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STATE, EM THE ARIZONA 1ETOIBHC State Edition 35c Copyright 1989, The Arizona Republic Wednesday, November 29, 1989 Phoenix, Arizona 100th year, No. 195 Clarioe off change mmmmmm The Wallace Ladmo show starring Bill Thompson (left) and Ladimir Kwiatkowski has been a favorite of three generations of Arizonans. Kohl urges German federation 1 -party rule dying, top Czech says A if' ft 7 vv The Arizona Republic 'Wallace Ladmo' to sign off Dec. 29 i The Associated Press Czechs hungry for news of the opposition's progress reach for Civic Forum leaflets being distributed in Prague's Wenceslas Square. nounced Tuesday by KPHO-TV (Channel 5), was attributed to the retirement of Bill Thompson, who plays Wallace.

"Yes, I'm retiring," said the 57-year-old Wallace, who created, produces and co-writes the show. "I just thought it was a good time to retire while we are still going strong. It's been great fun, and I'm sorry it's over. I'll miss it." Rumors began surfacing about two weeks ago that Wallace See WALLACE LADMO, page A2 further opposition demands. Two demands are for free elections and the resignation by Dec.

10 of Husak, a central figure in the crackdown on reform after a Soviet-led invasion in August 1968. At a news conference, prominent SF construction crane Mis tt- 7" 1 7 5ft 5i "4, 7, I The Associated Press PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia Pre-: mier Ladislav Adamec promised Tuesday to include non-Communists in a new government and try to end a constitutional guarantee of the party's! monopoly on power. Adamec made the pledges in a meeting with the opposition Civic, Forum movement after 11 straight; days of unprecedented protest in Czechoslovakia. Millions of workers' observed a two-hour general strike Monday, but the streets were quiet Tuesday because Civic Forum had, asked for calm. After the meeting, government minister Marian Calfa said Adamec will submit a coalition government to President Gustav Husak by Sunday.

Civic Forum spokesman Jiri Kan-turek appeared on state television's evening news with a 10-point statement outlining concessions made and 'A By William Tuohy Los Angeles Times BONN, West Germany In his first major statement on the future of the two Germanys since the Berlin Wall was breached Nov. 9, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl proposed Tuesday a federation of West and East Germany, saying it should be an interim step before the ultimate goal of reunification. In a speech to Parliament, Kohl offered substantial support to encourage democratic reforms in the East and pressed for closer cooperation between the two states. "We are ready," he said, "to develop confedcrative structures. Nobody knows today how a reunited Germany will look.

But I am sure unity will come, 4f the people in Germany want it." Kohl emphasized that "a legitimate See KOHL, pagcA6 killed Survivor 'thought it was a quake' By Alan Gathrlght and Cathie Calvert San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO In a city already wracked by disaster and death, San Francisco office workers watched in disbelief and horror Tuesday as the latest calamity unfolded with the crash of a construction crane onto busy California Street. At least five people were killed and 21 injured when the huge crane toppled from a high-rise construction project during the morning rush hour, bounced off another building and slammed into a taxicab, a commuter bus and a school bus. Five people were reported missing. Horrified office workers watched as the crane's support tower buckled, sending the creaking steel skeleton swinging across the street and smashing into a 21 -story building. Then it went down as bystanders below scrambled for safety.

Acting Mayor Angela Alioto said the dead were four construction workers at the building under construction at 600 California all from the Seattle area, and the woman driving the school van, Sec CRANE, pageAb Inside Tiny liver recipient undergoes 2nd surgery See Page A4 Phoenix staff may face random drug testing See Page Bl Today's prayer: Thank you, Lord, for those who bring us strength. Amen. Today's chuckle: Lots of families go in for water sports: dish washing and baby bathing. Today's weather: Sunny, high clouds in south. Highs t8-71 deserts, 43-54 Rim Country, mountains.

Lows 36-50 deserts, 15-24 Rim, mountains. A14. Weatherline 957-8700 INDEX; Astrology Bi idg ('alcialiii C'lussilicU Dl 11 Comic C7, DIO Dear Abby 1I hUiloim! KhhJ I lie eisure Monlini (Hiluaii -jt O'Sux'ii Fuzlck Sluul Takes Solomon SjHUU I ekvisioi) A12 FD1 CI bl bo Dl Dl Dl CO Marion Barry His office denies that the Wash-ington mayor was treated for a drug overdose in 1983. A5. H5 "PJ Cv By Hal Mattern The Arizona Republic Wallace Ladmo, the children's television show that has become an Arizona institution over the past 35 years, will go off the air at the end of December.

The rotund, bowler-topped Wallace and the grinning, childlike Ladmo will pass out their last goodie-filled "Ladmo Hags" to children in the studio audience Dec. 29. The show's cancellation, an Mecham may lose building over loan Proceedings start for foreclosure By Martin Van Der Werf The Arizona Republic Former Gov. Evan Mccham has seen some hard times in the past two years. But take the house out from under his feci? It may happen to Mccham's former family home, that iSj.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has begun foreclosure proceedings on the building, which now serves as his Glcndalc campaign headquarters. And if Mccham can't come up with a method to pay the note, reported to be nearly S500.000, the building is scheduled to be raffled off on the steps of the Maricopa County on Feb. 23. Mecham on Tuesday pooh-poohed the action as "no big deal." "Most of these things can be Evan Mecham "No, I am not broke.

This (possible foreclosure) hasn't anything whatever to do with my campaign." worked out," he said, stressing that he intends to hold on to the property. But Republican insiders said the development is indicative of something deeper; a candidate and a campaign in serious financial trouble. "I know he's broke," said one Republican official who spoke about Mccham's financial woes on the condition that he not be identified. Mecham's Forward Arizona political-action committee "has not brought in a lot of money," the official said. "The people he's trying to get money put of are not big-money people." Mecham shrugged off suggestions that he is broke and said his campaign to regain his office next year is moving ahead.

"No, I am not broke," Mccham said. "This hasn't anything whatever to do with my campaign. This is a private matter." Mccham acknowledged (hat he is "two or three months behind" in payments on the loan and agreed that the foreclosure is proper. "They're within their rights on what they arc doing," he said of the IDIC. M)JC officials said they could not discuss many details of the foreclosure proceedings because of privacy laws.

The building, which was Mecham's family home for 24 years, used to stand on 59th Avenue between Northern and Olive avenues. Mccham said lit look out a loan from North ilci- MLXHAM, page A 7 1 dissident Jiri Dicnstbicr read a letter saying Husak's resignation "would calm the situation down." Civic Forum and the allied Public Against Violence in Slovakia demanded immediate revision of the Sec TOP CZECH, page A 10 Dennis DeConcini His investment in Lincoln Savings and Loan was the only out-of-state deposit made by his campaign. I I IS Mayncs said DeConcini considered Lincoln an Arizona institution because it had $1.3 billion invested in Arizona. Lincoln was owned by eating's Phoenix-bused American Continental Corp. until federal regulators seized the thrift in April.

Although DcConcini's investment was entirely legal, it was unusual because of its unconventional eight-month maturity period. Also, the senator ullowcd the certificate to mature and then waited one month T- A huge crane lies in pieces after toppling from a high-rise construction project, San Francisco Chronicle bouncing off another building and slamming into a taxicab and two buses. DeConcini invested $100,000 in Lincoln during '88 campaign Was his only out-of-state deposit 0 By Anne Q. Hoy Republic Washington Bureau WASHINGTON While Charles II Keating Jr. was investing in the political fortunes of Sen.

Dennis bcConcini, the Arizona Democrat was investing in Kcuting's thrift, records show. DcConcini's 1988 scnatoriul campaign invested $100,000 in a jumbo 240-day certificate of deposit at the Irvine, Calif. -basal Lincoln Savings and l-oaii in full 1987, according to documents obtained by The Arizona Republic. It was the only out-of-state deposit tiuulc by DcConcini's $3.2 million campaign. The campaign received about from Keating and his associates for last year's re-election bid.

DcCouciui spokesman Hob Muyncs Miid the scnutor hits a policy of spreading around his campaign war chest by depositing similar amounts in various Arizona bunks ami thrifts. Santiago LyonReuteri MYTH MEETS DEADLY REALITY A Salvador soldier sporting a Hollywood-style headband watches for rebels in San Salvador, El Salvador. Fighting between the government and leftist guerrillas continued Tuesday, and Francisco Jose Guerrero, a prominent right-wing politician was assassinated in the city. Story, A9..