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By The Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. A 9-year-old girl, alone
with her younger brother in their burning home,
telephoned information on their location 50 min
utes before firefighters arrived to find them
dead, according to transcripts released by the
city manager
The transcripts, rele!sed Tuesday by City
Manager Manuel Deese, indicated that a child,
believed to be Indea A. Eggleston, told city
emergency dispatchers that her home was on
fire, that it was an emergency, and that her home
was located on Pepperidge Road in Chesterfield
County, a suburb of Richmond.
The information came in a series of conversa
tions that began at 11:55 p.m. on Jan. 24 and
concluded about midnight, the last time the child
was heard.'The youngster and her half-brother,
Eljamin Grice, 5, were found dead of
_smoke
inhalation about 12:45 a.m., soon after firefight
ers arrived.
Their mother, Cassandra Grice, was at work at
the time and has been indicted on two charges of
willful neglect.
The transcripts showed that the call went to the
911 emergency number at the Richmond Bureau
of Emergency Communication. Chesterfield
County does not have its own 911 system but calls
to the number are received in Richmond and
relayed to the appropriate county emergency
agency.
When the call came in at 11:55 p.m., a child's
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A Ford assembly line worker sporting a "Mondale" cap shakes hands with
President Reagan in the Kansas City suburb of Claycomo, where Reagan made
Reagan takes credit for economic cure
By MICHAEL PUTZEL
Associated Press Writer
CLAYCOMO, Mo. President
Reagan told autoworkers at an as
sembly plant yesterday that the
economy has recovered and people
have gone back to work because
"all of us . . . have hung tough" and
ignored those who said it couldn't be
done.
In a short speech Reagan deliv
ered after he had lunch in the hourly
workers' cafeteria and toured the
assembly line of a modernized Ford
plant in Clay County outside Kansas
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C did at take halft t before game resumes
By JERRY ESTILL Even though Mondale's victory Tuesday his face and acknowledged that for the President Reagan, who toured a Ford as- delegates at stake in caucuses Saturday.
Associated Press Writer in Pennsylvania's primary gave him a 1,036- first time since his campaign was knocked sembly plant near Kansas City, Mo., yester- After that, the only contests on the April
578 lead over Hart in national delegates and into a tailspin by Hart's upset victory in day. calendar are caucuses in Utah, Missouri
The race for the Democratic presidential completed a sweep of three industrial states New Hampshire six weeks ago —he sees a "Reagan in an auto plant is like a fox in and Vermont.
nomination slowed to a crawl yesterday that started with Illinois and New York, the chance to lock up the nomination before the the chicken coop," Mondale said. "This is When Mondale holds out hope for a pre
after 51 topsy-turvy days that left things former vice president shied away from the July convention. the president who caused the worst trade convention victory, he is talking about the
pretty much as they started: Walter F. front-runner' label like it was a bad New "I now believe I have a chance to get the year in our nation's history and who will not 931 delegates he needs to meet the magic
Mondale ahead and sounding optimistic and Hampshire dream. delegates before the convention," he said. stand up against the flood of imports." plateau of 1,967 the number of votes that it
chief challenger Gary Hart promising a "I am not the front-runner," he told one "Up until Pennsylvania, I didn't think I had Mondale's aides said he would return to takes to award the nomination.
second half filled with long bombs. television interviewer Tuesday night even that chance." Washington for three days rest after spend-
And then there was the Rev. Jesse Jack- before the question was posed. He reiterated Mondale was in the St. Louis area remind- ing the last three days of this week in Hart, on the other hand, needs to win
son, a distant third in most of the 33 prima- that disclaimer word-for-word to a group of ing workers at a Chrysler plant how he California raising money. roughly two-thirds of those yet to be selected
ries and caucuses held to date but an ever- auto workers yesterday in St. Louis and helped work out federal loan guarantees to to accumulate the 1,389 additional support-
Mondale, who had started out the cam he will need at the convention.
growing political force at the national con- added, "There's a tough road ahead and I save the automaker four years ago and how paign year with a win in the lowa caucuses
vention because of his.demonstrated ability am not taking anything for granted." . Hart opposed that plan. Feb. 20, headed to Arizona later in the day But then Hart has never held out much
to galvanize black voters behind his cause. But Mondale couldn't keep the grins off And while he was at it he took a swipe at where he and Jackson campaigned for 33 hope for a pre-convention knockout.
Dispatcher relays emergency call too
voice asked for "the fire" and said "this, is a fire
an emergency."
The dispatcher who handled the call attempted
to have the caller give the address, but the voice
left the line and the dispatcher had to use a ring
back system to redial the number.
During this period, the transcripts showed, the
dispatcher said she heard a smoke alarm going
off in the background.
When the dispatcher finally got an answer, the
child gave her telephone number instead of her
address, the transcripts showed. But under prod
ding, the child finally told the dispatcher she
lived on Pepperidge Road in Chesterfield County.
She never gave her address.
According to the transcripts, a supervisor
listened in on part of the conversation and at one
point said "transfer to Chesterfield."
But the record shows that county authorities
were not called until 12:21 a.m. It also shows that
county police were not told of the fire but were
asked to send a unit down Pepperidge Road to see
if anything was wrong. City officials have said
the supervisor apparently did not hear the part of
the conversation that said there was a fire.
The police unit sent to the area did not see the
fire, but a neighbor reported the blaze about the
same time, and fire units arrived about 12:45
a.m., county officials said.
The transcripts also revealed that a child could
be heard crying in the background during the last
conversation, and the caller herself sounded out
of breath.
City, the president said his effort to
"rebuild America from the bottom
up" hasn't been easy.
"Times have been rough, and yes,
the recession was much deeper and
longer than almost anyone pre
dicted," Reagan said. "But these
problems had been building up for
20 years, and we were determined
to find a real economic cure, not
just resort as they had so often in
the past to another political quick
fix."
But it would be difficult to distin
guish Reagan's remarks to the auto
workers from those he delivers at
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a tour of the Ford plant and addressed the Foid employees. The United Auto
Workers Union handed out the blue and white caps earlier at the plant gate.
acknowledged political events such
as campaign fund-raisers. The mes
sage almost always is the same:
The economy is on the mend, and
the Reagan economic program
should get the credit for it.
And in a jab at his political oppo
nents who accuse him of a lack of
compassion, Reagan said, "There's
no compassion in snake oil cures."
"All of us, working together and
ignoring the gloomcriers and pun
dits who said it couldn't be done,
have hung tough," Reagan added.
"Today, as we see the auto industry
and the economy humming with
According to the transcripts, the supervisor
tried to get the address using the child's tele
phone number, but the number was a new listing
and could not be located by the telephone compa
ny.
Deese said the supervisor was demoted, and
the dispatcher who handled the call was fired. He
declined to name them, but the Richmond Times-
Dispatch said employees of the communication
bureau identified them as Cynthia Thomas, the
fired officer, and Bonnie Teeslink, the demoted
supervisor.
Employees told the newspaper that Thomas
was four to five months into her six-month
probation period at the time of the incident, and
the newspaper said Teeslink has worked for the
bureau about 11 years.
Thomas could not be located for comment by
The Associated Press Wednesday. A message for
Teeslink was left by the AP at the Bureau of
Emergency Communications.
The transcripts also revealed that at no time
during the conversations were the children told to
leave the dwelling.
"It's a judgment call," said W.W. Costin,
emergency communications chief. "There is no
rule about telling people to leave the scene of a
fire. It's up to the dispatcher."
Chesterfield court records show that Assistant
Commonwealth's Attorney Donald E. Hines has
subpoenaed recorded tapes of the conversations
for use in the mother's court case.
activity, aren't we glad we did?"
While Reagan visited the Clayco
mo plant, which the White House
had selected as a model of resur
gence in the auto industry, the lead
ing Democratic contender for his
job, Walter F. Mondale, toured a
Chrysler plant across the state in
Fenton.
Many of the several hundred
workers gathered at the end of the
assembly line to hear Reagan's
speech wore blue and white "Mon
dale" baseball caps that had been
handed out earlier at the plant gate
by the United Auto Workers.
late
New Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko, (right), waves as other
Politburo members congratulate him on his new position.
Chernenko becomes
10th Soviet president
By NANCY TRAVER
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW A triumphant
Konstantin U. Chernenko became
the Soviet Union's 10th president
yesterday, giving him the top
three leadership posts and a stat
ure equal that of his two predeces
sors.
Chernenko, 72, has been Com
munist Party secretary general,
the most powerful position in the
Soviet Union, since the Feb. 9
death of leader Yuri V. Andropov.
He also took over as chairman of
the Defense Council.
He smiled broadly, waved and
clasped his hands over his head
when the joint session of the 1,500-
member Parliament voted to also
make him president.
"I certainly realize the great
responsibility of the duties and
powers connected with my posi
tion," he said in a brief acceptance
speech. "We now, more than ever,
need to work to improve the econ
omy and the living conditions of
the Soviet people."
Looking tanned and fit, he pledg
ed to pursue a foreign policy of
"constant activity, firmness, con
sistency in the search for ways to
sensible accords. It is directed at
overcoming international tension,
ensuring security, our state inter
ests in the world arena, and
upholding peace throughout the
world."
The vote was unanimous as
usual. As in all other actions of the
Supreme Soviet, the nation's nom
inal parliament, it reflected the
thinking of the 12-man ruling Polit
buro.
Chernenko's rise to the presi
dency was swifter than that of
Andropov, who became president
seven months after assuming the
party leadership post.
The practice of having the Com
munist Party leader also serve as
president was established by Leo
nid I. Brezhnev, Andropov's pre
decessor, who took over as
Communist Party leader in 1964
and added the presidency in 1977.
Brezhnev died in 1982.
The president, formally chair
man of the Presidium of the Su
preme Soviet, serves as chief of
state. It was considered a ceremo
nial post devoid of real power until
Brezhnev.
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Chernenko, a Brezhnev protege,
was nominated for the presidency
by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who has
emerged as No. 2 man in the
Politburo.
In his nominating speech, Gor
bachev, at 53 the youngest Politbu
ro member, said the party had
decided one man should be both
party leader and president.
He praised ' Chernenko as a
"staunch fighter for communism
and peace . . . who has outstand
ing -political and organizational
abilities."
During its 45-minute session in
the ornate Kremlin Palace, the
Supreme Soviet named Gorbachev
chairman of its foreign affairs
commission, a post held by Cher
nenko under Andropov and by No.
2 party secretary Mikhail A. Sus
lov under Brezhnev.
It also re-elected Premier Niko
lai A. Tikhonov to another term as
chairman of the 100-man Council
of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
Seated alongside Chernenko
were Defense Minister Dmitri F.
Ustinov, Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko and Tikhonov.
Seated behind them were Gorba
chev and several other Politburo
members.
Today, the Supreme Soviet will
ratify the party's choices for the
Council of Ministers. It also will
endorse a school reform program
that will lower the starting age
from seven to six and place more
stress on vocational training.
In his nominating speech, Gor
bachev said having one person be
both party leader and president
"is of great importance for pursu
ing the foreign policy of the Soviet
Union.
"The representation of our su
preme state interests by the gen
eral secretary ... on the
international arena convincingly
reflects the fact that the Soviet
Union's foreign policy is insepara
ble from the course of the Commu
nist Party," he said.
In a commentary later yester
day, the Soviet news agency No
vosti said: "The election of
Konstantin Chernenko as head of
the Soviet State did not come as a.
surprise to the Soviet public."
"Its likelihood was regarded in
the widest public circles as a ma
jor and necessary measure.,"
Noosti said.
AP Laserp
state news briefs
TMI operator denied records access
HARRISBURG (AP) The former operator of the Three Mile
Island nuclear plant cannot have access to the records.of a grand
jury which. indicted it on criminal charges, a federal judge has
ruled.
U.S. Judge Sylvia Rambo said Tuesday such disclosure would
keep future witnesses of operations at nuclear plants from testify
ing "without fear of ridicule or reprisal."
Grand jury records are traditionally kept secret.
The information contained in the jury transcript was used to
indict Metropolitan Edison on 11 criminal charges alleging the
company falsified tests at Three Mile Island Unit 2 before the
accident there in 1979, the worst in U.S. commercial nuclear
history.
The utility pleaded guilty in February to one count and no contest
to six others.
Philly probe to be issued indictments
PHILADELPHIA (AP) An assistant U.S. attorney said yester
day a federal grand jury will issue indictments within a month in an
investigation that Philadelphia's mayor expects to go beyond the
three high-ranking officials implicated this week.
First Deputy Police Commissioner James Martin, 53, the second
most/powerful police officer in the city, resigned Tuesday rather
thari accept a demotion from Mayor W. Wilson Goode.
Martin's resignation:came one day after FBI agents, searching
for what warrants called' "records relating to extortion ... from
operators of illegal lotteries," seized documents from his car and
desk. Agents also seized papers from Martin's top aide, Lt. Stephen
Komada, who directed police vice investigations.
The third police official, Chief Inspector Joseph DePeri of the
Command Inspections Bureau, received a letter late Tuesday
saying'he also was targeted in the federal probe.
nation news briefs
GM, Toyota get OK to join forces
WASHINGTON (AP) General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor
Corp. got the government's go-ahead yesterday to proceed with a
historic plan to jointly build small cars at a California assembly
plant.
• The Federal Trade Commission, on a 3-2 vote, made permanent
the provisional approval it had granted the project last December.
Foes of the project immediately reiterated their charge that it is
illegal under antitrust laws, with Chrysler Corp. vowing to continue
to press its lawsuit to block the venture.
Commission Chairman James Miller, who voted with the majori
ty, said the giant automakers' plans to join forces on a limited
carbuilding venture would give car-buyers more and lower-priced
autos to choose from, while allowing GM to learn more about
Japanese management techniques.
"We've applied the antitrust laws to the letter in the case," he
said.
Commissioner George Douglas added that the venture "promises
substantial benefits for American consumers, for American labor,
and for the American manufacturing sector in general."
FBI probe disappearance of teen girl
LOS ANGELES (AP) FBI agents yesterday probed the
disappearance of a 16-year-old girl to determine whether the
incident is linked to an Australian race car driver wanted in the
disappearances of several other women.
Christopher Bernard Wilder, who is on the FBl's Ten Most
Wanted List and is sought in connection with the three murders and
the disappearance of several other women nationwide, was seen at
a motel in suburban Torrance on April 3 and 4, the FBI said.
Torrance police said the 16-year-old girl has been missing since
April 4 under circumstances similar to the disappearances of
women previously connected with the case.
"We have no positive information linking the girl with Wilder,"
FBI agent John Hoos said. "Our agents are going out there now to
determine if there is a link."
Wilder, 39, has been seen several times shortly before young
women disappeared in Florida, Texas, Colorado and Nevada. He is
charged in the abduction of a Florida State University student and
the murder of an Oklahoma City woman whose body was found in
Kansas.
world news briefs
Vietnam accuses Chinese of attack
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Vietnam claims that Chinese
forces fired thousands of rounds into four Vietnamese border
provinces over the weekend, wounding at least six civilians. China
alleged yesterday that Vietnam had fired first.
The official Vietnam News Agency accused Chinese gunners of
firing artillery and mortar rounds into at least 18 places in the
border provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang and Ha
Tuyen, killing cattle, destroying orchards and wounding the
civilians.
The report, dated Tuesday, was monitored in Bangkok
At the United Nations in New York, Vietnamese Ambassador
Hoang Bich Son claimed China had fired "more than 10,000"
artillery shells into Vietnam's six border provinces since April 2.
Soviet capsule ends 9-day mission
MOSCOW (AP) India's first man in space and two Soviet
cosmonauts landed their spaceship yesterday on a snowy field in
Soviet central Asia, ending a nine-day mission that included yoga
exercises to test the effects of weightlessness.
The actual landing was not televised live. But evening news
showed film, shot from a helicopter, of the Soyuz T-10 capsule
slowed by a huge red-and-white parachute as it descended toward
the snow-covered ground yesterday afternoon.
Soyuz T-10 took the space travelers to a rendezvous with three
Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Salyut 7 space station. On Feb. 8,
Soyuz T-10 had taken those three Soviets into orbit to be transferred
to Salyut 7.
Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said the space travelers
who returned yesterday Rakesh Sharma, of India; and the two
Soviets, Yuri Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov were fit and
feeling well.
stock report
Market retreat
picks up speed
NEW YORK (AP) The
stock market moved broadly
lower yesterday, its retreat
accelerating during the day as
investors questioned whether
interest rates were headed
lower.
Retail stocks fell in advance
of today's government report
on March sales and drug and
technology issues were promi
nent among the losers. Some
auto and brokerage stocks
rose.
The Dow Jones average of
30 industrials fell to 1,130.97.
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