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Jordan rips ex-teammates Former NBA star says Pippen, Grant didn't appreciate him. Sports 5P I City Edition a Saturday, July 30, 1994 35 Cents 50 cents outside the eight-county Philadelphia metropolitan area Jackson falters in loss Phils fall to Braves as ace succumbs to distractions. Sports jhuptrer One killed, 2 wounded in random, drive-by shootings Authorities say others in Bucks County. at 8759 Frankford across the street from his apartment. Weiler told an employee of the auto center, Lenny Vitale, 61, that something was wrong with the car's exhaust.

Weiler, who Vitale said is a frequent customer, always seemed ner-See SHOOTINGS on A14 A Northeast Phila. man was He shot 1 man there, then 2 By Thomas J. Gibbons Mark Davis and Richard V. Sabatini INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS Michael Flis, 26, was walking to the train in Northeast Philadelphia. Steven Farmer, 46, was walking through a shopping center parking ant.

Farmer was killed. Flis and Mullin were badly wounded. In all three shootings, police found common threads. The gunman was driving an older-model, four-door, dark-colored car, they said. He was a heavyset white man, in his late SOs or early 60s.

Four hours later, a man fitting that description was brought in for questioning by Philadelphia police after they raided his second-floor apartment on Frankford Avenue near Pennypack Street, about two miles from where the shootings began. The man, identified as Francis D. Weiler 59, of the 8700 block of Frankford Avenue, was charged at 10:45 p.m. last night with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, two counts of violating the Uniform Firearms Act and possession of the instrument of crime. The charges were lodged in connection with the Flis shooting.

Authorities said Weiler has a history of mental problems. Bucks County District Attorney Allan Rubenstein said Weiler will be charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Farmer "before morning." "It was a willful, intentional, deliberate murder," Rubenstein said. Police said after Mullin was shot, Weiler drove back into Northeast Philadelphia and about 9 a.m. he pulled his car into a parking lot outside Nick La Forgia's Auto Center Gunman Slays 2 at Abortion The motive for the killing of an Ardmore day-care teacher remains unclear, police say. Bl.

Clinic Doctor, escort shot in Florida After the storms Clinton to send troops to Kigali to aid refugees By Terence Samuel INQUIRER STAFF WRITER PENSACOLA, Fla. A radical anti- abortion activist who has openly railed for thp lrillinrj nf Hnrtnrs whn lot in Bristol Borough. Dorothy Mullin, 82, was putting out the trash in front of her Bensalem Township home. Within 80 minutes yesterday morning, all three were gunned down in random, drive-by shootings apparently committed by the same assail By Ann Devroy and Bradley Graham WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON President Clinton yesterday agreed to send U.S. forces into Kigali to speed the distribution of aid to Rwandan refugees and asked Congress for $320 million in additional emergency funds to pay for the operation.

The Pentagon announced later that 200 U.S. troops, about half of them assigned to provide security, would be dispatched to the Rwandan capital this weekend as part of an initial contingent to reopen Kigali's airport. Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch told reporters that if the mission goes well "and if security conditions permit," the United States would consider expanding American forces there in a week or two. "The United States must do more," Clinton said earlier in a White House briefing aimed in part at answering critics who charge his administration has been too slow and too bureaucratic in its response to the unfolding tragedy. He said U.S.

forces would engage in humanitarian work and have no role in maintaining peace in Rwanda. Meanwhile, France began pulling its 2,500 troops out of Rwanda yesterday, snubbing appeals from the United States and the United Nations to stay until a U.N. peace-keeping force could establish full control over a security zone where 1.6 million refugees have sought shelter. Senior French military officials said that about 300 soldiers were being withdrawn immediately from the safe haven established by French troops in southwestern Rwanda and would be replaced by troops from several African countries. They said all French troops would leave Rwanda by Aug.

22, when the U.N. mandate for France's Operation Turquoise expires. The French withdrawal has triggered alarm among U.S. and U.N. officials that there could be a new exodus into Zaire of Hutu refugees who sought protection in the French zone from the Tutsi-dominated rebel See RWANDA on A 12 The spokesman for the U.N.

High Commissioner for Refugees relates the horrors In Goma. A12. It's A The Philadelphia Inquirer AKIRA SUWA Residents of tornado-ravaged Limerick Township returned to their homes yesterday, to salvage what they could. Deb Williams (center) shared a hug with Cindy and Tony Hill. An anxious return home tt the Hamlet, where the deaths occurred and where nearly 20 houses were smashed.

Day two of the recovery found many thinking of the family that would not return to its home at the Hamlet. "It's really rough," said Diane Biddington, a relative of Daniel and Laura Thompson and daughter Mikhela, not yet a year old, who died instantly when their new house was splintered in the freak storm. "The enormity of the situation hasn't sunk in yet." Chester County resident John Sparko remained in critical condition, recovering from brain surgery after being thrown from his home in London Britain Township. Two more people, one from Chester County and the other from Montgomery County, See TORNADOES on A 14 GDP Percent change from previous quarter at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. 3 QTR.1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 1992 1993 1994 SOURCE: U.S.

Commerce Department Two reports calm the financial markets: The economy did not spurt, but inventories did. Business, Dl. 5 fi II SI 3,7,4 3 sill liD i ii r.t 1 i I. By Jere Downs INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT The day after the killer tornado drove them from their homes, the families of the Hamlet housing development straggled back to rural Limerick Township with plastic bags and the hope that irreplaceable photographs and precious valuables were intact. "Finding the checkbook, so I can pay my bills, was the first thing that came to mind," said Tony Hill.

Yesterday, the relief effort continued in the aftermath of the two twisters that slashed through Chester and Montgomery Counties shortly before midnight Wednesday night, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing an estimated $8.5 million in damage. The worst of that destruction was at mecca for a week of racing and revelry. Two hundred fifteen yachts most well over 45 feet long and many worth more than $1 million are competing in daily regattas that include some of the world's most accomplished sailors. An additional 100 boats, festooned with colorful pennants, are here to bob and hobnob with the swells. "People think we're an exclusive club," said Peter Godfrey.

"They should only know." Godfrey was swaying to the strains of the 14-piece Peter Duchin Orches-See YACHT on A14 I i perform abortions opened fire at an abortion clinic early yesterday, killing a doctor and another worker and injuring a third person, police said. It was the second deadly attack on abortion practitioners in this Gulf Coast city in less than two years. Pensacola police said that Paul Hill, 40, founder of the extremist anti-abortion group Defensive Action, was arrested and charged with the shooting deaths of Dr. John Bayard Britton, 69, and James Her- man Barrett, 74. Both men were shot in the head as they sat in a blue truck outside the front door of The Ladies Center, a clinic where Britton performed abortions.

Both died instantly. Barrett's wife, June, 68, was shot in the arm and had to be hospitalized. The Barretts worked as volun Paul Hill, anti-abortion activist, was arrested near the clinic. teer escorts at the clinic, which had been the target of frequent anti-abortion protests. Hill, a former Presbyterian minister who was excommunicated from the church because of his views, has been a loud and persistent advocate of violence against doctors who perform abortions.

"We feel that using force is not intrinsically wrong unless it's against the innocent, such as the unborn," he said earlier this year. Man is absolutely justified to use force to keep someone from killing the unborn. Christ said it is commanded to prevent murder." Police said the heated rhetoric turned to deadly action just after dawn yesterday. Police were called See ABORTION on A12 Abortion-rights groups in the Philadelphia area are nervous but resolute. A12.

Inside House Democratic leaders unveil a retooled health-care-reform bill that would guarantee insurance for all Americans by 1999. A3. One of O.J. Simpson's lawyers says there is a witness who might clear him of murder charges. A3.

Mayor Rendell rescinds the 5 percent pay cut for himself and other senior managers, drawing the ire of the city's unions. Bl. Sections Features Nationallnt'l A Auctions A13 Metro Classified B3, C8 Sports Business Comics D14 Editorials A10 Entertainment. D8 Movies D8 Obituaries C7 Television 012 166th Year. No.

60 1994. Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. Call 216-665-1234 or 1-800-523-9068 lor home delivery. Weather Partly sunny this weekend, thunderstorms possible, highs around 90. Full report, Bll.

LiJ Senate confirms Breyer for court Associated Press GREG GIBSON Stephen G. Breyer yesterday was approved, 87-9, as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Opposition came from the GOP. A3. Fund failure deals shock to Russians The government had said MMM was a scam.

Its collapse may bring new rules for securities trading. By Lee IIuckNtader WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW The largest private investment fund in Russia collapsed yesterday, dealing a severe financial blow to at least a million shareholders. At a stroke, the fund lowered the price of its shares frdm 115,000 rubles about $56 to 950 rubles, or 46 cents. The announcement came as a shock to desperate shareholders, in spite of repeated government warnings that the fund was a scam, spinning money from thin air, and would fail eventually. Thousands converged on stock exchanges and the fund's headquarters.

Some sought to sell their shares at any price, while others stared blankly into ...1. U.I I their savings and who was to blame. Some shareholders for hunger strikes, and one or two even threatened to set themselves on fire. "Everything has changed in Moscow," said Nona, 50, a teacher who gave only her first name. "Everyone will suffer now." The collapse of the fund, known as MMM, rocked Russia's emerging securities market, and some analysts have warned that it will dash whatever faith Russians have in free-market capitalism and perhaps even threaten the government.

More likely, the trauma will lead the gov-See RUSSIA on A 14 Janice Ross found her daughter Katie's doll at the Linfield fire station. tacky to talk about money. With big boats and megabucks, this club marks 150 years of high-society sailing yacht club need not say a word. The more than 300 boats they sail, crafted by artisans and polished by hired hands, do their talking. And that suits most members just fine, since it is so tacky to talk about money.

They are here in force this year to celebrate the founding of their club 150 years ago today. It was begun in 1844 by nine high-society yachtsmen, and dedicated to the proposition: "I've got mine. Et tu?" The celebration of the sesquicen-tennial has brought big boats, big wealth and big egos to this yachting By Michael Matza INQUIRER STAFF WRITER NEWPORT, R.I. The nation's most elite fleet, or the fleet of the nation's most elite, today is bobbing in the blue waters off this place that considers itself sailing capital of the world. When so many members of the New York Yacht Club sail up here to their summer home port they are bound to, well, ripple the waters.

In a nautical world where money speaks volumes, those anointed for membership in America's most prestigious (some would say haughty) I.