ the style which is not as well known here. When I was asked whether I would do it, I really jumped at it. ``The style is elusive and prone to abuses. You can't perform it like you do American jazz. Weill was such a careful composer. He wrote things down exactly. You can't do it with the freedom you can use in his later American music. This is slightly squarish German jazz of the '20s. ``It doesn't have the rubato (tempo fluctuations) feeling. When you hear Sinatra, he goes around bending a phrase and comes out right at the end. That's not quite the style that applies to the German compositions of Weill.'' The current production of ``3 Penny Opera,'' starring Sting, is playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Weill, who wrote ``3 Penny'' in 1928, left Germany in 1933 for Paris and moved to New York two years later, when he was 35. His composing took on a French style in Paris and an American style in New York. ``3 Penny Opera'' remains his most-played work. ``It has done an incredible victory march through the world,'' Rudel says. Rudel began his studies at the Vienna Academy of Music, moved from his native city to New York when he was 19 and finished at the Mannes College of Music. The conductor has had in his Manhattan livingroom a Jan de Ruth painting from ``3 Penny Opera'' since the early days of the 1950s off-Broadway production, which starred Lotte Lenya. In ``3 Penny,'' nine musicians are onstage, above and behind the actors, with six more in the wings. The composer's orchestrations are used. Actors get their musical cues from Rudel via closed-circuit television. Rudel says that this production tries to go back to the creators' original intent. ``We're doing all the music. Some of it was not even done at the premiere. One person refused to sing one of the songs, thought it was too dirty. There's a takeoff of an aria that's funny and wonderful that Weill never orchestrated. Lotte Lenya, as Lucy, couldn't handle it.'' And there's some additional music, during scene changes, which Rudel is proud of providing. ``Weill had indicated that he wanted certain continuity music, almost thematic,'' he says. ``That was his answer to Wagner, without the pomposity. I've done all the continuity, all taken from his own music. I didn't compose anything. ``There were some marginal notes on the page proof of the first libretto about using the `Mack the Knife' song as a waltz. But the music doesn't exist for that. I went through the parts of the original. Either they improvised or they didn't play it. ``I have written it out. A `Mack the Knife' waltz happens whenever he escapes. Then, when he is brought to jail for the final time, it is heard as a dirge. There is indication for that, too.'' In 1928, the opening musical notes were played by an organ-grinder on a hurdy-gurdy. Rudel has recreated that by having a synthesizer in the wings send the music into an on-stage hurdy-gurdy. ``Those are the creative things that give me special pleasure and make it interesting,'' he says. Rudel brought four Weill operas to the New York City Opera, ``3 Penny'' in German, ``Lost in the Stars,'' ``Street Scene'' and ``Silverlake.'' At the Met, Rudel is conducting ``The Barber of Seville'' nine times this fall. Then he'll conduct ``Hamlet'' and ``Die Fledermaus'' at the Chicago Lyric Opera, followed by orchestra concerts. ``I conduct a lot, other countries and other cities. I get around,'' he says. Widowed in 1984, Rudel remarried in August. He has three children and six grandchildren. ``I have great respect for Broadway people,'' Rudel says. ``There is a certain mind-set you have, to perform the same thing night after night. It is different with the opera. You have two or three days between and you conduct other things. To do the same thing night after night and give a first-rate performance, I find that's very difficult.'' END ADV AP891106-0212 AP-NR-11-06-89 1523EST s i BC-Africa-Superpowers Adv12 11-06 1116 BC-Africa-Superpowers, Adv 12,1149 $adv12 For Release Sunday, Nov. 12, and thereafter Superpower Tensions Ease in Africa Eds: an accompanying item is BC-Africa-Superpowers-Glance, b0618. An AP Extra With LaserGraphic By REID G. MILLER Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) As in other parts of the world, the years of Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union appear to be ending in Africa. No more do the superpowers contest vigorously and openly for supremacy in the strategic Horn of Africa, which controls eastern access to the Red Sea. Less and less can client states and insurgencies count on an abundant flow of money, arms and other support from the world's two mightiest nations. Washington and Moscow have worked in tandem to try to end a civil war in Angola and bring independence to Namibia, and their official utterances on apartheid in South Africa sound remarkably alike. But while the growing rapprochement between the old adversaries bodes well for some African countries, it does not signal automatic peace and prosperity for the vast continent as a whole. ``Africans are perfectly capable of spilling each other's blood without help,'' said a Western diplomat based in relatively tranquil Kenya. ``Even if one could stamp out the effects of war, mismanagement and corruption overnight, the economies of most African countries would still take years and years to recover.'' The vast majority of those economies have slipped backward throughout the 1980s, a decade of healthy growth in much of the rest of the world. Because they were never highly advanced in the first place, even the unlikely prospect of full, fast economic recovery would leave most African countries far behind the developed nations. And even as the United States and the Soviet Union appear to be rethinking the cost and need for strategic advantage in Africa, the potential for conflict remains high between and within many of the continent's nations. Just a few months ago, peace seemed to be blooming like a desert rose in Africa, nourished by a gentle rain of good works from Moscow and Washington. A cease-fire was negotiated between warring factions in Angola; a bitter, costly conflict in Mozambique appeared headed for the conference table; a new military regime seized power in Sudan with a promise to end that country's civil war; and the Ethiopian government sat down with Eritrean rebels in a bid to end what at 28 years is the continent's oldest armed dispute. In recent weeks, however, those visions of peace have faded like a Saharan mirage: _Despite admonishments from Moscow and Washington, fierce new fighting erupted in Angola between the Soviet-backed government and rebels supported by the United States. _Preliminary peace talks between church leaders representing Mozambique's Marxist government and right-wing Renamo guerrillas came to naught. _Ethiopia's Marxist government, publicly urged to seek peace and threatened with an arms cutoff by Moscow, came under new, threatening attack by Tigrean rebels even as it sought terms with the secessionist Eritreans. _Civil war in Sudan is flaring anew with little hope of quick resolution. New conflicts unrelated to the superpowers also have erupted. Intercommunal violence between Arabs in Mauritania and blacks in Senegal took hundreds of lives in those neighboring West African countries, which continue to hurl insults and threats at each other. Rival clans seeking power in Somalia, which forms the very tip of East Africa's strategic horn, are killing each other in disputes that date back to ancient clashes over water holes and grazing territories. Still, there are a few bright spots and some hopeful signs. Namibia appears well on the path to independence in a U.S.-brokered scheme that also brought the short-lived cease-fire in Angola. Most diplomats feel the renewed fighting in Angola will end soon, with Washington pressuring Jonas Savimbi, who leads the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, to return to the bargaining table with President Eduardo Dos Santos. Lasting peace in Angola could bring a real measure of prosperity to the former Portuguese colony, an abundantly fertile land rich in oil, gas, diamonds, iron ore and other minerals. Few African countries are as potentially wealthy as Angola. Poor to begin with and suffering variously or collectively from years of colonial neglect, inter-tribal conflicts, falling world prices for their basic exports, wars and famines, many have compounded their problems through mismanagement. In the years after World War II, when most of Africa began shaking off the colonial yoke, country after country turned to Marxist-Leninist theory for economic guidance. In almost every case, that guidance led to ruin. Today, even such avowedly Marxist states as Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are turning toward free-market policies, adopting stringent economic controls and lining up for loans from those twin bastions of capitalism, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Investors, however, are not exactly stumbling over each other in a chase for African profits. That's especially true in the majority of countries without proven deposits of oil or minerals. Even stable countries like Kenya, which rejected the socialist path when it gained independence from Britain 26 years ago, are having trouble attracting major foreign investments. ``In general terms, the continent lacks infrastructure and a well-educated work force,'' said the Nairobi-based Western diplomat. ``African countries find themselves competing for investment dollars with the likes of Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and the other emerging nations of Asia, and they are woefully behind in what they can offer in return.'' Nor can Africa's nations look to much increased aid in trying to build the schools, highways and reliable power and communications systems they need to successfully compete in an increasingly complex world. Faced with budget constraints, the United States gave all of the nations of sub-Sahara Africa $743 million last year, or an average of about $20 million each. That's less than Congress approved for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The Soviet Union, having serious economic troubles of its own, gave virtually nothing beyond military supplies to a few client states. The 12 nations of the European Economic Community, Japan and other donors provided about $13 billion, much of which went for such bare essentials as food and improved water supplies. Most economists do not believe the overall aid figures will increase significantly through the 1990s. John Barratt, director of the independent South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, sums up the effect of superpower rapprochement on Africa in these words: ``In spite of the new and hopeful international mood, including in our region of Africa, one has to recognize that not one of the regional conflicts in different parts of the world has yet been resolved. Euphoria is therefore premature.'' End Adv for Sunday, Nov. 12 AP891106-0213 AP-NR-11-06-89 1525EST s i BC-Africa-Superpowers-Glance Adv12 11-06 0517 BC-Africa-Superpowers-Glance, Adv 12,0526 $adv12 For Release Sunday, Nov. 12, and thereafter Africa's Old Cold War Hot Spots at a Glance With BC-Africa-Superpowers, b0617 By The Associated Press Here at a glance are the countries in Africa where rivalies between the United States and the Soviet Union came into play during the Cold War years and now are fading: ETHIOPIA _ A staunch U.S. ally during the 44-year reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia broke away after a military coup in 1974 brought about a Marxist-led state and eventually opened the door to the Soviet Union. However, Soviet support has waned recently as Ethiopia wages a costly war against rebels in the impoverished country's northern zone. At the same time, U.S.-Ethiopian relations appear to be warming as evidenced by the visit this year by U.S. Undersecretary for Africa Herman Cohen, the first senior government official to visit Ethiopia since the coup. ANGOLA _ U.S.- and South African-backed rebels of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, UNITA, have been fighting the southwest African nation's Soviet-supported Marxist government since losing out in a civil war after independence from Portugal in 1975. However, sporadic peace talks with U.S. and African mediation have been under way since June. The talks follow a U.S.-brokered regional peace accord signed in December by Angola, Cuba and South Africa under which Cuba agreed to withdraw 50,000 soldiers in Angola by 1991. Angola, in return, is seeking more U.S. recognition, which Washington is withholding until the government agrees to free elections. The Angolan government now looks less toward Moscow for aid and more toward the West. NAMIBIA _ The peace accords in neighboring Angola brought immediate results to Namibia, which has been under South African rule since World War I and also is known as South-West Africa. Under the plan, South Africa agreed to grant Namibia independence in a year-long process that included the Cuban withdrawal from Angola and South African withdrawal from Namibia. A United Nations peacekeeping force now is in Namibia to oversee the nation's first free elections this month. MOZAMBIQUE _ This southeastern African country has been in a state of constant war since 1963. It began with an independence struggle from Portugal in 1963-75 and continued on after that in civil war between Soviet-backed government forces and the South African-backed Mozambique National Resistance. Tentative, sporadic peace talks have been under way in the past year between church leaders representing Mozambique's Marxist government and the rebels, known by their Portuguese acronym Renamo. But they have been highly secretive and so far appear to have come to naught. SOUTH AFRICA _ The Soviet Union broke relations with South Africa in 1956 and says they cannot be restored until South Africa ends its legal system of racial separation known as apartheid. But relations between the two countries have warmed markedly in the past year and Moscow now espouses a negotiated political solution between South Africa's blacks and whites free of outside interference. That is the same position taken by Washington. End Adv for Sunday, Nov. 12 AP891106-0214 AP-NR-11-06-89 1526EST s i BC-TouristinTibet Adv12 11-06 1175 BC-Tourist in Tibet, Adv 12,1210 $adv12 For Release Sunday, Nov. 12, and thereafter Tourists in Tibet's Capital Hear Whispers of Despair An AP Extra With LaserPhoto EDITOR'S NOTE Except on rare occasions, Tibet is closed to foreign reporters, but the writer, who is based in Beijing, traveled there recently with a tour group. By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer LHASA, Tibet (AP) An elderly monk slips out of earshot of the Chinese soldiers nearby and whispers to a Western tour group: ``Chinese soldiers killed many people and arrested many. Always remember Tibet.'' As the group proceeds on its sightseeing, an 88-year-old Tibetan approaches and says many people are in prison. ``Please help us,'' he says. ``Tell the people of your countries to help us bring the Dalai Lama back.'' The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' spiritual leader, fled into exile with tens of thousands of others after an anti-Chinese uprising was crushed in 1959. Last March, the Chinese authorities declared martial law after another anti-Chinese outburst and Lhasa today is a city controlled by Chinese arms and divided by suspicion and hatred. The antagonisms are clearly evident, even to the tourists who come to see the exquisite Buddhist monasteries and temples and the rugged mountains set against the cobalt-blue Himalayan sky. A driver, told by a soldier that the Chinese had banned unauthorized vehicles from entering a monastery compound, shouts back, ``What do you mean Chinese? This is Tibet.'' A 72-year-old farmwoman, her white hair braided down her back, says that before the Chinese came in 1950 ``we were free and happy. Now we are not happy. We hear bad things about the government.'' Asked about the Dalai Lama, the woman cries and says, ``I pray each day for his return.'' Western and Tibetan sources said people gathered in the central square in mid-October after word reached them that the Dalai Lam had won the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. They celebrated with the ritual throwing of ``tsampa,'' a Tibetan food made of flour and roasted barley. The next day police, apparently fearing trouble, banned foreign tourists from the square. But they made no arrests as they did in September, when several nuns were detained for calling for Tibetan independence during a religious festival. Lhasa, a city of 160,000 at an altitude of 11,772 feet, has been under martial law since March 8, when troops were called in to quell the fourth major pro-independence, anti-Chinese uprising since autumn 1987. An estimated 20 to 30 people were killed in the March rioting, and hundreds are believed to have been arrested. The military has a far more dominant presence in Lhasa than in Beijing, China's capital, which has been under martial law since May 20 because of the pro-democracy demonstrations. Tourists coming to Lhasa see the effects of martial law as soon as they arrive. At the airport, armed guards check the travel permits of all foreigners. This tour group saw soldiers all along the airport road, including one taking shots at birds with his AK-47 rifle. Silver metal sentry boxes with armed soldiers have been set up on streets leading to Lhasa's central square, the Barkhor, the flashpoint of previous demonstrations. Soldiers were on guard at all lanes leading off the Barkhor bazaar, which circles the Jokhang Temple, Tibet's holiest place of worship. One group of a dozen soldiers drilled in the square outside the Jokhang Temple, on several instances crouching in formation and aiming their rifles in the direction of the shrine, where worshippers prostrate themselves and hawkers sell photographs of the Dalai Lama. Buddhist monks, the leaders of the pro-independence uprisings, are kept under close surveillance. Military checkpoints stop all people coming in and out of the main monasteries. A monk at the Sera monastery said its monks couldn't leave the compound for three months after the March demonstrations. At the Drepung monastery, a monk said the monks there celebrated the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama by reading scriptures because they couldn't go to the city. ``We're surrounded by military,'' he said. ``We've been fighting the Chinese for two years now but we are afraid. They have weapons, we don't.'' Monks who had been imprisoned for rioting said they had been kicked, beaten and hit with electric prods. A monk at the Jokhang Temple said its monks also had to undergo long hours of political sessions in which officials read documents and warned them against further demonstrating. ``It's terrible. It's not interesting,'' he said. The numbers of Tibetan religious pilgrims and foreign tourists are both down because of restrictions on entering Lhasa. Foreign tourists, who can now visit Lhasa in organized groups of three or more, are not allowed to enter residential neighborhoods or go out on the streets without a guide. Tourists arriving at the airport are handed a notice in ungrammatical English warning that they ``shall not spread the words which is harmful to our national dignity, sovereignty, territorial integrity or interference in our internal affairs, shall not distribute the books, periodicals, pictures, audio and video products and other propaganda articles which is harmful'' to the country. The Holiday Inn Lhasa Hotel is only about 10 percent occupied these days, and many small hotels catering to young backpackers, who have disappeared with the ban on individual travel, have shut down. Tourism, which brought 43,000 people to the remote mountain region in 1987, had been seen by the Chinese as one way to lift Tibet out of poverty and thus reduce anti-Chinese sentiments. The Chinese Communists in Beijing, which claims Tibet has been an inalienable part of China for 700 years, sent the army into Tibet in 1950 and made it part of China. Tibetan resentment against rule by the Chinese Han majority heightened during Mao Tse-tung's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, when radical Red Guards rampaged through Buddhist temples, destroying scriptures and religious statues and throwing monks into prison. Religious believers were persecuted and the Tibetan language and customs suppressed. In the past decade, Chinese authorities have tried to make amends by restoring temples and encouraging the keeping of local traditions. Compared to Tibet's former feudal society, real strides have been made in transportation, health and literacy. Almost all countries of the world recognize Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. Even the Dalai Lama, in a proposal made last year but rejected by Beijing, said China could station troops in Tibet and oversee its foreign affairs in exchange for autonomy. But it is evident that almost all Tibetans oppose the Chinese, regardless of improvements in their living conditions. Tibetans resent what they perceive as Chinese corruption, as well as the lack of good jobs for Tibetans and the encroachment of Han, or Chinese, residents in Lhasa, foreign residents of Lhasa say. Up to 70 percent of Lhasa's population is now Han, according to foreign and Tibetan sources. ``Getting ahead all depends on how you can speak Chinese,'' said a Tibetan intellectual. ``We are angry, but there's nothing we can do about it.'' End Adv for Sunday, Nov. 12 AP891106-0215 AP-NR-11-06-89 2037EST s i BC-LiberalizingLibya Adv12 11-06 1198 BC-Liberalizing Libya, Adv 12,1242 $adv12 For Release Sunday, Nov. 12, and thereafter Liberalizing Libya Filled with Contradictions An AP Extra With LaserPhoto By NEJLA SAMMAKIA Associated Press Writer BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) Out here in the provinces, living is a bit easier as Moammar Gadhafi's Libya drifts slowly toward liberalism. Controls are looser in business, human rights, even television. ``Dallas'' is shown nightly on the non-propaganda station. The government is backing away from some of Gadhafi's more radical positions, such as his burning of books in English and French to underscore his call for sole use of Arabic. The governnment also allows some public dissent, although security men still monitor meetings. But there are contradictions. For instance, private business and industry, discouraged until mid-1987, now are allowed, provided ``capitalist exploitation'' is avoided and nobody works for anybody else. ``Partners, not wage-earners'' is a slogan taken from the philosophy Gadhafi enunciated in his Third Universal Theory, known as the Green Book. The theory, which is promoted as an alternative to capitalism and socialism, holds that people should rule themselves without formal government. But the partners rule is ``easily worked around,'' said one Benghazi shopkeeper named Ahmed. ``People write that their employees are partners, and they get the permit for production or industry.'' While private enterprise no longer is taboo, stores still must buy their supplies from the government in order to restrict the use of foreign currency. However, that has brought about a flourishing black market, much of it centered in this Mediterranean port of 600,000 people 360 miles east of the capital, Tripoli. Typically, the deals involve Libyan and Egyptian black-marketeers and start 135 miles farther east, at Mersa Matruh in Egypt. A brisk exchange has developed there: Egyptians seeking work in Libya buy Libyan dinars with otherwise non-convertible Egyptian pounds, and Libyan sellers use the pounds for Egyptian goods to smuggle home. Benghazi's small stores and grocery markets sell a lot of foreign goods _ from British chocolates to Turkish and Egyptian clothing _ smuggled from ships or across the Egyptian border 310 miles to the east. Some Benghazi stores remain closed, although fewer than in the early 1980s when Gadhafi tried to close down small enterprises. In their place, he built multistory government supermarkets that became notorious for their lack of merchandise. Shelves are less-often bare now, but goods are mostly mediocre. ``These shoes won't do,'' complained one customer, Mohammed, looking at a row of footwear from Eastern Europe. ``They won't last my son a day.'' Mohammed, as did other people interviewed, did not want to be fully identified. Like all Libyan children, Mohammed's son attends an Arabic-language public school. He will learn English only in the last two years of high school, but if he goes on to a university to become an engineer or a doctor, he will find his classes will be taught in English. Baqer, a second-year engineering student, said: ``This makes it very difficult for us. We're suddenly faced with words and terms we've never heard of.'' Arabicization has virtually obliterated public evidence of foreign culture in Benghazi. Only a few airline offices and a single art gallery have names in English on the front. Crime and punishment also are looked at in a different light in today's Libya. Gadhafi _ the ``Leader of the Revolution'' _ made a big show in March 1988 of driving a bulldozer into the walls of a Tripoli prison to free 400 convicts. ``I am not a jailer,'' he proclaimed. Everybody would go free, he said, except prisoners accused of conspiring with foreign governments. At the same time, Gadhafi reined in his enforcers, the Revolutionary Committees, telling them to stop making people disappear and that only police with warrants can make arrests. ``Things are loosening up,'' said grocer Youssef in his side-street store. ``As long as we keep away from discussing politics, we're OK.'' The London-based human rights agency Amnesty International noted improvements after Gadhafi's 1988 moves. But it said early this year that about 90 Moslem fundamentalists, whom Gadhafi has accused of working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, were rounded up and have been held incommunicado since. Libyan opposition figures say that the number is much higher and that Gadhafi held more than 100 political prisoners even after his bulldozer episode. Aly Abdel-Salam, a Revolutionary Committee member who works in Benghazi's Green Book Center, insists there has been no change in the committees' duties. ``I'm happy to devote my life and soul to the ideals of Moammar Gadhafi,'' he said. Such are the sentiments Libyans hear on the government's television channel, which competes with the station that runs ``Dallas.'' The government's TV menu features news in Arabic, national songs, educational material and frequent reminders of Gadhafi's revolutionary achievements. One, which touched Benghazians closely, is a tape extolling the ``7,000 Units Project'' _ huge apartment buildings scattered about the city. The completed apartments remained empty for months, enmeshed in red tape, until this past September, when potential tenants crashed down the doors and occupied them. Residents say police began roughing up the squatters and shooting at their cars until Gadhafi ordered them left alone. While the government's TV fare wins the hearts and minds of bureaucrats, it doesn't seem likely to win over many Libyans. Shopkeeper Yasser said he hopes ``Dallas'' and the British nature films and grade B detective series shown on the channel aren't taken off. ``They're the only things worth watching,'' he said. An Information Ministry official maintained that ``Dallas'' is screened for the tens of thousands of foreigners in Libya. Most are East European businessmen or South Koreans and Thais working on construction projects like Ghadafi's Great Man-Made River. At a time of greatly reduced income from oil, basically Libya's only source of hard currency, Gadhafi has had to cut back on many projects. Not so on the river, his $24 billion pet, proclaimed as ``The Eighth Wonder'' and ``Miracle of the 20th Century.'' As designed, the artificial river will spring from a huge lake, or aquifer, beneath the desert in southern Libya. Entering pipes from 270 wells, the water will flow into an enormous reservoir at an oasis, Ajdabiya, 100 miles south of Benghazi. From there, pipelines will distribute the water to the water-short coast far to the north, where most of Libya's 4 million people live. ``The aquifer is so big, we believe it's sufficient for more than a thousand years at the present rate of consumption,'' said the project chief, Mohammed el-Mangoush. On Sept. 11, the first gush of water into the pipes leading to Ajdabiya's reservoir was celebrated with folk dancing and patriotic songs on nationwide television. Libyans rejoiced as the water reached Ajdabiya. ``This shows that the project is a success,'' remarked a Benghazi shopkeeper who said he dislikes most of Gadhafi's policies. ``The water actually came in all the way from the aquifer.'' But what he and other television viewers were not told is that, according to engineers at the oasis, the water was not from the new system but from old wells, presumably to coincide with the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Gadhafi's revolution. End Adv for Sunday, Nov. 12 AP891106-0216 AP-NR-11-06-89 2136EST a e BC-WKD--FilmReviews Adv00 11-06 1235 BC-WKD--Film Reviews, Adv 00,1275 $adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS At the Movies: `The Little Mermaid,' `The Bear' Eds: ``The Little Mermaid'' opens Nov. 15 in New York and Los Angeles and wide on Nov. 17. ``The Bear'' opened Oct. 27. ``The Little Mermaid'' Every once in a while a movie so special, so lovely, so exciting, funny, charming, entertaining and heartwarming spins out from Hollywood's celluloid web. It's a moment to cherish, a moment to embrace. ``The Little Mermaid'' is worth embracing dozens of times. It's a rhapsody of animated excellence, a symphony that never loses its polish or grace. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, the musical is the first animated feature based on a fairy tale from Walt Disney Pictures since ``Sleeping Beauty'' reached theaters on Jan. 29, 1959. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, who combined on ``Little Shop of Horrors,'' provide versatile, enjoyable tunes from ballads to calypsos. No one does it like Disney, and Disney truly does it best. The drawings and backgrounds are richly textured and brilliantly colored and tinted. Animation techniques incorporate the smallest and most insignificant nuance and detail, breathing life to both the sea world creatures and the humans above. The Disney characters move not with the plodding awkwardness of cartoon creatures, but with all the alacrity of live actors. When the mermaid, Ariel, moves through the sea there is an actual sense of water motion, of flotation. Her ruby hair fans out as she bobs in place; her tail eases through currents and actually propels. Sebastian the crab skitters sideways on tiny claws and shoots through the water with tiny legs moving like crazy. A storm at sea moves with the slashing ferocity of a real-life squall. Evening is misty and gray; the amber glow of lanterns illuminates the deck and crew at night; diamond-like fireworks sparkle in the midnight blue sky. The Disney animators, led by Mark Henn, Glen Keane, Duncan Marjoribanks, Ruben Aquino, Andreas Deja and Matthew O'Callaghan, really did their homework and understand the physics of swimming, floating, flying. The team of more than 400 artists and technicians spent more than three years on the project, with 150,000 painted cels and 1,100 backgrounds utilizing more than 1,000 colors. In the end, they produced 7,000 feet of hand-drawn film. ``The Little Mermaid'' tackles the tough balance between parents and children and a teen-ager's coming of age. Ariel is a headstrong 16-year-old who loves adventure and longs to be a part of the human world. She spends her days combing the bottom of the sea with her chubby fish pal, Flounder, searching for small treasures from shipwrecks. A fork or a pipe mean more to her than costly baubles. One evening she goes to the surface (despite her father's repeated warnings), climbs the hull of a schooner, sees the handsome Prince Eric and immediately falls in love. But what's a poor mermaid to do? He can't live underwater with her, and she can't live in his world without legs. After a severe reprimand from her father, King Triton, Ariel strikes a bargain with the evil sea witch Ursula agreeing to give up her beautiful voice so she can have legs for three days. But if the prince doesn't kiss her within that time, she'll become a mermaid once again and be Ursula's lackey forever. The Andersen story has a grim ending. But the Disney world is a happy one, and lessons can be learned with a little sugar just as well as with vinegar. The movie is peppered with humor and sea world asides: ``Don't be such a guppy,'' Ariel admonishes Flounder when he tells her he's afraid of sharks. The voice talent includes stage actress Jodi Benson (``Smile,'' ``Welcome to the Club'') as Ariel; Rene Auberjonois (``Coco,'' ``Big River'') as Louis the temperamental cook; Pat Carroll as Ursula; Buddy Hackett as the scatterbrained seagull Scuttle; and Samuel E. Wright (``The Tap Dance Kid,'' ``Pippin'') as Ariel's West Indian crab companion, Sebastian. If there's a scene stealer in ``The Little Mermaid,'' it's Sebastian, the kingdom's musical leader, who conducts two of the movie's most energetic and imaginative production numbers: ``Kiss the Girl'' and ``Under the Sea.'' ``The Little Mermaid'' is magic and joy for everyone, and teaches us all to never lose sight of dreams and hope. Written and directed John Musker and Ron Clements, and produced by lyricist Ashman and Musker, ``The Little Mermaid'' is rated G and runs 82 minutes. _ By Dolores Barclay, AP Arts Editor. ``The Bear'' Jean-Jacques Annaud is one of those rare filmmakers who refuse to accept any limitations of the storytelling potential of the screen. In ``Quest for Fire,'' he created a convincing picture of prehistoric man, employing no understandable dialogue. In ``The Name of the Rose,'' he converted Umbert Eco's novel into a darkly colored murder mystery of the medieval church. Annaud's ``The Bear'' stars a 9-foot, one-ton kodiak bear and an irresistible fluff-bundle of a cub. Their grunts, whimpers and bellows occupy 90 percent of the soundtrack; the rest is the spare dialogue of the bear hunters. The film is a magnificent achievement that will have delighted moviegoers wondering, ``How on earth did they do that?'' How Annaud and his inspired crew did it seems to have been a combination of eternal patience and blind luck, with a dash of Jim Henson's Animatronics (for scenes in which the animals are injured). Whatever the film magicians did, the performances by Bart and Douce, the two stars, should be studied at the Actors Studio. Based on ``The Grizzly King,'' James Oliver Curwood's 1916 novel, ``The Bear'' is set in British Columbia (it was shot in the Austrian and Italian Dolomites). A mother and her cub ignore bee stings to paw for honeycomb at the base of a mountainside tree. The mother causes a rock slide and is crushed to death. The cub does not mourn for long. There are too many delights and challenges to be found in the mountain meadows. Bear hunters invade the sylvan paradise. One of them wounds a giant grizzly that manages to elude the hunters' chase. Crippled and in agony, the grizzly at first repels the friendly advances of the cub. They become companions, an unlikely occurrence in nature. The hunters return with tracking dogs, and another chase begins. The bears seem doomed. But Curwood was not a writer to sadden his readers. Annaud lets the animals tell the story, along with Philippe Sarde's splendid music. In the first 20 minutes, only one sentence is uttered. The bears' expressive faces and their elegant movement tell you everything you need to know. ``The Bear'' is a thrilling movie, one that seems suitable for the entire family, though the rating is PG probably because of the relentless intensity. Tri-Star is releasing the film, which was written by Gerard Brach. Running time: 93 minutes. Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions: G _ General audiences. All ages admitted. PG _ Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 _ Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children. R _ Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. X _ No one under 17 admitted. Some states may have higher age restrictions. End Adv for Release Anytime AP891106-0217 AP-NR-11-06-89 2142EST a e BC-WKD--HomeVideo Adv00 11-06 0513 BC-WKD--Home Video, Adv 00,0535 $Adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Video View: Home Video News and Reviews ``Getting It Right'' (MCEG Home Entertainment. VHS-Beta, $89.98. Rated R) In ``Getting It Right,'' a young man has a pretty easy time learning some of life's hard lessons. But the characters and the dialogue are charming and fun enough to keep the movie going. Gavin (Jesse Birdsall) is a talented hairdresser to the moneyed of London. At 31, he's a virgin, practically afraid of his own shadow and still living with his parents. He does have friends to whom he is loyal, though, and they refuse to let him sit and rot at home. And he does have the knowledge that he's not, at the moment, getting it right. So in a very short time, Gavin gets mixed up with Lady Minerva Munday (Helena Bonham Carter), neurotic, quirky and unloved; Joan (Lynn Redgrave), married, wiser and unloved; and Jenny (Jane Horrocks), unassuming, single mother. Through these relationships, Gavin's life is transformed. He learns life can't be lived by the book. His path to wisdom is funny and occasionally touching, and the cast very good. _ By Mary MacVean, Associated Press Writer. ``Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'' (Virgin Vision. VHS-Beta, $89.95. Rated R) Paul Bartel of ``Eating Raoul'' fame has carved into the pampered underbelly of Beverly Hills with a lusty satire about the nouveau riche morons who live there. Clare (Jacqueline Bisset) is an aging has-been TV queen who's trying to make a comeback about the time her husband dies. Her next-door neighbor (Mary Woronov) is busy having her house fumigated against termites and so must move in for the weekend with her visiting writer brother and his new wife, a former porn queen. Meanwhile, their house servants make a bet with each other as to which one of them can bed the other's boss first. But there's a surprising twist of morals in the end, and another surprise with the two men, as well. The movie ends with an almost Shakespearean musical bed scene. Ray Sharkey and Robert Beltran are great as the servants and play their parts as low-key as the rest of the cast. Bartel appears in the role of a ``thinologist'' _ Beverly Hills-speak for diet doctor. Ed Begley Jr. and Arnetia Walker are great as the soon-to-be separated newlyweds. Walker also provides the soundtrack with husky soul voice. ``Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'' will provide a grin or three and few hearty laughs. _ By Dolores Barclay, AP Arts Editor. Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions: G _ General audiences. All ages admitted. PG _ Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 _ Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children. R _ Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. X _ No one under 17 admitted. Some states may have higher age restrictions. End Adv AP891106-0218 AP-NR-11-06-89 2136EST a e BC-WKD--RecordReviews Adv00 11-06 0349 BC-WKD--Record Reviews, Adv 00,0360 $Adv 00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS In the Groove: Record Reviews ``The Bridge _ A Tribute to Neil Young'' (Caroline) ``The Bridge,'' a tribute record with 11 largely obscure artists covering Neil Young songs is nearly as eclectic as, well, Young himself. The project is dedicated to ``physically challenged children everywhere'' and proceeds go to the Bridge School in California. That's been a cause for Young, the father of two handicapped children, for a number of years. Don't mistake this for ``We Are the World.'' The music is challenging and, at times, amateurish. But it's true to the spirit of Neil Young, a man who follows his muse even if it takes him the wrong way down a one-way street. Actually, for a compilation album, the music isn't as diverse as even Young's last decade of work. Young has traveled through electronic music, rockabilly, blues, rock and country on a tour that gave his former record company fits. Nicolette Larson, who covered Young's gentle ``Lotta Love'' for a hit in the late 1970s, might faint if she heard Dinosaur Jr.'s hardcore punk version. This is the most drastic reworking on ``The Bridge.'' The Pixies and Sonic Youth, an atonal twosome who are heroes at college radio, give intriguing readings of ``Winterlong'' and ``Computer Age,'' respectively. The Pixies, like Young, have a knack for sounding pretty just when you think they're losing control. Victoria Williams and the Williams Brothers record a sweet, homey version of ``Don't Let It Bring You Down'' in their basement. Williams' voice sounds eerily like Young's. Nick Cave's ``Helpless'' has an expansive air similar to Talking Heads' ``The Big Country.'' Probably the only dud here is Psychic TV's deadening six-minute version of ``Only Love Can Break Your Heart.'' What's most heartening about this project, aside from the obvious benefit to handicapped children, is that each artist put a lot of thought into their work and managed to retain their originality in covering someone else's songs. _ By David Bauder, Associated Press Writer. End Adv AP891106-0219 AP-NR-11-06-89 2138EST a e BC-WKD--OnShow Adv00 11-06 1086 BC-WKD--On Show, Adv 00,1215 $adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS On Show: Gallery and Museum Openings and Exhibits By The Associated Press More than 750 objects never intended for a museum gallery are being displayed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis as part of the ``Graphic Design in America'' show that opened Nov. 5 and will travel to New York, Phoenix and London after its debut. The magazines, newspapers and maps; banners, buttons and flags; film and television clips; posters, signs and symbols; and trinkets from Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign, the 1939 World's Fair and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were designed to make a quick impact before being discarded. ``Graphic design deals with information that's not meant to be preserved forever, except if it's in books,'' said Walker design curator Mildred Friedman, who organized the show. ``There hadn't been a big museum show of graphic design before this, and now that I've done it, I understand why. So much is gone. It disappears like the winds.'' Once traffic signs, billboards, advertisements, posters, postage stamps, record jackets, film and television titles have served their purpose, they are dumped in the trash. Nevertheless, graphic design is the world's most pervasive art form, shaping the visual environment of the world. ``Graphic Design in America'' is divided into three thematic sections _ design in the urban environment, including everything from maps and trademarks to the World's Fair and Olympics; mass-media design, ranging from newspapers and magazines to books and film graphics; and design for government and commerce. The show, which includes design developments since 1829 in items on loan from nearly 100 individuals and institutions, will remain on view in Minneapolis through Jan. 21. Here is a list of other shows at some museums and galleries in the United States: WASHINGTON National Museum of African Art: ``Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa.'' Through Sept. 3, 1990. NEW YORK Washburn Gallery: Albert Pinkham Ryder: ``The Descendants.'' Through Dec. 2. Whitney Museum of American Art: ``Image World: Art and Media Culture.'' Through Feb. 18. Federal Hall National Memorial: ``A.J. Davis and American Classicism.'' Through Dec. 29. Opsis Gallery: ``Summer Light,'' photographs by Dag Alveng. Through Dec. 2. Intar Gallery: ``Two Worlds,'' multimedia installation of Indian culture by James Luna. Through Nov. 24. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: First major American exhibition of works by Italian artist Mario Merz, who integrates natural materials into his work. Through Nov. 26. Metropolitan Museum of Art: Compositions by Diego Rodriquez de Silva y Velazquez, including his ``An Old Woman Cooking Eggs'' (1618) with its haunting reality, and ``The Forge of Vulcan'' and ``Joseph's Coat,'' two large works painted during a trip to Italy in 1629-31. Through Jan. 7. Flemish drawings and prints from 16th and 17th centuries. Through Nov. 12. Museum of Modern Art: ``Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism.'' Through Jan. 16. Phillippe Staib Gallery: Bronze sculpture by Louis Derbre. Through Nov. 18. Pace-McGill Gallery: Vintage photographs by Alexander Rodchenko. Through Nov. 25. Contemporary portraits by Joel Sternfeld. Through Nov. 25. New York Historical Society: ``An American Sampler: Folk Art From the Shelburne Museum,'' featuring more than 120 works from the Vermont museum's Americana collection. Through Jan. 7. TOLEDO, OHIO Toledo Museum of Art: Important European works from the 18th-20th centuries and the Renaissance. Permanent. STAMFORD, CONN. Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County: ``Realism and Romanticism in 19th-Century New England Seascapes.'' Works of 30 artists ranging from ship portraits and seascapes to pirate scenes and sunsets. Through Nov. 29. RICHMOND, Va. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Prints by art deco French artist Marie Laurencin (1885-1956). Through Dec. 3. ``Imperial Taste: Chinese Ceramics From the Percival David Foundation.'' Through Dec. 10. PHOENIX, Ariz. Phoenix Art Museum: ``Napoleon the Great: Selections From the David Markham Collection.'' Nov. 11-March 25. Meseo Chicano: ``Arte, Sweat and Tears,'' featuring works of Arizona Hispanic artists and of Mexican painter Jose Luis Cuevas. Through Jan. 15. Heard Museum: ``Fourth Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational,'' showcasing eight Indian artists from the United States and Canada. Through Spring 1990. ``Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance and the Marketplace.'' Selections from the Heard's permanent collection demonstrate how artists from Africa, Oceania and the Americas have produced exotic materials for external consumption: pottery, carvings, paintings, jewelry. Through Dec. 31. Phoenix Art Museum: Cowboy Artists of America annual exhibition. Through Nov. 19. ``Rodin: Sculpture from the B. Gerald Cantor Collections.'' Through Dec. 3. Sino-Tibetan bronzes. Through Dec. 31. LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. Genest Gallery and Sculpture Garden: Recent works by Elisabetta Marcucci, an Italian painter whose Impressionistic technique focuses on the female form and nature. Through Nov. 26. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Works by Robert Longo, who combines sculpture, video and drawing. Through Dec. 31. SEATTLE Seattle Art Museum: ``Shadowy Evidence: The Photography of Edward S. Curtis and His Contemporaries.'' Curtis was one of photography's masters of pictorialism, an early 20th century practice characterized by soft focus and eccentric composition. Through Nov. 19. DALLAS Dallas Museum of Art: ``Patrick Faigenbaum: Roman Portraits.'' Through Nov. 12. ``Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger.'' Through Dec. 17. ``American Art, 1700 to 1950.'' Through April 8. FORT WORTH, Texas Amon Center: ``Bourke-White: A Retrospective.'' Through Nov. 12. ``Hand, Eye and Stone: The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton.'' Through Nov. 19. Kimbell Art Museum: ``The Consul Smith Collection: Rafael to Canaletto Masterpieces From the Royal Library, Windsor Castle.'' Nov. 11-Jan. 21. BOSTON Museum of Fine Arts: Lucas Samaras, ``Objects and Subjects, 1969-1986.'' Through Nov. 12. ``Textile Masterpieces.'' Through Dec. 31. SOUTHPORT, Conn. GWS Galleries: ``Art From People's Republic of China.'' Second major exhibit in United States of 30 artists who live throughout China. Through Nov. 12. SAN FRANCISCO M.H. de Young Memorial Museum: ``California Colorists: Society of Six.'' Through December. ``American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection,'' 19th century American paintings. Through Nov. 26. HOUSTON Museum of Fine Arts: ``The Grand Elegance Venice: Costumes of Mariano Fortuny.'' More than 50 gowns, costumes and accessories created by Venetian painter, engraver, theater designer and photographer Fortuny (1871-1949). Through Dec. 31. PORTLAND, Ore. Portland Art Museum: Minor White, a photography retrospective. Through Nov. 12. ``Grafica Popular,'' 20th century Mexican prints. Through Nov. 19. End Adv for Release Anytime AP891106-0220 AP-NR-11-06-89 2143EST a e BC-WKD--MrandMrsBridge Adv17-19 11-06 0854 BC-WKD--Mr and Mrs Bridge, Adv 17-19,0872 $adv17 $adv18 $adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19, and thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Star Watch: Paul Newman Takes Kansas City With LaserPhoto By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A pajama-clad Paul Newman stood silently in the doorway of a living room with a pistol in his right hand, glaring at a young couple making love on the floor. The young man, his clothing askew, hurriedly disentangled himself from the woman and fled. The woman fumbled with her skirt and blouse and stood up. Newman, showing fury on his face, slapped her. ``Cut,'' said director James Ivory. He ordered the scene shot again, telling the Academy Award-winning actor that he had telegraphed the slap and that it should appear more spontaneous. Newman and Kyra Sedgwick (``Kansas,'' ``Tai Pan'') got ready to shoot another take, as they continued filming ``Mr. and Mrs. Bridge,'' based on two novels by Evan S. Connell. The movie chronicles the lives of a middle-class American family from 1919 to 1944, detailing ordinary, everyday events. The movie is being shot by Merchant Ivory Productions (``A Room With a View,'' ``The Bostonians'') this fall in Kansas City. ``Mr. Bridge is an upper-middle class attorney, and his first concern is that his family be well taken care of. He was familiar with the Depression and doesn't want his family deprived,'' said Connell, who wrote ``Mrs. Bridge'' in 1959 and ``Mr. Bridge'' 10 years later. Even though the movie is a period piece, it will be relevant to today's audiences, he said. ``Details of life change, but everybody's looking for the essence of life rather than the superficialities of it.'' Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, star as Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Sedgwick is one of their daughters. Bridge is a rigid man who is driven to provide a good life for his family. ``For people going to see `Nightmare on Elm Street' and `Batman,' this film ain't for them,'' producer Ismail Merchant said. ``This is going to be a sophisticated film.'' The $8 million movie is the highest yet for a Merchant Ivory production, partly because extensive set renovations are needed for a film that spans 25 years. The house being used for much of the filming has been refurnished and repainted, and new wallpaper has been put up so it will look like a home in the late 1930s. The decor of the house, in a wealthy neighborhood with expansive lawns and ivy-covered walls, will be changed again as the story moves into another decade. Scenes also will be shot in the Aztec Room, a lounge in the shuttered President Hotel that is being made to look like it was decades ago; in the Plaza, a trendy shopping district; and elsewhere. Don Kling, a spokesman for the Missouri Film Commission, said the Bridge production was expected to spend $4.5 million in Kansas City for hotel rooms, food and other goods and services. Movies are rarely shot in Kansas City, and the arrival of the cast and crew has given the city a touch of Hollywood fever. While Newman and Sedgwick prepared for the sixth or seventh take of their scene one recent day, about 50 office workers stood in the street outside the house during their lunch breaks, gazing at the spacious two-story home. Some peered through binoculars. Others had cameras cocked and ready. Four women stood near a mobile home used by Newman and Woodward as a dressing room, poised to unfurl a computer-generated banner that said: ``Stop. Paul _ Come Say Hello Please!'' But locals have not been dogging the stars, who would not give interviews while filming. Newman brushed off a reporter's request for an interview saying he needed time to thoughtfully answer questions. When the shoot inside the house ended, fans were rewarded as Newman, still dressed in stripped blue and white pajamas, strolled across the front lawn of the house. The crowd burst into spontaneous applause and flashbulbs popped. Newman looked over, stopped, and made a sweeping bow. Thom Marshall, who gave up his job as a bartender at a nearby restaurant to work as a production assistant intern, hustled forward to keep the crowd back. ``I wanted to break into the motion picture business somehow, and in Kansas City this seemed like the only way to start,'' he said. ``So here I am, getting paid nothing, doing a lot, and loving it.'' Helen Ostenberg, a Kansas City attorney, also got a job on the set and is now working nights at her practice. During the day she drives for Newman and Woodward. ``Who could resist a chance like this?'' Those who were not lucky enough to have snared a job on the set can listen to the ``Newman Watches'' on local radio stations in which listeners who have sighted the star phone in his whereabouts. Merchant said shooting should be completed in Kansas City this month, and some scenes will be shot in New York. The film is tentatively scheduled for release next August. End Adv for Wkd Editions, Nov. 17-19 AP891106-0221 AP-NR-11-06-89 2139EST a e BC-WKD--OtherWarhol Adv17-19 11-06 0805 BC-WKD--Other Warhol, Adv 17-19,0826 $adv17 $adv18 $adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19, and thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS The Artists: Pop Art on the Farm LaserPhoto By CATHERINE DRESSLER Associated Press Writer SMOCK, Pa. (AP) Paul Warhola swats at bees and plays with pet chickens at his 38-acre farm as he paints pictures of bean cans and ketchup bottles. It's a long way from the New York art world of his late brother Andy Warhol, and Warhola insists he's not trying to capitalize on the success of his late brother, the American master of pop art. ``I'm painting for my own self-satisfaction because I like it,'' Warhola said. ``I'm not trying to profit or ride on Andy's coattails. I don't want to copy.'' Yet Warhola's Heinz vegetarian baked beans and Heinz ketchup bottles, painted on stark white canvas, easily bring to mind the Campbell's soup can image Warhol made into a pricey museum piece. More than two years after he died at age 58 following gall bladder surgery, Warhol's works are hotter than ever, and the ghost of the Pop icon seems to be everywhere. His ``Shot Red Marilyn'' fetched $4 million at Christie's earlier this year, and the publication of his infamous, dishy diaries have tongues wagging around the world. Last year, Sotheby's sold $25.3 million of items from the Warhol estate, including cookie jars in the shape of pigs and puppies and early 19th century Baltimore furniture. Warhol was on the cover of Newsweek, ABC's ``20-20'' did a feature on him and Business Week and Forbes wrote about the 10-day auction of the media superstar who wedded fine art to popular culture. After all, silk-screened Brillo boxes and Campbell's soup cans weren't exactly considered art before Warhol. Warhola's paintings may never hang in museums, but that doesn't bother him. ``I didn't want to do anything like the Campbell's soup can. That was Andy's trademark,'' Warhola said. ``It's a lot of fun. If I can sell a few, fine. If I can't, so what?'' Warhola already has a collector, a friend in the metals recycling business who paid $350 apiece for three paintings, one of them signed, ``Andy Warhol's brother.'' Several other people have agreed to pay $1,000 for ketchup paintings, Warhola said. ``They didn't get any of Andy's so they figure the closest they can get would be getting one of mine,'' Warhola said. Warhola said he never understood why Warhol, born Andrew Warhola, tried to shroud his past in mystery, rarely referring to his years growing up in Pittsburgh's Soho district and other parts of town. Warhola, 67, was the oldest of the three sons of Czech immigrants. Warhola said that when they were growing up, he gave his brother tips on art and bought him paint-by-number sets and movie magazines. On cold winter nights with no radio and little to do, he recalls sitting in the kitchen near the coal stove, tracing the Sunday comics and drawing. ``Andy wasn't much involved in sports. What do you do in the winter time? You sit at the table. You draw pictures,'' he said. Later, Warhola said he paid his brother $2 a day to help him sell fruit in the city's warehouse Strip District. Warhol was a student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and art clashed with enterprise. ``What did Andy do?'' Warhola said. ``He brings his sketch pad along. I'd be shouting, `Cantaloupes, peaches, apple, corn.' And meanwhile, Andy's sketching.'' After graduating, Warhol left Pittsburgh for New York City, changed his name and rarely returned to Pittsburgh. Warhola always wanted to dabble in art, but raising seven children and running a scrap metal yard in Pittsburgh left little time for hobbies. Now he has retired and tends his farm, doting on 100 pet chickens, 75 ducks, geese and 14 cats kept in the barn. Max the rooster, a favorite, roams around the overgrown vegetable and flower garden. ``I like this old country life up here. I lead a simple life. I don't want nothing fancy,'' he said. ``Andy always liked glamorous things.'' Wearing paint-splattered white-overalls and a baseball cap, he paints at a picnic table in his backyard, which is strewn with benches, statues and a set of faded carousel horses. He has pressed his beloved chickens into service, putting watercolor paint on their feet and letting them walk on canvas. He calls the experimental works ``Chicken Scratch.'' ``It's fun,'' he said. ``I tried one with some smaller ducks, but they just make a mess of it.'' He hopes to paint landscapes and sculpt brass fixtures, door knobs and other treasures culled from his junkyard over the years. ``I can play around with junk,'' he said. ``Art is just creativity. There's a million and one things you can do.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19 AP891106-0222 AP-NR-11-06-89 2140EST a e BC-WKD--Bush Adv17-19 11-06 1011 BC-WKD--Bush, Adv 17-19,1044 $adv17 $adv18 $adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19, and thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Music Makers: Kate Bush Myths and Realities With LaserPhoto By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Some myths about Kate Bush: _The four-year wait for her new album, ``Sensual World,'' was by choice. Bush, a perfectionist in the studio, says no. She did take a brief rest after issuing the popular greatest hits package, ``The Whole Story,'' but said creating suitable material caused the delay. She also changed labels, from EMI to CBS. _She doesn't like to perform live. Not so, the singer insists. This most visual of artists loves the stage, but worries about maintaining the intensity night after night of material such as ``Get Out of my House'' and ``Sat in Your Lap.'' That's why she hasn't toured in 10 years. _Her favorite author is Emily Bronte. Wrong again. Yes, the title and story of ``Wuthering Heights,'' a No. 1 single in England in 1978, were taken straight from the novel. But no, Bush didn't like the book and, in fact, hadn't even seen the movie. It is true, however, that the British star has a few things to say about love, and a few more about the, well, ``Sensual World.'' All that is no surprise to anyone whose ears have rung from her operatic passion on ``Wuthering Heights'' or has gazed at those penetrating brown eyes which glow from her album covers. So Bush fans won't be surprised that the title song of her new record more than lives up to its name. A better story is how it came to be recorded. Originally, having composed an appropriately seductive track, Bush thought of James Joyce's erotic classic, ``Ulysses,'' and thought she had found the ideal lyrics. ``The lyrics were taken straight from Molly Bloom's soliloquy,'' the 31-year-old singer-songwriter said in a telephone interview from London. ``The words were so rich, so intimate. It was like magic the way they fitted.'' Unfortunately, the Joyce estate had no interest in hearing the author's words set to music. If Bush wanted to invoke ``Ulysses,'' she'd have to start from scratch. She did, cooing ``Mmh, yes,'' and murmering images of ``seedcakes'' and ``arrows of love'' while uilleann pipes and an Irish bagpipe moaned in the background. ``I was disappointed,'' Bush admitted, ``and it was very difficult. I wanted to keep the original sense, but obviously I am not Joyce. But with the rhythms I had, it began to turn into what the Molly Bloom character is about. I was stepping out of the song into the beauty nature.'' She calls her dreamlike songs ``short stories,'' and brings to them a fiction writer's fascination with legend and reality. That means imagining heists with Bogart and Cagney, summoning the spirit of Houdini and springing from the head of Zeus. On ``Heads We're Dancing,'' a young girl meets a charming stranger at a dance in 1939 and discovers she is conversing with Hitler. ``I was thinking of the devil incarnate, the ultimate evil,'' she said. ``It was inspired by a friend of mine who had been to this dinner and sat next to this guy and found him absolutely fascinating, intelligent and well-educated. ``He asked the next day, `Who was that?', and was told it was (atomic bomb developer) J. Robert Oppenheimer. My friend went back in horror. He said he would have behaved completely differently if he had realized who it was.'' Obsession, like Cathy for Heathcliff, drove Bush to make music. She played piano for hours as a child and was 15 when a friend introduced her to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. ``He was looking for different acts and my friend said to him, `Come and have a listen.' They came down and worked on a few songs with me. I couldn't afford anything like paying for a studio so Dave put up the money. We put three tracks down, two of those tracks went on the first album (`The Kick Inside').'' Go to a record store and you'll find her albums in the ``pop'' or ``rock'' section, between Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds. But neither of those 1960s groups had a singer with a four-octave soprano, or called a song ``Suspended in Gaffa,'' or ever used the Digeridu or Bouzouki. Bush was inspired by British art rockers Peter Gabriel and Bryan Ferry rather than country and rhythm 'n' blues. Instead of getting her kicks from electric guitar, Bush fell in love with the Fairlight synthesizer, which she began using on her third album, ``Never for Ever.'' ``I took one look at it and said, `This is what I've been looking for all my life.' I couldn't believe the Fairlight. It's called a synthesizer, but many of its sounds are of natural source. To be able to play with strings, waterfalls, anything you want, it's wonderful. ``It was just like opening this great door for me, a complete revolution. It meant I no longer felt a need to write on the piano and fill it out with synthesizers.'' Bush talks of colors, moods. There's the anger of ``Between a Man and a Woman,'' the loss of innocence of ``The Fog,'' the dry wit of ``Running Up That Hill (a Deal With God).'' She also writes of lying awake at night, worrying about love, in ``The Man With the Child in His Eyes,'' and being brought to tears by a bad dream in ``Cloudbusting.'' ``All of us tend to live in our heads. In `Cloudbusting,' the idea was of starting this song with a person waking up from this dream, `I wake up crying.' It's like setting a scene that immediately suggests to you that this person is no longer with someone they dearly love,'' she said. ``It puts a pungent note on the song. Life is loss, isn't it? It's learning to cope with loss. I think in a lot of ways, that's what all of us have to cope with.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19 AP891106-0223 AP-NR-11-06-89 2141EST a e BC-WKD--Jakes Adv17-19 11-06 0882 BC-WKD--Jakes, Adv 17-19,0901 $adv17 $adv18 $adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19, and thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Books and Authors: Jakes Strikes It Rich With `California Gold' LaserPhoto By DEAN GOLEMBESKI Associated Press Writer GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) Author John Jakes had a good feeling while working on his newest book, and he's not at all surprised that he's struck it rich with ``California Gold.'' The 658-page historical novel, which tells the story of a young man who goes to California to make his fortune in the post-Gold Rush era, has been on best seller lists for weeks. ``I've got very loyal readers out there,'' Jakes said while relaxing at his home in Greenwich. Since 1974, those readers have helped Jakes rack up 12 consecutive best sellers. Eight of those volumes were part of his ``Kent Family Chronicles.'' Those were followed by ``The North and South Trilogy,'' all three of which were No. 1 best sellers. ``I thought this book went together well. I had a good time writing it,'' Jakes said. Ten years ago he decided to write something about California, but he had to wait until his others books were completed. When he finally found the time to write the book, it took him about two years to research California history, and one year to write and edit the novel. ``When I started making notes back then ... I was concentrating on the early period of the ranchos, the Spanish-Mexican landowners and the Americans who came over the mountains and by ship. The whole focus eventually changed,'' Jakes recalled. ``It's always an evolutionary process,'' the 57-year-old author added. Five days a week, sometimes six, from 8 a.m. until late afternoon, Jakes labored over the novel. Working from a general outline, he wrote about 10 pages a day, gradually weaving his fictional characters into the historical events that occurred in California between 1886 and 1921. The hero of the book is Mack Chance, who leaves behind the Pennsylvania coal mines and walks to California. Mack struggles with women, a devious partner, Mother Nature and corrupt tycoons in making his own fortune. The ``gold'' that he finds in California is oil, oranges and land. ``I decided I wanted the proverbial rags to riches story. First of all, who likes a riches to rags story? But also I thought someone who was well off would be able to get involved in a lot of things much more so than if they were just a shop keeper,'' Jakes said. ``With that in mind I began reading in specific areas in California history, like the oil business.'' Mack's character is not based on a single historical figure. Rather, he evolved partly out of reading and partly out of imagination, Jakes said. ``I like him,'' Jakes said. ``I can't stick with a leading character without having some affection for him.'' The book also seems to have struck a positive chord among book critics. It's been praised for being historically accurate and entertaining, although there's been some criticism of the book for being light reading. Jakes is well aware of the critics who say that his book's aren't great literature. But he doesn't see that as a problem and accepts the criticism as a price of fame. ``I've had a great deal of success the last 15 years, and when you get extremely successful it's tough to get good marks. You really are a target sitting out there. I find that it takes an awfully generous reviewer to look at successful writers subjectively. ``I'm the first to admit that I'm not what you would call a literary writer,'' he said. ``I take my work very seriously, but I don't take myself seriously. I do the best I can as professional craftsman. I try to be very accessible because I don't like obscure work. So, I don't try to build in any literary values other than the good solid values of telling an interesting story with characters that people care about,'' he said. With the book doing well and a series of promotional appearances done, Jakes plans to take some time off from writing. He spends his winters in Hilton Head, S.C., and this year he will also be working on a play he wrote based on Charles Dickens' ``A Christmas Carol.'' The play will be staged in Alabama. Eventually, though, Jakes will get back to his writing. He's been writing full or part time since he was a graduate student, including the 17 years in which he worked in advertising. In addition to his recent historical novels, he's written about 200 short stories and science fiction pieces. Jakes said some of his long-time fans want him to try his hand again at science fiction. But Jakes said his next novel will definitely be another historical one, although it may be different from his current books. He'd like to have part of his next book set in Europe as well as in the United States. ``I always have an interesting time with one of my books, because I learn a lot,'' Jakes said. ``It's like going to graduate school and having someone giving you money to do it. I guess I'm just a frustrated graduate school nerd.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Nov. 17-19 AP891106-0224 AP-NR-11-06-89 0232EST a a BC-SPE--SpecialEdition:Holidays 11-06 0197 BC-SPE--Special Edition: Holidays,0220 PUBLISHERS: MANAGING EDITORS: ADVERTISING MANAGERS: Coming up on this wire is AP's Special Edition, ``Holidays .'' Each of the 21 stories (b1295-b1315) in this package will be transmitted with a b1000-series designator, ``a'' priority and category codes and a BC-SPE slug. Photos moved over the LaserPhoto network early Sunday morning, Nov. 5 (AP LaserPhotos NY700-NY707). They will not be repeated. Prints are available by mail at $5 per photo. Call (212) 621-1820. Editors of Special Edition are Sibby Christensen, (212) 757-3488, and Gene Schroeder, (212) 621-1853. The ``Holidays'' Special Edition contains these stories: b1295 BC-SPE--Holidays: Cajun Christmas b1296 BC-SPE--Holidays: Indian Thanksgiving b1297 BC-SPE--Holidays: Newcomers Thanksgiving b1298 BC-SPE--Holidays: The Tree (LaserPhoto NY700) b1299 BC-SPE--Holidays: Celebrations (LaserPhotos NY701, NY702) b1300 BC-SPE--Holidays: Sneeze Trees b1301 BC-SPE--Holidays: Toy Lore b1302 BC-SPE--Holidays: Safe Toys b1303 BC-SPE--Holidays: Toy Buying b1304 BC-SPE--Holidays: Kids' Stocking Stuffers (LaserPhotos NY703, NY704) b1305 BC-SPE--Holidays: Family Stocking Stuffers (LaserPhoto NY705) b1306 BC-SPE--Holidays: Adult Stocking Stuffers (LaserPhoto NY706) b1307 BC-SPE--Holidays: Crafts (LaserPhoto NY707) b1308 BC-SPE--Holidays: Simple Gifts b1309 BC-SPE--Holidays: Movie Books b1310 BC-SPE--Holidays: The Male Shopper b1311 BC-SPE--Holidays: Nog Log b1312 BC-SPE--Holidays: Holiday Eating b1313 BC-SPE--Holidays: Drug Message b1314 BC-SPE--Holidays: Camcorders b1315 BC-SPE--Holidays: Yes, Virginia AP891106-0225 AP-NR-11-06-89 0232EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:CajunChristmas 11-06 0609 BC-SPE--Holidays: Cajun Christmas,0623 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Cajun Christmas By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Writer GRAMERCY, La. (AP) Way down south, where the Mississippi mud would mire reindeer, Papa Noel paddles his own pirogue down a river made bright by blazing bonfires. At least that's one of the stories told to explain why, for more than a century, Cajuns in towns between New Orleans and Baton Rouge have lined the levee with tall fires on Christmas Eve. The pyres, mostly 25-foot towers made from driftwood and stuffed with bamboo, stretch for miles along the levee, attracting tourists and townfolk, who gather around for music, food, fireworks and a unique party. Some say the tradition goes back 240 years, but no one knows for sure when it started _ or why. ``It's been a hundred different reasons. Which one is the truth, we don't know,'' said Nolan J. Oubre Jr., fire chief in Gramercy who has become a sort of de facto chairman for the celebration. ``They claim it was to light the way by Santa Claus when he came in by boat years ago, before they had roads or railroads. ``Another reason was to light the way to go to midnight Mass. That's why they were on the levee. Years ago, the only part of towns we had was on the river. ``Another reason was to be noisy at midnight. They used to light them at midnight years ago, and put the bamboo cane reed in it so it would pop like firecrackers.'' Some reasons sound more likely than others, Oubre said. One which he acknowledged probably was spurious is that they were ``bone fires,'' lit by Indians at midnight on Christmas Eve to burn the remains of their dead. Whatever the reason, about 100 bonfires up to 25 feet high will line the river this Christmas, as they have for longer than anyone can remember. Some people say the tradition goes back 240 years. ``All I can tell you is that it's over a hundred years,'' said Oubre. ``It's just an old tradition that we kept up, our parents and our grandparents.'' Recent years have seen restrictions put on the fires because of worry that competition to build the biggest bonfires was putting too big a strain on the long mound built to protect the river parishes from flooding. Until the 1980s, the bonfires were all teepee-shaped. Oubre said Gramercy's bonfires tended to top out at about 45 to 50 feet, but he remembered one in the St. John the Baptist Parish town of Reserve that towered 100 feet from the battue behind the levee. In the early 1980s, towns in St. James and St. John parishes decided that bonfires should be no taller than 20 or 25 feet, with bases 12 feet square. The fire department _ and sometimes one other government body _ is allowed a base up to 12 by 24 feet. ``We have been, in the past few years, building them as much as 42 feet,'' said Oubre. ``Nobody objected, so we just kept on.'' Under the rules, only the fire department is allowed to build something other than a teepee-shaped fire, but Oubre said he doesn't enforce that rule, either. He only cares about two things: is the base within the required limits, and _ should the logs tumble _ will they fall toward the river rather than the road. ``Last year I think one of them built a chimney with Santa Claus going down it,'' he said. ``They stayed within the 12 by 12. Another group built a log cabin.... As long as it burns safely and is constructed properly.'' AP891106-0226 AP-NR-11-06-89 0234EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:IndianThanksgiving 11-06 0413 BC-SPE--Holidays: Indian Thanksgiving,0425 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Indian Thanksgiving LANSING, Mich. (AP) American Indian tribes in Michigan celebrate what they call the first Thanksgiving this year. Indian leaders say elementary school children may not be getting the truth when they're taught that the first Thanksgiving took place amicably between colonial settlers and brightly feathered Indians. ``We as a native people waste good energy trying to tell the real story. We have trouble getting past the mythology,'' said Bill Church, executive director of the Nokomis Learning Center, an Indian cultural center near Lansing. ``Children are taught a lot of imagery,'' Church says. ``Our Indian groups see that the non-native colonist had little knowledge about using the land and had to depend on Indian agricultural knowledge to survive.'' The imagery and hard feelings were to be set aside during the Thanksgiving feast, scheduled Nov. 8 at the Nokomis center. Chiefs and other tribal leaders, mainly from mid-Michigan, comprised most of the 100 people at the dinner, said Church, an Ottawa Indian. A few non-Indians, most of them with the state Indian Affairs Commission _ which Church headed for four years before becoming executive director of the Nokomis center _ also were invited, he said. The Indians supplied the food, Church says, to begin a true Thanksgiving tradition. ``We're not saying the original Thanksgiving didn't happen, but it didn't happen in the way it was put in books,'' he said. Church said Thanksgiving should be celebrated at the end of the harvest, which is earlier in the fall. When Thanksgiving was made into a holiday, a slow-moving Congress didn't officially pass it until November, he said. And there won't be a turkey. ``We wish we could have a wild turkey, but it's not turkey-hunting season,'' Church said. Venison and possibly other wild game, fish, wild rice, baked bread and Indian corn will be served. Indian corn usually hangs in doorways during Halloween but, prepared properly, it is a delicious meal, Church said. The Thanksgiving feast is meant to introduce tribal leaders to the Nokomis center, which will provide educational programs about Indian cultural contributions, Church said. Gov. James Blanchard and other officials probably won't see the center until construction is completed next spring, he said. ``At this point we're keeping it in-house,'' he said. ``You probably won't see high government officials ... The center has taken so long to come together (that) I want people of that caliber to see it when it's done.'' AP891106-0227 AP-NR-11-06-89 0235EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Newcomers'Thanksgiving 11-06 0162 BC-SPE--Holidays: Newcomers' Thanksgiving,0164 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Newcomers' Thanksgiving By The Associated Press Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday, but how do newcomers from countries that don't celebrate the event deal with it? An anthropology professor says that even though present-day refugees and immigrants don't commemorate Thanksgiving, they readily assimilate the occasion into their own culture. ``I can see a real continuation of the spirit of thankfulness because many of them also had rough voyages and are very thankful they are here,'' says Patricia Maloof, adjunct anthropology professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Vietnamese families, for example, may observe the day by having turkey along with more traditional pork or duck dishes, she says. ``They recognize it as part of the American lifestyle and adjust and adapt it to suit their situation here,'' she says. ``It's more of a quiet, low-key celebration with families getting together to reminisce and be thankful for the blessings of being here.'' AP891106-0228 AP-NR-11-06-89 0235EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:TheTree 11-06 0390 BC-SPE--Holidays: The Tree,0396 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: The Tree LaserPhoto NY700 By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) To most New Yorkers and many Americans, the Christmas tree in New York's Rockefeller Center is The Tree. As this year's giant evergreen from Rockland County, New York, lights up (with 18,000 colored bulbs) in midtown Manhattan, it joins a long line of memorable trees that began with a simple tree put up by construction workmen grateful for work during the Depression. A 1931 photo shows several dozen men grouped near the tree, festooned with droopy streamers, set up in the rubble of the demolished brownstones which stood on the site of today's Rockefeller Center. Under the tree an earthly version of Santa Claus is pictured handing out the best thing to come in time for Christmas during the early 1930s: paychecks. Two years later the tree returned more formally, set up in front of the newly completed RCA Building, the flagship skyscraper of the new center. Since then, the tree tradition at the Rockefeller Center has continued unbroken _if occasionally altered _ and is now a prime tourist magnet during the holiday season. Its arrival, hoisting, decoration and official lighting at the Center's skating rink is something of a ritual in itself, heralded by press releases, news reports, and televised entertainment. Then, right after New Year's, the whole show comes down and disappears overnight. Like so many New Yorkers themselves, the trees originally came from out of town. The tallest, in 1948, was a 90-foot Norway spruce from Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Other New York trees have come from Yaphank, Lake Ronkonkoma, Smithtown, Hurley, Saranac Lake, Suffern, Spring Valley, Rockland County, Valley Cottage, and Nanuet. New Jersey has contributed trees from Allamuchy, Morristown, Belvidere, Tenafly, Montclair, Far Hills, and Raritan Township. Trees have come from Island Pond, Coventry, Holland, East Montpelier and Danville, Vermont; Greenville and Dixfield, Maine; Lehighton, Harveyville and Harford, Pa; Whitefield, N.H.; Podunk, Mass.; and the Petawawa Forest of Canada. Decorations have reflected the times. During World War II, the tree was decked with red and white plastic globes and stars instead of lights because of wartime restrictions on electricity. The lights returned in 1945. Similarly, the number of lights was reduced in response to the energy crisis in 1973, with colored reflective disks added to compensate. AP891106-0229 AP-NR-11-06-89 0236EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Celebrations 11-06 0686 BC-SPE--Holidays: Celebrations,0707 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Celebrations LaserPhotos NY701, NY702 By The Associated Press The annual Chorus Tree celebration at the South Street Seaport in New York City has become a holiday fixture in the Wall Street area since its start five years ago. Twice a day during long holiday weekends, an a cappella chorus of 25 to 50 singers ascends a graded steel platform in the center of Market Square to form a living tree, singing Christmas carols, Hannukah songs and sing-along favorites. The ``tree'' is outlined in fir trees with twinkling lights, and additional color is supplied by the red and green robes worn by the choristers. The choruses perform two 30-minute shows beginning the Friday after Thanksgiving and continuing every Thursday through Sunday, with additional shows Christmas week. The free concerts are at 6:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The Creole Christmas is part of the New Orleans holiday scene, with tours of antebellum homes, candlelight caroling in Jackson Square, Creole cooking demonstrations, gingerbread house exhibits, rides on the riverfront streetcar, and performances of ``The Nutcracker Suite'' and the ``Messiah.'' Visitors also can book motorcoach tours to see the levee bonfires along the Mississippi. Christmas in Savannah includes tours of historic homes, a Jingle Bells Ball and other traditional old world amenities. The Mulberry, a historic inn located within the National Historic Landmark District, offers a special ``Please Come Home for Christmas'' package that includes a walking tour of the district, followed by the Smoking Bishops and Yule Log Ceremony led by the Madrigal Singers. The Welcombe Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, offers a traditional English Christmas, including mince pie after midnight Mass, a visit from Father Christmas and Boxing Day festivities. Classic Tours International, of Chicago, is organizing a ``Charles Dickens Christmas'' visit to the cities, houses and pubs behind the author's works. The Dec. 18-27 itinerary will follow Dickens' life, his favorite haunts in London, Rochester-upon-Medway and Stratford-upon-Avon. A Christmas tour of Finnish Lapland promises tree decorating, visits from Santa, music and dance, a banquet, saunas and reindeer-drawn sleigh rides. And if you can't make the ``Christmas in Rovaniemi'' tour, you can still write to Santa at Arctic Circle 96930, Rovaniemi, Finland. He answers in six languages and includes a game or puzzle to tell children about Santa and Finnish Lapland. Contact the Finnish Tourist Board or your travel agent. For $5,800, you can enjoy New Year's in Vienna. The Annemarie Victory tour includes a round-trip Concorde flight, the New Year's Eve Ball at the Imperial Palace, tickets to ``Die Fledermaus'' and performances by the Vienna Boys Choir and the Lippizaner horses. Hawaii is not the place ordinarily associated with Christmas, but the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa hotel is planning to line a mile of mirrored promenades with trees adorned by 40,000 white lights _ and Hawaiian ornaments. George Vanderbilt first opened Biltmore House, the grand 250-room French Renaissance chateau in Asheville, N.C., on the night of Dec. 24, 1895. That began a tradition that remains today, with the house open for candlelight evenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from Nov. 27 through Dec. 31. The candlelight visits, by reservation only, are at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and include continuous musical performances. _For those who like modern entertainment, Kutsher's, the Catskills resort in Monticello, N.Y., has comedian Joy Bejar and singer Cling Holmes headlining during the Thanksgiving weekend, and comedian Jerry Seinfeld for the Christmas weekend. Kutshermania III, a wrestling show, takes place the afternoon of Dec. 27, and singer LaToya Jackson wraps up the season on New Year's Eve. And for those on the road for business during the holiday season, Residence Inn plans to literally deck the halls with boughs of holly, along with other traditional treats. Many of the 146 Marriott-owned inns, which cater to extended-stay business travelers, will hold tree-trimming parties, show traditional holiday movies and some will arrange caroling for guests and staff at local nursing homes or in nearby neighborhoods. AP891106-0230 AP-NR-11-06-89 0238EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:SneezeTrees 11-06 0233 BC-SPE--Holidays: Sneeze Trees,0238 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Sneeze Trees DALLAS (AP) Christmas trees are beautiful, traditional, and heart-warming. They also can make you sick. So says Dr. Timothy Sullivan, who heads the allergy and immunology division at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. ``People with pre-existing allergic conditions or respiratory difficulty should be aware that if their symptoms worsen during the holiday season, their tree might be the cause.'' Sullivan cautions those allergic to mold to be especially wary of trees from commercial tree lots, which he says are breeding grounds for mold. He adds that some trees grown for commercial sale are chemically treated and can trigger allergic reactions. On the other hand, cutting down a live tree has its problems, too, according to Sullivan. One of the most common and attractive trees in the United States is the mountain cedar, which he says causes more respiratory allergy among more people than any other source except ragweed. And in winter, male mountain cedars pollinate, so that if one is used for Christmas it can release pollen in the house. To identify female trees, look for those that produce small blue berries. The male trees have a characteristic brownish or golden color during pollination. Sullivan currently is conducting research about the mountain cedar to determine the genetic makeup of people predisposed to the allergy to develop a vaccine. AP891106-0231 AP-NR-11-06-89 0239EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:ToyLore 11-06 0857 BC-SPE--Holidays: Toy Lore,0888 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Toy Lore By The Associated Press Game players in Cuba can't play ``Monopoly'' legally, since Premier Fidel Castro once ordered all known sets seized and destroyed, saying it was ``symbolic of an imperialistic and capitalistic system.'' But Parker Brothers, which has sold over 100 million sets since the game was introduced in l935, says the Soviet Union, which also banned it, is now letting Russians mortgage little red hotels to their hearts' content. The game, invented by a man named Charles B. Darrow during a spell of unemployment in 1933, now is distributed in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Silly Putty was invented accidentally in a General Electric Company lab during World War II, when its scientists were trying to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort. Besides providing an instant medium for fledgling sculptors, this substance has been used to pick lint, clean typewriter keys, level wobbly furniture, help the Apollo 8 astronauts fasten down tools during weightless flight, and to take hand and foot prints of the gorilla population at the Columbus, Ohio, Zoo. Its manufacturer, Binney & Smith, also says that New England Patriots football team members squeeze Silly Putty to strengthen their hands for catching passes. One of the oldest toys is the yo-yo, with origins in a primitive weapon used by prehistoric Filipino hunters. The original version had a sharp piece of flint attached to a long thong. If the hunter's aim was poor, he could retrieve the weapon and try again. The yo-yo evolved as a court toy in 17th and 18th century France and Spain; a painting of a nobleman holding a yo-yo hangs in the Louvre in Paris. Playing with the yo-yo is a national sport in the Philippines and is practiced around the world. Over a half a billion yo-yos have been sold in the United States alone since they were introduced commercially in the late 1920s, according to the Flambeau Corporation-Duncan Toys. The Teddy Bear is a namesake of President Theodore Roosevelt and originated in 1902, when the president refused to kill a bear that his hunting party had captured and tied up for him to shoot. Roosevelt said it would be unsportsmanlike to take advantage of the defenseless animal. Publicity about the incident inspired a merchant, Morris Michtom, to name two toy bears after the president and display them in his shop window in Brooklyn, N.Y. According to authors Peggy and Alan Bialosky in ``The Teddy Bear Catalog,'' Michtom received presidential permission to market the stuffed toys under the name ``Teddy's Bears.'' The resulting success led Michtom to found the Ideal Toy & Novelty Co. Like a true waif, the original Raggedy Ann was a castoff found in an attic and adopted by 8-year-old Marcella Gruelle in 1914. Her father, John Gruelle, a political cartoonist for the Indianapolis News, drew a face for the stuffed, faceless doll, and her mother, Myrtle, added a candy heart inscribed,``I love you.'' To entertain his terminally-ill daughter, Gruelle made up stories about Raggedy Ann. After Marcella died, he began writing the stories as a memorial, with the first Raggedy Ann book appearing in 1918. It later inspired the manufactured dolls, books, TV shows, comics, movies and a Broadway musical. The game of tossing disks around in the air may go back before history, but the legend of Frisbees is traceable to a story of some Connecticut college students who made a sport of tossing empty pie tins from Mother Frisbie's Pie Factory and yelling ``frisbie'' as an alert to the flight of the plates. An entrepreneur named Fred Morrison took up the idea, selling disks at state fairs. In the late 1940s, he sold the idea to Wham-O, a toy company. That fashion plate, Barbie, reached her 30th birthday in 1989. Since she was introduced in 1959, the Barbie doll has had numerous careers and lifestyles _ a model, ``flower child,'' doctor and astronaut. Named after the daughter of the inventors, Ruth and Elliot Handler, Barbie is the best-selling and possibly best-known fashion doll in history. More than 500 million dolls representing Barbie and her clan have been sold, and Mattel Toys, which makes Barbie, says it sells over 20 million Barbie fashions each year. The Flexible Flyer, the classic snow sled for children, is 100 years old this year _ a creation growing out of a business necessity. A Pennsylvania farm equipment manufacturer, Samuel Leeds Allen, invented it to occupy his factory workers during the off-season months to keep them from leaving for other jobs. According to market research by Binney & Smith, the smell of Crayola Crayons is among the scents most recognized by American adults, along with coffee and peanut butter. Their research also indicates that 65 percent of children in the United States ages 2 to 7 color or draw at least once a day, for an average of 27 minutes. Alice Stead Binney coined the Crayola tradename for her husband Edwin's crayons in 1903. It derives from the French word ``craie,'' for colored chalk, and ``oleaginous,'' or oily. AP891106-0232 AP-NR-11-06-89 0634EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:SafeToys 11-06 0512 BC-SPE--Holidays: Safe Toys,0523 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Safe Toys By The Associated Press Take toys seriously as you shop for the holidays. To make safe and appropriate selections, keep in mind this checklist offered by the Toy Manufacturers of America, an industry trade association: _ Use the age group label as a guide and look for other safety messages printed on the packaging. _ Think about other children who may have access to the toy in your home. A toy intended for an older child may be dangerous in the hands of a younger sibling, so consider supervision and storage. _ When buying toys for children under three, avoid those with small parts that can be swallowed or with sharp points or edges that could be hazardous. _ Stuffed animals and dolls should have sturdy, well-sewn seams, and attached items like eyes and noses should be securely fastened so they cannot be bitten or pulled off. _ Rubber toys such as rattles, squeakers or teething rings should be too large to fit in an infant's mouth, even when compressed. _ Electric toys with heating elements should be chosen only for children over 8, and then only when there will be adult supervision. _ Toy arrows and darts should have blunt tips made of rubber, flexible plastic or cork. Make sure the tips are securely attached to their shafts. _ If the toy is painted, look for the words ``non-toxic'' on the package or label. Fabrics should be labeled ``flame retardant'' or ``flame resistant,'' and stuffed and cloth toys should be marked ``machine-surface washable.'' Electrical toys should have the Underwriters Laboratories ``UL Approved'' tag. _ Choose a toy chest that has a removable lid or a lid with spring-loaded support that will hold it securely open. The chest should have smooth, finished edges, holes for ventilation and hinge-line clearance to prevent pinched fingers. The TMA also notes that plastic wrappings from toys and other products should be discarded immediately. Adults should check toys periodically and encourage safe play habits, such as following recommended instructions and secure storage. Toys appropriate to an older child but potentially hazardous to a younger sibling in the house should be stored out of reach of the younger child. Games or toys with small pieces are especially hazardous to small children, who tend to put things into their mouths. Establish a toy storage habit with your children and explain to them how accidents can happen with unattended toys. Large toys like wagons or bikes should be protected from the elements and not left where they can become fire or safety hazards. Encourage children to inspect toys for needed repairs or replacements. To maintain crib safety, the crib gym meant to be a grasping exerciser for your baby should be removed once he reaches 5 months or begins to push up on his hands and knees. Crib toys should never be hung or attached with anything that might entangle the infant. Replace the plastic side railing on the crib if it becomes worn and brittle from the baby's teething. AP891106-0233 AP-NR-11-06-89 0634EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:ToyBuying 11-06 0201 BC-SPE--Holidays: Toy Buying,0208 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Toy Buying By The Associated Press Americans spend some $12.75 billion for toys each year, with about 60 percent of the total rung up during the Christmas and Hanukkah holiday seasons, according to the Toy Manufacturers of America. Shopping early in the season _ and early in the day _ is one way to avoid crowded stores and determine product availability, suggests Stephen Schwartz, president of Playskool toys. Schwartz advises going to the store with a list of toys to buy and checking the age coding on all toys prior to purchase. Other suggestions include: _ Check for small or sharp parts that may harm a child. _ Compare all similar products to determine the best quality product and compare points of difference between them. _ Try to buy toys that will last over time. _ If you have any questions about the toy or where to buy it, call the manufacturer directly. _ Wrap the toys as you buy them to make sure curious children don't peek at the presents. _ When buying infant toys, keep in mind research has indicated babies respond more to bright, contrasting colors, rather than soft pastels. AP891106-0234 AP-NR-11-06-89 0635EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Kids'StockingStuffers 11-06 0848 BC-SPE--Holidays: Kids' Stocking Stuffers,0858 SPECIAL EDITION LaserPhotos NY703, NY704 Holidays: Kids' Stocking Stuffers By The Associated Press Have a one-size-fits-all stocking hung up to hold some of these: _Bow Biters. Cartoon beasts that appear to be chewing shoelaces on your kid's sneakers are practical as well as trendy. Plastic faces of Garfield, the Muppets and Snoopy ``bite'' the shoelace knots and keep them from coming loose on the go. Bow Biters also include original characters such as ``The Masher,'' ``Cat Zooks,'' and ``Puppy Hearts.'' The maker, Brookside Enterprises, aims this product at the youth market but says adults have been using them on their sneakers, too. They cost about $4 to $5 a pair at toy and discount stores. _Toy Racers. These battery-operated racing cars from Japan travel at speeds equivalent in scale to 300 mph. Lightning Racers are about 5 inches long and are modeled after four-wheel-drive racing cars. They come with snap-together parts which the maker, MRC-Tamiya, says can be assembled in about an hour. The cars also can be customized, with 40 optional parts including special motors, wheels, gears, and ball bearings, all mimicking the real thing. Tamiya, Inc., a leading toy manufacturer in Japan, is offering four models to American customers _ the Avante Jr., Rising Bird, Vanquish Jr. and Grasshopper II Jr. Cost is about $10 in toy, discount and department stores. _Art Frames. That color marker portrait done by the young artist in your household will get proper attention with ``My Frame,'' a kit which will enable him to have one-kid shows. Each kit contains a backing tray, clear plastic lens and snap-on moldings for a frame, six sheets of drawing paper, and a set of non-toxic color markers. The creator, Berdie Stein, says she wanted a way to display her young son's pictures, and when she couldn't find anything appropriate, came up with the idea for the kit. ``I wanted to create something children could put together themselves,'' she says. ``With this toy, they can frame their own artwork, then take it apart when they create a new masterpiece the next day.'' The kits are about $15 at art, toy and department stores. _Sweet Pets. Sweetie Pups and Sweetie Kitties are soft toy puppies and kittens that resemble real breeds. These toys from Hasbro have long silky hair to be groomed and petted, and each comes with brush and comb, award ribbon barrette and fabric ribbon. Small pups are available as bearded collie, bichon frise, cocker spaniel, Maltese, schnauzer, Shih Tzu, toy poodle, and Yorkshire terrier breeds, and larger ones as Afghan, collie and old English sheepdog breeds. Breeds for kittens are Angora, Persian, Birman and long-hair tabby. Kittens are about $9, small pups about $10, and larger pups about $16. _Holidays with Foreign Accents. Videos of holiday tales in foreign languages from Gessler include ``Babar et le Pere Noel,'' the tale of de Brunhoff's famous elephant looking for Father Christmas, ```Noel a Paris,'' sights of the French capital at Christmastime, or ``Christmas in Spain,'' chronicling the celebrations in Madrid, which include ceremonies at La Puerta del Sol and the Three Kings Cavalcade. Prices range from about $40 to $50. _Clear Motives. ``Go-Go Gears'' from Playskool shows kids how gears mesh and turn in a collection of toy cars, trucks, planes or trains with transparent plastic casings and brightly colored moving parts. And each vehicle comes with its own driver or pilot. When the child presses the driver down into his seat, the vehicle moves forward. The ``Go-Go'' sets come in a small (about $6), medium ($10) and large ($15) assortments. _From Lewis Galoob Toys: Micro Machines, a series of small cars, boats, planes, trains and trucks; there are 195 new ones in the 1989 collection. Galoob goes small with dolls, too: So Small Babies. _Tuppertoys from Tupperware adds four new toys: Link-a-Lot, linkable toys in different rainbow-colored shapes; What's Inside, puzzle pieces of numbers or colors; Li'l Tuppers characters fit in various settings, including a merry-go-round and a school bus; Tote-em-Pails, a stacking toy. _New from Playskool are Busy Beads, with the largest version featuring Sesame Street characters, and Dressing Pretty, with six different dress-up play outfits. Bead sets range from about $20 to $37, and costumes begin at about $15, available in one size that fits 3-6X. _Trusty is a shaggy-haired doll which comes with a backpack holding a story book, ``Trusty Found,'' a pillow and a note pad. Created by Duane Benton, it has pocket ears to ``hear'' a child's secrets and is designed to help teach children problem-solving and self-reliance, according to the Trusty Doll Co., Kansas City, Mo. _Mattel adds an electronic Powersword to its He-Man character line. The battery-operated sword, which also lights up, produces varying sounds depending on the hand motion. _Hasbro's holiday product line includes Record Breakers, to-be-assembled miniature, battery-operated race cars; action planes called Flying Fighters, and two playsets, a sink and mirror vanity and hairstyles boutique for Maxie, the teen fashion doll. About $10 and $25 for the cars and planes and about $11 and $21 for the playsets. AP891106-0235 AP-NR-11-06-89 0637EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:FamilyStockingStuffers 11-06 0653 BC-SPE--Holidays: Family Stocking Stuffers,0660 SPECIAL EDITION LaserPhoto NY705 Holidays: Family Stocking Stuffers By The Associated Press There are some gifts you can buy for the whole family, including yourself: _Indoor Birdwatching. ``Gone Birding'' is a combination board-video game that will help develop bird identification skills for family members of all ages. Actress Jane Alexander narrates the video, which features British comedian-birdwatcher Bill Oddie and author Peter Alden, shown taking nature expeditions across North America. Uncaptioned shots of birds in their natural settings challenge players' bird knowledge, with a handicapping system for older, more experienced members of the family. The game is from Rupicola in a two-hour VHS tape (or Beta by special order) and costs about $80. _U.S.A. Trivia. What are Abraham Lincoln's hands doing in the famous statue of him in the Lincoln Memorial? And what mineral is mined 1,000 feet below the city of Detroit? These are sample posers from the ``U.S.A. Trivia'' game from the Games Gang, the makers of the top-selling ``Pictionary'' game. The company also is putting out a second edition of ``Pictionary,'' along with a number of spinoffs, including an edition for kids and a portable version for parties. Prices range from about $19 to $35. (Answers to trivia questions: Lincoln is spelling his initials, ``A''and ``L'' in sign language, and Detroit deep-mines salt.) _Sharp Colors. Festive colors have come to, of all things, the disposable razor. Wilkinson Sword's ``Colours'' packages contain razors in white, yellow, blue, red, and green. Each comes with a reusable snap-on blade guard. The practical side of the bright colors is that family members can identify their own in the bathroom cabinet, or the individual user can keep track of which ones he's used before. Retail prices are 79 cents for five-packs and $1.19 for ten-packs. _Little Big Horn. Tiny speakers from Memorex can transform any personal radio-cassette player into a mini-stereo system. Called Color Mates, they come in bright colors and plug into the earphone jack for external sound. Or, if you still prefer earphones, you can get Colorphones, also in bright colors. The speakers are about $10 a pair, and the earphones are about $6. _Ethel M Chocolates' holiday gift guide includes chocolate goodies packaged in everything from teddy bears to mugs, dishes, trays and tins. To get a catalog or place an order, call 1-800 6-ETHEL-M. _From Random House, the ``Octopus'' game, in which players join Velcro-wrapped wrists, ankles and heads and twist and turn as they entangle; ``Luminations,'' an electronic pyramid of lights that can be illuminated in seven ways; ``Backwords,'' in which players compete to guess a word that has been read backward, and ``Quizzard,'' an electronic question-and-answer game. _``One Tough Puzzle,'' by the Great American Puzzle Factory, is an all-red jigsaw without a picture and without a straight edge. _The Milton Bradley Co. introduces ``Trump: the Game,'' a board game in which players bid for real estate; ``Scattergories,'' in which players come up with topic words that begin with the same letter, and ``I.D. _ The Identity Game,'' in which players have to guess your personality card. _The ``World of Golf'' is the 1990 special limited edition calendar being offered by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for holiday giving. Created by Mercedes-Benz of North America, the calendar features vivid photos, paintings and imaginative graphics relating to the 500-year-old game. Proceeds from calendar sales go to services and research for multiple sclerosis. It can be ordered with credit card by calling 1-800-666-PUTT or by sending a $35 check to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at 205 East 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10017. _The Kodak Stretch 35 is a disposable panoramic camera that produces 3{-by-10-inch color prints. The camera, which sells for about $13, comes already loaded with a 12-exposure roll of 35mm Kodacolor Gold 200 film. The Stretch 35 features a 25mm wide-angle lens, an f12 aperture and a 1-110th of a second shutter. AP891106-0236 AP-NR-11-06-89 0637EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Adults'StockingStuffers 11-06 0737 BC-SPE--Holidays: Adults' Stocking Stuffers,0756 SPECIAL EDITION LaserPhoto NY706 Holidays: Adults' Stocking Stuffers By The Associated Press Gift-giving, for better or worse, has come a long way since the choice was frankincense and myrrh. If incense isn't on your list this year, or if frankincense and myrrh are too tough to find, consider some of these unusual ideas: _Is your car on your gift list? From the people who gave you automotive sunshades comes Sno-Off, to protect a car's windshield from snow, ice and frost. The cover, with a ski-goggle design, fits across the outside of the windshield and secures inside with two suction cups. Auto-Shade manufacturers say it will sell for about $5. _Elegant Lasso. A new variation on a classic is the Lariat, a strand of pearls with chandelier crystals at both ends that tie instead of clasp. From the Swarovski Signature Collection, the Lariat was inspired by western neckwear and comes with a tag-booklet to show different ways to wear it _ over the shoulder for low-backed evening wear, the traditional front knot, around the waist, or in a double strand. The necklace retails for about $500, and matching drop earrings are about $135 at department and specialty stores. _You won't have to go far to enjoy holiday lights and music: you can wear them. Bonnie Boerer's holiday fashions include a decorated blouse that plays ``Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'' for Christmas and a similar sweater that plays ``Auld Lang Syne'' for New Year's. The battery-powered show is operated by a switch hidden underneath the sweater. About $160. _When asked ``what's your sign,'' you won't have to know the zodiac to answer. A company called What's Your Sign, in Northfield, Ill., will custom imprint a metal street sign with anything you want, up to 11 characters, plus any abbreviation such as St., Dr. or Rd. _If you suspect a Merlin on your list, he'll probably like ``White Lightning,'' a grownups' toy that makes real lightning, enclosed under a glass dome. Controls let the mover and shaker form one or two streaks of lightning or a mini-storm with hundreds of separate bolts. Created by neon artist Larry Albright and made by Rabbit Systems, Inc., this conversation-stopper costs about $150 at department and specialty stores. _A novel solution to the toilet seat battle of the sexes: LidAlert. It plays ``Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'' if the seat is left up after flushing. Its manufacturer, Kaleidoscope, Huntington Beach, Calif., says it will be priced at about $20. _For the person in your life who has everything, what's left but the world? You can have the world in your hands _ if you have Atlas' hands and can afford to spend at least $36,250. Rand McNally Map and Travel Stores offer a custom-made globe that weighs more than 500 pounds, with a 325-motor and axis that turns it one full revolution every three minutes. Hand-laminated in fiberglass and epoxy, it's 6 feet in diameter. _``Class in a Glass,'' for those who have run dry on unusual gift ideas, is a water-of-the-month club offering subscribers mail order gift packs of bottled waters from around the world. From the Water Centre, Edison, N.J. _For those who like their books read to them: Random House Audio books on tape, including ``My Turn,'' read by author Nancy Reagan, and ``It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It,'' read by its author, Robert Fulghum. _For hair on the go: Jetsetter hair rollers from Helen of Troy Corp., a five-roller set, with cord and clip storage in a zippered travel bag. About $25. _Diamonds, of course, still fit nicely into holiday stockings. A new ``garden'' variety is popular this season, according to Lloyd Jaffe, chairman of the American Diamond Industry Association. He says the ``fire rose,'' ``sunflower,'' ``dahlia'' and ``marigold'' are new cuts that may be seen on engagement rings. The ``flower'' cuts maximize some rough diamond's brilliance, color or yield, he says. The average price for a piece of diamond jewelry in 1988 was $673, Jaffe says. _A pocket-sized diary from Per Annum Inc. is also a city guide, calendar and reference booklet. Guides to Denver, Miami, Chicago, New York (Manhattan), Los Angeles and Boston are in separate diaries and there is a 14-city Metropolitan City Diary. Each of the datebooks includes maps and listings for restaurants, stores and hotels, along with weekly and yearly calendars and a forward planner. AP891106-0237 AP-NR-11-06-89 0638EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Crafts 11-06 0482 BC-SPE--Holidays: Crafts,0497 SPECIAL EDITION LaserPhoto NY707 Holidays: Crafts By The Associated Press Gifts you design and make yourself are often the most welcome at holiday time. They can be done with inexpensive materials available at neighborhood shops. Some examples: _Hair ornaments. Buy plain combs, barrettes, or hairbands at discount, drug or dimestores, and decorate them either by gluing or simple sewing. Beads, faux gems, ribbons or fabrics can be found at notions shops or, sometimes, stowed away in dresser drawers. Costume jewelry you no longer wear can be taken apart and recycled for new ornaments. Many notions shops stock ribbons with metallic threads or embroidery for dressy versions. You usually can find plaid, stripe, print or moire taffetas, or satins. You also may find ready-made satin rosettes or embroidery patches (some with adhesive backings). These shops also may have plastic or metal beads. If you prefer the glue technique, pick a heavy type like Elmer's Tacky Glue, which sets quickly, will hold fairly heavy objects, and dries to an invisible finish. Fabrics can be attached with Elmer's Craft Bond II, which doesn't bleed through. Gluing is the only medium that will attach glitter particles satisfactorily. Sewing fabrics, beads or other decorations to hair ornaments can be managed with rudimentary needle skills. You need to fit ribbon or fabric to a barrette or hairband to serve as a base. If you're using beads or sequins, sew them on first, then secure the decorated base to the ornament, sewing securely at both ends for a barrette or covering completely for a headband. For a bow ornament, fake the knot by lapping a layer of ribbon or fabric over the base, tacking it into place, and covering the ``knot'' with a separate strip of fabric or ribbon. Combs are the simplest, since all you need to do is tie a bow about the right size and sew it to the head of the comb at both ends and at the center. _Painted Sweatshirts and Sneakers. You or your child can make one-of-a-kind message sweatshirts or decorated sneakers by painting on designs yourself. A line of fabric paints from Tulip are non-toxic and water soluble before drying, so they're safe and easy for youngsters to handle. Tulip advises a cardboard lining under a sweatshirt to provide a firm surface to trace on and provide support for the fabric during painting.Chalk on the design first; bold simple designs are most effective. Large areas should be brushed on, but details like dots or details can be added with Tulip's Slick Paint Pen. The company's White Puffy Paint adds texture and Tulip Glitter makes the design sparkle. Other textures available _ in craft, discount and toy stores _ include Pearl Paint, Tulip Dye and Designer Metallics. The painted articles should dry overnight, then will be ready for wear. They're colorfast and machine washable in the delicate cycle. AP891106-0238 AP-NR-11-06-89 0638EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:SimpleGifts 11-06 0205 BC-SPE--Holidays: Simple Gifts,0210 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Simple Gifts By The Associated Press Books are good gifts even for newborns, according to Peggy Kohlepp, associate manager of Tulane University's bookstore. By reading aloud to babies, parents give them a ``variety and richness of language,'' says Kohlepp. And Pat Schindler, director of Tulane's Newcomb Children's Center in New Orleans, says blocks, dolls, trains and paints usually make better children's gifts than gimmick toys and video games. ``Television toys soon lose their luster,'' she says, suggesting that instead parents should buy toys that stress imagination and creativity. ``The more I work with children, the more I realize that parents transmit their values even through the toys they buy.'' At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Jack Lochhead agrees that some of the worst toys for children are the expensive, gimmicky, spectator type, such as talking dolls and bears. Because they do things as the child watches passively, such toys squelch the child's imagination and limit play, explains Lochhead, a cognitive-learning expert and director of the university's Scientific Reasoning Research Institute. He says the best toys are low-cost, low-tech toys that offer imaginative play, such as unpainted wooden blocks that help teach geometric patterns and mathematical concepts. AP891106-0239 AP-NR-11-06-89 0638EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:MovieBooks 11-06 0366 BC-SPE--Holidays: Movie Books,0370 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Movie Books NEW YORK (AP) Frankly, many may not care very much. But it is the 50th anniversary of some of Hollywood's greatest movies, beginning with ``Gone With the Wind.'' Those who do care, however, are in for a nostalgic treat. Publishers, never shy about commemorating an anniversary of any sort, have gone all out for this admittedly special year. A simple listing of the films made in 1939 that have become classics would make a book in itself, which is about what Ted Sennett has done in ``Hollywood's Golden Year'' (St. Martin's Press, $29.95). There's ``Gone With the Wind,'' of course, but also ``The Wizard of Oz,'' ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,'' ``Stagecoach,'' ``Wuthering Heights,'' ``Gunga Din,'' ``Ninotchka'' and many others. All at the theaters when movie admission prices were about a quarter. ``Gone With the Wind'' still is the most popular, and in keeping with the epic proportions of the film, most of the books are cinemascope-sized and priced. In addition to Sennett's book, there is ``The Art of Gone With the Wind: The Making of a Legend,'' by Judy Cameron and Paul J. Christian (Prentice Hall Press, $39.95); ``Scarlett's Women: Gone With the Wind and Its Female Fans,'' by Helen Taylor (Rutgers University Press, $35); ``Gone With the Wind'' by Herb Bridges and Terryl C. Boodman (Fireside-Simon and Schuster, $24.95), described as the ``definitive illustrated history of the book, the movie and the legend.'' Not to be outdone, fans of ``The Wizard of Oz'' can choose from a Kansas-size field of books, topped by ``The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History,'' by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman (Warner Books, $29.95).It contains 400 illustrations, half in color, including some previously undiscovered stills _ and an advertisement for an anniversary videocassette of the movie. For film fans whose library is saturated with 1939 memorabilia, there are others to put atop the coffee table, including ``Jean Howard's Hollywood: A Photo Memoir'' (Harry N. Abrams, $39.95); ``David Lean,'' by Stephen M. Silverman (Harry N. Abrams, $39.95), and ``Bad Girls of the Silver Screen,'' by Lottie Da and Jan Alexander (Carroll and Graf, $25.95). AP891106-0240 AP-NR-11-06-89 0639EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:TheMaleShopper 11-06 0302 BC-SPE--Holidays: The Male Shopper,0309 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: The Male Shopper By The Associated Press Last-minute holiday shopper? Dreading the ordeal? Want to choose, buy and get out? Chances are you're a male. By observing and surveying patrons at two Midwestern gift stores over three holiday seasons, a marketing professor has found that men generally greet holiday shopping with desperation, abruptness, lateness and discomfort. Mary Ann McGrath, assistant professor of marketing at Loyola University of Chicago, found that the closer it gets to Christmas, the more male customers there are. And, she says, they tended toward ``large, rapid, spontaneous and often random purchase.'' ``He came into the store 15 minutes before closing time,'' she says of one customer, ``and quickly chose a bracelet and a necklace for his wife. Then, as they were being wrapped, he also purchased an African beaded necklace that one of the saleswomen was wearing.'' One male shopper in the survey said, ``In my youth, I used to try to be creative and buy things I liked. It was a disaster. Now, I just ask for a list, and she's happy.'' Women responding to the survey said they saw men's buying habits as ``quick,'' ``overgenerous but inappropriate'' and ``not as intuitive or thoughtful as women.'' But one woman said, ``Men make a lot of mistakes, but when they hit it right, they do so with panache.'' The most treasured gifts that respondents listed, McGrath says, were those that were of sentimental value, and personal gifts that were associated with the giver. Although one woman said that her most treasured gifts were ``the most expensive ones,'' most women indicated that a gift is most valued if they know that someone has really thought of them when choosing it. McGrath's research was done with John Sherry of Northwestern University. AP891106-0241 AP-NR-11-06-89 0639EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:NogLog 11-06 0231 BC-SPE--Holidays: Nog Log,0223 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Nog Log By The Associated Press Now's nog time, and here are egg nog recipes offered by Meyers's Rum: ORIGINAL EGG NOG= 12 egg yolks { pound sugar 1 quart light cream 1 bottle (750ml) dark rum 1 quart heavy cream Beat 12 egg yolks with the sugar until mixture is thick and pale yellow. Stir in the light cream and the rum. Chill three hours. Then whip the heavy cream until stiff. Pour the rum mixture into a punch bowl and fold in the cream. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 24 punch cup servings. EGG NOG GLACE= 4 large egg yolks } cup extra fine sugar l cup half-and-half 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 6 tablespoons dark rum 2 cups chilled heavy cream dash of salt Beat the egg yolks, sugar, half-and-half, nutmeg and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer. Set the bowl in a saucepan of hot water. Beat the mixture until it is thickened and roughly double its original volume (10 minutes). Stir in the rum. Set the bowl into a tray of ice cubes and continue beating until the mixture is cold. Add the cream and salt and beat the mixture well. Transfer the mixture to your ice-cream machine and freeze it according to manufacturer's instructions. Makes one quart. AP891106-0242 AP-NR-11-06-89 0639EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Eating 11-06 0249 BC-SPE--Holidays: Eating,0258 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Eating By The Associated Press Fat doesn't have to be part of the fun during the holidays, says Weight Watchers magazine. There are ways to resist temptations to over-indulge, the magazine says, and offers this advice: _ Plan ahead. Have a snack before going to a get-together so you won't be ``starving'' when you get there. _ Practice moderation. Make room in your day's menu for a reasonable helping of your favorite foods, but don't abandon your diet guidelines completely. _ Just say no, thanks. Think about ways to turn down food without sounding hostile, sanctimonious or rude. _ Avoid high-risk situations. Stay away from the all-you-can eat buffet. Let your guests take home the leftovers. _ Don't drink too much. Alcohol has a high-calorie content _ and can destroy your resolve to resist other temptations. The holidays are often most difficult for people with eating disorders and their families, says Dr. Charles A. Murkofsy, director of the Eating Disorders Program at Gracie Square Hospital in New York. ``A person with an eating disorder will often bully the family into having turkey without all the trimmings, or refuse to participate in the holiday meal at all,'' he says. Families, he suggests, should give recognition to the eating disorder instead of denying its existence, and make mutually agreeable compromises on food choices. He says the most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, a self-induced starvation, and bulimia, a cycle of binging and purging. AP891106-0243 AP-NR-11-06-89 0640EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:DrugMessage 11-06 0129 BC-SPE--Holidays: Drug Message,0131 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Drug Message By The Associated Press The war on drugs has reached the preschool battleground. A videotape called ``Just Say No,'' designed for 3-to-6-year-olds, is being offered by Connor Toy to go along with its Video Smarts interactive computer. The 30-minute video warns children against the dangers of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, fire, water and strangers, says Connor Toy president Dennis Perry. ``Parents shouldn't wait until the child has received negative exposure before beginning preventative education,'' says Dr. Harry Haroutunian, family practitioner and clinical instructor for Boston University and Albany Medical College. ``Few parents wait until their child is burned by fire to warn that it is dangerous.'' The video is free with the purchase of Video Smarts, a four-button computer. AP891106-0244 AP-NR-11-06-89 0640EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Camcorder 11-06 0191 BC-SPE--Holidays: Camcorder,0198 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Camcorder-Parties ^By The Associated Press Camcorder users filming holiday festivities should vary their shots _ using pan, tilt, zoom or different camera angles _ to keep the interest level high. But don't overdo it, or audiences may get dizzy, cautions the 8mm Video Council, a New York-based industry trade group. Know when to stop shooting when filming children's parties, the organization also says. ``Though it doesn't seem long, one to two minutes per activity is plenty, and will make for better viewing later.'' Other suggestions: _ Keep the camera stationary and let the people create the action in your video.. _ Don't backlight your subject. ``Backlighting will make your subjects' features completely unrecognizable.'' _ When videotaping indoors, consider supplementary lights to accentuate color. _ Never aim the camcorder directly at the sun or a bright light or you risk causing permanent damage. _ Press the ``white balance'' button before shooting in a new setting. ``This will automatically compensate for any discrepancies in lighting. _ Make use of your camcorder's high fidelity sound capabilities. But unless you're narrating, let your subjects to do the talking. AP891106-0245 AP-NR-11-06-89 0640EST a a BC-SPE--Holidays:Yes 11-06 0571 BC-SPE--Holidays: Yes,Virginia,0581 SPECIAL EDITION Holidays: Yes, Virginia By The Associated Press Yes, Virginia, there was an editorial about the credibility of Santa Claus, appearing more than 100 years ago in The New York Sun. It was written by Francis Pharcellus Church, an assistant to the paper's editor. A true Christmas classic, it has outlived its writer, the recipient, and the newspaper that gave it life. Its most famous phrases are often recalled and sometimes parodied: ``We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: ```Dear Editor: ```I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ``If you see it in The Sun it's so.'' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? ```Virginia Hanlon ```115 West 95th Street''' ``Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world around him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. ``Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. ``Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. ``You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, not even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. ``No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.'' AP891106-0246 AP-NR-11-06-89 0731EST r f PM-BusinessHighlights 11-06 0830 PM-Business Highlights,0866 WASHINGTON (AP) Speculation about an imminent drop in interest rates faded as the government reported the economy added 233,000 jobs even as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.3 percent last month. The surprising economic strength to begin the fourth quarter _ which came despite the seventh consecutive monthly decline in manufacturing _ was largely attributed to continued local government hiring for the school year. Analysts interpreted Friday's data as proof no recession would come this year although some said the economy would flirt with one early next year. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) The Bush administration, saying it wants to protect consumers by ensuring competition among businesses, says it would toughen enforcement of federal antitrust laws. As part of the administration's antitrust policy, officials said Friday they will pursue stiffer penalties for violators, will give more scrutiny to business mergers and will expand efforts to see where companies threaten to form cartels. DETROIT (AP) Late-October sales of domestically made cars and light trucks fell 2.8 percent compared with last year, slowing a sales skid during the first month of the 1990 model year. The eight major automakers with plants in the United States reported Friday they sold vehicles at an average daily rate of 36,096 during the Oct. 21-31 period this year, compared with a daily rate of 37,138 during the same time last year. CHICAGO (AP) Coniston Partners entered the high-stakes chess game over the future of UAL Corp., disclosing it has accumulated a 9.7 percent stake in the airline company and intends to seek control of UAL's board of directors. Airline analysts predicted that a resolution is months away in the takeover war for the parent of United Airlines. Coniston, which owns 2.12 million UAL shares, wants to cut UAL's board to five from 16 members, three of whom would be Coniston principals, it said in a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) GTE Corp. accepted an undisclosed cash sum to settle its two-year legal battle with Home Shopping Network Inc., with both sides saying it was too expensive to keep fighting over a $100 million jury award. GTE's GTE Florida and GTE Communications units won the libel and slander award in August after a Circuit Court jury rejected HSN's $1.5 billion suit claiming GTE provided ineffective telephone equipment and service. Under terms of the settlement Friday, the companies agreed to end all litigation and release claims against each other. DETROIT (AP) Chrysler Corp. announced the layoffs of 4,000 workers in a series of moves that included ending production of two subcompact cars in Detroit, eliminating a shift at a carmaking plant in St. Louis and closing a supply plant in Wisconsin. The moves disclosed Friday are part of a Chrysler plan announced earlier this year to slash $1 billion of the company's annual $26 billion budget by the end of 1990. DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) Ford Motor Co. could complete its $2.5 billion acquisition of the British luxury car maker Jaguar by the end of the year, the head of Ford's European arm said. L. Lindsey Halstead, chairman of Ford of Europe Inc., said Friday in a video news conference from Britain that a Jaguar shareholders meeting could be called by the end of this month. The transaction could be completed within days after that if shareholders approved the deal. BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) With a boost from Saudi Arabia, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pushed oil production in October well over its target to the highest level all year, according to new estimates. The surge in production came as key players staked out bargaining positions in advance of a crucial meeting later this month, analysts said. The International Energy Agency said Friday in its Monthly Oil Market Report that the cartel's output soared last month to 22.9 million barrels a day, about 500,000 barrels more than in the previous month. WASHINGTON (AP) A National Academy of Sciences study raises new questions about oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts, concluding that existing studies give no assurance the environment can be protected. The report was presented Friday to a presidential task force that must make a recommendation to President Bush by the end of the year on whether he should issue leases for oil and natural gas exploration at three controversial sites. By The Associated Press The stock market drifted to a small loss Friday as the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped 2.05 to 2,629.51 and closed the week with a net gain of 32.79 points. Bond prices fell sharply on the report of stronger-than-expected job growth last month. The dollar turned in a mixed performance, finishing slightly higher in domestic foreign-exchange trading after falling overseas. Gold futures prices dipped; oil futures prices rallied; pork-belly futures rose for the fifth straight day; and grain and soybean futures were mixed. AP891106-0247 AP-NR-11-06-89 0739EST a f PM-BusinessMirror Adv06 11-06 0645 PM-Business Mirror, Adv 06,0664 $adv06 For Release PMs Monday, Nov. 6 No-Recession Forecasts Abound By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) After a decade of warnings and threats that Americans were sitting atop a powder keg _ because of overspending and debts and trade deficits and waste _ the forecasts have turned remarkably benign. Alan Greenspan thinks a recession can be avoided and inflation reduced to zero in a few years, and Michael Boskin sees growth of at least 2 percent well into 1990, along with falling inflation and low unemployment. These are people with top credentials and responsibilities, Greenspan being chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Boskin chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. But if they set the pace, they have plenty of followers. In fact, it is rather unusual to hear economists not mention the word recession except to say it isn't likely in 1990. There are exceptions of course, but not nearly in such numbers as in other years. It is typical, for example, for forecasters of the next year to employ caveats _ just in case _ and the most common of these is to warn that chances of inflation or recession will grow as the year wears on. It is a wise practice, because nobody really can see that far ahead, given the economy's propensity to be rattled by wars, financial debacles, politics, trade restraints and cartels, to say nothing about erratic weather. Those warnings are not nearly as prominent this year. The forecast by the Conference Board's panel of senior financial executives, released today, is an example of the new genre. It contains no recession or inflation warning. Instead, the panel says the U.S. economy will avoid recession, worsening interest rates and rising inflation not just next year but in the year 1991 as well. Only one member of the panel expressed fear of a recession in that time. ``The good news from the panel is that we will not suffer a recession during the next two years,'' said Vincent Massaro, an economist with the board, which describes itself as a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan researcher. Such a forecast, coming after seven years of economic expansion, one of the longest ever, is remarkable. It is especially so to any American who has listened to an entire decade of warnings about economic disasters to come. The feeling of conviction is even reinforced by Massaro's observation that, while the panel's forecast was made prior to the latest stock market plunge, ``it is doubtful panelists would alter their views if they were polled today.'' The American public seems to share the confidence, since so-called consumer confidence surveys indicate a continuation of intentions to shop, boosted in part by a low level of unemployment and a high sense of job security. Another report from the Conference Board, this one on consumer confidence, is particularly interesting because of its timing. Returns from consumers were obtained before, during and after the latest stock market plunge. Certainly, you might think, a sharp break in the stock market _ one of those awful omens that Americans lived with every year of the 1980s _ would have undermined confidence. Not at all! ``The sharp stock market decline in late October appears to have had little or no effect on consumers,'' said Fabian Linden, director of the Board's consumer research center. Are Americans really that confident? Have they really adapted that well to crises? Can an economy that already has grown for seven straight years continue to do so over the next two? The no-recession feeling seems to pervade the thinking of a very wide range of Americans, including academics, consumers, business people, and political and monetary leaders. And, after a decade of economic warnings and threats, it is difficult to assimilate and almost impossible to evaluate. End Adv PMs Monday, Nov. 6. AP891106-0248 AP-NR-11-06-89 0820EST r f PM-Boeing 11-06 0657 PM-Boeing,0682 Boeing Strike: Neither Side Willing to Budge By ANDREA BLANDER Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) In the 34th day of a strike by Boeing Co. production workers, neither side is willing to budge following a second collapse in contract talks. ``They have our best proposal,'' said chief Boeing negotiator Larry McKean Sunday. ``This is our final offer.'' ``Then they won't get any planes,'' countered Tom Baker, president of District Lodge 751, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. ``Boeing will find that our members are angry and determined not to be insulted and degraded by takeaways and phony number games.'' After six days of meetings in the office of federal mediator Doug Hammond, talks on a new three-year contract collapsed when union negotiators rejected the last company offer Saturday. McKean and Baker said at separate news conferences Sunday that they didn't expect any new talks this week. Hammond agreed, saying he would remain in daily contact with both sides to determine when to try to resume the talks. A previous attempt by Hammond to get negotiations going during the strike failed after three hours on Oct. 18. The last Boeing strike lasted 45 days in 1977. McKean said the new offer addressed employees' concerns by boosting lump-sum bonuses, cutting mandatory overtime and increasing retirement benefits, although the total money was the same as in a three-year offer rejected by union members in an 85 percent strike vote Oct. 3, a day before the walkout. ``We're waiting for the union to bring their members to the Kingdome and vote on this proposal,'' McKean said. Company officials were ``totally confident it would be approved,'' he said. The union has monitored membership sentiment throughout the strike by weekly surveys, Baker said, rejecting any chance of a vote on the offer. ``Putting it to a vote would only mean more anger,'' he said. Meanwhile, Boeing has been negotiating under a news blackout since Tuesday with its second-largest union, the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association, which represents about 28,000 engineers and technical workers. That contract expires Dec. 1, with both sides saying a strike is unlikely. Baker said reductions in the cost-of-living provisions of the latest offer to the Machinists amounted to 17 cents to 27 cents an hour, depending on overtime and pay level. ``Really, it's a takeaway,'' Baker said. ``It's actually less than the offer we rejected Oct. 3.'' McKean said about 10 percent of those represented by the Machinists are crossing picket lines, ranging from 4 percent in the Puget Sound area, where union membership is mandatory, to 34 percent in Wichita, Kan., where membership is voluntary under state law. Union leaders have maintained the figures are far lower. ``This is the strongest strike I've ever seen,'' Baker said. The Machinists represent about 57,800 workers, including 43,300 in the local district lodge, 12,000 in Wichita, 1,700 in Portland, Ore., and a few hundred at scattered sites in California, Hawaii, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and other states. The offer would have cut mandatory overtime from 200 to 144 hours per quarter and assured workers at least every third weekend off. The previous offer called for 160 hours of mandatory overtime and a maximum of three weekends in a row. The Oct. 3 offer included annual pay raises of 4 percent, 3 percent and 3 percent, with bonuses of 8 percent of gross pay in the first year and 3 percent in the second. Boeing spokesman Paul Binder said the new offer contained the same wage increases with bonuses of 10 percent, 4 percent and 4 percent. The additional bonus money was offset by lower cost-of-living provisions and company contributions to some insurance payments. Retirement benefits would have been increased across the board, while other benefits would remain the same as in the previous offer, Binder said. Boeing also would have paid health premiums for November, which striking workers now must pay or go without coverage. AP891106-0249 AP-NR-11-06-89 0841EST r f PM-CommoditiesProbe 11-06 0332 PM-Commodities Probe,0344 Tapes From Probe of Poor Quality, Reports Say CHICAGO (AP) Some of the tape recordings made by undercover FBI agents investigating the futures industry are of such poor quality they could be of little use to prosecutors, a newspaper says. The Chicago Sun-Times also reported Sunday that one recording could support defense allegations that federal agents were guilty of entrapment in their investigation of trading practices at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Federal grand juries have indicted 46 traders and one clerk, of which 14 have entered guilty pleas. Trials for some of the others could begin next month. The Sun-Times said it reviewed FBI tape recordings from one of four trading pits involved in the investigation and found some audio tapes difficult to understand. It said some voices were hard to identify and the nature of some transactions were unclear. Bob Long, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Chicago, declined to comment on the quality of the tapes. Despite the poor quality, one 20-minute cassette reveals apparent rule violations, when trading continued after the closing bell, the newspaper said. The tapes contain the voice of a man identified as one of four undercover FBI agents in the trading pits, apparently discussing a scheme to prearrange trades. At one point, the voice tells a trader to make certain transactions, saying if he wants to make money, he should do what the voice instructs. Defense attorneys say such instructions amount to entrapment, but federal authorities contend honest traders would have resisted such overtures. A federal judge has ruled that the recordings, made by FBI agents wearing hidden microphones in the trading pits, can be admitted as evidence, despite allegations of entrapment and defense attorneys' efforts to block the use of the tapes. Prosecutors are expected to call on the FBI agents to identify voices and transactions recorded on the tapes, but defense attorneys likely will challenge the agents' memories. AP891106-0250 AP-NR-11-06-89 1028EST u f PM-WallStreet10am 11-06 0290 PM-Wall Street 10am,0307 NEW YORK (AP) The stock market declined broadly today amid lingering concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 17.83 to 2,611.68 in the first half hour of trading. Losers outnumbered gainers by more than 2 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 302 up, 679 down and 463 unchanged. Volume on the Big Board came to 17.25 million shares as of 10 a.m. on Wall Street. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down | at 41{; General Electric, down ] at 53{; International Business Machines, down | at 97~, and Ford Motor, down ~ at 44}. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks fell .88 to 186.40. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was off .51 at 371.28. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 2.05 to 2,629.51, closing out the week with a net gain of 32.79 points. Declining issues outnumbered advances by about 6 to 5 on the NYSE, with 645 up, 777 down and 519 unchanged. Big Board volume totaled 131.50 million shares, against 152.44 million in the previous session. AP891106-0251 AP-NR-11-06-89 1116EST u f PM-WallStreet11am 11-06 0248 PM-Wall Street 11am,0263 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices fell today amid lingering concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 23.98 to 2,605.53 by 11 a.m. on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by more than 2 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 364 up, 859 down and 499 unchanged. Volume on the Big Board came to 41.73 million shares at midmorning. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down } at 41]; General Electric, down { at 53]; International Business Machines, down { at 98, and Ford Motor, down 1[ at 44{. Ryder System gained 1} to 23\. Itel Corp. served notice of its intentions to buy at least $15 million of Ryder's stock. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks fell 1.23 to 186.05. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was off 1.67 at 370.12. AP891106-0252 AP-NR-11-06-89 1149EST u f PM-BoardofTrade Open 11-06 0269 PM-Board of Trade, Open,0281 Corn Prices Drop on Higher Crop Estimates CHICAGO (AP) Grain and soybean futures opened mixed this morning on the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn futures opened slightly lower in reaction to a report Friday that this year's corn crop will be larger than expected. A private crop analyst also has predicted an expectedly large soybean crop. But soybean futures received some support from reports the Soviet Union may be interested in a soy meal purchase. The Agriculture Department's latest crop report based on conditions Nov. 1, will be released Thursday. Wheat prices were higher in early trading on commission house and professional buying. In early trading, wheat was a \ cent to } cent higher with the contract for delivery in December at $4.06{ a bushel; corn was a { cent to } cent lower with December at $2.39\ a bushel; oats were a \ cent to } cent higher with December at $1.46 a bushel; soybeans were a { cent to 2 cents higher with November at $5.70\ a bushel. Livestock prices were higher and pork futures were mixed in early trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Live cattle were .13 to .25 cent higher with December at 74.30 cents a pound; feeder cattle were .02 cent lower to .10 cent higher with November at 82.95 cent a pound; hogs were .20 cent lower to .37 cent higher with December at 47.22 cents a pound; frozen pork bellies were .05 cent to .25 cent lower wlith February at 59.50 cent a pound. Livestock and pork futures settled higher in Friday's trading. AP891106-0253 AP-NR-11-06-89 1210EST u f PM-Scotus-DalkonShield 2ndLd-Writethru f0040 11-06 0764 PM-Scotus-Dalkon Shield, 2nd Ld-Writethru, f0040,0788 Court Removes Last Major Hurdle to Dalkon Shield Settlement EDs: Inserts new grafs 11-13, Sharon Lutz, with lawyer's quotes. A version also moved on general news wires. By RICHARD CARELLI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today removed the last major hurdle to carrying out a $2.5 billion settlement for victims of the Dalkon Shield birth-control device. The court, over one dissenting vote, rejected a challenge by some 650 of the thousands of women likely to share in a trust fund established by A.H. Robins Co., manufacturer of the intrauterine device. Justice Byron R. White voted to hear arguments in the case but four votes are needed to grant such review. Marketed in the early 1970s, the device allegedly caused infertility, spontaneous abortions, pelvic inflammation or, in some cases, death. Dalkon Shield sales ended in 1974 but the product was not actually recalled until 1984. A.H. Robins, based in Richmond, Va., created the trust fund as part of its 1985 reorganization under federal bankruptcy law. The reorganization was sparked by thousands of lawsuits by women who had used the device. The challenge acted on today contended that the settlement wrongly bars future lawsuits against A.H. Robins officials and others, and that $2.5 billion may not be enough money to compensate all victims. Lawyers representing about 18,000 women who are to share in the settlement urged the justices to reject the challenge. ``Greater than the risk of a shortfall is the immediate risk _ a near certainty _ that if the plan of reorganization is disapproved or even delayed ... the plan will collapse,'' those lawyers said. The justices today also turned down an appeal challenging that portion of the settlement barring individual lawsuits against A.H. Robins' insurer, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Sharon Lutz, a Detroit lawyer representing some women who sued over alleged Dalkon Shield injuries, said compensation checks probably will not be received by anyone ``for at least several months.'' ``It likely will be the end of February or the first of March before individual women start getting paid,'' Ms. Lutz said. She said a committee appointed by U.S. District Judge Robert Merhige may already have attached dollar figures to individual claims but those assessments have not been released to lawyers for the women. ``We hope those figures will be made available to us soon,'' Ms. Lutz said. Under the bankruptcy reorganization plan, American Home Products Corp., a New York-based business, has agreed to buy A.H. Robins and fund the trust. A.H. Robins stockholders will receive $700 million worth of American Home stock _ making the acquisition price $3.2 billion. But American Home Products' conditional commitment to purchase A.H. Robins extends only to Dec. 31. ``It seems unlikely that the purchaser will tolerate the further delays and uncertainties of (Supreme Court review),'' lawyers for the 18,000 women said. ``The Robins plan likely wil be mooted before this court has opportunity to consider its merits.'' Lawyers for the women challenging the settlement say an injunction against future lawsuits against such Robins officials as E. Claiborne Robins Sr. and E. Claiborne Robins Jr., whose families own 42 percent of the company's stock, is not warranted. The appeal also contended that ``the fund may well be inadequate to pay the Dalkon Shield victims in full.'' Compensation to individual women would be based on the extent of their injuries allegedly caused by using the device. Rodney Klein, a Sacramento, Calif., lawyer who represents some of the victims, said in a recent interview that women who alleged they were made sterile by using the device collected up to $150,000 each in settlements reached before A.H. Robins declared bankruptcy. ``This Supreme Court case is the last hurdle for women who have waited so long to collect,'' Klein said last week. ``If the court denies (review), the full process of compensation can begin.'' Lawyers for the 18,000 women who urged rejection of the settlement challenge said that of the 195,000 women with claims, some 81,000 voluntarily have accepted settlement payments of up to $725 each. Others have been dropped from the case. ``Less than 95,000 claims will remain for analysis of medical records to determine what smaller portion will merit significant compensation,'' the justices were told. More than 94 percent of the women who sued A.H. Robins voted in favor of the reorganization plan and settlement, confirmed by U.S. District Judge Robert Merhige Jr. and upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last June. The cases are Menard-Sanford vs. A.H. Robins, 89-441, and Anderson vs. Aetna, 89-442. AP891106-0254 AP-NR-11-06-89 1212EST u f PM-WallStreetNoon 11-06 0266 PM-Wall Street Noon,0281 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices turned broadly lower today amid persistent concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 27.46 to 2,602.05 by noontime on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by nearly 3 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 356 up, 989 down and 488 unchanged. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down ~ at 41\; General Electric, down ] at 53{; International Business Machines, down ~ at 97|; Chevron, down 1~ at 66}, and Ford Motor, down 1\ at 44]. Ryder System led the active list and gained 1[ to 22|. Itel Corp. served notice of its intentions to buy at least $15 million of Ryder's stock. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks fell 1.68 to 185.60. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was off 2.16 at 369.63. Volume on the Big Board came to 65.20 million shares at noontime, against 68.12 million at the same point Friday. AP891106-0255 AP-NR-11-06-89 1243EST r f PM-DalkonShield-Reax 11-06 0346 PM-Dalkon Shield-Reax,0360 Attorney for Victims Says Group Won't Seek Rehearing By KAREN HAYWOOD Associated Press Writer RICHMOND (AP) The lead lawyer in an appeal of a proposed settlement for victims of the Dalkon Shield said today that he won't ask for a rehearing after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge of a trust fund established by the manufacturer of the birth-control device. ``It always was an uphill battle,'' said Alan B. Morrison, of the Public Citizen Litigation Group in Washington, D.C., and head lawyer for the 650 claimants challenging the $2.5 billion settlement. ``We fought. We did what our clients wanted us to do and we have no regrets,'' said Morrison. The group had the option of asking the high court for a rehearing in the case. The challenge acted on today contended that the settlement wrongly bars future lawsuits against A.H. Robins Co. officials and others, and that $2.5 billion may not be enough money to compensate all victims. Roscoe E. Puckett Jr., spokesman for the Richmond-based company, said if the group does not seek a rehearing, the matter could be resolved soon. ``The company is very pleased that the way finally has been cleared for consummation of its reorganization plan,'' Puckett said today. ``The road has been much longer and more difficult than we envisioned, but it has led to a fair and efficient procedure for resolving Dalkon Shield claims, which has been our objective. ``Now the company looks forward to continuing its growth as a subsidiary of American Home Products Corp.'' If, as Morrison said, the claimants do not request a rehearing, the plan is scheduled to become final Dec. 2, Puckett said. Linda Hightower, director of the Dalkon Shield Victims Association in Atlanta, welcomed the decision. ``I am so happy,'' Ms. Hightower said. She said she did not want to take a chance on losing the money the group already had. ``If we had lost that money, it would have taken us anywhere from one to five years to get back to the point (where we are),'' she said. AP891106-0256 AP-NR-11-06-89 1246EST r d BC-CoalProduction 11-06 0101 BC-Coal Production,0105 Industry Reports Weekly Production With BC-Coal Production List CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Domestic coal production totaled 20.3 million tons during the week ended Oct. 28, up 5.2 percent from the 19.3 million tons produced in the previous week, the Department of Energy reported Monday. The U.S. coal industry produced 18.8 million tons in the same week last year, according to the department's Energy Information Administration. Domestic coal production so far this year is 800.3 million tons, 5.8 percent above last year's production at this time, the agency said. The week's production accounts for bituminous and lignite coal. AP891106-0257 AP-NR-11-06-89 2117EST a f PM-BusinessMirror Adv07 11-06 0557 PM-Business Mirror, Adv 07,0574 $adv 07 For Release PMs Tues, Nov 7 Yes, There Are Some Economic Truths By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) They get lost from time to time, but there are enduring marketplace verities beneath all the new theories, concepts, forecasts, interpretations, innovations and fads people are exposed to. Sometimes you have to dig very deep for them, arduously stripping away layer upon layer of trash, but if you persist you will find them. And sometimes you need not dig at all, because the truth erupts through the pile. It is true, for instance, that long hours, hard work, high quality and good service are among the primary requirements of a successful new business. Could anything so simple and obvious be overlooked? Apparently it could. Scores of books are published each year with intricate theories on how to succeed. Researchers constantly study the subject. And consultants earn money peddling intricate, esoteric theories. Seeking to find what makes for success in a new business, a national business organization spent three years studying nearly 3,000 companies. It concluded: Long hours, hard work and good service. Why are such truths forgotten? Perhaps because simple as they are, they are difficult to live up to. Would-be business people search for short cuts; others, spotting a demand for short cuts move in to satisfy the demand. The stock market has more theories than stocks, but few of the theories persist. What does endure is value. Real value _ a history of earnings increases, the likelihood of more to come, good products, good management and fair price _ might be forgotten from time to time, but in the long run it wins out. One study after another, year after year, show that those who stick with value in good times and bad are more likely to come out ahead than those who fall for the popular notions and latest rages. It is true that free economies are cyclical; it has been demonstrated since statistics were first kept and it will likely continue to be so. It is true that a very strong economy is one that could destroy itself, the simple explanation being that no economy can run very long at full capacity without risking inflation. It is true that no economic forecaster is able to accurately foresee the economy more than a few months in advance, and that those who claim to be able to do so tend to make subtle adjustments to adapt to reality. It is true that a little inflation is a dangerous thing, because even three percent inflation will cut the dollar in half in 24 years. And it often true that a zero-inflation economy is an economy that could pitch into recession. It is true that there are exceptions to the risk-reward ratio _ that big rewards are possible with little risk, and that great risks might produce small rewards _ but in time the ratio holds true, whatever they say about junk onds. It is often forgotten but not for long that education, brains, persistence, thrift and many of the other old virtues pay off in the long run, no matter how often that lesson is forgotten or scorned or buried under the latest notions. Amid the clutter there is truth. End Adv PMs Tues, Nov 7 AP891106-0258 AP-NR-11-06-89 1322EST u f PM-LincolnS&L 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0295 PM-Lincoln S&L, 1st Ld-Writethru,f0010,0302 Former Executive's Testimony Postponed Two Weeks Eds: New throughout to UPDATE with postponement of Keating appearance. Also moving on general news wires. WASHINGTON (AP) The House Banking Committee today postponed for two weeks compelling thrift executive Charles H. Keating Jr. to testify on the collapse of his Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, Calif. Attorneys for the Phoenix millionaire were served with a subpoena today ordering Keating to appearing before the Banking Committee on Nov. 21, said Julie Black, a spokeswoman for the panel. Keating originally was scheduled to testify before the committee on Tuesday, but his attorneys over the weekend requested and received more time for him to prepare, Ms. Black said. The committee voted four weeks ago to subpoena Keating. The panel still plans to hear testimony Tuesday from Edwin Gray, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Lincoln, a 29-branch S&L subsidiary of American Continental Corp. that is chaired by Keating, was seized by the bank board last April, two years after federal examiners discovered that it was insolvent and recommended its closure. Officials expect the collapse of Lincoln eventually will cost taxpayers up to $2 billion to cover its losses of federally insured deposits through unsound lending practices. The Banking Committee is investigating why M. Danny Wall, director of the Office of Thrift Supervision _ formerly known as the Federal Home Loan Bank Board _ rejected a 1987 recommendation from his agency's San Francisco office that Lincoln be shut down. Gray, in letters and interviews, has said top bank board officials did not act earlier to cut Lincoln's losses because of political intervention from several senators and House members who had accepted more than $1 million in campaign contributions from Keating. AP891106-0259 AP-NR-11-06-89 1342EST u f BC-Britain-Stocks 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0096 BC-Britain-Stocks, 1st Ld-Writethru,f0015,0099 London Shares Close Lower Eds: New thruout with closing figures. LONDON (AP) Share prices finished slightly lower Monday on London's stock exchange, as an early rally fizzled. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index closed down 3.5 points, or 0.2 percent, at 2,169.6. It had been as high as 2,193.7 within the first hour of trading. The Financial Times 30-share index finished 0.6 points lower at 1,747.0. The Financial Times 500-share index fell 1.43 points to close at 1,202.03. Volume was 323.4 million shares traded, down from Friday's 377 million shares. AP891106-0260 AP-NR-11-06-89 1418EST u f PM-WallStreet2pm 11-06 0261 PM-Wall Street 2pm,0276 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices took a tumble today amid persistent concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 35.66 to 2,593.85 by 2 p.m. on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by more than 3 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 345 up, 1,101 down and 465 unchanged. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down 1[ at 41; General Electric, down | at 53\; International Business Machines, down 1| at 96~; Chevron, down 3[ at 65{, and Ford Motor, down 1| at 44. Ryder System gained 1] to 22~ in active trading. Itel Corp. served notice of its intentions to buy at least $15 million of Ryder's stock. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks fell 2.08 to 185.20. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was off 2.82 at 368.97. Volume on the Big Board came to 95.85 million shares with two hours to go. AP891106-0261 AP-NR-11-06-89 1431EST u f BC-Dollar-Gold 11-06 0254 BC-Dollar-Gold,0266 Dollar Higher, Gold Mixed Eds: An AMer expected by 5:30 p.m. EST LONDON (AP) The U.S. dollar rose Monday against most major foreign currencies in what was described as featureless trading. Gold prices were mixed, moving up in London but slipping in Zurich. While the dollar finished higher against most currencies, it lost ground against the Japanese yen, British pound and the Canadian dollar. A trader at a large Frankfurt bank said: ``It was very, very quiet; there's no particular trend at the moment.'' In Tokyo, the dollar fell to 143.45 Japanese yen from 143.75 yen at Thursday's close. Japanese markets were closed Friday for a national holiday. Later Monday, the dollar rose to 143.55 yen in London. Also in London, the British pound rose to $1.5795 from $1.5705 late Friday. Other late dollar rates in Europe, compared with late rates Friday, included: 1.8517 West German marks, up from 1.8470; 1.6240 Swiss francs, up from 1.6210; 6.2805 French francs, up from 6.2620; 2.0910 Dutch guilders, up from 2.0825; 1,357.25 Italian lire, up from 1,356.25, and 1.1712 Canadian dollars, down from 1.1723. Gold rose in London to a late bid of $380.25 a troy ounce, up from $378.85 late Friday. But in Zurich, gold fell to a closing bid of $380.25 an ounce, down from $380.75 late Friday. Earlier, in Hong Kong, gold rose $1.32 an ounce to close at $378.55. Silver bullion fell in London to a late bid of $5.25 a troy ounce, down from $5.28 bid late Friday. AP891106-0262 AP-NR-11-06-89 1608EST r f AM-Fax-PostOffices 11-06 0461 AM-Fax-Post Offices,0479 U.S. Postal Service To Provide Fax Services In Northeast Post Offices Eds: `Morison,' `Edd' and Hotelecopy are cq NEW YORK (AP) The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it has awarded a contract to a Miami company to install credit card-operated fax machines at selected post offices in the Northeast. Under a one-year pilot project, Hotelecopy Inc. will install facsimile machines in 54 post offices in New York City, Boston and Providence, R.I. It also will pay the U.S. Postal Service $150 a month rent per location plus a percentage of revenue. If successful, fax machines eventually will be expanded to some 8,000 post offices nationwide, said Assistant Postmaster General Gordon C. Morison, head of the postal service's Philatelic and Retail Services Department. ``We are now looking at our lobbies to help provide one-stop shopping,'' Morison said. He said the service should appeal to medium and small businesses, which do not have facsimile machines, as well as to the general public. MCI Communications Corp. will provide the telephone connections, said Edd Helms, president of Hotelecopy, which has fax machines installed in more than 2,000 locations around the country, including hotels and other public places. Hotelecopy also is vying for U.S. Postal Service contracts in four other regions of the United States where the self-service machines will be tested in an additional 209 post offices starting early next year. Hotelecopy declined to specify the percentage of revenue that would be paid to the postal service because of its competitive bidding. Most of the machines will be located in post office lobbies that are accessible 24 hours a day, Morison said. Customers will be charged $12.75 for approximately three minutes of use or the equivalent of about seven pages of copy, Helms said. The machines will accept most major credit cards, he said. Morison said a year would provide time to determine the market and the demand for facsimile services. He said postal officials are not worried that the new fax machines will cut into overnight or other services currently provided by the U.S. Postal Service. ``Yes, there probably will be some diversion,'' Morison said, ``but we expect that eventually it will generate even more mail.'' Morison said the U.S. Postal Service handles approximately 500 million pieces of mail daily. ``With that kind of volume, any kind of impact would be very minute,'' he said. Morison said the fax machines would be similar to photocopy machines, which have adorned many post office lobbies for years, and as simple to use. However, unlike photocopy machines that are monitored by postal employees, the fax machines will be operated and maintained exclusively by the contractor, he said. The first machine will be installed in the main post office in Manhattan on Tuesday. AP891106-0263 AP-NR-11-06-89 1515EST u f BC-BoardofTrade Close 11-06 0233 BC-Board of Trade, Close,0242 Futures Prices Mixed CHICAGO (AP) Corn and soybean future prices were lower and wheat prices higher in light trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. The decline in corn and soybean prices generally reflected the selloff on the New York Stock Exchange, with the Dow Jones industrial average off more than 40 points at the time trading ended on the Board of Trade, said Rich Feltes, an analyst with Refco Inc. in Chicago. Corn and soybean prices were also affected by reports that the upcoming Agriculture Department crop report _ due out Thursday _ will show an increase in the size of the corn and soybean crop. Wheat prices were up marginally at the close, largely on expectations that the Soviet Union will enter the market soon. ``How much they buy and how soon will determine the fate of the wheat market,'' Feltes said. ``Until they step into the market ... wheat will have difficult time to sustain a rally.'' At the close, wheat was { cent to 1} cents higher with the contract for delivery in December at $4.05} a bushel; corn was 2 cents lower to \ cent higher with December at $2.38 a bushel; oats were 1{ cents to 2 cents lower with December at $1.43} a bushel; soybeans were 2 cents to 5{ cents lower with November at $5.64{ a bushel. AP891106-0264 AP-NR-11-06-89 1516EST u f PM-WallStreet3pm 11-06 0262 PM-Wall Street 3pm,0277 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices showed a broad loss today amid persistent concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 36.48 to 2,593.03 by 3 p.m. on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by more than 3 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 335 up, 1,150 down and 451 unchanged. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down 1[ at 41; General Electric, down | at 53\; International Business Machines, down 1| at 96~; Chevron, down 3] at 65\, and Ford Motor, down 1| at 44. Ryder System gained 1\ to 22} in active trading. Itel Corp. served notice of its intentions to buy at least $15 million of Ryder's stock. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks fell 2.21 to 185.21. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was off 3.00 at 368.79. Volume on the Big Board came to 116.16 million shares with an hour to go. AP891106-0265 AP-NR-11-06-89 1700EST r f AM-Coca-Cola-Schools 11-06 0258 AM-Coca-Cola-Schools,0271 Coca-Cola Announces $50 Million Program of Education Grants for '90s ATLANTA (AP) The Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Coca-Cola Co., on Monday announced $50 million in educational grants to be made over the next decade and said it will focus its work on improving schools. The foundation has donated to various causes, primarily in health, the arts and education, but Coca-Cola officials said education has become a major issue and the foundation wanted to put its efforts only in that direction. The grants will be made during the 1990s to public and private schools at all levels and to other programs that support innovative education. Emphasis will be given to programs benefiting minorities. The first specific grants under the program include: _A series of contributions totaling $5 million to historically black colleges and universities in Atlanta. _A $2 million grant to the University System of Georgia to help establish improvements in public secondary and elementary education in the state. _A $2 million grant for public and private Hispanic family literacy programs in Texas, California and Florida, and other Hispanic education programs. _A $1 million grant to the University of Notre Dame to support minority faculty development and exchange. _A $2 million grant to the United Negro College Fund for schools outside Atlanta. _$300,000 to Georgetown University to underwrite international business education programs. _$360,000 for a pilot program currently in 11 Atlanta high schools in which seniors are designated as ``mentors'' to help freshmen cope with the pressures of the high school environment. AP891106-0266 AP-NR-11-06-89 1558EST u f PM-WallStreet355pm 11-06 0045 PM-Wall Street 355pm,0051 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices suffered broad losses today in selling attributed to worries over corporate profits and the outlook for interest rates. Shortly before the close, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 38.73 at 2,590.78. AP891106-0267 AP-NR-11-06-89 1617EST u f AM-UAL 11-06 0596 AM-UAL,0619 Coniston Tries to Ruffle UAL's Feathers By JAMES WEBB Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) Coniston Partners wants to ruffle the feathers of UAL Corp. and force a payday for investors, but it's unclear whether its efforts to shake up United Airlines' parent will fly with shareholders and fractious unions, analysts said Monday. Coniston, a New York investment group, has made money from United before, when it helped force the airline's former parent, Allegis Corp., to restructure in 1987. This time, Coniston has formed a group named Condor Partners, comprised of the Coniston investors who are interested in Chicago-based UAL. Things may be more complicated the second time around, in the wake of a failed $6.75 billion buyout attempt by a pilot-management group and with United's three largest unions seeking new contracts. ``At this point all they (Coniston) are is a 10 percent shareholder that's got a wish list,'' said Stephen Dexter, an airline analyst with Kemper Financial Services Inc. ``Part of the wish list is some sort of transaction that would involve probably an immediate payout to shareholders.'' On Friday, Coniston said it had accumulated a 9.7 percent stake in UAL and wanted to trim UAL's board of directors from 16 to five members, three of whom would be Coniston principals. If the group wins over shareholders to the plan, it would be able to steer the company townd payoff,'' Dexter said. ``But it does weaken the airline.'' To raise the money for such a transaction, UAL would likely have to sell its planes and lease them back, or borrow the money. Either option would handicap United, the nation's second-largest airline, in a fiercely competitive industry. Stock speculators who may have suffered big losses when the pilot-management proposal fell through on Oct. 13 would jump for any deal, Dexter predicted. ``The arbitrageurs would immediately support any effort by Coniston or anyone else to get the value of this stock back up, no matter what it is,'' he said. Long-term UAL shareholders may be more cautious, said Louis A. Marckesano, an analyst with Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. in Philadelphia. ``I think they're going to want to see more definite signs of what's behind the strategy of Coniston Partners,'' he said. ``They (Coniston) haven't defined what they want to do specifically enough to make people just jump on the bandwagon.'' AP891106-0268 AP-NR-11-06-89 1620EST u f PM-WallStreetClosing 11-06 0113 PM-Wall Street Closing,0123 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices dropped sharply today amid persistent concern over the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. MORE AP891106-0269 AP-NR-11-06-89 1652EST u f BC-EuroDisney 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0176 BC-Euro Disney, 1st Ld-Writethru,f0022,0179 Euro Disneyland SCA Shares Prices Rise Eds: Updates with closing prices LONDON (AP) Shares in Euro Disneyland SCA rose sharply Monday, the first day of official trading on London and Paris stock exchanges. Euro Disneyland, which is half-owned by Walt Disney Co., has sold about $1 billion worth of stock to investors throughout Europe to help pay for a new Disney theme park to be opened in France in 1992. Euro Disneyland shares closed at 879 pence, or $13.80, a share in London, up from the offer price of 707 pence, or $11.10, a share but below the mnday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, the most popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, rose to 7.89 percent last week. That was up from 7.81 percent the previous week. AP891106-0270 AP-NR-11-06-89 1658EST u f AM-Earns-Continental 11-06 0370 AM-Earns-Continental,0384 Continental's Profit More Than Doubles in Third Quarter HOUSTON (AP) Continental Airlines more than doubled its earnings for the third quarter, partly because of the sale of some assets, the airline announced Monday. For the three months ending Sept. 30, Continental had net income of $43.5 million on revenue of $1.34 billion, compared with net income of $15.2 million on revenue of $1.26 billion in the same quarter in 1988. Continental does not report earnings on a per-share basis because it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas Air Corp. In late August, Texas Air Chairman Frank Lorenzo said he was considering a sale of all or part of Continental because its business was being hurt by the long-running strike against Eastern Airlines, the other big Texas Air subsidiary. Continental's income for the quarter includes a one-time gain of $11.3 million, mainly from ``sales of unspecified assets, including some slots at airports,'' said Continental spokesman Art Kent, who declined to be more specific. Mickey Foret, who was named president of Houston-based Continental last week, said in a statement: ``The third-quarter performance continues the pattern of strong financial improvement at Continental, from the difficult merger environment of the last two years.'' ``Our customers tell us they are pleased by what they see, and that reaction to our service is being increasingly reflected directly on the bottom line,'' he said. Texas Air usually announces its financial statements to include both Continental and sister carrier Eastern, but Kent said Texas Air decided to release Continental's earnings separately because it was ``so pleased'' with the results. Earnings statements from Texas Air and Eastern, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, are expected in several days, he said. For the first nine months of 1989, Continental posted net income of $59.1 million on revenue of $3.9 billion, compared with a net loss of $216.3 million on revenue of $3.6 billion for the same period in 1988. Foret was named president when Joseph Corr resigned after less than 10 months on the job. While remaining as Texas Air chairman, Lorenzo was named Continental's chairman and chief executive officer, positions which Corr also held. Foret is the seventh Continental president in as many years. AP891106-0271 AP-NR-11-06-89 1659EST u f AM-Dollar-Gold 11-06 0358 AM-Dollar-Gold,0374 Dollar, Gold Up Precede LONDON BC NEW YORK (AP) The dollar ended higher Monday against most key currencies in quiet, uninspired trading. Gold prices also rose. On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold bullion for current delivery closed at $381.50 a troy ounce, up $3 from Friday. Republic National Bank of New York quoted a late bid for gold at $380.25 an ounce, up $2.55. Currency traders said technical factors within the market, fueled by continued firmness in U.S. interest rates, were largely responsible for the dollar's rise in New York. Overseas, trading was also described as featureless. ``It was very, very quiet; there's no particular trend at the moment,'' said a trader at a large Frankfurt bank. In Tokyo, where trading ends before Europe's business day begins, the dollar closed at 143.45 yen, down 0.30 yen from Thursday. Japanese markets were closed Friday for a national holiday. The dollar rose to 143.55 yen in London, and to 143.85 yen in New York, up from 143.25 yen Friday. The dollar fell against the pound. Sterling rose in London to $1.5795 from $1.5705 late Friday, and in New York to $1.5767 from $1.5685. Other late dollar rates in New York, compared with Friday's quotes, included: 1.85325 West German marks, up from 1.84675; 1.6245 Swiss francs, up from 1.6205; 6.2820 French francs, up from 6.2630; 1,356.50 Italian lire, unchanged; and 1.17075 Canadian dollars, down from 1.17235. Late dollar rates in Europe, compared with Friday: 1.8517 West German marks, up from 1.8470; 1.6240 Swiss francs, up from 1.6210; 6.2805 French francs, up from 6.2620; 2.0910 Dutch guilders, up from 2.0825; 1,357.25 Italian lire, up from 1,356.25, and 1.1712 Canadian dollars, down from 1.1723. Gold rose in London to a late bid of $380.25 an ounce from $378.85 late Friday. But in Zurich, gold fell to $380.25 an ounce from $380.75. Earlier, in Hong Kong, gold rose $1.32 an ounce to close at $378.55. Silver prices were mixed. On New York's Comex, silver bullion for current delivery rose to $5.238 a troy ounce from $5.227 late Friday. Silver slipped in London to $5.25 an ounce from $5.28. AP891106-0272 AP-NR-11-06-89 1709EST u f AM-WallStreet 1stLd-Writethru 11-06 0493 AM-Wall Street, 1st Ld-Writethru,0513 Eds: Updates with closing prices throughout. By CHET CURRIER AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) Worries about corporate profits and interest-rate uncertainties combined to drive stock prices sharply lower in a ``blue Monday'' atmosphere on Wall Street. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 47.34 points to 2,582.17, the lowest close since its 190-point dive to 2,569.26 on Friday, Oct. 13. Declining issues outnumbered advances by more than 3 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks, with 355 up, 1,180 down and 441 unchanged. Wall Street's view of prospects for corporate earnings has worsened steadily over the past few weeks as reports for the third quarter of the year came in below expectations. Analysts noted that the first few indications for the fourth quarter have also been negative. That concern had been at least partly counterbalanced by hopes that the Federal Reserve might soon relax its credit policy further, in order to cushion the impact of slowing economic growth. But last Friday's stronger-than-expected employment figures for October dampened that speculation. Interest rates rose a bit in the credit markets, putting yields of long-term government bonds in the 7.95 percent-8 percent range. Auto stocks were especially hard hit by worries about the profit outlook. Ford Motor dropped 1} to 43~; General Motors 1] to 43, and Chrysler 1[ to 19~. Computer and technology issues were also weak with many analysts scaling back their estimates of business spending in the months ahead. International Business Machines fell 1~ to 96|; Hewlett-Packard 1{ to 42\; Honeywell 1[ to 80{, and Digital Equipment 1] to 88[. Other losers among the blue chips included Philip Morris, down 1] at 40}; General Electric, down ~ at 53; International Paper, down 1[ at 47{; Chevron, down 4 at 64|, and DuPont, down 1] at 113\. Ryder System gained 1\ to 22} in active trading. Itel Corp. served notice of its intentions to buy at least $15 million of Ryder's stock. Some precious-metals issues moved up in tandem with world gold prices. Placer Dome rose { to 18; ASA Ltd. } to 52]; Newmont Gold 1~ to 43~, and American Barrick Resources \ to 29[. Volume on the floor of the Big Board came to 135.48 million shares, against 131.50 million in the previous session. Nationwide, consolidated volume in NYSE-listed issues, including trades in those stocks on regional exchanges and in the over-the-counter market, totaled 169.44 million shares. As measured by Wilshire Associates' index of more than 5,000 actively traded stocks, the market lost $42.88 billion, or 1.30 percent, in value. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped 2.51 to 184.77. Standard & Poor's industrial index fell 5.92 to 378.85, and S&P's 500-stock composite index was down 5.01 at 332.61. The NASDAQ composite index for the over-the-counter market slumped 4.95 to 448.02. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index closed at 368.68, down 3.11. AP891106-0273 AP-NR-11-06-89 1725EST u f AM-OilPrices 11-06 0268 AM-Oil Prices,0280 Oil Futures End Mixed NEW YORK (AP) Oil futures prices ended mixed Monday in sluggish trading. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the December contract for West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude oil, closed down 11 cents at $20.10 a 42-gallon barrel. The January contract ended at $19.79 a barrel, 8 cents lower. Analysts said crude prices came under light trading pressure mainly from profit-taking after last week's gains. Refined products traded on the exchange finished mixed. No. 2 heating oil for December delivery lost 0.46 cent to 59.66 cents a gallon, while wholesale unleaded gasoline for December gained 0.33 cent to 52.46 cents a gallon. Contracts for later delivery also ended mixed. ``People were buying gasoline and selling heating oil on a spread basis,'' said Peter Beutel, energy analyst for Elders Futures Inc. Traders said the weakness in crude prices did not reflect concern about escalating production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Recent estimates have put OPEC output at 22.5 million barrels a day or more in October and some analysts predict that prices could begin to suffer as supply outstrips demand on world markets. The cartel's quota is 20.5 million barrels a day. OPEC is scheduled to meet on Nov. 25 in Vienna, Austria, to discuss strategy for 1990, including re-allocation of quotas among its 13 member nations. ``The OPEC meeting is still in the back of people's minds,'' said Brendan Dolan, trader with Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. ``But it's not playing a major role yet. Maybe a week beforehand, people will start to take positions.'' AP891106-0274 AP-NR-11-06-89 1736EST u f AM-DalkonShield 11-06 0574 AM-Dalkon Shield,0596 Both Sides React To Court Decision With AM-Scotus Rdp, Bjt By KAREN HAYWOOD Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Lawyers for Dalkon Shield victims said Monday that there would be no further challenge to a $2.5 billion trust fund established by the manufacturer of the birth-control device after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their appeals. The group, which represented about 650 of the more than 300,000 women likely to share in the trust, has 25 days to ask the high court for a rehearing. But Alan B. Morrison, lead lawyer for the claimants, said ``it would be futile.'' ``It always was an uphill battle. We fought. We did what our clients wanted us to do and we have no regrets,'' said Morrison, of the Public Citizen Litigation Group in Washington, D.C. The group had contended that the trust settlement wrongly barred future lawsuits against officials of A.H. Robins Co., maker of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device, and that the $2.5 billion may not be enough money to compensate all victims. But the Supreme Court rejected that challenge Monday, with one dissenting vote. Roscoe E. Puckett Jr., a spokesman for Richmond-based Robins, said if the group does not seek a rehearing, ``It will be over.'' Puckett said the company could soon complete its federal bankruptcy reorganization and planned merger with American Home Products Corp., a New York-based consumer products company. The merger is scheduled to become finalized by next month. Some of the Dalkon Shield victims also expressed relief with the Supreme Court's decision. ``I never saw the possibility of getting any more money than we already had, and I really hated to take a chance on losing that money,'' said Linda Hightower, director of the Dalkon Shield Victims Association in Atlanta. ``If we had lost that money, it would have taken us anywhere from one to five years to get back to the point (to where we are).'' Michael Sheppard, director of the trust's claims resolution facility, said the trust will receive the money by mid-December. He said the trust has set the end of February as a target date to send a packet of information and a questionnaire to people with outstanding claims. ``We'll start paying as soon as those packets come back with the full questionaire filled out and the necessary medical records,'' Sheppard said. ``We'll probably be paying some claims in March.'' Marketed in the early 1970s, the Dalkon Shield allegedly caused infertility, spontaneous abortions, pelvic inflammation or, in some cases, death. Sheppard said 42 percent of the claims already have been paid through the first of four options available to claimants. Under that option, women who suffered minor injuries from the Dalkon Shield receive $725; a husband or child injured as a result of the birth control device can receive $300; and those whose claims involve conflicting information can receive $125. No claims have been paid under the other options. Option two is for people whose injuries require a limited review of medical records; option three is for more seriously injured claimants whose injuries will require a full review of medical records, Sheppard said. Under option four, claimants who believe their injuries will get worse or who believe an injury has not manifested itself can defer a review of medical records, he said. ``Many of these women have been waiting for years for resolution of their claims,'' Sheppard said. ``This is a major step forward.'' AP891106-0275 AP-NR-11-06-89 1806EST u f AM-CommodityRdp 11-06 0697 AM-Commodity Rdp,0729 Precious Metals Prices Up By HERBERT G. McCANN Associated Press Writer Precious metal futures prices rose Monday on New York's Commodity Exchange as traders reacted to the decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange. On other markets, grain and soybean futures were mixed, sugar was lower, energy futures were mixed, copper prices fell and livestock and pork futures were higher. Gold futures settled $2.80 to $3.10 higher with the contract for delivery in November at $381.50 a troy ounce; silver was 0.8 cent to 1.2 cents higher with November at $5.238 a troy ounce. There was some profit taking early in gold trading on signs the strength the metal showed last week was weakening, said Don Tierney, an analyst with Stanley Bell & Co. in New York. But he said gold prices improved as stock prices declined during the day. The Dow Jones industrial average wound up with a loss of 47.34 points to close at 2,582.17, the lowest close since its 190-point dive to 2,569.26 on Friday, Oct. 13. He said nervousness over the weakening stock market has sparked investor interest in gold and silver as a ``safe haven.'' Tierney also noted that the volume of trades in gold and silver has shown an increase, an indication that new buyers are entering the market. Corn and soybean future prices were lower and wheat prices higher in light trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn and soybea prices were affected by reports that the upcoming Agriculture Department crop report _ due out Thursday _ will show an increase in the size of the corn and soybean crop. Wheat prices were up marginally at the close, largely on expectations that the Soviet Union will enter the market soon. Wheat settled { cent to 1} cents higher with December at $4.06 a bushel; corn was 1} cents lower to \ cent higher with December at $2.38\ a bushel; oats were 1{ cents to 2 cents lower with December at $1.43} a bushel; soybeans were 2\ cents to 5\ cents lower with November at $5.64{ a bushel. Sugar prices drifted slightly lower on New York's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange as the market reacted indifferently to Brazil's announcement it was not considering diverting sugar marked for export to the domestic market. Sugar prices surged to 15-month highs last week on reports that demand was outstripping supply and news that Brazil would cut exports. ``The news that we have so far is reflected in the price,'' said Harry Schwartz, an analyst with Cargill Investor Services Inc. in New York. ``Unless there is a surprise later ... sugar is fairly valued.'' Sugar was .07 cent to .13 cent lower with January at 14.02 cents a pound. Despite the absence of fundamental news, energy prices were mostly lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 4 cents to 11 cents lower with December at $20.10 a barrel; heating oil was .26 cent to .46 cents lower with December at 59.66 cents a gallon; unleaded gasoline was .10 cent lower to .33 cent higher with December at 52.46 a gallon. Livestock and pork futures were mostly higher in moderate trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Cash prices helped lift live cattle prices, which helped support feeder cattle futures. Hog futures were helped by spread liquidation, the selling of frozen pork bellies to buy live hogs, said Paul Georgy, an analyst with Allendale, Inc. in Chicago. Live cattle were .10 cent to .30 cent higher with December at 74.47 cents a pound; feeder cattle were .10 cent lower to .25 cent higher with November at 82.95 cents a pound; hogs were .15 cent to .77 cent higher with December at 47.72 cents a pound; frozen pork bellies were .15 cent lower to .47 cent higher with February at 59.55 cents a pound. Copper prices were lower on the Comex on reports copper stocks in London Metals Exchange-approved warehouses increased by 14,000 tons. Falling copper prices also reflect the reduction of labor strife in several copper producing nations, analysts say. Copper was 2.90 cents to 2.95 cents lower with November at $1.0925 a pound. AP891106-0276 AP-NR-11-06-89 1822EST u f AM-Pickens-Koito 11-06 0373 AM-Pickens-Koito,0388 Pickens Says Japanese Want to Ride U.S. Coattails in European Markets With AM-Trade Barriers By JOHN M. DOYLE AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Japanese companies are building plants in this country to ride U.S. coattails into European markets in the next decade, Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens said Monday. Pickens also told a news conference at the National Press Club that legislation may be needed to restrict Japanese investment in this country until the Japanese open up their financial markets. ``I think you're going to have to do something about closing these markets until you can get some adjustment from the Japanese,'' said Pickens, who later testified before a Senate subcommittee on U.S.-Japanese trade relations. At the news conference, Pickens said the Japanese want their American-made products to be considered American after inter-European trade barriers come down after 1992. It is expected that non-European countries will have a tougher time selling their goods there, however. ``The Japanese are very astute,'' Pickens told a news conference ``The Japanese are building plants in the United States to coattail the United States into European markets in 1992.'' He added that the Japanese will have a hard time selling in European markets and ``this way they can move into those markets as American-made.'' Pickens also said his problems with Koito Manufacturing Co., a Japanese auto headlight maker, ``is symbolic of the current trade relations between the United States and Japan.'' Pickens, known for his often hostile raids on U.S. companies, has been battling with the management of Koito for representation on its board. He complained that despite a 26 percent stake in the company, he has been denied a seat on the board, even though Toyota, the Japanese carmaker, has three seats with only a 19 percent share of the company. Pickens maintained that Koito is really a subsidiary of Toyota. He repeated his assertion that his purchase of Koito stock was purely for investment. ``We would never do anything to damage the company,'' said Pickens, denying that he planned a ``green mail'' campaign, in which a corporate raider buys a company's stock in hopes the company will buy the shares back at a higher price than is generally available to other shareholders. AP891106-0277 AP-NR-11-06-89 2056EST r f AM-Mexico-Debt 11-06 0199 AM-Mexico-Debt,,0207 Creditor Banks Opting for Principal, Interest Reductions MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico has recieved replies from 42 percent of its foreign creditor banks on a debt renegotiation plan, and 90 percent of them are opting to reduce principal and interest rather than grant new loans, the official news agency Notimex said Monday. Notimex, quoting unidentified banking sources in New York, said the banks hold $21.8 billion of the $52.7 billion in private debt covered by the renegotiation agreement. The agreement, reached in July with a committee of 15 of the creditor banks, gives banks three options. They can cut principal, cut interest or grant new loans. Notimex said 53 percent of the banks who have informed the creditor committee, which is headed by Citibank in New York, of their decisions are opting to cut principal, 37 percent are cutting interest and 10 percent will make new loans. The committee represents nearly 500 banks. The renegotiation agreement has been hailed by Mexican officials as a major step toward resolving Mexico's foreign debt crisis. Mexico owes a total of more than $107 billion to private and government creditors. It is the second-largest foreign debt in the developing world. AP891106-0278 AP-NR-11-06-89 1954EST r f AM-Holiday-Name 11-06 0161 AM-Holiday-Name,0169 Holiday Corp. Names New Subsidiary MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Holiday Corp. announced the formation of a new subsidiary Monday called The Promus Companies Inc. to run its casinos and hotels. In August, Holiday Corp. announced the sale of its Holiday Inns motel chain in the United States to brewing giant Bass PLC of Great Britian. Holiday Corp., which is based in Memphis, held on to its casino operations, Harrah's, and its Embassy Suits, Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites hotel brands and said a new subsidiary would be established to manage them. ``The name Promus has its roots in the Latin word meaning `to serve' or `to give,' which is in keeping with our intended corporate culture,'' Michael D. Rose, chief executive officer of Holiday Corp., said in a statement. Holiday's $2.2 billion deal with Bass PLC is expected to close in January. The company's new subsidiary will be run by the parent corporation's senior management, Holiday said. AP891106-0279 AP-NR-11-06-89 2038EST r f BC-Earns-LTV 11-06 0266 BC-Earns-LTV,0277 LTV Net Up, Operating Income Falls DALLAS (AP) Steel and defense contractor LTV Corp. reported Monday its profit for the third quarter jumped significantly because of a $1.34 billion charge against earnings last year, though its operating income declined. LTV, which is operating under bankruptcy court protection from creditors, said its net income was $85.7 million, or 68 cents per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss of $1.24 billion, or $12.03 per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenue declined from $1.71 billion in last year's third quarter to $1.51 billion, primarily due to the exclusion of revenue from the company's steel bar division, which is being sold. Last year's results included a $1.34 billion charge to cover future pension obligations. The charge is related to the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Operating income dropped from $77.6 million last year to $37.4 million, as aircraft products posted a $27.1 million loss and steel profits fell from $80.9 million to $60.6 million. ``LTV's steel business was stable, but produced results that were lower than in 1988,'' said Chairman Raymond A. Hay. ``Our aerospace and defense units continued to incur increased costs associated with fixed-price contracts, but we have taken steps during the past few months to control costs and improve long-term performance.'' For the first nine months of the year, net income totaled $192.6 million, or $1.50 per share, compared with a loss of $3.25 billion, or $31.97 per share, last year, including the special pension charge. Revenue declined from $5.65 billion last year to $4.78 billion. AP891106-0280 AP-NR-11-06-89 2041EST r f AM-Georgia-Pacific-Nekoosa 11-06 0301 AM-Georgia-Pacific-Nekoosa,0312 Georgia Pacific Asks Response from Nekoosa on Buyout Bid ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Pacific Corp. said Monday that its chairman, T. Marshall Hahn, delivered a letter to Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. Chairman William R. Laidig urging the paper corporations' leaders meet to discuss Georgia-Pacific's merger proposal. Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific submitted a $3.1 billion merger bid Oct. 31, offering $58 a share for Great Northern Nekoosa stock. Hahn later invited top officers of Great Northern Nekoosa, based in Norwalk, Conn., to meet with top Georgia-Pacific officials. ``I think it would be a constructive step and would assist you in evaluating our proposal,'' his letter said. ``We believe our proposal is an attractive one and that a negotiated, friendly transaction between our companies would be in the best interests of your shareholders, employees and other constituencies.'' In Portland, Maine, on Monday, the $58-a-share tender offer by Georgia-Pacific for Great Northern Nekoosa spawned another lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that Great Northern officers are trying to preserve their jobs by planning to fight the takeover. The complaint by BTZ Inc., identified in the lawsuit only as an Illinois corporation that owns Great Northern stock, alleges that Great Northern's directors sought to entrench their positions by adoption of a ``poison pill'' plan designed to thwart a takeover. The 26-page complaint makes allegations similar to those contained in separate lawsuits filed last week by Georgia-Pacific and a group of five Great Northern shareholders. The lawsuit, filed as a class action on behalf of other shareholders, asks that anti-takeover provisions be stricken from Great Northern's bylaws and that Maine's year-old anti-takeover law be declared unconstitutional. Great Northern is incorporated in Maine. Great Northern has declined to comment on the issues raised in the lawsuits. The company has yet to respond to the tender offer. AP891106-0281 AP-NR-11-06-89 2006EST u f AM-TreasuryAuction 1stLd-Writethru f0109 11-06 0562 AM-Treasury Auction, 1st Ld-Writethru, f0109,0575 Treasury Postpones Bill Auction Eds: INSERTS 3 grafs after 3rd graf pvs, `The Treasury ...,' to UPDATE with congressional comments. By JOHN D. McCLAIN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional inaction on a bill raising the federal debt ceiling forced the Treasury to postpone its weekly bill auction Monday and threatened the government with its first default in history. The Treasury had planned to offer $16 billion in three- and six-month bills Monday, but postponed the sale ``because Congress has not completed action on legislation to increase the statutory debt limit.'' The Treasury lost further borrowing authority Oct. 31 when the debt limit reverted from $2.87 trillion to $2 trillion. Because it already has reached the lower limit, the government faces default on some of its debt as early as Thursday. Congressional leaders spent much of Monday behind closed doors, looking to break the stalemate that has blocked passage of the higher debt ceiling and a big deficit-reduction bill. ``We have decided to concentrate on extension of the debt ceiling while we are looking at other issues,'' House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., told reporters. He said leaders are hoping to pass a new debt ceiling in time for President Bush to sign it on Wednesday. Foley indicated that one major issue to be resolved is whether legislation repealing or scaling back catatstrophic health coverage for retirees should be attached to the debt-ceiling bill or considered as part of the deficit-reduction package. Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady said last week that if Congress fails to increase the limit by Tuesday, ``the government will run out of cash and default on Nov. 9'' when about $13.8 billion in Treasury bills mature. ``Each day that Congress fails to act, however, will cause additional disruption in our borrowing schedule, possibly resulting in higher interest costs to the taxpayer,'' Brady said in a speech to Maryland bankers. ``To avoid these potential costs and the prospect of default, immediate congressional action is imperative.'' The House has passed a $3.1 trillion debt ceiling, but action has been stalled in the Senate by Republican demands that it be accompanied by enactment of a capital gains tax cut, a top priority for President Bush. The White House abandoned that effort Thursday, and Democratic and GOP Senate leaders were discussing legislation Monday to increase the limit. However, any bill approved by the Senate likely would differ from the House version and efforts to reach a compromise would require additional time. Michael Basham, deputy assistant Treasury secretary, told reporters last week that plans for $40 billion in additional borrowing this week probably would have to be postponed if Congress doesn't complete action on a new debt limit by Tuesday. These auctions include $10 billion in three-year notes Tuesday, $10 billion in 10-year notes Wednesday and $10 billion in 30-year bonds Thursday. In addition, the Treasury plans to sell $10 billion in 36-day cash management bills Thursday. Lack of congressional action forced the Treasury last Wednesday to suspend new sales of U.S. savings bonds and of special securities for state and local governments. The special securities are temporary investment vehicles for money those governments raise in the bond market. If the securities are not available, state and local governments could be forced to cancel planned bond sales, leading to disruption of the municipal bond market. AP891106-0282 AP-NR-11-06-89 2009EST u f AM-ScotusRdp 1stLd-Writethru f0124 11-06 0855 AM-Scotus Rdp, 1st Ld-Writethru, f0124,0882 Justices Remove Last Big Hurdle in Dalkon Shield Settlement Eds: SUBS 20th graf, `In all ...,' with 2 grafs giving further figures, CORRECTING top settlement from $10.5 million to $9.2 million and CORRECTING that 300,000 was number of claims, not number of lawsuits. Also moving on general news wires. By RICHARD CARELLI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Monday removed the last legal obstacle to carrying out a $2.5 billion settlement for victims of the Dalkon Shield birth-control device. But compensatory payments may not begin until next spring, and no one could say definitively how many of the nearly 100,000 women with active claims will receive substantial payments. The justices, over one dissenting vote, rejected a challenge by some 650 women to the settlement reached out with A.H. Robins Co., manufacturer of the intrauterine device. Marketed in the early 1970s, the Dalkon Shield allegedly caused infertility, spontaneous abortions, pelvic inflammation or, in some cases, death. Sharon Lutz, a Detroit lawyer representing 18,000 of the women who had sued Robins and who had urged the court to uphold the settlement, said payments might start by late February or early March. ``It's been a long, long struggle for a terrible, terrible tragedy,'' she said, ``but today's great news marks the beginning of the end.'' Baltimore lawyer Michael Pretl, who also represented women who alleged injuries, said payments may be delayed for several months beyond the February target date. ``I don't think it's realistic to expect we'll have money flowing before next spring,'' Pretl said, predicting that individual women with serious injuries will receive payments ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. Pretl said that many thousands of women with active claims may get relatively little money for varying reasons. For example, they may have used more than one brand of device, he said. And most women who will receive substantial awards likely will have to pay one-third to their lawyers. Sales of the Dalkon Shield ended in 1974 but the product was not actually recalled until 1984. A.H. Robins, based in Richmond, Va., created the $2.5 billion trust fund as part of its 1985 reorganization under federal bankruptcy law. The bankruptcy was sparked by thousands of lawsuits by women who had used the device. Some 9,000 cases were settled before the bankruptcy declaration. The range of payments made under those settlements are serving as a model for a four-member committee that will decide the size of individual awards. Appointed by U.S. District Judge Robert Merhige of Richmond, the committee is chaired by Georgine Vairo of the Fordham University law school in New York. The challenge acted on Monday contended that the settlement wrongly bars future lawsuits against A.H. Robins officials and others, and that $2.5 billion may not be enough money to compensate all victims. Only Justice Byron R. White voted to grant full review to those arguments. Under the bankruptcy reorganization plan, American Home Products Corp., a New York-based business, has agreed to buy A.H. Robins and fund the trust. That takeover is expected to become final Dec. 2. A.H. Robins stockholders will receive $700 million worth of American Home stock _ making the acquisition price $3.2 billion. A.H. Robins spokesman Roscoe E. Puckett Jr. said, ``The company is very pleased that the way finally has been cleared for consummation of its reorganization plan.'' In all, more than 300,000 women filed claims against A.H. Robins, about 15,000 in lawsuits. About a dozen women saw their cases go to trial and won multi-million-dollar awards, the highest being $9.2 mllion. Such trials were barred after the bankruptcy reorganization. Bradley Post, who won the record $9.2 million judgment in Wichita, Kan., said about 100,000 claims were eliminated without payment for one reason or another and as many as 80,000 settled with payments of $300 to $750. But Pretl said women who believe they suffered injury by using a Dalkon Shield who have not yet sued or been included in the case may still have legal recourse. ``I would encourage people to continue to come forward if they still have serious claims,'' he said, adding that such women may share in a supplemental trust fund established by A.H. Robins' insurer, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. In other action Monday, the court: _Agreed to decide in a case from Illinois whether lawsuits charging employers with violating a key federal anti-bias law must be filed in federal _ not state _ courts. _Said it will decide in an Idaho case whether money given directly to Mormon missionaries by church members is a deductible donation under federal tax law. _Turned down the appeal of a Rhode Island woman threatened with jail if she lets her boyfriend stay overnight while her children are in the house. _Agreed to decide in a New York case whether a motorist who pleads guilty to drunken driving and related traffic offenses in a fatal car crash later may be prosecuted for homicide and assault. _Rejected the appeal of a woman who says she is Hank Williams Sr.'s daughter and should share in the late country music legend's copyright royalties. AP891106-0283 AP-NR-11-06-89 2104EST r f AM-Ryder-Itel 11-06 0413 AM-Ryder-Itel,0430 Itel To Buy $15 Million in Ryder Stock By CATHERINE WILSON Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) Ryder System Inc. common stock rose more than 5 percent in a down market Monday amid speculation that the transportation services company might be the target of a takeover by Itel Corp., a Chicago-based transportation concern. Takeover rumors came after Itel filed notice that it plans to acquire at least $15 million in Ryder common stock. The stock rose $1.25 to close at $22.75. Analysts said the stock's rise was fueled by Itel's planned purchase and occurred in a market in which the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 47 points. ``It's not extraordinary but it's a pretty big jump in one day given that the market is down significantly,'' said Bob Bernstein, an analyst with Edward D. Jones in St. Louis. Ryder's board believes it is in the Miami-based company's best long-term interest to continue as an independent company, said M. Anthony Burns, Ryder's chairman, president and chief executive officer. Itel spokeswoman Gloria Waber said she had no comment on the filing, and Ryder had nothing to add to a short news release issued Monday containing Burns' statement. But analysts said Itel's intended purchase of about 700,000 of Ryder's 76 million outstanding shares could boost the stock price and renew takeover talk. ``It's not buying the whole company by any means, but their investment indicates interest and at a reasonable price,'' Bernstein said. The move by Itel, which has rail and shipping interests, could be a precursor to additional Itel purchases of Ryder stock and make other investors take notice, he said. Itel's stock closed down 37{ cents a share at $21.25 on the New York Stock Exchange. Ryder's relatively low stock price may be driving Itel's interest, said analyst Andrew Geller of Provident National Bank in Philadelphia. ``Whenever it gets down to this level, this talk comes up more,'' he said. ``But it's been talked about as a takeover candidate for the last couple of years.'' Ryder rents and leases trucks and vans to the commercial and consumer markets, and provides aircraft maintenance and insurance management services. It earned $79 million in the year ended Sept. 30 on revenue of $5.1 billion. Itel's divisions include rail-car leasing, container leasing and warehousing. It also owns minority interests in Santa Fe Pacific Corp., the parent of the Santa Fe railroad, and American President Cos., a shipping and container operation based in Oakland, Calif. AP891106-0284 AP-NR-11-06-89 2106EST r f BC-Colgate-Vipont 1stLd-Writethru f0088 11-06 0345 BC-Colgate-Vipont, 1st Ld-Writethru, f0088,0353 Colgate to Acquire Vipont Pharmaceutical Eds: SUBS last graf to CORRECT that earnings figures are for year ended Sept. 30, 1988, sted this year. FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colgate-Palmolive Co. will acquire Vipont Pharmaceutical Inc. for about $94 million, enabling Colgate to strengthen its oral hygiene product line, the companies announced Monday. The merger agreement calls for the Fort Collins-based Vipont to sell Colgate all of its outstanding common shares, for $14 per share. Vipont also will spin off to its shareholders on Dec. 1 a total of 65 percent of the outstanding shares of Vipont Research Labs Inc., Vipont's research subsidiary. Part of the agreement calls for Colgate to have exclusive rights to distribute Vipont Research's periodontal treatment products. Colgate also will acquire a 10 percent equity interest in Vipont Research under the agreement, according to the announcement by Vipont. ``Through Vipont's patented technology, Colgate can further build its global leadership in oral care in a number of strategic ways,'' said Reuben Mark, Colgate chairman and chief executive officer. ``Specifically, Colgate has positioned itself as a leader in anti-cavity, anti-tartar, and now with Vipont, anti-plaque technology.'' Colgate makes one of the world's top-selling toothpastes and also sells a full line of toothbrushes, mouth rinses and professional dental products. Vipont's anti-plaque toothpaste and mouth rinse products are sold under the Viadent brand name. ``The Vipont technology is in the forefront of perio products,'' said Lawrence L. Frederick, president and chief executive officer of Vipont Pharmaceutical. ``By becoming part of Colgate, this technology will now receive the marketing and financial resources to become truly global.'' Closing of the tender offer hinges on Colgate receiving tenders of at least 65 percent of the outstanding stock of Vipont Pharmaceutical. Following the close of the tender offer, a Colgate subsidiary will merge, subject to Vipont shareholder approval, into Vipont Pharmaceutical, and Vipont Pharmaceutical will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Colgate. Vipont Pharmaceuticals reported $33.5 million in revenue and $4.5 million in net income for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1988. AP891106-0285 AP-NR-11-06-89 2145EST r f AM-Boeing 11-06 0341 AM-Boeing,0352 Bonuses Still Sticking Point in Boeing Strike By RORY MARSHALL Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) After six days of negotiations raised hope for an end to the Machinists union strike against Boeing Co., contract talks collapsed over the weekend and no movement was evident Monday. ``To my knowledge there's nothing new, our thought still being that the most responsible thing for the (union) to do is allow the workers to vote on the contract offer,'' Boeing spokesman Harold Carr said. ``We had an offer on the table and the union walked away from it.'' Federal mediator Douglas Hammond said no new talks were scheduled, and he didn't anticipate any this week. Union spokesman could not be reached for comment Monday. The strike, which began Oct. 4, moves into its 35th day Tuesday. The company's offer rejected by union members Oct. 3 included annual pay raises of 4 percent, 3 percent and 3 percent, with bonuses of 8 percent of gross pay in the first year and 3 percent in the second. The revised offer on the table Saturday contained the same wage increases with bonuses of 10 percent, 4 percent and 4 percent. The additional bonus money was offset by lower cost-of-living provisions and lower company contributions to some insurance payments. Retirement benefits would have been increased across the board in the revised offer, while other benefits would remain the same as in the previous offer. Boeing also would have paid health premiums for November, which striking workers now must pay or go without coverage. The latest offer also would cut mandatory overtime from 200 to 144 hours per quarter and assured workers at least every third weekend off. The previous offer called for 160 hours of mandatory overtime and a maximum of three weekends in a row. The Machinists represent about 57,800 workers, including 43,300 in the local district lodge, 12,000 in Wichita, Kan., 1,700 in Portland, Ore., and a few hundred at scattered sites in California, Hawaii, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and other states. AP891106-0286 AP-NR-11-06-89 2227EST r f BC-KrogerSalesCanceled 11-06 0276 BC-Kroger Sales Canceled,0284 Kroger Takes Bakeries, Manufacturing Plants Off Market CINCINNATI (AP) Kroger Co. said Monday that the grocery chain is canceling plans to sell eight food processing plants because potential buyers have failed to obtain the needed financing. Kroger said, however, that it might continue to pursue the sale of one of the plants, the North Coast Bakery in Solon, Ohio. ``The general economic markets these days are such that it's hard for companies to obtain financing to do potential deals,'' Kroger spokesman Paul Bernish said. ``We wanted to complete the sales in this time of the year and since our buyers were not able to arrange financing, we mutually agreed to call it quits.'' Kroger, which owns supermarkets, convenience stores and food processing plants in 32 states, announced plans last fall to sell some assets as part of a $4.6 billion restructuring begun after two unsuccessful takeover attempts against the company last year. The company said the eight plants, located in seven states, have annual earnings of $50 million before taxes and interest. ``They're contributing to our cash flow, which is very important to us in our highly leveraged situation,'' Bernish said. Kroger reported a $5.3 million loss for the third quarter of 1989, but said it was able to prepay $66 million in debt from the company's restructuring plan. The eight plants Kroger took off the market are Delight Products in Springfield, Tenn., Kenlake Foods in Murray, Ky., Pontiac Foods of Pontiac, S.C., State Avenue in Cincinnati, Tara Foods in Albany, Ga., K.B. Specialty Foods in Greensburg, Ind., Pace Dairy in Rochester, Minn. and the North Coast Bakery in Solon. AP891106-0287 AP-NR-11-06-89 2352EST r f BC-GTEClosings 11-06 0318 BC-GTE Closings,0329 GTE To Close Plants, Warehouses Lay Off 888 Workers DANVERS, Mass. (AP) GTE Corp. said Monday it will close two lighting plants in Massachusetts and close 17 warehouses nationwide as part of a restructuring of its distribution system, resulting in more than 800 layoffs. GTE said it will move its light bulb plant in Salem to a sister plant in Pennsylvania and close its lighting fixture assembly plant in Fall River. The closure of the 17 warehouses will result in the layoff of about 260 employees over the next 18 months. Employees at the Loring Avenue plant in Salem, which makes incandescent light bulbs, were told a consolidation plan will result in the closure of the plant by mid 1991. The plant's operations will be moved to a plant in St. Marys, Pa. The move will result in layoffs of 555 people, the company said. The Fall River operation will be consolidated with the company's North American fixtures plant in Toronto, company officials said, resulting in the layoff of 73 workers. Peter Caleshu, vice president and director of manufacturing for the company's U.S. Lighting division, said cheaper products from foreign competition had forced the plant closures. The move of the Salem operation to Pennsylvania would allow GTE to lower overhead costs and stay competitive, Caleshu said. Also, shipping and utility costs are cheaper at the Pennsylvania plant, and more operating space is available, he said. James Czifirik, the union business agent representing workers at Salem, said the company put earnings before the interest of workers. ``We're making money here, so why close? The answer is they want more profit margin for stockholders,'' he said. GTE said it will close warehouses in Buffalo, N.Y.; Charlotte, N.C.; Cincinnati and Cleveland; Dearborn, Mich.; Denver; Pittsburgh and Devon, Pa.; Fridley, Minn.; Hayward, Calif.; Hazelwood, Mo.; Houston; New Orleans; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Springfield, Va,; and Teterboro, N.J.