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HOttiYear No. 173 Chicago Trlbun 21 Soon( Africa shows iron will. Government takes gamble with strength i i 'Wv, Wildlife odyssey In Canada's arctic Th6 first of a four-part series chronicling outdoors writer John Husar's and Tribune publisher Stanton R. Cook's 20-day sojourn through Canada's Northwest Territories in search of the most remote arctic wildlife. In Sports.

By Ray Moseley Chicago Tribune JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The nationwide state of emergency in South Africa has shattered the illusion that the government was in its death throes and power was shifting to the blacks, political analysts say. That illusion, they said, was shared not only by foreigners with limited knowledge of South Africa, South African farms raise a new breed of rightists. Page 14. but also by young black radicals within the country and by some elements within the banned African National Congress guerrilla group. Statements by government officials since the state of emergency was declared June 12 suggest that one goal in taking this step was to deal with the illusion.

Government officials have said South Africa may pay a price, that i Trtbun photo by Jo4 Mort The spirits of change are flowing in America, way, way down and more than 20 percent of Schnapps and vodka sales are up; whiskey is all beers sold are the lighter brands. Alcohol gets a sober 2d look New social values making booze harder to swallow Park politics Behind the furor over the Chicago Park District power play Is a system accused of disrepair and patronage. In Perspective. Japan's relics A blockbuster show of Japan's holiest relics the treasures of Todai-ji opens Saturday at the Art Institute. In The Arts.

The great lap One Lap of America around, the U.S. In eight days is a "civilized" Cannonball Run. In the SUNDAY magazine. Two looks ct Rock Rock Hudson was a film star for 30 years. When he died of AIDS, his private life became a tablc'd headline.

Two biographies are reviewed. In Book World. of having economic sanctions enacted by an outraged international community. But if Pretoria succeeds in restoring law and order and then can resume the process of political reform, they maintain, opinion will swing in the government favor. Foreign investors, reassured by signs of stability, then will be willing to put money into the country again, they say.

How viable a strategy is this? Analysts said the government strategy is a gamble that may well pay short-term dividends, but they expressed doubt that it will work in the long ''J "The vulnerability of the system is not that the government is about to be overthrown that isn't going to happen but thbt the economy can't run without black cooperation," said John Kane-Berman, director of the South African Institute of Race Relations. He said wildcat strikes by black retail workers in recent days have demonstrated that cooperation no longer can be relied upon. The current clampdown is the Continued on page IS They wonder how much their drinks before dinner or maybe at lunch affect their health and job performance. Probably an even greater number worry about the. health and work of their friends and loved ones.

The present focus is on the broad consequences of alcohol use and abuse because those topics pricked the national con-. science. The questioning goes beyond delight versus the all or nothing of past alcohol debates and reform Two constitutional amendments, one creating Prohibition and one repealing, made it clear that alcoholic beverages are legal and, for the foreseeable future, they are here to stay. But for the last four years, alcohol consumption has been dropping nationwide, the longest con- Continaed on page 10 By. Timothy.

Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON It breathes fire into the timid, romance into the shy. The weary are consoled by it, while the brave drink it to celebrate. It is legal, relatively cheap and, judging by demand over the last 6,000 years, alcohol is the most gloriously popular drug of all. la the United States, people be-, lieve wine is sophisticated and whiskey is manly; beer and baseball are as linked as mother and apple pie. Among friends or even strangers, it encourages intimacy and allows seduction.

At home or in a corner tavern it can mask or it can disclose. Alcohol may baffle and create remorse for some, but for a majority of drinking adults, it simply delights. None of this explains why so many people are changing their Drinking in America This nation's peculiar bond to alcohol has evolved Into a divisive, complex topic the 1980s. This is the first In an occasional series of articles on a newer, more cautious, drinking society. drinking habits and changing them so radically.

It goes beyond the trend to "lighter and whiter" drinks. Some cut down and some quit altogether, but not all for the same reasons. The distillers, vintners and brewers are tap-dancing to keep current with new tastes and trends. Something deep has shifted in society. Not since Prohibition have Americans been so self-conscious about their drinking.

They are concerned more about moderate drinking than they are worried about the stigma of alcoholism. Fregosi set for Sox managerial debut Cubs topple Mots; Sox tip Mariners Duffer's Trailing Sam Snead How often can you watch a sports legend in action these days? Jack Dempsey's exploits in the ring and Lou Gehrig's in Yankee Stadium are only memories now. But Sam Snead, who won his first pro golf tournament 50 years ago, is still a sight to behold on the tee. Battle over license reform splits cabbies Weather CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Sunday: Partly sunny, chance of scattered showers; high 91. Sunday night Chance of showers or thunderstorms; low 70.

Maps and other reports in Sec. 3, pg. 6. Index Furthermore, one independent company owner who has long sided with Checker Taxi Co. Inc.

and Yellow Cab Co. to protect a status quo, which guarantees the two firms 80 percent of the business, is now saying that the two major companies should surrender 400 medallions for redistribution by the city. Arthur Dickholtz, founder of Flash Cab is pushing that plan in an effort to stave off moves by the Washington administration to dilute the market with new medal the consensus of a 100-member citizens committee that included driven and taxi company owners. Drivers, once united in efforts to dismantle the current ordinance, are at odds over who among them should reap the benefits of reform. And acrimony has grown among cabbies, one of; the most ethnically diverse groups in the city, over suggestions by city officials that minorities will be favored in the distribution of new taxi licenses, or medallions.

lions. If his strategy fails, Dickholtz, joining other owners, is threatening a legal assault on the city that could stall the ordinance changes indefinitely. "They ought to be shot in the head," said Dickholtz of city officials who will formally unveil a new ordinance Tuesday. If they try to issue new medallions, we will be in court within a week. If they suc- Continued on page 8 By Hanke Gratteau and Ann Marie Llpinski A bitter battle has shaped up over control of lucrative new cab licenses the city is expected to issue when Mayor Harold Washington moves this week to topple a decades-old taxi monopoly.

The city's plan has splintered traditional alliances in Chicago's taxi industry, threatening the Washington administration's strategy to present the new cab ordinance as Real estate Sec. 16 Sports Sec. 4 Sunday magazine Sec. 10 Tempo Sec. 2 Tomorrow Sec.

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3, pg. 8.9 Perspective 5 Detailed index on Page 2 Panama regime stole election, U.S. finds I -r. (if f'mfm "I .1. -I I'M.

Spanish booming as a broadcasting voice in Chicago By Mark Zambrano The last year has brought an explosion in Chicago's Spanish media, turning a once sluggish enterprise into one of the more promising markets in the country and creating fierce competition among increasingly sophisticated Spanish television and radio stations. Audiences are growing, programs have been polished and once skittish advertisers are scrambling to reach out and tocar Hispanics. "It's a fabulous time to work in Chicago's Hispanic media market," said Wayne Casa, station manager for WSNS-TV Channel 44. WSNS, in its first year as an all-Spanish station, has been an almost instant success, quickly overtaking its local competitors with such hot programming as "Cristal," the world's most popular Spanish soap opera, and the World Cup soccer games from Mexico. It is the only Chicago station that will broadcast all 52 World Cup games, bringing a surge in viewers, many of whom do not speak Spanish.

The station is estimating $9 million in first-year sales, 20 percent ahead of projections. Chicago, the nation's fourth-largest Hispanic city, for the last decade was considered a sleeping giant, leapfrogged by advertisers unwilling to try an un- whom were serving in Panama at the time, said vote-stealing and fraudulent counting occurred after it became clear that Nicolas Ardito Barletta, the candidate supported by Noriega and the Reagan administration, was running behind Arnulfo Arias Madrid, the opposition candidate. Noriega is the commander of the Panama Defense Force, which at the time of the election was known as the national guard, and he is widely considered the politically dominant force in the nation. The general was unavailable for comment on the charges of election rigging. Last month, according to firsthand sources, CIA officials told a top-secret Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing on Panama that Arias actually won the election by 30,000 votes.

Shortly after the election, the U.S. Embassy initially concluded that Arias won by 25,000 votes, administration officials said. Despite the extensive information on vote fraud, American officials and diplomats said, Secretary of Continued on page 15 By Seymour M. Hersh Nm Vork TMm Ntwt Swvto WASHINGTON The United States has assembled conclusive evidence showing that Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, the military strongman of Panama, ordered the Panama Defense Force to intervene and overturn the results during that country's 1984 presidential election, according to Reagan administration officials.

The officials said the CIA and secret analyses provided by the U.S. Embassy in Panama concluded that extensive vote fraud took place. A senior State Department official said there was "absolutely no question" the Defense Force's intervention came at the express order of Noriega. A White House official with direct knowledge of the situation in Panama similarly said CIA field reports had painted a clear picture of vote-stealing and had tied it directly to Noriega. "I saw the original reports in the daily intelligence briefs," he said.

"They were extremely accurate." These U.S. officials, some of Trtburw photo by DvM tulow Cool friends With the temperature soaring, Arturo Madrigal uses a body block to spray his friends with water from a fire hydrant in the 1100 block of 18th Street Saturday. Continued on page 12.