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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Apr. 29, 1985 People 2A Soprano BEVERLY SILLS retired from the operatic stage five years ago and had not sung publicly since until last week, when she performed an old standard at a New York restaurant. The occasion was CAROL, BURNETT'S 52nd birthday. Beverly and her husband, PETER GREENOUGH, were among the birthday guests.

When the cake was wheeled in, the former diva of the New York City and Metropolitan Opera companies raised her voice in "Happy Birthday, Dear Carol." Miss Sills is general director of the New York City Opera. The husband of AMANDA BLAKE, longtime star of the "Gunsmoke" television series, filed for divorce two days before the couple's first anniversary, MARK' SPAETH, a city councilman in Austin, Texas, filed the petition Friday at Austin. The two were married April 28, iv Prime Minister MARGARET THATCHER of Britain said Sunday that she didn't want to be reminded that she's nearly 60. But she told an admiring 91-year-old listener in a radio phone-in show that she had been "born fit." "As you get older you somehow develop both a A van used by PATRICIA HEARST and the Symbionese Liberation Army In a violent getaway 11 years ago was bought for $1,200 by RENEE PRAHL of Inglewood, Calif. Ms.

Prahl once was wrongly accused of being an SLA member. The faded red 1970 Volkswagen van was sold at auction Saturday by the Ingle-'wood Police Department, along with other surplus vehicles. The van was used May 16, 1974, when SLA members and Miss Hearst fled from a sporting goods store in Inglewood In a hail of bullets after a shoplifting incident. A day later, six SLA members, Including SLA-leader DONALD DeFREEZE, known as Cinque, were killed in a two-hour shoot-out with 500 local and federal officers in Los Angeles. The sale included the FBI and Inglewood reports on the incident, as well as a certificate of authenticity.

Ms. Prahl said she felt a kinship wih the van; she was arrested on suspicion of being an SLA member while driving from Colorado to. Los Angeles about the time of the incident in Inglewood. 1984. Miss Blake, best Miss Blake known for her role as Miss Kitty in "Gun-smoke," lives in Hollywood.

She has formed a "company to produce television movies in which she will appear. In his petition, Spaeth says the marriage has become "insupportable because of discord or conflict of personaliti-ties." The marriage was the third for Spaeth and the fifth for Miss Blake. philosophy and a Mrs. Thatcher stamina that perhaps the young don't have. Perhaps I've just got both," said Mrs.

Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party. She will be 60 in October. "I don't have a special diet," Mrs. Thatcher said. "I wish I carried just a lit-tie bit less But I'd never go on a really tough diet because I don't live that type of life." Bluegrass legend BILL MONROE, 73, was married quietly last week to DELLA STREET-ER at the Lord's Chapel in Nashville, Tenn.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. JIMMY SNOW, a relative of country performer HANK SNOW. On this date in 1 965, Explorer 27 was launched to studEarth's gravity. Weather International Flights Off With Officials Leading Way Monday, April 29 I fi 5t 5 I' 4 75 47 vf3 i i ee A-VMUunvKBnaassxiv rnvn I 1 1 I 5 A 1 Scouts9 Parents Hot Over Failure To Plan For Cold LONDON (UPI) Members and parents of Britain's equivalent of the Girl Scouts were up in arms Sunday over an apparent failure to "Be Prepared" for a freak April snowfall during their 75th anniversary ceremony. Forty-seven members of the Girl Guides, between ages 10 and 16, collapsed from cold late Saturday during an outdoor ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the organization, ambulance services said.

Several girls remained hospitalized overnight, suffering from hypothermia. The girls, who were among 20,000 youngsters taking part in the event, were parading in cotton uniforms. In the space of an hour, freak April snow fell and the temperature plunged to 38 degrees from 48. Some guides complained that their leaders had refused to permit them to put on coats. A regional Girl Guides official, Shirley Strong, said the girls had been warned to wear warm clothing under their uniforms, but she gave no explanation of why no coats were permitted.

Lady Baden-Powell, the Guides' chief commissioner, said she was ordering an investigation into the incident. 707 58 V. 87 ifilnl liO I- -A By Bill Smith Of the Post-Dispatch Staff With hosts and hostesses costumed as a French chef, the Queen of England and a robust English town crier, Trans World Airlines celebrated Sunday night the beginning of nonstop flights from Lambert Field to Paris, Frankfurt and London. St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary, one of more than 30 public Officials who left Sunday evening for free trips to Europe as part of the inaugural celebration, called the nonstop service "a real breakthrough" for the St Louis region.

"This puts St. Louis in the international spotlight," said McNary, who was scheduled to leave Lambert oh Flight 818 to Paris shortly after 8 p.m. "This is something we've been working on for years," said Mayor Vincent Schoemehl who also held a ticket for the Paris flight. "This will create bridges for economic development that are vital to the regional economy." McNary said he was unaware of any criticism associated with the flights. And Schoemehl said, "I ain't going to comment about anything other than what it (the new service) means to the economy of regional St.

Louis." Alderman James F. Shrewsbury, D-16th Ward, had said that the public officials should reject the trips, contending that the gifts created a potential for conflict-of-interest situations. A TWA spokesman, Dann Oldani, said Sunday, "TWA and the city worked hand-in-hand to put St. Louis on the map. All we're doing is saying 'thank Another public official taking advantage of a free trip was Sam Bertolet, chief trial assistant to Circuit Attorney George Peach.

"If you take the position that a public employee should never get a benefit, then we're wrong," said Bertolet, who left Sunday for London. "But I feel there's less abuse in something that is highly publicized and up front like this than a clandestine meal at Tony's." Public Utilities Director James M. Shea called his trip to London chance of a lifetime." He said he intended to take a side trip to Ireland, marking "the first time the Shea family has been back since my grandfather." "There is no guilt at all on my part." Several paying passengers also said they saw nothing wrong with the officials taking advantage of the free trips. Don and Mary Helen Winsby of Town and Country said they felt the trip would help promote the St. Louis area.

Mrs. Winsby suggested that those who had been critical of the trips "may be a little jealous, perhaps." SCATTERED TluVW NewOrleans RAIN SHOWERS SNOW 11 FT! 5l 70" I i OCOI7ft Miami 87 67 STATIONARY AIR FLOW f'j? kVZ-U 1 'ftTCkfbrtffj' Monday, April 29 Chicago Peoria 1 7348' Decatur 11IIEE, Sunday recap. MISSOURI: Skies were partly cloudy to cloudy across the state, with some rain reported. Mild temperatures in the mid 60s and 70s prevailed during the afternoon. ILLINOIS: Unavailable.

Monday Forecast. MISSOURI: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the west and south. Highs in the 70s to near 80, lows in the 50s. ILLINOIS: Mostly sunny and warmer, highs in the 70s north to 80s south. Increasingly cloudy in the west, fair north and eastern portions, the low in the 40s and 50s.

Extended MISSOURI: Seasonal temperatures with a chance for showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. Lows in the 50s and highs near 80. ILLINOIS. Chance of rain, mainly central and south, Wednesday and Thursday. Lows near 50 north to near 60 south.

Thief Strikes Quickly To Steal Violin That Took Years Jo Find tape Girardeau 1 mm immv. Robert Schumitzky spent years trying to find his Dominicus Montagnana, but losing it took just 20 minutes. The instrument a priceless, 261-year-old violin was stolen in the parking garage of the Bel Air Hilton downtown. The violin was taken sometime between 6 and 6:20 p.m. Sunday after Schumitzky parked his Mazda RX-7 with a "Brahms" license plate on the second floor of the garage, at the corner of Fourth Street and Schumitzky said.

"I feel terrible. I was very personally attached to it." Although the violin was insured for more than $85,000, Schumitzky said, he considers it priceless. The violin was made by Dominicus Montagnana in 1724. "It took me years to find, and it can't be replaced," he said. "I only hope that the thieves try to pawn it here locally." Police told Schumitzky that the thief probably was unaware that the violin is valuable.

Washington Avenue. The violin was stolen from the car after a door lock was broken. Schumitzky is a 25-year-old freelance musician from St. Louis. He had stopped at the hotel for a few minutes on his way to the Fox Theatre.

Schumitzky had just flown into town from Indianapolis, where he had auditioned for that city's symphony. "I would have never left the violin in the car if I wasn't in such a rush," liiYlniimuii50j3. fca MEN'S MAY CLOTHING SALE. Monday: Showers and thunderstorms will occur across the central and southern plains and most of the middle and lower Mississippi valley. Rain will be scattered over northern Maine, the central and southern Rockies, northeast Arizona and the northern Pacific coast.

Strong and gusty winds will blow across the Montana "Big Sky" region. Afternoon highs over most of the nation will be in the 60s and 70s, but 50s will prevail over northern New England and portions of the Pacific Northwest. The 80s will be the rule from the south Atlantic coastal states to the lower Mississippi Valley and the lower Rio Grande Valley of south Texas. Sunday recap: Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana with tornadoes touching down at Noonday, Tyler and Minden, Texas. Frost and freeze warnings were issued during the night for the northern half of lower Michigan.

Unseasonably warm weather prevailed over the northern plains and south Atlantic coast. In the west, highs ranged from the 40s and 50s in the Pacific Northwest to the 70s and 80s over the southwest desert. Nation's low: (To 8:30 p.m.) 19 at Yellowstone Park.Wyo. Nation's high: (To 8:30 p.m.) 93 at Hollywood, Fla. Sunday's high: To 10pm, Sunday's low: To 10p.m.

Normal high: 72 Normal low: 49 Sunday's record high: (1970) 92 Sunday's record low. (1874) 32 Relative humidity: 70 percent at 10 p.m. Wind direction: Calm at 10 p.m. Heating degree days: Saturday, ft month, 200; season, 4,571. Year ago: Month, 328; season, 5,150.

Cooling degree days: Saturday, month, 65; season, 78. Year ago: Month, 23; season, 23. Pollen count Friday: Ash, 27; hickory, 15; mulberry, 33; oak, 161; pine, 48; sycamore, 13; walnut, 15; willow, li mold, 84. Total sunshine Sunday: 2 hours, 44 minutes, 20 percent. Fah.Cels.

Mdnl 64 18 FoIlCOs. lp.m. 66 19 2 p.m. 69 3 p.m. 70 4 p.m.

71 5 p.m. 71 6 p.m. 71 7 p.m. 70 8 p.m. 67 9 p.m.

66 10 p.m. 65 11p.m. 63 Mdnl 62 18 18 17 lam-64 2a.m. 64 3 a.m. 64 4 a.m.

62 5 a.m. 60 6 a.m. 59 7 a.m. 59 8 a.m. 60 9 a.m.

61 10 a.m. 62 Horn. 63 Noon 64 C-Cloudy, F-Fair, R-Rain, S-Snow Sunday Monday Sunday Monday LO-HI Pep. Fct. Lo-Hi AlbanV 38-57 .07 4065 Las Vegas 53-83 55-88 Albuaueraue 41-66 Little Rock 62-79 63-79 Anchorage 33-42 31-45 Los Angeles 53-72 52-74 Atlanta 64-82 60-81 Louisville 66-78 .03 52-78 Atlantic City 51-63 4M2 Memphis 64-81 62-82 Baltimore 56-76 45-72 Miami 71-89 67-87 Billings 45-79 47-75 Milwaukee 37-53 42-65 Birmingham 68-81 JB 59-85 Minneapolis 41-71 49-75 Bismarck 38-78 44-77 Nashville 61-78 j01 5640 Boise 49-75 43-73 New Orleans 69-85 70-85 Boston 47-62 .03 4642 New York 53-68 JJ1 47-69 Brownsville 77-89 JDS 77-89 Norfolk, Va 62-75 53-67 Buffalo 42-55 .09 41-65 OklaCity 55-79 60-70 Burlington, Vt.

39-55 .02 39-63 Omaha 42-68 54-73 Charlotte 62-85 58-82 Orlando 66-90 65-90 Cheyenne 368 42-72 Philadelphia 47-73 47-67 Chicago 39-56 48-71 Phoenix 54-72 .10 59-87 Cincinnati 61-77 50-76 Pittsburgh 52-67 39-72 Cleveland 47-58 .07 4245 Portland, Or. 4741 42-64 Dallas 65-79 J1 67-78 Providence 43-69 .03 43-64 Denver 41-72 43-67 Reno 37-76 36-73 Des Moines 51-71 48-72 ST. LOUIS" 59-73 55-76 Detroit 4643 .11 39-73 St. Petersburg 6448 66-87 El Paso 4S45 .03 46-76 Salt Lake City 44-74 47-75 Evansville 65-77 JJl 51-79 Son Antonio 7542 71-83 Fairbanks 31-38 28-45 Son Diego 6149 58-70 Fargo 4442 49-79 Son Francisco 50-58 5047 Hartford 40-70 .05 42-70 Seattle 40-56 42-57 Honolulu 71-84 6844 Topeka 5648 5744 Houston 7240 7241 Tucson 4843 .09 5040 Indianapolis 57-73 .15 46-76 Tulsa 56-79 62-72 Jockson, Miss. 7046 JJ6 6646 Washington 51-77 49-77 Kansas City 57-72 56-72 Wichita 5549 -r 5744 Flood Stage Change Stage Sun.

MHrs. (-Unofficial) (Asof4p.m.Friday) Index Rating Pollutant Metro East 67 Moderate Ozone SUouls MSG Missing MSG Sti.Covnty 47 Good Ozone Good 0-50 Moderate 51-WO UnnealthvWMW Vw unhealthy 200-299 Hazardous 300 or mor None 3.60 inches 3.33 Inches .13.08 inches 1047 inches Sunday (to 10 p.m.): Month (total): Month (normal): Year (total): Yeor (nor mo)): MISSOURI RIVER SUoseph 17 145 4S KonsosCity 22 8,7 -2J Boonville 21 155 1.0 Jefferson City 23 15.4 2JJ Hermann 21 165 10 St. Charles 25 19.0 0.1 MISSISSIPPI RIVER Hannibal 16 MSG MSG Louisiana 15 12J 0.1 25 21.2 03 26 21.2 0.2 Grafton 18 161 0.1 Dom 26. Alton 2U 0.0 Oom24Tailwoter 21 14 ST. LOUIS 30 183 OJ Chester 27 20.4 0.2 Cape Girardeau 32 263 0.1 NewModrid 34 19.0 06 ILLINOIS RIVER Morris 13 tt 41 LoSolle 20 146 4i Peoria 18 138 Havana 14 13.9 -U Beordstown 14 13.8 Meredosio 32 30.9 -0J BOURBEUSE RIVER Union 15 3.1 -0J MERAMEC RIVER Sullivan 15 50 0.0 Volley Park 16 17 -U LAKE STAGES Berkley Pool 360.1 Oi Kentucky Pool 359.7 tl WappapelloPool 361.7 Clearwater Pool, 5267 -fti Lake Ozark 659 0.1 Truman Reservoir MSG MSG LokeTaneycomo 7044 11 Table Rock 9176 OJ) CorlvleLoke 44SJ.

4J LakeShtlbyvllle 5995 OJ) Rend Lake 409.5 Connor, Dom MSG MSG now $249.99 now $209.99 now $129.99 npw $179.99 55.99 Select Group Threadneedle Street Suits, Reg. $295, Boyd's Own PolyWool Suits, Reg. $250, Entire Stock All' Colors, Cricketeer Hopsack, Blazers, Reg. $165, Select Group 100 Silk Sport Coats, Reg. $225, Entire Stock Threadneedle Street Tropical Weight DacronWool Slacks, Reg.

Slight Alteration Charges i mim i C-Cloudy, F-Fair, R-Raln, S-Snow, W-Wlndy. MSG-Mlssing Aberdeen 1pm 33 Managua 6am MSG MSG Amsterdam '1pm 46 Manila 8pm 83 Ankara 3pm 60 Mexico City 6am MSG MSG Athens 2pm 74 Montreal 7dm 45 Auckland Mdnl 54 Moscow 3pm 37 Beirut 2pm 76. Nairobi 3pm 70 Berlin 1pm 40 Nassau 7om 65 Bogota 7am MSG MSG New Delhi 6pm 104 Bonn 1pm 40 Nice 1pm 63 Brussels lpm 40 Oslo 1pm 39 Buenos Aires 9am 51 Ottawa 7am 45 Coiro 2pm 93 Ports lpm 48 Calgary 7am 28 Peking 8pm 67 Car ocas 8am 71 RiodeJaneiro 9am 72 Casablanca Noon 63 Riyodh 3pm 94 Copenhagen 1pm 41 Rome lpm 66 Dakar Noon 71 SonJuon 8om 77 Dublin 1pm 42 Santtog Bam 35 Geneva lpm 43 SontoDomlngo 7am 69 Havana 7om 67 Seoul 9pm 51 Helsinki 2pm 49 Sofia 2pm 72 HoChiMlnhCity 8pm xx Stockholm lpm 46 Hongkong 8pm 70 Sydney Npm 65. Jerusalem 2pm 76 Taipei 8pm 70 Kingston 7am 76 Tokyo 9pm 56 Lima 7am 63 Toronto 7om 39 Lisbon lpm 65 Vienna torn 43 London 1pm "49 Worsow 1pm 45 Madrid 1pm 64 Winnipeg 7am 39 Malta torn 74 (Temperatures ore at local time) Full M'n Lost Qtr. New M'n btOtr.

May 4 May 19 May 27 June 3 Sunrise (Monday) 636a.m. Sunset (Monday) Man is the faint, reddish object low in the west after dork to the right of the bright reddish star Aldeboran. Saturn rises in the east about 9 p.m. and is prominent in the southeastern sky by daybreak. Jupiter is the bright obiect in the loutheast at dawn.

Venus Is the bright obiect rising in the east lust before sunrise. BGYDS National Weather Service 928-1 198 Travel and Recreation forecast 196 River and Lake Stages 928-1194 CLAYTON CRKSTWOOO DOWNTOWN JAMESTOWN MOWTHWKW ST. CLAW WW COUNTY 4 it.