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i 0 forand Prix jt VIII will be KJj74C next year, Stfh number of Cryfl Belle Isle I an agreement Vl Renaissance, Yacht Club provide 1 pits and site would be turns, a proposed a if including i II alleviate fyjl yy bridge JJ I UoOWg )) Mr- Pitand HmM: zoo gar3ge 1 A area Possible parking (( area in athletic field Aquarium Rmal gardens Dossin Great Lakes Sy yJ jtjx 'Music she" 'y Old casino 0 4 Scott I ountain CANADA SOURCE: City of Detroit, Detroit Renaissance Young calk downtown too crowded BY DREW SHARP Free Press Sports Writer Citing pressure from downtown developers, Mayor Coleman Young announced Friday that the Grand Prix organizers have agreed to move the race to the western end of Belle Isle starting next year. Young said the move was necessary because real estate developers wanted to begin construction along portions of the current course. Young said the length of the agreement remains to be negotiated. "The Grand Prix has been an enormous success in downtown Detroit," Young said, "and its success, which has encouraged downtown development, is one of the reasons why the race now needs to be moved. We had developers demanding to develop.

A decision had to be made." Young didn't deny the move might be connected to his efforts to put See Grand Prix, Page 15A By Philip Shenon New York Times WASHINGTON Two Justice Department officials acknowledged Friday that the department is investigating two Democratic congressmen who are involved in military procurement issues as part of a major federal inquiry into bribery and fraud at the Pentagon. The name of Rep. Bill Chappell Jr. New Magazine Salutes dads The new Detroit Free Press Magazine pays a special tribute to fatherhood in its premier edition. In addition to columns by Dave Barry and Neal Shine, the magazine contains "At Home," a new feature that deals with life-style issues.

Look for it this weekend in your Sunday supplements. New site Detroit Grand Prix run at Belle Isle Park and for an unspecified years to come, under between Detroit the Federation Internationale City of Detroit. The new site would garages closer to the course than the downtown does, and the course wider with fewer sharp resulting in a faster race. Mayor Young has transportation system buses and ferries to pressure on the single crossing for the event. I jj ricArthur b2 Bridge Pill' 'NXnc 1 I A Proposed route Of rffkg racecourse I I I I I of Florida was first reported Friday in the Los Angeles Times.

A United Press International report Friday on the investigation named a member of the staff of Rep. Roy Dyson of Maryland. Dyson, a member of the Armed Monstrous shoAV unites metal fans This story was reported by Free Press staff writers Gary Graff and Louis Aguilar and special writers Dana Jackson and Greg Epsha. It was written by Graff. The loudest event in metro Detroit Friday? Certainly not the Grand Prix practice session.

Try the Monsters of Rock concert at the Pontiac Silver-dome, a nine-hour affair that made Formula One race cars sound like go-carts. About 50,000 rock 'n' roll fans trekked to the Silverdome where there was virtually no sign of the Pistons' NBA finals victory the night before to see five top heavy metal groups crank out the brashest form of pop music at teeth-rattling levels. At least another 30,000 are expected to do the same today. "Everybody in Michigan loves to head-bang and rock 'n' roll," said one fan who identified himself as Bitz. "That's what we'll be doing all day.

That's life, man." Anita Kennedy, 17, of Highland Haw you seen this sneaker? Call now Do you have Adrian Dant-ley's sneakers? Do you want the Pistons to win the National Basketball Association title? Then please, the Pistons ask, return Dantley's orthotic inserts immediately. You can keep the sneakers. No questions asked. Dantley's size 13Va New Balance sneakers were taken after Thursday night's Game 5 of the NBA final at the Silverdome. Dantley was born with one leg slightly shorter than the other, and he wears custom-made inserts in his sneakers to offset the problem.

The inserts that were in the shoes taken Thursday are the only ones that fit him comfortably, and he'd like them back in time for the Pistons' potential title-clinching game Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pistons ask that the person who took the shoes call publicist Matt Dobek or trainer Mike Abdenour at the LA Airport Marriott, 213-641-5700, as soon as possible, or send the inserts by overnight mail to Dobek or Abdenour at the hotel: 5855 W. Century Los Angeles, Calif. 90045. A third option is to call Pistons offices at 338-4500 between 9 and 5, and Pistons officials will handle the arrangements.

By Johnette Howard Vietnam vets get apology from Fonda Free Press Wire Services NEW YORK Jane Fonda, who was called Hanoi Jane after she visited North Vietnam in 1972 and posed for pictures operating a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, has apologized to Vietnam veterans for any pain her actions may have caused them. In an interview for broadcast Friday on ABC-TV's "2020," Fonda said she "didn't want to be thought of as a starlet" at the time. She said that she regretted being photographed with the anti-aircraft gun, and saying former U.S. prisoners of war who said they were tortured by the North Vietnamese had bed. "My intentions were never to hurt them or make their situation worse.

It was the contrary," she said. "I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it, and I am very sorry that I hurt them. I want to apologize to them and to their families." Fonda, 50, recently has been criticized by New England veterans who oppose her plan to film a movie in Connecticut and Massachusetts this summer. She requested the interview. She said she has not changed her view of the Vietnam war.

"We are hoping this is going to be an occasion for healing for vets as well as the nation," said Michael Leaveck, a spokesman for the Vietnam Veterans of America. "We have always advocated that vets let go of hatred, whether it be for Jane Fonda, Henry Kissinger or Richard Nixon." V. 4" -1 TONY SPINADeuolt Free Press Crew members work on the Leyton House car, an Italian entry driven by Ivan Capelli, in the pits Friday. CYCLIST KlUID ON TRACK Officials and witnesses said a 24-year-old motorcyclist was killed late Friday when he crashed into a van while driving the wrong way on the race track. Page 3A.

Detroit-Tokyo flight to have seat-hack TVs MINNEAPOLIS (AP) North-west Airlines and a California company plan next week to unveil a Boeing 747 jumbo jet equipped with 3-inch color TV sets fitted into the backs of 116 seats. The plane will be used on the Detroit-Tokyo run. Sheldon Presser, president of California-based Airvision said Thursday that passengers will be able to choose from six programs on closed- circuit channels played via videocas-! sette. Redmond Tyler, a spokesman for Northwest in Minneapolis, confirmed Friday that the new TVs will be His-, played at a news conference Tuesday. The programs, Presser said, will include movies, sports, music, news and, possibly, such programs as "Night Court" and "Moonlighting." Unlike traditional cathode-ray tele-; visions, he said the airborne sets have liquid crystal display screens.

About 30 percent of the seats on the test aircraft will have the television sets, both in first-class and coach areas. 1 Vv 4 Ann Landers 12C Bridge IOC Business 24A Classified Ads 6B, 9C Comics IOC Crossword Puzzle 11C Dateline Michigan 4A Death Notices 9B Editorials 10A Entertainment 20A Feature Page 12C Greater Detroit 4A Horoscope IOC Jumble HB Movie Guide 11C Names Faces 12C Obituaries ISA Radio 12C Stock Markets 25A Television 21A Volume 158, Number 44 1988, Detroit Free Press Friday 972 and 6338 Lotto jackpot $3.5 million Soviet historian says revolutionary Leon Trotsky should be exonerated of criminal charges nearly 50 years after he was driven from the Soviet Union, reviled as a traitor to socialism and slain. Page 12A. WIUIAM ARCHIEDetroit Free Press Rachelle Davis, 16, of Port Huron raises her arms during Metallica's set at Friday's concert. Township, who was sitting in the very top row of the Silverdome, declared the day "awesome.

I can see everything from here. It's really cool." The concert drew carloads of rockers from all over the state as well as from Indiana and Ohio. Jim Johnson, 22, of Bay City and Dwayne Cliff, 20, of See MOJISTERS OF ROCK, Page 14A.

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