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Minister shuts Ralph Nader off Bilingual ballot is out Inland Empire, B-1 3 suspended after brawl Sports, C-1 Peg A-3 Chance of showers Weather details on A-2 Metro final Edition 2. Out Tuesday, September 11, lWlt A (banned NeHspaper Sen inp the Inland Kmpirt C'upvrmht Th Sun Co San llernarrfimt. California Storm's remnants snap three-week heat wave At the other end of thi comfort scale was Ijke Arrow head, hich recorded a mild 70 degrees. While temperatures remained warm at lower elevations. National Weather Service meteorologist Ahmed Aluddm said an almost day long cloud cov or held temperatures well Im Iow recent highs.

"The cloudiness prevented the soljr radiation from heating us up." said Aluddin from the weather station at the I'niversity of California. Hiverside. He said valley daytime highs probably will be in the middle to upper 80s Unlay and Wednesday, with nighttime lows in the high and low 70s. Desert temperatures also should be cooler, reaching no more than the low to mid 90s. Aziuddin said he expected relative humidity to range from 80 to 70 percent today.

The humidity should drop beginning Wednesday hen temperatures ill begin to climb, he said. Authorities said the rain also flooded roads, including Highway l.r. And the spectacular lightning display knocked out electrical power for nearly two hours for a couple of doen homes and the City Hall in Needles. "It had been cloudy all morning," said IVral McK-ee. area manager for the IT National utility company.

"Then It got very dark and it rained very hard. "There was lightning all over town." At Needles Airport, weather observer Wes Johnson said the temperature plunged from W) to 75 degrees during the storm. The cooling in the San Bernardino Valley was not as dramatic, but it was welcomed nevertheless. Besides San Bernardino, cities rejmrting peak temperatures in the low 90s included Colton Fontana Mi) and Kialto (92). Only Daggett reorted a threeligit high temperature 101 degrees.

pated off the coast of San Diego. Nonetheless, it continued to spin high humidity into the Inland Empire. Norton meteorologists measured a steamy percent relative humidity at 1 m. Monday. High humidity was blamed for spawning a swift-moving thunderstorm that dumped two tenths of an inch of rain on Needles during an hour long downpour Monday afternoon.

During the storm, a roof collapsed at a bowling alley. Kiver Bowl manager Dale Stremple said the cause of the cave In had not been determined. "It seemed like it was the rain on the roof or a bolt of lightning." said Stremple. "I heard an explosion and a crash. But it could have been the thunder and lightning.

Then I saw daylight." Three feet of water flooded part of the bowling alley's pinsetting area, closing lanes 1 to fi. No injuries were report od. By ART ONG Sun S'' Wr.ler A weakening tropical storm dropped light showers on the Inland Empire late Monday night after ending a three-week heat wave and unleashing heavy rains and numerous lightning strikes on San Bernardino County's eastern edge earlier In the day. For the first time In eight days. San Bernardino-area daytime highs failed to hit 100 degrees.

They weren't even close. Norton Air Force Base recorded a sultry, but relatively cool. NO-dcgree high. Sunday's high at Norton was 100 degrees. Forecasters predicted that showers might continue through the day and that temperatures could drop even further, probably into the 80s.

Meanwhile. Hurricane Marie was downgraded Monday to a "tropical depression" as it all but dissi ondale tells i 7 i 7A plan to pare bucket deficit fe A 2 1,. ih 1 i A i 4 J. iiL fit 1 cx By FAV S. JOYCE New York Time! Newi Service PHILADELPHIA Walter Mondale unveiled the economic centerpiece of his campaign for the presidency Monday, a plan to cut $177 billion from the federal budget deficit by the end of the decade.

"Mr. Reagan, all my cards are on the table, face up," the Democrat said. "Americans are calling your hand. Let's see it. Let's debate it." The Mondale plan calls for $85 billion in new taxes, which would fall heaviest on the wealthiest Americans, $105 billion in cuts in projected spending, including $25 billion in reduced military spending and $51 billion in lower interest payments, and $17 billion in new revenues and savings through economic growth.

These deficit-reducing steps would be partly offset by $30 billion in increased spending on new education, job-training and other programs. The combination of tax and spending changes, Mondale said, would cut the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year 1989 to $86 billion. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the deficit that year will reach $263 billion if current Reagan administration policies continue. The fiscal year 1989 would mark the end of the next four-year presidential term. In announcing his plan, Mondale made good on a pledge he delivered seven weeks ago at the Democratic National Convention.

And in gambling that voters will not rebel at the prospect of higher taxes, he also sought to revive one of his most successful campaign issues so far against Reagan. One difficulty Mondale would face if he won election in Novem- Staff photo by Mlko Fondar fights back tears as he and classmates Sarah Gun-trum, left, and Amy Dickey play a game of hokey-pokey under the direction of teacher Ann Nobile. Monday was the first day of school at Parkside Elementary School in San Bernardino and not everybody was pleased about it. Kerry McGaffick ber would be getting Congress to approve such a tax increase. The candidate said Monday he felt confident of winning bipartisan support.

All $85 billion in new taxes is to be earmarked by law for a special fund to reduce the deficit. Any new spending, said Mondale, (Please see Mondale, A-5) Poll shows Reagan lead is growing Gannett News Service WASHINGTON President Reagan is increasing his lead over Democrat Walter Mondale and is carrying all demographic groups age, income, religion, geography except blacks, says a new poll released today in USA TODAY. If the numbers hold up, it could be a "landslide greater than Nixon over McGovern in 1972," says pollster Gordon Black, head of the Rochester, N.Y., firm that conducted the survey for USA TODAY and Gannett News Service. The poll, taken last week, asked 1,032 registered voters across the country who they would vote for if the election were today. Reagan got 57 percent to Mondale's 35 percent.

Eight percent were undecided. Before last month's Republican convention, a poll by Black's firm had Reagan 18 points ahead. The poll also shows: Reagan is strongest among voters under 40, weakest in the over-65 age group. Reagan is leading by more than 2-to-l among men but by only 9 percent among women. More than half the voters (51 percent) have an unfavorable opinion of Mondale.

Last month, it was 43 percent. Only 33 percent feel negatively about Reagan. Any shift is likely to make Reagan's lead wider. 72 percent of Reagan's voters consider themselves "very committed" but only 63 percent of Mondale's voters feel the same way. Classes get under way with a question lowing students to leave campus and return for afternoon classes.

The intermediate school principals make the students stay on campus all day. Chrissy Ronan backed up James' theory about the mystique surrounding the lunch hour. "I think I'm going to like it," said Ronan, 14, as she thought about her first day at high school. (Please see School, A-7) dents at San Bernardino High. The first day of school Monday was no exception.

James was bombarded by students who felt compelled to verify that their class schedules were printed correctly and that lunch really was going to be from 11:16 a.m. until 12:01 p.m. Freshmen ask about the lunch period because they are excited about going off-campus to eat, James said. The city's high schools operate an open lunch-hour, al C. Do my clothes make me look like a first-class "nerd?" D.

What time is lunch?" If you answered you must be a sophomore who remembers last year, or you're the parent of a 14-year-old. Finding out when the lunch period starts is the most common question asked on the first day of school, said Ever James, a security officer who has spent five years answering questions from stu By BARBARA ANDERSON Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO Imagine yourself as a 14-year-old high school freshman on the first day of school. What would be your biggest worry? A. Where the classroom is located for your first class that starts in two minutes? B. How much homework the teachers are going to assign? Pacific Bell requests biggest-ever rate hike House OKs tougher warnings for smokers if tion.

Company spokesman Roger Orr said some of those studies may not be finished until mid-1985. About 44 percent of the new request, $596 million, is for "capital recovery," which Pacific Bell says it needs to modernize equipment and survive in a newly competitive world after the breakup of the nationwide Bell System. However, Sylvia Siegel of the consumer group Toward Utility Rate Normalization, or TURN, says the high-tech proposals are mainly for the benefit of large businesses, which would be subsidized by residential customers and small businesses. The PUC granted increases of $434 million on Jan. 1 of this year and $131 million more on July 1, raising basic residential rates more than 10 percent and doubling the cost of a pay phone call to 20 cents.

Pacific Bell wants the commis- Please see Phone, A-6) formed decision about whether or not to smoke, it is critical they recognize the serious risks to their health before they light up. "Many Americans particularly young people are unaware of the specific health risks caused by smoking," said Wax-man, chairman of the House health subcommittee. "The current warning label hasn't been revised in over 13 years and does not adequately reflect the extent of adverse health effects caused by smoking." The current warning on cigarette packs and advertising reads: "The surgeon general has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health." The new warnings, which will rotate every three months, read: "Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy." "Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, pre- (Please see Smokers, A4 WASHINGTON (AP) The House on Monday passed legislation that would replace the current general health warning on cigarette packages with four rotating warnings on specific dangers associated with smoking. The measure was approved by voice vote after brief debate in which no opposition was expressed and was sent to the Senate. It followed months of negotiations among health groups and the tobacco industry, which agreed to support it, sponsors said.

"This bill represents a progressive and courageous step by the tobacco industry that caught many by surprise," said Rep. Albert Gore, a major sponsor who noted that his state has 100.000 tobacco farmers. "This has been a bitter pill for them to swallow, but in doing so they have made stiffer punitive legislation less likely in the years ahead." Rep. Henry A. Waxman.

D-Cal-if another major backer, said. "If Americans are to make an in Sun News Services SAN FRANCISCO Pacific Bell, which provides telephone service for 8.2 million Californi-ans, said Monday it will seek a $1,362 billion rate increase for 1986, a record rate hike request. The 30.9 percent surcharge, to be submitted to the state Public Utilities Commission today, exceeds the record $1.3 billion request made by Pacific Bell last year. The PUC granted $565 million of last year's request. The utility seeks general rate increases every two years.

Company vice president Reed Waters said the proposed 30.9 percent surcharge would raise the cost of basic phone service to $10.86 a month. He gave no details of proposed changes in specific rates. But first, the utility must complete studies sought by the PUC about current phone service, including use and cost shares among different segments of the popula Meeting Bridge B6 Business C6.7 Classified D2-8 Comics C8 Conversation B6 Crossword B6 Editorial B10 Inland Empire B14 Legal D1.2 Living B5-7 Market C5 Obituaries D3 Sports C14 TVTheater B8.9 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromy-ko has agreed to meet with President Reagan on Sept. 28, according to White House sources. Story, Page A-3.

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