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Briefly Racine Die bonds OKd in Sturtevant Baseball's Grimm is dead Page IB II I i Vv Page SB Qaf fit? 7 Wednesday Nov. 16, 1983 Racine, Wisconsin Single copy 30c I i'J I .11 Jill (S GCs bODDdlDOTig Work starts today on downtown office complexes By Lori Bergstrom Journal Times They called it a credit to the com $9 million dumped BOSTON (AP) Nine bags of S20 bills with a total value of S9 million spilled onto an expressway from the door of a Brink's truck Tuesday, but almost all the money was recovered. After the door unexpectedly popped open while the truck was on the highway, several of the plastic trash bags filled with money fell out and a couple of bags broke open. "There were stacks and stacks of bills everywhere, hundreds of them," said motorist Gary Johnson. "I couldn't believe it.

I've never seen that much money in my life." Police, who helped track down the scattered bills, reported'all the money was recovered. The Boston Herald, however, said about $2,000 was missing. Name game ends HOUSTON (AP) A man was arrested six times on auto theft charges before police realized that he had used a different name for every court appearance. Reynaldo Ray Valdez even went before the same judge twice under different names and was given probated sentences both times because he claimed to be a first offender. He was finally caught when a worker in the identification division of the Houston Police Department realized Valdez had been finger; printed several times under seve names.

After the fraud was discovertj Valdez pleaded guilty to perjury and Xeceived seven years in prison. US job cuts planned WASHINGTON (AP) The Reagan administration plans to eliminate about 40,000 middle-level management jobs in government by downgrading senior positions when they are vacated. The plan is being refined and probably will go to President Reagan for his approval sometime next month. There will be no firings and no downgradings of present managers, according to the plan. However, thousands of current employees might not get promotions they would otherwise expect.

Finally meets pope FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) A 97-year-old woman who was minutes from an audience with Pope John Paul II the day he was shot two years ago, finally realized her dream of meeting the pontiff at the Vatican. "I tell him we were here when he was shot and he look deep In m. Gallo. I thought maybe I say something wrong.

Then, he put ootn hanos on tne sides of my head, he kiss my forehead, and he say, 'Che Iddio ti benedica (God bless Mrs. Gallo first planned a trip to the Vatican in 1936 with her husband, Pasquale, but he suddenly became ill and died. The trip was postponed until May, 13, 1981, That day, Mrs. Gallo was waiting. in St.

Peter's Square when a gunman shot titers. Flu drug studied DALLAS (AP) Fifty years after munity; the push Racine needs for future development; an exciting proposal. And with that, the Racine City Council Tuesday unanimously approved $6.2 million in industrial revenue bonding for two major downtown projects. "On a bleak November day, this seems like a breath of fresh air," James Eastman, 6th, said of the bonding request by Johnson Redevelopment a subsidiary of S.C. Johnson Son Inc.

Restoration work was expected to begin today on the old Hotel Nelson at 245 Main approved for $3 million in bonds along with the adjoining old Wisconsin Electric Power Co. building at 239 Main. Work on the idle Snoop building at 215 State approved for $3.2 million in bonds, will start shortly, according to Robert Gibson, manager of corporate real estate for Johnson. Both projects will involve restoration and conversion to office buildings, Gibson told Racine's Economic Development Committee before the council meeting. He said Johnson Redevelopment was created specif icially to become involved in Downtown Racine projects." Gibson said the old hotel and Snoop building are historic buildings which will "be the talk of the town" when restored to show off interesting architectural details.

power company building adjoining the hotel was built of the same red brick, Gibson said. Beneath the surface, the two buildings have a great deal of similarity," and will be made into two four-story office towers, connected with elevators in the center, he said. The five-story Shoop building is made of old Milwaukee cream brick yjj iff If 51" 'l nT 5 DvM Journal Times photo by Charies S. Vallone The Shoop building looms over five Main Street buildings targeted tor redevelopment; a sixth is hidden lie sahnrie company Is conl'idenf it 1 can be done. It is hoped the oftices will be filled with many new clients, he said, not just with local businesses changing locations.

The work which was to begin today on the hotel is test work. Gibson said, but it is hoped construction will be in full swing by spring, with occupancy targeted one year from now. llie city will SnitiO a parking struc-''" ture. Gibson told the development committee quick action on the bonding was needed because changes are expected to be made by Dec. 31 by the House ways and means committee that would have a major effect on bonding.

It won't be easy filling office space downtown, Gibson said, but Both are high-risk projects, he told the council. "The risk is that of the buyer and lender not the city." By authorizing use of industrial revenue bonds, the city enables developers to borrow money at more favorable interest rates. A 30-day waiting period is required after Tuesday's council approval, to give any opponents a chance to be hear. uiiu iuciH cinai KdOle wneil restored, Gibson said. The 50,000 square foot building will need additional parking space, which is why Johnson also is buying the first six buildings on the west side of Main Street south of State Street, he said.

"At least pajSfDf those buildings will be needed for parking," said Gibson, adding that Johnson hopes mm mm 0 But is everybody happy? the influenza virus was isolated, A scientisTS- are nnany developing drugs to effectively fight it. said a researcher studying the only antiviral drug approved in the U.S. Dr. Arnold S. Monto, said the drug amantadine has been effective both as a vaccine and as a therapy.

As a vaccine, amantadine works almost immediately, Monto said. As a therapy, the drug cuts in half the length of time a person is ill. Lack of publicity about the drug, however, has left Americans with old notions that influenza cannot be treated with prescription drugs, Monto said. One radio report said that "several" Iranian Islamic Revolutionary guards were among the victims and that fire engines were battling the blaze in the burning camps some three hours after the raid. Dense black smoke filled the sky-as fires started by the jet attack engulfed two guerrilla camps, Yanta and Shaara, near the town of Nabi Sheet, Lebanese state radio said.

The camps are known io be the main base of the Amal Islamic Movement and Hezbollah-, or Party of God, two Moslem Shiite extremist factions that publicly lauded the Oct. 23 attacks that killed 239 American and 58 French servicemen in Beirut. The latest outbreak of civil war subsided after a Sept. 27 cease-fire agreement that led to now-recessed Moslem-Christian talks in Geneva. Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul-Halim Khaddam arrived today for talks with President Amin Gemayel on foreign troop withdrawals and efforts to bring about a Moslem-Christian reconciliation in Lebanon, and U.S.

Middle East envoy Donald Rumsfeld met in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP.) Israeli jets today blasted Bekaa Valley bases believed harboring Shiite Moslem terrorists, and PLO guerrilla mutineers drove most of Yasser Arafat's fighters from the Baddawi refugee camp outside Tripoli in fierce hand-to-hand combat. Lebanese reporters said by nightfall there were only scattered pockets of resistance in Baddawi, the Palestine Liberation Organization's last Middle East bastion. Arafat, accompanied by his chief military aide, Khalil Wazir, left his Tripoli headquarters in the afternoon, presumably for another office. In Beirut, a hand grenade was hurled at a U.S. Marine position but no one was injured.

State and privately owned radio stations in Beirut said the Israeli jet attacks were centered on two camps in the Bekaa Valley. -about 33 miles east of Beirut and three miles from Syria, used by Shiite Moslem extremists loyal to Iranian ruler Ay-atollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The broadcasts said ambulances rushed dozens of victims from the two camps to hospitals in the ancient town of Baalbek. No specific figures were haven't heard too much from anyone in authority." Hegeman's business and Sylvia's are the only ones operating in the six buildings. Hegeman has run his in the same location for about 40 of his 62 years, and like Anzalone, he said he doesn't think he'd try to.

open at another location if he were evicted. "I thought I'd never retire until this came along. But I guess you can't stand in the way of progress," Hegeman said, adding that the plan is something that's definitely needed. Downtown and the lake are the best assets the state and city have-" Lois Schveidler, executive secretary of the Racine Downtown Association, said she thinks the area already, is "taking off," and she feels the Johnson plan is more evidence of that. Kai Nail, president of the Old Main Street Association, which represents businesses in the 200 and 300 blocks of Main Street, said, "In a few words, great, fantastic." But he said his organization has taken -the position that no buildings should be demolished for parking space until all possible alternatives have been explored.

Mary Kaprelian, co-owner of the Main Street General Store at 302 Main also owns a building at 232 Main St. She refused to sell a purchase option for that building last February. Even so, she is enthusiastic about what she called "industry support of the area," and said she looks forward to joint planning efforts between the Old Main Street group and Johnson Redevelopment. By Sean P. pevlin Journal Times Sylvia Anzalone says she's shocked.

Anzalone owns Sylvia's Snack Shop at 216 Main one of nine buildings in the downtown plans of Johnson Redevelopment Corp. a "At this point I have no feelings, I'm just kind of shocked," she said today. "I signed the purchase option in February because I never thought they'd do anything, I never thought I'd have to sell." She was paid $1,000 for a six-month purchase option and another $1,000 for a four-month. extension, she said. Johnson Redevelopment has said it will buy the Shoop Building at 215 State St.

and six smaller buildings on the west side of Main Street's 200 block. A Johnson spokesman said some of those six may be torn down for parking. "I guess my next step is what are they going to Anzalone said, adding, "I don't think I'd relocate. If I relocated, I'd want to stay in tllis area and there's nothing adequate available." Sylvia's corner has been a restaurant for about 50 years and Anzalone, now 63, has been there for 23 years. "It hurts, but maybe it's for the best," she said.

But she added, "What the heck do they want more office space downtown for? Nobody comes here anyway. Every time they tear down a building, taxes go up. Who's going to pay the tax load?" Joseph Hegeman, owner of Decorators Supply House at 228 Main, today said, "I hear all kinds of things, but I Cold, sunny details Page 2A Inside Ann Landers 3C Bridge 3C Hungary is new Soviet showcase Business Classified Comics. Crossword Daily record Dial for help Horoscope Movies Obituaries Opinion 5B 4C 3C 3C 5A 5A 3C 7A 5C 8A DM Racine, Regional 3A, 4A Sports 1B TV listing 2C Weather 2A Wisconsin 3A, 6A Hungary, which 25 years ago symbolized Soviat oppression, today is the East bloc's example of a liberalized success story. This second story in a four-part series on the Soviets looks at the Hungarian reform and how the Kremlin controls its empire.

By Mort Rosenblum Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary "Giving orders from the top according to a plan just doesn't work anymore," said economist Janos Kovacs. He might have been jailed for saying that a generation ago. Now he is reflecting official policy. Paving rwwnicnoiis homapp to Snvipt Communist totems, Hungarian leader Janos Kadar has embarked quietly on a separate course, decentralizing, opening ISOpxin OEforwunl Hungary is a showcase, they'll take credit." The Kremlin's options are more limited than they appear, East European and Western analysts say, since any use of force bears a heavy cost in ideological credibility. Lingering scars from the invasion of Hungary in 1956 to put down an anti-communist uprising, like the Czechoslovak invasion in 1968 to crush Alexander Dubcek's "Prague Spring." deterred Soviet action against the Solidarity trade union movement in Poland far longer than some Soviet leaders thought prudent.

"They did ngt want to invade, and it took them a long time to figure out how to stop Solidarity shnrt of that." -liipiuiiiat said. "We have seldom seen them so worried." (Turn to SOVIETS, Page 2A) Chuckle to the West, even tolerating mild dissent. Faced with Radar's success, Soviet leaders are looking closely to see what they can learn to spur their own farms and factories. So are the the Bulgarians and the Czechoslovaks. "So Jong as the East Eurcis form, adhere to the party and keep order, the Soviets will swallow a lot," said a senior Western diplomaUn Moscow.

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