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1987, Detroit Free Press, Inc. ON GUARD FOR 156 YEARS Volume 157, Number 10 ension 'A- 4 ITS HISTORY! PISTONS ADVANCE ts StTcllil en 1 9 prison on Death, poison By MICHAEL G. WAGNER, CHRIS CHRISTOFF and DAVID ASHENFELTER Free Press Staff Writers Tension is rising in Jackson at the state's largest prison, where an employe was the target of an attempted poisoning Wednesday morning five days after the strangulation death of an inmate. Rumors have seized the walled State Prison of Southern Michigan following the death of Oscar Rowls 41, an armed robber from Pontiac with a reputation for belligerence. Publicly, prison and corrections officials say the 2,300 inmates are under control and things are normal.

Privately, some corrections and legislative officials say prisoners are squirreling away more weapons than usual and the situation is explosive. Wednesday morning, Jesse Jime- if i 1 4 PAULINE LUDENS Detroit Free Press Above, Piston guard Joe Dumars drives to the basket against Atlanta Hawk forward Dominique Wilkins on Tuesday night in Atlanta. Left, in another guard-forward confrontation, Atlanta's outsized Glenn Rivers gets into a shoving match with Piston Rick Mahorn. attempt probed Excerpts from the re-port on Inmate's death. 7A.

II Inmate had history of misconduct. 7A. nez, 35, a foreman in the industrial maintenance program, was drinking coffee when he noticed mercury in the bottom of his cup, prison officials said. The inmates assigned to that program were told to return to their cells. Jimenez was treated and released at Jackson's Foote Hospital.

Prison security personnel found broken thermometers from which they believe the mercury was taken. THE INCIDENT is under investigation by prison officials and will be See PRISON, Page 12A IRAii-CONTRA HEARINGS Reagan denies asking Sau- dis for contra aid. IDA. McFarlane decries handling of contras. 10A.

Panels to grill ex-NSC adviser on contra aid. 10A. Asked if he believed that Casey was instructing North on how to conduct operations in Iran or Nicaragua, McFarlane replied, "Sen. Cohen, I think so." See HEARINGS, Page 13A ijo Casey probably directed North, McFarlane says i AP Equal time The Pistons took Atlanta by storm Wednesday night, defeating the Hawks, 104-96, to win tlx; Eastern Conference semifinal series four games to one. The win advances the Pistons to the conference finals for the first time in the history of tlie franchise.

Game story Page IE. Pistons-Hawks series made for reat tljeaier. Charlie Vincent, 10E. Piston guard Vinnie Johnson picked the right time to lreak ait of his shooting slump. Page 10E.

Slate House votes By JEANNE MAY Free Press Staff Writer Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice, as you undoubtedly murmur to yourself on lovely spring days, is Michigan's motto, inscribed on the state coat of arms. It translates from the Latin as: If you seek (si quaeris) a pleasant peninsula (peninsulam amoenam) look about you (circumspice). Rep. Pat Gagliardi, a Democrat from Drummond Island, represents a district that is part in the Upper Peninsula, part in the Lower. And in the Doctor tries to overcome AIDS myths By BILL LAITNER Free Press Health and Fitness Writer Before the disease had a name, when the only U.S.

victims were a few frightened residents of New York's Greenwich Village, she was examin ing AIDS patients. Now the head of America's major AIDS foundation is pushing to speed research efforts, bucking a stodgy federal bureaucracy and a president who has barely mentioned what is fast becoming the world's most serious epidemic since the Spanish flu struck in 1918. The flu killed 20 million world- OKIE to change state's Latin motto for UP By R.A. ZALDIVAR and CHARLES GREEN Free Press Washington Staff WASHINGTON Former national security adviser Robert McFarlan said Wednesday he suspected that Lfc. Col.

Oliver North carried out his activities on behalf of the Nicaraguan contra rebels under the secret direction of the late CIA Director William Casey. McFarlane said he realized in the fall of 1985 that North had a closer relationship with Casey than vould be expected of a National Security Council deputy, a relationship McFarlane said "surprised me." Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, cited evidence that North was able to direct the activities of CIA field personnel as an indication that it was "rather clear that Oliver North was acting under the aegis of Director Casey." McFarlane has testified that he was unaware of many of North's support activities for the contras even though he was North's superior between 1983 and late 1985. or were used up, replacements would be ordered with the new motto. The measure now goes to the state Senate, where its chances seem good.

"I don't see it as being awfully controversial," Gagliardi said Wednesday. Gagliardi tends to get carried away when he talks about Michigan. "This is a gigantic state, and we have these large bodies of fresh water called the Great Lakes," he said. "I thought during the sesquicentennial it's a good way to punctuate to the children that we do have this unique state. "We're not unproud of our former If a House proposal is approved, the state coat of arms eventually would carry a new motto.

motto. We just want during the sesquicentennial to update it a little bit. It's a positive change, and it accentuates our uniqueness." Semper fi, Mr. Gagliardi. LUCK LETTERS Parolee is charged in slaying of courier Soundoff, 13A.

sesquicentennial hoopla, he noticed that the state motto was adopted before Michigan got the UP. He wants equal time for the UP. The state House agreed with him Tuesday and voted 92-11 to change peninsulam amoenam to peninsulas amoenas or pleasant peninsulas, the plural. The proposal wouldn't arm the state scribe with a marking pencil to update mottoes all over the place. Instead, as things bearing the old motto wore out Dr.

Mathilda Krim: The AIDS virus is "out of control." wide. So far, AIDS has killed about 20,000 Americans. "But it's out of control. We have 1 li million people infected, and we know that unless we have a good treatment soon, about half of them See KRIM, Page 12A Si See Page SB. LOTTERY NUMBERS LOTTO 20, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34 WED.

129 and 801 tasids today BUSINESS NEWS 7-12B CLASSIFIED APS 5C. ID COMICS 12-13E CROSSWORD PUZZLE 13E DEATH NOTICES 5C EDITORIALS 8A ENTERTAINMENT 4B fAST FORWARD 3B FEATURE PAGE 13B HOROSCOPE 12E JUMBLE IOC METRO DATELINE 4A MOVIE GUIDE 13E NAMES FACES 14E OBITUARES 11A STOCK MARKETS 8-12B TELEVISION 5JIB NTSB suggests shifting flights to improve safety By JAMES R. CARROLL Free Press Washinoton Staff WASHINGTON Saying that it is "deeply concerned" about the increasing "potential for a catastrophic accident," the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Wednesday that federal aviation officials reduce flights this summer during the busiest travel times at 22 major airports, including Detroit Metro Airport. In a letter to Federal Aviation Administration chief Donald Engen, the board recommended that the Limit flights between airports during certain hours to prevent overloading the air traffic control system and to minimize the number of planes in airborne holding patterns. Refrain from further relaxing rules that allow planes to follow each other more closely.

In some regions, planes may be separated by as little as 10 nautical miles. NTSB Chairman James Burnett said that if these changes are accepted by the FAA, 'They See FAA, Page 13A His body was found Tuesday afternoon in a clearing in Rose Township, a day after his abandoned company car was discovered at a service station here he collected money in Water-ford, 20 miles away. DeBoer is believed to have been carrying $8,000 to $10,000 when he was abducted Monday, said Lt. Richard Finkbeiner of the Waterford police. Investigators said Strickland's girlfriend, Melissa Munday, a Maryland runaway who had lied about her age and worked at the gas station where DeBoer's car was found, knew he carried more money than usual on Mondays because no pickups are made on Sundays.

Finkbeiner said police would seek criminal charges against Munday in a few days. See SLAYING, Page 12A 'I By BRIAN FLANIGAN and GEORGEA K0VANIS Free Press Staff Writers A West Virginia prison parolee, who authorities believe has fled to the East Coast with a 16-year-old runaway and their infant son, was charged Wednesday with murdering an oil company courier who collected cash from Oakland County gas stations. Jerry 25, of Hagers-town, also was charged with kidnapping and robbing the slaying victim, Elmer DeBoer, 38, of Waterford Township, according to a criminal warrant signed by Magistrate John McGrath of 51st Dis trict Court in Waterford Township. DeBoer, whose job involved carrying large amounts of cash for Leemon Oil Co. of Novi, also had been a Free Press carrier since 1972.

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