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MONDAY February 13. 1984 Copyright 1984 r. Weather Cloudy tonight with chance of rain. Low 35-40. Light southwesterly winds.

Clearing Tuesday. High 45-50. Chance of rain 50 percent tonight and 10 percent Tuesday. (Complete weather details are on page 3.) Stocks Boy said drowned; others rescued NEW YORK (AP) The stock market declined slightly today in quiet Lincoln's Birthday trading. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped .31 to 1,160.39 in the first half hour.

Losers took a narrow lead over gainers among New York Stock Exchange-listed issues. Analysts said the market was likely to have an inconclusive day with many banks and other investing institutions closed in observance of Lincoln's birthday. The government securities and money markets did not operate today. Stock staged a modest rally Friday, bringing at least a temporary half to the slide of the past five weeks. near the creek which runs behind the center when they ventured on the ice.

Frasure broke through and was swept away by the strong current running underneath the ice despite Fry's attempts to rescue him, Vincent said. "It's hard for me to judge how strong the current is," Vincent said, but one of the divers said it nearly pulled the regulator out of his mouth." Recovery efforts were hampered by ice in the creek, which because of Sunday's warm temperatures, thawed and began breaking up. body from being swept toward Lake Erie. Clay Center firefighters placed a second net a mile further down stream at Billman Road. "The family has resigned themselves to the fact that he is gone.

They just want to find the. body," said Robert Vincent, MUlbury fire chief. Vincent said the incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday behind the Sun OU Employees Recreation Center oh Ohio 51. The Frasure youth and another boy, Stephen Fry, 12, were playing Vincent said ice was still three to four inches thick at some points, but had broken or was less than an inch thick in other areas.

Parents of the missing boy are Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Frasure, 1636 MUli-cent Road, MUlbury. MeanwhUe, Catawba Island firefighters and rescue workers were called to take more people off the ice on Saturday and Sunday, according to Fire Chief Ron Kochensparger. Kockensparger said all but two of the people his department helped rescue were from Akron.

Please turn to Page 5 The search continued today for the body of a MUlbury boy believed to have drowned when he fell through the ice on Crane Creek in the Wood County community Sunday afternoon. Searchers patrolled a half-mile section of the creek late into the night Sunday in an effort to recover the body of 10-year-old Eric Fra-sure. Members of MUlbury Fire Department set up a wire mesh net weighted with concrete blocks over a bridge on Fostoria Road near Trowbridge Road to prevent the At deadline Spring fever in February "A By CLAUD INE KRISS County Editor Spring-like temperatures this weekend broke century-old records and brought people outdoors in I iff i droves to enjoy a taste of May in February. The warmer temperatures also brought many summer residents to Vacationland to check on their property here and proved hazardous to those not ready to give up their chief winter pasttime ice fishing. The mercury climbed to 49 degrees Saturday, but dense fog which set in that afternoon stranded approximately 175 ice fishermen on Put-in-Bay for the night.

In Port Clinton, the temperature rose to 65 degrees Sunday, breaking records set a century or more ago. The warm weather combined with sunny skies drew many area residents outdoors to clean up their yards, enjoy "pick-up" games of basketball or just bask in the sun. Some summer residents of the area were dismayed when they checked on their property this weekend to learn that their cottages had been broken into and vandalized. A spokesman for the National Weather Service at Toledo Express Airport said temperatures will cool this week, but will remain above normal for this time of the year. He added the warmer weather was due to a series of high pressure systems which are moving out of the central Rockies instead of the Arctic.

He added that the highs are moving to the southeast and the clockwise flow of air around them is bringing winds and warmer air up from the Gulf of Mexico. For those who really like winter, it isn't over yet. The NWS spokesman said this area can expect more cold weather before spring is here to stay. Ex-Brezhnev aide to follow Andropov MOSCOW (AP) Konstantin U. Chernenko, the son of Siberian peasants, today was named general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, succeeding the late Yuri V.

Andropov in the Kremlin's most powerful post. Chernenko, 72, is the oldest man ever, selected lojead the 18-mUlion member party, which governs this nation of 280 million people. For 30 years, he was a close ally of Andropov's predecessor, Leonid I. Brezhnev, but Andropov outmaneuvered him 15 months ago to become party leader and Soviet president. The announcement was made by the Communist Party Central Committee through the official news media as the country prepared for the burial Tuesday of Andropov, who died Thursday at 69.

Chernenko lacks significant administrative experience, but was the No. 2 man in the ruling Politburo after Andropov and was given the job of arranging Andropov's funeral traditionally a job handled by the successor to power. 7 Gemayel won't quit BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) The street fighting and artillery barrages around Beirut sub-. sided today following statements by government leaders that they would step up efforts to give Lebanon's Moslem majority greater power. President Amin Gemayel rejected demands by opposition leaders that he resign and said he hoped to convene a national reconciliation conference with leaders of Lebanon's rival factions in Geneva, Switzerland, within two weeks.

Gemayel, during an impromptu briefing of reporters Sunday, also said he expects the multinational force to remain in Lebanon. He said the plan to withdraw U.S. Marines to ships offshore was just a "detail." "I am confident that President Reagan is fully committed to help Lebanon," he said. It was Gemayel's first public statement since rebels seized control of west Beirut, the Moslem half of the capital, in battles with the Lebanese army a week ago. Reagan, Arab chiefs meet WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan, seeking to devise new strategies for dealing with the deteriorating situation in Lebanon, is holding back-to-back meetings with Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

It was clear from statements by administration officials Sunday that there was considerable confusion about Washington's Tigxt nCOVr" following the setbacks to administration policy in Lebanon last week. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said he favored the withdrawal of all of the 1,600 American Marines in Lebanon within 30 days, but said he doesn't rule out they could return later. Other officials say a return is unlikely, however. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the administration might explore replacing the American troops with a United Nations force, although Undersecretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said he didn't think troops from other nations should "to go into that maelstrom to get shot at." Hussein and Mubarak, both leaders of moderate Arab nations friendly to Washington, met for dinner at a Washington hotel Sunday night. It was the first time the leaders of Jor- dan and Egypt have met since before Egypt was ostracized by the rest of the Arab world for signing the 1978 Camp David peace accords with Israel.

Redisricting order stands COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A three-judge federal panel today rejected a request that it delay implementing its order for Ohio to redraw boundaries of the state's 21 congressional districts. The judges also specifically said the current boundaries were unconstitutional and prohibited their use in this year's elections. Gov. Richard F. Celeste and Secretary of State Sherrod Brown had asked the judges to delay their earlier order which instructed the Ohio Legislature to come up with new district lines by mid-March.

In requesting the delay, the state's lawyers had said the new district lines would have to be in place today for the May 8 congressional primary to proceed as scheduled. Brown also had raised the possibility of having to hold a second, special primary if new districts are drawn. Brown said that would cost taxpayers about $5.3 million. Fugitive shot to death YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) A fugitive from Delaware was shot to death when he opened fire on FBI agents during a chase, authorities said. The man was identified as Antonio "Tiny" Martines, 39, of Wilmington, Del.

He was reportedly a member of the Pagan motorcycle group. FBI agents pursued the fugitive Sunday evening from a truck stop near Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 62, near Hubbard, north of Youngstown. The agents pulled over the fugitive's car on 1-80. FBI spokesman John Dunn in Cleveland said the man fired one round from a submachine gun before the weapon jammed and he was shot to death.

The man also was armed with an automatic handgun, Dunn said. FTC tentatively approves largest corporate merger N-H photo: MARY BECKFORD JILL MASON DREAMS OF ROSES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY Rose prices here are By KATHY ESTEP Lifestyle Editor If you are planning to say "I love you" to that someone special on Valentine's Day with long-stemmed red roses, they won't cost you $100 a dozen at least not in Ottawa County. But be prepared to spend from $37.50 to $45. The cost is up from the remainder of the year when roses run between $20 to $30, but about the same as last year's Valentine's Day prices, area florists report. If your someone special lives out of town, however, the cost for roses could be higher.

A spokesman from Wistinghausen Florists in Oak Harbor has found out-of-town prices for a dozen roses of up to $60. The price of roses in New York City is $100 a dozen. Cost of roses and other flowers from suppliers always goes up around Valentine's Day, Floyd Klingbiel, owner of Klingbiel Florists and Green House in Port Clinton said, because the demand for them is so great. According to Mary Dziak, co-owner of Little General Flowers and Gifts in Port Clinton, suppliers aren't expected to lower the cost of their roses for "at least two or three weeks and probably not for three or four weeks after Valentine's Day." Mrs. Dziak said reports that cold weather had forced the price of roses up were incorrect.

It was the greenery and some other flowers used in arrangements that were hurt by the cold, not the roses, she said. Mike Stebing, owner of the Unicorn Art Studio and Florist in Genoa, said the cost of a dozen long-stemmed roses is based on the length of the stem, from 14 to 30 inches. Stebing said the shop's normal range for a dozen roses is from $21 to $30 per dozen, depending on the stem length. Florist in other areas, like New York, he said, who are paying $10,000 store rents, are the shops charging the $100 fee for roses. Florists in this area cannot charge the standard markup on flowers around Valentine's Day and "keep our customers happy," he explained.

Area florists get their roses from Indiana, Colorado, the Netherlands, South America and California. Other popular floral gifts are carnations, mixed floral arrangements and sweetheart roses. Prices for a dozen carnations in the county will range anywhere from $9 to $20 a dozen; sweetheart roses from $14.95 to $24 a dozen, and fresh flower arrangements from $2.95 up. Prices may vary depending on whether you order flowers delivered, cash and carry, boxed or arranged. The Post also said Texaco wUl have to insure continued delivery of crude oil now supplied by Getty to independent marketers in the West.

The merger had been temporarily delayed in January when the commission sought more information from Texaco and Getty. The merger would allow Texaco, the nation's third largest oU company, to double its oU reserves. It would still be No. 3, however, behind Exxon Corp. and No.

2 MobU Corp. The approval allows Texaco to begin buying stock in Getty, the nation's 14th largest oU company. Texaco has made a tender offer of $128 a share for the 79.1 million shares of Getty outstanding. There are stUl possible roadblocks outstanding, however, in the form of suits brought by the Pennzoil Co. and others opposing the merger.

PennzoU attorneys have said they will appeal a federal court ruling earlier this month allowing the merger to proceed. U.S. District Judge James Ellison in Tulsa, said PennzoU had "faUed to show" that it would be damaged by the merger. WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Trade Commission tentatively approved the nation's largest corporate merger ever today, voting to allow Texaco to buy Getty OU Co. The commission voted 4-1 to allow the $10.1 billion takeover, although it wUl require Texaco to make some divestitures to satisfy antitrust concerns, said commission spokeswoman Susan Ticknor.

A press briefing was scheduled later in the day. Commissioner Michael Pertschuk was the lone dissenter in the merger vote, taken before stock markets opened for trading. The commission staff had recommended approval Friday. Today was the deadline for the commission to act to block the merger, if it wanted to do so, under federal antitrust laws. The Washington Post reported earlier that the agreement reached between the commission staff and Texaco for the merger called for the sale of two of its refineries, one on the East Coast and one in the Midwest, along with the sale of a Getty-owned oU pipeline in California.

Englishman at helm of foreign car-haters club cious bumper-stickers on their gas-guzzling Americanbuilt cruisers as, "Hungry? Out Of Work? Eat Your Foreign Car" and "I Don't Brake For Foreign Cars." "It all boils down to patriotism," he says. "Every one of our members has one powerful conviction that only idiots drive foreign cars, and foreign cars make idiots out of normal people." American wheels that he gave up a job as a male stripper to take over a decaying garage in San Francisco, renamed it American Classic Motor-works, and began repairing and restoring faithful, if tired, U.S.-buUt autos. On Feb. 5, his plucky band of Detroit-lovers vented their spleens by demolishing a Datsun with sledgehammers. His members display such pugna rides at the helm of the Foreign Car-Haters of America.

A disgruntled auto worker? A mad-at-the-world Motor City man? Not exactly, though many of the club's members are steel workers, auto workers and others affected by imports of foreign cars. Rosen himself is a 38-year-old Englishman, who came to this country 12 years ago. He feU so deeply in love with SAN FRANCISCO (AP) John Rosen is mad at Mazda. He hates Hondas. He despises Datsun, is revolted by Renault and turns purple when he sees a Porsche.

But John Rosen isn't as picky as he sounds. He hates ALL foreign cars, regardless of color, seat material or number of engine options. The proud owner of a 1959 Dodge Coronet dubbed "Kitty," Rosen Index Calendar .....5 Hospital ..5 Classified 10 5 Comics 11 Lifestyles 12 Crossword 10 Sports 8-9 11 Television Horoscope 11.