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A10TheSun WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1988 Hijack: Gunmen release passengers 30-day temperatures Daily Summary B. Norton Yesterday's High Yesterday's Low High thisdate last year Low this date last year Relative humidity at 1 p.m. 67 53 80 86 68 69 57 51 50 S.B. precipitation 1987-88 season to date 12.50 Last season to date 9.28 1986-87 season total 10.33 Mar. 19 84 Mar.

20 85 Mar. 21 79 Mar 22 75 Mar 23 77 Mar 24 90 Mar. 25 91 Mar. 26 94 Mar 27 89 Mar 28 82 Mar. 29 79 Mar 30 75 Mar.

31 70 Apr. 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Apr. 9 88 Apr.

10 90 Apr. 11 90 Apr. 12 84 Apr. 13 72 Apr. 14 59 Apr.

15 65 Apr. 16 58 Apr. 17 57 Apr. 18 64 Apr. 19 67 Apr.

1 78 43 Apr. 2 78 44 Apr 3 76 44 COUNTY TEMPERATURES Hiqh Apple Valley 68 Barslow 72 Big Bear 53 Colton 74 Daggett 74 Devore 60 Fontana 72 Low 56 36 30 54 53 48 50 GeorgeAFB Lake Arrowhead Loma Linda Needles Ontario Badlands Low High Low 50 Hialto 72 51 3ti Riverside 73 54 San Antonio 66 50 Twentynine Palms 57 Wnghtwood 62 30 53 Yucaipa 68 48 48 Yucca Valley 72 42 start Middle East peace talks, saying: "There is no solution but to get rid of Israel." The statement from the hijackers was preceded by a flurry of activity beginning at 3 a.m. when Algerian mediators used radio to contact the aircraft, dubbed by the gunmen the 'plane ofmartyrdom." The pace of Algeria's mediation effort had appeared to step up Tuesday, when a mediator made at least five visits to the plane. Algerian officials had refrained from beaming a spotlight on the aircraft as it had done on previous nights. Earlier Tuesday, one of the members of the Kuwaiti royal family held hostage said the captives "are all in danger" if her kin did not meet the demands of the Shiite Moslem gunmen.

"We want you to tell our families that my sister and I and all the passengers are well, although our morale is low and Fadel is naturally deteriorating," said An-ware Al-Sabah via radio in a tense but firm voice, referring to her brother, Fadel Khaled Al-Sabah and her 22-year-old sister, Ibtesam. It was the fifth time since the plane landed in Algiers on April 13 that the hijackers broadcast appeals for the Kuwait government to release the 17 pro-Iranian prisoners. 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies, which Kuwait had refused to do. The hostages had been tied up and forced to keep silent while aboard the Kuwait Airways jet, which was commandeered on a Bangkok, Thailand-to-Kuwait flight and flown to Iran, Cyprus and Algeria during long days of tense negotiations.

In a statement issued in Arabic at 4 a.m. today (8 p.m. PDT Tuesday), the gunmen thanked Algeria for its help "in the case of the brothers in Kuwait and their help in other humanitarian and Moslem causes." The statement continued: "We declare to the Moslem people and people who seek freedom that today, on the third day of Ramadan, we will end the Kuwaiti airplane operation, giving our best regards to the Kuwaiti people." Ramadan, the Moslem holy month, started in Algeria on Monday. "We salute the offer made by the Algerian government," the hijackers said in the statement over the airliner's radio. The gunmen praised the Palestinian uprising in the Israeli-occupied territories and denounced U.S.

Secretary of State George P. Shultz's attempts to WEATHER Forecasts SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY: Chance of showers and thundershow-ers today and tonight with gusty westerly winds 20 to 30 mph at times. Cooler, with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Lows 48 to 54. Chance of rain 50 percent today and 30 percent tonight.

MOUNTAINS: Snow level lowering to near 5.000 feet by this morning. Cloudy and toggy with showers and chance of thundershowers today and tonight with snow level lowering to near 4,000 feet. Colder, with highs in the mid-30s to mid-403 today Lows tonight 26 to 36. LOW DESERTS: Considerable cloudiness, breezy and cooler today through Thursday with a chance of showers or possible thundershowers. Highs in mid-60s to mid-70s.

Lows in the low to mid-50s. HIGH DESERTS: Partly cloudy, windy and cooler today through Thursday with scattered showers. Highs in mid-60s to mid-70s. Lows in mid-40s to lower 50s. LOS ANGELES: Chance of showers or thundershowers today.

Cool, with highs 58 to 62. Probablility of rain 40 percent. Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers tonight. Lows 52 to 55. BEACHES: Mostly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and locally heavy thundershowers today and tonight.

Highs in lower 60s. Lows 50 to 56. Chance of mea-sureable rain is 50 percent today and 30 percent tonight. SAN DIEGO: Rain this morning. Showers likely this afternoon through Thursday.

Highs 58 to 64. Lows 53 to 59. Extended forecasts VALLEY: Partly cloudy Friday and Sunday. Chance of showers Saturday. Continued unseasonably cool.

MOUNTAINS: Chance of showers Saturday, otherwise considerable cloudiness and continued unseasonably cool through the weekend. Snow level 7,000 feet. DESERRS: Partlycloudy through the weekend. Chance of showers, mainly over the north deserts. Continued cool.

TODAY'S STATE FORECAST 5640 Lake Tahoe 3823 Sacrament I 5642 1 San Francfceo J'f 5749 VSanJo8 16147 Fresn 6248 Santa Barbara 1 1.6551 I I San Bernardino Continued fromAI the airport VIP lounge. They looked haggard and dazed, but waved to reporters lining the tarmac. The seven-member crew of the Kuwaiti Airways Boeing 747 were driven to the lounge in cars. Originally it had been thought there were about 35 passengers and crew, but the exact number was not known until the release. "I can't describe how I feel to be free.

We lived through a 16-day nightmare. It's incredible that it's over," said Mubarek Ab-delazziz El-Zeherran, 23, a Saudi student. Kuwaiti student Youssef Al-Angeri, 24, said, "We lived in fear. We were very frayed. We had lost hope that it would turn out this way." Algerian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hijackers left the plane 20 minutes before the hostages were brought out.

They were taken away in unmarked automobiles, according to the officials, who would not reveal their location. An hour after the release, the door to the plane remained open with security officials and others milling about. The gunmen had demanded that Kuwait release 17 pro-Iranian terrorists convicted of the Fire: State to Continued fromA1 their homes," he said. In Sacramento, California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Karen Terrill said about $5.1 million of the emergency allocation will hire seasonal firefighters a month or more ahead of schedule and activate air tankers earlier than usual. The rest of the money will go to adding a fourth member to each fire engine crew, Terrill said.

About $400,000 of the governor's special funding will be spent by the San Bernardino Ranger Unit of the California Department of Forestry, she said. Donna Lucas, a spokeswoman for Gov. George Deukmejian, said $5.1 million of the allocation ill 'V''' faim 7956 Los Angeles 6456 San Diego 6255 6 49 83 68 68 Northern California FORECAST: Showers at times through today with snow above 3,000 to 4,000 feet in the mountains. Showers tapering off tonight. Mostly cloudy Thursday with a few lingering showers in the Sierra Nevada and a chance of showers over the northern mountains.

EXTENDED FORECAST: Cool and unsettled with showers likely at times through Sunday. Central California FORECAST: Rain or showers at times through Wednesday tapering off Wednesday night. Showers lingering in the Sierra Nevada Thursday. Turning partly cloudy elsewhere Thursday. Snow level lowering to 4,000 to 5,500 feet.

EXTENDED FORECAST: Cool and unsettled through Sunday. Showers likely at times. MARITIME Marine forecast POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICAN BORDER: Inner waters: Small craft wind advisory. Occasional ram squalls this morning and showers this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight.

Outer waters: Gale warning. Rain with occasional squalls this morning Showers this afternoon and partlycloudy tonight. Tides Wednesday low mV3 0high Thursday 12i9a.m 5 0 high 8 27a m.O 0 low Readings are taken at Long Beach Surf BEACH AREA Surf Prd. Exception Los Angeles City 3-5 10 None Orange County 4-6 10 None San Diego County 4-6 10 None Barbara-Ventura 4-6 10 None Swell direction: West. Yesterday's state temperatures Lancaster 64 49 Pasadena 70 53 Santa Ana 70 56 Long Beach 67 58 PasoRobles 56 51 .37 Santa Barbara 62 50 89 Los Angeles 68 57 Red Bluff 56 50 .42 Santa Cruz 59 52 Marysville 59 53 Redwood City 59 54 .27 Santa Maria 64 50 .55 Monrovia 75 56 Sacramento 58 53 .74 Santa Monica 64 56 .08 Montebello 71 55 Salinas 61 54 .31 Stockton 59 55 Monterey 58 54 San Gabriel 72 54 Tahoe Valley 43 32 Newport Beach 62 55 .01 San Diego 68 57 Torrance 67 55 Oakland 56 54 1.75 San Francisco 58 52 .35 Westwood 65 54 Palm Springs 83 48 San Jose 60 48 .49 Yosemite Vly 46 38 High Low Prep 75 51 63 47 66 36 83 54 Bakersfield Beaumont Bishop Blythe Catalina Culver City Eureka Fresno 63 53 73 55 63 51 61 55 .04 .35 .28 .21 SMOG REPORT Yesterday's Peak Ozone Levels Kennedy: Some evidence into Ozone irritates the lungs and impairs breathing An ozone level of 100 is considered unhealthful for sensitive people.

Days in which ozone levels exceed 100 are considered unhealthtul, and sensitive people are advised to avoid outdoor exercise. A first-stage smog alert is called when the level averages 200 for an hour or more A second-stage alert is called at level 275. Unhealthful days this year Redlands 3. San Bernardino 3, Fontana 3. Crestline 4.

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Terrill said the recent cool and rainy weather has reduced sity of Wisconsin and a longtime student of the case. A polka dot dress, bullets taken from victims and a hand-scrawled notation that "RFK must die," were among the pieces of evidence put on display as Secretary of State March Fong Eu and Burns formally released the materials. "It has been almost 20 years since that awful night at the Ambassador (Hotel), a night which ended one life and changed so many others," Eu told a news conference. The evidence included the murder weapon, packed in a small box, which Eu held aloft for reporters. Among the disputed facts verified by the documents was an admission by police that they destroyed key evidence in the case, the photographs, ceiling tiles, a door jamb and thousands of photographs taken at the hotel here Kennedy was shot.

The polka dot dress displayed was one of many purchased by police in an effort to jog the memories of witnesses on a point of contention heth-er a girl in a polka dot dress was seen running from the Ambassador Hotel shouting, "We shot him." That report was never verified. An entire case of evidence contained items from the Pasadena home of the assassin, Sirhan Sirhan. Among the items was the now-famous diary in which Sirhan scrawled in pencil his plans to kill the New York senator. "My determination to eliminate RFK is becoming more of an unshakeable obsession," he wrote. Under a series of doodles was the statement, "RFK must die." Conspiracy theorists and scholars have sought for years the release of the investigative files, of strays from 16.5 percent hen Biggs took over to 30.2 percent in January.

Biggs had her own policy of not giving research groups any animals that appeared to have once been pets. Animals with collars or grooming or surgery marks were automatically disqualified from being sold to research. The few remaining animals were adopted or placed in homes by organizations opposed to vivisection. "Research just isn't coming around anymore because they know there's nothing available," Tannenbaum said. One researcher agreed that the policy and the adoption efforts by Tannenbaum's group help for CDF the need for the extra firefighters, and they won't be hired until the fire danger gets worse.

"There's no use in spending the money until it's needed," Terrill said. The California Department of Forestry already has opened the fire season because the brush in the lower elevations is drying out sooner than normal, officials said. The department begins to beef up its forces hen lire season is declared. This year's dry spell promises another bad fire year in the state, officials have said. Last summer, 750,000 acres of forest and wild-lands burned statcw ide.

Although rainfall for the area has been about normal, most of it fell in November and October and much of the vegetation that sprouted then has dried, officials said. slaying destroyed hoping the massive documentation will address the key question: Was Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant serv ing a life sentence for the crime, the lone assassin of the then presidential candidate? Sirhan, who has repeatedly said he acted alone, was convicted of the assassination and is imprisoned at Soledad. His re-' quests for parole have been denied. Sirhan's attorney, Luke McK-issack, said Sirhan believes he was motivated by anger over the Arab loss in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. McKissack said that Sirhan has given up hope that he will, ever be paroled.

"For 20 years, he's had faith that the American system of jus tice would prevail and he would be given a parole date. But after his last parole hearing, he despaired," said McKissack. "He's just given up." A summary of police files released in 1986 contained a police conclusion tht Sirhan was the lone assassin. It found no evidence of a second gunman or a conspiracy. Sirhan admitted the killing at his 1969 trial, but has claimed he has no memory of the actual shooting.

He blames his memory loss on alcohol. Witnesses to the chaotic scene i in the Ambassador pantry told of; seeing Sirhan step from behind a steam table into Kennedy's path as the victim walked toward him. But Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas Noguchi said Kennedy was killed by a shot fired behind his right ear. Conspiracy theorists have suggested that a second gunman fired at Kennedy from behind while Sirhan stood in front of; him. have done more to make animals unavailable than the fee.

"It's the policy that leads to adoption of the animals before they get to me," said Dr. Michael Kirby, a pediatrics researcher at i Loma Linda. "What it's done is actually kept me from buying animals from them (shelter)," he said. For the record The Sun will correct all errors occurring in its news columns. If you find a problem with a story an error of fact or a point requiring i clarification please call the city desk.

Telephone (714) 889-9666. Continued fromAI explanation in the files. "There are simply reports that material was destroyed. There was no indication of a rationale," Burns said. In addition to the documents and photographs, Burns said the material details interviews with 4,000 witnesses.

The evidence also included a police dispatch recording of the initial reports of Kennedy's shooting, along with extensive videotape and audio recordings that graphically depict the confusion at the scene of the shooting in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen on June 5, 1968. The videotape shows a fatally wounded Kennedy, who moments before had declared victory in California's Democratic presidential primary, lying on the floor, while witnesses and other victims appear dazed. The shooting occurred prior to Secret Service protection for presidential candidates. The gaps in the material, including Burns' disclosure that some 2,410 photgraphs were burned in August 1968, drew immediate critcism. "What I didn't know, and I'm told others didn't know, was that so much evidence was destroyed," Burns said.

He declined to state any conclusion, saying he had not had enough time to examine all the evidence, which he predicted will occupy researchers for years to come. "Someone should ask the police why they destroyed 2,400 photographs in the most important case they've ever examined. We didn't know about that until today," said Gregory Stone, a political scientist at the Univer Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi Lo Pre Hi Lo Otlk Hi Lo Otlk AlbarvNY. 50 29 51 29 cdy 55 30 cdy 70 41 72 44 cdy 71 45 cdy Amariliu 75 41 85 44 clr 85 52 cdy Ancnorage 47 38 46 34 cdy 48 35 cdy Atlanta 66 58 .44 72 42 clr 77 50 clr Atlantic City 41 37 .08 57 35 cdy 63 41 cdy Austin 75 46 85 50 cdy 87 63 cdy Baltimore 50 35 60 33 clr 69 42 cdy Billings 69 44 62 42 rn 52 38 rn Birmingham 67 54 .55 75 36 clr 80 51 clr Bismarck 64 16 51 26 cdy 47 29 cdy Boise 66 42 58 46 rn 60 40 rn Boston 50 36 53 37 cdy 49 38 Cdy Buffalo 39 30 .03 44 28 cdy 48 32 cdy Burlinglon.Vt. 44 30 46 29 cdy 49 28 cdy Casper 64 39 62 38 cdy 54 34 cdy Charieston.SC 79 62 .77 70 49 clr 79 48 clr Charlestons Va.

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$200 million for adult education, some $75 million higher than current spending. $165 million for Magnet schools, which encourage racial integration by providing special curriculums. Current spending is at $72 million. 36 Cdy 22 cdy 55 cdy 30 cdy 26 cdy 32 sn 33 cdy 32 rn 34 cdy 34 rn 72 clr 64 cdy 46 cdy 51 cdy 47 clr 34 cdy 52 clr 46 cdy 57 cdy 50 cdy 55 cdy 55 cdy 66 clr 35 cdy 33 cdy 49 clr 62 clr 40 cdy 46 clr Opponents said it would result in years of litigation during which children could continue to call and hear the pornographic tapes. The largest single program in the bill is Chapter 1, which pays for tutoring and other services to disadvantaged children at risk of academic failure.

School districts could receive basic grants totaling up to $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1989, a $400 million increase over current spending. Spending for several new programs is authorized in the bill. The fiscal 1989 initiatives include $50 million for "Even Start," to jointly educate poor preschool children and their illiterate parents; $50 million for dropout prevention demonstration projects; and $200 million to improve basic skills of high school students. The school improvement act also includes the following major programs, with authorized 1989 Detioit 46 28 53 29 cdy 51 Duluth 47 18 38 22 cdy 42 El Paso 78 49 84 51 clr 81 Fairbanks 46 33 51 28 cdy 55 Fargo 59 17 45 20 cdy 50 Flagstaff 56 29 49 37 rn 41 Grand Rapids 44 25 51 27 cdy 54 Great Falls 66 38 57 37 rn 47 Hartford 49 32 55 32 cdy 50 Helena 65 32 58 36 rn 50 Honolulu 85 73 86 72 clr 86 Houston 76 49 84 50 cdy 86 Indianapolis 54 30 65 32 cdy 63 Jackson, Miss. 68 50 .15 77 42 clr 85 Jacksonville 84 69 .26 76 52 clr 78 Juneau 51 35 56 32 clr 51 Kansas City 64 34 73 45 cdy 76 Las Vegas 78 56 63 55 rn 60 Little Rock 65 42 .35 74 42 cdy 80 Louisville 58 35 70 34 clr 75 Lubbock 81 43 88 49 clr 89 Memphis 64 42 .12 76 40 clr 80 Miami Beach 86 74 84 70 cdy 84 Milwaukee 51 28 52 28 clr 47 Mpls-StPaul 54 25 52 31 cdy 52 Nashville 60 39 70 35 clr 76 New Orleans 73 59 79 54 clr 83 New York City 50 36 56 38 clr 60 Norfolk, Va.

45 41 .53 60 40 clr 74 Animals: Effort to ban sales of strays shelved Continued fromA1 from a nation at risk to a nation in crisis. I think this proposal will turn that trend around," said Hep. Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. The far-reaching measure, named for Hawkins and retiring Sen. Robert Stafford, was shadowed for weeks by controversy over the dial-a-porn ban added in the Senate by Sen.

Jesse Helms, House and Senate negotiators substituted a provision under hich the lewd message services would be technologically blocked from telephones unless an adult called the telephone company and requested a subscription. But in a confusing series of moves Tuesday, the House killed the dial-a-porn compromise and restored the outright ban despite concerns about its Continued fromA1 from buying strays. "One (researcher) told me the fee could be doubled and he'd still buy them," Biggs said. She Said researchers have paid $100 per dog in the past. In the fiscal year that began July 1, 1986, the animal shelter sold 174 dogs and cats, charging the fee to which Miller objected.

But the last time research groups bought animals was March 11, 1987, said Biggs, who took over as the shelter's director in August. Biggs and Tannenbaum credited several actions for stopping the sale of animals to research. A public awareness campaign increased adoptions and claims of "I 1.