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Cook decision due In February, IB 1 o-s talk To Free agent van Slyke, 1C THE JlHfe THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1995 HOME DELIVERY: 25 ton NEWSSTAND: 50 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND in l1ifVrMtKMi HI "We can indeed fly higher than an eagle once we understand Gov. Parris N. Glendenlng state, one family" 1st Fidelity to cut 500 jobs in Md. Magnitude stuns workers at former Bank of Baltimore It's Governor Glendening i in v- 11 3 that Maryland is one 1 1,1 GAR0 IACHINIANSUN STAFF PHOTO descend the marble stairway in the UOYO FOXSUN STAFF PHOTO i 1 -it is By Timothy J. Mullaney Sun Staff Writer About 500 Jobs at the former Bank of Baltimore nearly half the work force will vanish by summer, as the bank's new owner trims Its payroll to cope with higher Interest rates.

Although cuts had been expected, the magnitude of yesterday's announcement by First Fidelity Bancorp stunned employees and are twice as deep as the company had said were In store. Indeed, the cuts are so deep that even the man who led the decision to sell the bank to the Lawrencevllle, N.J.-based bank holding company was caught off guard. This is a surprise to me," said Edwin F. Hale the former chair-, man of Baltimore Bancorp. "I was not aware of It." First Fidelity completed its purchase of the local bank In November, Workers at the bank's local headquarters, In the Bank of Baltimore building downtown, said there had been no Internal announcement of the cuts.

Employees at the bank's opera-, tions center at 205 W. Centre however, have known for months that most of the cuts expected when the merger was announced would come at their location. The rest would come from branches In other parts of the state. Tm getting out of the banking business," said one female employee who refused to give her name. "Every time you turn around, another bank is buying out another one." Another worker at the operations center, who expects to lose her Job this spring, was more philosophical.

"Stuff like this happens," said Stacy Blackwell, a clerical worker. "I'm going to find a Job." The Maryland cuts will be matched by 500 Job cuts in other See FIDELITY, 8A Frequent fliers win right to sue High court ruling also gives airlines a partial victory at last New leader calls onMarylanders to unite for good By Peter Jensen SunStaffWriter Parris Nelson Glendenlng, freed Just a few days ago of the legal challenge that threatened his inaugura- tion, took office as Maryland's 59th governor yesterday with a broad appeal for unity and inclusion. The former three-term Prince George's County executive, the first Maryland governor from the Washington suburbs in more than a century, delivered his brief, oddly sentimental inaugural address through a steady drizzle on a chilly January afternoon. For a candidate who won with majorities In just three of 24 subdivisions and whose victory over Republican Ellen R. Sauer-brey was contested until this week, it was a moment to finally, unabashedly, celebrate.

Not that the stoic political science professor was exactly delirious. But in a departure from tradition, Governor Glendenlng interrupted his 20-minute inaugural address for a several-minute musical tribute to his wife, Frances Anne. Under a tent on the steps of the State House, Mr. Glendenlng, 52, B.A., Ph.D., held his wife as Sgt. Marcella K.

Diehl of the Maryland National Guard sang The Wind Beneath My Wings." Mrs. Glendenlng, 43, who, in addition to being Maryland's first First Lady In eight years, has emerged as a top policy adviser to the new governor, wiped tears from her eyes. "Frances Anne, I want to say publicly that you are my hero," Mr. Glendenlng told her. "You have been 'content to let me you are content here today while 'I am the one with all the It may have struck some observers as corny.

But it seemed a humanizing moment for a man who has been characterized by his detractors as stiff, bookish and boring. "It's a new wrinkle," said former Gov. Harry Hughes, an old Glendenlng friend. "As governor, he's al- See CEREMONY, 6A Text of Mr. Glendenlng inaugura address.

Page 7A Former Governor William Donald Schaefer rates the Kelly-Springfield construction project in Cumberland as one of his most Important. Page2B As speeches go, the one by Maryland's new governor didn't sizzle, writes columnist Michael Olesker. Page 2B Gov. Parris Glendenlng waves to the crowd at inaugural ceremonies State House on their way to the Senate chamber where he took the as he and his wife, Frances Anne, oath of office. -5 If 4 i finishes note 661 didn't think I'd be as happy and calm and content as I WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER ments secretary.

"It's an adjustment, but he's up to it." His aides say he's preparing for a life with no mansion chefs to cook for him, no state troopers to drive for him, no aides to keep his calendar. A state trooper has been giving him weekly driving lessons. After so many years in trooper-driven state cars, Mr. Schaefer, aides say, lacks confidence behind the wheel. "He's having problems with it," one aide said.

"It's frightening to him." A blue Pontiac Bonneville, which he bought from Penn Pontiac in Baltimore, will be delivered in See ENDING, 7A since it opened, but no drills for earthquakes. Unlike much of Japan, Kobe has in the past been spared the temblors that frequently jolt the rest of the country. Schaefer on placid By Sandy Banisky SunStaffWriter And so it ended. Amid smiles and tears and offices filled with cardboard packing boxes, William Donald Schaefer, a placid smile on his face, stood in the Maryland State House and listened as crowds applauded someone new, "I didn't think I'd be as happy and calm and content as I am," he said. "I thought Fd be weeping all over the place that sort of stuff." But, he said, "I was ready for it psychologically and every way ready.

I didn't have any trouble with it" After nearly 40 years In elective office, the last eight as governor, Mr. Schaefer, 73, was simply a citizen. This morning, he will awaken in his Anne Arundel County town-house with no official schedule, no public duties. "He's got a totally different lifestyle that awaits him," said Robert A. Pascal, Mr.

Schaefer's appoint- In last moments as chief executive, Gov. William Donald Schaefer is escorted to the State House for the swearing in of his successor. I 300 Stone Age paintings found in French cave For hospital workers, a post-quake nightmare Many victims, few supplies, no sleep By Lyle Denniston Washington Bureau of The Sun WASHINGTON The Supreme Court gave air travelers a significant pew right yesterday to force airlines to honor the bargains they promise. But, like a low-fare ticket, the new right Is limited by fine print Reacting to a wave of lawsuits by disappointed users of frequent-flier programs, the court announced a 5-3 decision that gave partial victories to both passengers and airlines. The passengers' share of the victory was a personal, if partial, triumph for a Deerfleld, 111., traveling salesman and a potential gain for the estimated 4 million American Airlines frequent fliers he represents in a lawsuit in Illinois state courts.

It also was a partial victory for passengers who have sued other airlines over frequent-filer complaints and other grievances. Myron Wolens sued after he discovered that frequent-flier miles he had built up with American had been reduced after the fact and that he had trouble getting free seats for holiday season travel. The Supreme Court did not give Mr. Wolens a final victory; instead, it sent his case back to a state court to decide what American had promised him if anything and whether the airline broke any promises. American insists that it had told passengers that it was reserving the right to change its 'AAdvantage" frequent-filer program.

Other airlines have been sued, too. The Industry told the court that those suits threaten airlines' "economic stability" because they might have to load up planes with frequent, See AIRLINES, 8A 1 Archaeologists say rare art is 20,000 years old Simpson evidence OK'd The jury in the O. J. Simpson trial will be allowed to hear evidence that he abused Nicole Brown Simpson, including details of a 911 call she once made. Page 3 A Bridge 80 Editorials 16A Business 10C Horoscope 90 Classified 14B Lottery 20B Comics 9D Movies 3D Deaths 12B Television 60 Weather Cloudy.

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5 SECTIONS Made up of several vast galleries, the cave includes both paintings and engravings. Specialists said the display includes the first known prehistoric portrayals of a panther and an owl. The paintings show standing or galloping groups of animals about 15 inches high. Two woolly rhinoceroses, of a type long extinct, rub horns as they meet head-on in battle. A bump in the cave wall accents the huge bulk of a mammoth engraved Into one panel, its charcoal outline shaded by hand.

Red imprints of hands line the vault above a portrayal, rare In the Stone Age, of a hyena. Bears, lions, horses and aurochs an extinct wild ox also pepper the grotto. Unlike another famous prehistoric cave In Lascaux, the paintings are either In black or red and do not mix See CAVE, 8A i I By Thomas Easton Sun Staff Correspondent KOBE, Japan More than two days after the deadliest earthquake to hit Japan in almost half a century, the ambulances are still rushing the shattered human debris to Kobe's Shinko Hospital. Amid a scene that is more devastating than any residents have seen since the Allied bombings of World War II, every hour a few more people are uncovered from the vast piles of rubble. The living are quickly brought to the hospital.

Shinko is Kobe's newest hospital. It opened last May. The 240-bed facility Is equipped as well as, if not better than, any institution to handle disasters. There had been two fire drills From Wire Reports PARIS A cave covered in 300 Stone Age paintings of animals, apparently untouched for some 20,000 years, has been discovered in southern France In one of the archaeological finds of the century, officials said yesterday. France's Culture Ministry called It "the only totally intact and ornate network of caves from the Paleolithic era." "We have there a selection of animals Infinitely more varied than the other sites and with exceptional features," said Genevieve Martin, a specialist for the Archaeological Service of the Rhone-Alpes region.

"This was not supposed to hap-' pen," says MotokoTakezawa, 32, the head nurse. Considering the surrounding wreckage, it's a miracle the hospital is standing at all. All around It, other structures, including hospitals and adjacent office buildings, have collapsed some into chaotic piles of splinters or bricks, others Into more hideous configurations resembling sandwiches with innards of furniture, clothing, occasionally even people, caught between lawyers of steel and glass. See JAPAN, J2A I.