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3 JUL 91994 The Burbs As neighbors in suburbia battle over trivial irritations, more mediators are called. -EVERYDAY ID Oldest Athlete Laughs Off Diabetes; Amputated Arm SPORTS 1C BUSINESS 2 Germania Officers Sentenced 9c At 47, Fencer Still Gets The Point 8 a.m. Rowing, Lake Saint Louis 9 a.m. Racquetball, Town Country 9 a.m. Table tennis, Webster U.

10 a.m. Fencing, Queeny Park Noon Badminton, Fontbonne Noon Sailing, Carlyle Lake Noon Synch, swimming, St. Peters 12:30 p.m. Taekwondo, UMSL 1 p.m. Baseball, Busch Stadium 1 p.m.

Weightlifting, Webster U. 2:30 p.m. Track and field, SIUE 3 p.m. Judo, Washington U. 4:40 p.m.

Water polo, St. Peters 6 p.m. Soccer, Soccer Park 6 p.m. Volleyball, Washington U. 6:30 p.m.

Field hockey, Soccer Park 7 p.m. Gymnastics, America's Center 7 p.m. Ice hockey, The Arena Complete schedule, Page 7C SPORTS IB NATION Sister Celine: Math Genius 8A Pals Work Together, Zip To 1-2 Cycle Finish SPORTS 6C Lp i i i II I REGION Gesundheits In The Garden ib SILO post 50C SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1994 VOL. 116, NO. 190 3-STAR (1) Copyright 1994 DLn3fDISn Evidence Called Ample; O.J.

Weeps At Testimony r. 't, Jk ll District Attorney Gil Garcetti said after the ruling that prosecutors had not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty. Garcetti also acknowledged that it would be hard to find an impartial jury. "Be honest about it. We know there is sympathy out there.

People do not want to believe this is possible," Garcetti said. The judge handed down her decision on an emotion-packed day that included graphic testimony about the bloody corpses that left Simpson in tears. The prosecution also presented evidence See SIMPSON, Page 7 Compiled From News Services LOS ANGELES A judge ordered J. Simpson on Friday to stand trial on charges of murdering his former wife and her friend. Ruling at the end of a six-day preliminary hearing, Municipal Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell said there was "ample evidence" to suspect that Simpson had committed the murders June 12.

As a national television audience watched, Kennedy-Powell let stand the provision of "special circumstances" attached to the charges that would make Simpson eligible to receive the death penalty if convicted. The judge also rejected a nounced her ruling in a brief statement from the bench. Members of Nicole Brown Simpson's family cried as they left the courtroom. "The court feels that there is ample evidence to establish strong suspicions of the guilt of the accused," Kennedy-Powell said. She also noted that the prosecution only had to show probable cause for Simpson to answer to the charges, not guilt beyond a reasonable doubt the standard that the prosecutors will be held to at trial.

Evidence lingers years after crimes, sometimes becoming valuable 7A contention by Robert Shapiro, the chief defense attorney, that the prosecution had failed to establish a solid case. She ordered Simpson held without bail to await trial and set his arraignment for July 22 in Superior Court. Simpson, who turns 47 today, stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as the judge an O.J. Simpson TP" Edgar Undergoes Quadruple Bypass To Avert Damage i. 'ss ar 1 'v.

By Tim Novak and Marcel Pacatte Of the Post-Dispatch Staff SPRINGFIELD, 111. Gov. Jim Edgar underwent an emergency quadruple bypass late Thursday night and early Friday morning his third surgery in less than two years. But by the afternoon he was on the telephone prodding legislators to end the impasse over the state's $33 billion budget. Edgar, who will celebrate his 48th i 3 1 1 Anti-Gay Petition Bid Fails Hancock II, 3rd Effort On Riverboat Gambling Get Enough Signatures By Fred W.

Lindecke Missouri Political Correspondent An effort to put before Missouri voters a constitutional amendment that would ban legal protection for homosexuals failed Friday when backers were unable to meet the deadline for filing signatures of registered voters with the secretary of state. "Procrastination hurt us," Paul Summers, president of the Amendment Coalition, said in a recorded telephone message. Opponents of the anti-gay rights drive held a victory press conference at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. said that "the extreme right wing is still a threat" and that opponents would remain vigilant against a renewed effort.

Leaders of two other drives deposited stacks of petition boxes with Secretary of State Judith K. Moriarty in Jefferson City. Friday was the deadline to file petitions to put proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot. Rep.

Mel Hancock, R-Spring-field, said he filed about 240,000 signatures for his Hancock II plan, which would require state tax increases to be put to a statewide vote. Michael Lazaroff, attorney for Missourians for Riverboat Gambling, reported that he filed 300,000 signatures in behalf of setting up a third statewide vote on legalizing all types of gambling on Mississippi and Missouri casino boats. Former Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alas-ka, failed to gather enough signatures for a proposed law to allow See BALLOT ISSUES, Page 7 Jk idi birthday later this month, was rushed into the operating room late Thursday night after doctors found that one of his arteries was 95 percent clogged with plaque and that three others Sfc Budget Issues Are Ironed Out; Approval Likely By James Webb Of the Associated Press CHICAGO Lt. Gov.

Bob Kustra and legislative leaders announced Friday that they had agreed on a state budget that should be approved by the Legislature by Tuesday. The leaders said weekend negotiations would be needed to tidy up the plan but that no state paychecks would be delayed next week, as had been feared. A suit filed by a union for state employees seeking to be paid on time was scheduled to be heard Monday. House Speaker Michael Madigan said the impasse had been broken with the help of lower-level negotiators. "We have settled all the major issues of the budget," Madigan said.

"There are some details to be worked out but they're not details that are going to upset the final budget plan." Kustra said the agreement would cut $161 million from the proposed $33.2 billion See BUDGET, Page 4 Edgar AP Dianne Williams (right) and her daughter, Sarah, try to salvage photographs from their flood-damaged house in Macon, Friday. Four feet of water flooded their home. Water, Death Toll Rise In Georgia Flood Is The Worst In 100 Years; Alabama, Florida Also Hit Hard were at least 80 percent blocked. One of those arteries sent Edgar to the hospital in October 1992 when doctors unclogged it with a simpler surgical procedure. By performing a quadruple bypass, doctors said they prevented Edgar from suffering a heart attack or any damage to his heart.

"This was an urgent situation that had to be corrected before something happened," said Dr. Firouz Amirpar-viz, a cardiologist and longtime friend of the governor's family. Edgar was in intensive care at See EDGAR, Page 4 Compiled From News Services ALBANY, Ga. The Flint River consumed entire neighborhoods Friday as it rose in the city of Albany. Rescuers used boats to reach dozens of stranded people who refused to evacuate then pleaded frantically for help.

Some survivors in Albany were plucked from tree limbs and rooftops. "We were fools, just crazy," said Johnny Oliver, who was picked up by a rescue boat as he waded in shoulder-high water near his home. "I was thinking it was going to Wildfire took its victims by surprise 5A Nationally, June was 2nd-hottest in 100 years 6A be minor." The death toll in Georgia rose to 23 Friday in the state's worst flood in more than a century. Two children were killed when the car they were in plunged off a bridge and into the Flint River. Five others escaped.

At least four people were missing after five days of flooding, triggered by heavy rain from the remnants of See FLOODS, Page 6 Political implications of surgery, recovery hard to assess 4A Governor could bounce back quickly, cardiologist says 4A Illinois Constitution spells out the chain of succession 4A WEATHER Matricide? Suspect's Family Can't Fathom It INDEX Less Humid IbLLAR She had been stabbed to death. Gilbert Alderson, chief juvenile officer of Jefferson County, said he was barred by law from identifying the suspect. But Alderson said that a petition was filed Friday against the suspect in juvenile court, a move similar to filing charges against an adult. Kim, the youngest of Sandra's three daughters, See STABBING, Page 7 By Kim Bell Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The white telephone receiver, stained with bloody palm prints, is the only sign of violence in the tidy room where Kimberly DePew slept in a canopy bed with lavender ruffles. One by one Friday, the 14-year-old girl's relatives visited every room in the A-frame house near DeSoto.

They were looking for answers to the events that led authorities to arrest Kimberly as a suspect in the murder of her mother. One of the girl's uncles, Mel Manes of St. Louis, cradled in calloused hands an old photo of Kim and her mother, Sandra DePew. Both wore broad smiles. "Now does that look like a little girl who would hurt her mom?" Manes asked, his voice trembling.

"That tears my heart out." Sheriffs deputies found the body of Sandra DePew, 49, in her upstairs bedroom early Thursday. Business 9-1 4C Classified Everyday 1-1 OP Movie Timetable 9D NationWorld 3A News Analysis 17B Obituaries 4B People 2A Reviews 70 St. Louis 1-4B Sports 1-8C Television 8D Weather 20B EDITORIAL PAGE FORECAST Today Sunny and less humid with a west breeze. High 86. Mild tonight; low 67.

Sunday Mostly sunny; high 88. Other Weather, 20B Economic Summit Meeting Gets Off To Wobbly Start who became prime minister just last week, would be well enough to take part in today's sessions. Earlier Friday, the dollar skidded on world currency markets after comments by President Bill Clinton and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. At a news conference, Clinton noted that the United States and the other Group of Seven countries twice this year had joined in massive dollar-See CLINTON, Page 6 Compiled From News Services NAPLES, Italy Leaders of the world's richest industrial countries opened their 20th annual economic summit meeting Friday night. The normally well-planned event was spoiled by a further decline in the dollar and a sudden illness that briefly sidelined the Japanese prime minister.

Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, 70, was hospitalized after complaining of "fatigue New Japanese leader is a socialist, but favors conservative change 6A Traders say Clinton undermined dollar with his comments in Italy 9C and diarrhea," government spokesman Terusuke Terada said. He was given fluids and later released. It was unknown whether Murayama, a Socialist Doing More With Less Springfield's Financial Follies 18B 09 1 1 100.