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1 1 AM ELI ROOKIE OF YEAR Kansas City designated hitter wins American League honor, 1C. WA EDITION COUNCIL MAY VOTE TONIGHT ON USING SAME CONSULTANT FOR GOLF COURSE AND POST OFFICE, 1B. AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, 2B. BOB HAMELIN MAGIC BEAT HEAT 121-117, 1C. AT V7 I 1 THURSDAY, October 20, 1994 300 pack Viera hearing ByTonyBoylan still might not be a decision, the commission after Labor Day i FjV the commission after Labor Day HEADLINES every year?" he asked.

"If we FLORIDA TODAY Some opponents of the plan say About 300 Deoole showed ud Wednesday night to debate the TODAY'S NEWS AT A GLANCE merits of Viera proposed devel opment west of 1-95. Dozens of opponents and sup Nowhere to turn table this tonight, we might as well just shut down everything until after the general election." Viera's Development of Regional Impact plan covers roads, sewers and other services and the environmental and economic impact of the development. If commissioners vote tonight, they could approve or deny the plan or require changes. Viera debate, 2A. incumbent Commissioner Sue Schmitt-Kirwan shouldn't vote on it because she lost her re-election primary and leaves office next month.

Commissioners decided the hearings should continue, but left open the possibility the issue could be tabled tonight. That didn't go over well with Commissioner Scott Ellis, or most of the audience. "Are we going to shut down business on porters spoke before the Brevard County Commission, which convened the first of two public hearings on the development. The second hearing will be at 5 p.m. today in the County Government Center.

Jose H. Nleves. FLORIDA TODAY SUE AND GEORGE Schaafsma take the only seats they can find in the aisle Wednesday night at a hearing about Viera. But after all that talk, there 4 PALM BAY Cops: Heist may be tied to robbery in Daytona By Michael Cabbage FLORIDA TODAY Police today are investigating the possibility of a link between a jewelry store holdup Tuesday in Palm Bay and an earlier heist in Daytona Beach. Israel vows vengeance on Islamic terrorists t- ill It 4 i i Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY ANTARA NEALY sits on the dilapidated steps of Manorwood Apartments in Cocoa, Wednesday holding her 4-month-old, Sade Henry.

Nealy is one of the last tenants at the complex, which has been condemned. She has until Nov. 1 to find another home. Story, 1 B. i4 51: til 4 1 ,5 0 1'irti' i fi'iirt 'ivrtn "I SPACE: Next launch: A commercial McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 rocket with a NASA science satellite Nov.

1. The launch window is 4:31 to 4:36 a.m. Next shuttle launch: Shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day environmental research mission, Nov. 3. Space Update: Florida Today's hot line carries the latest on space program developments.

Call 255-3244 in South and Central Brevard or 632-1555 from North Brevard. Using a touch-tone phone, enter code 6800. WEATHER: Partly sunny. High in the mid-80s, low in the mid-60s. Weather, 14A.

BREVARD: Mechanical problems test a Merritt Island pilot's skills, forcing him to land his twin-engine aircraft on two of three wheels and a wing and a prayer, IB. FLORIDA: Campaigning hard to hometown fans at a picnic in the park, Gov. Lawton Chiles loses a straw poll to Jeb Bush, 6B. NATION: Martha Raye, who entertained generations of American moviegoers and FLORIDA TODAY Wires TEL AVIV, Israel The terror at the edges of the quest for Middle East peace exploded Wednesday when a bomb on a crowded city bus killed 20 people and turned a bustling street into a slaughterhouse. The attack, the worst in Israel in 16 years, wounded 48 people.

Police blamed it on a suicide bomber. Some Israelis cried for vengeance against the Islamic radi-cals who have claimed responsibility for three major attacks in 10 days. Shouts of "Death to the Arabs!" were heard from bystanders on the seaside city's main throughfare as severed arms and legs were gathered for burial, some from the tops of four-story buildings. "It will end. It has to end.

We will tear them to bits," said President Ezer Weizman, who called for "extraordinary action" to root out Islamic extremists. Inside the the red and white Dan No. 5 bus, where police think a suicide bomber detonated the bomb, the merest whim divided the living from the dead. For Schmuel Sadan, it was an unlaced shoe. As the bus neared his usual stop at Dizengoff Square, the 28-year-old personnel manager bent to gather his belongings and tie the lace.

Just as his head dropped to his knee, a crushing force flung him from the seat. Many of those near him were maimed or killed. "I went through a window," he said in an interview in the postsurgical ward at Elias Sourasky Hospital, an intravenous catheter in his arm. "There was nothing left of it. I saw bodies, lots of blood.

I don't remember the fire." See BOMBER, 10A ISRAELI POLICE OFFICER runs past the smok- by a suicide bomb that killed 20 people. It was ing ruins of a Tel Aviv bus torn apart Wednesday the worst terrorism in Israel in 16 years. "A close examination of the case shows it was well-planned and well-executed, based -on everything we've seen," Palm Bay police Officer Gus Williams said. He said investigators have several leads they are following as they search for four men who robbed the Jewelry Gallery in the Sabal Palm Plaza pf about $480,000 in gold and diamonds. Police say similarities exist between the crime and a May 25 holdup in Daytona Beach.

During that robbery, four men entered Carter Jewelers and took more than $500,000 in gold and diamonds. No one was arrested in that case. Police said that in both cases: There were four suspects. Two of the robbers visited the store before the holdup. The robbers spoke with a New York or New Jersey accent.

Employees were forced to lie on the ground and were bound with plastic straps. The robbers brandished handguns but left without injuring anyone. "I saw the (suspects') composites on TV last night," said Richard Tursi, co-owner of Carter Jewelers. "I think that out of the four, two could have been the same ones who robbed us. We didn't see all of them." Tursi said he had been contacted during an FBI investigation and was told the robbers may be part of an organized gang responsible for similar robberies throughout the Southeast.

Tuesday's robbery began when storeowner Janice Roshto let two men into the store. Once inside, they drew handguns and forced Roshto and her husband to the ground. See HEIST, Next Page LEBANON r-; Bus bombing in Tel Aviv Hamas: profile of terror Autonomous regions 14 The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for Wednesday's terrorist bomb 20 miles ') map ISRAEL mm JORDAN 2 25 miles I I West Bomb shatters bus BanK in Tel Aviv shopping distrTcJ -bJ Jerusalem7 Gaza StripJ lJericno, ISRAEL fj soldiers, dies at 78, 2A. The sun shines for the first time in four days as National Guardsmen drive boats and big trucks through floodwater to help people driven from their homes in southeastern Texas, 3A. Concerns about pretrial publicity in the OJ.

Simpson case mushroom as the attack in central Tel Aviv. Last week, the group kidnapped and murdered an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. Hamas appeared for the first time in 1 978, registering in Gaza as a non-profit organization called the Mujam'a. It was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin after the start of the intifada, or uprising against Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hamas' ideology combines pan-Arab religious principles with Palestinian nationalistic aims, contending that the soil of all Palestine is a Wakf (Muslim holy property) that belongs to the Muslims forever.

The organization's ultimate goal is the formation of one great Islamic state. Their most revered strategic goal is the liberation of all of Palestine from the sea to the river. RAYE judge asks broadcasters not to interview the author of a new book about Nicole Simpson, 5A. Coverage, 10-11 A. FLORIDA TODAY AP Super-crowded Supercenter WORLD: President Jean-Bertrand Aris-tlde blames right-wing foes for street violence that has spread fear among Haiti's elite, 6A.

FOOD: Cocoa Village is cookin' with Cajun cuisine for a Mardi Gras-style event, IE. Foul ball critically injures coach OPINIONS: One candidate is the better choice for voters to represent them in the state House District 31 seat. Endorsement, 12A. 3 tt i -A 'i ftftfn: their goodbyes, in case Hoggard didn't live long enough to undergo surgery, said the Rev. Phil Boyles, who serves as the fire department's chaplain.

But Hoggard made it through surgery. Doctors removed a blood clot from his brain, and his condition stabilized, Boyles said. The injury left a bruise on Hoggard's brain, but doctors say that will heal. No one will know whether there is any permanent damage until he awakens, Boyles said. Titusville firefighters are pulling together to help Hoggard, his wife and three children.

More than 25 firefighters about half the force have visited him at the medical center, Titusville Fire Chief Tom Harmer said. Firefighters are working to establish a trust fund for Hoggard and his family, Mclntyre said. dizzy shortly after he was hit. However, he stayed at the Titusville fields for about 30 minutes. He then asked someone to drive him home, Mclntyre said.

On the way home, Hoggard asked to be taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville. Once at the hospital, he became combative, Mclntyre said. "He was already having some convulsions and seizures, which is a real good indication of a brain injury," Mclntyre said. Hoggard's condition was so serious that doctors felt it necessary to induce a coma and fly him to Orlando Regional Medical Center, Mclntyre said. As hospital personnel loaded him into a helicopter, they encouraged family members to say By Chris Evans FLORIDA TODAY Titusville firefighter Ross Hoggard is clinging to life today after suffering a skull fracture earlier this week during Little League practice.

"Right now, he is pretty stable," firefighter John Mclntyre said. "But it's very iffy with a head injury. It could change at any minute." Hoggard, a Titusville firefighter since 1988, has been in a coma since Monday. He was injured when a foul-tip baseball hit him in the right temple Monday at Titusville Little League fields, Mclntyre said. The firefighter, who had been standing behind the batter when the baseball glanced backward off the bat, told friends he felt Across Space Coast, 4B Milt Salamon, 14A Bridge, 5D Movies, 4D Business, 13-1 4C Opinions, 12-13A Classified, 1 -1 2F Outdoors, 2C Amy Clark, 1 People, 1-5D Comics, 60 Space Coast Report, 4B Crossword, 5D Sports, 1-9C Dear Abby, 5D State News, 5-6B Deaths, 3B Stocks, 10-1 3C HELP! 4B Television, 3D Malcolm Denemark.

FLORIDA TODAY IT LOOKS A LITTLE like a pep rally Wednesday outside the new Wal Mart Supercenter on Merritt Island as hundreds of people wait for the grand opening. The event was marked by a band, cheerleaders and fighting over hard-to-get Halloween costumes. Story, 14C. Weather, 14A Local News, 1-4B IT.