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0A IaJLL PAST UyUlAin VQJQPQJ In SuperSports SAT.URDAYi January 15, 1994 25 cents plus tax 1 Probe into attack on Nancy Kerrigan continues Anger still swells Cl By William C. Crum quoted one official as saying. Authorities have said there are Weaver, said: I really cant to what Mr. Eckardt no indications Harding, 23, was involved. Asked about the NBC report that they were investigating Harding, Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney John Bradley said, Not at this point.

We are investigating everything, he said. So I mean, we are going to be as complete as we can. Whatever you make of that. Hardings attorney, Robert speak may or may not have said. I do know that there are no charges outstanding.

That was confirmed to me an hour ago in a meeting I had in the district attorneys office. This continuous reporting by some people that there are charges outstanding needs to stop. Weaver said Harding was cooperating with the district attorneys office. Turn to SKATER A12 PORTLAND, Ore. Tonya Harding met with attorneys after surfacing with her ex-husband yesterday, and NBC News said her bodyguard accused her of being involved in the Jan.

6 assault on Olympic figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. NBC said Hardings bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt, accused Harding of being involved in the planning and coverup of the attack on Kerrigan at the U.S. Figure Skating Lorena Bobbitt: I dont -remember B1 Championships in Detroit. Eckardt was arrested Thursday and later released on bail. A law enforcement source told NBC there is no warrant for Harding, but that she is under active criminal investigation.

The Detroit Free Press yesterday quoted unidentified law enforcement officials who said investigators were looking at Harding. She was always being looked at and she still is, the paper NANCY KERRIGAN speaks out yesterday on the attack with her mother, left. I mrmwB 1 ran last our Scalping could void Cup tickets Officials ask sponsors to return unused tickets Passengers, onlookers bid farewell to service at landmark rail station Raiders vs. Bills, weather at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 4 Cl A CROWD GATHERS near the tracks as an Amtrak train pulls in yesterday.

By Bernice Hirabayash! Staff Writer CELEBRATIONS Buckets By Jennifer Buriy and Bernice Hirabayashi Staff Writers Families love spans the generations five, that is D1 Those who don't have tickets to the World Cup tournament still have Creating the perfect computer password B3 PASADENA For Winnie Reitnouer, the Pasadena Santa Fe Station became a special landmark in 1948. She arrived there when she was 15, alone, and just in from a blizzard in Dayton, Ohio. It was 80 degrees, the San Marino resident said yesterday. I could not believe the smell of the orange blossoms and the really blue sky. About 300 people, drawn by similar nostalgia, gathered early yesterday at the depot to bid farewell to 108 years of passenger rail service in the city.

After the John Muir High School Pep Band, after the ceremony with city officials and dignitaries, after the last cross-country train to visit Pasadena started pulling out of the depot, the crowd shouted all aboard and was left behind waving goodbye, turning into tiny figures and disappearing like so much history. Today marks the change in eras, Mayor Rick Cole said during the ceremony. It opens a new chapter in Pasadenas long romance with trains. The Santa Fe Railroad Co. will reroute its cross-country trains through Fullerton in order to make way for the Blue Line.

Once completed in 1998, the $841 million light-rail project will link Pasadena, South Pasadena, Highland Park, Chinatown and downtown Los Angeles via high-speed trolleys. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority planners expect 5,600 trolley The World Cups top official confirmed yesterday that tickets to the sold-out international soccer tournament, including eight games in Pasadena, will be voided if it can be proven that they were purchased from scalpers above face value. If we determine the ticket has been resold for a mark-up value, we have the right to revoke a (ticket), said Scott World Cup USA 1994 general director and; chief operatmg officer. But because California state law aK lows brokers to resell tickets at market prices, LeTellier admitted, "it may ultimately have to be tested in court. Eight games, including the prestigious, final game, are being played at Pasadenas Rose Bowl, where the oversell of tickets for the New Year's Day match-up between the University of Wisconsin and UCLA produced thousands of disgruntled Badger fans.

LeTellier, a Milwaukee native, spoke by telephone during a special California legislative hearing held Thursday to get at the root of the Rose Bowl ticket fiasco. Legislators were concerned a repeat of the ticket troubles may surface when World Cup comes to Pasadena in June and July. Turn to VOID A6 may a chance. Its ex pected some tickets will be returned by fans from countries that are no longer competing Those tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster, probably in the next few months, a World Cup official said. For more information, call World Cup's hotline at (310) 277-9494 weekdays from 9 a m.

to 5 m. FOR ONE LAST RIDE, South Pasadena resident Bill Cross and 4-year-old daughter, Julia, watch the scenery pass by. patchy clouds: high 74 low 46 B6 the four-acre lot on which the depot sits, said the building will be boarded up. Any temporary use of the depot would possibly delay the effort to sell the property, Catellus spokesman Tom Buckley said. The Spanish-Mediterranean -style depot is protected from demolition by virtue of its age, and its designation as a national historical landmark, Cole said.

Self-proclaimed train freak Kathy Smith, 41, awoke at 4 a.m. and drove from Pomona to attend the event This is where we train buffs see each other and get to talk Turn to DEPOT A7 riders each weekday to pass through the depot at 222 N. Raymond which will serve as a Blue Line stop and transit center for buses and shuttles. Cole said he hopes community groups will use the depot while light-rail tracks are being laid, but a spokesman for San Francisco-based Catellus Development which owns anas African-American coaches postpone game boycott USC coach reacts Cl By Elaine S. Povicti Election filing period ends in eight Valley communities Hopefuls in three other cities may file until Jan.

19 By Kevin Uhrlch Staff Writer van, a spokesman for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, said Friday. Angered over the NCAA's decision to eliminate a scholarship from their programs and filming over what they say is a history of ill treatment by the governing organization for college sports, many African-American coaches had planned to walk out of this weekends college basketball games. However, after a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, Drake coach Rudy Washington and Georgetowns John Thompson said they would not take action thi Turn to BOYCOTT A6 turn in nomination papers. The Bradbury City Council will decide at its Jan. 24 meeting whether to go ahead with an election or simply appoint one incumbent and two newcomers who were the only candidates filing nominating papers for three open seats, Assistant City Clerk Susanne OBrien said.

Two Bradbury council members were recalled in November. Because Arcadias term-limit law barred Councilman Robert Har-bicht from running again, nominations closed even though all incumbents had not filed. Heres how the West San Gabriel Valley city council races shaped up after yesterdays filing deadline: WASHINGTON The Black Coaches Association decided yesterday to postpone indefinitely its planned basketball boycott to give Clinton administration officials a chance to negotiate an agreement between the coaches and the NCAA. But the college athletic association scoffed at the government offer. If the (House) Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee are willing to let the Justice Department mediate health care reform, well think about using their services on these issues, Francis Cana- Arcadia: Three council seats open.

Incumbents George Fasching and Mayor Joseph Ciraulo have filed. Other candidates are Sheng Chang, Charles Chivetta, Ruth Gilb, Johanna Hofer, Celia Kalm, Barbara Kuhn, David Sheridan, Karen Towner and former Mayor Mary Young. Bradbury: The council will decide whether Rick Barakat should take over for recalled councilman Tom Melboum and whether Mike Slewelling should fill in the Turn to FILING A6 WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY City council nominations closed yesterday in eight of 11 area cities with April 12 elections. In San Marino, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena, incumbents did not file. The candidate filing deadline in those three cities is extended to 5 p.m.

Wednesday. One city, La Canada Flintridge, will not have an election, City Clerk Pat Anderson said. That council will meet Jan. 25 to reappoint all three council members, who were the only candidates to wftiwwi mmmm ipwMiP 'M St I.

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