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THE TIMES-PRESS. STREATOR, ILL Tuesday, May 16, 1995 shaking up the team Mindful of his agency's long history of conflicts with Congress, CIA Director JOHN deutch named a new team of senior managers Monday with extensive experience on Capitol Hill. Deutch, confirmed by the Senate less than a week ago, said one of his prime motivations for announcing the changes so quickly was to try to improve morale and show that he would be a new kind of CIA chief. Strained relations with Congress was a hallmark of the tenure of Deutch 's predecessor, R. JAMES WOOLSEY, who resigned last January.

Many in Congress were particularly upset at Woolsey's handling of the ALDRICH AMES spy scandal. The only change that will require congressional approval is Deutch choice of GEORGE TENET to be deputy director of central intelligence, the No. 2 post. The eight other new managers will not require confirmation by the Senate. MCNAMARA SUED: The BOLANOS brothers went to Vietnam out of a sense of duty and patriotism, assuming throughout the bloody war that this nation's leaders were acting with a similar commitment to lofty ideals.

But with the stroke of an author's pen, former U.S. defense secretary ROBERT MCNAMARA has undone those beliefs. Now the four brothers seek retribution through a $100 million lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court. "What he has done is the epitome of repugnancy and it's lamentable that he stands to gain from the misery that he brought upon the true patriots of America," said RICK BOLANOS, at 44 the youngest of the brothers.

McNamara could not be reached for comment Monday. He did not return messages left on an answering machine at his Washington office. The Bolanoses' anger stems from McNamara's recently published book, "In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam," in which the Vietnam-era defense secretary writes that he knew the war was hopeless. "We were wrong, terribly wrong," wrote McNamara, the key architect of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, which claimed 58,000 American lives.

STILL UNDER CARE: A woman dismissed from the J. SIMPSON jury after pleading "I can't take it anymore" is under medical care and may not return home until the trial's over, her father said. "It's an unfortunate situation," sterling HAMPTON told the syndicated television show "A Current Affair." "It's something we have to live with. I'm just glad it wasn't any worse than it is." Hampton's 26-year-old daughter, TRACY, was removed from the sequestered jury on May 1 after telling JUDGE LANCE ITO in a private interview: "I can't take it anymore." A day later, the flight attendant was wheeled from her parents' home on a stretcher, covered with a sheet. Her family said she was suffering from "nervous exhaustion." Hampton said his daughter was receiving medical care at an undisclosed location, according to a transcript of Monday night's "A Current Affair." "She's doing better," he said.

AP Photo Freeway mural Actor Tony Curtis, poses in front of a mural painted by artist George Sportelli on the Sunset Boulevard bridge over the 101 Freeway in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Dahmer's killer changes plea PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) -The prisoner who bludgeoned Jeffrey Dahmer and another Commander Benjamin Niebres, chief of the 5th Coast Guard district. Navy frogmen scoured for bodies near the area where the ferry sank. Many of the dead were women and children, rescuers said.

Niebres said the blaze started when the ferry's engine caught fire. Rescue officials said the deaths were caused either by the fire's heat or by drowning. A survivor told reporters many passengers panicked upon hearing the fire alarm and jumped ship immediately. killer to death has changed his plea to no contest and will remain incarcerated for the rest of his life. On AP Photo A POLICE OFFICER checks belongings of a worker today after a package bomb exploded in the governor's office.

At least 43 killed in train collision MADRAS, India (AP) An express train collided with a freight train in southern India, killing at least 43 people, railroad officials said today. The first three cars of the passenger train were destroyed in the collision, which occurred late Sunday when most passengers were sleeping. Three other cars went off the rails. By early today, police hd recovered 43 bodies, and the death toll was expected to rise. Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 136th day of 1995.

There are 229 days left in the year. On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him. On this date: In 1763, the English lexicographer, author and wit Samuel Johnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell. In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis the XVI of France, who was 15.

In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the five-cent piece. In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome. In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie "Wings" won "best Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress. In 1946, the musical "Annie Get Your Gun," featuring songs by Irving Berlin and starring Ethel Merman, opened on Broadway.

In 1948, the body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece, a week after he'd disappeared; Greek leftists and rightists blamed each other for the killing. In 1955, American author and critic James Agee died in NewYork. Today's Birthdays: Author Studs Terkel is 83. Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker Jr.

is 64. North Carolina Gov. James Hunt Junior is 58. Singer-actress Lainie Kazan is 55. Sen.

Dan Coats (R-Ind.) is 52. Actress Debra Winger is 40. Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut is 40. Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 25. Thought for Today: "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." John Kenneth Galbraith, American economist, diplomat and author.

Leader arrested; Bomb explodes KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan (AP) Tens of thousands of chemical warfare and regular troops were on alert today after police arrested the leader of the doomsday cult accused in the Tokyo nerve gas attack. Hours after the arrest, a parcel bomb exploded at Tokyo City Hall, seriously injuring one person, but it was not known whether there was any link between the blast and the cult. The bearded cult leader, Shoko Asahara, was alone and meditating in a hidden, steel-fortified room in a chemical-storage building at the cult's rural compound in Kamikuishiki when police burst in. A police van whisked Asahara from the fog-shrouded Aum Shinri Kyo cult stronghold at the foot of Mount Fuji to Tokyo's metropolitan police headquarters only steps from one subway station targeted in the nerve gas attack. "Don't touch me," investigators said he told police doctors.

"I don't even let my followers touch me." Police said they would charge the 40-year-old cult guru with murder and attempted murder in the gas attack on Tokyo subways. U.S. targets Japanese luxury auto sanctions WASHINGTON (AP) The Clinton administration today threatened to punish Japan by slapping punitive tariffs on $5.9 billion worth of Japanese luxury auto imports if agreement is not reached in a bitter fight over expanding sales for American auto companies. The proposed 100 percent tariffs were aimed at 13 Japanese car models, ranging in price from $25,000 to more than $50,000, and were designed to eliminate totally those sales from the American market as retaliation for Japan's failure to lower barriers to the sale of American cars and parts. The $5.9 billion would represent a record amount in U.S.

trade sanctions, but the final Archaeologists unearth royal tomb Scarver Christopher J. Scarver withdrew his claim of innocent by reason of insanity in return for a transfer from state to federal custody. His lawyer, Steven Kohn, said the deal was struck partly out of concern for Scarver's safety. "I thiiik given the notoriety of this case, he's probably safer out of state than in prison here," he said. Judge Richard Reim sentenced Scarver to two consecutive life terms plus 30 years.

He won't be eligible for parole before 3077. "I'm confident that you will remain in prison for the rest of life," Reim told Scarver. The state agreed to send Scarver to the federal medical center in Springfield, for evaluation to determine at which prison he will spend the remainder of his sentences. 39 killed aboard Philippine ferry MANILA, Philippines (AP) Panicked passengers leapt into the sea today after a fire broke out aboard an overcrowded ferry in the central Philippines. At least 39 people were reported killed and 21 were missing.

More than 200 passengers and crew were believed to be on board when the blaze began an hour after midnight, as the ferry was travelling from Santa Cruz, 100 miles southeast of i Manila, to Lucena City. Rescuers pulled 141 survivors from the sea near Lucena City, 60 miles southeast of Manila and searched for 21 others confirmed as missing, said Lt. membership certificate in Harris' Lancaster home for the Aryan Nations, a white supremacist group. Superior Labs, which tests food and water for bacterial and chemical contaminants, said another reason for Harris' dismissal was his "radical beliefs." Teacher who fled with student surrenders NEW YORK (AP) The teacher who ran off cross country with a 15-year-old student said before surrendering this morning that he was only trying to protect the teen from two abusive parents, Glenn Harris, accused of kidnapping ninth-grader Christina Rosado. returned to New York and turned himself in today, accompanied by lawyers William Kunstler and Ron Kuby.

He spoke briefly with reporters outside Kunstler's Greenwich Village law office. "A student came to me with list of products will not take effect until June 28, after a public comment period. This also gives negotiators from both countries a chance to resolve the trade disagreement short of sanctions. And it will allow President Clinton to raise the issue personally with Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the annual economic summit of the world's seven richest industrial countries, June 15-17, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Man orders bubonic plague through mail COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A man used his company's state certification to obtain three vials of bubonic plague bacteria, police say.

Superior Labs of Dublin fired Larry Wayne Harris on Monday from his job as a well and septic tank inspector, saying he was not authorized to obtain any cultures. Harris was charged Friday with receiving stolen property. Prosecutors said he lied about owning a laboratory when he ordered the freeze-dried cultures of yersinia pestis bacteria, which cause bubonic plague. Police said they found a CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Archaeologists have unearthed a tomb for the sons of the powerful Pharaoh Ramses II, possibly the biggest burial chamber ever discovered in Egypt. The site includes tombs for 50 of Ramses' 52 sons, and was uncovered by American and Egyptian archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings the resting place of Tutankhamun.

Archaeologists found 67 chambers dating back to Ramses, who ruled during Egypt's zenith of political and military clout from 1290 B.C. to 1224 B.C., Abdel-Halim Noured-din, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Monday. He said there are probably more. "Possibly, this ilfche biggest discovery in Egypt so far," he said. horrific tales of brutal family abuse that lasted over years and years," said the 33-year-old Harris, who blamed news media for twisting the story.

"Whatever happens, I hope someone steps in. (Christina) is a beautiful person. She deserves respect." The Accu-Weather forecast for noon, Wednesday, May 17. Ranrtc cwiamta hint i juyaiam MitjM ic 1 1 ipe i en 1 1. zones Tonne aay.

tral section with rain possible; rain and thunderstorms likely in the south. Extended forecast for Thursday through Saturday: Rain and thunderstorms possible Thursday, especially in the central and southern sections. Partly cloudy tonight with thunderstorms possibleSin the north and likely in the central and southern sections. Lows from the middle 50s in the far north to about 70 in the south. Partly sunny in the north Wednesday cloudy in the cen- Partly cloudy tonight with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Lows from 55 to 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming north late. Partly sunny and cooler Wednesday. Streator temperatures 7 a.m 60 degrees 1 1 a.m. 66 degrees Monday High 75 degrees Low Last Night 48 degrees Courtesy of Northern Illinois Water Corporation Ml Plie OHk Kansas City 79 65 05 rn Albany.N.Y.

63 37 rn Las Vegas 79 56 clr Albuquerque 89 62 clr Little Rock 83 69 cdy Amarillo 87 63 cdy Los Angeles 68 55 12 clr Anchorage 57 34 .02 cdy Louisville 78 56 rn Asheville 83 52 cdy Lubbock 93 64 04 clr Atlanta 90 64 1 04 cdy Memphis 82 70 87 cdy AtlntcCty 75 41 rn Miami Beach 96 77 cdy Austin '90 75 cdy Midland 94 68 46 clr Baltimore 77 49 rrt Milwaukee 80 58 cdy Billings 71 48 .09 cdy Mpls-St Paul 73 61 cdy Birmingham 89 65 .58 cdy Nashville 79 58 cdy Bismarck 79 43 clr New Orleans 92 72 clr Boise 73 51 21 cdy New York City 70 51 Boston 51 48 17 rn Norfolk.Va 75 56 cdy Brwnsvlle 91 78 clr North Platte 79 49 rn Buffalo 64 47 rn Oklahoma City 85 70 cdy Casper 76 39 cdy Omaha 77 56 cdy Cheyenne 75 45 rn Orlando 93 73 cdy Chicago 76 59 cdy Philadelphia 77 54 rn Cincinnati 76 53 rn Phoenix 87 67 cdy Cleveland 72 47 rn Pittsburgh 73 43 Clmbia.SC. 96 65 67 cdy Prtlnd.Maine 48 44 .77 Clmbs.Ohio 77 48 rn Portland.Ore 79 56 cdy Concord. NH 50 45 44 rn Providence 52 48 14 rn Dallas 91 73 rn Raleigh 90 63 cdy Dayton 73 51 rn Rapid City 81 49 .02 cdy Denver 83 50 rn Reno 59 38 .18 cdy Des Moines 74 58 cdy Richmond 81 55 rn if Detroit 73 50 cdy Sacramento 69 53 clr i' Duluth 67 39 31 cdy St Louis 78 63 21 rn El Paso 98 73 cdy San Antonio 94 76 cdy Evansville 79 55 San Diego 69 55 clr Fairbanks 66 40 02 cdy Sn Frncsco 67 56 05 cdy Fargo 74 51 clr San Juan 85 71 2 93 rn Flagstaff 63 37 cdy Santa Fe 86 cdy Ji Great Falls 67 45 .05 cdy St Ste Marie 61 36 cdy tS Helena 61 46 cdy Seattle 76 55 cdy Honolulu 85 73 .08 clr Shreveport 91 72 cdy Houston 90 76 cdy Sioux Falls 79 58 .01 cdy Indinaplis 74 52 rn Spokane 74 51 clr 2 Juneau 52 46 36 Syracuse 62 43 rn Sunrise Wednesday 5:40 a.m. COLD WARM STATIONARY 1995 Accu-Weather, Inc. CKy HI Lo Pep Chicago O'Hare 76 59 None Moline 76 58 None Peoria 75 57 Trace Rockford 71 52 None Springfield 76 63 .01 0 HK3H LOW SHOWERS RAIN TSTORUS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.

CLOUDY CLOUDY Sunset today 8:05 p.m. I.

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