r aye & me cjm i i alIUN TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1980 nation Strike pact may mean fare hike United Press International NEW YORK — Relieved New | Yorkers — able to ride buses and subways Monday for the first week day rush hour in almost two weeks — 4 might have to help pay for the transit strike settlement with a 10- to 15- cent fare hike. The city’s 11-day transit strike en ded Friday night with word that the Metropolitan Transportation Au thority reached agreement with striking unions on a two-year con tract that calls for a 20 percent wage increase and cost-of-living adjust ments over the life of the pact. Richard Ravitch, MTA chairman, said the accord will cost the state agency an estimated $180 million. He said the city’s 50-cent fare could go up 10 or 15 cents. Mayor Edward Koch, who opposed the settlement because he believes similar increases will be sought by municipal unions in their upcoming contract talks, said it will cost $271.4 million. Whatever the cost, it will be added to the MTA’s deficit, esti mated at $250 million to $331 million for fiscal 1980-81. Beginning Monday, taxicab riders begin paying fare increases of up to 27 percent. The boost increases the initial cost of a ride from 90 cents to $1 and from 10 cents for each addi tional one-seventh of a mile to 10 cents for each additional one-ninth of a mile. Koch said the wage settlement for 33,600 transit workers will fuel the wage demands of 238,000 city work ers, whose contracts expire June 30. Late winter storm causes havoc United Press International I Poisonous snakes wriggled through river-like New Orleans I streets in the aftermath of a weekend I of torrential rains and tornadoes * were blamed in the deaths of eight * persons in the South. Winter-like conditions hit the nation’s midsec- 1, tion. wmm 3609 Place East 29th Shop now for Mother's Day b Parts of the Midwest woke up Monday to a surprise spring snow storm. As much as 4 inches of slushy snow fell in parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The National Weather Service predicted wet snow mixed with sleet and rain for Iowa, Wiscon sin and Illinois and travelers advisor ies were posted for the areas. Winter wouldn’t release its grip on Arkansas and Oklahoma, either, where temperatures plunged to the upper 20s and lower 30s. Oklahoma City’s 27-degree reading early Mon day broke a 23-year old record. In Louisiana hundreds prepared to flee their homes Monday in what officials labeled the state’s worst flooding in two years. Floodwaters were receding in parts of metroplo- tan New Orleans, but residents found it impossible to navigate their way to work through parts of the city because of high water. Sandbagging operations con tinued in low-lying subdivisions near the Pearl River, which was expected to crest at near 20-feet — the same level reached two weeks ago, when hundreds of residents evacuated their homes. 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Math a problem for womtv United Press International DENVER — Women do not do as well as men in advanced mathematics classes in high schools, but it is not because they lack the mental skills of men, a national study said Monday. The study by the Education Commission of the States said females beginning their high school years do as well as, or bet ter than, males. But by the 12th grade the males have surpassed females in many mathematics skills. These advanced mathematics skills are crucial if women are to enter careers in traditionally male-dominated science and technology fields. Contrary to other research, the commission’s Women in Mathe matics study said there is no evi dence females do not have the mental ability of men to do well in mathematics. The study called for programs in high school to increase the cia- tion of mathematics by females and stress the needs of math in future careers. The study said there are other reasons that males do better than females in the higher mathema tics: — Stereotypes that lead women to believe mathematics is a “male domain.” — Career and education aspir ations. — Enjoyment of mathematics, confidence in their abilities or anxiety about mathematics. — Encouragement or lack of it by parents, teachers', peers and school counselors. The commission study dis puted findings in some other re ports that females do not have the skill in spatial visualization that males do. Spatial visualization, a key to success in mathematics, is the ability to visualize shapes and mentally move or rotate them. The Women in MathematjJ study said ^■y ear ' 0 ^ 8‘ r ls ij ■«- better than boys of the same* | in spatial visualization and do i well as boys in the 12th grade. “Spatial visualization has oftti been viewed as a barrier|| women’s success in mathei® tics,” the study said. The 13-year-old girls were Id ter than boys at computation m nearly equal in problemsolvj skills. “By the end of high sch situation has changed,” thestuj said. Boys in the 12th grade we better at problem-solving ai were equal in computation a; spatial visualization. “However, the hypothesistt males’ superior achievement mathematics is due to a superi ability in spatial visualization not supported by the results this study,” the report said. V Reporters’ rights face test this week United Press International FREEHOLD, N.J. — New Jersey’s law protecting reporters’ rights faces its first test this week, with a defense attorney in the trial of four reputed mobsters asking a local reporter to surrender letters she re ceived from a key prosecution wit- A hearing on the attorney’s re quest was scheduled for Monday be fore Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Michael Imbriani. The test of the state shield law was prompted when Robin Goldstein, a reporter for The Daily Register of Shrewsbury, refused to give defense attorney Miles Feinstein letters she received from a government infor mant, Patrick Pizuto. Pizuto originally agreed to appear as a prosecution witness against Feinstein’s client, Anthony De- Vingo, in return for a reduced sent ence on pending murder charges. He reneged on the deal just prior to the start of the trial last month, and his status as a witness remains in doubt. In the trial, prosecutors hope to prove for the first time the existence of a nationwide organized crime syn dicate. The defendants are charged with a variety of offenses, including murder, loansharking, extortion and conspiracy. Feinstein subpoenaed Goldstein • in an attempt to obtain information to discredit Pizuto, whose testimony is considered crucial to the case against DeVingo. Goldstein, citing her First Amendment rights, refused to com ply with the subpoena, setting up the court test of the state shield signed into law in February. Under the statute, Feinstemi;}j 8 an prove the material is relevantOkl client’s defense, and that then t wit! mation contained in the letten: D to a not be found elsewhere. Then the judge must read"- : ters in private and decide whelk,