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mm FINAL EDITIONNEWSSTAND PRICE 25t A GANNETT NEWSPAPER Tuesday, Sept. 23,1000 The 325th day of captivity for U.S. hostages In Iran. Iran, Iraq Near War After Trading Blows THE CINCINNATI wo SN Mrh MOSTLY CLOUDY SUNNY on the inside Oil supply not periled, Page A-2. Gold passes $700 an ounce, Page C-6.

rgL PAKISTAN SAUDI "Bjl TOMORROW TOOAY Partly cloudy today with a high near 70. Mostly sunny Wednesday with a high In the low 70s. Chance of rain 10 today and near 0 tonight. Weather map and details, Page C-10. smile All right, now everybody who's In favor of nine-digit Zip Codes raise your lve-dlglt hand.

FROM ENQUIRER WIRES Iran claimed it destroyed 11 Iraqi fighters and four gunboats, and Iraq launched surprise air attacks on at least seven Iranian air installations, including Tehran's international airport, as a border dispute between the two nations flared Monday. Iraq said it shot down six Iranian Jet fighters, and President Saddam Hussein issued a statement that Iranian threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz, meeting point of the Persian and Oman gulfs, constituted a declaration of war. In Moscow, meanwhile, a top Iraqi official Monday briefed senior Kremlin advisers on the conflict, amid signs the Soviets are not eager to take sides. Tareq Aziz, a close adviser to Hussein, opened two days of talks in Moscow. The official Tass news agency said the men discussed "topical questions of the present international situation.

HUSSEIN'S STATEMENT came after Iran declared its coast on the Persian Gulf a war zone and warned ships against carrying supplies to Iraqi ports. British officials said British vessels were believed trapped at the Iraqi port of Basra. Tehran Radio reported tanks battling in Khuzestan province, north of the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway, where It claimed Iranian artillery fire destroyed Iraqi oil installations and a gas refinery. Months of border skirmishes exploded Into large-scale fighting last week when Iraq canceled a 1975 treaty that covered 60 miles of the Iran-Iraq border down the middle of Shatt al-Arab, which provides both nations access to the Persian Gulf. Iraq now claims sovereignty over the eastern, or Iranian, shore of the passage.

metro TOP IRANIAN leaders Including Ayatol-lah Ruhollah Khomeini and President Abol-hassan Bani-Sadr claimed Iraq was "incited" by the United States and acting as an American "mercenary." Iraq said its warplanes struck II Iranian airstrips with a loss of two Soviet-made M1G jets. A top Iranian military official said "several" air bases were attacked, and a revolutionary guard commander said six MiGs hit seven Installations. Although reports conflicted, both sides said air bases in Tehran, Ahvaz, Hamadan, Tabriz and Boushehr were attacked. Iranian officials added Dezful and Tolumbeh Sabz to the list, and an Iraqi spokesman added Shlraz and Isfahan. Iran's Foreign Mlnistery said Iraqi attacks on "airports and residential areas" killed "innocent people." Thick smoke rose over the airport and the thunder of the midday attack rocked the capital.

IRAN'S AMERICAN-MADE fighters retaliated by bombing Iraq's Waset Province 100 miles east of Baghdad and Basra, Iraq's southernmost port, according to communiques from both nations. Iran warned all ships entering the Persian Gulf through Hormuz that they would suffer dire consequences if they sailed closer than a prescribed distance from the Iranian coast. A subsequent Iranian communique MAP LOCATES some of the Iranian air strips that reportedly were bombed by Iraqi planes. Despite a heated campaign, Hamilton County elections officials expect a 30 turnout today for the proposed countywide 1 sales tax increase for mass transit. Page D-l.

Two teen-aged Madeira brothers will stand trial as adults in the slaying of retired U.S. Playing Card executive Andrew C. Luther. Page D-l. warned Persian Gulf states they would face "violent reaction" if they allowed Iraqi force's to use their airports and port facilities.

The dispute over the Shatt al-Arab waterway began last week when Iraq abrogated a treaty that had put the Iran-Iraq border at midstream in the waterway formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is the exit to the Persian Gulf for Basra and Iran's ports of Khorramshahr and Abadan. In a Baghdad statement, Iraq accused Iran of attempting to obstruct navigation in the disputed waterway. KHOMEINI, IN a broadcast carried by Tehran Radio, said President Carter had incited his "servants" in Iraq to attack Iran, adding. "He (Hussein) is supporting Carter, and in order to receive a medal from him, he is attacking Iran." In New York, U.N.

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim called for a halt to the fighting and for negotiations. suDurDan Cheviot City Council has all but abandoned hopes of annexing part of Green Township. Reagan 'Exaggerated' School Record nation President Carter accuses Republicans of wanting to "turn the oil companies loose." Other campaign stories, Page A-6. unrW Poland's independent trade union leaders put final touches on a charter for a nationwide worker organization. Page A-9.

'01 cars The academy this year sent 19 students to the Naval Academy, six to the Air Force Academy, one each to West Point, the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies. The Marine Corps does not have its own academy but draws some of its officers from the Naval Academy. Two-thirds of the Harlingen academy's students are from Texas, 40 are from Mexico and five are the sons of U.S. foreign service officers. All of the academy's 81 graduates this year were accepted by colleges or universities.

THE ACADEMY first caught Reagan's eye Sept. 16, when he was campaigning for the Mexican-American vote in southern Texas. Most of the school's 364 uniformed cadets lined the route of Reagan's campaign entourage, moving i to make an impromptu stop to shake hands and talk with them. Reagan referred to the school twice Sunday night in response to a question about the military draft. To get into one of the nation's military academies, high school graduates must be nominated by their congressional representative, senator or the President, and meet rigid academic and physical requirements.

was a little mixed up," said Marine Military Academy information services director Jo Hayes in a telephone Interview Monday. "He exaggerated a little bit. "He was not very accurate," Mrs. Hayes said, adding, "In fact, the Naval Academy called us and said 'what's going The southern Texas academy was established in 1965 by a group of ex-Marines led by former Capt. William Gary, now an Arizona businessman, who was looking for a Marine-oriented place for his son to go to school.

They acquired the abandoned Air Force base at Harllngen and enrolled their first class in 1966. THE ALL-MALE Marine Military teaches grades seven through 12 plus a post-graduate curriculum for students who are potential service-academy candidates but do not "quite measure up" academically, Hayes said. All but four of the 1980 graduates who entered service academies were sent to Marine Military by foundations affiliated with the academies. In most cases the potential candidates were identified by the academies and referred to the foundations, which are similar to alumni associations. Tuition is $4,500 a year plus $450 for uniforms.

Marine Military does not receive any financial assistance from the state or federal government, Hayes said. BY WARREN WHEAT Gannett News Service WASHINGTON Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan either "exaggerated a little bit" or was "a little mixed up" about the Texas high school he referred to twice Sunday night during his debate with independent candidate John Anderson, a school official said Monday. Reagan said it had made him "very proud" to learn that 40 of the school's 80 graduates entered U.S. military service academies to prepare for careers "in service of their country." The school is not a high school in the traditional sense. It is the Marine Military Academy of Harllngen, Texas, a "completely Marine-oriented, mini-boot camp," the official said, with resident 24-hour-a-day drill Instructors and "very strict discipline." And it was 28, not 40, of the academy's 81 actual graduates who went on to officer training at one of the nation's military academies.

TWENTY-FOUR OF the 28 had failed to qualify for the academies a year earlier, when they had graduated from high school. They had been sent to Marine Military for post-high-school training to help them qualify for admission. "I know Governor Reagan said 40, but he lie 7 I 4w Automakers have sent bodies to fat farms and engines to diet doctors to boost fuel economy ratings for their 1981 models. Page C-10. business Mideast war reports send gold prices soaring above $700 an ounce for the first time In seven months in what analysts call a "military market." Page C-6.

RONALD REAGAN people today Teen-age alcoholics are growing Man Enters Guilty Plea In False Claims Case up drunk. And the problem is spreading. Page B-l. Recalls Rely From The Market entertainment Staging a play for a dinner theater calls for a whole range of special talents. Just ask Buff Shurr.

Page C-12. "more completely understood." "WE ARE taking this action to remove Rely and the company from the controversy," Harness said. Another spokesman said Rely production was stopped last week because the company was expecting new federal regulations for package identification for all tampon manufacturers. He said the recall decision came after had a chance to review CDC findings in detail and to consult with its own scientific advisers. Representatives of the Kroger and IGA grocery chains said they had received recall requests from Monday and planned to com-' Ply-Lord said CDC still doesn't know how the bacteria responsible for TSS, Staphylococcus aureus.

Is formed, but "(all) tampons appear to be a positive contributing factor." She said that conclusion was reached after CDC studied 50 women who had the disease in July and August of this year and found they were all of menstrual age and were tampon users. Of the 50, Lord said, 71 used Rely. in our opinion What Sunday night's "debate" proved is that debates aren't very useful. Editorial, Page A-10. It's characterized by sudden onset of high fever, vomiting, diarrhea and rapid drop in blood pressure often resulting in shock and a sunburn-like rash.

IT OCCURS mostly In women 30 years of age or younger, during or Just after the menstrual period. chairman Edward G. Harness said the recall was ordered "despite the fact that we know of no defect In the Rely tampon and despite evidence that withdrawal of Rely from the market will not eliminate the occurrence" of the syndrome. Harness said feels its action is appropriate because of the "seriousness" of the disease and its "apparently increasing incidence." He said Rely sales will remain suspended until the factors contributing to the development of TSS are BY SIDNEY HILL Enquirer Reporter Still insisting the potential danger is no greater than that associated with any other brand, Procter Gamble Co. asked retailers Monday to remove Rely tampons from store shelves.

The National Center for Disease Control (CDC) said last week that preliminary tests Indicate all tampon users run a risk of contracting a potentially fatal disease, but that the risk appears greater with Rely. That annoucement prompted to stop production of Rely, but the company ordered no recall until Monday. The disease, known as Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), has been linked to at least 25 deaths since 1975, according to CDC spokeswoman Katherlne Lord. Security disability benefits for nearly six years while working as a park ranger. Robert H.

Martin, director of the Social Security central office in Cincinnati, said that $280 a month is the maximum income anyone could earn without losing his disability benefits. "But we look at all disability recipients on a case-by-case basis and we might well cut off benefits for someone with an outside Income of less than $280 a month if we feel it involves substantial gainful activity," Martin said. He said an anonymous letter about Sparnall triggered the investigation that led to discovery of the false Social Security card and criminal charges filed against him. "Social Security investigators came to us earlier this year and John DiPuccio from our office conducted a follow-up interview of Sparnall that resulted In the filing of a federal information against NYKTAS SAID Sparnall obtained a Social Security card in 1964 under the O'Leary alias prior to getting the park job on a part-time basis in 1966. The federal prosecutor said Sparnall was "overpaid" a total of $45,559 in disability benefits by the Social Security Administration.

DiPuccio said that after Sparnall quit his park Job, he also held jobs for brief periods with the City of Wyoming, Kenmont Dodge, and De-Castro Dodge. Upon the recommendation of Nyktas and defense attorney William S. Mathews II, Spiegel released Sparnall under his own recognizance pending a pre-sentence investigation by the federal probation department. Collected Disability Under Assumed Name BY BOB WESTON Enquirer Reporter A Forest Park man pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding the Social Security system of more than $40,000 in disability benefits while working as a Hamilton County park ranger under an assumed name. County park district authorities said Richard H.

Sparnall, 61, 775 Carlsbad was hired as a full-time ranger Oct. 16, 1968, under the assumed name of Michael O'Leary. They said he rose to the rank of lieutenant with responsibility for the ranger patrol at Winton Woods. "Our records show that he was paid about $9,000 when he was a lieutenant with us," said Jon Brady, director of park operations. "He had special responsibility for the boat house in Winton Woods during this time.

Our files show he resigned Feb. 11,1974." Under a plea-bargaining agreement, Sparnall, a retired postal employee, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel to one count of making false claims. IN EXCHANGE for the plea, U.S.

Attorney James C. Cissell agreed to consolidate several other charges into the one count, which carries a maximum penalty of five years In prison and a $10,000 fine. Among charges the government agreed to drop were counts of making false claims against both the Civil Service Commission and the Veterans Administration. Senior Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Nyktas told the judge that Sparnall drew full monthly Social ioleT Four Sections, 140th Year, No.

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cattle breeder Donald Stone. They are valued at $20,000. Charles Seay corralled the suspect Monday and saved the cattle from the last roundup at the stock yards, 3163 Spring Grove Camp Washington. The suspect, John S. Oaks, 36, was being held for investigation Monday night.

Police said Oaks drove up to the stock yards earlier Monday with a trailer loaded with registered Black Angus cattle, eight cows an1 eight calves. But fock-yard officials were suspicion Arrest At Stock Yards Saves Kentucky Angus A Harrodsburg, cattleman, richer by $5,790 from the sale of 16 Black Angus cows and calves, smiled as he walked out of the Cincinnati Union Stock Yards right into the lassos of three urban cowboys. Cincinnati Police Specialists Ed Ruehlman and John Taylor and Kentucky State Police Detective SPORTS RESULTS: Telephone 39-1005 or 369-1006.