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AHL honors Verret, Davis American Hockey League today names Rochester Amerk Claude Verret, left, rookie of the year and Mai Davis most valuable player, an honor shared with St. Catharines' Garry Lariviere. 1D Major-league baseball Toronto 12 Boston 9 Baltimore 5 Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 8 Milwaukee 4 Red Wings lose, 6-1 Dallas Williams was in a uniform last night, but unable to help Rochester in Toledo. 1D Ideas for a snappy spice The subject is ginger on today's Taste page, with interesting recipes for the pungent root.

1E New York puts out Flash Turn 27-7 shot advantage into 3-1 wia 2D Celtics beat LA, 111-102, to ROCHESTERNnr MORE ON THE GAME 1D with a 111-102 victory over the Lakers. It shouldn't have been surprising. Not here. Not now. Seven times the Celtics have reached the seventh game of a championship series.

Seven times they've won. And the Inkers? The beat goes on. Bang the drum slowly. They're now 0-5 in seventh games in championship series, four of those bitter pills being served by Boston. And the leakers are 0-8 against the Celtics in battles for the NBA titles.

"I think they had a little more talent than we did. But they didn't have our desire, CvJ(0)o lymbeir-yardl fore jT S'Jy 2 1 BOSTON For a moment there, it seemed as if Bill Russell was grabbing the rebound, Sam Jones was hitting the bank shot and Bob Cousy was dribbling1 away the final seconds. And Red Auerbach had a cigar in one hand and a match in the other. That's history, though. Maybe it was a mirage.

But the Boston Celtics' championship wasn't. Another seventh game, another title banner. And history ran over the Im Angeles Lakers one more time in Boston Garden. "We're the champions. We're back where we belong," said Cedric Maxwell after Boston wrapped up NBA title No.

15 last night Some of the 55 firefighters who battled Storage barn, its By Joe Dowd Democrat and Chronicle A spectacular three-alarm fire leveled a two-story storage barn of the Ridge Lumber Co. at 610 Hollenbeck St. last night, destroying building supplies and several new delivery trucks housed there. Art Masters, Ridge Lumber's president, said he had "no idea" how much the materials were worth, but authorities said the loss could exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hundreds of spectators watched as the ruins of the building belched flames and Spteyilair I WEDNESDAY.

JUNE 13. 1984 vmm CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DETAILS ON 12A iztnnnv 1 MfUii Mayor plan goes to voters By Dena Bunis Democrat and Chronicle The voters of Rochester will decide on Nov. 6 whether they want to have a directly elected mayor become the city's chief executive officer and change a form of government the city has had since 1928. City Council last night voted 5-4 to put the strong-mayor question on the ballot this fall. The votes were cast as expected, with Mayor Thomas P.

Ryan Jr. and council members 0. Erb, F. Glenn King, Anthony J. Sciolino and Maxine Childress Brown providing the majority.

The vote was taken shortly before midnight after a four-hour council session. There was no debate. Each member made a statement before voting, except Ryan, who voted without comment. TURN TO PAGE 9A County bans tug war Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Tug of war has been banned at all school events in Haywood County after a fifth-grader lost four fingers in a competition.

Alex Smith, 11, underwent reattachment surgery at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, but doctors do not know whether he will regain use of his fingers) He was released from the hospital over the weekend. The boy reportedly put his fingers inside a slip knot in the" rope before the May 31 game began. When the knot tightened, his fingers broke and were pinched off. Crushed in meat grinder Associated Press CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. A man who was cleaning an industrial meat grinder fell into it early yesterday and was crushed to death, authorities said.

Samuel Vasquez, 22, of West Covina was killed about 1 a.m. at the Golden State Foods Corp. plant, said Los Angeles County sheriffs Sgt. Steve Finley. Company president Jim Williams said the machine was turned on while Vasquez was working on it because it had to be moving to get cleaned.

Sphinx beard is issue Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt The Sphinx may get his beard back, depending on the outcome of delicate negotiations between the British Museum and the government of Egypt. The beard, made up of two parts, each about a foot high, was smuggled to Britain 166 years ago. For the past three years, Egypt has been pressing for its return to prop up the 130-ton head of the Sphinx, which archeolo-gists fear might collapse because the neck has been weakened by erosion. Former hostage injured Associated Press WASHINGTON L. Bruce Laingen, the top U.S.

diplomat in Iran during the siege of the American embassy in Tehran, was struck by a car while bicycling yesterday at Fort McNair here, officials said. Laingen was spending the night at George Washington University Hospital, but was not believed seriously injured, according to a hospital supervisor. Laingen was charge d'affairs at the embassy when he and others were taken hostage and he is now vice president of the National Defense University at Fort McNair. QUOTE OF THE DAY 'I was on a mission from God Cedric Maxwell ot the Boston Celtics, after 111-102 championship victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Story on 1A.

IfJSIDE 35 CENTS NEWSSTAND Celtics' Larry Bird slamming ball through hoop for two of his 20 points i Dennis H. Hofc Uuir.ucrdl and CMroritcl- storage area to prevent the fire from spreading into the main building. "It was a good stop by the men," Huether said, his face covered with sweat. "That's a multi-million dollar fire if it gets into the main building." "We'll be here all night, hosing it down, and probably through tomorrow," said Deputy Chief Larry Peters. "It was awfully hot.

It melted the windows on the building next, door." Late last night I'eter said "It's a big rub- TURN TO PAGE9A Pentagon says war-injured would lack proper care By Richard Whitmire Gannelt News Service WASHINGTON In the first few days of a conventional war, as many as To percent of the wounded soldiers would fail to receive proper treatment, the Pentagon's top physician told a Senate subcommittee yesterday. Over the next six years, the Pentagon wants to spend about $2.5 billion to beef up its medical readiness, which fell sharply during Vietnam and its aftermath. Dr. William Mayer, assistant secretary of health affairs, said. "We should be able to replace TURN TO PAGE 9A ML win NBA title our heart, our character," said Maxwell, who led the Celtics with 24 points.

"I told the team before the game tonight to hop on my shoulders and I would carry them on in," said Maxwell. "I was on a mission from God tonight I'm glad we took the team bus to get here. I had so much nervous energy before the game, if I had driven through the streets of Boston, I would have killed somebody." The Lakers' Magic -Johnson said, "It bothers me that we didn't win, I'm not the champion, but I came darn close." Many a Celtics playoff opponent has gone away saying the same thing. a resident, and a second alarm, bringing additional firefighters to the scene was declared immediately when the first company, Engine 10, arrived. A third alarm was declared at 9:43 p.m., firefighters said.

As they attacked the blaze, firefighters held their hands in front of their faces to shield them from the intense heat, estimated at 400 degrees at the building's perimeter. They crouched below the smoke in small groups around the nozzles of their hoses, spraying the burning contents with millions of gallons of water. They fought to contain the flames to the An AIDS vaccine 3 to 6 years away, scientist estimates United Press International NEW YORK A vaccine to protect people against AIDS will take "three to six years," Dr. Robert C. Gallo, the National Cancer Institute scientist who found the AIDS virus and is working on an AIDS blood test and vaccine, said yesterday.

"It will take a few years just to develop the tools to make (vaccine) tests on animals," he said. "A guess on the vaccine might be three to six years." Gallo, chief of tumor cell biology at NCI, is among four investigators named to 1984 General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Awards. His honor is for discovering TURN TO PAGE 9A -niii-iiri i mi ill ft nirfiiiti.n.lirwi..ri a three-alarm blaze at Ridge Lumber last night. No one was injured. At its peak, the fire hurled flames five stories into the air contents destroyed at Ridge Lumber; hundreds watch smoke five stories into the air for 33 minutes.

It took 55 firefighters from 1 1 Rochester fire companies to bring the inferno under control. The barn, a structure as long as a football field and about fiO feet wide, was next to the main Ridge Lumber building. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire hadn't been determined last night, but Fire Chief Leonard Huether said the fire apparently started outside the building, and was still under investigation. The fire was first reported at 9:41 p.m.

by oneymooners' will have a divine time on Aruba United Press International MIAMI Sister Estelle Gomarin, a nun at St. Peter and Paul Convent in Miami, has won the top prize in a fund-raising contest a tropical island honeymoon. Sister Gomarin, 53, said yesterday she has invited a close friend to make the trip with her in July another nun, Sister Dolores Galantk of New York City. "I didn't know it was supposed to be a honeymoon," she said. "I'm just happy to be going to Aruba." Sister Gomarin is a memlxr of the Order of the Daughters of Divine Charity.

The two nuns plan to stay on the beach ai the Divi Divi Hotel in Aruba from July 23 to July 30. Pay phones going to for NY Tel; other rates up, too Associated Press. United Press International. New York Times and Democrat and Chronicle ALBANY The state Public Service Commission gave New York Telephone Co. permission yesterday to charge 25 cents for a pay phone call, after 33 years of charging only a dime.

The increase was part of a rate decision allowing the company to raise an additional $339.4 million a year in revenue. An average residential phone customer's monthly bill of $23.71 is expected to increase by alxnit $1.32. and the average business phone bill of $206.16 is expected to rise by about $2.08, said BSC spokesman TURN TO PAGE 9A BUSINESS 10D 10A EDITORIALS COLUMNISTS 3C 4C MOVIES COMICS 21C 21C PUZZLES CLASSIFIED 15C 1D SPORTS DEATHS 14C 2C TELEVISION Five news sections 152nd year Published by Gannett Co Inc..