AP890206-0001 AP-NR-02-06-89 2326EST u i AM-CostaRica-American 02-06 0348 AM-Costa Rica-American,0359 Costa Rican Court Denies Bond For American Arrested On Drug Charges By CARLOS SANDI Associated Press Writer SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) American John Hull, a well-known supporter of Nicaraguan rebels, remained in custody for drug and weapons charges Monday after a court denied his request for release on bond. The Superior Penal Court of Alajuela told The Associated Press on Monday that it rejected Hull's request to be released on $12,500 bond. Judge Maximo Esquivel, head of the court issuing the ruling, refused to comment on the decision. Hull, 69, has been held since he was arrested Jan. 13. Officials also said he was being investigated on charges of spying for the U.S.-backed rebels, known as the Contras. Hull remained in custody a Costa Rican hospital where he was taken Jan. 24 after suffering a heart attack in his jail cell. Matias Quesada, director of Hospital Mexico, said Monday that Hull was recuperating and in stable condition. Elda Zuniga, Hull's attorney, claims her client is the victim of political persecution and that his arrest was unconstitutional. Hull, a former Indiana resident, has lived in Costa Rica for 20 years. He has denied any drug trafficking connections. He said in 1986 that authorities twice raided his home in unsuccessful attempts to find evidence of gun-running and drug smuggling. Hull has acknowledged permitting the Contras to use his ranch property for their activities before the Iran-Contra case broke in 1986. In the case, Reagan administration officials sent arms to Iran for money to be sent to the Contras. Witnesses testifying before Congress on illegal arms shipments to the Contras have said Hull's ranch was a way station for gun smugglers and cocaine traffickers. Hull was not among 13 men indicted in Spetember in Miami on charges of running an illegal arms network for the Contras. Reports said Hull was granted immunity by the special prosecutor in the case. Convicted cocaine pilot Gary Betzner has testified that Hull once met his plane when it landed on the ranch to exchange Contra arms for Colombian cocaine. AP890206-0002 AP-NR-02-06-89 2343EST u a AM-People SUB a0588 02-06 0388 AM-People, SUB, a0588,0398 Givens' Lawyer: Divorce Agreement Signed Eds: SUBS New York-dated final item in AM-People to UPDATE with Givens signing divorce agreement and comments from attorney. No pickup. LaserPhoto NY44 NEW YORK (AP) Actress Robin Givens has signed a divorce agreement that will end her stormy marriage to heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, her attorney said Monday. They plan to file for divorse in the Dominican Republic and the divorce should be final within 45 days, said lawyer Raoul Felder. A no-fault divorce _ in which both parties agree that they should be divorced _ can be obtained in the Dominican Republic by either husband or wife following an overnight stay in the country, said Felder. Residency requirements are more stringent in other places, he said. ``Theoretically, either one of them could go there tomorrow and get it,'' he said. However, he said, because both of them have prior commitments, the Dominican divorce will not be sought until at least 30 days from now. Felder described the agreement, which Tyson signed last week and Ms. Givens signed Sunday night, this way: ``Basically, she will keep what was hers, including all of her jewelry, and he will keep what is his.'' Felder declined to discuss the settlement in detail. Asked who would get the couple's New Jersey mansion, he said, ``She never wanted it.'' In a statement Ms. Givens released through her publicist Larry Weinberg, she said she and her family would be rooting for Tyson when he fights British boxer Frank Bruno on Feb. 25. She also said: ``In view of the fact that Michael has honored our personal agreement not to further publicly discuss our matter, nor the terms of the agreement, I will do no less. This is the last statement I will have on our personal lives.'' Earlier Monday, Felder said he would know by the end of the week whether Ms. Givens had signed the agreement, but later in the day he acknowledged that she had signed it Sunday evening. He said he originally didn't want to confirm the agreement had been signed because of a technical glitch in the paperwork, but he later decided to confirm that Ms. Givens had signed the agreement to clear up conflicting reports. Ms. Givens appears in the TV series, ``Head of the Class.'' AP890206-0003 AP-NR-02-06-89 2347EST r i PM-SowetoSchool 02-06 0690 PM-Soweto School,0709 US-Financed School in Soweto Reopens after Unrest Eds: Also in Tuesday AMs report. By ANDREW TORCHIA Associated Press Writer SOWETO, South Africa (AP) Hundreds of new pupils have entered the battered classrooms of Pace Community College, signaling the rebirth of a private high school that was once a showpiece of U.S. investment in black education. When Pace opened in 1982, the $6-million, tan brick building gleamed like a well-endowed institution in a wealthy American suburb. Despite the grassy, 22-acre campus separating it from Soweto's dirt streets and shabby bungalows, the school now seems to belong to an inner-city slum. Offering commercial studies as an alternative to Soweto's rundown state schools, Pace suffered during the 1984-87 period of nationwide black unrest and school boycotts against apartheid. Militants advocating ``people's education'' tagged Pace as elitist. Politics and violence distracted the students and few passed their exams. The school closed for several months. Principals came and went, vandals invaded the building, U.S. companies that had built the school withdrew their support, the staff served without pay, and enrollment shrank. As the new term began Jan. 25, the roof leaked and the telephone didn't work. Toilets and lockers were broken. Books, chairs and teachers were scarce. Two derelict cars stood in the driveway. Weeds had grown waist-high in the tennis courts. A handwritten note taped on a classoom door recalled an extracurricular struggle: ``Don't push us, turkeys, `cause you'll never get away with it.'' But Pace has human assets: Wilkinson Kambule, 68, the new principal, and Lekgau Mathabathe, 63, chairman of a new school board composed entirely of Soweto residents. Both were school principals in Soweto in 1976, and from their schools came leaders of student riots against Afrikaans-language instruction imposed by the white-minority government. Both resigned to support the student protest, Kambule becoming a university mathematics teacher, Mathabathe joining a food-processing company. Kambule retains a reputation as an insirational teacher who gets results, and his arrival at Pace in mid-1988 was particularly welcomed by Sowetans. ``Parents have confidence. Children started coming back from private schools in Johannesburg,'' Kambule said in an interview. ``I'm budgeting for the full number of 600 students and I've had to send hundreds away.'' Some of Pace's U.S. corporate backers have divested and left South Africa, but those that remain are showing renewed interest. ``We no longer have any say in running the school but we have recommended to our members that they become involved financially again,'' said Adrian Botha, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa. ``One company has already appointed a fund raiser for Pace.'' Students are required to pay only half their annual fees of 3,000 rand ($1,250) and company donations are expected to make up the balance. Mathabathe said Pace needs 60,000 rands ($25,000) a month to stay open, and much more to renovate the building and increase salaries. The school increasingly has encouraged community involvement. Civic groups use the gymnasium, and the auditorium is rented out for church services, wedding receptions and taxi drivers' meetings. But Kambule emphasized that Pace's goal remains the same: to provide a superior education to blacks seeking middle-management business jobs. The first Pace students to take final high school exams under Kambule's direction numbered only 55 but 31 passed, by far the best percentage of any Soweto school last year. ``I'm interested in children setting out on their own for the future, through education,'' Kambule said. ``I tell them, `Don't call me principal, I'm your employee, I'm in your service.' But there's lots of discipline.'' He appears to have ended Pace's political isolation from Soweto's young militants. ``People have been asking for alternative education. I explain that this is an alternative school,'' Kambule said. ``Politics in the school aren't over. The revolution is still on. But they shouldn't treat us like they treat a government school.'' Kambule said he allowed a youth group to use the auditorium last year to celebrate the birthday of the imprisoned black leader Nelson Mandela. ``They came to me afterward and said, `We didn't think you'd let us.' I replied, `Why not? It's your school.''' AP890206-0004 AP-NR-02-06-89 2348EST r i PM-APArts:MexicanCartoonists 02-06 0895 PM-AP Arts: Mexican Cartoonists,0919 For Mexico's Cartoonists, the President Is Mickey Mouse Eds: Also in Tuesday AMs report. ^By CANDICE HUGHES Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) The president, the military and the Virgin of Guadalupe used to be off-limits for Mexican political cartoonists. Now only the generals and the Virgin are taboo. The best of Mexico's cartoonists say what others can't _ or won't. Their razor-sharp commentaries sparkle on gray pages awash in windy pro-government prose. ``They are in the vanguard of free expression in Mexico,'' said Carlos Monsivais, one of Mexico's most outspoken, acerbic social analysts. ``They get away with things I never could.'' The political ferment of 1988, a year of unprecedented losses at the polls for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, sparked a wave of graphic daring. More than one artist has depicted Mexico's diminutive, jug-eared, balding new chief executive, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, as a Disneyesque rodent named Mickey. ``They are tough, very tough,'' Monsivais said approvingly, although President Salinas seems to be getting a bit more cartoon respect than he did as candidate and president-elect. Jerry Robinson, head of the New York-based Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate, agrees that something special is afoot. ``Mexico has a fantastically high number of exceptional cartoonists,'' said Robinson, who syndicates many of Mexico's best. ``They are high-caliber graphic artists. It makes their work very, very effective.'' Rogelio Naranjo's razor-sharp pen has been on the cutting edge for years. Day by day, stroke by ironic stroke, Naranjo has chiseled away at the pretensions, foibles, hypocrisies and taboos that have buttressed a one-party government for 60 years. He's honed a sixth sense for what he can get away with in his 22 years of political cartooning. ``It's like a mystical thing in my work. I navigate the line that divides what is possible and what isn't,'' he said. When it comes to government policy, now ``there are very few limits.'' Government austerity programs and Mexico's crippling foreign debt provoke some of the bitterest commentary. Naranjo resorted, literally, to gallows humor, depicting a plump man representing the World Bank picking the pocket of a starved, barefoot and hanged worker. Bulmaro Castellanos, who draws under the monicker Magu, showed Salinas, architect of an austerity pact that controlled wages and prices, as a crazed workman armed with a chainsaw standing over a bloody body skewered by the pact. The generals are another story. Both official censorship and self-censorship have a long history in Mexico, where few care to rouse the military and endanger decades of civilian rule. ``The army is the most taboo thing,'' Naranjo said. ``Everyone assumes the army is a great power in Mexico that can influence the government in a radical and substantial manner.'' As for the Virgin of Guadalupe, even Naranjo, who has lampooned the pope, says such a revered symbol cannot be used to make a point. A museum exhibit that included irreverent paintings of Mexico's patron saint was shuttered after a public outcry. Although most of their satire is directed at the ruling establishment, the cartoonists do take occasional pokes at the opposition. Efren Maldonado showed opposition leader Cuauhtemoc Cardenas as a giant head supported by a magic carpet in the image of former President Lazaro Cardenas, Cuauhtemoc's father and a national hero. Cartoonists such as Naranjo and Helio Flores began stretching the limits of the possible as founders of the cheeky humor magazine La Garrapata in 1968, a year of political upheaval in much of the world, including Mexico. ``The notion of reverence disappeared,'' Monsivais said. In a show of impatience with the one-party status quo, thousands took to the streets. The unrest lasted only a few months, until the army opened fire on a demonstration in Mexico City, killing scores. Not long after the massacre, La Garrapata co-founder Eduardo del Rio, who signs himself Rius, was kidnapped by uniformed men and forced to stand next to an empty grave in front of what turned out to be a mock firing squad. Subsequent administrations began slowly opening a safety valve that included tolerance for press freedom. The Mexican chief executive was traditionally above reproach, no matter how unpopular. Even now Maldonado, the first cartoonist to put Dumbo ears on Salinas, insists he intends no disrepect. Flores remembers a cartoon of President Jose Lopez Portillo, who left office to almost universal relief in 1982. ``He was drawn as Hamlet _ but very, very handsome, very athletic,'' Flores said. With Salinas, cartoonists have gone far beyond making fun of his ears and his austere economics, attacking the very legitimacy of his presidency. His election was marred by accusations of fraud and Cardenas still claims that he won. The most audacious cartoons appear in El Universal, a mainline newspaper that gave significant space to the opposition in 1988, and in two publications born after 1968: La Jornada, a liberal daily, and the feisty weekly Proceso. But both Naranjo and Flores, who just won his second Gran Prix from the International Salon of Cartoon, say even El Universal sometimes refuses a cartoon it considers too daring. After the July 6 presidential election, which many say the ruling party rigged, Flores did a sketch portraying Salinas as Dr. Caligari, the eerie protagonist of a classic silent horror film. El Universal rejected it without explanation, he said. The cartoon later ran in an opposition paper. AP890206-0005 AP-NR-02-06-89 2351EST r i PM-BRF--Romania-Mayor 02-06 0168 PM-BRF--Romania-Mayor,0172 Mayor Abruptly Replaced In Troubled Capital VIENNA, Austria (AP) The mayor of Bucharest has been replaced after less than a year in office, the Romanian state news agency said in a terse report that gave no reason for the personnel change. Constantin Radu, who had also headed the ruling Communist Party in the capital, ``was given other tasks,'' Agerpres reported Monday without details. Barbu Petrescu, 63, a former deputy premier, was named to replace him in both posts, the news agency said. Radu's ouster comes at a time of widespread food and energy shortages in Romania's capital. But the announcement came as a surprise, Western diplomats in Bucharest said, since Radu was named mayor in May. Radu, previously deputy premier for construction and investment, apparently oversaw construction in Bucharest of a giant party headquarters and apartments for the party elite. About 30 churches or synagogues were destroyed or moved to make way for the project. Hundreds of old private homes were also pulled down. AP890206-0006 AP-NR-02-06-89 2351EST r i PM-BRF--France-Drugs 02-06 0148 PM-BRF--France-Drugs,0150 Record Cocaine Haul Seized On Yacht PARIS (AP) Police tipped off by U.S. and Italian investigators found 1,038 pounds of cocaine, France's largest seizure of the drug, in a yacht being towed across the country, the Interior Ministry said. Three men were arrested Monday during the search of the 40-foot yacht at Nevers, 150 miles southeast of Paris, and police in Marseille arrested four other men, the ministry said. Those arrested were not immediately charged and they were not identified. The yacht arrived in the northwestern port city of Le Havre last month needing repairs after an Atlantic crossing, the ministry said in a statement. It was loaded on a trailer to be towed to Cannes on the Mediterranean. The previous record cocaine seizure in France was 880 pounds in December 1987 on a plane on the Caribbean island of Marie Galante near Guadeloupe. AP890206-0007 AP-NR-02-06-89 2352EST r w PM-BushText 8Takes 02-06 0516 PM-Bush Text, 8 Takes,0541 With PM-Bush-S&Ls WASHINGTON (AP) Here is a transcript of President Bush's news conference Monday. Bush: Well, for more than half a century the U.S. has operated a deposit insurance program that provides direct government protection to the savings of our citizens. This program has enabled tens of millions of Americans to save with confidence. In all the time since creation of the deposit insurance, savers have not lost one dollar of insured deposits, and I am determined that they never will. Deposit insurance has always been intended to be self-funded. And this means that the banks, the savings and loans, and credit unions that are insured pay a small amount of their assets each year into a fund that's used to protect depositors. In every case these funds are spent to protect the depositors, not the institutions that fail. For the last 20 years, conditions in our financial markets have grown steadily more complex, and a portion of the savings and loan industry has encountered steadily growing problems. These financial difficulties have led to a continuous erosion of the strength of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, FSLIC. Economic conditions have played a major role in this situation. However, unconscionable risk-taking, fraud, and outright criminality have also been factors. Because of the accumulation of loses at hundreds of these thrift institutions, additional resources must be devoted to cleaning up this problem. We intend to restore our entire deposit insurance system to complete health. While the issues are complex and the difficulties manifold, we will make the hard choices, not run from them. We will see that the guarantee to depositors is forever honored, and we will see to it that the system is reformed comprehensively so that the situation is not repeated again. To do this, I am today announcing a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of proposals. The secretary of the treasury, Nicholas Brady, will describe these proposals to you in detail in a few minutes. However, I think it's important to summarize some of the major points. The proposals include four major elements. First, currently insolvent savings institutions will be placed under the joint management of the FDIC and FSLIC, pursuant to existing law. This will enable us to control future risk-taking and to begin reducing ongoing losses. Second, the regulatory mechanism will be substantially overhauled to enable it to more effectively limit risk-taking. The FDIC would become the insurance agency for both banks and thrifts under this system, although there's no comingling of funds. The insurer will have the authority to set minimum standards for capital and accounting. Uniform disclosure standards will also be implemented. The chartering agency for thrifts would come under the general oversight of the secretary of the treasury. Third, we will create a financing corporation to issue $50 billion in bonds to finance the cost of resolving failed institutions which will supplement approximately $40 billion that has already been spent. All of the principal of these bonds and a portion of the interest on them will be paid from industry sources. MORE AP890206-0008 AP-NR-02-06-89 2353EST r w PM-BushText-1stadd 02-06 0626 PM-Bush Text - 1st add,0651 WASHN: industry sources. However, the balance would be paid from on-budget outlays of general revenues. Hopefully, some of these revenues will be recovered in the future through sale of assets and recovery of funds from the wrongdoers. Fourth, we plan to increase the budget of the Justice Department by approximately $50 million to enable it to create a nationwide program to seek out and punish those that have committed wrongdoing in the management of these failed institutions. These funds will result in almost doubling the personnel devoted to the apprehension and prosecution of individuals committing fraud in our financial markets. As you can see, these proposals are based upon several overriding principles. First, I will not support any new fee on depositors. Second, we should preserve the overall federal budget structure and not allow the misdeeds and the wrongdoings of savings and loan executives and the inadequacy of their regulation to significantly alter our overall budget priorities. And third, I have concluded that this proposal, if promptly enacted, will enable our system to prevent any repetition of this situation. And fourth, I've decided to attack this problem head-on, with every available resource of our government, because it is a national problem. I've directed that the combined resources of our federal agencies be brought together in a team effort to resolve the problem. And fifth, I believe that banks and thrifts should pay the real cost of providing the deposit insurance protection. The price the FDIC charges banks for their insurance has not been increased since 1935. We propose to increase the bank insurance premium by less than 7 cents per $100 of insurance protection that they receive. Every penny collected would be used to strengthen the FDIC so that the taxpayers will not be called on to rescue it a few years from now. And I make you a solemn pledge that we will make every effort to recover assets diverted from these institutions and to place behind bars those who have caused losses through criminal behavior. Let those who would take advantage of the public trust and put at risk the savings of American families anticipate that we will seek them out, pursue them, and demand the most severe penalty. In closing, I want to just say a word to the small savers of America. Across this great land, families and individuals work and save, and we hope to encourage even greater rates of savings to promote a brighter future for our children. Your government has stood behind the safety of insured deposits before. It does today, and it will do so at all times in the future. Every insured deposit will be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, which means it will be _ that it will be absolutely protected. For the future, we will seek to achieve a safe, sound and profitable banking system. However, integrity and prudence must share an equal position with competition in our financial markets. Clean markets are an absolute prerequisite to a free economy and to the public confidence that is its most important ingredient. I've determined to face this problem squarely and to ask for your support in putting it behind us. I have ordered that the resources of the executive branch be brought to bear on cleaning up this problem. I have personally met with the leadership of Congress on this issue. My administration will work cooperatively with Congress as the legislation that we will submit in a few days' time is considered. I call on the Congress to join me in a determined effort to resolve this threat to the American financial system permanently, and to do so without delay. MORE AP890206-0009 AP-NR-02-06-89 2354EST r w PM-BushText-2ndadd 02-06 0571 PM-Bush Text - 2nd add,0593 WASHN: without delay. I welcome the leaders that are with me here on this platform. I think their support says a lot about the efficacy of our proposal. And now I propose to take just a few questions. On the technical aspects, I will defer to these people and then I'll be glad to turn this over to Secretary Brady. I believe we start with Helen and then Terry and then get going. Q. Mr. Pesident, are you guaranteeing that the extra costs, premium increases and so forth, will not be passed on to the depositors, taxpayers? And also, what is your responsibility in this debacle? I mean the Reagan-Bush deal for deregulation of business and banking? A. On the first place, we're not guaranteeing that. I would hope that wouldn't happen, but there's no guarantee what the institutions will do. Secondly, there's enough to be said for everybody in this together trying to solve this problem. So I can't equate any personal _ I'm not inclined to go into any personal blame, simply to say that we've got to solve this problem and we're on the path to doing that. Yeah, Terry. Q. Mr. President, the House votes tomorrow on that controversial pay raise plan. And the Senate has already voted against it. Would you sign a bill that vetoes the pay raise, not only for the members of Congress, but also for federal judges and other high officials in the government? A. I said I support it. Yes? Q. Mr. President, there is a feeling that part of this problem is attributable to deregulation of the financial industry. In retrospect, do you think that deregulation might have gone too far in the last 10 years or so? And, in the future, is your marching order to your administration to be a little more careful in regulating this particular industry? A. Jerry, I don't know the answer. I'd be most interested to know what our experts here feel about whether _ how much of the problem could be attributed to deregulation. I just don't know the answer to your question. So, I can't reply. Yes? Q. Mr. President, you have placed considerable stress in these early days of your presidency on ethics and propriety, yet in recent days there's this controversy on Capitol Hill concerning the propriety of Senator Tower's alleged behavior, and questions raised over the weekend about the financial arrangements on the private funds of the man in charge of ethis, your counsel Boyden Gray, and other questions involving members of the administration, or members-to-be of the administration. And I wonder sir, what's happened here? Is it too harsh behavior on our part, too lax behavior on your part? What? A. I don't think anything has happened. I learned long ago in public life not to make judgments based on allegations. But having said that, I want to have my administration aspire to the highest possible ethical standards. And we have appointed a commission to go out there now and try to detail what these standards should be. And we are in a new era on these matters; matters that might have been approved and looked at one way may have a different perception today. And, so, what I want to do is finalize our standards and then urge everybody in all branches of government to aspire to those standards. MORE AP890206-0010 AP-NR-02-06-89 2357EST r w PM-BushText-3rdadd 02-06 0699 PM-Bush Text - 3rd add,0730 WASHN: those standards. But I do think, Rick, that it's fair that we not reach judgment on Senate hearings before the Senate hearings are concluded, because it's very hard to filter out fact from fiction, spurious allegation from fact. And I am not about to make a judgment based on a sensationalized newspaper story. I'm simply not going to do that. That wouldn't be fair, and I'm not sure how ethical it would be. So let's wait and see. This _ you're referring to the Tower matter up there. That matter has been looked at by the FBI. The committee now has that. They have the responsibility to make determination. And I'll be very interested to see what they say. But I am not going to make conclusions _ jump to conclusions based on stories that may or may not have any validity at all. Yes? Q. Mr. President, even if, as your spokesman says you do, you continue to back Senator Tower for the position, there are those, you've heard, who say that the best thing he could do for you is to step aside, because even if confirmed, he then would become ``damaged goods,'' weaker in administering, a very, very tough job on your behalf. How do you respond to that suggestion? A. Well, I think people would not want a person to step aside, given rumor, particularly if the rumor is baseless. And the process _ what _ the problem is the process is taking a little longer than I would like, and yet, I think the Senate has got to do what they're doing _ looking at these allegations very carefully. But, you know, as I said here at this same podium a while back, the American people are basically fair. And, if these allegations prove to be allegations without fact behind them, I think the people are going to say, ``Wait a minute. What went on here? How come it was all this _ we'd read this one day, and then kind of a puff of smoke the next?'' And, so, I don't think, in your substantive question though, that if it proves _ if the Senate committee gives its endorsement to the senator, particularly after all of these allegations, that there is any danger at all of damage to his credibility or his ability to do the job. Yes? Q. Mr. President, there are new and substantive allegations that Senator Tower lost control over the highly classified security documents and computer disks that were used in Geneva under his watch. If those allegations prove to be founded, would you then withdraw his nomination? A. I would not answer hypothetical questions of that nature. You're telling me something that I haven't heard before. And, we did have access to FBI reports. So, if this matter is now before the Congress, let them investigate it. But, I can't go into a hypothesis. All I would be doing would be adding to, I think, speculation that is not helpful at this juncture. Q. But, sir, will you pursue these allegations in the executive branch? Are you going to track what the FBI is looking into? Are you going to personally surveil these kinds of allegations yourself? A. Every rumor and every innuendo? No. But, if you make _ if there's some substantive allegation of this nature, of course it would concern me. Yes? Q. Mr. President, back to S&Ls, if we might. Millions _ (laughter) _ millions of Americans save alternatively. That is, they put their funds in mutual funds, stocks, and that kind of thing. As I read it, you've now outlined a plan that places a lot of the S&L bailout on the backs of the general treasury. How fair is that? A. We've got a major problem and something has to be done. And this is the fairest system that the best minds in this administration can come up with. And, so, I'd _ I, again, would ask you to ask the specifics of the treasury burden to the chairman of the Federal Reserve or the secretary of the treasury. Ask how they see that. MORE AP890206-0011 AP-NR-02-06-89 2358EST r w PM-BushText-4thadd 02-06 0563 PM-Bush Text - 4th add,0582 WASHN: see that. But, look, as I've said, there is no easy answer to this. All I want to do is make a sound proposal, work to put it into effect, and have that proposal such that the country won't have to face this problem again. Yes, Dave? Q. Mr. President, you said you dropped the deposit fee idea. But this plan you've given us has an increase in premimums that may be paid by consumers as well as a large amount of taxpayer's money. Isn't that the same thing _ consumers and taxpayers are still going to have to pay the price for this? A. Well, as I indicated earlier on, there is no guarantee of passing this on to the consumer, nor is there a guarantee it won't be passed on. But this arrangement has been there since _ for 50 years. And you might argue whether it's been passed on or not, I just don't know; I haven't seen the flow-through in the industry. But nothing is without pain when you come to solve a problem of this magnitude. Yes? Q. Mr. President, you've talked to several members of Congress in various receptions and dinners and personal conversations over the past couple of weeks, in many of them you discussed your plan for this problem. What is your feeling for the reception that it's going to get on Capitol Hill and of the selling job that it will make you have to get it passed? A. We may have a big selling job. But I've been encouraged so far with the spirit epitomized by the members of Congress, particularly at the joint leadership meeting the other day. We didn't go into every detail of this; these plans were still being formulated and I wanted to get their views. I was encouraged by what Bill Seidman told me earlier on about how he _ what he felt the receptivity of the plan will be. But I don't think it's fair to the Congress to say that they have signaled to me that they are going to be enthusiastic on this plan, although I hope they are. Yes? Q. Mr. President _ A. I'm going to take about three more, and then turn this over to these gentlemen here who are prepared to go into as much detail as you want. Yes? Q. Mr. President, on these allegations that surround Tower now, at least variations on the theme surfaced early in the transition _ allegations of womanizing and taking money from defense contractors, that sort of thing. Have you satisfied yourself that he is still the nominee you want? And can you give us, at this time, a wholehearted endorsement of Tower? A. Yes, I can, and I will right now, because some of the very same allegations that were floated that long ago apparently have been looked at and examined by the best possible examiners _ I'm talking about the FBI _ and found to be groundless. So, therefore, I'm not about to change my view. Now if somebody comes up with facts, I hope I'm not narrow-minded enough that I wouldn't take a look, but I am not going to deal in the kinds of rumors that I've seen reported and then knocked down, and then reported and then knocked down. Yes? MORE AP890206-0012 AP-NR-02-06-89 0132EST r w PM-BarbaraBush Bjt 02-06 0780 PM-Barbara Bush, Bjt,780 Barbara Bush's View of the White House By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) Two weeks after moving into the most prestigious home in America, Barbara Bush cannot conceal her excitement. For starters, there's the collection of presidential china: ``Grover Cleveland at lunch today ... Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Can you believe that?'' There's more. ``The views are pretty spectacular,'' she says, noting she can gaze directly at the Oval Office from her second-floor office in the White House. ``See, I can see him right there,'' Mrs. Bush says, pointing across the Rose Garden to the office occupied by her husband, President Bush. In the Lincoln Bedroom, Mrs. Bush shows off a felt-covered frame that contains one of only five copies of the Gettysburg Address. ``This is the only one signed and dated. You can read that. ... Isn't that amazing? ``The Library of Congress man who was up here one day _ I showed it to him and he looked absolutely green.'' A canopy bed on the second-floor ``was where the four presidents before Reagan slept,'' Mrs. Bush says as she leads a visitor on a tour of the presidential residence. ``Pretty grand, huh?'' In an interview with The Associated Press, Mrs. Bush said she ``felt right at home from the very first moment.'' Her husband, she said, is ``exactly the same'' and has not changed since moving up from vice president under Ronald Reagan. However, she said everyone else has changed and ``everybody treats you differently when you're president.'' ``When you're vice president and certainly vice president's wife, you get away with many more things than you do when you're president,'' Mrs. Bush said. ``Everything you say becomes major and it is major. He is the president of the United States.'' She said her husband has an ``enormous job. ... Has he philosophized about it? No. But he's absolutely determined to do the best he can. ``I see my job as trying to take some of that pressure off him,'' Mrs. Bush said. ``I see that as my job ... to try to not talk about those problems and also _ do not talk when he's working. I mean, I think that's a big part of it,'' she said. ``Because he knows with me, I hope, that he can curl up with his problems and study them and he's not going to have me badgering him about something else. ``I really do not lobby George Bush,'' his wife said. ``I don't lobby anyone.'' A lot of people try to skirt regular channels and send letters intended for the president to Mrs. Bush in hopes she'll pass it on. ``I just don't give them to him,'' she said. Despite the intense demands of his office, Bush does not seem weighed down by the job, his wife said. ``I should tell you `yes' but no _ he sleeps like a baby,'' she said. ``Because he knows he's human. I mean, he's been around the presidency so long that I think he really feels he can do the best job that can be done.'' She said Bush awakens every morning about 6 a.m. and has coffee and juice in bed while reading morning newspapers _ about five in all _ and scanning the White House news summary. He also watches morning television shows before leaving for the Oval Office about 7 a.m. Mrs. Bush said the president returns to the residence between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ``It's so much earlier (than when he was vice president) because he doesn't have that drive home. I mean, it's wonderful,'' the first lady said. Describing a typical evening at home, she said, ``We'd sit in our little room, private room, watch the television, have dinner. Then he'd go to his office and I'd go to mine, probably.'' Most nights, she said, they use the china service from Woodrow Wilson's presidency but ``we can do anything we want. Isn't that fun?'' She said Bush as president is working ``exactly the same'' routine he followed as vice president. ``I mean, George Bush was born, I think, on this schedule.'' Does he bring work home? ``Yes, he always has,'' his wife said. ``He does a lot of reading. And he does an awful lot of personal writing. He brings home mail, works on it. He gets his little briefcase sent up ahead, full of work.'' Typically, they go to bed between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., Mrs. Bush said. She said she walked their dog, Millie, at 10 p.m. on a recent night. The president, suffering from what Mrs. Bush said was the flu, ``was asleep at that moment.'' AP890206-0013 AP-NR-02-06-89 0133EST r w PM-CivilRights 02-06 0779 PM-Civil Rights,750 Broader Civil Rights Agenda with Reagan Gone By MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Affordable housing, the minimum wage and other issues not tied directly to fighting racial bias are moving onto the shopping list of civil rights forces as they gear up for the post-Reagan era on Capitol Hill. ``The traditional notion of what a civil rights bill is is sort of going through a change,'' says Jane O'Grady, a labor official and legislative chairwoman of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Issues that civil rights advocates group under the heading of economic justice, often dealing with labor and welfare, are prominent on the list. Civil rights for the disabled, legal services for the poor and mandatory leave from work for parents of newborns and sick children are all priorities for the Leadership Conference, an umbrella group that takes in virtually the entire civil rights community. The new emphasis represents not so much a change in direction as a return to issues that were largely ignored while civil rights forces skirmished with the Reagan administration throughout much of the 1980s. Not all of the new priorities are economic. For example, civil rights advocates continue to press for easier voter registration and they are preparing to fight English-only legislation that would bar bilingual education programs for Hispanics. ``It is an aggressive and ambitious agenda,'' says Ralph Neas, executive director of the Leadership Conference. ``But we are confident that the 101st Congress will pass it. We hope that the Bush administration will play a constructive role.'' As usual, civil rights advocates are watching carefully to see if President Bush will name federal judges inclined toward moderate positions or hard-line conservatives who might challenge the legal changes of the past three decades. Judicial nominations are always a chief concern of civil rights groups. They count the defeat of outspoken conservative Robert Bork for the Supreme Court as one of their most important victories of the Reagan era. But the showdown over Bork represented only one in a series of Capitol Hill victories for civil rights forces over the last eight years. ``The Congress prevented the right wing from passing any major items on its legislative agenda and, furthermore, the Congress during the Reagan years passed many important civil rights initiatives,'' says Neas. The conference points with pride to the success of last year's bill to toughen fair housing enforcement, recent victories on South Africa sanctions legislation and the Martin Luther King holiday, plus the congressional override of President Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act. That legislation came in response to the Supreme Court's Grove City decision, in which the justices held that the government could not deny federal aid to one program merely because of discrimination in an unrelated program operated by the same institution. In fact, Congress has passed so many measures urged by civil rights advocates that they now say some of the most pressing needs lie outside the legislative arena. That is especially so with the departure of Edwin Meese III as attorney general and William Bradford Reynolds, the longtime head of the civil rights division in the Reagan Justice Department. A recent report from the Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, a 17-member panel of former federal officials, was sharply critical of the department's enforcement record in the Reagan era. It said, for example, that the Reagan Justice Department filed about 10 housing bias cases annually, half the number under the Nixon and Carter administrations. ``I think the question of enforcement of civil rights laws will be stronger, because I think that with Reagan gone, there will be no great voice of weakening,'' says Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and chairman of the Leadership Conference. There may be some reluctance to move forward with civil rights legislation until President Bush indicates what he might accept. ``I think that's just a sensible thing to do,'' says Rep. Don Edwards, D-Calif., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's civil rights and civil liberties subcommittee. Meanwhile, he envisions hearings in the year ahead to determine just how well the existing civil rights laws are being enforced. Additional sessions of his panel will take up the long-festering question of whether college entrance examinations are skewed toward whites and thus place minority students at an unfair disadvantage. The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would ban discrimination on the basis of gender, remains a cause dear to women's groups and many civil rights advocates. Edwards says, however, that the measure will not be brought to the floor unless there is enough support to pass it. AP890206-0014 AP-NR-02-06-89 2359EST u w AM-Gray-Ethics 2ndLd-Writethru a0696 02-06 0984 AM-Gray-Ethics, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0696,880 Eds: To update with Times report, Adds 3 new grafs after 13th graf previous, ``Spurred by'' By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush defended the ethical conduct of high-ranking officials in his administration Monday but said he might have to tighten standards and make ``our people bend over backwards'' so they avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. Bush's statement came as C. Boyden Gray, his longtime counsel and chief ethics adviser, reversed an earlier decision and resigned as chairman of a multimillion-dollar communications company. Last week, Dr. Louis Sullivan, the president's nominee as secretary of health and human services, asked if he could take a paid sabbatical leave from the Morehouse College School of Medicine while serving in the Cabinet. Sullivan said later he would forfeit his accumulated sabbatical pay, estimated at $300,000. Bush said both officials had acted properly and gone beyond what was actually required. The president also defended former Sen. John Tower of Texas, his nominee to be secretary of defense, against new allegations of womanizing and drinking, as well as other matters. Asked if would still endorse Tower, Bush said, ``Yes, I can and I will right now.'' He said some of the allegations about Tower have been examined by the FBI and found to be groundless. However, Bush said, ``If somebody comes up with facts, I hope I'm not narrow-minded enough that I wouldn't take another look.'' Bush said all of Gray's actions had been reviewed and approved by the Office of Government Ethics as he served for eight years as Bush's counsel during his vice presidency. However, Bush said, ``We are in a new era on these matters. Matters that might have been approved and looked at one way, may have a different perception today. ... So, I think it might be different now. I have to approach it differently as president.'' Bush said that when it comes to the appearance of conflict of interest, ``I'd like our people to bend over backwards ... as far as we possibly can.'' On the other hand, Bush said he didn't want to go overboard. ``I don't want to have the standards set in such an irresponsible way that good people just throw up their hands and say, `Look, who needs that kind f grief, who needs it, why should I have to give up all my whatever it is _ a health plan from XYZ company?' ``And yet,'' he added, ``we're in a different time now. We're in a time when we've got to set these standards as high as possible.'' Spurred by publicity about his finances, Gray announced he was stepping down as chairman of the family-owned Summit Communications Group, Inc., and putting his personal assets _ estimated at $10 million _ into a blind trust. The Office of Government Ethics is investigating whether Gray should have reported $89,000 in income from the company in 1985 and 1986, The New York Times reported in Tuesday's editions. A reporter for the newspaper had raised the issue Monday, and the office said later in the day that it was investigating, the Times said. Gray did not return a telephone call from the reporter seeking comment on why the money was not reported, the Times said. Gray deferred receiving the income, his financial adviser John Sheets told the Times. But deferred income had to be reported in the year it is earned, said Donald Campbell, deputy director of the ethics office, according to the newspaper. Earlier, Gray had said he would remain as head of the firm but would refuse a salary, complying with rules announced by Bush last July during the presidential campaign. Gray changed his mind and decided to resign after consulting with the leaders of Bush's new ethics commission and seeing his financial background become front-page news. ``He has done nothing wrong,'' said White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. ``There's been no conflict of interest. He has not profited or benefited in any way from his government service but the issue has been raised now in the press and so he simply wanted to take care of it.'' Gray is the latest Bush appointee to find himself in the spotlight after questions about his ethical or personal conduct. Allegations about drinking and womanizing by Tower resulted in a delay on a confirmation vote by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Sullivan sought a ruling on whether he could accept $300,000 in sabbatical pay earned as head of the Morehouse School of Medicine while taking a leave to serve in the Cabinet. Saying he wanted to avoid even the appearance of any conflict of interest, Sullivan said he would forfeit the sabbatical pay. Rejecting the notion the Bush administration was having problems with ethics, Fitzwater said, ``It's the president's spotlight of focus on this matter that's caused everyone to be so ultrasensitive about every little thing. And so be it.'' Talking about Gray and Sullivan, Fitzwater said, ``There was no real problem in either case but to avoid the appearance of conflict and to get on with the business, they said, `Fine, do it.''' He said Gray's decision was prompted in part by stories in The New York Times and Washington Post which noted that the Reagan White House had a policy banning employees from serving in board chairmanships and from earning outside income. ``Rather than try to let that fester, you simply deal with it and go on,'' Fitzwater said. Although Gray worked in the Reagan administration, he was not bound by those rules because he was employed by then-Vice President Bush, whose policy was more lenient. Over the past eight years, Gray was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for serving as chairman of the company that owns more at least a dozen radio stations and has about 130,000 cable television subscribers in the South. AP890206-0015 AP-NR-02-06-89 0136EST r w PM-Cambodia-MIAs 02-06 0708 PM-Cambodia-MIAs,660 Diplomatic Stalemate Dims Hopes For Getting MIA Remains From Cambodia By CHRISTOPHER CALLAHAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) A year ago, the hopes of families of U.S. servicemen shot down over Cambodia during the Vietnam War were buoyed by Phnom Penh's declaration that it was prepared to hand over the remains of 83 airmen to American officials. But a diplomatic stalemate, which some congressmen blame largely on State Department inaction, has prevented the return of the bodies and dimmed hopes for a return any time soon. ``They've made these gestures in the last year to turn remains over and so far the good faith hasn't been followed up on,'' said Rep. John G. Rowland, R-Conn. ``There's (the remains of) 80 American soldiers over there ... and we're tripping over bureaucracy.'' During a January 1988 trip to Southeast Asia, Reps. Robert C. Smith, R-N.H., Frank McCloskey, D-Ind., and Rowland were told by Tep Henn, Cambodia's ambassador to Vietnam, that the Cambodian government had the bodies of the American servicemen and would return them to U.S. officials. The condition: the administration would have to make the request directly. The lawmakers lobbied the State Department and enlisted the help of senior legislators, including the late Rep. Bill Nichols, D-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services investigations subcommittee. But the administration agreed only to send a message through a third party, the International Red Cross. The United States does not recognize the Cambodian regime of Premier Hun Sen, installed by Vietnam after Pol Pot and his brutal Khmer Rouge regime were driven from power by Vietnamese forces in late 1978. ``We do not have diplomatic relations (with Phnom Penh) and we don't recognize it, so any diplomatic approach would be inappropriate,'' said Alex Almasov, an east Asian specialist at the State Department. The congressional critics point to diplomatic contact with Vietnam over soldiers missing-in-action there. ``We don't recognize Vietnam but we're constantly interacting with them,'' Rowland said. ``Half the Congress has been over there'' as well as special U.S. emissaries. ``We've picked up remains from Libya and they're not exactly our friends either,'' he said. ``We allowed them to get some political mileage.'' While Cambodia is essentially a satellite of Vietnam, diplomatic contact with Phnom Penh is a more delicate matter than dealing with Hanoi, which is largely accepted despite the lack of diplomatic ties. In Cambodia, three rebel groups including the Khmer Rouge headed by Pol Pot and two others supported by U.S. aid have been fighting to overthrow the Vietnam-installed government. With Vietnam's pledge to withdraw its troops from Cambodia, Hun Sen is desperately seeking legitimacy for his government. Earlier this year he visited Bangkok for the first time for negotiations with Thai leaders to seek a resolution to the 10-year conflict. State Department officials fear that the Phnom Penh government would simply use U.S. contact over the MIA issue as a political tool. ``Obviously what the Phnom Penh regime wants from us is some sort of diplomatic approach that would confer some sort of legitimacy on them,'' Almasov said. ``Since we feel the MIA issue is a humanitarian one and since we have made it clear that we are prepared at any time to receive the remains they say they have, we feel they should respond positively.'' The GOP congressmen say they are well aware of Hun Sen's political motivations, but they believe that direct contact over the remains alone would not seriously affect American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. ``I have no desire to build him up and give him credibility ... but my God, we have to be willing to at least talk to the people,'' Smith said. He added that State Department officials ``think it will shake our credibility in the region and insult Indonesia and Thailand. I don't.'' The congressmen believe Phnom Penh is genuinely willing to turn over the remains. ``They have clearly seen the positive exposure Vietnam has gotten by turning remains over. I think they would like to duplicate that,'' Rowland said. Hun Sen recently reiterated his willingness to discuss the MIA issue with U.S. officials. But Rowland predicted that Cambodian leaders would hold out for direct U.S. contact so they can ``get more bang for their effort.'' AP890206-0016 AP-NR-02-06-89 0137EST r w PM-Bush-Mideast 02-06 0511 PM-Bush-Mideast,510 Mideast Leaders Want to Meet with Bush By BARRY SCHWEID Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush will meet in Tokyo later this month with King Hussein of Jordan and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and then at the White House in the spring with them and Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, according to State Department officials. The Tokyo talks will be held when Bush and the two Arab leaders attend the funeral of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Details of the separate visits to Washington by Hussein, Mubarak and Shamir will be worked out over the next few weeks, U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said Sunday. The main topics are the future of restive Palestinians on the Israeli-held West Bank and in Gaza, and the role the United States will try to play in settling the 40-year-old Arab-Israeli conflict. Hirohito's funeral, which will draw scores of world leaders to Tokyo, is accelerating Bush's introduction to murky Middle East diplomacy. U.S. policy is now under review by the new administration, but Secretary of State James Baker III said at his confirmation hearing last month that he is opposed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Hussein, Mubarak and Shamir all notified the new administration separately that they would like to visit Washington in the spring, which could drive Bush to an early decision on how to approach the Palestinian problem and Israel's troubles with its Arab neighbors. After a slow start, the Reagan administration tried to steer Israel and Lebanon toward a peace settlement, but that was undercut by Syria. The administration then tried to set up Arab-Israeli negotiations, but despite four trips to the region by former Secretary of State George Shultz, the effort failed. Shamir and Hussein both rejected U.S. proposals for peace talks while Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, kept Palestinians from meeting with Shultz. In one of its final acts, the Reagan administration broke a 13-year freeze and opened talks with the PLO, but there are no indications this has improved prospects for a settlement or an easing of violence in the Israeli-held territories. Hussein, Mubarak and Shamir would make separate visits to Washington. The State Department officials said they all asked to be received in the spring and timetables were being worked out. Administration officials on Jan. 28 opened informal talks with Congress on possible arms sales to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel. There were no items on the list for Jordan, which Congress since 1985 has excluded until the kingdom shows willingness to negotiate with Israel, to whom it lost the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war. Jordanian Prime Minister Zaid Rifai was asked in an interview published Sunday in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan whether he thought the United States would offer a new Middle East peace initiative. ``We're fed up with initiatives,'' Rifai said. ``The basis for a settlement and the solutions are there, and agreed upon internationally, with the exception of the Israeli stance. And regrettably they (Israel) are supported by the American stance.'' AP890206-0017 AP-NR-02-06-89 0149EST r p PM-BrownProfile 02-06 1086 PM-Brown Profile,1080 Incoming Democratic Chairman Once Lobbied to Oust Predecessor EDS: Note language in 4th graf By DONALD M. ROTHBERG AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) John White was chairman of the Democratic Party when he first got to know Ron Brown and Paul Kirk. ``They were around the office all the time, mostly with a press release demanding my resignation.'' White, a sandy-haired Texan, was Jimmy Carter's handpicked choice to head the party. Brown and Kirk were aides to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who was opposing the incumbent president's bid for renomination. This was down and dirty, no-holds-barred politics. ``I'll whip his ass,'' the president of the United States had said of the Massachusetts senator who bore one of the most famous names in American politics. But White was an old pro and Brown and Kirk were budding young pros. ``Hell, they were so nice about it, I just got so I would invite them in for a cup of coffee,'' recalled White. ``We just got to where we liked each other. I knew what they were doing and they knew what I was doing.'' Six years later, Kirk became Democratic Party chairman and on Friday the 47-year-old Brown will succeed him in that post. That transition will take place when the Democratic National Committee meets at a Washington hotel a few miles from the White House, a building where only one Democrat has resided during the past 20 years. When Brown began his quest for the chairmanship his opponents portrayed him as ``Jesse's man,'' a reference to his role in Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign. And if not Jesse's man, then ``Teddy's man,'' a reference to his earlier involvement with Kennedy. ``Ultra liberal,'' was the assessment of the Alabama party chairman. The wrong symbol, said many party officials, at a time when the electorate seemed more comfortable with conservative views. Yet, none of that criticism stuck and one by one Brown's four opponents in the chairmanship race dropped out and endorsed him. In part, he succeeded because the only label that has stuck firmly on Brown is ``Washington insider.'' ``He's nobody's man but his own,'' said Kennedy. ``Ron could say no to me or to Jesse Jackson or to anyone else if he believed that whatever was requested wasn't in the interests of the party.'' From his childhood, Brown has bridged two very different worlds. He grew up in Harlem, but his parents sent him to predominantly white private schools on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont where he was one of only a handful of black students. When he joined Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, the house was stripped of its national membership for violating the whites-only charter. At St. John's University Law School, one of his professors was Mario Cuomo. Brown ran the Washington office of the Urban League before joining Kennedy's staff and becoming a senior aide on his presidential campaign. Later, he became general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee which Kennedy chaired. Big-time, big-money law beckoned and Brown now is a partner in one of the capital's biggest, most politically active firms. That was the period he also became deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Once again, he was seen as ``Teddy's man'' at the DNC, the party official who would look after the senator's interests in advance of the 1984 presidential campaign. Chuck Campion was at the DNC as Walter Mondale's man. Campion recalled that instead of becoming rivals they became friends _ an outcome typical of Brown's career. His law practice prospered with clients that included the Japanese electronics industry and the government of Haiti. So did his establishment credentials. He is a member of the Middlebury Board of Trustees and chairman of the advisory committee for the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. During a visit to Middlebury last fall, a student asked Brown for advice on pursuing a political career. His response offered an insight to his careful operating style: ``Keep a diary. Write down the names of people you meet and then keep track of them. Remember them when you meet them again. Connections are important.'' A little ironic coming from a man whose connections were used against him in his most prominent effort to strike out on his own in politics. When Kennedy didn't run in 1984, Brown stayed on the sidelines. That was the campaign in which Jackson emerged as a force in Democratic Party politics. Four years later, Jackson was rebuffed when he tried to get Brown to head his 1988 presidential campaign. As the campaign approached the end of the primary season, the Jackson forces began looking ahead to the Democratic National Convention that would take place in Atlanta in July. It was clear that Michael Dukakis would be the presidential nominee, but Jackson and his followers had a full agenda. Jim Hightower, the populist agriculture commissioner from Texas, was the choice of Jackson aides to head their convention operation. But then Ann Lewis, a top adviser to Jackson, suggested Brown. ``Ron knew the players and knew the territory; Jim didn't,'' said White, who also was advising Jackson. To the relief of most Democrats, Brown agreed to take on the job. ``There was a rather tense atmosphere going into the convention,'' recalled Paul Brountas, chairman of the Dukakis campaign. ``The Reverend Jackson had started a bus caravan in Chicago which picked up speed and people on the way to the convention _ this was after several weeks where Reverend Jackson was hitting Dukakis pretty hard, building an expectation that Jackson deserved more than he had received. ``None of that created an environment which assured any kind of unity,'' Brountas said. Brown and Brountas met privately on the Saturday before the convention and the Jackson aide showed up with a list of his concerns. By the time their meeting ended, Brountas said, ``I understood where he was coming from and I was able to respond to most of them and give an indication where I was coming from.'' There would be more meetings including one that included Dukakis and Jackson. The result was a convention that ended on a note of harmony. During his visit to Middlebury, Brown said the Jackson candidacy showed that ``the issue of race has become less of a factor in American politics.'' Brown's accession to the chairmanship of his party may confirm that assessment _ or may offer new evidence of how strong a factor race continues to be. AP890206-0018 AP-NR-02-06-89 0156EST r w PM-Bennett 02-06 0481 PM-Bennett,480 Drug Czar Assesses the Problem in Detroit By CAROLYN SKORNECK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Drug czar-designate William J. Bennett took a close look at ``the heart of the problem'' with a two-hour tour of Detroit, a visit that ``underlined the urgency of working fast to make things better.'' ``We have a deadly serious issue on our hands,'' he said Sunday in a telephone interview from the Detroit airport. ``It's compelling. This was fact-finding for me, very preliminary, to find out what people on the ground are facing. ``They emphasized what I was looking at was the heart of the problem,'' he said. ``Downtown Detroit is as bad as it gets anywhere.'' Last year, Detroit recorded 629 homicides, an 8.3 percent drop from the 686 homicides in 1987, according to city police statistics. The city figures did not indicate how many of them were drug-related. An analysis of FBI crime statistics by the Detroit Free Press showed Washington was the only city last year with a higher ratio of murders per 100,000 people. The visit didn't result in any specific plans for how the war against drugs should be waged or how he should handle his new job, said Bennett, who has been nominated by President Bush to become director of national drug control policy. ``I've got to work all parts of it,'' he said. ``What I saw today only underlined the urgency of working fast to make things better. It must get better.'' Detroit Police Cmdr. Joel Gilliam told him, ``One index showing we are winning the battle will be when the price goes up and purity goes down, but prices are down and purity is up,'' Bennett recalled. Whether drug trafficking was going on during the tour was a matter of opinion. Bennett said he didn't see any. But the officers accompanying him _ Gilliam, who is chief of staff to Detroit Police Chief William Hart, and Sgt. Bruce Ford _ said they did. ``My eyes aren't sufficiently expert, discerning yet'' to spot the drug deals, he said. ``It was also Sunday afternoon, not Saturday night.'' Bennett deferred questions on what the drug budget should be, saying that six months after he is confirmed by the Senate _ hearings begin March 1 _ he will have completed a national drug strategy and ``that will have budget implications.'' He said he plans additional fact-finding tours, but he refused to disclose which cities he might visit. Bennett went to Detroit because of a speaking engagement at Cranbrook School, a private school in the wealthy suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The talk had been scheduled before Bush nominated him to the drug czar post. ``I told them when I got to the podium that I've just been in downtown Detroit and now I'm in one of the loveliest places in America. I feel like I'm getting the bends.'' AP890206-0019 AP-NR-02-06-89 0203EST r i PM-Korea-PettyOffenses 02-06 0194 PM-Korea-Petty Offenses,0198 Cutting, Shoving in Bus Lines Added to Petty Offenses List SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Cutting into line at a bus stop or into a ticket line at a subway or train station is now punishable by fine in South Korea. So is displaying ``visibly unpleasant living things'' such as snakes or worms for sale on the street. The formerly simply discourteous, or distasteful, practices are on a new list of petty offenses _ with transgressors subject to an official warning and a $5.75 fine. The new list was released last weekend by the National Assembly and its additions are expected to become law. Other new offenses include luring customers to buy ``supernatural potions'' by claiming they can cure and prevent illness. Also new to the list of 21 petty offenses is disobeying officials in times of emergency, such as a snowstorm, fire or traffic accident, and neglecting one's duty for public safety, such as making sure street lamps are turned on. Turning off lights at public gatherings and failing to repair a house that is dangerous to passersby, or a structure that may fall over, will draw also fines. AP890206-0020 AP-NR-02-06-89 0204EST r a PM-Lites 02-06 0486 PM-Lites,0503 On the Light Side MEDINA, Ohio (AP) It's a mail carrier's nightmare, a magazine lover's delight. Someone is ordering magazine subscriptions by the dozens for five city officials in this increasingly literate northern Ohio town. ``It's pretty entertaining,'' said city Service Director Charles Ramer, who has received 70 subscriptions from the anonymous donor. ``There is always something to read. ... There are a lot of magazines that I never knew existed.'' Although some of the magazines have been obscure, most are fairly well-known. They include Time, Popular Photography, Working Woman, People, Sassy, Men's Health, Life, Consumer Reports, and Ladies' Home Journal. ``If the magazines had been weird magazines, I would have been more concerned, but they weren't,'' said Mayor William Lamb, who's received about a dozen subscriptions. The officials have asked the magazines' publishers to cancel the subscriptions, and in most cases the companies have complied. Some magazines have arrived with cards telling the new and surprised reader that the subscription is a gift. For example, City Council President Wilda Bell got a card saying Lamb had given her a subscription. ``It's a nuisance,'' said Lamb, who later was billed for the subscription. ``People keep coming up to me and thanking me for sending them a magazine, and I have to tell them that I didn't send it. ... I like Wilda, but not $109 worth.'' ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) As gingerbread men go, the one at Kinsley's Market in nearby Brodheadsville is very big. But at 12 feet tall, it's not big enough for the Guinness Book of World Records. And if it were big enough, it still wouldn't make the book because Guinness doesn't have a category for gingerbread men. ``It's disappointing to us,'' said Kathy Lockwitch, assistant manager at Kinsley's bakery. ``If we would have known, we would have attempted something else or we wouldn't have bothered.'' Lockwitch said bakery manager Jerry Laiso called Guinness before he and Lockwitch made the giant cookie. She says he was told that Guinness would consider their claim after they had made their gingerbread man. But Cyd Smith, assistant editor at Guinness, said she told a Kinsley employee that there was no category for a gingerbread man and little chance that Guinness would add the category. ``People sometimes don't want to hear what you're saying,'' she said. ``They don't want to hear, `No,' because they're determined to do their thing.'' It took 300 pounds of gingerbread mix, 280 pounds of icing, 600 egg whites and nearly 100 hours to create the giant cookie. ``With all the attention and publicity we got, we thought we were in,'' Lockwitch said. But late last month, Kinsley's received a letter from Guiness explaining the book's position. Adding insult to injury, the letter added that Kinsley's had no claim on the world record anyway because a chef in Buffalo, N.Y., created a 24-foot gingerbread man in 1987. AP890206-0021 AP-NR-02-06-89 0124EST u i BC-Japan-Stocks 02-06 0026 BC-Japan-Stocks,0025 Stocks Up In Tokyo TOKYO (AP) The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 31,828.75, up 142.97 points, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday. AP890206-0022 AP-NR-02-06-89 0210EST r a PM-AmishRobberies Bjt 02-06 0696 PM-Amish Robberies, Bjt,0717 Arrests In Amish Robberies In Tennessee Soothe Outraged Residents By DAN GEORGE Associated Press Writer LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (AP) Residents are expressing relief because of the arrests of five people who are accused of holding up Amish farmers at gunpoint as they milked cows, drove buggies or made harnesses. ``Two of these men have confessed, and we've recovered some of the billfolds taken in the holdups,'' said Lawrence County Sheriff Tom Pyrdum. ``I feel we've got all the people involved.'' For many folks, life here centers on a job at the Murray-Ohio bicycle plant, the community's largest employer, or raising cattle and growing soybeans and corn. They picnic at the David Crockett State Park, named for the Alamo hero whose presence permeates this town of 12,000 in the Tennessee hills south of Nashville. A statue honoring Crockett, who once operated a gristmill here, stands in the heart of downtown, and billboards extol the David Crockett Motel and Mini-Warehouses. The town typically is so peaceful that it attracted a group of Amish who left Pennsylvania in the winter of 1944. But that serenity was shattered last month when armed robbers began sticking up the Amish as they milked cows in barns or drove their buggies. The holdups began Jan. 22 when two Amish farmers were robbed of $85 by three armed men in masks and camouflage outfits who burst into a barn in nearby Ethridge. Five days later, three Amish men were robbed of about $140 in two separate holdups when a man leaped into their buggies, brandished a gun and demanded cash. On Jan. 30, two men, one of them carrying a sawed-off shotgun, took $300 from an Amish harnessmaker as he worked in his shop on a farm north of Ethridge. Residents were outraged by the robberies. ``The people who live here know the (Amish) and do business with them,'' said District Attorney General Mike Bottoms. ``They don't ever cause anybody any trouble. ... They mind their own business and raise their families.'' The Amish, a conservative offshoot of the Mennonite Church, are noted for a lifestyle that's dogmatic in its simplicity. The women wear long dresses and bonnets; the men black, round hats, with dark blue jackets and pants. They disdain buttons as a sign of vanity. Among themselves, they still speak German, accounting for a persistent accent in their English. They refuse to own telephones or automobiles, although they will ride buses or occasionally in a car. And they believe in non-violence, which authorities said has made them easy prey for bandits. ``People don't like to see the Amish picked on,'' said Bob Moore, who works for the Lawrence County Ambulance Service. ``At the same time, it makes people angry that they don't do anything to fight back.'' The recent holdups, as well as the unsolved Jan. 29 robbery and stabbing death of an elderly non-Amish man in Ethridge, prompted Pyrdum's investigators to work around the clock. The break came, Pyrdum said, when they were able to link a partial license plate number to the description of a pickup truck used in the harness shop robbery. On Thursday, deputies arrested Michael McConnell, 24, and his nephews, Rodney J.D. Smith, 18, and James E. Smith Jr., 22, all from Lawrenceburg, and charged them with various counts of armed robbery. Each was being held on $250,000 bond. Two Lawrenceburg juveniles, ages 16 and 17, also were arrested. Bottoms said the state has filed a motion to have them tried as adults. Although the Amish have been reluctant in the past to file charges, neither Pyrdum nor Bottoms said they expect any problem bringing the case to trial. ``We don't have a lot of cases with the (Amish), but when we do they'll come and testify truthfully,'' said Bottoms. ``I don't have any doubt that they'll continue to cooperate with us.'' The arrests brought a welcome sense of relief to the Amish, although many were reticent. ``I'm glad they were caught. It was correct to assist the sheriff's department in order to stop the robbing,'' said a 67-year-old Amish farmer who spoke on the condition that his name not be used. AP890206-0023 AP-NR-02-06-89 0223EST r a PM-Names 02-06 0920 PM-Names,0955 Names in the News LaserPhoto NY14 LONDON (AP) British actor Malcolm McDowell, separated from his American wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, says he wants to return to his homeland after a 10-year stay in the United States. ``I have always loved America but there's only so much sun one can take,'' the star of such films as ``A Clockwork Orange'' said Sunday while on a brief visit to London. ``Although I don't think anybody knows me here nowadays, I would really like to work much more in England and get back to my roots again.'' McDowell, 45, lives in Santa Monica, Calif. Miss Steenburgen, 35, lives in Santa Barbara with their two children, Lilly, 8, and Charlie, 5. ``Mary and I are just separated. We don't know what we are going to do. We are taking a little sabbatical, so we will see,'' he said. ``I'm very close to my kids and am very involved in bringing them up. But now, although I will keep a place there, I feel this pull back to England.'' LONDON (AP) Ballerina Natalia Makarova says her first trip to the Soviet Union since defecting 19 years ago was better than she could have dreamed, despite the sadness of having to leave her mother again. ``The welcome I received was beyond any expectation. It couldn't even have been like that in my dreams,'' Makarova said on her arrival Sunday at Heathrow Airport. The 48-year-old ballerina defected in 1970 to perform modern dances not staged in the Soviet Union. During her two-week visit, she appeared in her native Leningrad three times with the Kirov Ballet, where she rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s. Makarova also saw her mother for the first time since defecting. ``It was sad in the end because I had to leave. But I live in hope that we will see each other again,'' she said. NEW YORK (AP) Hedda Nussbaum, the battered former companion of convicted child killer Joel Steinberg, says she wants to ``reach out and help battered women.'' ``I hope I've begun to do that,'' Ms. Nussbaum was quoted as saying in this week's People magazine. ``I've gotten over a hundred letters of support; only three of them were negative.'' Ms. Nussbaum related her comments to Naomi Weiss, a former college classmate who got in touch with her several months after Lisa Steinberg, Ms. Nussbaum's 6-year-old illegally adopted daughter, died in November 1987. Ms. Nussbaum was the prosecution's star witness against Steinberg, testifying that the disbarred attorney beat her and Lisa. But Ms. Nussbaum's credibility was questioned by jurors, who last week convicted Steinberg of manslaughter but acquitted him of second-degree murder. Ms. Nussbaum said her advice to battered women is to get out before there is a tragedy, even though she doubts she would have listened to such advice herself. ``You never think it can happen to you. I still don't really understand how it did,'' she said. Eds: A version moving on sports wires. ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley says he has decided against running for governor after getting a brief taste of life on the campaign trail. ``I was getting pretty tired, speaking at a breakfast, a lunch, a dinner _ waking up (to) another lunch, another dinner,'' Dooley said at a news conference Sunday. ``I started to wonder, `Do I really want to do this?''' Instead, Dooley said he will remain as the university's athletic director, a position he has held since 1979. Dooley announced in December he was stepping down as football coach after 25 years and was considering entering the 1990 gubernatorial race. He had met with political consultants and reportedly was assembling a campaign organization. Dooley, 56, said he began having doubts a few weeks ago about waging a campaign. NEW YORK (AP) Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, daughter actress Rita Hayworth and granddaughter of the late leader of an Islamic sect, has married Christopher Jeffries, a New York real estate broker. The couple were married Saturday at the bride's home by U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri. Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos, the princess' 3-year-old son from her previous marriage, was the ring bearer. The princess, whose late mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease, is vice chairwoman of the Alzheimer's Association and is the president of Alzheimer's Disease International. Her father was the late Prince Aly Khan and her grandfather was the Ismaili Muslim spiritual leader, the Aga Khan. Jeffries is a principal in the General Atlantic Realty Corp. and has two children from a previous marriage, which ended in divorce. CINCINNATI (AP) Actor Tom Selleck cheered a small group of loyal fans who braved freezing temperatures to wait for a glimpse of the star outside a jail where he is working on a film. ``Hello, hello, nice to see you all,'' Selleck said Saturday leaning out the front door of Cincinnati Workhouse during a break in filming ``Hard Rain.'' Selleck plays a man sentenced to prison after being framed by corrupt police. He was wearing blue prison jeans and shirt and had a glob of purple makeup over his right eye. ``I'm suppose to look like I've had a fight,'' he explained, before going back inside the 120-year-old prison. All filming in Cincinnati is being done inside the Workhouse, where a cellblock has been renovated for the movie, said Ellen Pasternack, a spokeswoman for Walt Disney Productions, which is making the film. AP890206-0024 AP-NR-02-06-89 0150EST u i AM-Afghanistan 10thLd-Writethru a0429 02-06 0798 AM-Afghanistan, 10th Ld-Writethru, a0429,0821 Najib Vows Government Will Survive Eds: LEADS with nine grafs to UPDATE with hundreds of soldiers seen at Kabul airport. Picks up 11th pvs, ```God is ...' ^By SHARON HERBAUGH Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Pravda reported that the last Soviet soldier had left the capital, but several hundred Red Army troops guarded Kabul's airport on Monday as military transports flew in grain and other supplies. The Communist Party daily also reported that Soviet troops would move Monday out of the main military complex at Shindand, in western Afghanistan. The paper said Soviet defensive checkpoints along the withdrawal route from the capital had been removed as far as 50 miles north of Kabul. ``Yesterday, the last Soviet soldier left Kabul,'' Pravda said in Monday's report. However, several hundred Soviet soldiers were seen at the airport today. Soviet officials said about 1,000 Soviet soldiers were still at the airport on the outskirts of the city. They said the last convoy left the capital on Saturday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the troops at the airport are assisting the supply airlift into the city and are not expected to pull out until Feb. 12 or Feb. 14. The officials said troops were still moving up the Salang Highway, the only land route north from Kabul to the Soviet border. They said the troop movement was slow and there had been avalanches and some casualties, but no rebel attacks. On Sunday, Radio Moscow quoted the commander of Soviet forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Boris Gromov, as saying the withdrawal was proceeding according to schedule. ``He said that the column of Soviet troops did not come under fire. ... There were snow slides during the withdrawal, though, and three men were killed and one was injured by them,'' the radio reported. In Kabul on Sunday, President Najib told about 10,000 members of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan that his Marxist government will survive the rebel onslaught despite the Soviet pullout after more than nine years of occupation. ``God is with us. The people are with us. We will win the war,'' Najib told about 10,000 members of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, who gathered in freezing temperatures near the presidential palace. Soviet and Afghan officials said during the weekend there were about 1,000 Soviet soldiers still in Afghanistan and that they could be gone as early as Wednesday. In neighboring Pakistan, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze extended talks on the civil war. Guerrilla sources said he would meet Monday with the Moslem insurgents fighting the Soviet-backed Afghan government. Leaders of the Iran- and Pakistan-based resistance signed a cooperation pact Sunday in the Iranian capital, Iran's foreign minister, Ali Akbar Velayati said. The agreement could boost the guerrillas' chances of taking over in Afghanistan and creating an Islamic republic once the Soviets are gone. Najib's rally, broadcast on national television, was staged largely for the dozens of foreign journalists in Afghanistan for the Soviet withdrawal. ``The Russian armies are leaving the country and we will defend ourselves,'' said the 43-year-old Najib, dressed in combat fatigues. ``We have to be strong. We have to unite.'' As he spoke, more than a dozen giant Soviet transport planes streaked off in different directions, spewing flares designed to deflect heat-seeking missiles fired by the guerrillas, or mujahedeen. The Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan in December 1979 to replace one Marxist regime with another and stayed to help fight the U.S.- and Pakistani-backed insurgents. Under a U.N.-mediated agreement, Moscow agreed last year to withdraw all its troops out by Feb. 15. The Soviets began their pullout in May and resumed it January, when convoys of tanks, trucks and armored personnel carriers started heading up the Salang Highway toward the Soviet border 260 miles away. The Pravda report said that in the western sector, two columns had left Shindand heading towards Kushka on the Soviet border. ``On Feb. 6, Soviet units will leave shindand,'' Pravda said. ``On Monday, the first meeting to welcome the columns crossing to the Soviet bank will take place in Termez in southern Uzbekistan'' it said. The guerrilla leaders began arriving in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday night to confer before meeting with Shevardnadze, guerrilla sources said. Velayati refused to give details of the guerrilla accord signed in Iran. The Afghan guerrillas are split into two groups: the minority Shiite alliance, based in Iran, and the larger Sunni coalition in Pakistan. ``They finally signed an agreement for cooperation about a future government for Afghanistan,'' he told The Associated Press. The official Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, said it was believed the two groups agreed on the number of seats that will be offered in the 480-member Shura assembly to Shiite representatives. AP890206-0025 AP-NR-02-06-89 0236EST r a PM-AntarcticAftermath 02-06 0651 PM-Antarctic Aftermath,0671 Antarctic Oil Spill Creates ``The Experiment Nobody Wanted'' By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) After decades of studying wildlife in an unspoiled area of Antarctica, scientists have begun a new, unwelcome line of research: the effects of an oil spill. ``This disaster is the experiment nobody wanted,'' said National Science Foundation spokesman Jack Talmadge. By Tuesday, American cleanup crews are expected to reach the area affected by the sinking of an oil-laden supply ship, which ran aground Jan. 28 off the Antarctic Peninsula. Scientists have already seen oil-covered and apparently lethargic seals, three dead penguins and disappearances of young nesting birds, said Ted DeLaca, chief scientist of the foundation's division of polar programs. Thirty-eight of 40 penguins checked Friday bore traces of oil. Thousands of dead and dying krill, shrimplike crustaceans that are a key food for bigger animals, have shown up on beaches, DeLaca told reporters by telephone from Palmer Station, a research outpost near the spill. ``All the principle (penguin) rookeries here are now surrounded by fuel oil,'' he said. ``What its effect could be on the birds is anybody's guess.'' Adelie penguin chicks are expected to leave their nests for the first time in a few days, swimming into contaminated waters. Other birds are being exposed to the oil as they land on water or dive into it to feed. Scientists are concerned that birds may freeze to death if the oil disrupts their natural insulation, or be poisoned if they swallow oil while preening themselves or eating oil-covered prey. The spill struck an area that has ``the largest and most diverse plant and animal populations of the continent,'' said Polly Penhale, manager of the science foundation's polar biology and medicine program. Apart from the large seal population, about 30,000 sea birds live there, including Adelie and chinstrap penguins, cormorants, kelp gulls and giant petrels, she said. Scientists have studied wildlife in the area for more than 20 years, but now the pristine nature of the area has been altered. ``The paths of research that have been followed down there have been forever changed,'' said Talmadge. ``I think if you're a scientist in the year 2035, you've got to remember there was an oil spill.'' DeLaca said the highly sensitive environment ``has been compromised in a way that we can't even evaluate right now.'' Langdon Quetin, research biologist at the University of California in Santa Barbara, said if the oil spill causes dramatic damage or long-term effects on plants and animals, ``then we can't really depend on the area as a natural uncontaminated laboratory.'' ``That really is unfortunate, to say the least, because it is one of the few areas in the Antarctic we have good logistics to,'' he said. ``It will be the ruination of a good laboratory, at least in the near future, at least as a natural uncontaminated study area.'' Some scientists are particularly concerned about fish and other organisms kept in tanks at Palmer Station, which marine botanist Mike Neushul of the University of California at Santa Barbara calls ``probably the best marine biology laboratory in the Antarctic.'' The tanks draw water from the nearby harbor, and if oil contaminates that supply, the experiments might have to be stopped. Nobody knows yet whether that will be a problem, Penhale said. Neushul said one factor boding poorly for the area's wildlife is that the spill involved fuel oil, which is ``much more toxic than crude oil'' because it can damage biological tissue. Neushul, who investigated a spill of partially refined oil off the Baja California coast some 30 years ago, said the effects of that spill lasted 17 years. In addition, recovery in Antarctica may be prolonged because bacteria there will need a long time to break the oil down, said Paul Dayton, professor of marine ecology at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. AP890206-0026 AP-NR-02-06-89 0214EST u i PM-Afghan-Communists Bjt 02-06 0786 PM-Afghan-Communists, Bjt,0812 Under Attack From Insurgents, Afghan Conscripts ``Running For Their Lives'' An AP Extra EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry Renfrew, the AP bureau chief in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1985 to 1987, has just made his fourth trip into Afghanistan with Moslem guerrillas. By BARRY RENFREW Associated Press Writer GERDE GHOUS, Afghanistan (AP) The road to Kabul is littered with burned-out Afghan army tanks, trucks and security posts abandoned by retreating communist forces. Dotted along the highway leading from the Pakistani border to the Afghan capital about 120 miles to the west are signs of the collapse of the Afghan army in the area as Moslem insurgents move in. Guerrilla commanders say Afghan government forces began to disintegrate after Soviet troops pulled out of the area late last year under a total withdrawal plan now in its final days. ``The communists are all gone. They are running for their lives,'' said one guerrilla commander. Tanks and armored personnel carriers destroyed by guerrilla rockets stood abandoned in the center of the highway or lie in roadside ditches. Trucks and radio command vehicles stood where their crews abandoned them. Senior guerrilla commanders told a visiting journalist over the weekend that Afghan army forces in the area are surrounded in the major city of Jalalabad and a few outlying towns. They claim government troops are demoralized, that just a handful of diehard communists want to fight. The Afghan army is composed mainly of ill-trained conscripts who are unwilling to fight for the Soviet-backed Kabul government. Western intelligence estimates put its strength nationwide at 30,000 troops. Afghan army units around Jalalabad have put up little resistance as the Red Army withdraws after nine years of propping up the Kabul regime. Commander Abdul Zaher said the guerrillas expect Jalalabad to surrender soon when its supplies run out, but would attack if the garrison tried to hold out. The guerrillas, he said, wanted to avoid civilian casualties. The only sign of fighting were a few salvos from government artillery in the distance around Jalalabad, which is about 90 miles east of Kabul. Guerrilla commanders said 12,000 insurgents were surrounding Jalalabad, but there was little fighting. ``When the communist government is destroyed the fighting will end,'' said Khial Nur, a commander of the guerrillas, most of whom are based in Pakistan. The insurgents are aided chiefly by Pakistan and the United States. An Afghan army prisoner dressed in a ragged green uniform appeared dazed and shocked as guerrillas helped him walk to their base. ``He does not want to fight. We will look after him,'' said one guerrilla. Some of the abandoned Afghan army bases and security posts along the Kabul highway bore signs of heavy fighting. Walls had been shatteered by mortar and rocket fire and were pocked with machine-gun bullets. Other installations were undamaged and appeared to have been abandoned without a fight. At Landhi Khyber, guerrillas relaxed in a sprawling Afghan army base. Green Islamic flags with crossed swords fluttered from the top of the barracks and guerrillas prayed in the courtyard. The burned-out wrecks of about 20 Afghan army trucks littered what was once the motor pool. A few bits of green and khaki army clothing lay on the ground, flung away by fleeing soldiers. At Gerde Ghous, about 20 miles east of Jalalabad, guerrillas showed off a captured barracks they said once housed 1,200 government militia troops. Buildings were pocked with bullet holes. Two shattered tanks stood on the nearby highway, their guns pointing blindly into the air. Guerrillas had crawled their names and Islamic slogans on captured army posts. ``Long live Islamic holy war,'' said a slogan at Ghazi Abad. Insurgents wearing traditional baggy Afghan trousers, long shirts and turbans perched on gutted tanks, yelling greetings to bands of compatriots who roared up the highway in trucks and buses. Islamic flags and posters were plastered on the wrecked army vehicles. ``Dushman, dushman,'' beaming guerrillas shouted as they pointed to the tanks and other wrecked vehicles, using the Pushtu word for enemy. All of the wrecked and abandoned army vehicles were Soviet-made. Operating instructions in Russian on metal plates were still bolted inside the turrets of burned out T-54 and T-55 tanks. Captured army trucks still in working condition were being used by the guerrillas to ferry men and supplies towards Jalalabad. Islamic banners fluttered from the trucks and pictures of guerrilla leaders were plastered on windshields. Bands of guerrilla fighters with bandoliers of bullets across their chests and machine guns and rifles hanging from their shoulders stood guard in every village and hamlet along the highway. ``We are happy. Soon we will have Islamic government and Afghanistan will be free,'' said one of the guerrillas. AP890206-0027 AP-NR-02-06-89 0252EST r i PM-Canada-US 02-06 0545 PM-Canada-US,0559 Bush's First Trip To Canada, Acid Rain To Top Agenda By SOLL SUSSMAN Associated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) Canadians looking for assurance that their country won't be ignored by Washington now that a free trade agreement between the two countries is in place should be cheered by President Bush's visit to Ottawa this week. Bush continues a pattern set by Ronald Reagan in making his first presidential trip abroad to Canada. There have been hints that Bush's half-day meeting Friday with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be just the first of several 1989 sessions, an increase from the recent pattern of annual meetings. Canadians often complain that Americans ignore or take for granted their northern neighbor and fail to recognize that their trade relationship is the largest of any two countries in the world. After a heated election campaign last fall that attracted an unusual amount of international attention, Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party won a second consecutive majority government. That cleared the way for the free trade agreement with the United States that he and Reagan signed in January 1988 to take effect on New Year's Day, as scheduled. The pact phases out all remaining tariffs between the two countries over a 10-year period, sets up panels to resolve disputes and eases barriers to investment and trade in energy and services. Opponents had argued that Canada risked being overpowered by the vastly greater population and economic power of the United States. Labor groups in Canada are now gearing up to bring attention to the closings of any plants that can be blamed on the trade pact. Although the pact's supporters forecast a net increase of 250,000 jobs in Canada over 10 years, they concede some plant closings will take place as business and industry restructure for the larger North American market. The summit Friday is expected to be largely a formal affair that will set the stage for future working sessions. The top issue for discussion is certain to be acid rain. William K. Reilly, Bush's choice for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, attracted widespread attention in Canada with his comments about acid rain at his nomination hearing in Washington. In a major shift from Reagan's policy, Reilly said legislation to curb acid rain is ``first out of the box'' for the Bush administration. The Reagan administration did not propose legislation to strengthen the Clean Air Act. Canada has been pressing for an agreement on a timetable to reduce to specified levels coal-fired power plant emissions that damage forests and lakes. Mulroney, who shared with Reagan an Irish heritage and conservative outlook, has called Bush a ``great friend of Canada.'' The prime minister said during the fall campaign that he expected his good relationship with Washington to produce an agreement on acid rain. Michael Hawes, a political scientist at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, said the Bush visit won't necessarily be praised here just because it is his first. ``I don't think we're going to think of this as anything but ordinary that he should do this,'' Hawes, who specializes in Canadian-U.S. relations, said in a telephone interview. If Bush had chosen another destination for his first trip, however, it would have touched off a chorus of complaints, Hawes said. AP890206-0028 AP-NR-02-06-89 0259EST r w PM-FarmScene 02-06 0844 PM-Farm Scene,850 USDA, Chrysler Joint Venture Puts Scenic Byway Program In High Gear By DON KENDALL AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Agriculture Department is about to announce a joint venture with the Plymouth division of Chrysler Motors to help put its recreational ``scenic byway'' program into overdrive. Billed as a ``pioneering partnership'' between Plymouth and the department's Forest Service, the details are expected to be announced Thursday at a joint news conference, followed by a reception at USDA's interior patio. The scenic byway program began last year with the designation of a 26-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 64 in southeastern Tennessee. A number of others have since been designated, and officials say various groups have worked with USDA to place interpretive signs, develop brochures and provide facilities to help make driving through national forest more enjoyable. But the addition of Chrysler's Plymouth division is being counted on by USDA officials to pump new life into the scenic byways program and, hopefully, become a showcase of private sector participation. A private, non-profit Forest Education Foundation in Santa Ana, Calif., is the prime mover in Plymouth's involvement, says Forest Service spokeswoman Marty Longan. The group is also the Skier Education Foundation. Longan said that one of the main goals of Plymouth involvement is to ``increase public awareness of scenic byways'' through national promotions. There has been talk that the campaign might include Plymouth dealer promotions and prizes, although Longan said she wasn't certain this had been settled. National forest offices might be involved, too, she said. ``We've done lots of partnerships, or cooperative agreements, with non-profit organizations,'' she said. ``That's what most of our experience has been in the past. This is probably the first real big one that we've had with a private corporation.'' There has been grumbling among some USDA professionals who think the high-visibility and direct role of Chrysler Motors is not appropriate, although commercial products and private companies have had a long association with department promotional efforts. Most of the time in the past the identities of companies and brand names have been downplayed, as in large displays of groceries to represent family food expenditures. Generic promotion of pizza, ice cream and other foods are other examples. But USDA lawyers are not fearful that the Forest Service is doing anything wrong in its scenic byways arrangement with Chrysler. J. Michael Kelly, associate general counsel, said he had not been asked for an opinion on the agency's program with the automaker, nor had he had an opportunity to study the plan. But very often, he said, private sector efforts are channeled through a foundation, usually one that is non-profit, so that a government agency can say truthfully that it doesn't do business directly with the foundation. Thus, there is no conflict of interest. ``In this case, I have no idea what business USDA, if any, might do with the Plymouth division of Chrysler Motors,'' Kelly said in a telephone interview. ``No doubt, in USDA's many fleets of automobiles there are probably some Chyrsler cars and trucks.'' But Chrysler is contributing through a foundation and ``that generally passes ethical muster and doesn't raise any significant questions,'' he said. WASHINGTON (AP) A report to the Soil Conservation Service says the agency's field personnel should be rewarded for providing exceptional service to small farmers who have limited resources. The report was the result of a study by the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, on the impact of the 1985 farm law on ``limited-resource farmers.'' The study was based on interviews with 1,390 farmers who farm 50 acres or less in Alabama, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Texas. Farmers with household incomes of less than $25,000 a year were considered limited-resource farmers. The 1985 law requires farmers to have a conservation plan completed by Dec. 31, 1989, if they are to continue farming highly erodible cropland and still receive USDA benefits, including price supports and emergency aid. According to the study, only 25 percent of those surveyed had conservation plans, and 23 percent had never heard of a conservation plan. ``Only 5 percent of the limited-resource farmers, many of whom farm marginal land, felt they have a severe erosion problem,'' the agency said. The report's findings and recommendations were sent to the SCS at the Agriculture Department. To raise the consciousness of SCS personnel for the special concerns of these farmers, the agency should use its award and evaluation system ``to recognize and award those working with limited-resource farmers in an exceptional manner,'' the report said. WASHINGTON (AP) Singapore's consumers import nearly all their fruit, and the favorite is the orange, says the Agriculture Department. IN 1987, 45,205 metric tons of oranges were imported, two-fifths, from the United States and about a fifth from Australia, USDA agricultural trade officer Geoffrey Wiggin reported from Singapore, which is a fraction the size of Rhode Island. Apples are popular, too, he said in the February issue of AgExporter magazine. The 1987 apple imports totaled 31,091 tones, a fourth from the United States. AP890206-0029 AP-NR-02-06-89 0251EST u i AM-Japan-Markets 3rdLd-Writethru a0793 02-06 0292 AM-Japan-Markets, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0793,0296 Dollar, Stock Prices Up Eds: UPDATES with closing Nikkei, dollar. No pickup. TOKYO (AP) The dollar rose Monday, while share prices closed at another record high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The dollar opened higher at 129.75 yen, then edged down to finish the day at 129.70 yen, up 0.43 yen from Friday's closing of 129.27 yen. It ranged during the day between 129.70 and 130.01 yen. On the stock exchange, the Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues, a 178.48-point gainer Friday, added another 142.97 points, or 0.45 percent, to close at 31,828.75, a new high. The index was lower at the end of the morning session but rose in the afternoon as investors began buying construction issues, said an analyst with Nomura Securities who spoke on condition of anonymity. In currency dealings, the dollar opened higher after similar trends in overseas markets overnight, dealers said. It gained ground as market players bought the currency in an attempt to test the strength of the coordination among the Group of Seven member countries, who met Friday in Washington, said a dealer with a major commercial bank in Tokyo, who spoke anonymously. Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven industrialzed countries ended their meeting with pledges to continue close economic policy coordination and seek ways to reduce the world's huge international debts, while accepting the current exchange rates. The group includes the United States, Japan, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy and Canada. A Bank of Tokyo dealer said the dollar's sharp rise is unlikely, as other financial markets in Asia, including Hong Kong and Singapore, were closed Monday for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. They will reopen on Thursday, Feb. 9. AP890206-0030 AP-NR-02-06-89 0319EST r a PM-PoorAtMath Bjt 02-06 0678 PM-Poor At Math, Bjt,0701 Poor U.S. Math Scores Indicate Deeper School Problems An AP News Analysis By LEE MITGANG AP Education Writer NEW YORK (AP) ``A Nation at Risk,'' the landmark federal report that condemned mediocrity in America's schools nearly six years ago, shocked the nation into a flurry of reform. But three new reports describing the sad state of U.S. students' abilities in mathematics might be even more cause for alarm. On the surface, the reports released last week revealed little we haven't heard before. Repeatedly during the last decade, international comparisons have shown U.S. students lagging behind other youngsters in math. ``A World of Differences,'' a report by the Educational Testing Service assessing 24,000 13-year-olds in six countries, found South Koreans doing best among students from Ireland, England, Canada, and Spain. U.S. pupils scored dead last. A report by the National Research Council, ``Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education,'' concluded that the nation desperately needs to agree on how math should be taught. But it noted that compared with Japan or Korea, math reform has consistently gotten nowhere in the United States largely because our decentralized national school structure makes consensus building so difficult. ``The top-down systems have beaten us hands down,'' the report concluded. A survey conducted by the University of Michigan compared math achievement levels of first- and fifth-graders in the Chicago area and Beijing, China. It found American youngsters performing significantly worse than their Chinese counterparts. Interestingly, that survey also found that the American parents would be satisfied if their children scored a 70 on a math test. The Chinese parents had higher aspirations: Their children would need to score in the 90s to please them. But the larger significance of these latest reports lays in two other findings: Students scoring highest did the most homework and watched the least television. Koreans ranked first in math homework, with 45 percent doing at least one to two hours a week; U.S. students ranked last, with 28 percent doing that amount. If homework is indeed so central to better math scores, and if mathematical know-how is really as crucial as everyone insists it is to America's economic competitiveness, America may be in more trouble than realized. It's common sense that students who do the most homework usually have the strongest belief that hard work pays off. But some U.S. educators wonder whether these math scores demonstrate that American youngsters have grown soft on hard work. ``I think it's a cultural phenomenon in this country,'' said Scott Thomson, executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. ``We don't recognize the importance of studying math or studying tough subjects. ``The countries that are most successful, like Japan or Korea, say right up front that it takes hard work and long hours and grinding it out. We as a nation tend to be impatient with everything, including studying.'' Put bluntly: With math, as with no other subject, there's simply no faking it. The answer's right or wrong. You either took the time at home to memorize and drill and practice, or you didn't. But equally important, homework and a wholesome home environment are inseparable. Merely requiring teachers to assign more is like pushing on a string. Homework won't get done by the student who is hungry or unhealthy, or chronically unhappy in single-family home environments where parents are uninvolved in their youngsters' education. Chronically weak math scores, then, indicate problems not just with our schools, but our society _ problems that won't be solved merely by tinkering with curricula or teaching methods, though such changes may well be in order. It means that there is probably no quick fix for low math scores, and schools can't solve the problem alone. Given its exactitude, mathematics is one of the truest bellwethers of the nation's progress in educating children for the 21st century. In that sense, these reports contain plenty to worry about. EDITOR'S NOTE Lee Mitgang has covered education for The Associated Press since 1981. AP890206-0031 AP-NR-02-06-89 0335EST r a PM-HostageInsurance Bjt 02-06 0712 PM-Hostage Insurance, Bjt,0730 Prison Guards Pool Resources for Hostage Insurance By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) As a broiling summer day dissolved into a sultry night at New York's Coxsackie state prison, Joseph Puma waited to see if five prison guards held hostage by prisoners would make it out alive. After 14 hours, about midnight, the inmates released their hostages. ``This guy came out _ a friend of mine _ he was bloody, beaten, battered and he wore inmate clothing. He just collapsed in my arms, crying,'' said Puma, head of the state prison guards' union. Puma saw the pain in the faces of the guards and their families and came up with an idea: The union, through Lloyd's of London, established a ``captivity coverage'' insurance plan, with benefits to be paid to survivors of prison uprisings. It's believed to be the first time an insurance company has allowed such a policy, said Nels Carlson, a Lloyd's underwriter. Union members held hostage at least 12 hours would be paid a sum equal to half their annual salary. In the case of death or injury, the insurance benefit paid to the guard or his family would be twice the salary. A New York prison guard's average annual pay: $27,500. ``It's kind of like your life insurance, where you hope it never gets paid out, but it happens,'' said Hardy Rauch, director of standards and accreditation for the American Correctional Association in Laurel, Md. ``The concept is quite nice. It's an idea that could very easily be expanded to other states.'' It's appropriate the idea should come from New York, a state still haunted by the 1971 riot at Attica, America's bloodiest prison uprising. Inmates took 39 hostages in a four-day standoff that ended in furious gunfire. Forty-three inmates and prison employees died. No one died in August's Coxsackie uprising, but it changed the lives of the five guards involved. The guards were watching a group of 32 prisoners with disciplinary problems _ the baddest of the bad _ when they were overpowered. The five guards were blindfolded and moved from cell to cell while their captors negotiated with authorities. A knife and razor blades were held to their throats and one guard was told his finger would be cut off if he didn't relinquish his wedding ring. All were beaten. ``It's probably the biggest fear of a security officer,'' Puma said. ``You're reversing the roles and now these sick and deranged people are in charge of your every move.'' Citing pending court cases and the trauma, the five former hostages wouldn't talk about their experiences. None of them still works as a guard. Psychological reactions to being taken hostage can range from a slight depression that lasts a few days to becoming completely dysfunctional, said Dr. Robin Inwald, a New York City psychologist who has studied the reactions of former prison hostages. ``It's controversial as to when they should go back into the prisons,'' she added. ``Going back is important to recover the feeling of being in control of your life.'' Some never go back. Of 17 guards who were held for 2{ days at New York state's Sing Sing prison in 1982, only one is still working in the prisons, said Chuck Booth, a spokesman for the guards' union. ``It's not something they want to talk about,'' Jimmy Mann, union chief at Attica, said of the three guards still working there who were taken hostage in 1971. ``They've accepted it.'' None of the guards from Coxsackie, Attica or Sing Sing are eligible to claim money from the union's policy, which cost about $100,000, Puma said. The union leader has promised that dues won't be raised to pay for the new insurance. But he said it might be on the bargaining table when the union's contract with the state expires. Puma called the insurance ``go-fishing money.'' He said it will enable former hostages to take time off or search for a new job with fewer worries about feeding their family. ``These hostage situations do not happen every day _ thank God _ but when they do happen it's the worst thing that can happen to a person,'' he said. ``Let's do a little something extra for them.'' AP890206-0032 AP-NR-02-06-89 0428EST r a PM-MultipleKillings-List 02-06 0279 PM-Multiple Killings-List,0296 List of Victims in Simmons Case With PM-Multiple Killings By The Associated Press Here is a list of the family members R. Gene Simmons is charged with killing in December 1987: Becky Simmons, 46, wife. Shot twice in the head, found in a grave at their home at Pleasant Grove. R. Gene Simmons Jr., 26, son, of San Antonio, Texas. Shot five times in the head and neck, found in the grave. Sheila Simmons McNulty, 24, daughter, of Camden. Shot six times, found in the house. William H. Simmons II, 23, son, of Fordyce. Shot twice, found in the house. Loretta Simmons, 17, daughter. Strangled with cord, found in the grave. Eddie Simmons, 14, son. Strangled with cord, found in the grave. Marianne Simmons, 11, daughter. Strangled with cord, found in the grave. Rebecca Simmons, 8, daughter. Strangled with cord, found in the grave. Dennis McNulty, 23, Sheila McNulty's husband. Shot once, found in the house. Renata Simmons, 22, William Simmons' wife. Shot seven times, found in the house. Sylvia McNulty, 6, granddaughter, daughter of Sheila. Strangled with cord, found in the house. Barbara Jean Simmons, 3, granddaughter, and daughter of R. Gene Jr. and his former wife, Wilma, of Alamagordo, N.M. Strangled with cord, found in the grave. Michael McNulty, 1, grandson, and son of Sheila and Dennis. Strangled with cord, found in a car trunk. William Simmons Jr., 1, grandson, and son of William II and Renata. Strangled with cord, found in another car trunk. Simmons is already convicted of two deaths, those of: Kathy Kendrick, 24, Russellville. Shot in rampage in Russellville. J.D. Chaffin, 33, Russellville. Shot in rampage in Russellville. AP890206-0033 AP-NR-02-06-89 0401EST u i PM-Japan-Markets 02-06 0357 PM-Japan-Markets,0367 Dollar, Stocks Up In Tokyo TOKYO (AP) The dollar gained against the Japanese yen today, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange's leading index rose to another record high, The dollar closed at 129.70 yen, 0.43 yen higher than Friday's close of 129.27 yen. It opened at 129.75 yen and traded in a range between 129.70 yen and 130.01 yen. The higher opening in Tokyo, following the dollar's climb in New York, was prompted by U.S. employment figures announced on Friday, said a dealer with the Bank of Tokyo, speaking on condition of anonymity. The U.S. jobless rate in January rose to 5.4 percent from December's 5.3 percent, but an increase of 408,000 in non-agricultural employees from December encouraged dollar-buying by market players who took the figure as indicating continuous growth in the U.S. economy, he added. Dollar-buying also was encouraged by a meeting in Washington Friday of the finance ministers of seven major industrial nations, who accepted current exchange rates, the dealer said. Japanese Finance Minister Tatsuo Murayama told a news conference today that representatives of the seven also agreed to strengthen policy coordination. The seven are the United States, Japan, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy and Canada. The Bank of Tokyo dealer said the dollar's recent upward trend is quite strong, based on such factors as high interest rates in the United States. High U.S. interest rates make dollar-denominated investments more attractive. But the U.S. currency's movement was expected to be limited as other financial markts in Asia, including those in Hong Kong and Singapore, were closed today for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. They will reopen Thursday. On the stock market, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 142.97 points, or 0.45 percent, closing at 31,828.75. The index's previous record was Friday's 31,685.78 finish. A morning gain picked up speed in afternoon trading as investors began buying construction issues such as cement, said an analyst with Nomura Securities. Despite some profit-taking in the morning, the index rose steadily in the afternoon as currency trading became stabilized, he added. In active trading, volume on the first section was estimated at 1.3 billion shares. AP890206-0034 AP-NR-02-06-89 0455EST r i PM-China-Art 02-06 0557 PM-China-Art,0579 Avant-Garde Exhibit Shut Down After Artists Break Taboo On Performance By JOHN POMFRET Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) Police temporarily closed Communist China's largest avant-garde art exhibit ever because organizers allowed performance art _ which culminated in the firing of two BBs into a sculpture, an organizer said today. Fei Dawei said the show would most likely reopen on Friday after the end of the Spring Festival, China's four-day long lunar New Year holiday. He said he did not believe the order was a sign of a new crackdown on art. ``They are just punishing us for the trouble we caused,'' he said. ``I think the political element here is very small.'' Fei said a woman wanted in connection with Sunday's shooting incident had been detained by police later that day. The woman, Xiao Lu, an artist from Hangzhou, was initially believed to have shot her own work of art, a phone booth, located on the first floor of the China Art Gallery. But Fei said police determined that her boyfriend, Tang Song, actually fired two BBs into the work. Police detained Tang at the show and found Ms. Xiao later. ``What we know now is that they walked into the gallery, she handed him the gun and he shot her artwork,'' he said. ``It was a performance art piece. Together they were attempting to negate modern civilization.'' Modern art has not been popular with the Chinese government because its abstract and chaotic forms did not serve the interests of the ruling Communist Party. Recently, however, the government has allowed exhibitions of once banned art forms, such as nudes, as long as the exhibitions can pay for themselves. Organizers of the avant-garde show have tried for three years to put it together. It was approved last year only after they had raised all the money. The shooting of the phone booth was the last of several performance art pieces done in the gallery in defiance of a ban on such art. Fei said museum officials banned the pieces because they said it might ``cause chaos in society.'' One artist sold shrimp to protest ``the commercialization of art.'' Three others, wrapped from head to toe in white cloth, walked around the gallery. Another took off some of his clothes and began sitting on several eggs. And one strolled around the gallery tossing handful of change and condoms on the floor. Museum officials ordered these artists to stop their performances but none were arrested. Police did confiscate the identity cards of the three who walked around the gallery covered in cloth. Fei said he understood why police were punishing the organizers. ``As organizers, we are responsible,'' he said. ``They are closing the show now because the masses are on vacation and they all want to see it. We will lose a good portion of our spectators this way.'' After the show was closed Sunday, hundreds of spectators and artists spilled into the courtyard in front of the China Art Gallery. At one point, two carloads of riot police, wearing helmets and toting automatic weapons and teargas cannisters, drove into the crowd. They left immediately after their cars were surrounded by curious onlookers. ``That must be performance art, too,'' said one artist. The museum is closed Mondays. The show is scheduled to run to Feb. 19. AP890206-0035 AP-NR-02-06-89 0457EST r a PM-Obit-Burns 1stLd-Writethru a0450 02-06 0486 PM-Obit-Burns, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0450,0495 Jethro, of Country Comedy Duo Homer And Jethro, Dies Eds: SUBS 9th graf, `The team ...' to DELETE reference to appearance on `Beverly Hillibillies.' Picks up 10th graf, `Burns was ...' By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Jethro Burns, the mandolin-playing half of the country music duo Homer and Jethro who combined cornball humor with brilliant muscianship, has died at age 69. Burns died at his Evanston home Saturday night after a long bout with cancer, said his son, John C. Burns. ``He had a good time, he made a lot of people happy,'' said his sone, also a musician. ``That's what he was all about.'' ``I'm not exactly sure what I do,'' Burns once said. ``However, lots of folks have said I'm really good at it.'' Burns and guitarist Homer Haynes, who died in 1971, gained fame as a hillbilly duo that made fun of popular songs and put on a hayseed music act that also turned out complicated acoustical numbers. Folk singer John Prine, who played with Burns in the late 1970s and early 1980s and now performs with his son, said Burns was known for his musical as well as comedic ability. ``It always seemed to me that he had so much talent _ natural talent _ on the instrument that that's why he was able to joke all the time,'' Prine said. ``He could just pick it up and play it like you never heard anybody play before. ... He just had it.'' Homer and Jethro won a Grammy award for the best comedy performance of 1959 with ``The Battle of Kookamonga,'' a parody of the ``The Battle of New Orleans.'' The team also appeared in television commercials for Kellogg's Corn Flakes. Burns was a regular on the television show ``Hee-Haw,'' and played many times on the radio program ``A Prairie Home Companion,'' John Burns said. The duo's most popular album was ``Homer and Jethro at the Country Club,'' a live comedy-music album from the early 1960s. But the work that enjoyed the most recent popularity was an instrumental jazz album from the same era called ``Playing It Straight,'' John Burns said. ``They became pretty popular because they had this crossover thing, this oddball, cornball kind of thing,'' he said. ``But they wore these $300 silk suits _ they were extremely proficient at jazz and swing.'' Homer, whose real name was Henry D. Haynes, and Jethro, whose real name was Kenneth C. Burns, were boyhood friends in Knoxville, Tenn., where they began playing music together. Their act took off after World War II, when they became part of the ``Midwestern Hayride'' on a radio station in Cincinnati, where they worked with such greats as Chet Atkins. Besides his son, Burns is survived by his wife, Lois; his daughter, Terry; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be private, the son said. AP890206-0036 AP-NR-02-06-89 0503EST r a PM-Obit-Raposo 02-06 0402 PM-Obit-Raposo,0417 Co-Creator Of Sesame Street Dies NEW YORK (AP) Joseph Raposo, co-creator of the children's television program ``Sesame Street'' and a five-time Grammy award-winning composer, has died at age 51. Raposo died Sunday from complications of lymphoma at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, north of New York City. He would have turned 52 Wednesday. Raposo created the award-winning ``Sesame Street'' with Jim Henson and Jon Stone, and was the show's longtime musical director and composer of its theme song. His songs were recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Ray Charles and included ``Sing,'' ``You Will Be My Music,'' ``It's Not Easy Being Green'' and ``Here's to the Winners.'' Raposo produced several gold and platinum records and received an Oscar nomination for composing the music for the 1981 film, ``The Great Muppet Caper.'' He was co-author of the hit Broadway play, ``You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' and of another public television show, ``Electric Company.'' In addition, Raposo arranged concerts for Fred Astaire and collaborated with Richard Rodgers. He endured one of his few failures in 1986 when the play, ``Raggedy Ann,'' for which he wrote the music and lyrics, folded after an abbreviated run on Broadway. The play had been a success in the Soviet Union under one of the first cultural agreements under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's openness policy. Raposo conducted seminars in musical composition at Harvard University and Yale University, where he told his students to ``master the technical aspects of music'' and to read poetry. The son of Joseph and Mary Raposo, he was born in Fall River, Mass., in 1937. His father was a noted music teacher. After graduating from Harvard in 1958, Raposo studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. On a Boston Pops recording of his songs, Raposo is quoted as saying: ``Ever since growing up in Massachusetts, my feet have been in the classics, my head in the theater and television, my heart with the lovers and children, and my home in Boston.'' Raposo is survived by his parents; his wife, Pat Collins, who is arts and entertainment editor at television station WWOR, and their two children, Elizabeth, 12, and Andrew, 8. He also is survived by two sons from a previous marriage, Joseph, 24, and Nicolas, 20. Funeral services were scheduled for noon Wednesday at the Reform Church of Bronxville. A memorial service was to be scheduled at a later date. AP890206-0037 AP-NR-02-06-89 0523EST r a PM-IceShantyDeaths 02-06 0536 PM-Ice Shanty Deaths,0551 Fumes Kill Four Teens In Ice-Fishing Shanty With PM-Cold Rdp, Bjt By MARYANN MROWCA Associated Press Writer MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) Scott Novak's luck catching walleyes won him top prizes in a weekend ice-fishing contest, but the outing turned tragic a few hours later for him and three fellow teen-agers encamped on frozen Harpt Lake. All four were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday in the wooden shanty where they had tried to keep warm with propane heaters as temperatures dipped below zero during the weekend contest. ``It was too airtight,'' said Sandy Koller, whose 16-year-old daughter, Sarah, was among the victims found in the newly built shack. Mishicot High School, where all four teen-agers were students, planned to bring in extra counselors and hold a faculty meeting before school today to help other students cope with the tragedy, said Principal Terry Vanhimbergen. ``We're seeing some reaction from kids already,'' he said. Novak, 17, captured first-, second- and third-place in the contest by catching the three largest fish, said August Stueck, a contest organizer. His third-place catch was registered with contest officials at 11:50 p.m. Saturday _ less than seven hours before the bodies were found. The teens were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from two portable propane heaters and a propane hot plate left running in the shanty, said Detective Leo Jadowski of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department. The unpainted 7-foot-by-6{-foot wooden shanty was one of more than 50 such shelters on the frozen 70-acre lake about 85 miles north of Milwaukee. Temperatures near Manitowoc ranged from 16 below and 5 below zero overnight. The victims were identified as Novak, Miss Koller, Cory A. Throndson, 16, and Shawn Shoulak, 16, said Rita Schultz, a sheriff's department dispatcher. ``The cause of death for all four victims was lethal doses of carbon monoxide,'' Jadowski said. ``It's a small ice shanty unit and the carbon monoxide must have filled it.'' Some of the fumes in the shanty also may have come from the corner of a synthetic sleeping bag that brushed against a heater and melted, officials said. Mrs. Koller said the four teen-agers and other friends taking part in the contest had been going from one shanty to another much of the night, checking for possible catches at each tip-up _ an apparatus that holds a hook and line and hoists a flag when a fish bites. She said she had not been worried about her daughter because her husband and 18-year-old son also were on the lake, and she knew her daughter was with her friends and relatives. ``The parents all knew that these kids were out there,'' said Jadowski. ``They were good kids, very fishing- and hunting-oriented, so they had the blessings of their parents and the parents knew exactly where they were.'' Sarah's brother, Scott, and another friend found the four victims about 6:10 a.m., Mrs. Koller said. ``The girl's father was in the shack right next door. He tried mouth-to-mouth'' resuscitation, said Mary Lee Stueck, another contest organizer. The sporting group observed a moment of silence and members bowed their heads and prayed for the dead teens during the club's award ceremony Sunday night, August Stueck said. AP890206-0038 AP-NR-02-06-89 0535EST r a PM-NightlineStudy 02-06 0503 PM-Nightline Study,0521 Study Finds ABC's `Nightline' Slanted Toward White Conservatives By JOHN HORN Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Ted Koppel said he welcomed a study released today that found his late-night news show, ``Nightline,'' favors white conservative men as guests, but he added the report's authors were wrong to criticize the show. The guest list merely reflects the government that ``Nightline'' covers, he said. The study of almost 2,500 guests on more than 850 episodes of the ABC-TV show found that 89 percent were men and 92 percent were white. It also found that the 9-year-old news interview program virtually ignored labor unions, environmental and consumer advocates, anti-war activists, the working class and those who oppose U.S. foreign policy. ``I like studies like this,'' Koppel said. ``I'm happy to see them, whether they are from the right or the left. They do give us an opportunity to re-examine what we do, how we do it. ``And sometimes it's quite true we get into a rut.'' The survey, commissioned by the liberal media watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, was conducted by Boston College sociologists William Hoynes and David Croteau. ``Nightline,'' which has won two dozen Emmys and is seen by more than 5 million viewers nightly, is widely perceived as one of television's most influential news programs. The findings challenge ``Nightline's'' reputation for impartiality, said Jeff Cohen, executive director of FAIR. ``When you see the same pattern week after week, it becomes a political bias,'' Cohen said. Although welcoming the study, Koppel challenged its implications. ``I think FAIR makes a great mistake ... (when it concludes) that simply by looking at a guest list, you know what the substance of that program was,'' Koppel said. ``We are accused of putting on the establishment. Yes, we are guilty. That is what we do.'' He said his guest selections simply reflected former President Reagan's conservative appointees and that a liberal administration would yield a biased guest record in the opposite political direction. ``What you do is bring on the architects of U.S. foreign policy and hold them to account, which is what we try to do on this broadcast,'' Koppel said. ``And never is it suggested that I might ask (the guests) a tough question once in a while. Never is it even suggested that if you want to critique U.S. foreign policy, you don't bring on the opponents of U.S. foreign policy and let them speak their minds.'' ``Nightline'' Executive Producer Richard Kaplan also criticized the study, but conceded that it pointed out a narrow focus regarding guests. Kaplan said he gave copies of the report to his staff. The study examined 40 months of ``Nightline'' episodes from January 1985 to April 1988. The analysis showed that the show's most frequent guests were all conservative leaders. Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig topped the list with 14 appearances each, followed by television evangelist Jerry Falwell and former State Department official Elliott Abrams with 12 appearances each. AP890206-0039 AP-NR-02-06-89 0545EST r i PM-Pakistan 02-06 0359 PM-Pakistan,0373 Pakistan Tests First Long-Range Missile By KATHY GANNON Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's military chief says the country has test-fired its first homemade long-range surface-to-surface missile and plans to manufacture its own tank within two years, official media reported today. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg said two missiles with ranges of 50 miles and 180 miles respectively and a capability to carry payloads in excess of 1,000 pounds were tested, the government-controlled Pakistan Times. Beg reportedly made the disclosure Sunday at a military academy seminar in Rawalpindi, and did not say when the missiles were tested. Last summer, western media reports said Pakistan had developed long-range surface-to-surface missiles. At the time, the government refused to confirm or deny those reports. A retired army general who spoke on condition of anonymity said the missile, which now gives Pakistan the capability to hit Indian targets, represents the evolution of the country's defense systems. ``These things don't happen suddenly,'' he said. The Washington Post reported a year ago that India, Pakistan's estranged neighbor, had tested the Prithvi, a short-to-medium range surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying a 2,200-pound warhead more than 90 miles. Relations between India and Pakistan relations began to warm up with the election last November of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. At a December summit of Asian leaders in Islamabad, she and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India signed an agreement not to attack each other's nuclear facilities in accordance with what they said was a new commitment to improved relations. Beg also told the National Defense College that Pakistan should produce its first homemade tank within two years, the Pakistan Times said. The reported announcement came as Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze visited Islamabad for crucial talks on Afghanistan with Pakistani officials. India and the Soviet Union are allies. In December, the Kremlin gave the ruling Communists in Afghanistan long-range Scud missiles capable of hitting targets 100-175 miles away. Pakistan, which has 3 million refugees from the Afghan war, has supported the U.S.-backed Afghan guerrillas who have been fighting the Soviet-supported government in Kabul since Marxists seized power there in 1978. AP890206-0040 AP-NR-02-06-89 0555EST u i PM-HolyFair 02-06 0758 PM-Holy Fair,0781 15 Million Hindus Wash Away Sins At Giant Festival By DILIP GANGULY Associated Press Writer ALLAHABAD, India (AP) An estimated 15 million Hindus _ holy men from their Himalayan cave homes, naked recluses from forest dens and ordinary pilgrims from across India _ began immersing themselves at the confluence of two sacred rivers today. Today's bathing is the high point of the seven-week Kumbh Mela festival, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the largest religious gathering on Earth. The ceremonial bathing began at 4 a.m. with the blowing of conch shells and the chanting of hymns by the faithful, who believe a dip in the rivers on this astrologically auspicious day will free them from the cycle of reincarnation and allow them to achieve salavation. Hindus believe that Lord Brahma, creator of the world in the Hindu religion and a member of the supreme trinity in the pantheon of Hindu gods, awakens at 4 a.m. and therefore the day should start at that hour. The Kumbh Mela is celebrated every 12 years, according to the lunar calendar, at the time of a rare planetary convergence: Jupiter in Taurus, the sun and moon in Capricorn, and a series of complicated calculations of Hindu astrology. But today takes on added significance, for it is also the day of the new moon, another good omen. Two people died in the early hours of the mass bathing. A 50-year-old man collapsed on the river bank after his bath and soon died, and a woman drowned when her boat capsized, according to a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity. In 1954, about 800 pilgrims died in a stampede at the holy festival. ``Either these people are crazy or there must be something we can't see or understand,'' said Nina Marshall, a 23-year-old student from Berkeley, Calif. who was among dozens of Americans that came to see the religious spectacle. ``It is vibrating,'' she said, pointing to the barefoot pilgrims trekking to the junction of the Ganges and Jamuna rivers. For the faithful, the bathing is often a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ``I planned this trip five years back when we had a good crop,'' said Sarju Mahato, a farmer from Bihar state, as he tended the blisters on his two sons' feet. ``We saved money and came here.'' The festival takes the name Kumbh Mela from a story in Hindu mythology in which a god seized a pot of nectar that made gods invincible in their war against the demons. ``Kumbh'' means pot, and ``mela'' means fair. A drop of nectar from the pot is thought to have fallen at Allahabad where the Ganges and Jamuna rivers come together. A bath at the exact spot where the nectar fell is supposed to bring salvation from the cycle of birth and rebirth. The bathing at the Kumbh Mela began with processions of holy men, their order determined from days of yore according to the importance of their sects, dipping at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Swaraswati. The Swaraswati cannot be seen, but Hindus believe it flows beneath the Earth's surface where the two other rivers meet. There was color everywhere _ a profusion of saffron, scarlet, white and gold robes. Some holy men wore only loincloths. Some had their foreheads smeared with vermilion and sandalwood paste, and some wore garlands of basil wreaths around their necks, wrists and arms. Some had shaven heads, others matted hair tied in knots atop their heads. The ``nagas,'' or naked recluses, smeared their bodies with ashes. They wore garlands of marigolds around their necks and blew conch shells to drive away evil spirits. They danced holding spears, lances, staffs and small rocks representing some of the Hindu faith's 32 million gods and goddesses. There were camels draped in brightly embroidered cloths, adorned with feathers, beads and mirrors, with bells on their feet that tinkled when they walked. Some pilgrims pulled chariots holding the holiest of the holy men, who offered blessings to the others. The bathing followed the initiation of new nagas. Young men are inducted into the naked order only once every 12 years during the Kumbh Mela. On Sunday, 1,500 nagas-to-be shaved their heads, burned their clothing and performed their last rites. ``From this moment they have renounced the material world and since they will not depend on anyone anymore, they themselves perform their last rites as if they are already dead from this world,'' explained M.P. Ashnata, the fair's chief spokesman. AP890206-0041 AP-NR-02-06-89 0610EST r a PM-Lesbian-Guardianship 02-06 0481 PM-Lesbian-Guardianship,0493 Lesbian Lovers Reunited After 3{-Year Separation By TONY KENNEDY Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A 3{-year separation has ended for Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson, lovers forced apart following a 1983 automobile accident that left Miss Kowalski severely brain-damaged and in her father's custody. ``It's been a pretty emotional reunion,'' Ms. Thompson said Sunday in a telephone interview from Kowalski's bedside at a hospital in Duluth. ``We've had a wonderful weekend and she wants me to be here as often as possible.'' Ms. Thompson, a St. Cloud State University professor who lived with Kowalski for four years before the November 1983 accident, last saw Kowalski on Aug. 19, 1985, when Donald Kowalski used his power as his daughter's guardian to deny her visiting rights. Kowalski, 58, a retired taconite miner, said Ms. Thompson's visits were detrimental to his daughter, sending her into depression. He said he doubted Ms. Thompson had a lesbian relationship with his daughter and denied visitation partly because he feared Ms. Thompson would sexually abuse his daughter. Kowalski and Ms. Thompson have been fighting in court over who should be able to care for Miss Kowalski since she came out of a coma five months after the accident, which was caused by a drunken driver. She has been in various nursing homes and hospitals since the accident and has lost the use of her limbs with the exception of the fingers on her right hand. She whispers, but communicates most of the time by shaking her head, or typing on a computer. Ms. Thompson has charged that Donald Kowalski and his wife, Della, have not provided adequate care even though it has been directed by a physician. The Kowalskis say Ms. Thompson exaggerates their daughter's ability to communicate and her potential for rehabilitation. Ms. Thompson, 41, was allowed to see Miss Kowalski, 32, under an order from St. Louis County District Court Judge Robert Campbell. The judge has consistently upheld Kowalski's guardianship rights, but in December he overruled Kowalski by ordering a re-evaluaton of Miss Kowalski to determine how soundly she thinks and what her potential is to express her feelings about who should care for her. According to the judge's order, anyone would be allowed to see her if she ``reliably requested'' to see them. Ms. Thompson was granted supervised visits because Miss Kowalski ``reliably'' requested to see her in interviews with a psychiatrist, Ms. Thompson said. ``It's really good to have private time with Sharon again,'' she said. ``I think Sharon is soon going to let everyone know that she can control her own future.'' Donald Kowalski said he was angered that Thompson was allowed to visit his daughter. ``It's just not right what they're doing but there's nothing I can do,'' Kowalski said. ``She (Thompson) has been proven harmful to Sharon. ``I don't believe Sharon reliably wants to see Karen Thompson.'' AP890206-0042 AP-NR-02-06-89 0615EST u i PM-Dollar-Gold 02-06 0328 PM-Dollar-Gold,0344 Dollar, Gold, Both Rise LONDON (AP) The dollar rose in early European trading today after last week's meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized countries failed to break the market's bullish sentiment, foreign currency dealers said. Gold prices also rose. Trading was thin, as Chinese New Year celebrations in Asia and carnival celebrations in parts of West Germany kept many operators out of the market, dealers said. They said the market is ready to buy dollars because inconclusive comments from the Group of Seven industrialized countries in Washington did not convince it to do otherwise. However, they said, the general bullishness is dampened by fears that central banks might stage another round of concerted interventions. ``The central banks have failed to reverse the trend, all they can do is slow down the momentum,'' said one dealer at a Swiss bank in Frankfurt. ``The market's inclination to take in dollars is still very strong.'' In Tokyo, where trading ends before Europe's business day begins, the dollar rose 0.43 yen to close at 129.70. Later, in London, it was quoted at 129.85 yen. Other dollar rates at midmorning, compared with late Friday: _1.8855 West German marks, up from 1.8805 _1.6015 Swiss francs, up from 1.5983 _6.4135 French francs, up from 6.3950 _2.1302 Dutch guilders, up from 2.1240 _1,376.40 Italian lire, up from 1,374.50 _$1.1837 Canadian, down from $1.1885 In London, one British pound cost $1.7317, cheaper for buyers than $1.7410 late Friday. Gold opened in London at a bid price of $390.65 a troy ounce, up from $388.25 bid late Friday. At midmorning, the city's five major bullion dealers fixed a recommended price of $390.25. In Zurich, the bid price was $390.30, up from $389.90 bid late Friday. Financial markets were closed in Hong Kong today for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. They will reopen on Thursday. Silver was quoted in London at a bid price of $5.81 a troy ounce, down from Friday's $5.83. AP890206-0043 AP-NR-02-06-89 0618EST u i PM-Afghan-BackHome 02-06 0530 PM-Afghan-Back Home,0552 Soviet Unit Returns To Brass-Band Welcome With PM-Afghanistan, Bjt EDITOR'S NOTE As the Soviets leave Afghanistan, a correspondent from the AP's Moscow bureau joined a military convoy as it covered the final miles to the border. He filed this report. By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY Associated Press Writer TERMEZ, U.S.S.R. (AP) A convoy of Soviet troops roared home today from Afghanistan to a brass-band reception, waving flags and stuffing red carnations into the muzzles of their submachine guns to mark the end of their country's involvement in the war. The 350th Parachute Regiment, which had been stationed in Afghanistan since 1984, rumbled across the Friendship Bridge spanning the Amu River and into Termez, red flags waving and headlights lit. Soviet officials brought about 150 foreign correspondents to this border town in Soviet Uzbekistan for the welcoming ceremonies, or one for every two soldiers who returned. The 300 paratroopers, commanded by Lt. Col. Alexander Skachkov, were presented with red carnations, which they pushed down the barrels of the weapons on their armored vehicles and into the muzzles of their guns. A 20-piece military band played the national anthem and martial airs. The tanks, armored personnel carriers and armored cars that carried the returning soldiers held banners proclaiming ``Peace to you, Afghanistan'' and ``The order of the fatherland has been fulfilled.'' Among the hundreds of Termez residents to meet the returning airborne regiment was Maria Sabriba, who found her grandson, Eldar Galiev, in its ranks. The diminutive woman's face lit up as she told reporters she had seen her grandson. She said he had written a letter saying he was in Mongolia rather than Afghanistan so that she wouldn't worry about him. ``At least he's healthy,'' she said, beaming. The convoy was one of the last rolling north to the border as the Soviets extricate themselves from their more than nine-year involvement in the Afghan war. Under a U.N.-brokered accord signed last year, all Soviet troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by Feb. 15. The Kremlin intervened in 1979 to prop up the Marxist government in Kabul, but its troops fought to a costly stalemate. The Soviets say more than 13,000 Red Army soldiers were killed in the conflict and many troops and veterans express anger and frustration at the outcome. Valery Sudarenkov, first deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan, welcomed the soldiers home, saying: ``We wish you to join the front ranks of those fighting for revolutionary change'' in Soviet society. But as the convoy logged its last miles in Afghanistan on Sunday, soldiers expressed ambivalence about the purpose of their military intervention and uncertainty about the shaky pro-Soviet government they left behind. ``The Soviet policy in Afghanistan brought nothing,'' said tank commander Andrei Yevryolin, speaking to foreign reporters who rode for an hour atop his tank. At a military outpost near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, 30-year-old Capt. Arkady Anonich bluntly answered ``No'' when asked if he thought the local people supported the government of President Najib. He told journalists the Kremlin's decision to send soldiers to Afghanistan had been ``ill-considered. ``There should have been another way to settle this conflict,'' he said. AP890206-0044 AP-NR-02-06-89 0634EST r a PM-DenverAirport 02-06 0636 PM-Denver Airport,0653 Proposed Denver Airport Still Having Problem Getting Off The Ground By JULIA RUBIN Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) A proposed $3 billion airport, which survived one election and appeared ready to fly last spring, has run into turbulence again. The new airport, which would be the first such major project planned in the United States since Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport opened in 1974, is again the subject of debate, and faces the threat of a second referendum. Meanwhile, federal investigators are looking into the dealings of some land developers associated with the project. ``I am frustrated with this state and this community not getting its act together. We can debate ourselves to the tail end of the line,'' said Gov. Roy Romer. ``My frustration with the city of Denver is, for God's sake, you've been working on this for seven years and sent me and some others out to represent you to a neighboring county (Adams) and then, whoops, the rug came out from under us.'' Romer and other proponents, including Denver Mayor Federico Pena, contend the airport, scheduled for a July groundbreaking, will ease a projected national air transportation crush and boost Colorado's sagging economy. Stapleton International Airport is too small and has a flawed runway design, they say. Opponents, including the two major airlines that serve Denver, have called the new airport a waste of money engineered by ``fat cats,'' and point to declining traffic at Stapleton in the last two years. The squabbling could cost the city federal funds that would help build the airport. The city has asked the federal government for $500 million to help offset the estimated $1.7 billion cost of the first phase of construction. Adams County voters agreed last May to annex land northeast of Denver to the city for the airport. Pena ordered a national advertising campaign that boasted, ``The world's largest airport is now off the ground,'' and promised the new airport would be operational by the mid-1990s. Three months later, the city sued Continental and United airlines for judicial approval to use Stapleton revenue to help finance the new airport. And then in January, former Denver Democratic Party Chairman Dick Young and former state Sen. Bill Chenoweth spoke out against the city's plans, reviving the opposition and threatening to start a petition drive to put the issue to a vote. A newspaper poll showed most residents favored a second referendum. Young said the decision to build the new airport instead of expanding Stapleton was made ``in the closed rooms and the boardrooms and the hidden rooms, by the people who are going to make the money off what I consider the greatest boondoggle of all time.'' At the heart of the investigation by the FBI and the Transportation Department is an alleged cash payment of $2,500 to former Adams County Commissioner Steve Cramer from a developer weeks before Cramer helped rezone a key parcel of land near the new site. Cramer denied receiving the payment, and said the decision-making that went into the airport plan was too complex to be manipulated. The Denver City Council has scheduled a Feb. 21 vote on whether to endorse the new airport. The airport ultimately will need approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, which also would provide federal funding. The FAA has supported construction of the new airport to help ease future crowding in the nation's transportation system. The FAA released a draft environmental impact statement last week that approved the new airport based on Environmental Protection Agency findings. The EPA said it still had some reservations about the new site, including the possibility of increased air pollution. FAA officials said they expected to issue a final environmental impact statement this summer, and will decide before then whether to approve Denver's airport layout plans. AP890206-0045 AP-NR-02-06-89 0645EST u a PM-ColdRdp 2ndLd-Writethru a0462 02-06 0828 PM-Cold Rdp, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0462,a0459,0845 Deadly Storm System Spreads Snow, Freezing Rain Across Nation Eds: SUBS 3rd-9th grafs pvs with 6 grafs to UPDATE with public school closings in Texas, two more weather-related deaths, and record low set in San Francisco. Picks up 10th graf, `On Sunday ...' LaserPhotos AD1,NU1,DN2 By MITCHELL LANDSBERG Associated Press Writer Frigid air cloaked the nation today, turning highways into icy demolition derby courses, leaving snow in unlikely places and forcing a camp of nudists in Texas to decide they couldn't bare it. The arctic front that spilled out of Alaska last week remained stalled over virtually the entire nation, forcing temperatures below normal just about everywhere but Florida. Forecasters said relief is at least several days away. In Arkansas, churches canceled Sunday services to spare worshipers the danger of traveling on icy roads. Public schools throughout central and northern Texas, as well as at least two Texas colleges, canceled classes today for the same reason. The weather has contributed to at least 40 deaths in the lower 48 states since the air spread from Alaska on Tuesday. Among the latest victims were three people killed Sunday night on icy roads in Kentucky and a man who froze to death beneath a freeway overpass in Salt Lake City earlier in the day. Accidents on slick roads also were blamed for four deaths in Louisiana, including two people who died when an 18-wheel truck spun out of control on an icy bridge just east of Monroe and rammed their vehicles. In addition, four teen-agers competing in a Wisconsin ice-fishing derby were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday after they left propane heaters running overnight in a wooden shanty. The overnight temperature near frozen Harpt Lake was about 16 below zero. A Texas boy died at a Grand Junction, Colo., hospital late Sunday after being trapped beneath an avalanche earlier in the day. Two other boys were buried but managed to escape from the snowslide at Mount Crested Butte in the central Rockies. At 2 a.m. EST today, the nation's low was minus 44 degrees at Craig, Colo. In California, Sacramento's 29 degrees early today broke a 90-year-old record for the date and San Francisco's 35 degrees shattered a 100-year-old record. Elsewhere, it was 1 degree in Chicago, Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul, 5 in St. Louis, 6 in Albuquerque, N.M. and 8 in Salt Lake City. On Sunday, low temperature records were reached in at least 26 cities, from the Pacific to the Plains. In Denver, it was 24 below zero, the city's coldest temperature in 26 years. At 1 p.m., the thermometer crept to 1 degree, breaking a 70-hour streak of subzero cold. The nation's low Sunday was 46 below zero at Wisdom, Mont. It was minus 21 at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and parts of the San Francisco Bay area remained coated in snow, astonishing longtime residents. ``You could only find a scene like this on a postcard,'' said Timothy Waters, a 77-year-old ranch resident at the Point Reyes National Seashore just north of the Golden Gate. ``It's just extraordinarily beautiful. Our family can't remember snow like this in 40 years.'' Persistent snow in Chicago forced the temporary closure of Midway Airport and the closure of two runways at O'Hare International Airport, causing 40 flight cancellations and numerous delays. ``It just won't stop,'' complained Kirsten Svare, a spokeswoman for Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation. ``It just keeps coming.'' Cool, drizzly weather in New Orleans didn't stop 11 scheduled Mardi Gras parades, but it did contribute to sales of hot drinks in Bourbon Street bars. ``Thank God it did get a little bit colder,'' said Toni Reyes, manager of the Seaport Bar. ``As soon as it rained, it pushed everyone inside.'' Freezing rain was reported early today across the Eastern seaboard from Delaware to Virginia, and south and west across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, northern Mississippi and into the Texas Gulf Coast and central Texas. In Decatur, Texas, 60 miles northwest of Dallas, members of the Bluebonnet Nudist Park couldn't keep their clothes off Sunday as temperatures were in the teens and low 20s. ``Unfortunately, we nudists have to put it on hold for a few days,'' said manager Arthur Moss. ``As nudists, we're generally a sensible lot.'' Nudists and sensible conformists will be bundling up for at least the next few days, according to Harry Gordon of the National Weather Service's Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Mo. However, he added, storms brewing in the Southwest could spell relief of sorts for the rest of the country later in the week. If the storms begin to push north and east, they could bring more seasonable temperatures to the middle of the country, Gordon said, but they also would bring more snow or rain. As Karl Williams of the weather service in Chicago said: ``Who knows? ... When it snows it snows, and when it doesn't, it doesn't.'' AP890206-0046 AP-NR-02-06-89 0708EST r a PM-Reagan 02-06 0387 PM-Reagan,0398 Private Citizen Reagan Celebrates 78th Birthday By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Former President Ronald Reagan, busy lining up work and visiting old haunts since leaving office two weeks ago, is celebrating his 78th birthday today with a talk to college students and a private party. He planned to detail his retirement plans during a 20-minute speech at the University of Southern California _ his first public appearance since a spirited airport homecoming rally Jan. 20. Tonight, he planned to celebrate his birthday with his wife, Nancy, and about 100 friends at a private party at the ritzy Bistro Gardens restaurant in Beverly Hills. ``The change of address hasn't caused any slowing down of their schedule,'' said Reagan spokesman Mark Weinberg. ``They are very active and on the go.'' The former president has already signed a book deal worth up to $7 million, lined up a $50,000-per-speech lecture contract and opened his Century City offices, where a variety of offers are pouring in. Social demands include a Feb. 23 Palm Springs gala honoring Elizabeth Taylor and a private welcome home dinner Feb. 25. About 200 friends will toast the Reagan return at Syrian-born businessman's Mouaffak Al Midani's secluded nine-acre Beverly Hills estate. Midani has expressed interest in Mrs. Reagan's anti-drug crusade, Weinberg said, and money is still needed for a proposed Nancy Reagan Center for drug rehabilitation in the San Fernando Valley. So far, the Reagans have shunned the reclusive lifestyle of many celebrities and have ventured away from their Bel-Air home to dine at upscale Chasen's, attend Sunday church services or visit friends. Secret Service agents drive Reagan the five miles from his $2.5 million hillside home to Century City, where he takes a private elevator to his office suite and spends about six hours daily at his desk. Reagan is reportedly fielding corporate board membership offers from MCA and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also is being sought for radio, television and motion pictures, although longtime friend Irving ``Swifty'' Lazar dismissed as ``ridiculous'' the possibility that the former actor would make a cinematic comeback. Currently, Reagan's memoirs are his top priority. The ex-president promised his Simon & Schuster book would be ``an honest and straightforward look at where we have been, with some thoughts on where we're going.'' AP890206-0047 AP-NR-02-06-89 0711EST r a PM-WeatherpageWeather 02-06 0585 PM-Weatherpage Weather,0598 Snow Stretches From New Mexico to New York By The Associated Press The big winter chill extended its grip on the country early today, spreading snow from New Mexico to New York, and from North Dakota to Arkansas. Freezing rain and sleet covered the storm's rim from the Texas Gulf Coast to Delaware and rain was scattered from southeast Louisiana to northern Georgia and the Carolinas, leaving Florida virtually the only state unaffected by the system that poured down from Alaska last week. A winter storm warning was posted for north-central New Mexico this morning for locally heavy snow, cold temperatures and gusty winds. Advisories for snow and wind were posted for the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeast and western New Mexico, east central Arizona, and south central Colorado, and an advisory for blowing and drifting snow covered northeast Montana. Wind chill advisories were posted for northwest Kansas, the Nebraska Panhandle, southeast and central Wyoming, and northeast California. Warnings for freezing rain or sleet stretched from eastern Texas through portions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Indiana and Ohio. Snow accumulations were moderate in most places Sunday, although 6 to 8 inches fell in parts of southeast Wisconsin. Snow was falling early today in much of New York state, Maryland, northern Ohio, Indiana, western Kntucky, western Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, from northern Minnesota to Montana and northern Wyoming, northern Arkansas, southern Colorado, the Texas Panhandle and northern New Mexicon. Today's forecast called for snow to fall in the southern Rockies, western Texas, the central Plains, the Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic States and much of New England. Scattered snow also was expected in the central and northern Rockies, northern Plains and the Great Lakes region. Freezing rain and sleet was predicted for southern and eastern Texas, northern and western portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and West Virginia, where snow also was likely. Rain was forecast for southeast Louisiana, Alabama and along the Atlantic Coast from Georgia to southern portions of Maryland and Delaware. Highs were expected to remain below zero in southeast Idaho and the northern and central Rockies; in the single digits and teens in northern Maine, the upper Great Lakes, much of the Plains, much of Nevada and Utah, eastern portions of Washington and Oregon and western portions of Idaho; in the 40s and 50s from the central and southern Pacific Coast across southern Arizona to western Texas, and from southeast Alabama across southern Georgia to the South Carolina coast, and to reach the 80s in the Florida Peninsula. Highs elsewhere were expected to be in the 20s and 30s. At 2 a.m. EST, temperatures ranged from 44 degrees below zero at Craig, Colo., to 75 degrees at Key West, Fla. Other reports: _East: Atlanta 52 foggy; Boston 22 cloudy; Buffalo 19 snow; Charleston, S.C. 54 drizzle; Cincinnati 14 snow; Cleveland 25 snow; Detroit 18 snow; Miami 71 fair; New York 26 freezing drizzle; Philadelphia 28 freezing drizzle; Pittsburgh 24 snow; Portland, Maine 16 snow; Washington 31 freezing drizzle. _Central: Bismarck 11 snow; Chicago 1 partly cloudy; Dallas-Fort Worth 17 fair; Denver 1 cloudy; Des Moines 8 fair; Indianapolis 3 snow; Kansas City 06 cloudy; Minneapolis-St. Paul 1 fair; Nashville 22 foggy; New Orleans 46 drizzle; St. Louis 5 cloudy. _West: Albuquerque 6 snow; Anchorage 1 fair; Las Vegas 21 fair; Los Angeles 40 fair; Phoenix 40 fair; Salt Lake City 8 fair; San Diego 45 fair; Seattle 25 fair. _Canada: Montreal 19 snow; Toronto 18 snow. AP890206-0048 AP-NR-02-06-89 0735EST r a PM-ChessQuarterfinals 02-06 0268 PM-Chess Quarterfinals,0274 Karpov Eliminates Hjartarson In Chess Candidates Quarterfinal SEATTLE (AP) Former world champion Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union and Iceland's Johann Hjartarson played to a draw in game five of the World Chess Championship Candidates quarterfinal, giving Karpov enough points to win the match. Hjartarson, a 25-year-old grandmaster, settled for a draw after the 32nd move Sunday. In a draw, each player receives one-half point, giving Karpov, 37, the 3{ points needed to win the match. Hjartarson finished with 1{ points. Karpov receives $50,000 for the victory, while Hjartarson gets $30,000. Karpov now advances to the semifinals to play Artur Yusupov, the only other Soviet citizen who competed in the quarterfinals. Chess grandmaster Joel Benjamin called the fifth game ``the best game of the match.'' ``Johann played aggressively, with more spirit than in earlier games, hoping to get back in the match with a win,'' Benjamin said. Benjamin and other chess analysts said Karpov, as Black, used a strategy known as the Zaitsev Variation to the Ruy Lopez and was able to thwart Hjartarson's attempts to set up an attacking formation. In the final position, Hjartarson had difficulties, but in view of the match situation, Karpov accepted the draw when offered. The winner of the Candidates series will challenge world champion Garri Kasparov for his world title in 1990. Two other quarterfinals matches are being played, while the fourth was won by British Grandmaster Jonathan Speelman. The Karpov-Hjartarson match began Jan. 28. The first game ended in a draw, Karpov won the second and third matches and the fourth match was a draw. AP890206-0049 AP-NR-02-06-89 0741EST r a PM-HateCrime-Report 02-06 0464 PM-Hate Crime-Report,0478 Klanwatch Report Says Skinheads Revive White Supremacist Movement MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) A rise in racist violence by young ``skinheads'' shows that ``hate crime is a bigger problem than we ever suspected,'' the head of a national monitoring group says. Pat Clark, the director of Klanwatch, said skinheads helped revive the white supremacist movement in 1988. A report released by her group today said white youth gangs attacked blacks, homosexuals, Jews, Asians, Hispanics and Indians last year. Blacks were victims of 56 percent of the hate crimes reported to Klanwatch in 1988; Jews were victims of 27 percent. The other 17 percent fell into other categories, the report said. The report also said skinheads were linked to murders in Portland, Ore., San Jose, Calif., Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., and two-thirds of the racial assaults documented by Klanwatch last year. Klanwatch monitors white supremacist activities for the Southern Poverty Law Center. The report gives a representative sample of hate crimes during 1988, including 193 incidents in 35 states. But statistics in the report are incomplete since no national data collection system exists, said Ms. Clark. She said the lack of national data has tended to disguise the threat of violence. However, she said, ``the tremendous rise in skinhead crime, as well as the evidence from states who do have data collection laws, clearly shows hate crime is a bigger problem than we ever suspected.'' The report cited a growing recruitment campaign by white supremacist groups. Old guard racists are organizing violent teen gangs into a national network, the report said. Although many skinheads reject racism, a hard-core group openly espouses white supremacy and violence. ``Not since the height of Klan activity during the civil rights era has there been a white supremacist group so obsessed with violence or so reckless in its disregard for the law,'' according to the report. In the slayings in Portland and Reno, black men were killed by assailants who apparently picked their victims at random, the report said. In San Jose, Klanwatch said, a 24-year-old white man was fatally stabbed when he attempted to step between a skinhead and a black man at a party after the skinhead began making racial slurs. In Las Vegas, two skinheads who shared an obsession with Satanism walked into a convenience store and fatally shot the 21-year-old clerk in the face for no apparent reason, the report said. It added that the racist gangs ``represent a unique and frightening phenomenon in the history of white supremacism in America.'' ``Police in urban areas around the country were confronted last year with a violent new generation of racists whose weapons include baseball bats and their own heavy steel-toed boots, and whose crimes ranged from gang beatings to murder,'' Ms. Clark said. AP890206-0050 AP-NR-02-06-89 0754EST d a PM-BRF--TeenShot 02-06 0146 PM-BRF--Teen Shot,0149 Two Teen-agers Booked In Friend's Shooting ST. LOUIS (AP) A 14-year-old boy whose body was found in a trash bin behind his home apparently was shot accidentally while he and two friends were playing with a pistol, police said. The body of Lamont Plain was found Sunday morning by his mother, Judy Plain, who became worried when he failed to come home the night before. Homicide Sgt. Tom Godfrey said the three boys apparently had been examining the pistol the previous evening at a nearby home when the gun discharged, striking Lamont in the side of the head. ``His friends cleaned up the blood and then carried him to the dumpster,'' Godfrey said. The teen-ager's friends _ ages 14 and 15 _ were taken to the Juvenile Detention Center and booked under the juvenile code on suspicion of tampering with evidence. AP890206-0051 AP-NR-02-06-89 0803EST u i PM-Shevardnadze 02-06 0444 PM-Shevardnadze,0459 Soviet Foreign Minister Says Talks on War Failed With PM-Afghanistan By BRYAN WILDER Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said today his talks with Pakistani officials failed to come up with a solution for peacefully ending the Afghan war, but he said Soviet soldiers would not re-enter the battle. Shevardnadze also told a news conference before leavng for the airport that his visit helped pave the way for a continuing dialogue with Pakistan, which with the United States has backed Moslem rebels fighting Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government. Shevardnadze spoke as the last Red Army units were reported on their way home after nine years of involvement in the civil war between the Kabul government and the guerrillas, who call themselves mujahedeen, or Islamic holy warriors. Under a U.N. accord, all Soviet troops are to be out of the country by Feb. 15. Contrary to reports from guerrilla sources, who said Sunday the Soviet official would meet with the Pakistani-based guerrillas, Shevardnadze said no such meeting occurred. Asked why not, he said: ``I never expressed any desire, any request to meet with the mujahedeen. There was no request from their side, either.'' He said any attempt to form a stable government in Kabul following the Soviet troop withdrawal would fail if it doesn't include the Marxists. ``Whether you like it or not, the PDPA is the most powerful force in Afghanistan,'' he said. Shevardnadze also pledged Moscow's continued support of the Kabul government but he ruled out any reintroduction of Soviet troops. ``If new complications happen, if there is continued and rising tension, ... we will have to recall that the Soviet Union has obligations to the Republic of Afghanistan,'' Shevardnadze said. He added: ``We are not thinking of any Soviet re-entry into Afghanistan.'' Shevardnadze said the last Red Army troops would be out of the country within a week. The communists seized power in Afghanistan in a 1978 coup. Soviet forces intervened in 1979 to replace one pro-Moscow government with another, then remained to fight the growing insurgency by Moslem guerrillas. Shevardnadze's visit, the first to Pakistan by a Soviet of his rank, was seen as a last-ditch effort to forge a political solution to the war before the Soviet pullout. Afghan President Najib has insisted his forces are strong and able to defend the country. However, the rebels claim Najib's mainly conscripted army is demoralized and will defect to the rebels in large numbers once the Soviets are gone. Shevardnadze, who arrived early Sunday, had talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, as well as Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. AP890206-0052 AP-NR-02-06-89 0807EST r a PM-YuppieParties 02-06 0531 PM-Yuppie Parties,0544 Report: Profits from Parties Did Not Reach Charities BOSTON (AP) The Boston Society of Young Professionals has staged eight fund-raising parties in the last 18 months but often failed to donate the profits to the charities in whose name the parties were conducted, according to a published report. The society, a loose-knit group of stockbrokers, lawyers and other professionals, is under investigation by Attorney General James Shannon after two charities complained they had received no money, the Boston Sunday Herald reported. A Suffolk Superior Court judge ordered a bank account for the society frozen last week, but there was no money in that account, according to Assistant Attorney General Joanna Soris, who is handling the case. The eight parties grossed up to $75,000, but the amount donated to charity was $3,565, or about 5 percent of the gross proceeds, the newspaper reported. ``Our concern is to break even, and if we have any money left over, we give it to charity,'' Jeffrey Southmayd, 29, who heads the society, told the paper. There was no answer at Southmayd's home Sunday. The attorney general's investigation is still in the discovery process, and Soris said no decision has been made yet as to whether statements for the bank account should be subpoenaed. ``It's not our goal to chill charitable giving,'' said Soris. But a charitable party, she said, ``should be a cooperative effort. And you have to have the charity's interest first.'' Hundreds of young professional singles flocked to the parties, which were billed as benefits for charities including the Jimmy Fund, the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, the American Cancer Society, and the Pine Street Inn. Businesses also donated drinks and hotel rooms on the assumption that proceeds from the functions would go to charity, the newspaper reported. A benefit party for the Special Olympics last month raised $1,300 for the charity, but only after a Boston-based Special Olympics official, Karyl Resnick, threatened the society with legal action. Resnick called the society's methods ``underhanded.'' She said: ``They weren't on the up-and-up with us. People were thinking they made a donation to a charity when in fact they were paying for these people to have a big shindig.'' The party had promised the opportunity to meet such stars as former Bruin Bobby Orr and former Yankee Tommy John. But Resnick said, ``there was not one celebrity there.'' At a Super Bowl party held last month to benefit the Pine Street Inn, only 105 of the 250 guests paid admission, the Herald said. The event grossed $3,225 but expenses were $6,000, resulting in a net loss of $2,775, the newspaper said. The Quality Inn donated a room worth $2,000 and a $600 drinks discount for the party, on the assumption that proceeds would benefit the Pine Street Inn, said the hotel's food and beverage director, Bert Patterson. However the Pine Street Inn has received no donation, the Herald said. The Pine Street Inn and the American Cancer Society were not informed in advance that their names would be used for the events, the newspaper said. Public charities law forbids the unauthorized use of a charity's name in connection with any solicitation. AP890206-0053 AP-NR-02-06-89 0807EST r i PM-China-SovietSummit 02-06 0309 PM-China-Soviet Summit,0317 Gorbachev To Visit China May 15-18 BEIJING (AP) China said today that Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev will visit from May 15 to May 18 for the first summit between the two countries since they split over ideology and strategy 30 years ago. The official Xinhua News Agency also issued a joint Chinese-Soviet statement on Cambodia containing points of agreement between Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and his Chinese counterpart, Qian Qichen, in meetings here last week. In the statement, both leaders said they support a Vietnamese troop pullout from Cambodia by September, with ``strict international supervision'' and an end to Chinese aid to Cambodia's anti-Vietnamese guerrillas. They said they still differed over the composition of a transitional government in Cambodia from the current Vietnamese-installed Hun Sen regime to a popularly elected government. Xinhua said the two sides will continue to discuss their differences. China apparently considers the Cambodian problem close enough to resolution to go ahead with a Chinese-Soviet summit. One of its conditions for a summit has been a Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia after a decade of occupation. The Soviet news agency Tass announced Sunday the summit would be held May 15-18. Xinhua did not say why the Chinese Foreign Ministry waited more than 24 hours after Shevardnadze ended his visit to announced the date. The summit between Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping will officially normalize relations that turned hostile in 1960. Trade, cultural and other exchanges have increased sharply in the past few years, especially since Gorbachev became Soviet Communist Party head in 1985, but China has held back on normalizing political ties. Aside from Cambodia, two other Chinese conditions also seem resolved: the Soviet Union is to complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan this month, and it has pledged to sharply reduce its troop presence along the Chinese border. AP890206-0054 AP-NR-02-06-89 0818EST r i PM-Greece-USBases 02-06 0316 PM-Greece-US Bases,0324 Negotiators Begin 14th Round of Bases Talks ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greek and American officials today began another round of talks on the future of four U.S. military bases here. The officials refused comment on the start of the four-day talks, the 14th since negotiations began in late 1987. Little progress has been made in the negotiations. A five-year operating agreement for the installations expired December 20. Under terms of the old accord, the United States has 17 months to reach a new agreement or dismantle the bases. Government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos said at the end of last month's talks that negotiators were no further than the ``preamble'' stage of a new accord and that a ``disagreement of views continues to be observable.'' The resignation last week of Rear Adm. Christos Limberis from the Greek negotiating team was expected to create further delays until his replacement is found. Limberis, chief of naval operations, is being groomed to take over as naval chief of staff, military sources said. Another reason for the slow pace is the socialist government's insistence that a new agreement provide assurances the United States will help solve the country's disputes with Turkey. The two neighboring Western Alliance members have been at odds over military control of the Aegean sea, its seabed mineral rights and the Cyprus problem. American officials have said they don't want to involve regional politics in the bilateral talks. Premier Andreas Papandreou, beset by a series of embarassing financial scandals, is also expected to use the bases issue to attract leftist votes in the June elections. Papandreou has already said he plans to shut down one of the bases adjacent to Athens International Airport and hold a referendum on the remaining installations. Four major U.S. bases have been operating here since the early 1950s. Two are near Athens and two are on the island of Crete. AP890206-0055 AP-NR-02-06-89 0831EST r i PM-Germany-Escapes 02-06 0184 PM-Germany-Escapes,0188 Five East Germans Flee to Bavaria, Escape Foiled in Berlin MUNICH, West Germany (AP) Five East Germans fled to Bavaria over the weekend, but a sixth person who tried to escape over the Berlin Wall was caught after border guards opened fire, West German police said today. Bavarian border police said two East German workers, ages 21 and 23, fled over the border into Bavaria early Saturday, apparently unnoticed by guards. Three more East Germans, between the ages 16 and 38, fled their country's fortified border barriers into Bavaria late Sunday, a police statement said. West Berlin police said a witness on the western side of the wall reported hearing about 10 shots fired by East German guards to foil another escape attempt. The witness saw a man near the border barriers being warned to remain standing before hearing the shots, police said. According to authorities, the witness told police the man lay on the ground before he was picked up by guards and taken away in a car. Police said it was not known if the man was injured. AP890206-0056 AP-NR-02-06-89 0833EST r i PM-Pakistan-Explosion 02-06 0107 PM-Pakistan-Explosion,0112 Three Killed in Explosion Near Afghan Border QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) A bomb ripped through a bus terminal in this southwestern city and killed three people, police said today. They said no one claimed responsibility for the Sunday explosion, which also injured five people. Quetta, about 60 miles from the Afghan border, is surrounded by tent villages housing thousands of Afghans seeking refuge from 10 years of civil war in their country. Dawn, an English-language daily newspaper published in Karachi, said one of the dead was an Afghan refugee and the other two were Pakistani nationals. It said the bomb also destroyed five buses. AP890206-0057 AP-NR-02-06-89 0845EST r a PM-LATeachers 02-06 0340 PM-LA Teachers,0351 LA Teachers Union President Predicts Strike Eds: Draza Mrvichin is cq in 4th graf LOS ANGELES (AP) The president of the teachers' union said he would recommend a strike vote this week because contract talks with the nation's second-largest school district are at a standstill. ``It was an absolute waste of time,'' said Wayne Johnson, president of United Teachers-Los Angeles, after eight hours of negotiations ended Sunday night. Johnson said the talks narrowed differences on pay hikes but failed to solve the escalating labor dispute. State mediator Draza Mrvichin had brought representatives from the union and Los Angeles Unified School District together at noon Sunday in hopes of settling the labor dispute, which is beginning to be felt by the district's nearly 600,000 pupils. Talks broke off at midevening. Teachers have been working without a contract since June. Johnson said union members would vote on a strike this week and predicted a strike was imminent. But he was not specific on the timing of any possible strike, which would be the first in the city since 1970. The stalemate has triggered student protests and threats of lawsuits by parents. On Friday, teachers withheld thousands of student grades from the district, passing them out instead on union report cards. Negotiations are scheduled to resume Wednesday. Teachers had sought a 12 percent pay raise this year, while the district offered a 17.4 percent hike over three years. During the talks, the union offered to reduce its 1988-89 school year salary increase demand from 12 percent to 11 percent for the year, with a 10 percent hike next school year. The district, meanwhile, raised its offer to 20 percent over three years, and possibly as much as 24 percent, with an 8 percent increase the first year, officials said. Board President Roberta Weintraub said the board's new offer would raise beginning teachers' salaries to $28,000. Top pay would be $50,000. ``As far as I can see, it's our last offer. I can't see anything beyond this,'' she said. AP890206-0058 AP-NR-02-06-89 0849EST r a PM-CocaineDoctor 02-06 0267 PM-Cocaine Doctor,0276 Cocaine Treatment Questioned, But Patients Keep Coming NEW YORK (AP) A Park Avenue physician says he's still getting new patients despite allegations that his prescription of cocaine to treat pain is medically unsound. The New York Daily News reported Sunday that the state Health Department has been investigating Dr. Milton Reder, 89, for administering cocaine to patients without a physical examination or referrals. Health Department officials have said the amount of cocaine Reder administers, through cotton-tipped swabs placed in the nose, is roughly equivalent to a dose of street cocaine and could lead to addiction. The New York County Medical Society contends the treatment has ``no basis in scientific medicine.'' ``Why should these people suffer?'' Reder asked Sunday. ``I've got about 20 new people who want to be treated.'' He said his phone ``didn't stop ringing'' after the story appeared. Reder's patients have included singer Sonny Bono and comedian David Brenner. Bono, mayor of Palm Springs, Calif., said Sunday he was unaware whether Reder used cocaine to cure his excruciating back pain in 1968, but had no qualms about recommending him to friends. ``I guarantee you'd get less drugs from him than you would from a general (doctor),'' Bono said in a telephone interview from his home. Bono said he had recommended the treatment to Brenner, who had chronic back pain. ``I don't think it's any illegitimate practice. ... He's not trying to turn you into an addict or anything like that,'' Bono said. Reder calls cocaine ``the best local anesthetic there is'' but says he'll shift to another substance if necessary. AP890206-0059 AP-NR-02-06-89 0911EST r i PM-Obit-Hoskins 02-06 0239 PM-Obit-Hoskins,0247 Veteran Crime Reporter Percy Hoskins Dies LONDON (AP) Percy Hoskins, a crime reporter who became a legendary figure in British newspapers, has died at age 84. His death Sunday in a hospital at Hove on the south coast was announced by the Daily Express, where he worked for half a century. Hoskins started on Fleet Street on the Evening Standard in 1924 and had many scoops in big crime stories. He was best known for his work in 1956 on the case of Dr. John Bodkin Adams, who was accused of killing rich, elderly patients with drugs so he could collect from their wills. After a rival newspaper broke the story that the doctor was a suspect, Hoskins became convinced Adams was innocent and helped in his defense. Adams was acquitted of the murder of one female patient in a trial in 1957. After that, Adams sent a card to Hoskins every year thanking him for ``another year of my life,'' and left the reporter about $1,500 when he died in 1983. Hoskins' contacts in Scotland Yard helped his newspaper confirm a tip in 1982 that jobless drifter Michael Fagan had scaled the Buckingham Palace walls, woken up Queen Elizabeth II and sat chatting with her on her bed. Hoskins was a friend of J. Edgar Hoover and of singer Bing Crosby, who sometimes put on impromptu shows at Hoskins' apartment in exclusive Park Lane. AP890206-0060 AP-NR-02-06-89 0912EST r a PM-MardiGras 1stLd-Writethru a0411 02-06 0508 PM-Mardi Gras, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0411,0516 Carnival A Lesson In Self-Confidence For Blind School Eds: INSERTS 2 graf after 7th graf, `Police expect...', to UPDATE with reveler fatally shot during robbery. Picks up 8th graf pvs, `Despite a...'. LaserPhoto NU1 By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) Ernestine Morais and her classmates were having as much fun grabbing for beads as anyone at the Carnival parade. But they came for a serious lesson. ``This is one of our biggest confidence builders. Mardi Gras is the ultimate,'' said Joanne Fernandez, director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind. ``If you can travel through a Mardi Gras crowd, you can go through any crowd and you can go to any place.'' And even though they couldn't see the gaudy floats or the plastic beads and aluminum doubloons thrown from them, the members of her group were having a blast. ``It's a lot of fun. Time just to cut loose and anything goes,'' said Ms. Morais, of Central, Calif. ``California has nothing on New Orleans. We look like we're throwing a tea party compared to down here.'' The 15 students and seven staff members were among thousands braving the cold weather Sunday for the 11 parades that rolled through the New Orleans area. Crowds surged into the French Quarter between parades, ready to rock on Bourbon Street. Bar and restaurant owners said the chilly weather was helping them by pushing people indoor. Police expect this will be the city's biggest Mardi Gras, with 1.7 million revelers lining the streets and jamming the French Quarter on Fat Tuesday, the last blowout before the solemn season of Lent. Authorities said 1.5 million people attended the 1988 celebrations. One reveler was killed early today, shot by robbers when he refused to give up his money, police said. The man was from Baton Rouge, but his name was not immediately released. He was shot about 1 a.m. in the city's central business district and died later at Charity Hospital. Police were seeking three men who witnesses said fled the robbery scene in a car. Despite a misty fog Sunday, the crowd was 10 deep for the popular Bacchus parade, led by comedian Billy Crystal as this year's god of wine and revelry. He threw handfuls of aluminum doubloons to the sea of arms waving beseechingly below, stopping only to pull out a video camera to shoot pictures of the crowd. It was cloudy and drizzling with temperatures in the 40s, and the National Weather Service predicted slightly colder temperatures for today and Tuesday. Two parades compete tonight with fireworks as Rex, styled King of Carnival by one of New Orleans' oldest parading groups, arrives by riverboat in the French Quarter. The long Carnival celebration began Saturday, highlighted by the ``super parade'' of Endymion with celebrity riders _ singers Daryl Hall and John Oates and child television star Fred Savage of ``The Wonder Years'' _ on floats. During the weekend parades, three people were injured, but not seriously, authorities said. AP890206-0061 AP-NR-02-06-89 0917EST r i PM-China-NewYear 02-06 0450 PM-China-New Year,0462 China Welcomes Year Of The Snake By KATHY WILHELM Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) Fewer firecrackers than past years lit Beijing's smoggy sky to greet the Year of the Snake early today, but city residents didn't stint on traditional feasting and drinking. People jammed stores over the weekend, preparing for the Lunar New Year which the communist government dubs Spring Festival in an effort to rid the holiday of traditional superstitions. The Year of the Snake, for example, is regarded as unpredictable because the reptile is considered cunning. As the clock struck midnight, colored rockets and sparklers burst from every street. The cacaphony lasted half an hour, but it was only a dim echo of fireworks fusillades of the past, which went on for hours. The government sharply cut back the fireworks supply this year, allocating 30 percent less to Beijing to try to reduce fires and accidents. Beijing also banned firecrackers from central Tiananmen Square and hundreds of other public locations. Shanghai banned them altogether from the downtown area. Lunar New Year is China's combination of Christmas and New Year's: a time for visiting family, feasting, giving gifts and reflection. Last year, the Year of the Dragon, brought the highest inflation in more than three decades, the country's worst drought in memory and the most deadly earthquake since the last dragon year, 1976. Top officials are using Spring Festival parties to deliver pep talks about China's economic woes. President Yang Shangkun urged a tea party of 1,700 army officers in eastern Nanking to ``join hands with the (Communist) party, government and civilians in overcoming difficulties China has encountered in its ongoing reform.'' Transport officials estimate 800 million train and plane trips will be made over the four-day holiday period that started Sunday. Beijing railway officials this year decided to entertain the hundreds of travelers likely to be stuck in the train station New Year's Eve, waiting for connecting trains or unable to get tickets. Travelers crowded around appreciatively to watch singers and comedians perform in the cavernous station's entry hall. ``We make this trip every year, but usually we get an earlier start,'' said a man traveling with his wife, daughter and four other relatives to the southwestern city of Chengdu. They sat surrounded by bags of provisions for the 36-hour train ride in a hard-seat car, followed by a two-hour bus ride and daylong hike to his parents' rural mountain home. The official Xinhua News Agency said millions of viewers spent Sunday night watching a four-hour television extravaganza featuring top singers, comedians and dancers. ``The evening party on the screen has become an indispensable item for about 600 million Chinese people,'' it said. AP890206-0062 AP-NR-02-06-89 0934EST u i PM-Poland 2ndLd-Writethru 02-06 0708 PM-Poland, 2nd Ld-Writethru,a0496,0731 Solidarity, Officials Begin Talks Eds: Leads with seven grafs to include comment from Kiszczak; pickup 7th graf pvs: ``Official representatives...'' By DEBORAH G. SEWARD Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) Representatives of Solidarity and the government today began unprecedented talks on the future of the trade union movement and changes in Poland's political system. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa led his 25-member delegation into the conference hall and grinned as he took his seat at the round, pine table. Just before 2 p.m., Polish television began a special live broadcast to show the 57 representatives of the government, Solidarity, the official trade union OPZZ, the Peasants' Party, the Democratic Party and the Roman Catholic Church taking their seats in the Namiestnikowski palace. ``We were brought together here by the sense of responsibility for the future of our motherland. We are all responsible for the Poland to be,'' Interior Minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak told the participants, the state-run PAP news agency reported. PAP said the talks officially began at 2:23 p.m., when television concluded its coverage. The talks are the first between Solidarity as an organization and the government since the union was suppressed by the martial law crackdown in December 1981. It was outlawed a year later. Official representatives included Kiszczak, Politburo member Stanislaw Ciosek, and Alfred Miodowicz, the leader of the official trade union alliance OPZZ. Walesa was accompanied by his close adviser, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, and Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, the Solidarity leader in the southwestern city of Wroclaw. Walesa said earlier he was optimistic about the talks. ``I'm happy I'm in Warsaw. And I will be even more happy if we break the first ice. ... I'm an optimist,'' he said. ``Today, we will discuss general problems, but solutions to the main problems will be made at the technical tables.'' Kiszczak first proposed the talks in August 1988, while strikes spread across Poland in the country's worst labor unrest in seven years. The crucial issues concern the reinstatement of Solidarity and electoral reforms that could allow the opposition representation in government. ``We would like Solidarity to be legalized as quickly as possible and we would like it done all at once,'' said historian Bronislaw Geremek, a Solidarity delegate to the talks. Solidarity actvists remain skeptical about the outcome of the talks and reluctant to accept a political role. Both sides agree that compromise is urgently needed if the Poles are to extract themselves from end an economic crisis that has spawned 60 percent inflaction and chronic consumer shortages. Poland is trying to cope with a $39 billion foreign debt, an obsolete industrial base and the exodus of many talented young people to the West. Kiszczak and Walesa met six times to set up the talks, but Walesa refused to commit Solidarity until authorities agreed to legalize the union. In a dramatic reversal of its stand against the movement it banned in 1982, the Communist Party's governing Central Committee last month approved a plan to conditionally reinstate Solidarity. The union movement's leaders then agreed to take part in the talks. Prime Minister Mieczyslaw F. Rakowski has suggested Solidarity observe a strike moratorium as part of the agreement to legalize the union. ``We won't abandon the right to strike, but we declare Solidarity will search at any cost to avoid strikes,'' Geremek said. ``We accept that conflict must be avoided, but we cannot accept it at the loss of our identity.'' The authorities have signaled a willingness to allow representatives of the ``constructive opposition'' to run for parliament, but the opposition does not believe that the Communists have any intention of sharing power. Hence, opposition leaders say they would be reluctant to run for parliament or accept Cabinet posts. ``The party demands Solidarity be a trade union, but it insists Solidarity become politically engaged,'' Geremek said. ``The key problem on the elections will be between those who want to reproduce their power and those who want free elections.'' Solidarity also says it wants to discuss reform of the legal system to create a more independent judiciary, freedom of clubs and associations, access to the mass media, democratization of local government at smaller round tables. Both sides have expressed the desire to conclude the talks quickly. AP890206-0063 AP-NR-02-06-89 0938EST r a PM-BonJoviDriver-Shooting 02-06 0267 PM-Bon Jovi Driver-Shooting,0275 Bon Jovi Truck Driver Shot During Drug Deal Turned Bad TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) A truck driver with the rock group Bon Jovi was shot once during a drug deal that apparently turned bad, police said today. Thomas Edward Mullin, 28, of Churchville, Pa., was treated and released at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center, said Sgt. Mitch Miller. ``It was not life-threatening,'' said Miller. According to the account police said Mullin gave them, he was searching for some marijuana shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday when a man offered to sell him some crack cocaine near the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, where the rock group had had a performance. He refused, the apparently disgruntled dealer asked ``What do you want?'', produced a handgun and began shooting. Five shots hit the semi-tractor Mullin was driving, one penetrating the driver's door and hitting Mullin, said Miller. ``As he was backing out, he heard about five shots. He said he felt numb in his left side, but he was in such a hurry to get out he didn't think about it,'' the police sergeant said. Mullin then returned to the civic center and contacted police. He had a minor wound in the buttocks. No charges were expected against the driver, even though Mullin could have been charged with solicitation to commit a felony, said Miller. ``In this situation, I want to say it would be pouring salt into his wound, but he's learned his lesson,'' he said. When officers were sent to check out the parking lot where the shooting occurred, no one could be found. AP890206-0064 AP-NR-02-06-89 0944EST r a PM-HarvardAppointee 02-06 0235 PM-Harvard Appointee,0240 First Woman in Harvard's History Appointed to School's Governing Board CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) A Washington lawyer has become the first woman ever appointed to Harvard University's governing board in the school's 353-year history, a school spokesman said today. The Harvard Overseers on Sunday afternoon unanimously approved the appointment of Judith Richards Hope to the Harvard Corporation, the school's governing board. Hope, 48, is an attorney specializing in transportation law for the Los Angeles-based firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker. She is the daughter-in-law of comedian Bob Hope. She met her husband, Anthony J. Hope, while both were students at Harvard Law School in the early 1960s, and they have a son who is a Harvard sophomore. The appointment was reported in today's Harvard Crimson, the school's student newspaper. School spokesman Peter Costa confirmed the story this morning. Hope, a 1960 graduate of Wellesley College, served as a domestic policy adviser to President Gerald Ford. Last year, she served as general counsel to the presidential campaign of Sen. Robert Dole and in 1984 she served as cochair of Lawyers for Reagan-Bush. The seven-member Harvard Corporation makes its own appointments, contingent upon formal approval of the alumni-elected overseers. Traditionally, the overseers approve such appointments, the newspaper said. The Harvard Corporation has the ultimate say on all matters of university policy, including academic appointments and investment of Harvard's nearly $4 billion endowment. AP890206-0065 AP-NR-02-06-89 1003EST r w PM-High-TechTerrorism 1stLd-Writethru a0416 02-06 0945 PM-High-Tech Terrorism, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0416,900 Energy Companies Urged To Strengthen Defenses Against Terrorism Eds: Inserts one graf with 1987 security test after 14th graf, Less vulnerable By ROBERT BURNS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Energy Department is privately urging energy companies to take extra precautions against terrorism, in part out of concern that Libya or Iran might strike at key U.S. energy facilities. In addition, the National Security Council has created a special interagency task force to assess the vulnerability of domestic energy systems and to study possible U.S. responses to a wide variety of energy emergencies at home and abroad. ``Energy-related terrorism in the United States would be a particularly significant threat'' in a military crisis involving the Soviet Union, said an internal Energy Department report obtained by The Associated Press. ``However, even in the absence of a superpower confrontation, there is the possibility that potential Third World adversaries could sponsor attacks on the energy infrastructure in the United States,'' the report said. The report was prepared in December 1987 to describe the early stages of the department's accelerated effort to improve national energy security. It was deemed too sensitive to make public, although a sanitized version was presented to Congress last year, and a similarly limited edition was published last month. Electric power companies, considered the most vulnerable segment of the energy industry, have begun acting on the Energy Department's anti-terrorism warnings, according to sources familiar with ongoing discussions between industry and government. But other energy businesses, including the oil industry, have been reluctant to join the program, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The report said a natural disaster such as an earthquake or disruptions of world oil supplies are more likely to cause a national energy emergency, but that a terrorist incident would be more serious. Among the initiatives taken to improve coordination with private energy companies was a program of special security training for company officials at the Energy Department's Central Training Academy at Albuquerque, N.M., the report said. A key reason for the initiative, according to department officials and documents, is growing concern about ``techno-terrorism,'' the use of hard-to-detect plastic explosives, hand-held missiles, electronic surveillance gear or other sophisticated devices to carry out politically motivated acts of sabotage. The heightened alert also reflects a fear of retaliatory strikes by Libya and Iran, countries accused by the United States of supporting terrorism, the sources said. American bombers attacked Libya in April 1986, and Iranian oil facilities in the Persian Gulf were hit by U.S. forces in October 1987 and April 1988. Taking its cue from the Energy Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last December imposed new measures to strengthen protection against possible terrorist attacks at the few facilities it oversees that handle weapon-grade nuclear materials. However, the measures were not applied to nuclear power plants, which also are under NRC jurisdiction. The Energy Department report said the most vulnerable segment of the energy system is the electric power grid, which is stretched across long distances in many remote, unprotected areas. Repairing or replacing critical power plant components such as generating stations can take weeks or months, it said. Less vulnerable, but still a source of concern, are oil refineries and offshore production facilities, oil and natural gas pipelines and coal transport links. In 1987, an Army Special Forces team acting as terrorists staged a moch attack that ``knocked out'' power substations, an emergency operations center and valves of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Louisiana and Texas. The Energy Department says it is tightening security for the oil stored against an embargo. The report noted that serious power disruptions have been carried out by terrorist organizations in Western Europe and parts of Africa and South America. ``In the past, these attacks generally were poorly designed and executed, but recent attacks by the same organizations have shown a higher level of technology and better planning,'' the report said. Edward V. Badolato, deputy assistant secretary for energy emergencies, told Congress last year that the Energy Department began passing on intelligence agency ``threat advisories'' in 1987 to key industry trade organizations. He gave no details, however. Badolato declined to be interviewed on the subject. He is scheduled to testify about the program Wednesday before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The internal Energy Department document said the threat advisories are transmitted to organizations such as the American Petroleum Institute, the American Gas Association, the National Coal Association and the North American Electric Reliability Council. The groups then pass on the warning to their members, the report said. A source said the advisories are issued during a heightened state of international alert, such as the July 1988 downing of a civilian Iranian airliner by the USS Vincennes. Gene Gorzelnik, director of communication at the electric council, confirmed that his organization was working with the Energy Department to assess security but would provide no details. ``It feels as if anything that is said about it ... may give them (terrorists) some hints or bring others out of the woodwork,'' Gorzelnik said. Officials said some industry executives have raised concern about possible antitrust and conflict-of-interest problems in cooperating directly with the government. ``As far as the oil industry is concerned there are some major concerns about antitrust,'' said Marshall W. Nichols, executive director of the National Petroleum Council. Robert Kupperman, a leading private authority on energy-related terrorism, said a successful terrorist attack on U.S. facilities is ``immensely feasible,'' but that industry executives are balking at the Energy Department program because they ``don't want to admit their vulnerabilities.'' ``They're being dragged into it by the scruffs of their necks,'' he said. AP890206-0066 AP-NR-02-06-89 1014EST r a PM-ElephantAggression 02-06 0408 PM-Elephant Aggression,0420 One Elephant Kills Trainer, Second Takes People On Wild Ride FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) One normally docile elephant took three people on a wild ride through a zoo and then plunged into a lake with them, and a second elsehwhere in Florida killed a trainer it liked and then walked calmly away. Trainers did not know what spooked either animal. A 4-ton, 15-year-old female elephant used for paid rides at the Southwest Florida Fair at Fort Myers broke loose from a petting zoo, tore through a crowded midway and plunged into a lake while carrying three terrified riders, one of them 4 years old. ``We were afraid he was going to kill us _ stomp on us,'' said Consolacion Cruz of Alva, who was aboard the elephant with her young godson and his 18-year-old aunt. At least eight people were sent to local hospitals Saturday with minor back injuries and grease burns from fryers in toppled concession stands. Joe Frisco, an elephant caretaker, managed to grab a chest strap and slow the elephant until she stepped on a water tube. Water shot up, spooking the elephant again. She crashed into another stand before Frisco was able to stop the animal and guide her back to the corral. ``She had to be hit with a pellet gun or something. She'd never done this before in 15 years,'' said Frisco. At Busch Gardens at Tampa, trainer Joseph Allen was returning a 17-year-old, 3-ton male elephant to its barn Sunday when he was knocked down and the animal used its head to crush him, said Sgt. James Preston. ``Either he fell over the threshold of the barn door or the elephant pushed him. We'll never know,'' said Busch spokeswoman Glenda Gilmore. The elephant then pulled up its head and walked back into the yard, she said. ``The elephant was tame, but not trained to do tricks,'' Gilmore said. ``The elephant knew him, and the elephant liked him.'' The elephant has been at Busch Gardens for about four months. It is one of two males among the 22 Asian elephants at the park, Gilmore said. Allen, 33, a 12-year park veteran, died at Tampa General Hospital of multiple injuries, a hospital spokesman said. The accident, which occurred out of public view, was the first fatality caused by an animal at the 30-year-old African theme park, said Gilmore. In November, a 400-pound Bengal tiger seriously mauled a caretaker. AP890206-0067 AP-NR-02-06-89 1033EST r a PM-VtSupremeCourt 02-06 0376 PM-Vt Supreme Court,0382 High Court Reprimands Wheel For Misconduct MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) A former judge convicted last year of perjury as part of a scandal involving three state Supreme Court justices was reprimanded publicly by the court after finding her also guilty of judicial misconduct. The Supreme Court on Friday accepted a recommendation by the Judicial Conduct Board that former Chittenden County Assistant Judge Jane Wheel be found guilty of failing to conduct herself in a manner befitting a judge. The public reprimand is the harshest punishment possible because she is no longer a judge. Wheel and former justices William Hill, Thomas Hayes and Ernest Gibson III were charged in January 1987 with 25 counts of misconduct. The case has caused a major backlog in the Supreme Court as the justices disqualified themselves from hundreds of cases in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest. The charges included allegations that Wheel and Hill had their arms around each other in an inappropriate display of affection in the courthouse, and that the justices tried to block an attorney general's investigation of allegations that Wheel falsified pay vouchers and used county funds to throw a party for Hayes. Wheel and the three justices denied any wrongdoing. The case against Hayes was dropped when he died; the one against Gibson was dropped when he conceded some of his actions could have been construed as inappropriate. The conduct board in March found Hill guilty of five counts of misconduct and dismissed six others; the Supreme Court has not acted on his case. Wheel was convicted last year of three counts of perjury brought because of the probe into the pay vouchers. She was sentenced in June to 45 days in jail and 1,500 hours' community service. The sentence is delayed pending appeal. In the misconduct case, conduct board prosecutors and Wheel agreed in November that she would not contest the single discourteous behavior charge and the prosecutors would drop all others. The board said it would accept the plea agreement because the judiciary had endured enough scandal. Wheel, who was voted out of office in 1986, maintains her innocence and stipulated only that others might have construed her actions as inappropriate, according to her attorney, Leonard Wing. AP890206-0068 AP-NR-02-06-89 1056EST r i PM-Israel-Security 02-06 0293 PM-Israel-Security,0301 Teen-Ager Skirts Security, Boards Plane Without Ticket JERUSALEM (AP) An Israeli teen-ager avoided airport security booths at Ben-Gurion International Airport and boarded a jet bound for Paris before being caught without a ticket, an airport spokesman said today. The security breach occurred Sunday morning as former intelligence agents and airline officials from around the world gathered outside Tel Aviv for an Israeli-sponsored conference on aviation security. Airport Authority spokesman Menachem Eyal said the 16-uear-old boy who walked into the airport and onto the plane did not carry a weapon and apparently meant no harm but was ``apparently deranged.'' Eyal said the youth was caught by stewards when he failed to produce a ticket or boarding pass after boarding the Boeing 707. Eyal said the aircraft belonged to the Israeli Arkia Company. The boy was turned over to police, Eyal added. ``We are still investigating what happened. It is clear that something very wrong happened, an apparent security breach. We will take the necessary steps against whomever is found guilty,'' Eyal said. It was the second such incident at an Israeli airport in two months. In December, a 3-year-old girl wandered onto a civilian plane at an air force base in southern Israel that is also used for charter flights. She was caught moments before the plane took off for Copenhagen. At the conference near Tel Aviv, titled the ``First International Seminar on Aviation Security,'' leading anti-terrorist experts and police from the United States are expected to deliberate methods to improve protection from hijackings and bombings. The issue of airport security has been particularly sensitive since the Dec. 21 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland. All 259 people on the jet and 11 people on the ground died. AP890206-0069 AP-NR-02-06-89 1056EST u w PM-Productivity 02-06 0396 PM-Productivity,400 Productivity Unchanged In Fourth Quarter; Up 1.4 Percent For 1988 By JOHN KING AP Labor Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The productivity of American workers increased 1.4 percent last year, the government said today, matching the average gains of the six previous years but falling short of the growth needed to meet the forecast on which President Bush is basing his budget. Increased productivity _ getting each worker to produce more each hour he or she is on the job _ is vital to economic growth without inflation, particularly given the current squeeze in the labor market. But the Labor Department reported non-farm productivity was unchanged in the fourth quarter of 1988 and was up 1.4 percent for the year. That marked an improvement over 1987 but was exactly in line with the 1.4 percent annual average in productivity gains since the end of the 1981-82 recession. Output in the non-farm sector was up 5.1 percent for the year, but average hours worked climbed 3.6 percent, the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Manufacturers reported a 3.2 percent productivity gain for 1988, down from 3.4 percent in 1987. Productivity in the business sector dropped 2.0 percent in the final quarter of 1988 and ended the year up 1.0 percent. The productivity report came as the Federal Reserve Board prepared to set monetary goals for 1989 and as Bush readied his budget proposals for delivery to Congress later this week. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is expected to seek to tighten the central bank's reins on credit to ease inflation. That would run counter to the economic forecast of nearly 3 percent annual growth that former President Reagan included in his final budget and that Bush has adopted for his amended spending plan. One possible way for the economy to grow at 3 percent a year or more without an inflationary surge in wages would be through significant productivity gains, something on which the Reagan-Bush economic forecast relies. The forecast assumes productivity gains averaging 1.9 percent a year, which along with the projected growth of the labor force would allow for potential economic growth of 3.2 percent a year. Some economists have attacked the rosy projections of the budget's economic forecast. They say productivity gains, which averaged just 0.6 percent a year between 1973 and 1981 and 1.4 percent since then, are too difficult to predict. AP890206-0070 AP-NR-02-06-89 1107EST u i PM-Israel 02-06 0502 PM-Israel,0517 Arens Accuses PLO of Terror, Asking Washington to End Dialogue By KARIN LAUB Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) Foreign Minister Moshe Arens today accused the Palestine Liberation Organization of breaking its promise to refrain from terror and indicated Israel will ask the United States to end its dialogue with the PLO. In Jerusalem, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on the main shopping street of the city's Arab sector to disperse several dozen Palestinian stone-throwers who smashed cars and shop windows. A teen-ager was reported injured. ``Two days ago, we had an example of a terrorist act by a branch of the PLO,'' Arens said in a speech to the New York-based Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He cited a clash Saturday in which Israeli troops killed five Palestinian fighters on the northern border of Israel's self-proclaimed security zone in south Lebanon. The radical PLO factions of George Habash's Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Syrian-backed Palestinian Liberation Front said their guerrillas were on a mission to attack Israeli positions. Arens said the action ``clearly and unequivocally violated'' U.S. conditions for opening talks with the PLO after a 13-year boycott. ``I presume that in Washington, they also noticed what happened. But, to the extent that somebody there may not have noticed, we will draw his attention to it,'' Arens added on Israel Radio, after the speech. A Foreign Ministry official later said, ``Israel is calling on the United States to reconsider the dialogue considering that the PLO, the Habash faction, took responsibility for the attempt to penetrate Israel.'' U.S. officials shocked Israel by opening talks with the PLO in December after PLO chairman Yasser Arafat renounced terrorism and said he accepted Israel. Israel argues the PLO has not changed its objective of destroying the Jewish state. Israeli officials note Arafat's mainstream Fatah faction has refrained from attacks but express doubt that Arafat can control other, more militant PLO factions. Seymour Reich, head of the Jewish conference of presidents, said he, too, would pressure the Bush administration to end contacts with the PLO. ``I'm not sure the administration is prepared to cut off the dialogue yet,'' Reich said on Israel Radio. ``But we're going to press them on these issues and remind them that ... these terrorist acts are continuing.'' In a speech Sunday, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Israel would never allow a Palestinian state to exist and branded Palestinian people ``brutal, wild, alien invaders in the land of Israel.'' In the occupied territories, meanwhile, Israeli troops today shot a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the thigh, Arab hospital officials said. Gaza Strip residents were on strike for a second day to protest the deaths Saturday of two Palestinian youths shot in clashes with troops. Merchants shuttered their shops and students went home. The army said it was checking the report about the girl's injury. Since the December 1987 start of the uprising, 373 Palestinians and 15 Israelis have been killed. AP890206-0071 AP-NR-02-06-89 1134EST u i PM-Iran 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0462 PM-Iran, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0479,0474 Foreign Minister: Export Of Revolution By Force Halted Eds: New thruout with additional quotes. No pickup. By ALEX EFTY Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said today Iran will continue to export its Islamic revolution, but not by force, and that better relations with the United States are possible only if Washington changes its hostile stance. ``We have a concept and we are going to continue the policy to export the revolution,'' Velayati told a news conference. ``But this doesn't mean we're going to export the revolution with a gun.'' He also said Iran and Iraq will resume direct peace talks to end their eight-year war ``soon,'' but that there would be no progress unless Iraqi troops were withdrawn from Iranian territory. Iran has been restoring relations with Western countries and its Arab neighbors as part of a policy aimed at ending a decade of self-imposed isolation. But the Tehran hierarchy is deeply divided over the issue of restoring links with the United States, severed in 1979. ``Except for the Palestine-occupying regime and the racist South African regime, and precluding American sabotage, we desire good relations with other countries of the world,'' Velayati said. Speaking in the Foreign Ministry's ornate audience hall in front of a life-sized portrait of Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Velayati said the export of Iran's revolution would be ``cultural.'' ``As you do in Western countries, you're trying to make other people in the world to be Western-oriented,'' he said. ``We're going to do the same on the basis of our Islamic beliefs and concepts.'' The news conference was attended by scores of foreign correspondents in Tehran to cover celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the revolution. Tehran's so-called pragmatists, led by Parliament Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani, have made it clear that with the Aug. 20 cease-fire in Iran's war with Iraq, Iran has backed off the militant export of its fundamentalist revolution. Velayati said the peace talks were deadlocked and ``will be useless'' unless Iraq withdraws its troops from Iranian territory. ``If Iraq adopts a stubborn attitude and refuses to retreat, the talks will get nowhere,'' he said. Velayati gave no date for resuming direct talks with Iraq, which broke off in November over the issue of troop withdrawals. However, he and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz are due in New York this week for talks with U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. The Iranians have charged that Iraq still holds about 390 square miles of their territory. Iraq has refused to withdraw until it gets a guarantee of freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf and until the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, its main passage to the gulf, is cleared of sunken ships and other war debris. AP890206-0072 AP-NR-02-06-89 1138EST r a PM-IlliterateInmates 02-06 0299 PM-Illiterate Inmates,0307 Proposal Would Deny Parole To Illiterate Inmates DENVER (AP) State officials are studying a proposal to deny parole to illiterate inmates in an effort to motivate them to learn to read, Gov. Roy Romer says. ``I believe we have got to overcome the problem of illiteracy,'' Romer said in an interview with The Denver Post published today. ``We've got people in prison we need to rehabilitate, and one of the tools for rehabilitation is learning to read. ``I'm trying to think of ways we can motivate or discipline people into using that time to acquire the skill of reading.'' If Colorado cannot constitutionally require literacy as a condition for release, Romer said, he hopes to develop other incentives. Of Colorado's 6,000 prison inmates, 55 percent do not have a high school degree or its equivalent. More than 27 percent read below a seventh-grade level, according to a survey of 2,938 inmates conducted a year ago. Experts believe many ex-convicts wind up back behind bars because they don't have the skills to get and keep a good job. One proposal would require that illiterate inmates successfully complete literacy classes before they are allowed to take higher-paying prison jobs, said Herman Abeyta of the corrections department. At the present, prisoners enrolled in academic programs earn just 56 cents a day while those with jobs earn 80 cents a day or more. Under a pilot program established by the legislature in 1988, 100 inmates at Buena Vista Correctional Facility and Colorado Women's Correctional Facility earn an extra four days a month off their sentences for participating in literacy programs. ``People are staying in the programs longer than they were before without any incentives,'' Abeyta said. ``Money and reduction in time are the two big issues in prison.'' AP890206-0073 AP-NR-02-06-89 1149EST u i PM-Afghanistan 3rdLd-Writethru a0497 02-06 0722 PM-Afghanistan, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0497,0739 Last Convoys Head North From Capital, Western Stronghold Eds: New thruout with report from Soviet diplomats on troop movement, diplomats leaving. No pickup. By SHARON HERBAUGH Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The last Red Army convoys abandoned their garrisons and headed north for home today, Soviet officials said, bringing to an end a nine-year mission that cost more than 13,000 Soviet lives. Hundreds of Soviet troops guarded the airport of the war-weary Afghan capital as military transports ferried in loads of grain and other supplies to help ease food shortages caused by guerrilla blockades. In Moscow, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda reported ``the last Soviet soldier left Kabul'' on Sunday. But Soviet officials in the city said about 1,000 troops would remain at the airport until the end of the week. In neighboring Pakistan, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze met with Pakistani officials but said today the talks failed to find a way to peacefully end the Afghan war. He said the Soviets will continue to support Afghanistan's Marxist government but would not send troops back into the country. Under a U.N.-brokered accord, all Soviets forces are to be out by Feb. 15. Soviet diplomats said Red Army troops in the western city of Shindand left their garrison, the remaining Soviet military complex in the country. The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the soldiers headed over the weekend toward Herat to meet a convoy there and were expected to reach the Soviet border Wednesday or Thursday. Pravda said Soviet troops had by Sunday removed defensive checkpoints on the Salang Highway to about 50 miles north of Kabul at the end of a tunnel that cuts through some of the roughest terrain on the withdrawal route. Pravda said insurgents did not fire on Soviet convoys on the highway, the only land route to the Soviet border from Kabul. But four avalanches crashed down on retreating columns Sunday, killing three Soviet soldiers and injuring a fourth, the paper said. Three officers were also injured by ``terrorist grenades'' in a Kabul suburb Sunday as the Soviets handed over motor vehicles to the Afghans, the newspaper said. In the Soviet border city of Termez, where a Soviet airborne regiment arrived from Afganistan today, military spokesman Lt. Col. Igor Korolev said the last remaining Red Army soldiers were on the move toward the border. He said Soviet soldiers were moving out of Balkh, Samangan, Baglan, Parvan and Herat provinces. The troops of the 350th Parachute Regiment were greeted by thousands of residents, servicemen and relatives as they roared across the Friendship Bridge over the Amu River into Termez. The unit had been stationed in Afghanistan since 1984. Along the road behind the Kabul airport, meanwhile, several Soviet soldiers manned bunker checkpoints, nervously clutching rifles. Andrei, a 20-year-old soldier from Moldavia, said the troops would be flown home sometime before Feb. 15. He said they had not been told exactly when. Tass today reported that heavy shelling by guerrillas in Kabul province killed eight people. It said one person was killed and two wounded in shelling in the cities of Gardiz and Khost in Paktia province. Rockets and rocket-propelled grenades also hit residential areas in the city of Herat and the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, Tass said. With the Soviet pullout, those cities are held by the conscript army of President Najib, a force guerrilla commanders say is demoralized and crippled by desertion. The highest-ranking French diplomat in Kabul, Charge d'Affaires Raymond Petit, his wife and three Austrian diplomats left the capital today for New Delhi. Also on the flight were relatives of Yugoslav, East German and Vietnamese diplomats. Shevardnadze said his talks in Pakistan failed because insurgents refuse to share power with Najib. He told a news conference that Moscow would continue to support the Kabul government. ``If new complications happen, if there is continued fighting, the Soviet Union has obligations to that country,'' he said. However, the Soviet envoy added, ``We are not thinking of any Soviet re-entry into Afghanistan.'' The Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan in December 1979 to replace one Marxist regime with another and stayed to help fight the U.S.- and Pakistani-backed insurgents. The Kremlin says more than 13,000 Soviet troops were killed and 35,000 wounded in the conflict. AP890206-0074 AP-NR-02-06-89 1156EST r a PM-ArmenianRelief 02-06 0334 PM-Armenian Relief,0341 Armenians Arrive For Medical Treatment In U.S. Hospitals NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) Fifteen Armenians with crushed limbs, skulls and bones are in the United States today for treatment of their injuries suffered in December's devastating earthquake. The Armenians arrived Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and were sent to hospitals in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Missouri, said Steve Norman, a spokesman for AmeriCares, a New Canaan-based relief agency. Norman said it was the first airlift to the United States of injured children and adults from Soviet Armenia, where an earthquake in December killed tens of thousands. AmeriCares chartered a jet to bring the injured Armenians, who range in age form 2{ to 41, to New York and has arranged transportation within the United States. The Washington, D.C.-based Armenian Assembly of America secured volunteers in various cities where the patients are staying to visit and watch over them. Doctors are donating their time, and hospitals are donating their cost of care, Norman said. The injured Armenians largely need orthopedic and reconstructive surgery and treatment. ``One young guy managed to get out of a school because he had been a little difficult and he was sent home,'' Norman said. All the children in the school died when the building collapsed. The boy ``survived but his home also collapsed,'' Norman said. Two doctors from Connecticut _ Laurence Kirwan, who practices in Norwalk and Greenwich, and Neil Kahanovitz of Greenwich, who practices at the Joint Diseases and Orthopedic Institute in New York City _ went to Armenia to examine patients and are coordinating the victims' treatment in the United States, Norman said. Other hospitals where patients were sent are: St. Vincent's in Erie, Pa., Hershey Hospital in Hershey, Pa., Children's Hospital and Menora Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and several in New York City. AmeriCares has sent 300,000 pounds of supplies, largely medicine and medical equipment donate by U.S. companies, to Armenia since the quake, Norman said. AP890206-0075 AP-NR-02-06-89 1200EST u w PM-NorthTrial 2ndLd-Writethru a0516 02-06 0859 PM-North Trial, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0516,800 Hearing Scheduled In Connection With Classified Information EDS: SUBS pvs grafs 2-3 with 6 grafs of detail from morning session; SUBS pvs 9th graf, Thirty-two, with total now at 34 By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The judge at Oliver North's trial scheduled a closed-door hearing today reportedly to hear concerns of the intelligence community about classified information in the Iran-Contra case. U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell scheduled the hearing as the jury selection process resumed and the judge added two people to the pool of prospective jurors, bringing the total to 34. He rejected three others, including a woman who knew someone who was on a grand jury that has investigated the Iran-Contra affair. Another woman rejected for the pool said she ``heard it in passing. It was all over the news.'' One woman sent into the jury pool is an office clerk who said she recalled seeking a July 1987 magazine with North's picture on the cover, but didn't recognize North in the courtroom and when asked whether she had heard of him said, ``No, I never have.'' Another woman approved for the jury pool said she had seen North on television in his Marine uniform. That drew objections from North attorney Barry Simon, who suggested she had been exposed to the fired White House aide's immunized congressional testimony in 1987. Gesell, however, said that ``while she saw, she did not listen'' to what was being said. Gesell scheduled the closed-door hearing at the request of the head of the prosecution team, John Keker, who apparently was acting on behalf of the intelligence community in the Bush administration. Gesell said only that the hearing would deal with objections by the office of independent counsel Lawrence Walsh ``to one of my earlier orders.'' It was understood that the matter pertained to classified information. Keker said Walsh and a representative of the Justice Department wanted to be at the hearing, to which Gesell readily agreed, responding: ``I have been trying to get the Department of Justice here without too much success.'' Last Thursday, Keker asked on behalf of the Justice Department and intelligence agencies that they be provided with four seats in the courtroom during the trial. Gesell agreed, but said he was concerned that ``security gurus'' would try to run the case. The National Security Agency made strong objections late last month to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh over classified information that would be presented in the case and said it warranted blocking the trial. Thornburgh rejected the NSA's suggestion. Gesell's remarks today came as 39 additional prospective jurors were sworn in, some of whom will undergo questioning on how much they know about North and the Iran-Contra affair. If they were not exposed to North's immunized congressional testimony in 1987, they likely will be placed in a pool from which a jury is to be chosen later this week. Thirty-four people have been approved for the jury pool since the trial began last Tuesday and Gesell wants to have a group of 45 from which to choose 12 jurors and six alternates. The jury pool's lack of knowledge, and interest, in the Iran-Contra affair marks them as unusual. Out of the first 104 jurors who came into the courtroom, just 31 said they hadn't watched, listened or read about North's 1987 testimony to Congress in which he detailed many of the activities for which he is now accused of crimes. A number of the prospective jurors who were approved for the jury pool by Gesell have said they recall hearing somewhere about shredding of documents in connection with the Iran-Contra affair or North, but recall nothing more than that. Three counts of the 12 criminal charges against North allege that he destroyed documents to conceal aid to the Contras and the Reagan administration's sale of arms to Iran. Most of the prospective jurors said they simply glance at front-page newspaper headlines and switch channels or don't pay attention when the news comes on. They said they are too busy with jobs or occupied with other interests to have paid much attention to the biggest foreign policy debacle of the Reagan administration. Most are blue- or pink-collar workers, several with the government, while several others are unemployed or retired. One woman is holding down two jobs. Of the first 25 prospective jurors, a dozen finished the 12th grade, one has a master's degree, two others finished college and another has some college education. Their occupations range from cement finisher to mental health administrator. North is accused of allegedly concealing from Congress in 1985 and 1986 his efforts on behalf of the Nicaraguan Contras and of covering up from the attorney general the National Security Council's role in diverting money from the Iran arms sales to the Contras. North also is accused of illegally accepting a $13,800 security system at his home from co-defendant Richard Secord, converting to his own use at least $4,300 in traveler's checks from Contra leader Adolfo Calero and conspiring to defraud the Treasury of tax revenue in connection with contributions to the Contras. AP890206-0076 AP-NR-02-06-89 1201EST r w PM-Jackson 1stLd-Writethru a0514 02-06 0466 PM-Jackson, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0514,450 Jesse Jackson Says Armenia Aid Telethon Set Eds: Inserts graf 4, The Rainbow Coalition, with description of group; inserts grafs 8-9, However his spokesman, with further on Soviet Jews. WASHINGTON (AP) Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said today his Rainbow Coalition has signed an agreement with Soviet officials to have an international telethon to raise resources for earthquake-devastated Armenia. Jackson, who returned recently from a six-day visit to the Soviet Union, said on ABC-TV's ``Good Morning America'' that he found conditions in Armenia in the wake of the Dec. 7 quake ``really incomprehensible.'' ``We've signed an agreement between the Rainbow Coalition, the minister of culture, the minister of radio and television to have an international telethon on June 10,'' Jackson said from Chicago. The program would link Armenia, Moscow and ``perhaps Britain, and America to raise resources to build churches, houses, hospitals and schools.'' The Rainbow Coalition is Jackson's national political group, so-called because its aim is to encompass people of every race. What is needed right now, Jackson said, ``is prefabricated housing. And just as many people have sent trees to Israel as a concrete way of making a statement, people or groups may want to send prefabricated housing to Armenia. Or they may want to send direct contributions to the church.'' The aftermath of the earthquake, he said, is ``an excellent opportunity for us as a nation to penetrate and to build good will within the Soviet Union and between our two countries.'' Jackson said that during his visit, ``I made an appeal on the basis of human rights to release some Soviet Jews, and they released four while we were there.'' He did not elaborate. Last Thursday he said in Moscow that he did not know the names of four Jewish refuseniks granted permission to leave the country. However, his spokesman, Frank Watkins, said today in Chicago that the four are Boris Vladimirovich Kagan of Leningrad, Alexander Veniaminovich Mestechkin of Moscow, Evgenia Abramovna Feldshtein of Moscow and Vladimir Mihailovich Civkin of Leningrad. Watkins said the four have been given permission to leave the Soviet Union. Eric Easter, a press aide who accompanied Jackson to Moscow, said Soviet officials did not say when the four would be allowed to leave the country, but they would be given freedom of movement immediately. The former Democratic presidential candidate said the earthquake presents ``a challenge to glasnost or openness in the Soviet Union, to their restructuring of their priorities.'' ``I think we must monitor their words, we must verify their commitments, we must also match their deeds as they move toward disarmament and move toward Third World development and ending Third World conflicts,'' Jackson said. ``I think it's a tremendous opportunity and we ought to match it and seize it.'' AP890206-0077 AP-NR-02-06-89 1206EST r a PM-BRF--CBSSchedule 02-06 0173 PM-BRF--CBS Schedule,0177 CBS Changes Schedule Again NEW YORK (AP) CBS, still trying to find an audience for its youth-appeal drama ``TV 101,'' is moving the show for the third time, the network announced today. The network also announced that a new series, ``Hard Time on Planet Earth,'' will premiere March 1 in the Wednesday time period occupied by ``TV 101.'' It will star Martin Kove, who was in ``Cagney & Lacey,'' as an extraterrestrial convict sentenced to live on Earth in human form. ``TV 101,'' a critically praised but low-rated series starring Sam Robards as a high school journalism teacher who launches an in-school video news show, moves to Saturday night, as of Feb. 25. Currently occupying that time slot is a limited run show, ``The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.'' The series, produced by Grant Tinker's GTG Entertainment, started the season on Tuesday night. It is the only survivor among GTG's three network series to premiered this season. ``The Van Dyke Show'' and ``Raising Miranda,'' also on CBS, were canceled. AP890206-0078 AP-NR-02-06-89 1233EST r a AM-CrackKilling 02-06 0223 AM-Crack Killing,0228 Fire Marshal: Dispute Over Crack Use Leads To Fatal Torching NEW YORK (AP) Fire marshals charged a woman with murder after she allegedly doused her husband with paint thinner and set him on fire during an argument over her alleged use of crack, authorities said. Gary Tate, 41, died Sunday at New York Hospital, where he was taken after the incident Saturday in a hall outside the couple's apartment in the borough of Brooklyn, said a Fire Department spokesman, John Mulligan. His 38-year-old wife, Jessie, was also at the hospital with burns to her right hand and arm, he said. She was placed under guard at the hospital's burn center, where she was listed in stable condition. The fire marshal's office charged Mrs. Tate with second-degree murder, second-degree arson and second-degree assault, said Firefighter Al Brown. ``Their whole dispute was about her alleged smoking (of) crack,'' Mulligan said. Mrs. Tate apparently became so enraged during the argument that she doused her husband ``from head to foot'' and ignited a rolled-up paper bag, which she used as a torch to set him on fire, Mulligan said. Tate ran into their apartment, where he jumped into the bathtub and turned on the water to put out the flames, but he suffered burns over 96 percent of his body, Mulligan said. AP890206-0079 AP-NR-02-06-89 1235EST r i AM-BRF--TunnelDeath 02-06 0153 AM-BRF--Tunnel Death,0156 Second Worker Dies in Tunnel Construction DOVER, England (AP) A workman was killed Monday when he was hit by heavy lifting equipment used in construction of the English Channel tunnel, police said. David John Simes, 36, of Dover, is the second workman to be killed on the English construction site. Tony Knowles, a spokesman for the company digging the tunnel, said the accident involved heavy lifting gear which moves the tunnel's concrete lining blocks. A government-appointed committee is investigating the Jan. 24 death of a 19-year-old tunnel worker who was crushed by a train carrying chalk waste from the tunnel face a half-mile from Dover. The proposed 34-mile tunnel, 24 miles of which is underwater, consists of two one-way rail tunnels and a smaller service tunnel between them. It is being dug simultaneously from England and France under the English Channel, and is scheduled to open in 1993. AP890206-0080 AP-NR-02-06-89 1235EST r i AM-BRF--Zambia-Floods 02-06 0143 AM-BRF--Zambia-Floods,0148 2 Killed, 6,000 Homeless in Flooding LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) Two children drowned and 6,000 people were left homeless after torrential rain collapsed their mud houses, police said Monday. The children were swept into a water-filled pothole in a suburb of Lusaka, the capital, said district police commander Zunga Siakalima. The heaviest rains recorded since 1978 destroyed homes in suburbs and shanty towns around the capital, Siakalima said. More than 10 inches of rain was recorded in Lusaka over a five-day period ending Saturday. The rain has fallen almost continuously since then. Most of the destroyed homes were built with bricks of hardened mud under a state plan that allows city residents to rent land and build their own houses without complying with normal building regulations. Officials of Zambia's ruling party were organizing relief efforts for the homeless, Siakalima said. AP890206-0081 AP-NR-02-06-89 1235EST r i AM-BRF--Pope-Korea 02-06 0164 AM-BRF--Pope-Korea,0169 Pontiff Meets Korean Opposition Leader VATICAN CITY (AP) South Korean opposition leader Kim Dae Jung thanked Pope John Paul II on Monday for an intervention he says saved him from a 1980 death sentence, news agencies reported. The pope received Kim and a delegation of 43 South Koreans at the Vatican. Many in the delegation were parliamentarians. The South Korean government commuted Kim's sentence in 1982 to 20 years. He was released from jail later that year for humanitarian reasons. In an interview with the Italian news agency ANSA on Sunday, Kim said the pope intervened secretly with the South Korean government to spare his life. ANSA reported that during their meeting Monday, Kim thanked the pope. The Vatican did not issue any description of the meeting and its official text of the pope's speech to the Korean delegation made no mention of Kim's death sentence. The pope is expected to attend the International Eucharistic Congress in Seoul in October. AP890206-0082 AP-NR-02-06-89 1235EST r i AM-BRF--Turkey-Subway 02-06 0156 AM-BRF--Turkey-Subway,0161 Canadian-Led Consortium to Build Ankara Subway ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkey signed a contract Monday with a Canadian-led consortium for the construction of a subway in the capital. The consortium, led by the Canadian Urban Transit Development Company, includes the Turkish firm Gama-Guris. Mayor Mehmet Altinsoy said the first part of the subway system will be built in four years and will be 8.7 miles long. Trains will run between the downtown district of Kizilay and the western suburban areas of Batikent. The construction will cost $350 million, Altinsoy said. There will be 12 stations on the line, which is expected to carry about 600,000 commuters daily in this city of 3 million people. Plans eventually call for the subway to extend to 32 miles by 2015, when the city's population is expected to reach 5 million. Premier Turgut Ozal and visiting Canadian Foreign Trade Minister John C. Crosbie attended the signing ceremony. AP890206-0083 AP-NR-02-06-89 1225EST u a AM-CajunMardiGras Bjt 02-06 0716 AM-Cajun Mardi Gras, Bjt,0732 In Cajun Country, Mardi Gras Is on Horseback _ with One Exception LaserPhoto staffing By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) In most Cajun towns, masked horsemen celebrate Mardi Gras as they have for hundreds of years, with a riotous ride from farm to farm to scare up some chickens and other ingredients for a huge pot of gumbo. But in Tee-Mamou, a town of about 400 people deep in Cajun country, the ``courir du Mardi Gras'' has used trucks since 1919 _ the year the horses died. ``They were running pretty hard, it was rek,'' said Larry G. Miller, Tee-Mamou-Iota Mardis Gras Folklife Festival Association's folklikind of a long tfe director. ``They ended up running across a blue norther that was blowing in right at the end of their run. ``They got to the farmhouse to do their gumbo, and tied the horses up.'' When they went out later, about two-thirds of the 28 horses had died from pneumonia brought on by the sudden chill after a long, hot run. ``It sobered up a lot of mardi gras early and it busted up the dance,'' said Miller, using ``mardi gras'' as folks do in these parts, to mean those who participate in the drunken ride. Since that night in Tee-Mamou, a town so small it seldom shows up on maps of Acadia Parish, the courir has been made by truck _ a flatbed at first, and now on a specially made wagon drawn by a pickup. My Miller said, ``The only words that are both in their song and our song is `We come from England.' That's kind of curious.'' That reference in French-speaking southern Louisiana may be to England's tradition of costumed peasants begging in hard times or to the Acadians' flight from Nova Scotia after it became English territory, he said. After the chant and some dancing, things get really wild. ``They break out and run all over the place, chasing chickens and getting whatever charity they can get out of the farmhouse,'' said Larry Miller. ``They'll frequently go in to scare the womenfolks or children. It's kind of customary for the women and teen-age girls to be deathly afraid of the mardi gras. And little boys as well,'' he said. ``It's kind of an ongoing thing from generation to generation. You grow up scared of the mardi gras. ``Later on you become one of them.'' AP890206-0084 AP-NR-02-06-89 1247EST u w PM-Gray-Ethics 3rdLd-Writethru a0551-a0502 02-06 1007 PM-Gray-Ethics, 3rd Ld-Writethru, a0551-a0502,970 Bush Ethics Chief Quits Company Position Eds: Combines pvs files By CAROLYN SKORNECK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush's point man for ethics policy, C. Boyden Gray, is resigning as chairman of a multimillion-dollar communications company to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest, the White House said today. Gray, Bush's official legal counsel since 1981, previously had said he would remain as chairman of the family-owned Summit Communications Group, Inc. but would refuse a salary. He resigned, effective today, after consulting with the heads of Bush's new ethics commission, said White House Press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. Fitzwater said the action was prompted in part by news accounts over the weekend in The New York Times and The Washington Post that pointed out that the Reagan White House had a policy that forbade employees from serving in such chairmanships or earnign outside income. Fitzwater said there would have been ``nothing inappropriate'' about Gray keeping the post in the Bush administration. But he said Gray was advised to resign by former Attorney General Griffin Bell and federal appeals Judge Malcolm Wilkie, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the newly created President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform. ``The duties of the White House counsel are sufficiently broad that it would be constructive to resign such a directorship to avoid any possibility of even the appearance of conflict,'' Fitzwater told reporters. He said Gray also would be putting his personal assets into a blind trust. The Washington Post estimated Gray's investments at $10 million. Bush has made a major point in his presidency of stressing high ethical standards for government employees, and said he wants tougher ethical rules than those he inherited from his predecessor, President Reagan. ``Boyden Gray has the president's highest trust and confidence and he will remain the primary adviser to the presidnet on ethical matters,'' Fitzwater said. Bush was aware that every year for the past eight years when Gray worked for him as vice president the Office of Government Ethics reviewed and approved Gray's financial disclosure forms, he said. The Reagan White House had a policy that no White House officials should accept outside earned income or serve on the boards of outside corporations, Frank Q. Nebeker, director of the Office of Government Ethics, said Sunday. This policy was mentioned in a 1983 written advisory opinion by the ethics office that was distributed to all government ethics officials, including Gray, the Times said. Gray was not bound by those rules when he worked for the vice president, whose policy was more lenient, and he was paid several hundred thousand dollars over the eight years for serving as chairman of the company that owns at least a dozen radio stations and has about 130,000 cable subscribers in the South. He reported the income on his financial disclosure forms. More recent forms have also disclosed payments for his work as co-executor of the estate of his father, who died in 1982. Gray told the newspapers that he stopped accepting payment from Summit for his work at the beginning of the year. ``Due to my promotion and due to the policies enunciated by (Bush) during the presidential campaign, I cannot and I will not take outside income and so have instructed the family company,'' he said. Bush made a campaign pledge in July that his appointees would not accept any outside income, but he did not address the problem of serving on outside corporations' boards. Last week, Bush appointed an eight-member commission to review government ethical standards, including conflict-of-interest law. Bush has not yet named a White House ethics officer, but Gray has been serving informally in that role since before the inauguration. Gray, who has an unpublished telephone number, could not be reached for comment Sunday, according to the White House. His deputy, John P. Schmitz, as suffering from back problems and was unavailable, said Schmitz' mother. Gray told the Post that he has avoided conflict-of-interest problems by recusing himself since 1981 from any matters concerning communications. He also said he had no conflict because he was not Summit's chief executive or operating officer. He said he devoted four to six days a year to overseeing the company. Ninty-three percent of the company's stock is owned by a trust administered by Gray and his brothers, the Times reported. Nebeker declined to say what Gray should do about his chairmanship of Summit to meet White House ethics standards, saying: ``I'm not prepared to make any suggestions to him at all.'' Peter F. Watson, who worked with Gray on presidential transition matters, defended Gray on Sunday. ``All I can say is, during the several meetings I participated in with him and his staff dealing with ethics issues, I have never seen anybody more concerned not only with strict compliance with ethics issues but indeed, nobody was more sensitive as to the appearance issues as well,'' Watson said. ``Specific communications issues did come up during transition and he immediately advised everyone in the room that he was not to be involved in those issues,'' said Watson, an attorney who now works for the Overseas Private Investment Corp. ``I personally witnessed him removing himself from any deliberations for appointments on the FCC.'' Timothy Muris, who worked on the FCC transition, also attested Sunday to Gray's recusal from communications matters. ``Boyden never had any conversations with me about the FCC,'' he said. Nebeker said he met with Gray on numerous occasions after the November election and before the inauguration to discuss matters concerning ethics and Gray's financial disclosure. ``I apprised him of the existence of the 15 percent rule,'' a law under which officials above a certain salary are prohibited from earning an amount equal to more than 15 percent of their government salary in outside earned income such as wages or other compensation, Nebeker said. Interest and dividends are not included. Nebeker said that while Gray had not been at that level before, ``he's at it now'' because his salary has increased. AP890206-0085 AP-NR-02-06-89 1324EST r w AM-Congress-PayHistory 02-06 0802 AM-Congress-Pay History,800 Public Has Objected to Congressional Pay Raise Throughout History With AM-Pay Raise Bjt By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The public outcry over the proposed 51 percent pay increase for members of Congress should hardly be surprising. Americans have been objecting to congressional pay raises for nearly all of the 200-year history of the Senate and House of Representatives. Alexis de Tocqueville, a close observer of American life, offered an explanation in his 1835 study, ``Democracy in America.'' His conclusion: Democracies are far more stingy than other forms of government when it comes to paying high-ranking officials. Part of the reason, de Tocqueville wrote, is that a salary level which seems inadequate to the official receiving it ``appears enormous to him whose wants do not extend beyond the necessities of life.'' ``When he reflects on own humble dwelling and the small earnings of his hard toil, he remembers all he could do with a salary which you judge insufficient, and he is startled and almost frightened at the view of so much wealth,'' he said. More than 150 years later, little has changed. ``We have never had a satisfactory method for setting compensation for high government officials,'' says Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine. ``We still do not. ``If contemporary public opinion were the sole determinant, the pay of members of Congress today would be the same as it was in 1789.'' The root of the problem is in the Constitution. Article I, Section 6 provides: ``Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.'' That sounds well enough in theory. But in practice it leaves the question of congressional pay levels up to Congress itself, posing an always sensitive, uncomfortabe and sometimes politically explosive problem. Some of the framers of the Constitution thought it would give members of Congress a license to steal. Others argued that pressure from incensed constituents would rein in greedy impulses. The issue has always been approached gingerly at best. ``Bringing up the pay raise issue is about as welcome in a legislative body as a skunk is at a Sunday school picnic,'' says Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa. The first major American squabble over a proposal to raise the pay of members of Congress arose in 1816 and it set back the early political career of Daniel Webster, who later was to become a famous orator, senator, and secretary of state. From the convening of the 1st Congress in 1789 until 1816, a 27-year span, members of Congress were paid at the rate of $6 a day _ with attempts made from time to time to dock the pay of absentees. In 1816 Congress ended the day-by-day payments and adopted an annual salary of $1,500 a year. The result: public outrage. Nine members of Congress resigned and several were defeated in the 1816 elections. Webster was one of those ousted in the pay-raise revolt. It took him until 1822 to persuade the voters to send him back to Capitol Hill. The $1,500 annual salary also was a casualty; It was repealed in 1817 and the next year congressional pay was set at $8 a day. Eight dollars a day remained congressional pay for the next 38 years. The idea of an annual salary finally prevailed in 1854 when the compensation for members was set at $3,000 a year. Congressional pay rose to $5,000 a year in 1865. But when Congress acted in 1871 to boost the total to $7,500 annually, the voters rebelled again. The higher salary had been made retroactive to the beginning of the 42nd Congress two years earlier, in effect giving members a lump sum windfall of $5,000. Congress already was besieged by accusations of corruption. The new pay increase brought cries of ``salary grab'' and ``back-pay steal.'' Members could not take the heat and when the 43rd Congress convened dozens of bills were introduced to repeal the increase. Congressional salaries soon were rolled back to the $5,000 level where they remained until 1907, a period of 33 years. Congressional pay was cut twice during the Depression of the 1930s. Salaries, which had reached $10,000 by 1925, were reduced to $9,000 in 1932 and to $8,500 the next year. But they have been growing slowly ever since. The present congressional salary: $89,500. The proposal by an independent commission: Increase it to $135,000 to more nearly approach the compensation offered in the private sector to lawyers, corporate executives and others with similar responsibilities. The Senate has already rejected the raise, 95-0. The House may or may not act. The prospects _ as usual _ are highly uncertain. EDITOR'S NOTE Lawrence L. Knutson covers Congress for The Associated Press. AP890206-0086 AP-NR-02-06-89 1324EST r a PM-MichiganHome-Buyers 02-06 0286 PM-Michigan Home-Buyers,0296 Michigan Governor To Outline Plan To Aid First-Time Home-Buyers LANSING, Mich. (AP) A new program to help first-time Michigan home-buyers meet their down payments will be formally proposed this week, Gov. James Blanchard said today. In his State of the State speech Tuesday, Blanchard said, he will propose the Home Ownership Savings Trust program, similar to the state's program to help parents save for their children's college costs. ``I think this program will not only work, but sweep the country,'' Blanchard said. The program will let would-be first-time buyers of homes invest small sums each month in Michigan revenue bonds for three to 10 years. They would earn tax-free interest on their savings. When enrolling in the program, they would declare what price range house they were seeking and would save toward a down payment for a house in that range. The state would guarantee them enough money for a down payment on a house in the declared price range, no matter how much housing prices might increase during the time the would-be buyers are saving, the governor said. The plan is modeled after the Michigan Education Trust, in which parents invest with the state for their offsprings' college educations. The state then covers costs at state universities, regardless of how much tuition may increase by the time the children are old enough for college. In his address Tuesday, Blanchard will also outline a ``workfare'' program aimed at getting able-bodied persons age 18 to 25 off the dole. ``This is not a budget-cutting measure. It's a long-term investment,'' Babcock said. ``If we don't do something to have these people enter the labor market, they have a greater chance of long-term dependency.'' AP890206-0087 AP-NR-02-06-89 1256EST u w PM-IndianHearing 02-06 0256 PM-Indian Hearing,240 Aircraft Broker Tells Senate Panel of Kickback Demand From Navajo WASHINGTON (AP) A Houston aircraft broker told a Senate investigative panel today that Navajo officials sought a $45,000 kickback from him in 1987 when he tried to sell them two planes. Drex Hansen, president of American West Aircraft Corp., said he wasn't told who would get the alleged kickback, but believed Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald would eventually receive at least some of the money. ``I don't believe it would have gone directly to him,'' Hansen said. ``I do believe he would have benefited by it.'' Hansen told members of the investigative panel of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs that the deal, to sell two King Air twin-engine turboprop passenger planes, was never made. The committee has been holding hearings since last week on accusations of corruption in federal Indian programs and on reservations. Hansen also said the Navajo would not pay him $89,269 they owed him for several charter flights his company provided for MacDonald and his family until he threatened to tell the FBI about the alleged kickback request. He said after making the threat, he worked out an arrangement with Navajo officials under which they paid him $64,269 for the flights. Hansen said his company arranged seven or eight charter flights for MacDonald and his family, who live on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona, including trips to Boston to attend a daughter's graduation from Harvard. MacDonald has consistently denied allegations of impropriety raised at the hearings. AP890206-0088 AP-NR-02-06-89 1326EST r a AM-Brites 02-06 0602 AM-Brites,0625 Bright and Brief BROADBENT, Ore. (AP) A twisted old oak tree dripping with moss and overlooking a pasture south of this small rural farming community has become something of a landmark. There's no marker or sign to ``The Shoe Tree,'' but you can't miss it. Nailed to the thick trunk is a wide assortment of footgear, all in pairs. The collection stretches from near the ground to high above the reach of a normal person. Work boots. Cowboy boots. Women's spike heels. Even a pair of baby running shoes. Most of them obviously have been well used. Residents say they started showing up about two years ago and now there are about 20 pairs. One resident, Pam Herman, said the first shoes were placed by the tree as a joke between a young man and a girl he was courting. They eventually married and moved away, but Herman says they still come back to keep the shoe tree well-stocked. ``You never know what people are going to do around here,'' Herman said. CORDELE, Ga. (AP) ``What's wrong with dancing watermelons?'' asks Buddy Leger. Commercials featuring the dancing, singing California raisins have helped boost consumption by 13 percent and Leger wants to do the same for watermelons. He's co-chairman of the National Watermelon Association's research and promotion committee. Watermelon growers and handlers in 48 states will vote by Feb. 21 on a proposed U.S. marketing order that would authorize an assessment of 2 cents per hundred pounds to promote the crop. ``Advertising is the name of the game. We're just trying to bring the consumer's attention to a good product,'' Leger says. So don't be surprised if you turn on your television set some day and see a chorus line of big, green watermelons doing high kicks, or maybe moon walks. Watermelons square dancing? A green rendition of ``Swan Lake?'' CHICAGO (AP) Imagine a combination of ``Pee Wee's Playhouse'' on wheels and Chevy Chase stepping out to peddle copies of his latest movie. That's something like the ``U.S.A. Rest Stop Movie Tour.'' Creators of the feature-length video ``Only A Buck'' left their home base in Spokane, Wash., in early November to hawk their movie from the Brickmobile _ a brick-sided motor home. They set up shop at rest stops, traffic jams, street corners and gas stations _ anywhere that they're allowed to stop for more than five minutes. ``The point all along has been to make a name, maybe find a distributor or get this elevated to the status of cult film,'' explained writer-producer-director Gerry Cook. ``Only A Buck,'' about a TV news cameraman who sets out to make his own movie, was a surprise hit at New York's Independent Feature Project and was one of only two films from the project accepted into Robert Redford's prestigious United States Film Festival last year. A videotape of ``Only A Buck'' goes for $19.95. Shunning the traditional movie-distribution route has produced more than its share of odd moments. ``The day we left, we were all of a half-hour out of Spokane and we come onto a wreck ... trucks jack-knifed all over the place,''' Cook recalled during a recent three-week stopover in the Chicago area. Then ``all of a sudden Peter (Hunrichs, actor-composer) jumps out of the back of the truck wearing a helmet with a flashing light on top, and yelling, `Blue-light special!' like they do at K mart. ``Well, none of these truckers were in what you'd call in a good mood. But looking on the bright side, I recall he did find one buyer.'' AP890206-0089 AP-NR-02-06-89 1335EST r w AM-PentagonDrugs 02-06 0440 AM-Pentagon Drugs,420 Pentagon Says Illicit Drug Use in the Armed Forces Declines By NORMAN BLACK AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The illicit use of drugs in the U.S. armed forces has declined even more than had been indicated last summer by preliminary results of a worldwide survey, the Pentagon said Monday. Use of marijuana declined from 6.5 percent in 1985 to 2.9 percent last year, while use of other illicit drugs dropped from 5.8 percent in 1985 to 3.1 percent in 1988, the Defense Department said in a statement. The overall figure for the use of any drug dropped from 9 percent in 1985 to 4.8 percent in 1988, the Pentagon said. Cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol use also declined, and the survey ``found that almost 80 percent of military personnel took some action within the past year to improve their nutrition,'' the Pentagon added. Last July, based on some preliminary results from the same survey, the Pentagon projected 1988's overall illegal drug use rate at 5.5 percent. The additional drop to a rate of 4.8 percent is based on final tabulations of statistics from military outposts around the world, the Pentagon said. The 1988 survey is the fourth conducted since 1980, when the Pentagon began attacking a drug problem within the ranks that had become almost out of control. In 1980, the Defense Department discovered more than a quarter of its military personnel _ 27.6 percent _ admitted using drugs illegally. The Pentagon responded with a variety of tougher disciplinary sanctions, including dismissal from the service, and launched a program that now subjects every man and woman in the military to random urine testing for drugs. The worldwide surveys are not part of the disciplinary program, however. They are conducted every three years in strict confidentiality to chart what, if any, progress is being made. As finally tabulated, the 1988 survey concluded that ``cigarette smoking and use of other tobacco products dropped significantly between 1980 and 1988.'' ``Cigarette use declined from 51 percent in 1980 to 40.9 percent in 1988. Heavy smoking, smoking one or more packs a day, declined from 34.2 percent in 1980 to 22.7 percent.'' On the use of alcohol, the level of heavy drinking _ defined as consumption of five or more drinks at least once a week _ also continued an eight-year decline. In 1980, the survey found 14.1 percent acknowledging heavy alcohol use. That figure is now down to 8.2 percent, the Pentagon said. The 1988 survey, conducted for the Pentagon by the Research Triangle Institute, involved the completion of lengthy questionnaries by 18,673 men and women in the service. AP890206-0090 AP-NR-02-06-89 1314EST u i PM-Paraguay 3rdLd-Writethru 02-06 0714 PM-Paraguay, 3rd Ld-Writethru,a0526,0733 Rodriguez Denies Drug Link, Says Stroessner Might be Allowed Back Eds: INSERTS graf after lead with election date; Deletes grafs 16-17, `On Sunday...promise today' to trim and conform. Pickup 18th pvs, `Stroessner flew... LaserPhotos NY4,6 By BRUCE HANDLER Associated Press Writer ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) President Andres Rodriguez today denied reports linking him to drug trafficking and said he will try to curtail cocaine shipments through his country. Also today, Rodriguez's office announced that elections to choose a new president and Congress will be held May 1. The army general, who took power in a coup Friday, also said his overthrow of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner was necessary for the sake of the country, but he said Stroessner might be allowed to return from exile in the future. Stroessner, who ruled for 34 years as president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, left Paraguay on Sunday to the jeers of ``Dictator Get Out!'' He was in a remote farming town in central Brazil, and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said today he would remain there indefinitely. ``I detest drugs,'' Rodriguez said. ``I swear as a Catholic and as a family man, I swear on my children, I have no connections with drugs,'' Rodriguez told The Associated Press. At a news conference earlier at the National Palace, he said allegations he protects or sponsors drug shipments ``were spread by people trying to defame me.'' He said he would cooperate with foreign governments and agencies, including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, to curtail the flow of illegal drugs through Paraguay. Rodriguez said he ousted Stroessner because the general ``was not producing good results for his party, which had trusted him.'' The remark was an apparent reference to jockeying for power and infighting between pro-Stroessner militants within the ruling Colorado Party and those who wanted to distance the group somewhat from the 76-year-old Stroessner. Rodriguez, 65, added, ``(He) was not a dictator. His situation is being studied by the court system. He could come back in two or three years. He has gone for a rest in Brazil.'' He dismissed reports from diplomatic sources and local media that casualties from fighting during the coup topped 300. ``Believe me, total casualties _ dead plus injured _ do not exceed 50,'' he said. The government has issued no official tally As soon as Rodriguez was sworn in Friday, talk began about allegations he allowed drug traffickers to use Paraguay to move cocaine out of South America. The Buenos Aires Herald commented in an editorial Saturday: ``There are reasons to link him (Rodriguez) to the rampant corruption and even the drug trafficking under the Stroessner regime.... Yesterday's events (the coup) might not improve the system and could even make things worse if Rodriguez becomes the Manuel Noriega of the region.'' Noriega, Panama's military ruler, was indicated on drug trafficking charges in the United States last year. He has denied the allegations. A high-ranking foreign diplomat acknowledged rumors that Rodriguez allowed traffickers to use an airstrip he owns near the border with Bolivia, but said: ``Absolutely no proof of that has ever been offered.'' Stroessner flew to Campinas, 290 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro, then took a Brazilian air force plane to the rural town of Itumbiara, 800 miles northwest of Rio, a Brazilian Foreign Ministry communique said. The deposed dictator, accompanied by a son and daughter-in-law, three security guards, a Brazilian diplomat and 12 aides, was staying in a guest house owned by the government-run Furnas electric company, the communique said. Brazilian Ambassador Orlando Carbonar told The Associated Press that his nation granted Stroessner asylum on humanitarian grounds. Stroessner owns a beachfront mansion in the Atlantic coastal resort of Guaratuba. The new government quickly promised democratic reforms, including allowing opposition parties to participate in elections. One opposition leader suggested that elections be delayed because his group and others needed time to organize to have any chance of defeating the entrenched Colorado Party, which has been in power since 1940. ``If Gen. Rodriguez is realistic, he should stay in power for a minimum of two years and make changes in the electoral law that will permit the organization of parties, and then call elections on the basis of equality,'' said Fernando Levi Rufinelli of the Liberal Party. AP890206-0091 AP-NR-02-06-89 1350EST r i AM-Paraguay-Press 02-06 0475 AM-Paraguay-Press,0491 Paraguayan Press Conference: Armed MPs, Nervous Aides & Confusion With AM-Paraguay, Bjt By BRUCE HANDLER Associated Press Writer ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) Apparently, no one told the president's military police about his press conference. So, it was a little surprising Monday when the raucous reporters who were invited into Lopez Palace for the first news conference with a Paraguayan leader in anyone's memory ran headlong into the armed guards outside an ornate ballroom. Brandishing their Brazilian-made assault rifles, the guards in green uniforms, white helmets and ascots chased the correspondents away from the ballroom, the site of the news conference. Soon, however, the nervous aides to President Andres Rodriguez, who seized power in a military coup four days ago, cleared up the mixup with the guards. The reporters were led into the ballroom. There, amid colonial-style chandeliers, historic oil paintings and the oriental rugs was a table and a large, upholstered chair for the president from which to preside at the unprecedented news conference. Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, the dictator overthrown Friday by Rodriguez, never held an actual news conference in his nearly 35 years in power. He rarely would meet with small groups of journalists but old-time Paraguayans could not recall any former leader taking direct, uncensored questions from reporters. Perhaps that was why the Paraguayans seemed so unprepared. There was no microphone or public address system for the president, no place for tape recorders and no platform for TV cameras. The journalists furiously began stringing wires and cables, and they jostled for places around the table. Furniture was rearranged, and reporters who couldn't get near the nment officials pleaded. ``Get away from the table! Leave the chairs along!'' But the reporters, who had gathered at the downtown palace at 6 a.m. and had waited hours for the news conference, jammed in closer. Authorities then announced Rodriguez would meet with reporters in small groups downstairs in his office. That sent the pack _ swearing in several languages _ surging out of the ballroom and back toward the red-carpeted staircase. Once more, the MPs moved in. Finally, journalists in bunches of five to 10 got to meet Rodriguez. Standing behind a mahogany desk, wearing a dark business suit and fiddling with gold-framed glasses, the 65-year-old general calmly answered touchy questions on drug trafficking, political persecution, car theft and harboring international criminals. His edgy aides, apparently thinking that anything simmilar under Stroessner would have meant bad consequences for the questioner, stared stoically at the walls. But Rodriguez smiled and thanked the journalists warmly for coming. Pleading fatigue, the aides said he could not meet with about 50 to 75 more correspondents still jammed in the entrance hall. There was no word about the next presidential news conference. AP890206-0092 AP-NR-02-06-89 1327EST u i PM-Hostages 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0281 PM-Hostages, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0472,0287 Precede BEIRUT, Lebanon Report Says Iran Assured Quick Release of Hostages EDS: New thruout with report from Kuwait. KUWAIT (AP) France's foreign minister obtained an assurance from officials in Iran that some foreign hostages held in Lebanon will soon be freed, the official Kuwait News Agency reported today. KUNA, quoting diplomats traveling with Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, said ``he obtained a promise from responsible officials there (Tehran) that a number of Western hostages held in Lebanon will be released within a short period.'' The diplomats did not elaborate, KUNA said. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati told a Tehran news conference shortly before Dumas left that France and Iran had agreed ``to forget the past and think of expanding mutual ties in the future.'' But Velayati also accused France of not keeping a promise to free Anis Naccache, the leader of a pro-Iranian hit squad jailed for attempting to assassinate a former Iranian prime minister. Dumas flew to Kuwait after a two-day visit to Iran, the first by a ranking French official since the 1979 Islamic revolution toppled the pro-Western monarchy. The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that Dumas said leaving Iran his talks had been ``very fruitful.'' IRNA, monitored in Nicosia, quoted Dumas as saying the discussions had covered ways of settling disputes between the two countries and ending strains in relations. There are 15 foreigners held hostage in Lebanon, and most are believed held by pro-Iranian extremists. The hostages are nine Americans, an Italian, a Belgian, an Irishman and three Britons. The hostage held longest is Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. AP890206-0093 AP-NR-02-06-89 1348EST r a PM-AbandonedShip 1stLd-Writethru a0492 02-06 0290 PM-Abandoned Ship, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0492,0292 Coast Guard Called to Check on Abandoned, Burned Vessel Eds: UPDATES throughout with ship identified, had drifted more than 2,300 miles, other detail. No pickup. SEATTLE (AP) A Coast Guard cutter has been dispatched to tow a Taiwanese ship that was abandoned north of Midway Island after it burned last June and was left to drift, Coast Guard officials said today. The 250-foot Zhe-Sheng had drifted more than 2,000 nautical miles (about 2,300 miles) to a sea lane off the Washington coast, where it was spotted by the Arco Juneau early Sunday. The ship was about 400 miles off Cape Flattery, which is the extreme northwest tip of Washington state, according to Seaman Angela Cropper of the Coast Guard Ofice in Seatte. The Coast Guard had confirmed that the ship was abandoned after a fire on board last June, and left to drift about 300 miles north of Midway Island, Ms. Cropper said. Crews of a Coast Guard reconnaissance plane from Sacramento, Calif., and a jet from a base in Astoria, Ore., reported that the ship appeared to have burned near the stern. There was no sign of anyone aboard. The Coast Guard dispatched the 210-foot cutter Active to the abandoned vessel and the ship was expected to arrive at the scene this afternoon, Petty Officer Craig Herlihy said. The cutter will probably tow the Zhe-Sheng out of the waterways, Ms. Cropper said. After the crew of the Active investigates, the Coast Guard likely will get permission from the owners to sink the abandoned ship to prevent it from becoming a hazard to navigation, Herlihy said. The Coast Guard was trying to find the owners of the vessel, he said. AP890206-0094 AP-NR-02-06-89 1406EST r i AM-Obit-Cayatte 02-06 0126 AM-Obit-Cayatte,0131 Film Director Andre Cayette Dead at 80 PARIS (AP) Andre Cayette, a lawyer turned moviemaker who was known for his films on crime and justice, has died at the age of 80. Cayette died at his home Sunday night of heart failure. In 1950, Cayette's ``Justice est Faite'' (``Justice is Done'') won the Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival. He later made more films focusing on the weaknesses or errors of the judicial system, notably ``Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins'' (``We Are All Murderers'') in 1951. ``His entire work is a long plea for justice to be more human, less blindly following rules and rites that sometimes make it pitiless if not inept,'' the newspaper Le Monde said of Cayatte. AP890206-0095 AP-NR-02-06-89 1352EST u a PM-MultipleKillings 2ndLd-Writethru a0525 02-06 0761 PM-Multiple Killings, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0525,0775 Trial Under Way Of Simmons In Slaying Of 14 Relatives Eds: SUBS 4th graf, `Officials had..', with 2 grafs to UPDATE with two jurors selected, three potential jurors excused. Picks up 5th graf pvs, `The current...'. By BILL SIMMONS Associated Press Writer CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) A man accused of slaying 14 family members before he went on a rampage in an Arkansas town and killed two other people went on trial today as jury selection got under way. R. Gene Simmons, 48, already is on death row after his murder conviction in May for the Dec. 28, 1987, shooting of two people in Russellville, including a woman said to have refused his romantic advances. The new trial is for the shooting and strangulation deaths of Simmons' wife, Becky, 46; their seven children; two of the children's spouses; and four of Simmons' grandchildren, one of whom relatives say he fathered by one of his daughters. They were killed in the days before the shootings at Russellville. Officials had summoned 90 persons today as potential jurors. By noon, two had been chosen for the jury, a 22-year-old housewife and a 76-year-old retired civilian employee of the Air Force. One of the 90 didn't make it to court this morning, and three others were excused during preliminary questioning. Jury selection was continuing. The current trial was moved from Russellville to Clarksville because of pretrial publicity. Circuit Judge John S. Patterson addressed that issue when he asked the potential jurors, ``Is there anybody who has not heard anything about this case?'' Nobody raised their hand. Patterson told them he realized that he ``cannot make you just wipe things out of your mind and forget it,'' but that courtroom verdicts must be based upon a higher quality of evidence than what is reported in the media. Earlier today, the defense made an unsuccessful motion to let the jury decide whether the deaths of Simmons' relatives were part of the same criminal episode as the shootings in Russellville. The defense had argued that to try Simmons for the 14 killings, after he has already been convicted of the two deaths in Russellville, violates his right not to be tried twice for the same crime. Patterson denied the motion to let the jury decide the issue, just as he had earlier rejected the argument himself. Simmons was arrested in Russellville after a 40-minute shooting spree in which he wielded two .22-caliber revolvers, wounding six people at four businesses. Two of those victims died. Authorities went to Simmons' house and, after several hours, broke into the house because the only door was barred from the inside but no one answered. They found five bodies in the house. The next day, they dug up seven bodies from a grave and found two more bodies, both babies, in the trunks of cars parked on Simmons' land. It was the worst mass murder in state history and one of the worst in U.S. history. Prosecutor John Bynum said he would ask for the death penalty. Patterson, who presided over Simmons' earlier trial, will preside again and has decided that the prospective jurors will be questioned one-by-one to help ensure that a fair jury is chosen. He followed the same procedure in Simmons' trial in Ozark, where a jury was chosen in 1{ days. Defense lawyers Robert E. ``Doc'' Irwin and John C. Harris said jury selection in the new trial may take three days. ``Not only can you not find 12 people in Johnson County who haven't heard about the case, you can't find 12 people in Arkansas, or maybe even the United States,'' Harris said. At the end of his first trial, Simmons startled Patterson by waiving the right to appeal and asking to be executed as soon as possible. ``Let the torture and suffering in me end,'' Simmons said. But his June 27 execution date was set aside because a Roman Catholic priest opposed to capital punishment, the Rev. Joseph Franz, filed motions contending that Simmons was incompetent, that his decision to waive his appeal rights was not a knowing and intelligent act and that an appeal was mandatory. The state Supreme Court turned down Franz on all three points, ruling that appeals were not mandatory if the defendant wanted to waive them and that Simmons was both competent to do so and did so knowingly and intelligently. A federal court in Little Rock is considering one aspect of Franz's argument: whether the waiver was a knowing and intelligent act. AP890206-0096 AP-NR-02-06-89 1353EST u w PM-CongressRdp 6thLd-Writethru 02-06 1095 PM-Congress Rdp, 6th Ld-Writethru,1,050 Pay Raise Vote Set Tuesday Eds: Combines pvs files a0569-a0574-a0476-a0550; INSERTS new 3rd graf with Gray predicting no pay raise; deletes last 6 grafs pvs to tighten By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) House Speaker Jim Wright, bowing to opponents of a 51 percent congressional pay raise, announced today he would order a roll call vote on the issue Tuesdy before the boost can take effect. ``The majority has spoken and the majority will speak even more emphatically tomorrow ... The majority will rule,'' he said. Rep. William Gray, D-Pa., chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, predicted their would be ``no pay raise, no change'' in the lawmakers' $89,500 salary. Wright, D-Texas, made the announcement from the House floor after opponents of the $45,500 increase won a key procedural vote on the subject, defeating an effort by the Democratic leadership to adjourn the House until Tuesday. An attempt to adjourn is normally such a routine procedure that it does not require a roll call vote. But in this case one was ordered, and its rejected on a 238-88 vote that showed opponents held the upper hand. The pay raise is scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. The Senate already has voted against the raise. The vote and Wright's subsequent announcement came after Majority Leader Thomas Foley, D-Wash., who was presiding over the day's House session, refused to recognize a pay-raise opponent who wanted to introduce a resolution calling for a vote on the hike. That set the stage for more than 30 minutes of barbed debate between the two sides. Rep. Arthur S. Ravenel, R-S.C., said the House was engaging in a ``shameful pay raise conspiracy'' by taking a money without voting for it. But Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., accused unnamed House members of ``hypocrisy'' by speaking out publicly against the raise and indicating privately that they wanted the money. Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she was going to be watching public opponents of the raise carefully to see whether they pocket the money. ``I hope the press will be watching,'' added Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. The proposed congressional pay is part of a package that would increase the salaries of federal judges as well as senior officials and managers in the executive branch. For members of the House and the Senate, the increase would amount to a raise from $89,500 to $135,000 a year. It was not immediately clear whether the vote that Wright set for Tuesday would affect the recommended increases for judges and administration officials. Wright's decision to order the vote capped a remarkable retreat for the speaker. As recently as last week he insisted there would be no vote on the pay raise. He attempted to lessen the political damage by spreading the word that the House would vote swiftly on legislation that would ban payment for honoraria for speeches and impose other curtailments on outside compensation. Later in the week, he conducted a private survey of House members and said the results showed they did not want a vote before the raise took effect. Despite that, random surveys by The Associated Press and other organizations showed that sentiment was in favor of a vote. By late last week, Wright had said he would seek to scale the 50 percent pay raise back to 30 percent while banning honoraria. Throughout the maneuvering, House Republican leaders lent their silent support to Wright's efforts to avoid a vote. Minority Leader Robert Michel, R-Ill., sat silently in his seat on the House floor during today's debate and vote. The Senate voted 95-5 last Thursday to reject the entire raise for Congress and other top federal officials, but it will become law automatically Wednesday under a special procedure unless the House also turns it down. The raise would apply to Congress, top Bush administration political appointees and judges, but the Constitution prevents reduction of judges' pay once they receive a raise. Under Wright's proposal to let the raise become law, rank-and-file lawmakers would see their salaries rise Wednesday from $89,500 to $135,000. The speaker's plan would scale that back to $116,350. The Senate already has voted to offset the 51 percent raise partially by banning honoraria while the higher pay is in effect. The House plans to pass its own package to ban speaking fees and limit other outside income. Public reaction to the congressional pay raise has been overwhelmingly negative. Dozens of protesters shouting ``No pay hike,'' ``Read our lips'' and ``Hey Mr. Speaker, haven't you heard, 50 percent is quite absurd,'' Sunday night met Democratic House members returning to Union Station from a weekend retreat at the luxurious Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. The lawmakers had earlier wondered aloud whether any strategy would satisfy the public _ and let them keep a pay raise. ``It'll sort of be like Andy Warhol said: We'll be rich for 15 minutes,'' said Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y. While lawmakers wrestle with their own pay this week, they'll also be working on solutions to protect the money that millions of Americans have in shaky savings and loans. About 350 insolvent S&Ls remain operating after regulators ``rescued'' 205 last year with promissory notes and loss guarantees. Bush met over the weekend with his top advisers on the S&L issue, and while he gave no clue to his intentions, administration officials said an announcement could come early this week. The Senate Armed Services Committee, meanwhile, is expected to vote by midweek on the nomination of former Sen. John G. Tower to be secretary of defense. The vote will take place after the panel receives an FBI report on what congressional sources say are new allegations of drinking and womanizing by the Texas Republican. The 51 percent pay raise for Congress and executive branch political appointees could remain in effect for some time if the two houses are unable to resolve their differences. Wright emphasized last week that his 30 percent rollback wouldn't be an increase at all _ but a dollar-for-dollar tradeoff _ for House members who have been pocketing the honoraria maximum of $26,850 _ 30 percent of salary. A Common Cause study showed that 108 House members were at or near the limit in 1987. While the 51 percent raise is law, House members giving up the maximum honoraria would gain $18,650 a year in the trade. Since senators have been allowed to retain 40 percent of their salary in honoraria _ $35,800 _ those at the maximum would gain $9,700 annually from the full raise. AP890206-0097 AP-NR-02-06-89 1440EST r a AM-People 02-06 0687 AM-People,0713 People in the News LaserPhoto NY44 MANILA, Philippines (AP) President Bush's brother Prescott met Monday with President Corazon Aquino and described her as a ``no-nonsense'' person like his sister-in-law. Prescott Bush, who arrived Sunday to explore business opportunities in the Philippines, said they talked about mutual friends and that Mrs. Aquino was looking forward to meeting first lady Barbara Bush in Tokyo this month at the funeral of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. ``She and my sister-in-law Barbara are very similar people. They are both no-nonsense people, very down-to-earth,'' he told reporters after the meeting. ``A lot of Filipino people love the president like a lot of American people love my sister-in-law.'' Bush, who owns a business consultancy firm, said he discussed investment prospects in Filipino firms during the meeting. GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) Historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Barbara Tuchman was in critical condition Monday in Greenwich Hospital, a spokeswoman said. Tuchman, 77, of Greenwich, was admitted Saturday, said hospital spokeswoman Vicki Pitluk. She said Tuchman's family asked officials not to disclose the nature of her illness. Tuchman's latest book, ``The First Salute,'' a look at the American Revolution and the Dutch revolution that preceded it by 200 years, has been on The New York Times best seller list for more than nine weeks. She won the Pulitzer for history for ``The Guns of August'' in 1962, and for ``Stilwell and the American Experience in China'' in 1971. She also wrote ``The Proud Tower,'' a story of Europe before World War I, and ``A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century,'' which traced the tumult of the period by following the career of a feudal lord. Tuchman said at an October book signing that she had not given any thought to her next book. ``I don't really need a new project now,'' Tuchman said. ``I need a good, long rest, really.'' LONDON (AP) Two Soviet theater companies will make their British debuts later this month under the auspices of Vanessa Redgrave Enterprises Limited, a production company named for the award-winning actress. The Vakhtangov Theater company will perform Mikhail Shatrov's ``The Peace of Brest-Litovsk'' on Feb. 15-18 and Shalom, a newly formed Moscow-Jewish theater company, will perform Arkady Khyte's ``The Train To Happiness,'' on Feb. 21-March 4. Both productions will run at the Lyric Theater in London with simultaneous translation by such noted British performers as Frances de la Tour, Alan Rickman, and Frances Barber. Redgrave is appearing until Feb. 18 in a widely praised revival of Tennessee Williams's ``Orpheus Descending'' at London's Theater Royal. The production may go to Broadway later this year. She will appear for one week, March 7-11, at the Lyric in ``Chekhov's Women,'' an anthology based on the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. On April 20, she opens at the Lyric in ``A Madhouse In Goa,'' a new play by Martin Sherman, the American author of ``Bent.'' SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Midnight Oil and INXS, both of whom had Top 10 albums in the United States last year, are among the nominees for best rock group in the Australian Record Industry Awards, organizers announced Monday. The two are listed along with Crowded House, the Black Sorrows and The Go-Betweens in the nominations for industry excellence, which will be announced March 6. Voting for the awards is conducted by members of the Australian music industry. NEW YORK (AP) Actress Robin Givens is prepared to sign an agreement that will end her stormy marriage with heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, her lawyer says. ``There were a few glitches. But I'm sure she'll sign later this week,'' Raoul Felder said Monday. Tyson already has signed, he said. He declined to discuss the settlement in detail. Asked who would get the couple's New Jersey mansion, he said: ``She never wanted it.'' ``Basically, she will keep what was hers, including all of her jewelry, and he will keep what is his,'' Felder said. After Miss Givens, who appears in ABC's situation comedy ``Head of the Class,'' co-signs the agreement, the couple will file for divorce in the Dominican Republic, Felder said. AP890206-0098 AP-NR-02-06-89 1445EST r a PM-SolomonsonSentencing 1stLd-Writethru a0564 02-06 0344 PM-Solomonson Sentencing, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0564,0345 Humphrey Son-In-Law Gets 46-Month Sentence in Fraud Case Eds: LEADS with 5 grafs to RECAST, clarifying that $616,761 was full restitution to insurance companies but not total allegedly taken. CORRECTS length of sentence in summary line. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) C. Bruce Solomonson, son-in-law of the late Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison today and ordered to pay back insurance companies he was found guilty of defrauding. ``I just want to express to my family and friends my sincere apologies for all the pain and suffering I have caused them,'' Solomonson told U.S. District Court Judge Edward Devitt before sentencing. ``I'm an honest man, a loyal man and I never intended to cause harm to them.'' Solomonson, 47, was convicted in December on nine counts of fraud. Prosecution witnesses testified he diverted more than $1.5 million from his two Edina insurance agencies to his personal use. The jury found that he altered company books to hide the illegal transactions. He was found guilty of one count of bank fraud and eight counts of mail fraud. Devitt ordered Solomonson to pay $616,761 as full restitution to seven insurance companies which Devitt said ``are victims of defendant's crimes.'' Solomonson brokered insurance for the seven companies. In addition to the money taken from the insurance companies, he was convicted of taking money from the partners in his insurance agencies. Devitt sentenced Solomonson to 46 months on each of the nine counts, but ordered that they be served concurrently. He also imposed five years' probation, and said Solomonson won't be eligible for probation unless he complies with the restitution order. Solomonson's wife, the former Nancy Humphrey, and his mother-in-law, Muriel Humphrey Brown, and other family members attended the sentencing hearing. The late Hubert Humphrey, a longtime Democratic U.S. senator as well as vice president under Lyndon Johnson, died in 1978. Assistant U.S. District Attorney Henry Shea asked for a stiff sentence, but did not specify the length of sentence he desired. AP890206-0099 AP-NR-02-06-89 1445EST r a AM-ABA-Rehnquist 02-06 0620 AM-ABA-Rehnquist,0637 Rehnquist Calls for Reform To Stop Execution Delays ^Eds: For release at 4 p.m. EST. By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called Monday for reform in a death penalty system that he said invites delays in executions that extend for years. Rehnquist, in a speech prepared for the American Bar Association, acknowledged that federal courts have overturned many state convictions in death-penalty cases. The NAACP legal defense and educational fund says about 40 percent of state death penalty convictions and sentences are overturned by federal courts. ``But to my mind the flaw in the present system is not that capital sentences are set aside by federal courts, but that litigation ultimately resolved in favor of the states takes literally years and years and years,'' Rehnquist said. The chief justice cited the most recent execution in the country, that of serial killer Ted Bundy in Florida on Jan. 24, as an example of a system of death penalty appeals that is often ``chaotic and drawn out unnecessarily.'' Rehnquist noted that the Supreme Court turned down three separate emergency pleas in Bundy's behalf hours before he was put to death. ``All three of these actions were being prosecuted simultaneously on the day before the execution of a prisoner who had been on death row for nine years,'' he said. ``Surely it would be a bold person to say that this system could not be improved.'' Rehnquist, renewing an appeal he made about a year ago to a conference of state chief justices, urged the ABA to support reform of the death penalty appeal process. Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell was appointed by Rehnquist to head a committee of federal judges looking into the question, and the ABA also has a panel studying the issue. Rehnquist said he is not calling for a drastic curtailing of the right of convicted killers to appeal to the federal courts for help _ a process known as federal habeas corpus. Rather, the chief justice said, he is seeking ``modest changes which will impose some structure'' on a system in which the average time elapsed between the commission of a crime and execution is eight years nationally and more than 13 years in some states. There are more than 2,000 prisoners on death row nationwide. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court allowed states to reinstate the death penalty, there have been 106 executions nationwide. More than 11,000 federal court appeals were filed last year in death penalty cases. Rehnquist endorsed a requirement that all such appeals be consolidated in ``one petition and filed within a reasonable time'' after state court appeals have been exhausted. He also said states could promote speedier resolution of death penalty cases by giving incentives for lawyers to represent those filing federal appeals. On another subject, Rehnquist reiterated his endorsement of a 50 percent increase in pay for federal judges that will take effect Wednesday unless blocked before then by both houses of Congress. The judicial pay increase is part of a package that includes a similar hike for members of Congress. ``These increases simply restore to federal judges the purchasing power that has been eaten away by inflation over the past 20 years,'' Rehnquist said. ``They are essential if we are to continue to attract from the financially greener fields of private practice the sort of experienced and capable lawyers whom we want as judges.'' Rehnquist also proposed some changes aimed at reducing the workload for the federal courts. For example, he said someone from one state suing someone from another state should not have an automatic right to take the case to federal court on that basis. AP890206-0100 AP-NR-02-06-89 1517EST r w AM-Productivity 02-06 0527 AM-Productivity,520 Productivity Unchanged In Fourth Quarter; Up 1.4 Percent For 1988 By John King AP Labor Writer WASHINGTON (AP) American workers increased their productivity by 1.4 percent last year, the government reported Monday, an improvement over 1987 that nonetheless revived doubts about economic projections at the heart of President Bush's spending plans. The 1.4 percent gain in non-farm business productivity was up from 0.8 percent in 1987 and matched the average 1.4 percent annual gain experienced since the end of the 1981-82 recession, the Labor Department reported. Increased productivity _ getting each worker to produce more each hour he or she is on the job _ is vital to economic growth without inflation, particularly given the current squeeze in the labor market. Total business productivity, including farming, fell at a 2.0 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 1988 because of a drop in farm productivity. Manufacturers reported a 3.2 percent increase in productivity last year, down from 3.4 percent in 1987, the Labor Department said. In his final budget, former President Reagan forecasted a 1.2 percent productivity gain in 1989, a 1.8 percent rise in 1990, a 2 percent jump in 1991 and 2.1 percent increases the next three years. That forecast, adopted by Bush fiscal advisers, calls for average annual productivity gains of 1.9 percent for 1989-1994. But analysts said there was nothing in the 1988 productivity report to suggest that type of improvement would occur, particularly at a time of slow labor force growth. Meeting those targets would be essential to reaching the more than 3 percent average annual economic growth called for in the budget forecast without a significant increase in inflation. Indeed, the budget blueprint assumes higher productivity and lower inflation, something most analysts say is improbable. ``Nobody believes that forecast, not even the guys who wrote it,'' said Michael Evans, president of Evans Economics of Washington. ``There really is no chance of productivity doubling in the next few years, under any conceivable circumstances that I can see.'' Evans attributed the overall productivity gain in 1988 to the rapid economic expansion early in the year, citing unchanged productivity in the fourth quarter and the smaller 0.7 percent change in the final quarter compared to the same period of 1987. ``That is extremely sluggish growth in productivity,'' said Evans. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan last week also questioned the likelihood of 3 percent or higher annual economic growth and declining inflation as assumed in the budget forecast. Greenspan is expected to move to tighten the central bank's reins on credit _ thereby slowing economic growth _ when its Open Market Committee meets this week to set 1989 monetary targets. If, as expected, the Fed moves to slow economic growth to about 2.5 percent a year, productivity would be affected as well and gains in the next five years likely will average 1.4 percent as they have the past six years, said economist Roger Brinner of Data Resources Inc., a Lexington, Mass.,-based forecasting firm. ``What happens when the economy slows down is that you get a cyclical reduction in productivity,'' Brinner said. ``That's a problem for the Bush administration.'' AP890206-0101 AP-NR-02-06-89 2133EST d a AM-BRF--CaveRescue 02-06 0144 AM-BRF--Cave Rescue,0148 Four Rescued From Cave CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Four men were rescued from a cave Monday after being stranded for nearly 17 hours when their only flashlight stopped operating, police said. The men were cold and hungry but uninjured when members of the Chattanooga Police Rescue Squad found them about 10 a.m., said police spokesman Vince Dean. The men, all 22 years old, went into Airplane Cave below Raccoon Mountain about 5 p.m. Sunday, apparently intending to stay no more than an hour, Dean said. But soon the batteries in the flashlight went dead, so they decided to wait in the dark until their families became worried and sent for help, he said. ``They were not experienced (cavers),'' said the police spokesman. They were identified as Steven Brooks, Clayton Waller, Manual Watson and George Beason, all from Chattanooga, said Dean. AP890206-0102 AP-NR-02-06-89 1520EST r i AM-Obit-Trionfo 02-06 0166 AM-Obit-Trionfo,0172 Theater Producer Aldo Trionfo Dead at 68 GENOA, Italy (AP) Avant-garde theater producer and director Aldo Trionfo died Monday of an apparent heart attack at his home. He was 68. Trionfo had survived three earlier heart attacks, which had limited his activities during recent years. Born Feb. 5, 1921, to a Jewish family living in Genoa, Trionfo spent his early school years in his hometown. His family later fled to Switzerland to escape Nazi persecution. After receiving an engineering degree at Lausanne, Trionfo returned to Genoa, where he became interested in cinema. He later gave up cinema for the stage, and in 1957 founded the Borsa d'Arlecchino _ or Harlequin Exchange _ a cafe theater where he presented his first experimental productions. Among the works he interpreted were ``Drums in the Night'' by Brecht and ``Titus Andronicus'' by Shakespeare. He served as artistic director of the Turin theater from 1972 to 1976. Trionfo, who was not married, is survived by a sister. AP890206-0103 AP-NR-02-06-89 1520EST r a AM-People-Brubeck 02-06 0094 AM-People-Brubeck,0097 Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck To Have Heart Surgery NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will undergo coronary bypass surgery Wednesday at Yale-New Haven Hospital, a spokesman said. Brubeck, 68, a Wilton resident, will have two to four blocked heart arteries replaced, according to his manager, Russell Gloyd. Brubeck plans to resume limited travel and performances in a couple of months, Gloyd said. Doctors have been on guard about Brubeck's problems with clogged arteries for about eight years, but decided only recently that he should have surgery, Gloyd said. AP890206-0104 AP-NR-02-06-89 1523EST r a AM-Penthouse-Swaggart 02-06 0247 AM-Penthouse-Swaggart,0254 Stripper Stands by Story By BILL STIEG Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) A stripper who said she performed sex acts while television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart watched denied Monday that she made up her story to cash in on publicity surrounding a similar story last year. Catherine Mary Kampen said she received anonymous offers of hush money to stop publication of the allegations, which appeared last week in Penthouse magazine, and received threats before and after publication. Swaggart said last week there was no truth to the story and Kampen's employer called it a ``pornographic fairy tale'' invented for financial gain. ``Every word that's written in this magazine is true,'' Kampen declared Monday at a news conference. She and a magazine spokeswoman declined to say how much she received for her cooperation, but Kampen said, ``It was such a small sum of money that it really is inconsequential.'' Swaggart last February confessed to an undisclosed sin involving a prostitute and was later defrocked by the Assemblies of God ministry. She said she offered to tell her story to reporter Art Harris for free, and did not receive the money until long after she talked to him in the spring of 1988. ``If I was going to make something up, to cash in on something, I surely wouldn't have made this up,'' she said at a news conference at Penthouse offices, noting that the story ``does not exactly put me in a good light.'' AP890206-0105 AP-NR-02-06-89 1529EST r i AM-Pollard 02-06 0386 AM-Pollard,0396 Former Refuseniks Ask For Pollard Release JERUSALEM (AP) Former Soviet political prisoners appealed to President Bush on Monday to pardon Jonathan Pollard and his wife, who were convicted in a spy case involving Israel. ``Please grant them their freedom and, should they wish to come to Israel, we will gratefully receive them into our community,'' said their petition. The appeal was presented to the U.S. Consulate in West Jerusalem at a rally that drew around 50 people, about half of them former Soviet refuseniks _ Jews who have been denied emigration. The rally was sponsored by the Organization of Soviet Prisoners of Zion, a group uniting immigrants who have been in Soviet prisons for Zionist activity. ``Jonathan Pollard understood the tragic history of our people and acted with desperate urgency to protect the people of Israel,'' the petition said. ``His course of action, though unwise, was not intended to hurt his country but to prevent another tragedy for the remaining Jewish people.'' Yosef Begun, the former refusenik who waged a 17-year battle to emigrate and spent a decade in and out of jail, stood near Ida Nudel, known as the ``guardian angel'' of refuseniks before her 1987 emigration. They held a sign with portraits of Pollard and his wife, Anne Henderson-Pollard. The appeal was the latest in a series from Israel seeking freedom for Polland and his wife. Last month, the Israeli parliament passed a resolution urging they be freed. Miss Nudel said on Israel army radio the Pollards were ``hostages in a foreign country'' and appealed for better medical treatment for Mrs. Henderson-Pollard. Pollard, arrested in 1985, is serving a life sentence in the United States for selling top-secret military documents to Israel. His wife was sentenced in March 1987 to five years in prison for conspiracy to receive embezzled government property. She has suffered from a chronic digestive tract disease and was transferred last month to a prison hospital in Rochester, Minn., after collapsing at a minimum-security prison in Danbury, Conn. Relatives have alleged she did not receive proper treatment. The demonstrators, who also included 20 Americans in Israel as volunteers with the B'nai Brith organization, carried placards reading ``Jonathan didn't harm the U.S. Why, then, the maximum sentence?'' and ``Was Anne's five-year sentence meant to be a death sentence?'' AP890206-0106 AP-NR-02-06-89 1535EST r a AM-HouseBonds 02-06 0435 AM-House Bonds,0442 Bond Program Would Help Young Families Afford Homes LANSING, Mich. (AP) First-time homebuyers would be guaranteed a down payment by investing in state bonds under a program Gov. James Blanchard said Monday is designed to give everyone a crack at the American dream. ``Anything government can do to help the next generation realize their dreams is extremely important. I think this program will not only work, but sweep the country,'' Blanchard said of the Home Ownership Savings Trust Program he plans to announce Tuesday night in his State of the State address. Details of the program still are being worked out, but Blanchard said the goal of the program he hopes will begin this year is to help young families save the 5 percent or 10 percent down payment they need to buy a house. Prospective homeowners would give the state a lump sum or make monthly payments to buy tax-free bonds, like an $800 million issue approved by voters in November for environmental cleanup and parks. At the end of a contract that could range from three to 10 years, the families would have enough for a down payment for a house in a price range they chose at the outset. If prices go up faster than expected, the state would make up the difference; if they go up slower, the state would keep the difference. The approachh is similar to the Michigan Education Trust, in which parents pay a lump sum to guarantee their child's tuition at one of 15 universities or 29 community colleges. Officials estimate college tuition could ach $25,000 in 18 years; It cost about $6,800 to enroll a newborn in the trust last year. More than 40,000 children were enrolled for a total investment of $265 million. State Department of Treasury officials believe the program can be started without approval from the Legislature. ``The state is not spending money at all. You're guaranteeing, that's all,'' Blanchard said. ``In this case, you're also using tax-free bonds that we would have to pay for anyway. ``Usually, tax-free bonds are sold in denominations of $5,000, $10,000 or $100,000. In this program, we're going to sell them in small units so young couples can buy them and have the tax-free status of the interest earned.'' The program will help reverse the trend of declining home ownership among young couples and a declining rate of savings, he said. ``It deals with a whole range of problems I've seen in our society. We've got a whole new generation of people that may not have the same opportunities that we have.'' AP890206-0107 AP-NR-02-06-89 1511EST u a PM-KittyDukakis-Alcohol 3rdLd-Writethru a0593 02-06 0765 PM-Kitty Dukakis-Alcohol, 3rd Ld - Writethru, a0593,0780 Dukakis' Wife, Kitty, Seeks Help for Alcohol Problem Eds: SUBS lead to recast; ; SUBS 7th graf `Dukakis said...', with 2 grafs to UPDATE with news conference scheduled, move up reference to Dukakis not running again for governor. ADDS 2 grafs of background on center. Informatively, news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST; lead for PMs unlikely. LaserPhoto BX6 By CHRIS DALY Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, has entered an alcohol treatment program, according to a statement issued by the governor today that blamed the problem on the letdown after his failed presidential campaign. Mrs. Dukakis, 52, has had a history of addictions and chemical dependency but was never known to be dependent on alcohol until the statement was released this afternoon. In July 1987, Mrs. Dukakis announced that she had recovered from a 26-year dependency on diet pills. The governor's wife said she had conquered her addiction to amphetamines, which she hid from her husband, after undergoing treatment at a Minnesota facility in 1982. Dukakis said today that his wife entered the Edgehill Newport facility in Newport, R.I., Sunday evening and will stay there for about 30 days. ``Until shortly after election day on Nov. 8, Kitty had never had a problem with alcohol,'' Dukakis said. ``Unfortunately, a combination of physical exhaustion, the stress of the campaign effort and the post-election letdown all combined to create a situation in which, on a limited number of occasions while at home, she has used alcohol in excessive quantities,'' the governor said. Dukakis' press office did not answer questions about the statement but said the governor would hold a news conference later today. Dukakis, who last month abruptly announced that he would not seek a fourth term as govenor, said in his statement that Mrs. Dukakis decided to enter the well-known clinic voluntarily and said he and his family supported her decision. ``We know how loved and respected she is both here in the commonwealth and across the nation _ and she is grateful for the love and support she has received from so many good and decent people,'' Dukakis said. Mrs. Dukakis, who won high marks as a political campaigner during her husband's 1988 presidential effort, has been prominent in the fight to educate youngsters against the perils of drug and alcohol abuse. Since the presidential defeat, Mrs. Dukakis has launched a new career as an author and lecturer and has not appeared at her husband's side on several occasions when she might have been expected. On Jan. 3, for example, when Dukakis made the surprise announcement that he would not seek a fourth term as governor, some observers remarked on the fact that Mrs. Dukakis was not present. Last week, the governor and first lady celebrated the birth of their first grandchild _ Alexandra Jane Dukakis, the daughter of John and Lisa Dukakis. In July 1987, Mrs. Dukakis _ with her husband at her side _ revealed that she had been drug-free for five years after seeking treatment at the Hazelton Center in Centre City, Minn. Mrs. Dukakis said she began taking mild amphetamines in 1956 as a teen-ager to control her weight. She continued the practice secretively for two decades and said her husband did not know of her dependency when they married in June 1963. The governor first discovered her drug problem in 1974. Mrs. Dukakis said they discussed the issue and that she stopped taking the pills for a while. In 1982, Dukakis discovered that his wife was again taking pills, and the couple decided that Mrs. Dukakis should seek the clinic's help. She entered the 30-day Minnesota program on July 14, 1982. In 1982, the public was told that Mrs. Dukakis was suffering from hepatitis. When she announced in 1987 the real reason for her disappearance from the public scene five years earlier, she said: ``after five years of being chemical-free, I feel strong and confident in myself and what I've done. And secondly, and as important or more important, one of the tenets of recovering is helping other people. It's important for me to talk about this publicly, to try to help other people who have the same kind of dependency.'' Edgehill Newport was founded in 1980 and is described as the largest private alcohol treatment center in New England. New patients are put through a detoxification center, then transferred to other rooms for the balance of the 28-day program. It includes intensive counseling and emphasis on rest and proper diet. AP890206-0108 AP-NR-02-06-89 1536EST r a PM-TurnpikeExplosives 2ndLd-Writethru a0599nditionsatPennsylvaniaresortscompiledMondaybythestateCommerce 02-06 0103 PM-Turnpike Explosives, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0599,0100 Convicted Japanese Terrorist's Sentencing Delayed Eds: LEADS with 2 grafs to RECAST. By MELANIE MADER Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Sentencing today of a reputed Japanese Red Army terrorist convicted of transporting explosives was postponed until at least Tuesday. The government has charged that Yu Kikumura, who was arrested last April at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop, was acting in conjunction with a worldwide Libyan terrorist conspiracy and planned to bomb a Navy recruiting station in New York. He could get up to 100 years in prison. Kikumura was, 3rd graf AP890206-0109 AP-NR-02-06-89 1536EST r i AM-BRF--SovietVessel 02-06 0103 AM-BRF--Soviet Vessel,0105 Soviet Scientific Vessel Impounded, Scot Among Crew FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) A Soviet scientific vessel was impounded after it berthed twice without permission, police sources said Monday. Aboard the Akademic Keldysh were 101 crew members, all of whom were Soviet nationals except for one Scottish national, said the sources, who declined to be further identified. The Scotsman was identified as George Gillet of Saltburn. The vessel, which carries two small submarines, was doing scientific exploration off the Sierra Leone coast, the police sources said. The captain was identified as Victor Kazmin but no other details were immediately available. AP890206-0110 AP-NR-02-06-89 1538EST r a AM-JonesvillePostOffice 02-06 0546 AM-Jonesville Post Office,0563 After 142 Years, Post Office Is Moving Out Of General Store By DAVE PEGO Associated Press Writer JONESVILLE, Texas (AP) After 142 years, the Jonesville post office finally has outgrown T.C. Lindsey's general store. The post office is among the nation's oldest in an original site and has been used several times as a movie location because of its old-fashioned look. But stardom doesn't turn the head of its postmaster, who once refused to let a film crew take down the American flag flying over the building. Now it's combination-lock boxes, hand-sorter slots and original hand canceler will all soon be part of the past. Land for a new building has been selected about 500 feet to the north, and the postal department is getting ready to take bids. Postmaster Reba Nolan says she hates to move out of the colorful general store that draws visitors from across the nation, but she says a new building is an absolute necessity for this East Texas town of about 400. ``We're bursting out the seams,'' Mrs. Nolan said last week. ``I'm literally crawling over the mail to get out the door.'' But Mrs. Nolan, who has been postmaster four years, says she hopes the general store's owners will keep the post office intact as a well-preserved page of American history. Mrs. Nolan still cancels Jonesville mail with the post office's original hand canceler. Also intact is an old-fashioned service window with metal bars that has been featured in several movies. The post office was once saved from closing by Mrs. Nolan's predecessor, Emma Vaughan. Mrs. Vaughan, whose husband owns the general store and still operates it, said she took the job in 1949 after learning she was the only one in town with a Civil Service rating. ``I had to take it because I was the only one that was qualified,'' Mrs. Vaughan said. ``We knew that if it closed, we'd never get another one. I agreed to keep it for six months _ but I stayed 38 years.'' She initially made $1,000 annually as the Jonesville postmaster. Mrs. Vaughan said her salary had increased 25-fold by the time she retired. Mrs. Vaughan said she hates to see progress force the post office out of her husband's store but said her family is part of the reason it has to move. ``My son owns an oil company and his mail volume has really increased,'' she said. Mrs. Nolan is only the fourth Jonesville postmaster since World War I. She had a run-in several years ago with the people filming a remake of ``The Long Hot Summer,'' which starred Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd and Jason Robards. She said she let the production crew pretty much have the run of the post office, but drew a hard line when she saw them taking down the post office's American flag. They explained the halyard was clanging against the flagpole in a brisk Texas wind and was ruining the movie's sound track. They begged her to let them take it down, but she was staunch in her refusal. ``I told them they could just have someone shinny up the pole and hold it down if they wanted it quiet, but it wasn't coming down,'' she said. AP890206-0111 AP-NR-02-06-89 1542EST r i AM-Hungary 02-06 0483 AM-Hungary,0499 Groups Seek Reappraisal of 1956 Revolt BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Official and independent groups Monday increased pressure on Hungarian leaders to accept a Communist Party reformer's appraisal of the 1956 revolt as a popular uprising. MTI state news agency carried statements giving unqualified backing to Politburo member Imre Pozsgay. He stunned Hungarians nine days ago when he said in a radio interview the 1956 revolt, crushed by Soviet tanks, was a popular uprising. For three decades, the revolt officially has been branded a counterrevolution instigated from abroad to destroy communism. Pozsgay's statement touched off differences with other party leaders. MTI released statements of the official Hungarian Writers' Union and revived Smallholders' Party as well as of an alliance of 15 independent political groups, including the Union of Young Democrats and Hungarian Democratic Forum. They appear designed to bolster Pozsgay, after the reformer was rebuked by party chief Karoly Grosz, other senior officials and the Ferenc Muennich Society, a club of conservative communists opposing Hungary's fast-moving reform movement. Apparently reacting to his critics in the party, Pozsgay toned down his statement Saturday, telling a workers' meeting ``popular uprising ... is not a final formula or a verdict but one recommended ... in the spirit of reconciliation with the people.'' Pozsgay has to answer for his stand at a special Central Committee meeting Friday. The Smallholders said they consider October 1956 ``as a national uprising and a revolution against Stalinism,'' and find Pozsgay's reappraisal ``a compromise acceptable for society.'' The other independent groups said political cooperation with the communists is conceivable only ``if there is a just historical appraisal and a revised outlook on the popular uprising unleashed in 1956 against the Stalinist party state.'' Over the weekend, the daughter of revolt leader Imre Nagy and widows of two Nagy colleagues executed for their part in the 1956 uprising, appeared on television for the first time in 32 years. They called for a public reburial of their relatives. Nagy was executed by the Soviets, whom the Hungarian leadership invited to crush the revolt. The official Hungarian Roman Catholic weekly Uj Ember, meanwhile, reported that the 1948 trial and life sentencing of the late Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty was rigged. Uj Ember said published documents show his trial ``was carried out according to a pre-planned and prepared concept.'' The former primate of the Hungarian Catholic Church was arrested in 1948 as an enemy of communism and, following a humiliating trial, was sentenced to life imprisonment under false charges of high treason. In 1956, the cardinal was freed from prison by Hungarian revolutionaries. After the uprising, he found permanent shelter in the U.S. Legation in Budapest. In 1971, under an agreement between the Vatican and the Hungarian government, Mindszenty left his asylum at the American mission and after a short stay in Rome settled in Vienna, where he died in May 1975 at age 83. AP890206-0112 AP-NR-02-06-89 1600EST r a AM-ChildrenSocieties 02-06 0514 AM-Children Societies,0526 Attorney General: Stop Children Societies From Acting as Police Forces By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Outdated state laws aimed at preventing child abuse have allowed some organizations to act as illegal police forces, glorified gun clubs and fronts for drug rings, the state attorney general said Monday. Legislators should repeal the 1875 law that authorizes creation of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children, Attorney General Robert Abrams said in his report on a year-long investigation. ``Many of them have become para-police organizations with no legitimate purpose having to do with children at all,'' Abrams said. Some groups have cars and uniforms, patrolling the streets and arresting people for traffic violations, according to the report. Members deceive people into thinking they're police officers and have caches of firearms. Federal drug agents taped a conversation of a Sullivan County member bragging that he uses SPCC credentials to make drug dealing easier, the attorney general said. The 1875 law was passed at a time when government agencies played no role in child protection. Lawmakers gave SPCC officers peace officer status, meaning they can carry handguns and make arrests, and gave them the right to enforce ``all laws relating to or affecting children,'' said Abrams' report. New York has 24 licensed SPCCs. Seven, all formed before 1920, act as social service agencies and don't use peace officer powers. The remainder, all but one formed after 1972, ``either have a distinct law enforcement orientation ... or do nothing at all,'' Abrams said. Five of these have dissolved and five are in the process. There are only three such societies outside New York. Abrams said groups in Nassau County and Brooklyn have applications pending for new SPCC's, but he's opposing them in court. He is calling for the deletion of SPCC agents from the list of peace officers, and is proposing that the state Department of Social Services be given the authority to supervise all SPCC's. Among the problems detailed in the report were: _A Westchester County society that searched a 16-year-old boy at gunpoint and bound him to a chair overnight. Abrams obtained an injunction barring that group from detaining suspects anywhere but in jails. _A Suffolk County society was investigating the illegal sale of alcohol to minors in bars. _Long Island society members pulled cars over on New York City highways, in one case drawing guns and telling the person they were police. _A Sullivan County society member said in a tape-recorded conversation that his status gave him access to weapons and less scrutiny when stopped by police. He was arrested on charges of selling cocaine to an undercover federal agent. Investigators found no evidence that any organizations obstructed child abuse investigations. If someone with a legitimate abuse complaint calls one of the societies, they're generally told to contact a social service agency. Kenneth Ellman, head of the Westchester County SPCC, criticized Abrams and said the state needed more SPCC services, not less. These organizations give people an option when other state agencies have failed, he said. AP890206-0113 AP-NR-02-06-89 1621EST r i AM-India-Bathing 02-06 0684 AM-India-Bathing,0705 Millions Take a Dip for Salvation By DILIP GANGULY Associated Press Writer ALLAHABAD, India (AP) Millions of barefoot Hindus from across India jostled and pushed their way to take a dip at the confluence of two sacred rivers Monday in hopes it would bring them eternal salvation. An estimated 15 million people bathed at river banks in this central Indian city during the day, many starting as early as 4 a.m., authorities said. Hindus believe that Lord Brahma, the creator of the Earth and one of the ruling trinity of a pantheon of gods and goddesses, awakes at that hour. The bathing is the high point of the seven-week Kumbh Mela festival, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the largest religious gathering on Earth. ``The grand show was a grand success,'' said Ravindra Gupta, the chief administrator of Allahabad. ``It was a difficult day for us but it's over.'' His relief came from the fact that the fair _ a logistical nightmare at the best of times _ had ended without any major problems. Stampedes and armed confrontations between different Hindu sects have claimed hundreds of lives in previous fairs. In 1954, at least 800 people died in a stampede. Police said four people died Monday. Two were drowned when their boat capsized in midstream and two others died of natural causes, said Superintendent Vibhuti Narain Rai. Authorities make arrangements for the supply of 13,000 gallons of milk, 10 tons of butter and 5 tons of cheese to the pilgrims every day. Allahabad city officials have also stockpiled 10,000 tons of wheat, 4,000 tons of rice and 2,000 tons of sugar. The Kumbh Mela is celebrated every 12 years when a rare planetary configuration occurs: Jupiter in Taurus, the sun and moon in Capricorn, and a series of complicated calculations of Hindu astrology. Monday is considered the climax of the festival, which started Jan. 14, because it is also the day of the new moon, another good omen. The festival takes its name of Kumbh Mela from Hindu mythology when the gods seized a pot of nectar that made them invincible in their war against the demons. A drop of nectar from the gods' pot is thought to have fallen at Allahabad where the Ganges and Jamuna rivers come together. A bath at the spot where the nectar fell is supposed to bring salvation from the cycle of birth and rebirth. The pilgrims were a diverse lot. Holy men from Himalayan cave homes and naked recluses from forest dens came to the river banks in chariots and on camels draped with brightly embroidered cloths. Most trekked to the bathing spots but some came on horseback and the more affluent in Mercedes salons. The bathing at the Kumbh Mela began with processions of holy men, their order determined from days of yore according to the importance of their sects, dipping at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Swaraswati. The Swaraswati cannot be seen, but Hindus believe it flows beneath the Earth's surface where the two other rivers meet. The rivers turned muddy brown and foul smelling as more bathers immersed themselves. Many used empty liquor bottles and pots to carry the holy water home. ``Either these people are crazy or there must be something we can't see or understand,'' said Nina Marshall, 23, of Berkeley, Calif. ``It is vibrating,'' she said, pointing to the barefoot pilgrims walking to the junction of the Ganges and Jamuna rivers. She was among dozens of Americans who had come to see the unique religious spectacle. For the faithful, the bathing is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ``I planned this trip five years back when we had a good crop,'' said Sarju Mahato, a farmer from Bihar state, as he tended the blisters on his two sons' feet. ``We saved money and came here.'' Ganesh Dasgupta, a railroad worker from Calcutta, brought his family of six and said with satisfaction: ``I have got what I wanted. A bath here is equal to visiting all the pilgrim centers in the country.'' AP890206-0114 AP-NR-02-06-89 1633EST r i AM-Poland-Participants 02-06 0483 AM-Poland-Participants,0540 Participants in Talks in Poland WARSAW, Poland (AP) Participants in the talks between authorities and the opposition, as announced in the official media Monday: Interior Minister Gen. Czeszlaw Kiszczak _ Host of meeting, top government delegate to talks. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa _ Leader of 25-member opposition delegation. Tomasz Adamczuk _ Communist-allied Peasants' Party Sejm (parliament) deputy. Norbert Aleksiewicz _ Communist Party farming activist, Sejm deputy. Stefan Bratkowski _ Independent journalist, former chairman of pro-Solidarity journalists' union. Zbigniew Bujak _ Solidarity activist. Stanislaw Ciosek _ Politburo member. Rev. Bronislaw Dembowski _ Church representative. Wladyslaw Findeisen _ Former rector of Warsaw Polytechnic College, social adviser to Cardinal Jozef Glemp. Wladyslaw Frasyniuk _ Solidarity activist. Bronislaw Geremek _ Historian, adviser to Walesa. Aleksander Gieysztor _ Curator of Warsaw Castle Member of Consultative council to Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski. Mieczyslaw Gil _ Solidarity activist strike leader. Wieslaw Gwizdz _ Catholic activist, Sejm deputy. Aleksander Hall _ Independent journalist. Marek Holdakowski _ Alternate party Politburo member. Jan Janowski _ Communist-allied Democratic Party, Sejm deputy. Janusz Jarlinski _ Miner, activist in government-backed trade union. Zenon Komender _ Deputy chairman of Council of State. Jan Kostrzewski _ Member of Jaruzelski's Consultative Council. Mikolaj Kozakiewicz _ Sociologist, liberal activist in communist-allied Peasants' Party, Sejm deputy. Bogdan Krolewski _ Communist-allied Peasants' Party. Jacek Kuron _ Solidarity adviser. Aleksander Kwasniewski _ Government minister of sports and tourism. Wladyslaw Liwak _ Solidarity activist, strike leader. Maciej Manicki _ Official trade unions activist. Harald Matuszewski _ Official trade unions activist. Tadeusz Mazowiecki _ Solidarity adviser. Jacek Merkel _ Solidarity activist, aide to Walesa. Adam Michnik _ Solidarity adviser. Leszek Miller _ Communist Party Central Committee secretary. Alfred Miodowicz _ Chairman of official trade unions, OPZZ. Kazimierz Morawski _ Communist-allied Christian-Social Union. Bishop Janusz Narzynski _ Church representative. Rev. Alojzy Orszulik _ Church representative. Jerzy Ozdowski _ Sejm deputy speaker. Alojzy Pietrzyk _ Solidarity activist, strike leader. Anna Przeclawska _ Member of Jaruzelski's Consultative Council. Edward Radziewicz _ Solidarity activist, strike leader. Tadeusz Raczkiewicz _ Government-supported farmers' union. Jan Rychlewski _ Polish Academy of Sciences. Henryk Samsonowicz _ Former rector of Warsaw University, pro-Solidarity. Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki _ Lawyer former Solidarity adviser, current member of Jaruzelski's Consultative Council. Zbigniew Sobotka _ Alternate member Communist Party Politburo. Romuald Sosnowski _ OPZZ deputy chairman. Andrzej Stelmachowski _ Chairman of Warsaw Club of Catholic Intelligentsia, adviser to Walesa. Stanislaw Stomma _ Church-affiliated intellectual, founder of an independent political club. Klemens Szaniawski _ Independent philosopher. Jan Jozef Szczepanski _ Catholic journalist. Edward Szwajkiewicz _ Solidarity activist. Jozef Slisz _ Farmer, leader of banned rural Solidarity union. Witold Trzeciakowski _ Church-affiliated intellectual, member of Citizens' Committee formed by Walesa. Jerzy Turowicz _ Editor of influential Catholic church weekly Tygodnik Powszechny. Andrzej Wielowieyski _ Economist, Solidarity adviser. Stanislaw Wisniewski _ Official trade unions activist. Jan Zaciura _ Member of government-supported teachers' union. Edward Zglobicki _ Communist-allied Democratic Party. AP890206-0115 AP-NR-02-06-89 1606EST u i AM-Iran-Iraq 02-06 0529 AM-Iran-Iraq,0549 Iran Says It Will Use Diplomacy to Export Revolution By ALEX EFTY Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran will use diplomacy to export its Islamic revolution, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said Monday, but he appeared unwilling to use that persuasion on Tehran's biggest foes, Washington and Iraq. Iran will hold direct peace talks with Iraq ``soon,'' but they will make no progress unless Iraqi troops withdraw from Iranian territory, Velayati told a news conference. He also said better relations with the United States are possible only if Washington changes its hostile posture toward Iran's revolution. ``We have a concept and we are going to continue the policy to export the revolution,'' said Velayati. ``But this doesn't mean we're going to export the revolution with a gun. ``You're trying to make other people in the world to be Western-oriented,'' he told scores of foreign reporters in Tehran for 10th anniversary celebrations of the revolution. ``We're going to do the same on the basis of our Islamic beliefs and concepts,'' he said. Iran has been restoring relations with Western countries and its gulf neighbors in a new open-door policy aimed at ending a decade of self-imposed isolation. ``Except for the Palestine-occupying regime (Israel) and the racist South African regime, and precluding American sabotage, we desire good relations with other countries of the world,'' Velayati said. The Tehran hierarchy is deeply divided over restoring links with the United States, severed in 1979. Tehran's so-called pragmatists have united, however, to make it clear Iran has backed off the militant export of its fundamentalist revolution since the Aug. 20 U.N.-sponsored cease-fire in Iran's eight-year war with Iraq. Velayati said peace talks with Iraq were effectively deadlocked, and Baghdad was making no effort to get them going again. ``If Iraq adopts a stubborn attitude and refuses to retreat the talks will get nowhere,'' he said. He gave no date for resuming the talks, deadlocked since last November over the issue of troop withdrawals. Both Velayati and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz are due in New York this week for talks with U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar that could bring the two face-to-face. Meanwhile, Aziz sent a letter to Perez de Cuellar saying Iraq rejects any Iranian preconditions for resuming talks, the official Iraqi News Agency reported Monday. INA reported the letter said Iraq is ready to cooperate with the secretary-general in a ``constructive manner'' to break the deadlock. Aziz accused Iran of neglecting its obligations under the U.N. cease-fire resolution by insisting on a troop withdrawal. Iran claims Iraq still holds 390 square miles of its territory. Iraq refuses to withdraw without a guarantee of freedom of navigation in the gulf. Airlines that suspended their flights because of the war have begun to fly back to Iran and Iraq. Alitalia, the Italian airline, announced Monday it is resuming separate weekly flights to Tehran and Baghdad this week. Tehran has been spruced up for the revolution's anniversary. Buildings are draped in flags and sparkle at night with cascades of colored lights in sharp contrast to celebrations during the war, when blackouts were in effect to combat Iraqi missile strikes. AP890206-0116 AP-NR-02-06-89 1815EST r w AM-US-SovietTrade 02-06 0658 AM-US-Soviet Trade,630 Author Of Trade-Curb Law Urges Easing For Soviets By RUTH SINAI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The author of a landmark law limiting trade with the Soviet Union is proposing a relaxation of the curbs in light of the Kremlin's agreement to allow more Jewish emigration, according to a letter released Monday. The letter by Charles Vanik, a former congressman from Ohio who co-sponsored the 1974 Jackson-Vanik Amendment, reflects a fledgling movement among legislators and Jewish groups for a reassessment of restrictions on trade with the Soviets. The Jan. 30 letter from Vanik, now in private law practice, was written to Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress. A copy was obtained from the organization. The group is one of several prominent Jewish organizations advocating a re-examination of the 1974 amendment that imposes high tariffs on imports from any Communist country denying its citizens the right to emigrate. The amendment, which had been originated by the late senator Henry Jackson, was designed to stop Soviet restrictions on Jews seeking to emigrate and has served as leverage in the hands of successive administrations in their dealings with Moscow. The amendment allows the president to recommend to Congress a waiver of the restrictions for at least 18 months if the Soviets or other Communist countries stop their emigration restrictions. Over the years, Poland, Hungary and Romania have benefited from such waivers. Critics of the amendment argue that whatever improvements have occurred since then in Soviet emigration policy have been the result of internal reforms in the Soviet Union or developments in superpower arms control negotiations rather than the Jackson-Vanik law. ``I disagree,'' Vanik said in an interview. ``I think the amendment has done many people a great deal of good.'' Seeking to take advantage of the economic openness to outsiders instituted by Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, U.S. business leaders have in recent months launched a campaign to form joint ventures that would give them a foothold in the largely untapped Soviet market. Vanik and other experts agree that a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik bill would not result in much immediate trade but would improve overall relations and the climate for doing business. ``It's a way of sending them a signal, saying we're encouraged by what you're doing, keep it up,'' Vanik said. But the push for a waiver, which is written into the amendment, would have to come from the Jewish community, which has been the main proponent and beneficiary of the bill, Vanik said. The World Jewish Congress projects that at the current level of emigration, some 38,000 Jews will be allowed to leave the Soviet Union this year. This compares with the record 51,320 allowed out in 1979 and a record low of some 900 in 1986. Rep. Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y., who has a large Jewish constituency, said in a recent speech that it was ``only a matter of time'' until the waiver is enacted if the emigration levels maintain their current pace. Organization officials say they will formally consider their position regarding a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik law at a May 7 meeting in Montreal, Canada. But they indicate that if the Soviets allow direct flights of emigrants from Moscow to Israel, ``that would create the environment for immediate Jewish support of a Jackson-Vanik waiver,'' said Executive Director Elan Steinberg. The Soviets, who broke off relations with Israel in 1967, have refused to allow direct flights, sending the Jewish emigres to Rome or Vienna. Israel has complained that this practice allows Jews to proceed from Europe to the United States, Canada and other points rather than going to the Jewish state. The new administration has yet to take a stand on the subject. State Department spokesman Charles Redman reiterated the view of the Reagan administration that ``this is the kind of thing, were it to happen, would require a very strong consensus among the administration, Congress and the American people.'' AP890206-0117 AP-NR-02-06-89 1849EST r i AM-SAfrica-Extremists 02-06 0411 AM-SAfrica-Extremists,0424 Government Bans Display of Weapons at Neo-Nazi Rallies By DAVID CRARY Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) The government on Monday cracked down for the first time on the country's most powerful white extremist group, banning the display of firearms at meetings of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement. Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok imposed the ban on the neo-Nazi group under the same emergency regulations used to restrict many anti-apartheid movements. Meetings of the resistance movement, known by its Afrikaans initials as the AWB, were ``characterized by emotion-laden speeches ... in which remarks about the use of violence were uttered,'' Vlok said. ``Often, statements are made at such gatherings which disrupt the relationship between the different races and kindle a climate of animosity and polarization,'' he said. The movement was founded in 1973 and does not disclose its membership, but regularly draws thousands of whites to its rallies. Many members wear swastika-like emblems on their khaki uniforms, and the group's leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, often ends fiery speeches with a Hitler-style salute. At a leadership meeting Jan. 21 in Pretoria, where TerreBlanche loyalists repudiated a challenge to his leadership, the chief instructor of the the group's paramilitary unit was on guard outside the auditorium with an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. Vlok's statement said dissension within the movement ``has increased the possibility of violence.'' The minister also said the government was considering broader steps, including a ban on possession of weapons at all political and cultural gatherings. At present, many whites and a handful of blacks have permits which allow them to carry weapons virtually anywhere. The challenge to TerreBlanche's leadership began in December after he was accused of having an extramarital relationship with Jani Allan, a former model who writes a column for the nationally circulated Sunday Times. TerreBlanche, who is married, has denied any improper relationship with Ms. Allan. Four senior members of the movement demanded his resignation, and one of them accused TerreBlanche of womanizing and excessive drinking _ charges TerreBlanche denied. The government recently has been criticized for failing to take tough action against extreme-right whites involved in a series of racist incidents across the country. Last year, the government banned a small white-supremacist group called the White Liberation Movement, and was accused of lacking the courage to act against the more powerful movement. The group contends the government's limited political reforms will lead to a takeover by the disenfranchised black majority. AP890206-0118 AP-NR-02-06-89 1851EST r a AM-HarvardAppointee 02-06 0372 AM-Harvard Appointee,0379 First Woman Elected To 352-Year-Old Harvard Governing Board LaserPhoto BX5 By ARLENE LEVINSON Associated Press Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) An attorney who recommended 15 other women to serve on Harvard College's governing board said Monday she doesn't know who offered the nomination that made her the first female member in 352 years. ``I'm really in awe,'' Judith Richards Hope said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. ``It's such an august body, I really was surprised. ``Nobody has told me why I was selected.'' Mrs. Hope, 48, is a federal appellate judge nominee whose name was mentioned last year as a possible successor to Attorney General Edwin Meese. She also is the daughter-in-law of comedian Bob Hope and the mother of a 19-year-old Harvard sophomore, Zachary Hope. Harvard's Board of Overseers on Sunday unanimously approved Mrs. Hope's appointment to the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard. That panel, whose members serve without pay for unlimited terms, makes day-to-day decisions on educational, financial and institutional policies. She said Harvard executives asked her nine months ago to propose women, preferably lawyers, who might be considered for the vacancy left by former Time Inc. Chairman Andrew Heiskell, who served for 10 years. She provided the names of about 15 distinguished women but didn't include herself among them. ``I am particularly delighted to announce the election of a woman to the corporation,'' said Harvard President Derek Bok. ``Our 10-month nationwide search brought to the attention of the board an outstanding group of men and women. Of them all, Mrs. Hope appeared to possess the special combination of training, experience and personal attributes that we were seeking.'' Mrs. Hope is an Ohio native who graduated from Wellesley College in 1961 and from Harvard Law School in 1964. She is a partner in the law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker with offices in Washington and Los Angeles. She was associate director of the White House Domestic Council under President Gerald Ford, and vice chairman of the President's Commission on Organized Crime during the Reagan administration. Last year, she served as general counsel to the presidential campaign of Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., and in 1984 she served as national co-chairman of Lawyers for Reagan-Bush. AP890206-0119 AP-NR-02-06-89 1852EST r w AM-Bush-Cabinet 02-06 0297 AM-Bush-Cabinet,300 Bush Asks Heightened Effort Against `Terrorism in the Skies' By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, presiding at a swearing-in ceremony for Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner, on Monday urged a stronger international effort to stop ``terrorism in the skies.'' Bush praised Skinner as ``a miracle worker of sorts'' for his achievements as chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois. And, he said the Chicago lawyer, who flies himself, would ``bring a pilot's perspective'' to the job. ``We won't rest until every possible step has been taken to make air travel in America as safe as it possibly can be,'' Bush said at a ceremony in an auditorium at the Federal Aviation Administration. He said Skinner would head the U.S. delegation to a special session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization next week in Montreal to deal with what Bush termed ``an area critical to safe skies.'' ``He has my mandate to do all he can at that meeting to hasten the day when the international community puts an end to terrorism in the skies,'' Bush said. Skinner, in brief remarks, vowed to work to develop ``a transportation system for the 21st Century.'' In a separate swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills, Bush vowed that his administration would resist protectionism, work forcefully to open more foreign markets to U.S. goods and to bear in mind that ``our major trading partners are not our enemies but our allies.'' He said he agreed with Mrs. Hills' contention, made during her Senate confirmation hearings, that trade issues should be approached ``with a crowbar and a handshake.'' Bush jokingly waved a crowbar he presented to the trade official at the ceremony in the Old Executive Office Building. AP890206-0120 AP-NR-02-06-89 1622EST u i AM-Poland-Analysis 1stLd-Writethru a0630 02-06 0663 AM-Poland-Analysis, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0630,0681 Talks Viewed As Historic Event Eds: SUBS 1st graf to CORRECT typo in ``no'' An AP News Analysis By JOHN DANISZEWSKI Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) Talks that began Monday between Solidarity and the government likely will produce results, some experts say, because the once-bitter enemies now have no choice but to agree. For the first time since the Communist Party consolidated power after World War II, a cross-section of the opposition has begun to negotiate openly with authorities over how Poland should be governed, how its political system should be reformed and how its economy should be managed. ``I am proud that such an unprecedented event in socialist countries is taking place in Poland,'' said Wanda Paluszewska, an engineer standing outside the palace where the talks are being held. ``This may be really the last chance which may save Poland from bloodshed.'' The opposition is represented by Solidarity chief Lech Walesa, scholars, writers and intellectuals. The pro-Solidarity delegation numbers 25. There are 57 seats at the round table built specially for the talks, and the rest are filled by representatives of the ruling Communist Party, two Communist-allied groups, government officials, members of the official OPZZ trade union alliance, intellectuals linked to the party and three Roman Catholic Church officials. Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak, who as interior minister is Poland's top police officer, is the host. ``I am an optimist by nature. I believe that the debates ... will be successful,'' he said before the talks began. Although authorities vowed after the 1981 martial-law crackdown that Solidarity would never be allowed to operate legally again, the talks are aimed at achieving just that. Officials, faced with a deteriorating economy and tired of the political stalemate with Solidarity, decided in bitter debate at a party meeting last month to make peace with the opposition. They said they hoped the decision would win them public support as they seek further economic sacrifices from a weary populace. They also anticipate a larger measure of sympathy from potential lenders in the West. Poland desperately needs money for investments but Western loans, even for small commercial transactions, virtually ceased after the martial-law decree. As the price for legalizing Solidarity, authorities want the opposition to back economic reforms and to participate in the Communist-dominated government and parliament. It is this demand that causes the greatest uneasiness among Solidarity veterans. Walesa has vowed not to accept any compromise that would inhibit the union's independence. ``I think it is of historic significance,'' Michael Mandelbaum, an expert on East-West relations with the Council on Foreign Relations, said of the talks during an interview in New York last week. Noting that the Cold War began when the communists seized power in Poland after World War II, he said cooperation between the Polish government and the opposition could help ease East-West tensions. Economic pressures make the move toward national agreement a necessity, Mandelbaum said. ``If things go on, Poland would be a Third World country. This awareness has forced political changes,'' he said. Charles Gati, an eastern European expert and professor at Union College in New York, said Polish authorities seem ``ready to reverse themselves and come to terms with Polish political realities, and it is wonderful news.'' ``Poland cannot be governed without Solidarity,'' he said. ``It can be ruled, with some difficulty, without Solidarity.'' But, Gati added, Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski ``has learned that ruling by itself is simply not enough.'' He cited several factors leading to the government's decision to sit down with Solidarity: strong support in society for Solidarity, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's commitment to reform, the continued decline of the economy and the appointment of a new prime minister, mieczyslaw f. Rakowski, in a government shakeup last fall. Gati said Rakowski is ``as shrewd at they come,'' and recognizes the logic of talking with Solidarity. EDITOR'S NOTE John Daniszewski is a Warsaw-based correspondent for The Associated Press. AP890206-0121 AP-NR-02-06-89 1856EST r a AM-PanAmFamilies 02-06 0561 AM-Pan Am Families,0573 Families of Victims Complain of Negligence, Insensitivity LaserPhoto NY99 By GARY LANGER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Angry relatives of Flight 103 victims accused the federal government and Pan American World Airways on Monday of negligence before the bombing that killed 270 people and of insensitivity afterward. Thirty relatives, some with photographs of their lost loved ones pinned to their clothes, chiefly demanded an accounting of why the government had not made public a terrorist threat that such a flight would be bombed. The group also demanded the resignation of Alan McArtor, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, saying he had failed to maintain security, and asked that Congress investigate the circumstances of the Pan Am attack. But in an outpouring of emotion and frustration, the relatives voiced a litany of other complaints, ranging from their inability to recover their loved ones' personal effects to the handling of the victims' remains. Colleen Hermann, of Huntington, N.Y., described how her family watched as 10 caskets, one containing her brother's body, were unloaded by forklift from a plane in a livestock cargo area at John F. Kennedy International Airport. ``There was no representative of Pan Am there. No one even spoke English,'' she said tearfully at a news conference. ``And that is how my brother came home.'' The relatives, in a statement, complained of ``utter silence'' by high government officials _ no condolence, no attendance at memorial services, no answers to letters. They suggested officials were seeking to conceal mishandling of the threat that preceded the bombing. ``I am outraged that the most democratic country in the world, so they claim, keeps information from people to choose when to die,'' said Marina De Larracoechea, whose sister was killed on the flight. ``A life for an airline ticket is an extremely high price to pay.'' The government told airlines and embassies of a threat that terrorists would bomb a U.S. flight from Frankfurt in December, but it did not warn the public. Officials said they get such unconfirmed threats on a daily basis and would cripple the airline industry by announcing them publicly. The relatives called that policy ``immoral and possibly criminal.'' While the FAA receives perhaps 500 threats annually, fewer than 25 are considered ``high-level'' threats, as the Frankfurt threat apparently was, they said. The relatives angrily suggested that the government had widely advised federal employees not to take flights such as Pan Am 103, noting that it had more than 150 empty seats at the height of the busy Christmas season. The New York-bound flight, which originated in Frankfurt and changed to a larger plane in London, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21. All 259 aboard died, as did 11 on the ground. Pamela Hanlon, a Pan Am spokeswoman, noted that the threat had not identified a specific flight and that Pan Am had increased its security after receiving the warning. She said the number of vacant seats wasn't unusual. Ms. Hanlon said Pan Am had assigned each family an individual company official to serve as its liaison. She said she had not known of the specific complaint by Ms. Hermann on the handling of her brother's remains. An FAA spokesman did not return two telephone messages. At the State Department, spokeswoman Francis Jones said she wanted to see the relatives' statement before commenting. AP890206-0122 AP-NR-02-06-89 1625EST u i AM-Commonwealth 02-06 0470 AM-Commonwealth,0485 Mugabe Calls For Tougher Sanctions And Bigger U.N.-Namibia Force By ANGUS SHAW Associated Press Writer HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) President Robert Mugabe on Monday called for tougher economic sanctions on South Africa and urged the United Nations to increase the strength of its peacekeeping force for Namibia. The Zimbabwean leader told foreign ministers from the eight-nation Commonwealth Committee on South Africa that the international campaign for comprehensive and mandatory sanctions aimed at ending Pretoria's legal system of racial separation must be intensified. ``Friends, allies and sympathizers of Pretoria must be told clearly that the Commonwealth will not allow this call to be suppressed by anyone, until South Africa is ready to dismantle her evil system,'' said Mugabe, who also is current chairman of the 101-nation Non-Aligned Movement. He was opening a three-day meeting of the Commonwealth committee seeking ways to increase external pressure on South Africa's government and bolster black-governed neighbors threatened by South African destabilization. Several of South Africa's neighbors are members of the 48-member Commonwealth, a loose association of Britain and its former colonies. Britain is not a member of the committee because Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opposes sanctions. Mugabe applauded the U.S.-brokered peace plan plotting independence for Namibia, also known as South-West Africa, after U.N.-sponsored elections in November. But he said African nations remain ``deeply suspicious'' of South Africa's part in the agreement, which Angola and Cuba also signed, and fear attempts to weaken the U.N. role in the territory Pretoria has administered since World War 1. ``South Africa must never be allowed to manipulate the election processes directly or indirectly in her favor. All loopholes must therefore be closed to her,'' he said. ``Any optimism this agreement may have generated must be tempered by anxiety about potential hurdles and land mines,'' Mugabe said. The Zimbabwean is an outspoken critic of suggestions favored by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to reduce the Namibia peacekeeping force from 7,500 to 4,650 men to save costs. Britain, China, France, the Soviet Union and the United States pay 58 percent of all peacekeeping costs. Commonwealth Secretary-General Shridath Ramphal told the session that reducing the force will save the five about $160 million. This was the cost of about seven fighter aircraft or two hours of the collective military spending of the five major powers, Ramphal said. He described the proposed cuts as an emasculation of the U.N.'s role in Nambia. Joe Clark, Canada's external affairs minister and chairman of the Commonwealth group, said the meeting will review ways to strengthen the international arms embargo against Pretoria, measures against South Africa in world money markets and the effects of sanctions on African nations dependent on South Africa for trade and transport links. Other members of the committee are Australia, Guyana, India, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. AP890206-0123 AP-NR-02-06-89 1856EST r w AM-Housing-Taxes 02-06 0241 AM-Housing-Taxes,230 Housing Association Urges Tax Increase to Ease Housing Crisis WASHINGTON (AP) The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials urged President Bush on Monday to support a tax increase as a way to correct what it said is a crisis in housing. ``It is now time to recognize the severity of the fiscal deficit and its pervasive impact on all aspects of the quality of life in our communities,'' said Helen L. Sause of San Francisco, president of the association. ``The only way to address it is to increase revenues,'' she said at a news conference. ``Unless this action is taken, no one will seriously address the need to adequately fund domestic programs.'' The association, which is holding its annual winter meeting in Washington, represents more than 2,700 local housing and community development agencies across the country. She cited a 70 percent reduction in federal funding for housing since 1980, the loss of the $4 billion general revenue sharing program to local governments, and the loss of tax incentives for building low-income housing as a result of the 1986 tax law changes, as ``devastating'' the supply of housing. She said the increasing numbers of homeless families and households living in substandard housing are evidence of a crisis in housing. In calling for higher taxes, the association declined to suggest a specific proposal for raising taxes or to say how much money should be raised through higher taxes. AP890206-0124 AP-NR-02-06-89 1856EST r w AM-US-Israel 02-06 0356 AM-US-Israel,330 Israel Asks United States To Stop PLO Dialogue By RUTH SINAI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Israel formally asked the United States on Monday to stop its dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization in view of an attempt by Palestinian guerrillas to infiltrate the northern Israeli border, sources said. The request was submitted by an Israeli diplomat to the State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, which handles the Middle East, said the sources who spoke only on condition of anonymity. In Israel, Defense Minister Moshe Arens accused the PLO of violating its December pledge to renounce all acts of terrorism. In a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Arens cited a clash Saturday in which Israeli troops killed five Palestinians on the northern border of Israel's self-proclaimed security zone in south Lebanon. The radical PLO factions of George Habash's Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Syrian-backed Palestinian Liberation Front took responsibility for trying to attack Israeli positions. Last December, the United States overturned a 13-year ban on talks with the PLO after the organization's chief, Yasser Arafat, promised to stop all acts of terrorism and declared that his organization recognizes Israel. The U.S. ambassador to Tunisia, Robert Pelletreau. met with PLO officials Dec. 14 and twice more since then, the State Department said. Department spokesman Charles Redman, said ``we're looking into'' whether Saturday's attack violates Arafat's non-violence pledge. Other officials said the United States was seeking additional information about the clash. The complaint came as Israel's military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, began a visit to Washington as the guest of the Defense Department. Shomron has been quoted as telling the Israeli government in closed-door session that the PLO has kept its promise and refrained from attacking Israelis in south Lebanon or along the border. But other officials contend that while Arafat's mainstream Fatah group may be adhering to the non-violence pledge, other, more militant factions within the PLO are escaping Arafat's control. Shomron is scheduled to meet with Pentagon officials and to tour Army, Navy and Air Force installations. AP890206-0125 AP-NR-02-06-89 1858EST r w AM-CatfishSurvey 02-06 0204 AM-Catfish Survey,160 Sales Rose 17 Percent Last Year WASHINGTON (AP) A survey of catfish farmers shows that 1988 sales totaled $284.8 million, up 17 percent from 1987, the Agriculture Department said Monday. More than 1,900 catfish farmers in 17 states were surveyed. The sales included about $265 million from production units and $20 million from hatchery operations. As of Jan. 1, catfish hatchery inventories included 1.35 million broodfish, 85 million stockers and 365 million fingerlings, the report said. Production units had 3.77 million large fish weighing more than three pounds each; 147 million food-size, three-quarters of a pound to three pounds; 261 million stockers and 516 million fingerlings. Here are total sales by states, with 1987 in the first column and 1988 in the second, in thousands of dollars. Georgia and Idaho are included as ``other'' states but not broken down individually. Ala. 14,224 19,354 Ark. 19,521 22,350 Calif. 5,774 7,110 Fla. 1,575 1,439 Ill. 506 203 Kans. 754 1,308 Ky. 1,609 1,395 La. 5,752 10,185 Miss. 178,474 210,505 Mo. 1,239 1,926 N.C. 274 377 Okla. 6,155 4,385 S.C. 53 40 Tenn. 1,159 636 Texas 3,313 1,401 Other 2,355 2,163 AP890206-0126 AP-NR-02-06-89 1913EST r a AM-Blacks-Miami 02-06 0591 AM-Blacks-Miami,0611 Black Leaders Say Miami Divisions Stall Progress MIAMI (AP) Lack of unity in Miami's black leadership must be overcome before real progress can be made in the Overtown and Liberty City neighborhoods that erupted into violence last month, community leaders say. ``Black leadership in Miami is a myth,'' said Garth Reeves, 69, publisher of the Miami Times, a newspaper that serves the black community. ``We don't have any organized leadership. A lot of people have their own agendas, but it's fractured.'' As a result, he said, ``we're powerless.'' John Due, director of Metro-Dade's Community Relations Board, said he doesn't know what people are talking about when they refer to the ``black community.'' ``I call it the non-community,'' he said. But unlike Reeves, Due said he thinks he knows why there is a leadership vacuum. ``We're all migrants,'' he said. ``We're all from somewhere else. We have no shared childhoods to develop trust and loyalty and extended families.'' He noted that after the 1980 and 1982 riots, white leaders called in prominent national black leaders such as Andrew Young and Jesse Jackson to help deal with the situation. But he said blacks must now organize at all levels. ``We've got to have the street leaders there too,'' he said. ``You know, the king of the pool hall.'' The fractured nature of Miami's black leadership was evident a week after the riots, when Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., came to Overtown to hear from local residents. Ray Fauntroy, president of the Miami chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the sponsor of the event, wanted to bar the media from the meeting. But City Commissioner Miller Dawkins and some other black leaders were opposed and threatened to walk out if the media ban were enacted. After some heated discussion, then reporters and cameras were allowed to stay. Just an hour earlier, a new black organization, People United for Justice, held its own event _ a ``rally for justice'' at the Metro-Dade Justice building. Only about a dozen participants showed up but organizer Billy Hardeman shrugged it off. ``That's not important,'' he said. ``It's the message, not the numbers, that are important. Eventually, the numbers will come.'' Bill Perry, president of the Overtown Advisory Board, a long-standing committee of Overtown leaders, agreed that black leadership is ``unfocused'' and said it amounts to a real problem. Yet he said he resents the new faces that have emerged since the recent riots. ``It's annoying. There are a lot of egos and prima donnas,'' Perry said. The Rev. Willie Sims, pastor of the New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Liberty City, said he welcomes new blood ``as long as it is not from out of town.'' Sims was especially critical of the visit by a controversial New York City black activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, during the week of the riots. ``We don't need any publicity seekers,'' he said. Sims suggested that Miami's black leadership problem may stem from the fact that the city's black communities are so spread out geographically. ``It would be impossible for any one individual to lay claim to the entire black community,'' he said. But not all prominent Miami blacks will admit that there is a leadership problem. ``We've got black leaders who are doing it every day, Miller Dawkins, (Dade County Commissioner) Barbara Carey, the Urban League,'' said T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami. ``We were all here before the riots and we'll all be here after the riots. We'll ignore the Johnny-come-latelys.'' AP890206-0127 AP-NR-02-06-89 1913EST r a AM-LonesomeDoveRatings 02-06 0148 AM-Lonesome Dove Ratings,0150 `Lonesome Dove' Soars Above Competition NEW YORK (AP) The premiere installment of CBS's critically acclaimed miniseries ``Lonesome Dove'' landed at the top of the overnight Nielsens, despite NBC's attempt to lure viewers away with ``The Sex Tapes.'' The first night of the four-night, eight-hour miniseries scored a 23.7 rating and 34 share in the nation's 17 biggest markets. ``The Sex Tapes'' had a 17.0 rating and 25 share. ABC offered the hit theatrical film starring Bette Midler, ``Ruthless People,'' and got a 14.2 and 21. The rating is a percentage of total homes with television in the 17 markets, with proportionately greater weight given to the larger markets. The share is a percentage of sets in use. ``Lonesome Dove,'' starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones and Anjelica Huston and based on the 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry, airs through Wednesday. AP890206-0128 AP-NR-02-06-89 1913EST r w AM-SoilPlans 02-06 0208 AM-Soil Plans,190 More Susceptible Land Coming Under Erosion Controls WASHINGTON (AP) Conservation planning to protect highly erodible land from erosion has edged close to the two-thirds mark, give or take a few percentage points, the Agriculture Department said Monday. As of Jan. 1, according to the department's Soil Conservation Service, plans were completed for 89.2 million acres, or slightly less than 63 percent of the estimated 141.7 million acres. SCS chief Wilson Scaling said in his agency's statement, however, ``We met our goal of having conservation plans on 65 percent of highly erodible land by Jan. 1.'' Asked about the discrepancy between Scaling's claim and the Jan. 1 figures provided by the agency, officials said the 141.7 million acres were an estimate that is expected to be adjusted to about 136 million acres at some point. Thus, said spokeswoman Leslie Wilder, the goal for having 65 percent of the plans done by Jan. 1 had been met. To remain eligible for USDA programs, including crop price supports and other benefits, farmers who operate highly erodible cropland must have a conservation plan approved by Dec. 31, 1989. As of Jan. 1, conservation plans have been implemented on 25.2 million acres, or 18 percent of the land. AP890206-0129 AP-NR-02-06-89 1658EST u i AM-PolandTalks-Scene 02-06 0334 AM-Poland Talks-Scene,0342 People Wait As `Fate of Poland Is Decided' With AM-Poland, Bjt By DRUSILLA MENAKER Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) People gazed through iron fences at a former palace on Monday, some with rosaries in their hands, hoping for signs that the government and opposition leaders inside were reaching agreement on the nation's future. ``People are standing around with tears in their eyes because they know the fate of Poland is being decided,'' a middle-aged woman said. ``We are all experiencing it. We are praying.'' Hundreds were outside when the 57 delegates of the government, Roman Catholic church and political opposition arrived at midday for negotiations that could bring political and economic reforms and restore legal status to the independent trade union Solidarity. A few people lingered in the darkening chill of late afternoon, staring at the glow of light from the two-story meeting hall in the 17th century palace, which once belonged to the Radziwill family. An occasional worker stopped briefly on the way home. There were some journalists, policemen, teen-agers muffling giggles. ``It is a positive event In the history of Poland ... that both sides are beginning to be aware of the consequences ... if they don't come to an agreement,'' said Piotr Rolkiewicz, a 56-year-old scientist. Wanda Paluszewska, an electronics engineer, added: ``This is really the last chance to save Poland from bloodshed.'' After the first day, conferees said talks would resume Wednesday with working groups addressing economic, social, labor and political problems that led the communist authorities to propose the negotiations. State television showed ranking government officials shaking hands with such opposition leaders as Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician who founded Solidarity in 1980 and won the Nobel Peace Prize three years later. ``I think Walesa is the man who enjoys authentic authority among people and his talks will finally give some positive results,'' Rolkiewicz said. ``Society is waiting. The point is not to take revenge, but to repair this People's Republic of ours.'' AP890206-0130 AP-NR-02-06-89 1918EST r a AM-Murphy 02-06 0546 AM-Murphy,0561 Fruit Farmer Suggests Making Home For Retarded Man By HILARY ISRAELSEN Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A fruit farmer has offered to take in a retarded man who has spent 32 years in a state mental hospital after being mistakenly ruled insane, a judge said Monday. The judge had planned to announce the fate of the man, Bernt Murphy, 51, at a hearing Monday, but put off his decision to consider the new offer. The Utah Supreme Court ordered Murphy freed, ruling he was wrongly judged insane in 1957 after first confessing to a murder and then recanting. A committee appointed by Third District Judge Pat B. Brian already had made recommendations on Murphy's future. Brian said he wants the committe to study the new offer, and he will decide Feb. 22 where Murphy should live. The farmer, Reid Wayman, 61, a retired school teacher, said he has employed five mentally retarded men over the past 24 years, one of which remains at the farm, living in a mobile home. ``I was looking around for someone to keep this boy company,'' Wayman said, referring to the handicapped man who lives and works on his farm. He said he did not consider Murphy dangerous. ``I gather from what I've read and what I've been told that it's past history. The incident was one that was not intentional,'' he said. The Utah Supreme Court ruled last June that Murphy should be freed from the Utah State Hospital in Provo, where he was sent following the 1957 rape and beating of a 5-year-old girl. During questioning about that crime, Murphy, then 19, admitted to the 1955 murder of a 23-year-old mentally retarded woman he had known at the Utah State Training School for the mentally retarded in American Fork. Murphy later denied killing the woman. He was found incompetent to stand trial and the murder was never solved. His attorney, Brooke Wells, has said Murphy has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old and should fare well in a group home with other retarded adults. But state officials have said Murphy still is capable of violent behavior. ``He has not been a model client,'' said John Lesnan, program specialist in the state Division of Mental Health. ``It has been an ongoing series of events, not sporadic, that have convinced us he could be dangerous. ``His episodes have ranged from minor, like making threats, to very serious, like physical aggression that requires several people to restrain him,'' Lesnan said. When questioned after the hearing Monday about whether he wanted to leave the Provo institution, Murphy replied, ``Yes, I do, real bad. I've got friends inside and outside. ``Right now I'm starting to hate it more worser,'' he said, adding he would be happy living on a ranch because he grew up ranching and farming. George Brinkerhoff, Murphy's treatment coordinator at the mental hospital, said that if conditions were right at Wayman's ranch perhaps that would be the best choice. Social Services officials have said there are three other choices. They include placing Murphy in a house or apartment under 24-hour supervision; a small group home with other retarded adults, and a semi-independent apartment setting with staff members housed on either side of those living quarters. AP890206-0131 AP-NR-02-06-89 1711EST u w BC-BushText 1stadd 02-06 0625 BC-Bush Text, 1st add,620 WASHN: industry sources. However, the balance would be paid from on-budget outlays of general revenues. Hopefully, some of these revenues will be recovered in the future through sale of assets and recovery of funds from the wrongdoers. Fourth, we plan to increase the budget of the Justice Department by approximately $50 million to enable it to create a nationwide program to seek out and punish those that have committed wrongdoing in the management of these failed institutions. These funds will result in almost doubling the personnel devoted to the apprehension and prosecution of individuals committing fraud in our financial markets. As you can see, these proposals are based upon several overriding principles. First, I will not support any new fee on depositors. Second, we should preserve the overall federal budget structure and not allow the misdeeds and the wrongdoings of savings and loan executives and the inadequacy of their regulation to significantly alter our overall budget priorities. And third, I have concluded that this proposal, if promptly enacted, will enable our system to prevent any repetition of this situation. And fourth, I've decided to attack this problem head-on, with every available resource of our government, because it is a national problem. I've directed that the combined resources of our federal agencies be brought together in a team effort to resolve the problem. And fifth, I believe that banks and thrifts should pay the real cost of providing the deposit insurance protection. The price the FDIC charges banks for their insurance has not been increased since 1935. We propose to increase the bank insurance premium by less than 7 cents per $100 of insurance protection that they receive. Every penny collected would be used to strengthen the FDIC so that the taxpayers will not be called on to rescue it a few years from now. And I make you a solemn pledge that we will make every effort to recover assets diverted from these institutions and to place behind bars those who have caused losses through criminal behavior. Let those who would take advantage of the public trust and put at risk the savings of American families anticipate that we will seek them out, pursue them, and demand the most severe penalty. In closing, I want to just say a word to the small savers of America. Across this great land, families and individuals work and save, and we hope to encourage even greater rates of savings to promote a brighter future for our children. Your government has stood behind the safety of insured deposits before. It does today, and it will do so at all times in the future. Every insured deposit will be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, which means it will be _ that it will be absolutely protected. For the future, we will seek to achieve a safe, sound and profitable banking system. However, integrity and prudence must share an equal position with competition in our financial markets. Clean markets are an absolute prerequisite to a free economy and to the public confidence that is its most important ingredient. I've determined to face this problem squarely and to ask for your support in putting it behind us. I have ordered that the resources of the executive branch be brought to bear on cleaning up this problem. I have personally met with the leadership of Congress on this issue. My administration will work cooperatively with Congress as the legislation that we will submit in a few days' time is considered. I call on the Congress to join me in a determined effort to resolve this threat to the American financial system permanently, and to do so without delay. MORE AP890206-0132 AP-NR-02-06-89 1716EST u i AM-Paraguay 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0865 AM-Paraguay, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0608,0889 New President Denies Drug Links Eds: LEADS throughout to UPDATE with Congress dissolved, opposition opposing early election. Edits to trim. No pickup. LaserPhoto ASU1 By WILLIAM H. HEATH Associated Press Writer ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) Gen. Andres Rodriguez, who seized power in a violent coup last week, denied links with the drug traffic and announced Monday that elections will be held May 1, with only communists excluded. Four cronies of ousted President Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled Paraguay for nearly 35 years until the coup, were accused of using public funds and graft to obtain ``luxurious mansions, expensive apartments abroad and sumptuous automobiles.'' Reporters asked the general about casualties during eight hours of fighting Thursday night and early Friday that ousted Stroessner. ``Believe me, total casualties _ dead plus wounded _ do not exceed 50,'' Rodriguez replied. Earlier estimates by embassies and civilian witnesses put the number of dead alone at nearly 300, but no official figures have been released. Rodriguez also said Congress has been dissolved and that the new president would take office immediately upon election. Some opposition leaders said they didn't have enough time to prepare for the election. Stroessner was given asylum in neighboring Brazil and was staying in Itumbiara, a remote city 270 miles southeast of Brasilia. He is living in a house owned by the government power company, which operates a dam on the nearby Paranaiba River. At the first presidential news conference Paraguayans could remember, Rodriguez said rumors of his involvement with the drug trade ``were spread by people trying to defame me. ``I detest drugs,'' he told reporters let into his office in small groups. ``I swear as a Catholic and as a family man; I swear on my children, I have no connections with drugs.'' Paraguay has become a way station for cocaine produced in neighboring Bolivia. Foreign diplomats, academics and media reports have linked Rodriguez with traffickers, but no proof has been presented and no charges have been filed. Asked whether he would cooperate with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, he said Paraguay ``will cooperate with all foreign governments and agencies, including the United States, and the more help we get the better. We will fight together.'' In Washington, State Department spokesman Charles Redman said U.S. relations with Paraguay will depend on the actions of the government on creating democracy, respecting human rights and suppressing narcotics trafficking and cultivation. ``We will be watching closely the extent to which the provisional government allows opposition parties to campaign and the media to broadcast the positions of the candidates and their parties,'' he said. Rodriguez, a 65-year-old cavalry general, said Stroessner ``was not a dictator.'' ``If the Colorado Party elected him for so many years, it must have been because of confidence in him,'' he said. After seizing power in 1954, Stroessner held elections every five years and won by landslides. ``Stroessner's legal situation is being studied by the court system,'' Rodriguez added. ``He could come back in two or three years. He has gone for a rest in Brazil.'' Asked what prompted the coup, Rodriguez said: ``In recent times he was not producing good results for his party, which had trusted him.'' Rodriguez did not explain the remark, but he appeared to be speaking of an internal struggle between Stroessner supporters and ``traditionalists'' who wanted to draw a distinction between the 101-year-old party and the dictator. Rodriguez also said several Stroessner henchmen ``are under arrest and their cases will be brought before civil or military courts.'' A lawyer, Pedro Abilio Rolon, filed a citizen's suit in Supreme Court on Monday against the former ministers of the interior, justice and public health and Stroessner's private secretary, Mario Abdo Benitez. He accused them of misusing public funds and accepting bribes. Thirty-five former government and Colorado Party officials were arrested after the coup. The ruling Colorado Party said it would hold a convention soon to choose new leaders and candidates for the general elections. The setting of an election date so quickly caught opposition leaders off guard. Several said they didn't think they could organize in time, and early elections gave a tremendous edge to the Colorado Party. ``This date was arrived at without consultation,'' said Domingo Laino, leader of what is thought to be Paraguay's biggest opposition group, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party. ``I personally can't even be a candidate for anything because I'm not registered. ``In the past, we've called for electoral abstention,'' he said. ``Our people are not registered on the voter lists. It seems to us that this (early election) could be interpreted as a trap.'' Rodriguez said all parties ``except those that are communist'' would be allowed to enter candidates. ``Our constitution doesn't consider the Communist Party to be democratic,'' he said. Several Colorado Party leaders have indicated its candidate for president might be Luis Maria Argana, the foreign minister in the provisional government Rodriguez appointed. When asked whether he might be a candidate himself, Rodriguez smiled and said: ``The Colorado Party, not I, selects the candidate. I am simply a soldier, not a politician. However, if I can be useful to my country, I will do what I am asked.'' AP890206-0133 AP-NR-02-06-89 1929EST r a AM-SpaceShuttle 1stLd-Writethru a0614 02-06 0530 AM-Space Shuttle, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0614,0540 Discovery's Astronauts Practice Emergencies Eds: UPDATES throughout to UPDATE with astronaut commoents; Subs 9th graf pvs, `Arnold Aldrich...' to CORRECT day to Monday, sted Wednesday. By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Discovery's astronauts ran through emergency drills at the launch pad Monday, and their commander said he was confident engine pump problems would be resolved in time for a mid-March launch. Pad safety personnel briefed Commander Michael Coats and his four crewmates on escape routes and other procedures in case there is a fire or other problem on the pad during the countdown. Included was a demonstration of a basket filled with ballast zipping down a 1,200-foot ``slide for life'' wire that runs from the spacecraft cabin level 195 feet above the ground. This is the quickest escape measure, and, at the bottom, the astronauts have a choice of entering a concrete underground bunker or driving away in a tank-like vehicle. At the base of the launch pad, technicians were removing the turbopumps from Discovery's three main engines. They will be replaced by three new pumps because of two tiny cracks discovered in a pump bearing shaft following the December flight of the shuttle Atlantis. The decision to replace Discovery's pumps has delayed the launch from Feb. 23 until March 10 at the earliest. Officials said last week that if Discovery does not get off the only available shuttle launch pad by March 18, the mission might have to be delayed until later in the year. That's because the following shuttle mission, that of Atlantis, has only a 30-day period starting April 28 during which its crew can dispatch the Magellan spacecraft to probe the planet Venus. NASA wants to preserve that entire launch window if possible, because Venus will not come into position as a target again until 1991. Coats told reporters after Monday's escape drills that he is confident about a mid-March launch. ``We were discouraged about a week ago, because the first analysis indicated it might take too long a time to get the new pumps and that there would be no way we could launch in March,'' he said. ``Now everybody we've talked is very optimistic. We're confident they've got a good fix on it now.'' Arnold Aldrich, the ageny's national space transportation system director, said in Washington on Monday he is confident of launching Discovery without affecting the Atlantis launch. ``We believe this work has proceeded well since we started to build up the new pumps and, barring any hiccup, we believe we can well support an adequate launch window to launch STS-29 (Discovery) and still give full coverage to the window for Magellan,'' he said. Aldrich said if Discovery is close to launching but can't make it by March 18, officials would consider launching Atlantis later in its window. He said NASA is aiming currently to launch Discovery by March 14, and that a firm date will be set March 3 following a two-day launch readiness review. On Tuesday, astronaut Coats and his crew will don their bulky spacesuits and climb aboard Discovery for the final two hours of a countdown rehearsal. AP890206-0134 AP-NR-02-06-89 1720EST u w AM-NorthTrial 2ndLd-Writethru a0623 02-06 0707 AM-North Trial, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0623,670 North Jury Pool Needs Fewer Than a Dozen Eds: New in first 10 grafs to UPDATE with judge saying he expects to impanel jury Tuesday. Picks up 8th graf pvs bgng: The national ... By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) After five days of interviewing prospective jurors, the judge in Oliver North's Iran-Contra trial said Monday that he expects the selection process to end Tuesday with a jury being impaneled. ``I expect to be able to put a jury into the box tomorrow,'' said U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell after declaring six more people to be qualified to sit on the jury. The number deemed qualified by Gesell stood at 29 women and 9 men _ all black, except for one white woman. Gesell also ordered that the jury will not be sequestered _ kept apart from family and normal life to avoid contact with news reports about the trial, expected to last up to five months. The minimum needed for the panel was 40, under this arithmetic: There will be 12 jurors and six alternates. The defense will be able to reject 10 members of the panel without stating a cause; the prosecutors 6. In addition, each side can have three alternates excused. Gesell is aiming for a pool of more than 40, a number that allows for any last-minute dropouts for reasons of illness or financial hardship. The normal challenges to jurors for ``cause'' have been taken care of in the course of individual questioning that began last Tuesday. Gesell said originally he wanted the panel to have 50 members, but he reduced that number to 45 last week and said at the end of the court day Monday he wanted at least 44. More prospective jurors will be questioned Tuesday from a pool of 40 to be brought in. North's lawyers had asked that the jurors be sequestered. In his written order, Gesell did not state a reason for turning them down, saying only that ``the court does not presently intend to sequester the jury.'' North is accused of 12 crimes carrying a maximum of 60 years in prison. After the court day, Gesell held a closed-door session to hear independent counsel Lawrence Walsh. Gesell said only that it was ``concerning his classified document problems.'' The National Security Agency strongly objected last month to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh about classified information to be presented in the case and said it warranted blocking the trial. Thornburgh rejected the NSA's suggestion. Only those prospective jurors who say they heard, read or saw none of North's extensive televised Iran-Contra testimony before Congress in 1987 are being admitted into the jury pool. So far North's defense has voted against nearly all those chosen on one ground or other. ``I understand your position _ everybody is disqualified,'' Gesell told North lawyer Barry Simon on Monday. Under the rules of the court, the defense later will be allowed to remove 10 people from the pool and the prosecution 6 without stating a reason. Each side also gets three each of such peremptory challenges when it comes to choosing the alternates. The jury will be composed of 12 jurors and 6 alternates. One woman accepted for the jury pool is an office clerk who said she recalled seeing a July 1987 magazine with North's picture on the cover, but didn't recognize North in the courtroom and when asked whether she had heard of him said, ``No, I never have.'' Five prospective jurors were excused in rapid order Monday morning, one because her boyfriend was on the grand jury that indicted North. Another who was excused told the judge that what she can recall from the hearings is only vague. She said she had the television on ``but I was listening and not listening.'' Her dismissal came when she said she head heard on television that there had been shredding of documents and lying to Congress. The charges against North include lying to Congress in 1985 and 1986 about his efforts on behalf of the Nicaraguan Contras and lying to the attorney general about the National Security Council's role in diverting money from the Iran arms sales to the Contras. AP890206-0135 AP-NR-02-06-89 1724EST u a AM-KittyDukakis 1stLd-Writethru a0647 02-06 0630 AM-Kitty Dukakis, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0647,0644 Governor's Wife Seeks Help for Alcohol Problem Eds: SUBS 5th graf, `Dukakis, who...' to UPDATE with 4 grafs on Dukakis' comments at news conference; picks up 5th graf, `Mrs. Dukakis said...' DELETES now-outdated 9th graf, `Dukakis said his...' ADDS 1 graf to UPDATE with Dukakis comment. LaserPhoto BX6 By CHRISTOPHER B. DALY Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, is being treated for alcohol problems triggered by her husband's loss to George Bush in the 1988 presidential election, the governor said Monday. Mrs. Dukakis was not known to be dependent on alcohol until the governor's statement, but she has had a history of addiction to diet pills. She entered a Minnesota treatment center in 1982, where she said she conquered her dependency. ``Until shortly after Election Day on Nov. 8, Kitty had never had a problem with alcohol,'' Dukakis said in a statement. He said that since the presidential campaign Mrs. Dukakis, 52, used alcohol ``in excessive quantities ... on a limited number of occasions while at home.'' ``As she has now discovered, whether it comes in a bottle or is solid, if you are chemically dependent, you are chemically dependent,'' Dukakis said at a news conference. Dukakis, who does not smoke and rarely drinks even a glass of wine, said his wife had entered the Edgehill Newport facility in Newport, R.I., on Sunday and will stay there about a month. ``She recognizes it. It was her decision to go into treatment,'' Dukakis said, adding that he and their children supported her choice. ``It is a disease from which you never recover; you're always recovering,'' he said, calling her alcohol problem another manifestation of her underlying chemical dependency. Mrs. Dukakis said in July 1987, early in her husband's presidential campaign, that she had recovered five years earlier from a 26-year addiction to mild amphetamines she began taking as a teen-ager to control her weight. She won praise for her candor and became an active campaigner, often appearing as a surrogate for Dukakis. The couple was at home in suburban Brookline during the weekend, and there was no specific incident or accident that prompted the decision to seek treatment, according to Dukakis spokesman James Dorsey. Mrs. Dukakis' problem was caused by ``a combination of physical exhaustion, the stress of the campaign effort and the post-election letdown,'' the governor said. ``We know how loved and respected she is both here in the commonwealth and across the nation _ and she is grateful for the love and support she has received from so many good and decent people,'' Dukakis said. Dorsey said the problem _ which he refused to characterize as alcoholism _ flared up in the three months since the election and did not involve a renewed use of drugs other than alcohol. Mrs. Dukakis has been prominent in the fight to educate youngsters against the perils of drug and alcohol abuse. Since the presidential defeat, Mrs. Dukakis has launched a career as an author and lecturer and has not appeared at her husband's side on several occasions when she might have been expected. On Jan. 3, for example, when Dukakis made the surprise announcement that he would not seek a fourth term as governor, some observers remarked on the fact that Mrs. Dukakis was not present. Dukakis left open the possibility that he would run for the White House again in 1992. In 1983, Mrs. Dukakis took the lead in the state's ``Great American Smokeout'' and announced that she was quitting cigarettes after smoking since age 14. But she quickly became a chronic quitter. Dukakis said that when his wife gets out of Edgehill, ``I expect that she will resume a very active and busy schedule.'' AP890206-0136 AP-NR-02-06-89 1726EST u i AM-Poland 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0808 AM-Poland, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0615,0833 Top Government Negotiator Says Change Must Come Gradually Eds: INSERTS two grafs after 8th, `Walesa blamed...' to UPDATE with more Walesa quotes. Pick up 9th pvs, `Known as...' LaserPhoto WAR51 By DEBORAH G. SEWARD Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland (AP) The government's top delegate to historic talks with the opposition opened the first session Monday by offering to legalize Solidarity if the union agrees to economic and political reforms. Interior Minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak, seated opposite Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, called for the opposition to participate in Poland's government. Fifty-seven delegates from the government, the opposition and the Roman Catholic Church gathered for the talks at the ornate Council of Ministers Palace, the building where the Warsaw Pact was created. The delegates met for about three hours and issued a short communique that said talks by three ``working groups'' would resume Wednesday. One group will consider economic and social policies, another political reforms and the third the issue of allowing more than one union to exist. ``We were brought together here by the sense of responsibility for the future of our motherland. We are all responsible for the Poland to be,'' Kiszczak told the participants, the state-run news agency PAP reported. ``We must accept the philosophy of necessity alongside that of the gradual character of transformations,'' he said. ``As it goes for trade union pluralism, there is no question if, but the point is how.'' ``We demand Solidarity. We have the right to it,'' Walesa said in his speech, PAP reported. Walesa blamed Poland's economic and political crisis on a lack of freedoms, but said he sensed the government was ready for change, state-run TV reported. ``We know the country is in ruins. But it has not been ruined by gnomes, but by the system of carrying out power which has been depriving people of their rights and wasting the fruits of their labor,'' Walesa said. ``The time of social and political monopoly is ending. We need a restructuring that will turn the one-party state into a state of the nation and the society,'' he said. Known as the round table, the talks are the first between Solidarity and the government since the union was suppressed by the martial-law crackdown in December 1981. ``If we work out at the round table ... a confirmed consensus on the idea of non-confrontational elections as well as support for planned political and economic reforms, there will be an immediate possibility'' to allow more than one trade union to exist at a given factory, Kiszczak said. Kiszczak called for changes in electoral laws and a new parliament that would ``represent a coalition of forces.'' Solidarity has expressed willingness to see the opposition enter parliament. But it is reluctant to endorse opposition participation in a Cabinet that, despite reform, is likely to be dominated by the Communist Party. Kiszczak, a member of the ruling Politburo, said if Solidarity were legalized, it ``cannot return to old ruts, becoming the source of anarchy and tensions.'' Walesa ``accepted all of Kiszczak's suggestions in the name of the side he represents,'' Polish TV reported. ``We are saying words, but Poland needs facts, new, brave actions. ... All Poles will take account of our every word and every decision and also, and maybe first of all, our lack of decisions,'' Walesa was quoted as saying. ``The biggest problem we have to fight now is the catastrophe of the Polish economy,'' he said. Both sides agree that compromise is essential if Poland is to overcome its huge $38.9 billion debt and chronic consumer shortages. The talks were given heavy TV coverage throughout the night and the Communist Party daily Trybuna Ludu came out with an extra evening edition. Government spokesman Jerzy Urban told reporters that authorities were satisfied with the session. The speeches ``showed a rather convergent way of thinking about the future and about the changes necessary in Poland,'' Urban said. Kiszczak proposed the talks in August 1988 during the country's worst wave of strikes in seven years, but Walesa refused to commit Solidarity until the authorities agreed to legalize the union. In a dramatic reversal of its seven-year stand against Solidarity, the Communist Party Central Committee on Jan. 18 approved such a plan. Four days later, the union said it was willing to talk. The participants represent the major political and social forces in the country and include the official trade union OPZZ, the Peasants' Party and the Roman Catholic Church. Hundreds of cheering Solidarity supporters waved at the union delegation outside the palace. Polish TV carried a live broadcast of the delegates taking their seats. Walesa led the Solidarity delegation into the palace, and grinned after he took his seat at the pine table specially built for the talks. Opposition activists expect the talks to continue for about six weeks. AP890206-0137 AP-NR-02-06-89 1730EST u w BC-BushText 2ndadd 02-06 0570 BC-Bush Text, 2nd add,570 WASHN: without delay. I welcome the leaders that are with me here on this platform. I think their support says a lot about the efficacy of our proposal. And now I propose to take just a few questions. On the technical aspects, I will defer to these people and then I'll be glad to turn this over to Secretary Brady. I believe we start with Helen and then Terry and then get going. Q. Mr. President, are you guaranteeing that the extra costs, premium increases and so forth, will not be passed on to the depositors, taxpayers? And also, what is your responsibility in this debacle? I mean the Reagan-Bush deal for deregulation of business and banking? A. On the first place, we're not guaranteeing that. I would hope that wouldn't happen, but there's no guarantee what the institutions will do. Secondly, there's enough to be said for everybody in this together trying to solve this problem. So I can't equate any personal _ I'm not inclined to go into any personal blame, simply to say that we've got to solve this problem and we're on the path to doing that. Yeah, Terry. Q. Mr. President, the House votes tomorrow on that controversial pay raise plan. And the Senate has already voted against it. Would you sign a bill that vetoes the pay raise, not only for the members of Congress, but also for federal judges and other high officials in the government? A. I said I support it. Yes? Q. Mr. President, there is a feeling that part of this problem is attributable to deregulation of the financial industry. In retrospect, do you think that deregulation might have gone too far in the last 10 years or so? And, in the future, is your marching order to your administration to be a little more careful in regulating this particular industry? A. Jerry, I don't know the answer. I'd be most interested to know what our experts here feel about whether _ how much of the problem could be attributed to deregulation. I just don't know the answer to your question. So, I can't reply. Yes? Q. Mr. President, you have placed considerable stress in these early days of your presidency on ethics and propriety, yet in recent days there's this controversy on Capitol Hill concerning the propriety of Senator Tower's alleged behavior, and questions raised over the weekend about the financial arrangements on the private funds of the man in charge of ethis, your counsel Boyden Gray, and other questions involving members of the administration, or members-to-be of the administration. And I wonder sir, what's happened here? Is it too harsh behavior on our part, too lax behavior on your part? What? A. I don't think anything has happened. I learned long ago in public life not to make judgments based on allegations. But having said that, I want to have my administration aspire to the highest possible ethical standards. And we have appointed a commission to go out there now and try to detail what these standards should be. And we are in a new era on these matters; matters that might have been approved and looked at one way may have a different perception today. And, so, what I want to do is finalize our standards and then urge everybody in all branches of government to aspire to those standards. MORE AP890206-0138 AP-NR-02-06-89 1935EST r i AM-Germany-Libya 02-06 0354 AM-Germany-Libya,0364 Company Official Says 100 Companies Involved In Libyan Chemical Plant HAMBURG, West Germany (AP) The head of a state-owned company linked to construction of an alleged chemical weapons plant in Libya was quoted as saying Monday that scores of Western companies unwittingly helped build it. But the official, Ernst Pieper, president of the Salzgitter AG concern, did not name any of the companies, Der Spiegel newsmagazine reported. ``According to our current information, in addition to us, about 100 German, European and American companies were involved in the Pharma 150, and in such a way that none appears to have had an overview of the entire project,'' Der Spiegel quoted Pieper as saying. Pharma 150 was the code name used for the factory in Rabta, south of Tripoli, which U.S. officials say is a chemical weapons plant. Libya says the plant makes pharmaceuticals. A Salzgitter subsidiary delivered switching equipment worth $540,000 to the Rabta plant, as well as blueprints and piping. Pieper was quoted as saying in the Spiegel interview that Salzgitter was duped into delivering the equipment by Imhausen-Chemie, a West German company based in Lahr. Imhausen-Chemie is the target of a criminal probe into its dealings with Libya. Pieper was quoted as saying his company believed the equipment was going to a plant in Hong Kong that Imhausen-Chemie allegedly set up to conceal its dealings with Libya. The equipment never reached Hong Kong and is suspected of having been diverted to Libya. ``The disguise appears to have been so perfect that none of the many companies involved realized at the time who was behind the project and where the deliveries where going to,'' Pieper was quoted as saying. The Salzgitter president said in Der Spiegel he did not believe that Imhausen-Chemie knew how to build a chemical weapons plant. ``Salzgitter does not possess any know-how to build poison gas factories,'' he was quoted as saying. ``I am convinced that Imhausen is also not capable of doing so. A third party must have done that in Rabta.'' Salzgitter is based in a town in Lower Saxony by the same name. AP890206-0139 AP-NR-02-06-89 1939EST r i AM-Sudan-Relief 02-06 0325 AM-Sudan-Relief,0333 U.N. Says 500,000 in Sudan Need Food NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) More than 500,000 people will need emergency food relief in the southern Sudan this year, but a U.N. agency is having trouble delivering shipments, officials said Monday. The World Food Program said it is facing ``tremendous logistical problems in moving desperately needed relief food to the southern provinces'' of the war-torn country due to bad roads and lack of proper equipment. The agency, the food aid arm of the United Nations, said its first overland shipment of food in more than four months recently arrived in the town of Kaya near the Ugandan border. It consisted of 220 tons of corn aboard 16 trucks. The agency suspended ground shipments late last year after 11 drivers were killed when Sudanese rebels attacked a truck convoy in September. The agency said it was organizing a second truck convoy to carry another 400 tons of corn to Kaya. In a statement issued in Italy, the agency said more than 150,000 refugees have flocked to camps in Juba, about 90 miles north of Kaya. It said they need 2,000 tons of food monthly, but that an even greater amount must be delivered and stockpiled before roads are made impassable by the start of the rainy season in late April or early May. ``If overland transport proves insufficient to fulfill needs, (the World Food Program) may consider initiating a new airlift to Juba,'' the agency's statement said. The agency ended an airlift to the provincial capital in December after delivering 3,700 tons of food, but several other organizations, including the European Community and the International Committee of the Red Cross, are continuing flights. The U.N. agency said little or no food has been delivered to more than 200,000 refugees in Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile Provinces, both far north of the Ugandan and Kenyan borders. It said 500,000 Sudanese will need emergency food this year. AP890206-0140 AP-NR-02-06-89 1747EST u w BC-BushText 3rdadd 02-06 0698 BC-Bush Text, 3rd add,690 WASHN: those standards. But I do think, Rick, that it's fair that we not reach judgment on Senate hearings before the Senate hearings are concluded, because it's very hard to filter out fact from fiction, spurious allegation from fact. And I am not about to make a judgment based on a sensationalized newspaper story. I'm simply not going to do that. That wouldn't be fair, and I'm not sure how ethical it would be. So let's wait and see. This _ you're referring to the Tower matter up there. That matter has been looked at by the FBI. The committee now has that. They have the responsibility to make determination. And I'll be very interested to see what they say. But I am not going to make conclusions _ jump to conclusions based on stories that may or may not have any validity at all. Yes? Q. Mr. President, even if, as your spokesman says you do, you continue to back Senator Tower for the position, there are those, you've heard, who say that the best thing he could do for you is to step aside, because even if confirmed, he then would become ``damaged goods,'' weaker in administering, a very, very tough job on your behalf. How do you respond to that suggestion? A. Well, I think people would not want a person to step aside, given rumor, particularly if the rumor is baseless. And the process _ what _ the problem is the process is taking a little longer than I would like, and yet, I think the Senate has got to do what they're doing _ looking at these allegations very carefully. But, you know, as I said here at this same podium a while back, the American people are basically fair. And, if these allegations prove to be allegations without fact behind them, I think the people are going to say, ``Wait a minute. What went on here? How come it was all this _ we'd read this one day, and then kind of a puff of smoke the next?'' And, so, I don't think, in your substantive question though, that if it proves _ if the Senate committee gives its endorsement to the senator, particularly after all of these allegations, that there is any danger at all of damage to his credibility or his ability to do the job. Yes? Q. Mr. President, there are new and substantive allegations that Senator Tower lost control over the highly classified security documents and computer disks that were used in Geneva under his watch. If those allegations prove to be founded, would you then withdraw his nomination? A. I would not answer hypothetical questions of that nature. You're telling me something that I haven't heard before. And, we did have access to FBI reports. So, if this matter is now before the Congress, let them investigate it. But, I can't go into a hypothesis. All I would be doing would be adding to, I think, speculation that is not helpful at this juncture. Q. But, sir, will you pursue these allegations in the executive branch? Are you going to track what the FBI is looking into? Are you going to personally surveil these kinds of allegations yourself? A. Every rumor and every innuendo? No. But, if you make _ if there's some substantive allegation of this nature, of course it would concern me. Yes? Q. Mr. President, back to S&Ls, if we might. Millions _ (laughter) _ millions of Americans save alternatively. That is, they put their funds in mutual funds, stocks, and that kind of thing. As I read it, you've now outlined a plan that places a lot of the S&L bailout on the backs of the general treasury. How fair is that? A. We've got a major problem and something has to be done. And this is the fairest system that the best minds in this administration can come up with. And, so, I'd _ I, again, would ask you to ask the specifics of the treasury burden to the chairman of the Federal Reserve or the secretary of the treasury. Ask how they see that. MORE AP890206-0141 AP-NR-02-06-89 1800EST u w BC-BushText 4thadd 02-06 0562 BC-Bush Text, 4th add,560 WASHN: see that. But, look, as I've said, there is no easy answer to this. All I want to do is make a sound proposal, work to put it into effect, and have that proposal such that the country won't have to face this problem again. Yes, Dave? Q. Mr. President, you said you dropped the deposit fee idea. But this plan you've given us has an increase in premimums that may be paid by consumers as well as a large amount of taxpayer's money. Isn't that the same thing _ consumers and taxpayers are still going to have to pay the price for this? A. Well, as I indicated earlier on, there is no guarantee of passing this on to the consumer, nor is there a guarantee it won't be passed on. But this arrangement has been there since _ for 50 years. And you might argue whether it's been passed on or not, I just don't know; I haven't seen the flow-through in the industry. But nothing is without pain when you come to solve a problem of this magnitude. Yes? Q. Mr. President, you've talked to several members of Congress in various receptions and dinners and personal conversations over the past couple of weeks, in many of them you discussed your plan for this problem. What is your feeling for the reception that it's going to get on Capitol Hill and of the selling job that it will make you have to get it passed? A. We may have a big selling job. But I've been encouraged so far with the spirit epitomized by the members of Congress, particularly at the joint leadership meeting the other day. We didn't go into every detail of this; these plans were still being formulated and I wanted to get their views. I was encouraged by what Bill Seidman told me earlier on about how he _ what he felt the receptivity of the plan will be. But I don't think it's fair to the Congress to say that they have signaled to me that they are going to be enthusiastic on this plan, although I hope they are. Yes? Q. Mr. President _ A. I'm going to take about three more, and then turn this over to these gentlemen here who are prepared to go into as much detail as you want. Yes? Q. Mr. President, on these allegations that surround Tower now, at least variations on the theme surfaced early in the transition _ allegations of womanizing and taking money from defense contractors, that sort of thing. Have you satisfied yourself that he is still the nominee you want? And can you give us, at this time, a wholehearted endorsement of Tower? A. Yes, I can, and I will right now, because some of the very same allegations that were floated that long ago apparently have been looked at and examined by the best possible examiners _ I'm talking about the FBI _ and found to be groundless. So, therefore, I'm not about to change my view. Now if somebody comes up with facts, I hope I'm not narrow-minded enough that I wouldn't take a look, but I am not going to deal in the kinds of rumors that I've seen reported and then knocked down, and then reported and then knocked down. Yes? MORE AP890206-0142 AP-NR-02-06-89 1951EST r a AM-KittyDukakis-Experts 02-06 0556 AM-Kitty Dukakis-Experts,0570 Experts Praise Mrs. Dukakis for Quick Treatment of Drinking Problem With AM-Kitty Dukakis By DANIEL Q. HANEY AP Science Writer BOSTON (AP) Alcoholism experts praised Kitty Dukakis on Monday for seeking treatment of alcohol abuse after a relatively brief bout of heavy drinking following her husband's loss of the presidential election. Doctors attributed the family's quick action, in part, to their awareness of addiction problems following Mrs. Dukakis's earlier struggle with a dependence on diet pills. ``For a public figure, who knows any revelation about problems is going to be widely publicized, it takes great courage to seek treatment,'' said Dr. Domenic Ciraulo of New England Medical Center in Boston. ``This is a family that certainly knows about substance abuse,'' he said. ``It's unusual to seek help so early, but it shows they know the signs of trouble so well.'' Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said Monday that his wife had been admitted to a private hospital in Newport, R.I. He said she had never had a drinking problem until shortly after the Nov. 8 election, which Dukakis, the Democratic nominee, lost to George Bush. ``Unfortunately, a combination of physical exhaustion, the stress of the campaign effort and the post-election letdown all combined to create a situation in which, on a limited number of occasions while at home, she has used alcohol in excessive quantities,'' the governor said. Mrs. Dukakis was treated in 1982 for a 26-year reliance on amphetamine diet pills. Dr. Peter Nathan, director of the Rutgers Centers for Alcohol Studies in Piscataway, N.J., said that if the drinking only began in November, there probably has not been time for Mrs. Dukakis to become physically dependent on alcohol. ``If what the governor says is accurate, they have been quite courageous in deciding to do something about this early,'' Nathan said. ``The odds are far better that they will be able to get it under control, and there won't be any permanent consequences.'' Dr. Patricia Sutker of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Orleans said that seeking treatment for alcohol abuse does not necessarily mean someone is an alcoholic. ``You could go in because you don't like the fact that you drank heavily on a few occasions,'' she said. ``You want to nip it in the bud. She might not be an alcoholic and wants to go in for some stress management.'' Several experts said that people who already have had one form of addiction are susceptible to developing another. ``Drug switching does occur, and the drug that's easiest to switch into is alcohol,'' said Dr. Roger Weiss of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. ``It's easy to get, cheap, legal and the most socially acceptable.'' The experts discounted the once popular notion that some people have addictive personalities. Instead, they said that abusers of drugs and alcohol tend to have little in common except their addiction. Ciraulo said people may turn to a variety of mood-altering substances as a way of coping with their problems. ``As a way to deal with stress and pain, alcohol or any other drug is an effective way on a temporary basis to relieve it,'' he said. Some people may also ``experience depression or psychological pain more intensively than others and then use drugs or alcohol as a way to treat their own pain.'' AP890206-0143 AP-NR-02-06-89 1808EST u w BC-BushText 5thadd 02-06 0399 BC-Bush Text, 5th add,390 WASHN: down. Yes? Q. Mr. President, there have been hints that Gorbachev may propose a test to defuse the situation in Central America. I wonder if you see the possibility of superpower deals in Central America and, if so, what you _ if you could suggest what would be acceptable to you? A. I don't know about a deal, but I can see a possibility of cooperation in Central America, because I would like the Soviets to understand that we have very special interests in this hemisphere, particularly in Central America, and that our commitment to democracy and to freedom and free elections and these principles is unshakable. And I don't think they really have substantive interests in this part of the world, certainly none that rival ours. So, I would like to think they would understand that. And there are so many areas where we could demonstrate a new spirit of cooperation, and this would clearly be one of them. So, I'd like to think that is the way that the matter would be approached by the Soviets. Yeah, a follow-up. Q. Could I follow up and ask you whether an understanding on Central America, whether you'd be willing to include abandonment of aid to the Contras as part of such an understanding? A. I wouldn't make a deal on that with the Soviets, nor would that come up. I don't believe you'd ever have a _ I can't see a situation of that nature arising, knowing, as I do, what will be negotiated and discussed with the _ so I think that's a _ so hypothetical as to not even be a possibility of any kind. Yeah, Charles, and then I do have to run. Q. Mr. President, we still don't know what the taxpayer's burden is in here out of this $40 billion and cents, first from S&L funds and the shortfall from treasury funds. How big is it, and have you, in going through your budget, had to knock out some things to pay for this? A. We've had to knock out a lot of things on the overall budget for a lot of different reasons, but I'd like to leave this to Dick for the questioning, to give the specific amounts. It is shared, as I've indicated, and he can give you the amounts that are involved. MORE AP890206-0144 AP-NR-02-06-89 1813EST u w AM-PayRaise 2ndLd-Writethru a0673 02-06 0947 AM-Pay Raise, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0673,880 Vote Tuesday Will Likely Kill Pay Raise Eds: New thruout with Dole, Mitchell comment; further on plans for Tuesday votes. By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The speaker of the House, Jim Wright, caved in Monday to opponents of a 51 percent congressional pay raise, conceding ``the majority has spoken'' in demanding a vote that will likely keep senators and representatives from getting any increase. Wright set the vote for Tuesday. The Senate was expected to quickly give its assent and sent legislation halting the raise, due to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, to President Bush. Senate Republican leader Bob Dole said he expects Bush to sign it. The vote, Wright said, will be on ``a simple resolution of disapproval'' of the raises, which would also affect federal judges and top executive branch officials. Wright had planned to let the raise take effect Wednesday, then have the House vote the next day to scale it back to 30 percent. Members of Congress would have seen their annual salaries jump, at least temporarily, from $89,500 to $135,000. The speaker relented after opponents won a dramatic vote to keep the issue alive on the House floor. He said the chamber will vote Tuesday and promised, ``The majority will rule.'' The resolution would then go to the Senate, which voted 95-5 Thursday for a differently worded rejection measure. That chamber's majority leader, Sen. George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, said he ``hopes and expects to bring up whatever the House sends over'' and send it to the president before the raise becomes law, according to Mitchell aides. Bush, at a late afternoon news conference, was asked, ``Would you sign a bill that vetoes the pay raise, not only for the members of Congress, but also for federal judges and other high officials in the government?'' He answered, in an apparent reference to the pay raise, ``I said I would support it.'' But Mitchell's Republican counterpart, Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., told reporters: ``I understand he'll sign it. He needs to do it by midnight so the judiciary doesn't get a big step while everybody else is being stepped on.'' The Constitution forbids raises for judges from being reduced once they take effect. Wright's turnaround came after pay raise opponents mustered a 238-88 majority against a House Democratic leadership motion to adjourn. ``The majority has spoken, and the majority will speak emphatically,'' Wright said afterwords. One leading opponent of the raise, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, said Wright's capitulation showed he had realized ``that the power of the people is greater than the power of his tyranny in (trying to) close down the House of Representatives until the members got their salary increase.'' The chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Bill Gray, D-Pa., predicted there would be ``no pay raise, no change'' in the lawmakers' salary. Gray also said he doubted the House would move to ban speaking fees and other honoraria _ a plan favored by Wright in return for the raise. Gray said members feared a vote to end Monday's debate and adjourn ``was going to be interpreted as a vote on the pay raise.'' He said any vote to increase lawmakers' salary now would fail. Even ``if it's a vote on 4 percent, it ain't going to pass,'' Gray added. ``This pay raise is dead,'' said Rep. Thomas Tauke, R-Iowa, an architect of the opposition strategy. Tauke, however, said he expects Congress to take up the issue later, along with a review of honoraria, often paid to members by special interests seeking to influence legislation. The vote and Wright's subsequent announcement came after Majority Leader Thomas Foley, D-Wash., presiding over Monday's session, refused to recognize a pay-raise opponent who wanted to introduce a resolution calling for a vote on the hike. That set the stage for more than 30 minutes of barbed debate between the two sides. From the start, the House electronic tote board showed the adjournment motion, by House Majority Whip Tony Coelho, D-Calif., was losing. Wright last week conducted a private survey of House members and said the results showed they did not want a vote before the raise took effect. Despite that, random surveys by The Associated Press and other organizations showed sentiment in favor of a vote. A weekend Gallup poll indicated overwhelming public opposition to the pay raise. The Gallup organization asked 1,001 adults from Friday through Sunday whether they favored or opposed increasing congressional pay from $89,500 to $135,000. The results, with a 4 percent margin of error, showed 82 percent opposed it with only 15 percent in favor. Meanwhile, the president of the American Bar Association, addressing the group's convention in Denver, urged members to call their congressmen to register their support for the pay raise for judges. Robert Raven, the association's president, then gave his listeners the phone number of the congressional switchboard. Besides the raise for members of Congress, the presidential commission proposed: _Increasing the president's pay from $200,000 to $350,000 and the vice president's from $115,000 to $175,000. The raises would not affect President Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle. _Raising the salaries of top federal officials, now in the range of $75,500 to $99,500, to a range of $115,000 to $155,000. _Hiking the salary of the chief justice from $115,000 to $175,000 and the salaries of associate justices of the Supreme Court from $110,000 to $165,000. _Raising the pay of federal appellate judges from $95,000 to $140,000 and that of federal district judges from $89,500 to $135,000. Retired congressmen, presidents, vice presidents, top federal officials and other federal judges would also receive higher pensions under the commission's proposal. AP890206-0145 AP-NR-02-06-89 1818EST u w AM-Bush-CentralAmerica 02-06 0486 AM-Bush-Central America,490 Bush Calls for Superpower Cooperation By RITA BEAMISH Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush said Monday there is a chance for ``a new spirit of cooperation'' between the Soviet Union and the United States in solving Central American problems. Bush was asked at a news conference if he foresees a deal with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to resolve the region's problems, which include a superpower dispute over leftist-ruled Sandinista. The Soviets help supply the Sandinista while the United States provides aid to the anti-Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Bush said he wouldn't make a deal on Contra aid, but added, ``I can see a possibility of cooperation in Central America.'' The Soviets don't have ``substantive interest in that part of the world, certainly none that rival ours. So I would like to think they would understand that,'' Bush said. ``And there are so many areas where we could demonstrate a new spirit of cooperation and this would clearly be one of them.'' The United States has an ``unshakable'' commitment to democracy, freedom and free elections in the five-nation region, he said. Bush hasn't spelled out his Central American policies, particularly the Contra aid question and the fighting in neighboring El Salvador between the U.S.-backed government and leftist rebels. Bush said he is reviewing the policy of his predecessor Ronald Reagan, which involved unswerving support for military aid to the Contras. But officials have said no Contra aid will be sought in the near future and the administration is willing to support regional efforts toward a diplomatic solution to the Contra war. Bush and Secretary of States James Baker haven't yet named a new assistant secretary of state for Latin America. Baker has settled on Bernard Aronson, a Democrat who helped the Reagan administration win Contra aid, but the appointment hasn't been announced, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. The previous holder of the post, Elliott Abrams, discussed Nicaragua during several meetings with Soviet officials, but no substantive action ever came of the meetings. The United States has continually objected to the Soviet supply of weaponry to Nicaragua's leftist government, saying the shipments continued through 1988, even after U.S. arms to the Contras were stopped. Vice President Dan Quayle visited the region last week and met with presidents of the four Central American democracies _ El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala. The United States refuses to meet with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on the grounds that he should conduct talks first with the Contras. Quayle said the administration supports the regional effort by the five presidents to reach a diplomatic solution. Bush sent a message last week to the Salvadoran military and the government, urging human rights improvements. Quayle deplored human rights violations from the leftist guerillas and the right wing factions, and indicated that unless El Salvador improves its record, U.S. aid to the country would likely be jeopardized. AP890206-0146 AP-NR-02-06-89 2002EST r i AM-UN-Israel-Lebanon 02-06 0214 AM-UN-Israel-Lebanon,0221 Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Complains to Israel UNITED NATIONS (AP) The chief of U.N. peacekeeping operations protested to Israel about the expulsion of dozens of Lebanese by a predominantly Christian militia serving Israel in a border ``security zone.'' The South Lebanon Army militia, trained and supplied by Israel, helps Israeli soldiers patrol the zone just inside Lebanon and helps them fight Moslem guerrillas hostile to Israel. At least 70 Lebanese have been expelled from the zone in the past month, apparently because they refused to cooperate with the militia. Marrack Goulding, undersecretary-general in charge of peacekeeping operations, complained over the weekend about the expulsions and tension between peacekeepers and Israel to Johanan Bein, the Israeli U.N. ambassador, U.N. spokesman Francois Giuliani said Monday. No appropriate officials were at the Israeli mission Monday to respond. Ambassador Rachid Fakhoury of Lebanon released a letter to Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on Monday complaining of Israel's activities in south Lebanon. ``Terrorism, blockade, harassment, deprivation of freedoms, raids, expulsion, demolition of homes, torture, imprisonment and pressures are essential elements of daily life even in the areas controlled by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,'' he said. ``Not one week goes by without the Israeli army expelling groups or individuals from the region.'' AP890206-0147 AP-NR-02-06-89 1826EST u i AM-WolfPrize 1stLd-Writethru a0598 02-06 0364 AM-Wolf Prize, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0598,0370 American, Briton Share Wolf Medicine Prize Eds: LEADS throughout to ADD details, background. ADDS dropped letter in Drosophila, CORRECTS style of Caltech, lowercase bithorax. No pickup. JERUSALEM (AP) Biologists Edward B. Lewis of the California Institute of Technology and John B. Gurdon of Britain's Cambridge University were awarded the 1989 Wolf Prize in medicine Monday for their work in molecular biology. The $100,000 prize will be presented to them in May. Lewis, 70, a native of Wilkes Barre, Pa., was recognized for his studies of genes in fruit flies that serve as master plans for the insects' growth and might help explain some birth defects in humans. Lewis has been a professor of biology at Caltech for 40 years, is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a past president of the Genetics Society of America. Working with the Drosophila fly, Lewis identified a group of genes known as the bithorax complex in the cell nucleus, the foundation said. The genes work at the earliest stages of an embryo's development to control formation of a fly's head, chest and abdomen, as well as formation of wings and other organs included in those body segments, Lewis said. Homeo boxes, which are portions of homeotic genes, ``haven't changed much since the fly'' and are found in mice and humans, in which they also help direct formation of the head, chest and abdomen, he added. Thus, some basic and very ancient parts of genes that control anatomy are shared by flies, mice and humans, Lewis said. Gurdon, 55, a native of Dippenhall, Hampshire, and a graduate of Christ Church College, Oxford, has been at Cambridge since 1972. The professor of cell biology was cited for his work with frogs. He found that certain cells taken from the organs of a mature animal contain all the genetic information necessary to produce a frog, the foundation said. He showed such cells could be made to develop into tadpoles. The Wolf Foundation was set up in 1975 by Ricardo Wolf, a German-born chemist who emigrated to Cuba and later served as its ambassador to Israel. He died in Israel in 1981. AP890206-0148 AP-NR-02-06-89 1838EST u w BC-BushText 6thadd 02-06 0553 BC-Bush Text, 6th add,550 WASHN: are involved. Listen, thank you all very much. And now I'm going to turn this over to Secretary Brady. And then I _ in order, I guess, they'll refer to each of these others. Huh? Q. Mr. President, one more word for the word for the small _ Q. _ back here, Mr. President? A. What was that substantive question? (Laughter.) Q. All the way in the back! We didn't see you get back in this area. A. We didn't get that far back, no. But if there's been an egregious offense to those in the back benches, I will take one parting question, and inasmuch as you raised it, fire away. Q. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Back on the ethics issue, a couple of your prospective _ A. Mindful that the last question always does get you in great trouble. Go ahead. (Laughter.) Q. A couple of your prospective nominees _ one of your prospective nominees and your counsel have just recently changed their minds on matters that would have violated the ethics rules under the Reagan administration. Did you have difficulty in getting the word out that times would be tougher under your administration? A. No, I don't think so. For example, if you're referring to the Boyden Gray matter, which I think you are, that matter was reviewed every single year by the Office of Government Ethics. And he was deemed in compliance every single year. But now we've got a new ball game here. He's the general counsel here in the White House, and I'm the president. And I've set out rhetorically the highest possible standards and we're trying to back that up by findings from this commission. And so, I do think that _ that we've got _ we've got to be very careful about perceptions of impropriety when it comes to conflict of interest, not rumors or innuendoes of one sort or another. I don't think you can _ I should deal in those things. But when it comes to perceived conflicts of interest, I'd like our people to bend over backwards. And I think that's what has happened in both the question of Lou Sullivan, whether he's entitled to _ all he did was ask, ``Am I entitled to continue these arrangements with this small university?'' And all Boyden did, in my view now, is to try to go a step beyond what the government ethics office has said to avoid the perception of impropriety. But _ so, I think it might be different now. I have to approach it differently as president, not that you have lower standards, but I just think that again, this whole question of perception, we've got to look at it very, very carefully. But I want to be fair. I do not want to have the loudest charge, no matter how irresponsible, be that that sets the standards. We've got to achieve more objective standards. And that's why I'm putting a lot of faith in the _ hope to put a lot of faith in the findings of Judge Wilkey and former Attorney General Griffin Bell. And they will be looking at all these matters in terms of reality, and then to some degree I'm sure, in terms of perception. MORE AP890206-0149 AP-NR-02-06-89 1842EST u w BC-BushText 7thadd 02-06 0314 BC-Bush Text, 7th add,310 WASHN: of perception. So, what might be legal and what might be perfectly sound ethically might have to be altered, given this new approach because of perception. It's a delicate one. I don't want to have the standards set in such an irresponsible way that good people just throw up their hands and say, ``Look, who needs that kind of grief? Who needs it? Why should I have to give up all my whatever it is, my health plan from the XYZ Company?'' And yet, on the other hand, we're in a different time now; we're in a time when we've got to try to set these standards as high as possible. So, I think Dr. Sullivan did the right thing in asking what was proper. I think Boyden Gray did the correct thing every year in asking what was proper and reviewing his own personal holdings in a family company with the ethics office, but now, taking another step because of perception in this case. So, we've got to reach _ we've got to work with these individuals to find the proper answer, and we've got to work with the commission to try to codify these standards. Q. Sir, if I might follow up, you said during the campaign very clearly that your staffers would not take outside income. I wonder why they need a legal opinion to understand that. A. They had a legal opinion saying it was perfectly proper from this family company. And so, now we're changing that and saying, ``Look, there's this different perception problem here in this new era, so let's bend over as far backwards as we possibly can to recognize that.'' Thank you all very much. Q. What about leveraged buyouts, Mr. President? A. There's your LBO man right there. (Referring to Brady.) (Laughter.) End Bush Text _ 8 Takes AP890206-0150 AP-NR-02-06-89 2051EST r i AM-Belgium-Chess 02-06 0463 AM-Belgium-Chess,0479 Timman Wins Fifth Game Against Portisch, Ties Match ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) Jan Timman of Holland fought back from a losing position with black on Monday to defeat Lajos Portisch of Hungary in the fifth game in his World Chess Championship Candidates quarterfinal. With only one more game to go, Timman's victory tied the match at 2.5-2.5. Portisch won the third encounter in the six-game match last week, and the other three games played so far ended in draws. The 37-year-old Dutchman's performance in Monday's action was not the sort that will earn his win a place in chess theory books. Needing at least a draw to keep alive his chances against the 51-year-old Hungarian, Timman chose a somewhat unusual variation of the Modern Defense in an apparent effort to offset his opponent's opening advantage. But Portisch, one of the world's greatest opening theoreticians, played as if he had seen it all before. With a series of strong, confident moves, he built up a vastly superior position, sacrificing an exchange to blast a trail for his center pawns on their advance to eventual promotion. ``My God'', was all Timman's West German second, Vlastimil Hort, could say when he studied the position after the first twenty moves. Dutch grandmaster Genna Sosonko was more explicit. ``It's sad,'' he commented, ``but all black can do now is hope for white to make a mistake. It would not be the first time Portisch gets nervous when he seems to be winning.'' For 10 moves, however, the Hungarian did just fine, steadily working on his pawn advance and increasing the pressure on black's hedged-in troops. But when the crucial moment came and one of his advanced pawns was on the verge of reaching the eighth rank, Portisch made a serious error, allowing Timman to return the exchange and even out completely. A few moves later, it was Timman who had the upper hand, and he made no mistakes. A black pawn, supported by queen and bishop, reached the second rank, and Portisch had to weaken his position in order to block it. Timman was at his best in this stage, exploiting white's weaknesses to the full and gradually gaining command of the whole board. Portisch soldiered on for a while, but resigned at his 47th, when he stood to lose a piece. The Hungarian will be playing black in Wednesday's sixth game of the match, which will go into overtime with a two-game extension if neither player manages a win. In case the extension fails to produce a winner, a series of sudden-death rapid games at increasing speeds will have to decide the outcome of the contest. The winner of the Candidates series will challenge world champion Garri Kasparov for his world title in 1990. AP890206-0151 AP-NR-02-06-89 2050EST r i AM-Belgium-Chess-Moves 02-06 0197 AM-Belgium-Chess-Moves,0248 By The Associated Press With AM-Belgium-Chess ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) Here are the moves played Monday in the fifth game of the World Chess Championship Candidates quarterfinal between Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Jan Timman of the Netherlands. White: Portisch Black: Timman Opening: Modern Defense 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Na3 Ne7 11. 0-0 c6 12. Rb1 0-0 13. Nc2 c5 14. b4 Nc8 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Be2 Re8 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. f4 b5 19. Rxb5 Nd6 20. e5 Nxb5 21. cxb5 Qa5 22. d6 Qxa2 23. Qc4 Qb2 24. Bf3 Rab8 25. Bc6 Red8 26. Qxc5 d3 27. Nb4 d2 28. Nd3 Qb3 29. Nf2 Qa4 30. g3 a6 31. b6 Rdc8 32. b7 Rxc6 33. Qa7 Rxb7 34. Qxb7 Rc1 35. Qf3 Qd4 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Nd1 Bf8 38. Qf2 Qd5 ch 39. Kg1 Rxf1 ch 40. Kxf1 f6 41. exf6 Bxd6 42. Qe3 Kf7 43. Ke2 Bc5 44. Qc3 Qe4 ch 45. Kf1 Qh1 ch 46. Ke2 Qxh2 ch 47. Kf3 Qh1 ch White resigns AP890206-0152 AP-NR-02-06-89 2021EST r i AM-AfghanKing 02-06 0372 AM-Afghan King,0380 Exiled Afghan King Says He's Ready to Serve His People With AM-Afghanistan, Bjt By STEPHEN R. WILSON Associated Press Writer ROME (AP) Afghanistan's former king says he is willing to help form a new government and prevent a bloodbath after the Soviets complete their troop withdrawal, his spokesman said Monday. Mohammed Zaher Shah said urgent measures were necessary to promote national unity in Afghanistan and prevent ``dissension, civil war and unnecessary bloodshed,'' in a message read to The Associated Press by his spokesman and brother-in-law, Gen. Abdul Wali. ``Now that the Afghan nation is about to achieve the aims of its heroic struggle, I wish to reiterate yet again that I am prepared to render, without any claim or precondition, any service to my country which would reflect the will of the majority of my compatriots,'' said Zaher Shah, who has lived in exile in Rome since being overthrown in 1973. Afghan rebel groups known as mujahedeen, or Islamic ``holy warriors,'' have been arguing over the process toward forming a transitional government to succeed the Soviet-backed regime. They have scheduled a meeting in Pakistan on Friday that is intended to pave the way for elections among Afghan refugees for representatives that will form an all-Islamic government. The former king urged all sides to reject ``short-term political goals and personal gains'' and work together to rebuild the country in a political process free from ``pressure, intimidation, discrimination, privilege or foreign interference.'' Speculation about a possible role for the former king has been brewing for more than a year. In December, Zaher Shah met in Rome with Yuri Vorontsov, a Soviet envoy who has been seeking to promote a peace settlement in Afghanistan. While Zaher Shah still has a following in Afghanistan, some Moslem rebel groups oppose his return. Soviet troops entered Afghanistan in December 1979, fighting anti-Marxist Moslem guerrillas backed by the United States and Pakistan. The Soviet withdrawal, which begin in May under a U.N.-mediated agreement, is to be completed by Feb. 15. Zaher Shah lost his throne in July 1973 when his cousin and former prime minister, Mohammed Daud, seized power in a coup. The king was in Italy at the time for treatment of rheumatism. AP890206-0153 AP-NR-02-06-89 2023EST r i AM-Britain-Nazis 02-06 0355 AM-Britain-Nazis,0364 Committee Recommends Changes in Law to Permit Nazi Trials LONDON (AP) Residents of Britain who are suspected of being Nazi war criminals could be tried quickly if the government enacted simple changes in the law, a parliamentary committee said Monday. Nazi-hunters have accused Britain of delaying action on fugitive Nazis and their collaborators, including a Lithuanian-born man the Simon Wiesenthal Center of Los Angeles says was involved in killing thousands of Jews. The War Crimes Group, with members from all parties, said British laws could be amended within six months to give courts jurisdiction over war crimes committed abroad by people who were not British citizens at the time. Parliament has amended laws to allow prosecution of hijackers, terrorists and others who committed ``sufficiently grave'' crimes abroad and later obtained citizenship, the committee said. ``The crimes under consideration, principally those of murder, manslaughter and genocide, were all criminal `according to the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations' at the time of their commission,'' according to the 71-page report. It said Australia and Canada had enacted such laws since 1987 in order to prosecute war criminals. The government is expected to complete an investigation next month of allegations that Nazis who committed war crimes in World War II are living in Britain. Investigators also are considering whether the law can be amended to allow prosecution. Philip Rubenstein, secretary of the committee, said it fears the government will delay action for two or three years even though amending the statutes requires ``extremely minor legislation.'' The report said 250 people are being investigated for possible war crimes. Last summer, the Wiesenthal Center gave the government a list of 13 alleged war criminals it said had come to Britain. The Home Office said it would try to trace the men, Russians now aged 63-89 whose names were first submitted by the Soviet ambassador in November 1947. The Wiesenthal center has identified 400 alleged war criminals in eight Western countries. The most publicized British case is of Antanas Gecas, born in Lithuania and now living in Scotland, who acknowledges witnessing killings but denies involvement. AP890206-0154 AP-NR-02-06-89 1905EST u p AM-Tower 02-06 0481 AM-Tower,500 Bush Stands By Tower By RITA BEAMISH Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush on Monday stood by John Tower, his embattled nominee to be secretary of defense, and said the former Texas senator shouldn't have to withdraw because of rumors about his personal life. The confirmation process ``is taking a little longer than I would like, and yet I think the Senate has got to do what they're doing -- looking at these allegations very carefully,'' Bush said. Bush added that if any rumors or innuendo turn out to be ``a substantive allegation of this nature, of course it would concern me.'' He said he still endorses Tower, but added, ``If somebody comes up with facts, I hope I'm not narrow-minded enough that I wouldn't take a look. But I am not going to deal in the kinds of rumors that I've seen reported and then knocked down and then reported and then knocked down.'' Tower has subject of allegations that he is a womanizer and has a drinking problem. The administration said FBI investigations into the matter had turned up nothing that would prevent Tower from carrying out his task as head of the Pentagon. But the Senate Armed Services Committee last week put off a Thursday vote on Tower 's confirmation, saying two new allegations came up that had to be checked out. Although Bush said the FBI report was delivered Monday to the committee, the panel's chairman, Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., and ranking Republican, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said they hadn't seen any such document. Nunn said, ``We have not had anything delivered to us, and we are awaiting on it, so the status quo is right where it was.'' Asked about Bush's statement, Nunn elaborated that ``we've done some talking back and forth but we've received no report whatsoever.'' Bush refused to speculate about the Tower rumors. ``If this matter is now before the Congress, let them investigate it. But I can't go into a hypothesis. All I would be doing would be adding to, I think, speculation that is not helpful at this juncture,'' Bush said. Senate Republican leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., said at a news conference that Tower's confirmation chances had probably not been hurt by delay in a vote. ``We should get the nomination out,'' Dole said. ``If we investigated every rumor about every senator, we wouldn't have a quorum around this place. I checked as late as 4 p.m. and I haven't learned anything new. The FBI should wrap up its investigation by tomorrow morning.'' Asked about suggestions from some quarters Tower should withdraw, Bush said, ``I think people would not want a person to step aside, given rumor, particularly if the rumor is baseless.'' Tower participated in White House sessions on the defense budget, both on Saturday and again Monday, said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. AP890206-0155 AP-NR-02-06-89 1906EST u i AM-Israel 2ndLd-Writethru a0683 02-06 0867 AM-Israel, 2nd Ld-Writethru, a0683,0890 Israel Accuses Arafat, Urges Washington to Halt Contacts with PLO Eds: LEADS with 8 grafs to UPDATE with formal request that US stop PLO contacts, details. Pick up 7th pvs, `Arab witnesses...' Minor editing, including deletion of 21st pvs, `State Department...' which moved up By MARY SEDOR Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) Israel formally asked the United States on Monday to stop talking to the PLO, and top leaders began a campaign to convince the U.S. administration that PLO chairman Yasser Arafat broke a pledge to end terrorism. An Israeli diplomat delivered the request to the State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, sources in Washington said on condition of anonymity. Israeli leaders cited the case of five Palestinian guerrillas killed Saturday night by Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border. Israel's embassy in Washington submitted information ``identifying details and additional facts linking the PLO to that squad,'' Israel Television said. State Department spokesman Charles E. Redman said ``we're looking into'' whether the encounter Saturday violated Arafat's renunciation of terrorism. Other officials said the United States was seeking additional information. In Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Moshe Arens accused the Palestine Liberation Organization of breaking a promise to refrain from terror and gave the firefight as evidence. In a speech to American Jewish leaders, he said Israel was urging the United States to reconsider its dialogue with the PLO on grounds the conditions for such contact had been ``clearly and unequivocally violated.'' Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said threats by Arafat against Palestinians who might negotiate with Israel were ``the worst terror ... more important even than an attempt to infiltrate from Lebanon.'' On the main shopping street of Arab east Jerusalem, police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and a water cannon to subdue dozens of Palestinian stone throwers who smashed cars and shop windows. Arab witnesses said the demonstrators blocked the street with blazing tires and overturned garbage bins. Israel radio said two police officers suffered minor injuries. In the occupied Gaza Strip, soldiers shot and wounded a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the leg during clashes, Arab doctors said. The army said it was checking the report. Also Monday, assailants set fire to the Israeli tax office in the occupied West Bank town of Qalqiliya, an army official said. The top floor of the two-story building was gutted, the official said. Hamas, a Moslem fundamentalist group, claimed responsibility for the attack in slogans sprayed on city walls. Tax boycotts are part of the Palestinians 14-month uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The revolt, which has taken the lives of 374 Palestinians and 15 Israelis, was largely responsible for the more moderate stance Arafat stance that led the United States to open a dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization. U.S. officials opened talks with the PLO in December after Arafat renounced terrorism and said he accepted Israel. Israeli officials were shocked at the U.S. move, which ended a 13-year boycott. The Jewish state considers the PLO a terrorist group and refuses to talk with it. The army said the guerrillas slain Saturday were en route to carry out an attack against targets inside Israel. The guerrillas had hand grenades, a pistol equipped with a silencer and wire cutters, army officials said. Three were identified as members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist PLO faction, and the other two as members of the radical Palestine Liberation Front. On Sunday, the groups issued a statement saying the target was within the Israeli security security zone in south Lebanon. But on Monday, Israel radio reported they issued another statement that said the failed attack was ``an answer to the attempts by some Palestinian leaders to put an end to military struggle against Zionism.'' The statement reportedly said the two groups would not stop anti-Israeli attacks from Lebanon as instructed by Arafat. Arens, in a speech before the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the U.S. conditions for a dialogue with the PLO ``as they were set forth by the State Department have been clearly and unequivocally violated.'' ``I presume that in Washington they also noticed what happened, but to the extent that somebody there may not have noticed, we will draw his attention to it,'' Arens said. Seymour Reich, head of the U.S. group, said the Jewish leaders would pressure the Bush administration to end contacts with the PLO. ``I'm not sure the administration is prepared to cut off the dialogue yet,'' Reich said. ``But we're going to press on them these issues.'' Israel's Supreme Court, meanwhile, ruled that military officials can be forced to disclose secret evidence against Palestinians facing deportation, an Israeli defense lawyer said. The ruling came on an appeal by Balal Shakshir, a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Nablus who was ordered deported last year, said Leah Tzemel, one of his lawyers. In previous appeals, military prosecutors did not have to show the defendant evidence against him if the Defense Ministry said the information was classified. Shakshir's appeal is continuing. Since the uprising began, 49 Palestinians have been deported to Lebanon from the occupied lands. AP890206-0156 AP-NR-02-06-89 1909EST u i AM-Afghanistan 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0843 AM-Afghanistan, 1st Ld-Writethru,a0583,0865 Last Soviet Convoys Head North From Kabul and Western Region Eds: LEADS with three grafs to UPDATE with Soviet official saying about 20,000 troops still in Afghanistan; picks up 3rd pvs, `In Moscow...'; SUBS 13th pvs, `At Termez...' with two grafs with details; picks up 14th pvs, `Thousands of...' LaserPhoto MOS7 By SHARON HERBAUGH Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The last military convoys rolled north toward the border Monday, Soviet officials said, more than a week before the deadline for the Red Army to leave a frustrating war in which it lost more than 13,000 men. A Soviet military spokesman said less than 20,000 Soviet soldiers remain in Afghanistan and that they were moving toward the border on Monday. But in Kabul, hundreds of Soviet soldiers still guarded the airport, where military transports brought in food and fuel to ease shortages caused by a blockade of the capital by Moslem guerrillas who surround it. In Moscow, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda said ``the last Soviet soldier left Kabul'' on Sunday. Soviet officials in the Afghan capital, however, said about 1,000 Red Army troopers would remain at the airport until the end of next week. Eduard A. Shevardnadze, the Soviet foreign minister, met with officials in neighboring Pakistan but did not find a way to end the 11-year-old civil war peacefully. He said Monday the Soviets would continue supporting the Marxist government in Kabul but would not send troops back into the country. Soviet envoy Yuli Vorontsov left Tehran after talks with Afghan guerrillas leaders in Iran, Afghanistan's neighbor on the west. He said he hoped ``all political forces'' would join a coalition government after the Soviets are gone, Iran's official news agency reported, but the insurgents have consistently refused such proposals. Moslem guerrillas began fighting after a communist coup in April 1978, and Soviet soldiers entered Afghanistan in December 1979, growing in numbers to an estimated 115,000 by the time the withdrawal began May 15 under a U.N.-mediated agreement. All are to be out of the country by Feb. 15. The Kremlin says more than 13,000 Soviet soldiers were killed and 35,000 wounded in the nine years. Soviet diplomats said Monday all Red Army soldiers in Shindand left their garrison, the last Soviet military complex in the country. They said the soldiers headed out of the western city over the weekend to meet a convoy at Herat and were expected at the border Wednesday or Thursday. Pravda said Soviet troops had moved defensive checkpoints on the Salang Highway to about 50 miles north of Kabul at a tunnel through some of the roughest terrain of 260-mile withdrawal route. Pravda said insurgents did not attack Soviet convoys on the Salang, the only land route to the Soviet border from the capital, but four avalanches crashed down on retreating columns Sunday. It reported three soldiers killed and one injured. ``Terrorist grenades'' wounded three Soviet officers who were handing over vehicles to the Afghan army Sunday in a Kabul suburb, the paper said. At Termez, a Soviet border city where an airborne regiment arrived Monday from Afganistan, Lt. Col. Igor Korolev said the last Red Army soldiers were moving toward the border. The military spokesman said a total of 20,000 troops were still in the provinces of Balkh, Samangan, Baglan and Parvan _ between Kabul and the Soviet border to the north _ and in the northwestern Afghan province of Herat. Thousands of residents, servicemen and relatives greeted the men of the 350th Parachute Regiment as they came across the Friendship Bridge over the Amu River into Termez. The unit had been in Afghanistan since 1984. A brass band played. Soldiers waved flags and stuffed red carnations into the muzzles of their submachine guns. On the road behind the Kabul airport, by contrast, several young Soviets clutched their rifles nervously as they manned checkpoint bunkers. Andrei, a 20-year-old from Moldavia, said he and the others would be flown home before Feb. 15 but had not been told exactly when. Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said guerrilla shelling killed eight people in Kabul province. It said one person was killed and two were wounded in the cities of Gardiz and Khost in Paktia province. Rockets and rocket-propelled grenades hit residential areas in Herat and the airport at Kandahar in the south, the agency said. Guerrillas control nearly the Afghan countryside and, when the Soviets are gone, holding the cities will be left to Afghanistan's conscript army. The insurgents predict the Marxist regime of President Najib, who uses only one name, will collapse quickly. A plane leaving Kabul on Monday took Charge d'Affaires Roymond Petit, the highest-ranking French diplomat, his wife and three Austrian diplomats to New Delhi. Also aboard were relatives of Yugoslav, East German and Vietnamese diplomats. The last remaining U.S. diplomats left last week. Ian Mackley, who had been Britain's senior diplomat in Kabul, said in the Indian capital the simplest solution would be for Najib ``to be on the last plane out with the last Russian.'' AP890206-0157 AP-NR-02-06-89 1910EST u i AM-Dollar-Yen 02-06 0028 AM-Dollar-Yen,0028 Dollar Down TOKYO (AP) The dollar opened at 129.37 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market Tuesday, down from Monday's close of 129.70 yen. AP890206-0158 AP-NR-02-06-89 1917EST u w AM-Sullivan-HHS 1stLd-Writethru a0688 02-06 0867 AM-Sullivan-HHS, 1st Ld-Writethru, a0688,880 White House Satisifed With Sullivan Finances, Asks Congress to Set Hearing Eds: SUBS 7th graf pvs, The Office, to add reason sabbatical wasn't approved; INSERTS one graf after 11th pvs, Sullivan now, to add salary detail; ADDS 7 grafs at end with more detail and comment By DEBORAH MESCE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The White House asked Congress on Monday to reschedule confirmation hearings for Louis Sullivan, the Health and Human Services secretary-designate, in the wake of his decision to forfeit nearly $300,000 from his medical school presidency. No hearing date had been set by late Monday afternoon. The move by the administration signaled that the White House is satisfied with Sullivan's financial disclosure and the FBI background check, which had been cited earlier as reasons to postpone a previously scheduled hearing. The hearing was put back on track after Sullivan decided to forgo $297,000 in funds due him from his contract with the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, which he founded and heads as president. In a White House statement issued last weekend, Sullivan said he had agreed to take an unpaid leave of absence to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest between the HHS job and Morehouse, which receives about $5.8 million a year in federal funds. Sullivan had originally asked the White House for permission to take a paid sabbatical from Morehouse. After having worked at Morehouse for 13 years, he was entitled to a two-year leave at half pay _ about $200,000 total, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Office of Government Ethics at first glance approved the request, but later reversed itself because the school's sabbatical policy did not apply uniform standards to everyone at the school regardless of their situation, the source said. Sullivan, however, had another source of potential income from Morehouse that met with approval of the ethics office, the White House counsel's office and the Justice Department, the source said. That was a severance clause in his five-year contract as president, on which he has 20 months left. Under that clause, he was entitled to pay for those 20 months _ $297,000 _ if he severed his ties with the school, the official said. Sullivan decided to take the severance pay and cut his ties with Morehouse, the official said, explaining that the Atlanta doctor ``is not someone with a lot of independent means'' and wants to keep his Atlanta home during his tenure in Washington. However, after news reports appeared about a possible arrangement, Sullivan felt he was ``taking a beating in the press'' and decided ``on balance it was just not worth it,'' the source said. Sullivan now plans to borrow money and his wife, a lawyer, will go back to work to make ends meet, the official said. In Atlanta, Sullivan earned $172,000 a year as Morehouse president. As HHS secretary, he would make $99,500, though that could go up to $155,000 if Congress approves a pending pay raise. Sullivan's decision to forgo the money surprised many in the nation's capital, though ethics officials say it is not unusual for people entering government to give up large sums of money due them from former employers. ``There are government people who give up unbelieveable sums to take government positions ... because they are afraid it could create a problem for them,'' said Don Campbell, deputy director of the Office of Government Ethics. ``It happens with frequency.'' However, there are also people at Sullivan's level who do take large sums from former employers, ``deferred income'' that is legally theirs because it had been earned before they came to the government or money afforded them in a contract buyout clause, for example. The new agriculture secretary, Clayton K. Yeutter, last year while he was U.S. trade representative received $561,602 from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for an annual installment for deferred earnings plus the after-tax proceeds of a lump sum distribution. Yeutter had been president of the exchange before joining the Reagan Cabinet. Sullivan, however, feared that his leave from Morehouse, combined with controversy over his statements about abortion and the FBI's focus on his connection to a Georgia politician convicted of extortion, could affect his crediblity and that of the Bush administration, the source said. The official quoted Sullivan as saying that he ``simply accepted this as unfortunate, but this is a cost of becoming part of the government.'' On Capitol Hill, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which will hold Sullivan's confirmation hearing, praised the nominee, saying his decision to give up the funds ``shows a major personal commitment to public service.'' Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said he admired Sullivan for his decision, but said no one should be pressured to give up funds to which they are legally entitled. ``We have so much pressure in the government, only those born with two gold spoons in their mouth will be able to serve around here pretty soon,'' he said. ``It is impossible for me to understand this pressure that comes on people who were not born wealthy and who have earned a certain right.'' AP890206-0159 AP-NR-02-06-89 1919EST u i AM-SovietHomecoming 02-06 0623 AM-Soviet Homecoming,0643 Coming Home: Soviets Cross Border To Brass Bands With AM-Afghanistan, Bjt By MARK J. PORUBCANSKY Associated Press Writer TERMEZ, U.S.S.R. (AP) A convoy of Soviet paratroopers came home from Afghanistan on Monday to a bittersweet brass-band welcome, and a military spokesman said 20,000 Soviet soldiers remain in the country. The 350th Parachute Regiment, which had been stationed in Afghanistan since 1984, rumbled across the Friendship Bridge spanning the Amu River and into Termez, red flags waving and headlights shining on the 60 tanks and armored personnel carriers. A 20-piece military band played the Soviet national anthem and martial airs. The 300 paratroopers, commanded by Lt. Col. Alexander Skachkov, were presented with red carnations, which they pushed down the barrels of the weapons on their armored vehicles and into the muzzles of their submachine guns. That sign of peace marked the end of their involvement in the conflict that took the lives of more than 13,000 Soviet soldiers and injured 35,000 others. Soviet officials brought about 150 foreign correspondents to this border town in Soviet Uzbekistan for the welcoming ceremonies. Despite the publicity effort, the welcome was a relatively low-level affair. The highest-ranking official to speak was Valery Sudarenkov, first deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan. Hayratan, Afghanistan, on the other side of the river is the terminus of the Salang Highway from Kabul, the main withdrawal route of the Soviet soldiers. Convoy after convoy of withdrawing soldiers reached the border area in the past week. But Uzbekistan officials bused in hundreds of school children and workers to give an official welcome to the 350th Parachute Regiment. The workers and students were entertained with loud popular music, including American artist Stevie Wonder's ``I Just Called to Say I Love You,'' and ate food provided by several dozen specially installed stands. A freight train carrying military equipment could be seen crossing the bridge before the spectators pressed to the edge of the reviewing stand to catch the first glimpse of the returning warriors. Just before the welcome, military spokesman Lt. Col. Igor Korolev said the last remaining Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan were on the move toward the border. Korolev said that as of 8 a.m. Monday, ``more than 30,000 soldiers have left in the second half of the withdrawal.'' The Soviet Union withdrew half of its 100,000 soldiers from Afghanistan by Aug. 15 and must complete the second half of the pullout by Feb. 15, under a U.N.-brokered agreement. The Kremlin intervened militarily in Afghanistan in December 1979. Korolev said fewer than 20,000 Soviet soldiers remained in Balkh, Samangan, Baglan, Parvan and Herat provinces, and that they were moving toward the border on Monday. Herat, as well as the four north-central provinces between Kabul and the border, are along main withdrawal routes. The soldiers are returning to a society where the opposition of many to the Afghanistan war and indifference to their service have caused returning soldiers difficulty in adjusting. Dozens of people in the crowd in Termez were searching for familiar faces among the group of returning Afghanistan veterans. One of the few who were successful was Maria Sabriba, who found her grandson, Eldar Galiev. The diminutive grandmother's face lit up as she told reporters she had seen her grandson. She said he had written a letter saying he was in Mongolia, rather than Afghanistan, so that she wouldn't worry about him. ``At least he's healthy,'' she said, beaming. Sudarenkov, the Uzbekistan official, said, ``We wish you to join the front ranks of those fighting for revolutionary change'' in Soviet society. The tanks, armored personnel carriers and armored cars that carried the returning soldiers held banners proclaiming ``peace to you, Afghanistan'' and ``the order of the fatherland has been fulfilled.'' AP890206-0160 AP-NR-02-06-89 2005EST r a AM-WeatherpageWeather 02-06 0566 AM-Weatherpage Weather,0580 Arctic Air Chills Much of Nation By The Associated Press A huge arctic air mass chilled much of the nation Monday as 33 communities posted record low temperatures and roads in the South turned into sheets of ice. Freezing rain fell from south Texas to the Tennessee Valley, closing roads near Laredo, Texas; in Brazoria County, Texas; and Interstate 20 in some areas from Monroe, La., to Vicksburg, Miss. Trucks jackknifed and traffic accidents were reported on Interstate 55 north of Winona, Miss. The coldest temperature readings in the country were over the central Rockies and the Intermountain region, between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada and the mountains of eastern Oregon and Washington. The mercury plunged to 54 below at Logan Canyon, Utah, minus 51 at Craig, Colo., minus 47 at Maybell, Colo., minus 46 at Woodruff, Utah, and minus 42 at Randolph, Utah. The record low temperatures Monday included Ely, Nev., which dropped to 30 below zero, its coldest on record for any date. Other all-time lows were 47 below zero at Roosevelt, Utah, erasing the previous record of 32 below, and 33 below at Richfield, Utah. Temperature records for the date included Abilene, Texas, 9 degrees; Bakersfield, Calif., 27; Boise, Idaho, 11; Casper, Wyo., minus 20; Eugene, Ore., 8; Oakland, Calif., 34; Portland, Ore., 15; Reno, Nev., minus 15; Sacramento, Calif., 28; Salt Lake City, minus 14; San Francisco, 31; and Seattle, 18. New Mexico's northern ski areas received 1 to 7 feet of snow over the weekend. A band of snow developed from north-central Oklahoma to central Missouri into central Illinois. At noon, nearly 4 inches had accumulated at Columbia, Mo. The arctic air flowing across the warmer waters of the lower Great Lakes continued producing snow. One to 3 inches of snow fell over northeast Ohio, and a heavy snow warning was in effect Monday night. Freezing drizzle, sleet and snow fell over portions of New England, while the Gulf Coast region and southern Atlantic states had rain and some thunderstorms. Temperatures around the nation at 2 p.m. EST ranged from 12 degrees below zero at Evanston, Wyo., to 86 degrees at Fort Myers, Fla. The low in the nation Monday morning was 54 degrees below zero at Logan Canyon, Utah. The forecast for Tuesday was snow from the northern portions of the lower Mississippi Valley and Missouri across much of the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians to New York. A band of freezing drizzle was to extend from south central Texas across northern Mississippi into middle Tennessee. Rain was expected over the central Gulf Coast region, Alabama and the southern and middle Atlantic Coast states. High temperatures were to be in the single digits over eastern North Dakota, northwest Minnesota and much of the central Intermountain region; in the teens and 20s over much of the northern Intermountain region, the northern and central Rockies, the northern and central Plains, the northern half of the southern Plains, much of the upper and middle Mississippi Valley, Arkansas, the Great Lakes and northern New England; in the 50s over coastal sections of southern California and southern Arizona; from the 50s to the 70s over southeast Alabama, northwest Florida, Georgia and South Carolina; and in the 80s over much of the Florida peninsula. Much of the remainder of the nation was to have high temperatures in the 30s and 40s. AP890206-0161 AP-NR-02-06-89 2044EST r w AM-AIDSDrug 02-06 0219 AM-AIDS Drug,220 FDA Approves Expanded Use of Experimental AIDS Pneumonia Drug WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday formally approved the expanded use of an aerosol version of the drug pentamidine to fight a life-threatening pneumonia that strikes AIDS patients. Under the new rules, the FDA has approved the experimental use of aerosol pentamidine for AIDS patients who have had at least one episode of penumocystic carinii pneumonia, or who have white blood cell counts that are at or below 200 per cubic millimeter. The FDA action recommends the use of aerosol pentamidine every four weeks as a preventive measure against the AIDS-related pneumonia. The injectable form of the drug was approved in 1984 for patients who already had the pneumonia. FDA approval came after a San Francisco study showed that using aerosol pentamidine lowered the incidence of the pneumonia among AIDS patients. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a contagious disease that renders the body unable to resist other diseases and infections. It is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. A white blood cell called T4 helper is the primary immune cell attacked by HIV. Most healthy people have T4 helper cell counts of 1,000 per cubic millimeter. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is the most common infection that kills AIDS patients. AP890206-0162 AP-NR-02-06-89 2046EST r i AM-Yugoslavia-Albanians 02-06 0252 AM-Yugoslavia-Albanians,0260 Ethnic Albanians Strike About Alleged Discrimination BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) Thousands of ethnic Albanians left work Monday in Kosovo province to protest alleged anti-Albanian policies in some parts of Yugoslavia, according to reports by the official news agency and other sources. The strikes, and rallies that appeared to defy a ban on mass gatherings in Kosovo, followed weekend protests by more than 1,500 employees of the Trepca lead-zinc mine near Titova Mitrovica in the southern province. Ethnic Albanians are 85 percent of the people in southern province, which adjoins Albania. The Trepca miners held a meeting to protest what they describe as growing anti-Albanian sentiment fed by official media in Serbia, the nation's largest republic. Kosovo is an autonomous province within Serbia, which says it needs more control over the Albanian-dominated region to protect its Slavic minority. Up to 100,000 ethnic Albanians demonstrated in Pristina, capital of Kosovo, in November against the dismissal of some top provincial officials as demanded by Serbia's leaders. After five days of the largest rallies in Kosovo's history, police put an indefinite ban on mass gatherings. Informed sources in Pristina said the protests Monday involved at least 3,000 ethnic Albanian employees in about 15 factories and mines. Yugoslavia's official news agency, Tanjug, said protesters denounced Serbian allegations that ethnic Albanians are separatists whose ultimate goal is making Kosovo part of Albania. They also protested the dismissal of Azem Vlasi, an ethnic Albanian, from the policy-making Central Committee of the national Communist Party, Tanjug reported. AP890206-0163 AP-NR-02-06-89 2046EST r a AM-ABARdp 1stld-writethru a0720 02-06 0613 AM-ABA Rdp, 1st ld-writethru, a0720,640 ABA Backs Anti-Discrimination Idea Eds: To update with later vote, adds 3 grafs after 4th graf previous ``members said'' By JAMES H. RUBIN Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) The nation's largest organization of lawyers went on record Monday in favor of legislation to bar discrimination against homosexuals. The American Bar Association, which twice before rejected similar proposals, endorsed a resolution supporting federal, state and local legislation ``prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, housing and public accommodations.'' The ABA's House of Delegates, the policy-making body for the 350,000-member lawyers' organization, voted 251-121 to adopt the resolution. Members said the action will have important symbolic and practical impact in influencing lawmakers to adopt gay-right measures. The House of Delegates also approved, by voice vote, a proposal calling for increased federal regulation of the insurance industry. The proposal urges passage of federal legislation repealing the antitrust exemption the insurance industry was granted by Congress in 1945. The ABA resolution is a response to the so-called liability crisis in which lawyers and insurance companies have blamed each other for the skyrocketing costs of liability insurance. Proponents of the gay-rights resolution noted that many states and cities already have legislation to protect the rights of homosexuals. Many states and cities already have legislation to protect the rights of homosexuals. Laws banning discrimination in public employment based on sexual orientation have been adopted by California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington state. Many cities have enacted more sweeping protection. In a debate that was at times emotional, proponents of the gay-rights measure said the ABA is behind the times in speaking out in behalf of homosexual rights. ``It's a question of basic human rights,'' said Alexander Forger, a lawyer from New York City. ``What we do here today is simply make a statement in favor of decency and human rights, a compassionate voice for social justice.'' But opponents of the resolution said the ABA is taking sides with ``perversion'' and the corruption of children. The ABA is ``encouraging a federal statute that will invade the rights of every American,'' said Augustine Smythe of Charleston, S.C. ``We shouldn't ram it down people's throats with a federal statute,'' he said. Joe Stamper of Antlers, Okla., said the resolution endorses homosexual conduct. ``A majority of Americans looks with distaste on perversity that violates our religious precepts,'' he said. The ABA's House of Delegates rejected a similar proposal by nine votes in 1985 and by 24 votes in 1983. In 1987, the group approved a resolution condemning crimes of violence based on prejudice against the victim's race, religion, sexual orientation or minority status. Supporters of the gay-rights proposal emphasized that homosexuality is not a matter of choice for most. They also said there is no scientific evidence to show homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to molest children. Alice Richmond of Boston said, ``It's important to me to separate out conduct that would be offensive, whether by heterosexuals or homosexuals.'' She said that when she was in the sixth grade she succeeded in getting a male teacher fired for making sexual advances to her. Endorsing equal treatment for homosexuals does not mean condoning conduct that would be offensive or illegal, she said. Earlier Monday, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called for measures to limit the time in which death row inmates may challenge in federal court their convictions and death sentences. Rehnquist said such a limit should be combined with expanded legal help for those accused of capital crimes to ensure that constitutional challenges to death penalty sentences are handled more efficiently. AP890206-0164 AP-NR-02-06-89 2047EST r i AM-UN-Nicaragua-Drugs 02-06 0409 AM-UN-Nicaragua-Drugs,0423 Nicaragua Proposes Joint U.S.-Central American Drug Campaign By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - Nicaragua's foreign minister on Monday proposed a joint U.S.-Central American campaign to wipe out the ``diabolical scourge'' of drug trafficking in the region. Miguel d'Escoto met reporters after talking to Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar about a proposed international military observer force to police the Central American peace plan. D'Escoto is leading a meeting Wednesday and Thursday of foreign ministers of Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador, which signed the 1987 peace plan. ``We will be proposing an agreement between the Central American republics and the United States on the elimination of illegal drug trafficking,'' said d'Escoto. ``This is a scourge on the world; we were very, very happy to see the priority that President Bush gave to this issue in his inaugural address,'' he said. The United States backs the rebels seeking to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua. But the Nicaraguan government has spoken in favor of improving relations with the United States since the change in U.S. administrations last month. D'Escoto said Nicaragua is volunteering to draft an agreement that would be submitted to the other Central American countries and the United States, followed by a meeting of those involved in Managua. D'Escoto would not provide other details of the proposal and declined to say whether Nicaragua would be prepared to share intelligence data or coast guard duties with the United States. ``We would be proposing to go as far as we should go in order to really stamp out this diabolical sourge to humanity,'' he said. Panama, which is ruled by Gen. Manuel Antonio Noreiga, is considered part of South America, not Central America. Noreiga has been charged with drug trafficking in U.S. federal courts, but says the charges are false and are an attempt to lay the groundwork for abrogating the treaty under which control of the Panama Canal will pass from the United States to Panama. Nicaragua has defended Noriega, saying he is a victim of U.S. persecution intended to undermine Panama's sovereignty. The Central American foreign ministers are meeting in New York to set the agenda for a summit meeting of their five presidents Feb. 13-14 in El Salvador to try to revive the peace plan. The peace initiative, which calls for democratic reforms in Central American countries, has stalled over the lack of full compliance by its signers. AP890206-0165 AP-NR-02-06-89 2049EST r a AM-Marcos 02-06 0377 AM-Marcos,0389 Marcos Still Critical But Improving HONOLULU (AP) Exiled Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos remained in critical but stable condition Monday, after marked improvement over the weekend, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The 71-year-old Marcos recognized family and friends and was able to respond to simple commands, such as to raise his right hand, said St. Francis Medical Center spokeswoman Norma Kop. Marcos remained in the intensive care unit attached to a respirator to regulate his breathing, Kop said. ``He's still in critical, but he's showing signs of improvement,'' she said. ``He's more alert.'' Marcos has been hospitalized since Jan. 15 with pneumonia and bronchial asthma. While in the hospital, he suffered a collapsed lung, which was reinflated, and underwent a tracheotomy to relieve the buildup of fluids in his lungs. Along with his wife, Imelda, Marcos was indicted last October on federal racketeering charges accusing him of plundering his homeland's economy and stashing much of the money in the United States. A hearing this week in New York to decide whether he is healthy enough to stand trial has been postponed until March 6. Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Livingston confirmed that the hearing before U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan, had been put off at the defense' request. Ms. Livingston would not comment on why the defense had sought a delay, saying it was not on the public record. Mrs. Marcos pleaded innocent to the charges and is free on $5 million bail. Philippine Vice President Salvador Laurel visited Marcos on Thursday in the hospital and said Marcos should be forgiven and allowed to die in his homeland, where he ruled for 20 years. Philippine President Corazon Aquino has refused to meet with Laurel and receive a message from Marcos. ``It is not a matter of me not wanting to talk to him, but I feel since he says this is a matter of great import to the Filipino people, I think he should inform the people directly instead of with me because people might have the wrong impressions that we are keeping something from them,'' Mrs. Aquino said Monday in Manila. Marcos was ousted in a February 1986 civilian-military revolt and has lived in Hawaiian exile since, with Mrs. Aquino forbidding his return. AP890206-0166 AP-NR-02-06-89 2108EST r a AM-People-Paycheck 02-06 0304 AM-People-Paycheck,0313 Johnny Paycheck's Sentence Confirmed HILLSBORO, Ohio (AP) Country singer Johnny Paycheck, after pleading to a judge for mercy, was taken to jail Monday to begin serving a 7-to-9{-year sentence for his conviction in a 1985 tavern shooting. It was Paycheck's second sentencing in the case and was the same term he received at the original May 1986 sentencing. Paycheck, 50, a native of nearby Greenfield, pleaded for leniency, saying he needs to earn money in concerts because his wife has cancer, they have no health insurance and he is paying cash for her medical treatments. ``If I'm taken away, my wife will be dead in six months,'' Paycheck told Judge Darrell Hottle in Highland County Common Pleas Court in southwest Ohio. But Hottle, after hearing testimony from Paycheck and four character witnesses, gave Paycheck the same term that he ordered in 1986. The 4th Ohio District Court of Appeals ordered the resentencing hearing, saying Paycheck should be given a chance to present testimony that might persuade the judge to shorten the sentence. Paycheck, whose real name is Donnie Lytle, was convicted of aggravated assault, tampering with evidence _ for discarding the handgun he used _ and use of a firearm during a felony. Paycheck was handcuffed after his sentencing and taken to a Hillsboro-area jail to await his transfer later this week to a state prison. Tennessee songwriter Kenneth McDuffy, testifying Monday for Paycheck, said he had known Paycheck since 1963 and described him as a humanitarian. McDuffy and fellow witness Billy Burns, a publisher-producer, said Paycheck was involved in producing a gospel album to raise money for the fight against AIDS. Paycheck, who now lives in Cadiz, Ky., had been free on $50,000 bond. The singer is best known for his 1978 hit, ``Take This Job and Shove It.'' AP890206-0167 AP-NR-02-06-89 2109EST r i AM-Jamaica-Election 02-06 0468 AM-Jamaica-Election,0482 Manley Says U.S. Relations Take Precedence Over Cuba By ROBERT GLASS Associated Press Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Socialist Michael Manley, expected to defeat conservative Prime Minister Edward Seaga in this week's election, said Monday he would restore diplomatic relations with Cuba but give higher priority to U.S. ties. Manley said he wants a ``new beginning'' with the United States and and would visit Washington before restoring ties with Fidel Castro's communist government. The 64-year-old former prime minister, in an interview at his Kingston home with seven foreign correspondents, said he saw clear opportunities for cooperation with the United States, including cracking down on drug trafficking through Jamaica. An opinion poll published Sunday put Manley's left-leaning People's National Party 14 points ahead of Seaga's center-right Jamaica Labor Party, 57 percent to 43 percent. Thursday's voting will be the first nationally contested election since 1980, when 700 people were killed in politically related violence during a nine-month campaign. At least eight people have been killed and scores injured in political attacks since this campaign opened Jan. 15. Police said eight people were wounded in three separate shootings Sunday night in and near Kingston, the capital. Six people were attacked leaving a political meeting. Two others, a 22-ear-old man and a 15-year-old boy, were hit by shots fired from passing buses carrying political supporters. Nevertheless, the violence has not been anywhere near as intense or widespread as it was in 1980. Manley's party boycotted the last election, in 1983, in a dispute over voter registration lists. At the time, Seaga, one of the Reagan administration's closest allies in the Caribbean, was riding a wave of popularity following his outspoken support of the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada. The boycott left Seaga's party with all 60 seats in Parliament. Manley, who was prime minister for eight years during the 1970s, said he was confident of winning at least 40 parliamentary seats to Seaga's 20. Manley reiterated his pledge to restore diplomatic relations with neighboring Cuba, but he said he would not bring back droves of Cuban doctors and builders, as he did in the 1970s. Manley's close ties with Cuba alienated the United States and foreign investors, leading to economic decline. Seaga broke relations with Cuba shortly after taking office for the first time in 1980. Asked about his image as a radical-turned-moderate, Manley rejected the notion he espoused far-left views. ``I never was what you call a hard-line socialist,'' said Manley, who is vice president of the influential movement Socialist International. ``I've always belonged to that broad family of social democracy. ``What I really am, if you want to know, is a hard-line democrat,'' he continued. ``But not Democrat vs. Republican. Democrat in the sense that I really believe, my abiding commitment, is to the democratic process.'' AP890206-0168 AP-NR-02-06-89 2111EST r i AM-Nicaragua-Economy 02-06 0355 AM-Nicaragua-Economy,0366 Nicaragua Devalues Currency For Third Time This Year By DORALISA PILARTE Associated Press Writer MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) The leftist Sandinista government devalued the currency and raised prices for petroleum products on Monday for the third time this year. The devaluation of the cordoba is part of economic measures designed to contain hyperinflation, which reached 20,000 percent in 1988. The official rate of exchange for the cordoba went from 2,300 to the U.S. dollar to 2,700. The cordoba was devalued Jan. 4 from 920 to 2,000 per dollar at the official rate of exchange, and then from 2,000 to the dollar to 2,300 Jan. 25. The dollar continued trading at 5,200 cordobas on the black market and 4,500 cordobas in the so-called parallel market. The government-authorized parallel market complements the official one and serves to provide dollars for non-essential imports. As the cordoba is devalued, prices for petroleum products have been rising proportionately. Nicaragua has no petroleum resources of its own and must import all its crude oil, mostly from Soviet bloc countries. Diesel fuel went from 3,500 cordobas a gallon to 4,100 a gallon after Monday's devaluation; and gasoline rose from 4,800 cordobas a gallon to 5,600. Meanwhile, the official Sandinista newspaper Barricada quoted Finance Minister William Hupper as saying tax laws will be applied rigorously this year and tax evaders will be prosecuted. President Daniel Ortega on Jan. 30 announced his government's 1989 economic plan, which included budget cuts of more than 40 percent and the laying off of at least 30,000 government workers. Opposition leaders and private businessmen say these measures will not be effective unless the government works out a political accord with them. Nicaragua's economy has been hurt by eight years of war with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels, a U.S. trade embargo in force since 1985, and Hurricane Joan, which struck this Central American country last October and inflicted heavy damage on agriculture. The Sandinistas and the Contras signed a temporary cease-fire in March 1988, which the government has been extending on a month-by-month basis. The U.S. Congress stopped military aid to the Contras in February 1988. AP890206-0169 AP-NR-02-06-89 2118EST r i AM-Britain-Windfall 02-06 0295 AM-Britain-Windfall,0305 Freight Workers Make A Killing On Stock Market LONDON (AP) Employees of the National Freight Consortium who bought stock in their company in 1982 for about 4 cents a share saw their fortunes soar Monday when it began trading on the London stock exchange at 100 times that price. News reports said one mechanic, who was not identified, had $3.8 million worth of stock at Monday's prices. About 10,000 typists, truck drivers and managers bought into the struggling freight transport giant when the government sold it off in an early privatization seven years ago. In 1982, the workers ignored union advice, skeptical financial experts and a severe recession in road transport to raise $92.5 million to buy their firm. Some emptied their savings accounts, mortgaged their homes, or borrowed the money. Year after year of expansion and success followed, and on Monday their shares sold for a closing price of $4.32 a share. At the closing price, the company once known as the lame-duck road transport arm of British Railways was valued at $1.38 billion. Previously the company's shares _ all but 17 percent held by staff, workers, retired workers and relatives _ have been traded on an internal market. It was that ``private exchange'' that set Monday's starting price of $3.20. Before the flotation the shares were standing at $3.20, but with most of the workers refusing to sell, demand for the new stock sent the price shooting up. Only a few of the investors, including the mystery mechanic and chairman Sir Peter Thompson, will be millionaires. Four hundred other workers are believed to hold stock that rose to be worth at least $432,500 during the years since the privatization. On Monday's bumper profits, their stock is now worth $583,875. AP890206-0170 AP-NR-02-06-89 2118EST r i AM-VirginIslands-Plane 02-06 0215 AM-Virgin Islands-Plane,0221 Plane Rolls Off Runway CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) An American Airlines Airbus A-300 passenger jet ran off the runway Monday just before taking off from the U.S. Virgin Islands, an airport official said. No injuries were reported. ``The nose wheels ran off the runway ... while taxiing out,'' said Virgin Islands Port Authority spokeswoman Winnifred Neiblum. It was not immediately known why the plane ran off the runway at St. Thomas' Cyril E. King Airport. In a telephone interview from American Airlines's headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, spokesman Dave Tracy said 167 passengers were aboard the plane, which was stopping at St. Croix before its final destination to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. ``The passengers were accommodated on other aircraft,'' said Tracy, adding the plane was taken out of service after the incident. Neiblum said all passengers were evacuated from the plane, which she said went off the western end of the runway, not far from the ocean. However, air traffic controller Susan Ganley said the plane was never near the water. She said it looked like a malfunction caused it to go off course. ``He (the pilot) applied power and the plane did not go straight. The nose wheel went off to the side,'' she said. AP890206-0171 AP-NR-02-06-89 2119EST r i AM-Argentina-Economy 02-06 0503 AM-Argentina-Economy,0517 Banks, Foreign Exchange Houses Closed Due to Inflation, Interest Rates By RAUL O. GARCES Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Banks and foreign exchange houses were ordered closed Monday as the government grappled with how to lower interest rates while keeping the currency stable. The Economy Ministry ordered the closings late Sunday night after a week in which the austral fell to 17.59 to the dollar on the open market, monthly interest rates to 17 percent or more, and the Central Bank lost nearly $500 million in foreign exchange. The government ordered a 2.5 percent devaluation in the official value of the austral, to 14.41 australs to the dollar, effective Tuesday, when the banks and foreign exchanges were scheduled to reopen. Also beginning Tuesday, the Central Bank _ which has spent at least $1 billion in recent months in an effort to hold down the dollar _ no longer will make dollars available on the free market. The former commercial rate, which was higher and at which the government used to sell dollars and make a profit, will be replaced by a ``special'' rate equal to the official rate plus 25 percent _ i.e., 18.01 australs per dollar beginning Tuesday. The free rate will be whatever the market will bear. The Central Bank no longer with try to keep the ``black market'' value of the dollar within 20 percent of the official value. The problem, as always, is inflation, which was an unexpectedly high 8.9 percent in January, a rise from December's 6.8 percent and November's 5.7 percent, and an indication that despite strenuous efforts the government is losing control. In August, President Raul Alfonsin implemented a program of voluntary wage and price controls, budget cuts and regular mini-devaluations in the austral. To persuade Argentines not to trade their money for dollars, which deprives the banking system of funds and drives up interest rates, the Central Bank made plenty of dollars available. Interest rates were kept attractively high though well below levels of last July and August. Through November the plan seemed to work. Inflation and monthly interest rates both returned to single digits, the dollar rose modestly and, of crucial importance, Argentines' purchasing power recovered from the months when it lagged behind inflation. National elections are set for May 14. Critics said any improvement was illusory because it was obvious the dollar was undervalued, and as soon as that was common knowledge, speculators would buy dollars in anticipation of profits. One indication that was near was Argentines' huge rush to buy airline tickets, figuring that as they were denominated in dollars, they could be bought at a substantial discount. By the government's tallies, the austral lost 42 percent of its value since September, while the dollar rose by only about 27 percent. Middle-class Argentines who ordinarily might have vacationed at the Atlantic coastal resort Mar del Plata 250 miles south of Buenos Aires decided to vacation in Brazil. Tickets to Cuba also were particularly cheap and popular. AP890206-0172 AP-NR-02-06-89 2119EST r a AM-MultipleKillings 1stLd-Writethru a0622 02-06 0467 AM-Multiple Killings, 1st Ld - Writethru, a0622,0473 Jury Selection Begins in Simmons Trial Eds: Leads with five grafs to UPDATE with four jurors selected and dismissed juror's comments. Picks up 5th graf pvs, `The state...'. By BILL SIMMONS Associated Press Writer CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) A man accused of killing 14 relatives in a Christmastime rampage went on trial Monday for the slayings, even though he has said he is ready to die for his convictions of two other murders. Two of the 89 potential jurors were excused during preliminary questioning Monday. After that, individual questioning began to select a panel for the trial of R. Gene Simmons. Earlier Monday, Circuit Court Judge John S. Patterson denied a motion to let the jury decide whether the deaths of Simmons' relatives were part of the same criminal episode in which two people were killed in Russellville on Dec. 28, 1987. Simmons, 48, was convicted May 12 for those slayings and sentenced to death. He told Patterson he was ready to die and did not want his sentence appealed. Eight prospective jurors were excused by Patterson; four said they thought Simmons was guilty. One of those excused, Robert E. Humphrey, said: ``I think he ought to get 30 days in the electric chair. And the do-gooders who intervened last time when he asked to be executed ought to have to hold his hand.'' Four jurors were selected Monday. The state indicated it would call 20 witnesses in the current trial. The defense indicated it would call three. Simmons' first trial was moved to Ozark because of publicity in Russellville, and the second trial was moved to Clarksville for the same reason. Patterson addressed that issue when he asked the potential jurors, ``Is there anybody who has not heard anything about this case?'' Nobody raised their hand. Patterson told the jury that he realized that ``the court cannot make you just wipe things out of your mind and forget it,'' but that verdicts must be based upon a higher quality of evidence than what is sometimes reported by the media. The new trial is for the shooting and strangulation deaths of Simmons' wife, Becky, 46; their seven children; two of the children's spouses; and four of Simmons' grandchildren, one of whom relatives say he fathered by incest with one of his daughters. Patterson also presided over Simmons' earlier trial. Simmons surrendered after the shooting spree that left two people dead and authorities then went to his home 14 miles north of Russellville. They found five bodies. The next day, they discovered seven bodies in a grave and found the bodies of two babies in the trunks of cars. Prosecutor John Bynum said he would ask for the death penalty. The jury could give Simmons life imprisonment without parole. AP890206-0173 AP-NR-02-06-89 2121EST r a AM-MardiGras 02-06 0362 AM-Mardi Gras,0375 Tourist Fatally Shot After Mardi Gras Parade With AM-Cajun Mardi Gras, Bjt By MARY FOSTER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) A Mardi Gras tourist who told robbers he had no money was fatally shot Monday about two blocks from a parade route, police said. The victim, Randy Robichaux, 37, of Baton Rouge, was an employee at Louisiana State University who came to New Orleans to see the Bacchus parade Sunday night, police said. The shooting occured the day before Mardi Gras, the culmination of pre-Lenten festivities. The city's Carnival parades began two weeks ago. A companion told police that he and Robichaux were about two blocks from the parade route about 1 a.m. when three men in a car drove up and repeatedly demanded money. The parade had been over for a couple of hours. When Robichaux said he had no money, one of the men got out and shot him in the chest, according to police. Robichaux died later at a hospital. Robichaux was in charge of running four dormitories at the university; co-workers said he also made the campus Mardi Gras parade into a major event. Police said the city's central business district is heavily patrolled during Carnival, but that many people put themselves in danger by parking in remote parts of the area and walking back to their cars in the early hours. But police said shootings during attempted robberies are highly unusual at Mardi Gras. The shooting was not the only weekend violence connected with Carnival. Two float riders suffered minor injuries when they were hit by objects thrown at them, police spokeswoman Yvonne Bechet said. A third person, Richard Rowell, 24, of Kenner, was injured when he fell about 12 feet from the float he was on. He was in satisfactory condition at Tulane Medical Center, Bechet said. A month of parades and balls comes to an end at midnight on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, when Carnival season ends and Lent brings six weeks of repentance to this predominantly Catholic city. About 1.5 million to 1.7 million people are expected to be in New Orleans' streets Tuesday for the celebration. AP890206-0174 AP-NR-02-06-89 2127EST r i AM-Haiti 02-06 0342 AM-Haiti,0353 Police Arrest Opposition Leader Who Called for Nationwide Strike By MICHAEL NORTON Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Police on Monday arrested one of three opposition leaders who called for a 48-hour general strike to protest the rule of Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril. Rockefeller Guerre, leader of the small Union of Democratic Patriots party, was arrested at his home in the northern suburb of Delmas and taken to police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, said his wife, Huguette Guerre. ``They said that this act was part of a round-up, that my husband was not the only one concerned,'' Mrs. Guerre told The Associated Press. Independent station Radio Metropole said police confirmed the arrest. Police did not say how long he would be held or why he was arrested. Guerre and opposition leaders Sylvio Claude and Louis Dejoie in a joint statement Friday called for a general strike Wednesday and Thursday which they said ``will have the force of a referendum against Avril.'' The three said they would boycott Avril's ``democratic forum'' on Thursday in which government and political leaders are to discuss the powers of an electoral board that is to supervise future elections. They say Haiti's constitution already provides for an independently appointed Electoral Council with total control over elections. ``The Avril government is in the process of establishing a dictatorship. It intends to arrest all leaders who are opposed to his regime,'' Claude said after hearing of Guerre's arrest. Conservative politician Hubert de Ronceray and the Autonomous Central of Haitian Workers, the largest union, announced their support for the strike. The union has called two successful strikes in the last three months. ``The arrest (of Guerre) is outrageous and is an indication of Avril's Duvalierist commitmen,'' Dejoie said in a telephone interview from his home in Puerto Rico. Avril came to power in a Sept. 17 coup by rank-and-file soldiers who ousted former ruler Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy, demanding a return to democratic rule. Namphy came to power in 1986 when former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier fled to France. AP890206-0175 AP-NR-02-06-89 2130EST r i AM-SAfrica-MurderTrial 02-06 0415 AM-SAfrica-Murder Trial,0426 Sentencing Hearing Begins For 25 Blacks Convicted Of Murder By JOHN PARKIN Associated Press Writer UPINGTON, South Africa (AP) A sentencing hearing began Monday for 25 blacks who could face the death penalty for their alleged complicity in the mob killing of a policeman. The so-called Upington 25 are believed to be the largest group ever convicted in a South African murder trial. Their case is similar to that of the ``Sharpeville Six,'' a group of blacks reprieved from the gallows last year by President P.W. Botha following a storm of international protest. In both instances, the prosecution was unable to show that most of the defendants physically contributed to the killing. However, the judges found the defendants guilty under the doctrine of common purpose, which holds them responsible because they were part of a crowd that intended to kill the victim. The Upington 25 were convicted of murder last year for the Nov. 13, 1985, killing of a black policeman, Lucas Sethwala, who was assaulted and set alight by members of the mob after they chased him from his house. Evidence presented at the trial identified four of the 25 as the men primarily responsible for the assault that killed Sethwala. Judge J.J. Basson convicted the remaining 21 because he said they shared the same intent. The group began attacking Sethwala and his house after police broke up a rally protesting a rent increase and other grievances. Black activists have attacked hundreds of black policemen in recent years, saying they are collaborators with the white-led government. The Upington 25 have received scant publicity because the town is located in the isolated northwestern part of South Africa. However, when the sentencing hearing began Monday morning the packed courthouse included both South African and foreign journalists. It was not immediately clear how many days the hearing would last. During the hearing, defense lawyers will call expert witnesses to argue that the judge should not impose the death sentence because of extenuating social and political factors. The Upington 25 range in age from 21 to 64 and include three women. All are from Paballello, a black township on the edge of Upington. The Sharpeville Six, five men and a woman, are serving prison terms ranging from 18 years to 25 years, which were imposed when Botha commuted their death sentences. Botha has never explained his decision to intervene, although most observers said the extensive international pressure persuaded him to block the executions. AP890206-0176 AP-NR-02-06-89 2145EST r a AM-SolomonsonSentencing 02-06 0214 AM-Solomonson Sentencing,0221 Solomonson Gets Nearly Four Years in Prison in Fraud Case ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A son-in-law of the late Hubert H. Humphrey was sentenced Monday to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $600,000 restitution to insurance companies. ``I just want to express to my family and friends my sincere apologies for all the pain and suffering I have caused them,'' C. Bruce Solomonson told U.S. District Court Judge Edward Devitt before sentencing. ``I'm an honest man, a loyal man and I never intended to cause harm to them. I plead for leniency in this matter,'' Solomonson said. Defense attorney Joe Walters of Minneapolis added, ``Words cannot express the full extent of his sorrow to his mother-in-law and the Humphrey family.'' Devitt ordered Solomonson to pay $616,761 to seven insurance companies and sentenced him to 46 months in jail. Solomonson is to start his sentence March 6. Assistant U.S. District Attorney Henry Shea asked for a stiff sentence, but gave no specifics. Solomonson, 47, was convicted in December for diverting $1.5 million from his two insurance agencies for personal use. The jury found that he altered company books to hide the illegal transactions. Neither Solomonson nor members of his family would comment after the sentencing. AP890206-0177 AP-NR-02-06-89 2149EST r i AM-China-Tibet 02-06 0287 AM-China-Tibet,0297 Annual Tibetan Religious Ceremony Canceled BEIJING (AP) Authorities have canceled the Great Prayer Festival, a sacred annual event in Tibet that last year was the scene of anti-Chinese violence that claimed more than 20 lives. The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday the festival in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa was canceled by the Tibet branch of the Buddhist Association of China and other Buddhist organizations. The decision was made after ``taking into consideration the opinions of the majority of lamas,'' Xinhua said. It said related religious activities could be conducted in monasteries. The festival, which begins the eighth day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, usually takes place in February and March. The Xinhua report did not say whether the riots last March were responsible for the decision to cancel this year's festival. It also did not mention whether the Jan. 28 death of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second-most revered man after the exiled Dalai Lama, was related to the cancellation. On March 5, the final day of the 10-day event, Buddhist monks broke up the ceremonies by shouting anti-Chinese, pro-independence slogans, starting riots that led to an estimated 24 deaths. Chinese authorities said one policeman was killed in the riots. Twenty-five rioters were given prison terms. Chinese authorities hailed the opening of last year's festival as an example of how religious freedom is now protected in China and as a sign that Lhasa had returned to normal following riots the previous September and October. The Great Prayer Festival, which dates back to 1409, was halted by the communists in 1960, a year after a failed uprising drove the Dalai Lama into exile, and not held again until 1986. AP890206-0178 AP-NR-02-06-89 2152EST r i AM-Mozambique-Ambush 02-06 0150 AM-Mozambique-Ambush,0154 Eleven Killed When Rebels Ambush Train MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) Anti-government rebels ambushed a train near Mozambique's border with South Africa, killing 11 people and wounding 16, the national news agency reported Monday. The attack occurred Sunday afternoon near Movene, about nine miles from the South African border and 33 miles northwest of the capital of Maputo, the AIM news agency reported. AIM quoted one survivor as saying that the attackers opened fire with bazookas and light arms. The passengers were mostly women, children and some Mozambican miners who work in South Africa, one passenger told AIM. Rebels of Mozambique National Resistance have been fighting since 1977 in a bid to undermine the country's Marxist government. No government acknowledges supporting the rebels, but their hit-and-run attacks on both civilian and military targets have seriously disrupted the economy and is the main cause of a nationwide food shortage. AP890206-0179 AP-NR-02-06-89 2214EST u a AM-ColdRdp 2ndLd-Writethru a0644 02-06 1000 AM-Cold Rdp, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0644,1020 Cold and Ice Close Roads, Cause Deaths Eds: LEADS with 9 grafs to UPDATE to 56 deaths, details on fire in Kansas, thousands of livestock missing in Idaho blizzard; picks up 7th graf, `Four-wheel-drive...' INSERTS 1 graf after 22nd graf, ``The farmer...' to UPDATE with Chicago disciplining snowplow workers who didn't answer call to work. LaserPhotos CX2,CX4,AQ1 By ROGER PETTERSON Associated Press Writer Up to 7 feet of snow surprised New Mexico ski area owners Monday and closed roads, while the spread of the arctic cold wave turned highways into dangerous skating rinks with snow and freezing rain from the deep South to the Northeast. A week after the arctic air that stunned Alaska crossed Canada into the Lower 48, thermometers dropped to 49 degrees below zero at Craig, Colo., with an unofficial minus 52 at nearby Hayden, Colo., and San Francisco hit a low of 31 degrees, lowest for February since record-keeping began in 1872. Icy roads caused accidents and slowed commuters from Texas and Mississippi to Kentucky and Pennsylvania to metropolitan New York City. At least 56 deaths have been blamed on the weather since Jan. 31, most of them in traffic accidents or from hypothermia. In Austin, Texas, a paraplegic found dead Sunday apparently had gotten out of his car and into a wheelchair, which then slid down an icy ramp the man was unable to climb, police said. In Garden City, Kan., a couple and two of their children died Monday in an early-morning mobile home fire that started when an electric blanket wrapped around water pipes ignited the underside of the trailer, authorities said. Thirty-three cities posted record low temperatures Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Ely, Nev., dropped to 30 below zero, its coldest on record for any date. Other all-time records were 47 below zero at Roosevelt, Utah, erasing the previous record of 32 below, and 33 below at Richfield, Utah. Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus declared eastern Clark County a weather disaster area as ranchers fought to rescue thousands of cattle and sheep buried in snow drifts. The Civil Air Patrol discovered Al Laird's herd of 980 sheep buried in drifts as deep as 15 feet. Laird's wife, Pearl, said the family may be able to save 150 of them. Four-wheel-drive vehicles were used Monday to rescue more than 20 people from a hilltop country club near Austin, Texas, where they had been stranded since Saturday by icy roads. Humane Society members had gone to the Barton Creek Country Club on Saturday for a fundraiser, said Michele Kaufman, chairwoman of the event. ``We had a great time and raised a lot of money,'' Ms. Kaufman said. Stuck at the country club with them was an owl, a falcon, a turtle weighing several hundred pounds and Peter Gros of ``Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.'' Freezing rain was reported early Monday across the Eastern seaboard and south and west across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and into the Texas Gulf Coast and central Texas. Baltimore police were told to respond only to emergency calls because even their cars were sliding into curbs and posts. Northern and central Mississippi had power outages, downed trees and mounting traffic accidents, and ice closed major bridges and fallen trees blocked some secondary roads. ``We've got a solid sheet of ice, and there's little chance of relief,'' said John Prather, a spokesman for the Mississippi Highway Patrol office at Batesville. Schools and numerous businesses were closed as far south as the Jackson area of central Mississippi by icy roads and power outages. Heavy snow closed parts of highways Monday in northern and central New Mexico, caused scattered power outages and closed schools in more than a dozen towns. ``I don't think we've ever had a bigger storm,'' said Judy Miller, owner of the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area at Red River, which got 2 feet of snow. ``This is the first time in 25 years that we've had to close our ski area down because of the weather.'' The Red River ski area in northern New Mexico got 7 feet of snow over the weekend, mostly on Sunday, and the nearby Angel Fire resort got 6 feet, according to the Ski New Mexico agency. On Sunday, wind estimated at 80 mph blew railroad cars off tracks near Abo, N.M., west of Mountainair, said Santa Fe Railway superintendent John Ish. No injuries were reported, Ish said. About 20 school districts in northern Texas were closed Monday after the Lone Star Gas Co. enacted emergency natural gas conservation measures to ensure sufficient supplies for home and business heat. Natural gas problems also affected Las Vegas. The record-tying low of 19 degrees at Las Vegas coincided with a malfunction in a compressor station, and Southwest Gas Co. officials issued an urgent plea Monday for people to cut back on gas use or to expect forced reductions. It also cut off service to some large industrial customers; large hotels were expected to switch to auxiliary fuel such as oil. More than 6 inches of snow fell on much of Illinois, providing some encouragement for farmers who feared the shortage of winter moisture was a harbinger of another drought. ``The farmers are looking for this _ this is like money in the bank for them,'' said meteorologist Frank Wachowski of the National Weather Service. But the snowfall also caused headaches for Chicago's Street and Sanitation Department after 200 backup workers didn't respond to messages left on answering machines or with relatives over the weekend. Officials made plans to discipline the workers. Major city school districts in Oregon opened their doors Monday for the first time since Tuesday as temperatures moderated, but the warming trend was potentially bad news for boat owners. Deputy Dennis Stewart of the Multnomah County sheriff's office River Patrol said pleasure boats and houseboats on the Columbia and Willamette rivers ``are all frozen in now, but they will sink when it thaws.'' AP890206-0180 AP-NR-02-06-89 2215EST r i AM-Japan-Fingerprints 02-06 0403 AM-Japan-Fingerprints,0413 Foreign Fingerprint Foes Reject Amnesty TOKYO (AP) All 33 foreigners on trial for refusing to be fingerprinted under Japan's Alien Registration Law said Monday they will reject a planned amnesty marking Emperor Hirohito's funeral. The 30 Koreans, two Americans and one Chinese said the amnesty would leave them unable to challenge the controversial law in court. The law's opponents say it violates the human rights of Japan's approximately 870,000 foreign residents by requiring them to be fingerprinted and carry an alien registration card at all times. ``The government has declared an amnesty that will in the name of the late emperor dismiss our court cases and nullify all attempts at legal redress,'' the group said in a statement. ``Not only is the government denying us due process _ the right to a fair trial and the right to appeal _ it is also trying to silence us, hide the past and distort history.'' Many of Japan's foreign residents are Koreans or Chinese whose parents or grandparents were brought forcibly to Japan as laborers while their countries were controlled by Japan before and during World War II. Foreigners born in Japan do not automatically receive Japanese citizenship and often face discrimination in schools, housing, marriage and employment. Government officials say they plan to pardon about 30,000 people for minor criminal offenses, including violations of the Alien Registration Law, to commemorate Emperor Hirohito's funeral on Feb. 24. ``The court is one of the few places where Koreans and Chinese can challenge the law,'' said Robert Ricketts of Scottsdale, Ariz., one of the Americans in the group. ``When I was found guilty of violating the law, I was told I have the right to appeal, but now I'm told I don't have that right. ... It's an attempt by the government to get rid of these trials, which have attracted a lot of attention in Japan and overseas.'' In its statement, the group charged that militarists used Hirohito and the emperor system to rally national support for colonizing neighboring countries and killing millions of people in World War II. ``We are challenging not only the alien registration system itself, but also the imperial ideology that undergirds it and that continues to legitimize and perpetuate ethnic discrimination and oppression in postwar Japan,'' the group said. Conviction under the law carries a penalty of up to a year in prison and a $1,500 fine. AP890206-0181 AP-NR-02-06-89 2226EST r i AM-Japan-USJets 02-06 0477 AM-Japan-US Jets,0489 Japanese Officials Hope For Co-production Despite Congressional Concerns By DAVID THURBER Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) Japanese officials discounted U.S. congressional concerns Monday and said they hope to proceed with co-production of a jet fighter by General Dynamics and the Japanese company that built the famous Zero during World War II. Some U.S. senators say the project will mean giving away U.S. high technology that might allow Japan to compete against the American aerospace industry. U.S. officials pushed for last year's co-production agreement to offset Japan's trade surplus. ``The two sides spent a long time working on the agreement, and I believe it's a good agreement,'' a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity. ``I hope we can proceed with development as scheduled.'' During Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's visit last week to Washington, five U.S. senators urged President Bush to review the agreement to use the U.S. F-16 built by General Dynamics as the basis of Japan's future mainstay fighter jet, called the FSX. Japanese officials said Japan originally planned to develop the $40 million plane on its own. ``We've told the U.S. government that we don't need any technology (for the plane) from the United States,'' said a high defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. ``We had hoped to develop it alone, but because of U.S. requests, we agreed to co-development of the plane.'' He said the F-16 technology ``would probably make the project go more smoothly'' but ``it isn't clear how much it will actually benefit Japan.'' Under the current agreement, reached after several years of negotiations, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to head development, using technology from Japan and from the F-16. The American company is to act as a subcontractor to Mitsubishi and receive about 35-45 percent of the work, funded entirely by the Japanese government. The Japanese technology likely to be used in the plane includes sophisticated radar, advanced materials and a special control system used to maneuver short additional wings, called canards, which allow the plane to move horizontally or vertically without any change in the angle of the plane's body. Initially, 130 of the planes are to be built, with a possible follow-up order of about 100 more. Each FSX will cost $40 million, defense officials say. Although Japan has made several types of aircraft, including the YS-11 civilian transport plane, its aviation industry remains small. During World War II, the nation turned out 25,000 military aircraft a year, including the famous Mitsubishi Zero fighter, but after Japan's defeat, U.S. occupation forces closed down the industry until 1952, when Japanese companies began servicing U.S. planes during the Korean War. Since then, the industry has relied heavily on defense contracts, including the development of Japan's current fighter jet, the F-1, and production of F-15 fighters under license from McDonnell Douglas of the United States. AP890206-0182 AP-NR-02-06-89 2228EST r i AM-Nigeria 02-06 0233 AM-Nigeria,0240 President Dissolves Ruling Armed Forces Council LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida dissolved the Armed Forces Ruling Council on Monday and said he will rule personally until a new council is named next week. He gave no reason for the decision. Babangida set up the 28-member council after seizing power in a barracks coup in August 1985. It had been the West African nation's highest ruling body. The president told reporters Monday that the council will be reconstituted next week and its first task will be to form a Cabinet. He refused to identify who will make up the new council but said it will include no civilians. Babangida said earlier he was planning a Cabinet reshuffle but had given no indication the ruling council itself would be dismantled. Babangida also announced Monday that he planned to form an assembly of the armed forces to discuss their role in the transition to civilian rule, scheduled to be completed in 1992. In the past few months, complaints have grown about the rising cost of living in Africa's most populous nation. Labor unions have threatened nationwide strikes in protest of government-ordered cuts in fringe benefits and salaries. The military government has imposed a stringent austerity plan to try to get out of a deep recession caused partly by lower oil prices. Nigeria's main export earnings come from petroleum exports. AP890206-0183 AP-NR-02-06-89 2231EST r i AM-Iran-Hovercraft 02-06 0167 AM-Iran-Hovercraft,0172 Iran Launches Domestic-Built Hovercraft NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Iran has launched its first domestic-built hovercraft, named ``Yunus'' after the Hebrew prophet Jonah who was swallowed by a whale, the official Islamic News Agency reported Monday. The agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the 27-foot-long and 14-foot-wide craft was designed and produced by the ``self-sufficiency industry of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards.'' It said the hovercraft, launched on Lake Mahrlu in the southern Fars province, can carry 12 people, transport loads up to one ton and reach a top speed of 38 mph. The agency quoted a Revolutionary Guards spokesman as saying a similar hovercraft manufactured elsewhere would cost around $250,000, but noted that he gave no details of production costs. Iran developed industrial ``self-sufficiency'' programs during the eight-year war with Iraq to counter difficulties in obtaining spare parts and high prices on the international arms market. It claimed to have launched a home-designed and produced submarine and to be working on prototypes of other sophisticated craft. AP890206-0184 AP-NR-02-06-89 2308EST r a AM-BellevueKilling 02-06 0339 AM-Bellevue Killing,0350 Suspect Allegedly Says `A Voice' Told Him to Kill Doctor By SAMUEL MAULL Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) The homeless man accused of strangling a pregnant doctor told police ``a voice'' ordered him to kill the pathologist, according to court papers filed Monday. Dr. Kathryn Hinnant, 33, was raped, sodomized and strangled with a wire in her small office Jan. 7 at Bellevue Hospital. Shortly after his arrest, Steven Smith, 22, told a detective that during the attack, ``She asked me, Why am I doing this?'' according to the detective's report. The detective, David Argenzio, reported that he asked Smith what his response was. After a pause, he asked again. ``He stated to me, `It was just something I had to do,''' the detective reported. The exchange took place while Smith ``talked continuously'' in a room at Kings County Hospital Jan. 9, ``sometimes about things unrelated to the murder,'' Argenzio's report said. ``But most of the time he went on about how he had to do it because something inside of him makes him do it,'' the report said. Smith said that if someone had given him psychiatric help, the slaying wouldn't have occurred and ``the lady would still be alive,'' the detective reported. The crime reminded Smith of an incident involving his girlfriend in South Carolina, the report said. Argenzio quoted Smith as saying that a voice had told him to stab his girlfriend, but he had forgotten where he put his knife, so he beat her. She survived the beating. ``He went on to say that is why he knew he had to strangle the lady because (of) ... something inside of him, like a low voice telling him.'' Smith has pleaded innocent to charges of second-degree murder, first-degree rape, sodomy and first-degree robbery. Defense lawyer Marvyn Kornberg said he will probably present a psychiatric defense for Smith, a mental outpatient at Kings County Hospital for three years. Kornberg said Smith is under suicide watch at all times at the hospital. AP890206-0185 AP-NR-02-06-89 2311EST r a AM-TelevisionAwards 02-06 0232 AM-Television Awards,0238 Directors Guild Announces Nominations LOS ANGELES (AP) ABC and CBS each received six nominations for best television directing, with ABC's ``thirtysomething'' earning two prime-time nominations, the Directors Guild of America announced Monday. NBC trailed the other networks with three nominations in the five categories. The winners will be announced March 11 at the annual guild ceremony in Beverly Hills. Nominated for best director of a dramatic series were Marshall Herskovitz for ``thirtysomething,'' ``Therapy'' episode, ABC; Mark C. Tinker for ``St. Elsewhere,'' ``The Last One,'' NBC; and Edward Swick for ``thirtysomething,'' ``Accounts Receivable,'' ABC. In the dramatic specials category, Dan Curtis was nominated for ``War and Remembrance,'' mini-series, ABC; Rod Holcomb for ``China Beach,'' pilot, ABC; and Lamont Johnson for ``Lincoln'' mini-series, NBC. Nominated for best director of a comedy series were Ellen Falcon for ``Rosanne,'' pilot, ABC; Barnet Kellman for ``Murphy Brown,'' pilot, CBS; and Steve Miner for ``Wonder Years,'' pilot, ABC. Daytime dramatic series nominations went to Kevin Hooks for ``Home Sweet Homeless,'' ``CBS Schoolbreak Special,'' CBS; Gilbert Moses for ``Daddy Can't Read,'' ``CBS Schoolbreak Special,'' CBS; and Jesus Salvador Trevino for ``Gangs,'' ``CBS Schoolbreak Special,'' CBS. In the musical and variety show category, nominated were Davis Grossman for ``The Smothers Brothers 20th Year Reunion,'' CBS; Hal Gurnee for ``Late Night 6th Anniversary Special,'' NBC; and Walter C. Miller for ``100th Birthday Celebration, Irving Berlin,'' CBS. AP890206-0186 AP-NR-02-06-89 2314EST r a AM-DougMarlette 2ndLd-Writethru a0728 02-06 0372 AM-Doug Marlette, 2nd Ld - Writethru, a0728,0378 Constitution Pulitzer Winner Joins Newsday Eds: INSERTS two grafs after 3rd graf, `Constitution Editorial...', with quotes from Marlette's resignation letter. Picks up 4th graf pvs, `Marlette, in...'. ATLANTA (AP) Cartoonist Doug Marlette, whose work brought The Atlanta Constitution a share of its first Pulitzer Prize in 20 years, resigned Monday to join Newsday. Marlette was brought to the Atlanta newspaper from The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer by former Constitution Editor Bill Kovach. Kovach resigned three months ago in a dispute with senior executives. Constitution Editorial Page Editor Tom Teepen said he knew of no disputes particularly involving the cartoonist. ``There have not been any clashes here over cartoons,'' Teepen said. But the 39-year-old Marlette said in his resignation letter that he had been upset by Kovach's departure. ``As a native Southerner, I came here inspired by the vision of Bill Kovach for world-class journalism in this region so richly deserving of it,'' Marlette wrote. ``Tragically, that dream was thwarted. Like many Southerners before me, I head north with a sense of sadness and longing for what might have been.'' Marlette, in an interview Monday with WSB-TV in Atlanta, made no mention of any disputes or other problems. ``Leaving is a very sad ... thing. I feel real ambivalence about it,'' he said. ``At the same time, I'm excited about the opportunity.'' Marlette's 1987 work at both the Observer and the Constitution won a 1988 Pulitzer Prize. ``Obviously, the addition of an exceptional talent such as Doug Marlette to the editorial pages of Newsday and New York Newsday will strengthen what we believe to be the best viewpoints in the New York area,'' said Robert M. Johnson, publisher of Newsday, in a statement. Newsday has three editorial cartoonists. Marlette will begin work for Newsday, based on New York's Long Island, in ``around three weeks,'' Teepen said, adding that he was not sure if the cartoonist would produce any more drawings for the Constitution while he prepares to move. ``We'll be bringing in a good editorial cartoonist,'' Teepen said. ``We're looking at some folks.'' Marlette also writes the syndicated comic strip, ``Kudzu.'' He was the first cartoonist to win a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. AP890206-0187 AP-NR-02-06-89 0642EST r a PM-DigestBriefs 02-06 0647 PM-Digest Briefs,0671 By The Associated Press GERDE GHOUS, Afghanistan (AP) The road to Kabul is littered with burned-out Afghan army tanks, trucks and security posts abandoned by retreating communist forces. Dotted along the highway leading from the Pakistani border to the Afghan capital about 120 miles to the west are signs of the collapse of the Afghan army in the area as Moslem insurgents move in. Guerrilla commanders say Afghan government forces began to disintegrate after Soviet troops pulled out of the area late last year under a total withdrawal plan now in its final days. ``The communists are all gone. They are running for their lives,'' said one guerrilla commander. WASHINGTON (AP) The Energy Department is privately urging energy companies to take extra precautions against terrorism, in part out of concern that Libya or Iran might strike at key U.S. energy facilities. In addition, the National Security Council has created a special interagency task force to assess the vulnerability of domestic energy systems and to study possible U.S. responses to a wide variety of energy emergencies at home and abroad. ``Energy-related terrorism in the United States would be a particularly significant threat'' in a military crisis involving the Soviet Union, said an internal Energy Department report obtained by The Associated Press. ``However, even in the absence of a superpower confrontation, there is the possibility that potential Third World adversaries could sponsor attacks on the energy infrastructure in the United States,'' the report said. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) As a broiling summer day dissolved into a sultry night at New York's Coxsackie state prison, Joseph Puma waited to see if five prison guards held hostage by prisoners would make it out alive. After 14 hours, about midnight, the inmates released their hostages. ``This guy came out _ a friend of mine _ he was bloody, beaten, battered and he wore inmate clothing. He just collapsed in my arms, crying,'' said Puma, head of the state prison guards' union. Puma saw the pain in the faces of the guards and their families and came up with an idea: The union, through Lloyd's of London, established a ``captivity coverage'' insurance plan, with benefits to be paid to survivors of prison uprisings. It's believed to be the first time an insurance company has allowed such a policy, said Nels Carlson, a Lloyd's underwriter. Union members held hostage at least 12 hours would be paid a sum equal to half their annual salary. In the case of death or injury, the insurance benefit paid to the guard or his family would be twice the salary. A New York prison guard's average annual pay: $27,500. ``It's kind of like your life insurance, where you hope it never gets paid out, but it happens,'' said Hardy Rauch, director of standards and accreditation for the American Correctional Association in Laurel, Md. ``The concept is quite nice. It's an idea that could very easily be expanded to other states.'' WASHINGTON (AP) Two weeks after moving into the most prestigious home in America, Barbara Bush cannot conceal her excitement. For starters, there's the collection of presidential china: ``Grover Cleveland at lunch today ... Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Can you believe that?'' There's more. ``The views are pretty spectacular,'' she says, noting she can gaze directly at the Oval Office from her second-floor office in the White House. ``See, I can see him right there,'' Mrs. Bush says, pointing across the Rose Garden to the office occupied by her husband, President Bush. In the Lincoln Bedroom, Mrs. Bush shows off a felt-covered frame that contains one of only five copies of the Gettysburg Address. ``This is the only one signed and dated. You can read that. ... Isn't that amazing? In an interview with The Associated Press, Mrs. Bush said she ``felt right at home from the very first moment.'' AP890206-0188 AP-NR-02-06-89 0933EST a a PM-HotHouse Adv08 02-06 1026 PM-Hot House, Adv 08,1054 $adv08 For release Wednesday PMs, Feb. 8, and thereafter Radium-Tainted House Demolished; Neighbors' Yards To Be Dug Up By DAN BLAKE Associated Press Writer LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) The whole family helped out when Dican Hadjy Kabakjian began moonlighting in his basement in 1924, stretching his physics professor's salary and riding the crest of a promising new cancer treatment. Kabakjian was a great man and a brilliant scientist, said one neighbor in the middle-class suburb of towering trees, stately old houses, quiet dead-end streets and back yards big enough for great games of hide-and-go-seek. The business in the basement of the three-story, stucco-and-frame Victorian duplex helped get the Kabakjians through the Depression. It also did something else: it made theirs the only single residence on the government's list of the most toxic waste sites in America. For two decades, until Kabakjian died in 1945, the family supplied doctors and hospitals with radium-tipped needles to insert near cancerous tumors. ``I'd take the raw stuff and cook it until you get these radium crystals,'' said Kabakjian's daughter, Alice Kabakjian Lewis, 74. Her sister Louise would weigh the crushed crystals and pack them into platinum needles. The physicist's sons Armen and Raymond worked during vacations. Dicranouhi Kabakjian helped her husband when she wasn't keeping his house. Daughter Lillian kept the books. There was no fear of radiation then; far from it. Two decades after it was discovered, radium was hailed as a miracle treatment for everything from cancer to tonsilitis. It would be years before scientists learned that radium decays into radon gas that can cause cancer. The disease may not show up for 40 years. Someone living in the house 16 hours a day for their whole life stood a one-in-three chance of cancer, said Victor Janosik, who is managing the cleanup for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Raymond Kabakjian died at 65 of abdominal cancer, in 1977. His son, Raymond Jr., died of bladder cancer in 1983, at age 37. William Dooner, who delivered radium, died in 1984 at age 71 of cancer of the head and lungs. Dican Kabakjian didn't develop cancer. He died in 1945, at 70, of emphysema probably caused by fumes from the acid he used to process the radium ore. The Tallant family bought the house in 1949 and lived there until moving into a bigger place in 1961. Anna Tallant died of breast cancer in 1969, at 54. The ``hot house'' came to light in 1962 during a search for forgotten radium sites. In 1964, authorities spent $200,000 to decontaminate it. They declared success after removing furniture, dishes, rugs and clothing, and after replacing windows, walls, sinks and a concrete basement floor. That September the couple who owned it, Harry and Mary Kizirian, moved back in. But in 1983, during a survey of sites that might be eligible for federal cleanup assistance, the EPA found radon levels in the basement 10 times higher than allowable and gamma radiation, similar to X-rays, 3{ times higher. In 1985, the house was put on the EPA's Superfund list. Last August, white-suited workers equipped with oxygen masks, vacuums and Geiger counters arrived. They dismantled the house board by board and brick by brick. All but 1{ bricks had been contaminated with radium. The trees where neighborhood children played were uprooted; squirrels had scampered up them carrying radioactivity from the ground where Kabakjian dumped workshop waste. The yard was dug up, too, leaving a 9-foot-deep pit. About 240 feet of sewer line running down the street is contaminated and will have to be replaced. None of the surrounding houses have been found to be contaminated, but six lots showed higher-than-normal radioactivity, pushing the cleanup cost from $7.5 million to $9.5 million. ``I don't feel a great deal of anxiety about radiation,'' said Georgianna Gretzenberg. The back door of the house she and her husband bought in 1987 is 20 to 30 yards from the chain-link fence that surrounds the empty lot and from the trailers where workers are checked for contamination. The free-standing garage they planned to turn into a studio may be lost to the cleanup. ``It's sad to see the neighborhood ripped up. For me, it's more that,'' said Mrs. Gretzenberg, who had a healthy baby boy six months ago. ``My biggest concern is they won't finish. I hope it will be done so we can go back to doing what you do in suburbia.'' Helen Click, who has lived behind the house for 23 years, said, ``We were told as long as it's not in our house, we shouldn't be concerned.'' Richard Kizirian, whose family bought the house from the Tallants, wonders if the radium can be blamed for illnesses that afflicted his family, including sores that developed on his father's legs before he died. ``That's the $64 question. Our understanding is the long-term effects of radiation have not been proven,'' said Kizirian. He has considered suing, but isn't sure who to sue, and lawyers say he's lucky the EPA paid for the cleanup. The costs included $140,000 paid to the Kizirians and the Basehore family, who lived in the other side of the duplex. The families retain ownership of the land, which will be filled and landscaped when the work is done this summer. Kizirian said that given its history, he doubts anyone will buy, so he and the other heirs to his parents' estate might donate it to the town. Nancy Basehore, who is in her 70s, declined to talk at length about her experiences, but considers Kabakjian to be a great man. She hasn't decided what to do when the property can be occupied again, either. ``Once the EPA finishes they'll certify they don't have a radiation problem,'' said George Bochanski, a borough councilman and former Environmental Protection Agency spokesman. ``That's more than some of us can say.'' Penny Flaherty, who rents the house next door, grew vegetables the summer of 1987, but Kabakjian's legacy worried her. ``It was funny, I grew them and brought them in, but I had qualms about eating them and threw them out.'' End Adv for PMs Feb. 8 AP890206-0189 AP-NR-02-06-89 1144EST a e PM-APArts:Gordon Adv08 02-06 0807 PM-AP Arts: Gordon, Adv 08,0832 $Adv 08 For Release Wed PMs, Feb 8 and Thereafter The Chocolate War: Vicious School Days By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) After reaching the 11th grade, Keith Gordon dropped out of school. So when at the age of 27 he had a chance to direct his first movie, ``The Chocolate War,'' he drew upon a very different kind of education. Gordon, who had acted in ``Dressed to Kill'' and ``All That Jazz'' among other films, remembered his conversations with such directors as Brian DePalma and John Carpenter. ``That was film school, working with those people,'' he said. ``I think there's no medium that's more immediate; it's just beginning to be scratched. DePalma (``Body Double,'' ``The Untouchables'') directed Gordon in ``Dressed to Kill'' and ``Home Movies.'' ``Brian's really a brilliant stylist,'' Gordon said. ``He really took the time to explain to me why he picked a certain lens. ... That was Brian's contribution.'' And from Carpenter (``Christine''), Gordon took some pointers on how to keep a film crew happy. ``Carpenter showed me how a set should be run. John never yells. His theory is, `life is short and if we're not going to have a good time, you might as well pack and go home.''' The turning point for Gordon came 20 years ago, when he saw Stanley Kubrick's science-fiction classic, ``2001: A Space Odyssey.'' ``I thought, `OK, that's what I'm doing.' I was haunted by it, had nightmares by it. I started going to off-beat things, foreign films. I found myself obsessed by stories that didn't have neat answers, that made me question things.'' Gordon worked in the film library at the Museum of Modern Art, going through the museum's archives, and began appearing in school plays. But by the time he was in high school, he was ready to move on. ``I never did well with rules,'' said the director, just 16 when he left school. His professional acting career had already begun the year before when he joined the National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. He worked in stage, television and films over the next few years but dreamed of being on the other side of the camera. ``It was always in my heart to direct,'' Gordon said. ``To be honest, I thought I would be 45 or 50, not 27.'' ``The Chocolate War'' is based on Robert Cormier's best-selling novel, which gives a lurid account of life at a Catholic school in Washington. Gordon, recalling his own unhappy experiences in school, was attracted to the issues dealt with in the book. ``I carried this book around in my head for 10 years. I wondered if stuff in the book was unrealistically harsh or vicious but I met people who had been sexually molested and repeatedly beaten up _ stuff where your mouth is hanging open.'' For years the book was passed around all the major studios, but when the rights finally became available, Gordon quickly snapped them up and persuaded Jonathan Krane, an independent producer, to back the project. ``The crew was young. My cinematographer was only a few years older than me,'' said Gordon, who completed filming in just 24 shooting days, for a cost of $700,000. ``The Chocolate War'' stars John Glover as the sadistic Brother Leon, Wally Ward as the ruthless leader of a student gang and Ilan Mitchell-Smith as a freshman caught up the school's vicious atmosphere. Following the example of Carpenter, Gordon made sure the crew, working on a limited budget, was properly appreciated. ``I'm almost proudest that we had a great time. Almost everybody who worked on that film said he never had more fun. On that kind of money, you'd be better be ... sure that they have a good time. Any director that doesn't avail himself of the talent around him is a fool.'' He was tested early in the project. One day, after shooting for 15 hours, Gordon could sense that ``the natives were restless.'' ``I made a speech, bought pizzas and shook everybody's hands. I made sure they were heard. I made the producer give everybody an extra $100 for such a long day.'' When filming was over, Gordon gave himself high marks for his performance on the set. ``I was surprised how much fun it was. I expected to be more miserable, more panic struck,'' he said. ``I discovered I'm pretty good in panic situations. Parking tickets I get nervous breakdowns, but on the set I was very clear-headed.'' Gordon seems unlikely to drop out of the film world. ``Ultimately, you're realizing your own vision,'' he said. ``It's collaborative, but also very personal. Film involves literature, music, acting and lighting. It's a wonderful chance to stretch yourself in every direction at once.'' End Adv for Feb. 8 and Thereafter AP890206-0190 AP-NR-02-06-89 1106EST a i PM-Italy-JewishPast Adv13 02-06 0761 PM-Italy-Jewish Past, Adv 13,0785 $adv13 For Release Mon PMs Feb. 13 or Thereafter Priest Helps Jews Document Their Presence in Italy By VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press Writer ROME (AP) In a basement along the Tiber River, a Roman Catholic priest is poring over thousands of dusty, worm-eaten books in a project to preserve precious remnants of Jewish culture in Italy. The collection of some 20,000 books, manuscripts and magazines helps document the vitality of what may be the oldest Jewish community in the West, with its roots believed to predate the Christian era. But like other remnants, such as ancient synagogues and catacombs, much of the written record has deteriorated or been shipped to Israel for safekeeping. Now, however, through a combination of grants, a Nobel Prize-winner's contribution and volunteer work by the Rev. Pier Francesco Fumagalli, the books will be cataloged, restored and made available to the public in the new National Jewish Library and Heritage Center when it opens in Rome within a year or so. ``As long as there are Jews in Italy they are entitled to their heritage,'' said Tullia Zevi, the driving force behind the project. Mrs. Zevi is president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, which represents the country's 40,000 Jews. Having successfully pressed for a turnover of the Jewish catacombs from Vatican to Italian government jurisdiction five years ago, she next set her sights on placing collections of Jewish books from around Italy under one roof in Rome. Unable to afford a lay library expert, she turned to Fumagalli, one of Italy's leading Judaic scholars who worked for eight years at the 400-year-old Ambrosiano Library in Milan. He is a member of the Vatican's Commission for Relations with Judaism. He spends Monday afternoons working with four Jewish university students in the basement of Rome's Jewish school to cataloge the books stacked in metal cabinets and protected from further decay by a humidifier. Several thousand are in very bad shape, with their bindings worn off, pages yellowed and damaged by worms. ``It's a mutually enriching experience,'' he said, noting that the Jewish press in Italy dates to the late 1400s. ``Culture is a measure of the vitality of a people.'' He said Italy's Jewish press was the oldest in Europe. A Jewish press began in Spain about the same time as Italy's but closed down when Jews were expelled by Spain's Catholic rulers in 1492. About 80 percent of the books in Italy are in Hebrew, many of those from the collection of the Rabbinical College in Rome. Others have come from Siena, Florence, Ferrara, Pisa and such towns as Pitigliano, near Viterbo, where there are no longer any Jews. In addition to prayer books and books on Jewish history and customs, there are publications and documents put out by the various communities that provide a glimpse of Jewish life in Italy through the centuries. The government provided $460,000 for restoration of the library site, a former mechanic's workshop about 50 yards from the school and facing the monumental ochre-colored main synagogue across the Tiber. Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian-American scientist, who is Jewish, contributed what Mrs. Zevi called a ``slice'' of the $145,000 cash prize that came with winning the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1986. The money allows the community to pay the students about $300 a month for their work with the library. Olivetti, the business machine company, donated a computer for the book cataloging. The Jewish presence in Rome is believed to date back 2,000 years. Its history was heavily conditioned by the papacy. In 1555, Pope Paul IV confined Rome's Jews to a ghetto that stood until papal rule ended in Rome in 1870. But according to Mrs. Zevi, Jews lost faith in Italy only after the enactment of the racial laws by Benito Mussolini's fascist dictatorship in 1938, which foreshadowed deportions to Nazi death camps. More than 8,000 Jews were deported and only around 900 returned. Mrs. Zevi said many of those who emigrated on their own never came back while those who survived shipped valuable items to Israel. But attitudes appear to be changing. Italian Jews were heartened by the broad support from politicians at a recent convention examining the damage done by Mussolini's racial laws. By the same token, Italian towns have shown an interest in restoring synagogues and other Jewish remnants. ``This is a 99 percent Catholic country,'' Mrs. Zevi said. ``It prides itself on being pluralistic. We are the ones who can supply the pluralism.'' End Adv Mon PMs Feb. 13 AP890206-0191 AP-NR-02-06-89 1107EST a i PM-Mozambique-Town Adv14 02-06 0512 PM-Mozambique-Town, Adv 14,0527 $adv14 For Release Tues PMs Feb. 14 or Thereafter War Shattered Town in Mozambique Struggles to Rebuild By MELINDA HAM MILANGE, Mozambique (AP) Two and a half years ago, 60,000 people lived in Milange, then a lively place with night clubs and shops and prospering from a large tea estate. But then Mozambique's guerrilla war came to Milange and today only 5,000 remain; the others fled to safety in Malawi, just two miles away; the night clubs and shops are heavily damaged, the tea estate razed. Grass pokes through potholes in the wide avenues. The destruction was wrought by the guerrillas who are trying to overthrow the southern African country's Marxist government. They occupied Milange in September, 1986. Government forces drove them into the bush last June. Now government troops are supervising the reconstruction of the town in northern Mozambique's fertile Zambezia province. But reconstruction is slow. The rebels control much of the bush, isolating Milange and leaving it dependent on international aid brought in from Malawi. A school and clinic have been rebuilt, but only three teachers are available for 1,500 children in the school and one medical assistant with scarcely any medicines runs the clinic. The Mozambique Department of Agriculture has begun rehabilitating the tea estate. It plans to bring equipment from other tea-growing regions and envisions some 500 workers reviving production that is so vital to the town's economy. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is distributing seeds for cassava, groundnuts (peanuts) and maize (corn) to encourage Mozambican refugees in Malawi to return to their abandoned homes. An estimated 640,000 Mozambicans have fled into Malawi in recent years because of food shortages and the war between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance, known by its Portuguese acronoym ReNaMo. The guerrillas took up arms in 1977 in an attempt to install a pro-Western government in Mozambique, a Portuguese colony until independence in 1975. The refugees in Malawi are among an estimated 1.2 million Mozambicans who have taken refuge in neighboring countries. But aid officials say those in Malawi are slowly starting to return home, with 500 leaving in December, many headed for Milange. One recently returned refugee said he fled to Malawi when he heard the rebels were coming. ``Those who stayed were beaten, and the women _ young or old _ were raped,'' said the father of five, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. ``I have come home because I feel safe with the Frelimo (government) soldiers and I want to plant my fields.'' Little effort has been made to rebuild Milange's derelict town center. Instead, poeple have built grass huts on the edge of their fields around the town. A bulldozer, lent by aid donors, is clearing an airstrip for light planes to bring relief supplies. Milange is gradually coming back, but defense from rebel attacks is still a main concern. ``We will liquidate the armed bandits and construct freedom and progress,'' says a government poster on the wall of Milange's vacant hotel. End Adv Tues PMs Feb. 14 AP890206-0192 AP-NR-02-06-89 1108EST a i PM-SouthAfrica-Vendors Adv15 02-06 0873 PM-South Africa-Vendors, Adv 15,0897 $adv15 For Release Wed PMs Feb 15 or Thereafter Black Street Vendors Become Economic Force in South Africa By DAVID CRARY Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Kleinbooi Matsegeng is a typical black South African businessman. His premises are the sidewalk and he's spent much of his 15 years as a street vendor trying to dodge the police. Now, times are good. Matsegeng obtained a license in 1987 and sells an array of goods in a zone where vendors can operate freely. He is able to pay four helpers with income that has risen tenfold since he began peddling paper bags in 1974. Matsegeng and entrepreneurs like him personify the booming ``informal sector'' of South Africa's economy _ hundreds of thousands of blacks who work for themselves outside the more structured, white-dominated realm of paychecks, job applications and tax forms. No one knows the exact scope of the informal sector, but experts believe it represents perhaps one-fourth of the country's economic activity and provides a living for at least a million blacks. President P.W. Botha has acknowledged the informal sector's role in creating jobs. Last year, he presented three mobile hot-dog stands to street vendors in Pretoria and sampled stew at a sidewalk stall. Street vendors, known in South Africa as hawkers, peddle everything from hair spray to handcrafts, sausages to sunglasses. Recently they have begun to work collectively to increase their economic influence. About 16,000 hawkers and owners of ``spaza shops'' _ small, unlicensed grocery stores operated inside homes in black townships _ have joined the African Council of Hawkers and Informal Businesses. The council was founded in 1986 by Lawrence Mavundla, 30, a former shop steward for the National Union of Mineworkers, who was fired from a gold mine during a 1985 strike. Later that year, he saw some hawkers being chased by police and decided to form an organization to represent their interests. ``One old woman who could not run fast enough was caught, her goods destroyed and she was thrown in the back of a van,'' he recalled. ``I thought this should not happen to people who are trying to make an honest living.'' The council, financed by membership dues of 10 rand ($4) a month, has a staff of 17. It campigns to ease licensing restrictions, provides legal aid to hawkers who face fines, and negotiates with businesses in hopes they will become more supportive of hawking. Hawkers are regulated by local authorities, and many of the 700 municipal governments maintain bans or tough restrictions. But Mavundla's council has helped achieve major reforms in Johannesburg, the largest city. Hawkers now can obtain licenses in two days, rather than six months, he said, leading to an increase of licensed hawkers from 250 a few years ago to 9,600 now. Johannesburg recently opened its central business district to hawkers after years of exclusion and has created ``free hawking'' zones where traders like Matsegeng can operate. The city has scrapped requirements that hawkers have storage facilities and advertise in newspapers in order to qualify for a license. Now, Johannesburg's hawkers can operate as close as 100 yards from a store selling similar goods, in contrast to 400 yards before. They can stay in one place for two hours; before, they had to move every 20 minutes. ``The established business community is our biggest problem,'' Mavundla said in an interview. ``Retailers see hawkers as a threat, a pressure group coming to take their customers away.'' ``They need to see there's a benefit for themselves,'' he added. ``The more competition there is, the more business there will be. We can provide jobs and help the economy grow.'' The council's ultimate aim is give more economic power to blacks and to help poor, uneducated people provide for themselves in a society where 5 million whites dominate 26 million blacks economically as well as politically. ``Economics is going to succeed where politics have failed to find solutions,'' said Mavundla. The council's publicity director, Vicky Sussens, said hawkers are receiving increasing cooperation from wholesalers and manufacturers, even though they fear reprisals from retailers. She added that wholesalers and manufacturers realize their future is selling to blacks. ``There is more respect now. They see hawkers as businessmen, not just someone trying to eke out a living like a beggar.'' Successful hawkers such as Matsegeng can earn 1,200 rand ($500) a month, double the wages of a typical black mineworker. Those operating out of houses often earn even more. Police harassment of hawkers has declined but remains a problem, said Mavundla. He said hawkers commonly spend 60 rand ($25) a week bribing policemen to avoid fines or confiscation of goods, either of which can wipe out a week's earnings. Government leaders praise the informal sector, ``but they're only saying it for political gain,'' Mavundla said. ``They're not really serious.'' Louise Tager, a law professor who has studied the informal sector, says it is flourishing because of restrictions on formal black business development in townships, such as lack of approved sites and bans on using homes as business ``Its existence is evidence that no legislation, however harsh, can totally extinguish the entreprenurial spirit,'' she wrote. End Adv Wed PMs Feb. 15 AP890206-0193 AP-NR-02-06-89 1112EST a a BC-History Adv12 02-06 0366 BC-History, Adv12,0385 $adv13 For Release Sunday, Feb. 12 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 1989. There are 322 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in what is now Larue County, Kentucky. On this date: In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had been queen of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason. In 1733, English colonists led by James Oglethorpe landed at Savannah, Ga. In 1870, women in the Utah Territory were granted the right to vote. In 1892, Lincoln's birthday was declared a national holiday. In 1907, more than 300 people died when the steamer Larchmont collided with a schooner off Block Island in New England. In 1908, the first 'round-the-world automobile race began in New York. It ended in Paris the following August. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, America's oldest civil rights organization, was founded. In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington D.C. In 1924, George Gershwin's ``Rhapsody in Blue'' made its premiere in New York. In 1973, the first U.S. Prisoners of War from the Vietnam War were released. Ten years ago: President Jimmy Carter called on Americans to voluntarily conserve energy to deal with the oil shortage that resulted from political upheaval in Iran. Five years ago: Five people were arrested in New Jersey on charges of conspiring to smuggle more than $1 billion worth of high-technology military equipment to China. One year ago: The Pentagon charged that two Soviet Navy vessels deliberately bumped two U.S. warships in the Black Sea as the American vessels sailed through waters claimed by the Soviet Union. Today's birthdays: Movie director Franco Zefferelli is 66. Sportscaster Joe Garagiola is 63. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., is 59. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell is 55. Actor Joe Don Baker is 53. Author Judy Blume is 51. Actress Maud Adams is 44. Thought for today: ``I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln.'' -- Former U.S. President Gerald Ford. End Adv for use Feb. 12 AP890206-0194 AP-NR-02-06-89 1114EST a a BC-History Adv13 02-06 0391 BC-History, Adv13,0407 $adv13 For Release Monday, Feb. 13 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 1989. There are 321 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. The verdict carried an automatic death sentence. On this date: In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed after being accused of adultery. In 1633, the Italian astronomer Galileo arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition. In 1635, the oldest public school in the United States, the Boston Public Latin School, was founded. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first magazine in the U.S., The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies. It lasted three issues. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, was founded in New York. In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland. In 1945, during World War II, the Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans after a 50-day siege. In 1945, Allied bombing raids began against the German city of Dresden. In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb, in the Sahara Desert. Ten years ago: Energy Secretary James Schlesinger said that unless the upheaval in Iran ended, oil shortages could become as serious as they were during the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo. Five years ago: Konstantin Chernenko, 72, became the oldest man named to lead the Soviet Communist Party since the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Chernenko was chosen by the party's Central Committee to succeed Yuri Andropov. One year ago: The 15th Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, in the Canadian province of Alberta. Today's birthdays: Singer Tennessee Ernie Ford is 70. Opera singer Eileen Farrell is 69. Former test pilot Chuck Yeager is 66. Actress Kim Novak is 56. Actor George Segal is 55. Actor Oliver Reed is 51. Actor Bo Svenson is 48. Actress Carol Lynley is 47. Actress Stockard Channing is 45. Singer Peter Tork is 45. Actor David Naughton is 38. Thought for today: ``The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.'' _ Albert Einstein. AP890206-0195 AP-NR-02-06-89 1117EST a a BC-History Adv14 02-06 0422 BC-History, Adv14,0443 $adv14 For Release Tuesday, Feb. 14 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 1989. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine's Day. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 14, 1929, 60 years ago, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down. On this date: In 1778, the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France. In 1848, President James K. Polk became the first chief executive to be photographed while in office as he posed for Matthew Brady in New York. In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state. In 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor. In 1894, comedian Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Ill. In 1903, the Department of Commerce and Labor was established. In 1912, Arizona became the 48th state of the Union. In 1945, Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joined the United Nations. In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducted a tour of the White House on network television. In 1985, Cable News Network reporter Jeremy Levin, who was being held hostage by Moslem extremists in Lebanon, gained his freedom. Ten years ago: The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan was kidnapped in Kabul by Moslem extremists and killed in a shootout between his abductors and police. And in Iran, guerrillas attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, trapping the ambassador and his staff for several hours. Five years ago: Vice President George Bush met with Konstantin Chernenko, and later said he and the new Soviet leader agreed on the need to place superpower relations ``upon a more constructive path.'' One year ago: Hours after learning that his sister had died of leukemia, American David Jansen lost his bid for a gold medal when he fell during the 500-meter speed-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Calgary. Today's birthdays: Sportscaster Mel Allen is 76. TV personality Hugh Downs is 68. Actress and singer Florence Henderson is 55. Journalist Carl Bernstein is 45. Actor-dancer Gregory Hines is 43. Thought for today: ``Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.'' _ William Butler Yeats AP890206-0196 AP-NR-02-06-89 1120EST a a BC-History Adv15 02-06 0420 BC-History, Adv15,0437 $adv15 For Release Wednesday, Feb. 15 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 1989. There are 319 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an attempt on his life in Miami, when an assailant fired at him. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed. On this date: In 1564, the Italian astronomer Galileo was born in the city of Pisa. In 1764, the city of St. Louis was established. In 1820, Susan B. Anthony, one of America's leading pioneers of women's rights, was born in Adams, Mass. In 1842, a private mail service in New York City introduced the first adhesive postage stamps. In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill to allow women attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1898, the U.S. battleship ``Maine'' blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members and escalating tensions with Spain. In 1942, the British colony Singapore surrendered to the Japanese during World War II. In 1965, Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. In 1982, 84 men were killed when a huge oil-drilling rig, the Ocean Ranger, sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a fierce storm. In 1986, the Philippines National Assembly proclaimed Ferdinand E. Marcos president for another six years, capping an election marked by charges of fraud. Ten years ago: Iran's revolutionary government executed four of the Shah's generals, including the head of the secret police. Five years ago: Leamon Hunt, the American director general of the multinational force in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, was fatally shot in Rome. A claim of responsibility was made in the name of a group saying it wanted ``imperialist forces out of Lebanon.'' One year ago: Austrian President Kurt Waldheim vowed in a televised address to his nation not to ``retreat in the face of slanders'' concerning his service for the German Army during World War II. Today's birthdays: Actor Cesar Romero is 82. Actor Kevin McCarthy is 75. Former Illinois Rep. John Anderson is 67. Comedian Harvey Korman is 62. Actress Claire Bloom is 58. Author Susan Brownmiller is 54. Actress Marisa Berenson is 41. Actress Jane Seymour is 38. Singer Melissa Manchester is 38. Thought for today: ``Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up to the standard for the rest of your life.'' _ W.C. Fields. AP890206-0197 AP-NR-02-06-89 1123EST a a BC-History Adv16 02-06 0373 BC-History, Adv16,0388 $adv16 For Release Thursday, Feb. 16 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 1989. There are 318 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 16, 1959, 30 years ago, Fidel Castro became president of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. On this date: In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates. In 1862, during the Civil War, about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. General Ulysses S. Grant's victory earned him the nickname ``Unconditional Surrender Grant.'' In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City. In 1918, Lithuania proclaimed its independence. In 1937, Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont who invented nylon, received a patent for the synthetic fiber. In 1945, during World War II, more than 2,000 U.S. troops dropped onto the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. In 1961, the United States launched the Explorer 9 satellite. In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men were killed in what Ugandan authorities said was a car accident, several hours after the three had been accused of plotting against the government of Idi Amin. Ten years ago: The first Americans evacuated from Iran following an attack on the U.S. Embassy arrived in New York. Five years ago: As the tour of duty of the U.S. Marines in Lebanon neared an end, Secretary of State Shultz said: ``The situation in Lebanon is marked by violence, and is in no way satisfactory and is not at all what we have been trying to help bring about.'' One year ago: Republican Vice President George Bush and Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis scored wide victories in the New Hampshire presidential primaries. Today's birthdays: Singer Patty Andrews is 69. Movie director John Schlesinger is 63. Sonny Bono, former singer and now mayor of Palm Springs, Calif., is 54. Actor LeVar Burton is 32. Tennis player John McEnroe is 30. Thought for today: ``Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.'' _ Mae West. AP890206-0198 AP-NR-02-06-89 1127EST a a BC-History Adv17 02-06 0362 BC-History, Adv 17,0376 $adv17 For Release Friday, Feb. 17 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 1989. There are 317 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 17, 1964, 25 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ``one man, one vote'' decision, ruling that congressional districts within each state must be roughly equal in population. On this date: In 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president. Burr became vice president. In 1817, a street in Baltimore became the first to be lighted with gas from America's first gas company. In 1865, Columbia, S.C., burned as the Confederates moved out and Union forces began moving in. It's never been determined which side set the blaze. In 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington. In 1904, Giacomo Puccini's opera ``Madama Butterfly'' received a poor reception at its premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy. In 1947, the Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union. In 1981, Pope John Paul II arrived in Manila for the second visit to the Philippines by a pope. In 1986, Johnson & Johnson, maker of the painkiller Tylenol, announced it would no longer sell over-the-counter medications in capsule form, following a case of tampering that resulted in the cyanide-poisoning death of a Peekskill, N.Y., woman. Ten years ago: Chinese troops struck against Vietnam along much of their 480-mile border. Five years ago: President Reagan sent legislation to Congress calling for quadrupling military aid for El Salvador to nearly $244 million. One year ago: Lt. Col. William Higgins, a U.S. officer serving with a United Nations monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon. Today's birthdays: Singer Marian Anderson is 87. Sportscaster Red Barber is 81. Margaret Truman Daniel is 65. Actor Hal Holbrook is 64. Actor Alan Bates is 55. Former football star Jim Brown is 53. Actress Mary Ann Mobley is 50. Thought for today: ``Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'' _ The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. AP890206-0199 AP-NR-02-06-89 1131EST a a BC-History Adv18 02-06 0369 BC-History, Adv18,0385 $adv18 For Release Saturday, Feb. 18 Today In History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 1989. There are 316 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Feb. 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala. On this date: In 1546, Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died. In 1564, Michelangelo died in Rome. In 1735, the first opera to be presented in the United States _ ``Flora, or Hob in the Well'' _ was performed in Charleston, S.C. In 1885, Mark Twain's ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' was published in the United States. In 1930, Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, was discovered. In 1953, ``Bwana Devil,'' the movie that heralded the 3-D fad of the 1950s, opened in New York. In 1970, the Chicago 7 defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention. Five, however, were convicted of seeking to incite a riot individually. In 1972, the California Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty. In 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, went on its maiden ``flight,'' reaching altitudes up to 16,000 feet above the Mojave Desert. Ten years ago: The Soviet Union warned China to stop its invasion of Vietnam. Five years ago: Italy and the Vatican signed a concordat under which Roman Catholicism ceased to be the state religion of Italy. One year ago: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told Communist Party leaders in Moscow that key elements of Communist doctrine were outdated and calcified. Today's birthdays: Actor Jack Palance is 69. Game show host Bill Cullen is 69. Cosmopolitan Editor Helen Gurley Brown is 67. Actor George Kennedy is 64. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 62. Movie director Milos Forman is 57. Singer Yoko Ono is 56. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 39. Singer Juice Newton is 37. Actor John Travolta is 35. Game show hostess Vanna White is 32. Actor Matt Dillon is 25. Actress Molly Ringwald is 21. Thought for today: ``One must eat to live, and not live to eat.'' _ Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin). AP890206-0200 AP-NR-02-06-89 2208EST a w PM-WalterMears Adv07-2ndLd-Writethru b0124- PM-Walter Mears, Adv07-2nd Ld-Writethru, b0124-b0125,0808 $Adv07 For Release Tuesday, Feb 07, and Thereafter EDS: SUB grafs 9-11 of b0124 and b0125 to update with House action; pick up pvs bgng ``Congressional pay... An AP News Analysis By WALTER R. MEARS AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) Ask freshman Rep. Ben Jones how he feels about the 51 percent congressional pay raise and he'll tell you to read his lips. Then he'll twist them into contortions defying translation. Jones, the TV actor-turned-Georgia politician, demonstrated that evasion technique at a black-tie dinner the other night. It was comedy with a message. The 101st Congress is in a political and parliamentary maze on pay, an issue that has nagged senators and representatives since the first. While he backed this raise, President Bush said that in a perfect world the members of Congress would vote on salaries instead of operating under a system of raises by remote control. That vision of perfection is not widely shared at the Capitol. For 200 years, setting pay has been a headache for members, who fear voter retribution for approving their own raises. For the last 20, the Senate and House have sought political shelter in a system designed to spare them votes on their own salaries. Using one of the best-tested of political hedges, Congress turned the pay dilemma over to a commission. That usually means getting somebody else to cope with a high-risk issue, preferably somebody who doesn't have to run for re-election. That process was supposed to make Congress a spectator when salary commissions proposed pay increases for House and Senate, the federal courts and the top tier of the executive branch. The president can accept, reject or modify before sending the pay recommendation on to Congress, which gets the raise unless both houses vote no within 30 days. That sounded foolproof. It isn't. It led to intramural bickering at the Capitol, since the Senate often has had free, politically-popular votes against pay raises that took effect anyhow for lack of House rejection. That seemed to be happening again, but the game plan came apart in the House because of widespread public opposition to the $45,500 raise the commission recommended. Congressional pay is a ready-made issue for an election challenger _ who, if elected, comes to see the need for higher salaries in a new light. That instinct showed when Republicans tried to use ``yet another whopping pay increase'' as a 1989 fundraising issue. But they had to drop it because President Reagan recommended the raise and President Bush endorsed it, both coupling support with a ban on the speechmaking fees many members have used to supplement their pay. The pay commission said the increase is needed to restore a 35 percent drop in the spending power of congressional, judicial and top executive branch salaries during the past 20 years. Debate seldom centers on the merits of an increase, although the size of this one has made it particularly vulnerable to voter wrath. Congress has tried again and again to find a system that would calm the salary issue. There have been proposals to turn the issue over to a permanent, independent panel; even to have the Supreme Court set congressional salaries. Nor is there new business in the call for reform as the price of a pay raise. President Ford said his endorsement of a 1977 raise was based on ``a firm commitment to a new code of conduct'' that was to have included a ban on moneymaking speeches. The raise took effect without the ban. One salary commission called the whole business a prolonged adventure in futility. Prolonged indeed. The first Congress, in 1789, got $6 a day. That was raised to $1,500 a year in 1816, stirring a voter rebellion that ousted incumbents including Daniel Webster. That led to repeal and an $8 daily wage. When the Bill of Rights was proposed, so was a constitutional amendment forbidding any Congress from raising its pay until after the next election. It never was ratified. The assumption was that House and Senate would vote on their salaries, and that their constituents would be the final judges. Now the sytem avoids pay votes. Lloyd Cutler, chairman of the salary commission, said that's the way it should be. In advocating a raise without a direct vote, Cutler, a Washington lawyer and former Democratic White House counsel, said utility infielders who bat .200 are being paid more than judges and members of Congress. Some are. But they do have to risk going to bat. 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. End Adv for Tuesday, Feb. 7 AP890206-0201 AP-NR-02-06-89 1428EST a i AM-Bush-PoshDigs Adv10-1stLd-Writethru b0396 02-06 0867 AM-Bush-Posh Digs, Adv 10-1st Ld-Writethru, b0396,0896 $Adv10 For Release Fri AMs, Feb. 10, and Thereafter Bush to Stay in Posh Enclave in Beijing Eds: SUBS 5th graf of b0396 of Feb. 2: ``President Mikhail ... in November,'' to reflect Gorbachev's acceptance of invitation to visit. LaserPhoto Planned By KATHY WILHELM Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) A posh retreat laid out more than 800 years ago for emperors awaits President and Mrs. Bush when they come to China Feb. 25. The guesthouse has 26 rooms in its two stories and costs $20,000 a night for regular guests. An electric massage chair and whirlpool bath is in the main bedroom. The Diaoyutai State Guesthouse stands almost as a contradiction to the austerity of today's China. ``Yes, we are socialist,'' explains Sun Guotong, one of the officials who run the place, ``but for heads of state you must have such things.'' President Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union will stay there when he visits in May. So will Prince Charles and Princess Diana when they come in November. The 26-room guesthouse on the complex, simply called No. 18, was remodeled for Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Beijing in 1986. The Chinese government pays the bill for official and state guests such as these, but others have to come up with $20,000 a night. Diaoyutai, which means ``fishing terrace,'' sits on 100 acres of pine groves where peacocks wander and swans grace a pond. The complex is made up of 15 large guest villas. No. 18 is the most sumptuous. From its gold-plated bathroom fixtures and silk-covered walls to its displays of ancient bronzeware and gold cloisonne, the villa radiates luxury and elitism in a grubby, gray city where egalitarianism so lately was in style. But ideology seems to stop at the gates to Diaoyutai. Even during the extreme leftist Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, Chairman Mao Tse-tung's wife, Jiang Qing, relaxed in villa No. 17 by watching Western movies. China's shifting foreign policy can be charted, however, from the guest list. In 1959, when the separate villas were built, most of the guests were communist comrades. Now, Director Cheng Shaoliang said, most guests are Americans and Japanese. The Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev, President Francois Mitterrand of France and Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were among the parade of world leaders who stayed at Diaoyutai. ``Other hotels in Beijing may be more convenient _ guests can come and go more freely,'' Cheng said in a recent interview. ``But we offer quiet and security they can't match.'' Diaoyutai's telephone operators are ordered not to connect calls to guests if the caller doesn't know their room number. The police who stand at attention at the compound's gates admit only cars whose license plates have been cleared in advance. For the guests, however, almost anything is possible. Cheng tells a story of a guest years ago who wanted water chestnuts during the winter, when they were out of season. The guesthouse sent Peoples' Liberation Army soldiers to a nearby lake to cut through the ice and try to find some, he said. ``Now we wouldn't do that,'' Cheng said. But almost. Diaoyutai sends its own trucks to the coast to pick up fresh shrimp and has special ingredients flown in from all over the country. It pays 1,000 yuan ($270) a pound for a rare herb necessary for a special scallop soup. ``Hotels won't do that,'' Cheng said. With that kind of overhead, rates start surprisingly low at $140 a night for a standard room. Presidential suites cost $500 a night. But the fanciest villas, No. 12 and No. 18, must be rented in their entirety for $20,000 a night. Among other recent users of No. 18 were Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India and Armand Hammer, the American industrialist. Prince Charles and Princess Diana are booked for Nov. 1. No. 18's presidential suite includes separate his-and-her bedrooms and bathrooms, each thickly carpeted and decorated with costly art works. ``He'' gets the electric massage chair and whirlpool bath. ``She'' gets a sunken tub with brass rails. To help cover its annual 28-million-yuan ($7.5-million) budget, Diaoyutai began selectively accepting non-VIP tourists and businessmen in 1980 and opened a club for locally based foreign businessmen last year. But non-VIPs need connections to get a room reservation. ``People can't come in off the street,'' said Sun Guotong, Cheng's deputy. The club, with a $40,000 membership fee, also is intended only for ``the leading people,'' Sun said. ``If a lot of people come, the air is not so fresh,'' he added, while walking through the deserted exercise room, three-lane bowling alley and billiards room. The indoor swimming pool is only four feet deep _ ``very safe'' for visiting leaders, Sun said. He paused in front of a green felt-covered table used for playing the Chinese tile game of mahjong and pushed back the pieces to reveal a mechanism that automatically lines up tiles for each new game. Mahjong in China is practically synonymous with gambling, which is illegal. Do guests gamble? ``I don't know,'' Sun said diplomatically. End Adv for Fri AMs, Feb. 10 AP890206-0202 AP-NR-02-06-89 1429EST a i AM-Guatemala-Priest Adv13 02-06 1057 AM-Guatemala-Priest, Adv 13,1090 $Adv13 For Release Mon AMs, Feb. 13, and Thereafter Guatemalan Priest Presses for Land Reform Despite Dangers An AP Extra By DOUGLAS GRANT MINE ^Associated Press Writer TIQUISATE, Guatemala (AP) His role models are the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, two assassinated civil rights activists. He nearly followed them full circle in September when attackers opened fire on his car, killing his bodyguard-driver and wounding his adopted son. The Rev. Andres Giron, a 42-year-old Roman Catholic priest, hasn't stopped what he's been doing _ pressing for land reform and seeking permission from the Vatican to run for president of this Central American country. But that doesn't mean he is fearless. ``I'm afraid,'' he said. ``Sometimes I think it's better to be a live burro than a dead thoroughbred.'' Giron, a U.S.-educated priest who taught in the slums of Memphis, Tenn., in the 1960s and marched with Martin Luther King in the city's garbage workers strike, continues to pursue land reform even though it can be mortally dangerous to do so. His father and four other relatives were among the estimated 100,000 people killed in political violence during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Local and international human rights groups blame government security forces for the vast majority of the killings. The slaughter of suspected leftists quelled a stubborn, decades-old insurgency, though pockets of guerrilla activity remain. Giron spent 1981-83 in the United States because of threats on his life here. ``In Guatemala, land is the source of power. No land, no power,'' he said in an interview beneath an almond tree next to his church in Tiquisate, 55 miles southwest of Guatemala City. Two bodyguards, one with a submachine-gun and the other cradling a shotgun, leaned against the priest's car nearby. Giron had just said Mass for about 200 parishioners, among them eight adolescent girls dressed in white lace and finery for their First Communion. He told them in the homily that his Christian duty, and theirs, included ``denouncing the terrible things going on in this country; that officials are stealing, that the army is killing people.'' He exhorted them to act as yeast in the firgurative bread of society, to contribute to a rising up. Giron has enlivened a political scene already focused on 1990 presidential elections. He said he intends to use the National Campesino Association he formed in 1986 as the base for a political party. The party will challenge the centrist Christian Democrats and rightists who have dominated partisan politics since the return to civilian government in 1986. The peasant organization represents 120,000 people, he said. Ultra-conservatives, who with the armed forces ran the country throughout its modern history, consider Giron a subversive. Some have called for his arrest. ``This country needs a spark to ignite a revolution, and I want to be part of that revolution,'' he said. The priest calculates that 71 percent of Guatemala's arable land is owned by 1 percent of its population. Others dispute that figure. But there is agreement that land distribution is among the most skewed in the hemisphere, favoring a small group at the expense of poor Indian peasants who make up nearly 60 percent of the population. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), enough uncultivated land is available on big estates to provide five-acre plots to each of the estimated 500,000 heads of peasant households with no land at all. Challenging the gentry's hold on land has always been dangerous. President Jacobo Arbenz began the country's first and only land reform in the early 1950s and his initiative galvanized rightist opposition. Military officers supported by the U.S. Central Intelligency Agency overthrew Arbenz in 1954 and returned all expropriated holdings to their previous owners, among them the U.S.-based United Fruit Co. USAID subsequently described Arbenz's reform plan as ``moderate and progressive'' Giron does not have a detailed plan yet for redistributing land. But he describes his philosophy as radical. He envisions a Guatemala with no landless peasants, a place where country people have enough land to grow the food they need. ``It can't be done in one year, or even two, because people have to be educated. But I would make a real revolution here, and they (the landholders) know it,'' said Giron. Giron, who supported the successful presidenical candidacy of Vinicio Cerezo in the 1985 election, said he has letters from the president in which the Christian Democrat committed himself to land reform. Cerezo has made no such commitment publicly, but he has supported programs to aid small farmers. He also has used government funds to buy about 11,000 acres of land to divide among some 3,000 peasant families. ``All that has been done has been done very timidly,'' said Giron, who with some followers invaded and occupied fallow farmland in 1986. The government bought the parcel and sold it to the peasants at subsidized prices. Giron's campesino association runs three cooperative farms on such land bought cheaply from the government. He said Cerezo probably would have pursued small-scale redistribution had it not been for a coup attempt last May. The military high command backed Cerezo's government and put the rebellion down. But the civilian administration, which had been barely able to assert authority against the military in the best of times, became even more conditioned by and dependent upon military tutelage. ``May was it for Vinicio,'' said Giron. Rightists contend that breaking up large holdings would hurt production of hard currency-earning mainstays of the economy _ coffee, sugar, bananas and cotton. ``Even in good export years, people are dying of hunger,'' responds Giron. ``I'm not in favor of destroying the productive apparatus. I'm smart enough to know we can't live without dollars. ``But I can't go along with a system under which a small group of the privileged live like kings while most people live like beggars.'' Some have suggested Giron harbors a death wish. ``How can they say I want to be martyred?'' he said. ``It's a risk, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. But that doesn't mean I want to die. ``What the hell,'' he added, switching from Spanish to the colloquial English he picked up in Memphis. ``I don't want to die. I wanna live.'' End Adv for Mon AMs, Feb. 13 AP890206-0203 AP-NR-02-06-89 2142EST a i AM-Philippines-Trials Adv14 02-06 0676 AM-Philippines-Trials, Adv 14,0695 $Adv14 For Release Tues AMs, Feb. 14, and Thereafter Few Convictions So Far of Philippines Mutineers By EILEEN GUERRERO Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) Only 52 of 500 or so soldiers accused of trying to overthrow President Corazon Aquino's government have been convicted so far, despite her vow to punish them to the fullest that the law allows. Military records indicate 108 have been acquitted. Sources close to the Judge Advocate General's Office predict most of the accused will either be acquitted or receive light sentences unless Mrs. Aquino applies pressure on the military justice system. Military courts have charged at least 488 officers and enlisted men with involvement in six coup attempts since Mrs. Aquino took power in an uprising against President Ferdinand E. Marcos in February, 1986. No reliable figures are available on the actual number of soldiers involved in the coup attempts, including a mutiny Aug. 28, 1987, when at least 53 people were killed and more than 300 wounded. But military officials say at least 2,000 mutineers took part that last and the most serious attempted coup. Hundreds more were involved in five others. Many lower-ranking enlisted men were quietly released without charge because they were simply following orders. Others escaped, including former Lt. Col. Gregorio ``Gringo'' Honasan, who led the mutiny in August, 1987. So far, the stiffest sentence _ 12 years at hard labor _ was given to Col. Oscar Canlas, leader of the takeover of a private television station in Manila in January, 1987. Although the sentence called for hard labor, sources close to the military say Canlas, who was convicted last May, is being held in relative comfort _ with access to tennis courts and other amenities _ at a military garrison pending completion of a review of his conviction. In December, 41 soldiers were acquitted of taking part in an attack in April 1987 on Fort Bonifacio, headquarters of the Philippine army. The military said they were freed because of lack of witnesses, although sources said prosecutors had sworn statements from witnesses linking most of them to the attack. The acquittals have led to charges in the Philippine press of a military whitewash. In a recent editorial, the independent Philippine Daily Inquirer said the acquittals reflect an ``esprit de corps'' in the military that ``assumes the form of a closed club, the members of which in each other's eyes can do no wrong.'' A Western diplomat with links to the Philippine military said he suspects the courts will go easy on defendants to avoid worsening factionalism in the 160,000-member armed forces. ``I don't think anyone will be put up against the wall,'' said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. ``There may be a few who get punished, but I suspect most will get off lightly in the spirit of national reconciliation.'' A military lawyer, also insisting on anonymity, acknowledged that personal ties and the ``brotherhood of arms'' often influence court-martial boards, which are trying the soldiers. ``Before we write our decision on that piece of paper, our conscience asks us, `Can you live with this? Can you live with the thought that you sentenced a guy to be killed _ a guy in your same uniform and the establishment?''' he said. ``Then my heart tells me _ do this.'' He gave a thumbs up sign for acquittal. In such an atmosphere, military lawyers say it will take pressure from the Aquino administration to overcome widespread sentiment for acquittals or light sentences. Another military lawyer, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the military justice system had become accustomed to presidential pressure during the 20-year Marcos administration. He said that during some major trials in the 1970s, Marcos himself would monitor proceedings via closed-circuit television and telephone prosecutors with detailed instructions on arguing the cases. ``That's not done now anymore,'' the lawyer said. ``But if they (in the Aquino government) want these guys convicted, they will have to orchestrate it. Give us directives.'' End Adv for Tues AMs, Feb. 14 AP890206-0204 AP-NR-02-06-89 2144EST a i AM-Italy-NewWine Adv15 02-06 0862 AM-Italy-New Wine, Adv 15,0888 $Adv15 For Release Wed AMs, Feb. 15, and Thereafter `Vino Novello' _ New Wine _ is Boon to Italy's Wine Industry By MARY BETH SHERIDAN Associated Press Writer FLORENCE, Italy (AP) It's ``vino novello'' _ Italy's version of France's Beaujolias nouveau _ and it has proved a boon to a wine industry that had been in the doldrums. The ``new wine'' was the idea of Piero Antinori, the nobleman and wine baron, and another producer in 1975 when a flood of low-grade Chianti had customers turning up their noses at the rustic, straw-covered red wine flasks. The two producers came up dressed-up variation of Chianti called ``vino novello,'' ready for drinking just about six weeks after harvesting. Today, the wine is booming, with production in 1988 estimated 30 million bottles. The Italian wine industry is looking at novello and other young wines as a way out of the crisis brought on by quality problems, a tainting scandal and declining demand. ``It's been an immense success,'' said Antinori, his gray eyes twinkling, as he sipped a glass of novello in the 16th-century Antinori Palace in Florence. ``I was really surprised.'' Italy is the world's largest wine producer, and its citizens have a long tradition of washing down hearty meals with equally hearty amounts of wine. But in recent years, domestic consumption has plunged _ from 99 quarts per-capita in 1977 to 63 quarts in 1986, according to statistics of the European Economic Community. Officials say a similar drop is occurring throughout the Mediterranean as people in busy industrial centers abandon long lunches. ``The basic customs have changed,'' shrugs Ezio Rivella, managing director of Villa Banfi wines. ``The worker used to do peasant work, ate badly, and drank wine for energy to work. That doesn't exist anymore.'' But that's not all. Italians are increasingly gulping soft drinks and beer, or simply cutting back on wine in the interest of their diets. ``I even drank mineral water at lunch today,'' Rivella said. The change in demand has battered Italian winemakers whose incomes are also suffering from a worldwide wine glut and a methanol poisoning scandal in 1986 that crippled Italian exports. In an effort to appeal to a more affluent society, winemakers have come up with a river of new offerings such as novello, fragrant whites, sparkling wines and fruity reds. ``People now want wines that are lighter and fresher,'' says Antonella Abeti of the Novello Wine Institute, a regulatory body. Even in the land of pasta, she says, ``people just aren't eating heavy anymore.'' Since Antinori and another company, Gaja, began making novello in 1975, 129 other Italian wineries have followed suit _ most in the past two years. Sales of vino novello in 1987, the lastest year for which figures are available, reached $19 million, according to the Vicenza Fair of novello producers. An average bottle costs the equivalent of about $4 in Italy. Italians have long produced a harvest wine. But until the French introduced sophisticated equipment for fermenting young wines three decades ago, Italian novello was somewhat bitter and did not travel well. It took the publicity-driven success of French Beaujolais nouveau to persuade the Italians to start mass-producing their own novello. Like Beaujolais nouveau, novello not only is ready to drink in about six weeks, it is made by putting whole grapes into oxygen-free vats, where the fruit releases carbon dioxide that in turn breaks down the grapes to produce a fresh, fragrant wine. But Italian novello is drier and tarter than Beaujolais nouveau because of a greater variety of grapes and the addition of some traditionally fermented wine. ``Vino novello represents an important development,'' said Antinori, whose family has made wine since the 14th century. ``But it's not even so much in income. It has perhaps changed some of the image of young wines. It's also been a help for regions that have had an image problem.'' One of those regions was Tuscany, the home of Chianti. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the quality of much Chianti declined as small grape plots were supplanted by large estates that planted high-yield grapes. Producers hope that the young wines that have helped revive their own image will now open up foreign markets. While still the largest exporter of wine to the United States and other large nations, Italy has seen its exports drop from 520 million gallons in 1982 to 312 million gallons in 1987, according to the most recent government figures. Much of the drop stemmed from the methanol scandal, which killed two dozen people. Another factor was the increasing sophistication of consumers who turned away from the inexpensive, fizzy wines Italy traditionally exported. What part novello will play in helping Italy recoup its foreign market is still unclear. It is more expensive than Beaujolais nouveau and there is neither strict government regulation of how the wine is made nor preparations for a major foreign advertising campaign. ``The reality of Italian novello wine is becoming stronger and stronger,'' Antinori said. ``But there's one handicap: novello is an Italian reality. It hasn't yet crossed the borders.'' End Adv for Wed AMs, Feb. 15 AP890206-0205 AP-NR-02-06-89 1336EST s a BC-APN--FarewelltheMills Adv19-2Takes 02-06 0966 BC-APN--Farewell the Mills, Adv 19-2 Takes,0993 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 2 b&w photos, 1 graphic. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ The vast abandoned steelworks around Pittsburgh and elsewhere in the Rust Belt are undergoing a metamorphosis, a ``greening of the valley'' as one local planner put it. The grimy mills are being torn down to make way for industrial parks, high-tech centers, and even amusement parks, with local governments putting up much of the money. By TARA BRADLEY-STECK Associated Press Writer ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) LTV Steel's once-mighty Aliquippa Works, which hugs the Ohio River for seven miles west of Pittsburgh, finally is being torn down, yard by rusty yard, and union boss Rich Vallecorsa is shedding no tears. About 8,000 workers once toiled at the plant, turning limestone, iron ore and coal into America's pipe, wire and tin plate. Only about 900 workers remain in two small mills that have managed to prove their profitability in the fickle 1980s. But Vallecorsa, president of United Steelworkers Local 1211, won't fight for the old plant. ``Why raise people's hopes? As long as the mill is standing there, rotting away, there's a false sense of hope it is going to start again,'' he says. Along the 80-mile-long steel valley of the Ohio and Monongahela rivers, closed plants are being demolished in preparation for their metamorphosis as industrial parks, high-tech centers and even amusement parks. From Chicago to Buffalo, large manufacturing plants are undergoing similar transformations. ``It's like the greening of the valley,'' says Steve Barrouk, director of the Allegheny County Industrial Development Authority. ``We're changing from gray to green essentially. We're looking at open space, clean, light industrial development and some heavier activity.'' From 1979 to 1987 more than 67,000 jobs in basic steel and 63,000 jobs in heavy manufacturing were lost in the Pittsburgh area. Companies closed within days, sometimes overnight, leaving behind eerie, ghost town-like plants where coats still hung on hooks and lunch boxes waited to be opened. While social service agencies tried to help the displaced workers, planners turned their attention to the shuttered plants themselves. In particular, they looked at mills in the Monongahela Valley south of Pittsburgh, the cradle of America's steel industry. For psychological and economic reasons, they believed the change had to begin there or the valley, so dependent on steel for so many decades, would wither. ``Around the end of the '70s and the early '80s, we were experiencing a major shutdown every week,'' Barrouk says. ``The magnitude was such that it was almost impossible to respond in any way you thought was adequate. ``There were a lot of major facilities in private, corporate hands, and the companies were not interested in being landlords.'' Public and private entrepreneurs with a vision stepped in. Although there's no general, long-term plan for the region, a quiet renaissance in real estate has emerged. Some examples: _Just six miles from downtown Pittsburgh, USX Corp.'s century-old Homestead Works is being turned into a new alloy of light manufacturing plants, offices and a riverfront playground with water slides, a boardwalk and a sandy beach. _Within five minutes of downtown Pittsburgh, the former J&L Steel Corp.'s Hazelwood plant is becoming the city's version of California's Silicon Valley. Bulldozers have cleared the way for the Pittsburgh Technology Center, a site for developing robots, computer programs and research into biotechnology. _In Glassport, about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, the former Copperweld Corp. wire manufacturing plant is the home of 14 companies producing windows, ball bearings, steel rods and futuristic airbuses. _In neighboring McKeesport and Duquesne, USX Corp. last year turned its National and Duquesne works over to Barrouk's agency in what is believed to be the nation's largest transfer of industrial property to local governmental agencies for redevelopment. At an international conference on urban renewal, a team of experts led by Britain's Prince Charles descended upon the valley last year to examine ways to revitalize the area. In general, their ideas validated what some private and public developers already had planned or begun. Not everyone has been receptive. Those who believe basic steel can bounce back say demolishing plants such as Homestead is akin to hammering the last nail in the coffin of the nation's old-fashioned, integrated mills and the communities that became dependent on them. ``In many cases, these facilities were horrendously managed,'' says Bob Erickson of the Steel Valley Authority, which is trying to maintain steelmaking in the Mon Valley. With leaner, smaller operations that can respond more quickly to changes in the market, some doomed plants still could be producing steel profitably, Erickson says. In some cases, steel is even being manufactured on a limited scale at plants that are being demolished, such as Aliquippa. Others, however, point to study after study that have determined that steelmaking at many of the facilities is no longer feasible. The future for the sites, they say, is to offer a more diverse mix of goods and services. ``We're going to get jobs back,'' Barrouk says. ``But instead of one manufacturer that has a club of influence on a community, we're talking about dozens of manufacturers.'' Erickson questions whether such sites are truly marketable. ``They're unattractive,'' he says. ``They have high taxes, poor access, bad public service and bad school systems. The locations aren't conducive to light industry or high technology without a lot of work being done.'' Kelly Park, whose company is developing the Homestead Works, acknowledges it will take millions of dollars to clean the sites of pollutants and build roads, bridges and sewer and water lines. But he says once the stage is set, there will be plenty of interested actors. MORE AP890206-0206 AP-NR-02-06-89 1337EST s a BC-APN--FarewelltheMills Adv19-1stAdd 02-06 0870 BC-APN--Farewell the Mills, Adv 19-1st Add,0897 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday., Feb. 19 ALIQUIPPA, Pa.: interested actors. ``You take 100 acres in the Mon Valley and put in sewer and water lines and it will fill up,'' says Park, vice president of the Cleveland-based Park Corp. For the past year, giant shears have been nibbling away at Andrew Carnegie's citadel of steel and smoke in Homestead, slowly demolishing the plant that once employed 15,000 and supplied massive amounts of armor plate in World War II. The Park Corp., which liquidates and recycles industrial property, bought most of the 3{-mile-long plant from USX for more than $2.75 million. Kennywood Park, an amusement park, bought the rest. ``If this development happens as we anticipate, I can imagine streets here with names like Open Hearth Avenue,'' Park says. ``This is going to be a real showplace, with heavy and light manufacturing and some commercial and recreational ventures.'' A brick building that was the site of the bloody 1892 labor dispute pitting Carnegie's Pinkerton guards against striking steelworkers _ a battle that set the unionization of steel workers back 50 years _ may be preserved as an historic landmark. A community-based credit union plans to construct a $1 million building on a former parking lot. Park also may restart two mills within the plant, and a local investment group is trying to buy part of the plant and produce steel for use in farm equipment, cars and major appliances. At one end of the site, bulldozers are clearing brush and debris and regrading land for the water park, scheduled to open this July. Kennywood President Carl Hughes says the park is the brainchild of an associate who felt that Pittsburgh, nearly 400 miles from the ocean, needed a beach. Not only was the Homestead property available, but it has a gentle slope and offers a view across the river of a densely wooded hillside. ``I think people are going to be astounded when they see this,'' Hughes says. ``It's such a sylvan setting. It's almost impossible to imagine it's an old steel mill.'' Hughes says the park will feature 18 water slides, a boardwalk, wading pool and a channel for floaters _ this in the midst of a rough-and-tumble town known more for its food banks and soup kitchens than recreation. If it's successful, he plans to build a large marina and floating restaurant. A few miles upstream, Glassport's fortunes sank with heavy manufacturing. And in the mid-80s, when the county bought Copperweld's vacant Glassport plant, the economic climate for start-up companies didn't appear too bright. ``When we walked through the plant, it was the eeriest feeling because the papers were still on the desks, jackets were still hung on hooks. Lunch boxes weren't even opened,'' Barrouk says. ``People were given one-day notice when they left that place. It was like a neutron bomb. It was just like walking through a ghost town.'' Using public funds, the county and an incubator group bought the 1-mile-long facility in 1984 for $600,000 and spent $2.5 million to renovate it. Officials hoped they could find tenants within five years. It took less than two. The site houses 13 companies employing about 200 people, most of whom were hired locally, and the county is considering buying adjacent property. The activity has pumped some life into Glassport itself, says Ron Stuart, who manages the facility. ``Where the restaurants were closed before, people now have lunch. Rite-Aid is putting in a brand new drugstore down the street _ the first new building Glassport has seen since Hitler was a corporal,'' he says. Heady with Glassport's success, the county last November bought two landmark steel mills _ USX Corp.'s National Works in McKeesport and its sister plant, the Duquesne Works, across the river. The 360-acre package cost the county $3.6 million, which won't be paid until the land is redeveloped and sold. Barrouk estimates the cost of redevelopment could reach $40 million. In Pittsburgh, the Jones & Laughlin steel mill _ once a symbol of the city's grimy past _ is perhaps one of the best examples of the city's clean, new future. In 1983, the city and county bought 52 acres for $4 million and, in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, are redeveloping it to make room for the Pittsburgh Technology Center, a high-tech industrial park. A master plan adopted last year calls for each university o develop a portion within six to seven years. ``We took a calculated gamble,'' says Evans Stoddard of the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority. Stoddard says the high cost of developing the land _ more than $500,000 an acre _ necessitated public financing. ``There's no private developer in the world that's going to do that,'' he says. ``The only way that can be done is with substantial subsidy.'' Stoddard is convinced such ventures are necessary for areas like Pittsburgh and the Mon Valley to prosper into the next century. ``There's a sense of urgency on everyone's part that we have to get started with this economic transformation and prepare for the next century,'' he says. ``We can't look back.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0207 AP-NR-02-06-89 1339EST s a BC-APN--CancerTherapy Adv19 02-06 1047 BC-APN--Cancer Therapy, Adv 19,1080 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ Can cancer cells be altered by chemicals to behave more like normal cells and thus become less lethal? Some researchers think that's a possibility and recent experiments have been encouraging. ``We've got gold here,'' said one, ``if we can mine it appropriately and exploit it.'' By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) Early experiments with cancer patients are showing tantalizing results for an unusual therapy: Rather than killing cancer cells, it seeks to mature them into less recklesse body. By prodding cancerous cells out of their immature state of wild reproduction and toward a more normal specialized form, the treatment aims to sto denizens of thp the uncontrolled growth that characterizes cancer. Researchers hope that approach will let them attack cancer cells that resist current drugs and reduce the serious side effects of chemotherapy. Big obstacles remain before ``differentiation therapy'' could become part of standard treatment, scientists say. But even observers not involved in the recent human trials in Europe, Asia and the United States say they see reason for hope. ``As a basic idea, it'sappear anyway. Apart from issues of therapy, scientists are looking for help from basic research. Better drugs may result if researchers can define just what signals trigger differentiation in normal and cancerous cells. One target for study is oncogenes, malfunctioning versions of some normal genes, which turn a cell cancerous. Another possibility has been discovered only recently: suppressor genes, or anti-oncogenes, which appear to inhibit the transformation to cancer. International collaborations of scientists and physicians are now studying differentiation factors, and the cooperation should shorten the time needed to develop the potential, says Waxman, who helps organize annual meetings of differentiation researchers. Despite the unanswered questions, researchers say they believe differentiation drugs may one day play a significant part in the battle against cancer. ``We've got gold here,'' Sartorelli says, ``if we can mine it appropriately and exploit it.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0208 AP-NR-02-06-89 1342EST s a BC-APN--BlindFaith Adv19-2Takes 02-06 0930 BC-APN--Blind Faith, Adv 19-2 Takes,0953 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 2 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ After his first book about a sensational murder case, Joe McGinniss was deluged with letters from people wanting him to look into other killings. Most of the letters he didn't read. But he did read one that led him to write ``Blind Faith.'' For McGinniss, there will be no more books about murders. By KAY BARTLETT AP Newsfeatures Writer NEW YORK (AP) Joe McGinniss says his new book, ``Blind Faith,'' is the last one he will write about a murder case. He's running out of empathy. ``I think my capacity for empathy is over. There is nothing worse than a writer not feeling as sorry as he should for the people who are hurting,'' says McGinniss, author of the best-selling ``Fatal Vision,'' about Jeffrey MacDonald, a Green Beret officer convicted of killing his pregnant wife and two small children. ``Blind Faith'' examines the case of a Toms River, N.J., insurance salesman, Robert O. Marshall, deeply in debt from gambling losses and enamored of the town Jezebel. So Marshall decides to hire a hit man to kill his wife, ``the beautiful Maria'' as he always called her, collect the $1.5 million in life insurance he had bought for her, then convince his three teen-age sons that they, too, could learn to love their new ``mother.'' The book, already bought as a miniseries, is a compelling yarn that involves hints of corruption in New Jersey, two imported hit men from Louisiana, forged insurance policies and a town that within 24 hours after the murder turns its back on a pillar of the community, a leader in the country club set, chairman of United Way. ``It was just the opposite of the MacDonald case,'' McGinniss says. ``All of MacDonald's friends rallied around, convinced he was innocent.'' The MacDonald case proved a legal nightmare for McGinniss. MacDonald sued and McGinniss agreed to pay $325,000 in an out-of-court settlement. However, following complicated litigation, MacDonald collected only $50,000 for himself, plus $92,000 in legal fees. A judge ordered that some of the money should go to the mother of his murdered wife as well as MacDonald's mother. McGinniss maintains that he, too, believed the Green Beret innocent until he started to examine the evidence. He then concluded, and let his book reflect, that MacDonald was indeed the man who wiped out his family. Except for the principals, McGinniss uses pseudonyms in ``Blind Faith'' for the other characters, although the real names are all part of the public record. Considered an ideal couple with three blond sons, the Marshalls were teasingly called Ken and Barbie by their friends. McGinniss says he sort of stumbled onto the book when a Toms River woman, a stranger to him, wrote him a long letter shortly after the murder. ``She had about 90 percent of it right two months after the murder,'' he says. ``The letter was very compelling.'' McGinniss says he doesn't know why he even read the letter. After ``Fatal Vision'' went on the air in 1984 as a two-part miniseries, he was deluged with letters from people asking him to write a book about some murder or the other. ``I got hundreds of letters from people whose second cousin was murdered or from someone who was beaten up in a barroom brawl and they wanted me to write a book about it,'' he says. ``I was just throwing them away. ``What first interested me about the Marshall case was what kind of a place was this where a guy who had lived there 20 years, this pillar of the community, was automatically presumed guilty by his friends within 24 hours of the murder. ``I was also interested in doing something about the social mores of a town in the '80s, particularly a town that didn't have any kind of distinctive identity. It seemed to be a town transformed by materialism. ``It was also a book about these three boys and how they coped when they learned their mother, truly beloved by them, was dead and then they heard their father is a suspect and then they see him convicted.'' McGinniss' first book, ``The Selling of the President,'' became a best seller 20 years ago when he was 26. The book chronicled how Richard Nixon defeated the late Hubert H. Humphrey. ``The difference between illusion and reality has always been a theme of mine,'' McGinniss says. ``Here the illusion was Good Housekeeping come to life. Maria bought that whole ideal, that she was an ornament attached to the husband, that her job was to give them a happy home. For that, she paid with her life.'' For the children _ 13, 16 and 17 at the time of the murder _ it was a fairy-tale life of Mustangs and Jeeps, swim meets and country club lunches with Mom and Dad. ``This is not a story about their father,'' McGinniss says. ``I'm not interested in exploring the recesses of his mind like I was with MacDonald. I'm interested in the story of how these kids grappled with the worst sort of shock. There was a monster under their bed and it was their father. And they had to look him in the eye and not blink. It stripped them of every illusion they ever had.'' The youngest boy, John, still does not believe his father is guilty. MORE AP890206-0209 AP-NR-02-06-89 1343EST s a BC-APN--BlindFaith Adv19-1stAdd 02-06 0793 BC-APN--Blind Faith, Adv 19-1st Add,0811 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 NEW YORK: ever had.'' ``When I talked to them John was still desperately clinging like a little boy lost at sea to the only thing he had left,'' McGinniss says. The other two, Chris and Roby, believe their father had their mother killed, a mother who put notes in their lunches, always kissed them goodbye, and fixed them pancakes for breakfast even when they got up at 11 a.m. She was Super Mom. They will not answer their father's letters nor speak to him. ``They feel their father is already dead,'' says McGinniss. The father is on death row in Trenton, N.J., awaiting the outcome of appeals. He still proclaims his innocence, clinging to a story that he pulled into a secluded rest stop on the Jersey State Parkway to check on a leaking tire and someone hit him over the head and then shot Maria, leaving two bullet holes so close you could cover them with a 50-cent coin. Marshall claims he was robbed of his Atlantic City winnings and then staggered onto the highway to get help. The tire, which was slashed after it was parked, showed no evidence of a slow leak and there were brightly lit places within a few miles he could have stopped. Then there was the mistress he planned to marry. He had bought yet another life insurance policy, this one for $100,000, that very day. Maria's signature had been forged on various documents to raise cash Prosecutors presented evidence linking him to the Louisiana hired guns. One of them was granted immunity to testify. The other, accused of being the actual shooter, was acquitted by the jury that found Marshall guilty. Another man, who acted as go-between during the negotiations, received a life sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. McGinniss hints in the book that the prosecutor's office could have taken another tack which would have involved more people, but he won't say much more about it. ``If I wanted to write a book about organized crime in New Jersey, I could have, but I think it would have been less interesting than what these boys are going through,'' he says. ``Political corruption is everywhere. What is unique is the situation these three kids find themselves in. Their love has kept them very close even though they all viewed the case differently at first.'' Chris was the first to feel his father was guilty. Roby was next, spurred on by a jail house call in which his father asked him to lie the next day on the witness stand. Roby would not do it. The children received some of the insurance money, as the heirs, and will receive more. Roby is moving to California to help with the miniseries based on the book. ``Although this was another murder, it was completely different from `Fatal Vision,''' McGinniss says. ``The town of Toms River was sort of a metaphor for the blind faith we all have in the American dream. But how thin is that veneer? How much of what passes for social intercourse in America is sheer hypocrisy? Toms River is a good example of this superficialty of cocktail and dinner parties and country clubs where everybody finds it necessary to stay on top. I didn't feel like I was repeating myself.'' McGinniss says his next book will be about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the man. He has been negotiating with Kennedy, but does not yet know whether Kennedy will cooperate with him. ``I want to do this because I have no sense of what it must be like to have had this extraordinary life, of being the little brother and having everything handed to you and then become the family spokesman,'' McGinniss says. ``This will not be a book about Chappaquiddick. It will be about the man and his life.'' After ``The Selling of the President,'' McGinniss tried his hand at a novel, ``The Dream Team,'' not one of his great successes, but he says he will do another novel some day. He wrote ``Heroes'' in 1975 and lived in Alaska for one year to write ``Going to Extremes,'' published in 1980. He has also taught fiction and non-fiction writing at Bennington College. McGinniss and his wife, Nancy Doherty, live in a small town in western Massachusetts and have two children. He also has three children from a previous marriage. ``Blind Faith'' was selected by Book-of-the-Month Club and Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Additional subsidiary rights include a seven-figure reprint sale to New American Library, serial rights to ``Rolling Stone'' and ``Ladies' Home Journal,'' and film rights to NBC-TV for a four-hour miniseries. End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0210 AP-NR-02-06-89 1345EST s a BC-APN--LibertyTheater Adv19 02-06 1133 BC-APN--Liberty Theater, Adv 19,1168 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 2 b&w photos.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ There was a time when Louisiana's Cajuns were spanked at school if they spoke French. All that has changed in a resurgence of pride in Cajun culture, a culture that is celebrated in the ``Rendez-Vous Des Cajuns,'' a two-hour program of music and humor that is broadcast live every Saturday night from a restored vaudeville theater. No English is spoken there. By GUY COATES Associated Press Writer EUNICE, La. (AP) The foot-stomping and fiddling inside the old Eunice vaudeville theater spoke of a packed house for the Cajun version of Prairie Home Companion. They lined up around the block, ignoring a tornado watch and gully-washing rain to purchase tickets for a show where no English was spoken except for brief opening remarks by a uniformed park ranger. For more than a year now, the crowds have been filling the 700-seat Liberty Theater every Saturday night for a live two-hour show broadcast locally, regionally and at several points in the nation on a delayed basis. The music, the humor and the recitations of spicy recipes by guest chefs are in Cajun French, which is based on a language spoken in the 18th century. The Acadians were exiled from Nova Scotia by the British in 1755 and 10 years later many had found their way to the swampy coasts and inland prairies of south Louisiana. Others went to inland Canada and Maine. ``The tape of this show is being sent to public radio in Maine and New Brunswick,'' says Mayor Curtis Joubert, who led a local movement to save the three-story brick Liberty Theater from destruction once it finally closed as a movie house in 1982. Built in 1924, the Liberty was the tiny town's chief window into a world filled with vaudeville comedians, actors, singers and ultimately the movies. Joubert, a retired high school principal and veteran politician, sweet-talked the citizens into buying the building. Next, he used his charms on the National Park Service, which entered into a joint venture with Eunice. Town residents helped restore the gaudy grandeur of the old theater, tearing down rotted curtains that had covered original ceiling-to-floor murals, one a painted Carmen dancing with a tambourine. Moldings were regilded, chandeliers cleaned and floors scrubbed of more than 50 years of accumulated wax and dirt, revealing sparkling green-and-white ceramic-pieced floors. An old organ with wooden pipes, now valued by the Historical Organ Society at $25,000, was found under a pile of debris. The theater is part of the Jean Lafitte National Park, which is a series of places scattered around south Louisiana, including the New Orleans French Quarter. Construction was set to begin earlier this month on a $3 million Acadian Culture Center, adjacent to the theater. It is scheduled to open sometime next year. The Jean Lafitte National Park chose the Liberty Theater as a site for an interpretive center for the Prairie Cajun culture. The city signed a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service which uses the theater for its living history presentations. ``That the city of Eunice is now the site for a national park boggles the minds of many of the people in this rural area,'' Joubert says. Also, a state-of-the-art sound system is being installed that will allow larger radio stations to air the program. ``They demand quality sound and we'll have it,'' Joubert says. The heart of the Liberty is the ``Rendez-Vous Des Cajuns,'' which features Cajun bands, from the famous to youngsters just getting started on the traditional sound that was isolated along with the French heritage until the late 1960s. ``In my generation we were spanked at school if we spoke French,'' recalls Joubert. ``There was a sense of shame in being Cajun. We kept the music to ourselves.'' In less than 20 years, the state has brought back that heritage with a bang, offering French courses in elementary schools with many teachers from France. Chefs have traveled the world touting the food. No one represents the new wave of Cajun culture better than Dr. Barry Ancelet, the 37-year-old humorist who hosts the show, boasts Joubert. Ancelet is a specialist in folklore at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and did his doctoral dissertation on Cajun humor. ``I would die in English because the tone of voice, the melody and the vocal pattern are so important in humor,'' Ancelet says. ``The humor here is not the slick Johnny Carson type. It's more earthy and rural. There's a lot of hunting and fishing stories. And here they poke fun at prominent people in the community.'' When the show started in the summer of 1987, Ancelet says he was pleasantly surprised to find that the 20 percent to 25 percent of the audience who didn't speak the language were laughing. ``We'll get someone in from Wyoming or Tennessee who will nudge the fellow next to him and ask what I said. The Cajun must be interpreting well because the tourist laughs. They'll get into a conversation, get to know each other. There's a twofold victory here. The tourist gets his money's worth. He came down here to see Cajun culture. In the Liberty, he talks with them, dances with them. The Cajun sees that his native knowledge is thereby valued. He feels good about himself.'' Ancelet says he sees the show as an extension of his classroom. ``I call it guerrilla academics. I have the opportunity to talk to 700 people and while they are being entertained I get to slip information to them about who they are, where they came from, why they are the way they are.'' The show stirs some of the younger people, especially musicians, to learn the French language. ``The musicians are learning that it's not just enough to mouth French words,'' Ancelet says. ``They need to understand what the words mean to make the song live.'' A local committee whose members' identities are kept secret to avoid pressure chooses the bands for each show from a long list of applicants. ``The committee tries to encourage new talent and yet bring in the well-known bands from time to time,'' the mayor says. ``We'll never run out of musicians.'' Until the Liberty Theater opened, the younger generation didn't get much opportunity to hear Cajun music because the bands were performing in nightclubs, he says. ``We've been portrayed so many times as a bunch of drunks falling off horses at Mardi Gras,'' he says. ``Here's a soft drink and popcorn crowd on Saturday night, a family-oriented crowd enjoying life and the good things we have to offer in Acadiana.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0211 AP-NR-02-06-89 1347EST s a BC-APN--BrownPresident Adv19 02-06 0773 BC-APN--Brown President, Adv 19,0799 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 3 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 2 35mm slides.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ The committee that chose the new president of Brown University was looking for someone with a record of academic excellence, says the head of the panel, ``and it wouldn't hurt if they could also raise money and walk on water.'' The man they chose was Vartan Gregorian, a veteran educator with a flair for healing ailing budgets. By KAREN SCHWARTZ Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Vartan Gregorian is an ebullient Armenian who rejuvenated the New York Public Library in a flurry of fund raising. Brown University is a 224-year-old Ivy League institution with dwindling donations and an iconoclastic curriculum. Brown, with an enrollment of 7,000, has a $370 million endowment, the lowest among Ivy League colleges. Massachusett's Harvard University, by comparison, has a $3 billion endowment. Gregorian, who will be inaugurated as Brown's 16th president on April 9, is a curly-haired, round-faced workaholic who rescued the New York library from a financial crisis by raising nearly $500 million in his seven years there. ``I've always favored the underdog,'' says Gregorian, 54. ``Brown has always had to do more with less.'' Gregorian, who took over the duties of former president Howard R. Swearer on Jan. 1, has 22 years experience as a teacher and as a provost at the University of Pennsylvania. But he acknowledges that his fund-raising ability ``was not held against him.'' Brown, now in the final year of a three-year fund-raising drive, saw gifts drop from $51.3 million in 1986-87 to $35.1 million in 1987-88, according to Samuel Babbit, vice president for development. While he may become involved in fund-raising, Gregorian says his ``primary obligation will be to the academic welfare of the institution.'' ``It's the educational challenge that has brought me here,'' he says. Brown was one of the first major colleges in the turbulent 1960s to do away with most general requirements. Today, it's one of the last to resist returning to the more traditional program of core courses. Gregorian, who holds a doctorate in history and humanities from Stanford University, is concerned with the over-specialization among students at many colleges. He wants college not only to ``give students training, but to give them an education; not just an education but to instill them with culture _ with breadth of scope, so they can adapt in these difficult times to a fast-changing world.'' ``Curriculum is not a frozen document,'' Gregorian says. He plans to study records for the full 19 years of the ``new'' curriculum before deciding if he will change its direction. ``Brown's success is the flexibility of its curriculum as it enables students to respond to their needs,'' he says. ``This one-dimensional or narrow professionalism reduces people's intellectual curiosity and brings a narrow range. ``We must teach people how to cope, not with success alone, but with adversity and failure. Out of failure and adversity there is a lot you learn.'' Gregorian knows of both. He left the University of Pennsylvania for the library in 1981 after being passed over for the university's presidency. A native of Iran who was educated in Beirut, he says he missed academia during his time in New York. ``One of the things I missed in the years at the library, I didn't have time to read or write,'' says Gregorian, the author of three books. ``One of the tragedies is to sit on the mountain of knowledge and not have time to get to it.'' Gregorian, who plans to teach a freshman course so he can set ``an example that teaching and leadership are not mutually exclusive,'' says his first priority will be faculty recruitment, nationally and internationally. ``Two-thirds of the American professors will be retiring in the next 10 years,'' he says. While Gregorian will focus on the faculty, his reputation is with the students. A faculty adviser to two dormitories at Penn, he often dined with the students. He says he hopes to continue that practice at Brown. ``I'll be getting to know the students, whether they'd like to know me...,'' he jokes. Officials on the Brown search committee, which chose Gregorian among 200 applicants, looked for a scholar-educator, according to committee head Martha Nussbaum, a philosophy professor. ``We wanted to find someone who had experience doing research and a high level of excellence _ and it wouldn't hurt if they could also raise money and walk on water,'' she says. End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0212 AP-NR-02-06-89 1348EST s a BC-APN--AIDSChild Adv19-2Takes 02-06 0668 BC-APN--AIDS Child, Adv19-2 Takes,0695 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 2 b&w photos. ColorFoto subscribers get 1 35mm slide.) EDITOR'S NOTE _ Among the cruelest ironies of AIDS are its innocent victims, inheritors of a fatal, incurable disease, and the scorn of those who fear its contagion. Here is the story of Jason, one of those. By PAUL DE LA GARZA Associated Press Writer SOUTH ROXANA, Ill. (AP) A lonely yellow stick character, arms outstretched, looks down at 8-year-old Jason Robertson from a poster in his kitchen. ``I have AIDS,'' the poster says. ``Please hug me. I can't make you sick.'' As if it were Jason speaking. Jason suffers from AIDS-related complex, or ARC, a disease that often precedes the fatal full-blown acquired immune deficiency syndrome. At school, he was isolated in a trailer next door to the classroom, and his only real friend was a tattered doll named Mick. Jason's story is similar to the plight of Indiana's Ryan White, an AIDS victim shunned at school and forced to leave town. Jason is the only student in the school trailer. He has endured a lawsuit and a move from nearby Granite City to this tiny, Southern Illinois community in search of peace. Phone calls playing funeral music and taunts added to the scorn. Now his mother, Tammie, father, Al, and 10-year-old sister, Melissa, are picking up the pieces after a struggle that turned neighbor against neighbor in a battle over Jason's future. Jason weighs only 46 pounds and stands about 4 feet tall. His most striking features are his big brown eyes. A quiet boy, he answers most questions with few words. ``I like good people,'' Jason says. ``I like to go places.'' When he grows up, he says, he wants to be a police officer. Jason was born with hemophilia, a condition in which the blood fails to clot properly. He also had stomach problems and a shortened esophagus _ problems that were corrected by surgery. But he underwent hundreds of blood transfusions, and at least one of them involved tainted blood products that brought the deadly AIDS virus into his body. In March 1986, Jason was diagnosed with ARC. That was the beginning. Now the family, its former school district and neighbors wish they had done some things differently. Fearing he would endanger other children, his mother pulled him from kindergarten in Granite City and a district tutor taught him at home until November 1987. That's when the Robertsons and the school district agreed that Jason should be taught in a special trailer 50 feet from regular classes. Jason started school 15 minutes before the other students every day and left 15 minutes later than they did. He was not allowed on the playground. School officials say they told Mrs. Robertson that Jason probably would be placed in regular classes at the school of 750 in the fall of 1988 because his health had improved. But Mrs. Robertson contends the district made the offer only after the American Civil Liberties Union, at her request, filed a lawsuit on Jason's behalf in April. On May 5, a federal judge ordered Jason back into regular classes. But the ruling touched off protests from parents in Granite City, a steel town of 36,800 across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Angry parents chanted, ``Back to the trailer!'' upon his arrival. Drew Callender, 29, says he got into the fight because of anger and fear for his children's safety. ``I did say some foolish things.'' He also founded an informal group of protesting parents called ``SAVE,'' the Society Against Virus Environment. ``It's a fear of not knowing,'' he says. Mrs. Robertson says she got up to three telephone calls a day from protesters, threatening her and Jason. People hurled epithets on the street. ``Home had become a war zone, and I felt like I was dying inside,'' she says. MORE AP890206-0213 AP-NR-02-06-89 1349EST s a BC-APN--AIDSChild Adv19-1stAdd 02-06 0697 BC-APN--AIDS Child, Adv 19-1st Add,0719 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For release Sun., Feb. 19 SOUTH ROXANA, Ill.: she says. Her former neighbors insist they never heard anyone harass the Robertson family, and they say the family had an unlisted phone number. ``If she would have just kept her mouth shut instead of going and going and going, she wouldn't have any problem,'' says Maggie Rigsby, 68, a former next-door neighbor of the Robertsons. ``She just couldn't stay out of the TV and the newspaper and it just made a mess,'' she says. ``I don't think people should be harassed, but she asked for a lot of this stuff.'' Ms. Rigsby, who lives with her 8-year-old granddaughter, says she would not want her to get near Jason. She opposed his entry into regular classes. ``It's too contagious, and I don't know enough about it.'' ``Nobody harassed her in this neighborhood,'' says Alice Perkins, 34, who lived next door to the family for nearly 10 years. ``There was no vigilante group. ``She's trying to write a book and she wants a grand finale about Granite City. I'm glad she's moved because someone else can have all this fun that we had.'' With family permission, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the phone number. To protest state cuts in funding for hemophiliacs, Mrs. Robertson contacted two newspapers, including the Post-Dispatch, and the family's life became public record. ``I did not comprehend that it would be this big of an issue,'' says Mrs. Robertson. ``Maybe we made some mistakes. I was doing what was best for my kids.'' Stu Mills, the Granite City district's supervisor of special educational programs, described her as ``volatile.'' She often initiated confrontations. But he said he had sympathy for any parent in Mrs. Robertson's situation. He said that the mother of an AIDS child thinks she has special license to say whatever she wants, even characterizing one town as the good guys and the other the bad. Mrs. Robertson says the family decided to leave Granite City after a man accosted her and hit her on the head with a stick. They moved to South Roxana, a oil refinery town of 2,300 nearby, to the home where Jason's father, who manages a plastics company, grew up. It was a good move for Jason. ``He just smiles all over,'' says Sharon Waters, a teacher's aide and registered nurse hired for Jason's second-grade room at the 375-student South Roxana Elementary School. ``His little eyes just dance; they talk more than he does,'' she says. ``I think he's happy. Just to see him play, like when he gets the right answer, he gets real excited.'' At first, she said, Jason didn't know how to deal with his classmates, because he had had only limited contact with children his age for nearly two years. But they encouraged him and in days he made friends. South Roxana Principal Dorothy Stickels calls Jason an ``average second-grader'' in a class of 24. His writing has improved and he seldom misses school, she said. ``I see him every morning with his back pack and a smile on his face.'' But the school lost eight students because of Jason's attendance. Fear of AIDS again. Jason's mother says her new neighbors are quick to offer support. ``They said, `We want you to stop running. Make this your home.''' she said. Many of the new neighbors seem knowledgeable about AIDS, which cripples the body's defenses against disease and leaves the victim prey to infections and cancer. It is both incurable and fatal, but cannot be spread casually. It can be passed on by contact with infected blood or by sexual contact. Jason doesn't talk often about his disease, or his experience in Granite City, his mother says, although his hurt has spilled over to the family's new life in South Roxana. Once, hurt, he was crying and asked, ``Doesn't God know I am sick?'' It hasn't been easy for Jason's sister either. Frustrated and confused, she needed counseling. Now, Jason feels more at home. His kitchen poster ends with the words, ``Love may be the hardest thing to get.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0214 AP-NR-02-06-89 1351EST s e BC-APN--TVWeek Adv19 02-06 0834 BC-APN--TV Week, Adv 19,0853 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo.) By JERRY BUCK AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) The Rev. Bobby Joe Stuckey takes over his father's television evengelism empire in HBO's ``Glory, Glory'' and is soon up to his halo in trouble, just like...well, some recent headline-makers. But Richard Thomas, who stars as Bobby Joe, insists that the script for the 3{-hour musical comedy was written long before Jim and Tammy Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart became household names. ``The script's been around for a while,'' says Thomas, best-remembered as John Boy on the TV series ``The Waltons.'' ``We filmed it last summer in Toronto. It more or less started as an examination of the phenomenon of television evangelism.'' The story originated in 1981 with co-executive producer Bonny Dore, who had worked briefly with evangelist Oral Roberts in polishing his broadcasts. ``If I felt the film was taking cheap shots at someone's faith I never would have done it,'' Thomas says. At the center, Stuckey is a man of true faith but he's been seduced into straying. He can speak for the importance of spirituality, but all institutions are subject to compromise and corruption.'' The movie, directed by Lindsay Anderson (``The Whales of August,'' ``O Lucky Man'') will premiere on Sunday. Bobby Joe is a biblical scholar totally lacking in the star quality his father used to turn his little church into a television empire. He's earnest but dull, and the ratings start to tumble. In desperation, he turns to a down-and-out rock singer who becomes the charismatic Sister Ruth. The ratings and the donations reach unprecedented levels with Sister Ruth. But behind the altar, unknown to Bobby Joe, she's leading a life of Sodom and Gamorrah. He's deeply in love with her, and when it comes crashing down he's the candidate for a pillar of salt. Ellen Greene stars as Sister Ruth, Winston Rekert as an investigative reporter, James Whitmore as a church elder and Barry Morse as Bobby Joe's father, the Rev. Dan Stuckey. ``When they called me they said the part was for a nice, clean-cut preacher,'' Thomas says. ``Some things you do because they're radically different from what you've done before. Some you do because they're familiar. This was familiar, but I liked the way it was written. It's satire without taking cheap shots. ``He compromises himself with this woman, and before he knows it he's trapped in a web of deceit and conspiracy.'' In February, Thomas goes to the Hartford Stage in Connecticut for ``Peer Gynt.'' He will appear in a new translation of Henrik Ibsen's seven-hour play, which will be presented over two nights. The six-week run will keep him there until May. ``I played `Hamlet' there in 1987,'' Thomas says. ``That's Shakespeare's longest play and this is a thousand lines longer than `Hamlet.' Many people consider the play to be Ibsen's masterpiece.'' Thomas spends much of his time teaching classes at colleges across the country. ``And, with any luck, I'll get another TV movie or two,'' he says. ``That's how it works out. I don't have the most expensive habits. A TV movie will take care of my expenses so I can do theater and teach. Then when I'm at home it's a full-time job for my wife and I to look after four kids.'' Thomas left ``The Waltons'' in 1977. The immensely popular series that ran on CBS from 1972-81 was based on Earl Hamner's reminiscences about his boyhood in Virginia, in 1977. ``I'd love it if we had a reunion show,'' Thomas says, ``but only Earl could write it. He's a sly fox with a deliciously wicked sense of humor. He's as much a country bumpkin as Donald Trump.'' As for another series, Thomas says he would certainly consider it. ``But a series takes up so much of your time it would have to be something I absolutely loved,'' he says. ``I prefer plays, but I'm an actor. The material comes first. If it's right I'll go anywhere and work in any medium. ``I have been lucky as an actor. I've always gotten work. I've never had to wait by the phone. Too many actors regard the theater as some place you go to stretch, as though it was an aerobics class. Or they say it's their duty to go back, as though it were an obligation like having tea with a maiden aunt. When people see me in a film they see my work. But when they see me on stage they see me work.'' Thomas recently observed 30 years as a professional actor. He made his debut in 1958 at the age of 7 in ``Sunrise at Campobello.'' He played the youngest of Franklin Roosevelt's children, John. That same year he made his television debut in ``A Christmas Tree'' for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0215 AP-NR-02-06-89 1355EST s e BC-APN--TheaterWeek Adv19 02-06 1148 BC-APN--Theater Week, Adv 19,1176 $Adv19 AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT For Release Sunday, Feb. 19 From AP Newsfeatures (APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Mailed print subscribers get 1 b&w photo.) By MICHAEL KUCHWARA AP Drama Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) In a large, unfinished room on the third floor of a downtown office tower, a stocky, intense man sits on a piano bench and stares at a cardboard stage setting. Three actors work their way through a scene as the man follows their movements. He listens to their voices and checks their reactions to each other. The scene is repeated, again and again. Between repetitions, the observer, shadowed by an interpreter, jumps up and walks over to the makeshift scenery to demonstrate what he wants. Director Yuri Yeremin, who doesn't speak English, is rehearsing an American cast, which doesn't speak Russian, in a hit Soviet play at the Hartford Stage Company. The rehearsal process, which will last four weeks, is slow but cordial. It's theatrical glasnost in the making, a unique cultural collaboration made possible by the thaw in Soviet-American relations. The Hartford Stage experiment occurred after its artistic director Mark Lamos traveled to the Soviet Union last year to direct a Soviet production of Eugene O'Neill's ``Desire Under the Elms'' at Moscow's Pushkin Drama Theater which Yeremin runs. It was a first for an American director. Now Yeremin has returned the favor. The drama he is directing is Alexander Chervinsky's ``The Paper Gramophone.'' It is on view at the Hartford Stage through March 18. Before the recent liberalization of Soviet life under Mikhail Gorbachev, the play couldn't have been performed in the Soviet Union in its original version. ``The Paper Gramophone,'' which is set in the Stalinist era of 1948, deals with the awkward romance between a young girl and a naval cadet. Chervinsky's play was written as a film script in 1980 but never was produced because of its criticism of Stalin. With Yeremin's help, Chervinsky adapted ``The Paper Gramophone'' for the stage eight years ago. It opened at the Central Academy Theater of the Soviet Army in Moscow, but was closed quickly by Soviet authorities. Changes were made in script, and the play was allowed to reopen. ``The press was so good that it is still running,'' said Yeremin, speaking through an interpreter. ``The Paper Gramophone'' remains in the repertory of the Central Academy Theater where it is performed several times each month. ``During those years of stagnation, the theater was probably the only place where you could hear a word of truth,'' Yeremin says. For the American version, Yeremin has rewritten the play again, going back to the original screenplay. He has also made it clearer for American audiences who aren't familiar with the details of Soviet life and politics. Yeremin found some details of American theater rehearsal and production different, to say the least. One he even found ``painful.'' In the Soviet Union, the artistic director of a theater rules. He chooses the actors from his own company for specific roles. There are no auditions. ``On the one hand, I like auditions a great deal because the director has more choice,'' Yeremin says. ``You can look for what you really need. On the other hand, I think the theater is a family. So there are other considerations _not just whether the actors fit a given role, but also that you speak the same language, you have the same asthetic and the same creative outlook. To me, a production is always an ensemble. In the Soviet Union, it was easily solved because we have worked together for years.'' That wasn't the case in Hartford, where Yeremin chose two unknowns, Ann Dowd and Ray Virta, for the romantic leads. He was pleased with the quality of the actors who auditioned and was particularly taken with Miss Dowd and Virta who, the director says, ``looks very Russian.'' During the rehearsal session, the director, the actors, the Hartford Stage production team and the theater's dramaturg Greg Leaming sit at a long table. Miss Dowd, Virta and a third cast member, Kathleen Chalfant, go over another scene. Yeremin urges Virta to improvise. The actor complies, embellishing a speech by the young man. The director also tells the dramaturge different dialogue is needed to clarify a situation. The script, on this third day of rehearsal, remains very fluid. Although he makes the final decision, Yeremin likes to have input from his actors and, with the author's permission, has them create their own dialogue. ``I think it is very unfortunate that in many instances the actor is turned into nothing but a performer,'' the director says. ``It's as if we are denying the actors the authorship of their creativity.'' Yeremin has even improvised with the work of one of the world's greatest authors, Anton Chekhov, adapting his short story, ``Ward Number Six,'' for the stage by allowing actors to improvise for 90 minutes based on specific ideas and topics from the story. Yeremin feels ``The Paper Gramophone'' has universal appeal, transcending its Soviet origins, and that's why he chose it for American audiences. ``I found that in the fates of the people who inhabit this play there is much in common with people everywhere,'' he says. ``It is a story of first love, great dreams and the tragic pressure of the time and the breaking through to other spiritual spaces, shall we say. The play is full of humor but next to the comedy, there's tragedy.'' The idea of an exchange of Soviet and American directors evolved in 1986 when Yeremin took over the Puskin Theater. He thought it would be interesting to have an O'Neill play directed by an American. Through an organization called the Theater International Exchange Service and its director Edith Markson, he found Lamos. ``I never thought that Soviet actors could come up with a production in four and a half weeks,'' says Yeremin, referring to Lamos' 1988 production of O'Neill at the Pushkin. In the Soviet Union, directors rehearse a lot longer, Yeremin says. It's an average of six months but sometimes longer, depending on when the director thinks his production is ready for an audience. At the Pushkin Theater, where a season of three or four plays usually runs from about the middle of September until the end of May, Yeremin has just opened a production of ``Possessed'' by Camus, based on the Dostoyevsky novel. When he returns to Moscow, he will continue rehearsals of his next production, ``The Gospel According to Mikhail,'' based on several chapters from the Bulgakov novel, ``The Master and Margarita.'' ``I have no hobbies, no other interests,'' the 44-year-old Yeremin says. ``Directing is all that concerns me. Only theater. Everything that doesn't have anything to do with theater bores me to tears, except life itself, which is the food of what art is.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 19 AP890206-0216 AP-NR-02-06-89 1332EST s i BC-WildlifeResearch Adv12 02-06 1080 BC-Wildlife Research, Adv 12,1109 $Adv12 For Release Sunday, Feb. 12, and Thereafter Scientists Work to Preserve Animals in South African Reserve Eds: An accompanying item is BC-Wildlife-Wild Dogs, b0778 LaserPhoto Planned By LAURINDA KEYS Associated Press Writer SKUKUZA, South Africa (AP) An American inventor and wildlife researchers at Kruger National Park say they have achieved a major breakthrough in conservation _ an immunization system that can stop epidemics in free-ranging animals. The breakthrough is the bio-bullet, a vaccine in a biodegradable projectile that can be fired by an air rifle from a helicopter. It has been used for three years to immunize animals ranging from warthogs to elephants against diseases that have nearly wiped out species in the park, a 7,800-square-mile reserve. Anthrax is endemic in the northern part of the park, an area where 200 rare roan antelope roam. Before 1970, when the park began an inoculation program by firing disposable darts at the animals from the air, severe outbreaks had affected most of the herd animals. ``If we have another major outbreak, we have a method now of controlling the epidemic,'' said Valerius de Vos, head of research at Kruger. ``I consider this a major breakthrough. ... It will be used widely in the future.'' How widely depends to some extent on politics. While South Africa's wildlife management program is regarded as the best on the continent, its experts seldom visit other African countries where similar problems exist. Black African governments restrict contact with South Africa because of apartheid, its system of racial separation. ``It's a pity,'' de Vos said. ``The rest of Africa needs us and we need them. We've got expertise and we need interaction.'' For instance, the numbers of endangered black rhinos are increasing in South Africa but declining elsewhere. Due to South African conservation efforts, the white rhino was removed from the endangered category worldwide. Representatives of private wildlife groups sometimes come to South Africa, and exchanges take place by mail, but many Western universities won't send copies of research papers to Kruger's scientists. Gus Mills, the chief predator researcher, made a tape recording of hyena territorial cries and plays it from a jeep at night. ``All the hyena in the area come around to listen and we can count them,'' he said. ``I've sent my tape to Kenya and now Kenyan hyenas are listening to South African hyenas.'' De Vos said the air-rifle that fires the bio-bullet can be locally produced, but not the bullet itself. He worries what sanctions could disrupt the immunization program. There has been talk of banning shipments of four-wheel drive vehicles to South Africa from Japan, because they have military potential. ``That's going to affect us,'' de Vos said. ``I don't know what we're going to do, but I guess we can keep going with two-wheel drive vehicles.'' In 1973 de Vos and his team began inoculating large mammals by firing dart-syringes from the air. Disadvantages included large numbers of plastic darts left on the ground, and the time and cost of manufacturing the syringes. De Vos found Fred Paul, an inventor from White Bear Lake, Minn., who had developed the bio-bullet and used it to vaccinate domestic livestock and wild bighorn sheep. Paul came to Kruger Park to assist the research, which includingfiring different-sized bullets at varying velocities until the right size and shape were determined. The bullet can be fired rapidly, allowing marksmen to inoculate about 1,500 animals a day with 80 percent accuracy. The material, a cellulose polymer, dissolves inside the animal, releasing the vaccine. Vaccinating 1,500 animals a day with 80 percent accuracy is ``impressive, to say the least. ... That's a lot of animals,'' said Maurice LeFranc, director of the Institute for Wildlife Research, a branch of National Wildlife Federation in the United States. The South African park lends itself to such an effort because it has wide open spaces and concentrations of animals, LeFranc said in Vienna, Va. The project illustrates the place that South African wildlife researchers have in the forefront of species preservation and the National Park Board's philosophy about when to let nature take its course and when man should intervene. ``South Africa has taken a real strong leadership in the preservation and conservation of their wildlife,'' said Dr. Werner Heuschele, an endangered species specialist at the San Diego Zoo in California. ``Some of their game parks are among the best managed in the world.'' One researcher at Kruger is capturing impala to find a cure for a human-caused stress disease that occurs when antelope are chased for long distances and caught in a net. In the wild, predators chase impalas only for short distances. The main form of research at Kruger is surveillance _ taking aerial photos of vegetation, counting animals, taking blood levels of elephants to see if car exhaust affects them. The data is fed into computers to help determine what projects are needed in the park, a fenced area the size of Massachusetts. Roads affect the natural spread of fire, so controlled fires are set deliberately. Fenced animals cannot migrate during drought, so dams are built. In the early 1970s, wildebeest rapidly diminished. A new fence around the park had cut off one herd's traditional migration route, and heavy rainfall encouraged long grass, rather than the short grass the wildebeest like. Managers could have set fires to eliminate the tall grass. Instead, they decided to kill off lions and hyenas who preyed on the wildebeest. To prevent the need for such action in the future, Mills and his team spend two weeks at a time following lions, cheetah and leopards, to monitor their eating habits. ``Are they depressing the prey in large numbers or living in harmony with their environment?'' Mills says researchers want to know. Although anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease are natural African diseases, they are controlled because it would take 20 to 30 years for the herds to recover after an endemic. ``Drastic fluctuations in animal populations are part of nature, but we can't afford that,'' said de Vos. ``We cull (shoot) buffalo and elephant, and sometimes hippo. These are species that can outgrow the system. The rest of the animals are controlled by the system. Drought, predation, disease all act as controls. For the buffalo and elephant the main predator in the past was man. We have taken man out of it, so now we're bringing man back in, in a controlled way.'' End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 12 AP890206-0217 AP-NR-02-06-89 2148EST a i BC-Wildlife-WildDogs Adv12 02-06 0385 BC-Wildlife-Wild Dogs, Adv 12,0395 $Adv12 For Release Sunday, Feb. 12, and Thereafter Tourists Recruited to Help Track Endangered Wild Dogs With BC-Wildlife Research, b0788 By LAURINDA KEYS Associated Press Writer KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa (AP) Scientists at Kruger National Park are recruiting tourists to help them track, count and conserve the African wild dog, the most endangered large carnivore on the continent. The big-eared dogs have intricately patterned coats, each one distinct enough so individual animals can be identified from photographs. Once scientists know how many wild dogs there are and how they move, they will begin drawing up conservation plans. South Africa's National Parks Board and the private Endangered Wildlife Trust have started a contest to get tourists to take pictures of the animals and send the prints in with information on location, pack size and number of young. About 1,000 photographs have been entered in the contest, which began in January and runs through July. The first prize is a free trip to a South African national park and the runner-up prizes are photo equipment. ``We could drive through the park for a month and never see one wild dog, but probably every day someone somewhere in the park sees them. They stay close to the road and they are not scared of vehicles,'' said Gus Mills, head of predator research at the park. He said he believes there are about 300 in the park, the biggest group in Africa. Others are in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and parts of East Africa. ``They move long distances and seem sometimes to go out of the park. When that happens, they get into trouble,'' said Mills. Since wild dog packs hunt by day and don't fear humans, they are easy targets for farmers protecting their livestock. Mills said a farmer whose land borders the park recently shot 20 dogs. ``People have an exaggerated hatred for wild dogs; it's somewhat like the way the wolf is regarded in America,'' Mills said. Wild dogs travel in packs of up to 25 and need to kill three or four impala to feed their members. Only one female and male in each pack breed, with the female producing 10 to 15 pups and all members helping to raise the litter. End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 12 AP890206-0218 AP-NR-02-06-89 1334EST s i BC-CrumblingSphinx Adv12 02-06 0819 BC-Crumbling Sphinx, Adv 12,0844 $Adv12 For Release Sunday, Feb. 12, and Thereafter Experts Still Not Sure How to Keep Sphinx from Falling Apart LaserPhoto Planned By MIMI MANN Associated Press Writer GIZA PLATEAU, Egypt (AP) After a year of scientific debate, archaeologists still can't figure out how to keep the Sphinx from falling apart. It's been almost six months since workmen made emergency repairs and replaced a stone that fell Feb. 7, 1988, from the crouching lion's right shoulder. But the experts can't decide what to do next. ``Scholars from Egypt and around the world have given us good advice, but not one has been able to come up with a sure way to save our wonderful Sphinx,'' said Sayed Tawfik, Egypt's top archaeological official. As chairman of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, Tawfik is caretaker of Egypt's enormous treasurehouse of the past. ``In all the world there's only one Sphinx like this,'' he said. ``We love him and don't want to do anything to injure him. This is why we have an international panel studying where to go from here.'' The Sphinx, with its wide-eyed stare and smug expression, has undergone the jabs and probes of restorers almost since anonymous artisans sculpted the half-man, half-beast 4,600 years ago at the base of Giza's pyramids plateau. None of the intermittent remedies has been able to stop occasional rock falls. Major falls touch off political uproars in Cairo. A tumbling rock in 1982 cost the job of the antiquities chairman at that time. Last year's rockfall brought the departure of Ahmed Kadry, pressured out of office because of a vocal and highly public row with his boss, Farouk Hosni, the minister of culture. Tawfik was appointed to replace him in December. Such sensitivity illustrates the Sphinx's monumental importance to the Egyptians. Ancient Egypt was a cat-worshiping country, and the Sphinx remains a very personal and popular cat. At times mostly buried in desert sand, at times not, the Sphinx has survived into the late 20th century as one of world's best-known relics, although bruised and battered. Nobody knows how or why or when it lost its nose and pharaoh's beard, but they are the most obvious reminders of the unseen stresses at work. Tawfik said he believes the ancient stonemasons knew the Sphinx wouldn't survive as long as the pyramids of Giza, which form a backdrop against the horizon. Some of the Sphinx's building blocks are as strong as those of the pyramids, he said, but others, especially in the neck, shoulder and rear haunches, are weaker. ``Perhaps they knew after 4,000 years or so the Sphinx couldn't survive any longer,'' said Tawfik, an archaeology professor. ``I think the Sphinx is a decoration of Giza Plateau, a unique one, not a monument for eternity as were other monuments.'' The first known effort to help the Sphinx was 3,400 years ago. As recorded in stone, the prince who would become Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV followed an order that came to him in a dream during a daytime nap to remove the sand from the Sphinx. He did so and, as promised in the dream, the Sphinx repaid him by arranging for him to usurp the throne of Egypt. Fourteen centuries later, Roman technicians performed emergency restorations at a time when the pyramids and the Sphinx already were drawing tourists from around the Mediterranean. In modern times, foreign and Egyptian teams have had a go at stopping the decay. Applying mudpacks to remove salt clusters and injecting glue down its throat didn't work. More drastic suggestions like reburying the monument in sand or encasing it in glass arise from time to time. In the year since the stone fell, experts from Egypt, Germany, Italy, France, the United States and other countries have given advice on how to proceed. Egyptian geologists are studying rock samples. Specialists are monitoring desert winds that blast the Sphinx. Pollution experts are studying the effects of dirty air. Water and soil technicians are testing the water table level on and near Giza Plateau, checking whether subterranean water is causing salt to weaken the limestone. Even so, the Giza Plateau's antiquities director, Zahi Hawass, remains optimistic. ``I believe for the first time in its history we are able to save the Sphinx,'' Hawass said, explaining that advanced scientific findings in many fields are being applied to archaeological work. But for the Sphinx, he said, time is passing fast. ``He's like a suffering old man who needs an operation. But what kind? When the rock fell (last year), it was kind of a red flag,'' Hawass said. ``At that time the government appointed a committee to decide what to do. We're still meeting.'' And it will continue to meet, he said, until it comes up with a plan that won't repeat the earlier restoration efforts that harmed the Sphinx more than they helped. End Adv for Sunday, Feb. 12 AP890206-0219 AP-NR-02-06-89 2148EST a e BC-BroadwayTix Adv11-12 02-06 0668 BC-Broadway Tix, Adv 11-12,0690 $Adv11 $Adv12 For Release Weekend Editions Feb 11-12 and thereafter NEW YORK (AP) Here are Broadway's new and current shows. Ticket supply as of Feb. 10 is indicated as Difficult or Available. Credit card holders can order tickets by phone or by calling Telecharge, Teletron or Ticketron. Telecharge's number is 212-239-6200 unless otherwise indicated. Teletron's number is 212-246-0102. Ticketron is 212-399-4444. For 24-hour information on theater, dance and music performances, call the Theater Development Fund's New York City-On Stage, 212-587-1111. When calling theaters directly, use New York area code 212. Advance inquiries should be made, as ticket availability is subject to change. _ ``A Chorus Line,'' the longest-running musical in Broadway history, is about the hard life and struggles of chorus-line members. Shubert, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Anything Goes,'' a revival by the Lincoln Center Theater of the 1934 Cole Porter musical. Vivian Beaumont, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Black and Blue,'' Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins and Carrie Smith star in a musical revue celebrating blues songs and the art of tap dancing. Minskoff, 869-0550. Teletron. Available. _ ``Born Yesterday,'' Ed Asner and Madeline Kahn star in a revival of Garson Kanin's classic comedy about a millionaire junk dealer and his mistress. 46th Street, 221-1211. Teletron. Available. _ ``Cats,'' musical based on T.S. Eliot's cat poems, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber of ``Evita'' fame. Winter Garden, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Eastern Standard,'' a comedy by Richard Greenberg about the young, upwardly mobile in New York of the late 1980s. Golden, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Hizzoner!'' Tony Lo Bianco stars in a one-man show based on the life of New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Longacre, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Now in previews, opens Feb. 23. Available. _ ``Into the Woods,'' a Stephen Sondheim musical about several fairy tale characters and what takes place after ``happily ever after.'' Martin Beck, 246-6363. Teletron. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Jerome Robbins' Broadway,'' a cavalcade of dance and musical numbers from musicals directed and@or choreographed by Jerome Robbins, including ``West Side Story,'' ``Peter Pan'' and ``The King and I.'' Now in previews, opens Feb. 26. Imperial, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Available. _ ``Legs Diamond,'' Peter Allen stars in a musical about the big-time New York gangster. Mark Hellinger, 757-7064. Teletron. Available. _ ``Les Miserables,'' a lavish musical retelling of the epic Victor Hugo novel. Broadway, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Difficult. _ ``M. Butterfly,'' David Dukes stars in a play by David Henry Hwang about the love affair between a French diplomat and a Chinese opera star. Winner of the 1988 Tony Award as best play. Eugene O'Neill, 246-0220. Teletron. Ticketron. Difficult. _ ``Me and My Girl,'' the 1930s English musical hit about a cockney scamp making it big in high society. Marquis, 382-0100. Teletron. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Oh! Calcutta!,'' long-running nudie musical that spoofs sex and swinging and such. Edison, 302-2302. Available. _ ``Our Town,'' a revival by the Lincoln Center Theater of the Thornton Wilder classic. Spalding Gray plays the stage manager. Lyceum, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Limited engagement through Feb. 26. Available. _ ``Rumors,'' Neil Simon's newest play, which he calls a farce, set during a couple's frantic anniversary party. Broadhurst, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Available. _ ``Sarafina!,'' a South African musical about high school students in a black township. Cort, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Available. _ ``The Devil's Disciple,'' a revival of the George Bernard Shaw comedy set in New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War. Circle in the Square, 239-6200, same number as Telecharge. Ticketron. Advertising ``Last Weeks.'' Available. _ ``The Phantom of the Opera,'' the lavish Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and the young soprano he loves. Winner of the 1988 Tony Award as best musical. Majestic, 239-6290, a special Telecharge number. Difficult. End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 11-12 AP890206-0220 AP-NR-02-06-89 2153EST a e BC-WKD--FilmReviews Adv00 02-06 1057 BC-WKD--Film Reviews, Adv 00,1088 $Adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS At the Movies: ``Physical Evidence,'' ``Mississippi Burning'' ``Physical Evidence'': Hollywood in the late 1940s and early '50s offered a series of films in which the hardboiled detective sifted through unsavory characters and wandered a labyrinthine route to uncover the real perpetrator of a heinous crime. The stars were usually Humphrey Bogart, Dick Powell or Robert Mitchum. The author was often Raymond Chandler or a Chandler clone. The plots were as interwoven as macrame. In ``The Big Sleep,'' Howard Hawks even accomplished a miracle: a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. ``Physical Evidence'' is an update of that genre, but with a 1989 touch. The real protaganist is a woman lawyer. The Bogart-Powell-Mitchum figure is a defrocked cop so ineffectual that he spends the final shootout flat on his back, wounded. Jenny Hudson (Theresa Russell) is a public defender who resents assignment of all the good cases to male lawyers. She demands a headlined defendant, a suspended police detective (Burt Reynolds) accused of murdering a shady night club owner. Everyone believes Reynolds did it _ everyone except Russell. She leaps into the investigation, putting herself at peril from the many desperate figures who had good reason to knock off the club owner. She also finds herself torn between the slovenly but appealing Reynolds and her stockbroker housemate, Ted McGinley. You can take your pick of suspects: Kenneth Welsh as a smooth mobster; Ray Baker, a cop on the take; Tom O'Brien, the deceased man's unmourning son; Kay Lenz, perhaps a blackmail victim. And more. These films are usually more fun in the playing than in the payoff, and ``Physical Evidence'' is no exception. Bill Phillips' script provides a climactic body count of six and no great surprises. Michael Crichton, generally associated with science fiction (``Westworld,'' ``Coma''), directed the film with a fast pace and an eye for offbeat characters. Some of his observations are wry, particularly the yuppie lifestyle of Russell and McGinley. The opening sequence is a corker: a would-be suicide ends up dangling from a bridge with a corpse in his hands. Unfortunately, that is the most exciting part of the movie. Reynolds has admitted that ``Physical Evidence'' represents a change of character for him; he plays a not too lovable ex-cop who has lost control of his life and his destiny. He pulls it off in good style, retaining the cynical wisecracks while exhibiting more character than he has since ``Deliverance.'' Theresa Russell, impressive as the husband killer in ``Black Widow,'' remains totally in charge of her role as the dedicated lawyer. Ned Beatty plays the devious prosecutor in his usual style, and the rest of the cast offer an intriguing gallery of no-goods. The Columbia Pictures release was produced by Martin Ransohoff and is enhanced by a Henry Mancini score. The rating is R for language and violence. Running time: 99 minutes. _ By Bob Thomas, Associated Press Writer. ``Mississippi Burning'': In the summer of 1964, young men and women from around the nation poured into Mississippi to take part in ``Freedom Summer,'' a concerted effort to register black voters in the segregated state. One was 20-year-old Andrew Goodman, a student at Queens College. On June 21, Goodman and two members of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), Michael Schwerner and James Chaney, drove to the town of Lawndale where a black church had been burned. They never returned. They were stopped for speeding near Philadelphia and jailed for several hours on bogus charges. After being released that night, the workers failed to call in. After an extensive search, involving the FBI and 200 sailors, and a tip from a ``Mr. X,'' the bodies were discovered Aug. 4 on a farm outside of Philadelphia. A fictionalized account of the murder of those three young volunteers is unraveled in Alan Parker's ``Mississippi Burning.'' The movie is by no means an accurate or riveting account of that strange and horrendous period in American history. Rather, it is a detective story that boils down to the typical Hollywood good cop-bad cop treatment. It is male bonding redux. Parker focuses on two FBI agents sent to Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of the civil rights workers. Ward (Willem Dafoe) is the upstanding, neatly suited partner who plays things by the book. Anderson (Gene Hackman) is a redneck and a maverick. He does things his way and has a short fuse. Their search, and Anderson's seething tensions are relentless. Through plot twists that suspend belief, they discover the bodies and peel away the facade of white Southern virtue, exposing it as an ugly, oozing canker sore. Parker almost has his audience cheering for the wonderful FBI. Bring back Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Canonize J. Edgar Hoover. But the reality is that the FBI was more a harassment to blacks and sympathetic whites during the civil rights struggle than heroic knight. The movie also overlooks those who were at the very helm of the movement and who led and suffered through that summer. Blacks are mere pimples on the landscape in Parker's thinking; they stand by and do nothing. They have no passions, no aggressions, no thoughts. The strength of ``Mississippi Burning'' is not its shallow look at segregation, but its performances, especially by Hackman. His portrayal of Anderson is perhaps the best in his career. He steamrolls through the movie with volcanic force, filling the theater with a crackling tension. Dafoe is, by necessity, the antithesis, and he delivers well. Taken as a detective film, ``Mississippi Burning'' (the FBI file name for the case), is a fine piece of entertainment. But don't expect a credible history lesson. The Orion Pictures release was produced by Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry. The movie is rated R. _ 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 for Release Anytime AP890206-0221 AP-NR-02-06-89 2158EST a e BC-WKD--HomeVideo Adv00 02-06 0599 BC-WKD--Home Video, Adv00,0631 $Adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Video View: Home Video Reviews ``Horse Feathers'' (MCA Home Video. VHS-Beta, $29.95. No Rating) Even in this era of glasnost, ``Horse Feathers'' proves that Marx still reigns supreme: Marx a la Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo. Marxism according to Minnie's Boys was always more akin to anarchism, of course, starting with the title of this 1932 classic which naturally bears no relationship whatsoever to the film's goings-on. ``Horse Feathers'' takes us to Huxley College, a school so desperate for a winning football season that it names Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff as its president. The good professor, played by Groucho, quickly spells out his program for the school's revival in one of the funniest musical bits ever filmed: ``I don't know what they have to say, ``It makes no difference anyway, ``Whatever it is, I'm against it! ``No matter what it is or who commenc'd it, ``I'm against it!'' As with all Marx Brothers movies, it gives away nothing to say that insanity prevails, Huxley whips the bad guys on the football field and Groucho, Harpo and Chico commit trigamy with the campus femme fatale known as ``the college widow.'' For trivia collectors, said widow is played by Thelma Todd, a comedian who in real life died a violent underworld-related death three years after this movie was made. With the madcap S.J. Perelman as scriptwriter along with Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby, ``Horse Feathers'' was destined to be one of the funniest Marx Brothers films, which is to say, one of the funniest by anyone at anytime. It easily ranks with the Marx's ``Monkey Business'' and ``Duck Soup.'' Groucho, always at the center of the antics, is perhaps a little nastier than usual and that's just how we like it. Watch his scene in the canoe, for example, wooeing the comely Todd with his guitar. Enough said. ``Horse Feathers'' is 69 minutes of non-stop hilarity. _ By Lee Mitgang, Associated Press Writer. ``Slipping Into Darkness'' (Virgin Vision. VHS-Beta, $79.95. Rated R) This movie is so bad there isn't a funny way to review it. And there's something scary, too. Read the box: ``Three bored college girls are looking for excitement in a one-horse town when a careless joyride ends in the gruesome death of a young boy. Because no one admits responsibility, the boy's brother swears to solve the crime.'' Right. You get this odious piece of anti-female trash thinking, ``Well, hey, it looks schlocky and stupid but at least I'll see shock horror beach party sex biker bimbos on parade.'' And pasteboard characters, ludicrous situations and unrealistic behavior that's kind of a savage ``Carry On...'' movie. This utterly mean, nasty, hateful movie reeks with contempt for women and sullen hatred for men. The objects of its sexual violence are stupid or perverse women and the objects of its mutilating butchery are men. Then you find out that a woman, Eleanor Gaver, wrote and directed it. This movie is pornography without the dignity of honest exercise. _ By Scott Williams, Associated Press Writer 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 AP890206-0222 AP-NR-02-06-89 2158EST a e BC-WKD--RecordReviews Adv00 02-06 0518 BC-WKD--Record Reviews, Adv 00,0540 $Adv00 For Release Anytime AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS In the Groove: Record Reviews ``Reach For The Sky'' (Atlantic) _ Ratt ``Quiet Riot'' (Pasha) _ Quiet Riot Why is it that guys in heavy metal bands always have permed hair? Maybe it's the decibels of sound they crank out of their guitars, or maybe it's just to get a little variety in their lives. Because there sure isn't much variety in the music. Of these two heavy metal bands, Ratt's effort is the more imaginative _ the band actually uses horns and a harmonica on one bluesy tune, ``Way Cool Jr.'' And Quiet Riot, with a revamped lineup, is the more pop-oriented; ``I'm Fallin''' is actually kind of bouncy. But otherwise, the music and lyrics follow the well-worn, tyrannosaurus-like heavy metal footsteps on both ``Reach for the Sky'' and ``Quiet Riot.'' There's the loud, foursquare thump-thump-thump-thump of the bass and drums, the themes of sex, domination, misogyny, partyin' and wonderin' why that evil woman up and left. There's the guitar solos _ always guitar solos _ reaching ever new levels of speed and showing off the soloist's digital dexterity. And the high, scratchy vocals from the stud-lead singers over it all. No deviation is allowed from the heavy metal form, and Ratt and Quiet Riot don't dare take a chance. While they sing about being the ``King of the Hill'' (Quiet Riot), or lay down the law on ``Bottom Line'' (Ratt), they remain shackled to the limits of their music. Like the hair on their heads, it's permanent. _ By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer. Smetana ``Ma Vlast'' (My Country) a Supraphon compact disk. Jiri Belohlavek conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. This recording of Smetana's cycle of symphonic poems was made from a live performance during the Prague spring music festival last year. The orchestra and conductor, who obviously know their stuff, offer authentic and exciting interpretations of the music, some of it familiar and some not so. It's nice to hear the more popular excerpts _ the ``Moldau'' and ``From Bohemia's Woods and Fields'' _ set in the context of the other pieces, all of which retell the glory and downfall of the Bohemian people. From CBS Masterworks, some recent entries in the Digital Masters Series, compact disk versions of previously released recordings: _ Tchaikovsky: The Great Symphonies. The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel. This three-disk collection offers vibrant, muscular renditions of the brooding Russian master's 4th, 5th and 6th Symphonies. Because of the additional playing time gained in the transfer from LP to compact disk, each symphony comes with a bonus. No. 4 includes Prokofiev's ``Lieutenant Kije Suite''; No. 5 is paired with Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 (The Classical Symphony); and No. 6 is followed by two Tchaikovsky hardy perennials _ the Marche Slav and the 1812 Overture. _ Beethoven Symphonies No. 7 and 8, crisp, authoritative performances by the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. _ By Mike Silverman, Associated Press Writer. End Adv for Release Anytime AP890206-0223 AP-NR-02-06-89 2159EST a e BC-WKD--Golino Adv17-19 02-06 0910 BC-WKD--Golino, Adv 17-19,0931 $Adv17 $Adv18 $Adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 and Thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Star Watch: Accidental Stardom By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) In her first two American films, Italian-born Valeria Golino has had a dizzying contrast of lovers: Pee-wee Herman and Tom Cruise. First came ``Pee-wee's Big Top,'' in which she played the circus aerialist who wins the heart of the little guy in the tight suit. The comedy didn't exactly overload the nation's box offices, but her next film did. In ``Rain Man,'' the season's reigning box-office champ, she is Cruise's secretary and bedmate. Golino, 22, is unexpectedly modest about her work in ``Rain Man.'' ``I am proud to be in the movie, but I am not in it very much,'' the dark beauty said. ``But that is good. The relation is between the two of them (Cruise and Dustin Hoffman). That's what the movie is about: the relationship of two brothers. If I was there all the time, I would have been in an awkward position. Or I would have had to be arguing with (Cruise) all the time. So I had to leave.'' Golino worked in the Los Angeles scenes, as well as the locations in Cincinnati and Las Vegas, but she missed the middle portion in Oklahoma. ``There was something about Cincinnati that I liked: the people, the architecture,'' she commented. ``Las Vegas? It was fun, but two weeks and a half in Caesar's Palace was too much. There is something about the sound that gets you. You go in the rooms and you're like in a cage. There are things on the windows to keep people from jumping out. But you can have fun.'' Valeria Golino's ascent to stardom appears to have resulted from a series of happy accidents. ``I started as a model in Rome when I was 14{ or 15,'' she said. ``I was not planning to be an actress. Then I met (director) Lina Wertmuller, and she said, `You are going to be in this movie.' It was not an easy thing for me. To work with someone like Lina, who is a wild woman, for the first time, it was kind of shocking. ``I said, `I thought this was glamour, and this is hell!' She was very tough to me. She is very affectionate, also very severe. But after the first movie, I decided this was what I wanted to do.'' She appeared in 11 Italian films, earning the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for ``Love Story.'' The producers of ``Big Top Pee-wee'' saw one of her films and brought her to Hollywood for a screen test. ``When I came here, I didn't know who Pee-wee Herman was or Randal Kleiser, the director,'' she recalled. ``In the beginning I didn't want to do the movie; I had never done comedy before. ``Then I saw Pee-wee's first movie, and there was something about him that made me say, `I can do this.' There was something about the way he moved, his character, that was so different, so original. I said, `That's not going to be ``Police Academy.'' It's going to be a comedy.''' How did she land ``Rain Man''? ``In the most traditional way possible. My agent called me and said, `There is a movie with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.' I said, `What?' He said, `The role is written for an American girl. Now they're not sure. Let's give it a try.''' The actress made a good impression on the casting director. She read scenes twice for the director, Barry Levinson, then with Tom Cruise. Having finished ``Big Top Pee-wee,'' she flew home to Rome, then was asked to return to read once more with Cruise, then with Cruise and Hoffman. ``I've never done so much reading for such a small role,'' she said. The script was rewritten to accommodate her accent; since Cruise imported Italian cars, she could logically be his secretary-interpreter. How was working with Cruise? ``It was much more interesting than I imagined,'' she said. ``For the first moment I met him, I understood that this guy was great. He wasn't like anything I thought before. Always we have big prejudice when someone has big success: He must be an unbearable human being. So I found myself in front of a nice _ in the most full meaning of the word _ really nice guy, a gentleman.'' And Hoffman? ``Unfortunately, the only thing I got to work with him on was in the elevator (where she tries to teach him to dance). It was a delicate scene to do because it could have looked very easily like seduction. It was a naive way of trying to make him happy because his date hadn't arrived. ``Dustin, like DeNiro, is one of the totems of films. Even though I had a small role, it was worth it to be around him to see how he moved, how he reacted. To me it was like going to acting school.'' Golino, who speaks English as well as Greek, French and her native Italian, recently completed ``Torrents of Spring'' with Timothy Hutton. Even though she is now in demand, she doesn't plan to settle in Hollywood. ``I like to work here, but I wouldn't want to live here,'' she said. ``I always want to know I can go home to Rome and Europe.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 AP890206-0224 AP-NR-02-06-89 2200EST a e BC-WKD--Composers Adv17-19 02-06 1203 BC-WKD--Composers, Adv 17-19,1235 $Adv17 $Adv18 $Adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 and Thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS The Artists: A Glimpse at Composers' Lives By KARIN LAUB Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) Austrian composer Gustav Mahler was plagued by depression, self-pity and writer's block as a young man, according to Mahler letters recently acquired by Jerusalem's Hebrew University. Letters by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, also part of the new collection, show he couldn't handle money, but was a family man who wrote glowing descriptions of his wife nursing their son. Some of the letters have never been published. ``They will now enlighten several aspects of the composers' lives,'' said Iaacov Ghelman, head of the university's music department. In addition to 67 letters by Mendelssohn and 46 by Mahler, the correspondence also includes communications from Jacques Offenbach, Ernst Bloch, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Halevy and Arnold Schoenberg. The letters were donated by the widow of New York collector Otto Lobbenberg. The letters written by the young Mahler, who was born July 7, 1860 as the son of a Jewish peddler in Austrian Bohemia, reveal a man in emotional turmoil. Writing to Anton Krisper, a friend from composing class at the Vienna Conservatory, the 19-year-old Mahler described in a Feb. 14, 1880, letter how he procrastinated instead of composing. ``I spent most of my time to indulge in sweet suffering in the most wasteful way. ... I lived in my dreams and dreamt while awake,'' Mahler wrote, adding later: ``I'll have to taste all the sorrows of this world, and won't be spared a single one.'' Mahler's letters to Krisper, most written in the spring of 1880, are filled with yearning for the absent friend. Sitting in their old haunt, Vienna's Cafe Imperial, Mahler wrote an undated letter on cafe stationary: ``I just arrived in Vienna and immediately went to the place where we shared so much suffering and joy. My thoughts only revolve around you.'' On March 14, 1880, he wrote to Krisper: ``I'm so lonely, and I don't know how much longer I will be able to bear it.'' Mahler's early years were also marked by restlessness. ``I've been in Vienna for three months, and in addition to various hotels, have already lived in five apartments. You can imagine what that does to my work,'' Mahler wrote to Krisper in January 1883. ``Again, the crying of some little kid is bothering me,'' Mahler wrote of his abode at the time, adding that despite the distractions, he had completed the first act of ``Ruebezahl,'' an opera for which he composed some music in the 1880s. Mahler initially made his name not as a composer, but as a conductor, leading orchestras in Prague, Leipzig, Budapest, Hamburg and Vienna. In between conducting, he composed nine symphonies (the 10th unfinished) as well as several songs and song cycles. The letters of Mahler in later years contained in the collection focus more on business than on his personal life as he arranged concerts, hired artists and quarreled with theater directors. But in a Dec. 9, 1893, letter to Natalie Bauer-Lechner, a friend, Mahler expressed deep concern for his younger brother, Otto, whom he supported financially and tried to advance as a musician. ``Dear Natalie,'' wrote Mahler, the second of 14 children and the oldest of six to survive childhood. ``Today I received a letter from Otto in which, with his usual grandeur, he told me with dignity that I insulted him, and that he could no longer accept my support.'' Mahler asked Natalie to find out discreetly whether Otto would manage. ``I can't very well answer him since this is the way he feels, but I don't want him to go hungry or suffer,'' Mahler wrote. Otto committed suicide two years later in Vienna. The climax of Mahler's career came in 1897 when he was named conductor of the Vienna Court Opera. He was baptized a Catholic just before the appointment because at the time non-Catholics were barred from holding important official positions. In his letters, Mahler made no reference to either religion, suggesting that the conversion for him was just a formality. Mendelssohn, a member of an illustrious German Jewish family, was baptized as a 7-year-old in 1816, along with his three siblings. His parents converted to Christianity six years later. As an outward sign of conversion, the family added the surname Bartholdy which, according to music publications, was that of the owners of a garden site purchased by a Mendelssohn's uncle. When Mendelssohn gave a series of concerts in London in 1829, he got in trouble with his father because concert flyers only referred to him as Mendelssohn. Apparently his father, Abraham, was anxious that the original surname by itself sounded too Jewish and he suggested at one time to his son that it be dropped altogether. The younger Mendelssohn responded in a letter dated July 16, 1829 that his English sponsors had promised to print the full name, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, but then reneged. ``I'm convinced it wasn't my fault,'' he wrote. ``I won't ignore your orders, but I certainly didn't do it on purpose.'' Mendelssohn described how after his arrival in England he was touted in a local magazine as the grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, the famous philospher of the Englightenment. ``From this moment, all the musicians called me Mendelssohn, and asked me about my grandfather and his works,'' he wrote. ``The people I met asked me about him and said nice things about him.'' While proud of his family heritage, Mendelssohn's new religion also found an expression both in his work and private life. He wrote choral music and six organ sonatas, and in one undated letter expressed his appreciation for spiritual music, praising a choir concert he attended in England. The performance ``recalled to me the effect of chorals when sung by the whole congregation and in a crowded church,'' he wrote. ``Being so free from any harshness of tone and shrieking sound, (something) one should not expect from such a mass of voices.'' In another letter, Mendelssohn asked an unnamed friend to be godfather to one of his sons, showing he apparently accepted his baptism as permanent. Several of the letters show Mendelssohn as a loving father and husband who took his family responsibilities seriously. On Feb. 2, 1838, one day before his 29th birthday, Mendelssohn wrote to German diplomat Karl Klingemann, a friend since the 1820s, to express his joy at the birth of a son. ``I wanted to tell you how I feel when my little son cries, and when Cecile holds him to her breast and looks at him calmly ... and she is so healthy and charming and good like an angel,'' he wrote. The obligations of fatherhood sparked a burst of creative energy in Mendelssohn, a prodigy who composed one of his most famous works, the overture to ``A Midsummer Night's Dream,'' at age 17. ``I'm in the middle of writing (composing), and I have to be industrious in these years to get ahead. I have obligations and also the desire to do it,'' Mendelssohn wrote to Klingemann. ``I could finish a new oratorium in one year.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 AP890206-0225 AP-NR-02-06-89 2201EST a e BC-WKD--Brown Adv17-19 02-06 0870 BC-WKD--Brown, Adv 17-19,0891 $Adv17 $Adv18 $Adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 and Thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Music Makers: Bobby Brown Takes His Perogative By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Bobby Brown had completed recording sessions in Los Angeles for his second solo album but felt something was missing. Seeking inspiration, he and producer Gene Griffin headed for New York. The result was ``My Perogative,'' a No. 1 smash off the million-selling ``Don't Be Cruel.'' ``I felt my album was lacking a strong, aggressive song and I thought, `Where better than New York to come up with it,''' said Brown, an original member of New Edition, one of the hottest groups of the 1980s. ``A lot of things had been said about Bobby Brown, why was he doing this (a solo career). It's my way of expressing to people it's your perogative to do as you want but make sure what you do is the right thing.'' Brown has erased any doubts about his decision to leave New Edition in 1987. Although he had originally planned to return to the group after one album, the success of ``Don't Be Cruel'' and his first solo record, ``King of Stage,'' have established him as a major star in his own right. ``None of these songs could have come by New Edition,'' Brown said. ``I wanted to express more of me. In a group you're limited. You have different roles'' Brown grew up in the same Boston ghetto of Roxbury as fellow New Edition members Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell and Ronnie DeVoe. They began singing together in 1981 when Brown was just 13, and made their debut in a matinee performance at Boston's High Hat club. ``We sang a Jackson Five number,'' Brown recalled. ``It was the start of something big. We enjoyed performing together and we used to go around to the matinee clubs. We were the ones out of the neighborthood who took the time to try and do something better for ourselves. The Jackson Five would loom large in the early days of New Edition. Not only were they both five-man vocal groups barely into their teens, but New Edition's breakthrough hit in 1983, ``Candy Girl,'' had an uncanny resemblance to Jackson 5 songs such as ``ABC'' and ``The Love You Save.'' The groups had something else in common: fans, devoted ones. ``In one town, it got totally out of hand and we all ended up in the hospital,'' Brown said. ``We were going to the show and when our car pulled up a gentleman we thought was with the organizers told us to go through this door. ``But it was the wrong door. The audience turned around and saw us and they started chasing us. We were terrified.'' There were further hit records and sold-out shows, but New Edition would run into legal problems when producer Maurice Starr filed suit, claiming he had legal rights to the group's name. Although a Boston judge ruled in New Edition's favor, Brown decided in 1987 to go out on his own. ``It was time for a direction change,'' Brown said. ``I loved the group and we will be friends forever but I would catch myself going into my own thing at times on stage. I have a real energetic type of personality. They were going for all-American boys so to speak. I wanted to express more to my audience.'' But Brown admitted that the decision took its toll emotionally. ``Yeah, it was tough. It took a lot of going over, a lot of getting used to. It wasn't an easy decision by no means. They took it as well as could be expected. We left in good standing.'' His first solo album came out in 1987 and contained the single, ``Girl Friend,'' which topped the R&B charts. But on stage, at least, some adjusting was necessary. ``I went on a tour with Ready for the World. I got up there and I was going through a New Edition song like `Mr. Telephone Man' and I would start anticipating that Ralph would come in for his part,'' he said. ``It didn't take me a real long time to get over that feeling.'' ``Don't Be Cruel,'' a mixture of uptempo tracks and ballads, has established Brown as a major crossover artist at a time, ironically, that New Edition's latest album is also topping the charts. The singer's desire to let people see the ``real'' Bobby Brown was tested by the title track. ``The people in the studio had seen a girl I had brought to the rehearsals,'' Brown said. ``They got a feeling that she was being cruel to me. The song was devised around that. I knew it was a good tune.'' But Brown didn't anticipate the song reaching the Top 5 or the album becoming one of the year's biggest sellers. The singer called it a ``pleasant surprise.'' ``To tell you the truth, I was hoping for a single platinum. That would have been a feat that I would have loved to have attained. Now being multi-platinum is inconceivable. I'm still overwhelmed at the numbers.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 AP890206-0226 AP-NR-02-06-89 2202EST a e BC-WKD--Mukherjee Adv17-19 02-06 0931 BC-WKD--Mukherjee, Adv 17-19,0948 $Adv17 $Adv18 $Adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 and Thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Books and Authors: Bharati Mukherjee Speaks for America's New Immigrants By GENEVA COLLINS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) They are not the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. They are Oxford-educated professors from India, wealthy families chased from Idi Amin's Uganda, factory owners fleeing Afghanistan's upheavals. They are America's new immigrants, arriving via Concorde, not a refugee boat. They have found a voice in Bharati Mukherjee, a self-described Hindu Bengali Brahmin who was raised in affluence in Bombay, India, educated in British and Swiss schools before receiving a master's and doctorate at the University of Iowa, and who last year became an American citizen. In January, her sixth book, ``The Middleman and Other Stories'' (Grove Press, $15.95), won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award. The honor has been gratifying for two reasons, she said in a recent interview. First, it has put the book, published last spring, back on the shelves. But far more importantly, she said, it has shown a ``marvelous curiosity and adventurousness'' on the part of the literary establishment to select such an unconventional book. ``A country that allows a writer from a minority community or a marginalized group to be included as a voice in mainstream American literature _ now that's a tribute to the country,'' said Mukherjee, a slight, thoughtful woman with a relaxed laugh and exquisite poise during the interview at The Associated Press offices. She was asked if she chose the title ``The Middleman'' because immigrants are, in effect, middlemen _ shuttling between their native and adopted countries. ``Immigrants are middlemen, and I also feel that America is going through transition, that the country has changed since the 1970s with the fast influx of immigrants from non-traditional countries,'' she said. ``We are in many ways similar to the European, and especially the Jewish, influx of 30 to 40 years ago. But in many significant ways, we who are coming from Asia and the Caribbean are very dissimilar, very distinct. ... ``For many of my characters, as it was for me, coming to America is a social comedown. I had a life of ease and privilege which I have chosen to not to want to continue by living in the United States _ a social demotion. I'll never have that kind of money and physical comfort in this country.'' Mukherjee, 48, who has lived in North America for 28 years, has wholeheartedly embraced the United States. She said she thinks of this collection of short stories as ``my tribute to America. This is finally my very American book, and I want the exuberance to reflect the kind of exuberance that this country has released in me that none of the countries I have lived in have.'' While studying at the University of Iowa, Mukherjee met and married Clark Blaise, a novelist, and the two moved to Canada in 1968 to teach and write. They both became Canadian citizens, but left that country in the late '70s because of racial prejudice and physical harassment of foreigners there. The couple came to the United States and now live in New York City, where Mukherjee teaches full-time at Queens College and part-time at Columbia and New York universities. She has written two novels, ``The Tiger's Daughter'' and ``Wife,'' and a previous collection of short stories, ``Darkness.'' She also has collaborated on two non-fiction books with her husband, ``Days and Nights in Calcutta'' and ``The Sorrow and the Terror.'' The latter is about the 1985 Air India flight that crashed over Ireland, killing 329 people. ``The Middleman'' is a departure for her because she now feels comfortable adopting the persona of white Americans when needed. In fact, this collection's power lies in the enormous range of characters and locales so convincingly portrayed _ a Vietnam vet who becomes a hired killer in Florida, a Trinidad woman who sneaks into America from Canada and finds work as an au pair, a Sri Lankan high school teacher who gets stranded in West Germany, a young woman from a close Italian family trying to introduce her Afghan lover to her blue-collar parents. ``When I'm with Ro I feel I am looking at America through the wrong end of a telescope,'' thinks the woman with the Afghan lover in the story ``Orbiting.'' ``He makes it sound like a police state, with sudden raids, papers, detention centers, deportations, and torture and death waiting in the wings.'' Other characters see America as Disneyland, a nation of infinite plenty where adults act like overfed children. Mukherjee said she is not surprised at Americans' ignorance of events and geography beyond their borders. ``I remember as a kid in Calcutta, where we had to know street names in London and Paris ... because real life was lived elsewhere, and whatever life we lived was somewhat devalued by colonialism and post-colonialism. I envied Americans their insularity.'' America will learn about the rest of the world when geopolitical events force it to, she predicted. And perhaps the literary world's recognition of ``The Middleman'' is a small step toward increasing understanding of this new and different generation of immigrants. ``The people I'm writing about have had no voice in American literature,'' she said. ``And I think one of my tasks becomes sensitizing editors of magazines, saying, `Look, we all exist out there. The people you sit next to on the No. 7 train have enormous stories to tell.''' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 AP890206-0227 AP-NR-02-06-89 2203EST a e BC-WKD--Williams Adv17-19 02-06 0842 BC-WKD--Williams, Adv 17-19,0865 $Adv17 $Adv18 $Adv19 For Release Weekend Editions, Feb. 17-19 and Thereafter AP WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Nashville Sound: Hank Williams Jr. And Father Team Up By JOE EDWARDS Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) In a rare contemplative moment for country music thunderbolt Hank Williams Jr., he paused in his west Tennessee office and stared at the picture of his parents. He winked at his mother, then fixed his admiring gaze on his dad. ``Well,'' he said to the large photo showing his famous father. ``It looks like I've got a new singing partner and you're No. 1 again.'' Hank Williams Sr., a country music legend who died in 1953, and Hank Williams Jr. are finally a duet. Through the magic of technology, they sing together on the current song ``There's a Tear in My Beer.'' The previously unreleased song by the elder Williams was recently discovered, improved technologically and vocals by his 39-year-old son were added. The result is one of the most anticipated country music releases in years. ``It's a wonderful feeling to be singing along with him _ something I never thought possible,'' Williams said in an interview. ``To me, you are looking at two rockabilly stars that finally got together for one hot shot. It's just a very contented feeling.'' That's an apt description of Williams' entire career these days. He's country music's No. 1 act right now, having been voted entertainer of the year two straight times by the Country Music Association. He has a whopping five albums on the country music charts, including his ``Greatest Hits, Vol. 1,'' which has sold 2 million copies. His concerts _ 2{ hour marathons _ have set attendance records in several cities. Agents have said he commands up to $100,000 per show. His music reveals him to be an enduring explorer singing blues, hard-core country and rock 'n' roll. His concerts tingle with fury as he charges around stage, singing his blue-collar anthems and rapping with raucous fans who shout their salutes. His bold baritone celebrates the South with such songs as ``Dixie on My Mind,'' ``If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie'' and ``If the South Woulda Won.'' But his music is not entirely provincial. His ``A Country Boy Can Survive'' is about world tensions. ``Something to Believe In'' is about the struggles of the common man. He performs his high-voltage music by playing an array of instruments including guitar, banjo, fiddle, piano, steel guitar, harmonica and drums. ``I write songs that most of my fans can relate to, about everyday life,'' he said. ``I play six-seven instruments on stage, and they know if you are enjoying what you are doing.'' He's also had a turbo-charged lifestyle, having survived cocaine use, suicide attempts and a 500-foot fall off a Montana mountain in 1975 that required a year of anguished recovery. His ever present beard and sunglasses hide the stubborn scars. A spiffy cowboy hat tops off his commanding 6-foot-2 frame which tapers to gleaming cowboy boots. ``I don't sit around the penthouse and polish my nails,'' he said. Williams, who was just 3 when his father died, has recorded more than 50 albums. At one point in 1982, he had an unprecedented nine LPs on the country music charts. He made his first public performance at age 8 and was appearing on the road not long thereafter. He is a high school dropout. This year marks his 25th year as a recording artist. ``I'm proud of it,'' he said. ``The longevity has been good. It's hard to imagine all the good things that have happened in (just) the past eight years. And I aim high.'' He inherited a famous name from his father, who in the early 1950s was country music's top star with hits including ``Your Cheatin' Heart,'' ``I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'' and ``Hey Good Lookin'.'' But it wasn't until this decade that the younger Williams decided to carve his own style and not be a clone of his father. ``I just started doing what I wanted to do not that long ago,'' he said. ``All that before doesn't count in my book; I was just a kid; it was do this, do that. I was not that enamored with the music business then. It was all built in for me.'' He has used music videos to good advantage, enlisting rock 'n' roll stars Van Halen, comedians Cheech and Chong and pro football stars among dozens of other celebrities who have appeared in them. ``I call 'em up and say this is Bocephus (his nickname). I say do you want to do this thing. They say, `yes.' It amazes me,'' he said. He recently pondered what his father would say about his career. ``He'd say, `Boy, I knew you was going to do it all the time. I'm so proud of you; you got out there and did it the way you wanted to.' I think he would be pretty happy over it.'' End Adv for Weekend Editions, Feb 17-19 AP890206-0228 AP-NR-02-06-89 1212EST a a BC-EXP--AntarcticPolynyas Adv09 02-06 0990 BC-EXP--Antarctic Polynyas, Adv 09,1011 $adv09 For release Thursday, Feb. 9, and thereafter Scientists Studying Antarctic Ice Cap Holes For Climate Effects By WILLIAM C. HIDLAY Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Mysterious holes that periodically form in the ice covering Antarctic seas may serve as vents for excess heat and trapped gas, helping to shape the Earth's climate and influencing the ``greenhouse effect.'' These ice-free regions, some as large as France, weren't discovered until 1974 when scientists began examining new satellite images of Antarctica and the frozen ocean encircling it. Scientists don't know if the holes called polynyas existed before then or even how frequently they develop in the vast ice cover. Teams of scientists from the Soviet Union, the United States and West Germany have worked since 1981 to figure out how the holes form, what role they play in ocean circulation and how they affect the climate. Polynya (pronounced ``pa-lean-yah''') is a Russian word used to identify an area in an ice field that is persistently free of ice, said Arnold Gordon, a professor of physical oceanography at Columbia University in New York. Some oceanographers believe the Antarctic polynyas might play a role in the greenhouse effect that could have dire consequences in the coming century. As the world's largest oceans converge in an area unofficially named the Southern Ocean they expel heat from the tropical sun and probably some carbon dioxide from decaying fish and plants into the atmosphere, oceanographers say. ``This Antarctic zone region is very important to the global climate because this is where the ocean loses heat to the atmosphere,'' said Gordon, an authority on polynyas. Scientists believe that during the winter the polynyas act like vents to eliminate excess heat, and provide outlets for excess carbon dioxide that could kill marine life. Some scientists believe the greenhouse effect is caused by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from tropical deforestation and burning fossil fuels. Polynyas, by venting carbon dioxide, also may be ``acting like our burning of fossil fuels and putting more CO2 in the atmosphere and contributing to the greenhouse effect warming of the climate,'' Gordon said. ``That's why it's most critical that we know in the future what causes the polynya, what effect the heat and CO2 flux has on the greenhouse effect and how might that be changed in the future as the earth's atmosphere warms up.'' In a search for those answers, Gordon has visited Antarctica twice during the Southern Hemisphere's winter. He went in 1981 with Soviet scientists from the Arctic-Antarctic Research Institute in Leningrad, and in 1986 with a West German team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven. U.S., Soviet and West German scientists plan this summer to sample ice and water at varying depths near a large underwater ridge called Maud Rise. Scientists believe this ridge and others in the ocean floor may help create polynyas by pushing warmer water from the bottom up to the ice cover, where it melts the ice or prevents it from forming, Gordon said. Polynyas also may develop because of the Antarctic region's role in global ocean circulation, Gordon and Josefino C. Comiso, a physical scientist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, reported in Scientific American. ``The exchanges of energy, water and gases between the ocean and the atmosphere around Antarctica have a major role in determining the large-scale motion, temperature and chemical composition of the ocean and atmosphere throughout the globe,'' Gordon and Comiso said in their June report. When the sun warms the oceans in the tropics and sub-tropics, ``the warm water mixes downward by vertical turbulence _ the heat from the upper layers is carried down by turbulence to the deep ocean,'' Gordon says. The warm water is drawn to Antartica by a complex process called wind-induced vertical upwelling: as the wind blows the upper 300 feet of water northward from Antarctica, it is replaced by the warmer, deeper water, ``like a giant conveyer belt.'' Scientists have identified two types of polynyas in the ice blanket that can cover an area up to twice the size of the continental United States. Coastal polynyas ``are essentially sea-ice factories,'' Gordon and Comiso wrote. They develop when strong local winds blow ice away from the shoreline and remain unfrozen as warm water surges up from the bottom. ``This exposes an area of open ocean on which more ice can form, continuing the process.'' Open-ocean polynyas form in the middle of the vast ice cover on the ocean around Antarctica and could ``have a great effect on the chemistry and climate of the atmosphere and the deep ocean worldwide,'' Gordon and Comiso wrote. But they ``occur irregularly and at this point are unpredictable,'' Gordon said. Scientists believe small polynyas _ about 40 square miles _ probably form for several weeks during the Antarctic winter and then inexplicably disappear, but they've also discovered much larger holes in the ice. ``They are so big that you cannot really think they do not have any impact at all'' on the Earth's climate, Comiso said in a telephone interview. In 1974, oceanographers found a polynya about the size of France in the Weddell Sea's ice cover. During the summer, the ice melted, as it usually does, but in the winter of 1975 the giant polynya mysteriously reformed in just about the same area. It disappeared again during the summer and reappeared in 1976. In 1977, it didn't return. Smaller polynyas have developed for several weeks since then in the same area, but the mammoth one hasn't returned. Another large polynya _ 36,000 square kilometers _ has been observed since in the Cosmonaut Sea, also in an area of a large undersea ridge, Gordon said. ``The real question,'' he said, ``is what causes these really big ones, because those are the ones that will have a major impact on the climate.'' End Adv for Feb. 9 AP890206-0229 AP-NR-02-06-89 1214EST a a BC-EXP--RoboticSurgery Adv09 02-06 0544 BC-EXP--Robotic Surgery, Adv 09,0555 $adv09 For release Thursday, Feb. 9, and thereafter Surgeon Hopes to Use Robot For Surgery By Remote Control By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A robot surgeon that mimics and ``downsizes'' human movements could be more precise than the doctors guiding it, says a surgeon who hopes one day to perform the most delicate eye operations by remote control. Dr. Steve Charles, who has been working on his robot for about a year, expects in another year to have equipment ready for testing on dummy eyes in the operating room. Charles, 46, says he has spent about $300,000 so far. ``Nobody else now is working on robotics operated by a human being where it mimics his motions but downsizes them,'' he said. Charles' system, which uses three groups of machines and supporting computers, would allow a doctor to view his patient's eye on a TV screen while performing surgical movements with tools similar in concept to joysticks used for video games. Small mechanical arms would actually perform the surgery. ``One (group) would be analogous to a person's head and eye muscles that positions the microscope,'' he said. ``The other two robots position the surgical tools to work on a dummy head with dummy eyes in it.'' Charles, an engineering student in undergraduate school, specializes in microsurgery that can require removal of tiny scars from a patient's retina. He said the equipment could be adapted to other delicate surgery, as well. ``Robots that are manually operated now are for things like fixing up nuclear reactors, picking up submarine parts at the bottom of the ocean or black boxes after airplane crashes, the hazardous environment stuff,'' Charles said. ``They're like great big gorillas. Now, we'll have a guy that is more precise than the most precise watchmaker or surgeon ever was.'' He hopes his robot also will let a surgeon operate on a patient hundreds or thousands of miles away _ in remote areas or on a space station, for example. A medical team would be required on the scene to set up the equipment and monitor the patient, but the surgeon could be elsewhere. Charles has set up the Center for Engineering Applications to pursue his robot project and signed up Roy Williams, an electrical engineer to handle the day-to-day lab work. The project has attracted assistance from engineers and physicians around the country, including specialists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Air Force, he said. Charles, a member of the surgical staff at Baptist Hospital here, has gotten a $300,000 grant from the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation and is looking for further assistance from government grants or foundations. ``It's the kind of thing that will never get finished,'' he said. ``It will be evolving with better performance every year. We anticipate a budget that ultimately will approach the range of $3 million to $4 million a year. ``This is public domain stuff. This is not an entrepreneurial effort on my part.'' Much of the progress on developing the equipment will depend on continued advances in small-motor technology and related fields, he said. Specialists in those areas say research on small-motor technology is a growth industry. End Adv for Feb. 2 AP890206-0230 AP-NR-02-06-89 1426EST a a BC-EXP--Briefs Adv09 02-06 0715 BC-EXP--Briefs, Adv 09,0741 $adv09 For release Thursday Feb. 9, and thereafter Winemaking Still an Art, Science Convention Told SAN FRANCISCO (AP) California wines, among the most manipulated in the world, are heavily in debt to science for their quality. Winemaking, of course, will always be an art, said Barry Jackson, president of thhe Harmony Wine Co. ``A winemaker is primarily a stylist.'' It remains for the winemaker to arrive at the crucial decisions: when to harvest, what type of grape, how long to age it and whether in steel or wood, Jackson told the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Still, science has opened new understanding of the way grapes grow and how they can flavor the wine, said Don Williams of Robert Mondavi Winery. ``We've only recently learned that we can control flavor at the grape level.'' In the next few years, said Williams, California's traditional bushy vines during the growing season might be replaced by configurations including narrow leaf-walls _ to better control the sunlight received by the vines. Before and during the growing season, winemakers will go into the vineyards to try to engineer vines and leaves for sunlight and shade to produce grapes with character, color, varietal intensity, flavor and aroma. For example, a sunlight-starved vine will produce overly herbaceous wines; grapes that have gotten lots of sun produce brighter wines with berry flavors. Other elements in wine flavor aren't so easily explained. A few years ago, at a Napa Valley tasting, judges found a wine with overtones of eucalyptus _ they learned that a large stand of eucalyptus trees grew near the vineyard. Scientists Investigating Applications Of Solar Pump GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) A solar-powered pump thhat tracks the sun through the sky with an array of mirrors could be useful for irrigating fields and in out-of-the-way places where maintenance is difficult. A 36-square-foot array could provide power to pump 16,000 gallons of water a day, enough to irrigate 5 to 10 acres, said Khanh Dinh of Alachua, who began developing the pump after he left Vietnam in 1975 and got a $75,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant for the project in 1982. Vietnamese farmers need an effective way to irrigate rice paddies without using diesel-fueled pumps. Dinh said his pump would cost about $5,000, compared with about $1,000 for a diesel pump. Over 10 years, he estimated the diesel pump would cost $13,000 in fuel and maintenance; the solar pump would need little maintenance. University of Florida researchers are monitoring Dinh's pump before hooking it to an actual irrigation system. Irrigating farm fields requires a constanst flow of water, which is difficult for a solar system, said Dorota Haman, an assistant professor in the Agricultural Engineering Department. Agricultural engineering professor C. Direlle Baird said much work needs to be done before the pump would be effective for irrigation. A battery system to store energy for when the sun is obscured might be too costly, he said. Dihn said his design effectively doubles the collection capability of the solar panels. He also sees potential uses outside agriculture. The South Florida Water Management District is considering a solar pump in the Everglades, where diesel and electric pumps are difficult to maintain. Expedition To Vietnam Planned To Study Cranes BARABOO, Wis. (AP) A group of scientists is heading later this month to Vietnam to study the world's tallest flying bird, the Sarus crane, as it moves slowly back into its war-ravaged Mekong Delta habitat. The cranes, some of them six feet tall, have been returning to a wetlands 200 miles west of Ho Chi Minh City that had been drained and bombed during the Vietnam War, said International Crane Foundation director George Archibald. During the Feb. 28-March 15 expedition, Archibald and other scientists hope to use banding to determine where the birds fly to breed in spring and summer. Archibald visited Vietnam last winter, and scientists from the University of Hanoi visited Baraboo in September to learn about the foundation. ``What Wisconsin is doing to protect wildlife is all very new for them. For example, they didn't know there are certain protected areas where people can't go. Now they understand the habitat has to be properly managed,'' he said. End Adv for Feb. 9 AP890206-0231 AP-NR-02-06-89 1427EST a a BC-EXP--AIDS-Sexuality Adv09 02-06 0375 BC-EXP--AIDS-Sexuality, Adv 09,0386 $adv09 For release Thursday Feb. 9, and thereafter Sex Therapists Face Ethical Dilemma With AIDS-Infected Patients By LEE SIEGEL AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) AIDS is forcing sex therapists to confront new ethical issues in deciding how to treat patients who also are infected by the virus. ``Do we as physicians have the right to withhold treatment of sexual dysfunction in patients who have a potentially lethal disease?'' Dr. Brenda Lightfoote-Young, of the Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital, asked in January's issue of The Western Journal of Medicine. The ethical dilemma was illustrated by the case of a 55-year-old AIDS-infected man who was unable to have an erection because of circulation problems stemming from diabetes. Before the man's AIDS infection was diagnosed, a sex therapy clinic had promised him a device that would help him achieve and maintain erections so he could have sex. After it was revealed the man carried the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus, he complained that clinic staff members were stalling him. ``This patient had frequented bathhouses before his positive (AIDS) test and was ambivalent regarding his sexual practices in the future,'' Lightfoote-Young wrote in a letter to the journal. ``He made no commitment ... to use his newly functional penis inside a condom.'' The man got the device after promising to wear a condom and inform any sex partners that he was infected, she said in an interview. His case not only raises the question of whether doctors should withhold treatment for such people's sexual disorders, but also whether treatment should be provided only if patients promise to engage only ``safe'' sexual activities that won't spread the virus to other people. Among the questions it raises, said Lightfoote-Young, are, ``By what measure can we be responsible if a patient does infect another person while using a device to enhance sexual function? ``If we do not treat sexual dysfunction in (AIDS-infected) patients, are we infringing upon the rights of the individual, as this patient alleged? ``And what of society and our responsibility to the health of potential partners? Are the patient's verbal assurances sufficient, or does there need to be a formal psychiatric assessment of a patient's stability and reliability?'' End Adv for Feb. 9 AP890206-0232 AP-NR-02-06-89 2204EST a a BC-EXP--TestFishing Adv09 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0644 BC-EXP--Test Fishing, Adv 09, 1st Ld-Writethru, b0974,0654 $adv09 For release Thursday, Feb. 9, and thereafter Scientists Trace Salmon Runs For Catch, Conservation Eds: SUBS lead to restore dropped letter in dateline By JIM KLAHN Associatd Press Writer KINGSTON, Wash. (AP) Under a bright winter sun off Apple Cove Point in Puget Sound, Miss Melanie's crew hauled in the seine and dumped a catch of chum salmon on the deck. The net was far from full, but there was no disappointment. These salmon were meant for laboratories, not dinner tables, and the crew would be paid no matter the size of the catch. They only needed 200 chum under the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission contract. The fish were cut into samples instead of steaks so biologists can learn more about the dozens of runs of chum returning to Puget Sound streams, and so fisheries managers can try to maximize the catch on strong runs, and protect weak stocks by ordering closures for specific times and places. The northern sound, where it meets Admiralty Inlet is ``a big stock area, with a wide mix of different species of salmon from different parts of Puget Sound and Hood Canal,'' said biologist Mike Messenger. ``Nobody really has a handle on what that mixture is.'' Aboard the 55-foot Miss Melanie, the chum were hefted onto a cutting table. Susan Bishop, the Indian fisheries commission's biologist in charge, sliced the fish. ``We collect scales, record the length of the fish and its sex, as well as take tissue samples. We take muscle tissue, and heart and liver tissue.'' The salmon species _ chinook or king, coho or silver, sockeye, pink and chum _ sex and age go into a database used to determine the catches that will be allowed next season. Test fisheries conducted during the seasons between spring and fall will allow catch limits to be changed mid-season. Besides that primary information, collection of biological samples gives scientists much more complete data on the stream-by-stream abundance of salmon runs, through a process called ``genetic stock identification.'' The samples are quickly frozen on dry ice and taken to a state Department of Fisheries lab, where they are pureed together in a blender. The proteins are removed and put in a dyed gel, and an electrical field is applied. The proteins leave distinctive patterns in the gel because each accepts a charge differntly. With chum, stocks from each stream of origin have differing proteins, so the numbers of fish from each stream can be calculated. The ``base line'' for comparisons is established from chum salmon collected from the rivers. ``You can break it down into fine details,'' said Ms. Bishop. ``For instance, you can break it down to the Nisqually River.'' But salmon run estimates will remain an imprecise science with a resource that travels thousands of miles over years before it returns to a home stream. ``They won't hold still so we can count 'em,'' said Dennis Austin, chief of harvest management for the Department of Fisheries. ``It's not like a bunch of oysters.'' Genetic stock identification is only one of the tools used to track fish through their life cycle from stream to ocean to stream. Others include tagging with coded wires inserted in the fishes' snouts, and ``otolith banding,'' which is marking the fishes' equivalent of the inner ear for later ``reading.'' GSI works especially well for chum because it can be used for wild or free-spawning fish, and most chum are not hatchery stock. However, some salmon, including sockeye, have little differences in proteins and are thus poor candidates for the process, said Ms. Bishop. However, the chum study has confirmed tagging studies showing movement of various Puget Sound stocks of the species, she said. In some cases, especially with depressed stocks, ``it shows we're doing the right thing.'' End Adv for Feb. 9 AP890206-0233 AP-NR-02-06-89 0745EST r f PM-BusinessHighlights 02-06 0868 PM-Business Highlights,0906 WASHINGTON (AP) Financial industry officials and members of Congress predict President Bush's plan for resolving the S&L crisis will employ a mixture of higher industry premiums and possibly tax money to pay off billions of dollars in new borrowing. Bush, plans to reveal his decisions before Thursday _ possibly as early as Monday _ when he delivers a televised speech to Congress. White House aides, speaking Sunday on condition of anonymity, said they do not expect the final package to include a controversial plan to levy a fee on depositors of about $2.50 for every $1,000 in their accounts. NEW YORK (AP) The findings of a survey of purchasing executives indicated the economy continued to grow in January, but at a slower rate than in previous months. The National Association of Purchasing Management, which tracks the economy through its monthly survey of its members, said Sunday its Purchasing Managers Index dropped sharply last month, to 53.2 from 57.3. Despite the decline, the index still indicated economic growth. A reading above 50 generally indicates the economy is expanding, while below 50 it is contracting. WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's jobless rate inched up to 5.4 percent last month even as the economy created 408,000 new jobs, the government said. Analysts said Friday the report indicates the economy may be growing too quickly and predicted the Federal Reserve would move to rein it in. January's unemployment rate was up 0.1 percentage point to 5.4 percent, the Labor Department said. But that masked the job gains and the fact that a record 62.9 percent of working-age Americans were at work. DETROIT (AP) Sales of U.S.-made cars and light trucks rose 5.6 percent in late January, bolstered by a strong performance by Ford Motor Co. and continued solid truck sales. The automakers reported Friday they sold cars and light trucks at a daily rate of 41,798 vehicles during the Jan. 21-31 period this year, compared with a rate of 39,571 during the same period a year ago. WASHINGTON (AP) Factory orders shot up 4.1 percent in December as American manufacturers, bolstered by a boom in export sales, last year posted their best showing since 1979, the government said. The Commerce Department said Friday orders for durable and non-durable manufactured goods reached a seasonally adjusted total of $237.6 billion in December after making more modest gains of 0.5 percent in November and 2.0 percent in October. WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration assured American allies of the president's commitment to lowering the U.S. budget deficit but participants said they reached no agreement on a new approach to the troubling issue of Third World debt. The two days of meetings of finance ministers and central bank presidents from Japan, West Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada ended Friday with officials projecting an upbeat view of the world economy despite the continuing debt problem and the fact that trade imbalances have begun widening again. CHICAGO (AP) Federal authorities are reportedly increasing their pressure on traders and brokers in an effort to win cooperation in their investigation of fraud in the world's two largest commodities exchanges. The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has shown some futures traders evidence of at least one type of trading offense and has invited them to share information in exchange for immunity from prosecution, reduced charges or a recommendation for a lenient sentence, attorneys for some of those subpoenaed over the past two weeks said Friday. The pressure increasingly applied being to selected traders and brokers is helping to sharpen the focus of the government's two-year undercover investigation of the Chicago Board of the Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the lawyers said. ATLANTA (AP) Directors of West Point-Pepperell Inc. put the textile giant on the auction block while urging stockholders to reject a sweetened $1.54 billion bid from Farley Inc. Farley, which offered $48 a share when it started its hostile takeover bid in October, had raised its offer to $52 a share. But the West Point-Pepperell board decided Friday it thinks stockholders can do better. WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Trade Commission agreed to allow the nation's biggest leveraged buyout to go through, provided the two corporations involved _ which together account for one-eighth of the food sold in the nation's supermarkets _ reduce their market shares of certain products. The commission said Friday it would not challenge the $24.5 billion acquisition of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. if KKR within a year sells some assets. KKR on Friday extended its tender offer for RJR Nabisco shares until 10 a.m. EST Feb. 9, from midnight EST Monday. By The Associated Press Stock prices were little changed Friday as the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped 2.50 to 2,331.25, reducing its gain for the week to 8.39 points. The dollar closed little changed after central banks choked off a rally in the currency brought on by bullish news on the U.S. economy. Bond prices fell slightly in active trading. Copper futures prices fell markedly; precious-metals futures prices rose; agricultural futures were mostly higher and energy futures retreated. AP890206-0234 AP-NR-02-06-89 0753EST r f PM-Britain-Stocks 02-06 0148 PM- Britain-Stocks,0153 London Shares Lower At Midday On Profit-Taking LONDON (AP) Share prices were lower at midday Monday, although off the day's worst levels, as dealers questioned the market's recent rapid rally and took profits, dealers said. Some dealers said the slide in share prices was kicked off by a large early morning sell program. Others said shares dropped as the market's recent stock shortage was alleviated. Either way, they said the market's retrenchment after a rise of nearly 15 percent since the beginning of the year was not cause for worry. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was down 19.7 points, or 0.9 percent, at 2,050.2 just after noon (1200 GMT), well below the day's high point of 2,075.5 which came near the start to official trading. Turnover was 339.0 million shares by midday, compared with 476.4 million shares at the same time Friday. AP890206-0235 AP-NR-02-06-89 0817EST r f PM-GlobalReservations 02-06 0315 PM-Global Reservations,0325 American, Delta To Market Global Reservations Network ATLANTA (AP) Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have announced a partnership in a new global computerized reservations system to put an end to criticism of their own systems. The two airlines, who currently have the only major single-owner reservations systems, announced Sunday that the system should stimulate competition and ``eliminate government criticism'' of the single-airline computerized reservations systems. Each airline will contribute its existing system to the new joint venture _ American's SABRE and Delta's DATAS II. ``We have always maintained that the criticism (of single-airline-owned systems) is unjustified,'' American Chairman Robert L. Crandall said in a statement. ``On the other hand, we would prefer to run our business rather than run a debating contest, and we think this is a good solution for all _ our customers, our employees and our critics.'' Computerized reservation systems are used worldwide for reserving airline seats, rental cars and lodging, as well as for other travel services and management information services. Presently there are five such systems in the United States and six elsewhere around the world. Under the American-Delta partnership, each will own 50 percent of what Delta Chairman Ronald W. Allen termed ``the world's premier CRS system.'' Other international and domestic airlines will have a chance to buy in. ``Delta's investment in the new partnership will allow it to become a major player in the global marketplace for travel information,'' Allen said in a statement. Max D. Hopper, American's senior vice president for information services, will be chairman of the partnership. The company will be based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, home of American and its corprate parent, AMR Corp. The new company will contract with American's SABRE Computer Services for computing and communications. Atlanta-based Delta, whose DATAS II system is smaller, will pay American $650 million, half this year and half next. AP890206-0236 AP-NR-02-06-89 1021EST u f PM-WallStreet10am 02-06 0310 PM-Wall Street 10am,0328 NEW YORK (AP) The stock market was narrowly mixed today, continuing the indecisive pattern of the past few sessions. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 1.43 to 2,332.68 in the first half hour of trading. But losers slightly outnumbered gainers in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 444 up, 488 down and 511 unchanged. Volume on the Big Board came to 20.71 million shares as of 10 a.m. on Wall Street. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Traders also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 9{ to 48}. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1\ to 22\. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks edged up .03 to 166.53. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was down .11 at 324.77. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 2.50 to 2,331.25, reducing its gain for the week to 8.39 points. Advancing issues outnumbered declines by about 6 to 5 on the NYSE, with 778 up, 634 down and 525 unchanged. Big Board volume totaled 172.98 million shares, against 183.43 million in the previous session. AP890206-0237 AP-NR-02-06-89 1054EST u f PM-AmericanJets 02-06 0324 PM-American Jets,0334 American Airlines in Multibillion Pact for McDonnell Douglas Jets FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) American Airlines will buy up to 60 new McDonnell Douglas jets in a multibillion dollar contract that will enable the carrier to retire many of its older wide-body jets, news reports of the deal said today. Airline spokesman Ed Stewart told The Associated Press the airline would have a major announcement Tuesday morning and declined to elaborate. But unidentified industry sources quoted by the Dallas Morning News and Wall Street Journal said American officials would unveil the aircraft order then. The accounts said American is expected to order between 50 and 60 MD-11 wide-body jets, which carry around 320 passengers. The MD-11s have a list price of $100 million, but American's actual purchase price will probably be in the range of $80 million-$85 million per plane, according to industry estimates. The MD-11 announcement is expected to include a handful of firm orders for the aircraft, with the remainder in options to buy. American also has negotiated the purchase of as many as 100 MD-80s, a smaller twinjet manufactured by McDonnell Douglas that sells for about $20 million apiece. But wasn't clear whether the carrier would announce an order for that plane as well. Such an order marks a major victory for McDonnell Douglas in the intense competition with larger rival Boeing Co. and the aggressive European consortium Airbus Industrie. American, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the biggest U.S. carriers and McDonnell Douglas's most important customer. The airline has been in the market for new aircraft in part to replace older planes in its fleet. Public concern has been growing over U.S. airlines' aging fleets following several incidents during the past year that suggest wear-and-tear on old airplanes can erode their safety. American will use some of the MD-11s to replace DC-10s now in its fleet. The DC-10 was the predecessor of the MD-11. AP890206-0238 AP-NR-02-06-89 1117EST u f PM-WallStreet11am 02-06 0271 PM-Wall Street 11am,0287 NEW YORK (AP) The stock market retreated today, giving up some of its recent gains. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 12.14 to 2,319.11 by 11 a.m. on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by about 3 to 2 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 477 up, 711 down and 512 unchanged. Volume on the Big Board came to 53.22 million shares at midmorning. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Traders also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 7} to 47 as the most active NYSE issue. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Formica Corp. climbed 3} to 20{. The company agreed to an $18-a-share buyout by an investor group. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1\ to 22\. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .67 to 165.83. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was down .48 at 324.40. AP890206-0239 AP-NR-02-06-89 1119EST u f PM-Pennzoil-Burlington 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0441 PM-Pennzoil-Burlington, 1st Ld-Writethru,0455 Pennzoil Says 12 Million-Share Purchase Is Investment Eds: UPDATES with new 2nd graf to show Burlington Stock Up Sharply; minor editing throughout HOUSTON (AP) Pennzoil Co. disclosed it has acquired an 8 percent stake in Burlington Resources Inc., a large natural gas and mining company, revealing for the first time how it might spend its $3 billion takeover cache. In New York Stock Exchange composite trading today, Burlington's stock soared $8.62{ to $47.87{ a share, from $39.25 on Friday. Pennzoil spokesman Bob Harper said Sunday his company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday because it had exceeded 5 percent ownership of the stock of another company. ``We're going to review the situation from time to time, and we may sell all or part of the stock,'' Harper said. Pennzoil said it purchased almost 8.6 million shares of Burlington stock for about $300 million and another 3.4 million shares as a result of a distribution by Burlington Northern Inc. Burlington Resources, a Seattle-based diversified resource and energy holding company, was spun off last year from Burlington Northern. A spokesman for Burlington Resources could not be reached immediately by telephone. Harper said Pennzoil is not looking to force a ``merger, reorganization, liquidation, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets, or any change of management'' in Burlington Resources. On Feb. 1, Pennzoil acquired 355,000 shares of Burlington Resources stock for an average price of $39.35 per share. Harper said Pennzoil was able to purchase the stock with part of the $3 billion settlement it obtained last year following the four-year legal battle with Texaco Inc. over the disputed ownership of Getty Oil Co. Among some of Burlington Resources' operations are: Meridian Oil Inc., an independent oil and gas producer; El Paso Natural Gas Co., owner and operator of a 22,000-mile interstate natural gas transmission system; and, Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc., a timber and forest products company. In splitting off Burlington Resources, Burlington Northern kept as its major asset the Burlington Northern Railroad, the nation's largest railroad system. On Dec. 15, Burlington Resources' board of directors adopted a shareholder rights plan to protect against unwanted attempts to acquire control of the company. At the time, company officials said there was no known takeover effort under way. The plan provided for distribution of one preferred stock purchase right as a dividend for each outstanding share of common stock. The rights could be exercised only if a person or group acquires 20 percent or more of the voting power of Burlington Resources or announces a tender offer that would result in 20 percent ownership. AP890206-0240 AP-NR-02-06-89 1154EST u f PM-BoardofTrade Open 02-06 0306 PM-Board of Trade, Open,0317 Crop Futures Open Slightly Lower CHICAGO (AP) Futures prices of grain and soybeans opened mostly lower today on the Chicago Board of Trade on perceptions that Friday's late rally had been largely unwarranted. The runup late in Friday's trading session was sparked by reports that the Soviet Union had ordered the evacuation of 20 Ukrainian villages in an area contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. ``You heard the word Chernobyl and everybody started to buy'' on fears of a new radiation leak and contamination of Soviet crops, said Victor Lespinasse, a grain trader with Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. in Chicago. But cooler heads prevailed this morning as traders realized there had been no new radiation leakage and no cause for alarm. Heavy weekend snowfall in the Corn Belt was another bearish factor in the corn and soybean markets. In early trading, wheat was 1\ cents to 2\ cents lower with the contract for delivery in March at $4.28 a bushel; corn was } cent to 1\ cents lower with March at $2.70} a bushel; oats were \ cent lower to { cent higher with March at $2.18} a bushel; soybeans were 1 cent to 3\ cents lower with March at $7.68 a bushel. Cattle futures were mixed while pork futures were lower in early trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Live cattle were .33 cent lower to .07 cent higher with February at 75.37 cents a pound; feeder cattle were .20 cent lower to .20 cent higher with March at 84.45 cents a pound; live hogs were .25 cent to .72 cent lower with February at 43.30 cents a pound; frozen pork bellies were .35 cent to .50 cent lower with February at 40.45 cents a pound. Livestock and meat futures closed mostly higher on Friday. AP890206-0241 AP-NR-02-06-89 1407EST a f PM-BusinessMirror Adv07 02-06 0675 PM-Business Mirror, Adv 07,0697 $adv 07 For Release PMs Tuesday, Feb. 7 Thinking Long Term By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) If financial and economic proposals by Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady are representative of the Bush administration's goals, then eyes will be focused on the long term. Long term is a concept that had been trampled and forgotten by American business. In government, financial crises made implementation impossible. At the consumer level it showed up as spending rather than saving. To change such ingrained attitudes is an enormous challenge, made even more difficult by two related symptoms of the recent past: a deterioration of quality, and a tendency of Americans to prefer consumption to production. Making it easier, however, is the fact that in some respects the change already is in motion. A bit of background: After the easy days of the 1960s, some American industries went to sleep, assured that they were the best and that it was up to others to catch them. The ``others,'' such as the Japanese, caught them and then outperformed them. With the pressure on, many U.S. manufacturers sought desperately to keep sales and earnings from shrinking by resorting to expedients. Thinking became short term to meet the immediate challenge. Quality suffered. Adding to the pressure was the new attitude on Wall Street, which stressed immediate profits rather than long-term strength. It made investing for the long term all the more difficult. Traders wanted results now _ not later. Runaway inflation worsened things, shortening the focus even more. And rising interest rates created an almost impossible situation. How could anyone focus on a long term that couldn't be foreseen? Short-term survival was in. Eventually, American industry and government and individuals had to face the music. While opportunists and exploiters of the situation could benefit for the short term, such as by borrowing and repaying in cheap dollars, the general public and its institutions were being weakened to collapse. Faced with the inevitable, industry caught hold of itself, bit the bullet, took its short-term losses, invested in capital improvements whose payoff was years into the future, raised quality and sought to become more competitive. For many companies _ automotive concerns, for example _ it paid off, and once again they are healthy. Higher quality has been built not just into physical facilities but into the thinking of workers and executives. Unions helped, recognizing that the only way to reclaim jobs lost to foreign companies was to restrain wages and cooperate in raising productivity. And, as inflation cooled, realistic plans for the future could be made again. The process, though under way, still has a long way to go. The investing scene has been a notable laggard, with corporate raiders still seeking instant profits versus long-term performance, and brokers urging investors to trade on short-term news rather than investing for the future. In the consumer area, there is still a tendency to live beyond means, as shown by the persistence of installment debt and a savings rate that remains relatively low. But that too has begun to change, and some analysts forecast a steady increase in savings as the so-called baby-boomer generation ages. If there is indeed a growing tendency to think longer term today, it seemingly couldn't be hurt by a lift from public policy. Among other things, Brady would consider lowering the capital gains tax on long-term investments to just 15 percent, compared with 28 percent to 33 percent now, hoping thereby to encourage long-term investing. Pension fund managers, who sit on the largest mound of financial assets in the world, would be encouraged in ways not yet made clear to invest for long-term rewards. And leveraged buyouts would somehow be curtailed or discouraged. Whether these particular techniques will work is likely to be debated vigorously. But it isn't likely that there'll be much debate about the long term versus short term issue itself. Those bad old days are still fresh enough to serve as a warning. End Adv PMs Tuesday Feb. 7 AP890206-0242 AP-NR-02-06-89 1229EST u f PM-WallStreetNoon 02-06 0290 PM-Wall Street Noon,0306 NEW YORK (AP) The stock market headed lower today, giving up some of its recent gains. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which started 1989 with five consecutive weeks of gains, fell 14.29 to 2,316.96 by noontime today on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by about 9 to 5 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 449 up, 808 down and 534 unchanged. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Investors also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 8{ to 47} as the most active NYSE issue. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Formica Corp. climbed 4 to 20}. The company agreed to an $18-a-share buyout by an investor group. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1\ to 22\. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .70 to 165.80. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was down 1.09 at 323.79. Volume on the Big Board came to 75.64 million shares at noontime, down from 90.25 million at the same point Friday. AP890206-0243 AP-NR-02-06-89 1325EST r f BC-RigCount 02-06 0297 BC-Rig Count,0308 Rig Count Drops by 17, Totals 780 HOUSTON (AP) The number of working oil and natural gas rigs dropped this week by 17 to total 780 as the count continued its see-saw activity, industry watcher Baker Hughes Inc. reported. Last week the number of rigs rose by eight to total 797 while plummeting by 51 the week before. The previous three weeks the count declined twice by 32 and once by 36, all following a two-week increase of 25 rigs. A year ago, the number of rigs totaled 986, Baker Hughes said Monday. The decline follows normal seasonal patterns, according to Baker Hughes economist Ike Kerridge. The count usually drops off during late December through late March or early April, he said. The count is a widely watched industry index of drilling activity and it reflects the number of rigs actively exploring for oil as of last Friday, not the number of rigs actively producing oil. Houston-based Hughes Tool Co., an oil toolmaker company that merged with Baker International Corp. of Orange, Calif., has kept track of the number of working rigs since 1940. In December 1981 at the height of the oil boom, the rig count reached a peak of 4,500. But oil prices plunged to less than $10 per 42-gallon barrel in the summer of 1986, prompting a collapse in the rig count that bottomed out at 663 _ the lowest since Hughes began compiling figures. The lowest level last year was the reported 880 rigs on May 2. Among major oil producing states, California and Oklahoma saw a decline at four, followed by Ohio, two; and Michigan, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas, one each. Colorado, Kansas and Louisiana had gains of two each while Wyoming had one. AP890206-0244 AP-NR-02-06-89 1403EST u f AM-Mexico-USLoan Bjt 02-06 0502 AM-Mexico-US Loan, Bjt,0519 Mexico Decides Against $3.5 Billion US Loan Although Offer Still Open By CANDICE HUGHES Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) A U.S. offer of a $3.5 billion emergency loan remains open, officials said Monday, even though Mexico has decided not to borrow the money and is trying to renegotiate payments on its crippling foreign debt. Treasury Secretary Pedro Aspe was beginning talks in Washington, armed with what aides described as a ``menu of options'' for repaying the $106 billion Mexico owes foreign creditors. Late Sunday, the Treasury Department issued a brief statement saying Mexico would not use the $3.5 billion short-term loan the U.S. offered in October. The money, the largest single U.S. loan ever offered to a debt-burdened nation, was intended as a cushion against political and economic instablity during a change in administrations. U.S. officials said the money is still available if Mexico wants it. ``The offer does not expire until April,'' U.S. embassy spokesman Steve Telkins said in a telephone interview. The Treasury Department statement said Mexico didn't need the $3.5 billion short-term loan because the Bank of Mexico's international reserves stopped falling in December. It did not elaborate. The loan was aimed at helping Mexico weather the sensitive months before the Dec. 1 inauguration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. A change of administrations in Mexico historically has been marked by a drain on capital caused by businesses and the wealthy, who fear changes in economic policies and send money abroad as a protection. The United States wanted to help Mexico avoid the pressure such an exodus puts on the peso currency, which has been devalued severely over the past several years. The bank has said about $1.6 billion has returned to Mexico in recent months. The loan also was intended to tide Mexico over until it could renegotiate new credit packages with the International Monetary Fund and other world lending institutions. Salinas is facing widespread public impatience with a 7-year-old economic crisis that has stagnated growth and halved the average worker's buying power. Voters gave him the smallest victory margin in 60 years of his ruling party's history in the July 6 election and even this slim victory was clouded by widespread allegations of fraud. Salinas has said renegotiating the debt is his top priority and that payments must be cut enough to let Mexico's economy start growing again. Mexico has been devoting the equivalent of nearly six per cent of its gross national product to satisfy debt payments. Last year the payments, most of them interest, came to about $13 billion. About 40 percent of the foreign debt, the second-largest in the developing world after Brazil's, is owed to U.S. banks. There was no official comment from the Treasury Department Monday on what options Aspe planned to present to creditors in Washington, but news reports said that among the ideas under consideration were debt-for-investment swaps, in which creditor banks would exchange some debt for an equity stake in Mexican businesses. AP890206-0245 AP-NR-02-06-89 1417EST u f PM-WallStreet2pm 02-06 0283 PM-Wall Street 2pm,0299 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices sagged today, giving up some of their recent gains. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which started 1989 with five consecutive weeks of gains, fell 9.82 to 2,321.43 by 2 p.m. today on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by about 5 to 4 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 602 up, 769 down and 509 unchanged. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Investors also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 9\ to 48{ as the most active NYSE issue. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Formica Corp. climbed 4[ to 20~. The company agreed to an $18-a-share buyout by an investor group. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1 to 22. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .31 to 166.19. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was down .56 at 324.32. Volume on the Big Board came to 110.79 million shares with two hours to go. AP890206-0246 AP-NR-02-06-89 1452EST r f BC-Earns-Manville 02-06 0235 BC-Earns-Manville,0248 Restructuring Costs Result In 1988 Loss For Manville DENVER (AP) Manville Corp., which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, on Monday reported it lost $1.31 billion in the fourth quarter because of costs from its restructuring. The loss in the final quarter of the year compared with a $59.98 million shortfall in the same period of 1987. The results of the latest quarter reflected a $1.3 billion charge from Manville's Chapter 11 reorganization. Manville President Tom Stephens said in a statement the company expected the charge as ``the price we knew we had to pay to put our asbestos financial obligations behind us.'' The company filed for protection under federal bankruptcy laws in 1982 because of claims from people who suffered illnesses because of contact with asbestos. Without the charge, Manville said it would have lost $26.3 million in the fourth quarter. Manville reported fourth-quarter sales of $522.1 million, up from $486 million a year earlier. For the full year, Manville reported a loss of nearly $1.3 billion, compared to earnings of $72.6 million, or 61 cents per share, in all of 1987. The full-year loss also included a $139 million pre-tax charge for environmental cleanup costs, and a $107 million charge for an accounting change. Without the charges, Manville said it would have earned nearly $96 million in 1988. Full-year sales totaled $2.06 billion, up from $1.94 billion. AP890206-0247 AP-NR-02-06-89 1451EST u f BC-Britain-Stocks 02-06 0226 BC-Britain-Stocks,0235 London Shares Fall LONDON (AP) Share prices fell sharply Monday on the London Stock Exchange, depressed largely by data showing British retail sales were higher in December than had been initially reported. The data, which dispelled some hopes of an early cut in domestic interest rates, added to profit-taking pressure, which followed the market's surge of about 250 points since the start of the year. At the close of trading the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index was down 25.6 points, or 1.23 percent, at 2,044.3. A weak opening on Wall Street helped drag the London index down as much as 26.4 points in the late afternoon. Volume was moderate, with 561.5 million shares changing hands, well below Friday's turnover of 768.7 million shares. The market's recent strong rise has been partly due to indications of a slowdown in consumer demand, which in turn helped to inspire hopes of a cut in British interest rates, perhaps around the time of the fiscal 1990 budget presentation in March. Those hopes were at least partly dispelled by a revision to the December retail sales figures, which were adjusted upward to a gain of 0.3 percent from a preliminary reported decline of 0.1 percent. The narrower Financial Times 30-share index was down 20.8 points at 1,668.2. The Financial Times 500-share index closed at 1,155.17, down 12.61. AP890206-0248 AP-NR-02-06-89 1515EST u f PM-Bush-S&Ls 3rdLd-Writethru f0105 02-06 0693 PM-Bush-S&Ls, 3rd Ld-Writethru, f0105,0709 Bush S&L Plan Likely to Hit Taxpayers and Institutions Eds: New throughout with details of plan, editing to shorten; Also moved on general newswires By DAVE SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush's plan to bail out the savings and loan industry will include a temporary hike in insurance premiums paid by banks and S&Ls as well as a revamped regulatory structure, an industry official said today. Earlier, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Bush would announce his plan to resolve the S&L crisis at a late-afternoon news conference and would not propose that depositors be required to pay a fee. Banks have been given assurances that the money raised by the higher premiums will go into their own insurance fund and will not directly pay for the S&L problem, said the source, who was briefed by White House aides but declined to be identified. However, for budget purposes, the money raised by the premiums will count as revenue. Thus, in an arrangement envisioned by White House budget director Richard Darman, the government would be able to spend several billions of taxpayer dollars a year without adding to the budget deficit, a government official said. Insurance premiums are currently 83 cents per $1,000 for banks and $2.08 for S&Ls. The increase mentioned, at least before Bush reviewed the plan, would bring the premiums to about $1.80 per $1,000 for banks and $2.50 for S&Ls. That would raise about half the $7 billion to $9 billion needed each year. Another element of the plan would merge the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which insures bank deposits, with the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. A new five-member board would oversee the two insurance funds. Meanwhile, a separate three-member board chaired by the secretary of the Treasury would control the spending of the new money raised to close or sell the 350 insolvent S&Ls remaining open. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board will lose control of the S&L insurance fund and it will be brought into the Treasury Department in a system similar to the one used for banks, where the regulatory agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, is part of the Treasury. A presidential aide, Richard C. Breeden, and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan advocate this arrangement, which will be strongly opposed by the S&L industry which wants to keep its regulator independent of other government controls, the industry official said. ``The president will propose a permanent and comprehensive solution to the S&L situation ... as well as a financing arrangement that does not include depositor fees,'' spokesman Fitzwater said earlier. The plan ``will deal with problem thrifts as well as the foundation for future stability in the industry,'' he said. ``The president will propose reforms in the federal regulatory structure ... (and) he will assure all Americans that the full faith and credit of the United States government stands behind their deposits and that the American banking system remains sound,'' the spokesman said. Fitzwater said the administration had conferred with congressional leaders and said, ``We think there'll be general support for this proposal.'' Another financing problem is how to sell the bonds without inflating the government's already huge $2.7 trillion national debt. A way around that is to cover the principal of the bonds with several billion dollars in retained earnings at the regional Federal Home Loan Banks, which are owned by the industry. That way, only the annual interest paid on the bonds would be ``on-budget.'' However the money is raised, Congress and the administration are sure to assume more control over how it is spent. Members of Congress have complained bitterly about S&L regulators' power to write promissory notes committing the government to vast expenditures that the regulators cannot pay _ in effect writing checks that Congress later will be forced to cover with appropriations. Other likely recommendation would require S&L owners to put up more of their own money, force S&Ls to keep more cash reserves for liquidity, limit the amount they can loan to a single borrower and more strictly control who can buy or start an S&L. AP890206-0249 AP-NR-02-06-89 1521EST u f PM-WallStreet3pm 02-06 0294 PM-Wall Street 3pm,0310 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices pulled back today, giving up some of their recent gains. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which started 1989 with five consecutive weeks of gains, fell 9.46 to 2,321.79 by 3 p.m. today on Wall Street. Losers outnumbered gainers by about 5 to 4 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 620 up, 783 down and 503 unchanged. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Investors also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 9~ to 49[ as the most active NYSE issue. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Formica Corp. climbed 4[ to 20~. The company agreed to an $18-a-share buyout by an investor group, and speculation mounted that it might attract a higher bid. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1 to 22. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .35 to 166.15. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index was down .44 at 324.44. Volume on the Big Board came to 127.15 million shares with an hour to go. AP890206-0250 AP-NR-02-06-89 1621EST r f AM-Eastern 02-06 0636 AM-Eastern,0656 Final Conflict For Carrier? By DAN SEWELL Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) After more than two years of taunts, feints and jabs, Eastern Airlines management and its largest union are standing toe-to-toe with a potential slugfest threatening the money-losing carrier's survival. The National Mediation Board, a year after entering Eastern contract talks with its Machinists union, last week declared an impasse and began a 30-day cooling-off period that ends March 3. If no settlement is reached by then, the company would impose its last contract offer _ $150 million in salary cuts _ and the 8,500-member union, representing more than one-fourth of Eastern employees, would be allowed to strike. The two sides are $200 million apart, with the Machinists' last offer seeking a $50 million raise. But money is only part of the confrontation marked by deep philosophical differences. Veteran Eastern Machinistsleader Charles E. Bryan, the District 100 president, has tried unsuccessfully to engineer an employee-controlled takeover, believing that a company whose workers have a say in decision-making and a stake in profits will work efficiently and productively. He believes his workers have been paying for poor management for years and have current management that doesn't care about Eastern's future. The Eastern management put in place by Houston-based Texas Air Corp. since it took over the carrier 2{ years ago seeks a lean operation with the shots called by corporate executives. They see an airline with good routes, experience and overall good structure that needs to reduce operating costs _ mainly labor _ to turn around after losing $1 billion the past decade. Bryan played a leading role in bringing down former Eastern leader Frank Borman, the Apollo astronaut replaced after Texas Air bought Eastern in an 11th-hour deal in February 1986. But Eastern's new management features airline experience directed by Frank Lorenzo, a bottom-line entrepreneur who got rid of Continental Airlines' unions after taking over that airline. Bryan went to the floor of the Eastern shareholders' meeting arguing against the Texas Air takeover, and he has been the focus since of widespread Eastern labor opposition to the new management, whose style has aggravated traditionally tense labor relations at Eastern. The Machinists, pilots and flight attendants unions have tried to head off management at any pass, waging myriad lawsuits and grievances and lobbying politicians. But recent months have seen events going the cost-cutting management's way. It won court approval for 4,000 layoffs and major route cuts last year, along with the $365 million sale of its profitable Northeast shuttle to New York developer Donald Trump. The Department of Transportation refused to reopen last year's probe that concluded Eastern was operated safely. Management has been lobbying for months for declaration of an impasse, insisting that Bryan and the IAM won't seriously negotiate until they are faced with a deadline. Bryan says management has been trying to provoke a strike and will try to break the strike and bust Eastern's unions. Bryan said that he'll work for a settlement, but his union will be ready for a ``wing-ding of a strike.'' The National Mediation Board's lead mediator, Harry Bickford, has met with both sides separately in recent days and is expected to continue such ``shuttle diplomacy.'' If talks get to the final 10 days, NMB Chairman Walter C. Wallace will jawbone the two sides in ``super-mediation,'' participants expect. It seems unlikely there will be any settlement before the final few hours, putting pressure on travel agents. But Eastern management is counting on strong frequent-flier business travel to stick with the airline despite uncertainty. Eastern has been to the brink before. In 1983, the Machinists went to the final days of a cooling-off period before a settlement was reached. In 1986, strikes and bankruptcy were hours away when deals were cut to avoid selling Eastern. AP890206-0251 AP-NR-02-06-89 1550EST u f BC-BoardofTrade Close 02-06 0230 BC-Board of Trade, Close,0238 Grains, Soybean Futures Tumble In Surprising Sell-Off CHICAGO (AP) Futures prices of corn and soybeans fell sharply Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade, resuming a trend that had been interrupted in Friday's session by unwarranted fears of a radiation leak in the Soviet Union. Wheat and oat futures also closed lower. Grain futures gave back all the gains posted Friday, when a late rally was sparked by reports that the Soviet Union had ordered the evacuation of 20 Ukrainian villages in an agricultural area contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. The mere mention of the Chernobyl incident apparently was enough to prompt heavy buying of U.S. grain futures on Friday. But the realization that there had been no new radiation leakage was a key factor in Monday's sell-off, analysts said. Analysts said heavy weekend snow in the Corn Belt, which will add badly needed moisture to the soil, also contributed to Monday's decline. At the close of trading, wheat was 1 cent to 4{ cents lower with the contract for delivery in March at $4.25} a bushel; corn was 4} cents to 6 cents lower with March at $2.66\ a bushel; oats were 4 cents to 4} cents lower with March at $2.14{ a bushel; soybeans were 11 cents to 16{ cents lower with March at $7.54 a bushel. AP890206-0252 AP-NR-02-06-89 1602EST u f PM-WallStreet355pm 02-06 0037 PM-Wall Street 355pm,0043 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices fell today, giving up some of their recent gains. Five minutes before the close, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 14.82 at 2,316.43. AP890206-0253 AP-NR-02-06-89 1619EST u f PM-WallStreetClosing 02-06 0127 PM-Wall Street Closing,0137 NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices lost ground today, giving up some of their recent gains. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. Investors also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. MORE AP890206-0254 AP-NR-02-06-89 1627EST u f PM-WallStreetClosing 1stAdd 02-06 0068 PM-Wall Street Closing, 1st Add,0074 NEW YORK: in December. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped points 10.18 to 2,321.07. Declining issues outnumbered advances by about 5 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange, with 642 up, 780 down and 502 unchanged. Big Board volume totaled 150.98 million shares, against 172.98 million in the previous session. The NYSE's composite index lost .31 to 166.19. AP890206-0255 AP-NR-02-06-89 1915EST r f AM-Fiber-Satellite 02-06 0151 AM-Fiber-Satellite,0158 Comsat Study Says Satellites Competitive With Fiber Links NEW YORK (AP) Satellites will continue to be competitive with undersea fiber optic cables for communications between continents over the next 15 years, according to a study released Monday by a satellite company. The study by Communications Satellite Corp. disproves the notion that fiber optic cables are destined to drive satellites out of business, said Richard McGraw, a company spokesman. Comsat, a private company based in Washington, D.C., that provides satellite service, is the U.S. government's representative to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization. The study covered the period from 1995 to 2005. Comsat said that was as far into the future as it could make realistic predictions. McGraw said Comsat was sensitive to appearances that it would tip the findings in favor of satellites and had actually given the benefit of the doubt to fiber optics in cost comparisons. AP890206-0256 AP-NR-02-06-89 1715EST u f AM-WallStreet 1stLd-Writethru 02-06 0515 AM-Wall Street, 1st Ld-Writethru,0537 Eds: Updates with closing prices throughout. By CHET CURRIER AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) Stock prices retreated Monday amid some evident doubts about the staying power of the market's recent rally. But activity remained lively in stocks of several companies involved in takeover news or rumors. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which started 1989 with five consecutive weeks of gains, fell 10.18 to 2,321.07. Declining issues outnumbered advances by about 5 to 4 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks, with 636 up, 786 down and 517 unchanged. Volume on the floor of the Big Board came to 150.98 million shares, down from 172.98 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 178.50 million shares. Analysts said traders were leery of bidding very aggressively for stocks, suspecting that the market was due for a pause after its winter-long rally. Some observers argue that the market's early-1989 gains may have stemmed largely from the so-called ``January effect,'' which tends to push prices higher at the start of the year as tax selling pressures abate. In theory at least, this positive influence is now subsiding. Investors also appeared a little confused about the state of the economy. A Labor Department report last week showed strong growth in payroll employment for January. But a monthly survey of purchasing executives indicated that growth slowed in January from the rapid pace it set in December. Burlington Resources jumped 9~ to 49[ as the most active NYSE issue. Pennzoil Co. said it had acquired 8 percent of the company's stock. Formica Corp. climbed 4} to 21{. The company agreed to an $18-a-share buyout by an investor group, and speculation mounted that it might attract a higher bid. De Soto Inc. gained 8{ to 49{ on word that an investment group was buying a block of De Soto shares for $50 apiece and expecting to offer a similar amount for the rest. Champion Spark Plug rose 3\ to 22|. The company, which has been sought by Dana Corp. for $17.50 a share in cash and stock, said it may be acquired by Cooper Industries for at least $21 a share in cash. Illinois Central Transportation rose 1 to 22. The company received an unsolicited takeover offer of $20 a share from Prospect Group Inc. Losers among the blue chips included International Business Machines, down 1[ at 126|; American Telephone & Telegraph, down { at 31|, and Chrysler, down | at 27{. As measured by Wilshire Associates' index of more than 5,000 actively traded stocks, the market lost $4.46 billion, or 0.15 percent, in value. The NYSE's composite index of all its listed common stocks dropped .31 to 166.19. Standard & Poor's industrial index fell 1.25 to 342.59, and S&P's 500-stock composite index was down .93 at 296.04. The NASDAQ composite index for the over-the-counter market slipped .35 to 406.00. At the American Stock Exchange, the market value index closed at 324.48, down .40. AP890206-0257 AP-NR-02-06-89 1723EST u f AM-Dollar-Gold 02-06 0455 AM-Dollar-Gold,0469 Dollar Mixed; Gold Mixed Precede BC-LONDON By PETER COY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) The dollar fell Monday against several major foreign currencies but edged up against the British pound and Japanese yen in a mixed session marked by more dollar sales by the central banks. Foreign-exchange dealers in Europe said the absence of any strong policy statements arising from the Group of Seven industrialized nations meeting in Washington Friday provided the foundation for a further strengthening of the dollar. The bullishness was dampened by intervention from the Federal Reserve, West German Bundesbank and other European central banks, which sold dollars to stem the U.S. currency's rise. The dollar edged up again after the central banks' intervention ended, but then went into an afternoon slide and ended the day near its lows, according to Ian Spence, chief currency dealer for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. In Tokyo, where trading ends before Europe's business day begins, the dollar rose 0.43 yen to close at 129.70. Later in London it was quoted at 129.60 yen. In New York the dollar edged up to 129.41 yen from 129.40 on Friday. In London, one pound cost $1.7345, cheaper for buyers than the $1.7410 exchange rate late Friday. The pound also fell against the dollar in New York to $1.7366 from $1.7420. Other late dollar rates in New York, compared with late rates Friday, included: 1.8725 West German marks, down from 1.8790; 1.5898 Swiss francs, down from 1.5949; 1.1823 Canadian dollars, down from 1.1833; 6.3705 French francs, down from 6.3880; and 1,366.5 Italian lire, down from 1,371.8. Other late dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Friday, included: 1.8810 West German marks, up from 1.8805; 1.5969 Swiss francs, down from 1.5983; 6.3950 French francs, unchanged; 2.1200 Dutch guilders, down from 2.1240; 1,370.50 Italian lire, down from 1,374.50; 1.1840 Canadian dollars, down from 1.1885. Gold prices were mixed. Gold bullion traded in London at a late bid price of $388.95 a troy ounce, up from $388.25 bid late Friday. In Zurich, Switzerland, the bid price was $387.50, down from $389.90 bid late Friday. Financial markets were closed in Hong Kong on Monday for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday. They reopen Thursday. On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold bullion for current delivery rose to $394 a troy ounce from $393.10 on Friday. Later, Republic National Bank of New York said gold bullion was bid at $391.90 an ounce as of 4 p.m. EST, up from $391.50 late Friday. Silver was quoted in London at a bid price of $5.82 a troy ounce, down from Friday's $5.83. On New York's Comex, silver bullion for current delivery rose to $5.897 a troy ounce from $5.835 on Friday. AP890206-0258 AP-NR-02-06-89 1746EST u f AM-CommodityRdp 02-06 0683 AM-Commodity Rdp,0708 Pork Futures Collapse On Milder-Than-Expected Weather By DAVID DISHNEAU AP Business Writer Pork futures prices collapsed Monday in a disappointed reaction to indications that wintry conditions in the Midwest had not slowed the movement of hogs to packing houses. In other markets, orange-juice futures continued to decline; grain and soybean futures fell sharply; precious metals advanced; and energy futures weakened. On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live hog futures finished .50 cent to 1.42 cents lower with the contract for delivery in February at 42.70 cents a pound. Most contracts for future delivery of frozen pork bellies plummeted the permitted daily limit of 2 cents with February settling at 38.82 cents a pound. Cattle futures fared much better. Live cattle settled .40 cent lower to .10 cent higher with February at 75.40 cents a pound; feeder cattle were .20 cent lower to .40 cent higher with March at 84.47 cents a pound. Expectations for a cold-weather slump in hog marketings turned out to be a bust for speculators who had bid pork futures up sharply on Friday. Instead of a decline, packers reported that hog marketings over the weekend and on Monday were higher than both week-ago and year-ago levels. The hog flow in Iowa and southern Minnesota, for example, totaled 120,000 head on Monday, compared with 110,000 a week earlier and 95,000 a year ago. Spot-market prices for hogs plunged by as much as 3 cents a pound and the futures market followed suit with pork-belly contracts leading the way. ``That's what happens when you don't get enough of a storm,'' said Tom O'Hare, a livestock-market analyst in New York with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. The plunging pork prices led to some weakness in the cattle market, but many cattle traders were reluctant to sell ahead of Wednesday's national cattle inventory report from the Agriculture Department. That report is expected to show the nation's cattle herd as of Jan. 1 at its lowest level since 1960, said Charles Levitt, senior livestock analyst with Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in Chicago. Weather-related selling also hit orange-juice futures on the New York Cotton Exchange. Frozen concentrated orange juice settled 4 cents to 4.6 cents lower with March at $1.354 a pound as fears of a freeze in the Florida citrus groves continued to ease. Corn and soybean futures fell sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade, resuming a trend that had been interrupted in Friday's session by unwarranted fears of a radiation leak in the Soviet Union. Wheat and oat futures also closed lower. Grain futures gave back all the gains posted Friday, when a late rally was sparked by reports that the Soviet Union had ordered the evacuation of 20 Ukrainian villages in an agricultural area contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. The mere mention of the Chernobyl incident apparently was enough to prompt heavy buying of U.S. grain futures on Friday. But the realization that there had been no new radiation leakage was a key factor in Monday's sell-off, analysts said. Wheat settled } cent to 4{ cents lower with March at $4.25} a bushel; corn was 4} cents to 6 cents lower with March at $2.66{ a bushel; oats were 4 cents to 4} cents lower with March at $2.14{ a bushel; soybeans were 12 cents to 16\ cents lower with March at $7.54\ a bushel. Gold and silver futures advanced on New York's Commodity Exchange in active late buying after being down for most of the session. Gold settled 40 cents to 90 cents higher with April at $396.90 a troy ounce; silver was 6 cents to 6.5 cents higher with February at $5.897 a troy ounce. Most energy futures retreated in mostly technical selling on the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate crude oil settled 15 cents to 23 cents lower with March at $17.38 a barrel; heating oil was .31 cent lower to .05 cent higher with March at 50.36 cents a gallon; unleaded gasoline was .51 cent lower to .01 cent higher with March at 48.74 cents a gallon. AP890206-0259 AP-NR-02-06-89 1823EST u f AM-OilPrices 02-06 0339 AM-Oil Prices,0354 Energy Prices Mostly Lower NEW YORK (AP) Energy futures prices were mostly lower in light trading Monday, influenced in part by OPEC-related concerns. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the March contract for West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude oil, settled 15 cents lower at $17.38 a barrel after seesawing last week. Other contract months also declined. Among refined products traded on the exchange, the March contract for domestic heating oil rose 0.5 cent to 50.36 cents a gallon but other contract months fell. Unleaded gasoline for March delivery closed 0.43 cent lower at 48.74 cents a gallon with other contract months ending the day mixed. Analysts said prices were little influenced by the cold weather, despite rumors of refinery slowdowns in southern Texas. They said the cold weather arrived late in the season, after most buyers had already purchased their winter stocks. Jim Fiedler, vice president of E.D.&F. Man International Futures Inc., attributed much of the price decline to technical factors. ``They're looking for a new support level, probably heading down to $17,'' Fiedler said. Prices also came under pressure from a report by the Middle East Economic Survey, a respected industry publication, that Iran had a large buildup of unsold inventory that it was looking to get rid of, said Nauman Barakat, vice president of energy investments at Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. ``My own opinion is that Iran won't dump it, but the question is, what will they do with it?'' Barakat said. Since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lowered its production by some 4 million barrels a day to 18.5 million barrels on Jan. 1, market observers have expressed concern over the whereabouts of all the excess oil. Many had expected world oil prices to remain soft while the oversupply came on the market. Instead, prices have soared over the last several weeks, leaving analysts to wonder what happened to the excess. Monday's report on Iran was one of the first to confirm existence of the excess petroleum. AP890206-0260 AP-NR-02-06-89 1839EST u f AM-Pennzoil-Burlington Bjt 02-06 0767 AM-Pennzoil-Burlington, Bjt,0799 Pennzoil Says Purchase of Burlington Stock Is Investment By LAURA TOLLEY Associated Press Writer HOUSTON (AP) Pennzoil Co.'s disclosure of a stake in Burlington Resources Inc. raised speculation Monday that the oil company has found a way to spend a big chunk of the $3 billion cache won from a protracted battle with Texaco Inc. Although Pennzoil said it had acquired about 12 million shares of Burlington as an investment, or about an 8 percent interest, the company did not rule out future transactions. ``We may dispose of all our part (of the stock) or we may buy additional shares,'' Pennzoil spokesman Bob Harper said. Harper said Houston-based Pennzoil is not looking to force a ``merger, reorganization, liquidation, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets, or any change of management'' in Burlington, a large Seattle-based diversified resource and energy holding company. On the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Burlington's stock soared $9.87{ a share to $49.12{ compared with Friday's close. Pennzoil closed up $1.50 at $83.25 a share. Pennzoil filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday because it had exceeded 5 percent ownership of Burlington stock, Harper said. Under SEC rules, any investment in a publicly held company that passes the 5 percent threshhold must be reported to the federal agency. Pennzoil disclosed it had bought nearly 8.6 million shares of Burlington Resources stock for about $300 million and got 3.4 million more shares as a result of a distribution by Burlington Northern Inc. In addition, Pennzoil purchased another 355,000 shares earlier this month, the company said. Burlington Resources was spun off last year from Burlington Northern. The stock acquisition was an investment, but Pennzoil said in its SEC filing it will take ``actions deemed appropriate'' pending its continued review of Burlington's business affairs. A spokesman for Burlington Resources did not return telephone calls Monday. Industry observers have been waiting to see how Pennzoil would spend the $3 billion settlement it received last April from Texaco to end the companies' four-year legal battle over Texaco's acquisition of Getty Oil Co. Prior to the Burlington stock purchase, Pennzoil's only major investment since the Texaco settlement had been the $250 million purchase of Facet Enterprise Inc. of Oklahoma City. Facet manufactures automotive parts and oil-field equipment. One analyst said Monday that Pennzoil's stock acquisition doesn't mean Burlington is an actual takeover target. ``Their move is perplexing,'' said Paul Kuklinski of Cowen & Co. in Boston. ``It is not clear to me if this is anything more than an investment. Typically, when a company acquires this size of stock, the intention is fairly evident, but not this time.'' Kuklinski said that in the past, Pennzoil has acquired fairly good amounts of stock for investment purposes and not followed through with takeover attempts. In addition, Burlington has some attractive assets it would be expensive to buy, he said. But other analysts said they believe Pennzoil is positioning itself for a takeover _ whether by accumulating more stock on the open market or by making an offer _ before Burlington has the opportunity to put up more barriers. Burlington has shown little interest in being acquired, installing a ``poison pill'' and other takeover defenses in December. The pill, designed to make an unwelcome takeover prohibitively expensive, would be triggered when a hostile bidder acquired 20 percent or more of the voting power of Burlington Resources. ``The cat is in the bag. I'm sure they won't sit on their hands on this one. I think they will actively pursue something one way or another,'' said Ron Londe, an analyst with A.G. Edwards in St. Louis. Londe said Pennzoil likely won't take the whole company, but ``gas reserves are first on the menu.'' Burlington is believed to hold the largest natural gas reserves in the United States outside of the major oil companies, with a nearly 18-year supply, compared with an industry average of 10 years. A merger of Pennzoil and Burlington would propel the company into a position just under the majors in natural gas reserves, Londe said. ``They would have 5.8 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves _ that means a lot,'' he said. Burlington Resources' largest units include El Paso Natural Gas Co., which consists of a 22,000-mile interstate gas transmission system extending from West Texas to California and Meridian Oil Co., one of the nation's largest independent oil and gas companies. Burlington also has extensive mining operations, including gold, and more than a million acres of timberland. Analysts valued Burlington Resources stock at between $49 and $51 a share. AP890206-0261 AP-NR-02-06-89 2019EST r f AM-GMI-Minorities 02-06 0169 AM-GMI-Minorities,0176 $2 Million Grant To Benefit Minorities At GMI FLINT, Mich. (AP) GMI Management & Engineering Institute said Monday it will use a $2 million grant from the Mott Foundation to create an endowment fund benefiting minority students. The fund mainly will finance scholarships and also may be used for recruiting and retaining minority students, GMI said in a statement. Part of the grant also will be used to expand two pre-engineering programs for minorities in Flint, Mich.,-area high schools, the statement said. The grant was expected to help GMI expand its current minority enrollment of 13.6 percent. Total enrollment currently exceeds 2,600. GMI was founded in 1919 by General Motors Corp. and became independent in 1982. It offers bachelor of science degrees in mechanical, industrial, electrical and manufacturing systems engineering and management systems in five-year programs. A master's degree is offered in manufacturing management. GMI students alternate 12-week periods of classroom and laboratory studies with work experience at about 600 business and industrial organizations nationwide. AP890206-0262 AP-NR-02-06-89 1915EST u f AM-GMStockSplit 02-06 0357 AM-GM Stock Split,0366 GM Announces Dividends, Stock Split DETROIT (AP) General Motors Corp.'s board of directors on Monday declared a 2-for-1 stock split in the form of a 100 percent dividend on GM $1 2-3 par value common stock. Directors in New York declared the stock split after approving a 20 percent increase in the per-share dividend on the common stock, GM said in a statement. The board also increased the per-share dividend on Class E and Class H common stock by 41 percent and 64 percent, respectively, the statement said. Dividends for the first quarter of 1989 came to $1.50 per share of $1 2-3 par value common stock, 24 cents per share of Class E and 18 cents per share of Class H, payable March 10 to shareholders of record Feb. 16, the statement said. The dividend resulting from the 2-for-1 split was payable March 31 to shareholders of record Feb. 17, it said. ``The fact that GM can take these actions ... is further important evidence of the great strength of the company and in particular the continued success of GM's reindustrialization program,'' GM Chairman Roger B. Smith said. ``The stock dividend is expected to make GM $1 2-3 common stock more affordable for individual investors following the stock's significant appreciation over the past year,'' Smith said. To reflect the split, the GM board increased the number of $1 2-3 common shares covered by its stock repurchase program from 64 million to 128 million, the statement said. GM announced the program in March 1987 and had repurchased 27.8 million shares on a post-split basis through Dec. 31, 1988, it said. GM said it has completed its initial repurchase of 5 million Class E shares and has bought 1.9 million of 5 million shares under a second Class E repurchase program begun in May 1988. Through December 1988, GM had obtained 3 million of 10 million Class H shares under a repurchase program begun in March 1987 the statement said. GM also has continued repurchasing shares in each of the three categories of stocks to meet benefit plan requirements, the statement said. AP890206-0263 AP-NR-02-06-89 2028EST r f BC-Earns-LTV 02-06 0379 BC-Earns-LTV,0392 Fourth-Quarter Earnings Fall 32 Percent, Huge Loss For Year DALLAS (AP) LTV Corp., the troubled aerospace-steelmaker, said Monday its profit dropped 32 percent in the fourth-quarter, primarily because of a charge involving an accounting change for medical and life insurance benefits. For the year, the company said it lost $3.15 billion, mainly due to special charges taken earlier in the year. The company has been operating under bankruptcy court protection for more than two years while it struggles to find a formula to cut expenses and pay creditors. The company said fourth-quarter results were hurt by a $33.8 million charge relating to medical and life insurance benefits. It said other factors contributing to the fourth-quarter profit decline included a steep drop in aerospace and defense earnings, absence of operating income from the Warren, Ohio, steel facility it sold last June and exclusion of results for the steel bar division, which will be sold. For the quarter, after-tax profit totaled $95.3 million, or 67 cents per share, compared with $140.6 million, or $1.01 per share, in 1987. Fourth-quarter revenue fell 16.1 percent to $1.67 billion from $1.99 billion a year earlier. The company's huge 1988 loss contrasts to a profit of $502.6 million, or $3.67 a share, in the previous year. Revenue for the year fell 3 percent to $7.32 billion from $7.58 billion in 1987. LTV officials said the annual loss resulted in part from Chapter 11-related, non-cash special charges of $1.35 billion taken earlier in 1988. It also included a one-time, non-cash charge of $2.26 billion taken in the third quarter for what the company anticipates will be its potential liability in health insurance costs of 118,000 current and retired employees. ``While special charges led to a net loss, overall operating results continued to show a positive trend,'' said Raymond A. Hay, LTV chairman and chief executive. ``They demonstrate that LTV's businesses are sound and that the company is taking the right steps to make its operations efficient and competitive. ``The deferral of interest, pension and other costs while in Chapter 11 continues to be the major factor contributing to positive results,'' Hay said. ``However, strong demand for steel and improved steel prices were also important contributors for both the quarter and the year.'' AP890206-0264 AP-NR-02-06-89 2107EST r f AM-Pepperell 02-06 0181 AM-Pepperell,0189 Pepperell Agrees To Provide Farley With Non-Public Info WEST POINT, Ga. (AP) West Point-Pepperell Inc. disclosed Monday it agreed to provide under certain conditions non-public information to Farley Inc., which has made an unsolicited $1.5 billion offer for the textile giant. The disclosure comes only a few days after Pepperell's board said it had decided to solicit buyout proposals and that it plans to sell the company is it gets an acceptable bid. The company has said the company is worth more than Farley's latest bid of $52 a share and has recommended thast shareholders reject the bid. In documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in a letter to Chicago-based Farley, Pepperell outlined the conditions under which Farley can receive the information it sought about Pepperell. Farley must keep the information confidential under conditions set out in the documents. Farley, one of the nation's largest privately owned textile firms, owns Fruit of the Loom and Acme Boot. In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Pepperell lost 37{ cents a share to $55.25. AP890206-0265 AP-NR-02-06-89 1930EST u f AM-Bush-S&Ls-WallStreet 02-06 0573 AM-Bush-S&Ls-Wall Street,0593 Securities Analysts Generally Applaud Bush Plan By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) Despite some reservations, securities analysts generally applauded President Bush's announcement Monday of a savings and loan industry bailout plan that includes higher federal insurance premiums for banks as well as thrifts. ``It's something the whole system can live with,'' James Wilson, an analyst with Sutro & Co. in San Francisco, said of the deposit insurance premium hike, a key part of Bush's proposal. Under Bush's plan, the higher premiums would be used to help pay the interest on $50 billion in bonds to finance the bailout of insolvent thrifts. ``It's a big dollar figure, but it's an enormous industry _ the effect on individual depositors or homebuyers isn't going to be enough for them to notice signficantly,'' Wilson said. Allan Bortel, an analyst with Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in San Francisco, said ``the premiums that are being increased are very small _ it doesn't raise much more money each year from savings instiutions.'' ``It doesn't seem to be onerous for the S&Ls,'' he said. But James Marks, of SNL Securities in Hoboken, N.J., said the proposed increase could force some shaky thrifts over the edge. ``They can't afford to pay as much as they are now,'' Marks said. ``To increase them...could force thrifts that would otherwise have survived into insolvency.'' The analysts said banks and thrifts could be expected to pass on at least a portion of their costs to consumers, possibly in the form of lower interest rates on savings accounts or in higher service or loan charges. But the analysts did not expect depositors to withdraw money from S&Ls because of the possibility they might ultimately pay for the higher premiums. ``With the rise in short-term interest rates, money market funds are extremely attractive right now,'' Marks said. ``People are looking at what they can get, but it has nothing to do with this.'' Analysts said people who are concerned about the safety of their money will leave it in thrifts because those deposits are federally-insured while money market funds are not, making them slightly riskier. Bush also recommended combining the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp. which insures deposits at thrifts, with the insurance fund for banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., while keeping each agency's funds separate. The president proposed regulatory changes, including steps to reduce the type of risky investments that got the industry into difficulty. He also suggested that insolvent savings and loan institutions be placed under the joint control of the FDIC and FSLIC. ``You have a much larger staff they can work with at the FDIC, some of them quite experienced in real estate,'' a trouble spot for many thrifts, Sutro said. Overall, the analysts were pleased that the government was trying to end the thrift crisis, which has seen hundreds of S&Ls forced into insolvency. But, said Wilson, ``To some degree, it's almost too little too late.'' Most of the problems that led to thrift bailouts _ such as mismanagement or fraud at some institutions and the economic depression in the Southwest _ have already happened, he said. However, the plan should be ``more expeditious in solving the current problems,'' Wilson said. Shearson's Bortel called Bush's proposals a step in the right direction but said they did not provide enough money for the hundreds of savings institutions that still are short of funds. AP890206-0266 AP-NR-02-06-89 1957EST u f AM-S&LReaction 1stLd-Writethru f0309 02-06 0784 AM-S&L Reaction, 1st Ld-Writethru, f0309,0806 Eds: Subs 16th graf to include Brady's full name; Also moved on general news wires. By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush's proposed rescue package for the savings and loan industry, while praised as a good starting point, raised immediate questions on Monday concerning the huge burden being placed on taxpayers. Members of Congress and the financial industry said the plan is likely to be substantially modified before winningcongressional approval although officials gave Bush credit for moving quickly to address the crisis. ``The president deserves credit for at least putting a plan on the table,'' said Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and a member of the House Banking Committee. ``He faced up to a difficult problem that President Reagan spent a year ducking.'' Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said Bush's proposal ``gives us a starting point. We'll probably have a lot of people who don't like this plan.'' Dole himself raised questions about the amount of the tab taxpayers will be asked to shoulder. Bush's budget director, Richard Darman, estimated that the cost in direct taxpayer funds would amount to $39.9 billion over the next 10 years. Dole called that figure ``a little high. It would begin to crowd some of these other programs Congress wants, like education, the environment. ... I would propose we shrink the taxpayer impact.'' Barney Beeksman, chairman of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, the largest lobbying group for the S&L industry, said in a statement he was glad Bush dropped his proposal to impose a premium tax on depositors but he said the league had reservations about other parts of the plan. ``We are neither endorsing nor rejecting it,'' Beeksman said. ``There are components of the president's proposal that would be burdensome to our industry if adopted, but we see today's proposal as a first step only.'' Bud Koch, chairman of the National Council of Savings Institutions, another S&L trade association, said his organization was unhappy because Bush's plan would not eliminate the discrepancy between S&Ls and banks over the amount they pay in deposit insurance premiums. ``The basic inequalities that the healthy S&Ls have lived under for four years are still there,'' said Koch, the president of First Federal Savings Bank of Cleveland. The American Bankers Association said in a statement that it was glad that the nation's banks were not being asked to pay to resolve the S&L crisis. ``The burden to fund this crisis will fall largely on the savings and loans, themselves, where it belongs,'' said C.G. Holthus, president-elect of the ABA. ``We are encouraged that apparently banks and their customers will not be asked to bail out the S&Ls.'' Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared at Bush's news conference where the plan was unveiled and in a statement issued later expressed support for the proposal. ``This comprehensive package of measures to strengthen the thrift industry, and depository institutions generally, should assure that the problems that occurred in the savings and loans will not happen again,'' Greenspan said in a statement. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, chairman of the House Banking Committee, said he was withholding judgment on Bush's proposal until it was analyzed. But he praised Bush and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady ``for their sensitivity to the seriousness of the problem and for presenting, under pressure, a formal proposal worthy of careful and most serious consideration.'' Sen. Donald W. Riegle, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, promised to move the legislation quickly. ``I think the proposal is by and large a sensible proposal,'' he said. ``I think the structural reforms make sense'' and the proposed changes in the law would ``put an end to the excessive practices'' that have led so many S&Ls to failure. But Riegle said the taxpayer cost was ``a substantial amount of money.'' He said he was concerned federal programs such as fighting drugs and helping education not be hurt as a result. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, praised Bush and said he supported the solution, even though any answer to a $50 billion problem wasn't something you'd want to embrace and ``kiss on the mouth.'' ``I think you're going to see some real bipartisanship here,'' he said. ``I think we have a reasonable proposal before us.'' Rep. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said he had some questions on specifics, such as including credit unions in the premium increases, but believed ``the major portion of it will fly.'' Rep. John J. LaFalce, D-N.Y., a member of the banking committee, said he had some concerns but overall the plan was praiseworthy. ``There is no solution without cost and without pain,'' he said. ``This plan tries to ensure that both are fairly shared.'' AP890206-0267 AP-NR-02-06-89 2012EST u f AM-AirBagSale 02-06 0234 AM-Air Bag Sale,0240 Talley to Sell Air Bag Business to TRW PHOENIX (AP) Talley Industries Inc. announced Monday it has agreed to sell TRW Inc. its air-bag business for $85 million and a share of royalties on technology over the next 12 years. The transaction could be worth $125 million, Talley Chairman William H. Mallender said. Talley has developed the air-bag modules in nearby Mesa, Ariz. It has reserved the right to cancel the royalty entitlement any time after the first two years in exchange for about $38 million in cash, before adjustments, Mallender said. ``If TRW is as successful as we believe it will be, this transaction should allow Talley to receive the same or greater return as it would if we had kept the air-bag company, without any attendant risk or additional capital investment,'' he said. In August 1987, Talley and TRW, headquartered in Cleveland, signed a long-term contract for Talley to supply TRW 100 percent of its requirements for driver-side, air-bag modules for some automobile models. TRW General Manager Charles L. Miller said the acquisition added ``an established and well respected ... product, excellent technology, modern manufacturing facilities, a dedicated and experienced work force, and a sound management team.'' Talley got into air bags as an outgrowth of its research into ejection systems for military aircraft. The company is a diversified manufacturer of aerospace, electronic and industrial products. AP890206-0268 AP-NR-02-06-89 2014EST u f AM-Dukakis-Takeovers 1stLd-Writethru f0235 02-06 0632 AM-Dukakis-Takeovers, 1st Ld - Writethru, f0235,0648 Governor Says State Limited in Takeover Battles Eds: SUBS 2nd graf, `The governor ...,' to clarify that the companies are incorporated in Deleware, sted have their official headquarters there; SUBS last graf to paraphrase quote to clarify. By JOHN DIAMOND Associated Press Writer NATICK, Mass. (AP) Employees of two companies battling hostile takeover bids from out-of-state pursuers have banded together and on Monday appealed to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for help, but he told them his options are restricted. The governor said an important reason he could not make a stronger commitment to Prime Computer Inc. and Polaroid Corp., two important Massachusetts employers, was that both companies are incorporated in Delaware, though they have their headquarters in Massachusetts. Nevertheless, he said, they deserve Massachusetts' protection. ``What a state can do is limited legally,'' Dukakis told 2,500 employees of Prime at its headquarters. Both Polaroid and Prime face hostile corporate takeovers launched by smaller firms seeking to borrow hundreds of millions to finance the transactions. Last week a group called PACT, People Against Corporate Takeovers, was formed by employees of Prime and Polaroid. Members of the group said Monday they are trying to expand to other companies that are facing takeover battles. Dukakis drew thunderous applause from the crowd in what sounded like one of his presidential campaign speeches. ``I'm a free enterpriser, I'm an entrepreneur,'' Dukakis said. ``But there also have to be some reasonable rules of the game.'' ``How can you spend your time thinking about what you're going to do for your company when you're not even sure whether the company is going to exist in a couple of years?'' Dukakis said. The governor said he plans to go to Washington Wednesday and will lobby for federal legislation that would change tax laws that encourage debt-financed takeovers, sometimes called leveraged buyouts. ``As the phenomenon of hostile, highly leveraged corporate takeovers continues, subsidized by the federal tax laws, our international competitors must be laughing all the way to the bank,'' Dukakis said. As Dukakis spoke in the packed atrium of Prime's suburban headquarters, with hundreds of other employees watching on closed-circuit television, Polaroid officials were in U.S. District Court in Boston seeking to block the takeover of their company. Attorneys for the instant photography giant sought an injunction against Shamrock Holdings Inc. arguing that the pursuer has been making false statements about Polaroid's current ecponomic strength. Prime, meanwhile, is a week away from yet another deadline set by MAI Basic Four Inc. for its $970 million, $20-per-share takeover offer to buy Prime, a much larger company. Prime is scheduled to be in federal court in Boston Tuesday to argue its case that MAI is seeking to borrow too much _ $1.5 billion, according to Prime _ in its buyout bid. Monday's meeting and speech came a day after a special Massachusetts commission on corporate takeovers issued preliminary recommendations on how the state can curb the practice. Two of the recommendations involved increased lobbying efforts in Washington. Other proposals included forcing corporate takeover strategists to provide laid-off employees with substantial benefits and pension programs. William Benjamin, one of the Prime employees in the audience, called it ``very encouraging,'' for Dukakis to visit, ``regardless of whether there's any weight behind it.'' Prime employs 5,000 people in Massachusetts. Polaroid employs about 8,000, company spokesmen said. Daniel Jones, representing Prime employees, said a takeover by MAI would hurt the company's ability to compete overseas. Prime is the leading seller of computer aided design-computer aided manufacture systems in Europe and second worldwide, according to company spokesman Richard Eckel. Nick Pasquarosa, representing Polaroid employees, said the stakes could not be higher since both companies are in danger of being absorbed through takeovers and disappearing in their current form. AP890206-0269 AP-NR-02-06-89 2025EST u f AM-PacificFirst 02-06 0361 AM-Pacific First,0375 Pacific First Agrees To Buyout By Royal Trustco Of Canada SEATTLE (AP) Pacific First Financial Corp., parent of the largest thrift institution based in the Pacific Northwest, announced Monday it has agreed to be acquired by Royal Trustco Ltd. of Toronto for about $212 million. Under the deal, Royal Trustco will pay $27 cash for each share of Pacific First common stock. Pacific First stock, which trades in the over-the-counter market, zoomed $7.25 a share Monday, closing at $22.62 after reaching a peak of $23. Pacific First, based in Tacoma, Wash., is the parent of Pacific First Federal Savings Bank, Pacific First Bank, Pacific First Mortgage Corp., Pacific First Securities Ltd. and Pacific First Insurance. It has 105 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. Pacific First Financial earned $18.3 million, or $2.41 a share, in 1988. It lists assets totaling $6.6 billion. The deal requires regulatory and shareholder approval, but the company does not anticipate any trouble winning those, said Michael K. Rogers, a Pacific First spokesman. The companies hope to consummate the merger in six to nine months, he said. No approvals are required in Canada, Rogers said. Under the merger agreement, Pacific First would operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Trustco, with no changes planned in name or management, according to a Pacific First statement. Pacific First became the Northwest's largest thrift company in December when it acquired two ailing thrifts in Vancouver, Wash., and Oregon with federal assistance. ``Over time, Royal Trustco plans to introduce further capital into Pacific First to facilitate expansion,'' the statement said. Royal Trustco has put no dollar limit or time schedule on capitalization and expansion plans, but California is a likely expansion target, Rogers said. Toronto-based Royal Trustco has assets of about 100 billion Canadian dollars. Its subsidiary, Royal Trust Bank of Canada, has assets of 30 billion Canadian. Royal Trustco has 128 branches in Canada and 22 offices in Britain, Europe and Asia. ``This purchase is consistent with Royal Trust's stated objective of developing a significant presence in the United States,'' said Michael Cornelissen, president and chief executive officer of Royal Trust. AP890206-0270 AP-NR-02-06-89 2110EST r f AM-DeafPaging 02-06 0274 AM-Deaf Paging,0282 Deaf Pager Unveiled by Metrocast WASHINGTON (AP) A device which lets hearing-impaired people send brief messages to portable pagers was unveiled Monday by a company that says the service will be available in 90 U.S. cities. The system uses a palm-sized electronic messaging receiver and the so-called telecommunications device for the deaf (TTD), which is a keyboard that connects with a regular telephone to allow conversations to be typed to another TDD over phone lines. The receiver, which can hold 40 messages up to 52 characters in length, vibrates to alert the pager wearer of the message, according to Metrocast, a nationwide electronic messaging company that developed the device with the assistance of Gallaudet University in Washington. Metrocast said more than 100,000 TDDs are in use in the United States, where there are more than 21 million hearing-impaired people. Metrocast said its paging network is installed in 90 major cities with a population in excess of 60 million. ``The TDD-Metrocast system offers unprecedented freedom to a population previously restricted by its lack of access to suitable communications tools,'' said Thomas D. Di Noto, president of San Diego-based Metrocast. Lloyd Ballinger, manager of networks and communications at Gallaudet, which is a school for the hearing-impaired, said the device allows him to respond more quickly to problems in his job. ``I don't have to look for a phone and TDD or come back to the office to check for messages,'' Ballinger said. The service, which was unveiled at the Communication Networks '89 exposition and trade show, will cost from $59 to $99 monthly, depending on the frequency of use, Metrocast said. AP890206-0271 AP-NR-02-06-89 2106EST u f AM-S&LPlan-TexasReax 02-06 0405 AM-S&L Plan-Texas Reax,0416 Troubled Thrifts Find Positive Signs In Bush Plan With AM-Bush-S&Ls, Bjt By EVAN RAMSTAD Associated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) President Bush's quickness in dealing with the savings and loan crisis, which is felt most acutely in Texas, met with praise Monday from several of the state's troubled thrifts. ``We were pleased to hear that he (Bush) made a concerted effort to study the problem, to come up with a proposal and announce it today,'' said Russ Cobler, a spokesman for San Antonio Savings Association, one of 350 thrifts the president's plan is designed to help. Bush called for an increase in the insurance premium banks and savings and loans pay on deposits and more money for the Department of Justice to pursue fraud in the thrift industry. The plan does not include a fee on depositors, but the increased cost of insurance for deposits likely will be passed on to consumers in the form of lower interest rates on savings accounts. ``We like the fact that it's not hitting the consumer directly,'' said Sam Hart, a spokesman for First Gibraltar Bank FSB, the giant thrift recently formed through the consolidation of five Texas savings and loans. Hart said First Gibraltar viewed Bush's plan as a move in a ``positive direction,'' but added the company's officers were still looking it over. First Gibraltar was formed in one of the largest consolidations of the Southwest Plan, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board's program to cleanse the thrift industry of its most troubled institutions through a series of consolidations and recapitalizations. At the FHLBB's Dallas office, a focal point for administration of much of the Southwest Plan, spokesman David Colgren said, ``I really can't comment on the president's plan until we've had a chance to look at it.'' San Antonio Savings' Cobler praised Bush's assurance that deposits in the nation's thrifts are safe. ``We are pleased that he, very strongly at the beginning and end of the press conference, spoke of the full faith and credit of government behind thrifts,'' Cobler said. Cobler said employees of his thrift in recent weeks have noted ``a lot of confusion by the consumer.'' ``They don't necessarily know the full story about what's happening to savings and loans,'' he said. ``They're concerned about taxes, they see headlines about failed institutions _ what we hear from our customer is that there's a lot of confusion out there.'' AP890206-0272 AP-NR-02-06-89 2134EST u f AM-S&LPlan-CalifReax 02-06 0560 AM-S&L Plan-Calif Reax,0575 Calif. Thrift Reaction Mixed; Banker Blasts Premium Boost By GEORGE GARTIES AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Consumers aren't likely to see cuts in the interest they earn on their savings if President Bush's plan to bail out the savings and loan industry is enacted, top executives of several California thrifts said Monday. That's because the thrift industry faces too much competition _ from within, and from banks and securities brokers _ to risk scaring away depositors by passing along a proposed increase in federal deposit insurance premiums. ``When people say, `Are they going to pass this premium on to the public?' I have to laugh,'' said Marion Sandler, president and chief executive officer of World Savings & Loan Association of Oakland. ``We're not a cost-plus industry. We're going to have to eat it.'' Top officers at four other big California thrifts _ Great Western, California Federal, Glendale Federal and Home Federal _ said they, too, were extremely unlikely to cut their interest rates for fear of losing depositors to banks, mutual funds or the stock market. All five thrifts are among the nation's 10 largest. Robert Adelizzi, president and chief executive officer of Home Federal Savings & Loan of San Diego, said it is inevitable that higher insurance bills would be taken out of thrifts' profits, rather that passed on in the form of lower interest rates and higher fees to depositors. ``If we were a monopoly, yes, but we're not,'' Adelizzi said. ``We're competing with a broad variety of investment alternatives and it's real hard for us to just raise our rates or lower our rates.'' The S&L executives reserved judgment on parts of Bush's proposal, but were generally supportive of the plan, which would split the burden of bailing out failing thrifts among taxpayers and the industry itself. The president's plan would finance thrift bailouts with a combination of government bond sales _ with tax money financing the interest _ and increased premiums paid by both S&Ls and banks for their federal insurance. The fact that both banks and S&Ls would pay higher insurance premiums inevitably would force down interest rates paid to consumers, said J.J. Pinola, chairman and chief executive officer of First Interstate Bancorp, one of California's biggest banks. He called the decision unfair. ``I'm somewhat appalled and looking for the right word to describe why someone in another industry that had nothing to do with the mistakes of the first industry now is being asked to pay,'' Pinola said. ``It's simply a bashing of the banks.'' In general, thrift executives praised the new president for quickly tackling a problem that many have seen as a crisis for four years. ``I like what is see,'' said James Montgomery, chairman and chief executive officer of Beverly Hills-based Great Western Financial Corp. ``I think he's showing some leadership, saying, `We've got to get on with this problem,' and spreading the pain around a little bit.'' Montgomery and other thrift executives were particularly supportive of proposals to increase capital requirements _ the amount of a thrift's own money that must be used to back deposits _ and to crack down on fraud and mismanagement. That is because many at strong thrifts believe they unfairly have received a black eye through association with the estimated one-third of the industry that's on shaky ground. AP890206-0273 AP-NR-02-06-89 2145EST r f BC-WasteManagement-French 02-06 0205 BC-Waste Management-French,0213 Waste Management Buys Nearly Half Of French Chemical Waste Company OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) Waste Management International Inc. said Monday it had agreed to buy 49.9 percent of PEC Engineering, a French company that treats chemical waste. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fred Weinert, president of Waste Management International, said the purchase is part of the company's expansion into European markets. The company is a subsidiary of Waste Management Inc. of Oak Brook, the largest U.S. waste treatment and disposal company. ``The acquisition will complement our other chemical waste treatment activities in the Netherlands, and will provide our European customers with a full range of chemical waste and treatment options,'' Weinert said. The company has joined with Chantiers Modernes, a French construction company, to form Financiere PEC, which will buy 100 percent of PEC Engineering. The agreement must be approved by the French government. PEC, based in Lyon, France, is one of the largest European chemical waste treatment companies, with five treatment and disposal facilities in central and eastern France. The acquisition of PEC marks Waste Management International's first foray into the French market. The company has operations in Italy, Holland, South America, the Middle East and Australia. AP890206-0274 AP-NR-02-06-89 2200EST r f BC-KittyLitter 02-06 0142 BC-Kitty Litter,0148 Kitty Litter Restores Original Formula Eds: Only version planned. CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) More than 40 years after he first sold clay in brown paper bags hand-labeled ``Kitty Litter,'' Edward Lowe will reintroduce a close relative of the original formula. ``Original Formula Kitty Litter'' will be sold along with ``Kitty Litter Brand with Healthguard,'' Lowe said. The newer product is a germicide-treated, odor-controlled version of the original. ``Consumers, however, have continued to express interest in a product that features the light, woodsy scent like the Kitty Litter brand I first introduced,'' Lowe said in a statement issued Friday. The original 1947 formula, with some improvements such as anti-dust treatment, will be sold first in Miami, Tampa and Orlando, Fla.; Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; Richmond, Va.; and Denver, with national distribution expected to follow, Lowe said. AP890206-0275 AP-NR-02-06-89 2233EST r f AM-Obit-Close 02-06 0193 AM-Obit-Close,0204 Former Alcoa Chairman Dies PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) Frederick J. Close, former chairman of the Aluminum Co. of America, died Monday of complications after a fall in his home. He was 83. Close, a Pittsburgh native, died in a hospital here. He retired as Alcoa chairman in 1970. Close led the development of easy-open tops for cans and of the all-aluminum beverage can, which now is the major use of aluminum in the world. Close joined the company in 1929 after graduating from Penn State University, and worked as a sales apprentice in New York City. During World War II, he directed the production of aluminum aircraft parts at Alcoa's Cleveland plant. He was transferred to Pittsburgh in 1945 as manager of architectural sales. Close was named a vice president in 1958, executive vice president in 1963 and chairman in 1965. He was a key figure in the conception and construction of the 31-story Alcoa Building in Pittsburgh, the company's headquarters and the world's first aluminum high-rise building. Close also served on the Allegheny County Port Authority board. Close is survived by a son, Frederick J. Close III of London. AP890206-0276 AP-NR-02-06-89 2239EST u f Japan-Markets 1stLd-Writethru f0322 02-06 0243 Japan-Markets, 1st Ld-Writethru, f0322,0250 Tokyo Share Prices Close At New High In Morning Session Eds: Updates throughout with morning Nikkei, comments TOKYO (AP) The U.S. dollar marginally rose against the Japanese yen early Tuesdsay, while share prices closed the morning session at a new high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The dollar, which opened at 129.37 yen, down from Monday's 129.70-yen close, was quoted at 129.48 yen by late morning. The currency moved in a range of 129.30-129.48 yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues, which rose 142.97 points to a record 31,828.75 points Monday, gained an additional 80.47 points, or 0.25 percent, to finish the morning session at 31,909.22 points, another high. ``Investors' buying interest is very strong, especially individual investors,'' said Seichiro Kita of Daiwa Securities. The market has finally found a direction for trading, and participants targeted their interest in construction issues, he said. In currency dealings, the dollar's slip at the opening of Tokyo trading followed its slide in New York, dealers said. After coordinated dollar-selling intervention by central banks in New York and Europe, the currency closed lower at 129.41 yen in New York. A dealer with the Mitsubishi Bank said there was ``little movement'' on the exchange rate in early trading in Tokyo because of the absence of major market-affecting news. Other dealers said market players stepped off to the sidelines amid uncertainties over the Group of Seven industrial countries' coordination policy. AP890206-0277 AP-NR-02-06-89 2331EST r f BC-FormicaBuyout 02-06 0302 BC-Formica Buyout,0316 Management Offers To Buy Formica CINCINNATI (AP) A management group has offered $230.4 million to buy Formica Inc., the target of a brief takeover attempt last fall. A group including Formica President Vincent P. Langone and the investment banking firms of Dillon, Read & Co. and Wertheim Schroder said Monday it would pay $18 a share in cash for the 12.8 million shares outstanding. But Malcolm Glazer, a Rochester, N.Y., businessman whose offer of $20 a share in cash and securities was rebuffed last fall, said he was considering a new bid. Formica's U.S. operations are based in Cincinnati. A leading maker of high pressure decorative laminates, the company employs about 800 people at its suburban Reading, Ohio, facilities. Formica, headquartered in Wayne, N.J., said Monday that its directors approved a definitive merger with the management-led group. But they also told financial advisers Shearson Lehman Hutton to see if others might be interested in bidding. Glazer said he was incensed at management's buyout attempt. ``I'm shocked that they'd offer $18 when we were willing to pay $20 a share. I don't think they're acting in the best interests of shareholders,'' he said. He estimated the company is worth ``in the high twenties'' a share. Glazer, who owns television stations, nursing homes and real estate, dropped his bid in November after Langone said the company wasn't for sale. Under the merger agreement, the management group will launch a tender offer for all Formica's shares, beginning Friday. After Monday's news, Formica opened above $20 a share on the New York Stock Exchange. It closed at $21.50, up $4.75 as more than 1.75 million shares changed hands. Glazer, who sold his 1.09 million-share stake in Formica last November to Chicago-based Great American Realty Inc., said he owns no Formica shares. AP890206-0278 AP-NR-02-06-89 2346EST u f BC-Manville-Trust 02-06 0449 BC-Manville-Trust,0466 Settlement Rate Could Lead To Payment Delays From Asbestos Trust NEW YORK (AP) The trust fund set up by Manville Corp. to compensate asbestos victims could run out of money by later this year, causing delays in payments to thousands of claimants, according to trust officials and attorneys. The fund is running out of money because settlement payments have averaged about 50 percent higher, and settlements have been reached at a quicker rate, than expected when the fund was established, according to court documents and officials quoted in Tuesday's editions of the New York Times. ``It's not as bleak a situation as it appears,'' said David T. Austern, the trust's general counsel. ``But if we run out of money, it means that we will be temporarily unable to make payments.'' Manville sought Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection from creditors in 1982 due to thousands of claims from people who suffered illnesses because of contact with asbestos. The trust, which assumes all legal liability for personal injury lawsuits stemming from Manville's asbestos products, was created last year when the company emerged from Chapter 11. Trust officials have indicated they had received 40,000 notices of claims and estimate that 120,000 to 200,000 claims ultimately could be filed against the trust, the newspaper stated. Court documents and people involved in Manville's legal proceedings indicated that the trust in recent months had agreed to settle almost 14,000 claims averaging $38,000 each. Creators of the trust had estimated claims would average $25,000. In a report recently filed in U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan, Manville trustees stated they expected that in the third or fourth quarter of this year, ``the trust will recurringly find itself temporarily unable to pay claimants.'' Trust officials told the Times they could not predict how long payments might be delayed. The trust is to be replenished periodically over 27 years by the sale of stock, note payments and injections of Manville profits, mostly after 1982. The fund currently has $685 million in assets and more than $665 million in liabilities, according to Al Kamhi, the trust's director of communications. The trust's total value was expected to exceed $2.5 billion over its life. Separately, Denver-based Manville reported Monday that it lost $1.31 billion in the fourth quarter because of a $1.3 billion charge for costs of its Chapter 11 reorganization. The loss compared with a $59.98 million loss in fourth quarter 1987. Manville reported fourth-quarter sales of $522.1 million, up from $486 million a year earlier. For the full year, Manville lost nearly $1.3 billion, compared to earnings of $72.6 million, or 61 cents per share, in 1987. Full-year sales totaled $2.06 billion, up from $1.94 billion.