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Show The Salt Republicans Confer On Crime N EW ORK Beneath, the sidewalks of East tvird Street in Manhattan's silk stocking district they have already spent $7 78 million digging a suhwav system scorned as tunnels to now here 'Boondoggle, how sthuf' suggested Man Stillman a restauiateur in the rich neighborhood whose residents for .'ears have tried to blink the project, largely because of the noise, the dirt and the bother The construction sometimes rattles their chandeliers EASTON, Md - A Republican policy conference Sunday called for establishment of the death penalty as part of a broad effort to curb the present surge in violent crime Crimes of violence increased 13 percent in 1980 over the year before, according to FBI statistics And Rep Robert L Livingston of Louisiana told the other elected GOP federal and state officials attending the Tidewater Conference here that violent crime is "the most senous problem" facing the nation. It was typical complaint when fashion designer Halston groused that People who face the gallows arent quite as white as the people in this room, Erdahl said, aren't quite as affluent, aren't quite as influential. anti-crim- Martha r Graham "nearly broke her hip" in a fall on construction planking as she crossed the street from her dance studio to his townhouse Plagued by Problems Plagued by construction problems, labor disputes, the citys economic crisis, inflation and community opposition, the project is years behind schedule Though the cost overrun already amounts to tens of millions of dollars, the subway extension will of the passengers carry only it was supposed to move between Manhattan and Queens. "You wall find documentation that this is the most expensive subway project ever done anywhere, said Dr. David Levy, a neurological researcher who lives on 63rd Street. Some of the tunnels are being sealed off as soon as they are excavated because the tracks they were supposed to connect with were never built. They are literally tunnels to nowhere, and no one has a gupss as to when, if ever, they will be used. Four Tunnels The project started in 1969 with the two for construction of four tunnels subways and two for the Long Island Associated Press Laserphoto Rail Roads suburban commuter line Street in New York in a subunder the East River, at a cost of $70 way tunnel construction site. million. The tunnels were to be the ctitical middle link in $600 million worth of Manhattan and Queens track extensions that open 40 new miles of rapid mass transit and carry 28,000 passengers each rush hour. Now, when the line opens in 1984, it will have only 10 miles of track. Nearly in parts of four miles of that track two tunnels under Manhattan subway not in do said feed accordance with and both Island Rail Road tunnels parents wishes, according to uniden- under theLong will not be used. river tified sources quoted in the Chicago The track expansions that were supposed to be built to meet them on An anonymous call to the DCFS office either side of the river were abandoned in Danville triggered an investigation amid New Yorks fiscal crisis in the into the case Wednesday, Coler said. They connect to nothing, When the DCFS caseworker went to dead at both ends. Lakeview to see the twins she was $15,000 per Foot prevented from doing so by hospital The cost of $778 million so far, officials, Coler said. including about half a billion federal DCFS officials then called the Verdollars, figures out to about $15,000 per milion County states attorneys office foot of track. and Danville police, Coler said. After If someone outside New York would consulting with their attorney, he said, see all of their money that has gone into hospital officials allowed the this, theyd be ripping mad, said caseworker to see the twins, described Terry LeRoy, owner of an antique shop as listless and whimpering. on 63rd Street. one-tent- h Step Backward' Rep. Arlen Erdahl of Minnesota argued that endorsing the death penalty would mean that "we are taking a serious step backward to the dark ages, and contended that its imposition would be unfair to some elements in society. Other Measures e measOther points in the ure passed by the conference called for reducing the time between arrest and trial, establishing minimum penalties d federal for violent and felonies, and imposing mandatory jail sentences for federal crimes involving the use of a gun. Those sentences would be served separately from any other sentence. a choreographi Citing the recent attempt on President Reagan's life, Livingston said it was outrageous that the federal criminal code does not now contain any provision for imposing the death penalty for assassination or for any other crime except air piracy. y Walter Dockerly. the federal Trans By Timothy Harper Associated l'rcs.s Wntei Ijs Angeles Times Writer Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, another conference participant, and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that he expected the committee to legislation this approve death-penaltweek and send it to the floor of the Senate. Workers stand by a tunnelboring machine below 63rd Siamese Twins Starved On Orders of Father CHICAGO (AP) Severely deformed Siamese twins bom 13 days ago apparently had a guardian angel a hospital worker who defied an alleged request from their physician father that they be denied food and water, officials say. The twin boys, joined at the waist, were in fair condition and have gained a few pounds since Wednesday, when In the foreign policy area, the the state Department of Children and conference passed a resolution urging Family Services ordered them transthat the U.S., together with its allies, ferred to Childrens Memorial Hospital impose economic and trade sanctions in Chicago, said department director against the Soviet Union if that country Gregory L. Coler. continues its military operations in The boys, now in the custody of the Afghanistan or sends troops into were being fed intravenously. state, Poland. Severely Deformed The Tidewater Conference, an annual said the twins, whom he Coler affair since 1978, concluded Sunday severely deformed, after two days of informal but some- described a as of 10 pounds at birth. total weighed of on a broad heated debate times range to less than Their had weight dropped issues. It attracted more than 100 seven pounds when they were taken of most them leaders, Republican Medical Center in members of Congress, to this resort from Lakeview in southeastern Illinois. Danville, community on Marylands eastern The twins medical chart allegedly shore, about 70 miles from Washington. ordered workers not to feed them, according to one published report. Coler said officials at Lakeview at first refused to cooperate in an investigation, which began after the department received an anonymous telephone call. They know they must cooperate, Coler said Saturday. It is obvious that some hospital employees knew of the situation, but yet they didnt report it. Criminal Charge KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former The office of Vermilion County first lady Bess Truman, recuperating States Attorney Michael Clary is from hip surgery, remained in serious considering criminal charges against condition Sunday as doctors treated her the father, who has not been identified. for pneumonia and kidney trouble, her Both the attorney for the twins physician said. family, David Kirk of Danville, and the She is still serious, basically unpresident of the Lakeview Medical changed from yesterday, Dr. Wallace Center, Richard Livengood, declined comment. Graham said Sunday of the widow of President Harry S. Truman. On Friday, Vermilion County Circuit Graham said Mrs. Truman spent a Judge John Meyer granted temporary good night in the intensive care unit at custody of the twins to the Department Research Medical Center, where she of Children and Family Services. has been since undergoing surgery May The same day, the states attorneys 7 to repair a hip broken in a fall at her office filed a petition alleging that the twins had not been properly cared for. Independence home. The petition said hospital workers had Mrs. Trumans vital signs remained failed to give the twias food, water, stable, and she was receiving medicaoxygen or necessary medical treatment weakened from to tion increase output after their birth on May 5. kidneys. Coler said the twins father had told Graham said Mrs. Truman was able the attending physician at the hospital to get out of bed three times on not to give the twins food or water. Saturday and was able to sit up more One of the entries on the twins than previously, but was not receiving visitors. medical chart. made either May 5 or 6. drug-relate- Physician Says Bess Truman Is Still Serious Sun-Time- mid-1970- s. Search Team To Quit In Atlanta ATLANTA (AP) - The group that sponsored 30 weekend searches by volunteers for clues in the cases of 28 missing and murdered young blacks here said Sunday its last search will be next Saturday so it can focus on preventive community improving existing service i other than in opening new mutes Critics Ask Why Critics ask why the tunnels under the East River the middle section of the promised line, were built first and left sitting by themselves, connecting to nothing at either end Wouldn't it have made more sense to begin building the extensions from where existing service ended Yes, city engineers concede privately But they said the nver tunnels were built first because that was the "sexiest" part of the project from a public relations standpoint Another question is why the limited part of the subway line was completed after the other 30 miles of track" were doomed when the city went broke Why not just scrap the whole project0 Structural Reasons John Tremko, the engineer in charge of subway construction in New York, said the tunnels were completed for structural reasons. Once the work started, the streets above could have caved in if it was not completed And, m one of those bureaucratic Community Opposition piece of work was rejcitod as too expensive A few months later the contract was let for $9 million more Spots of unexpectedly soft hedriH k had to be shored up. sprits of unoxiK'etedly hard bedrock broke tunneling equipment that had to be replaced Community opposition held up construction on one part of the line under Centra! Park for a year. Another round of protests delayed work on a ventilation shdt for two years Area residents still complain about the noise, the dirt, the traffic jams, the construction lights at night and the blasting that cracked piaster and shook chandeliers day and night. "We had some complaints that the blasting shook the liquor right out of said Maurice Levin, a cocktails. longtime 63rd Street resident. However, Levin said, the residents of 63rd Street have learned to live with the subway project, however useless it is. "Its a little like war," said Levin, a retired Army colonel. "As time goes by, you get used to it." longterm protect nowadays are particularly costly because of inflation .hie Marshall, a Transportation IV' partment policy spokesman, said that is one of the reasons the Reagan administration wants to w ithhold federal funding for all future subway proietts throughout the t inted States Carol Bellamy, New York's city council president, predated that from any now on subway Bionic Star Weds Ajjain LOS ANGELES Wagner, (AP)-Lin- dsay 31, who won fame as TVs Bionic Woman," has taken a Kupmlrt WMI actor-stuntma- n MTlAt WORK pmu. (i DOS. Y m fn-H- MEDICINE CABINETS TYPES & SIZES ALL GOOD SELECTION SAVE Miss Wagner was married Saturday to Henry Kingi, her spokesman said. The small civil ceremony was held near Lake Tahoe, Nev., in the home of I.ee Fuller Jones, a close friend of the couple and former wife of singer Jack Jones. 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In announcing the end of volunteer searches, John Bascom, a spokesman for the United Youth Adult Conference, said the group will begin focusing its efforts on other community programs such as neighborhood watches and patrols. funds will lx' spent for noiiseijuiturs. it would cost $33 million molt u stop construction than to complete it mostly for new contracts to shore up and secure partial excavations The tunnels under the nver were completed on schedule in 1973, but little eisi has cone is planned t moo strikes upheld delivery of tunnel holing equipment New federal guidelines requited amended environmental impact statements and addi tioii.il public hearings A noise pollution consultant had to be lured uha pen ation Department's specialist said the delas ineitable in ... 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