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A' VW Salt Lake City Utah — Tuesday Morning— October 11 1 r A OSH I Now Czech Reformist Leader Falls PRAGUE Czechoslovakia (AP) — Luboimr Strougal who was consul ered an economic reformer and had been the nation s premier for more than 18 years resigned Monday and gave up his seat on the 12 member Communist Party Politburo Peter Colotka premier of Slovakia also quit his job and membership on the party’s ruling body Communist Party chief Milos Jakes announced the resignations at a plenary session of the party Central Committee the official news agency Cl K reported in Czechoslovakia The shake-ufollows similar government reorganizations in the Soviet Union Hungary and Poland as well as unrest in Yugoslavia The names of Strougal Colotka Chnoupek came up in a corruption scandal last year Stamsdlav Babinsky who ran a catering and supply operation in rural Slovakia was sentenced to 4 a years in prison after a thiee month trial that ended June 80 1087 Nine other defendants also were sent to prison for ' stealing Socialist ownership on a large scale for several years and committing other criminal acts Babinsky named Strougal and Colotka during the trial but it was not clear what favors they were supposed to have received Chndupck was said to have been given furniture which he later paid for When he took over as paity chief from Gustav llusak in December last year Jakes said the fight against corruption would be among his 1 p A younger Lubomir Strou-ga- l set sights on reform and Foreign Minister Bohuslav In Ins speech Mondav to the Cen Jakes also an nounced other changes in the Pol it tunng but its rcpoit turn other names tral Committee Unions "peaie polity but did nit mention Goibachevs political and e onomic hanges Last April in iemaiks ending a two day Central Committee session Jakes said the leadership wanted ' to elevate younger comrades and thus create conditions for further successful fulfillment of paity tasks " Colotka has been premier of Slovakia since May 1969 and deputy federal premier since September 1989 Strougal replaced Oldrich Cer-mas federal premier in January did not men Rumors of leadership changes have cn ciliated foi months Jakes and othei offn nils have indented younger people would be piomoted to si inoi positions Strougal 88 said dui mg mter-lews w ilh Westei n journalists cm li er this year that he wanted to step down He was considered a stiong advo cate of economic reform similar to that being piomoted in the Soviet Union bv President Mikhail Goiba chev but strougal s proposals were diluted and delaved by a party lead ershipthil has appeared i eluctant to follow the Soviet example Jakes said Monday there are persistent xenons shot trainings" in the He praised the Soviet econoniv buro party secretanat Central Committee and the fcdeial Czech and Slovak governments Czechoslovakia consists of two le publics of equal rights the Czech Socialist Republic and the Sl" ak So cialist Republic Each is governed by a National Council which delegates to an overall Federal zssenibly te sponsibility for constitutional and foreign affairs defense and impoi taut economic decisions The primary souice of power m Czei hoslovakia is the Communist Party CTK quoted the party chief as sav ' in the mg the actions were taken interest of mastering the demanding tasks of economic and social restrue- - k 1970 At Monday's meeting first of a two dav plenary sesr ion on ideology Jakes also made clear that independent human rights ecological and other groups would not be allowed to operate as they do in neighboring Hungary ' Bush Dukakis Discover America’s Italian Vote By David Espo AP Political Writer George Bush and Michael Dukakis courted the support of in competing Columbus Day appearances Monday that left plenty of time to polish their lines in private for this week's second and final presidential campaign debate Dukakis proposed a plan to make home buyers it easier for first-tim- e to finance their residences before he marched in a Columbus Day parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan alongside Gov Mario Cuomo New York Mayor Ed Koch and John F KenneItalian-Amer-ican- dy s Jr Bush took a turn at a pool table in an Italian neighborhood in New Jersey bouncing the No 4 ball in the corner pocket w'hile tne morning patrons cheered After that came a speech on crime Their daily campaign rounds over both men hustled back to their political lairs to resume preparations for debate later in the their prime-tim- e week Both camps said they expected the 90 minute debate to be held at Chuckle Today’s There's wrong with having nothing second childhood After all it's a lot more attractive than a second a Look Good Thursday 7 pm on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles The candidates exuded confidence as they began the final four weeks of campaigning which opened with two new polls putting the two candidates in a virtual dead heat Post An ABC poll Monday gave Bush 50 percent to 47 percent for Dukakis The survey Wednesday through Sunday of 600 likely voters had a 5 point margin of Says Thiokol Engineers Inspecting Burned-Ou- t Boosters n By Jess Gomez Tribune Staff Writer Redesigned joints on Morton Thiokol's two solid-fue- l rocket boosters passed their first inspection in perfect condition a spokesman for the Utah company said Monday Field joints on both of the space - error The poll also gauged the negative impact of Quayle on the Republican ticket Of all the voters surveyed 2 percent said they favored Dukakis only because they disapproved of Sen Dan Quayle the Republican vice presidential nominee Six percent of the voters said they supported Dukakis and Quayle was the "major" reason A Los Angeles Times poll showed the effects of Quayle’s presence on the GOP ticket The two tickets were in a virtual dead heat — 44 percent for the Republicans to 41 percent for the Democrats — but Bush leads Dukakis 48 percent to 39 percent if the two candidates are presented as running alone The weekend survey of 893 registered voters also found that Dukakis' negatives were very high — he had a Column 3 See A-- shuttle Discovery — Associated Michael Dukakis marches through Man- e streets with Democrats Niksic who w ere on their w ay to Titograd The Titograd rally was an explosion of anger over hardships resulting from the austerity program imposed by the government in May because of a $21 billion foreign debt and an annual inflation rate of 217 percent The unemployment rate is about 15 percent Concern for Montenegrins in southern Serbia's troubled Kosovo province also has stirred passions Serbs and Montenegrins in Kosovo most of them Christians are a minority to the mainly Moslem ethnic Albanian population Tanjug reported without details that "urgent measures" were imposed Monday in Titograd It said later 1 000 construction workers called off a strike after local partv Column 1 See President Raif Dizdarevic appealed for calm on national television Sunday night warning of unspecified emergency measures Yugoslavia consists of six republics and two autonomous provinces each with its own government and Communist Party structure Unrest persisted Monday in Titograd the capital of Montenegro 280 miles southwest of Belgrade and the regional party leadership held an emergency meeting the official news agency Tanjug reported About 15000 people at Niksic 30 miles north of Titograd joined 2 800 striking steelworkers Monday for a street rally Tanjug said Twelve demonstrators were detained there Sunday night Police used clubs and tear gas to break up weekend crowds in Titograd and to disperse marchers in n e Hunt Jerry J Moore and Harry Weinberg At least 40 other Forbes 400 members finished high school only At least 296 attended college of whom 242 graduated Forty-six hold MBAs while 16 have law degrees Other highlights — The youngest members of the Forbes 400 at age 32 are Texas oilman Lee Bass and William Gates III the co founder of Microsoft Corp — The oldest is 96 year old the Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger New York Times Co heiress — At least 26 own 30 percent or more of a professional spoils team — Twenty four are immigiantx In a throwback to the davx of the landed gentrv real estate has bee ome the No soul e o( w i alth for members of the ethos 400 club Flights si sen of the I oibc x )00 made their fortunes ptuuipallv from real estate up Horn 7 i last year FYiUow mg real slat e manufac luring ai counted for 7a of Ue Forbes 400 fortunes media liter prises for 73 financial opi rations for 65 oil arid gas for 10 r tadum for 2 agr k ult ure for In and IiilIi tec brndogv for 15 vain tv of sources accounted for the 18 nth Clancy-Unite- Forbes’ Rich Lists: 13-- 1 ished high school Neither did Carl Lindner who made a fortune in insurance and banking or Daniel Ludwig the 91 year-old shipping and real estate magnate The other six Forbes says are Charles Allen Jr Barbara Cox Anthony Samuel Joseph Frankino Johnnie Bryan Wal-Mar- who i mi i iM l' m i t fin 1 1 s In Estonia Being Independent Is Running on Finnish Time TALLINN USSR (AP) — When Soviets set their clocks ahead next spring for an extra hour of daylight Estonia won t switch with them The tiny Baltic republic will no longer tick to the time in Moscow 500 miles to the south but to the time in Finland 50 miles to the north Thus even the clocks will reflect the new spirit of independence among Estonians Long viewed as one of the most progressive of the 15 Soviet republics Estonia is trying in many other wavs to set its own course Its leaders hope to use their independence to demonstrate the effectiveness of President Mikhail S Gorbachev s social and economic reforms With the blessing of the republic s Communist Party officials are planning to open trade offices abroad enter joint ventures with Western companies without Mosreturn to family farming and even issue their own currency that unlike the ruble could be traded on world markets "The Communist Party of Estonia can be regarded as one of the s of the reconstruction drive Estonia has been the initiator of many reforms" said Estonian party chief Vaijno Vya-lya- s cow approval front-ranker- g Vyalyas and the Estonian activists leading the reform drive have been careful not to go too far as they sav the Armenians have done in their campaign for annexation of a region in the republic of Azerbaijan ' At the bottom of our hearts all Estonians want secession " said do Kaevats ' But if we did put forward this question we would have martial law and we all know that very well A-- 2 rt Press International NEW YORK — Wal-Mar- t Stores Inc founder Sam Walton lost $2 billion in last year's stock market collapse That would cripple most establishments But despite the huge loss Walton Monday topped the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans Walton Wal Mart s principal stockholder who is worth $6 7 billion headed the list last year with a net fortune of $8 5 billion Since then the value of his holdings in the Bentonville Ark retail chain has dropped by $1 8 billion Walton scoffs at his $6 7 billion in riches He calls it ' just paper — all I own is a pickup truck and a t stock " little If the monev Walton lost (luring the stock market turmoil had been transferred to another null vidual it would have made that person the 16th richest American on the annual list compiled by the business magazine Walton had tw ice as mm h mon-- i v as the second n best American on the list Gi rman born John W ernt r Kluge Walton has a nlh ge education but at least pine members of the F orbes 400 ru h st nu rirans ai e getting by wtboi t high si hoe di j lumas Ku k hei kin in the on i slot t case-to-nozz- Press losetpholo and parades his plan to open more finan-hattahome buyers cial avenues to first-tim- big-nam- Atop Forbes’ 400 List After $2 Billion Loss Wal-MaFounder Scoffs ‘It’s Just Paper’ By Heather 5 g Authorities in Yugoslavia Impose 'Urgent Measures’ civil-defens- s burned-ou- I boosters were disassembled and inspected by NSz engineers Sunday and Monday in Cape Canaveral Fla Engineers found no evidence that combustible gases reached the firings said Morton Thiokol spokesman Rocky Raab Engineers will be able to give a complete assessment of the seal loafter they inspect an cated at the base of each booster Inspection of the seal known as a joint began late Monday night and is expected to be complete by Tuesday afternoon said Mr Raab However the company is confident thoj® joints performed just as well as the field joints Mr Raab said noting that an external inspection of the nozzle joints showed no damage "We re very pleased at the results and the conditions of the boosters " said John Thirkill Morton Thiokol vice president of space operations "It matches our predictions and this confirms that the redesign is very robust and reliable " A faulty field joint that allowed hot gases to escape and ignited Challenger's exterior fuel tank was blamed for the explosion of that shuttle on Jan 28 1986 The redesigned joints were improved with insulation and a metal flange called a "capture feature" which locks joint members together insulafirmly Mr Raab said tion on the new seals "worked per” fectly In addition instead of two in each field joint Discovery's boosters featured an additional ring for precautionary reasons Inspection of the boosters which dropped by parachute into the Atlantic Ocean after they burned will continue when the company receives segments at the end of the week said Mr Raab 2 By Alison Smale Associated Press Writer BELGRADE Yugoslavia — Communist authorities put more police on the streets and imposed unspecified "urgent measures" in Montenegro's capital Monday but protests kept up fed by economic crisis and ethnic tension Protest has swept much of southern and eastern Yugoslavia in recent weeks Police used violent tactics for the first time over the weekend to disperse Montenegrin students and workers demanding dismissal of local Communist Party leaders Several Yugoslavs reported that e units in Belgrade were put on a higher level of alert Saturday The sources spoke on condition of anonymity No sign of trouble surfaced in Joints O-Ri- ng N c c 1 Sam Walton Richest American er for turn x President Promises Reforms Hints at Retirement 25 Algerian Protesters Killed ALGIERS Algeria (AP) — Soldiers with machine guns fired on protesters Monday killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens witnesses said President Chadli Bend jedid promised reforms to end the bloody weeklong revolt Ilendjedid in a nationwide address Monday night hinted he would not run for re election at the end of tne year But he defended his declared state of emergency and said he would not allow the country to fall into anarchv Reliable repents from police doctors and other sources say up to 300 people have been killed in the riots that began last week the worst in this North M r ic an nation since its indc pencil me from I tame m 1902 No official casualtv figures have been issue d Mondav x shooting occurred in the Rati el Oued district of western AI gieis during protests against spuul mg pru es ami Pendjedid s economic polic tes tu i e wi xuh s one 1 The demonstration was organized as a ' peaceful protest march by the Islamic fundamentalist Movement for Nigerian Renewal which has made claims of leading the- revolt A marcher reported seeing the of a bodv teenager m a wrptd friends sheet aid taken awe Manv in the crowd moved to the Bab el Oue-- district Tribune TdephuiK' Numbers on A 3 Witnesses said soldiers started shooting and demonstrator' shouted to people watc hing from balconies to throw down firearms so thev could dt fend ourselves Most downtown office's were lose d and ti affic fell to a ti ic kle in Mgie rx the apital In his speech Bendjedid stressed hm r xpt t for the (institution and d against his will m said he wu'cle-etI ake-T toge tlier the two stale men’s pointed to his wish to retire am (he ntixt t at on dm s no' allow a xi It n lo se rve more than two e c c i 1 w odies I " 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