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2-A Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1981 Philadelphia Inquirer Giles group draws near to purchase of Phillies SEPTA might have inside track in commuter-rail system takeover in Washington next week with Lewis, hoping to impress upon the secretary details that SEPTA believes are vital. For SEPTA, the interest in Amtrak is a marked change of heart from the spring, when the federal legislation was passed that called for Conrail to be out of the commuter-train business by Jan. 1, 1983. The law gives SEPTA, and other transit authorities that contract with Conrail for service, the following options: find another carrier, take over the service on their own or take part in the new subsidiary of Amtrak.

It is this last option that the Conrail workers have pushed for because the law provides for the workers to be transferred to Amtrak and merely to have a new boss paying their bills. SEPTA officials had said they thought the new agency, which would still leave the workers under the protection of federal work rules, would not afford SEPTA the chance to make the changes that they contend must be made. So, SEPTA went forward with plans to take over service on its own and hire a mass of new officials and train crews without the limitations of federal work rules. The first experi mental train line, between Fox Chase and Newtown, opened early this; month, over the protests of Conrail's workers. But a complete takeover requires 7-money, and lots of it.

SEPTA officials projected that they would need $16 million to cover start-up costs. And, they projected, county officials would have to double the amount of money they now provide SEPTA if the authority is to put rail service on solid footing into the future. If nothing else came out of Mon-day's meeting, there was agreement among the counties that SEPTA can forget about such hopes. SEPTA's staff has been directed to determine what, if any, service can be provided if the counties provide only a modest increase. And although Girard-diCar- -lo said the answer would be, at devastating cutbacks, others were more hopeful.

"There are some reasons for encouragement about getting Amtrak to run whatever service we can afford," said Dennis Rochford, Dela-1 ware County Council -member, as he left Monday's meeting. "We have a responsibility as elected officials to give SEPTA direction in how the system should be run. And I am personally encouraged by the recent developments 1 see happening in Amtrak." amusement parks and several entertainment production companies. Its one sports holding is the Jack Nick-laus Sports Complex at Kings Island, Ohio, near Cincinnati. The Ladies Professional Golf Association championship tournament is held there each year, as are the Association of Tennis Professionals tennis championships.

The College Football Hall of Fame also is located at Kings Island. Although Taft would provide much of the operating money, Giles would have administrative control of the baseball team. Giles, 47, has worked for the Phillies since Oct. 10, 1969, when he was appointed vice president for business operations. Previously, he had been a vice president of the Houston Astros.

Three years after his arrival in Philadelphia, he was named executive vice president of the Phillies. In, that position, he has been the team's chief administrative officer and often has represented Carpenter at league meetings and other baseball gatherings. Giles and his group would become the 12th owners of the team in its 99-year history and the first new owners in nearly 38 years. Carpenter's father, R. R.

M. "Bob" Carpenter purchased the club from William Cox on Nov. 23, 1943, and the family has retained ownership ever since. Bob Carpenter turned the team over to his son Ruly on Nov. 22, 1972.

The completion of the sale comes eight months since the day during spring training that Carpenter tearfully announced he was offering to sell the team. The reasons for the delay in the transaction from the original July target date have not been explained. The sale still must be approved by the National League before the transition of ownership becomes official. TRAINS, from l-A him "whether or not I would be interested. I told him I had a great deal of interest." Lewis has pledged to achieve major reform in the work rules enjoyed by Amtra workers.

Lewis said in a recent interview that he thought SEPTA should not even try to take over commuter train service on its own. "Let me take the heat," he said, vowing to fight for the labor reforms through the new Amtrak subsidiary. SEPTA officials, too, have been successful in pushing across their viewpoint, especially on the need for -a reform in work rules, on other commuter authorities. SEPTA General Manager David L. Gunn is also vice chairman of a coalition of the commuter authorities, and that post could be crucial.

am hopeful that Philadelphia can take a lead role in fashioning a position among the commuter authorities," said SEPTA Chairman David Girard-diCarlo. "I feel encouraged, by some of the things 1 see, that we can get the kind of 'change we need through Amtrak." Key details of the operation of the Amtrak subsidiary, such as who would be negotiating with the rail unions, remain to be worked out. But Girard-diCarlo is scheduled to meet Young wins ATLANTA, from l-A endorsed Young early in the campaign. While both Young and Marcus, insisted during the campaign that; race was not an issue, the voting yesterday, like the results of the Oct. 6 nonpartisian election, appeared to turn largely along racial lines.

Marcus, a white, liberal businessman, racked up margins in excess of Atlanta mayoral election vote in the earlier election, while Marcus won 38.9 percent. About. 66 percent of Atlanta's 000 residents and 55 percent of the" city's 189,000 registered voters are' black. Race became a central issue" during the threeweek runoff campaign as the two candidates, reading the racial flavor of the Oct. 6 moved to solidify their bases of 90 percent in many of the city's predominantly white Northside precincts, but it was not enough to overcome the substantial black vote Young was winning in the city's Southside precincts.

The turnout yesterday was reported by election officials to be only slightly better than the 60 percent turnout of Oct. 6. Young captured 40.9 percent of the EBeeff tsalllko Bill Giles With Phils since '69 Charles Mechem Taft board chairman to BMsalke si IVoodlcs Romanoff i a-dlp Sit fifoa a Cmv ISccf Slroganoff 1 (4 cup butter, dn uLd 1-12 uwNxnu minced rmiVm 2 xmruis fdel of beef, cut in 1 14 1 14 2-inch striM 34 uufxim suit 2-12 cups thin mushroom slices Dash nutmeg 14 uwixxm liquid hrimti graty setvuming I cup Seultest sour cmim PHILLIES, from l-A Pete Rose as a free agent in December 1978. Channel 17's owner, the Providence (R.I.) Journal pledged $600,000, over and above the agreed-upon fee for the 1979 season, and that money enabled the Phillies to sign Rose to a four-year, $3.2 million contract. But now, the association between the station and the team appears destined to end.

"I've heard that Taft was interested," said Gene McCurdy, president and general manager of Channel 17. "But whatever happens, our contract with the Phillies has two more years to go, through 1983." After that, however, it is virtually certain that Channel 29 would obtain broadcast rights. "I wouldn't want to say that," Giles said. "But I would think that logic would make it apparent. You could assume that, but I can't say that yet." Randy Smith, vice president and general manager of Channel 29, would make only minimal comment about the situation yesterday.

"I can offer no opinions," Smith said. "I think discussions are being held. I'd be delighted to have the, Phillies on Channel 29." Giles' acquaintance with Taft dates back to his family's long association with the Cincinnati Reds. The Taft family is one of the oldest and most prominent in Cincinnati, and Giles' father, the late Warren Giles, was general manager of the Reds before becoming president of the National League. Bill Giles himself worked in the Reds' front office during summer vacations, while he was attending high school and Denison University.

He later worked as an administrative assistant in the Reds' front office and, later still, was business manager of the Reds' minor-league team in Nashville, Tenn. When Carpenter announced on March 6 that he was offering the Phillies for sale, Giles almost immediately responded that he would like to head a group to buy it. He embarked upon an exhaustive search for financing, and that search eventually led him to Taft Broadcasting and the firm's president, Dudley S. Taft, and chairman of the board, Charles Mechem. Under Mechem's leadership in the last 14 years, Taft has grown into one of the broadcast industry's most successful enterprises.

Its net revenues grew at an average annual rate of 16.9 percent during the 1970s, tops in the industry. Its net revenues last year of S235.9 million represented a 41-percent jump from the 1979 figures. Taft owns seven television stations, six radio stations, a number of Lotteries Pennsylvania DAILY Oct. 27, 1981 629 BIG SO Oct. 21, 1981 Red: 566 White: 56 Blue: 8 Bonus: 832980 New Jersey PICK IT Oct.

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27, 1981 273 PLAY 4 Oct. 26, 1981 0058 Clearing the record The number of vacancies in' the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia was incorrectly reported in the special guide to the Nov. 3 election that was published in yesterday's Inquirer. There are 12 seats on the court to be filled in the election. It is the intention The Inquirer that its news reports be tair and correct in everv respect.

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