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Photographer Ansel Adams is dead at821C I I 5 state firms rated among best places to workSB North Stars, True Believers await Oilers 1 Clearinghouse for organ donations formed 1 1A Metro Minneapolis Tuesday April 24, 1984 4 Section 25C Single copy and UL Volume Number 17 y. Copyright 1984 Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company "77 1 MAR s. i hM China nm More staff leaving in theater ture to the Chinese, and In order to have something to announce while Reagan was In China. Reagan, meanwhile, spent the day here reviewing his briefing materials for the trip, relaxing at a swimming pool at a private home near Waiklkl Beach, and conferring with the commander in chief of the United States Pacific Command. The president plans to leave this morning for Guam, the next leg of his island-China continued On page OA services for nuclear and fossil-fuel power plants.) The agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation Is expected to be announced by President Reagan after he arrives in Peking on Thursday for a six-day visit U.S.

officials have said that a nuclear power accord would be the most significant specific agreement of the trip. There were signs mat the officials wanted to retain an element of uncertainty about the treaty as a ges The Chinese government orders a clean-up for President Reagan's visit. Page 4A. they said that negotiations between Chinese and U.S. officials "have been completed" In an atmosphere of "some optimism" and that both sides agreed that it was in their interest to have a treaty.

(The treaty, if it is formally adopted by the United States and China, might stir increased efforts by Con -rr kV 'iL t-- i- I I I JS 4 7 -1 By United Press International Things aro looking up The tarpaper ahack will be the first to go, said Harold Costello, a hermit who lives In Sanford, Maine. The 62-year-old former carpenter won $2 million In the Massachusetts State Lottery. He said he will replace the shack, which has no electricity or plumbing, with a double wide mobile home and start to live like a normal person. trol Data Corporation and other computer firms to sell computers to the Chinese to help design power plants and to monitor them after they go into operation. (Chinese officials were In the Twin Cities last week visiting Control Data to examine the company's products for nuclear plants.

The delegation planned to visit several other VS. computer firms, according to Patrick Lacy, director of Control Data's Utility Associates International, a supplier of software and consulting MPCA choice likely to maintain agency approach. Page 8A. legislators and mayors remained divided in their support of the five finalists suggested by his search committee March 2. Perpich asked them to comment on Gardebring's appointment in the next five days.

Barring major objections, she will replace current chairman Gerald Isaacs on May 14. Frisco's replacement was expected. He is a deputy motor vehicle registrar who is required by state regulation to work full time at that job. When it was discovered last year that he also was spending time over- months to screen donated blood, suspected to be a source of the agent that causes the disease that destroys the body's immune system. He said that having quantities of the elusive virus should spur work on a preventive vaccine, which could be ready for testing within two or three years.

"What we have at the moment Is not of particularly great benefit to those with the disease right now," Brandt said. However, he said the blood test should help researchers define the early courses of the Incurable disease and possibly find a way to intervene at an earlier stage. Scientists at the National Institutes of By Steven RiWelsman New York Times Honolulu, Hawaii Reagan administration officials indicated Monday that negotiators from China and the United States had agreed on a treaty that would permit major VS. companies to participate in the construction of nuclear power plants in China. The officials said they were not yet ready to announce officially that there was agreement on a treaty, but Legislature set to act on money bill today By Jack B.

Coffman Staff Writer With some minor adjustments made Monday, a compromise state appropriation bill that tied up legislative adjournment last week is headed for action today as the Minnesota Legislature pushes to end Its 1984 session. In a two-hour session yesterday, House and Senate conferees dropped some controversial elements Uiat produced a furor Friday, and said they expected it will pass. House members had refused to act on the long bill Friday, saying they did not have time to digest it, and sent it back to conferees for more work. One key move yesterday was to remove a provision for additional pay raises for some legislative leaders, which some lawmakers saw as tailored for the co-chairmen of the conference committee. Both denied any such Intention.

"I want to reiterate that Jim Rice never intended any greater emolument," said Rep. James Rice, DFL-Minheapolls, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Sen. Gerald Willet DFL-Park Rapids, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the additional leadership pay in last week's appropriation bill was actually meant for Sen. Jerome Hughes, DFL-Maplewood, president of the Senate.

Many legislators felt the additional 40 percent pay raise for two additional leaders contained in the bill would go to Rice and Willet (Additional pay Is currently provided for the House Speaker, majority and minority leaders in both houses and the chairmen of the Senate Tax and Finance committees.) Spending continued on page 7A Session '84 Gov. Perpich has been urged to veto a gun bill passed last week by the Legislature. Page 1B. Scientists By Warren E. Leary Associated Press Washington, D.C Government scientists have found the virus that probably causes AIDS, a discovery that has led to a blood test for the deadly disease and the i possibility of developing a preven- tive vaccine within two or three years, federal health' officials an- nounced Monday.

"The probable cause of AIDS has been found," Health and Human Ser-' vices Secretary Margaret Heckler told a press conference. Isolating the virus and developing a process to mass-produce it led to a test that should detect acquired im- sex probe By Paul McEnroe Staff Writer Four staff members of the Children's Theatre Company and School who are being Investigated in connection with the sexual abuse case Involving artistic director John Donahue have been suspended or have taken leaves of absence. And investigators are seeking to determine whether girls as well as boys have been sexually abused at the nationally renowned Minneapolis Institution, according to officials close to the case and parents who discussed the situation Monday with leaders of the school Hennepin County Attorney Tom Johnson said the four staff members "were identified as suspects in the case by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for investigative purposes because of their connection with John Donahue." Johnson said that members his staff will meet today with crimt'lw-reau agents "to discuss wherettils probe is going." He wouldn't tay whether more arrests are expected soon. 2 1 The four staff members left the theater over the weekend, authorities said; all are men. Ina Haugen, a spokesperson for parents whose dren are Involved with the theater at 2400 3rd Av.

said school officials told her that "the staff members who left were a teacher, an actor; a technical person In the production end of the theater, and a member of the theater's Outreach Program." The crime bureau has told parents that "heterosexual activities between girls and two of those staff members are being Investigated," she said: Donahue, 45, was arrested Wednesday and charged with six counts of Theater continued on page SA Analysis "The governor has referred to. her several times as his best commissioner," said Gerry Nelson, the.gov-ernort communications Perpich has not taken a keen interest in metropolitan government And Nelson said he doesn't think Perpich "intends to become a student of metro But he added that Perpich does want "someone who will be." The intended appointment was i hailed by Independent-Republican 1 1 Sen. Gary Laldlg of Stillwater, who has criticized the performance, xA Analysis continued on page Inside Court hears draft case The U.S. Supreme Court heard the claim of six Minnesota college, students that their right against self-incrimination was violated by a law that links draft registration with eligibility for federal education aid. Page SA Interstate banking grows-Even though interstate banking Is supposed to be oy teaerai i law, growing numbers of banks and SQVUltpS 1H3UIUUUI13, UlUUUlUg 9UIUC Ul the nation's largest, are scramming to expand across state lines.

They're taking advantage of a loophole la federal law. Page SB. IV. Gardebring's selection shows increased Perpich interest in metro affairs-: Perpich to appoint MPCA director to be Metro Council chief t. I 0 1- By Laurie Blake and Dean Rebut font Staff Writers Gov.

Rudy Perpich said Monday that he plans to appoint Sandra Garde-bring, one of his most trusted administrators, as chairman of the Metropolitan Council. Gardebring now heads the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Perpich said he also will replace George Frisch as chairman of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission by July 1. Gardebring was not a finalist for the post and her pending appointment comes as a surprise. Perpich said he chose her because metropolitan-area' Sandra Gardebring seeing the sewer system, Perpich worked out an agreement to replace him this year.

Perpich describes Gardebring as one of the ablest agency heads in state Council continued on page 9A By Robert Whereatt Staff Writer Gov. Rudy Perpich is getting a rare second chance to revise the leadership posts of three metropolitan agencies and eliminate some political headaches. The appointment of Sandra Gardebring to chair the Metropolitan Council is an indication that Perpich wants the agency headed by a person who has his complete confidence. And by signaling that Gardebring will have a strong role in metro area policy decisions, including recommendations on appointments, Perpich appears to be paying more attention to metropolitan government Almanac Tuesday, April 24, 1984 1 15th day; 251 to go this year Sunrise: Sunset: 7:10. Today's weather Today's rays Mostly sunny skies are on tap for much of the region today and highs will be in the 50s and 60s.

Index find probable cause of AIDS Questions and answers about AIDS. Page 6A. mune deficiency syndrome In victims even before symptoms arise and tell If donated blood supplies are contaminated with the virus. By Identifying those carrying the virus and its presence in blood, "we should be able to assure that blood for transfusion is free from AIDS," Heckler said. "With the blood test, we can now identify AIDS victims with essentially 100 percent certainty." Dr.

Edward N. Brandt, assistant secretary for health, said the test should be widely available within six Health, and particularly Dr. Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute, were given most of the credit for isolating the virus and devising the system to routinely detect and grow it a major step for future research. The officials said they are so sure about the strength of the U.S. findings, which closely parallel work by French scientists reported last week, that they can declare an AIDS breakthrough after years of research.

"The NCI work provides the proof we need that the cause of AIDS has been found," Heckler said. Four papers describing the work of AIDS continued on page 6A Butlne 6-138 Obituaries 7D Cornice 6C Theaters 160 Corrections 3A TV, Raio 6C Crossword 15D Varloty 1-8C Editorial 10,1 1A Weather 2B Classified ads 7-150 A 1.