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World beat International Arsonist pleads guilty SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico lAP) — The second of three men charged in the New Year’s Eve hotel fin* that killed H7 people pleaded guilty to murder and arson charges Tuesday and will testify for the prosecution, of ficials said, Francisco Rivera lopez. a 4l>-year-old bartender, pleaded guilty to a reduced c harge of 96 counts of second degree* murder and one count each of conspiracy and arson, the commonwealth justice Department announced ORPlrOS Wl Si TANNING • FITNESS • AEROBICS BEST HOURS • BEST PRICES «8*> 1*24 6 »m 11 pm 7 day* » wfk 1475 Fiinkkn HI..1 Aaot% from r«npui Hi* faces a maximum 30 yi*ars in jail on each murder ami arson charge and up to five years for conspiracy, defense lawyer Kafael Albizu Merced said. Must victims of the fire at the I teach front Dupont Plaza Hotel were tourists from the U.S. mainland and guests and staff members from Puerto Rico. Hotel redone MOGUANO VENBTO. 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The Reagans are to arrive Wednesday night for a five-day vacation at the luxurious 17th-century hotel 12 miles outside Venice as a relax ing preamble to the seven nation summit in the lagoon ci ty June 8-10. Aquilino Chinellato. the villa's manager, said the cost of refurbishing the 45-room hotel was about 0 billion lire ($4.2 million) Chinellato said most of the money was "a gift" from I'aolo Bisetto. an antiques dealer in nearby Treviso, who also provided 17th-century treasures from his collection for the spacious corridors. National Tampering frequent WASHINGTON (AP) Railroad workers have purpose ly jammed safely devices on trains at least t»H times since tannery's fatal Amtrak-Conrail collision near Baltimore, said Federal Railroad Administra tion head John Riley on Tues day. Federal inspectors have discovered instances of the in tentional disabling of warning whistles, electronic alerting devices and equipment that automatically stops trains. Riley told the Senate surface transpor tation subcommittee. Riley said his agency's in spectors have found most of the tampering on Amtrak passenger trains, when! they have con ducted most of their examina tions. "I don't think this begins to measure what's happening on freight trains." he said. New details sought WASHINGTON (AP) - The House, rejecting a decision by one of its committees, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to seek new details from President Reagan about U.S. military plans in the Persian Gulf Democrats who control the Senate say that chamber is also likely to pass it, despite con gressional fears that Reagan's plan to provide U.S. protection for Kuwaiti tankers may involve the Navy in the Iran-lraq war. The vote on the bill became a test of the House Democratic leadership after the Foreign Af fairs Committee rejected the measure earlier in the day on a voice vote. Moments later. House Speaker Jim Wright, D Texas. promised "absolutely, we will pass it” despite the ac tion by the committee Wright was a co-sponsor of the bill, along with Rep. Rob Michel. R III.. the Republican leader. Chairman named WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi dent Reagan announced Tues day he is nominating economist Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to succeed Paul Volcker. who guided the nation's economic fortunes for eight years. Reagan made the startling announce ment concerning what Is often described as the second most powerful fob in the nation in a brief statement he read as Volcker and Greenspan stood at his side. Volcker, 59, a hard-money man who was named to head the central bank by President Carter in 1979. said he was leav ing voluntarily and had inform ed Reagan of his decision at a meeting Monday. "I had no feeling I was being pushed," Volcker said, refusing to answer directly a question of whether the president had asked him to stay. Drug trials begin WASHINGTON (AP) - Human trials are beginning for potential AIDS treatment drugs that may have fewer side effects than those currently used, but scientists should not rule out trying toxic drugs, the head of the government’s AIDS drug program said Tuesday. Dr. Samuel Hroder of the National Cancer Institute, whose laboratory screens and tests potential anti-AIDS drugs i>efor<! they go into larger trials, said the situation with AIDS is so grave that new treatments are needed as stain as possible. "I urge people focusing on new therapies not to be too con cerned with toxicity at the beginning," Hroder said at the Third International Conference On AIDS. "We have to look at the benefit first, then the toxicity." Immunity opposed WASHINGTON (AH) - In dependent Counsel Lawrence Walsh will make a last-ditch ap peal to the Iran-Contra commit tees Wednesday opposing an immunity grant for Oliver North. Walsh sought a meeting with the committees a day before they were likely to vote on immunity, according to a spokesman for the counsel. The spokesman said Walsh is having lunch with the com mittees for the purpose of op posing immunity for "a key White House figure in the Iran Contra affair. The new develop ment seemed likely to raise speculation that Walsh is building a criminal case against the former National Security Council aide, who arranged arms sales to Iran and worked with private groups raising money to arm the Nicaraguan Contras when U.S. aid was banned. Regional Vote-by-mail OK'd SALEM (AP) — Oregon's ex periment with vote-by-mail took a step closer toward becoming a permanent part of state elections Tuesday. That came when the Oregon Senate voted 22-8 to approve a bill to continue on an indefinite basis the mail voting experiment in local elections that began six years ago. The measure. MB 2184. eliminates a provision in cur rent law calling for legislative review of the program every two years. The bill now returns to the Mouse for consideration of minor Senate amendments. Backers of vote-by-mail say it increases voter participation and should be made a perma nent option for county clerks. But opponents said mail voting is open to potential fraud or abuse and should be periodical ly reviewed by the legislature to make sure it's running smoothly. Appeal considered SALEM (AP) — Thu Oregon Supreme Court will consider an appeal of a lower court's deci sion overturning as unconstitu tional a law providing for the death penalty for murders in volving torture. An Oregon Court of Appeals panel in a 2-1 decision last February said the term "torture” is unconstitu tionally vague. The state ap pealed the riding, and the Supreme Court on Tuesday an nounced it will hear the appeal. The appeals court upheld Washington County Circuit Judge Alan Bonebrake. who dismissed an aggravated murder charge against Donald Kdward Cornell. Cornell, who still faces trial on a felony murder charge, is accused of killing John Wallace Kuffner on Sept. 19. 1985. Kuffner was tied, gagged, cut and struck, ac cording to an indictment. Biweekly lotto on way SAI.KM (AP) — Oregon lotto drawings with $1 million minimum jackpots will bo held twice a week — on Wednesdays and Saturdays — starting this week. The drawing Wednesday will have a jackpot of $1.75 million. 'The twice-weekly drawing is expected to increase sales,” said )im Davey. director of the Oregon lottery. He said the twice-weekly lotto format has been successful elsewhere. Tickets purchased after last Saturday's drawing until t»:5l) p in. Wednesday are eligible for the Wednesday drawing, after which tickets will be sold for the Saturday drawing Governor has budget SALEM (AP) - Gov. Neil Goldschmidt will present a multi-million dollar higher education construction budget to legislators this week. Floyd McKay, Goldschmidt's press secretary, said Monday that the proposal would tie offered Wednesday to the legislature's capital construction budget panel, but he declined to say what new building projects would be included. Goldschmidt met with higher education Chancellor William Davis on Monday and discussed a $72 million list of projects. Davis said the governor made no recommendation on any of the projects during the half hour meeting, but wanted to review projects on a $58 million building "wish list" developed by the State Board of Higher Education. BPA sliding SEATTLE (AP) - The Bon neville Power Administration's slide through red ink is gaining momentum as the summer season approaches. Seven mon ths into the 1987 fiscal year, the federal power marketing agency is reporting a deficit of $34.8 million, despite cutting $180 million this past year from ex pected expenses. Stephen Ailshie, BPA financial manager, said Tuesday. The deficit is projected to reach about $150 million by the end of the fiscal year. Sept. 30. Ailshie said.