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Asbury Park PressSaturday, April 1 8, 1 992 C9 World Titanic survivor on hand for show about the disaster CRUCIFIXION RE-ENACTMENT Amparo Santos, a 50-year-old faith healer, grimaces as two men drive 4-inch nails through her palms in re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the Philippines. i I Russians won't approve previous pacts MOSCOW Russian lawmakers yesterday refused to approve arms control pacts and other accords signed by the Kremlin, setting up another confrontation with Boris Yeltsin and possibly complicating Russia's ties with the West. It was not clear whether the vote by the Communist-dominated parliament would override Yeltsin's earlier pledge to abide by all international treaties signed by the former Soviet Union. BOB BIELKAsbury Parts Press Louise Kink Pope, an 84-year-old survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, and David J.V. Meenan, producer of a musical about the tragedy.

By SHERRY FIGDORE PRESS MIDDLETOWN BUREAU RED BANK Louise Kink Pope was just 4 when the great British luxury liner Titanic, carrying her and 2,223 others to New York, struck an iceberg then sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. Pope, one of 16 Titanic survivors still living, celebrated her 84th birthday last week. On Tuesday night, she was the guest of honor at a special performance in the Count Basie Theatre of David J.V. Meenan's new show, "Trans-Atlantic, The Nautical Mystical Musical," that marked the 80th anniversary of the world's most famous maritime disaster. Pope, born in Zurich, Switzerland, was emigrating to Milwaukee with her parents on the Titanic, traveling third-class, several decks below the rich and famous who had signed on for the maiden voyage of the "unsin-kable" ship.

She has no memory of the tragedy that took took the lives of 1,513 passengers. "I don't remember a thing, not a thing," she said. "I even tried hypnosis, but that didn't help at all." Her mother very rarely talked about the event, "and when she did, she always cried." Pope's friend, Elsworth "Al" Ke-nyon, also 84, said her father, Anton Kink, "got into the second last lifeboat and it was only half full. The steward told him to get out. "Well, he got out, ran down two decks and jumped back in as the boat was being lowered," said Kenyon.

"I know it was cold in the row-boat," Pope added. "And there were nowhere near enough boats." Indeed, a 1912 inquiry found the White Star Line had provided only it. half the number of lifeboats needed the passengers and crew. Only .711 survived. The only belongings she has of that night are the blanket her mother wrapped her in and the high-topped brown shoes she wore.

"That was all we salvaged," she said. "We lost everything else except my mother's earrings." Pope brought the shoes with her. Meenan described them for the audience and set the little boots at the edge of the stage as he said, "Eighty years ago tonight, at 11:20 our time, the Titanic went down for the last time. "This is a very special night for us," Meenan said, dedicating the performance "in remembrance of the Titanic, and to the heroes of the Carpathia as they went to the rescue of the 705 passengers they saved." Meenan, who marked his 30th birthday Thursday, wrote the music and the book for the show, which takes place aboard the RMS Carpathia, outbound from New York. The romantic, lyrical musical follows an intricate story of real and fictional characters whose personal involvements are interrupted and whose fates are altered by the Carpathian rescue of the survivors from the Titanic.

"This is a great event," said Andrea Lee Zapcic, Meenan's partner in RTG Productions and coproducer of "Trans-Atlantic." "It's not every day you have a survivor." "I usually don't like musicals," Kenyon said after the show. "But this one kind of grips you a little bit." "I've never seen something like this," Pope said. "Some of the songs were so pretty, but I didn't like what they said about the steerage (third) class; no, I didn't like that at all." Pope's father later returned to his native Austria. She and her mother remained in Milwaukee, where her mother died in 1979. Only one of the 25 other Swiss passengers aboard the liner is still alive, she said.

Pope has been active in the Titanic Historical Society, Titanic International and other organizations Fire hits Expo '92 complex SEVILLE, Spain Fire broke out at the South Pacific Islands pavilion in the Expo '92 complex yesterday, a fire department spokesman said. The mammoth fair opens in three days. The spokesman, not identified, said the fire broke out in the wood-and-grass pavilion at 10:30 a.m. He said the blaze was under control an hour and a half later and there were no reports of injuries. A Feb.

18 fire destroyed the interior of the Discovery Pavilion, one of five major displays. Conditions of surrender TRIPOLI, Libya -The Libyan lawyer for the two men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 reiterated Tripoli's position yesterday that they could be conditionally surrendered abroad, but not to Britain or the United States. can't explain the lure the sunken, liner still holds after so many years. Brown, who provided the replica White Star Line flag for the show, said, "There was a big resurgence of interest in 1985" when a team led by Robert D. Ballard found the wreck of the Titanic in 212-mile deep water off Newfoundland.

On a recent cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth II, members dedicated a plaque at Ellis Island to all those "who never made it to safety and were lost at sea." On another trip, the society visited cemeteries in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In one, Brown said, "There was a whole row (of tombstones) all with the same date, April 15." "One lady was identified only by the initials on her chemise," added Pope. The final performance of "Trans-Atlantic" will begin at 8 p.m. Nation Shrewsbury Township budget would raise local tax rate by 6 Associated Press The remarks by Ibrahim Legwell were similar to numerous Libyan offers to surrender the suspects to neutral countries, but not to the London and Washington governments, which have requested their, extradition. As a result of Libya's refusal to cooperate, the United Nations imposed sanctions on the north African nation on Wednesday.

Elsewhere Local authorities reportedly have stopped dismantling a Siberian radar station that violated U.S. arms accords in order to turn some buildings into a furniture factory for jobless workers. Direct telephone links will soon be restored between Vietnam and the United States. An agreement to restore the ties was signed Thursday by and Vietnamese officials. From Press wire services Hi -r -Mrn i Associated Press year and that Mrs.

Clinton, an attorney, earned $188,547. The figure for Mrs. Clinton included $13,466 in interest income and $11,000 in honoraria earned in combination with her husband. Her earnings also included $64,700 in fees for sitting on several corporate boards, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Elsewhere Anonymous tipsters in Placer-ville, can get $100 for each drunk driver they turn in under a new highway safety program that started yesterday.

The town is the most direct route linking San Francisco and the resorts and casinos surrounding Lake Tahoe. More than 400 unsold paintings and sculptures created by the late Georgia O'Keeffe have a fair market value of $36.4 million, U.S. Tax Court has ruled. From Press wire services By WES CARTER PRESS CORRESPONDENT SHREWSBURY TOWNSHIP The Township Committee has pre-, sented a 1992 municipal budget that includes a 6-cent increase in the municipal jjui yuoca ula laic. Mayor Florence Gilbert said at Tuesday night's committee meeting that the tax rate increase results from increases in the cost of several services.

The largest is a $30,000 increase frnm thp Nnrthpast Mnnmnnth Pnnntv Regional Sewerage Authority. Other increases include costs for the development of an emergency management plan, required by the state, and a $360 for many years. In 1985, she testified before a Congressional subcommittee against exploitation of the Ti-tanic's wreckage for commercial purposes. Over the last 10 years, Pope, who has four children, 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren of her own, said she's spoken to hundreds of schoolchildren. "They always show the movie first Night to Remember," based on Walter Lord's book) and then I talk to them," she said.

"They're always fascinated by the story." After Tuesday night's performance, children in the cast gathered around Pope to talk to her and ask for her autograph on programs and posters. Alysia Parish, Middletown Township, had an especially long talk with Pope Alysia plays Louise Kink in the cast. Dennis Brown, Lakewood, membership secretary of the 400-member Titanic International, The remainder is supported by the township taxes. The budget reserves only $3,736 for uncollected taxes. Township Finance Officer Adline Schmidt said that Shrewsbury has a tax collection rate of 99.6 percent.

A public hearing on the municipal budget will be held 7 p.m. May 12. The proposed budget total exactly matches the township's anticipated revenue for 1992, including an appropriation of $53,963 of surplus funds from last year, but does not include figures for school taxes. The committee does not have the final figures for the school tax rates from the Tinton Falls or the Monmouth Regional High School school districts. In other business, Theresa Horney, chairwoman of the curriculum committee, announced plans to discontinue "heterogenous" grouping of pupils at both Viola Sickles and Knolhvood schools.

Horney said teachers weren't satisfied with results of this type of grouping, which involves placing children of different ability levels in the same classroom. Teachers will resume "homogenous" grouping, in which pupils are separated into groups within a class, according to ability level, Horney said. cat licenses censed. A reminder also will be printed in the next borough newsletter. License fees are $7 for an unneu-tered cat and $3 for a neutered animal.

Free rabies clinics were held earlier this month in Rumson, Fair Haven and here. For the first time, Richart said, the number of cats rivaled dogs. In the Fair Haven clinic, 80 dogs and 63 cats were immunized; in Rumson, 69 dogs and 68 cats, and here, the numbers were equal 29 dogs, 29 cats. Rabies clinics are held throughout the county during the year. Pet owners can call the Board of Health, (908) 530-2754, for information on licenses or upcoming clinics, or stop at the office at 32 Monmouth St.

SEARCH FOR BOY Oklahoma City fire department divers David Leve-soy (left) and Scott Dallas search in murky waters late Thursday for one of two boys swept away by the fast-rising waters of Lightning Creek. The body of one boy was discovered Thursday. Man acquitted of sex with bound wife COLUMBIA, S.C. A jury's decision to acquit a man shown on videotape having sex with his wife, who was tied up with her mouth and eyes taped shut, has left women's rights advocates angry and dismayed. The 33-year-old man was brought to trial under the marital rape law signed by Gov.

Carroll Campbell last June. The eight-woman, four-man Lexington County jury took less than an hour to reach its verdict. Jurors saw a videotape of the man having intercourse with his wife while her hands and legs were tied with rope and her mouth and eyes were covered with duct tape. air Haven school ooara re-elects cmei Holmdel panel picks its officers PRESS MIDDLETOWN BUREAU HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP The Board of Education has reelected Ralph W. Blumenthal as its president and Arthur Merces as vice president.

Also at its organization Wednesday night, Norman To-back and Virginia E. Kania, who were appointed to the board in November 1990, was sworn in their first full-terms on the board. PatriceC. Gorman, who was appointed last May, also begins first, full term on the board. Gorman did not attend the meeting because of illness, but was sworn in earlier that day.

The board also announced its meeting schedule for the coming year. Agenda meetings will take place at 8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month and regular meetings will take place at 8 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month during the school year. The regular board meeting scheduled for June 17 has been postponed to June 24 because of a conflict with high school graduation.

During the summer, the board will meet July 8 and Aug. 12. The board also reappointed Martin M. Barger as school board attorney at a retainer fee of $16,000 plus a salary of $110 an hour for additional services. Joseph X.

Seaman of Seaman and Perth Amboy, was reappointed school auditor at an annual fee of $10,100 for the school district budget and $400 for the food service account. Joseph M. Annecharico was reappointed treasurer of school funds at an annual rate of $3,850. Dr. Alan Cabasso, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, was reappointed school physician at a salary of $13,500.

rise in recycling costs. The committee authorized renewal of the township's recycling contract at the meeting. The $554,530 1992 budget is down $9,639. Gilbert said the reduction is due to cuts the committee made to other appropriations in an effort to balance out the increases. The budget will raise the local tax rate to $1.06 per $100 of assessed property value.

Committeeman Gene Chatto said that, although the total budget for this year is lower than last year's, the amount of money the township must raise through taxation to support the budget has increased $25,128, from $321,375 last year to $345,503 for 1992. Each year, a portion of the budget is paid for with state and federal aid. Schulz Whitehead. Newcomer Robert J. Devlin took the oath for a three-year term; Susan Harbison, who has served one full-term, was swom in for a one-year unexpired term.

The board reappointed Leonard S. Needle as board attorney. He is with the firm of Zager, Fuchs, Kauff and Needle, Red Bank. Joseph X. Seaman of the Seaman and Seaman firm, Perth Amboy, was reappointed board auditor, and Patrick R.

Collum was reappointed treasurer of school monies. far issues 55 specified that the ordinance take effect April 1. Health officer Frederick A. Richart said yesterday that borough officials will interpret the licensing requirement "liberally." He said health officials hope a continuing educational campaign will persuade people to have their pets vaccinated. Several raccoons caught here have been tested for rabies but, so far, none has tested positive, Richart said.

"But there is rabies right across the river in Middletown, so it won't take long to get here." Letters were sent with license renewal notices to all dog owners reminding them that cats must now be li By ANDREA PLAZA PRESS CORRESPONDENT 1 FAIR HAVEN The Board of Education will continue to be led by Joan Forsyth and Bernard A. Dupree. Board members Wednesday night 'unanimously re-elected forsyth president and Dupree vice president at the annual organization meeting. Forsyth gave special recognition to Dupree for ius 20 years of service to the board. Sworn in for second three-year terms, were Patricia Wallenstein and Mary Red Bank so Rule requiring shots in eiiect lor 2 weeks By SHERRY FIGDORE PRESS MIDDLETOWN BUREAU RED BANK In the two weeks since an ordinance requiring cats to have licenses and rabies inoculations took effect, owners have bought licenses for 55 felines, the borough health officer said.

The Borough Council adopted the ordinance requiring all cats to be licensed and inoculated last December, citing an enormous increase in the number of rabies cases in the state. Borough officials Marion Barry loses appeal WASHINGTON Former Mayor Marion Barry yesterday lost an appeal of his six-month prison sentence for cocaine possession, in a court ruling issued six days before his release date. A federal appeals court affirmed the sentence and rejected the former mayor's bid to disqualify the sentencing judge for bias. The former mayor is scheduled to be released next Thursday from a medium-security prison in Lo-retto, Pa. Clintons' income drops LITTLE ROCK Gov.

Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, earned $33,000 less in 1991 than the year before, according to income tax returns the Clinton presidential campaign released yesterday. The 1991 returns provided to The Associated Press show that the governor earned $46,854 last.