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Particularly disturbing to the Los Angeles woman was the claim that her 300-pound son hanged himself with shoelaces, while there were no bruises on his body to indicate that he fell from a height. And he had dried blood on the left side of his lip, which was swollen to twice its size. That's why Leatrice Floyd arranged a week ago for her son's body to be shipped back to Pitts burgh from a South Bend, funeral home so former county. Coroner Dr. Cyril H.

Wecht could perform a second autopsy. Floyd was referred to Wecht by his close friend, Dr. Thomas No-guchi, former chief forensic pathologist in Los Angeles County and now a professor at the University of Southern California. Wecht found several things during the autopsy last Tuesday that immediately caused him to rule out suicide in Seth Floyd's death. El ciii on the Lawmakers take steps to resist, impeach Yeltsin By Alan Cooperman Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Russia's standing legislature took the first step yesterday toward impeaching President Boris Yeltsin, while outside thousands of protesters gathered to jeer or cheer the president.

A day after Yeltsin declared emergency rule in an effort to sidestep legislative opponents of his economic reforms, the Supreme Soviet's action appeared to cement a stalemate. Yeltsin's chief legal adviser, Sergei Shakhrai, said earlier that the president would not step down if impeached. The Supreme Soviet also moved to have Yeltsin's top aides investigated for usurping power. Inside the parliament building, known as the "White House," a Not suicide, says autopsy she arranged By Mike Bucsko Post-Gazette Staff Writer Leatrice Floyd could not accept the explanation from Allegheny County Jail officials that her son, Hello, America hi, 1 LMf i tvft it Iww: -rim 1 fx Displaced teens go to grim institutions i said. Finally, there was the "big.

big, bruised puffy lip," which he said was "classical from a real punch to the mouth." Leatrice Floyd said yesterday that she felt some consolation Friday after she learned that two inmates had been arrested in the death of her son. But she said she was angry and disappointed at the treatment she had received from the count)' coroner's office and SEE JAIL, PAGE A-8 ropes parade of hard-line lawmakers denounced Yeltsin, but the atmosphere was generally orderly. Outside, a heavy police contingent, with more than 100 jeeps and bus-loads of militiamen in reserve, kept apart the two groups of placard-waving demonstrators. No violence was reported, and the crowds dispersed last night. The crowds listened to the legislature's debate over loudspeakers, and the pro-Communist side cheered as the Supreme Soviet voted 125-16 to ask Russia's Constitutional Court to review Yeltsin's declaration of emergency rule.

If the court finds that Yeltsin violated the Constitution, he could be impeached by the full parliament, the Congress of People's Deputies. Defense Minister Pavel Grachev called for a compromise in the fight over dividing up governmental powers and promised the army would stay out of the dispute. But he warned that "tempers are running SEE RUSSIA, PAGE A-3 MOTHER RUSSIA'S OTHER CHILDREN Second of four parts at Orphanage No. But Sasha Verkohamkin, 14, was sleeping in after having worked all night guarding the orphanage's food supply to prevent it from being stolen by thieves. Although none of the orphans is starving, food continues to be in short supply, orphanage officials said.

Even harder to come by is footwear. Russia's orphaned teen-agers don't think about Air Jordans or Reebok Pumps. Instead, they wear uncomfortable black canvas shoes called Skorohods and hope they will last 12 months, because one pair of shoes is delivered to each child once a year, along with a single pair of socks. As their shoes wear out, the children share. Unchallenged educationally in orphanages, one in 20 of these children goes on to college, officials said.

Most of those who stay in the SEE RUSSIA, PAGE A-6 had misunderstood what canon law had to say about Cipolla's status while Wuerl petitions the Signatura to reconsider its seven page Latin decision. "It was my understanding I last weekl that Father Cipolla's faculties would be removed as soon as we petitioned the Signatura to rehear this case. That is not true. His faculties will be revoked only if the Signatura agrees to rehear' it, and only until a final decision is made," Lengwin said. SEE PRIEST, PAGE A-8 ef 1 z- i tary and its civilian leadership in modern history.

"It's not been personal before," said Smith. "You're seeing a historic clash of cultures. The military is a conservative institution with conservative values. And, fairly or not, millions of people who are in this community have concluded that not only does the president not share those values, but that he's actually hostile to them." Interviews and polls with enlisted personnel, with veterans groups, with wounded veterans and with the Hot invention The solution to the zebra mussel infestation in the Northeast may lie in Louisiana Hot Sauce. Science, Page C-4 TODAY Cloudy Mostly cloudy and cool today.

High 43, low 34. Page A-2 Ousted Voters in France, tired of political scandal and high unemployment, ousted the Socialists from their control of Parliament and cast their lot with the conservatives. Page A4 Hitler study Adolf Hitler had a malady that inflames arteries and reduces blood flow to the head, heart and liver, a new study says. Page A-5 Somber homecoming President Clinton returned to his home state for the first time as president to visit his father-in-law, who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Page A-7 Back on top The Penguins defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 6-4, to regain the top spot in the National Hockey League's overall standings.

Page B-l Close calls Surviving scares yesterday, No. 1 Indiana squeezed past Xavier, 73-70, and No. 3 Michigan edged UCLA, 86-84. For details on those games and more on the NCAA Basketball Tournament, see Sports. Page B-l No place like home There is a trend by neighborhood groups across the city to identify vacant houses and do what is necessary to fix them up and place low- to moderate-income families in them.

Page C-l Stu ned There was indignation among St. Philomena parishioners yesterday that they didn't have more opportunity to react and try to save the city's second-oldest parish. Page C-l New deal The county wants to rework a contract for development of the old airport terminal and its parking lots, because it may have given an Oakland firm too large a guaranteed role in the project. Page C-l Big winner An unemployed Johnstown man was among three $28.6 million winners of Saturday's Florida Lotto jackpot, according to a private firm that says it bought the ticket for him. Page C-l Stretched too far? Is the United States an overburdened nation? Columnist Patrick J.

Buchanan believes the country has more dependents than it can support. Page C-3 Rules change Under a plan by the Securities and Exchange Commission, investors would no longer have to wait for prospectuses before buying snares of mutual funds. See Personal Business on Page C-10. Tests defended Despite what some studies have been reporting, a half-dozen Pittsburgh physicians still strongly support mammograms for women under 50. Magazine, Page D-l.

By Steve Sybert INDEX Abby, Ann D-4 Bridge B-9 Business Comics D-4 Crosswords B-10 Editorials C-2 Entertainment D-3 8-9 Lottery A-2 Magazine D-1 Obituaries C-6 Perspectives B-7 Science C-4 Sports B-1 Television Want ads B-8 Weather A-2 influential corps of officers, both former and current, show that these sentiments are commonplace and center around five main issues: The attempt to lift the ban on homosexuals. Clinton's avoidance of the draft during Vietnam. The military's trepidation about deep defense budget cuts. Resentment over Clinton's proposal to freeze military pay. The prevalent view that Clin- SEE MILITARY, PAGE A-7 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Wuerl of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh removed Cipolla from his diocesan assignment in November 1988 after a young man filed suit claiming that Cipolla had molested him as a teen-ager between 1982 and 1986. At the time, Cipolla was a chaplain at a Beaver County home for handicapped children. Later Wuerl withdrew Cipolla's faculties meaning he could not wear a Roman collar, preach or say Mass in public. Cipolla, 49, appealed to the Vatican, saving there was no evidence against him. On March 9 the Vati Joyce MendelsohnPost-Gazette Anna Shabalov, 4, who moved from Latvia to Pittsburgh seven months ago, waves to family members in the audience while waiting to perform a folk dance yesterday at the Second Jewish New American Festival.

The festival, being held at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill and featuring food, art, music, dance, lectures and religious and political programs, will continue through Sunday. Clinton-military culture clash extends beyond issue of gays By John Kaplan Special Correspondent Block News Alliance ST. PETERSBURG, Russia Misha Barmin stood in a bathroom doorway, surrounded by broken bricks and the smell of sewage. For Misha, 13, and the 90 other teen-agers in this Russian orphanage, the opening into the toilet room was a ragged, uncovered hole in the wall. There were no seats on the toilets, no toilet paper and certainly no privacy.

Such conditions are all too common. While orphanages for St. Petersburg's youngest children are adequate, those for older children who are no longer thought to be adoptable are not. Too often, they live in squalor. As the Russian economy has sputtered and stalled, Russia's orphanages have been among the first institutions to feel the effects.

Orphanage Director Alia Pogore-lova said, "some children are here because their mothers and fathers have lost their parental rights. But some, especially right now, have been brought by their families. They cannot afford them any more." Soaring prices have increased the costs of many basic goods as much as 50 times while wages have lagged far behind. The average worker's wage is equivalent to $10 a month, but a pair of shoes can cost one-third the monthly income. The poor economy has generated anger and despair.

Pogorelova said, "people are angry because of their pride. Some say children should suffer like anyone else." At 10 a.m. on this day, most of the children had been awake for hours can's highest court, the Signatura, ruled that Wuerl had violated canon law when he removed Cipolla and ordered the priest reinstated. Last week Wuerl's spokesman, the Rev. Ronald Lengwin, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Wuerl believed the Signatura's decision was based partly on some misinformation.

He said that Wuerl planned to reopen the case and that Cipolla was not to present himself as a priest in good standing until the civil lawsuit is over. That trial is currently slated for May in the Allegheny Common Pleas Court. But yesterday Lengwin said he temporarily restores priest's status From wire dispatches WASHINGTON The Navy is circulating a court deposition on Capitol Hill contending that the reinstatement of a gay sailor has proven disruptive. The move dramatizes the looming struggle between the military and President Clinton over lifting the ban on homosexuals in uniform. Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith, director of the Hoover Library in Iowa, said the depth of feeling toward Clinton is unlike any relationship between the mili iocese Spokesman misunderstood Vatican ruling By Ann Rodgers-Melnick Posl-GdAilte Stall Wnler Saying that he was mistaken last week, the spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh now says that the Rev.

Anthony Cipolla may wear a clerical collar at least temporarily, but he still will not be as signed a post in the diocese. That's not good enough, said Cipolla's attorney, who says Bishop Donald Wuerl is in violation of a Vatican court order. Furthermore, Cipolla, whom the Vatican recently declared fit for duty despite a pending civil lawsuit over accusations he molested a teen-ager, may join Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, said Cipolla's attorney John Contc of Conway, Beaver County. Conte said Mother Teresa had personally approved Cipolla, but her U.S. headquarters would not answer questions yesterday from the.