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iff Strategy is revealed in words and pictures by Dick Mayer. Back Page cloudy, warmer High 76, low 59 Fair weather Friday Details on Page 11D thursday 200 state Volume 151, Number 129 Thursday, September 10, 1981 1981, Detroit Free Press, ttt Blackout Snarls Manhattan Area fm 1 tlx 'Problem contained? utility says NEW YORK -(AP)-An explosion and fire in a Consolidated Edison transformer knocked out power to much of Lower Manhattan Wednesday, trapping officer workers in ele: vators, snarling street and subway traffic and closing the New York and American stock Loot rcopoct for newspapers? Ed Asner As city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune, Ed Asner plays TV's hard-bitten "Lou Grant." Part of Grant's mythical background is supposed to include a stint as a reporter at the Detroit Free Press. New episodes of the show's fifth season will begin in mid-October. Lately, Asner's interest In Lou has spilled over to real life and Asner has become something of a newspaper critic. U.S.

offers new ties with Israel, Begin says By BARRY SCHWEID Associated Press WASHINGTON President Reagan, moving to ailay Israel's concerns about U.S. arms deals with her Arab exchanges 30 minutes early. Traffic lights went out, telephones switched to emergency power and homebound commuters faced long delays as subways slowed to a crawl with signal lights affected. Flashlights and candles lighted the way down darkened stairwells for thousands of officer workers on upper floors of skyscrapers. AP Photo Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Reagan smile during arrival ceremonies at the White House.

ment on strategic co-operation" and that the two leaders had left it to their respective cabinet officials to work out the details, expected by the end of the But there were no reports of panic as hundreds of thousands of people began to find alternate ways to get home. "THE SYSTEM is stable," said Lawrence Kleinman, a utility spokesman. "The problem is contained within the area that has been affected." Asked how long before foes, has offered to establish new strategic ties with the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said Wednesday. Begin told reporters after meeting with Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig that the practical effect of the president's offer would be an alliance between the two nations. Still, he said, it would fall short of a mutual defense pact something Begin has long sought.

While there would be no formal military treaty, Begin said, "the term alliance is a practical term from the point of view of both countries, and it is important also for the Free World." BEGIN'S DISCLOSURE took the, edge off differences between the U.S. government and Begin on the pending $8.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Still, the Israeli leader registered his opposition to that deal during his private talk with the president. "I told the president," said Begin, "that it endangers Israel's Asked whether the Saudi package poses a mortal danger to Israel, Begin "We don't use such dramatic words.

Israel will live forever." Begin said Reagan agreed that "we shall make an effort to reach an agree- 'i'llk, AP PtlOtO power would be restored, BY BETTELOU PETERSON Free Press TV Writer On "Tomorrow Coast-to-Coast" last week, you made some disparaging remarks about newspapers. Have you lost respect for them? A Naw, "Lou Grant" has given me new respect for the press. What concerns me is the large gaps in coverage that I see. Last year, the Los Angeles Times barely mentioned our (the Screen Actors Guild's) strike; the Her-Ex (Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) did a little better. I don't know what out-of-town papers did with it, but in this town that was a big story.

That strike was costing this town $40 mHlion in lost pay. What are the other gaps? A There seems to be a virtual blackout on certain stories; El Salvador, for instance. I was told by a reporter, "Nobody cares about it. Nobody wants to read about it." Another reporter and you aren't going to get their names out of me, but they're veterans told me, "The press doesn't lead. It follows." There's a very subtle form of silence.

I resisted this about the press in the past until I was I personally Involved. I knew about a lib-1 eral nun in Argentina who went to the American Embassy for help and couldn't get it. I took the story to a reporter on one of the Los Angeles papers, but he wasn't Interested. He said the paper wouldn't use it. This was a disillusioned man.

Do you really feel, as you implied, that advertisers control what's reported Kleinman said, "It could be hours. I just could not make a forecast right now." week. Begin concludes his visit Friday. Begin said his defense minister, Ariel Sharon, would be working with Haig and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Administration sources said elements of the new arrangement could include storage of U.S.

weapons and supplies in Israel for emergency use by an American Rapid Deployment Force and use of Israeli facilities to repair and maintain American naval and Air Force equipment. Earlier, Reagan and Begin exchanged tributes at an elaborate wel- See TIES, Page 4A Mayor Edward I. Koch, the A smiling Sandra O'Connor at hearing on her appointment. O'Connor says she is anti-abortion, police commissioner and other members of the city's Emergency Control Board gathered to discuss the problem. JOHN MULLIGAN, a Fire See BLACKOUT, Page 15A I From AP and UPl WASHINGTON Sandra Day O'Connor said Wednesday she personally opposes abortion but would not let those views shade her decisions as a New Davis death probe In the papers? A There's a possibility some people are affected by a kind of subtle control.

We say we have a free press, but it's not free. The press exists on the goodwill of come before the court or endorse or criticize specific Supreme Court decisions presenting issues which may well come before the court again." O'Connor, the first woman nomir nated to the Supreme Court, drew praise from most members of both parties at the first of three days of confirmation hearings before the 18-member committee. "You are among friends," said Sen. Bob Dole, who is one of 10 committee members who had either declared or implied in advance of O'Connor's testimony that they would vote to confirm her. WHILE O'CONNOR'S confirmation by both the committee and the full Senate appears a foregone conclusion, she faces some tenacious questioning from conservatives on the panel, especially on abortion and the role of the See JUSTICE, Page 8A Supreme Court justice.

"Personal views and philosophies" should not be allowed to affect a justice's judgments on the facts or constitutionality of cases before the court," President Reagan's nominee to the Supreme Court told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "My own view in the area of abortion is that I am opposed to it as a matter of birth control or otherwise," she said. "The subject of abortion is a valid one, in my view, for legislative action subject to constitutional restraints or limitation." IN HER OPENING statement, O'Connor, 51, said: "I do not believe that, as a nominee, I can tell how I might vote on a particular issue which may By BILLY BOWLES Free Press Staff Writer A Lenawee County judge said Wednesday he will act as a one-man grand juror to look into the death of Shannon Mohr Davis, the Hillsdale County woman who left her husband $330,000 in life insurance when she was killed last year while they were horseback riding. Circuit Judge Kenneth B. Glaser Jr.

said he will conduct the investigation but declined to give details. He would not say who will testify or when or where the proceedings will be held. The Free Press learned, however, that testimony will begin Thursday or Friday at the Hillsdale County courthouse in Hillsdale. The Michigan attorney general's office, which has been investigating the case for 10 months, will present evidence to Glaser, a 55-year-old an judge and former Lenawee County prosecutor. Hillsdale County is about 65 miles southwest of Detroit on the Michigan-Ohio border.

Lenawee County is the adjoining county to the east. Mrs. Davis, 25, was killed on her Hillsdale County farm on July 23, 1980, ten months after she married David Richard Davis. After her death, authorities learned that Davis was the beneficiary of six insurance policies on his wife. See DAVIS, Page 6A its subscribers and its advertisers.

The alternative is either a government-sponsored press or an advertiser-sponsored press, but that's no answer. Is television news better? A Let-s not go into that. What's going happen on "Lou Grant" next season? A I've only seen two scripts. Blllie marries her ballplayer in the first one. There's going to be more exploration of Lou Grant's personal life his relationship with his daughters and the es Shannon Mohr Davis: Her mysterious death is under investigation.

SAUDIS, SHAH CHIP IN 'Thev hook you in The story of a casino loser trangement because of his concentration Japan puts million into Ford Museum By HUGH McDIARMID Free Press Politics Writer A $1 million contribution from the Japanese government and "You say, hey, I can beat this system. But guess what? You can't." insido today ANN LANDERS 2C BRIDGE 9D BUSINESS NEWS 12-16C CABLE TV IOC CAMERA 6-7B CLASSIFIED COMICS 9-1 1D CROSSWORD PUZZLE 9D DEATH NOTICES 8Bb EDITORIALS 10A ENTERTAINMENT 8-9C FEATURE PAGE 12B HOROSCOPE 9D MOVIE GUIDE 10-11D NAMES FACES 12D OBITUARIES 12B SPORTS 1-8D STOCK MARKETS 13-16C TELEVISION IOC THE WAY WE LIVE 1-5C $200,000 and $100,000 respectively from Saudi Arabia and the on work before the divorce. I like a series that can deal both with private angst and public angst. We're going to be doing a story, I was told, of Lou going back to Detroit We might mention something about Poletown. Will you film here? A I doubt it.

We'll try to find an approximate similarity (of setting) here (in Los Angeles), although I'm sure it'll be hard to duplicate. You've won six Emmys (for "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Roots," two for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and two for "Lou and you've been nominated this year and will host the show (Sunday at 8 p.m., CBS). Is an Emmy Important? A It's a wonderfully joyous gift from your peers, but it doesn't create jobs for you. Do you keep them on display? A Heck yesjr' By GEORGE ANASTASIA Knlght-Rldder Newspapers ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Bill Chance said he's not a gambler.

Never bet on anything. Couldn't see it. "If I had $10,000, I'd put it in an investment," he said. "You got something to show for it. You could sell it and get a return." So how come Chance spends six nights a week at the casinos in Atlantic City? How come he's got paid markers totaling more than $3 million from four of the city's casinos? How come he's $125,000 in debt to the casinos? "They hook you in," he said.

"It's entrapment. Then, beginner's luck, you always win first. You say, 'Hey, I can beat this But guess what. You can't." HIS REAL NAME is not Bill Chance, but that late Shah of Iran have been either pledged or contributed to help finance the new Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, the Free Press has learned.

The foreign money is in addition to $3 million appropriated by the State of Michigan and lesser but substantial amounts given or pledged by many of the wealthiest corporations, foundations and individuals in America. ACCORDING TO RELIABLE but unofficial fund-raising docu with his wife and two children. But his wife has filed for divorce and his business is floundering because of his gambling debts. Casino gambling for Atlantic City was approved in a statewide referendum in 1976, and formally established by the state Legislature in 1977. (Detroit voters will consider an advisory question on whether to permit casino gambling in the city in the November election.

In 1976, Detroit voters rejected a similar question.) CHANCE PLACED his first casino bet on Aug. 28, 1979. He knows because that is the date ments, the four largest private contributions each for $500,000 came from the Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, the Dow Foundation of Midland, the Mott Foundation of Flint, and the Towsley Foundation of Ann Arbor. The two largest non-foundation private contributions were is the only fiction in his story. He agreed to $250,000 from the Combined Insurance Co.

of America, owned by wealthy Chicagoan W. Clement Stone, and $225,000 from discuss his situation in exchange for anonymity. He is a Camden County, N.J., businessman. He lives in a well-to-do suburban community See MUSEUM, Page 15A See HOOKP, Page 15A WEDNESDAY 610.