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4 I Great Falls DM No. 107 97th Year Great Falls, Montana, Saturday, August 28, 1982 Can County low in voter tain i- Jl -iXrl tar zd Falls' State Fair appa 1 for instance. Annie Short, head i County election divi current registration Tribune's request an voters are now regi1 county, an increase ol tioned, however, that fc throw out some of thi fore the election when list for people who moved to other countie People who did 1980 presidential elei registered to vote and by the Oct. 4 deadlir1 Col. Virgil Paiva had an unexpected reunion with this F-101B Voodoo fighter.

(Tribune Photo by Ronald J. Rice) TReunion' is surprise to pilot vote in the Nov. 2 may register at tne corder's office at the courthouse, or fill on forms provided by oil voters. BOTH DEMOCRATIC can leaders in Cascadi By PETER JOHNSON Tribune Staff Writer Cascade County is ranked No. 1 in an area of notoriety, with just 57.4 percent of its eligible voters registered to vote, according to figures compiled by the state Democratic Party.

Nearly 25,700 of the 60,342 Cascade County residents estimated to be of voter age had not registered to vote by June 1982, said Nancy Harte, in charge of the state Democratic Party's voter registration program. No other county had voter registration percentages that dipped even into the 50s, she said. Yellowstone County had about 650 more people that weren't registered to vote, she said, but the state's most populous county also had nearly 20,000 more registered voters for a voter registration percentage of 67.2 percent. THE HIGHEST percentages of registered voters generally were found in rural counties, Harte said, with tiny Treasure County in southeastern Montana leading the pack with 94 percent registration. Among the other leading counties were Judith Basin, 89.4 percent; Powder River, 86.5 percent; Carter.

84.8 percent; Prairie, 80.6 percent; Toole, 80.2 percent, and Wibaux, 80.1 percent. The center of state government, Lewis and Clark County, led the pace among the state's more populated counties with a 77.9 percent registration figure. Figures for other large counties included Gallatin County, 73.1 percent; Missoula County, 72.4 percent; Silver Bow, 72 percent; Flathead, 69 percent, and Hill, 68.3 percent. Harte emphasized that the figures were calculated in June, with many more people registering to vote over the summer, particularly at county fair booths. Efforts to register voters at Great they were surprised th so poorly in voter re; vowed to improve vot this fall.

Harte asked the crats to register 2,000 during the remainim times. Those 8,000 would take care of or no idea why it was there or how it had got there. He later found out it had been brought in by the Texas Air National Guard and, after modification, would be placed on permanent display in the Malmstrom Historical Park. Paiva, who has more than 5,500 flying hours, flew more than 1,000 hours in the F-101B and another 250 hours in a single-seat version in England. At one time, the F-101B held the world record for climbing to 30,000 feet.

"In its day, it was considered to be a pretty hot airplane," Paiva said. "I took off one morning (at Griffiss). The temperature was 35 below. "I climbed to 35,000 feet and rolled over and the end of the runway was under me. The aircraft had traveled about a mile horizontally in reaching 35,000 feet." In addition to his hours in Voodoos, Paiva has more than 3,000 flying hours in F-4 Phantoms.

He said he is one of the few Air Force officers who have flown fighters By RONALD J. RICE Tribune Staff Writer It was a beautiful day for flying at Malmstrom Air Force Base and Col. Virgil Paiva, deputy chief of Staff for operations of the 24th North American Aerospace Defense rnand Region, was on his way to the flightline. As his vehicle climbed the gentle Slope to the parking ramp, a familiar aircraft silhouette came into View. It was the F-101B Voodoo, a McDonnell-Douglas fighter of the type Paiva had flown early in his Air Force career.

Paiva was jolted out of his memories and back to the present when he saw the aircraft's number on the vertical tail surface. 90419. He was the first Air Force pilot "ever to fly 90419. While stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base in 1960 he had picked up 90419 at the then McDonnell Corp. factory in St.

Louis and had flown it back to Griffiss at Rome, N.Y. When Paiva first saw 90419 on the Malmstrom parking ramp, he had throughout their careers. The F-101B has been in continuous service in the Air Force and Air National Guard for 23 years, and the Air National Guard units are retiring the aircraft this summer. As a result, one of the aircraft the 90419 has been acquired for the Malmstrom Park and will be place near the Malmstrom Museum. The F-101B was operational at Malmstrom from June 1960 until April 1968 when the 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron was here.

The 29th was activated at Great Falls Air Force Base, which later became Malmstrom, in November 1953 and remained here until deactivated in 1968. The F-101B is 71 feet long, has a 40-foot wingspan and 'stands 18 feet tall at the tail. Fully loaded it weighs almost 52,000 pounds. From brake release, it could take off and climb to 30,000 feet in 1.86 minutes. Top speed at 40,000 feet was 1,220 miles per hour Mach 1.85.

It carried two pilots and an observer. Canadian Forces also fly the Voodoo and the squadron from Canadian Forces Base Comox, on Vancouver Island, B.C., performed here during the 40th anniversary of the local base early in July. This squadron operates under the jurisdiction of the 24th NORAD Region and will compete in the F-101 category in the William Tell weapons competition at Tyndall Air Force Base, in October. Canadian Forces are expected to continue to operate the F-101B as a first line fighter another two to four years. Preparation of the F-101B for display in the Malmstrom Museum area is a community project under the sponsorship of the Malmstrom Historical Foundation, a non-profit organization formed to develop and maintain the park and museum.

Membership in the foundation is open to the public. Volunteer technical support will be provided by Great Falls Naval Reserve Control, the 120th Fighter Interceptor Group of the Montana Air National Guard, the 24th NORAD Region and the 341st Strategic Missile Wing. non-registered voters, ing, "maybe the Re register the other two-County Democrat Joan Bennett said si surprised" at the cour istration totals, since dates registered voter paigned in the prima tion goal of 2,000 "boggles the mind. but promised the One way to registej "sweeten the effort more fun, Bennett See VOTERS, 2-A Holmes convicts of two theft con Former page says charges were lies Moses of Billings. GLASGOW Former Valley In Racicot called the Holmes one of greed, a and betrayal of public the jury members the lieve everyone who te the trial then stres cution witnesses "had! lie" and their testimj ported by physical evic He characterized man who was plotting to the end.

Racicot sa line is that he's ly -J tor asked for a conviction of community press cause it's right. Moses told the jury but not to my personal knowledge, and I was not involved in it. I knew that there were suspicions about these types of activities so, I used it as a tool." Williams said he would testify before the House Ethics Committee in Washington Saturday. In Washington, Rep. Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, chairman of committee, and Joseph A.

Califano, the panel's special counsel, issued a brief statement confirming that Williams will give a statement at 9 a.m. Saturday. The committee declined any further comment. Bob Scott of Little Rock, who said he would remain Williams' attorney, said Williams could face legal problems because of the allegations. "There has been no offer of immunity." Scott said.

Williams said he left Washington after serving as a page for seven months because he feared he was becoming alcoholic. "I was becoming an alcoholic, and I was scared of it," he said. "All my life I've had to lead a dual role. I've had to pretend I was heterosexual when I had homosexual feelings." dustrial Park president and general manager James D. Holmes was found guilty Friday of two counts of felony theft by a jury that deliberated about four hours.

Attorneys for Holmes, 50, gave no indication whether they would appeal, and no sentencing date was set. Holmes will be free under $10,000 bond until that time. One count involved a $3,300 wide TV screen and projector and the other count involved two color TV sets, a dishwasher and trash compactor valued at about $2,000. The stolen items were found among personal possessions of Holmes and his wife, Arlene, in a van line warehouse in Billings after the couple had moved from the industrial park in August 1981. Holmes had been fired about a month earlier by the county commissioners following widespread community dissension over the proposed Cuban refugee center at VIP.

Holmes now is engaged in business in Columbus, his native state. Final arguments in the case were presented Friday morning by prosecutor Marc Racicot of Helena and defense attorney Charles "Timer" LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (AP) -Former congressional page Leroy Williams confessed Friday that he was lying when he made charges of homosexual relations between congressmen and pages that helped spark a federal investigation. Williams, 18, said he lied to bring attention to a lack of supervision of teen-agers participating in the congressional page system.

"For the past few months I have made some very serious accusations," he said at a news conference. "These accusations are not true. I have lied. I regret that I have lied." "Words can never express the remorse that I feel for the pain and the trauma that I've caused" the families of those implicated and his own family, he said. Williams had claimed he had sex with three male members of Congress and also had claimed he arranged a homosexual liaison between a senator and a male Asked if he knew of any homosexual relationships involving congressmen, he said, "There may be.

final argument was a and that the case a had "rips, holes and tj He said the state on suspicion and goss Moses added nc produced that Holmes ized control over the articles Aug. 18, 198 line employee loaded their storage place i garage. Both Holmes and ously testified the deft See HOLMES, 2-A Leroy Williams Horror movie comes alive in attack by swarm of bee Good morning! Tribune today enough to kill the bee plex. The bees, he said, "were all GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP. N.J.

Edwin Smith. 23, sJ he was one of the firsf "I was preparing house and I hesl screaming, 'Somebod some SmitM outside and he was bees, just about neck Church 4-A Classified 7-11B Comics 6-B Crossword 6-B Editorial 12-A Entertainment 10-11A Markets 8-9D MetroMontana 5-A Obituaries, records .7. 6-A Sports 1-3B TV log 6-B The Lockhorns Smith said he fi with water, ran doused the man. He said he ran ins ENDORSED (Great Falls) A prominent Great Falls Democrat delivers an endorsement of the coal tax investment initiative. 5-A.

DEFENDED (Great Falls) -Answering recent criticism of some chapters of the United Way. a local charity official notes the Great Falls chapter has never contributed to right-to-work efforts. 5-A. RECORD BREAKER (Milwaukee) Ricky Henderson of the Oakland A's steals bases No. 119 and No.

120 to break the major league record set by Lou Brock in 1974. 1-B. Weather, 6-A bees as neighbors water on the man. ing and eventually inside a building. Smj LAND USE (Montana) The Bureau of Land Management lists some things that need to be considered as it drafts a land use plan for the acreage it manages in the nine-county area between Glacier and Yellowstone national parks.

13-A. BELL RESPONDS (Montana) A Mountain Bell official disputes a consumer consultant's claim that residential telephone rates in Montana are too far above cost and should be decreased. 8-A. REORGANIZATION (Denver) The chief executive of Manville Corp. says his firm is not seeking a "a government bail-out" from asbestos-health lawsuits by filing for reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws.

12-B. CONNECTION? (New York) -A gangland execution is stirred widening national interest as the FBI seeks to determine whether the killing was connected to an investigation of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan. 11-B. flickering. They were flying back and forth in a frenzy." Cosenza said many residents were surprised by the bees and that others were stung after they ignored police orders to remain inside and ran to their cars to flee.

Nine ambulances relayed 27 people to three area hospitals and another six sting victims refused treatment. Cosenza said. About 15 victims required treatment and were released, hospital officials said. A dozen other victims required no treatment. Officials said many victims were treated with ice packs and that those with allergic responses received shots of adrenalin or Benadryl.

Cosenza said a beekeeper, Ed Ridgeway of Cherry Hill, put a queen bee out to "emit an odor and attract the drones and workers" and that several thousand were rounded up by late afternoon. "But there are still hundreds all around," he said. "They're concentrating in the heart of the complex." Cosenza. of the Glendora Rescue Squad, said officials hoped the bees would "calm down" during the night. He said the temperature could drop below 40 overnight, cold (AP) A swarm of frenzied bees descended on an apartment complex like a scene from a horror movie Friday, stinging dozens of residents as others ran screaming for cover.

Ambulances took 27 people to hospitals, including two stung at least 100 times, while police with loudspeakers urged people to stay inside and shut off their air conditioners and sealed off the entrances to the apartments. "If you looked at the sky. you'd just see bees." said Vito Galati. a 22-year-old resident of the complex. "It was horror." said George Berrington.

a 34-year-old resident of the complex of 22 brick apartment buildings where about 1,000 people live just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. "It was worse than you can imagine in the killer bees movie." Phil Cosenza. a rescue squad worker coordinating emergency response at the Countryside Apartments, said officials believe the swarm of honeybees was released when a truck hit a speed bump and a beehive fell off about 10:30 a.m. "People were running and said Walter Coleman. 37.

a resident of the 960-unit com stung "several time: of his neck. I 5 jMbt I "I went in the arf hospital and they gaJ A said. "All of us are tigued." Nancy Morse, a sf John F. Kennedy Mq 77 in Stratford, said Je NNY Knobb Hill ApartnJ "My corn flakes are on fire!" wood was released AND for more than 100 sti RM A spokeswoman sey Hospital Southe Mark Schonewise, a Tribune telephone 76-6666 after being treated stings..