IN OTHER NEWS . . .

DR. HUGHES JAMES DAVIS, who developed the Dalkon Shield birth control device that was hailed as a breakthrough but later blamed for 18 deaths, has died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 69 . . . GAMBLERS WERE LEFT stymied for more than two hours Thursday at several major casinos in Reno, Nev., after high winds knocked down power lines and darkened parts of downtown . . . DIANA TRILLING, an author whose books dwelt on a lifetime of experiences, died Wednesday at age 91. Her final work, "A Visit to Camelot," was about an evening at the White House when Kennedy was president . . . ONE PERSON was killed and two others were missing after a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the northern Persian Gulf Friday, the U.S. Navy said . . . A PHILIPPINES government air and ground offensive against a Muslim rebel splinter group has killed at least 33 people, the military said Friday.