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Jsassprenci OLun on ffa 4l aoi GALESBURG, 111. (GNS) Francois Mit-" Mitterrand had come to visit America's terrand petted the 10-day-old piglet and said, neartiand. "Uoo, la la. Not exactly a diplomatic breakthrough, but the French president's words were understood by all concerned. The pig squealed.

The assembled 75 French and American photographers clicked their cameras. Agriculture Secretary John Block beamed. Fresh from the Silicon Valley in California, on his way to the steel mills in Pittsburgh, Mitterrand stopped in Carl Sandburg country in western Illinois to visit a piglet. "The Peoria pig is pinker than a French pig," Mitterrand said in French. With that, the tour was on.

Im ki ci P. Mitterrand handles a pig. 7 '2 i rani wtT 1 Four Sections FINAL EDITION I I 1 vyii 1 1 1 ii llzr) JLL L-xK-hy 350 Newsstand Binghamton, N.Y. I March 23, 1S343 Girl died toy stramgulatiomi I UJorld ARTILLERY SHELLING erupts in Beirut, and security sources report at least 50 people killed or wounded in Moslem areas. Page 7A.

RIOT POLICE patrol Chile's three largest cities after four persons were killed during protests against military rule. Page 7A. A CATHOLIC BISHOP says he will eat only bread and water to protest Poland's stance against the display of crucifixes in schools. Page 8A. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE the first partial returns from El Salvador's presidential election.

Page 9A. Mam cost (iiri moraer rgea wi I -ory LINDSEY fr I HOME I rX''1 I i WALES 1 HOME I Donnlgfflr ah TJctisn A STORM SURGES across the Southeast, smashing barns and uprooting trees in Alabama and flooding parts of Georgia. Page 2A. FEDERAL INSPECTORS say they found no evidence of tampering at the Kentucky bakery that made about half the Girl Scout cookies. Page 4A.

RESIDENTS OF HILO, Hawaii's second largest city, are put on alert as lava tumbles toward their homes from Mauna Loa. Page 5A. PROSECUTORS SAY preschool children in California were sexually molested by adult strangers in a game called "Naked Movie Page 6A. By NICK FOX A 12-year-old Binghamton newspaper carrier was strangled to death, according to a preliminary report of an autopsy, city police said. James B.

Wales Sr. 35, of 6 Sturges Binghamton, was arraigned today in the death of Cheri A. Lindsey of 12 Mulberry St. who was killed Monday afternoon and found last night in the basement of a house on her delivery route, Binghamton police said. Detective Capt.

Joseph D. Lynch of the Binghamton police released the preliminary results of the autopsy performed today by Broome County Coroner Dr. Herbert J. Wilk. Lynch said tests for sexual abuse would be completed within a week.

He would not say how the girl was strangled or if she suffered any other injuries. Wales was charged with second-degree murder at 12:46 a.m. today. City Court Judge Matthew J. Vitanza today entered a technical plea of innocent for Wales and sent him to Broome County Jail without bail.

A decision on whether bail will be set will be made in Broome Count Court See CARRIER, 11A i State KNEE NESTED Map locates house of James B. Wales Sr. in relation to house of North Side schoolgirl Cheri Lindsey. Other crimes against news carriers reported around the country; school to offer tips to students on avoiding strangers. Page IB.

Wales spoke about child several hours before arrest By SARA GILLEN and JAMES M. ODATO A porch light still burned at 6Vfe Sturges St. on Binghamton's North Side today. A uniformed policeman stood on the porch and Binghamton police cars drove down the street. At 11 Sturges a dollar bill lay tucked under a fruit bowl.

Toni Andros had planned to tip her newspaper girl Monday afternoon. Cheri A. Lindsey, 12, of 12 Mulberry Binghamton, was reported missing after she didn't return home from collecting for her paper route. She was last seen alive about 5 p.m. Monday.

Early today, the man who trained her on the paper route was charged with her death. James B. Wales 35, of 6M- Sturges Binghamton, is charged with second-degree murder, a felony. Wales delivered The Evening Press to the Andros family for about two years before Cheri took over the route earlier this year. Wales was a quiet man and the family paid for the newspaper through the newspaper's circulation department, Edward Andros said.

"Our only contact with him was when the wife would give him an envelope at Christmas," Edward Andros said. James Wales and his wife, Sue, took daily walks along Sturges Street with their two youngest children in a stroller, Edward Andros said. "I'd say, 'It's a warm day or 'a nice Andros said. "He'd say, The Wales family lived farther down Sturges Street before moving into the white house at 6 Sturges St. in December.

"He kind of always went around with his head down and never wanted to talk," said Belle Pier-point of 6 Sturges St. "I always try to be friendly to my neighbors." Pierpoint paused to watch the police cars moving slowly up and down the street. See WALES, 11A THE LEGISLATURE agrees to the largest increase in state aid to schools in history. Page 5B. HERMAN "WOODY' COLE'S nomination to head the Adirondack Park Agency is moving ahead in the state Senate.

Page 8B. A COURT SAYS mentally ill people discharged from state institutions have the right to sue for further care and housing from the state. Page 12B. Fund is established Local BROOME COUNTY will continue with plans for an industrial park at the site of the old Town of Conklin landfill, despite evidence of groundwater contamination in residential water wells, say county officials. Page IB.

EVIDENCE ABOUT SUBSTANCES in the body of Christopher M. Thater when he was fatally injured in a car-bicycle accident Oct. 16 will not be part of the trial of a car driver charged with vehicular manslaughter in Thater's death. Page IB. IT'S HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE between a garbage-burning plant and a factory housing a high technology industry in Pittsfield, Mass, say some Broome County residents.

Page IB. The Binghamton Press Company has established a fund in the name of slain Evening Press carrier Cheri A. Lindsey. Publisher Susan Clark-Jackson said today: "This is a time of sorrow and frustration for our community. We know, however, that many people want to somehow express their support for the Lindsey family in this time of grief and in the time ahead.

"We'll work with Cheri's family to set up an appropriate use for the money. Whatever is done with the money will be in complete accordance with the family's wishes. "For starters, the Binghamton Press Company will donate the $1,000 we orig inally offered as a reward for information leading to Cheri's location. "We hope others in the community will see fit to add their contributions." Contributions are being placed in an interest-bearing bank account under the supervision of George R. Venizelos, the Binghamton Press Company's public service director.

Persons wishing to contribute should mail checks or money orders not cash to: Cheri Lindsey Fund co Binghamton Press Company P.O. Box 4103 Binghamton, New York 13902 Contributors must include their name and address so accurate records can be kept. JOHN J.GUGUElMi James B. Wales of 6Ms Sturges Binghamton, is arraigned today for the murder of Cheri A. Lindsey, 12, of 12 Mulberry Binghamton.

Business MORTGAGE RATES ARE likely to rise over the next 90 days, possibly to the 14 percent level that tends to choke off buying. Page 11B. The U.S. IS still now improving its competitive position versus the emerging industrial powers of Southeast Asia. Page 11B.

Loss of friend shakes teachers and students Sport KENTUCKY, which opened the basketball season with a number of question marks, has mended well. Page ID. FORMER UCLA guard Walt Hazzard has been named to replace Larry Farmer as head basketball coach. Page ID. THE PHILLIES AND CUBS complete a five-player deal and the reaction in both cities is the Phils were fleeced.

Page ID. 1 1 1 1 ij i 7'm .1 I ,1.1 n.di .1 i fc-. I 1 for 13 years, spoke for many today at East Middle School where Cheri was a student for the last two years. Principal Cornelius J. Lorden said this is the toughest day he's ever faced as a school administrator, even harder than when he had to tell a high school girl several years ago that her father, a Binghamton firefighter, had drowned in the Susquehanna River.

"That was bad. This is worse," he said. Students at East Middle are "devastated" by Cheri's disappearance and death, Lorden said. Binghamton police detectives were at the school yesterday and questioned two dozen youngsters who knew Cheri, searching for leads in her disappearance, he said. The school's print shop printed its own reward poster of Cheri to distribute to nearby merchants.

Students also passed out posters of the young girl printed by the Binghamton Press Co. "She was outstanding in every respect," Lorden said. "She loved school and did well. She was in the orchestra and was a good athlete." See SCHOOL, 11A By GEORGE BASLER Jean Melville squeezed the tissue hard and dabbed at her eyes. "Everybody here kept hoping for the best.

Everybody kept hoping she'd be found alive," she said, fighting back tears. Melville, 34, taught Cheri A. Lindsey last year when she was a sixth-grade student at East Middle School on Robinson Street in Binghamton. She learned about Cheri's death at 6 a.m. today when she got a telephone call from another teacher.

She was still crying two hours later as she sat in the principal's office and talked about Cheri, who she remembered as a wonderful student and youngster. Cheri's body was found in a Sturges Street house last night. James B. Wales 35, owner of the house, has been charged with second-degree murder. The girl disappeared Monday night.

"She was a great kid. She just had such a bubbly personality. She liked other kids and had a lot of friends," Melville said. The teacher, who has been teaching IMcathor RAIN, WET SNOW and sleet tonight and tomorrow. Low in the lower 30s, high in the mid-30s.

Page 2A. JOHN BOLAS Jean Melville, Cheri Lindsey's sixth-grade teacher last year, sheds tears for the slain girl today at East Middle School, Robinson Binghamton. Nursing babies grow slowly Connecticut Hart win yields momentum for N.Y. Tomorrow SINCE THE END of last year's World Series, columnist George Will has spent his time pouting about a universe that would be so rotten as to limit baseball's regular season to 162 games. Commentary Page.

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Tobin at 798-1110 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. By ELLEN HALE Gannett News Service PHOENIX, Ariz. Infants fed only on breast milk the first six months of life don't keep up with established growth standards, a new study shows. The authors of the study say they aren't sure if that's because a diet of only breast milk is inadequate, or because the standards are set too high.

They recommend that mothers who rely solely on breast milk keep close tabs on their babies' growth. "Generally speaking, somewhere between four and six months most infants need some supplementation, although some can do very well on breast milk alone for six months," says Dr. Bunas Duncan, the study's director. By "sup plementation" he means infant formu While the 34 breast-fed babies in the study didn't grow or gain as much weight as they should have, the differences were not serious or dangerous. Furthermore, the babies benefitted in other ways: They had far fewer infections and illnesses than otherwise would have been expected, and their breast-milk diets provided them all the iron they needed.

The decline in growth rate was not because of insufficient nutrition in the breast milk, but because of insufficient quantity of the milk. "I think what we're saying here is not to stop breast feeding, but to keep close tabs on kids who are exclusively breast fed," said Duncan, associate professor of pediatrics and head of the pediatrics section at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson. Duncan presented his findings here at a meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. members and Jews. Hart now can match his renewed momentum against Mondale's endorsements by labor and Democratic leaders in a contest that could turn on a slip of the tongue, but more likely will be won or lost in a bruising battle of paid and free media.

The stakes Tuesday in New York, with five times as many convention delegates as Connecticut, are enormous, and the tone of the primary race is expected to be set in a nationally televised debate in New York sponsored by CBS at 8 p.m. today (on WBNG-TV Channel 12 in Binghamton). For former vice president Mondale, just putting Connecticut behind him is progress. See PRIMARY, Back Page By DON CAMPBELL Gannett News Service HARTFORD, Conn. Sen.

Gary Hart enters the countdown to the big New York primary hoping New Yorkers vote like their neighbors in Connecticut and throughout New England. Hart's victory in yesterday's Connecticut primary, which completed a six-state New England sweep, was perhaps his most impressive in the region, because it included support from virtually every voting group, including two identified with Walter F. Mondale rank-and-file union Poll shows Mondale ahead in IVew York. Back Page. Labor finds way for PAC money to benefit Mondale indirectly.

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