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PAUL FINCH, 75 News service writer Paul Finch, who directed coverage of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and the Tlatelolco massacre for the Associated Press, has died in Reno, where he started his career more than 50 years ago. Mr. Finch had a stroke two weeks ago and died Tuesday, said his wife, Joyce. Mr. Finch joined the AP in 1956. He worked in Reno, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York, Caracas and Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's most controversial statue -- a voluptuous nude rendition of Diana the Huntress -- is back in the limelight, this time without a bra and miniskirt.The 9-foot-tall bronze statue is being rescued from an obscure location off a multi-lane highway in the city. Next month her new location will be in the middle of the city's most famous thoroughfare, the Paseo de la Reforma.Like many beautiful women, Diana was not readily accepted when she was first installed at the entrance to Chapultepec park in 1942.

MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox declared a state of emergency yesterday in Colima, a coastal state hit overnight by a powerful earthquake that rolled across Central Mexico from the Pacific Ocean, killing at least 25 people and rattling millions in Mexico City. Red Cross officials reported 22 deaths in Colima, where 166 homes were badly damaged or destroyed, two more deaths in the neighboring state of Jalisco, and one in the state of Michoacan, to the west. Most of the dead lived in adobe buildings, and most were very poor, very old or very young, officials said.

MEXICO CITY -- More than 100,000 supporters of the losing leftist candidate for president flooded into the capital's historic square yesterday to start a movement they hope will change the constitution. The candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, narrowly lost the July 2 election to a conservative from President Vicente Fox's party. He has said that there was a broad conspiracy of business leaders, the Fox administration and media barons to rob him of victory.

Services for Charles F. Anderson, a retired C&P Telephone Co. repairman, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Singleton Funeral Home in Glen Burnie.Mr. Anderson, a lifelong resident of Ferndale, died Friday of an apparent heart attack at his son's home in Mexico City. He was 86.Born in Washington, he was a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute.Mr. Anderson worked at C&P for more than 50 years. He retired in 1969.Mr. Anderson's wife, the former Dorothy M. Atlee, died in June.He is survived by three sons, David W. Anderson of Mexico City, Michael L. Anderson of Ferndale and Eric C. Anderson of Bowie; a daughter, Jean A. Thompson of Maryland City; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

They could always call them the Baltimore Bricks.The inside story of the murder of James Jordan is that nobody is safe anywhere.The pope and young Catholics found a lot on which they fundamentally agree, which was pretty exciting to both sides.NAFTA is going to force Mexico into motions of cleaning up the environment, but not so that you'll be able to breathe in Mexico City in the near future.

CantinflasMexican comic actorMEXICO CITY -- Mexicans paid endearing tributes yesterday to the nation's most famous and best-loved comic actor, Mario Moreno, better known as Cantinflas.The 81-year-old, who died Tuesday of lung cancer, made 49 movies over a half-century but is best-known abroad for his role as Passepartout, the devoted servant in the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days."Thousands of mourners gathered yesterday outside the funeral home where his body was taken.

t Golden State Warrior Latrell Sprewell won the fight but lost $25 mill. That's the boxing game for you.In the name of adding stops, the MTA made light rail service worse. That's the real news.City shelters are swamped and turning away folks even before the cold weather hits. Your welfare reform at work.Cheer up. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas has been installed as mayor of Mexico City.Pub Date: 12/08/97

Robert L. Oatman does executive protection - and no, he isn't a beefy, brainless bodyguard. He is a fit, trim and congenial figure who likes to wear crisp suits and who works with his team to draw up complex plans for shielding people they're paid to protect. It's a point of professional pride that none of his clients have ever been attacked on his watch over the past 20 years. "If you've got to touch your gun, it means you've made a mistake," said Oatman, 62, whose R.L. Oatman & Associates Inc. is based in Towson.

Record-breaking lap puts Andretti on Detroit poleDETROIT -- Michael Andretti broke his track qualifying record yesterday as he earned the pole position for today's Detroit Grand Prix.Andretti's fast lap of 88.721 mph eclipsed the mark of 88.512 he set in 1989 while winning the first of his three straight poles on the 2.5-mile, 17-turn circuit in downtown Detroit.He has shown consistency here, running at or near the front all the time. Andretti started the day with his Chevrolet-powered Lola on the provisional pole after leading Friday's opening round of qualifications with a lap of 86.374.