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metro final edition fair and warm weather details on A-2 Saturday, Sept. 12, 1931 A Gannett Newspaper Serving the Inland Empire Copyright 1981, The Sun San Bernardino, California 23 Cents 1 crashes Plane into Swin two die fiaiL By MARK LUNDAIIL Sun Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO A small airplane smashed into Swing Auditorium here Friday afternoon, killing at least two men, but narrowly missing several hundred persons gathered nearby on the National Orange Shew Grounds. County coroners initially found only the widely scattered remains of the pilot and his passenger inside the exposition hall. But officials continued to sift through the charred and twisted wreckage Friday night in search of any additional bodies that may have been buried under the debris. Those dead were tentatively identified late Friday as Roderick A.

Fraser, 60, and his son-in-law, Suheil Salloum, 32, both of Orange. Deputy Coroner Ben Rubidoux said Fraser, the pilot and owner of the Don Jose restaurant chain, apparently was en route from Las Vegas to Orange County at the time. Fraser's twin-engine Cessna was flying westbound when it pulled out of a bank and plowed straight Senate OKs pay raises for military WASHINGTON (AP) A military pay bill that would give the largest raises in history to mid-career non-commissioned officers passed the Senate Friday and headed for a crucial test next week in the House. The Senate vote was 81-0. Sen.

Alan Cranston, D-California, was one of the 19 senators who were absent. His Republican counterpart, Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, voted for the measure. Sens.

Spark Matsunaga, D-Ha-waii, and Mark 0. Hatfield, tried to amend the measure to shave 1 percent from the raises for commissioned officers and give the money to recruits. But they withdrew their amendment in the face of overwhelming opposition and voted for the bill. The Congressional Budget Office said the raises average 14.5 percent and would cost $4.5 billion in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, when they would take effect.

An Army private first class with four years of experience, who now makes $622 per month in basic pay, would get $715 under the bill. A staff sergeant at the same experience level would go from $910 to $1,086 per month. A four-year second lieutenant, who now makes $1,163, would get $1,267. A colonel with four years of service would be increased from $2,282 to $2,555. Basic pay for a newly recruited private would increase from $501 per month to $536 per month.

House action is scheduled next Monday and Tuesday on a measure, backed by the Reagan administration, calling for an across-the-board pay increase of 14.3 percent. The Senate measure is expected to be offered as a substitute, setting the stage for a clear-cut choice between the across-the-board and targeted approaches. The administration argues it must be able to offer competitive salaries to young people getting out of high school to attract recruits. Advocates of the targeted approach say it is more important for the services to be able to retain skilled people already in uniform. The raises in the Senate bill range from 7 percent for recruits to 22 percent for senior non-commissioned officers and from 9 percent for junior officers to 17 percent for the most senior.

Supporters of the meaure said generals and admirals would not (Continued on A-6, column 1) WW'' State remaps voted; GOP promises fight into the east side of the auditorium about 4:40 p.m., according to witnesses, ripping a 30 by 40-foot hole in the upper wall. Federal Aviation Administration officials were investigating the crash Friday night and could not say what caused the accident. One FAA official said the agency was not aware of any radio transmissions broadcast from the plane before the crash. The impact of the collision and immediate explosion blew a portion of the auditorium's roof into the air and several doors off their hinges. Firefighters worked about an hour to knock down the subsequent blaze that erupted in the hall and on the roof.

Inside, about one-third of the auditorium's bleachers were ripped apart and insulation from the ceiling was scattered everywhere. A few pieces of twisted metal inside the hall and a bent airplane propellor immediately (Continued on A4, column 1) In the vote on the Senate reapportionment plan, San Bernardino County senators Ruben Ayala, Robert Presky fliid Waller Stiern, all voted for approval. In the Assembly vote on the con-grssional plan, county Democrats Terry Coggin and Jim Cramer voted for approval; Republicans Bill Leonard and Phil Wyman voted against it. But Democratic Sen. Dan Boatwrigbt, chairman of the Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee, said the plan would leave the GOP with 17 seats and called it "more than fair." "We have treated the minority party, we think, with great forwardness and honesty," he said.

However, Senate Democratic (Continued on A4, column 1) i Bridge B12 Church B14 Classified D7-18 Comics B15 Conversation B12 Editorial B18 Finance C7 Inland Empire Bl-10 Living Bll-17 Market C6 Obituaries D8 Sports Dl-6 Television B16 Theater B17 mm 1 -4 1 ill San Bernardino firefighter Vidal Castaneda hoses down smoldering debris at Swing Auditorium. A plane crashed into the far side of the building, smashing open the hole which looks like a door in the background. 4 5 Staff photo by Ron London evision reports over the last two days have provided both sides ith plenty of ammunition. Today's editions of The Sun-Times, which broke the story Friday with six pages of articles, gave them more to talk about. In four additional pages, the tabloid said that Helen Dolan Wilson, 74, hom the cardinal has described as his stepcousin, was on the payroll of the archdiocese for six years at a salary ranging from $7,200 to $11,500 a year.

The newspaper quoted other archdiocese staff members as saying that they could (Continued on AA column 1) Dr. Roy C. Hill dies after stroke A1 SACRAMENTO (AP) Reapportionment bills for the state Senate and California's congressional delegation were approved by dif-' ferent legislative houses Friday" night, despite Republican threats to challenge them on the ballot. On a 44-29 party-line vote, the Assembly approved a congressional plan that would wipe out seats of three incumbent Republicans and give Democrats a chance to balloon their 22 21 majority to 27-18. Minutes later in the Senate, three Republicans joined 23 Democrats to approve a Senate plan that would leave two GOP lawmakers without districts to run in 1982 and force another Republican to run next year in mid-term.

Republican leaders vowed to put launch referendum drives that would put the plans on the ballot next year for voter approval. That would probably block use of the plans in 1982. The plans were nearly identical to proposed boundaries unveiled by Democratic leaders early this month, with only a handful of minor changes. "Let me say here and now, we will (lauch a voters referendum against) this measure if it does become law because we think this measure violates the will of the people," said Senate Republican leader William Campbell, who contended the plan would give Democrats two or three more seats. "The people of California elected 17 (Republican) senators," he said.

"This plan literally takes away two of those." Worshipers urged not to judge Cody I I By WINSTON WILLIAMS New York Times News Service CHICAGO At noon the pealing bells atop the yellow stone Gothic cathedral welcomed 75 people to the spiritual headquarters of Cardinal John Cody. Genuflecting and making the sign of the cross, they went about the daily Mass as if nothing had happened. The only hint of crisis was in the homily. Reading from the Bible, "Hypocrite, remove the plank in your own eye," the Rev. John McDonald intoned: "We tend to be a very judgmental people, and we have to avoid that.

Unless we are perfect accept a cardinal on blind faith," said Arlene Weidner, an organizer of the Save-Our-Shrine Committee. Throughout the city, allegations that the head of the country's largest Catholic archdiocese had improperly diverted funds are polarizing the cardinal's supporters and crit ics. At bus stops, in offices and in the restaurants of this largely Catholic city, people are discussing the moral and fiscal affairs of an archdiocese with assets estimated at more than $1 billion. Banner headlines in both major daily newspapers and constant tel County schools superintendent dies An anaylsis of the issues raised in the controversy surrounding Cardinal Cody is on Page B-U. we have no right to criticize others." But on the ethnic Southwest Side, where a group of working-class Catholics has been fighting the cardinal for three years over his decision to dissolve the parish of the 79-year-old Sacred Heart Church, the mood was not quite so charitable.

"There are two and a half million Catholics out there who must feel awfully bad, especially those who vides support services to local school districts throughout the county. "Roy provided the glue which held together some 30 to 40 school districts in this county, many with differing or conflicting aspirations or goals," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Robert Hammock. "And he did it in such a way as to make everyone feel appreciated. It was a remarkable talent that he had, and it will be on our minds as we sadly search for a replacement." The vice chairman of the county Board of Education, Dorothy Gibson, said she had known Hill 20 years, first through PTA, then 14 years as a board member. "He was a great inspiration to me," she said, "and a great leader for education.

He was wellre-spected and admired throughout the state and will be missed by the entire educational community." A resident of Redlands, Hill was Senate district plan could 'orphan part of county By VIC POLLARD Sacramento bureau SACRAMENTO Much of San Bernardino County, including Redlands and Yucaipa, would be without a state senator for two years under the reapportionment plan adopted by the state Senate late Friday. However, Republicans unhappy with their treatment in the plan drawn up by the majority Democrats warned that they will try to overturn the redistricting proposal with a voter referendum. Most of the county's geographical area will be "orphaned" under the plan during 1983 and 1984 because of the staggered four-year terms in which half of the Senate's 40 members are elected every two years. The desert and mountain areas of the county, along with Redlands and Yucaipa, would be placed in the 25th District here an election would not be held until 1984, and the senator elected there would not take office until 1985. The area is now split between the districts of Sen.

Walter Stiern, Bakersfield, and Sen. Robert Presley, Riverside. Stiern's district will be shifted westward to take in only a portion of (Continued on A4, column 1) By CARL YETZER Sun Staff Writer REDLANDS Dr. Roy Hill, San Bernardino County superintendent of schools for 23 years, died here Thursday. He was 62.

He had been admitted to Redlands Community Hospital after suffering a stroke at his home Sept. 1. Widely recognized as an innovator in education, his death brought expressions of sadness from throughout the state. "Roy C. Hill's quiet, effective leadership was an inspiration to every educator who ever knew him," said sUte Superintendent of Public Instruction Wilson Riles.

"His integrity and dedication to what was best for the education of children was always beyond question. California has lost a great educator, and I have lost a dear friend and colleague." As county superintendent, Hill directed a department that pro born in Dawson, N.M., and attended elementary and secondary schools in Riverside County. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Redlands and a doctorate from the University of Southern California. He began his career in education in 1940 as a high school teacher in Needles where he also served as the football coach. Between 1942 and 1945 he was a pilot in the U.S.

Army Air Force. In 1946 he became superintendent of the old Highland School District and in 1950 became the curriculum coordinator for the county schools office. Hill first ran for the county superintendent's post in 1958 upon the retirement of the previous superintendent, Burton Thndl. He ran unopposed for the position for some 20 years until 1978, when he (Continued on Afl, column 1).