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July ivitl SI.LUUIS POST-DISPATCH I 2A Third British City Is Hit By Rioting i '( t- i i J- i 0' i nation Union Rejects City Offer Striking city workers in San Jose, demanding equal pay for women and men doing comparable work, rejected on Tuesday night the city's latest offer to break the three-day walkout. Union members shouted down the city's last offer of a 6 percent raise each year for two years for all workers and an addi- tional $1.45 million to be used solely to address the question of pay inequities for women. Black Boycott Set Leaders of Operation PUSH, the anti-poverty organization headed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, announced on Tuesday plans for a nationwide boycott of rations that they say do not treat the black community fairly. At the 10th annual convention of the black clergy-organized Operation PUSH People United to Save Humanity leaders said they want major corporations to hire more blacks and contribute to black colleges and black charities.

Vandals Cut Water Newark, N.J., residents have been ordered to use as little water as possible after vandals opened pipeline valves, LONDON (AP) Britain had its fifth successive night of street violence Tuesday night, with a third city affected. Five hundred youths rampaged through a North London suburb, and rioters set fires to stores and stoned fire engines in the third city, Manchester. The mob in the Wood Green district of London "went absolutely mad" Tuesday night, said cafe owner Saul Liasi. "It was not racial, just pure hooliganism. Undoubtedly, they want excitement, and they want to destroy things.

They are not short of money. And a West Indian youth, who would not give his name, told a reporter for Independent Radio News, "All it is, we've been taking stick from the police now we're giving it back. I've been arrested every week, man. Stop, search, stop, search. Now I'm getting my own back.

"I don't care, I don't care about anything. I threw a couple of bricks, hit a couple of policemen. Just getting my revenge back." Jeff Crawford, a West Indian community relations officer in the area, said most of the mob was black. But he said a "significant" number of young whites took part, "white lads and a number of Cypriots." Scotland Yard reported that 50 youths had been arrested and that 40 shops had been broken into before the violence subsided at 1 a.m. today.

The London Ambulance Service said that it had taken four people to a hospital, including a man with a slashed throat and another man with a stab wound. No police injuries were reported. Wood Green is a densely populated working-class area, with many West Indians, Asians, Cypriots, Greeks and Turks, six miles north of central London. Crawford said that he thought the outbreak was a "childish attempt to imitate what has been happening in Liverpool," where mobs of black youths and white youths attacked police, set fire to buildings and looted stores Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. A reporter for the Daily Telegraph said that a white youth taking camera equipment from a store that had been broken into told him: "It's just a great free-for-all.

If you want to know why I'm doing it, I won't give you any of this rubbish about being oppressed. I'm just in it for money. "I'll sell all this stuff I don't think this riot was planned. I happened to be here at the time, so I'm cashing in on it." A woman resident said that the fighting started "with almost army-like precision." A police officer involved said the youths smashed windows "as if they were goading the police." Meanwhile, in Manchester, the big industrial center 180 miles northwest of London, gangs of youths hit the streets about 3 a.m. today.

Police said that they torched stores and smashed windows in one district, and then hurled stones at the fire engines that rushed to the fires. Witnesses said they saw five stores burning and crews of 11 fire engines fighting the flames. There were no reports of injuries or arrests. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defended herself in the House of Commons Tuesday against charges that her Conservative government's stringent economic policies had been responsible for the rioting. She said that although unemployment was "almost certainly" one of the causes of the unrest, it was not the only one.

She said a commission that has been investigating race riots in the South London district of Brixton three months ago would be asked to expand its inquiry to the current troubles. LI loosing up to 100 million gallons of water that ruptured mains and cut off the city's principal source of water. Mayor Kenneth Gibson declared a state of emergen l'fe cy, prohibiting all non-essential uses of water, including car-washing and lawn-watering. New Signatures On Dollar Bills Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan and Angela Buchanan, treasurer of the United States, watched Tuesday as the first $40,000 in new dollar bills bearing their signatures rolled off the printing presses.

"As a believer in strict monetary policy, I hope we don't have to print as many of these in the future," Regan said. "And, as taxpayers, we want to see how many of these taxpayers can keep." Democrat Wins Mississippi Seat In Congress With Blacks' Help world The solar-powered Solar Challenger flies over England's coast Tuesday, Sun-Power Plane Flies Channel JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) Wayne Dowdy credits black voters with a "very prominent role" in his narrow upset of a Republican who outspent him 3-1 in a race for the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Jon Hinson. Dowdy made an impressive showing in predominantly black counties and held his own in traditional Republican strongholds Tuesday to defeat Liles Williams and win the seat Hinson left after a homosexual scandal.

"The voter turnout obviously' contributed to the close race and we just didn't think it would be that much turnout," said Williams, who said he would not concede until absentee ballots were counted and "the vote is official." Election totals jumped over the 110,000 mark for the largest turnout in a runoff in recent years. Dowdy had 55,680 votes to Williams' 54,466. The Republican Party pumped more than $300,000 into the 4th District campaign, and President Ronald Reagan made a personal call to Williams on election eve to boost his efforts to win the seat held by Republicans since 1972. Dowdy, who once joked that "on our budget, we cannot afford a landslide," spent $78,000 of his own money on the race. Hinson, 39, resigned after being arrested in a men's room in a House office building with a clerk from the Library of Congress and charged with sodomy.

Polish Primate's Aims Bishop Jozef Glemp of Warmia, who was named on Tuesday by Pope John Paul II as the primate of Poland, said he would continue the policies of dialogue and cooperation with both the government and the independent trade union Solidarity, as begun by his predecessor, the late Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Glemp, 52, a specialist in both canon'and civil law, said he believed in working closely with the Conference of Bishops and would strive for a collegiate rule. nearby aircraft. Even with perfect weather, the flight was almost aborted when a helicopter flew too close over France. "The wake from other planes is strong enough to do damage to'this plane," Ptacek, 24, said.

"Turbulence can tear the airplane apart." The Golden, native piloted the craft, powered by 16,000 solar cells on 47-foot wings, through cloudless skies at 33 mph on its 180-mile journey from Cormeilles-en-Vexin, 25 miles northwest of Paris. MacCready, whose Gossamer Albatross in 1979 was the first human-powered aircraft to fly across the Channel, said he had no more plans to promote solar energy. "The more people appreciate what solar cells can do, the better," he said, "So if this flight speeds up the time when solar cells become widely used, then it's worthwhile. That's my goal." MANSTON, England (UPI) It limped along at 33 mph so fragile that wind from a passing airplane could have ripped it apart. But after 180 miles and a crossing of the English Channel, the Solar Challenger proved that man can fly powered only by the rays of the sun.

Pilot Stephen Ptacek, cruising from France at an altitude of 11,000 feet, guided the Solar Challenger onto Manston Royal Air Force Base less than a mile from the English Channel Tuesday, ending a five-hour, 22-minute flight. Aviation pioneer Paul MacCready, the designer who was also responsible for the first man-powered plane to cross the Channel, called the unprecedented flight, which used only solar cells, a dramatic symbol of the sun's energy. The flight was made after an attempt June 14 failed because of poor light and interference from a Murray's Almanac weather The first-quarter moon National Roundup Five-Day ForecastSt. Louis Comfort Factors Air quality: Good. Relative Humidity: 97 percent at 6 a.m.

Mosoulto forecast: Heaw. Cootlna degree days: Tuesdoy, 17; month, 92; season, 545. Year 090 Month, 141, season, 604. Thursday: Parity cloudy, warm with isolated thunderstorms. Frldov: Partly cloudy, worm with Isolated thunderstorms.

Saturday: Portly cloudy, warm with Isolated thunderstorms. Sunday: Partly cloudy, warm with isolated thunderstorms. Monday: Partly cloudy, warm with Isolated thunderstorms. Solar Index: 75. Temperature Summary 3 Thunderstorms rolled across the Plains states from North Dakota to Texas during the night.

A tornado touched down near the town of Dawn, Texas, and hail was reported at several locations, including near Denver and in northwestern North Dakota. A blinding snowstorm struck the area of Glacier National Park in northwest Montana during the night, with up to 10 inches of snow in some of the higher passes. Elsewhere, isolated showers and thundershowers dotted the Gulf Coast and south central states, and a jJlash flood warning went into effect for southern Texas, where heavy rains in recent days have left streams full and the ground saturated. Tuesday's hioh 90 at 1:40 p.m. Tuesdav'slow 74ot Normal hioh 88.

Normal low 69. Regional Forecasts Tuesday's record high 101 In 1980. Tuesday's record low 56 in 1891 Nation's high Tuesday, 114 at BullheodCltv, Ariz. Sun, Moon, Planets Thursday Forecast PCIoudv PCIoudy PCIoudv PCIoudy PCIoudy Area Lo HI East Central 70-74 D6-90 Lake Ozark 70-74 86-90 Table Rock 70-74 86-90 Kansas City 70-74 86-89 North 70-74 86-89 MKUL so Hi Eitended outlooK for Missouri: Friday through Sunday: Warm and humid with scattered thundershowers. Highs around 90, lows near 70.

Illinois IstQtr. Full M'n Lost Qtr. New M'n July 9 July 17 July 24 July 31 8:28 p.m. 5:44 a.m. PCIoudy PCIoudv Springfield Cairo 70-75 90-94 7075 90-94 Sunset (Wednesday) Sunrise (Thursdavl Look for the flrst-ouorter moon, Eitended outlook for Illinois: Friday through Sunday: Warm with a chance at showers.

Lows in the 60s, highs in the 80s. Saturan and Jupiter In the southwestern evening sky. National Weather Sho.t'l Sta.oor Ocflud.JljtiATIONAl WlAIMft SIIVICI. Iimiill NO O.pi ,1 Cloudy, Fair, R.Roln SFA's Summer Clearance Vi to 23 off original prices Special Selections from Women's, Men's, and Fashion Accessory Collections. There may have been intermediate price reductions on some items prior to this sale.

Not every style in every color and size. All sales final. Thursday Tuesday Thursday Lo-Hi Pen Fct Le-Hi Fcl. Lo-MI 6791 National Forecast 71- 91 .01 72- 90 74-90 77-92 82-86 59-88 71-89 71 90 77-95 74 94 73- 90 68-86 .01 71-89 Scattered thunderstorms were forecast for the Great Plains and the Mississippi Valley eastward to northern Florida. Showers were predicted also for northern New England and for the northern Pacific Coast.

Elsewhere, generally fair skies were expected, with daytime temperatures ranging from the 70s in the northern Rockies to 100 or higher in the Desert Southwest. Tuesday Lo-Hi Pen. 60-88 669S 04 54-66 68 92 70- 91 71- 90 66- 95 67- 91 70-101 51-67 75-94 7688 .17 67-83 70- 85 71- 89 58-95 57-93 67- 87 59 88 72- 90 -67 99 04 69-88 68- 93 70-101 72 91 .01 48-55 .12 71-94 67-93 75-88 74 85 .63 7089 74 92 70S6 83-107 Altxmv Alboaueroue Anchor oge Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington, VI. Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cievelond Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit EIPoso Evonsvllle Fairbanks Forgo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indionopoils Jocksan, Miss. Kansas Cltv Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miomi Milwoukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk, vo.

Oklahoma City Omaha Orlondo Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Me. Portland Ore. Providence Reno ST. LOUIS St. Petersburg SoltLakeClty Son Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Topeka Tucson Tulsa Washington Wichita 7692 7291 7291 80-95 7890 62-84 6445 74-93 76- 95 7699 74-95 7190 68-88 74-94 74-95 85-105 7046 67 89 52-74 74-95 44-91 70-88 7692 58-96 77- 87 72 82 577 49-67 64-83 76-99 74 90 76-91 6545 73-93 50-60 73 96 72-87 7396 50 84 72-96 52-89 49-88 75-97 78-91 71- 85 70-90 73 96 52 83 70-88 72- 91 68-88 73- 93 59 86 65-99 67 88 72- 96 74- 92 45-55 5388 73 96 72 88 7691 729 73- 97 68 88 78-108 75-96 71-91 87-106 63-87 65-88 50-68 .16 67-97 47-77 74 90 74-93 74-86 73-79 54-75 41-40 Precipitation Summary River Stages 71-87 73 98 7348 .54 74-92 71-66 Flood StaoeCtiafiM Slaw Tin.

24 Hrs. Tuesday .00 inches. Total tor month 1 .07 inches. Normal far monmo.95 inches Tafol tor veor 22 87 Inctfes. Normal to misdate 19 96 inches.

Los Vegas OSAGE RIVER Lakeside Oom MISSOURI RIVER St Joseph Kansas City Woverlv Boanville Jefferson Cltv Hermann St. Charles 17 110 22 6.7 22 12.5 21 17 3 -0 5 0 7 -0 5 04 1.4 25 24.0 Recreational Forecast Winds: Wednesddv nlghf and Thursday, south of lOlSmoh. Visibility: Wednesday nioht and Thursday. Smiles in haze. MISSISSIPPI RIVER Keokuk 16 87 Hannibal 14 MSG Louisiana IS 16.1 18 MSG 00 02 0.4 Oom 24, Clorksville 25 26.7 Dam 25, Wlnf leid 26 26.7 The World C-Cloudy, F-Folr, R-Rain Aberdeen Mid 57 Mantreol Spm 73 Amsterdam lorn 57 Moscow 3om 63 Ankoro 2am 61 Nairobi 3om 54 Athens 2om 70 Nbssou 7pm 84 Beirut 2om 77 New Delhi 5om 82 Berlin lam 66 Nice lorn 68 Booato 7pm 59 Oslo lam 54 Bonn lam 61 Ottawa Spm 77 Brussels lam 63 Paris lorn 61 Buenos Aires Spm 59 Peking Sam 77 Coioory Spm 45 Rio De Janeiro 9pm 66 Cosablonca Mid 70 Riyadh 3am 86 Copenhagen lorn 57 Roma lam 66 Dakar Mid 81 Son Juan Spm 84 Dublin Mid 57 SonSalvodor 6pm 91 Geneva lam 61 Sontiogo Spm 50 Guatemala Cltv 6pm 66 Santo Domingo 7pm 77 Helsinki 2om 54 Seoul 9am 75 HoChlMlnhCltv Sam 79 Sofia 2om 59 Hang Kong 8om SI Stockholm lorn 59 Klnaston 7pm 86 Taipei Sam 84 Jerusalem 3om 63 Tokyo 9am 82 Lima 7pm 63 Toronto Spm 79 Lisbon Mid 59 Tunis lam 72 London Mid 55 Viennd lam 63 Moor Id lorn 73 Warsaw lorn 59 Molto lam 70 Winnipeg 6pm 86 Mexico City 6pm 63 Grafton IS 20 I 09 MSG MSG Dam 26, Alton Dam 26, Tollwcrter 21 21.6 1.4 ST LOUIS Cape Girardeau New Madrid 30 25 8 32 29 4 34 21.2 16 06 0.4 Hourly Temperatures Fan Oft.

4)2 0.4 Fan. Cels. 75 24 ILLINOIS RIVER Peoria 18 15.6 Beardstown 14 19.8 OURBEUSE RIVER Union 15 1.5 7p.m. 85 lorn. 84 9pm.

84 7o.m Sa.m 9a.m 10 p.m. 83 1 Plaza Frontenac, Frontenac. Open Tuesday through' 11 p.m. Friday from 10 am to 9 pm; Monday and Saturday 'til 6 pm. MERAMEC RIVER Sullivan IS Valley Park 16 1.1 30 36 10a.m.

83 I 11 a.m. 85 Noon 85 a 1 p.m. 85 2p.m. 90 r3p.m. 89 4p m.

87 50 m. 86 6p.m. 06 Mdnt 1a.m. 2 a.m. 3a.m.

4 a.m. 5a.m. Sa.m. LAKE STAGES BarklevPool Kentucky Pool (Temperatures are reported In local tlmel Information mm by memroleolil Dove Murray and me National Wear. fnla.

359 3 -0 1 359.1 MSG.

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