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October 21, 1999 ANNE ARUNDEL Baltimore, Maryland 50 cents Gay rights vote puts Frederick in the spotlight Jakarta violence Mow election Thursday Lack of donors forces Democrats to cancel Baltimore fund-raiser National Democratic officials have been forced to cancel a fund-raising luncheon that was scheduled for Monday in Baltimore because they failed to draw enough donors even with President Clinton on the program. The event, set for the HarborView complex, was projected to raise $300,000. Page 3a NationWorld Journal: Rebirth of Mount St. Helens. Page 2a Ohio vouchers for private schools tested.

Page 4a Man trapped in elevator 40 hours. Page 5a FTC rules on Internet privacy spelled out. Page 10a Fla. court reverses tobacco damages ruling. Page 14a Defiant West Bank settlers erect synagogue.

Page 16a Ruling on French signs stirs anger in Quebec. Page 17a Annapolis, including Frederick's two Republican senators, frustrated Gov. Parris N. Glendening's attempt to win passage of a similar anti-discrimination measure. It gives gay rights groups a long-shot chance at a symbolic victory at a time when the governor is shying away from a renewed battle for his legislation.

Proponents have been pleasantly surprised that the measure has gone as far as it has in Frederick, where genteel rural conservatism has been giving way to a more confrontational style of suburban conservative politics. The proposal would add "sexual orientation" to a county law banning discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations on the basis of race, gender and other characteristics. The issue was dropped into the commissioners' laps by the county's See Rights, 9a Supporters, opponents see today's action as critical for county By Michael Dresser SUN STAFF FREDERICK Gay rights advocates and conservative religious groups will be watching intently today as the Frederick County commissioners vote on a proposal to ban discrimination against homosexuals. Supporters and opponents don't agree on much, but both sides say the vote will be a defining moment for the fast-growing county. The issue, which has divided residents, is surfacing at a time when gay rights activists are nursing the wounds of defeat at the statewide level.

The vote comes six months after a Senate committee in "I want to be proud to we don't allow discrimination here. Carol Antoniewicz, Frederick County resident S3 AOBNCE FRANCB-PRESBB New president: Abdurrahman Wahid (center) is escorted from Indonesia's Parliament by supporters after voting in the presidential ballot. He was elected president yesterday. Elizabeth Dole drops presidential campaign Shut out six decades, Finding common truth in Hubbard case. Page 22a Urban pioneers on North Avenue.

Page 23a ArundelMaryland Appeal decision in beating due next week. Page 1b Land-use panel urges preservation. Page 1b Officials weigh solutions to teacher shortage. Page 1b World War II bombers revisited. Page 1b Business Microsoft earnings fire up U.S.

stocks. Page lc US Airways suffers heavy losses. Page lc Trade deficit narrows to $24 billion. Page lc Oiuliano Celenza, former Archbishop Curley standout, has helped unbeaten UMBO enter the men's socder national rankings. Page Id Hargrove meets with O's advisory panel.

Page Id Today Garden: Amid urban decay, flowers bloom. Page 1e Opera: The passion of Don Giovanni. Page 1e Live Sports GOP still knoddni "We 're not preaching hate. We preach against sin." Rev. Richard Glass ofWalkersville may not be able to get into." According to campaign finance reports filed in September, the two Republicans had raised about $20,000 each for their campaigns roughly equal to the amount raised by each of the three Democrats in the 6th District but $10,000 to $20,000 less than the Democrats in the 1st.

But two weeks before the election, both GOP contenders are facing questions about their candidacies: Brown, See Council, 15a Muslim leader Wahid unexpectedly wins Indonesia presidency Protests erupt in cities Parliamentary vote spurns popular daughter of Sukarno FROM WIRE REPORTS JAKARTA, Indonesia Disillusioned supporters of popular favorite Megawati Sukarnoputri took to the streets in anger after Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid seemingly came from nowhere to win Indonesia's first contested presidential election yesterday. An estimated 10,000 protesters clashed with security police outside Parliament. There were three bomb explosions in the capital and protests and destruction in at least two other cities. Two people were reported killed. The clashes continued into the night before protesters drifted away.

Wahid's win was immediately welcomed by the United States and Indonesia's Asian neighbors, but with fighting raging in the streets of Jakarta, there were concerns that the country's uneasy transfer to democracy was far from over. "We have to see how the political process plays out In Indonesia itself. The next 24 hours are quite crucial," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Stanley Roth. Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, had been regarded as the presidential front-runner.

Her Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle won 34 percent of the vote in June elections, more than any other party. Wahid's National Awakening Party was third with 12 percent. Until the morning of his election, Wahid was so lightly regarded as a viable candidate that he was never pressed about the specifics of his platform and policies. He never articulated his policies, largely because he never had to. President B.

J. Habibie was considered Megawati's biggest rival, but he dropped out of the race early yesterday. Megawati's candidacy failed See Indonesia, 19a have had an extraordinary effect. Instead of darkening theaters from Moscow to Magnitogorsk, adversity has electrified many of them. "It's Russia," says Anatoly E.

Polyankin, director of Moscow's Satirikon Theater, laughing. "We keep saying it's bad and it will only get worse. Meanwhile, we're mobilizing, doing what we have to do." Theaters have recruited banks and oil companies to sponsor performances as government subsidies from the halcyon days of Soviet support dried up. They rented space in their buildings to casinos; they studied tti 'See Russia, 21a GOP run she says, noting huge Bush campaign fund By Paul West SUN NATIONAL STAFF WASHINGTON Blaming money woes and "front-runner George W. Bush's phenomenal success, Elizabeth Dole abruptly ended her trail-blazing campaign for the Republican presidential nomination yesterday.

Despite a glittering resume, large crowds at campaign events and polls showing her to be popular with much of the public, Dole's attempt to become the first fe- Her husband, Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, who seldom appeared at her events, stood behind her, gravely nodding assent. Elizabeth Dole, who was a Cabinet secretary in the Reagan and Bush administrations, is the fifth candidate to quit the once-crowded Republican field. Her withdrawal could provide a further boost for Bush, who leads his remaining rivals by a wide margin in early polls. Her aides said the Texas governor appears to be the clear second choice of Dole supporters. The Republican contest is likely to become a three-way contest among Bush; publisher Steve Forbes, who alone can match Bush's enormous campaign bank account; and Arizona Sen.

John McCain, now in second place in New Hampshire polling. Dole's decision to abandon the race, widely rumored for weeks, came with little advance notice. See Dole, 7a Town cool to "hot spot' idea Brown, Santoni mount strong bids for council By Eric Sieoel SUN STAFF Daniel Ellison's days as a footnote to Baltimore political history could be numbered. Ellison was the last Republican elected to the City Council in 1939. Three years after winning a fifth term representing the 4th District, he left the council to mount a successful campaign for Congress.

In the 14 elections since, not one Republican council member has been elected in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But this year, two GOP candidates are running well-financed, well-organized campaigns in an effort to end that six-decade record of futility in the Nov. 2 general election. Joseph Brown an assistant bank manager, is seeking one of three seats from Southwest Baltimore's 6th District. Robert N.

Santoni head of a family-founded grocery, wants to represent Southeast Baltimore's 1st District. Both are trying to tap into what they see as voters' sentiment for change. Each is stressing his business acumen in races against six Democratic incumbents, only one of whom has a business background. "I'm a businessman," said Santoni, president of San-toni's Market in East Baltimore, which was begun by his father 70 years ago. "I can work with government and business to get things done." Brown said, "I'm able to create more pt rtnerships, to get into doorsny opponents ASSOCIATED PRESS Dropping out: Elizabeth Dole tells reporters she is ending her bid.

male president failed to yield enough campaign cash. "The bottom line remains money," she said at a hastily arranged news conference. $400,000 to the town over the next four years. But given the opposition, she expects the town board to reject the offer when it comes up for a vote next week. If that happens, it will be a tire event in See Town, 8a fill Somehow, Russian theater manages a happy ending Halloween: Where the frights are.

Page 3t Weather Mostly sunny, cool. High, 60; low, 42. Yesterday's high, 54; low, 51. Page 22b Bridge 21b Editorials 22a Classified 12b Horoscope 4e Comics 6e Lottery 2b Xword 21b, 7e Movies Live Deaths 10b Television 4e SunSpot The Sun on the Internet: http:www.sunspot.net i The Sun's 163rd Year: Number 294 Crime-: Rising Sun residents worry that accepting a crime-fighting grant will onlg bring bad publicity. By JayApperson SUN STAFF RISING SUN The money is there for the taking.

But this small Cecil County town is ready to say "No thanks" to a six-figure windfall, even though it is designed to fight drug abuse and give children something to do after school. The problem is that many residents don't want Rising Sun to be labeled a "hot spot" for crime. "People will say, 'That's a hot spot. It's full of dope. I'm not even going to think of moving Bill Brindle, a retired electrician, said at a town meeting this week.

After hearing Brindle and others who don't want to accept a grant under jfiie state's HotSpots program Rising AUY DAVIS SUN STAFF Center of town: Main and Queen streets intersect in Rising Sun. Theplanned "hot spot" would cover part of Main Street. Actors savor freedom of post-Soviet struggle By Kathy Laixy SUN FOREIGN STAFF MOSCOW For much of the past decade, Russian theater has been like an assembled company standing on stage in the glare of hot, bright lights, pelted by one tomato after another from a hostile house. The 'tomatoes" have been unfamiliar and lethal poverty, diminishing audiences) and even unaccus tomed freedom but they IE 1 1 lg8345ll00004 4, Sun Mayor Sallie Teague declared the idea virtually dead. "I get it: They don't want it," the mayor said.

Teague initially supported the proposal, which would have brought at least $140,000 and possibly as much as.