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a Tuesday Aug. 16,1988 rote' VooSa hands defeat New kid in school: Here's how to cope Page 1 Safe JtoanmaiD A Gannett Newspaper Copyright 1988 Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan 35 cents Laps Inside If in fk tWmimmiwmwi.w 1 I REPUBLICAN CONVENTION Reagan stumps op Bush conservative stand Michigan likes Kemp. 3 A D-Robertson handoff. 3A Today's events Speeches: Nebraska Gov. Kay Orr ex-United Nations envoy Jeane Kirkpatrick, New Jersey Gov.

Thomas Kean, ex- candidate Pat Robertson. TV: JSletworks to cover from 9 p.m. to" 11 p.m. -CNN coverage 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.,C-SPAN 11 a.m.

p.m. and 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Reagan said all the changes in the past eight years had occurred "and continue to occur in spite of the resistance of those liberal elites who loudly proclaim that it's time for a change. They resisted our defense buildup, they resisted our tax cuts, they resisted cutting the fat out of government and they resisted our appointments of judges committed to the law and the Constitution." wrought by his revolution and warned against letting the Democrats back in power.

"Without George Bush to build on those policies, everything we have achieved will be at risk," he said. "All the work, sacrifice and effort of the American people could end in the very same disaster that we inherited in 1981." In his valedictory address, "George, I'm in your corner," Reagan said in the prime-time speech that was the highlight of the opening night of the 34th GOP nominating convention. "But George, just one more personal request: Go out there and make it one more for the Gipper." Bush watched at home in Washington as Reagan bid farewell to his party that he twice led to landslide White House vic tories. His nomination secure, the vice president kept his own counsel on his search for a running mate. But that didn't stop the rumor mill or the jockeying by Rep.

Jack Kemp, Sen. Dan Quayle and others. Reagan recalled the "economic chaos" that he inherited eight years ago, recounted the change By DAVID ESPO Associated Press NEW ORLEANS President Reagan summoned the Republican National Convention to George Bush's side Monday night, telling delegates in his farewell address that they must never "let the fire go out or quit the fight" for their conservative cause. LCC Biead stay By CHRIS GOLEMBIEWSKI Lansing State Journal Philip Gannon, facing a board of trustees unable to agree on his future as Lansing Community College's president, Monday night withdrew his request to stay on an extra year. The college's founding president will retire in June 1989.

The surprise move came at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees Monday, when Gannon withdrew I INGHAM COUNTY rrrrai "vxSJT rsF vrt "SP Tk Ik his contract extension request Gannon, 65, could not be reached for comment Monday evening. But board Chairman Erick Furseth said Gannon withdrew his request when it became clear that trustees could not agree on terms for his continued employment. The board last month voted 4-3 to renew Gannon's contract indefinitely but defeated a proposal to extend it one year. At a wnrkshnn session nrereriin Lansing State JournalCHRIS HOLMES Sunwind Drive in Okemos. Mike and his family reportedly were on vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., when a tornado hit their home Sunday.

Radcliffe, 10, (right) retrieve King, from his yard at 3979 Jeremy Eisfelter, 9, (center) and Nathan softballs belonging to their friend, Mike Okemos residents clear rubble Site of major storm damage a special board meeting Monday, it Gannon was evident trustees could not reach a consensus on Gannon, Furseth said. No vote was taken. The three board members who previously voted against contract extension were Sharon Reid, Judy Hollister and Shirley Rodgers. Reid and Hollister could not be reached for comment Monday evening. Rodgers said she was surprised by Gannon's move.

Furseth said he was disappointed. "Not only for him," Furseth said of Gannon, "but for Lansing Community College. "He is the longest-serving founding college president in Michigan and probably the country. He's done a super job for LCC." See LCC, Page 2A Many see vision of Jesus, Mary By WENDY E. LANE Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas Worshipers screamed and lifted their hands toward the sky as a ray of light burst through the clouds Monday evening during an outdoor Mass where thousands came expecting a miracle.

Shortly after the 6 p.m. Mass began at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, throngs of pilgrims stood and applauded as many spectators pointed skyward, crying that they saw Jesus and the Virgin Mary and calling it a miracle. "I saw the sun pulsating a lot and saw Jesus about 1 0 times," said Mamie Fertitta. "Then I saw Jesus above and the doves below." Monday was the Catholic feast of the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

The crowds were drawn to the charismatic parish in West Texas by national attention given to three parishioners' reports that they received messages from the Virgin Mary this spring. The insurance question. 4A I Mt. Hope Roatf 3 hr Bennett Road? -ir Pi The storms dumped 1.19 inches of rain at Capital City Airport between 9 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.

Residents in the Okemos neighborhood said the tornado struck about 10 p.m. "This is our official welcome to the neighborhood," said Barbara Schmidt, who moved into a house on East Sunwind last week with her husband, Jim, and four children. The Schmidts were luckier than some of their neighbors. They lost some newly planted trees, and a five-ton truck used in their business was knocked onto its side. But their home was intact.

Across the street, the roof and half the garage were missing from a two-story house. Down the block, other homes lacked chimneys, siding and See STORM, Page 4A By JIM RASMUSSEIM Lansing State Journal Residents of Okemos' Sunwind Estates neighborhood began to clean up the rubble Monday after a tornado ripped roofs from homes, uprooted trees and blew out windows. "It sounded like our house was gone," said Millie Davenport, who waited out the Sunday night storm with her husband, Bruce, in the basement of their house on East Sunwind Drive. The storm tore off their chimney and half their roof. A Stockbridge man was killed during Sunday night's storm when a tree fell on the camper he was sleeping in.

Rex Bates, 73, of Stockbridge, was killed about 11 p.m., said Capt. Richard Abbott of the Ingham County Sheriffs Department. The trailer was parked on Budd Road, about 2l2 miles north of Stockbridge. The victim's wife, Pauline Bates, was in a nearby house when the accident occurred. She returned to find the tree had fallen on the trailer.

She was in stable condition Monday at Chelsea Community Hospital with chest pains. The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down first in East Lansing, then in Okemos as heavy thunderstorms socked the area late Sunday night. At least six sightings of funnel clouds were reported as the storms moved across mid-Michigan at speeds up to 50 miles an hour. East Lansing vj JLanslng i Lansing Stats Journal Ferrari builder lived his dream; dies at 90 OBITUARY 15 Ann Landers -2D BusinessStocks r4B-6B Classified 4C-10C CrosswordComics 5D Deaths 2B nErma -2D LocalState 1B-3B Lottery 28 a Opinion 6A Sports 1C-4C Television Today 1D-4D OUTSIDE Sunny and humid today with a high in the high 80s to mid-90s Details, Page 2A Associated Press MODENA, Italy Enzo Ferrari, a former auto racer who said stubborness pushed him to become Italy's greatest sports car builder, died at his home in Modena. He was 90.

Ferrari, the founder and chairman of the company that bears his name, died Sunday, his company said. At his request, the an $150,000 for the cars. In his autobiography, Ferrari said he had three great dreams in his youth: to be an opera singer, a sportswriter or a race car driver. "The first vanished for lack of a voice, the second I resisted as a foolish ambition and the third was my course, my evolution," he wrote. Ferrari began racing in 1919 and drove with the Alfa Romeo team for 1 1 years.

But he had a flaw he could not bear to ruin an engine. Ferrari quit driving race cars in 1932 and promoted races for Alfa Romeo. "I have in fact no interest in life outside racing cars," Ferrari said in his autobiography. His son, Piero Lardi, was at his side when he died, the statement said. given, but he was known to suffer from a kidney ailment.

"With Enzo Ferrari, the great Italian symbol of youth, audacity, tenacity and technical progress disappears," said Premier Ciriaco De Mita. "The country will continue to love him through the red cars that still will race with his name." The Ferrari factory, in the town of Maran-ello, near Modena, turns out about 1,300 sports cars a year. Hundreds of customers book the models years in advance and pay as much as MichiqanTestival arrives Ferrari Friday. What's On will deliver in Thursday's State Journal schedules, maps, all the information you'll need. nouncement was withheld until after his private funeral Monday.

No cause of death was. A.