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Weather Salem weather: 363-4131. Coast weather (Newport): 265-5511. Weather radio: 162.475 megahertz (VHF-FM). Road report: 238-8400 (Portland) Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon Thursday, December 31, 1987 Page 8A. Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon Section Thursday, December 31, 1987 Life Movies; 4B.

TV; 5B. Comics; 6B. Home and garden; 7B. Weekend East of the Cascades Today: Cloudy periods. Highs in the 20s to low 30s.

Tonight: Lows 5 to 20. Friday: Decreasing chance of snow flurries. Highs in the 20s to low 30s. Western Oregon Today: Partial clearing. Chance of brief showers.

Highs 40 to 45. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs 40 to 45.

Oregon Cascades Today: Partial clearing. Snow flurries possible. Snowfall level at the surface. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Tonight: Decreasing chance of snow flurries.

Friday: partly cloudy. Freezing level 4,000 feet. Portland and vicinity Today: Cloudy periods; chance of snow or rain showers. Highs in the upper 30s. Wind southwest 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Chance of showers. Lows near 30. Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs 40 to 45. Oregon Coast Today: Cloudy periods.

Chance of brief showers. Highs 45 to 50. Southerly wind 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: Cloudy periods. Chance of brief shower.

Lows in the 30s. Friday: Partly sunny. Highs near 50. Toast with or without bubbles Extended outlook Saturday through Monday: Western Oregon Increasing chance of rain in the south, spreading north Monday. Highs 35 to 45.

Lows 25 to 35. Eastern Oregon Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. A few snow showers in the northeast mountains. Chance of snow Monday. Highs in the 20s.

Lows in the teens. Mocktails Astoria 1988 ring in 4032 Portland Pendleton 2918 The Dalles M25 '4732 Salem weather Patchy morning fog followed by partial clearing; high near 41. Southwest winds, 10-15 mph. Partly cloudy tonight, low near 30. Partly cloudy Friday, highs of 40-45.

baker By Alice Crann Oannett News Servico What do you get if shots of rum, vodka, gin, curacoa and tequila are absent from an Irish wake? A glass of orange juice. What is a Bushwacker without Kahlua and white creme de cacao? A coconut milk shake. The point is, something good and non-alcoholic is hidden in most alcoholic mixed drinks. With a base of milk, fruit or vegetable juices, many delicious mocktails are served at bars and parties, and can spice up New Year's Eve celebrations for driving-conscious Dartv- 3415, By Nancy Miller Lewis Gannett News Service Dom please. It's one of the few drinks for which the yuppie will throw over his beloved Perrier.

Dom P. of course, is the nickname for the celebrated champagne Dom Perignon, which was fermented more than 300 years ago by a French monk. At this time of year, though, it is not only the trend-driven who seek the bubbly. And get it straight: If the sparkling wine isn't from the Champagne region of France, it's technically not champagne it's simply sparkling wine. But, oh, those sparkles! Gary B.

Heck, president and chairman of Korbel Champagne Cellars, says the United States is second only to France in consumption of sparkling wine. But at around $70 for a bottle of Dom, or $147.99 for the sought-after magnum of Dom P. 1980, many budgets have champagne wishes and sparkling-wine realities. That's nothing to be ashamed of, either. A study by Palatex, a leading food and beverage research firm, finds "those respondents at higher income levels were more aware of the less expensive, premium-quality (sparkling wines) on the market." 87 .07 Newport Ontario Redmond 2910 .03 5137 .43 3122 .10 Other statistics Road report Road condition reports from State Police as of 10 p.m.

yesterday: Highway 20, Santiam Pass: snow, traction required. U.S. 26, Government Camp: snow, traction required. I-5, Siskiyous: snow, carry traction. Highway 58, Willamette Pass: snow, traction required.

I-84, Columbia Gorge: icy conditions. Highway 18, Coast Range: icy spots. Tides at Newport Times listed are for tides at Ya-quina Bay and Newport. Times are earlier for areas to the south, and later for areas to the north. HIGH LOW Dec.

Time Feel Time Feet 31 9:06 a.m. 9.2 2:48 a.m. 4.0 6.8 Jan. Salem statistics Temperature (To 9 o'clock last night) 10p.m 28 10a. 28 11p.m 27 11a.m 31 Midnight 27 Noon 32 1 a.m 26 1 p.m 33 2a.m 23 2 p.m 33 3 a.m 25 3 p.m 33 4 a.m 28 4 p.m 33 5 a.m 29 5 p.m 38 6 a.m 31 6 p.m 38 7 a.m 29 7 p.m 34 8 a.m 29 8 p.m 34 9 a.m 29 9 p.m 34 Salem precipitation Since start of weather year Sept.

1 To date Last year Normal 14.3 16.9 177 Rainlai1 ior the 24 hours ending at 7 p.m. yesterday: .95 Freezing level Freezing level at 4 p.m. yesterday 3,200 feet. Sunrise, Sunset Dec Sunrise Sunset 31 7:50 a.m. 4:40 p.m.

Jan. 1 7:50 a.m. 4:41 p.m. Eugene Burns 2613 53 r-i v'y toos aay 4940 .95 goers. Experiment with the recipes and serve drinks, even if it's More holiday happenings just for you, in Wa- Page 3B terford crystal or Oregon temperature extremes and precipitation to 4 p.m.

Wednesday. Brookings Medford Klamath Falls 2807 i .05 River levels (As of 2 p.m. yesterday) Willamette (Salem) 8.3 ft. N. Santiam (Mehama) 3.3 tt.

Santiam (Jefferson) 4.3 ft. Wilson (Tillamook) 3.6 ft. Nestucca (Beaver) 4.2 ft. Siletz (Siletz) 4.2 ft. Alsea (Tidewater) 3.8 ft.

4635 3827 Missing information Get bowled over Be a couch potato. New Year's Day is television's all-day orgy of football, with bowl after bowl after bowl. The Orange Bowl is the top game but not the only one. Here are the highlights: Citrus Bowl: the Penn State Nittany Lions vs. the Clemson Tigers in Orlando, at 9 a.m.

on Channel 2. Cotton Bowl: the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. the Texas A in Dallas, at 10:30 a.m. on Channel 6. Fiesta Bowl: the Florida State Seminoles vs.

the Nebraska Corn-huskers at Tempe, at 10:30 a.m. on Channel 8. Sugar Bowl: the Syracuse Orangemen vs. the Auburn Tigers in New Orleans, at 12:30 p.m. on Channel.

Rose Bowl: the Michigan State Spartans vs. the University of Southern California Trojans at Pasadena, at 1:45 p.m. on Channel 8. Orange Bowl: the Oklahoma Sooners vs. the Miami Hurricanes at Miami, at 5 p.m.

on Channel 8. Channel 6 also will carry the Tournament of Roses Parade at 8:30 a.m. and the Cotton Bowl Parade at 2 p.m. 1.67 .05 wiwlvi 9.2 7.1 9:48 a.m. 11:53 p.m.

4.3 3:41 a.m. 5:03 p.m. World weather The West The Nation Nation's travel outlook Temperatures, forecast ft I lo Seattle 4 your finest glassware. Even milk sprinkled with cocoa looks special in a long stem wine glass, a stout on-the-rocks glass or a brandy snifter. "It's great! It's a killer! It's really good!" That's what Pensacola, bartender Blake Bell said when he talked about an apple drink.

"The idea is to get a real strong apple flavor, but there is no name for it," he said. "Just add one ounce of apple juice to a mug of cider, add a cinnamon stick and heat it. It's simple but good." And Bell bragged about a virgin Pina Colada he serves "that is out of this world." In a blender, pour two ounces of pineapple juice, one ounce of coconut flavoring, one ounce of half and half, three scoops of vanilla ice cream and a cup of small ice cubes. Mix together, pour in a tall wine glass and garnish with a long straw and cherry. This makes one drink, Bell said.

Turn to Drinks, Page 4B. Some champagne trivia A magnum contains iO servings; a Jeroboam, 20 servings; a Methusaleh, 40 servings; a Salmanazar, 60 servings; a Balthazar, 80 servings; and a Nebuchadnezzar, 100 servings. The Rehoboam, which holds six 750-milliliter (standard) bottles of champagne, is not available in the United States. Champagne is not an aphrodisiac. Tulip-shaped glasses are better than saucer-shaped ones for drinking champagne.

(In the latter, the bubbles dissipate too quickly.) The fastest way to chill champagne is to place it in a bucket half-filled with ice and water for about 30 minutes. Champagne does not improve with age. Bathing in champagne, a practice made famous by Marilyn Monroe, is not a good idea. It dries the skin. San Francieco51 Loa Angeles60l lj rn 7 I yj SH0WERST XVXI FROM Wr Statesman-Journal photo by Dean Xoepller A 1980 bottle of Dom Perignon, costs about $75 in Salem.

1987Accu-Weather, Inc. Cold Stationary 19B7 Acci i -Weather, Inc. Warm Temperatures on led are Wednesday's high and Jackson, Miss. 52 28 59 42 rn overnight low to 5 p.m. PST.

Today's forecasted lem- Jacksonville 56 31 65 36 cdy peratures and outlook are in the right columns. Juneau 26 20 31 18 clr Yesterday Today KansasCily 39 25 27 26 cdy Hi 1.0 Pre Hi Lo 011k LasVegas 51 33 47 26 clr Albany.N.V. 11 -01 32 00 cdy LitlleRock 45 32 51 42 cdy Albuquerque 44 23 36 16 clr LosAngeles 55 39 66 37 cdy Amarillo 55 27 36 23 clr Louisville 40 21 47 37 rn Anchorage 33 22 .03 25 18 sn Lubbock 50 30 41 26 clr Asheville 50 21 50 20 cdy Memphis 46 29 52 43 cdy Atlanta 53 27 53 34 cdy MlamiBeach 67 52 75 62 cdy AllanllcCity 33 14 46 22 cdy Midland-Odessa 53 31 50 33 clr Austin 50 29 56 47 cdy Milwaukee 31 22 25 25 sn Baltimore 32 18 44 23 cdy MplsStPaul 33 19 04 16 13 cdy Billings 15 06 .29 12 -05 cdy Nashville 50 23 51 40 cdy Birmingham 51 24 55 40 rn NewOrleans 54 40 63 47 cdy Bismarck 20 16 .04 05 01 cdy NewVorkClly 21 08 39 18 cdy Boise 31 25 .09 31 17 cdy Norlolk.Va. 38 26 56 25 cdy Boston 17 03 36 07 cdy NorlhPlatte 28 13 17 00 cdy Brownsville 70 43 74 58 cdy OklahomaClly 39 28 34 30 cdy Buflaio 19 08 .01 40 18 sn Omaha 38 26 16 13 cdy Burlinglon.VI. 11 -01 32 -05 cdy Orlando 66 47 74 45 cdy Casper 35 05 .01 19 -04 cdy Philadelphia 23 13 44 16 cdy Charleston.s e.

48 35 61 35 cdy Phoenii 56 38 59 39 clr Charleslon.W.Va 36 16 52 35 cdy Pittsburgh 28 16 45 23 rn Charlotte.N.C. 49 26 52 22 cdy Portland.Maine 16 00 30 -04 cdy Cheyenne 32 10 20 03 cdy Providence 17 04 36 07 cdy Chicago 32 13 34 31 sn Raleigh 45 25 52 21 cdy Cincinnati 36 14 42 22 cdy RapidClty 26 11 11 00 cdy Cleveland 29 10 40 22 cdy Reno 37 17 .02 33 15 cdy Columbia.S 53 21 58 28 cdy Richmond 39 16 53 24 cdy Columbus.Ohio 33 13 40 21 cdy Sacramento 48 39 49 37 cdy Concord.N.H 12 02 31 -12 cdy SILouis 40 28 35 34 cdy Dallas-FtWorth 46 26 51 38 cdy SalllakeCity 32 22 .03 32 18 sn Dayton 34 1 3 4 1 21 cdy SanAnlonlo 52 31 62 49 cdy Denver 40 12 26 05 cdy SanDlego 57 45 .06 61 45 cdy OesMolnes 36 22 18 17 clr SanFranclsco 53 40 .02 52 41 clr Detroit 25 01 36 22 rn SanJuan.P.R. 85 73 85 74 clr Duluth 24 18 05 10 05 cdy StSleMarie 25 00 29 23 sn ElPaso 64 31 50 27 clr Seattle 46 32 40 30 cdy Evansville 39 24 43 38 rn Shreveport 49 28 59 42 cdy Fairbanks 14 00 12 -02 cdy SiouiFalls 31 21 10 05 cdy Fargo 24 17 01 -02 cdy Spokane 25 15 19 08 cdy Flagslall 33 19 .01 34 06 clr Syracuse 12 00 38 13 sn GiandRaplds 27 00 34 27 rn Tampa-SIPtrsbg 67 38 74 45 cdy GrealFalls 09 02 05 12 -08 cdy Topeka 39 27 27 22 cdy Greensboro.N.C 45 24 51 21 cdy Tucson 57 35 56 32 clr Hartford 13 01 32 02 cdy Tulsa 42 27 34 30 cdy Helena 14 08 03 15 -05 cdy Washington.O.C. 35 21 45 27 cdy Honolulu 83 68 85 70 clr Wichita 35 28 29 22 cdy Houston 56 36 61 49 cdy Wilkes Barre 14 05 38 11 cdy Indianapolis 37 19 38 35 rn Wilminglon.Oel. 23 14 42 17 cdy Temperatures and weather conditions from midnight to midnight Tuesday.

HI Lo Wthr Amsterdam 54 43 cdy Athens MM Auckland 73 59 cdy Bangkok 91 72 clr Barbados Beijing 36 14 clr Beirut MM Belgrade 54 39 clr Berlin 50 43 cdy Bermuda 71 51 cdy Bogota 72 36 clr Brussels 54 36 cdy Budapest 50 37 cdy Buenos Aires 81 64 cdy Cairo 63 48 cdy Calgary 23 10 in Caracas 79 63 cdy Copenhagen 50 45 clr Dublin 54 45 ID Frankfurt 50 41 cdy Geneva 36 32 cdy Havana 81 66 clr Helsinki 32 28 rn Hong Kong 79 70 Clr Istanbul 54 46 clr Jerusalem MM Johannesburg 77 59 clr Kiev 30 25 cdy Lima 77 64 clr Lisbon 57 45 clr London 54 48 cdy Madrid 54 34 cdy Manila 88 70 cdy MeilcoClty MM Montreal 10 05 clr Moscow 19 10 cdy Nassau 80 64 cdy New Delhi 73 45 clr Nicosia 61 37 clr Oslo 36 34 cdy Paris 55 48 cdy Mode Janeiro 96 69 clr Rome 59 36 Cdy Santiago 88 55 clr Sao Paulo 86 75 cdy Seoul 39 27 cdy Singapore 88 75 cdy Stockholm 36 30 cdy Sydney 77 63 clr Taipei 64 59 cdy Tel Aviv MM Tokyo 72 43 clr Toronto 16 10 clr Vancouver 41 36 rn Vienna 48 39 cdy Warsaw 48 41 rn Missing inlormation Doctors may feel pressure to cut corners Forecast maps are for Thursday, Oec. 31 A stationary front doesn't move. It means the weather isn't likely to change today. By Daniel Q. Haney The Associated Press Old Man Winter blows cold tune across nation OSTON Some of the rewards and penalties used by health maintenance organizations to hold suggest conflicts of interest that may influence physicians' behavior and adversely affect the quality of care," Hillman concluded.

His study, based on a survey of 302 of the 595 HMOs that were operating in 1986, was published in today's New England Journal of Medicine. It listed financial pressures on HMO physicians but did not attempt to determine whether patients are actually short-changed because of them. People who join HMOs pay flat fees. In return, virtually all of their medical costs are covered, but they must accept doctors who are on their HMO's payroll. Generally, HMOs cost less than traditional health insurance.

Nearly 28 million Americans are enrolled in HMOs, compared with 11 million five years ago. In his survey, Hillman found that two-thirds of HMOs withhold part of their payments to primary-care physicians. Typically, between 11 percent and 20 percent is retained. Whether the doctors get this money at the end of the year depends on how profitable they and their HMOs have been. Such withholding is not necessarily bad, he said, and may encourage doctors to work efficiently.

However, Hillman listed several other rewards and punishments, including some that he said might induce doctors to compromise patient care. Among them: Forty percent of primary care doctors must pay for lab tests out of their own fees. Eighteen percent of HMOs hold doctors at financial risk for deficits on the basis of their individual performance. In the rest, groups of doctors share the risk. Many HMOs share any surpluses at the end of the year with their doctors.

Some put the physicians in competition with each other. Their bonuses are based on how they have performed during the year in comparison with the group average. Hillman said that some of these incentives should be investigated further to see how they affect medical decisions. noon at Riodoso, N.M., at the southern edge of the Capitan Mountains. The weather forecast for today called for scattered snow showers across the upper Great Lakes and northeastern New York state and much of Vermont.

Snow also was forecast across parts of the northern and central Rockies from northern Utah through western and northern Wyoming. Rain was forecast from the western Gulf of Mexico through the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys into the eastern Great Lakes. A cold front ushered in snow, gusty winds and Arctic-like temperatures across the northern Plains and Rockies on Wednesday. Temperatures in the northern Rockies and northern Plains ranged from the single digits into the low 20s, and winds gusting to 55 mph created wind chills of 10 to 25 degrees below zero in some areas. Snow and blowing snow made for for hazardous driving across the region, and a winter storm watch was posted in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Snow and blowing snow advisories also were posted for much of the Central Rockies. In the Northeast, skies were clear for the most part but bitterly cold air continued to dominate. Temperatures ranged from 5 degrees below zero to nearly 15 degrees above zero early Wednesday afternoon, and winds gusting to 40 mph produced wind chill readings as low as 55 degrees below zero. Winds to 80 mph were reported Wednesday morning and early after Be a big wheel Get crazy. Arenacross, the new craze in motor sports, comes to the Oregon State Fairgrounds Stadium Arena in Salem on Friday and Saturday nights.

Top professional moto-cross and three-wheel racers from the West Coast will take part. Practice starts at 5:30 p.m., and racing begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children ages 6 to 12. Access is by the Lana Avenue gate. National temperature extremes (Wednesday): Low: 6 degrees below zero at Montpeller, and Caribou, Maine.

High: 71 at I Miami and Naples, Fla. Missing Inlormation wear 1 Seven found dead in home MINN. I 4 NASA faces must-win challenge Big glitch could kill shuttle program, astronaut says Couch potato time Tune in. Major movies, both old and new, will debut on television this weekend. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Family suspects drug killed dancer Ballet star's habit was mentioned in 'Dancing on My Grave' Algona IOWA AIS.

in down costs may encourage doctors to sacrifice good care for high pay, a report warns. The study by Dr. Alan Hillman of the University of Pennsylvania found that HMOs rely on a variety of financial incentives to persuade doctors to practice medicine as stingily as possible. It said that some of these may make it difficult for physicians always to work in their patients' best interests. "Certain financial incentives, especially when used in combination.

Massage helps athletes improve American Health Magaiine Success may be just a rubdown away, Swedish exercise physiologist Nina Ask says. Not only can a good post-workout massage make you feel better, it may also make you perform better next time. Ask studied eight cyclists at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, first testing their strength and endurance capacities on bicycle ergometers. The cyclists then pedaled to near exhaustion for 10 to 15 minutes four separate times. On two occasions, they simply rested 10 minutes before going on to the next test.

For the other two workouts, they received 10 minutes of massage. After either the rest or the massage, the cylists did 50 knee extensions on an exercise machine, testing their leg strength. Result: Post-massage performance was 11 percent better. Ask attributes part of the improvement to increased blood circulation. Des Moines NEWARK, N.J.

(AP) Police and hospital officials refused to speculate Wednesday on the cause of death of ballet star Patrick Bissell, but family members said they suspected a cocaine overdose. MO 100 miles "The shuttle has worked, and it will work again." Rep. Bill Nelson House space subcommittee chairman AP premieres on Home Box Office at 10 a.m. Friday and Crimes of the Heart is on Showtime at noon Sunday. The Home Box Office production of Into the Homeland, with Powers Boothe as an alco Harrison Ford stars in 'Indiana police and the Hudson County prosecutor's office refused to comment on any preliminary findings.

Bissell's twin brother, William, said Wednesday that Patrick had been fighting a cocaine habit. "We suspected he might have died of a cocaine overdose," William said from his home in Fort Smith, Ark. "We believe that when he kicked the habit, the level he would normally take was probably an (overdose) level." Bissell went to the Betty Ford Clinic in California earlier this year and left the center dried out in August, his brother said. "My mother, Patricia, said last night that dancers are dropping like flies because of AIDS and drugs," William said. "Apparently my brother fell victim to the cocaine side of it." A drug-filled dance world was depicted in Dancing on My Grave, a controversial best-seller written by ballerina Gelsey Kirkland.

In the book, Kirkland says Bissell first turned her onto cocaine and led her to a dependence that nearly ended her career at age 30. Charles Dillingham, executive director of the American Ballet Theater, said Bissell had a drug problem, but it was a rare exception in the dance world. While stressing there was no evidence of an overdose, Dillingham said that two years ago the officials of the ballet insisted Bissell go into therapy for his problem. Bissell, 30, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, was found dead in his Hoboken apartment Tuesday morning by his fiancee, fellow dancer Amy Rose. The state medical examiner listed the cause of death as I By Jack Kelley and Mike McQueen Gannett News Service WASHINGTON Astronauts, congressmen and space experts agreed Wednesday: NASA must prove that it can launch a shuttle safely.

"We can't afford to make another mistake. If we have a big problem, that will just about kill the program," shuttle astronaut Brewster Shaw said. This year, NASA grounded since last year's space shuttle Challenger explosion watched as Congress cut its space station budget by $342 million; two Atlas-Centaur rockets exploded after launch; and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko returned to Earth safely after a record 1 1 months in space. "Right now, there's no comparison (the Soviets) are flying and we're not," Shaw said. After Tuesday's report of failure of a rocket booster test, NASA officials expressed optimism.

They said the first post-Challenger launch may be delayed only weeks past a June 1988 launch date. But others were pessimistic. "This is a major setback," a former Morton Thiokol engineer, Roger Boisjoly, said. He again. But John M.

Logsdon, George Washington University science policy program director, said, "The ring was something put on as an additional safety feature and now it's become a problem." And if NASA's problems weren't enough, Congress on Wednesday promised closer scrutiny of the agency. "There will certainly be new questions that will be asked. But the point is we ought not to let those new questions get in the way of getting us flying," Rep. Robert Walker, said. The mood at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was one of uncertainty, director Lt.

Gen. Forest McCartney said. "We'll just have to wait and see," he said. William Rogers, foi.ner head of the presidential Challenger commission, said, "I do, however, feel confident that we will get back into space." White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said President Reagan is "disappointed with the delays, but we will continue in a methodical way to correct that program and continue the space effort." holic ex-cop searching for his daughter at a white supremacist headquarters, airs at 1 1 p.m. Sunday on HBO.

The Disney Sunday Movie will be the network premiere of Flight of the Navigator (part one), at 7 p.m. on Channels 2 and 9. retired after opposing the launch of the ill-fated Challenger. "They can't turn this around real quickly," he said. "I feel it in my bones.

"Public perception is that the agency is still on a shiny white horse, but the past two years have demonstrated that isn't so. "I would not ride the shuttle based on what I know hell, Engineers and other officials said the failure of a ring on the thruster nozzle would not have caused a catastrophe if it had occurred on an actual shuttle launch. NASA shuttle chief Richard Truly "told me that if he and 1 were riding that rocket, it would have worked," Rep. Bill Nelson, chairman of a House space subcommittee, said. "The shuttle has worked, and it will work undetermined Patrick Bissell pending a toxicology report.

Hoboken rubber gloves in fear of AIDS MILWAUKEE (AP) Waiters at a posh hotel wore rubber gloves underneath white gloves while working at a banquet attended by homosexuals because the waiters feared that they would catch AIDS, officials said. The occasion at the Marc Plaza Hotel was the Mr. and Miss Gay Wisconsin pageant in mid-November. The waiters asked the hotel management to provide the surgical gloves, fearing that they might catch the fatal disease by contact with saliva on forks and spoons or "by just touching people," Vince business manager of Local 122 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union, said. John Gorny, general manager of the hotel, confirmed that management provided gloves at the waiters' request.

He said it was a case of overreaction by the waiters, but declined to discuss the matter further. Ralph Navarro, a gay activist in Milwaukee, said he was appalled. "In light of the amount of education that has gone on in this community, I and others were shocked at this experience," he said. "It says we have a long way to go." After complaints from gays, a session was held at the hotel to educate union members about acquired immune deficiency syndrome, which is spread most often through sexual contact, infected needles or syringes shared by drug abusers, infected blood or blood products, and from pregnant women to their offspring. As a result, union members voted not to wear gloves at a second event later in the month.

-People. i Inside i Police find family fatally shot, hint at murder-suicide Oannett News Service ALGONA, Iowa Seven members of an Algona family were found shot to death in their home Wednesday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide. The victims were identified as John Dreesman, 79; his wife, Agnes, 74; their daughter, Marilyn Chuang, 48; and her three children, Jason, 12, Jennifer, 10, and Joshua, 8. Chuang and her children live in Honolulu, Hawaii, and were visiting the Dreesmans. The other dead person was Robert Dreesman, 40, the son of the elder Dreesmans and Marilyn's brother, who apparently shot the others and then took his own life, authorities said.

"The thought has crossed our mind that this might be a copycat crime patterned after the Arkansas slayings," Eugene Meyer said. He is assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Meyer was referring to the shooting spree earlier this week in Russellville, that left 16 people dead. Today Air Force joins investigation of blast jV it Dianne Feinstein Princess Caroline Juan Carlos Madonna Billboards proclaim Feinstein's farewell SAN FRANCISCO Outgoing Mayor Dianne Feinstein is preparing to say goodbye to residents in a big way, and the billboard industry is going to pick up at least part of the tab. Beginning later this week, billboards will appear around the city reading: "I (heart) you, San Francisco.

Thanks for the honor of serving." Lewis Lillian, vice president and manager of Gannett Transit Shelter said as many as 20 of the signs will be placed around the city. "The mayor wanted to pay for the space, but we in the industry thought it would be a nice gesture to handle the production ourselves," Lillian said. Carlos and family skiing in Pyrenees BAQUERA-BERET, Spain -King Juan Carlos and his family went skiing Wednesday in this resort in the Pyrenees 'amid 3,000 other enthusiasts, the national news agency EFE reported. The agency said Juan Carlos, 49, Queen Sofia, 48, 20-year-old Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Elena, 24, skiied together at the level. Madonna is classy in her latest movie LOS ANGELES Madonna has traded her bangles and leather for diamonds and mink as Hor-tense Hathaway in a new movie based on Damon Guys and Dolls) Runyon's The Bloodhounds of Broadway.

The Material Girl plays a 1920s showgirl in Newark, N.J. The cast includes Randy Quaid, Matt Dillon and Jennifer Grey. And now on video, 'The Reagan Years' Four months before President Reagan leaves office, you can relive highlights of his life and career on videocassette. The Reagan Years, a two-hour video by a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, comes out next September. Reagan is captured by the cameras assigned to cover the White House and by the cameras of his Holly wood days.

From wire reports Year's reflections draw a blank. Page 3B A look at the night club scene on New Year's Eve. Page 3B What gardeners should do in January. Page 7B Tomorrow Prediction: Aliens will kidnap Joan Collins. early Tuesday, immediately killing four workers and fatally burning a fifth.

A building where propellant is loaded into rocket casings was reduced to a maze of twisted steel girders. Snow said investigators focused on wreckage at the site Wednesday and examined work records in-an attempt to reconstruct events leading up to the explosion. It was believed that the crew was removing a steel casting from the core of the rocket fuel. The fuel is made of aluminum powder mixed with ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizing agent, and a synthetic rubber that binds the compound. When solidified, it has the consistency of an eraser, company spokesman Rocky Raab said.

He said thousand of rockets have undergone the procedure without incident All work on MX production was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Raab said Tuesday that the production schedule probably would not be affected significantly unless the investigation reveals safety problems with the fuel-loading procedure. Thiokol is under contract to deliver more than 100 MX motors to the Air Force at the rate of one per month, he said. He disputed a NASA official who said the blast could cause delays in space shuttle work. BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) Air Force officers joined Morton Thiokol engineers Wednesday in trying to learn why an MX missile solid fuel rocket motor exploded in flames and killed five workers.

Company officials said it was the worst accident since the firm's Wasatch Operations began building solid fuel rocket motors in 1958. "It's going to take awhile before there's any indication. We're not going to speculate. We're going about this very methodically and systematically," company spokesman Ed Snow said. Nearly 100,000 pounds of propellant ignited St.

Moritz is popular with rich and famous ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -Caviar and extra champagne were put on standby Wednesday while VIPs including Princess Caroline of Monaco and conductor Herbert von Karajan prepared to celebrate New Year's at classic Swiss winter resorts. "Right now there is probably more money concentrated here than any other place on Earth," Hanspeter Danuser, director of the St. Moritz tourism office, said. A lack of snow this season has not deterred the famous guests.

"Skiing is not the most important thing for them," Hans-Ueli Tschanz, tourism chief of Gstaad, said. i I.