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PLANE CRASH KILLS 3: A twin-engine private airplane went down in fogand light rain today between houses in Boston and set both of them onfire. The residents apparently escaped unhurt, but the crash killeda developer and two other people. Federal Aviation Administrationofficials at Logan International Airport said the plane was about 20miles short of landing when the pilot reported trouble complying withan order to climb. Among the victims was Michael Spear, 49,president of the Rouse Co., which developed the Faneuil Hall shoppingarea in Boston and revitalized Underground Atlanta. Officials couldnot confirm a report that the other two who died were Spear's wifeand daughter. ABORTION LAW WEAKENED: A judge today struck down provisions ofPennsylvania's abortion law that helped make it the most restrictivein the country. Senior U.S. District Judge Daniel H. Huyett IIIvoided portions that require a woman to notify her husband beforegetting an abortion and a minor to obtain consent from one parent.Spokesman Robert Gentzel said state Attorney General Ernie Preate Jr.probably would appeal the ruling within 30 days. On Wednesday, afederal judge overturned the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam's ban,which prohibits all abortions unless a woman's life is in danger. 5 LAWMAKERS CHARGED: Five South Carolina legislators were indictedtoday under the federal Hobbs Act, which bans acceptance of money orgifts in return for votes or favors. Conviction carries a maximum 20years in prison and $250,000 fine. Charged by the grand jury inColumbia were state Representatives Robert Kohn, Luther Taylor,Robert Brown and Danny Winstead and state Sen. Rick Lee. Winsteadalso was indicted on a count of obstruction of justice, theprosecutor said. IRISH HOSTAGE FREE: Brian Keenan of Ireland was released by hiskidnappers in Lebanon today after spending more than four years incaptivity, the Iranian news agency IRNA said. Keenan, 39, was seizedon April 11, 1986, in west Beirut while walking to his job as anEnglish teacher at the American University. His release had beenforecast by a senior Iranian official, Deputy Foreign MinisterMahmoud Vaezi. If the IRNA report is true, Keenan is the fifthWestern hostage set free in five months.

ANOTHER SOVIET SPLIT: Tadzhikistan in Central Asia today became the13th of the Soviet Union's 15 republics to move toward greaterautonomy. After a stormy six-hour session, the parliament adopted adeclaration of sovereignty that gives Tadzhikistani laws precedenceover those passed in Moscow. On Thursday, the republic of Turkmeniadeclared sovereignty and Armenia approved a declaration ofindependence. Tadzhikistan's lawmakers rejected a proposal to createa separate army. The republics of Kazakhstan and Kirghizia have notindicated any desire to split from the Soviet Union. BAND CLEAR IN DEATHS: Hidden words do exist on an album by JudasPriest - but they were not put there intentionally and the Britishrock band is not responsible for a suicide pact by two young fans, ajudge in Reno, Nev., ruled today. Washoe District Judge Jerry CarrWhitehead said the words "do it" appeared as a chance combination ofsounds but that co-defendant CBS Records refused to comply withdiscovery guidelines involving the master tape. After RaymondBelknap, 18, and James Vance, 20, died of self-inflicted shotgunwounds, their families sued the band and record company for $6.2million. They said the messages concealed in the crashing music ofthe 1978 "Stained Glass" album tout satanism and suicide. ANCIENT VILLAGE FOUND: Two University of Colorado students stumbledupon the virtually untouched ruins of a 1,100-year-old Anasazi Indiancommunity in the state's southwestern section. The six-acre MountainSheep Village probably had about 200 structures and may have beenhome to up to 200 Indians as early as A.D. 850, said KristieArrington, an archeologist for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management,which controls the discovery site.