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KATEBOARBING Cards escape Cubs Salukis slip past SEMO SportsD25 1 I i It's Jiappemin9 on the streets of Southern lEinois fi LeisureC15 A Tl TTT1T1 Ll nm 11 Death of a refugee child Nothing wild about a tie vote, just cut the cards Will wins Murphysboro seat By Phil Brinkman Of The Southern lllinoisan Democrat Richard Will was elected to the Murphysboro City Council Thursday with the help of 66 votes and a seven of spades. Will and his opponent, Republican Jack Holt, received the same number of votes in the April 2 aldermanic election for the city's Ward 1. The two agreed to draw cards to determine what the vot- said. The election is Will's first exposure to city politics. He will be sworn in on April 23, and appear for his first council meeting May 14.

Will said he had no particular agenda and wanted to "wait and see what's happening" before saying what he would like to see the council do. "I'm just glad it's all over," he said of the election. ers could not: Who should represent the ward on the city council? Before a small gathering in the city hall annex Thursday afternoon, Mayor David McDowell opened a new deck of cards, shuffled it several times and asked each candidate to draw one card. Will picked a seven of spades; Holt turned up a four of diamonds. "I'm sure he'll be a good alderman," said Holt, who did not appear too wounded' by the outcome.

"If I can't be in, I'd like to see him be alderman." Will returned the compliment. "If I'd lost, Jack would have been a good alderman, also," he y- I It II s( G1JDG031 -Jrwi L-J VA i .1 Sugar Creek debate gets Army Corps' ear in Marion By Heidi Hildebrand Of The Southern lllinoisan The arguments were nothing new, but the circumstances under which they were presented gave them urgency. Backers and opponents of Marion's proposed city lake stated their views for the record for the man 1 i 3 a jf 4 It AP photo Young victim: The caretaker of a local mosque carries the body of a dead baby before its burial in a Turkish refugee town Thursday. Scores of Kurdish refugees are dying in the camps, lacking food and water. More about their plight is inside: Page A6.

in begins oraciaiiiry Photo for The Southern lllinoisan by MYCHAEL S. WOZNIAK Making his point: Marion resident Gordon Philip urges moderation and further study on the effects of damming Sugar Creek. Logging violation not cut and dried Inside: Page A6 Refugees fear the worst once U.S. troops leave. Congress supports Kurdish sanctuary.

Map shows location of planned lake AC who will decide the project's fate. Col. David E. Piexotto, commander of the Louisville division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, directed the public hearing Tuesday night.

He will decide whether to grant the permit the city needs to build the lake. Glenn Clarida, Marion's consulting engineer, outlined the city's need for the lake, and its efforts to build it. He said Marion officials have considered alternatives that include: Using the existing city lake. Using Crab Orchard Lake. Using Devil's Kitchen Lake.

Buying treated water from Rend Lake. Using groundwater supplies. lake proposal Thursday, Col. David E. Piexotto, the commander of the Louisville, division of the Corps, flew over the area in a helicopter, and landed twice to inspect the area on foot.

Richard Funk, a Corps site inspector, examined the disputed creek channel on the ground, and gathered samples for closer analysis. "I just gathered the information See LOGGING, A4 By Elizabeth A. Green Of The Southern lllinoisan The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers refused to say Thursday night whether a former creek channel filled for logging in the Sugar Creek area is a wetland. And the Shawnee Group of the Sierra Club might be backing off on its contention that logging in the area of the proposed Marion city lake could be in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

In an inspection of the area a week ago, the Corps found no evidence of logging or damage to wetlands. But the next day, the Sierra Club led members on a tour of logging operations, including one area in which an old creek channel was filled to allow loggers to remove timber. That, they said, was a "404 violation," referring to the federal law designed to protect wetlands. Before the public hearing on the RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) "Freedom Gate" opened to thousands more homebound American troops Thursday with an official U.N. cease-fire declaration in the Persian Gulf War.

The arrival of advance elements of a U.N. peacekeeping force today could speed the American withdrawal which is already more than 40 percent completed. U.S. Air Force transport planes were flying out 5,000 troops a day. At the Riyadh Air Base, troops in a makeshift air terminal named "Freedom Gate" rushed outside and cheered when their transport arrived.

"Hey, it's here," they yelled. But the joy was tempered with concern over Iraqi resistance fighters and their sympathizers left behind who face the wrath of the man they unsuccessfully tried to overthrow, Saddam Hussein. "I'm really pretty much indifferent," said Spec. 4 Joseph Hazuka, 23, of Post Falls, Idaho. "I think we should have fought more, made it so he was not able to defeat the rebels.

Not that we should have joined in, but made it so it wasn't possible." "I agree on the cease-fire," said Spec. 4 Cartrell Goode, 21, See LAKE, A4 swrrz. Lone survivor mourns 139 who died on ferry 3 c- of Washington, D.C. "But pulling our forces out so quick, I don't agree." "I think it's great," said Spec. Gary Lightner, 36, of Tyrone, Pa.

"It means our mission got accomplished." U.S. troop strength dropped sharply to 307,000, from a peak of 540,000, the Pentagon said. This represented a withdrawal of 233,000 men and women, or more than 40 percent, since the end of the war Feb. 28. The U.N.

Security Council announced the formal cease-fire Thursday evening, paving the way for the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from southern Iraq and for the deployment of the U.N. military observer group. The United States declared a temporary cease-fire Feb. 28 after punishing air assaults that See GULF, A2 Tanker xn Genoa Explosion oic mnioirecue on auiwi everywhere, we wouldn't see anything," Bertrand, 23, said.

They stumbled over bodies as they fought their way upstairs and outside. The water, a flaming sea of oil, offered no hope. His friends died from the smoke See FERRY, A2 where he was being treated for shock. Bertrand said he and two other crewmen had been watching a soccer game below deck when the ferry rammed an anchored oil tanker Wednesday night in thick fog off northwestern Italy. "Flames erupted and smoke was LEGHORN, Italy (AP) A cabin attendant dangled from the side of a flaming ship for two hours, the only known survivor Thursday from a ferry fire that authorities feared killed 139 people.

"My friends died beside me, it's a miracle I'm alive," said Alessio Bertrand from his hospital bed, 5 AFRICA $frMtlOTZ-') k1 i APCariFox trustees: Jt's tome to stand ow gmund Good Morningj Tuition increase approved $5 million mainframe gets OK 3 TODAY: Cloudy, windy. TONIGHT: Rain likely. Details on B14 A.D. Van Meter, "the governor's budget really is a major victory for higher education." At Thursday's board meeting in Carbondale, Van Meter said other state agencies that had reduced budgets will lobby fiercely for additional state aid. "It is not a forgone conclusion" that universities will hang onto their slight revenue advantage, he said.

SIU Chancellor Lawrence Pettit said universities might enter the legislative session at a disadvantage, not being a "heavy player" in state politics. "We do not deliver votes and we do not deliver money," Pettit said. "When it comes down to political horse-trading, higher education is not a strong force." State cuts may get worse By Brian Mattmiller Of The Southern lllinoisan Wary of further erosion in state financial support next year, Southern Illinois University trustees believe higher education needs to start protecting its turf. "While none of us is really happy that we are being treated the same as last year," said board Chairman would be particularly "gruesome," he said. The surtax generates about $8 million for SIUC and $11 million for the entire system, he said.

If tried to make up for that loss through tuition, it would cost an extra $400 per student each year, he said. Ultimately, Pettit believes that stingy funding of higher education has come home to roost in Illinois, and the problem is even worse in other states. "All of us need to be prepared to do more with less," he said. "Those are no longer empty words." reallocate money internally for small salary increases, Pettit said he is not sure even that will be possible. Reallocation has been going on for years at SIUC, and the practice has its limits.

Pettit said he wondered whether reallocation would have any real impact on salaries, because there are few sources for the money. "You have to pay your utility bills You don't want to take money away from the library," he said. Both university presidents have a course of action to follow if budgets are reduced from last year, he said. One scenario, the loss of the state's $800 million income tax surcharge, Gov. Jim Edgar's fiscal 1992 budget for higher education is almost static from last year, with a few exceptions.

Libraries will receive 10 percent increases, and utilities and general cost increases both will be bolstered by about 2 percent. No money has been earmarked for salary increases. Pettit said the current cash balance in the state's budget is at its lowest level since officials began tracking it in the early 1960s. "The goal now is simply to hold on to what we have," he said. Although SIU faculty in Carbon-dale debated Tuesday whether to Section A Lottery A2 Happenings A2 Region A3 World A7 Television A8 Comics A8 Landers A8 Section Business B11 Opinions B12 Deaths B13 State B13 Science B14 Section Leisure C15 Movies CI 8 Nation C19 Health C19 Classified C19 Section Sports D25 COMING SATURDAY: Centralia and Herrin girls square off in softball Ljgggl.J rr i..