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Bulls even up NBA series Sports, PI PFTVrr TT Copyright, 1998, The Cincinnati Enquirer All rights reserved Saturday June 6, 1998 Final EditionWest 50 cents TTWTTTT unroll mi UJLYULM. ole force The Battle of Ohio City ma Strategy for riverfront unveiled tailed strategy to enhance the three cities' downtowns and jointly develop goals for the 21st century. Called the River Cities Downtown Plan, the proposal calls for a 21-member steering committee to guide the group, a private fund-raising effort and an 18-month planning process that relies heavily on public input. The city managers hope to opment efforts and build a three-city consensus on what the region's downtown core should look like in the 21st century. The 11 -page proposal calls for Cincinnati to unite with its Northern Kentucky neighbors so the three Ohio River cities can compete against outlying suburbs for businesses and attractions instead of fighting one another.

"There's probably going to be some skepticism on all sides," said Newport City Manager Jim Parsons. "If we don't begin to try, it will never happen." Covington City Manager Greg Jarvis did not return phone calls. The plan cannot go forward without the support of Cincinnati City Council, and the Covington and Newport BY LUCY MAY The Cincinnati Enquirer Top administrators in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport on Friday unveiled a de MTFTK Remembering Ae te I Boards of Commissioners. In Cincinnati, that support is far from certain. A separate proposal for a broad-based citizen commission to plan the future of Cincinnati's downtown and riverfront was launched with the support of Mayor Rox-anne Quails, Councilman Charlie Winburn, Councilman (Please see PROPOSAL, Page A4) Area codes ready to split Butler Co.

outgrow prefixes BY TERRY FLYNN The Cincinnati Enquirer Telephone company officials predict that within two years, Kentucky's area codes, 606 and 502, will be split to accommodate tremendous residential and business growth. Also in two or three years, seven-digit dialing between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will no longer be possible because of the demand in both areas for more prefixes. "The entire (telephone) industry is facing the problem of growth," said Roger Werth, director of network architecture planning for Cincinnati Bell. "We may have to move to 10-digit dialing between Ohio and Kentucky It won't be a long-distance call, but it will require more numbers. We're still determining how this will be done." As more homes, businesses and industrial sites spring up in areas such as Boone County and Ohio's Butler County, telephone companies must expand existing operations to meet demand.

(Please see PHONES, Page A4) it A0CLC n. 4 John Shirey Jim Parsons promote tourism, build a cohesive transportation network, enhance urban redevel out there with all my heart trying to convince people that this was the man for them," Mr. Grier recalled this week from his Los Angeles home. "I just felt that he was the guy that could make our nation better." Mr. Grier, then in his mid-30s, met Mr.

Kennedy at the New York senator's Virginia home while raising money to send inner-city kids to the country in the summer. "I liked him right off the bat," Mr. Grier said. "He and 1 K. i as Associated Press file photos Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy lies on the floor at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan on June 5, 1968. He died the next day. At top: Mr. Kennedy speaks to campaign workers just minutes before he was shot.

in "Hum- l-rf The EnquirerSteven M. Herppich Jacob Slagle, 7, of Lakeside Park, sporting a red mohawk, sits atop his dad Todd's shoulders at Friday night's game. Reds draw first blood They should play each other more often' BY PHILLIP PINA The Cincinnati Enquirer The battle for bragging rights to Ohio's best baseball got off to a big start Friday as the Cleveland Indians, and thousands of their fans, invaded Cinergy Field. "They're everywhere," said William Rice, as he watched the crowd, many clad in Indians hats and shirts, pass his Third Street souvenir stand. The Reds won i-l before 43,532 fans.

The Reds expect to sell about 140,000 tickets to the three-game series. Inside the stadium Friday night, the atmosphere was electric. It was the first time the Indians had ever faced the Reds here, and fans for both teams were anxious and loud. "They should play each other more often," said Rosemary For- Today: Sold out Starting pitchers: Indians' Jaret Wright (4-3, 4.03) vs. Reds' Mike Remlinger Sunday: Tickets available.

Starting pitchers: Indians' Dave Burba (7-4, 3.73) vs. Reds' Scott Klin-genbeck (0-0, 0.00) standing-room only tickets go on sale two hours before first pitch. gach, an Indians fan seeking autographs for her 8-year-old son, Tim, before the game. Sitting within 10 rows of home plate, Sarah Hull, a Reds fan from Dayton, didn't mind the many Indians fans. They brought a new energy to the stadium, she said, "but we are definitely rooting for the Reds." Ron Steinbrenner, also of Dayton, said the Cleveland-Cincinnati series highlights the differences in the two teams.

In the '70s, Cincinnati appeared regularly in the World Series. Lately, Cleveland has been more dominant. "It goes in cycles," Mr. Steinbrenner said. "The Reds will be back." JNSIDE Four sections, 1 58th year, No.

58 Vbby C2 Obituaries B12 E1 -36 Puzzles C10 pmlcs C11 Stocks B14 Bitorial page. A10 The Talk C2 Merles A12 TV C6 vies C7 Wheels E1 Online (l4 I wU' Mi L- I I LOS iff Lineman thought they could tackle hate BY ROBERT NOLIN Knight Ridder News Service FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. They were an unlikely pair beefy black lineman and white patrician politician. Yet Roosevelt Grier and Robert F. Kennedy embodied the essence of idealism in a troubled time.

Throughout the spring of 1968 they were on a quest to recapture Cam-elot, and all signs pointed to victory. 0 Grier in 1969 "We felt that we were on the threshold of winning and making a real statement," Mr. Grier said, that we were close to being on the verge of something wonderful." Then the simple pull of a trigger in a hotel pantry in Los Angeles ended it all. Thirty years ago, Mr. Kennedy was killed, assassinated by a The if "I felt certain in my mind that Bobby was the guy who could take us through that time," Mr.

Grier said. "We all believed that we were the ones that could cause things change." Mr. Kennedy gave voice and vision to Mr. Grier and millions of supporters like him. "For the first time in my I found myself making speeches.

I was always afraid (Please see RFK, Page A4) J': I hit it off just great." He immediately enlisted in Mr. Kennedy's quixotic bid for the presidency that Lyndon Johnson had abandoned. But 1968 was a wrenching time for America's soul. The Vietnam War raged, the generations clashed, the ghettos simmered and the Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. died for a dream. Despite the upheaval or perhaps because of it Bobby Kennedy's idealism took quick root across the country. L. Oberstar, sponsored the first bill to explicitly ban drugs for assisted suicide.

Advocates of Oregon's first-in-the-nation law praised Ms. Reno's ruling as clearing the way for political debate in the 50 states on the morality and ethics of the issue. But few predicted an immediate surge in doctor-aided deaths. Although Oregon's law took effect in October, only three terminally ill Oregonians including a cancer-stricken grandmother in her 80s have killed themselves with lethal prescriptions. Ms.

Reno warned that doctors in states with no assisted-suicide law or those in Oregon who ignore the law's safeguards to life Reno lets Oregon suicide law stand i Jordanian who resented his pro-Israel stance. American politics has never been the same. Nor has Mr. Grier, who still feels he lost a friend and a last grab at salvation in an increasingly heartless world. "I cried for years," he said.

"I still cry sometimes now. He was my champion." Mr. Grier, former All-Pro tackle for the Los Angeles Rams, was part of Mr. Kennedy's presidential campaign from the beginning. "I was Associated PressDavid Zalubowskl Metro Grant could put more cops on street The Cincinnati police division is in line for a $2.5 million grant that would allow more officers to patrol all city neighborhoods.

The catch: The city must come up with $3.4 million in matching funds. Bl Both Kentucky area codes 606 and 502 will split within the next two years. Each area code can have a maximum of 792 telephone prefixes. fCovlngton lung uvinyu 3 Source: North American Numbering Plan Administration. The Cincinnati EnquirerM.

Royer tine, told Congress his agents could use the federal Controlled Substances Act to arrest doctors who participated or revoke their DEA drug licenses. But Ms. Reno concluded that the federal Controlled Substances Act law was designed to curb drug trafficking and abuse of stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens. "There is no evidence the Congress, in the Controlled Substances Act, intended to assign DEA the novel role of resolving (what the Supreme Court last year called) the 'earnest and profound debate about the morality, legality and practicality of physician-assisted Ms. Reno wrote Mr.

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Story, A2 could face federal penalties. President Clinton signed a law last year barring federal assistance for the practice and "continues to maintain his longstanding positions against assisted suicide and any federal support for that," Ms. Reno said. The Oregon law requires two doctors to agree the patient has less than six months to live, is competent and has made a voluntary decision. Two other witnesses must agree the request is voluntary.

A doctor can prescribe, but not administer, the lethal dose. Last November, one of Ms. Reno's subordinates, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Thomas Constan- Wheels Grand Am made flashier, tighter Pontiac totally reworked its top seller, the compact Grand Am, for the 1999 season. With aggressive-looking bodywork draped over a longer chassis, it's an extraordinary value in its class. El U.S.

won't fight; debate now shifts to Congress, states BY MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN The Associated Press WASHINGTON Attorney General Janet Reno ruled Friday that federal drug agents cannot move against doctors who help terminally ill patients die under Oregon's landmark death-with-dignity law. Within hours, a bill to overrule her was introduced in Congress. Already rebuffed by the Supreme Court, opponents of physician-assisted suicide said they would turn to legislation. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, and James Sports Akron AD considers Xavier offer University of Akron Athletic Director Michael Bobinski said he will decide early next week whether to accept a job offer from Xavier University.

He is scheduled to meet with Akron's president on Monday. Dl Tempo How to spot the real deals Antiques and Collectibles writer Irene Austin-Gillis offers pointers on how to tell collectibles from fakes, in old shaving mugs, cameos and Oriental rugs. One sign: If it looks too good, it's probably a reproduction. CI httpSenquirer.com.