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mm A Combined Communications Newspaper FINAL EDITIONPRICE 60tHOME DELIVERY: $2.60 A MONTH Sunday May 21, 1070 One Thing Certain For Area: Change THE CINCINNATI MRTLV CLOUDY to 2 a year. That is about 12 in 10 years. In 20 years, our buses can be improved tremendously and our automobile system into the central city can be improved." Westmoreland suggests hydrofoils be put into service on the Ohio and Little Miami Rivers to carry people into downtown Cincinnati from Northern Ken tuckycom-munities and from the Beechmont-Kellogg Ave. areas. Hydrofoils traveling east-west would cut Columbia Pkwy.

congestion, Westmoreland predicts. The topography will prohibit much more highway construction on the eastern side of the city, he points out. DOWNTOWN: Donaldson says the city is starting to get "nibbles" from firms considering building new retail space downtown. He points out, too, that Shilllto's and' Pogue's have updated downtown facilities. "This is not typical of downtowns that keep sliding," he says.

"I bet we're the largest city in our size range with a larger concentration of retail space downtown (four major department stores) than in the shopping centers." "So many out-of-town people see our downtown development as exciting," Surber says. A New York development firm even calls downtown Cincinnati "the hottest ticket in the country." GOVERNMENT: Stevens suggests both city and county might be administered by one governmental system by the year 2000. He points out administration of such services as library, water and sewers already is regional in character and that this trend will continue until so many functions are merged it will only be sensible to have one administration. However, the city planner does not see metropolitan government. Nor does he visualize either city or county giving up any of their powers.

Hamilton County would continue to administer the courts, for instance. Donaldson forsees no future for metropolitan government. He expects to see county government strengthened because it is assuming more and more regional operations once left to the city. Stevens figures a "really fine government complex" might be located around the present Hamilton County Courthouse. This likely would house headquarters of both city and county government, he predicts.

Overriding all other considera W. Stevens, city planning director, thinks, in addition, that western Hamilton County will become a boom area. Dennis Mann, associate professor of architecture at the University of Cincinnati (UC), predicts the territory around Florence Mall will flourish. "Watch the Mall area over the next 10 years," he advises. HOUSING: Stevens sees many high-rises clustered about the central business district, the rims of the hillsides and in such neighborhood business districts as Hyde Park, Clifton, Pleasant Ridge, College Hill and Mt.

Washington. Harris Forusz, associate professor of urban planning and design at UC, feels the development of the hillsides, suggested in the city's 1948 master plan, probably will materialize in the form of terraced housing by the year 2000. Pope Coleman, president of the Cincinnati Institute, also sees more hillside development. "As the value of environmental quality zoning becomes more apparent to the public and the builders we will see much more sensitive use of hillsides than we have to date," he emphasizes. BY THE year 2000, Coleman promises, Cincinnati's housing will have changed completely.

Increased emphasis on inner-city living will be seen. Over-the-Rhine, he predicts, will be completely restored as middle-class living. Carl Westmoreland, president of the Madisonville Housing Foundation, feels restoration of old housing will be the wave of the future. "I suspect this will be one of the few cities in the country where old housing stock will have been renovated and kept basically intact. In itself, the housing will make this city unique and different perhaps famous nationwide," Westmoreland said.

Surber, too, predicts more inner-city living. She emphasizes the bright future for housing development in downtown Cincinnati. The hillsides will be the "next ring of housing" for people who want to be close to the action, she promises. TRANSPORTATION: Forusz sees development of a rapid transit system that will "really connect" the communities of the area. Westmoreland thinks the future will bring utilization of existing rail beds for rapid transit.

The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) recommends two transit options for the future: a highway restricted for bus use only or a light rail transit system powered from overhead wires. The light rail system would involve 22.7 miles of exclusive guideway serving the Covington-Dixie Highway corridor, the UC-Norwood corridor and the Western Hills-Glenway Ave. corridor. STEVENS DOES not forsee rapid transit for this area. "Nothing so old fashioned as that," quips the city planner.

"This metropolitan area is not a rapid growth area. It grows 1 BY MARGARET JOSTEN Enquirer Reporter Barring nuclear holocaust, which might leave a couple of us alive to dwell in caves and gnaw on bones, Cincinnati could be a nice place to visit and a nice place to live at the beginning of the next century. Inclines might once again be hauling passengers up and down the sides of the hills surrounding the basin. They probably would be mechanized platforms sturdy enough to carry small-size buses loaded with passengers. Hilltop residents, visitors and businesses would benefit.

The sides and tops of the hills might be covered by environmentally-approved terraced housing and high-rises. Cincinnati could be known nationally for the way it has renovated buildings of architectural importance in its older inner-city neighborhoods. Downtown and the riverfront might be sparkling with energy-efficient buildings, a broad network of second-level walkways and condominiums and high-rises for those wishing to enjoy the city center 24 hours a day. Small businesses serving the needs of downtown-riverfront residents might even be housed discreetly on the lower levels of high rises. First of six parts Improved methods of transportationperhaps even by hydrofoil-might be speeding workers into the core area.

Parking decks could be erected above the downtown exits of 1-71 and 1-75 for suburban motorists who then would ride shuttle buses into downtown. Citizen participation in government could be developed to such a sophisticated point that table pounding at City Hall would be passe. THOUGH CRIME could never be eradicated, of course, those living in the year 2000 should be less fearful for their lives and property. Because of the falling birth rate fewer of the people (ages 18 to the late 20's) who commit the vast majority of crime would be around to cause trouble. Some may ask who can speculate with any precision about anything that may occur 22 years hence? That is a valid question in a world where the boundaries of nations change from day to day, where a population fluctuates with life styles, where an economic system is so subject to the whims of a dictator in a far-off land.

But lessons can be taken from the past and the present. Certain trends have a habit of repetition or continuation. Hard facts can be extrapolated by government and business leaders. Computers don't lie. Nonetheless, some of the best thinkers in Cincinnati, as well as those who devote themselves to the future on a national scale, couch their predictions for the year 2000 in words of caution and qualification.

The stage for an exploration of tip! platform is the plan being considered if the money is obtained. "If we could make some progress the next couple of years on the Mt. Adams Incline, we could start thinking about the other hills," Surberadds. City Manager William V. Donaldson relates changes he has already seen in citizen participation.

"They're moving to the idea that government is there to help them do things for themselves. The neighborhoods used to want the city to clean them up. Now they've come to the realization it's not people from Mars who throw all that junk." How soon other predictions for the future will be incorporated into the city picture is difficult to say, but none seem so far-out they would ruffle the well-known serenity of Cincinnatians. OUTWARD GROWTH: Nearly everybody queried sees future industrial, retail and residential growth in Boone, Clermont, Campbell and Kenton counties. Herbert mm mmm the Cincinnati we may see 22 years from now was set in a seminar the International City Management Association (ICMA) held recently at Kansas City.

There, city managers from across the nation considered the troubles they may encounter in the next century and took some lessons in what a Brookings Institution representative called "anticipatory management." Fallowing the meeting in Kansas City, city leaders in government, education, business and other areas were asked to make some of their own predictions for the future. None appeared to be fans of Buck Rogers. Some of their predictions the inclines, for example were closer to reality than the year 2000. NELL SURBER, director of development, tells of attempts the city is now making to obtain a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to restore the Mt.

Adams Incline. She says the moving 4 jil TODAY TOMORROW Today will be partly cloudy and cooler, with a high temperature in the upper 60s. Skies will clear tonight and the temperature will drop to the mid-40s. Monday will be sunny and warmer, with temperatures in the mid -70s. Weather map, details, Page A-8.

smile The dollar may be drooping, but we needn't worry so long as we control the new international currency F-15 fighter planes. metro A City of Cincinnati plan to cancel concession rights of Volume Services at Convention Center could produce a court fight. Page B-4. nation George C. Wallace would not call it retirement, a last hurrah, or a swan song, but he ended his political career when he took himself out of the race for the U.S.

Senate. Page A-12. world French and Belgian paratroopers take control of the copper city of Kolwezi, sending Katangese rebels into flight and rounding up some 2500 European residents for evacuation. Page A-2. sports Steve Cauthen rides Affirmed to neck victory over Alydar in the Preakness, adding second Jewel of the Triple Crown.

Page C-l. business Van Leunen's begins giving shares in ownership'of the successful discount store chain to its employees. Page D-l. at home Most out-of-town mortgage bankers turn deaf ears to Cincinnati homeowners who have problems meeting payments on FHA- or VA-insured loans. Page E-l.

entertainment If you can dodge the firecrackers, Frisbees and flying pizza wheels, a night at a concert can be quite a revelation. Page F-l. is valley Highlighting the final week of the This Valley series is a forum on local government open to the public at 2 p.m. today. Details on Pages G-4-5.

people today Let Donna Vonderhaar escort you on a sneak preview tour of Kings Island. The grand opening is Saturday. Pages H-l, H-3. in our opinion The Enquirer endorses Gov. James A.

Rhodes for the GOP nomination for a fourth term. Editorial, Page G-2. index Fourteen Sections, 138th Year, No. 42 tions of the future is energy. Will we have enough? Where will we get it? Will we be able to afford it if we get it? How do we conserve enough to make a difference? Cincinnatians speculating on the amount and kinds of energy we'll have in the year 2000 are reassuring in some ways, rather frightening in others.

Our proximity to the coalfields may help us. But that may not be enough. MONDAY: Energy problems could change the face of the city. City Plans 4 Cutback In Spending BY DAVE KRIEGER Enquirer Reporter Faced with a threat to Cincinnati's financial health that could leave the city $1.5 million short this year and $5 million short next year, city officials have ordered an across-the-. board 4 cut in spending for all departments in 1979.

Finance Director Frank Dawson said Saturday the word was sent to department heads from City Manager William Donaldson last week after staffers from the Budget and Finance departments met to review an im--pending cutback in federal money to the city. Mayor Gerald Springer warned Saturday the cuts could threaten basic city services and said one alternative to avoid drastic effects is to make cuts in "the higher management levels" of city government. THE ROOT of the problem lies with the federal government's two-year-old antirecession program. Expecting some $850,000 from the program in April, the city got only $340,000. This year's budget banked on another $850,000 payment from Washington in July.

But city officials now fear that payment may not come at all, Overshadowing this year's woes is the increasing likelihood that Congress will allow the antirecession program which has gotten bad reviews from the General Accounting Office to die a quiet death when it expires in September. That would leave the city with a revenue base $5 million under this year's for 1979. The antirecession money is tied to local unemployment rates and a change in the way Cincinnati's rate is computed in Washington accounted for the April cut, officials say. But the money is also tied to the national jobless rate and it only flows when that rate is 6 or higher. The national unemployment rate currently is 6 exactly, Dawson said, and if it falls so much as one-tenth of one percent through May and June, there may be no July check at all.

Dawson said the shortfall for 1978 will run between $1.1 million and $1.5 million, depending on what comes through in July. He added an across-the-board cut of 4 in city spending for 1979 would save $3 million to $4 million. '( GEARING UP: Helmeted, masked demonstrators form a human chain as they march down a street near Tokyo's Narita Airport Saturday as the facility officially opened. An estimated 15,000 persons massed in protest against the opening of the international airport located 41 miles northeast of the city. Story on page A-4.

Terrorists Slain In Airport Shootout WORLD NEWS A AREA NEWS SPORTS BUSINESS NEWS AT HOME CLASSIFIED NOW COMMENTARY PEOPLE TODAY TRAVEL BRIDES Abby H-2 i-ieairn h-2 Action Line H-2 Horoscope H-7 Age Wise H-18 Horse Sense H-9 ArtBooks F-9-11 Jumble H-15 Betty Beale H-8 Lang H-l Birthdays F-15 Maslowski J-6 Brady Black G-2 Outdoors C-16 Braucher C-3 Peale J-2 Bridge H-15 Races C-17-19 Callahan C-1 Radio G-5-6 Camera 16 Sheen J-3 Crossword H-15 StampsCoins D-7 Deaths B-6 Weikel B-l Gallup Report G-7 When A Boy J-6 G-vden H-l 2 Word Game H-7 lounge. He said they had tickets for an Iberia flight to Malaga, Spain. POLICE REPORTED security personnel became suspicious of the terrorists and went to question them. "When they were challenged, one of them pulled a submachine gun out of his bag and started firing," said Interior Minister Christian Bonnet. Earlier official reports that were later denied said two other suspected terrorists had taken refuge on a terrace of the terminal building and then hid in a restroom.

At one point, Orly Mayor Gaston Viens told reporters five terrorists and two policemen were dead. But Perrier said, "We have no reason now to suspect that more than three persons were involved in the attack." A Tel Aviv broadcast said Israeli Labor Minister Israel Katz'was aboard the El Al plane which was preparing to receive the other passengers. It said he had been visiting Paris. believed to be forgeries, Jean Perrier, governor of Orly's Val de Marne District, told reporters. He said the terrorists began shooting without giving any warning at 3:40 p.m.

local time, directing their fire at persons waiting in the lounge to pass through security checks and board an El Al flight to Tel Aviv. "The terrorists didn't have a chance to get off more than the first burst when French security men and our security men opened fire together," El Al President Mo-dechi Hod told Israeli Radio. Perrier said the terrorists carried hand grenades, plastic explosives and Beretta submachine guns concealed in hand baggage. He said electronic security checks would have detected their weapons if they had tried to enter the El Al lounge. According to Perrier, the terrorists had entered the waiting area of Spain's Iberia Airlines which adjoins the El Al departure PARIS (AP) Three terrorists armed with submachine guns and grenades opened fire on Israel-bound passengers in an Orly airport departure lounge Saturday and were killed by police and Israeli security men in a half-hour gun battle.

One policeman was also killed while two officers, three passengers and a stewardess for El Al, the Israeli national airline, were wounded. El Al security agents joined airport police in pinning down and killing the terrorists in the Orly terminal eight miles south of Paris, airline officials said. Identities of the dead and wounded were not given, but French authorities said none of the wounded were seriously injured. They reported the three wounded passengers were French. TUNISIAN AND Lebanese passports were found on the dead terrorists, who appeared to be Arabs.

However, the papers were.