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BfPHRHC MAIL The Arizona Republic Copyright 1986, The Arizona Republic 350 MONDAY, MAY 26, 1986 PHOENIX. ARIZONA mm Ud Em DMontini column, A2 Along Interstate 40, A6 Toughest mile, A6 Vignettes, A6.7 Sport Aid, A8 Tomorrow, A10 Homeless shelter, B1 Couple helped, B8 1, v. ft, 4 ''WfXt ji 4 -f A 'vV "-vi'v-'sfi. 5, -v Wfr -i-C'rff JfSAV i 4 Republic Wire Services Millions of volunteers extended hands to the hungry, the homeless and each other Sunday, joining Hands Across America in a broken line over mountains and plains, through pockets of poverty and the grounds of the White House. "Bobby Kennedy said that ideas are pebbles you drop in the water, and ripples flow from that," top organizer Ken Kragen said in New York.

"This is a boulder we dropped in the water. Tidal waves will come from this. "When today is over, roll up your sleeves and go out to work in your community. We have to move from the big event to the person on the 6treet." The line was thick with people swaying to the strains of We Are the World and holding clasped hands aloft at its ends in New York and Long Beach, Calif. In other places, red-and-white ropes and ribbons substituted for humanity.

"I'm here because I'm making history," Bobby Conner said in Clinton, Ky. "I wouldn't miss it for the world." Organizers had said they needed more than 5 million people to form the chain, and they hoped to raise $50 million or more for the hungry and the homeless. Despite frantic work up to the final minute, not all the gaps were closed by 3 p.m. EDT (noon Arizona time), when the line formed. Based on estimates provided by local organizers, at least 4.9 million people participated.

Line broken frequently in Arizona By MARY JO PITZL and CHARLES KELLY Arizona Republic Staff An estimated 175,000 people held hands, dog leashes, umbrella poles and, in some places, nothing at all at noon Sunday in the Arizona segment of Hands Across America. The line was more broken than connected. Some of the gaps had been planned for safety's sake, but gaping holes in the line appeared west of Phoenix and along Interstate 17 north of the city. In the areas where there were people, however, enthusiasm was high. People walked about in light, bright clothing, some flourishing American flags or bunches of red, white and blue balloons.

They waved eagerly at passing tit Tom Story Republic Unified 'Arizona portion of Hands Across America. in the human chain Sunday on Interstate 10 near Palo Verde Road, west of Buckeye. during the' The kids rode in school buses to participate Children from the Amphitheater District in Tucson ham it up married 15 minutes earlier, raise their Marty Rogol, the executive director for USA for Africa, the parent foundation for Hands Across America, would not estimate how much money was raised or how many people participated. "It may take as long as most of the summer," he said. Although the event was carried out in high spirits in most parts of the country, some advocates for the homeless criticized Hands Across America as a superficial gesture that offered no long-term solution to poverty in the United States.

"The trouble is, Sunday's extravaganza is without content," said Robert Hayes of New York City, the counsel to the National Coal-tion for the Homeless. "There seems to be no recognition that several million Americans are homeless as a result of deliberate public-policy decision." New Jersey organizers said 200,000 people 80,000 more than needed completed the state's 88-mile line. Kentucky organizers claimed that they filled their 52-mile segment; Illinois at one point reported a solid 65 miles of people Hands, A 12 ill Barbara Jo Peak and Tim Madril, and kill Crimes by juveniles can be as serious as murder or as minor as curfew violations. But there is a different justice system for juveniles, aimed at rehabilitation rather than punishment. Arizona Republic reporter Venita Hawthorne James examined the Juvenile Court system in Maricopa County.

This is her second in a series of reports. But they are not treated like criminals. Courtrooms are closed to all but those whom the judges deem "interested parties." Their records are confidential. In addition, the language used in court is part of the juvenile-justice system's efforts to not label juve- CHUCKLE Money is one of those rare things where quantity is better than quality. Weatherline 957-8700 Astrology Close-ups Comics Crossword Dear Abby Economy Editorials Hutton Jumble El C7 E2.E3 El El CI A14 C7 El Leisure Montini Movies Obituaries Scrabble Sports TVRadio Vitals Want Ads BIO A2 B1 1 B4.B5 El' D1 B13 E24 El.

p' but they don't commit Crimes' 'im: Kid runs place in line No one listened. The line edged farther west. Chad was worried. But he had a plan. Minutes before noon, he sprinted to the end of the line alone, leaving others in his family to wedge in wherever they could.

Not bad for a kid who really wanted "to be home watching television." In Tonopah, as in other areas in Arizona, there were gaps in the chain. In several spots of the desert, spry teen-agers tried to shorten the breaks by offering their legs to lengthen the line. Children complained that their parents were tugging too hard on their arms in an effort to reach a hand 50 yards away. "I'm getting bored with this," said a little boy who was stretching in vain to clasp a hand 20 feet away. Terror sttricfcero Phobia forces flight delay, bomb search United Press International SAN FRANCISCO A passenger who bolted from an airliner minutes before takeoff turned out to be only terrified not a terrorist but his attack of claustrophobia resulted in a lengthy bomb search on People Express Flight 14.

The Boeing 707 was minutes from a scheduled San Francis-co-to-Newark, N.J., flight Saturday night when the "Iranian-looking" man bolted from the plane at San Francisco International Airport. Leaving his baggage behind, he jumped up from his seat, ran down the aisle of the jetliner and out the door. The man, who authorities declined to identify, fled through security officers and frantically tried to escape through locked doors in the terminal before he was tackled and subdued by an airport police officer. While he was being questioned and his baggage searched, about 200 passengers Terror, A12 Hand it to to get last By CAROL SOWERS Arizona Republic Staff TONOPAH It isn't easy to tell a kid he can't be last. Officials with walkie-talkies and red, white and blue Hands Across America T-shirts had tried Sunday morning to tell Chad Dudley of Glendale and others that the human chain in Arizona was supposed to end at milepost 94, about 50 miles west of Phoenix near Tono-pah on Interstate 10.

But Chad, his parents, Ed and Jan Dudley, and other friends had edged a quarter-mile past the marker, battling for last place. Sixteen minutes before noon, when volunteers were to clasp hands and sing, a nervous official scurried to where the Dudleys and others had gathered west of the milepost and warned them that if they didn't turn back, they "would tmiss out on everything." He has been held at the Juvenile Detention Center, which is in the Juvenile Court Center complex, the juvenile equivalent of adult jail. This jail, however, looks more like a dormitory, and the "jailers" who take care of the juveniles at the 'center are probation officers with college degrees, trained by education and inclination to take care of i those in their care. AH juveniles in detention are brought to court wearing the ankle chains. It keeps them from running.

David sits down at his place in front of the judge's bench, his parents on one side, his defense attorney on the other. His probation officer is seated beside the judge, ready to give his thoughts on what kind of boy David is. Youths, A2 draft that had called for the peace; talks to conclude by June 6. The Contadora nations had pushed for completion of the talks by that deadline. The fact that there is no mention of the deadline in Sunday's statement indicates there still are problems that can't be disposed of quickly.

In one optimistic note, the docu-, ment states that the "different proposals presented by the countries are sufficiently fertile and I Parliament, A2 4 Pele Peters Republic hands as they join the linkup. Adults are sentenced. Juveniles have "dispositions." It's Tuesday morning, the day for dispositions in the courtroom of Judge C. Kimball Rose, presiding Juvenile Court judge for Maricopa County. It's been a long morning, nearly three hours since the first juvenile was brought into court about 9 a.m.

Eight kids have been in so far, appearing one by one before the white-haired man in black robes. Now, here comes 13-year-old David, a sandy-haired boy whose innocent-as-milk face looks as if it belongs on a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. A chain that is about the weight of a cheap bicycle chain links his together as a probation officer brings him in. las, ended worries that bitter disputes between the leftist Sandinistas of Nicaragua and their U.S.-backed neighbors would scut-f tie the talks. Even so, the terse communique contains little to suggest that the leaders managed to narrow the political differences that have kept isthmus in turmoil.

The communique reiterates support for the Contadora peace pro-, cess, sponsored by Panama, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, but eliminates vyprding in a preliminary. Ti Titer a 8 JUSTICE FOR ALL? 1 niles as criminals. Adults are put in jail. Juveniles are "detained." Adults are charged with a crime. Juveniles have "petitions" filed against them.

Adults are tried. Juveniles have "adjudicated hearings." Youths rob Juveniles in Maricopa County don't commit "crimes." Oh, they sneak into houses and steal guns and radios. Sometimes they lift a pack of bubble gum from the corner grocery store. Some assault teachers or -get in gang fights. A few kill.

But they don't commit crimes. Once they're sent to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court Center, at 3125 W. Durango, the offense, technically, is handled neither as a criminal matter nor as a civil matter. It lies somewhere in between. That difference, that situation of being neither fish nor fowl, is one of the strange twists of the juvenile-court system.

Juveniles have all the rights of an adult criminal suspect, except the right to bail and a jury trial. Restart your engines Rain delays the Indianapolis 500 until today and maybe later. D1. PRAYER Comfort us in times of our trials, Lord. Give us strength to keep us on the right course.

Amen. WEATHER Mostly sunny, with afternoon clouds over mountains. Highs 77 to 83 mountains, 102 to 110 deserts. Lows 33 to 47 moun- ins, 63 to 77 dt Arts. A 16.

Today 5 Central American presidents plan to form regional Parliament By MICHAEL ALLEN Republic Central America Bureau ESQUIPULAS, Guatemala After two days of heated bickering, the presidents of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras emerged from seclusion Sunday to announce their intention to form a Central American Parliament. A joint communique read by Guatemalan President Vinicio Cer-: ezo in Central America's holiest religious shrine, an 18th-century fcathjral in the center of Esquipu-,.