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I I JtJIiMiu, Oakidad, Caltiaraia SuinLy, Iaxuuas, iij I. support but no endorsement didate per fiscal year. There Is no similar limit on donations to a political party. Pete But Sen. Pete Wilson, So why Was Brown at Wilsons dinner? cause hes my friend." So far, Wilson preoccupied with earthquake recovery since Oct 17 has been slower in putting together a campaign organization than his rival Karris.

ahead in the money game in late January, when candidates financial reports are due again, is going to be watching how the Democrats spend that money, because he's worried about end runs around Proposition 73, approved in June 1988. It would be an easy thing to circumvent those limits, said Wilson after a speech in Moraga last week. Lets say you're a candidate, I am a wealthy man, I want to give you all the help I can. The law says I can only give you a thousand dollars. But if I give the Democratic Party, or the Republican Party, a million dollars, and then they spend that million dollars on television advertising, in which you are the spokesman, then clearly the limits of (Proposition) 73 have been OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL member Mary Moore (Grand Lake-Trestle Glen) will have still another opponent in next Junes primary.

Ivy G. Cohen, the 29-year-old director of the A fl Just Say No anti-drug abuse campaign, filed the city clerks office last week in pers; Craig Stoats ration for the council race. Cohen has been active in state Democratic Party politics, working as a fund-raiser and on voter registration projects. Moore's other challenger so to is lawyer John A. Russo.

i The mayor has no campaign consultant on board yet while Harris has high-powered politicial advisers Richie Ross and Larry Tramutola working for him. But Wilsons backers say hes serious about the race. Wilsons theme will be that its not the time to change the citys top leadership, with Oakland in the midst of a revitalization and a $300 million downtown shopping center in the planning stages. At his party, the mayor didnt get too specific about the upcoming contest But he did urge his supporters to work together so we can complete the circle and bring about the renaissance city that is so important to all of us." There are seven candidates in the race so far, and more could emerge when the filing period opens Feb. 11 Like Wilson, some of them are busy raising money these days.

The same night as Wilsons fund-raiser, 70 people attended a $100-a-plate event for Oakland City Council member Wilson Riles Jr. And earlier this month. City Council member Leo Bazile and Dezie Woods-Jones, assistant dean of students at the College of Alameda, each hosted their own fund-raisers. Voters will get their next summary of whos WHEN NEARLY 500 holiday party-goers turned out at the Hyatt Regency last week to contribute each toward Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilsons re-election campaign, Assembly Speaker Willie Brown was one of the faces in the crowd, Wilson thanked him for being there, calling Brown Just a magnificent source of support putihat doesnt mean that Brown is endorsing Wilson'wbos seeking a fourth term as mayor. fact when a reporter asked Brown where his sympathies lie in the mayors race, Brown said he'jdana to endorse Assemblyman EUhu Harris, Oakland; as soon as Harris asks.

He (Harris) a member of my house, Brown iaid. I have to endorse him. 'fS- EASTBAY REP. GEORGE Miller, D-Martinez, has been appointed to a Congressional watchdog committee to oversee the El Salvador governments investigation into the Nov. 16 murders of six Jesuit priests and two women.

Miller, an outspoken foe of U.S. aid to contra rebels in the region, says American policy there has been a failure. After spending $4 billion and losing 70,000 lives, we see the exact same kind of bloodshed and warfare in El Salvador as we did in 1980, Miller said in a statement There is no peace, there is no development and there is no Judicial CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS cleared between $450,000 and 500,000 tom the partys fund-raising dinner in San Francisco last week money that party chairman Jerry Brown said will finance voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives next year. Brown called the dinner the largest ever in the off-election year. It was a symbol of what be hopes will be a larger role to the party in 1990, because of Proposition 73s restrictions limiting an individual from giving more than $1,000 to a can- Aifitrak inaugurates vf 4 4 ,9 -r-V a.

A I 4 4 1 fsj Ts By Chariaa McCarthy i asm Mm ffif pigtg The tracks of BART and Amtrak lie side by side at the Richmond station. modifications and better safety equipment, the new cars make the San Joaquin trains a 21st century system, with 110 mph potential. Current speed limit on the San Joaquins is 79 mph. Whistlestop campaigning for president in 1912, William Howard Taft rode a Santa Fe train from Riverbank to Merced at speeds reaching 110 mph. Now, along that same stretch of track, crossing gates are set to only 75 mph.

The industry is just struggling to get back to 1936 standards, observed John C. Hare, representative of the Vermont company which built the new Amtrak rolling stock. Costing apiece, Amtrak has dedicated 24 factory-fresh futuristic passenger cars and six sit-down food service cars to the San Joaquin service. From the outside, the cars look like the commuter coaches replaced on the San Joaquin train only three years ago. But inside, theyre adaptable At Riverbank, someone had strung Christmas tree lights along the decaying wooden depot eaves.

FRESNO Amtrak took a step back to the future in San Joaquin Valley rail passenger service yesterday with the inaugural run from Oakland to Bakersfield of a third daily train. Beginning today, the Amtrak San Joaquin trains will roll through the valley three times each rail service could potentially return to the level once enjoyed decades ago with the Santa Fe Chief and Golden Gate streamliners and the Southern Pacific Daylight 2 Assemblyman Jim Costa, D- Fresno, told a whistlestop gathering in Merced, I Just drove up from Fresno this morning and believe me, we need this train service. It's bumper to bumper. Costa then Joined the other political personalities and railroad officials riding the inaugural run. At whistlestops in Madera and Fresno, he said that with railbed The BART platform serves Amtrak also in Richmond but Denair Turlocks depot is "a bench with a half-shelter above it Madera is served from a metal shed that Lloyd called an Amstiack." to mobile telephones, fax service, intercom music and all the amenities of airline business travel.

The high steps on the new Amtrak cars are necessary to provide clearance beneath the cars for large-spring wheels. The wheels in turn give a much smoother ride across roadbeds surveyed and engineered the best technology available from 1870 to 1890. Id like to be further involved in the modification process, Costa told Hare as the new train moved smoothly and quietly yes terday through Merced County. Costa, who pushed in the state Legislature for the third train, told folks gathered beside the tracks in Madera that he envisions a fourth and a fifth train for the San Joaquin Valley line. Rail travel, Costa said, will be integrated with airlines and freeways in a statewide transportation network.

Its all music to our ears, Amtrak representative Art Lloyd Earlier in the morning, an automated Bay Area Rapid Transit announcer upstaged the mayor of Richmond's welcome to the new San Joaquin train. In Richmond, the Amtrak and BART trains stop side by side, offering connections from Bakersfield, throughout the Bay Area and back down the west side of the coastal mountain ranges to Gilroy. If the rail service is improving, the depots along the San Joaquin line range from pathetic to non-existent Oaklands depot' is unusable after the October earthquake. But its wood was rotting long before the temblor. "Were going to get this switched north of Fresno to the SP line and well have a depot there, Costa told the welcomers in Madera.

Spanish. Group warns of dangers of old baby cribs Coatlaaed Awn Page C-l By Baa AHan Klrkheuaa Nmws thumw Thrifty Rent-a-Car offices. The agencys persistent financial and legal problems have made it difficult to attract vate grants, including prospective funding from the Ford Foundation, Dumas said. To further complicate matters, the agencys interim executive director resigned last week. Duenas said an interim management company, and an accounting firm, have been brought in to evaluate the agencys financial condition and make recommendations.

Duenas said the child-care center, which he called nearly self-sufficient, could be spun off under the management of a different organization. He expects the agency to survive in a diminished capacity. But angry parents say they do not trust the board, arid formed a committee to monitor the situation. Corrine Brewer, another parent, said she believed the board was stalling so they could make decisions without consulting them. We think they're Just pulling our legs, she said.

Bj Gay Ttibmt BERUMENS POSADA ALAMO The camera takes in a babys bedroom. Stuffed animals and toys fill the crib, cartoon characters march across the gaily decorated wall, subtle lighting creates a peaceful mood. The camera pans back to the crib and focuses on a life-sized baby doll dangling lifelessly out-. side the, crib, Its clothing caught on the decorative knob atop a comer Vod. This shocking scene was created by the Alamo-based Danny Foundation at a local furniture store for a public service announcement promoting crib safety.

The announcement will be sent to television stations nationwide after the first of the year. We purposely created beautiful! serene setting for this film, said Jack Walsh, executive director of the nonprofit crib safely organization. i We were aiming for the shock value. We want parents to be aware of the hidden dangers of cribs. Every year, there are 60 crib-related deaths and 13,000 injuries according to latest statistics compiled 'by the foundation.

Walsh said the four most common problems with cribs are mhitressds that are too mH, slats that are too wide, hardware failure and corner-post extensions. Most deaths occur when a child is caught and strangles. The Danny Foundation was created in 1986 by John and Rose Lineweaver after their 2-yeaivold son, Danny, was severely injured when be tried to climb out of his crib and caught his fank top on the comer post The toddler was revived, but Suffered permanent brain damage, leaving him In a semi-comatose state that requires round-the-clock care. The couple sued the manufacturer, Bassett Furniture, and JA Penney, where they brought the crib. Then they sued to force the crib Industry to warn owners of the danger of the 2- to 5-lnch Happy to have his son home from the hospital.

Pastor Bern-men cradles earthquake survivor Jalio Bcruuwi, 6, dressed as an angel, prior to a Posada procession last sight at SL Marks CathoUc Church to Richmond. la the foreground is Cathy Berumen, 8, dressed as the Virgin Mary. Tbe Posada, attended by some 109 candle-carrying and carol-siaging people. Is meant to commemorate the journey of Mary and Joseph to find lodging 1 before the birth of Christ. The Posada Is a generations! tradition celebrated throughout Latin America every night for nine days before Christmas.

PROS PREPS Pick up ait the action al the scores ip TRIBUNE SPORTS! Jack Walsh holds decoration he removed from crib. sion to recall cribs with corner post extensions. Walsh said the new 30-second video will be distributed after the first of the year to television stations across the country. The release will tie in with Child Safety Week to May and Baby Safety Week in September. The Danny Foundation provides a Aee crib safety checklist to consumers.

It is available by writing the Danny Foundation, 3160 Danville Alamo, GA 94507. MAXIMUM OUT Patio Enclosures WindowAwnings Mobile Home Awnings OF YOUR BACK YARD! Patio Covers Commercial Awnings .100 financing available manufacturers voluntarily reduced the corner-post to 116 of an inch above the railing. But, were still concerned about second-hand cribs that are passed down through genera-' tlons or sold at garage sales, Walsh said. He estimated that there are 25 million second-hand cribs still to use, many of them with the hazardous corner post extensions. Owners are advised to unscrew the decorative knobs or saw off the posts so that they extend no more than 116 of an inch above the railing.

This summer, the foundatioq received national coverage for filing a petition with the Consumer Product Safety Commis PATIO ENCLOSURE (EXTERIOR) PAID ENCLOSURE ONTEMOR) OPEN HOUSE EVERY DAY 9-5 Heres a place where youll leave your child unattended for 12 to 16 hours, said Walsh. It must be absolutely safe. totals that give a crib an tlque or colonial look. Many (, i 1..