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sZTj KJkt Hook-SupeRx will merge with Revco 1 Biosphere sabotaged 2 former crew members suspects Nation, A2 Business, B5 IMER INdNMT (LI) II rPTr MMO ML mm ff foai I i i Urn -iM i'iMinimi I t- -s ago, the rate was below 7, making this period one of the sharpest for interest rate rises in recent years. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 42.61 points, or 1.2, on Monday, and is now 9.75 below the high it set Jan. 31. Many market analysts have been predicting a stock market "correction" of about 10, though some have foreseen a larger drop. The summer of 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, was the last time the stock market suffered a 10 pullback.

Market analysts focused their Opening Day fit for a Queen The Associated PressLongstreath Arkansas' Corliss Williamson hugs a teammate after the Razorbacks' 76-72 victory over Duke on Monday night. Arkansas grabs its 1st NCAA title Interest rates blamed for slide The New York Times NEW YORK Individual investors, whose willingness to buy has rescued the stock and bond markets numerous times in the past several years, refused to do so Monday as interest rates soared to their highest level in more than a year and stock prices fell sharply. The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds jumped to 7.41, the highest since January, 1993. A week An The Cincinnati Enquirer CHARLOTTE, N.C Nolan Richardson has his respect. And his triple crown.

The Arkansas Razorbacks won their first men's college basketball national championship Monday night with a 76-72 victory over Duke (.. Charlotte Coliseum. Richardson, the Razor-backs' coach, has also won a national junior college title at Western Texas and the National Invita-tion Tournament championship with Tulsa in 1981. Scotty Thurman's 3-pointer over Antonio MCA 1 9 m. A FINAL350 would pick up soon and by a warning of sharply higher interest rates from Henry Kaufman, a noted economist.

President Clinton, seeking to reassure investors, said Monday that he thought interest rates were now too high and would decline. Some mutual fund groups reported selling by their shareholders. Perhaps more important, there was little interest in buying, fund groups reported, in contrast (Please see DOW, Page A3) Analysts disagree on meaning of plunge, B5 City Tradition hits home with fans BY HOWARD WILKINSON The Cincinnati Enquirer This was more like it. Whatever that bone-chilling icebox marathon the Reds were involved in Sunday night at Riverfront Stadium was, it wasn't opening day, Not a true Cincinnati Opening Day. The 55,093 fans who made their way to the ballpark Monday afternoon know the difference be- tween a Sunday-night cable television production and a genuine baseball season opener with a Findlay Market parade winding its way downtown, the fans dressed in red from head-to-toe and, most of all, sunshine.

To top it off, the Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4, thanks to a dramatic lOth-inning home run off the facade of the red seats by left fielder Kevin Mitchell. "I'm going to pretend it didn't happen," Joe Mi-na, a 32-year veteran of Reds' opening days from Dayton, Ohio, said of Sunday night's game, even though he was among the 32,803 who fought off the cold and struggled Inside Cleveland's new home is enticing, A4 Purdy on the Findlay Market Parade, B1 Full game coverage in Sports, C1 through it. Monday, though, he was where he usually is this time of year on Fountain Square, waiting for the Findlay Market parade to come by. "Marge should never have even put them on the field last night," Mina said.

"It just wasn't right." Sunday night's game the product of a contract with ESPN, the cable TV sports network was held on the Easter holiday; Monday, though, was a holiday, at (Please see FANS, Page A4) Teen birth rates Teen sexual activity rises Percentage of females 90 I between 1 5-1 9 who ha ve had premarital sex A of his career," Richardson said of Thurman's 3-pointer. Richardson called timeout just before the crucial shot. "I told them to take a good shot. When that happened, I thought we were in control of the ballgame." After Thurman's shot, Duke's Chris Collins fired up a long 3 attempt that missed, and Arkansas rebounded. Clint McDaniel was fouled and made 1 of 2 free throws for a 74-70 Arkansas lead.

The Blue Devils (28-6) lost the ball on their last possession. Duke was playing for its third national champi onship in four years. Thurman was Arkansas' player of the game with 15 points and five rebounds. Hill had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Duke. Full coverage in Sports, Section pects in Mexico's most serious political assassination since 1928 and tends to reinforce suspicions of a wider conspiracy.

Colosio, as the candidate of the long-incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, was seen as a shoo-in for the Aug. 21 election. Initially the government insisted Mario Aburto Martinez, the confessed gunman, acted alone. Officials later said several people might have been involved, while discounting a wider conspiracy. Montes said Monday that Aburto, 23, is still the man accused of firing the shots that killed Colosio.

But he said four members of the security detail hired for the day were in custody, and two others are being sought. Israelis begin to leave Gaza Israeli soldiers began carting away away their equipment amid the jeers and occasional stones of Palestinians on Monday, as they prepared to withdraw from Jericho in the Israeli-Occupied Gaza Strip, a town they have occupied for 27 years. Story, A2 Northrop buys Grumman Corp. Grumman Corp. has accepted a buyout offer from Northrop Corp.

of $2.17 billion, or $62 a share, ending a monthlong contest and creat-, ing one of the nation's largest defense contractors. Story, B5 4 CSASULOTIZ Lang with 50.7 seconds left broke a 70-70 tie and put the Razorbacks (31-3) in control of the final minute. Duke's Grant Hill had tied the game with a 3-pointer with 1:29 to go, and Arkansas called timeout. "It was probably the biggest shot attention on interest rates. "Until you stabilize the bond market, you won't stabilize the stock market," said Steven Ein-horn, co-chairman of the investment policy committee at Goldman, Sachs Co.

The run-up in interest rates has come amid signs of a strong economy, which encourages increased borrowing by businesses seeking to expand, and amid concerns that the Federal Reserve Board, which has tightened credit twice in two months, will soon do so again. On Monday, bond prices were hurt by a forecast that inflation A if speaking population also tends to be young by comparison with the rest of the nation. What surprised Ventura when she reviewed the data was the surge in the rate of births among younger teens, from 15-17. Also surprising, she said, were the huge differences among states in the birth rates for young teens. In North Dakota, for example, the rate is 16 per 1,000 teens; Mississippi's rate is 57.5, and in Arkansas it is 50 per 1,000 teens.

In Ohio, the rate is 34.3; Kentucky is 40.8; and Indiana 35.3. Increasingly, teen mothers come from society's poorest families, according to research released Monday from American Enterprise Institute, which is sponsoring a series of seminars on sexuality issues. Conspiracy charged Mexico assassination suspects include guards 1 i fell by 21. While the math behind those two figures is not comparable, it is clear that fewer teens choosing abortion or having abortion available as an option is a major reason behind the rising birth rate. Key questions: Are new restrictions on abortion and decreased access to abortion clinics behind the change? Or are fewer teens choosing abortions? "That's a real tough one," said the report's author, Stephanie Ventura of the National Center for Health Statistics.

"It's such a sensitive area to speculate about." There are other reasons behind the rising teen birth rate, she said, including the high rate among Hispanic teens. Not only is the number of Hispanics in the United States rising, but the Spanish- V' I The Cincinnati EnquirerMichael E. Keating Kevin Mitchell rounds third base after hitting a home run in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday, giving the Reds a 5-4 victory over St. Louis. Third base coach Ray Knight trails Mitchell toward home.

The Associated Press MEXICO CITY At least seven people were involved in the assassination of the man who was likely to have become Mexico's next president, a special prosecutor said Monday. The suspects include the head of local security for presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio at the March 23 rally where he was slain, as well as three men hired to guard him. The prosecutor, former supreme court justice Miguel Montes Garcia, said still others may be involved. Montes did not discuss a possible motive, nor directly address the issue of a broader conspiracy that many Mexicans believe existed. But the announcement dramatically widens the number of sus- WEATHER Rainy and mild High 56" Low 44 Mostly cloudy and mild today with showers and thunderstorms by afternoon.

Rain tonight. Showers Wednesday; high 52. Details, back page this section INDEX Four sections, 153rd year, No. 361 Copyright 1994, The Cincinnati Enquirer Cost of teen mothers climbing 42 44 29 'F-yj ttt 1 1970 75 '80 '85 '88 75 get welfare within five years Gannett News Service WASHINGTON The rising rate of teen births is proving costly, according to several reports on the problem released Monday: More than three of four teen mothers receive welfare within five years of the birth of their child. One reason for the rising birth rate is that fewer teens are having abortions, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Between 1986 and 1990, the number of teens per 1,000 who gave birth rose by 20. During the same period, the ratio of teens having abortions vs. giving birth i while percentage of births to married teens falls Percentage of births to 85 married mothers under aoe 20 69 61 .4 I wm I SITS -3 it. 1960 '65 70 75 80 Source: Child Trends Gannett News Service 5141 itt I 85 '91 Abby D2 Obituaries B3 Business B4 People D2 Comics D6 Puzzles D7 Editorials A8 Sports C1 Horoscope D2 Stocks B4.6.7 Lotteries A10 Tempo i D1 Metro B1 TV D5 Nation A2.3.7 World A2.3.6 Classified B8.D8-12 Printed on recycled newsprint using soy oil Ink.