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JJ f' JJ 'Sum 7vjo seeds lose On the move Restaurant turns rec centerD-1 Fffe' Krickstein, jarryd advance 1 LV-V Back to class-ics Denim, outsized looks arc in Model children: Auditions Cool clothes for moms-to-be Section 17 wing prayer Reds beat Dodgers, 10-6 Sullivan on the Reds Section i i Mall counts on McAlpin'sD-4 Michael Chang practices Monday. Bright sweaters smart for school. nn CMC HE mm FINAL35t TionNWTm Pioneer changed 110 Willi football forever (01111111 Tim Sullivan i Release of hostages questioned Congress wants to know if Reagan was involved ENQUIRER NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON Congressional Democratic leaders ordered a formal investigation Monday into whether Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign made a deal with Iran in 1980 to delay release of American hostages until after the election. "These allegations are both persistent and disturbing," House Speaker Thomas Foley and George Mitchell, the Senate Democratic leader, said in a statement. "We have no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, but the seri if! ht: 'A Steely T.B.' cutting edge of pro ball Otto Graham used to wish that Paul Brown would scream.

Football players sometimes find a coach's strident criticism more comforting than silence. It reminds them that they still matter. vv 1 1 ousness of the allegations, and the weight of circumstantial information, compel an effort to establish the facts." Foley and Mitchell said they had designated the Foreign Affairs "Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to supervise separate but coordinated inquiries. The committees will begin gathering testimony under oath and collecting documents by subpoena that will ii i urn nra mi nn 1 1 Information Visitation: 5-9 p.m. today at Atkinson-Feucht-Shaidnagle Funeral Home, 26 Second S.E., Massillon, Ohio.

Service: Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Timothy Episcopal Church, 226 Third S.E., Massillon. Memorials: The Paul Brown Scholarship Fund, First National Bank Plaza, Massillon, Ohio, 44646. "Vince Lombardi, of course, was very loud," Graham, the great Cleveland Browns quarterback, said the other day.

"But Paul Brown would never raise his voice. He'd just stare at you with those cold, steely eyes that went right through you. And that was worse." If Lombardi symbolized the passionate pursuit of excellence in professional football, Paul Brown stood for dispassion. The towering football figure who died Monday morning was ruled by reason rather than Thomas Foley: Seriousness of allegations" compels investigation. The Associated PressAI Behrman Paul Brown led high school, college and pro football teams to victory, and forever changed the game.

Brown's football legacy emotion, and his successes were more often achieved through scientific method and superior organization than rousing pep talks and ranting. Brown refined the rough-hewn game of his forebears and leaves a mark that will surely survive his death. Cincinnati owes him its National Football League franchise, but Brown's career here was almost a footnote to the football history he forged in other Ohio outposts. When the professional game was cutting its teeth in the 1940s and '50s, P.B. was its cutting edge.

If he came off as cold and steely, he stiH sliced through the competition like the proverbial hot knife through butter. "I always felt before Paul Brown, pro football was a daisy chain," Sid Gillman, a contemporary coach, once said. "He brought a system into pro football. I always felt that before Paul Brown, coaches just rolled the ball out on the practice field." Brown's innovations were so fundamental and xo effective that many of them have become staples Jrf football at all organized levels. He was the first coach" to use playbooks, to make a thorough film study of his players and his plays, and he pioneered football's use (Please see BROWN, Page A-4) mmuhbmmi determine whether public hearings into the allegations should be held.

The' core allegation is that Reagan campaign officials acted out of fear that President Jimmy Carter would pull an "October surprise" in the form of a diplomatic coup to free the 52 hostages just in time to enhance Carter's fortunes in the November election. Carter's presidency was crippled by the hostage crisis, in which personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were held for 444 days. They -were released minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as Carter's successor in January, 1981. House Minority Leader Robert Michel, said he thought Democrats were "wasting an awful lot of money on a charade." "It's going to end up with nothing being resolved except a lot of political shenanigans," Michel said.

"There is nothing there, and the people back home don't give two hoots about it." Foley, responding to reporters' questions after his announcement with Mitchell, said politics played no part in his decision to authorize the House investigation. "If it were political, we would have started this earlier," he said. "It's not political in any way." Bush and Reagan have denied any knowledge of attempts to prevent the hostages' release until after the election. At the White House Monday, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said: "The president has always said if there's legitimate reason for an investigation, then they ought to get to the bottom of it. But if it's just a political witch hunt of some kind, then it's foolish." Rep.

Lee Hamilton, will lead the House investigation. Sen. Terry Sanford, will head the effort in the Senate. Hamilton's bipartisan House task force will not be named until Congress returns from its summer recess in September. Sanford's group will be the Near East and South Asia subcommittee, whose members are Sens.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Charles Robb, Paul Sarbanes, Harris Wofford, Jim Jeffords, Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Larry Pres-sler, Career Began coaching in 1930 after graduating from Miami (Ohio) University. Coached at high school in Massillon, Ohio, (1932-40) and Ohio State (1941-43). Formed and coached the Browns of the All-America Conference in 1946. Was fired from the Browns in 1963 in personality clash with majority owner Art Modell. In Bengals expansion franchise.

Coached team until 1975, then ran its operations as vice president and general manager. Innovations Credited with instituting many modern traditions, including use of face masks, pass patterns, playbooks, full-time position coaches, classrooms as well as the sidelines" to instruct players. Records, honors Pro coaching record is 213-104-9. Cleveland Browns, 1946-62: 168-68-8. Cincinnati Bengals, 1968-75: 55-59-1.

Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. More in Sports, Section C. In death as in life, old coach calls a workout felt-tip pen. "Everybody had heard what happened, either on TV or radio or word of mouth," Esiason said. "And Sam handled it perfectly.

He spoke about it, he let some coaches get up and talk about Paul Brown, triumphantly if you will. Then we went out to get our work done." (Please see COACH, Page A-l) will be Wednesday in Massillon, Ohio. And the Bengals will not wear uniform patches or black armbands in Brown's honor this year. The mood at Wilmington was somber, but the only departure from routine was a team meeting called by coach Sam Wyche before morning practice. The only outward sign of Brown's death was the "PB" quarterback Boomer Esiason printed on his helmet with a after Brown, the team's founder, general manager and patriarch, had died.

"He was desirous that as little be made over his passing as possible," said Mike Brown, Brown's elder son, who succeeds him as general manager. "That was his nature, as I'm sure everyone who knew him well would understand." Workouts are to continue on schedule all week, although Brown's funeral BY JACK BRENNAN and JOHN FAY The Cincinnati Enquirer Paul Brown didn't want his death to interrupt the orderliness and organization that were the trademark of his career. So practice went on as scheduled Monday at the Bengals training camp in Wilmington, Ohio, only a few hours Tax levy for schools to go on Nov. ballot mmmmmmmmmmu, Business Mutual funds D-5 NYSE i D-6 NASDAQ, Amex D-7 Classified D-8-10 Tempo Advice B-2 Comics B-6 Television B-8 Metro Howard D-2 Lotteries D-2 Obituaries D-3 Five sections 151st year, No. 119 Copyright, 1991 The Cincinnati Enquirer NationWorld Digests A-2 World A-3 Nation A-4 Healthscience A-4 Sports Scoreboard, Digest C-2 Pro football C-3 Baseball C-4 Classified C-10-12 cials already have said that even if the proposed levy should pass, a second levy would be needed next year.

At the heart of the trouble, board members say, is a state finance formula that rolls back property taxes as values rise, so that school revenues remain stagnant in the face of growing costs. "We will never solve this problem until we change the state formula," board member Virginia Rhodes said Monday. "That's what people have to get behind." Brandt promotes principals, D-1. BY PATRICIA LOPEZ BADEN The Cincinnati Enquirer The Cincinnati school board Monday approved a proposed tax levy of 9.83 mills to be put on the November ballot. The levy, which would last five years, would raise $45.7 million annual- ly.

Mills are the basic unit for calculating property tax in Ohio. Each mill represents $1 in taxes for every $1,000 of assessed valuation. At 9.83 mills, the owner of a $70,000 home would face a $200 tax increase. Superintendent Michael Brandt, pre mounting discipline problems. To turn that tide, Brandt said, his first objective would be to "restore confidence" by raising academic expectations, improving discipline and establishing clear goals for the schools.

Brandt and other school officials must contend not only with voter discontent over schools, but also with changing demographics and a recession that makes any tax proposal risky. The owner of the average $70,000 house in the Cincinnati school district now pays $1,047 in property tax, with $558 of that going to city schools. Compounding matters, school offi siding at his first board meeting, said the levy was crucial to the district, which faces massive cuts should it fail. "It will take a tremendous effort to get this levy passed," he said. "There's been a change in leadership, we've got board elections, and we're on a cluttered ballot for November.

But we simply have to do it." Brandt replaced Lee Etta Powell, who left July 31 after five years. Critics have said that the resounding failure of last November's levy stemmed partly from a crisis of confidence in Powell's administration, coupled with declining test scores and Weather: Variable cloudiness with a 30 chance of rain. High 83; low 68. Details, Page A-2..