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Sm ' mm mm n Lza 5 l3 VOL 114, NO. 83 Copyright 1992 MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1992 (3) 5-STAR 50 v n New York 9 3 D( Upsetting No. 1: Johnny Melvin, after scoring against Kansas. Top-seeded Jayhawks Eliminated Ralph Davis hits two free throws and two rebound baskets late in the game as Texas-El Paso withstands a rally by ' top-seeded Kansas to stun the Jayhawks 66-60 in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. 1C Park Plan Fares Poorly In Survey A proposed property-tax increase to build Olympic Festival facilities has more support from area officials than the measure ' to renovate Forest Park, interviews indicate. 3A Principles, Then Policy (EDITORIAL) Dow Coming's Responsibility (EDITORIAL) 2Q NCAA Tournament Kentucky Iowa St. . 106 Mass. ... Syracuse 77 71 Oklahoma St. 87 Tulane 71 Michigan ..102 E.Tenn.St. . 90 Cincinnati .. 77 Michigan St. 65' UTEP ..... 66 Kansas . ... 60 N.Mexico St. 81 SW Louisiana 73 UCLA ..... 85 Louisville 69 NHL Washington . 6 Edmonton ... 2 NY Rangers . 6 New Jersey . 3 Business 1-24BP Classified 5-14B Commentary ; 3B Editorials 2B Everyday 1-8D Food Section 1-4F Movie Timetable 6D NationWorld 6A News Analysis IB Obituaries 4B People 4A Reviews 4B St Louis 3A Sports 1-6C Television 5D tt UlUII TOBT-OISMTCH For 3 Readers t - j KMl Page IB Sunshine Returns DaN9 BUSTERS POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD ntu u a pat off FORECAST: Today: Mostly sunny, not as cool. High of 53. Variable winds at 10 to 15 mph. Fair skies tonight. Low of 35. Tuesday: Partly cloudy, warmer. High of 64. Other Weather, 2A o " "09189V1 100,HI 9 Clinton Goes On Defense Plane Rides Assailed; Brown Takes Hit On $178,000 Legal Fee Compiled From News Services BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bill Clinton defended his integrity Sunday as he and rival Jerry Brown dueled on television and across Connecticut in preparation for their first head-to-head showdown. Clinton, the governor of Arkansas, and Brown, the former governor of California, are seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton is the front-runner. Connecticut's primary Is Tuesday. On Sunday, on NBC's "Meet the Press," Clinton was peppered with questions about his integrity. And on CNN's "Newsmaker Sunday," Brown said Clinton's administration in Arkansas "will go down in the history books for what not to do In American politics. It either comes out now, or President George Bush and his samurai warriors make mincemeat of Mr. Clinton." Clinton responded: "I have been Checks Report Delayed Panel Chairman Cites Possible Record Errors 1992, New York Times News Service WASHINGTON The head of the ethics committee investigating overdrafts at the House bank says so many members are complaining of errors in the bank's records that there is "no way" the panel can issue its report this week identifying the 24 members who abused their banking privileges. On March 12, the House approved a resolution authorizing the release of the names after 10 days. Ten days after that, the panel was scheduled to release the names of 331 other current or former House members who overdrew their accounts at any time from July 1988 to October 1991. But as the first 10-day period expired this weekend, the panel's acting chairman, Rep. Matthew F. McHugh, D-N.Y., said the committee was not ready to release any names. "There is no way we can give people due process and disclose at the end of that 10-day period," he said. The names of the 24 have been widely reported but not officially confirmed by the committee, which also is supposed to provide details about overdrafts in those members' accounts. Many of the 24 still are exercising their right to appear before the committee or its staff, and some are complaining that the bank was so slow I See CHECKS, Page 7 : I i USAir Flight Skids Into Bay, Burns AP Jerry Brown with Peter, a crack-addicted infant, and Mother Hale, who runs a home in Harlem, New York, for babies born with addictions. Brown made a campaign stop there Sunday. DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES for vice president Page 1B subjected to attacks in the press that are unprecedented for anybody running for president. I don't have any reservations about the strength of my character and my judgment or my ability to be president." Clinton was asked about a Washington Post account of how be had accepted flights on planes owned by Tyson's Foods, a poultry producer that has benefited from some of Clinton's See CAMPAIGN, Page 7 Compiled From News Services NEW YORK A USAir jetliner crashed in light snow Sunday night In an aborted takeoff at LaGuardia Airport and skidded partway into Flushing Bay. At least 14 people were killed, police said. Radio reports said rescue divers were in the water. Officials said people were trapped on board the plane. Witnesses said at least 10 people had been pulled alive from the plane. Port Authority officials said they closed the airport after the crash. Six people, including two severely burned passengers and one amputee, were hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, Police Lt. Robert Nar-doza said. Other injured people were being taken to Elmhurst Hospital and Booth Memorial Hospital in Queens, he said. The USAir plane had been bound for Cleveland carrying 47 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants. It skidded down the runway about 9:30 p.m. after an aborted takeoff, said Jerry Sanford, a Fire Department spokesman. The flight had been scheduled to take off at 7:30 p.m. Light snow had been falling since about 5 p.m. After the crash, the plane was half-submerged in the water, Sanford said. Mark Marchese, a Port Authority spokesman, also said the plane was in the water and was briefly on fire. Patrick Silver, who lives near the airport, told television Channel 11 news that he had seen the crash through his living room window. He said the plane had lifted off briefly. But then, "it slammed back into the ground, and then the fuselage burst into flames. The left wing hit the ground first, and it catapulted three or four times in flames before it went See CRASH, Page 7 Voting In Thailand r f-.: : j ) i : - : , " ' -I'll :v f - ! ; " 1 ... r' j . . - r ) i. J ,. .... t "I ' : V I - IS'. . ' i ( ; r. . . 1 'V I 1 AP Thai soldiers lining up to vote Sunday in a military district in Bangkok in the first general elections in Thailand since the armed forces seized power 13 months ago. In France, President Francois Mitterrand's Socialists were getting less than 20 percent of the vote in regional elections Sunday. And anti-communists were testing their strength at the polls in Albania. Story on Page 6A. Pentagon Had Bailout Plan For McDonnell, Audit Says 1992, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The Pentagon had a secret plan to "fix" McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s severe financial problems late in 1990, according to a confidential audit by the Defense Department's Inspector general. The plan would have amounted to a bailout of , the nation's largest defense contractor undertaken with public funding but without any public debate. Auditors found that the plan included six options, many of which were "pursued in some Gregory Arrested In St. Louis Police Say Activist Caused Disturbance By Bill Bryan Of the Post-Dispatch Staff St. Louis police arrested civil rights activist Dick Gregory on suspicion of peace disturbance following a shoplifting incident Saturday evening in the Central West End. Gregory then refused to leave two different police stations for several hours after being told he was free to go, police said. Gregory "was shouting and cursing at us we had no choice but to arrest him," said Lt. Russell Smith. "Then, we told him he could be released on a city court summons, but he refused to accept the summons." Gregory was arrested shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday and left the police holdover downtown about 12:15 a.m. Sunday. Gregory said Sunday evening that he had done nothing wrong and that he wanted an apology from police for the way he was treated. i form" to increase the amount of Pentagon cash paid to the St. Louis-based aerospace contractor at a time when its business was in crisis. According to the audit, McDonnell received two questionable payments in late 1990 one for $148 million and another $72 million. But the report does not give a full accounting of what other actions might have benefited the company. The payments and the overall plan "Involved significant non-compliance with requirements" of federal defense procurement law, according to the audit. The report was issued last month, but findings about the bailout were deleted. The Los Angeles Times obtained the confidential sections about the bailout. Although McDonnell recovered from Its immediate cash problems by the middle of last year, a government debate continues about the company's financial condition and its need for a $2 billion foreign investment in its commercial aircraft business. Barbara Anderson, a spokeswoman for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, said Sunday evening that she knew of no secret bailout plan. "There have been allegations in the past about such a plan, but they were unfounded," she said. When told about the audit by the Pentagon's inspector general, Anderson said again: "I know of no secret bailout plan." Senior defense officials have said in congressional hearings that there was no bailout of the company. Other defense officials who asked not to be identified also denied in interviews that a bailout was intended. See PENTAGON, Page 7 .imi If V- Wes PazPost-Dispatch Dick Gregory Charged with disturbance Gregory, a former St. Loulsan, has been in this area often recently in support of choreographer Katherine Dunham in her hunger strike against the United States' forced repatriation of Haitian refugees. Police gave this account: Barry Kepp, a clerk at the Golden Grocer at 335 North Euclid Avenue, called police about 5:30 p.m. and reported that a man had just stolen a $10 K See GREGORY, Page 4 YOUTH GANGS: DYING TO BE BAD Cities Get Creative In War On Gangs New Methods Use Money, Force, Education By Peter Hernon Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Brad Carey of the Wichita, Kan., Police Department knew there was a serious gang problem In his city long before a gang member armed with an M-16 pumped nine rounds into his partner's car. Carey's partner escaped serious injury when he was hit by shell fragments during a gang stakeout. He was one of five officers wounded In Wichita last year, a year in which more than 70 gang-related shootings were reported. In 1990, the total was eight. In Wichita, where an aggressive, multifaceted campaign to counter an escalating gang problem has won national praise, the worst may be over, Carey said. "In all honesty, I really expect to see our numbers capping," said Carey, a gang specialist. "I can 'THE HOLE' becomes 'Whole New Area' Page 4A EXPERIMENTAL GRANT program targets gangs .Page 4A MEMBERS RISK everything for gangs Page 1D start to see it subsiding." Wichita and such diverse communities as Seattle and Kansas City have adopted innovative strategies for curbing the proliferation of street gangs. What follows is a description of what those cities are doing. Wichita A police survey In 1990 that Identified at least 10 gangs with 400 hard-core members In this city of 400,000 marked the beginning of its See GANGS, Page 4 Six Deaths Bewilder Friends By Bill Smith Of the Post-Dispatch Staff One day after Neil Schatz apparently killed five members of his family and then himself inside his Franklin County home, members of the tiny rural church that Schatz had attended met Sunday morning to search for answers. "I don't know what to do or what to say," said Ray Schatz, pastor of the Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church near Sullivan and a cousin of Neil Schatz. "It's a very tough morning for everyone here," he told church members. "The entire community and apparently the entire nation knows what happened. "This reaches out and grabs hold of everyone." Family members have said that Schatz became despondent after doctors changed his medication several weeks ago. Friends and relatives said Sunday that they do not know the name of the medication. Authorities believe that Neil Schatz, See KILLINGS, Page 7 7