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ii iinKMi xx 11 i Jackson staying as coach of Bulls di. Daulton says he's on first Setback? What setback? Phillie claims he's ready. Timothy Dwyer, Sports. 'Eraser' arrive Disney feature and Schwarzenegger adventure open today. Weekend.

Get in the swing Porch furniture is popular. El. Take scenic route Family fun on trains. Weekend. Friday, June 21, 1996 50 Cents 5 Radio giants' deal to unite 6 local stations Delco woman's body found in N.

ending search cry UY I Aimee Willard Westinghouse will buy Infinity Broadcasting for $3.9 billion. The combination will join all-news KYW with all-sports WIP, and rock rivals WMMR and WYSP. 4. Fumo: D.A. must attend BNI hearing He is demanding that she and the attorney general attend the probe of the drug task force.

-i if II 4f '-A Aimee Willard's car had been found along the Blue Route. She was a star lacrosse player. By Ralph Vigoda, Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. and Suzanne Gordon INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS Children playing tag in a trash-strewn North Philadelphia lot yesterday afternoon stumbled across the body of a nude woman, later identified by police as Aimee Willard, a 22-year-old star athlete who had been missing since just after midnight.

Willard, a lacrosse player at George Mason University and daughter of a veteran Chester police officer, was last seen alive about 1 a.m. leaving Smokey Joe's bar in Wayne in her blue 1995 Honda Civic. Shortly after 2 a.m., that car was found on an off-ramp of Exit 3 of the Blue Route. Its lights were on and the engine was running. The driver's door was open.

And a pool of blood was coagulating on the pavement in front of the car on the passenger side. Her body was discovered about 4 p.m. by four youngsters in the lot at 16th Street and Indiana Avenue. Police identified the body using a photo of Willard brought to the scene by state police. A tattoo on her right leg also matched one Willard was known to have.

"It's her, no doubt about it," said one police homicide commander. Investigators said that, pending an autopsy, it appeared that she had been beaten to death. Her skull was cracked in two places, they said. They also were investigating the possibility that she had been sexually assaulted. The identification ended a daylong search that began when Willard's car was discovered by a crew driving an emergency vehicle on the southbound exit ramp.

Willard was home for the summer before beginning her final year at See BODY on A3 By Kevin L. Carter INQUIRER RADIO WRITER The biggest merger in radio history was announced yesterday as the nation's number-one radio broadcaster, Westinghouse Electric agreed to buy number-two Infinity Broadcasting for $3.9 billion. The resulting company would own 83 radio stations in 16 markets across the country, including six in Philadelphia. There are companies that own more stations, but none comes close to generating as much revenue. In this area, the deal has implications for sports fans, folks who remember the old rock radio wars, and talk-show callers from Media to Manayunk.

The two fiercest rock-and-roll competitors WYSP-FM (94.1) and WMMR-FM (93.3) will now have the same owner. The same company will have broadcast rights to all local major pro teams: the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers and Sixers. And most of the major talk programs in town will be part of the same big chat fest. The new giant created by the merger, known informally as CBS Radio-Infinity, will own some of Philadelphia's most important and profitable stations. Yesterday, Westinghouse agreed to buy from Infinity two stations, WYSP and WIP-AM (610).

In November, Westinghouse added two stations from CBS WGMP-AM (1210) and WOGL-FM (98.1) to the Philadelphia stations it already owned, KYW-AM (1060) and WMMR. With those two deals, CBS Radio-Infinity will own stations that rake in 47 cents of every dollar spent on radio advertising in the Philadelphia market. See RADIO MERGER on A18 i ill By Mark Fazlollah INQUIRER STAFF WRITER State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo yesterday demanded that District Attorney Lynne Abraham and Attorney General Tom Corbett appear before a judiciary committee to answer questions about a scandal that has gutted a state narcotics task force.

The committee begins public hearings in Philadelphia today to investigate why 50 arrests by the local branch of the Bureau of Narcotics Investigation have been tossed out, allowing dozens of alleged big-time drug dealers to go free. Corbett has said he will not be there because it might interfere with his internal investigation of BNI. Abraham contended that she was never invited though the committee says she was. That prompted committee member Fumo Phila.) to call for the panel to take a tough line and subpoena Corbett, Abraham and police representatives to "shed light" on BNI's activities. "I do not believe that this committee can adequately review the actions of the Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, which have led to the dismissal of many criminal prosecutions, without the testimony of the aforesaid individuals," Fumo said in a letter to committee chairman Stewart J.

Greenleaf "I am particularly concerned that Attorney General Thomas Corbett has refused your invitation to appear personally or even send a representative," said the letter. "I believe it is incumbent upon this committee to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of representatives of the above law enforcement agencies," Fumo said. In addition to questions about why the BNI cases were dropped, the hearings are likely to focus on why officials took no action on al-See HEARING on A20 For The Inquirer TOM KELLY Gail Willard hugs Chester Police Detective Jerry Steppke on the Blue Route ramp where her daughter's car was found at 2 a.m. Aimee Willard was last seen at 1 a.m. at a Wayne bar.

The U.S. has lightened up, thanks to deregulation. A19. Yeltsin purges 3 Kremlin hard-liners $2.7 million for burned churches The power struggle threatened to disrupt the July 3 election. Among those sacked was his closest adviser.

that is my first impression," he told an interviewer. By midday, Yeltsin apparently felt he had no choice but to fire the security chiefs responsible for the provocative detentions: his closest adviser and bodyguard, Lt. Gen. Al-See RUSSIA on A22 eral campaign aides were detained and interrogated for 11 hours by Yeltsin's security forces inside the Russian White House. The situation was so alarming that Yeltsin's new national security adviser, Alexander Lebed, went on television just before sunrise yesterday to dispel rumors that the election was about to be canceled.

"Attempts are being made to wreck the second round of the elec open on national television just before dawn and briefly threatened to disrupt the July 3 presidential runoff. The dismissals were prompted by a series of tangled events that began Wednesday evening, when two lib By Inga Saffron INQUIRER STAFF WRITER MOSCOW Boris N. Yeltsin sacked his trusted chief bodyguard and two other hard-liners yesterday, after a long-simmering Kremlin power struggle burst into the Russian politics are a dangerous, tangled business. A22. Commentary by Trudy Rubin, A31.

'Auntie Suu' embraced in Burma The country's champion of democracy is winning cheers of support. Sections Features Nationallnt'l Comics ng City Region A30 Business Legal Notices E14 sPrts E2 Ma9azine obituaries B6 Classified Puzzles E19 Weekend E16 I By Peter Nicholas INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Eight of the nation's major philanthropic foundations yesterday announced that they were putting $2.7 million toward the reconstruction of a string of black churches in the outh destroyed by racially motivated arson In a joint statement, the foundation leaders said the church burnings were rooted in "hatred and bigotry" that have no place in a society that promises freedom of religion. They are asking others to make personal contributions. Many of these Southern churches jack adequate insurance, so their Insurrection depends on such gifts, organizers of the fund-raising drive said. Si "The pastors and the communities will rebuild the churches with the eupport we and others can help generate," the statement says.

"The greater challenge is to combat the hatred and bigotry that produce this kind of lawlessness." 4 Among the eight foundations is the Pew Charitable Trusts, which held a news conference at its Phila-I See CHURCHES on A20 Inside NationalInternational An independent counsel takes over the probe of the White House's use of FBI files. A2. City Region Offers of help pour in for a Delaware County woman who was about to lose her home. Bl. Business The gap between the wages U.S.

workers earn and the rent they must pay is widening. CI. Magazine Try a new kind of mulch. El. 168lh Year.

No. 21 1996, Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. Call 216-665-1234 or 1-800-523-9068 lor home delivery. By Marc Kaufman INQUIRER STAFF WRITER RANGOON, Burma "Auntie climbed up to speak, and the heavens opened. Sheets of rain poured on her, and supporters gathered to hear her weekly address.

The wind whipped up, tugging at her oversized bamboo cone hat. Never mind that the 5,000 people jammed outside their leader's compound on Sunday were risking arrest and prison. Never mind that the government had passed a law aimed at closing these rebellious meetings for good. And never mind that the full force of the summer monsoon was bearing down, turn ing the ground they sat on to mud. None of them seemed to care.

They cheered and clapped and shouted "Long live Aung San Suu Kyi" and "Bless you, Auntie Suu." When she appeared, they closed their umbrellas despite the downpour, both to show respect and to better see this slender woman with jasmine and roses in her hair and a wide, infectious smile. Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's remarkable heroine winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the heart of her people's struggle to dislodge their hated military government was about to take on the generals again. As the monsoon poured, she said that in spite of the government's new law against any speech that would "disturb the peace and tranquillity of the state," her weekend public meetings would continue. She said that Burma was "dishonored" by the shrill slogans chanted against her at government-orchestrated meetings. Turning the new law against itself, she said it was the government's own rallies that "disturb the peace and tranquillity of the nation, and hence are against the recent law." And, as she always does, she offered her prescription to heal the country: democracy.

Let the 40 million people of Burma decide who See BURMA on A10 Weather Mainly sunny today, high 86, low 68. Thunderstorms may return tomorrow along with increased humidity. High 88, low 71. Full report, 67. Philadelphia Online To get today's Inquirer electronically, browse: http:vilww.phillynews.com iiili II) If Arson destroys the sanctuary of a black chjjrch in Oregon.

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