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Ml THE CINCINNATI FINAL EDITIONNEWSSTAND PRICE 25t A GANNETT NEWSPAPER U.S. Send Force To Persian Gulf May Tuesday Sept. 30,1001 FROM ENQUIRER WIRES Officials have said that the United States was looking to Britain, France and Australia for support in any International task force. Britain Monday announced that it had sent a guided-mlsslle destroyer and support ship to the Indian Ocean to give Britain "as flexible a stance as possible" in the event the situation worsened. IRAQI PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein said in a letter to U.N.

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim that Iraq would heed a Security Council appeal for a cease-fire if Iran would also. Hussein urged the council to "take necessary measures to urge the Iranian side to abide" by the resolution approved Sunday. Iran did not respond Immediately to Waldheim. A special envoy representing Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr met in New Delhi with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and said he urged her, as a leader in the non-aligned movement, to help end the war. allied task force for the region to ensure that the Persian Gulf Is kept open.

It was not Immediately known how many of the radar planes, which also serve the function of airborne command and control centers and are known as AWACS for Airborne Warning and Command Systems, were being sent. Last Thursday, Prince Saud, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, conferred with Muskie in New York, and discussed Saudi concerns about the fighting between Iraq and Iran affecting the rest of the Gulf area. So far, oil traffic from Gulf states other than Iran and Iraq has not been affected by the conflict. But there has been concern within the administration that Iran might, in an act of desperation, move to close the Strait of Hormuz, which is the gateway to the Gulf. Mr.

Carter said last week that the United States would not allow the Gulf to be closed because that would have the effect of cutting off 60 of the world oil trade. Saudi Arabia, the world's main oil exporter, would be most affected by any halting of the traffic. cn the inside Can Iran rebuild? Analysis, Page D-5. Persian Gulf to Saudi Arabia. If the planes are sent, It would be not only to bolster Saudi defenses, officials said, but also to demonstrate American concerns In the region.

Other air and naval units might be sent besides the highly sophisticated radar planes, but Monday night the focus was on the planes. The first hint of the American move came from Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who said in New York after bong briefed by Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, that "Saudi Arabia may need to have her defense capabilities reinforced," and that he supported "any defensive assistance to that country." PRESIDENT CARTER, after a campaign trip to New York, briefed key members of the Senate on the situation Monday afternoon, and discussed with them the possibility of an WASHINGTON The United States was giving urgent consideration Monday night to sending Air Force radar and command and control planes to Saudi Arabia as part of a plan to augment Saudi defenses, and Is working with Its allies on forming an International task force to protect Western oil Interests In the Persian Gulf In the wake of the Iran-Iraqi conflict, administration officials said. Meanwhile, In Baghdad, Iraq agreed Monday to a United Nations-requested ceasefire provided Iran did the same, but the lght-lng did not subside.

Iraqi troops and equipment moved southward Inside Iran toward the enemy's oil heartland, where Iranian resistance appeared to have stiffened. A DECISION on sending the planes was expected within hours, one White House official said, even though other administration officials said it already had been decided to do so. The White House official said that Saudi Arabia had expressed deep concern over Its air defenses and was fearful that the fighting might somehow spread across the nmmmmmmmammmrmammimmmmmmmmmmi Minium tin imnmniljn wywtWfTWWafSWjlllW Wl'Hp rrj. y- 4 3r rrrsi Ci(tf The 332nd day of captivity for U.S. nostages in Iran.

TOOAY TOMORROW Partly cloudy today and Wednesday, with a high In the 70s both days. Chance of rain Is 10 through Wednesday. Weather map and details, Page D-5. smile It's not clear how schools can teach different standards of English usage. Can a kid flunk because he forgot to say, metro Agent Orange, a herbicide used to def olllate Vietnamese jungles, is suspected of causing physical damage to veterans and their children.

Page D-l. Dr. Bertold Pembaur testifies he left for Austria as his Medicaid fraud trial was about to begin because he needed a certain medication only available there. Page D-l. sMan North College Hill teachers and school board members race the clock to break deadlock In labor negotiations.

Page D-2 vdtIsT The Munich Oktoberfest explosion that killed 12 people is believed the work of one man, who died in the blast. Page A-4. American Roman Catholic bishops call on the Vatican for "a completely honest examination" of the birth control Issue. Page A-4. sports Pitcher Charlie Lelbrandt, the Reds' starting pitcher against San Diego tonight, says the team is hoping for one more miracle In this last desperate week of the 1980 regular season.

Page C-l. entertainment The problem with "In God We Trust" is the movie doesn't know whether It wants to be cute or satiric. Page C-6. Business The stock market records sharp losses, with the Dow Jones average plunging more than 18 points. Page B-10.

people today The bright ideas of the world rrmn frnm rrpa t.lvp nrnrp.M t.har. runs from one to 10. Page B-1. in our opinion The long hostage crisis has produced an erosion of will in America. Editorial, Page A-6.

I TUG-OF-WAR: Mike Duffy, a teacher at Lucas Intermediate School, yells School District team won. The event was part of annual athletic competition in Ten Area Waste Sites May Hurt Water Supply Imported Athletes Kept Out Ohio Prep Rule Upheld By Judge BY MICHAEL PAOLERCIO Sports Reporter The high school athletic pipeline between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky was closed Monday, possibly for good. Springfield's visiting Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Glenn E. Detllng upheld an Ohio High School Athletic Association rule prohibiting athletic participation by out-of-state students. Eight Northern Kentucky students who attend St.

Xavler High School sought a permanent Injunction to overturn the rule, which was designed to eliminate recruiting and to prevent Kentucky players from replacing Ohio students. The rule affects only present freshmen and future Incoming classes. Current upperclassmen will be eligible for varsity sports until graduation. WHILE THE decision affects the entire state, the Cincinnati schools most affected will be St. Xavler, Moeller, Summit Country Day, Cincinnati Country Day and Seven Hills.

Under this rule, some of St. Xavl-er's best-known athletes during the past 30 years would have been Ineligible to play In Ohio, Including baseball star Jim Bunnlng, basketball stars Jack Thobe, Bob Arnzen, Charley Wolf and his sons Marty and Steve, who were also successful tennis players. "I DON'T think much of the decision," said St. Xavier's basketball coach, 25-year veteran Dick Bernlng. "They talk about unfair competition, but I don't think that's the question.

To me, a kid should have a freedom of choice to go to a private school. The rule obviously restricts that if he wants to participate In athletics." Sylvan Relsenfeld, attorney for the St. Xavler students, expressed disappointment In the decision. "The rule was a good rule," said OHSAA commissioner Richard Armstrong, who was attending a regional meeting In Lexington, Ky. "Of the member schools 65 did vote It in.

I'm a firm believer in fair competition. The ruling Indicates that the decision by present and past members of the association was of a sound nature." on the inside oi. a Traainon aies oineny in Northern Kentucky. Page C-l. Critical Fall It was the last day before his college classes were to resume, and John Harden had gone Sunday with his fiancee, her sister and the women's two children for an after-dinner walk In Eden Park.

It was there, by the lower of the two Ohio River overlooks, that the two children wandered away and the three adults separated to search for them. Several minutes later, the women found the little boy and girt the youngsters had just momentarily stepped out of view. But Harden wasn't found until Monday morning. He was barely alive. He had tumbled down the cliff, below the overlook.

Late Monday, he still was In critical condition at General Hospital. At age 40, the North yivondale resident is a psychology student at Enquirer photg DtCK SA AinA of war Monday. His Princeton Expel Israel, Lose U.S., U.N. Warned KNIGHT NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK-Presldent Carter said Monday that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations General Assembly If that world organization voted to expel Israel from membership. In impromptu remarks to the convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Mr.

Carter said flatly that this country would not permit the expulsion of Israel from the assembly. "The illegal expulsion of a member of the family of nations from the General Assembly would be a challenge to the basic principles of the United Nations," the President said to loud applause. "It would raise the gravest questions about the future of the General Assembly and further participation of the United States and other nations in the deliberations of that great body. We will not permit it." JOHN HARDEN A GANNETT NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON A congressman with a reputation for getting his name in the news has rushed into a controversy where even the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) feared to tread.

The EPA declined to release a list of 2,100 Industrial waste dump sites with potential for contaminating groundwater supplies because "there were too many things we didn't know about the sites," a spokesman said. But the House subcommittee on environment, energy and natural resources, chaired by Rep. Toby Moffett, demanded a copy of the list and published it in a report released here Monday and "leaked" over the weekend to some Sunday newspapers. The report was full of disclaimers, explanations and warnings. Reporters Monday were shown copies of the report, which lists the owners of sites having potential for contaminating drinking water.

encouragement to students during a tug the school district. ing "potentially hazardous contaminants" located within a mile of a usable water-supply well. HAMILTON COUNTY businesses owning such sites were: Chemical Leaman Tank Line. 4283 Wade Mill Ross; Chevron Asphalt P.O. Box 38014, Cincinnati; Kuppers Co.

Forest Products Division, North Bend. Those located In the City of Hamilton were: American Cyana-mid, 3700 Dixie and Steel Abrasive, 2723 Symmes Rd. Armco Steel Corp. of Mlddletown was listed as owner of four sites. Allied Industrial Chemical Division, 305 Richmond was the second Mlddletown business listed.

A spokesman for Armco said the company could not comment on the listing without knowing the specific sites. Chem-Dyne, the Hamilton, Ohio, business that has been placed into receivership because of its failure to comply with a court order to clean up its waste dump site, was not listed under any recognizable form. Rep. Thomas N. Kindness, R-Ohio, who told The Cincinnati Enquirer Sunday that Chem-Dyne was on the list, said Monday he had assumed it would be.

perature had slipped to 92 degrees. Slnguefield said she is waiting for Harden to get his master's degree in psychology before marrying him. "He liked children, he really liked special education." Slnguefield said. HIS STUDIES have gone slowly, a few credit hours at a time, because Harden is working his way through college, his fiancee said. For the past three years, he was a cook at the Sigma Delta Tau sorority house at UC.

Harden would have started his fourth year at that job Monday. Harden's family told the sorority women about the accident. "They knew we'd be concerned." a sorority resident said. "We couldn't be more upset about it." EPA SPOKESMAN Marlin Fitz-water said the agency, which acquired the information from state environmental officials, did not make the data public because "we don't know where a lot of these sites are, what they are doing or whether they are dangerous. Some don't exist or the problem may have been cured." Nearly half of the 21 hazardous waste dump sites that the Moffett subcommittee contends could threaten underground drinking-water supplies In Ohio are owned by firms In the southern part of the The list Includes 2,100 sites.

Of these, 250 were considered by the committee to present substantial risk of groundwater contamination. The subcommittee stressed that It was not "accusing the owners and operators of polluting the groundwater," and said that the list Is "not designed to provide reliable data on a site-specific basis." There were 10 sites in Southern Ohio listed In the most serious category as hav police determined lt was too dark to search for Harden Sunday night and decided to wait for the light of Monday morning. THE FAMILY continued to look throughout the night, however, in the park and elsewhere. Monday, Fire Department paramedics rescued Harden from his precarious perch 30 feet down a 70-degree-angle hill, next to a tree, below the overlook. An officer had spotted his yellow sun visor.

The paramedics used a special stretcher, constructed like a big basket with handles, to rescue the 160-pound man. They held on to ropes anchored at the top of the overlook. Harden was unconscious and breathing erratically. His body tem Result Of Search For Lost Children index Four Sections, 140th Year, No. 174 ACTION LINE B2 BIORHYTHMS EM BRIDGE B-9 BRUMFIELD A-7 BUSINESS B-10-15 CLASSIFIED D-5-14 CLASSIQUE B-5-7 COLUMNISTS A-6, 7 COMICS D-4 CROSSWORD EM DEAR ABBY B-2 DEATHS D-5 EDITORIALS A-6 ENTERTAINMENT HEALTH B-2 HOROSCOPE B-9 HORSE SENSE B-4 JUMBLE B-8 RACES C-5 SANGER B-1 SOCIETY EW SULLIVAN CO TV-RADIO G7 WORD GAME B-9 the University of Cincinnati (UC).

But, his fiancee, Jackie Slnguef ield, explained, his age has nothing to do with his interests. "HE LOVED to deal with the mind, so to speak," Slnguefield, of Skyline Acres, said Monday night. "Human nature fascinates him," she said. "He likes to hear what people think about, what they feel." Slnguefield and her sister, Susan, found the children within minutes Sunday night, and all four went back to a park swing set where they had arranged to meet Harden. That was about 6:30 p.m.

They waited for an hour, then called Harden's mother, Jessie. She called police. Two officers visited Harden's apartment at 100 Clinton Springs Avenue Sunday evening. According to Police Lt. Dan Cash, SPORTS RESULTS: Telephone 369-1005 or 369- W06.