St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 29

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1979 ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH SECTION 14C st.k)uismonday Editorials News analysis Page 2 Page 3 business pages 4-8 Group Seeking City For Area In West County BJ aI jgm Hw 3kkw fmSm k. 1 Wmmtt Incorporation petitions would have to be approved by the county Board of Election Commissioners and the County Council before the issue could appear on the ballot. A majority of residents would have to approve incorporation before it could take effect. While county government adequately responds to the needs of residents of the area, said Lynne Johnson of the study committee, "there are a number of people with a number of small problems, such as stop-sign placement and street-light installation, that the county is not equipped to handle." Responding to opponents' contentions that county government was adequate for Chesterfield, Neutzel said, "We're not going to say goodbye to the county police, goodbye to Mr. (Maurice) Stewart who has served us well in the County Council.

We want to free them to respond to the bigger concerns and not bog them down with the nitpicking details of everyday life." But David M. Gilley, chairman of the Chesterfields, said, "We feel the people of West County enjoy adequate police protection, an adequate zoning process and we simply don't need another layer of government. Most of the people here are self-determining types who believe in progress but don't think a small municipal government will be up to the task of coping with it." Mrs. Johnson said that the committee's petitions still were being circulated but felt the approximately 1,000 signatures needed to seek a referendum on the issue could be filed in Clayton by early fall. Gilley, however, said that his group already had collected about 3,000 unofficial signatures opposing the incorporation move.

By ERIC L. ZOECKLER Of the Post-Dispatch Staff A move to incorporate 36 square miles of farm land, subdivisions and shopping centers as the city of Chesterfield may be presented to St. Louis County officials this fall, supporters say. But if that happens, critics of the move will be close behind to argue against the idea. Members of the two groups clashed Saturday at a meeting called by supporters to discuss the detailed plans for a $1.7 million budget for government of the proposed city.

Nearly 40 percent of that would be used to pay, equip and maintain about a 25-member police department that would serve the 14,500 residents. That would be more officers per resident than the county police can provide, said John Neutzel of the Chesterfield Incorporation Study Committee. Neutzel said a municipal police force could have up to eight officers on duty during any shift, and the county police now provide only two. That contention was disputed by an opposition group, the Chesterfields, whose members appeared to be about half of the 34 residents attending the meeting at the Daniel Boone branch of the County Library in Ballwin. Opponents contended that Neutzel's figures did not consider holidays, time off, illness and vacations that the municipal officers would have.

One resident said that he had passed five county patrol cars on the way from his home to the meeting that morning. Much of the meeting, however, consisted of philosophical arguments. STANDING ROOM ONLY: Women crowding a rally at Steinberg Rink in Forest Park on Saturday night that called attention to violence against women in the St. Lou is area. Sponsored by the Women Take Back the Night Coalition, the rally preceded a march through Central West End streets.

(Post-Dispatch Photo) Several Men Heckle Anti-Rape Marchers Police Seeking Clues In 2 Killings At Cafe By JO MANNIES Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Four men leaned out of a battered red-and-white auto and grinned. One shouted, "Hey baby," followed by a graphic sexual invitation. The comment was directed at more than 1,000 women marching to protest rape. Other such incidents, although isolated, occurred Saturday night during a 3-hour demonstration called "Women Take Back The Night." But nothing could dampen the marchers' spirits. "Can you believe it?" said one woman in an awestruck tone.

"We're walking in Forest Park at 11 p.m." The march and rally were organized by a group of women concerned that women cannot feel safe alone on the streets, in shopping malls or even in their own homes. The demonstration was endorsed by more than 50 women's groups and trade unions and many state and local officials. Smaller crowds turned out for similar marches in Kansas City and in the Kansas cities of Emporia and Topeka. At the rally prior to the St. Louis march, speakers cited statistics showing that at least one-third of all rapes occur in the victim's home.

"Rape is a crime from which no woman can hide," a spokeswoman said. So they marched. The route was 2.6 miles long, through Forest Park, past the Barnes Hospital complex, down fashionable and some not-so-fashionable streets in the city's Central West End. The women were all ages, of various races, and from all walks of life. Marching were girls no older than 8 or 9, college students, career omen, homemakers and grandmothers.

Some marchers said they were disturbed about police statistics indicating that rapes and assaults against women have increased in the St. Louis area. Several said that they had been victims. One, a woman in her late 20s, said she had been raped three times the first time years ago by a relative. "I just can't take it anymore," she said.

The march was well-organized. Participants were told to walk close together in rows of four; order was maintained by "security" women wearing yellow headbands. Many of the marchers carried signs and lighted candles. During the march, passers-by came out of hotels and night spots to watch. Many clapped and joined in the marchers' chants.

Some stared. A few men openly snickered. The march passed by a bus shelter where a middle-age woman sat alone waiting for a bus. One marcher said, "Nobody will dare bother her while we're walking by." The woman, who may have overheard the remark, said, "Thanks," and waved. The marchers were festive, despite the sultry weather.

Many said that they were proud. Police were conspicuous, directing traffic, riding motorcycles alongside the march and sitting in patrol cars parked along the route. Nevertheless, some harassment did occur. Some autos slowed down as the march passed by, and a few male occupants shouted sexual obscenities and "invitations." During the rally in Forest Park, some men who appeared to know none of the marchers circled the group, just staring. A male news photographer said that the men appeared to be "lurking.

I don't feel safe here," he said. By LINDA LOCKHART Of the Post-Dispatch Staff St. Louis homicide detectives are trying to piece together what happened Saturday night in Pacini's Cafe, 6 South Sarah Street, where two of the restaurant's employees were murdered. The bodies of John Smith, 62, and Salvatore "Nino" Fedele, 30, were found by police about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

They were called by a friend of Smith's who had gone to the restaurant looking for him and became suspicious when he found the front door ajar. Smith was a custodian at the restaurant, Fedele a bartender. Both men had been shot in the head. Police still are trying to determine what sort of weapon was used. Police said that Smith's friend became concerned about him when Smith failed to show up Sunday morning at the friend's residence for his daily visit.

Smith, who lived at 4048 Laclede Avenue, suffered from an eye ailment, and the man's wife usually assisted him with daily medication, police said. Fedele lived at 1141 Matador Drive in St. Louis County. Police suspect robbery was the motive in the killings, although it is undetermined how much money was taken. They have no suspects.

Police said the bodies of the two men Time Inc. Negotiating For Purchase Of Channel 30 By ERIC P. MINK Post-Dispatch TV-Radio Critic The owners of KDNL-TV, Channel 30, are negotiating with Time Inc. for the sale of that station. Station manager Jack Petrik confirmed that Time had made an offer and that negotiations were taking place in New York between Time and officers of Evans Broadcasting, owners of KDNL.

A broadcasting investment newsletter, Broadcast Investor, reported in its May 29 edition that the Time-Evans deal already had been consummated and that Time had paid $14 million for the station. But Petrik said the station had not yet been sold. The Post-Dispatch has also learned that employees of a Time subsidiary, American Television and Communications, are scheduled to be in St. Louis the week of June 25 to Vandalism Is Ruled Out In Firing On Man's Home "in anticipation of the station's sale" to Time. "Appointments are easy to cancel," he said, in case the deal falls through.

The investment newsletter speculated that Time would convert KDNL to a subscription television operation in the evening prime-time hours. Subscription television is a version of pay television. In a subscription operation, i8 Robbed Of $9,168 One of the men pointed a revolver at his head and demanded money, he told police. Smallwood gave them a small amount of money from the cash register and the rest from a bank deposit bag, police said. The men were reported to have fled on foot.

Cotton, a spokesman for ACORN, said representatives of the organization had met several times with State Farm because they believed the firm might be red-lining refusing to write or renew policies in areas thought to be risky. "They said they would try to do something about our complaints," she said, and came up with the market value policy plan. Custin explained the change this way: An old brick house in the city that were found in a small kitchen at the rear of the restaurant. The men were found lying head to head the officers said, indicating that they had been told to lie on the floor in that position before they were shot. The restaurant safe was undisturbed, police said.

Neither man knew the combination to the safe, they said. They believe that the shootings took place shortly after the restaurant closed Saturday night, about 9 p.m. The restaurant showed no signs of a struggle, police said. Jim Georges, a part-time employee of the restaurant, described Pacini's as a family-type place that rarely had any problems. In the approximately 50 years the restaurant has been in operation, it had only been robbed a couple of times, Georges said.

No one ever had been injured, he said. Pacini's is owned by Charles W. Lampe. Georges described Smith, a 25-year employee of Pacini's, as a "very friendly guy. He acted hard-boiled on the outside, but he was really very good-natured down inside.

He was always joking with you." Fedele, who came to the United States from Italy a few years ago, had been employed at the restaurant for about a year. "He was doing very well here," Georges said. "He got along with everybody. This is just a terrible thing." stores, told police that the shooting began when he and his wife, Linda, were watching television in the living room with the couple's daughter, Jamie, and two of her girlfriends, Hehad Kamalazid and Tamera Crouppen. Police declined to give the ages of the three girls.

The Salzman family and their guests dropped to the floor after the second shot was fired, police said, and remained there until the shooting ended. The shots were fired through windows of the front of the house, police said, including the living room, dining room and an upstairs bathroom. Salzman told police that he has had no problems with disgruntled employees or labor unions, and has not fired any workers recently. In a brief interview at the family's home today, Mrs. Salzman said, "I really don't want to talk about it." Fighters for non-payment of dues.

Walker's union now has about 250 members. At one time, the union said it represented about half of the county's 1,100 firefighters. Local 2665 initially was formed by dissidents from Walker's camp. Jennings firefighter Dennis Murray, president of the local, was once on Walker's executive board. Murray said that his group now represents 190 firefighters, all former members of Walker's union.

Murray was at this morning's vote in Pattonville-Bridgeton Terrace. "I knew it was going to go our way," he said. "We jusyJidn't know if it would be 100 percent. 9 State Farm Offers Market-Value Home Policy Plan Creve Coeur Detective Sgt. Frank Harris says that he has no theories on why an unidentified assailant fired 13 rounds of ammunition into the home of Donald E.

Salzman, 12545 Conway Road, while Salzman's family was entertaining guests. i But Harris, who supervised the initial investigation, said that he is certain of one thing: It was not vandalism. No one was injured in the incident, police said, which occurred about 9:30 p.m. Friday. Police said that a 22-caliber firearm was used, but they aren't certain whether it was a rifle or a pistol.

The shots were fired, police said, by an assailant standing at the end of the family's driveway about 100 feet from the house. Salzman, 46, who owns the shoe outlets in the Garland department interview community leaders about the area's television needs. Some of those interviews already have been arranged. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires applicants for station licenses to 'conduct such interviews. Petrik confirmed that American Television and Communications employees planned to be in town later this month and that the interviews had been set up.

He said they were arranged Spanish Lake Company Auto Parts, 1153 Coal Bank Road, Spanish Lake, was robbed of $9,168 Sunday by two men, one armed with a revolver, St. Louis County police reported. Rick L. Smallwood, 24, owner of the company, told police he was stocking auto parts about 2:45 p.m. when two men entered through an unlocked door.

State Farm in Columbia. The policy, called the Modified Replacement Homeowners Cost Policy, will become effective July 1, it was jointly announced Friday by the Missouri Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and representatives of State Farm. Custin said the new plan was developed in response to community organizations like ACORN. Shirley commissioners had cars with V-8 engines and others got six-cylinder compacts. Standard Oil Division of Amoco Oil the city's principal supplier, has cut deliveries in June to 70 percent of those in June 1878.

The city is asking directors of the state "set-asida" program fuel reserved for special purposes to order Standard to provide the same amount 215,400 gallons as last year. Conway is not affected by the order. He rides in a V-8 standard-size car provided by the Police scrambled signals are broadcast by a station and to unscramble them a television set must be equipped with a special decoding device. An owner who wants to receive subscription programming usually must pay the broadcaster an installation fee and a monthly service fee for the decoding device. The programming of subscription television operations usually concentrates on first-run movies and live coverage of major sporting events.

KDNL applied to the FCC nearly three years ago for permission to broadcast on a subscription basis. Petrik said that application was still pending. American Telvision and Communications has had experience in marketing subscription television, and another Time subsidiary, Home Box Office, is involved with developing and marketing programs for cable television and subscription television distribution. has a replacement value of (60,000 would be insured under the old plan at a rate of $162 a year. But under the new option, the policy would be based on the market value, say, $25,000.

The customer would pay $128, Custin said. Ms. Cotton said State Farm's new policy is similar to a new AUState Insurance Agency policy, which is based on market value but carries a 50 percent surcharge. youth center of the hospital, 5400 Arsenal Street. Mrs.

Shotwell discovered her son was injured when she went to pick him up. Pictures taken by hospital investigators showed the boy with bruises on his arms and buttocks. The boy told authorities that Ms. Vrons hit him repeatedly with a ruler when he was in the shower. Ms.

Vrons was dismissed from the staff for refusing to take a lie detector test, along with a male employee who was accused of witnessing the beating and laughing about it. An employee of four years, Ms. Vrons appeared on a television newscast last monthjind complained about haying to take fhe polygraph test. State Farm Insurance the largest writer of homeowners and renters insurance in the state, will make available to low-income city dwellers in Missouri a new homeowners policy based on the market value of residences instead of their replacement cost. "We developed this new plan to address the problem of people with older homes who find it difficult to buy insurance," said Clifford Custin, regional vice president of operations for Ex-State Hospital Attendant Indicted In Beating Of Boy, 7 Pattonville Firefighters Quit Walker Union, Join Local 2665 City Fleet To Be Restocked Mainly With 4-Cylinder Cars By CARTER STTTH Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Shirley Vrons, a former attendant at St.

Louis State Hospital, has been charged with beating a 7-year-old boy who was a patient at the hospital. Ms. Vrons, 38, of the 2800 block of Semple Avenue, was arrested Saturday on a suppressed indictment filed late last month by a St. Louis Circuit Court grand jury. She is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

The charge is in connection with April 4 beating of Michael Shotwell, son of Mary Shotwell of Imperial. The boy had ben in a diagnostic program at the Firefighters with the Pattonville-Bridgeton Terrace Fire Protection District today voted to pull out of Local 398 of the International Brotherhood of Public Employees, headed by Richard T. Walker, and join Local 2665 of the International Association of Fire Fighters. With 20 of the district's 22 firefighters voting, all of the votes cast favored joining Local 2665. The balloting was conducted by Conrad Berry, head of the state Board of Mediation.

Today's vote was another setback for Walker's union, also known as the St. Louis County Fire Fighters Union. Walker's support has dwindled since last ysar, when it was ipxpelled from the International Association of Fire In the future, St. Louis will buy mainly four-cylinder automobiles as a fuel-saving measure, Mayor Jim Conway has ordered. Cars purchased by the Police Department are not covered by the order.

The only other major exception will be six-cylinder cars for department heads and commissioners, a spokesman for Conway said Friday. Any other exceptions would have to be approved by the mayor. The city, with a fleet of about 500 cars, buys 75 a year. In the post, department heads and 2S nt..