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rArrowheadslSlIl toarchaeology A look at Rain likely 62 the Blues camp JfestyleIC Weather 6D Belleville News-Democrat Tuesday September 24 1991 Serving Southwestern Illinois Newsstand price 50 cents th -i ESDA1 QRI0NGk More violence at lot teen is hospitalized TWA Northwest OK settlements Sports Cardinals split twinbill with Expos ST LOUIS The St Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos 10-1 in the first game of a doubleheader but lost 5-1 in the second game at Busch Stadium Page ID ambulance following the fight He suffered cuts bruises and a concussion from a baseball bat that was broken over his head Police were called to a fight involving a group of young men at the car wash parking lot but no arrests were made said Lt James Rokita Rokita said police have been patrolling the area frequently to deal with similar problems for the past few months He said he did not know what kind of rivalries may exist among young men in the Carlyle Plaza area a lot of differences of opinion or we SeeFIGHT3A ByCAROLYNTUFT News-Democrat BELLEVILLE Violence at east end parking lots escalated during the weekend when a group of young men one wielding a gun allegedly attacked a Belleville Township High School East senior white guy pointed the gun at my face and says don't think IH use it do said an 18-year-old Belleville East senior who was involved in a fight at 12:19 am Sunday at the National Pride Car Wash 860 Carlyle Ave The senior also white spoke only on the condition that he not be Identified On Monday he spoke from his bed at St Hospital where he was taken by case class-action status meaning it would include almost anyone who flew on the airlines to or from 23 hubs during the last three years Last week Shoob gave preliminary approval to the settlements Final approval crane until members of the class an estimated 125 million air travelers have a chance to file comments on the deal attorney Pitts Carr said Monday could be probably will be several years" Carr said A local travel agent said logistical complications lie ahead would most likely need a receipt to get some sort of refund but I just cannot mentally grasp how they are going to go about such a monumental task" said Don SeeTWA3A ATLANTA (AP) A federal judge has tentatively approved proposals by Trans World Airlines and Northwest Airlines to settle a huge price-fixing case that other airlines still are fighting lawyers said Monday TWA and Northwest have agreed to provide millions of dollars in cash and coupons for travelers who claim they were gouged on air fares They also agreed to change the way they enter fares into reservations computers The two airlines admitted no wrongdoing but said they offered the settlements to avoid a drawn-out and expensive court battle TWA and Northwest were among nine carriers named in a federal antitrust suit filed by about 50 travelers who complained that airlines use computer reservations systems to fix prices US District Judge Marvin Shoob last month gave the State New law requires fertility insurance CHICAGO Gov Jim Edgar signed legislation Monday requiring companies with existing pregnancy insurance to provide employee coverage for sometimes costly fertility treatments Page 2B Edgar approves bills to open day-care slots SPRINGFIELD Gov Jim Edgar approved two bills Monday that are meant to open more slots in day-care centers for so-called latchkey children Page 2B Counties would vie i for funds By MARILYN VISE News-Democrat The Republican redistricting plan would place most of Madison County into the congressional district of US Rep Richard Durbin forcing the county to compete with St Clair County for federal money Democrats said map forces us out of regionalism and is an affront to the voters in St Clair and Madison Nation Police to get tapes on anti-lock brakes DETROIT Responding to complaints Chevrolet is sending videotapes to police departments describing anti-lock brake systems or ABS found on 1 99 1 Chevrolet Caprice police cars Page 3A World Kidnappers: Hostage will be freed soon BEIRUT Lebanon Pro-Iranian kidnappers said early today that within 48 hours they will release British hostage Jack Mann the oldest of the Western hostages who was abducted more than two years ago Page 5 A Nwrni PwnocriBm) KQUmnn Another sinkhole Vernon Pauls Jr measures the edge of a sinkhole Monday that runs along the driveway of his home located at 412 South Belt West in Belleville Paule discovered the sinkhole when he re turned home from work to retrieve a tool from his garage The sinkhole measured about 2 feet deep near the driveway and 1 4 feet deep opposite the drive See story in Section Legislative districts: Section SL Clair County Board Chairman John Baricevic said is bad for government" Republicans reply that such competition actually could benefit the area by doubling the voice in Washington The map also would squeeze Madison County's current representative Jerry Costello a Belleville Democrat and Glenn Poshard a Democrat from Carterville into one district Durbin is a Springfield Democrat who originally is from East St Louis The only part of Madison County that would remain in Costello's district is the southwest comer which includes Venice Madison and a couple of blocks of Granite City Democrats said the map combines two districts that are radically different demographically Costello's urban district and Poshard's rural district and criticized it for separating Madison and St Clair counties this map stands it will be the end of said state Rep Monroe Flinn D-Cahokia "You'll end up with the Madison County congressman fighting the SL Clair County congressman fra federal The Republican proposal has been filed with the clerk of the federal court in Chicago along with a Democratic proposal that keeps Madison and SL Clair counties in one district and does not combine the districts of Costello and Poshard A three-judge federal court panel will decide how to draw Illinois' congressional districts because the state legislature could not agree on a map The three judges are Republicans One was elected to judgeship and the other two were appointed by Republicans John Rekowski an active Democrat who also serves as Madison County public defender said Republicans are gerrymandering by separating the two counties and throwing Poshard and Costello into the same district See REDISTRICTING3A Iraqis confiscate papers from UN team Business Sullivan questions health-care savings WASHINGTON -Health Secretary Louis Sullivan expressed serious doubt Monday about claims that medical costs could be slashed with less red tape but he announced he will convene insurance executives soon to pursue the prospects Page 4B Dow Jones Industrial Average weapons of mass destruction said that before their detention the inspectors had copied some of the key documents with their own portable copying machines He also confirmed that some of the documents were in German and English Bush told the United Nations on Monday cannot on demands that Iraq destroy its nuclear weapons capability He also urged the world body to disavow its stand that Zionism is a form of racism While talking tough about Iraq Bush set no deadline for Saddam Hussein to unconditionally submit to inspection and destruction of his most dangerous weapons or face the possibility of renewed military force White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that the United States was discussing a 48-hour deadline with other Security Council members Bush said the UN should keep economic sanctions clamped on Iraq as long as Saddam remains in control He took a strong stance on the 1975 Zionism resolution a major source of mistrust between Israel and the UN equate Zionism with racism is to reject Israel Bush said in his speech to the General Assembly of representatives from 166 nations body cannot claim to seek peace and at the same time challenge right to exist "By repealing this resolution he said United Nations will enhance its credibility and serve the cause of The Gulf War cease-fire requires Iraq to allow the UN inspections and the Security Council at ready was upset over Iraqi refusal to allow unannounced helicopter flights to suspected weapons sites Security Council resolutions that call for inspections are unconditional" Secretary of See INSPECTORS3A UNITED NATIONS (AP) Iraqi soldiers detained UN officials for more than 12 hours in a Baghdad building Monday then forcibly confiscated documents that apparently show Iraq has been developing nuclear weapons The inspectors found the papers in a surprise search several hours before the UN Security Council met to discuss Iraqi obstructions to UN searches for hidden weapons and production buildings The confrontation appeared likely to lead the Security Council to accept President offer to provide troops to guard the inspectors and warplanes to escort UN helicopter searches The inspectors hauled seven carloads of papers from an Iraqi government building but authorities stopped the team held its members for 12 hours and seized the data officials said Rolf Ekeus head of the UN special commission in charge of finding and demolishing Integration helps cities above the bluffs grow Lottery Illinois Monday Daily Game: 3-1-9 Pick Four: 4-5-4-5 Little Lotto: 6-12-15-18-31 Wednesday Lotto jackpot: $8 million Missouri Daily Pick 3: 9-5-3 CENSUS '90 fl METRO-EAST PROFILE Metro-east black populations 1990 Pop3kl990 1980 Pop! 980 The metro-east is following the national trend and seeing rapid growth in the Asian community There were 3427 Asians counted in 1990 up 68 percent from a decade ago Only a few metro-east areas notably Venice East SL Louis and downtown Belleville saw large numbers of whites leave in the past decade East SL Louis lost 71 percent of its remaining white population and in 1990 had only 664 whites out of 40944 residents or 16 percenL New housing fuels integration Minority populations increased in cities that saw new housing developments The white population in both SL Clair and Madison counties has declined in each of the past three census counts In SL Clair County the number of blacks and whites declined in the past 10 years but the percentage of both remained about the same It lost 4679 residents since 1980 Blacks left the county at a slightly higher rate than whites causing the black population to decrease from 275 percent to 271 percent The 1990 population was 262852 In 1970 Madison County's black residents accounted for less than 1 By DAVID GOSNELL News-Democrat Belleville has become the most-populous city in the metro-easL replacing East SL Louis 42785 to 40944 as black residents migrated above the bluffs The 12584 blacks who left East SL Louis during the 1980s allowed Belleville and Madison County to record population increases instead of losses according to data compiled by the 1990 US Census The metro-east follows trends for Midwestern metropolitan areas which generally show blacks and whites moving out of urban cores into more suburban areas it's telling you is that blacks tend to live in suburban areas as much as they do in the said John Farley a sociology Erofessor at Southern Illinois Diversity at Edwardsville who specializes in the integration a gradual rate of Both whites and blacks are leaving old urban neighborhoods They are moving into new housing developments together Farley said But when blacks move to older white neighborhoods whites still tend to leave you most likely are going Index Business 4-6B Classified 5-8C Comics 3C DearAbby 4C Editorials 4 A Legals 58C Lifestyle 1-5C Local News 13B Local Flashes 2D Nation 5-7 A Obituaries 2B Sports 5D State Television 2C Weather 6D World 5-7A third In 4-pqrt series to have white flight is in established neighborhoods" he said The 1990 Census also shows: The percentage of blacks in Madison and SL Clair counties is greater than in the state or country The two-county area has a 17 percent black population compared with 148 percent in Illinois and 123 percent nationwide Both counties are bucking a trend nationally in which Hispanic populations are swelling in urban areas The 1990 Census found 6574 His panics 11 percent more than in 1980 but still only 13 percent of the metro-east population kmOmocw Madison County is directly attributable to black migration" Farley said Seeking a better life John Daniels likes to bowL He also likes to get together with his SeeRACE8A percent of the population By 1990 blacks comprised about 15 percent of the county's 233429 people Nearly the same number of blacks who moved out of SL Clair County moved into Madison County especially into the Collinsville area population increase in a i.