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SPAT 0 Copyright 1993 JULY 6, 1993 (3) aiDDdlDM) DdlQir bi 7nJ iz9 5-STAR to pack around his home near St. seven miles from the Mississippi. Some see Group of Seven as outdated process 6A slash the United States' deficit by $500 billion through tax increases and spending cuts. "This deficit is like a bone in our throat," Clinton said. He spoke to the National Education Association convention in San Francisco, two hours before flying to Tokyo for the 19th annual meeting of the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

Meanwhile, the Japanese capital geared up for security alerts and heavy traffic. And the new chief of the world trade organization said that r-v. ft Levee Fails In St. Charles County; 1,500 Acres Of Farmland Flooded By William Allen and Al Stamborski Of the Post-Dispatch Staff For a moment Monday, the flood fighters of West Alton almost gave up. As Mississippi River floodwater lapped at the base of sandbags volunteer workers had just piled atop the levee east of town, the workers got word that forecasters had raised the estimate of the river's crest again.

The volunteers held an impromptu meeting at the point where Missouri Highway 94 runs underwater at the levee in eastern St. Charles County. "We were about ready to give up," said Meredith Bos-chert, who farms 400 acres of land on the levee's dry side. "But we figured we may hold it if we get more volunteers." Said Stanley Mintert, whose son farms 800 acres on the dry side: "We all decided to give it a go. This crest has been going up and down for the last two to three weeks, and nobody knows what's going to happen." They got help Monday night from 25 National Guard soldiers, who arrived in West Alton to help with flood-relief efforts.

The soldiers were hauling materials, providing lighting and doing other tasks, said Paul Schleer, deputy director of the State Emergency Management Agency. Guard soldiers also were in Hannibal, and Clark County, in northeastern Missouri. As the havoc of Mississippi River flooding spread in See FLOODING, Page 4 Hannibal flood wall saves town's festival 4A soe Jim Peters, as friends and neighbors In 1973 the river got to his door. agreement on a package on tariff cuts was vitally needed. "The stakes are extremely high? Peter Sutherland, director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, said in Geneva.

If no accord is reached In Tokyo, he said, "The whole multilateral process developed since 1947 Is endangered." Traffic in Tokyo was unusually heavy on Monday as people hurried to get their shopping done before the -meeting's opening. Streets near the Akasaka Palace, an ornate turn-of-the-century mansion in central ToJcyo, and other meeting sites were being See SUMMIT, Page 6 1 (right) hoisting a sandbag Monday bags. Fuerst's home is about TUESDAY, Scott DinePost-Dispatch Bill Shirley outside the U.S. Court House. He won an acquittal in the Jerry Lewis-Bey case his first trial.

racketeering. "Praise to Allah! Praise to Allah!" shouted Petty, a Sunnl Muslim, as the jury returned its verdict. Shirley, 39, said Petty turned to him and asked admiringly, "Where did you learn to do this?" Petty's praise contrasted sharply with his first impression of his court-appointed lawyer. The two met in February 1991, when Shirley went to the St. Clair County jail in Belleville to talk over the case See TRIAL, Page 6 i ma' ii mi f' .1 John Fuerst raced to fill more VOL.

115, NO. 187 mm in Cave Man: U.S. Forestry cave specialist Jerry Trout in Thunder Mountain Cave in Protecting America's Caves The government wants to protect caves from the encroachment of man, but not all cave lovers are cooperating. ID Cardinals Rebound. Beat Astros Donovan Osborne earns his fifth victory in six decisions and Gregg Jefferies drives in three runs to lead the Cardinals over the Houston Astros 10-4.

1C Fire Outbreak Burdens City The St. Louis Fire Department puts out a call for help when scores of fires break out, many of them caused by errant fireworks. The city has to call in extra firefighters and ask St. Louis County for help. 10A Consumers Find Help In Magazines Various publications, including government booklets, can assist in making informed buying decisions.

5D A Shortsighted Threat To Free Trade (editorial) Overtime In Springfield Again (editorial) 2B Summit Meeting Should Focus On New Jobs, Clinton Says Arrive In Macedonia! Presence Will Help Contain Strife In Balkans: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Staking out a take-charge role for the Tokyo summit meeting, President Bill Clinton challenged leaders of Industrialized nations on Monday to revive the world economy. He pledged that the United States would "compete, not retreat" in global trade battles. JJst before taking off for Tokyo, Clinton warned of a "global crisis" in the inability of wealthy nations to generate new jobs. "We need to know why. We need to ask new questions and we need to find new answers," he said.

Clinton said he was going into the economic summit meeting with his hand greatly strengthened by a plan to U.S. Units Officials Hope Troops' Compiled From News Services SKOPJE, Macedonia The first American troops sent to keep peace in former Yugoslavia arrived Monday with orders to keep Bosnia's war from spreading into a land that has often been a flashpoint for Balkan bloodletting. Two C-141s landed in Macedonia's capital with 20 soldiers from the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade, wearing the powder-blue berets of the United Nations. The planes also carried vehicles 1 Lawyer's Big Case Was First Client Acquitted In Lewis-Bey Case By Tim Bryant Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Bill Shirley feared he was in over his head when he was assigned to defend Sam Petty in what authorities considered the drug prosecution case of the decade.

Petty, after all, had been in more courtrooms than his attorney. Petty had a string of convictions for armed robbery, assault and drug dealing. Add to that the fact that Shirley had never tried a case. "In the beginning I had no idea what was going on," Shirley admits. His client was charged with being part of a multimillion-dollar drug operation run by Jerry Lewis-Bey.

The trial began in October in U.S. District Court. When the smoke cleared seven months later, two of the nine defendants were acquitted. Petty, 45, was one of them. Jurors acquitted him on June 15.

Lewis-Bey and most of the other defendants now face life terms in prison for conspiracy and drug Fair Turns By Stephen Kirkland Of the Post-Dispatch Staff A bungee jumping accident at the VP Fair on Monday afternoon marred what fair organizers called a successful, profitable event. The accident occurred about noon Monday, when operators apparently neglected to attach a wire cable holding the bungee cord. Marty Hatch, 39, of Hazelwood fell into an air bag at the ST. LOUIS base of the 200- foot jump. He was treated at St.

Louis University Medical Center and released Monday night. X-rays found no broken VP FAIRA bones, a hospital spokesman said. The three-day fair ended Monday night with a concert by Dolly Parton and a fireworks show. Threats of thunderstorms never materialized. Mark Wetterau, the fair's general chairman, said proceeds from this year's fair would erase a $175,000 debt and leave organizers with at least $200,000 to $300,000 for a rainy-day fund.

"We are meeting and exceeding our expectations," Wetterau said. But some vendors said their balance sheets weren't as positive. "It's been slower for us, quite a bit," said Gregory Miller, who sold Guatemalan imports on the midway a few feet from Market Street. See FAIR, Page 8 Profit; Bungee Jumper Injured Business 7-8C Classified 5-10B Commentary 3B DollarsSense 5-8D Everyday 1-8D Movie Timetable 10D NationWorld 7A News Analysis IB Obituaries 4B People 5A Reviews 8A.4D St. Louis 3A Sports V6C Television 9D Bosnian Serb and Croat forces close in on Maglaj 6A and supplies.

Another 20 members of the advance team were scheduled to arrive today, followed by the main body of about 260 soldiers, possibly by the end of the week. The soldiers make up the first U.S. ground unit deployed to a former Yugoslav state by President Bill Clinton, although individual Americans are Karen ElshoutPost-Dispatch working in various U.N. capacities in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The American troops will join a force of 700 soldiers, most of them Scandinavian, under the command of Gen.

Finn Saermark Thomsen of Denmark. The peacekeepers are de ployed along Macedonia's 260-mife border with Serbia, the dominant state in what is left of Yugoslavia, to the north and Albania to the west. Macedonia, with a population of See TROOPS, Page 6 MetroLink Riders Must Cross Tracks No Warning Lights, i Guard Rails Planned By Virgil Tipton i Of the Post-Dispatch Staff If your parents lectured you to avoid railroad tracks, you might be unnerved at what stands between you and some of the stations on the new light-rail system here railroad tracks. At 12 of MetroLink's 18 stations, riders will walk across tracks to get to or from boarding platforms. The track crossings are unmarked by warning lights, cross arms or signs; the one accommodation for pedestrians is a concrete walkway covered with rubberized tile.

Transit officials say no one will get hurt crossing the tracks so long as pedestrians keep their eyes open for MetroLink trains, and MetroLink drivers keep their eyes open for pedestrians. "There's no question of how safe it is," said John K. Leary executive director of the Bi-State Development Agency. Leary and other transit officials are counting partly on the train's horns and on riders' attentiveness to avert accidents. For example, Leary advises people to look down the track before crossing.

"Trains are pretty big," Leary said. See TRACKS, Page 4 Chance Of Storms FORECAST: Today: Cloudy; good chance of storms. High 88. Winds southeast at 5 to 15mph. Partly cloudy tonight.

Low 73. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High 90. Other Weather, 2A POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD wo 1 pat, oyr. CLEANIKd Eric Rubenstein, 3, of Long Island, N.Y., trying to block out the noise of the VP Fair air show Monday.

Bob Kahn is holding Eric. Joining them are (from left) Steve Rubenstein, Elliott Rubenstein, 2, Laura Rubenstein and Michael Rubenstein, 6. II II II I III II II I II II lit 1100.