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Braves almost blow lead, edge Phillies 7-6 Sports, Dl lift Sunny; high 86, low 65 HI2 THE a la nta Sunday, August 30, 1992 $1.75 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION IP(ginitegmi braces far deep cuote mw i 20-page preview, of the upcoming season's movies, music, art, theater, dance, books and more in Atlanta With: Day-by-day events calendar for the rest of '92 are likely to generate debate is placing land-based Marine Corps aircraft on Navy carriers and assigning Air Force bomber pilot jobs to reservists. But senior Defense Department officials privately acknowledge that they consider many details of those plans already out of date. Regardless of the political outcome in November, they say, the military budget is going to Please see FORCES, Al 7 this summer that requires them to submit long-range plans meant to conform with the Pentagon's strategic outline for a post-Cold War world. These classified plans, copies of which were obtained by The New York Times, assume a continuation of the Bush administration's "base force" of 1.6 million uniformed troops through the late 1990s, as outlined by the Pentagon in the summer of 1990. Among the plans' proposals that fense Department officials say.

The cuts, which would affect fundamental military programs including troops, weapons purchases and military bases could free as much as $80 billion in military spending by 1997 for use in other domestic programs. No decisions have been made on the deeper reductions, and none are likely until after the election in November: Officially, the military services are complying with a budget-review process Shrinking budgets seen after election NEW YORK TIMES Washington Anticipating that steeper cuts in future military spending are inevitable, the Pentagon is quietly preparing to reduce its forces below the lowest levels the Bush administration has said would be acceptable, senior De- 1992-93 HURRICANE ANDREW RELIEF mo The kindness after the FOOTBALL PREVIEW SECTIONS 1 Bosnia: Serbs ending Celebrating I Georgia, Results of i-' 1 00 years of Tech, SEC, our reader college football ACC, Top25 poll: All-time in the South previews dream teams km. nlas I Hi) I Elegant and easy recipes for outdoor entertaining. Gl PICNICS PAft TA I I rUI mil I icii aicgc wi yvoi devastated Gorazde. A2 National school matters: Who's paying for education? All Iraq: U.N.

weapons inspectors will face hostility and threats when they arrive in Baghdad on Monday. Al 6 trnma tersweet return to South Georgia. CI MAM. I IWisbol! The Braves gain new fans among Atlanta's Hispanic community. I lMin Tne isers: College sororities will conduct a more sedate rush this year in an effort to improve their image.

I Good Samaritans pour in to help Floridians cope By Mike Williams STAFF WRITER Homestead. Fla. Tuesday night was the worst for Bill McCauley and Robert Herbert but the best, too. After a 13-hour drive from Charleston, S.C., after crowbarring their way into a school with the police to open an emergency shelter for victims of Hurricane Andrew, after looting a drugstore with permission to stock their clinic, after finding 500 hungry, hurt, homeless people outside the door an hour after they opened, the two paramedics had an almost-dead baby in their arms and no way to get the child to a hospital. "Thia was a 5-week-old baby, and it was in seizure," said Mr.

McCauley, who works for Herbert's EMS, a private Charleston company. "The baby was so bad that when we stuck it with IV needles, it never moved. We tore out of here at 70 miles an hour to get it airlifted, dodging the trees. That baby' would've died, but it lived." An hour later, back at their makeshift clinic set up in the office of Homestead Middle School, where drugs, medicine and bandages covered the secretary's desk and the guidance room became a pediatrics ward, they saw their first patient with meningitis. On top of too many cuts, bruises, dehydrations and frightened pregnant women to count.

"That was when we had eight people here," said Mr. Herbert, who gave up part of his vacation and spent a few thousand dollars Please see HELP, Al 0 Slowdown urged as supplies pile up A 1 0 Limits on coastal construction urged CI mmn I Jobs of the future: Skills that employers (J 0 jmSjawy will be looking for in the '90s. Rl I J11IJ4 I The crafts trail: Jwi1' Searching for fall artisans on the back roads, England. Plus: The best buys on air fares. I stoni AnodaMd Prm contributing Perspective: Practical crime' fighting ideas for Clinton CI Local news: Juvenile system can't handle new breed HI 19,024 crimes per 100,000 population.

Miami ranked sec ond. However, at least four cities Washington, New Orleans, St. Louis and Detroit had higher per-capita murder rates last year than Atlanta. Atlanta Police Chief Eldrin Bell said Atlanta's crime rate does not compare well with other cities because thousands of conventioneers and other visitors don't show up in population counts. He said overall crime in the city has declined 6 percent so far this year.

Chief Bell said Atlanta's record on murder is improving because of strong street-level patrols and communities that have taken on violence. "We're at a time when the Please see CRIME 'Wy Menswear looks for fall, plus hot styles in ball gowns. LI PHONZ $22-4141 FEATURES Crossword Editorials Horoscope Ann Landers Obituaries I. 201100004' color and of New autumn CLASSIFIED Index Autos Help Wanted Job Guide MS 12 a MS MS HI0 lift OR human MM ttVMIO. Real Estate: See Sunday Horttcfinder Anabel Pacheco, 5, makes friends with an unidentified soldier from Fort Bragg, NjC, during distribution of food in storm-ravaged Homestead, Fla.

President Bush is sending more federal troops to the area to help residents recover. Violent kids Supermarket giants gird for battle oyal to enme surgeJbJDlsays 1 ii "i si'); Linrwnir -riri ru -n iw.n iii. If if Vtt Ill HI III III; NSfcW I PutU plani i3von me arta irtorttJnltidrtvitb jirnert 4 1 If tut I Cub Foods a. 'J t. i STAFF Big Sta Kroger, Publix plot strategies By Sonla Murray STAFF WRITER As Publix Super Markets makes its way into Atlanta's $4 billion grocery market this fall, a new battle will take place for your shopping dollar.

Analysts predict both Publix and Kroger which now dominates metro Atlanta will resort to age-old strategies. Prices are expected to fall and coupons could double, possibly triple, with each new Publix store. Zealous salespeople will greet you at the door and open register after register to accommodate you. But once the store opening celebrations and promotions subside, Publix will move into its long-term strategy to overpower Kroger, neighborhood by neighborhood. It won't be an easy task.

Already, Kroger has unveiled a new alley" conceptr National statistics hit all-time record By Dennis McCafferty STAFF WRITER Violent crime nationwide has soared to record levels, with much of it being committed by juveniles, as baby boomers' offspring have matured into a dangerous breed of criminal, according to a FBI report released Saturday. "We've always had violence among young people as long as we've had people," said Gwinnett County Chief Deputy Jack Enter, a former criminology professor. "But this group seems to have a greater percentage of violence." The FBI's massive Uniform Crime Report did not rank cities by crime, but calculations show that in 1991, as in the previous year, Atlanta had the nation's highest overall crime rate pujti Kzmsnzx ussra openea in aavannan I Ian year. The Florida chain moves into Atlanta In November, which is organized in such a way trying new ideas to entice cus- ginning," said Lee Wilder, a su-that shoppers can pick up an en- tomers. permarket analyst for the Robin-tire meal within the first three "Customers within a two- son-Humphrey Co.

Inc. in Atlan-aisles of the store. And less con- and three-mile radius of a Pub- ta. "I could see the double-ventional stores such as Cub lix and a Kroger will probably Foods and Sam's Club are also get a break on prices in the be- Please see GROCERY, A8.