News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 1

toe in Novembe' 16 1988 254 San Pedro California 6 1st yearNumber 219 1988 The Copley Press Inc E3Z3 14 A COPLE LOS ANGELES NEWSPAPER -Oik ynwwwy wnfws'nf tww iw ts vv klv Itiv-Y-v -i-i I 1 a Jt 'iTy ith-i-llailliiWltftill-l-'ttlflrtl lfc( TilfiTil if If i S-jLw 'kijiLw2wi -ot'l oC-t YAh JhkL-w a3 Few solutions offered in 2000 study sano a former executive with the Times Mirror Co However Pisano also noted that a recent RAND study commissioned by the committee found that 70 percent of Southern Californians are willing to pay more taxes for increased services Bradley who joined the news conference refused to say what he disagreed with in the report commenting I don't want to get into issues whether I agree with every line every dot every comma This city will boidly tackle the recommendations laid out for us and I'm corf dent we will come up with the answers he said More than 40 corporations foundations and individuals funded the report with most of the donations going toward staff expenses and By Norma Meyer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE A three-year $12 million study has recommended creation of two powerful agencies to manage growth and pollution in Los Angeles but the sweeping futuristic look at the citys woes offered few specific solutions The advisory Los Angeles 2000 Committee a panel of 150 civic leaders appointed by Mayor Tom Bradley on Tuesday released its long-awaited report offering a utopian blueprint to combat continued environmental transportation housing and literacy problems in the next century In the 96-page glossy report the commission suggested weakening Proposition 13 to make it easier for voters to approve tax increases needed to fund multimillion-dollar endeavors The panels strategy is based on a vision of a 21st-century Los Angeles that is a metropolitan area with livable communities and a healthful physical environment an urban center where individuals can learn grow and be fulfilled a vibrant economic intellectual and cultural crossroads city with an enriching diversity of people and cultures the report states Many of the recommendations reiterated what has been said before develop privatepublic partnerships to provide child care health care and aid to the homeless construct mass transit and more freeways to ease congestion and develop jobs and educational opportunities in the inner-city But committee members in what appeared to be new ground also urged the Legislature to establish a regional Growth Management Agency of elected officials who would set overall development guidelines with areawide impacts and a similar Environmental Quality Agency that would grapple with air water and soil pollution No price tag was given for either agency The idea that we need to have a very integrated look at pollution is something I have not seen before committee President Jane Pisano said But Pisano at a Belmont High School news conference unveiling the privately-funded report also acknowledged that the committee did not provide detailed remedies for many widespread urban problems Theres much work that needs to be done and there are many many specifics that need to be determined she said The report suggests that a simple majority of voters be Showed to raise taxes fur local projects ending constraints such as the Proposition 13 property tax-cutting measure Some of our recommendations are contingent on voters making available the money said Pi Downtown landscaping winds down By Amy Mednick STAFF WPPER Unexpected delays on the revitalization project in downtowT San Pedro has postponed the work until after Jan 15 following a two-month citv-wide moratorium on street constructor during the Christmas season Tre city of Los Ang? hn rrcra ri- om stos street work tl -feet- siVir peaej-irians during the M-tmes rf -n Nov 15 and Jan 15 The city has allowed the conrflctor until Thursday to finish planting Sixth Street and fill the gaps in the paver ft with temporary asphalt to secure the street- ter Christmas shoppers Originally the project wu '-fdaled for completion by Tuesday fc-t tK unexpected delays led the San Pedro Corp to give Marina Contracting a Q0-du extnsion after the moratorium Mystery boat case lures calls By Rich Redding ST4CF WCTtR The boat fraud mystery that has roots in the Harbor Area continues to get well more mysterious by the minute After a television show Unsolved Mysteries aired a segment abou a 10-year-old fraud bigamy grand theft and possible murder case last Wednesday involving a former Redondo Reach man and a yacht pur-i based in Wilmington Harbor Division detectives and show employees have been inundated with more than 350 telephone calls from throughout the country The iatast was from Hawaiian police detectives Monday wanting the Los Angeles district attorneys approval of extradition so inland police can begin tracking the elusive John Russell who also uses the name MYSTERYC13 LUIS SISCO ST4FE-- chAP-ER LANDSCAPE 'Cl 3 Palm trees are planted on Seventh Street in San Pedro as part of $700000 revitalization project Holdens dreg plan stalled Flores claims she was excluded from planning process PLOs move part of evolving process ANALYSIS is an increasing flow of illegal drugs into the harbor But Flores objected to discussing the motion Tuesday saying she did not know enough about it Holden's proposal was sent back to the Police Fire and Public Safety Committee for further study He is angry with me more for doing this but he hasnt let me in on what he is doing Flores said Mr Holden beard the issue alone and -ot it on to the council even though he knew I interested in and had asked to be in on tba process HOLDEN C13 By Dolores Wood COPLEY NEWS SERVICE Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden accused harbor district Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores of protecting pushers" Tuesday by objecting to his plan to fight drugs at the Port of Los Angeles Flores said she held up a vote on the issue however because Holden refused to involve her in making his recommendation Holden made a motion that the City Council ask the federal government to organize a high-level task force based in San Pedro that would involve intelligence officers from local and federal law enforcement agencies to fight what he said fightng plan for port Py Mona Ziade Ah AlD PdE5S ALGIERS Algeria It could be months before the PLO's strateg'c hift from guerrilla warfare to pobtteal pragmatism based on indirect recognition of Israel has any real impact on dde East peace efforts But if rudored the clear swing toward moderation by the Palestine Liberation Organization could mark the start of a serious peace dialogue The big question now is how-far the Unued States and Israel are prepared to go in terms of direct taks with the PLO whch also declared an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital Tuesday's declarations in Algiers by implicitly recognizing Israel and renouncing terrorism mark a significant breakthrough in the Middle Fast peace process even though Palestinian pragmatists have long advocated the moves A veteran Western diplomat Baby found strangled at unlicensed nursery But wit'" naid Reagan two months eit- from handing over the US presidency to George Bsh it could be months be? re there is any sig-nfkart mete me nt in the Middle East equation The resolutions of the council the PLO's policy-making body and psriiarrent-m-exile spelled out for the first time however timidly Palestinians' willingness to accept a state comprising only the West Bank and Gaza Strip The territories which Israel seized in the 1967 Middle East war are just part of what was originally Palestine land the Palestinians have claimed since 194S ANALYSIS A3 pm Monday by a ear-old woman who discovered the child was not breathing The baby died about an hour later at Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center Homicide Detective Michael Bumcrot declined t-' identify the teen-ager who found the baby He said the field of suspects STRANGLED A3 Robert and Linda Zieger who have several children ot their own A man who answered the door of the Zieger home Tuesday afternoon declined discuss the death No comment NutYng at ail I'm sorry said th? man who quickly shut the de'r County paramedics were called to the home afc" ut 250 gle-family home on 262nd Street that neighbors say was used to provide day care for many children Investigators do not know what was used to strangle the baby It is being investigated as a homicide not an accidental death said sheriffs spokesman Kathryn Nielsen The home is occupied by By Dirk Broersma and Bob James STAFF WRITERS A 16-month-old girl found dead at an unlicensed Lomita nursery on Monday was strangled and homicide detectives said Tuesday they have narrowed a list of possible suspects Michele Heaely died ot ligature strangulation at the sin INSIDE TODAY Ann Landers A16 Births A10 Bndge A15 Ca'endar A6 Classified DS-10 Lakers: Magic Johnson hits a three-pointer at the buzzer for a 148-146 win at Denver in 2 OTsDl Comics C16 Cnme watch A12 Crossword D7 Foods Bl-Cl Horoscooe A14 Movies CIS Obituaries A12 Opinion A4 Sports Bl-6 Television A10 Sesame Street: Famed PBS children show has come a long ivay in 20 years C14.