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i Tomorrow: 16 pages off exclusive quake photos Wednesday evening OCTOHF.R 25. IMW IWIMYIIVF. IT. NTS ii i nm ii in a ij 7mm m-L m. mtmuZTZZ t- -j i 1 1 VifnrfifrmTB.M it ii 1 1 ii nil "i ini i I --fl in nr i ram iihhih ninii r- i rtr-V-inin imtf 1 M- fa i thi il On EN Examiner poll: Should Bay Series be resumed? B- It's official: Quake's impact DcLb even higher 71? ODD atoolfeDi SANTA CRUZ CHECKS THE DAMAGE TV 1 2i A Santa Cruz law enforcement officer leads hard-hat-clad downtown merchants on a tour Tuesday of the earthquake Move city center, Santa Cruz urged Oakland keeps its determination Funds ban upheld for poor victims of rape, incest EXAMINER NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON The House on Wednesday sustained President Bush's veto of a bill that would have allowed federally financed Medicaid abortions for poor women who were victims of rape and incest.

The vote was 231 to 191 in favor of override, but that fell 51 votes short of the two-thirds margin needed. The vote, a victory for abortion foes, came a day after the Pennsylvania House of Representatives easily approved one of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the nation, taking advantage of new restrictions allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Wednesday's vote in Congress, abortion-rights supporters, who had won a victory two weeks ago for more liberal abortion provisions, failed to end a prohibition that has been written in federal law for nearly a decade. Supporters of expanding federally financed abortions for poor women had acknowledged they See ABORTION, back page Judge says Reagan mus Iran data But Bush papers to stay private EXAMINER NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON John Poin-dexter is entitled to subpoena relevant personal notes and diaries on the Iran-contra affair from former President Ronald Reagan, but not from President Bush, a federal judge has ruled.

Judge Harold Greene said he would allow the former nat ional security adviser to subpoena Reagan's personal papers as part of the defense effort to prove that Reagan had known and approved of Poindexter's activities. Reagan's private notes and diaries could provide the most extensive evidence yet about his part in the secret sale of weapons to Iran and the financial and diplomatic efforts to support the Nicaraguan contras in 1984-86, when Congress banned U.S. military' aid. Poindexter has been charged with five criminal counts of conspiracy, obstructing Congress and making false statements to cover up the Iran-contra affair. "If the claims" by Poindexter See REAGAN, back page TO yield 1989 FILE PHOTO Alan Greenspan worked for Lincoln Savings' parent company.

Greenspan sought to help that failed Effort came before he was chairman of Federal Reserve By David Kelly STATES NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON While working as a private consultant in 1985, current Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was so confident in Charles Keating management of the now-bankrupt Lincoln Savings and Loan that he wrote a letter asking that the thrift be allowed to exceed federal investment limits. Greenspan was a consultant at the time lor the parent company of Lincoln Savings, whose collapse this year represents the worst failure in U.S. history. The thrift racked up a $2.5 billion debt as a result of Keating's freewheeling, high-risk management style, and he and several of his associates are facing a $1.1 billion civil fraud and racketeering suit by the federal government. At the time of Greenspan's letter, Lincoln Savings was trying to expand its operations into real estate and land development.

Such transactions involve more than simply lending money for mortgages, the traditional role of savings and loans; they require direct investment by the thrifts. Federal rules limit investments to 10 percent of their assets. "I believe that denial of the permission Lincoln seeks would work a serious and unfair hardship on an association that has, through its skill and expertise, transformed itself into a financ ially strong institution that presents no foreseeable risk to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation," Greenspan wrote to Thomas Shar- Sec LINCOLN, back page Greenspan opposes more congressional oversight of Fed 3 EXAMINER CAROLYN COLE ravaged mall. a good laugh when they saw the white man building down in a river bottom," said Steeves, now a private consultant. "They lived up on the hill in caves." Steeves' comments, which were quickly brushed off by the city's mayor, came as downtown merchants got their first look at the devastation of the Pacific Garden Mall.

However, as shopkeepers waited up to two hours in the rain before donning hard hats for their four-block tour, the news wasn't all bad. About a dozen of the downtown's turn-of-the-century buildings will have to be demolished not 50, as was reported after the quake, merchants were told. At least part of the mall, which is surrounded by a chain-link fence, will be reopened in time for the Christmas shopping season, according to the head of the Downtown Association. "Yes, there will be a Christmas for this downtown," said association President Louie Rittenhouse. Downtown Santa Cruz might not be lying in ruins and three people might not be dead, said Steeves, if the city had listened to his warnings in 1987.

As chief building official that year, Steeves warned that much of the business district was made of the same unreinforced masonry construction that collapsed in Coa-linga during that town's 6.7 magnitude quake in 1983. In a draft city ordinance in February 1987, Steeves proposed that all Santa Cruz buildings other than homes that posed earthquake hazards be reinforced or, as a last resort, demolished. About 175 buildings, including some of those made of nonductile concrete and wood frames, would have been affected. Steeves estimates it would have cost $5,000 to $20,000 per building. "As soon as I proposed it, the city started getting a lot of flak See SANTA CRUZ.

A 9 Redevelopment will continue in spite of quake, officials say By Scott Winokur OF TOE EXAMINER STAFF OAKLAND Officials and business leaders here are asking themselves if the city's ambitious redevelopment program has been destroyed by the earthquake, which played havoc with municipal hopes and plans from Santa Cruz to San Francisco. They say the answer should be an unequivocal no, emphasizing that only old buildings were damaged severely and many of these were aged downtown hotels; that completed redevelopment projects actually had fared well in the Oct. 17 temblor; and that developers were telling them projects in the planning stages remained on course. But they don't discount the possibility that overwhelmingly negative media attention prompted by the collapse of the Cypress Street freeway overpass will make it hard Ex-official says site of downtown is too dangerous By John Flinn OF THE EXAMINER STAFF SANTA CRUZ This beach resort city is making a serious mistake by planning to rebuild its crumbled downtown in the same trouble-prone location, says the municipality's former building chief. David A.

Steeves, who as chief building official two years ago warned Santa Cruz that its historic business district might not withstand a major quake, says the city should rebuild its downtown on more solid ground two miles away. "The Indians who lived here got Gov. Deukmejian POLITICS Earthquake fallout hits Deukmejian Gov. Deukmejian's actions following the Oct. 17 quake especially his shunt ing of blame for the 1-880 collapse have drawn fire, and may cost him politically.

A -8 er than ever for the city to shed its image as an urban loser, regardless of its baseball team's successes. "What you're looking at, momentum-wise, is a catastrophe," Richmond, Deputy City Manager George Williams said in a telephone interview Tuesday. Williams directed Oakland's half-billion-dollar redevelopment effort for a decade, leaving early this year. He predicted that limited public funds previously earmarked for downtown revitalization would have to be diverted to pressing quake-related needs, such as new office space for approximately 500 See OAKLAND, A-8 THE COMMUTE Trip to City easy, but traffic heavier Although many people returned to their cars, the morning commute was smooth. Smoke in the trans-Bay tube caused delays for BART passengers late in the morning, but service returned to normal shortly afterward.

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