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I Castle sworn as governor A It 1 1 1 II 17 li la' 5 5, Promises wise, frugal government Castle opens doors of new office, B1 By CELIA COHEN Dover Bureau reporter DOVER Michael Newbold Castle took the oath of office Tuesday as Delaware's 75th chief executive, promising a "wise and frugal government, safe communities and freedom from excessive taxation or government intrusion in individual's lives." Shien-Biau Woo also was sworn in as lieutenant governor during the inaugural ceremonies, held outdoors in a bitter wind in front of Legislative Hall. It was a day for historic moments. Castle, 45, of Wilmington, became the state's first Catholic governor. Woo, 47, of Newark, became the first Chinese-American in the nation to hold such a high state office. Pierre S.

du Pont IV joined Elbert N. Carvel and J. Caleb Boggs as the only Delawareans barred from running for governor after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the state constitution. Castle, a Republican, took a moment before he delivered his inaugural address to laud du Pont, who started Castle on the road to the governorship by asking him to run for lieutenant governor in 1980. As one of the most outspoken supporters of the unofficial "du Pont '88" presidential campaign, Castle said: "Delaware has been fortunate to have you as governor, and I have been fortunate to have you as friend and counselor.

When the historians write about Pete du Pont as they surely will I suspect it will be about your accomplishments in another office, sometime in the future." In a 15-minute inaugural speech, Castle promised to "look back to celebrate the history and traditions of our state" and also to "look forward to the kind of state Delaware will be as America's third century begins." Castle quoted Thomas Jefferson to describe his vision of his four-year term. "Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural address, promised a 'wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from See INAUGURAL All) Jim Graham photo In bitter cold in front of Legislative Hall, Michael Castle speaks for the first time as governor. Former Gov. du Pont and wife Elise listen at far left. Chinese-Americans watch Woo make history dor, did not stay for for the state dinner later Tuesday night.

"It's tremendous they both came here," said Wang Ling-Chi, a professor at the University of California in Berkeley. "This was able to cut across political divisions. It is an indication of tremendous ethnic pride worldwide." Woo said he was flattered that representatives from both governments attended. Throughout the day, he and others talked to them about increasing trade with Delaware. SeeWOO-AlO it decided to recognize the mainland.

Gov. Castle's staff took precautions to avoid international embarrassment, consulting the White House and the State Department for protocol advice. The ambassador, Zhang Wen-Jin, and an adviser from Taiwan's U.S. office, Frank Tao, did not talk to each other during the day. They sat on opposite sides of the Senate chamber as they watched Woo preside over the Senate.

At the swearing-in ceremony, both men sat at opposite ends in the front row. Castle never formally recognized the Taiwan official, who unlike the ambassa an inspiration to us." Woo became the nation's highest-ranking Chinese-American state official. The politically historic event triggered a bit of diplomatic history, too. Woo's inauguration was one of the rare international instances in which the Chinese ambassador and a Taiwanese representative attended the same event. Aside from a few international conferences and the Summer Olympics, the two have taken care not to go to the same functions.

China and Taiwan do not recognize each other. The United States broke off formal relations with Taiwan five years ago when ByROCHELLESHARPE Dover Bureau reporter DOVER Lt. Gov. S.B. Woo's inauguration turned into an international celebration, with the Chinese ambassador, a top representative from Taiwan, and dozens of Chinese-Americans looking on.

Chinese-Americans from Boston to San Francisco crowded into the lieutenant governor's new office, standing in long lines to take his picture and shake his hand. "For a first generation Asian-American to seek office and win it can only happen in this Country," said I. Chow, a federal government worker from Gaithersburg, Md. "It's Search of pupils backed by court Ordinarily, a search will be justified when there are "reasonable grounds" for suspecting it will disclose evidence a student broke the law or school rules, the majority on the court said. Searches must be "reasonably related" to their objectives, it said.

In Delaware, state law specifies that a school superintendent or his designee must notify appropriate police whenever a school employee reports that a student has a controlled drug, dangerous instrument or deadly weapon on his person or See SEARCHES A6 Compiled from dispatches WASHINGTON The Supreme Court, citing the growing problem of disorder in the public schools, gave teachers and administrators wide power Tuesday to search students they suspect of committing crimes or violating school rules. The justices held unanimously that students were entitled to some protection under the Fourth Amendment. But by a vote of 6-3, they said that, unlike police, school authorities do not need a warrant or "probable cause" to believe a crime has occurred before conducting searches of students and their belongings. I i.V mr s- 1 "far State pensions hold big stake in S. Africa By ROY H.CAMPBELL Staff reporter State Board of Pension Trustees have invested nearly $200 million of state-held retirement money in companies that deal with South Africa, officials estimated Tuesday.

Ernst Dannemann, board chairman, said the pension fund has investments in most of the nation's largest corporations, all of whom have worldwide operations. "At least 50 percent of these corporations do business in South Africa. Therefore, we estimate that between $150 and $200 million is invested in companies with South African operations," Dannemann said. The total investment fund administered by the board in 1984 was about three quarters of a billion dollars. The board's annual report shows that from July 1983 to June 1984 the trust's investment portfolio featured more than 2 million shares of stocks plus bonds and notes in companies that have been identified as having holdings in South Africa.

TransAfrica, a Washington-based group, is one of several that have urged state and local governments and colleges to dump their South African investments in protest of that country's racial policies. Bruce O. Kellos, investment committee chairman, said the investments are purely a business decision. "Certainly we abhor apartheid. But we Child abuse plan calls for fingerprints, checks Starl photo by Leo S.

Matkina Protest march More than 30 people, including Brady Couch, holding the flag, gathered at the Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington on Tuesday in opposition to South African racial policies. Story, Bl. Assembly judiciary committees. No action has been taken on it, and Oberly said it did not yet have an official sponsor. Calling it potentially one of the most comprehensive verification laws in the country.

Oberly said the proposed bill would, if approved, affect at least 6.000 rmployees working in services. By LAURIE HAYS Staff reporter Delawai school bus drivers, new teachers and some child-care workers would have to submit to fingerprinting and criminal-background checks under a sweeping child-abuse prevention proposal submitted Tucsdav bv stite Attorney General Charles M. Oherly III. The propor.nl was cf 30 that Oterly handed over to General sion plan, state judiciary pension plan and the retired and disabled teachers plan. The 46 stock investments on behalf of state employees covered a wide range of companies, from large oil conglomerates to banks to mining companies.

See PENSION A7 have to manage the money as best we can. Our responsibility is to manage the fund for the best return to the taxpayer," Kellos said. Dannemann concurred. "We have to invest prudently, not politically." The trustee board administers the retirement funds for the state employees' pension plan, special pension fund, state police pen AS Soe riHLI) ABUSE 0 -i et Ji ft.