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kJ Chtcaso Tribune BEST COPY AVAILABLE Monday, March 16. 1981 12 People Today's briefing a digest from The Tribune's local, national, and foreign staff, the Associated Press. Untied Press International, Reuters, the New York Times, KNT News Wire, New York News, and Washington Star. It is edited by Ruby Scott and Bill Plunkett. 1 Nation Carter wary of cutbacks Metropolitan Ambulance bill planned i a.

Jh i ILLINOIS SECRETARY of State James Edgar said Sunday that a team in his Office was planning a legislative package that would include a requirement for semiannual inspections of private ambulances. Edgar ordered three top aides to fashion the new proposal after The Tribune began a series of articles based on a lengthy investigation of ambulance abuses. The investigation uncovered vehicles in poor condition, shortages in medical supplies, rough treatment of patients, and other deficiencies. A report made available by Edgar's office Sunday revealed that 327 accidents involving ambulances occurred last year. One person was killed, and 94 were injured.

Page 1 THE 54-YEAR-OLD owner of a Northwest Side lounge was found burned and bludgeoned to death Sunday in an apartment below the tavern. Police believe the woman, identified as Ardy Albert, of 4159 W. Fullerton may have been the victim of a would-be robber or disgruntled patron. Sec. 4 p.

10 CHICAGO POLICE arrested a Chicago Transit Authority motorman who allegedly stopped his train at the Clark and Division streets subway station and took $11 from a policeman posing as a drunk. AP Userphoto 4 i K' A i h'T fJT, L. fiLf JKm ji-nminminiiiitlt 1 President Reagan beams with pride as his wife, Nancy, hugs their son. at New York's Metropolitan Opera House Sundav niaht durina an intermission. The benefit performance by PLAINS.

breaking silence for the first time since he left the White House, says he concerned about' the dismantling of his programs by the new administration but considers it too early to criticize his successor. "I think the next few months might start the redemption process in the public mind," Carter said. "I'm not wishing ill on the new administration. I hope they succeed. But I still think some of the departures might prove to be ill advised.

We've made mistakes of our own." Page PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia transit workers went on strike Sunday, halting bus, trolley, and subway service in the nation's fourth largest city and forcing 400,000 commuters to hunt for other ways to get to work Monday. The walkout by 5,000 drivers, mechanics, and cashiers for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority began at 12:01 a.m. Negotiations broke down later in the day and no new talks were expected before Monday morning. Page 2 PHILADELPHIA Philip "Chicken Man" Testa' successor to slain Philadelphia mob boss Angelo Bruno, was killed Sunday in an apparent mob assassination when a bomb blew apart the lower front portion of his house. Testa, 56, found with $10,900 in cash stuffed in his pockets, was the sixth close Bruno associate slain since Bruno himself was killed, sixdays shy of a year ago, in an apparent underworld war over control of casino gambling-related rackets in Atlantic City, N.J.

Pagel ATLANTA Julie Woodstone, a white schoolmate of slain black youngster Yusef Bell, 9, tearfully told 1,000 mourners Sunday that the killer of her friend and 19 other children "shattered our dreams and hopes." The mourners earlier had marched in silent memory to the slain children. Meanwhile, tenants in a nearby housing project began arming high school dropouts with baseball bats to protect their younger brothers and sisters. Page 3 WASHINGTON A new stamp, bearing the letter rather than a monetary amount, will go on sale at post offices Monday for 18 cents, which is what it will cost to mail a first-class letter beginning next Sunday. The new stamp, with an eagle on a purple background, can be used to mail letters domestically at the new 18-cent, first-class rate, which takes effect at 12:01 a.m., local time, March 22. The new rates, including a 12-cent card and increases for other classes of mail, were approved last week.

Photo on Page 4 the Joffrey II ballet troupe was the first time the Reagans have seen Edward Anderson," CTA driver for more than two years, was charged with felony theft, Page meir son uance. vve waited unui tie saiu ne wus icauy iui us, ma President said. BOMB AND ARSON Investigators continued Sunday to sift through the charred debris of the Royal Beach Hotel, 5523 N. Wayne Newton, singer and Las Vegas heartthrob show biz person, is the subject of our Monday starter. Newton says that he has to pay about a half-million dollars a year just for protection, but even so he's just a normal human being leading Kenmore in search of additional victims and clues to the cause of one of the most deadly Chicago fires in recent years.

Nineteen persons are known dead as a result of the Saturday morning blaze, and 14 others were injured. Police said Sunday they had found no evidence UP) Tdcphoto A pregnant woman bathes her screaming child with water from a pail brought to their refuaee camp In San Salvador, where hundreds of persons displaced by the war in El Salvador have fled. Sanitary facilities at the camps scattered throughout the country are minimal. Kabul aided hijack: Pakistan of arson. Page 4 A 24-YEAR-OLD West Side man has been charged with the severe and re World peated beatings of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son, police said Sunday.

Carl Allen, of 5043 -W. Chicago was arrested in his home Saturday and charged with battery In connection with the beating of Tyrone James. The boy was taken to St. Anne's Hospital, where he was listed in good condition Sunday. Sec.

4, p. 1 Business south of Warsaw, said a strike alert remained in effect and a two-hour warning strike was planned for Wednesday. Page 5 VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul II on Sunday asked Romans to be understanding of hfs frequent trips outside the Vatican because he must carry out his "pastoral service" to all Roman Catholics. The Pope made the comment as he told a crowd of 50,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square of his plans to celebrate mass Thursday for the workers at Terni, a town in central Italy.

The Pope, who in February made a 12-day trip to the Far East, his ninth trip outside Italy, is to make two other trips abroad in the near future. He plans to go to Switzerland early in June and to Lourdes, France, July 21-23. A PERIOD OF labor unrest faces the nation's major airlines, whose manage Sports ments are seeking to increase prod DAMASCUS, Syria Pakistan has accused the Soviet-backed government of, Afghanistan of arming the hijackers who held more than 100 hostages for 13 days after diverting a Pakistani jetliner to the Afghan capital of Kabul. An official said that, when the hijackers seized the plane, "they were armed only with pistols." But at Kabul, "many people went aboard the plane" and afterward the hijackers "produced grenades and explosives they had wired to blow up the plane." Page 2 TEL AVIV Opposition Labor Party officials admitted Sunday they no longer expect a decisive victory in Israel's general election June 30. The officials said new cuts in taxes and consumer prices introduced by Menachem Begin's government, as well as Labor's continuing internal dissensions, were driving increasing numbers of potential voters to the prime minister's right-wing Likud Party, senior partner in the ruling coalition.

Page 6 WARSAW Despite the resignations of the mayor and three key officials in the provincial city of Radom, the Solidarity union said Sunday it would stage a province-wide warning strike unless efforts are made to settle other issues. A Solidarity spokesman in Radom, an industrial center of 200,000 people 70 miles uctivity by reducing the size of air crews. Sec. 5, p. 11 Rev.

Mr. Jackson said after meeting in Washington Friday with Richard Schweiker, health and human services secretary. A hit list? "Not true. Absolutely not true," said White House deputy press secretary Kama Small, And now for an etiquette lesson not from Jane Byrne's City Hall but from Peking's Official Workers Daily, which recently offered the following advice to Chinese citizens who deal with foreigners: "Don't ask people (especially female guests) how old they are; don't ask how much they earn; don't casually ask what is the price of their clothing and belongings." "When you see somebody falling down or having other accidents, you should immediately go forward and help. Never stand aside and laugh." "Don't let the knife and fork make too much sound against the plate; don't use the knife to deliver food into your mouth." And, "when you have been to the washroom, properly secure your belt and button up your pants before you come out." In other People news: Leprechauns are baking a green cake to present on St.

Pat's Day Tuesday to newsman Len O'Connor, convalescing in St. Joseph's Hospital. Robert Redford was chosen best director Saturday for his "Ordinary People" film by the Directors Guild of America and said, "I'm really shocked and very proud. It's a heavyweight crowd; I'm really honored." Queen Elizabeth's cousin, the Duchess of Kent, arrived at Heathrow Airport last weekend after a Caribbean vacation. She was dressed in a checked shirt, a loose-fitting cardigan, and jeans.

It was the first time anyone could recall a royal lady in jeans although, of course, riding breeches and slacks are frequent royal fashions. And, California Highway Patrolman David Franck has been reprimanded. He rescued an 11-inch teddy bear from a road near San Francisco after it disrupted traffic. He took it home and cleaned it. "If he'd let somebody know, it would have been okay," say his bosses.

Finally, Rodney Dangerfleld will WHILE OTHER oil companies frugally picked their drilling spots, Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) acquired vast amounts of leaseholds. Now that program is paying off as the company bucks an industry trend by actually increasing its oil reserves. Sec. p.

11 KANSAS CITY David Greenwood took charge in the fourth quarter to lead the Bulls to a 97-87 National Basketball Association victory over the Kings here Sunday. The win Increased the Bulls' lead over the Washington Bullets for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot to three games. Sec. 5, p. 2 WICHITA.

Kan. Randy Smithson, awarded two foul shots when Iowa called a timeout when it had none left, sank them both with five seconds remaining to yault Wichita State past the Hawkeyes i-56 in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regionals. Sec. p. an everyday Joe kind of life.

"I've just accepted the lifestyle that I must lead in order to maintain what I do and because I enjoy doing what 1 do." Newton told ABC News. "I think that the price I pay both personally and monetarily is a small fee." Meanwhile, Jimmy' Carter, of Plains, President Reagan's predecessor in Washington, will get no small fee for his memoirs, which he just last week sat down to write for Bantam Books, the paperback publishers who for this venture will happily switch to a more durable and lasting hard cover. The Carter effort will be on your bookshelves in late 1982. The economy-minded will find the paperback version arriving a year later. No terms were revealed, but publishing industry speculators estimated Carter could get at least $1 million, double Wayne Newton's security tab.

In Los Angeles, another publisher, Playboy's Hugh M. Hefner, says he has followed closely Carol Burnett's suit against the National Enquirer. He thinks she was libeled and says he hopes she wins. A victory would prove the First Amendment is strong, says the Hef. "The First Amendment would have more support from the public if publications the size of the Enquirer were shown that they cannot exaggerate or make up information." Which brings us to the Rev.

Jerry: TV churchman and Moral Majority leader the Rev. Jerry Fal-well, of Lynchburg, Va. He sayi that with the new conservativism sweeping the nation, liberals have become "poor losers" and "a bunch of crybabies." And, he's surprised the press has a mental block on conservative churchmen "getting involved in politics." Says the Rev. Jerry: "Nobody was saying a thing about the Berrigan brothers or Williams Sloane Coffin or the Rev. Jesse Jackson" on their ac-tivisim.

But, the Rev. Jesse Jackson says his Operation PUSH and other black organizations getting federal funds are on a Reagan administration hit list. "It's an attempt to intimidate those who have views different from the administration's present posture," the South Side's Weather EFFORTS TO STEM the loss of U.S. farmland due to erosion and urban sprawl are meeting with failure. Further more, there an increasing likelihood CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Monday: Sunny; high 40 (4 C).

Monday night: Fair; low 24 (-4 C). Tuesday: Partly sunny; high 45 (7 C). that more land will be needed in the future to meet food demand. Sec. 5, p.

11 land to meet the Cavaliers in an NBA game. On Friday the Philadelphia 76ers come to the Stadium to meet the Bulls at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the Minnesota Fillies play the Hustle in a Women's Professional Basketball League game at 7:30 p.m. De Paul Alumni Hall and the Black Hawks are in Philadelphia to play the Flyers in an afternoon game. There is a polo double-header at Chicago Avenue Armory starting at 7 p.m.

and women's amateur boxing card Monday night starting at 7:30 o'clock at Oak Lawn High School, 9500 S. Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn. There will be thoroughbred racing at Sportsman's Park starting at 1:30 p.m. and harness racing at Maywood Park starting at 8 p.m. The two tracks will follow the same schedule through Saturday.

On Tuesday the Milwaukee Bucks will play the Bulls at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago Stadium in a National Basketball Association contest. Wednesday, the Stadium shifts to hockey with the Philadelphia Flyers playing the Black Hawks at 7:35 p.m. The Wichita Wings play the Horizons in the second game of their Major Indoor Soccer League playoff series at 7:30 p.m. in the Rosemont Horizon.

Balmoral Park joins the horse racing scene for the week with programs at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday with a Sunday card starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday. On Thursday the Bulls are in Cleve dren," a two-day family fair, will be held Saturday and Sunday at De Paul University's Stuart Center, 2324 N. Seminary Av.

Organized by the Lincoln Park Conservation Association, the exposition will help parents and children explore educational, cultural, social, recreational, health, and day care services and opportunities available for children in the Chicago area. in the nation Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day. If they follow tradition, the swallows will return to San Juan Capistrano Mission on Thursday. Spring begins Friday when the vernal equinox occurs at 11:03 a.m.

Chicago time. Jean Harris will be sentenced Friday in White Plains, N.Y., for the murder of Dr. Herman Tamower, author of "The Scarsdale Diet." in sports An Ireland team will compete against the Chicago Celtic Club in an ahead in the area The fate of the Regional Transportation Authority will be discussed again Tuesday, when the House Select Committee on the RTA meets at 7:30 p.m. in Springfield to examine its report on testimony compiled during four hearings on the agency's funding crisis. The committee chairman is Rep.

Thomas W. Ewing Pontlac). Shoppers can be part-time concert-goers (or vice versa) at Northbrook Court Tuesday when the shopping center celebrates Is fifth anniversary with a performance of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" by the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Victor Aitay. Admission is free for this, one of the most popular light operas, which will be performed in English beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the I.

Magnin "Childfest in Celebration of Chil invitational volleyball in Wilmot Junior High School at 1801 Montgomery Kd. in Deerfield starting at 9 a.m. and continuing until 6 p.m. Sunday's sports schedule has the New York Islanders playing the Black soon appear at the White House for an engagement with Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Home. "It's been a good year for me," the comic says.

"It's the fourth time this year I have to rent a tuxedo." Bill Plunkett Hawks at 3 p.m. in the Stadium and the Bulls in Detroit against the Pistons. Fox Fields has its weekly harness racing program starting at 12:45 p.m. There is an invitational volleyball tournament from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

at Lyons High School, 4900 Willow Spnngs in Western Springs. crash, why didn't the train's low center 'f7r 77T Followup of eravitv keep the cars on the tracks: I The National transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said motorman Steve 7r Martin failed to notice a red signal in his cab warning him of the train stopped up ahead. That, the board said, resulted in the collision. It was theorized that a befuddled Mar 7 'Z. I tin continued applying power to the i i wheels after the crash, starting the rockina motion that toppled the train.

Almanac On this date March 16, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month. In 1534, England severed relations with the Roman Catholic church. In 1751, James Madison, who became the fourth President of the United States, was bom in Port Conway, Va. In 1802, Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. military academy at West Point, N.Y.

In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter" was published. In 1968, Sen. Robert Kennedy said he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1969, a Venezuelan airliner crashed on takeoff from Maracaibo, killina 155 persons. The theory is given credence by Donald MacCorquodale, a railroad buff, who saw 1 a shower of sparks falling from the area of the train wheels.

If Martin had kept the power on, the NTSB said, an arc would have jumped between the rail and the shoe as they separated and made contact with the ON FEB. 4, 1977, Barbara Coates was making her regular trip home from work on the Chicago Transit Authority's Dan Ryan-Lake Street rapid transit. As the train rounded a left-hand turn on the Loop elevated tracks over Wabash Avenue and Lake Street, Mrs. Coates felt what she and many other passengers thought was an unusually abrupt stop. Actually, the train had slammed into the rear of another train stopped in front of it.

What happened next was the kind of event that is easy to imagine but hard to believe. Instead of settling to a stop, the cars, started teetering and swaying from side until, with a final lunge, the train did the unthinkable: Two cars toppled 20 feet to the pavement below, and two other cars were pulled part of the way down, coming to a rest with one end on the pavement and one end leaning on the elevated track structure. Eleven persons were killed and 189 were injured, making the disaster one of toe worst in the history of Chicago mass transit. Mrs. Coates, who.was treated and released from a local hospital, not set foot in a CTA train since then, and wont mind if she never again sets in ons.

"The experience I had was the end of side-to-side rocking ot tne cars. After the crash, the CTA paid a con sulting firm $375,000 to study the system's procedures and to recommend This photo of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was released by his captors in 1978. ways to keep the motormen more attentive. The consultant made numerous rec .11 i Ar AA.r;j.nut ommendations, and most of them have been implemented over the years: cre durng a stormy parliament session Jerusalem. In 1975, Portugal's government resigned one week after an attempted trlfeun ption On Feb.

4, 1977, eleven persons were killed tn the worst crash in Chicago history. "The experience I had was the end of my 'L' riding," said Barbara Coates, who was a passenger on one of the trains. ation of a safety group within the CTA transportation department, better coordi nation of safety activities, and develop ment of a refresher course for motormen. The CTA has paid about $3.3 million in In 1978, Labortte Harold Wilson resigned as Britain's prime minister. In 1978, former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was kidnaped in Rome by guerrillas of the Red Brigades who killed his five bodyguards in street ambush.

Moro was slain by his kidnapers on May .9. In 1980, Jimmy Carter scored a narrow victory over Edward Kennedy in Puerto Rico's Democratic presidential primary. damages to the injured and to families of "I've gotten along without the 'L' before and I'll keep on doing it," she said. One question still baffles transportation experts who Investigated the crash. Given the relatively minor impact of the my 'L' riding," she said in a recent Interview.

She rides the bus, but never the to her job as a secretary in the Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped in City Hall. those killed in the crasn. 1 Joseph Sjostrom ,4.