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m' i- .1 ir -v-. 1 'i NoWetiMZm: I 1 1 1 i I -''1''' Vf -V x' -s: rush hour agfainoh'hi Commuters on the Contra Costa side of the Eastbajr hills might as wall resign themselves to horrendotady bad traffic that will get; only worse tor at least A H.J A vthejiext decades simple fact is. that Contra Costa growth" explbsioi is pro- -dudngt people and jobs' mucb faster than roads are being built the growth is also Jamming the Ji-The only-: major scheduled for a significant up grade is Interstate 680, bat that weat begin for at lrast fonr 'Wort- S' ft By the time, the work is posed to be finished in the I'iOOOs, population and job will have; outstripped tbe; neuf Thus, it appears the only sol- r. mayl involve wmething slither than foad A majoratody of alteaUves, Ftted NEW YORK Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan pleaded not guilty yesterday to a 137-count indictment charging him with participation in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the New York City Transit Authority, The Indictment, was released publicly after Dono-V van was arraigned in State Supreme Court in the him and nine other people with grand larceny, falsifying documents and filing false- documents.

The purported misconduct occurred 1 before 'Donovan -joined the Reagan administration in 1981, prosecutors said, i Donovan, who. has limaaMiiw mWm granted a leave1 of absence Temains of Delauers book store that "owner vows to reopea' 1-: from his Cabinet post to defend himself said the indictment was part of a politically moti vated inquisition by the Bronx district attorney, Mario' j.rH Mr. Merola may have won todays battle by misuse of his office Donovan told reporters in a courthouse hallway, but he Will not win the war. i After' entering his. plea, a judge released the labor secre- tary without bail until a hearing 12.

DonovanisthC' first-Cabinet officer indicted while in off Two companies and 10 indi-terial ranging; from comic 'nairied wdef end-books to' obscure technical 5 73-pago indictment. -journals, was gutted in an early-- Among them were Donovans morning fire former company, the Schla Biit within hours after the vone Construction Co. of Secau- remaina of oeUeer. book store that ALNVREEK '0 department; store, a Marriott hotel, Peg agreed that the pro ject wUl be of rw iwsiws people could flnd ma-r f. (pM-rsrr' 1 i METRO FINAL i-1-': 'v'" V' re r.r r.7 I -V I i- Labor secretary says By PhlUp ShMon TtoNHr VMk cus, six of its current 1 executives; one of the compa-: nyS the Jopel Contracting and Trucking and Joseph L.

Caliber, a co-owner of Jopel and a New York state senator. Jopel a Bronx concern, was -a subcontractor for Schiavree on a $186 million contract to build a subway tofineT for the Transit Authority. At a hews conference in his office at Supreme Court, Mer-. ola said Donovan had joined in a scheme to inflate the value of See DONOVAN, Reck Page Effect on tiw campaign and Labor Department, A-4, snafce escaped from what had been called a secure holding apea at jthe Berkeley pound. Berkeley officials named him because they dont see how he could, hayegotten out by Its difficult to believe the snake actually escaped, said city official Jack Eason.

It, disappeared from a secure area and we are at a loss to say ihow." Houdinl who was initially found at the scene of a suicide, is now being cared for tempor a Including mass transit, is iwucr WTinvolves the MetropoU-Jtan Transportation Contra Costa County and all ities in. the 1-680 coriidorfe'-" Meanwhile, drivers In Contra Costa face a growing traffic Icrush especially 4urMig pn- A 1 4 i -U 8350,000 blase; racks were set up outside the' hoarded up site at 1310 way and owner Charles P. De-Lauer was vowing he would re-open as sore as possible, perhaps at a temporary location. The 4:35 a.m. fire started in a trash can underneath the main counter, possibly from a discarded cigarette.

A clerk and security guard tried to put it out themselves but were unsuccessful'''- 1 When firemen arrived moments later flames were leap-, ing out more than 20 feet from the store's front It took a half-. hour to control the fire, which not only gutted the main floor FIRE, Back Page -V By David Aicott nw ntM Houdiiff the Burmese python is 6 feet long and a very mel-. low snake, according to those 1 who know him; But it might be hard to con- vince the Berkeley animal con-S- trol officers whom Houdinl es-. caped from, or the terrified eat that almost became Houdini's last meal as a free snake. The Screams of tlp cat, which was cornered but not harmed in a neighborhood back yard, led, to Houdinis capture Friday, seven weeks after the i 1 1 iM? ii VNj 4.

hes Re agan insist Donovan guilt still unproven Ai A BROWNSVILLE, Texas Campaigning in the shadow of Cabinet members ment. President Reagan insist-" ed yesterday, that Labor Sec- -retary Raymond' J. Donovan is innocent unless proven, guilty and accused critics pf whipping tip a lynch atpKMK phere against his administrai- Z-tion. K- Told that Democratic Walter F. Mondale urging that the president hegin.

See REAGAN, Bck Plsgel iHfJ I I 1 By Richard Meyer 7,. v'-j BROWNSVlfLETtexas President Reagan; under pres- -sure from challenger Walter F. Mondale, 'accepted full respond, sibility yesterday for the tragedy. that resulted from the 1 bombing of the Em- bassy annex just outside of -Beirut, but. stopped short Tv taking the blame for incomplete security 1 I am responsible, as I said -that I was re the previous tragedy, Reagan- told reporters, referring to the.

bombing of a UBi Marine" headquarters dniT: barracks in Beirut Oct. 23. Two Americans were killed in the -bombing at the embassy annex two weeks ago, 241 had -died at' the Marine headquarters. Both were hit by so-called truck bombs in suicide attacks. like one that killed 17 Ameri--, cans at.the U.S.

Ehnbassy in Beirut in April 1983. '4 Reminded that the three I See BOMBING, Back Page'' arily by Janet Kotlier of the Solano Pet Store. Everyone who saw him said they want him," Kotiiej said adding that no one really' knows if Houdini is male or- fffltflf, She called Houdini magnificent and beautiful. I Its a very mellow snake, said Eason. A San 1 veterinarian has Francisco agreed to become the snakes new owner.

'oW I I Picture, A-12 but only if they are the AFC representative in Super Bowl XIX and the SJ. 49ers are the NFC team. F-l. Raypfond Donovan, the UB. secretary has a.

lot of explaining to do about alleged associations with construction industry racketeers. Editorial B-4. WEATHER "Mostly sunny today with morning clouds or fog along the; coast Highs -from mld-SOs1 to the mld-SOs: Chance. of light rain. in the Inorth bay tomorrow, i I.

'lt mute hoars. vV Irani' first-hand about the f-problem and how drivers cope, our Tribune reporters surveyed fa typical morning commute last Week, Bob talked. with stalled commuters Valley Road in Walnv Cteek, SJeO Berry monitored 1-480 and Boulevard. Mike Llbbey covered Bay Bridge. Here is what the founds JfrY.

Macys 240-room. r- 7 ".1 3 1 1- vt f1'? i 1 f. i 1' I i -v -y YGNAtlO VALLEYROAD ilrrand.mofe thab should WWK the dty with Upmclil a physician who hhs commuted from Clayton to Lafayette for seven years. His 10-mile drive to work takes from 34 minutes to Vf almost an hour tot days he drops his children oft at schooL- Itr getting worse'all the time, be says. The traffic congestion, 'I dont even com-.

pard it, itvlike five times more. VI- sd. the office, buildings going know if getting think theyve, ovr- grown themselves. dont know -V. what they can do.

Vri-T' 'TGracer is typicalofcommut-i-rs who drive Iran homes ip eastern Contra Costa County cities like Pittsburg, Antioch 'Brentwood to points west, I such as Lafayette "and Walnut" i Creek. Waiting on Ygnacio Valley llload, thqr complain of: four-, signals, long backups and near-gridlock conditions. Their biggest complaint is a1 one-lane eastbound. detour a mile from Oak Grove. The detour, caused by a 1983 slidb, adds five to 15 minutes to theirr 000 square feet of retail 280,000 square feet; of offices ing.

Jbenefit to tbc downtown area, with Kpvsr indicating the i', trips home, drivers say. Gracer and others1 MotorGtysparkpkig were so. incensed they went to Washing- -ton to seek repair fundsr Now roadwork is scheduled, though it See COtoMUTE, Pte A-i PuiMIrifl boom plan, B-2. Detroits Alaa Trammell Is greeted by Darrell Evaas after, blasting a 3-rua hemurjhat led to ad 8-1 victory ever-the: Kansas City Royals la last nights American Leagee playoff game. la the National League, the Chicago (Mbs crashed San Diego; 13-8.

See y-f. town development B-2. Sales of new homes fell the second straight month everywhere in the UA C-l. Computer iidffi call, it flaming thetudeness, profanity, exultation-and -other-r emotional outbursts by people wiwn they converse via 'computer. E-l.

The Oakland Invaders -and the Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League have dropped their. plans to merge- F-l. s. 1 i The L. Raiders will return to the Oakland Coliseum, INDEX Astrology Uf-uOtoohaOOoaa E-8 Brldg Clmiflid a ea'e'a C7 CtaMHMAulM lMM COffUiCS a a ee a E12 CrOSSWOTd immmium a eEd EditOliStS aaaaaaaaaaoeB Entertainment himimhi o.eE4 FOOd a ai aaaaa aaa'a a i a a I mtSCStS ease mhihii sClt I Ann Lenders.

I BUI Edward A. McQrsnehen Opinion o. Robin Orr ssitslesMsssessEd I PSStlmMee.ee.e.. Brenda Fsjton B-4 Televleien TRffMngo atHiaMMlriai feather usai laaiaaa 4a-hAp12 VoMII-277 ACH DIOnOT Psychiatric; disorders; afflict one in -live. Anerican adults at any given timesug- gests the most comprehensive surrey ever made of mental, illness.

Sen. tiob PaCkwOod 1 moves to table his civil rights bill and Sen. Bob Dole imme diately proposes. a compro-' Japanese newspaper reportr that one day after President Reagan joked about bombing the Soviet Union, the UAS.R issued and then celed an attadt order against UB. forces.

A-8. Valley companies thought tto be environ-1 mentally clean hare made the EPAs list of proposed Super-fund cleanup projects. A-9. Mario i 'leader of; 60s student move-toent UC Berkeley, again enthralls campus audience in SproulPlaza. B-l.

An Onklcy tnan. is; charged with tiw rapes of two; young women and is a suspect seven other rapes. B-l. 'Livermore city officials launchv a' campaign, to. elicit the hubport of Alameda piantylties.in their fight ssflaBiBftar F-8.

Dyslexic womans u- cUinb ef Half i 11 x- -4 1 a 4. .1 it i i.