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SUffiHSI Bringing down a Sissy Spacek stars in Marie government A True Storv. as a woman who uncovers a pardons-for-cash scandal. 1C Section 5 soccer playoffs Greece Arcadia and Pittsford Sutherland look like winners in the boys' competitions and Arcadia and Pittsford Mendon are favorites in girls' contests as Section 5 soccer playoffs begin today. 1D World Series Game Three The Royals are desperate for a victory against the Cardinals, who've won the first two. 1D Trotting with finesse A record was set at Batavia Downs last night as Moshannon Finesse covered a mile in 1:59 15.

3D Polaroid ad plan gets flashier Kodak will spend less pushing instant cameras. 10D mm mm a amp 35 CENTS NEWSSTAND ROCHESTER. Y. Both taken from hospitals, one grabbed from mom at gunpoint "He needs to be fed every hour or so, just a little bit at a time," said Larkin. The baby was seen last at his 1 a.m.

feeding Sunday and was missed 40 minutes later. He was being treated in a semi-private room, said Robin Roy, speaking for the hospital. The child had been brought to the hospital on Oct 9, underweight and unable to keep food down, she said. Larkin said police planned to circulate a description of the baby to other hospitals in case his abductor seeks treatment for him elsewhere. The mother, Monique Morgan, who lives with the child's father, Ramon Traveras, 26, a grocery clerk, told police she and Traveras knew nothing about their" baby's disappearance, said Larkin.

Associated Press NEW YORK A 3-day-old infant abducted at gunpoint yesterday became the second baby in two days to be taken from a New York City hospital, police said. The newborn, Marlene Santana, was being carried out of Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn last night by her mother, Frances Santana, when a woman approached, pulled a gun and demanded the child, said Officer Tony Vallelong. The mother, who was being accompanied by her cousin and sister-in-law on her way home from the hospital, surrendered Marlene. The armed woman took the baby, jumped into a waiting car and took off at about 9:30 p.m., Vallelong said. Police said the woman who snatched the child was Hispanic, of medium build, about 5-foot-2 and had blonde hair.

The getaway car was white with red lettering, Vallelong said. The spokesman said it was not clear why the child was taken. There was no indication the child's father was involved, he said. No one was injured in the incident. Earlier yesterday, police said they had no leads in the case of a 2-month-old boy who was spirited away from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

The boy was undergoing treatment for a stomach disorder. The hospital said that the baby, Christopher Morgan, was in good condition and close to being released when he vanished Sunday morning. Capt. Robert Larkin, commander of detectives at the 34th Precinct in Upper Manhattan, said the baby needed frequent feeding of small amounts of formula. A cool six points t4ik -ff-v; 4 -j 11 V' TUESDAY.

OCTOBER 22, 1985 CLOUDY HIGH AROUND 58 DETAILS ON 6A TODAY Blue Jay's Cox new Atlanta GM Associated Press ST. LOUIS Bobby Cox, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays to the 1985 American League East Division title, has resigned to become general manager of the Atlanta Braves a club that fired him four years ago. "This organization is the only one I would have left Toronto for," Cox said in a tele- Bobby Cox last night. "Atlan- ta's my home and I'll be able to spend more time with my family." Cox lives in nearby Marietta, Ga. More details, ID.

Headache the top pain Associated Press NEW YORK When it comes to pain, Americans say headaches are the most frequent offenders, but backaches are the most troublesome for many, according to a poll released today. The nationwide telephone poll of 1,254 adults by Louis Harris Associates found that headaches strike 73 percent of Americans each year. Young people were more likely to complain about headaches than older people. Among people who suffer several types of pain, backaches were cited as most troublesome by 48 percent, far higher than those who said headaches or other types of pain were the most troublesome. The poll found that severe pain limits work or routine activities about 6 percent of the time.

The poll was conducted in September. The error margin was three percentage points. Train fire injures five Associated Press CHICAGO Fire broke out in the undercarriage of an Amtrak train as it rolled through the city's South Side yesterday, and five people aboard were treated for smoke inhalation, authorities said. The fire on The City of New Orleans began among electrical cables on the ninth car, and the crew stopped the train and put out the fire with extinguishers before it continued to Union Station, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. The fire knocked out lights and electrical appliances in the car and caused smoke damage to adjoining cars, the spokeswoman said.

The cause of the blaze and the extent of the damage was not known. Farmer sues for winnings Associated Press LOS ANGELES An indigent tomato farmer, denied a $1 million prize for picking all nine winning horses at Hollywood Park because he submitted more than one entry form, is suing for five times that amount Rodolfo Sahagun, 48, of Carlsbad, was taken into the track's winner's circle after the July 21 races and was handed a huge dummy check for $1 million. He then told officials he had made more than one entry in each race, a violation of the track's rules. His suit seeks both the prize and compensation for mental anguish, which could bring the award to $5 million. Aftershock jars downstate Associated Press NEW YORK An aftershock of Saturday's earthquake rumbled through New York City's northern suburbs yesterday and was felt in Connecticut and New Jersey, but again there were no reports of injury or significant damage.

The tremor centered in Ardsley, Westchester County measured about 3.0 on the Richter scale. an White commits suicide He dies 7 years after killing a gay official, mayor in San Francisco Associated Press and Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO Former Supervisor Dan White committed suicide at his home yesterday, seven years after kill- ing Mayor George Moscone and gay Su pervisor Harvey Milk in City Hall shootings that enraged the gay community, authorities said. White killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning by attaching a garden hose to the exhaust pipe of his car and passing the passenger com- an White partment, said Police Chief Cornelius Murphy. An autopsy was planned for today. Said Scott Smith, Milk's onetime lover, "He got away with murder I suppose what goes around comes around.

He deserved it. He obviously felt he did." Three handwritten notes were found taped to the car one to his brother, another to his mother and a third to his wife, Mary Ann, 43. San Francisco Deputy Mayor Hadley Roff said White's suicide letters contained no reference to the City Hall killings. "It said something like, 'I'm sorry to put you through all Roff said of one of the notes. Said Mayor Diane Feinstein, "I am very sorry to hear that Dan White has taken his life.

My sympathy goes to his widow Mary Ann and his children and his family who have suffered very much. This latest tragedy should close a very sad chapter in this city's history." TURN TO PAGE 3A Seneca hospital loses its fight It will start converting into a nursing home By Carol Ritter Democrat and Chronicle SENECA FALLS After years of. fighting the idea, the Seneca Falls Hospital Board of Managers last night agreed to begin converting the town -owned hospital into a nursing home. The board voted 14-1 to make the change in compliance with an agreement reached with the state Health Department. The board hopes to get permission to maintain laboratory and X-ray services, occupational therapy, outpatient surgery, some form of emergency room and other services, said board President Arthur I.

Seld. The vote was a symbolic last step in the hospital's 20-year struggle to resist TURN TO PAGE 3A William "The Refrigerator" Perry, Chicago's mammoth defensive tackle, jumps to his feet after his 1-yard touchdown dive. Perry's blocks led Walter Payton on two touchdowns as the Bears beat Green Bay. 23-7, and stayed unbeaten. Story, 2D.

'V'--" Associated Press car chase driver of an automobile that crashed high-speed Medical and police officials tend to the into a car and then a pole after a four Monroe County sheriffs cars also were dispatched, said Sgt. David Christler of the state police. The Cougar, reaching what police said were "excessive speeds," stayed on Route 31 all the way from Palmyra to Roches H. Crash ends Palmyra teen arrested after hectic 20 minutes By John O'Brien Democrat and Chronicle A Palmyra teen-ager last night led police on a 20-minute high-speed chase from Wayne County to Rochester that ended when the youth's car crashed into a sign pole on Monroe Avenue, state police said. Troopers charged Jeffrey Roedts, 17, of Canandaigua Street, Palmyra, with driving while intoxicated, speeding, driving while his license was revoked and driving while his license was suspended.

Roedts suffered a head cut about 10 p.m. after his car struck a car near Monroe Avenue and Interstate 490 and then smashed into a sign pole at a Hess gas station at Monroe Avenue and Rutgers Street, said state Trooper S.J. Slavny. Roedts, whose car was demolished, was in stable condition last night at Genesee Hospital. Slavny said he tried to pull over a red Cougar about 9:40 p.m.

on Route 31 in Palmyra. Slavny said he suspected the motorist was driving while intoxicated. The car sped west on Route 31, beginning a chase that included at least one state police car, a Wayne County sheriffs patrol car and four Brighton police cars. Three Rochester police cars and chase from Palmyra to Rochester. IUS1DE BUSINESS 10D 4A EDITORIALS CLASSIFIED 4C 3C MOVIES COLUMNISTS 3C 5B PUZZLES COMICS 5B 1D SPORTS DEATHS 4C 2C TELEVISION ter, where Route 31 is Monroe Avenue, Slavny said.

The chase ended when the Cougar struck a red Ford Tempo in front of the Hess service station and crashed into the TURN TO PAGE 3A Four news sections 153rd year Published by Gannett Co. Inc..