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tT- 7- Boost for kids: Day care group receives $90,000 state grant 3A nominations: Wilted Hose: All-time hits leader won't make Hall of Fame ballot Phil Collins, Quincy Jones lead way for 33rd annual awards 4B 1B Battle Creek 1 "SERVING THE CEREAL CITY AND SOUTHCENTRAL MICHIGAN" 35 CENTS JAN. 11,1991 A GANNETT NEWSPAPER Grammy Latest Scores Thiree teens to be Med in mieair-lfatall beaton NBA Indiana 129 New York 122 By ANNE MclLREE Staff Writer Holloway testified Thursday to a packed courtroom. The two were at the party earlier and were going to return, Holloway testified, Charlotte 101 Sacramento 59 San Antonio .117 Orlando 111 Holloway testified. "Me and Ted ignored them and kept on walking," he said. The four came running up behind them Houston 156 Denver 133 be tried on charges of assault with intent to murder, Judge Franklin Line ruled.

They will be arraigned Jan. 28. The victim, Ted Watson, 17, still is recovering after being comatose. Watson and his friend, Richard Holloway, were passing a home on High Street where a party was going on, when they saw Austin, Bolden, Newell and Three teen-agers accused of nearly beating another youth to death Dec. 21 will stand trial in Circuit Court, a District Court Judge ruled Thursday.

The three James Newell, 17, Fred Austin, 16, and David Bolden, 16 will an unidentified fourth male on the porch, and Watson was attacked, Holloway said; NHL Someone on the porch said, No white people allowed," referring to Watson, See BEATING, 3A Los Angeles 5 Buffalo 2 Boston 5 Quebec 3 Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 7 Calgary 1 Toronto 2 Complete scores in Scoreboard, 2B (o(ogljrCfQ A Ail Today's Highlights A I "(V 4 ft bnJKQ JC U.N. efforts in jeopardy The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi President Saddam Hussein today ruled out a withdrawal from Kuwait without settlement of the Palestinian problem, dampening hope that the 5 v. 1 "'I U.N. secretary general would succeed in his last-ditch effort to defuse the crisis. Mdelst AUdMUau Americans warned to leave: Israel.

5A The United States has rejected any link between the two conflicts, i In Baghdad this weekend, the secretary-general is expected to propose the phased withdrawal of Iraqi and U.S.-led multinational forces supervised by U.N. peacekeepers, diplomats said Thursday at the United Nations." Under the plan, a U.N. force' would establish a buffer zone be-! tween the Iraqi and U.S.-led mul-1 tinational forces. After the Iraqi withdrawal, the U.S.-led forces could complete their pullout and the Kuwaiti government would be restored. Since neither side trusts the other, diplomats said they thought Perez de Cuellar would-propose binding arbitration issues, perhaps under a U.N.t arbiter.

All these possibilities hinge-' upon Saddam's willingness to lis-I ten. If he stands firm, Perez det Cuellar may not even have the opportunity to broach the sub- ject. Engler supports Bill Schuette as state agriculture chief GRAND RAPIDS Unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidate Bill Schuette has Gov. John Engler's backing to become Michigan's agriculture director, an Engler spokesman says.

The five-member state Agriculture Commission was expected to fill the post at a meeting today in Grand Rapids. Robert Mitchell resigned as director after Engler defeated incumbent James Blanchard. Engler spokesman John Truscott said the gov-, emor supported Schuette, a former U.S. representative from Sanford, for the job. Schuette said late Thursday that "it would be an honor for me to serve should the commission want me to," he said.

Though the commission has the. power to pick the agriculture Engler's wishes carry a lot of weight. United States rejects total ban on underground nuclear tests UNITED NATIONS The United States announced to United Nations delegates Thursday that it favors continued underground nuclear testing, dashing the hopes of diplomats and anti-nuclear activists for a comprehensive ban on tests of atomic weapons. The U.N. conference hoped to amend the treaty to outlaw underground tests, the only type still permitted.

The United i States and Britain oppose a ban, saying tests are needed to ensure that weapons work and to test safety devices. Survey shows car owners want smokers to butt out DETROIT It's a smoker's Saab story: Owners of costly cars don't want their passengers puffing away inside the deluxe interiors, a survey says. Seventy percent of the people who own 2- to 31-year-old cars don't let anyone smoke inside and about half would rather see automakers lose lighters and ashtrays altogether, said the survey of more than 23,000 people. BMW and Saab owners led the anti-smoking brigade with 84 percent enforcing smoke-free cabins. Least likely to ban the butts were Yugo owners, with nearly 50 percent letting people light up inside.

The J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey found only 3 1 percent of respondents allowed smoking in their cars. World's tallest city hall just completed in Tokyo TOKYO In terms of size at least, Tokyo residents might have good reason to believe you can't fight City Hall. Theirs will soon be the world's largest. Come April, a 48-story mountain of marble and glass will open for business in this city of nearly 12 million.

Towering 795 feet high, it will be Japan's tallest building. Officials acknowledge that getting 13,000 municipal workers and their 260,000 boxes of papers settled will be a major task. But they are confident of opening on April 1. Saddam spoke to Muslim scholars attending a conference in Baghdad to display support for Iraq in the Persian Gulf standoff. His defiant speech, a recording of which was made available to The Associated Press by conference sources, came one day before the U.N.

chief, Javier Perez de Cuellar, was due to land in Baghdad in a final bid to convince the Iraqis to leave Kuwait. Saddam boasted in his speech that he has mobilized men for a potential war after the United Nations Jan. 15 deadline for a withdrawal. Saddam reiterated his demand that the liberation of Palestine be linked to resolving the Gulf crisis. Staff Photo by Doug Allen Children along the street salute the Michigan Army National Guard unit as its buses roll through Bronson.

Cheers Sears saluHe troops CIos Mote s6im on use of foirco By BILL MILLER Regional Editor I I The Associated Press Vietnam veteran Doug Martin gazed out of the window of the bus at the sea of people and balloons and flags along the roadway, and could hardly be- lieve his eyes. Two towns stop to say "We never goodbye-Story, photos, 4A had nothing like this in Vietnam," said the Quincy man. "They sent us off and that was it. This time, it's good." On Thursday morning, life stopped in Sturgis, Bronson and Coldwater as more than 6,000 people gathered on chilly, snow-swept streets for a send-off salute to the Michigan Army National Guard unit. Seven chartered buses with nearly 200 khaki-clad soldiers roared out of the 1072nd Maintenance See BUS, 4A margin of victory would be very slim and could go the other way.

House leaders of both partiest predicted success for a resolution authorizing Bush to use military! might to free Kuwait. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, said he favors a resolution to authorize force. Rep.

Howard -Wolpe, D-Lansing, is against au-i thorizing an offensive strike Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Donald Riegle are favor contin-; ued use of economic sanctions" and diplomacy but oppose-, armed conflict for the present. WASHINGTON Congress is in the throes of a tortuous war-and-peace debate over whether to give President Bush authority to unleash military force to oust Iraq from Kuwait. Faced with a close vote in the Senate, where Democrats hold a 56-44 majority, Bush met with 17 senators Thursday, lobbying the seven Democrats among the bipartisan group in attendance. Bush's supporters said they believed they had the votes to prevail, but head counters said the Staff Photo by Kevin Hare Kelly Moler, 10, of Edison School in Coldwater shows her colors as the troops pass through downtown Coldwater.

Reported Deaths Watttes comer to get stop light Industrial pairk to bo trade zone By JACKIE RYNIAK Staff Writer Dorothy B. Barningham William Betten Euneva AA. Burgess Mariorie Chase Lillian T. Cosgrove Cecilia AA. DeBarr Arlo Deer Ruth I.

Gauthier Atlanta R. Hay Janet AA. Hinman Chester H. Whitman Esther AA. Johncock Howard P.

Jones AAary Ellen Lea William C. 'Bill' Long Bernice AAarkus Charles E. Marshall Juliee T. Norman Joan Sobeske Todd L. Taylor Johanna L.

Vriihof See Page 2A By DAVID CARLTON Business Editor the township's business district The light will be installed once Calhoun County satisfies the state's requirement of widening part of Wattles Road north of the intersection, said township clerk Gloria Mai-chele. Township supervisor Gordon Peckham welcomes MDOTs decision. "This is certainly a relief," he said. "I often feel I am taking my life in my hands when I get to that Inside the Enquirer "Local residents have maintained that the area's growth necessitates the placing of a light at the intersection," Martin said. "They did an outstanding job of gathering statistical information and working dilligently to achieve their goal." Residents have been concerned about the area because of the number of accidents and near mishaps occurring The intersection is near Wattles Park Elementary School and Emmett Township residents will receive what they have wanted from the Michigan Department of Transportation for a long time a stop light at Wattles Road and Michigan Avenue.

State Rep. Bill Martin, R-Battle Creek, said MDOT approved having a light at the intersection after a study in July showed traffic volume warranted a light. Young of Battle Creek Unlimited, the city's industrial park marketer. Foreign trade zones are pockets of international territory that allow goods to be warehoused without customs duties until they pass through. If goods are exported through the zone, no duties are paid.

And goods can be stored See ZONE, 2A All of Fort Custer Industrial Park's usable land has been declared a foreign trade zone, increasing Battle Creek's standing in the global economy. "It makes us even more competitive in the international market It's another piece of the overall package," said Rob Local 2-4A Nation 5A Obituaries 2A.8B People 10B Sports 1-3B State 6A Television 5B Weather 10B 5A Ann Landers 5B Bridge 68 Business 8A Classified 8-9B Comics 6B Editorials 7A Entertainment 6A Features 5B Lifestyle 4-7B 4 LI.