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THE Inside TODAY STATE Background Check Law OK'd The legislature has approved and sent to Gov. Harry Hughes a bill requiring background checks for those working with minors. Page 3 Legislature OKs Seat Belt Law Gov. Harry Hughes is expected to sign a mandatory seat belt law approved Thursday by the General Assembly which calls for a $25 fine for violation. Page 3 LIFESTYLE HERITAGE LOG HOME LIVING Couple Loves Log Home Warmth Judi and Dale Watson of Salisbury are so impressed by the charm of log homes that they organized their own company to sell the homes.

Page 4 62 Students To Perform In Band Sixty-two students from area high schools and Salisbury State College perform in the first County College-High School Band concert Sunday. Page 4 NATION Jobless Rate Drops Slightly The government reported today the nation's unemployment rate slipped a notch to 7.2 percent last month as the economy created 227,000 jobs, widely anticipated by economists. Page 6 WORLD Reagan Will Try Private Diplomacy President Reagan will try private diplomacy when he meets at the White House next week with former Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin hoping to reverse the skid in relations. Page 6 SPORTS Orioles Cut Roster To 25 The Orioles released veteran infielder Wayne Gross Thursday, trimming their team roster to 25 players.

Page 11 Sharpless Keys Sea Gull Victory Terri Sharpless, a Washington High graduate, fired a two-hit shutout Thursday as Salisbury State blanked Catholic University 4-0. Page 11 INDEX Classifieds 14-19 .21 Crossword .20 Dear Abby .20 Editorial Page Entertainment .4 Lifestyle .4,5 Obituaries Sports 1-13 Phone 749-7171 For Home Delivery WEEKDAYS DAILY SINGLE COPY $1.90 HOME DELIVERY DAILY TIMES Delmarva's Largest Newspaper FRIDAY Vol. 64 No. 123 April 4, 1986 Salisbury, Maryland Weather Cloudy tonight with a chance of a shower. Mild Saturday.

Details on page 2, Riley, Others Eye Senate Seat By SUSAN GERSTEL Of The Times Staff SALISBURY Del. Lewis R. Riley, R-Wicomico, said Thursday he will run for the Maryland 38th District Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Joseph J. Long D- Wicomico, who is retiring.

Riley said he was waiting until after Long made his farewell announcement to the General Assembly Thursday announce his candidacy. He said he probably will file within the next few weeks. Riley said that, with 12 years experience in county government and eight years in the House of Delegates, he decided to take advantage of the vacant seat and the opportunity for another challenge. The 51-year-old House of Delegates Minority Whip, farmer and businessmen said he has an excellent record of cooperation with his Democratic colleagues: He said the team effort won't change, regardless of political affiliation. Long's seat is being eyed by other hopefuls and, with Riley's delegate seat opening up, potential candidates for the House are surfacing before the June 30 filing deadline.

Both four- offices have an annual salary of $21,000. ATTORNEY AND Wicomico County Council member Victor H. Laws Sr. will decide in the next few weeks if he will throw his hat into the Senate election ring. "I've been thinking about it for some he said.

Another interested attorney is Tony Bruce, Crisfield's city solicitor who considered running for state senator four years ago. "I'm not disinterested," he said. certainly had interest earlier. I don't know whether there's any big draft out there, however. While there was some speculation about the lower Eastern Shore Democratic delegates also vying for Long's Senate seat, Dels.

Mark 0. Pilchard, D- Worcester, and Daniel M. Long, D-Somerset, said they probably will seek re-election to the House. They said they have not yet filed or officially announced their intentions. Delegate Long said a big turnover will occur in the House after the next election.

He said it is "important for the Eastern Shore to retain some experience in the Pilchard said "it would be interesting and nice" to be senator but added, "I think I like it right where I TWA Victims' Relatives Want Justice DUNDALK, Md. (AP) Family members of the three Marylanders killed when a bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route to Athens say they want the terrorist responsible for the senseless act brought to justice. "I think they should kill them. I'd like to do it myself," said Warren Klug whose daugther-in-law was among the victims. "We believe if you take a life, your life should be taken," Klug said at an interview at his modest red brick rowhouse in Dundalk, a blue-collar suburb of Baltimore.

Among those killed in the blast Wednesday were Klug's daughter-in-law, Maria Klug, 24, of Annapolis, and his granddaughter, 9-month-old Demetra Klug. Also killed was Maria Klug's mother, Demetra Toula Stylian, 52, also of Annapolis. Paul Alexiou, Mrs. Stylian's brother, said that he hoped the person responsible was apprehened and prosecuted. Alexiou told reporters at a press conference at his Annapolis home Thursday afternoon he would leave person's punishment to the government.

"They are going to do something about he said. "They're strong. Alexiou, who owns an Annapolis restaurant, said he did not know who was responsible for the bombing but did not blame President Ronald Reagan or the recent U.S. actions against Libya in the Gulf of Sidra. Klug said Reagan's action might have antagonized the terrorists but he wasn't sure if the Wednesday's bombing which killed four Americans aboard the plane came as a result of it.

Relatives had warned the travelers they were taking a risk by flying to Greece, particularly Maryland Kin Say Terrorists Deserve Death VICTIMS' RELATIVES. Tim Alexiou, statement from relatives of the killed aboard a TWA airliner this after last June's hijacking of a TWA plane from Athens, said Klug, a salesman for Baltimore Electric. said Maria Klug had taken here infant on the trip, despite concerns about recent airplane terrorism, because she was still nursing the baby. "It's a shame crazy people take that right (to travel) away from us," said Warren Klug's wife, Joyce. "It's ironic that just our daughter-in-law was killed out of Wicomico Losing More U.S.

Funds July Revenue Sharing Cut Seen By SUSAN GERSTEL Of The Times Staff SALISBURY Wicomico County will be losing more than $40,000 in its July federal revenue sharing fund payment, county administrative director Matthew Creamer said Thursday. According to Creamer, the Office of Revenue Sharing said the $267,804 July payment will be reduced by $40,000 to $48,000. He said the lost funds were counted as revenue in his recommended $37.5 million fiscal 1986-87 budget. Creamer said it is possible the county's $178,268 October would payment be cut, which result in a total reduction in the two payments of $80,000 to $96,000. The October payment will be the county's last if the revenue sharing funds are discontinued as expected.

To make revenues meet proposed expenditures, Creamer has recommended a property tax rate Shore POSSIBLE candidates for Riley's House seat are also surfacing. Wicomico County councilman Bruce Ruark said he has been "approached by a number of people to give it consideration." Newly re-elected Salisbury City Council President Norman Conway also is a possible candidate and said the House seat "certainly an area that I will consider." Both he and Ruark said they must look at all aspects of entering state politics before making their decisions. All of the potential candidates, with the exception of Riley, are Democrats. No other Republican contenders have come forward. Maryland re legislators pay tribute to Sen.

Joe Long after his farewell announcement in Annapolis Thursday. Page 3 Delaware Gas Sales Going Up By CRAIG SHEARMAN Of The Times Staff DOVER With prices down and the weather warm, Delaware service stations "are pumping as fast as they can" and may set an all-time sales record this spring, a state official said Thursday. Gasoline sales figures for the first two months of this year, released by the Division of Motor Fuel Tax, showed sales up 5.7 percent over the same period last year. Some 46.1 million gallons were sold during the period. Statistics for March won't be available for another month yet as the agency waits for reports to come in from fuel distributors.

But division director Dale A. Shuirman said he expects them to be the highest the First State has seen since the invention of the automobile. "I really expect the month of March to go right through the ceiling. It will probably set the record for he said. BEHIND THE increased consumption are decreased gasoline prices.

right, by, from three Marylanders sister, Virginia week. Alexiou is iou. His sister, (AP Laserphoto) all of those on the whole plane," she added. was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Warren Klug said. The Klugs described the woman that their son, Warren Jr.

married two years ago as pleasant and out- -going. The couple had honeymooned in the Greek Isles, they said. The younger Klug, who left for Greece as soon as he heard about the explosion, identified the bodies Thursday morning, the Klugs said. left, his mother, Penny Alexiou; her Schultz; and his father, Paul Alexniece, and grandniece were killed. Klug, who said he and his wite were born-again Christians, said religion has helped them handle the grief.

"We don't question God," he said. doesn't make mistakes, but we don't know how much power the devil has." The State Department lists places on other continents that may pose danger to tourists. Page 19 Police seek a woman suspected of planting the bomb that killed four Americans on a TWA jet. Page 4 Batting Cage Jack Slayton, center, owner of Jack's Golf and Batting Range, helps Ron North from Aerial Services install nets for a batting cage at Slayton's business north of Salisbury. (Times Photo by Larry Alpaugh) increase for the next fiscal year from $1.76 to $1.90.

He said it is too early to tell how the reduction in revenue sharing funds will affect the budget. Creamer said he is sending word to all county departments to "slow down on expenditures. Anything that can be saved, should be County financing director Joseph Schiller said he called the Office of Revenue Sharing to determine when funding would be cut. It was confirmed that the July payment would be cut, he said, but "it is too early to tell on the October payment." While the county council was hopeful on Tuesday that revenue sharing entitlements would not run out altogether, Schiller said Congress won't reach a decision about funds until the budget is already passed in May. He said should Congress decide to continue the entitlements, it would only affect the fiscal 1987-88 budget.

Shore Delegates es Seek To Aid Buffalos By LOUISE ASH Of The Times Staff SALISBURY To demonstrate their support for Willie and Mary Buffalo, the Salisbury couple seeking to adopt 3-year-old Angel Thomas, the Lower Shore delegation to the General Assembly were to meet in Annapolis today with Secretary of the Department of Human Resources Ruth Massinga. State Sen. Joseph J. Long D- Wicomico, said he invited Massinga to meet with the Buffalos and Billy Gene Jackson, a friend to the couple, to discuss the adoption of Angel. The Buffalos' petition to adopt the child was denied by the local social services agency, in part because of the age of the prices.

Crude oil prices dipped briefly below $10 a barrel Tuesday, the lowest price since 1977 and the best consumer news yet in the plummet from late November's $31 a barrel. One Wilmington station recently advertised both unleaded and regular gasoline for 67.9 cents a gallon, and a Delaware Motor Club AAA survey a week and a half ago found the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the state to be 97.9 cents a gallon. "That's slightly higher than you'll see on a billboard" because it includes the upward factor of unleaded gasoline at full-service stations, AAA spokesman Harry Roosevelt said. Typical selling prices for unleaded gas selfservice stations has ranged from 75 to 90 cents in recent days. The official average in an indicator, though, he said.

At Christmas, the average Delaware price had been at $1.20, and a year ago it was $1.13, he said. THE CURRENT 97.9 cent average, the last to be surveyed by AAA until Memorial Day, was the 16th-lowest price in the nation and compares $1.10 in 44th-ranked Maryland. The District of Columbia had the highest price at $1.19 and Missouri the lowest at 87.6 cents. Shuirman said he is optimistic about prices as the summer beach season approaches. are quite a few stations selling both regular and unleaded in the 70s right now.

By May, we'll probably see a lot in the 60s. Heaven knows, by June and July it could be in the 50s, maybe. It all depends on OPEC," he said. Roosevelt was less starry-eyed. "The volatility of gasoline prices is such that it makes it very difficult to predict beyond what we see before us today.

It depends on OPEC and non-OPEC crude prices, the price of production and refining and competition at the retail outlets. I don't have my crystal ball in front of he said. Nonetheless, with the trend prices have shown so far this year, Roosevelt said AAA expects travel and gasoline use to increase this summer. 2. couple.

Both are in their 50s. An appeal through the agency was denied by a hearing examiner. The Social Services Administration is an agency of the state's Department of Human Resources. "I WANTED a chance for us to sit down and talk sensibly and quietly about this." Long said. "I am 65 years old, and I would be very upset if someone told me I couldn't raise a child like I wanted to.

"I have a lot of respect for Billy Gene Jackson and also for the Buffalos, of whom I have heard many wonderful things," he said. said he discussed the case with Del. Lewis R. Riley, R-Wicomico, and they decided to invite the other Lower Shore delegates, Mark O. Pilchard, D- and Danny Long, D-Somerset, to the meeting scheduled for 1 p.m.

in the Senate Office Building. Massinga was invited to bring any staff she wished, including local representatives from Wicomico County, Long said. "Hopefully, walk away from this meeting with some positive results for the Buffalos," he said. "I understand we, the Lower Shore delegation, cannot overrule any decision made by the department, but we want to discuss the situation show our unified support for the SINCE THE plight of the Buffalos came to the attention of the public in late March, there has been overwhelming community support for them. Schoolchildren at the Glen Avenue School, where Buffalo is the head custodian, sponsored a petition, collecting nearly 200 signatures from students sympathetic to his cause.

Dozens of letters have been written to the editor of the Daily Times, not one opposed to the couple adopting Angel. Members of the child's family also have expressed their support for the Buffalos. An April 7 hearing on the appeal in Wicomico County Circuit Court has been postponed at the request of the Attorney General's office, according to Newton Jackson, the couple's attorney. Long said he hopes the Buffalos' adoption case can be resolved without further court action..