St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 24

March 1, 1982 6C ST.LDUiS POST-DISPATCH Blls it. A Mubarak Standing Firm On Refusal To Visit Jerusalem Philip C. Habib Meets with Begin Illinois Seeks Delay On Fluoridation Ban Upsets high school notes by stcve wade large- and small-school teams Lincoln and Vashon. O'Fallon Tech won a rematch with Vashon. The district has four teams that are capable of winning.

By earning the No. 1 seed, O'Fallon Tech gained a first-round bye and, theoretically, a weaker opponent in the semifinals. The Hornets likely will face fourth-seeded Sumner, while SLUH must face Cleveland in the first round and probably No. 3 Soldan in the semifinals. After the initial shock had worn off, Mimlitz figured his best strategy was to worry about the games and not the seedings.

"I'm not sure which of these outfits is the one you want to play," said Mimlitz. Mimlitz never has beaten a Neals-coached team and his two most recent losses to Neals have been in doubliovertime games. In the end, Mimlitz and Neals agreed the flap was nothing more than a reasonable difference of opinion among reasonable men. But it highlighted problems with the Missouri tournament that merit consideration: Geography is the state association's criterion for assigning teams to districts, and the association argues that this approach cuts travel costs. But it means that the city-based district tournament usually is stacked with some of the area's best teams, while some of the suburban-based districts are relatively weak.

How much more would it cost for a few city 'teams to drive to North St. Louis County, or for a few West County teams to mix it up in the city, so that parity could be achieved? Geography for the sake of gas economy might be a good argument outstate, but it doesn't make much sense in the metropolitan areas. Of the six 4A district tournaments being played in the St. Louis area this week, the only one on a neutral court is at Florissant Valley Community College. The other five are being played at schools that are among tl favorites in their districts: DeSmet, O'Fallon Tech, Mehlville, Parkway Wst and Hazelwood West.

A home-court advantage should not be allowed in the state tournament. Why can't other urea colleges (Meramec, Forest Park, Maryville, Washington University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis) be used for the district tournaments? The state association has no say in the seedings. Because this is a state tournament, perhaps the state By the Associated Press The Illinois Attorney General's office plans to seek a delay in the enforcement of a circuit court judge's decision that Illinois' fluoridation law Is unconstitutional. Illinois Assistant Attorney General Richard W.

Cosby said l)is office planned an appeal of the" decision rendered Friday by Judge Ronald A. Neimann of Salem. Cosby said that if the decision had been worded properly, it could apply statewide. But he said it probably would have no immediate effect outside Alton. However, John Graham, an attorney from Minneapolis, said the ruling might have national and international importance.

He represented the plaintiffs in the 14-year-old suit. "It's splendid news," said Graham. "It means that for the second time in open court we have been able to prove that the weight of the evidence shows that a substantial harm exists." He is pursuing similar causes in Pennsylvania and Texas. Judge Neimann ruled that the state fluoridation law violated the Illinois Egyptian foreign policy as the April date approaches for Israel's final withdrawal from Sinai. Ghorbal, who was to have been in Egypt for a 10-day vacation, was sent back to Washington over the weekend to deliver the message, which Egyptian officials described as "urgent." After a one-hour meeting at the State Department, Ghorbal indicated his talks had covered several topics, including the situation along the Israeli-Lebanese border and friction created by the snag in Mubarak's plans to visit Israel.

In today's meeting with Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Ghorbal said that when Mubarak accepted the Israeli invitation to visit that country, he "expressed to the Israelis the difficulties he faces in a visit to Jerusalem. Egypt's position is well-known to Israel, to our American friends, and to the whole world. We stand by our position." In addition to discussing the problems raised by Mubarak's proposed trip, Ghorbal said: "I also discussed the situation in the Middle East as a whole. We focused on the rising tensions along the borders with Lebanon.

We expressed hope that all sides, including Israel, would take steps in order to remove tension." The rising tension along the Lebanese-Israel border was the topic of talks also in Jerusalem, where Philip C. Habib, special U.S. envoy to the Middle East, met with Prime Minister Menachem Begin today in an attempt to shore up the fragile cease-fire in southern Lebanon. "I'm doing my job," Habib said. But he withheld details of his two-hour discussion with Begin.

Habib's mission followed weeks of warnings by Israel that the Palestine Liberation Organization had built up its forces in southern Lebanon and that any loss of Israeli life in attacks by Palestinian forces would be answered by reprisals. The State Department has disputed Israel's contention of a Palestinian buildup in southern Lebanon. Dean Fischer, a department spokesman, said Friday that the Reagan administration was "not aware of any major infusion of arms from any source since July that could be construed as significantly altering the balance of fources." Cancellation of Mubarak's visit to Israel could embarrass Begin, although government sources said Israel would fulfill its obligations to withdraw from Sinai in late April even if the visit does not take place. The issue of Mubarak's visit is symbolic to many Israelis of what they see as an Egyptian discomfort with the kind of forthright, whole-hearted relationship with Israel initiated by the late President Anwar Sadat, who made a dramatic visit to Jerusalem in November 1977. "The minister for foreign affairs," the Israeli Cabinet communique declared, "briefed the Cabinet on his visit to Egypt and his conversations with its leaders.

The members of the Cabinet held a discussion, and in its wake the Cabinet secretary was authorized to announce that if President Mubarak refuses to visit Jerusalem during the course of his visit to Israel, we would have to do without this important visit." Stabs Smoker In Elevator In Bob Jones U. Chancellor Calls Reagan 'Traitor To God's People' Compiled From Newt Service WASHINGTON Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal delivered an urgent message to U.S. officials today on tensions in the Middle Easi and indicated that President Hosni Mubarak would not visit Jerusalem as part of a trip to Israel. Ghorbal's message came after the Israeli government announced Sunday that an invitation to Mubarak to visit Israel would be withdrawn if he refused to include a stop in Jerusalem. The position, announced in a communique after the weekly Cabinet meeting, reflected deepening concern in the government over the course of constitution.

He ordered the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Public Health to stop its enforcement. Judge Neimann also ordered the Alton Water Co. to halt fluoridation. He said the law that requires the fluoridation of public drinking water amounts to "an unreasonable exercise of police power." "In view of the plaintiffs' evidence, even though it has long been recognized that artificial fluoridation of public water supplies helps fight tooth decay, a risk exists of serious health hazards," Judge Niemann wrote He said there was insufficient evidence to support the state's claim that fluoridation was a safe means of promoting dental health. Ruby Hale of Alton said, "The truth has been suppressed in this long enough.

It's a great victory, important because now the people have the right to choose." She spearheaded the suit after organizing the committee in 1968. Judge Niemann's decision came after a 10-week trial in 1980. The Illinois Pure Water Committee filed the suit. should be granted a tax exemption. The Reagan administration reversed an almost 12-year-old policy Jan.

8 by lifting the Internal Revenue Service's authority to deny tax exemptions to segregated private universities. But four days later, after intense criticism from civil rights groups, Reagan asked Congress to grant the IRS the authority that he had taken away. "The president panicked," Jones said, and "sent a bill to the Congress to destroy Bob Jones University." Reagan started breaking promises when he chose "that devil, George Bush" to be his running mate, Jones said. In this year's election "it might be good for us to stay away from the polls and let their ship sink," he said. Jones said Reagan and other elected officials "are treating us like dirt.

We couldn't do any worse at the hands of the liberals." Dr. David Rothman York City and Sally Rothman of St. Louis; a brother, Harry Rothman of Los Angeles; and three grandchildren. association should seed the various districts or at least have the power of veto. -tr it Class 3A district meets will be played this week at Clayton, Jennings and Buchanan High in Troy.

Another 3A tournament will share time between St. Clair and Festus, with the finals set for St. Clair. Each 3A and 4A district tournament has a boys and a girls division. Opening-round state tournament games in 3A and 4A will be played next Monday, followed by the quarterfinals March 10 and the state semifinals and finals in Columbia on March 12-13.

Opening-round games in the Class 1A and 2A state tournaments will be played tonight, followed by the quarterfinals on Wednesday and the semifinals and finals Friday and Saturday in Columbia. In Illinois, Class AA boys regionals will be played this week at Alton, Collinsville, Belleville East, Granite City North and Highland. Area teams will feed into sectionals March 9-12 at East St. Louis and Highland. The Carbondale supersectional will be March 16 at Southern Illinois University and the state AA finals are set for March 19-20 in Champaign.

Illinois Class A sectionals involving area teams will be played Tuesday through Friday at Vandalia and Nashville. The Vandalia winner will advance to the supersectional at Eastern Illinois University and the Nashville winner will go to the SIU-Carbondale supersectional March 9. The Class A finals will be March 12-13 in Champaign. Girls tournaments in both classes will begin next Monday. 6 6ft Quincy High, the defending Illinois Class AA champion, tied the state record for consecutive Victories (58, set in 1972 by Dolton Thornridge) with its 75-61 victory Saturday night over East St.

Louis. Afterward, Quincy Coach Jerry Leggett said he didn't think the Blue Devils, expected to boost their 19S1-82 record to 26-0 tomorrow with a victory over Chatham-Glenwood in the Jacksonville Regional, would repeat at state champions. "In my own opinion, I don't think Quincy in going to repeat as the state champion," Leggett said. "This year, there is no one or two teams. There are 15, and we're only one.

The odds are against us." Roxana Metro East? Most area coaches want to believe the performance indicates the area is gaining parity with Chicago. Perhaps but more important, the four champions are year-round wrestlers. "I attribute it basically to the exceptional young men we had this year," said Belleville West Coach John Wehmeier. "But until we have better competition down here match in, match out, we're going to have trouble competing." Officiating also played a part. Referees consistently called stalling, which kept the matches moving at a freestyle-meet pace.

That played into the hands of the downstate wrestlers, who are more accustomed to freestyle. "It made for the most exciting matches I've ever seen in a state meet," said Baum. "I think we're going to have some good years in the next two or three because we have some quality coming up." Added Granite City North Coach Walt Whitaker: "This should help new kids coming up, knowing they can do something up there." Granite North's Steve Smith (36-3-1) was third at 119, Collinsville heavyweight Mike Kleb (33-2) was fourth, 126-pound Dave Crowe (32-5) of Belleville West was fifth and 112-pound Rob Milazzo (36-3) of Roxana was sixth. Smith was 2-2 in matches with Warren. Three were settled by one point and the fourth was tied after overtime and was settled on a referee's decision.

Smith's last loss to Warren came in the semifinals, 2-1. For Trout Opener Rob warren 1 xh Seedling St. Louis University High basketball fans are unhappy because SLUH has been seeded No. 2 behind the host school for this week's Missouri Class 4A district tournament at O'Fallon Tech. They reason that SLUH should be Seeded first because the Junior Billikens are ranked No.

1 in a state poll and have been ranked No. 2 for the last several weeks in the Post-Dispatch area rankings although they've dropped to No. 4 in the current poll. Unfortunately for SLUH fans, some of the district coaches apparently aren't poll watchers. The voting for the seeds was close last Monday night.

Teams got one point for a No. 1 vote, two points for No. 2, etc. O'Fallon Tech finished with nine points, SLUH got 10 and defending state champion Soldan 13. O'Fallon Tech had three first-place votes, SLUH two and Soldan one.

St. Louis U. High Coach Joe Mimlitz was upset. When the vote was taken, SLUH had scored 17 consecutive victories and was 21-2, while O'Fallon Tech was 13-3. The Junior Bills are now 22-3 and O'Fallon Tech fell to 13-4 with a loss to No.

1 East St. Louis Lincoln on Thursday night. Public High League Manager Jim brislane, who conducted the meeting, asked the coaches if they were satisfied with the results. Mimlitz said he wasn't. After checking with the Missouri State High School Activities Association, Brislane reconvened the meeting on Wednesday to ensure what he called "due process to make sure everyone had been heard." By that time, Mimlitz had reconciled himself to the No.

2 seed, and he chose not to attend the meeting, figuring the voting wouldn't change. Brislane said the coaches who attended "reached the conclusion that their decision was a good one." But that wasn't their only conclusion. Soldan Coach Marvin Neals said the coaches who attended Wednesday were offended that the meeting had been called. "The mere fact a meeting was called questioned the coaches' professionalism," Neals said. Neals, who voted O'Fallon Tech No.

1 and SLUH No. 2, was open with Mimlitz about his reasoning. Neals explained that both teams played a comparable schedule, had a comparable number of defeats and O'Fallon Tech probably would have had a comparable number of victories had several of its games not been canceled because of snow. Neals said he also chose O'Fallon Tech over SLUH because O'Fallon Tech beat Soldan and Soldan beat SLUH. Neals also pointed out that, at that time, two of O'Fallon Tech's three losses were against the area's No.

1 Kip Kristoff Bethalto Metro East By Steve Wade Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Illinois has grudgingly yielded its high school wrestling laurels to the Metro East area. "We usually just go up there and get blown out by Chicago," said Cahokia Coach Russ Baum. Not this year. The Metro East produced four of the 12 state champions in the Class AA meet Friday and Saturday in Champaign. That's as many champions as the area claimed in the previous 12 tournaments (1970, '76, '77 and '81).

"That's the best our southern half of the state has ever done," said Roxana Coach Larry Milazzo. "The kids who placed and won are kids who have grown up with wrestling." They've grown up together, too. Two of the champions are the sons of two-time Olympian Larry Kristoff, now the wrestling coach at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 98-pound freshman Kip (384) and 138-pound senior Mark (39-0). The Kristoff who were the only two wrestlers competing in the tournament for Bethalto Civic Memorial High, led the team to fourth Jilace with 58V4 points, two points behind third-place Waukegan East. Bloom Trail of suburban Chicago won with 72 points.

Kip became the first freshman ever to win an AA title when he scored an 11-6 victory over Tim Meagher of New Lenox Lincoln Way. Mark got a takedown in the last 30 seconds and beat Scott Wiggen of Wheaton North, 6-4. "Kip and I thought it was just a big joke at first that we could win (a team championship) with only two," Mark said. "Then it came down to the finish and we had a chance for third, and, it really got serious." The area's other champions Belleville West's 145-pound Bob Dahm (35-1) and Roxana's 119-pound Rob Warren (38-4) are just like brothers. And the four state champions are like a family.

The Kristoffs and Warren began wrestling as youngsters with a club in East Alton. Dahm started in Belleville and met the three others several years ago at summer freestyle tournaments. "The families have traveled to a lot of tournaments across the country," said Bob's father, Norman. If the Kristoffs were the most-talked-about wrestlers in the tournament, Dahm was one of the most dominant. He won with two pins, then won, 5-2, in the semifinals and 10-2 in the final.

There's a good reason why Dahm Kvas comfortable in the big apple" of Tiigh school wrestling. Tom, Mark in a 1 982, Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO Branding President Ronald Reagan a "traitor to God's people," the Rev. Bob Jones Jr. told a "freedom rally" Sunday that his fundamentalist university's tax fight with the government is part of a bigger battle. "The state is declaring war on our faith," he asserted.

"We are in warfare. Spiritual wickedness, that's our enemy." Jones, chancellor of Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., said the satanic forces reigning in Washington, "are just waiting to get socked right in the nose by God almighty." He told the rally in suburban Schaumburg that he knew God was getting ready to strike because he had a vision of God "rolling up his sleeves (and) doubling up his fists." The fight is over whether Jones' fundamentalist Christian university obituaries Kristoff Bethalto Bob Dahm Belleville West Wrestlers Shock State tv i .1 Dr. David nothman services Graveside services for Dr. David Rothman, an obstetrician and gynecologist here for 46 years, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at New Mount Sinai Cemetery, 8430 Gravois Avenue, Affton.

Dr. Rothman, of Clayton, died Sunday of cancer at Jewish Hospital after a long illness. He was 70 years old. Dr. Rothman was an associate professor for the last 40 years at Washington University's School of Medicine, of which he was a 1935 graduate.

He headed the obstetrics-gynecology department for 20 years at Jewish Hospital. He also was president of the medical staff there at one time. He was vice president of the St. Louis Gynecological Society at the time of his death, and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was an accomplished violinist and for many years was a member of the St.

Louis Philharmonic Orchestra. Surviving are his wife, Frances, of Clayton; three daughters, Helen Flegel of Atlanta, Elaine Rothman of New Jerome Spector Dies; Funeral services for Jerome J. Spector, former president of the Binkley metal fabricators, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Rindskopf Funeral Home, 5216 Delmar Boulevard. Burial will be at Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery, 9125 Ladue Road.

Mr. Spector, 68, lived in Clayton. He died Sunday at Barnes Hospital after a heart attack. Mr. Spector was born in St.

Louis. He graduated from Washington University in 1934, when he joined Universal Match 400 Paul Avenue, Ferguson, as a chemist. Mr. Spector worked for the company for 25 years. He became a vice president in High School Wrestling Poll Final rankings of area high school wrestling teams bv the Post-Dispatch Board of Coaches, with first-place votes and dual-meet records In parentheses (points on basis of 15 for first, 14 for second, 13 for third, etc.) 1.

Francis Howell (8) (9-0) 148 2. Granite City North (2) (20-0) 136 3. River view Gardens (9-1) 134 4. Hazelwood Central (9-1) lis 5. Wentzvllle (80) 97 6.

Hazelwood West (7-1) 96 7. Belleville West (9-6-2) 92 8. Roxana (14-2) 81 9. DeSmet (5-5) 65 10. Granite Cltv South (16-6) 59 OTHERS: 1).

De Soto 52; 12. Bethalto 30; 13. Pacific 28; 14. Mehlville 21; 15. Normandy 17; 16.

Cahokia 17. East St. Louis 18. (tie) Pacific ond Pattonvllle 20. Fort Zumwalt 1.

BOARDOF COACHES Rlvervlew Gardens' Paul Laplnskl, Pacific's Larry Crooks, Roxana's Larry Milazzo, Granite Cltv North's Walt Whitaker, Vlonnev's Tim Clepper, Oe Soto's Bob Georger, Francis Howell's Rooer Hodapp, Cahokla's Russ Baum, Northwest's George Simmons and Fox's Dan Hopson. a former high school wrestler and now the manager of an orchard near Freeburg, trained with Bob during the final week. And there were two other wrestling brothers who added support Norman, a wrestler at Southwest Missouri State University, and Rich, an assistant coach at Southwest Missouri. Warren's state championship match was "a bit hairy," according to Milazzo. Warren scored a takedown with 3 seconds left and won, 3-2, after he fell behind, 2-1, when he was called for stalling with 90 seconds left.

Why the unusual success for the Attendance Good By Tim Renken Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Trout fishing was excellent at Montauk State Park, near Salem, this morning as the season opened at Missouri's four trout parks. Fishing was far from bad at the other parks Maramec Spring, near St. James; Bennett Spring, near Lebanon; and Roaring River, near Cassville. Attendance at the parks for the traditional opener was good for a Monday in almost perfect weather. At Montauk 117 lunker trout, brood-stock from the nearby hatchery, were placed in the spring branch this morning and several dozen were caught the first hour.

Some 2,100 tags had been sold at Montauk at the 6:30 a.m. siren marking the beginning of fishing. The biggest i.h of the first hour was 6-pounder caught by David Crow of Rolla. Nick Fox of Ballwin had one of 6'4 pounds, Roland Love St. Louis had a six-pounder and Karen Allen of 'Self-Defense9 SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A graduate psychology student insists that his stabbing of a woman who refused to put out her cigarette in an elevator was self-defense.

"She attacked me and forced me to defend myself," said Richard Moss, 38. "She thought she had a right to pollute my air." Moss was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after the incident Friday in an elevator at San Francisco State University. But, Moss said over the weekend, "I wanted to press charges against her, and I still do." Doris Collum, 26, was released Saturday from San Francisco General Hospital after treatment for a stab wound in the chest. She refused to comment on the incident. Moss, a Texas native with a bachelor's degree in psychology, has been studying in San Francisco for the past five years.

He said he was allergic to pollen and sensitive to cigarette smoke. The elevator incident began, he said, when Ms. Collum started screaming after he had asked her and a woman companion to extinguish their cigarettes. I was having difficulty breathing. She was choking me.

In self-defense, I took my sheath knife from my hip and swung it behind me. She let loose of me then, but she continued screaming." Belleville, Restaurant Is Destroyed By Fire The Hitching Post Restaurant in Belleville was destroyed by fire early this morning. A fireman sustained minor injuries while fighting the fire at 8910 West Main Street, but no other injuries were reported. Fire Chief Leland Knapp said the fire was reported about midnight. Although the exact cause of the blaze could not be determined immediately, Knapp said initial reports indicate that it may have been set.

One fireman, Capt. Francis Stoltz, injured his leg while fighting the fire. He was taken to Belleville Memorial Hospital, 4501 North Park Drive, where nine stitches were placed in his leg and knee. Headed Binkley Corp. 1953.

He joined the Binkley Corp. as its president in 1959. In 1975, he became chairman of the board. He retired from both positions in 1980, but remained a director of the company. He also was a director at Carboline the Multiple Sclerosis Society of St.

Louis, and CASA-St. Louis Conservatory and Schools for the Arts. He was a member of the Eliot Society and of Washington University's long-range planning committee. Surviving are his wife, Myra of Clayton; his mother, Eva of University City; a daughter, Helen of Evanston, and a son, Malcolm of Montreal. of a man he called his "guardian angel," fellow band leader Glenn Miller.

After 17 successful years on the road, the 27-member Charlie Spivak Band settled down in Miami. But in 1967 Mr. Spivak gave his first performance at Ye Olde Fireplace in Greenville. The next year he started a two-week engagement that lasted 11 Jears. Charlie Spivak Dies; 'Big Band' Era Musician House Springs and Tom King of St.

Louis each had one of 5 pounds. At Maramec Spring, where 1,251 tags had been sold at siren time, Frank Savetz of St. Louis checked in the biggest fish, 4 pounds 2 ounces, of the first hour. He had a limit string of 6 pounds 7 ounces. Ford Hughes, superintendent at Maramec, said he had seen many fish of between two and three pounds.

At Bennett Spring, where 1,932 tags had been sold at siren time, Terry Hampton of Independence had the biggest fish, 5 pounds 4 ounces, of the first hour. Gov. Christopher Bond opened the season at Bennett Sping, but caught no fish before cutting the ribbon for a new park office and shop building there. "The Governor almost got one, but it got away," said a spokesman for the Department of Natural Resources. At Roaring River, in the state's southwestern corner, tags had been sold at the siren.

vv GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) Charlie Spivak, a Russian-born trumpeter who was an orchestra leader during the "Big Band" era, died today. He was 75 and had been suffering from cancer. In the 1920s Mr. Spivak played with Ben Pollack's band.

In 1935, he joined the Dorsey Band, which led to a job with the Ray Noble U.S. Band. Mr. Spivak's dream of starting his own band was realized in 1941, wi'i the aid fn.