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HEVJ EtJGLAtJD UEOS BRIEFS Water agency signs papers to buy shipyard Bob Fosse, 60, choreographer, dies before Washington premiere "Sir Associated Press WASHINGTON Director and choreographer Bob Fosse collapsed and died yesterday just before the premiere here of "Sweet Charity." one of his most endurable creations, officials said. He was 60. Mr. Fosse was director of the show, which was opening at the National Theater. Alma Viator, a spokeswoman for the theater, said Mr.

Fosse had rehearsed the company yesterday and left the theater at 6:30 p.m. for a break with Gwen Verdon, his former wife. "He and Gwen Verdon went back to his hotel room at the Wil-lard Hotel. He had a massive heart attack there. They rushed him to George Washington University Hospital, where they tried to revive him and could not," Viator said.

"The cast knew nothing of this until the end of the show. He never made it to opening night." A George Washington University spokeswoman, Yvonne Hiott, said Mr. Fosse was brought into the hospital's emergency room by ambulance at 6:48 p.m. She said he died of cardiac arrest at 7:23 p.m., but she had no further information. Viator said Mr.

Fosse showed no signs of illness earlier in the day. "He had a very spirited, up rehearsal," she said. The cast of the show attended an opening night party at a Washington restaurant and toasted him to sustained applause. "It's very somber," Viator said. Mr.

Fosse was long a mainstay of the Broadway musical theater, and he was one of the most widely acclaimed choreographers of recent decades. "Sweet Charity" opened at the National Theater for a four-week run. It first opened on Broadway in 1966, with Verdon the original Charity. It was Mr. Fosse who gave the show its distinctive stamp, as he did in much of his choreography.

Fosse won numerous awards for his work on stage, movies and television. He won Tony Awards for his Broadway musical hits "Pajama Game" in 1956, "Damn Yankees" in 1956, "Redhead" in 1959, "Sweet Charity" in 1966, and two Tony Awards each for "Pippin" in 1972 and for "Dancin" in 1978. His film work included "Cabaret," "All That Jazz" and "Lenny." He won an Academy Award for his work in "Cabaret" in 1972. Mr. Fosse, the son of a vaudeville singer, was born in Chicago on June 23, 1927.

He was known for his choreography on bump-and-grind routines. When presenting him with a $5,000 Capezio Award for dance this year, Verdon told how Mr. Fosse, as a 9-year-old in Chicago, had gone "dancing over stoops and garbage cans," imitating Fred Astaire. "I was very taken with dancing on other objects than the floor," Mr. Fosse said.

Vineyard beach deal under state scrutiny Lawyers in the enforcement section of the state Division of Securities are poring over documents related to the sale of shares in South Beach in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard to determine whether the transactions violated securities exchange laws. On Tuesday, the owners of part of the beach, who recently sold shares in the property at $25,000 each, complied with a demand from division officials and turned over copies of sales offerings, correspondence, the names of buyers and brokers involved with the sales and other papers. About 30 acres of the beach that had been used by the public were sold to developers July 1. Edgartown offi cials have filed suit, contending that the public has established privileged access through years of use. EPA to crack down on cnemical users WOBURN Federal environmental officials said yesterday they would begin to impose penal ties against numerous New England industrial facilities that have failed to meet new stringent chemical reporting rules.

Many of the region's industrial firms using chemical substances covered by the rules have not reported their use because of ignorance of the regulation, said Paul G. Keough, EPA's deputy regional administrator. The federal Superfund law en acted last year calls for firms us ing any of more than 400 chemi cals in certain quantities to report the use to state commissions and to designate a facility coordinator, Keough said. "While we do not have a precise number yet, we do believe that the facility notifica tions are running very low perhaps 25 to 40 percent of those that are required to report," Keogh told a conference of civil defense and corporate planners. (UPI) Experiment causes medical center fire An electric appliance that over heated and caught fire during a chemical experiment yesterday in New England Medical Center in jured one firefighter and caused $100,000 in damages, fire officials said.

Firefighter William Murphy said the 12:56 p.m. blaze began on a stove-like heater in a seventh-floor room at 15 Kneeland St. and spread to an overhead fume hood and destroyed it. Murphy said Firefighter John Heaney was treated in the hospital for smoke inhalation and exaustion and released. The building was evacuat ed because of the fear that radioactive and other materials in the building might Ignite.

3 communities fined for trash violations Administrative penalties total ing $7,500 have been levied against the communities of North Adams, Belchertown and Ludlow for alleged violations of state solid waste rules in the operation of their municipal landfills, state officials announced yesterday. MBTA to reduce Chandler Bigelow, retired banker and former state senator; at 87 "Conditions which allow pollu tants to leach into drinking water resources will not be tolerated, said John Higgins, western re gional director of the Department of Environmental Quality engi neering. North Adams and Ludlow were penalized each tor ai legedly failing repeatedly to apply adequate daily cover material to their landfills and not sending required engineering inspection re ports, the agency said. Belcher town has been penalized for allegedly failing to submit evi dence that a number ot violations detected during the course of two inspections in the spring are be ing addressed, the agency said. (AP).

3 brothers sentenced in insurance fraud CAMBRIDGE Three brothers. all directors of Pat's Auto Body of Somerville, were sentenced Tues day in Middlesex Superior Court to punishments ranging from a $12,000 fine to 15 years in prison for their part in defrauding a New Hampshire insurance company of about $500,000. Edward Tauro, 44, of Burlington, was given a sus pended two-year sentence in the House of Correction and ordered to pay $12,000 in fines. He also was ordered to pay back $4,427 to Na tional Grange Mutual Insurance Co. of Keene, N.H.

Walter Tauro, 37. of Arlington, was ordered to pay back $18,015 and was sen tenced to five years in the state Drison at Concord, a year in the House of Correction, and a sus pended 3-5 year term in Cedar Junction. William Tauro, 27, of Cambridge, was given three successive five-year Concord terms plus additional suspended sentences in Concord and the House of Correction. He also must pay back $54,472. Jail guard charged with hid to sell drug A Charles Street Jail guard was arrested yesterday in a "sting" operation after he alleged ly tried to purchase cocaine from a State Police undercover agent with possible intent to sell it to in mates at the jail, according to Suf folk County officials.

The jail officer, James R. Bigelow, 32, of Rox- bury Street, Roxbury, is scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Munici pal Court this morning and charged with delivering drugs to a prisoner, distribution of a Class substance, trafficking in cocaine and taking a bribe as a public offi cial. Revere man charged with having cocaine A Revere teen-ager was arrest ed yesterday and charged with possession of a pound of cocaine as he drove on Main Street in Mel rose in a new sports car he had just purchased with cash. State Police assigned to the Middlesex County district attorney's office and Melrose police arrested Sean D. Vetere, 19, of Reservoir Avenue, around 5 p.m.

State Police Detec tive Lt. Robert Long said police be lieve Vetere was a "major suppli er" of cocaine in Maiden and Mel rose, two neighboring cities north of Boston. commuter fares dress the problem of inadequate growth in farebox revenues. MBTA farebox revenue in creased less than 1 percent last year, while the net amount tax payers had to provide to subsidize the MBTA grew 7.5 percent, with the gap between revenue and costs steadily growing, advisory board statistics show. "The problem is the precedent It sets on the issue of lowering fares, Larner said.

'Where does It stop? When is anyone going to look at the whole problem of inad equate fares and decide to do something In the opposite direction?" However, State Transportation Secretary Frederick P. Salvucci, chairman of the MBTA. said all the stations involved have low commuter rail rldership and are the last stops before North and South stations. "We are talking about people filling leftover seats or standing for a short distance." Crltclzlng the MBTA from the other direction was Mattlc Bul-llner, spokeswoman for the UDhams Corner chapter of ACORN, a community activist group. Bulllner faulted the MBTA for falling to offer riders from Mor ton Street and Uphams Corner free transfers to the Red Line at South Station.

"We're grateful for the 60-cent fare, but this Is one of the poorer sections of the city you are dealing with, and a 60-cent fare without a transfer Is still too much money for us to pay," Bulllner said. By Larry Tye Globe Staff The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority signed an. agreement yesterday to buy the; General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy a key step toward clean-, ing Boston Harbor. "It contains the acreage and pier space necessary to conduct one of the largest and most diffi-i cult construction projects in state' history" building a new sewage treatment plant on Deer Island Paul Levy, the authority said in a statement. Sen.

Paul Harold (D-Quincy) said he feels, however, the sale would do a disservice to Quincy residents. The authority is buying, five times more land than It needs for a staging area because it also; may locate a sludge-burning plant there, the senator said. Levy said no decision has been made about the sludge plant. The agreement calls for the water authority to pay $49.5 million for the 182-acre site, its buildings and equipment and the Fore River Railroad. General Dynamics would pay to remove toxic wastes found at the shipyard within six months, after which the authority would-be responsible for the cleanup.

The authority already has made plans for a $1 million study to ensure all oil, PCBs and other wastes are round within tne six-monin period. The agreement requires Gener al Dynamics to meet any pollu-. tion-control standards the state sets and to upgrade the cleanup each time state standards are up graded. The shipyard probably never will be as clean as required for a residential neighborhood. Levy said, but it will be sufficient to operate safely as a business area.

Levy promised to work with Quincy to decide how the site; will' be developed, saying, "To the extent the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority does not heed all of the land purchased, It will be developed in a way that will be good for the economy and environ ment of Quincy. We are particularly interested In the possibility of reestablishing' a ship repair and shipbuilding industry on the site." -y Normally a purchase and sale agreement means that financing and other key issues remain before a sale becomes final. In this case, however, no question remains about the authority's ability to pay or either side's interest in backing out, Levy said. "Onee it- is signed you can assume the deal's going through." Harold said guincy still has an active lawsuit in state court chal lenging the authority's power to buy more land than it needs for the staging area. Another suit in federal court argues that the authority already has decided to use the extra shipyard land for a sludge plant, violating environmental regulations.

Several previous suits have been dismissed, and some observ ers say the latest suits are last-ditch efforts to scuttle the sale. Payments withheld from water hoard By Bonnie V. Winston Globe Staff For several weeks, the Gover nor's Council has tried to get Paul Levy, director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, to appear at its meetings and an swer questions about the purchase of the Quincy shipyard. But Levy has yet to appear, and yesterday the council, angered by his response to Its requests, voted to withhold state payments to Levy's agency for the second week in a row. The council, whose work goes largely unnoticed.

Is responsible for authorizing payments to state agencies and for paying state bills. Including legislative and executive salaries. Its action against the waj ter authority did not come to light- untll yesterday. The authority notified the council before Its meeting yester-; day that Levy would appear to an--swer questions Oct. 7.

But the! council decided to continue withholding the payments anyway. Seven weeks is too late, said Councilor Peter L. Eleey. (D-gjin-." cy), who said the council first con-! tacted Levy In August. What Is" disturbing Is that a public agency; neaa cannot una time to meet- with this body about something of; grave concern to the public.

think we may have their attention now." Levy said yesterday that hlsl own board meets on the same day the councilor? hold their meetings. HAROLD T. SVENDSEN Harold Svendsen With John Hancock 43 years A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in the Needham Congregational Church for Harold T.

Svendsen, 82, of Needham, retired manager of the contractual division of the John Hancock Life Insurance who died at his home Sunday of the so- called Lou Gehrig Disease. Born in Hyde Park, Mr. Svend sen was a 1923 graduate of Hyde Park High School and a 1930 graduate of Boston University. He retired from John Hancock 24 years ago after working for the company for 43 years. He was a member, former president and past secretary and chairman of the sick and visiting committee of the Retired Men's Club of Needham and a member of the Garden Club of Needham.

Mr. Svendsen also served as a Needham town meeting member for 41 years and was a member of the Needham Finance Committee. He was a board member of the Red Cross and served as a teacher, clerk, treasurer and deacon of the Needham Congregational Church. A volunteer with the Needham School Department. Mr.

Svendsen also was involved with the Cub Scouts, the Public School Associ ation and the Needham Boosters Club. Last June, he received an award recognizing 18 years of ser vice to the psychologysociology departments at Needham High School. He leaves his wife, Alice Svend sen: two sons, David of Newton and Paul Svendsen of Bangor, Maine: a daughter, Judith Benson of Needham; three brothers, Ar thur of Freeport. Maine, Lawrence of Easton and Warren of Attle- boro; two sisters, Anna Annesta of Ruskln, and Ruth Grant of Cambridge; and six grandchildren. A.

Leo Creamer, 70 Active in Marshl'ielil affairs A funeral Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, In St. Ann's bv the Sea Church. Marsh- field, for A.

Leo Creamer. 70, of La-conia, N.H., formerly of Marsh- field, a retired supervisor in the textile industry. Mr. Creamer died Saturday in Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, after a brief illness. He was born in Boston and at tended Boston English High School.

He was an employee of the M.J. Sullivan and J.J. Collins Textile companies. South Boston, for 48 years before his retirement in 1982. He was a member of the Plymouth County Democratic League, past acting president and former officer of the Plymouth County Foster Parents Association and on the board of registrars of Marshfleld.

Mr. Creamer was a member of the Webster Grange No. 205. Marshfleld and the Mayflower North Pomona Grange No. 40, Plymouth County, former vice chairman of the Marshfleld Democratic Town Committee and past president of the St.

Ann's Church Holy Name Society. He moved to Laconia from Marshfleld in 1984. He leaves his wife, Mary (La-cev): a son, A. Leo Creamer Jr. of Somers, N.Y.: three daughters, Ann Marie Gore of Blllerlca.

Patri cia of Ashland, and Lollta Parr of Santa Barbara. four foster children and eight grandchildren. U.K. Cross, VA Former loui i'eresciitatie Associated Press WASHINGTON Former Rep. II.

R. Gross, 88. who represented his northern Iowa district for 26 years In Washington, died Tuesday night In the Veteran's Administration Hospital here of complications from Alzheimer's Disease. Mr, Gross, a Republican, was first elected to the House of Representatives In 1948, and became well-known for opposing deficit spending, In each of his 13 terms he proposed a bill to require a balanced budget and systematic repayment of the federal debt. at nine little-utilized rail stations Bv Edgar J.

Driscoll Globe Staff A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday. Sept. 25, in St. John's Episcopal Church.

Beverly Farms, for Chandler Bigelow, 87. of Beverly Farms, a Boston banker and former state senator. He died Tuesday. He was president of the South Boston Savings Bank for 10 years and before that was an assistant vice president in the personal trust division of the Old Colony Trust Company for many years. During his presidency of the bank, deposits grew from S50 million to $150 million.

After stepping down as president, he became chairman of the bank's board of trustees. In addition to his financial interests, Mr. Bigelow was active in his younger days in Essex County affairs. He had served as president of the Board of Aldermen in Beverly from 1936-37: associate county commissioner for Essex County from 1936-38: and state senator from the Second Essex District from 1939-40. The following year he was secretary of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety.

He also was vice president of the Boston Episcopal Charitable Society: a trustee of the Church Home Society: president of the North Shore Babies Hospital. Sa- Gcrald Sfanl ey, i i Owned con tract inn firm Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25. in the Conway Congregational Church for Gerald E.

Stanley of Conway, N.H., retired owner of the Gerald Stanley General Contracting Co. Mr. Stanley died Tuesday In McKerlery Health Care Center, La-conia, N.H., after a brief Illness. He was 77. Born In Eaton.

N.H.. Mr. Stanley was a graduate of Kennelt High School, Conway. He began his business In 1931. In the 1940s, the firm was Involved In the development of Conway and northern New Hampshire resort areas.

The Stanley Co. also specialized In the restoration of Early American homes In the eastern United States. He owned the business for 56 years before his retirement Inst year. Mr. Stanley was active In Republican politics, and was past president of the Conway Rotary Club and the Conway American Legion Post, a member of the Elks Lodge of Conway, and a Navy veteran of World War II.

He maintained a summer home In Bldderord Pool, Maine, for the last 50 years. He leaves his wife. Hazel E. (Mnrwny): two sons, Alan G. of Conway, and Arthur G.

Stanley of North Berwick, Maine: a daughter. Joan Stanley Van Dorn of Cambridge: brother, Kenneth Stanley of Rye.i N.H.: and seven grandchildren. lem: trustee and clerk of St. Mark's School in Southborough; treasurer of the Wells Memorial Association: and senior warden of St. John's Church.

Beverly Farms. Mr. Bigelow was born in Milton and attended St. Mark's School and the Cate School in Carpin-teria, Calif. At Harvard, he was a member of the class of 1924.

After leaving college at the end of his junior year, he worked for Pacific Mills in Lawrence, then went into investment banking. Before joining Old Colony Trust Co. he worked for a decade with Smith Barney now Smith Barney Harris Upham Co. During World War II, Mr. Bigelow was an officer in the Army Air Force.

He served first as commander of the 46th Air Service Squadron in Africa. Sicily and France, then was transferred to the 6th Army Group. He was the recipient of the European, African. Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Croix de Guerre and seven campaign stars. He was a member of the Somerset Club, the Tavern Club and the Myopia Hunt Club.

He leaves his wife. Margaret D. (Porter): a son, Allen P. Bigelow; and two brothers. Nelson Bigelow of Westwood and Thayer Bigelow of Reno, New Dr.

Lawrence Wilde ascnlar snrp'oii. I Services will be at 1 1 a.m.. Friday, Sept. 25, In Christ Lutheran Church in Belmont for Dr. W.

Lawrence Wilde, 54, a surgeon, of St. Petersburg, Fla. Dr. Wilde, formerly of Belmont, died unexpectedly Saturday In his home. Born in Madrid, he was a graduate of the Webb School for Boys In Bell Buckle.

Tenn. He was graduated from Harvard In 1954 and from Harvard Medical School In 1958. He received his training In vascular surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and was a member of the American College of Surgeons. For 20 years until 19K5. Dr.

Wilde was on the staff or Mt. Auburn Hospital In Cambridge. Maiden Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital. From 1985 until the time of his death, he was In private practice in St. Petersburg.

He was an avid skller, sailor and tennis player and served on committees of the New England Lawn Tennis Association, lie was a member of the Belmont Hill Club, the Wlnnno Club and the Wlanno Yacht Club In Ostervllle. He lived In Belmont for 25 years before moving to St. Petersburg In 1985. Dr. Wilde leaves his former wife, Elaine Wilde of Belmont; a son.

Joslah Wilde of Belmont: a daughter, Delrdre Wilde of Belmont; a sister, Carmen Oryall of San Francisco; and his mother, Lllo Wilde of San Francisco. By Peter J. Howe Globe Staff Commuter train fares will be dropped to 60 and 75 cents at nine lightly patronized stations near Boston in hopes of drumming up rldership, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority voted yesterday. The authority also voted to be gin a $2.2 million, 12-month over haul of the Park Street Red and Green Line station. Involving replacement of run-down escalators, stairways and kiosks along the Downtown Crossing side of Tre-mont Street.

Beginning Oct. 5, riders will pay 60 cents to go from Back Bay. Morton Street (Mattapan) and Uphams Corner (Dorchester) stations to South Station. Fares will be dropped from $1 .25 to 75 cents at: Forest Hills In Jamaica Plain, Ruggles In Roxburv. Porter Square In Cambridge, West Med-ford, Maiden Center and Chelsea.

The move was Immediately criticized by an MBTA fiscal watchdog group for being too much and by the spokeswoman for a Dorchester community Crouo as being too little. Anne M. Larner, executive di rector of the MBTA Advisory Board, which represents the 79 cities and towns that are taxed to support the transit agency, said the decision Involves only "a few riders and a small amount of mon ey bud typifies MBTA manage- ment troubling reluctance to ad.