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A-12 THE TIMES Monday, May 23, 1983 NS.L. 1 Ml ouse debates I missile Today People former Sen. Richard Stone of Florida as a special envoy to Central America. The House will interrupt work on the $187.8 billion defense authorization bill to vote Wednesday on a catch-all, $4.8 billion supplemental spending measure for the current fiscal year. The same day, House and Senate conferees are tentatively scheduled to meet to begin seeking a compromise version of the budget blueprints passed by the two chambers.

Brent Scowcroft, a retired general who headed the MX commission, said on the same interview show that the MX program "should go forward on its merits." Leaders of the Republican-run Senate also hope to obtain a floor vote on the MX resolution, along with a House-passed measure raising the government's debt ceiling to $1.39 trillion, before both nouses recess for a long Memorial Day weekend. The Senate also is expected to confirm President Reagan's nomination of Big, baaaaad Mr. bruiser of NBC-TV's A-Team, calls his mother every day and says he'd never make a movie he wouldn't be proud to show her. WASHINGTON (AP) The MX missile faces likely do-or-die decisions in Congress this week. The House was beginning debate today on a resolution that would free $625 million for engineering and flight-testing of the MX.

The money was appropriated last December but temporarily frozen because of uncertainly as to how the intercontinental missile would be based. Immediately after the vote on the resolution Tuesday, the House plans to take up the section of the 1984 defense authorization bill that includes more than $4.5 billion in procurement and development money for the MX. More than $5 billion already has been spent on the program. The MX, whose future was in doubt a few months ago after Congress rejected a "dense pack," closely spaced basing method, was given new life last month by a presidential advisory commission. In a carefully drawn compromise, the bipartisan panel called for deploying 100 of the 10-warhead weapons in existing Minuteman silos while beginning research on a more politically popular small, mobile missile for the 1990s.

The commission also called for new strategic arms control initiatives with the Soviet Union. President Reagan has said production and deployment of the MX a weapon he has dubbed "Peacekeeper" is vital to modernize the U.S. land-based missile force and induce the Soviets to agree to significant arms reductions at the negotiating table in Geneva. Congressional critics questioned Reagan's desire for arms control, but he apparently picked up some votes from wavering congressmen by giving them written and personal assurances of his commitment. As a result of that and the inclusion of the small missile in the defense program, MX advocates are optimistic they will be able to eke out a victory and keep the weapon from being scrapped.

Opponents, who say the missile is not needed and also could heighten chances of a nuclear war, also predict a close vote. "Congress is likely to pass the MX with conditions," former CIA Director Stansfield Turner predicted Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." But Turner, who opposes the MX, said such action would be "irresponsible It's time for Congress to say to the president we want a deterrent strategy, not a war-fighting strategy, and the MX only fits into a war-fighting strategy." S. African warplanes bomb Mozambique bases capital, the worst terrorist blast in the country's history. The government blamed it on the ANC, the exiled black nationalist group fighting to overthrow South Africa's white-minority government. Defense Minister Magnus Malan, in a statement released through the South African Press Association, said the planes also hit a Mozambican air force missile site he claimed provided defense for the ANC bases.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) South African warplanes attacked African National Congress bases in Mozambique's capital today. The attack apparently was to retaliate for what the government called the "cowardly car-bomb attack" that killed 17 people in Pretoria. The raid on Maputo came three days after the car-bombing that also wounded more than 200 in the South African "Any man who doesn't love his mama can't be no friend of mine," the actor said in this week's issue of People magazine. Mr. T's ambition is to play "Charlton Heston-type roles, like Moses, Ben Hur or El Cid or one of Jesus' disciples," he said.

"Or something meaningful, like a black doctor in a Southern town who finds a cure for cancer." However, the 31-year-old muscleman with the Mandinka hairdo says he has no desire to do Shakespeare because I don't talk in that kind of broken English." Church of Cardinal Virtues wants channel 50 Places St. Jacques said he'd try to participate in an experimental program under which nine PBS stations across the country are airing a limited number of commercials. But that program, authorized by Congress, is scheduled to end June 30. And Ken Howard, a legal assistant for the Federal Communications Commission, said it's "extremely unlikely" Congress will extend the program because it's now reviewing broad studies on alternative financing for public television. St.

Jacques said he also would look into having the station operate for part of the day as a pay-television outlet. That isn't possible under current FCC regulations, Howard said, but that's one of the areas being studied. million a year. "We figure it takes a minimum of $2 million a year just to run a decent station," St. Jacques said.

Channel 50's annual budget was only about $800,000, and it could barely raise that. St. Jacques said his church could pour about $150,000 a year from its coffers into the station, which would offset the $142,000 the school system had contributed before it pulled out. Airing more local shows would increase viewer contributions because they'd be more interested in the station, he said. And local entertainers like bands, orchestras and theater groups may pay production to get their own shows aired for exposure, he said.

The station also has a "tremendous commercial value" that can be used to help pay its bills, he said. WTfW-TV (Channel 11), the PBS affiliate in Chicago. Many Calumet Region homes could pick up Channel 11 better than they could Channel 50, he said, so they tuned in the former. Executives at Channel 11 agreed with that diagnosis. "It would seem the key to survival would be to come up with a different product," said Keven Wilder, vice president of the Chicago Program Group, a division of WTTW.

"But that is very expensive." Expensive it is. Local shows need money for reporters, camera operators, directors, tape editors, equipment and other necessities. WTTW has a budget of about $15.5 Bianca Jagger, former wife of rock star Mick Jagger, says she "had a camera and used that as a weapon" when she followed gunmen in Honduras who were holding refugees hostage. Ms. Jagger, speaking Sunday at Stonehill College in Easton, was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities for her work in her native Nicaragua as well as El Salvador and Honduras.

Paul David "Ace" Frehley, a member of the rock group Kiss, led police on a 90 mph chase in a De Lorean sports car that ended after he ran several people off the road, police said. Frehley, 32, was to appear in White Plains (N.Y.) City Court today after being charged Saturday with driving Indiana cancer registry study may be near three families." Bosma said, "Cancer can be prevented or reduced by eliminating contact with carcinogenic agents in the workplace or the environment. "The knowledge of the frequency of the occurence of cancer can assist in the identification of concentrations of carcingens that are health hazards." The lobbyist believes establishment of the information center will entitle Indiana to federal assistance allowing for the coordination of the public and private sector into cancer research. Bosma said cancer is the second ranking cause of death in Indiana and the nation. It occurs "in about one-fourth of the population," Bosma said, "or in one of branch to currently provide input into medical research of any type," he said.

"The State Board of Health provides health related services, but does nothing in the area of prevention. "Indiana University's medical school has taken on some research into cancer, but only through individual efforts. Those efforts aren't formally support by the university's trustees." cancer. He doesn't represent cancer or medical organizations as part of his cadre of clients. The lobbyist said the cancer related death sensitized him to Indiana's lack of medical research in the state.

"There is no governmental system for either the legislative or executive while intoxicated, reckless driving Gas station inspections to be scheduled every bite counts in the Calumet Region, which has struggled to meet air quality standards for years. A small area of East Chicago is in noncompliance for carbon monoxide. Lake, Porter and Cook counties are not meeting the mark for hydrocarbons the substances which turn into the pollutant ozone. And Cook is a nonattainment area for ozone and carbon monoxide. All the areas face the threat of federal fund cut-offs unless they meet the Control, said: "For $60,000, you're lucky to get two people and a car." Lake County service stations outside of Hammond will also face blanket inspections through an Indiana State Board of Health program.

A state spokesman said it will use a $50,656 grant for the program, which covers all communities except Hammond and Marion County-Indianapolis. They have their own grants. "We're looking to cover every service station in the state, but obviously we'll start on the hot soots first," Michael Worrell, of the state's air pollution control division, said. Lake and Porter counties are considered hot spots because they are not meeting air quality standards, and because fuel-switching usually occurs in urban rather than rural areas, Worrell said. For the same reasons, Clark and Floyd counties in southern Indiana are also target areas.

Although officials suspect fuel-switching and tampering are only a small slice of the pollution pie, they say might be out there. Since there's never really been a blanket inspection, we don't know what we'll find," Novak said. Richard Kozlowski, an EPA official from Washington, called the Chicago area the worst in the nation for such violations of the federal Clean Air Act. Cook County also started a local effort in January with the help of about $60,000 in federal money, but it can only afford to perform random inspections. Philip Mole, director of the Cook County Department of Environmental and leaving the scene of an accident, police said.

Sgt. Tom Watson said Frehley "took off" up the winding Bronx River Parkway in the suburbs of New York City on Saturday afternoon after Watson had stopped him and another driver for a minor accident. Frehley "drove several people off the road" as he fled, Watson said, at times driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes. Four drivers later told Watson their cars had been hit. Jimmy Stewart said residents of his hometown of Indiana, made him feel "that I still belong here" as crowds of people helped dedicate a statue for his 75th birthday and President Reagan telephoned to pay tribute.

About 30,000 people attended ceremonies Saturday for the veteran actor in this town 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. 'I'm proud that so many of you call me friend, and in return I want you to know I think of you as family," Stewart said. abitual criminal convictions rise Things justice system. "Statistics have shown that about 27 percent of crimes are committed by repeat offenders," Crawford said. "Rehabilitation has not worked and to ensure the protection of society, such criminals must be incarcerated for lengthy periods of time." Last week's separate trial of the Thomas brothers as habitual criminals revealed their past felony records.

Anthony Thomas was convicted of a Lake County burglary in 1977. He was put on probation. Later that year, he was convicted of kidnapping and robbery, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Rodney Thomas was convicted of a Jefferson City, Mo. rape in 1977.

He was in prison three years. In 1981, he was convicted of a Lake County theft and served two years. The brothers fit the description of those persons the CCU is looking for, Vanes said. "If someone has had two chances and still goes back to committing felonies, it's a good indication that he's never going to change," Vanes said. "Also, we look for people who are not slowing down, but escalating their criminal activity.

You can see that in the case of the Thomas brothers." The Indiana General Assembly added a provision for habitual criminals to the criminal code in 1977. Prior to that, a little-enforced life sentence for "three-time losers" was on the books. "The use of the habitual criminal provision depends on the local county prosecutor's office," Vanes said. "This office believes that it's a lot easier to remove people like this from society for a long time than to take a chance on them being on the outside." office. Since its formation in late 1979, the CCU has successfully secured habitual criminal convictions 24 times in 26 attempts.

Prior to the unit's formation, only one person was convicted in Lake County of being a habitual criminal, said Thomas Vanes, the head of the CCU. The unit was originally funded by a $225,000 grant from the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Funding from federal sources has mostly ended, but the Lake County Council has continued to allocate funds for the unit. Members of the unit are proven trial lawyers, and have reduced case loads so they are able to concentrate on prosecuting those criminals with long records. County Prosecutor Jack Crawford said repeat offenders are usually persons already given a break by the criminal that status automatically adds 30 years to a prison sentence.

In recent weeks, four men including the Thomases have been convicted of being habitual criminals. Habitual criminal status requires that a person have two prior felony convictions. A Calumet City man was sentenced to 60 years for robbery and being a habitual criminal. A 22-year-old Crown Point man was found guilty of being a habitual criminal. He was also convicted of burglary charges.

As many as a dozen other habitual criminal cases could go to trial in Lake County Criminal Court this year. The cases will be prosecuted by the Career Criminal Unit, a three-member branch of the Lake County Prosecutor's Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is not expecting Sweden's female ministers to curtsey to her during a state visit beginning Wednesday, although such an omission once caused vvrr 7- tV Warm, sunny quite a stir. The most lasting impression of Elizabeth I I's visit to Stockholm 27 years ago came when a female government minister broke protocol by bowing to the queen, making British newspapers fume. This time, there are five female ministers of the socialist Palme cabinet who have all declared they won't curtsy to the 57-year-old British monarch. However, times have changed and less of a brouhaha is likely.

Like the Calumet Region, most of the western states will also enjoy warm, sunny weather Tuesday. A warm weather system pushing north from Mexico should drive temperatures near the 95-degree-mark in Las Vegas. The scattered showers and thunderstorms which dampened the Calumet Region's weekend have moved east. A band of showers extends south There will also be some thunderstorms in Texas and Oklahoma. The nicest spot in the nation looks like southern and central Florida where it will be a sunny 80 degrees.

SUNDAY'S TEMPERATURES-High, 68; low, 44. TUESDAY'S FORECAST: High 73; low 48. SUNSET TONIGHT: 8:11 p.m. SUNRISE TUESDAY: 5:23 a.m. National Weather Service 7 Almanac 70 NOAA, U.S.

Dept. of Commerce from Maine to Alabama. Boise Boston Brownsvlle Buffalo Burlington Casper Charleston.S.C. Charlotte.N.C. Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland 72 44 79 60 92 78 72 51.

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