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How to stay thin without even trying TtmpoPatje E1 Bench says he's tired of catching SportsPage D1 Dow Jones flirting with 1 000 FinancialPage £6 -10" The Fresno Bee FINAL EDITIOM 25' FRESNO CALIFORNIA Wednesday Morning November 19 1980 Reagan makes a triumphant Capitol tour Bee news services WASHINGTON Ronald Reagan swept through the corridors of Capitol Hill Tuesday endorsing a pending bill to keep the Justice Department from filing school busing lawsuits but devoting most of his Big jet burns in Seoul fog eight killed By JAMES KIM United Press International SEOUL South Korea A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 jumbo jet from Los Angeles with 226 people aboard landed in a heavy fog and burst into flames at Seoul's airport Wednesday Eight people were killed airline officials said Eleven Americans escaped uninjured Officials at the US Embassy said they did not know if any other Americans were aboard The official KAL announcement said eight people were killed five crewmembers and three passengers Other Seoul airport officials said the death toll could go as high as 22 The official KAL announcement said the jumbo jet hit a raised section of the runway its landing gear snapped off and the plane slid on its belly down the strip belching black smoke Heat from the slide triggered a fire that engulfed the midsection of the jumbo jet the announcement said The intense heat melted off the roof of the craft The rear of the plane appeared to have suffered the least damage but the midsection was gutted Most of the passengers managed to escape through emergency exits and were not seriously injured In Los Angeles KAL spokesman Bill Core who talked with airline officials in South Korea said the plane came down in a "heavy fog" and had a "hard landing" at Seoul's Kimpo International Airport located in a western suburb of the capital "No 1 engine caught fire" Core said KAL officials said the plane carried 206 passengers and a crew of 20 Among the survivors was Lee Jung-ja 44 a Korean-born passenger who lives in San Antonio Texas iilPiiP "I picked up my ag and rose from the seat when there was a bang" she said "It rocked me See Jetliner bock page GOP governors urge Reagan to take advantage of honeymoon' period G1 designed to draw a contrast between his forthcoming administration and the outgoing Carter White House often criticized on Capitol Hill for failing to consult Congress President Carter avoided the ego-stroking and backslapping of politics on Capitol Hill but Reagan's message was that he could and would take the time to share with congressional leaders Democrats as well as Republicans the spotlight that inevitably follows the president Reagan brought his running mate George Bush and the men who will be his top two White House aides Edwin Meese III and James A Baker III with him as he called on the Republican and Democratic leadership of both houses "What we would like to do is to resume a relationship based on regular and rather frequent meetings in a bipartisan manner with the leadership of the House and Senate with regard to the programs we think must be done" Reagan said "In other words we're not going to just throw surprises up here at the Hill" Judging from the early returns Reagan's visit was a hit The Republican audience has been applauding ever since Nov 4 but even O'Neill D-Mass had some kind words "I liked him very much" O'Neill said of Reagan whom he had never met "I got along with So Reagan bock pa 9 triumphal tour to touching base with old friends and making new ones He was hailed as a victor by gawking tourists and respectful legislators alike and Earned gently by the Democratic opposition leader House Speaker Thomas O'Neill: "Now you're in the big leagues" Speculation continued as to whom Reagan might appoint to his Cabinet The Associated Press said William Simon was being mentioned to head the Treasury Department which he also did when Gerald Ford was president and William French Smith of Los Angeles Reagan's personal attorney Is the consensus candidate of Reagan's advisers to be attorney general The Washington Post said John Block director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture was getting Republican backing to head the US Department of Agriculture Reagan's visit on his first day in Washington as president-elect was -d Preis A firefighter waters down the charred Korean Air Lines jumbo jet at Seoul's airport $135 million KMJ-TV sale cleared by FCC Brown9 plan for a super train 'Buck Rogers approach' to California rail transit? Utility tax may be ended to operate the station in the best interests of the community" Millard said SJCC will begin to operate KMJ-TV in about 40 days because there are still minor details of the sale to be arranged SJCC has asked the FCC for permission to change the station's call letters to KSEE he said but added the station intends to remain as Channel 24 and as an NBC network affiliate The change to KSEE fits in with a "promotional and marketing strategy" Millard explained He said he hopes the FCC will approve the change before SJCC begins to operate the station McClatchy retains rights to the KMJ designation as the call letters of its AM and FM radio stations Saying that SJCC "has absolutely See KMJ-TV back page McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission Tuesday approved the sale of KMJ-TV in Fresno by McClatchy Newspapers to San Joaquin Communications Corp for $135 million The vote on the license transfer was 6-0 RW Millard president of SJCC said he was "personally gratified" with the FCC's ruling "We intend to air the best and most complete news coverage in the San Joaquin Valley" Millard said CK McClatchy editor and president of McClatchy Newspapers said "I am pleased that the FCC has approved the sale of KMJ-TV to San Joaquin Communications Corp I expect the new owners will continue By REBECCA LaVALLY United Press International SACRAMENTO Gov Brown Tuesday said California immediately will begin planning a rail line to transport passengers at speeds up to 150 mph along some of the state's most heavily traveled routes The rail service modeled on efficient high-speed passenger trains in some European countries and Japan would be the first of its kind in the nation administration officials said "We are proceeding immediately with feasibility studies" to develop a rail system "utilizing technology that has been proven effective in a dozen or more countries" Brown said in a press release issued by his Sacramento and Washington offices "A California high-speed rail system could provide safe convenient energy-efficient trains at speeds from 125 to 150 mph and provide the added benefit of stimulating economic growth and development" he said Brown's announcement contained no estimate of the cost of the rail project beyond a nine-month $300000 consultant's study to determine where the service should be established and what typeof equipment should be purchased to run it (One legislative aide who specializes in transportation told McClatchy News Service the governor's plan is "a Buck Rogers Administration officials said the system would serve a portion or portions of a 500-mile transit corridor connecting San Diego Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Brown declared that the high-speed system could lure up to 7 million passengers annually By CHARLES MILOS Bee staff writer The City Council will consider phasing out the 46 percent utility tax over two years in an apparent move to sidetrack a March ballot measure to repeal it July 1 Council members didn't actually vote last night to eliminate the tax the members didn't even discuss the proposals by Councilman Joe Williams But they unanimously endorsed his ideas and asked the city staff to report next Tuesday on what impact repealing the tax would have on the city's operations In addition to a tax phase-out Williams wants the staff to work out a rebate plan to deal with the windfall from the tax on Pacific Gas Electric Co and Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co bills Part of Williams' strategy apparently is aimed at neutralizing a ballot measure to eliminate the tax July 1 Councilmen Dale Doig and Joe Reich pushed that effort and a committee headed by Doig apparently has obtained enough registered voters' signatures to qualify the measure for the See Tax back page Fresno BeeJohn Alvin from more expensive airline seats or less efficient automobiles and save up to 26 million gallons of fuel each year The Democratic governor who has two years remaining in his second term would have to secure approval from the California Legislature before the state could tackle engineering and construction phases of the project Brown said preliminary engineering may require up to five years and that construction of "the railway might take another six years Lynn Schenk secretary of the California Business Transportation and Housing Agency said it may be more than a decade before Californians use the rail service but that its "direction would be set by Gov Brown before his term ends" She said Amtrak which provides state-subsidized rail passenger service between San See Super Train back page City Council kills takeover Weather HAZY Lows in 30s with some local frost Fresno's high today 68 low tonight 35 Tuesday's high was 66 Details on Page A2 Petersen believes Whitehurst can be beaten index By JIM STEINBERG Bee staff writer The City Council pulled the plug Tuesday night on a proposed municipal power utility in Fresno The idea is dead Just like that the council voted 5-2 to kill further study of whether Fresno and its power consumers would save money if the city acquired Pacific Gas Electric Co's power distribution system in the metropolitan area Council members Dale Doig who proposed the municipal -utility and Joe Reich voted against the motion to end the utility investigation The Fresno council's action followed by less than 24 "hours the same decision by the Clovis City Council Fresno council members explained their decision pointing to the unanswered question of whether the city could find enough wholesale power the very question that had See backpage Whitehurst's is a $250-per-couple black-tie reception Friday while Petersen's is $5-a-head benefit Saturday which will feature traditional folk music When Whitehurst was first elected mayor in March 1977 he became one of the state's youngest mayors at age 28 by toppling Ted Wills a City Hall institution by 114 votes In his almost four years in office Whitehurst has become one of the most visible mayors on both the local and national scene often testifying before Congress and regularly appearing on Fresno and television programs But while Petersen 29 acknowledges that he is in an uphill battle he believes that the mayor can be beaten "Dan Whitehurst is not as popular as some people think" Petersen said "He's not unpopular and he is well respected But he has not done that much for the people to form an opinion" Petersen who led the successful drive to have council members elected by district says Whitehurst is not dealing with the city's more pressing problems Jwt instead is See Mayor back page mayor who is usually candid with reporters is not ready to talk about the March 3 election "I haven't announced for reelection" Whitehurst points out with a grin That may be true but City Hall observers expect Whitehurst to seek re-election and his first opponent Christian Petersen has already begun campaigning against him The filing pariod does not open until Dec 4 but Whitehurst and Petersen have fund-raisers scheduled for this weekend The events give a hint about the differences i style of the pair By JIM BOREN Bee politics writer The pictures hanging in the mayor's office of President Carter shaking hands with Daniel Whitehurst seem a little more conspicuous now that Ronald Reagan has made his march through America And even Whitehurst jokes with visitors about the pictures of the lame-duck president saying "Do you know where I can get some pictures of Ronald Reagan?" In the back of his mind Whitehurst must be thinking about his own run for re-election But the G6 F15 Section F12 A10 E6 to E9 sections HI section Ell Section Eight sections Amusements Briefly Told Classified Comics Editorials Financial Metro Obituaries Sports Television-Radio Tempo iff.