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Dow rebounds with a gain of 7.42 points-? Vol. 305. No. 120 mi. The Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday, October 28, 1981 20 CENTS Iff ITC JIT Giles, broadcasting firm near purchase of Phillies coach, and Bobby Wine, currently a Phillies coach, are the only three candidates for the job.

Giles confirmed that Taft Broadcasting is the largest financial contributor to his group. However, he would not disclose what percentage of the purchase price Taft would provide. It has been learned that other financial contributors to the group include former 76ers owner F. Eugene Dixon; Bob Levy, owner of Atlantic City Race Track, and Giles himself. There are at least two other Philadelphia.

Giles said yesterday afternoon that there are only a few remaining "wrinkles" that remain to be settled inthedeal. "It's not a fait accompli," he said. "There are still two or three things left to clear up." He would not specify what those were, but he said that the announcement "hopefully" still will be made tomorrow. However, the timing of the announcement could be affected by the postponement of Game 6 of the World Series last night in New York. If the Series goes a full seven games, it would not end until tomorrow night, possibly delaying the announcement until Friday.

Giles would like to get the maximum publicity that an announcement after the Series would bring. But he might not be able to remain in Philadelphia to be present for an announcement Friday. "The problem is, I have to leave Thursday night to go to the baseballl owners' meeting in Phoenix," Giles said. "Ruly may be going, too. So we'd By Jayson Stark Inquirer Slaf Writer 1 Phillies owner Ruly Carpenter is expected to announce tomorrow that he is selling the baseball team to a group headed by Bill Giles, the club's executive vice president; The price Giles' group will pay for the team is believed to be approximately S29 million.

It has been learned that the largest financial contributor to the group is Taft Broadcasting a Cincinnati-based firm that has -numerous holdings, including WTAF-TV (Channel 29) in nn contributors, but their identities have not been revealed. Although Taft would be an owner of the Phillies, its local station, Channel 29, would be in the uncomforK able position of having a competitor, WPHL-TV (Channel 17), broadcast the team's games. Channel 17 has owned the Phillies' broadcast rights since the 1971 season. In fact, the team's association with the station was instrumental in the Phillies' signing of first baseman (See PHILLIES on 2-A) catchers End 50-Daty Strike? Pi A chools Will Oroein May 1 JET lw 111 i'i IX-i Pf Jill Km. I lit feSP i IP ft ill fw fp like to get it accomplished by noon" Thursday." However, if the Series is not over by tomorrow, the owners', meeting might be pushed back, and the announcement could be made Friday.

Giles indicated that the selection of a manager to replace Dallas Green would be one of the group's first tasks, and that it could be accomplished "within a couple of -weeks after the sale." Giles said that Pat Corrales, an administrative assistant with the Texas Rangers; Ray Rippel-meyer, a former Phillies pitching Philadelphia Inquirer DICK BELL is, SEPTA might well be in a position of power within the new subsidiary, as indicated by a number of factors: SEPTA board member Frank Jenkins is expected to be named to the Amtrak board shortly. The Reagan administration, as required by law, is in the process of selecting a new nine-member board to run Amtrak. "Any comment I would make would be premature," Jenkins said. He said that while in Washington recently, Lewis, a fellow Montgomery County Republican, asked (See TRAINS on 2-A) 4 jjf i'i i 1 I Ruling general By Lucinda Fleeson, Russell Cooke and Joyce Gemperlein Inquirer Slufl Writers The 50-day school strike ended late last night, a scheduled citywide general strike was averted and the school district announced that schools would be open for teachers today and for all students Friday. At 10:10 p.m., Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) president John P.

Murray announced amid cheers from a group of 100 teachers at the union's Chestnut Street headquarters that the executive board had just voted to obey an injunction issued here earlier in the day by Commonwealth Court that ordered the teachers back to work today. "I'm glad it's come to some sort of an end," Murray told the group. "Unfortunately, it took a court to say we should be able to put the children back in the classroom." Although the court order reinstated most of the 3,500 PFT members whose layoffs had in part prompted the school strike, the order did not restore a promised 10 percent pay raise to the union. The court ordered the school district and the PPT back to the negotiating table under the supervision of a state mediator. Murray said he was returning to the offices of PFT attorney James Binns late last night to immediately resume the negotiations with school district officials over the pay raise.

The school district said classes that have continued through the strike primarily for fourth graders will still be held today and tomorrow and that classes for all students will begin Friday. The whirlwind of events that led to the settlement last night began in Commonwealth Court at 5:30 p.m., when the three-judge panel upheld a lower-court injunction that had ordered teachers back to work Oct. 12. But the judges modified the injunction by ordering all PFT members back to work under last year's contract. In effect, they thus reinstated most of the 3,500 members laid off this summer and restored programs that were cut in the face of a projected $223 million deficit.

The three-judge Commonwealth (See STRIKE on 8-A) Murray leaves PFT offices after announcing that union leaders voted to abide by Commonwealth Court's back-to-work order Rail takeover: SEPTA may have inside track averts walkout Andrew Young Former U.N. ambassador Young wins mayor's race in Atlanta By David Pace Associated Press ATLANTA Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young was elected mayor of Atlanta yesterday in a hotly contested runoff election. Young, scoring heavily in the city's predominantly black precincts, built a lead of nearly 13,000 votes over state Rep. Sidney Marcus with all but three of the city's 188 precincts reporting.

Neither Young nor Marcus made immediate comment on the results. With 98.4 percent of the vote counted, Young had 63,546, or 55.6 percent, while Marcus had 50,667, or 44.3 percent. Young, 49, succeeds Maynard Jackson, who in 1973 was elected the city's first black mayor. Jackson won re-election in 1977 but was barred by law from seeking a third term. He (See ATLANTA on 2-A) Philadelphia Inquirw VICKI VALERIO I af'y I If Analysis vice, it might turn to a new Amtrak subsidiary, which is being established, to run the commuter trains.

At first glance, that possibility would appear good for the unions, which for months had argued that commuter trains should be run not by SEPTA, but by the new subsidiary. But closer examination indicates that SEPTA might have outflanked its opponents: Although SEPTA offi- WITH XANADU Ted Nelson will a stately pleasure dome decree, made of computers big and small that store a world for all to see. People, Page 1-F. Weather Index PARTLY SUNNY, breezy and mild today, high in the upper 60s. Mostly clear and cooler tonight, low 40 to 45.

Sunny tomorrow, high about 60. Full weather report, Page 19-F. ByFredricN.Tulsky Inquirer Stall Writer When suburban officials announced Monday that they would not provide massive new financial subsidies for SEPTA, it appeared to be a major defeat for SEPTA'S planned takeover of regional commuter rail service, which long had been opposed by Conrail employees. It might well mean that Monday's decision was a defeat for everyone, that the commuter service might die i altogether. But should SEPTA find a way to run a scaled-down train ser- New inflation index will cut pay increases 4 from Inquirer Wire Services WASHINGTON A plan to revise the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) to reduce distortions caused in recent years by increases in house prices and mortgage rates was announced yesterday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The plan quickly prompted charges of political "tampering" and "finagling" from organized labor and spokesmen for the elderly. Most economists contend that the current measure of housing costs has overstated the true rate of inflation and that the new calculations could result in a lower official inflation rate. That would translate into smaller cost-of-living increases, effective in 1985, for at least 90 million Americans whose incomes are affected directly by the index. About nine million union members are covered by labor contracts that provide cost-of-living wage increases (See INDEX A 6-A) cials have been plotting how to take over the commuter rail system on their own, they also have been maneuvering behind the scenes to shape to their liking the very Amtrak subsidiary on which Conrail employees have pinned their hopes. Under federal law, Conrail will be out of the commuter-train business by Jan.

1, 1983. SEPTA had said that it was best able to run the trains, rather than dealing with the new legally mandated Amtrak subsidiary. But with key support coming from Transportation Secretary Drew Lew- Reagan gains AWACS votes; count is close By James McCartney Inquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON President Reagan engineered a series of dramatic switches yesterday in the Senate that put him within striking distance of a stunning political victory in his battle to sell sophisticated AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia. Three senators who had opposed the sale, two Republicans and one Democrat, reversed their positions. Six others who had been uncommitted also threw their support behind the President.

Almost to a man they said they had come to the reluctant conclusion that a Reagan defeat on such an important foreign-policy issue would damage the President's ability to conduct foreign affairs and work for peace. The impact of the vote switches led Sen. Alan Cranston of California, the Senate's number-two Democrat and one Of the most vigorous opponents (Sjj AWACS on 4-A) A I kvi Action Line 2-F Food 1-C The Arts 9-D Horoscope 18-C Business 1-D Obituaries 8-D Classified 3-F People 1-F Comics 18-F Puzzles 19-F Crossword 19-F Sports 1-E Editorials 10-A TVRadio 1S-F NOT YET SHIPSHAPE is the USS Saratoga, Shipyard, rudder controls will be set into the where workers peer through a hole in the opening. Officials in charge said yesterday floor of one of the ship's compartments. Dur-' that they were pleased with the progress.

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