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21 THE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1996 jTA TS fin a 7 Oil SBlii IIU eaten JL MASSACHUSETTS I L.i. Trustom Pond 9 National Trustom NEW YORK Harttad CONN. -ku x. Jerusalem Charlestown n. Matunuck Beach Pond Charlestown Breachway Earge abound Light Light sheen in Ninigret Pond just inside Charlestown Breachway observed by the Coast Guard yesterday.

streaks Block Island Sou n) Grunt Soli Pond Block Island SOURCE: National Oceanto and Atmospheric Administration clean up the oil. Coast Guard Capt. Barney Turlo defended their effort, saying safety -not speed is the first priority. "I'd rather have oil in the water than blood," Turlo said. Meanwhile, hundreds of residents volunteered to help clean up beaches.

Curt Spalding, Save the Bay executive director, "said he had cXSS could face 80m cut for roads FUNDING Continued from Page 17 "Obviously there is a concern in Congress that some states may be hit fairly hard," said state Transportation Secretary James J. Kera-siotes. "The GAO says you can cap that and it wouldn't cost as much as you think it may cost you." Kerasiotes said yesterday the state has prepared itself for the "worst-case scenario. And at the same time the state has also prepared to carry on an aggressive statewide road and bridge program." The details of that plan are expected to be unveiled tomorrow, when state officials release their financial plan for the final nine years of construction on the Central ArteryThird Harbor Tunnel project. The official price tag for the Big Dig is expected to be several hundred million dollars less than the current figure of almost $8 billion.

"We'll play the hand we're dealt," Kerasiotes said, adding that funds from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and other sources will be used to defray the state's increased share of Big Dig costs. It is up to Congress to decide this year how to distribute highway and public-transit money to the states through the year 2003. The General Accounting Office report, issued late in November, describes a range of possibilites, all assuming that overall funding will be reduced, given the budget-cutting mood dominant on Capitol Hill. The report is playing a significant role in the development of a long-term financial plan for the Big Dig, which is being hammered out by Massachusetts transportation officials and the Federal Highway Administration. "There is not a financial plan yet," Peter C.

Markle, division administrator in Boston for the Federal Highway Administration, said late last week. "My goal is to get a plan that Federal Highway and Massachusetts agree is a viable plan and we can brag about. And I don't think we're there yet." A draft of the state's financial plan was given to federal officials on Jan. 5, after a version proposed last fall was determined to be incomplete. After a decade in which the project has grown considerably in cost under two governors, managers now say they have a more precise understanding of future costs.

Ever since the last official estimate of $7,998 million was arrived at, in mid-1995, they have been studying ways to bring the price tag down. FOR TEACHERS AND KIDS Point 4 Judith Pond Rainbow sheen in Point Judith Pond. Galilee Bird Sanctuary Point Judith sheen Rafntow streaks 4 Urf i sheen patches Block island State Be3ch Block Island 0 2 3 5 MILES i'. GLOBE STAFF MAP found jobs for many of them, although state officials said they were clearing the beaches. Michael Robinson, 55, a retired lobsterman, stopped by the Coast Guard command center in Point Judith to offer use of his new tractor to haul away dead fish.

"Hey," he said motioning toward the ocean, "it's my water." a Weld spokeswoman, cited his recent appointments of former Senate President William M. Bulger as head of the University of Massachusetts, and former Chelsea receiver James Carlin as head of the higher education board. With Silber, she said, "That's a strong triumvirate." But Kaplan said it had taken Weld five years to make even those changes. He pointed out that a group of business leaders who sponsored the education reform act publicly criticized the governor this fall for not being an effective leader in the push for education reform. Last year the governor waited three months to fill two vacancies on the Board of Education.

"I don't understand why he's not taking credit for the reform act rather than trying to undo it," Kaplan said. COMING JANUARY 29 3 Wakefield 4 ILL's sea SPILL Continued from Page 17 by about 7 p.m., siphoning off more than 1 million gallons of fuel from the barge, -officials said. Having lightened its load, crews hoped to float the barge out to sea today. Crews have had to move slowly because of high seas and the risk involved in lightening a vessel that could break apart, Coast Guard officials said. The spill's toll on wildlife worsened yesterday.

More than 12,000 lobsters were found dead on one half-mile stretch of beach, and tests showed them to be "extremely contaminated," said Tim Keeney, director of the state department of environmental management. The state banned all fishing in a 105-square-mile area in Block Island Sound on Sunday. The ban could last for weeks, officials said. At last count, 85 birds had died of exposure to oil and another 89 were being treated, Keeney said. Twenty-four of the dead birds were found on Block Island, about 10 miles off the Rhode Island coast.

"We anticipate that the majority of the bird impact is ahead of us," Keeney said. Some of that impact may be felt in the tidal ponds, where oil continued to seep in yesterday. Despite Styrofoam booms long barriers meant to slow the incoming tide and skim oil off the water as it rushes past some oil did penetrate the Charlestown Breachway Sunday night and was detected in Ninigret Pond, which feeds the Breachway. Point Judith Pond, the eastern most of the tidal ponds, has been the most polluted by oil. The fuel odor was strong there yesterday and rainbow slicks could be seen near the pond's mouth.

Education KAPLAN Continued from Page 17 Over the last two months the state's education system has been in turmoil over proposals to shake up its leadership, including the appointment of Boston University president John Silber as education chief in place of a board that has served the commonwealth since the days of Horace Mann. Silber has said that he will not take the position unless the Legislature abolishes the 15-member Board of Education in favor of one that is smaller, and that he has a strong hand in choosing. Weld's budget proposal today is to include proposals for new kinds of schools run by a range of private organizations, as well as mandatory school choice, and vouchers to help families pay to send their children to private or parochial schools. Kaplan said that such proposals, coming only halfway through the act passed three years ago, would send the wrong message to schools and to a Legislature that still has to approve money for reform efforts. "If we now have a governor saying, 'This doesn't schools are nursery Trustom Pond, a national wildlife refuge, was first thought to have been clean, but officials yesterday said oil has been found under the surface of floating ice.

The tidal ponds are a breeding ground for shellfish and winter flounder as well as for endangered and rare birds, such as the piping plover. They are also home to plant species, such as ell grass, and are a critical stop for birds migrating along the eastern seaboard. With the wind expected to push oil in the ocean back toward shore today, crews yesterday deployed more booms and took water and ground samples from ponds. Tanker trucks stood by the Charlestown Breachway to siphon any oil trapped by the booms. Scientists worry that more oil in the ponds could devastate the next generation of some species.

"None of us really knows what the long-term implications are," said David Borden, a state scientist. The pollution is already making a strong economic impact, both in the ponds and on the open water. Bob Bergen, 37, part-owner of the state's1 largest oyster-growing company, waited anxiously yesterday for the state's permission to move some 500,000 oysters worth $250,000 from Point Judith Pond to Narragansett Bay. "I am extremely worried," Bergen said. "This oil spill could potentially wipe us out." Sen.

John Chafee, a Rhode Island Republican, said yesterday that he had spoken with President Clinton, who offered to support legislation to aid small businesses hurt by the spill. Some fishermen blamed the Coast Guard for not acting quick enough to both avoid the spill and chair quits, going to say, 'OK, why should we bother with and the Legislature won't support funding," Kaplan said. "The whole thing will unravel. What was so effective about the Education Reform Act of 1993 was that it was a seven-year program. Why mess that up?" Kaplan's term was to expire this week.

By law he would have continued to serve as chairman until a replacement took over. But it is uncertain when and if Silber will do so. In an interview over the weekend, Kaplan said he wanted his resignation to be a statement of his disgust with Weld's and Silber's ideas. "One person giving orders? Is that how it's supposed to work?" he said, his face red with anger. "They want to basically gut this board and make it a personal board instead of a public institution.

Instead of paying attention to who should be czar, I think what all the politicians should do is shut up and get on with education reform." Kaplan sent a letter to the governor yesterday saying he will step down after the end of today's board meeting: "I regret our viewpoints on education policy have diverged so blasts Weld proposals New England News Briefs Dog helps catch robbery suspect A police dog named Rocky gave Brookline police a big assist in the capture of Charles J. Cameron, 48, who is suspected of stealing $9,500 in four bank robberies in Brookline since August, police said yesterday. On Friday, the German shepherd was riding with Officer John King, who responded to radio calls that a man had run out of Brookline Savings Bank at 1014 Beacon St. about 2:30 p.m. with $1,423, according to police Capt.

Peter Scott. The dog tracked Cameron to some bushes. Armed robber steals red rose An armed robber stole a $1.99 red rose from a Store 24 in Charles-town late Sunday night, police said. A cashier told police that he noticed a white male in his 30s place a rose inside his coat about 10:10 p.m. at the 24-hour chain store on Main Street.

When the cashier told him to put the flower back, the man allegedly opened his coat to display a black handgun, police said. Cambridge still without a mayor Cambridge city councilors, last night failed for the third time this month to elect a mayor from their ranks. The voting last night remained split among the choices of the Cambridge Alliance and the Cambridge Chic Association. Former Mayor Ken Reeves, who is unaligned, continued to vote for himself. Councilor Frank Duehay, the senior member of the council, will run the meetings until councilors can decide on a mayor, who also sits as School Committee chairman.

Roslindale youth arrested in killing Boston police yesterday arrested a 17-year-old Roslindale youth in the murder of Luis Nunez, 21, who was shot last month as he walked toward a friend's car in the South End. Police arrested Edison R. Delarosa at his father's home in Chelsea on a warrant charging him with killing Nunez on the evening of Dec. 27. Nunez, of Dorchester, was shot in the chest as he rounded a corner to Yarmouth Place and walked toward a parked car where a friend was waiting for him.

Defendant probed in second slaying MANCHESTER, N.H. Authorities said a man awaiting a murder trial in Massachusetts is being investigated in the death of a New Hampshire college official. Senior Assistant Attorney General Michael Ramsdell said last week it is too early to call Craig Conkey, 29, a suspect in the 1991 killing of Theresa Reed, associate registrar at Plymouth State College. Reed, 30, was found dead of multiple stab wounds in her apartment after a co-worker called police when she did not show up for work. Marquette finds leader in Mass.

Rev. Robert A. Wild, president of Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, was named yesterday to succeed Rev. Albert J. DiUlio as president of Marquette University in Milwaukee.

The selection was made at a special meeting of the Marquette board of trustees yesterday morning, and the appointment is effective this summer, the university said in a news release. Father Wild, 55, a native of Chicago, taught theology at Marquette from 1975 to 1983 and has been a board member since 1990. (AP) Footprints seen as clue in death SALEM Police made castings yesterday of footprints in the snow near the icy creek where the body of high school student John Geary was found Saturday "to find out how he got where he was," Sgt. Conrad Prosniewski said. While awaiting toxicology tests from Geary's autopsy, police are interviewing friends, who were with the l.Tyear-oid Friday night.

Vi- 4 (3 I LA oston XT? No crowning glory for princess -4 crawooz MARTIN KAPLAN "The whole thing will unravel" markedly since November 1, 1995," he wrote. Weld responded by lauding Kaplan's leadership, but saying it was time for "bold" new changes in education. "Marty Kaplan did a first class job steering the Board of Education through major reforms in the commonwealth school system over the last five years," Weld said. Rejecting a charge that Weld had ignored education, Ilene Hoffer, trial hearing tomorrow morning. "She denies that she engaged in any wrongdoing on that airplane," Mitchell said afterward, as the princess slipped out a back door of the courthouse.

No doubt the incident comes as an embarrassment to the Saudi Arabian government, which has tough laws against drinking. Osamma Nugali, director of the Saudi Arabian Information Office in Washington, would not comment on the charges nor would he confirm her royal ties, saying that her name was "simply too common" and the royal family too large to check her identity. Mitchell said that Quahanti visits Boston fairly regularly on personal business, but he wouldn't elaborate. If found guilty, she could get 2Vz years in jail, a far cry from her well-appointed digs in Jeddah. Although Quahanti holds a diplomatic passport that would make her immune from prosecution, Mitchell said she wanted no special treatment.

"The princess has instructed me not to pursue this," Mitchell said of diplomatic immunity. "She wants to be treated like an ordinary person." Boston Scrapbook is full of maps and poems and illustrations that help explain how the city grew. Included is a timeline game, amazing facts and some famous front page stories. There's even an interview with "Benjamin Franklin." This 16-page scrapbook is designed as an overview of the city from the 1600s to the 1900s. With many, many interesting stops along the way! Kids of all ages will enjoy it.

To get a minimum of 30 copies for your class on January 29, send your check for 250 per copy, by January 2k to: PRINCESS Continued from Page 17 Quahanti, flying aboard Trans World Airline's Flight 807, lurched from her seat and began to choke the flight attendant, sources said. "She went out of control," said one passenger, requesting anonymity. Subdued by other flight attendants and passengers, Quahanti eventually was returned to her seat to finish out the flight to Boston, where a half-dozen state troopers greeted her at the gate. TWA flight attendant Sheri Albert, who police say was unhurt during the encounter, filed criminal complaints against Quahanti. The princess was charged with assault and battery and unlawful interference with operation of an aircraft.

TWA has refused to comment. Yesterday, Quahanti, 43, arrived at the courthouse with her lawyer, Oliver C. Mitchell, and was immediately hustled out of public view. Judge Paul Mahoney waived her public" appearance at the arraignment, where Mitchell entered a plea on her belialf of not guilty. The case is scheduled for a pre 7" i I i GLOBE PHOTO TOP HONORS Joseph M.

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