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'Chaos' Theories On Market D1 'War1 Beats 'Dove' For Emmy F1 'People Next Door Could Use A Little Toning Down F1 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION For 121 Yean the Standard Newspaper iuMTAUMucommuuon MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1989 SPORTS FINAL 25 CENTS i Housing Officials Accused of Going Too Much by Book in Evictions sanitary or they housed guests for one night, the attorneys said. According to the leases, those incidents are grounds for eviction, but the attorneys argue warnings would have been more appropriate. Several residents also faced eviction because they couldn't afford the rent after losing their jobs and were never told how to get their rent reduced temporarily, the attorneys said. The families of the four girls accused of smearing HOUSING Continued on AS minor violations or situations beyond their control because the authorities are too strict and inflexible in enforcing rules governing federally funded public housing. "Based on the actions of four young kids, they're ready to throw these people out into the street," said Pam Kilpatrick, the Legal Aid attorney representing Ms.

Grimes. "It's a very harsh penalty for a very minor violation." During the past two years, tenants also have faced eviction because their apartments were deemed un By Derrick Hinmon Suff Writer Wallene Grimes says she was surprised to learn her 9-year-old daughter and three other girls were accused of defacing a brick wall, but she was flabbergasted that Decatur public housing officials wanted to evict her because of it Ms. Grimes, a 19-year resident of Allen Wilson Terrace, said she had not been warned or questioned about the incident last month, and didn't even know about it until she received the notice that she could be evicted. "I just didn't know what was going on," she said. "I just can't believe they're going to evict us because of what some kids did.

You can't watch your kids at every single minute of the day." Federal housing officials said the Decatur and De-Kalb housing authorities are well-managed and among the leaders in Georgia in implementing new programs. But three Atlanta Legal Aid Society attorneys say tenants such as Ms. Grimes face evictions for Herschel Romps, But Falcons Win Hugo Kills 9 As It Closes In On Puerto Rico Deng Reported To Name Jiang To Be His Heir Coach's Lecture Fires Up Team For Comeback The sight of ex-Georgia Bulldog Herschel Walker slashing through tacklers was a sweet one Sunday afternoon for the sellout crowd of 55,285 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, drawn in good measure by the running back's first pro game in his home state. Sweeter still was the Atlanta Falcons' first win of the 1989 NFL season, 27-21 over the Dallas Cowboys, in which the Falcons responded to a rare dressing down from coach Marion Campbell to wipe out an 11-point halftime deficit "Marion came in at halftime and kind of read us the riot act," said nose tackle Tony Casillas. The Falcons, down 2110, scored on their first three possessions of the second half, taking the lead on John Settle's four-yard run with 6:28 to play.

Quarterback Chris Miller, in his second straight interception-free game, passed for 255 yards, completing 21 of 29 throws as the Falcons' much-maligned offensive line provided ample protection. Miller also tied a team record with 10 consecutive completions. The defense, meanwhile, held the Cowboys scoreless in the second half as the Falcons evened their record at 1-1. The Falcons' two first-round picks had big days. Rookie wide receiver Shawn Collins caught five passes for 95 yards.

Defensive back Deion Sanders, burned earlier on a 65-yard touchdown pass play from Dallas quarterback Troy Aikman to Michael Irvin on the game's third play, intercepted a pass with one second left to preserve the win. As for Walker, he rushed for 85 yards on 23 carries and scored two touchdowns, but he gave one touchdown back when his fumble was run back 29 yards by Falcon cor-nerback Bobby Butler. The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Hurricane Hugo pounded the U.S. Virgin Islands and continued on a collision course with Puerto Rico early today after ripping across the northeast Caribbean with 140-mph winds and leaving at least nine people dead. About 80 people were injured on the French island of Guadeloupe and 4,000 were left homeless, French officials said.

The region's most powerful storm in a decade was expected to plow into Puerto Rico today. The government mobilized the National Guard, and residents rushed for last-minute supplies and taped and boarded windows. At 10:30 p.m. EDT, Hugo's center was near latitude 17.4 degrees north and longitude 64.7 west, about 130 miles east-southeast of San Juan, the National Weather Service in Florida said. The storm slowed slightly from 12 mph to 9 mph, the weather service said.

The Virgin Islands' population is 106,000, and Puerto Rico has 3.3 million people. Hurricane-force winds of nearly 100 mph ripped away roofs and knocked out power on St. Thomas and St. Croix, about 70 miles east of Puerto Rico, officials said. Those two islands have most of the Virgin Islands' population.

Officials said stores in the St. Croix town of Christiansted were heavily damaged and there were reports of looting. National Guard Adjutant General Robert Moorehead said 1,000 people were evacuated to rescue shelters in St. Croix. Jesse Moore, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in HURRICANE Continued on AS The New York Times BEIJING Deng Xiaoping has named Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin to be his heir as China's paramount leader, according to a confidential report of two "informal talks" between Mr.

Deng and other senior officials. In a conversation June 16 with eight other leaders, Mr. Deng said Chairman Mao Tse-tung, who died in 1976, had been the "core" of the first generation of Communist leaders, and that he himself had been the core of the second generation of leaders. He added that Mr. Jiang, 63, is the core of the next generation.

"We must consciously defend the core, which now is none other than comrade Jiang Zemin, everyone's comrade," Mr. Deng said, according to a report on his conversation made available by an official with no particular ties to Mr. Jiang. The contents of the talks were confirmed by two other Chinese who were familiar with the remarks. Mr.

Deng, 85, is said to have called on other officials to rally around Mr. Jiang and avoid fighting over power. He also suggested that he would step down from his only official post, chairman of the Central Military Commission. DENG Continued on A5 RENEE HANNANSStaff Dallas Cowboys 27-21, giving them their first victory of the 1989 season. Jubilant Atlanta fans celebrate Sunday after the Falcons came from behind to defeat the COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE FALCONS' RALLY, PAGE CI INSBDE TODAY Two Black Physicians Finalists for CDC Job Attorneys Using Psychic In Samples Case B1 'Heart Strings' Opens Tour Partly Cloudy Today will be somewhat overcast, with a high expected in the low 80s.

Details, Page D16. Small Claims Become Big Trouble as Aetna Accused of Conspiracy By Peter Mantius StaffWriter Two routine lawsuits charging Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. with failure to pay small medical claims have mushroomed into a full-scale legal crisis for the company. The cases could have been averted if Aetna hadn't refused to pay medical claims totaling less than $3,000. Now Aetna stands accused in the suits of a conspiracy to cut payments arbitrarily on legitimate claims and of hiding court-ordered documents.

In April, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Clarence Cooper ordered the company to pay a fine of $1,000 a day for "willful contempt" in its failure to produce relevant internal documents in a case filed by Milton Fried Medical Clinic. Three months later, Aetna released several hun- dred pages of documents, but the judge remained unsatisfied. The mounting contempt fine now exceeds $150,000. The released papers show that Aetna set targets for shaving dollars from submitted claims and awarded employees bonuses for achieving the goals. The company also adopted the practice of naming physicians as parties to lawsuits filed by their patients for the specific purpose of encouraging quick settlements.

"We feel doctors will not want to fight over these small amounts," an Aetna supervisor's memo said. "Perhaps when we try a few of these leases where phy- 2 LAWSUITS Continued on AS I 3rd Man, Democrat, an Unlikely Pick By Mike King and Hal Straus StqffWriters Two black physicians, both with years of experience in public health administration, are leading contenders to head the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a federal agency whose previous directors have all been white. Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan said he expects to make a final decision on the new CDC director after he interviews three finalists for the post within the next two weeks. In an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dr.

Sullivan confirmed that Dr. Woodrow A Myers, who is Indiana's health commissioner, and Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, a former CDC deputy director, are finalists for the post They are both black. A third candidate, Dr.

Thomas M. Vernon, executive director of the Colorado Health Department, is also in the running. He is white. Because he is a registered Democrat, congressional sources say he is less likely to get the job. "The White House has said the CDC is pretty much Sullivan's call.

But that doesn't mean he can appoint a Democrat," said one senior Republican congressional aide. Dr. Vernon has acknowledged that he probably faces an uphill battle for the position. "I don't consider myself the favorite by any means," TWO BLACK Continued on AS BUSINESS section METRO STATE section NATIONWORLD section A PEOPLE section SPORTS section VOL. 1 22, NO.

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