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2 FLORIDA IS OWED $1 BILLION Uncollected fines, taxes and debts leave the state sitting on $1 billion worth of bad IOUs3B OFFICIAL: DIOXIN A HEALTH THREAT Alabama's attorney general wants federal officials to treat dioxin like a known danger3B BRADLEY F.1CGEE APPEAL SCHEDULED The social worker who returned the toddler to his family where he was, slain is to appeal her conviction this week3B Newsjournal Pensacola, Florida TO REPORT A LOCAL STORY: 435-8673 Monday, October 28, 1991 Group plans Wall South contraction Proposed site of the Veterans Memorial Park In Pensacola. The DfODOsed site RomanaSt. rm would includw: areas devoted to various wars in which Americans nave served. By David Tortorano News Journal Four years after local veterans had an emotional look at a movable version of the Vietnam War Memorial, a dream prompted by that visit is reaching fruition. On Nov.

11 Veterans Day they hope to break ground at a half-acre site at Admiral Mason Park. By Memorial Day they hope to have it filled with people for the dedication of the Wall South. "Everybody that knows about it is so excited about it," said Bob Meadows, Wall South vice president, who said the group hopes President Bush can attend. The site for the memorial is north of Bayfront Parkway. Plans call for the black granite, V-shaped wall at the northeast corner of the park.

There will be at least two sitting areas, a lighted flag and site directory. The area Will be landscaped. But when construction will begin is still tentative. The state hasvnot yet approved the site chosen last week by a special panel. But Al Meadows, Bob Meadows' brother, anticipates no problem.

"We can't be real specific yet," he said about the plans for construction. The contractors have yet to be chosen, but Wall South officials plan to discuss that at a meeting Tuesday night. Local companies, however, will be used. Negotiations must be completed with the city for a written agreement about the use of Admiral Mason Park. But Al Meadows said that's a technicality.

There's also a chance the wall may be larger than initially anticipated. From the start they had been talking about a half-size replica. "It may be close to a three-quarter scale," said Al Meadows, noting that the granite panels may have to be wider but not as tall as the ones in the monument in Washington. Nelson Wellborn, past president of Wall South, said that when state money, cash and in-kind services are considered the Wall South organization has about $1.25 million to $1.3 million to spend. WoHd WarlM jit The group has plans to continue its annual fundraisers, including a ballgame and run, and in December it will have a bass tournament.

The money raised will be used for maintenance. The idea was launched in 1987 after the movable wall visited the area. Wellborn and Lenny Collins then began working on a plan to build a wall here. The man who established the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington supported the plan when he visited Pensacola in 1989. But in a letter sent to the Wall South Foundation last summer, Jan Scruggs told locals that he had changed his mind.

i Scruggs said his organization owned a copyright on the Vietnam Memorial. However, local officials checked three years ago about any legal copyright limitation and found none. Before Wall South could get state money, it had to agree to form a panel to select a site. Only one location, Pasco County, came up with a proposal. The site selection panel picked Pensacola last week.

Korean War -Ijk Map area. I I IWorld War EseamMaBy I Jeff DarbyNews Journal SPACE HOGGERS BEWARE Whatever happened to. 1 i mm Mm mat i i 111 i iinpi ft 1 U.S. House mail costs criticized Hutto spends less on postage than most: iriiijy ii iiaaifc ft V4. From staff and wire service reports U.S.

Rep. Earl Hutto used only about 5 percent of his allotted postage expenses during the first half of 1991, statistics show. Hutto and other house members have cut their mailing costs by nearly 50 percent, but the National Taxpayers Union says they still spend too much. During the first six months of this year, House postage costs dropped to $15 million from $28.9 million during the same period in 1989, the last non-election year, said the NTU released Sunday. Hutto, a Democrat from Panama City, spent $13,099.84 during the Jan.

1 to June 30 reporting period. His yearly allotment is $266,454.29. Of the 435 House members, 305 spent more in postage than did Hiittrt In the Senate, the 100 members spent fll Gary McCrackenNews Journal A car takes up more than one parking space in a lot next to O'Charley's restaurant on North Davis Highway. Proposed ordinance carries fine for those who straddle the line Prohibits large trucks from parking in residential areas, too IF YOU WANT TO GO What County Commission meeting When: 9:30 a.m. Nov.

5 Where: Escambia County Courthouse, 223 Palafox Place The investigation into the 1978 slaying case ofPensacoia Realtor Carolyn Rose, who was raped and strangled to death after leaving her office to show a vacant house to a prospective customer? Carolyn Rose, 47, was found dead I April 7, 1978, in the bedroom of a vacant home in the 2600 block of State Road 297A, Cantonment She had been raped, shackled hand and foot and strangled to death with her own bra and panties. The case remains unsolved and the file open, although inactive, said Escambia County Sheriffs Lt. Terry Shelby, one of the original investigators assigned to the case 13 years ago. Shelby said investigators still check new leads on the killing occasionally, although none have pointed to a killer. "Even now we discuss the case among the homicide investigators," Shelby said.

"It was an interesting case. It still is." Rose's murder was part of a rash of killings that plagued Escambia County in 1978. There were six in a one-week period. A man arrested in New York City five days after Rose was found dead had once been described as a "promising suspect" in the case. But, Shelby said, the man passed a polygraph test and had an alibi for the time of the killing.

1 Do you want to know what has become of a particular local person or issue that has been in the news? Write us and we'll try to find out for you. Tell us briefly who or what you want to know about. Send your inquiries to: Whatever Happened To? Pensacola News Journal One News Journal Plaza Pensacola, 32501 John Fritz BRIEFLY Police: Woman shot to death during fight with boyfriend A 24-year-old woman was shot to death Sunday night at her boyfriend's home, said Sgt. Jerry Potts, spokesman for the Pensacola Police Department. Bernida Fay Montgomery, of 3606 N.

Ninth was shot after an argument with her boyfriend, Charles Powell, at Powell's home at 1407 N. Alcaniz St. police Sgt. Jerry Potts said. Powell, 67, was charged with an open charge of murder, Potts said.

A preliminary investigation showed that the woman grabbed a gun that was under a pillow and a struggle ensued, Potts said. Powell told police that he struggled with the woman in a bedroom in the home, Potts said. The woman apparently grabbed the gun, which 1. discharged during the struggle, Potts said. Legion Auxiliary to hold Poppy Day American Legion Auxiliary, Frank Marston Unit No.

33, will have its annual Poppy Day on Saturday. The poppies, handmade by hospitalized veterans, will be distributed from store fronts in the area. The public can donate any amount of money for the poppies. The veterans who make the poppies are paid 4 cents per poppy to purchase personal items needed while hospitalized. $5.1 million.

Sen. Connie Mack ranked 12th, spending $364,193.77 on mailings; U.S. Sen. Bob Graham ranked 50th, spending $20,265.51. Mass mailings always increase in election years as more and more members turn to them to help in their re-election campaigns.

James Davidson, chairman of the National Taxpayers Union, noted that challengers, who do not have taxpayer subst-dized-mail privileges, in the 1989-90 election cycle spent $47 million. That amount is less than incumbents cally have spent each year on mass mailings alone. I "Even with reforms, the average incumbent still spends far more on the frank (free mailing privilege) than the average challenger spends on his entire election campaign. Obviously, there remains room for additional reform," he said. Only since January have House members been required to disclose how much they spend on mass mailings as the result of an amendment in last year's legislative appropriations bill.

That amendment also created limited individual accounts for each House member and requires approval by the House Franking Commission of any mass mailing going to 500 or more constituents. Still, despite the restrictions "the average spending allowance for House members is just over $200,000," said Davidson. He suggests the House move closer to the Senate's tougher restrictions. By John Fritz News Journal A nerve-racking, hair-pulling, cursing-under-the-breath scene A. JL is played out every day in congested shopping mall parking lots.

The shopper circles the auto-clogged pavement like a vulture circling a -carcass, looking for that perfect spot. He passes by open spaces in the far reaches of the lot, patiently searching for something a few easy steps from the front door. Finally, he eyes what appears to be an open, convenient space. But in a moment of steering-wheel slapping anger, he discovers another driver has straddled two spaces, hogging two pieces of prime parking lot real estate. Sick and tired of those rude, parking lot hop? Escambia Sheriff Charlie Johnson is, and he's proposed a county ordinance The commission will decide whether to adopt the ordinance after a Nov.

5 public hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the county courthouse. The ordinance, which updates a 1986 version, also would prohibit large trucks from parking in residential areas. County Commissioner Wayne Peacock said he expects the ordinance to pass with little trouble. "I really think there is some support in the community and on the board for this to be enacted," he said.

If a recent poll of shoppers at University Mall is any indication, the measure aimed at parking lot hogs should face little opposition. "I hope they slap it to them," said Patricia Johnson of Pensacola when told of the pending ordinance. "The sooner, the better." "I think it's great," said Cheryl Evans, See PROPOSED, 2B that would slap inconsiderate drivers with a $25 fine. Under the new ordinance, deputies could ticket drivers who block more than one space in public parking lots. "I can understand the frustration suffered by someone who pulls into a mall or business and has to park some distance away from the complex because some inconsiderate driver has parked across three spaces or straddled the line and blocked another space," Johnson said in a letter to Escambia County Commission Chairman Dave Pavlock.

1 1 Til I 3 Are you a USS Lexington fan? Do you have more pictures of the USS Lexington than of your own kids? Have you toured the aircraft carrier more frequently than you ve visited your m-laws? Will it hurt you to lose the ship more than it would to lose your job? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be Bomber finds home at museum Stratofortress towed from Eglin By David Tortorano Newsjournal A B-52G Stratofortress bomber that was retired from active duty this year has found a new retirement home at the U.S. Air Force Armament Museum. The bomber, with a wingspan of 185 feet and length of nearly 161 feet, was flown from Barksdale Air Force Base, to Eglin Air Force Base this summer. Portions of the plane were removed to make it Gary McCrackenNews Journal The B-52 is towed south on highway 85 toward the U.S. Air Force Armament Museum near Niceville on Sunday.

uie person we re icoKing lor. The News Journal is searching for the ultimate Lex lover In Northwest Florida to profile in a story Nov 8, the day the aircraft carrier is decommissioned. So if your collection of Lexington memorabilia comes close to' easier to tow. Sunday morning, Air Force officials pulled the giant aircraft from the Eglin flight line to the museum. The towing took it to the area between the Okaloosa County -Airport and the 33rd Fighter Wing gate on highway 85.

It then was towed south on highway 85 to the junction of Lewis Turner Boulevard, before heading for the museum. Air Force offi- cials placed it on a cement pad behind the SR-71 Blackbird. The huge aircraft will be displayed on the pad while awaiting restoration, Eglin officials said. The Stratofortress is a six-crew-member, eight-engine plane used for high-level bombings. In the late '70s, development began to fit them with air-launched cruise missiles.

They have served as a mainstay of strategic forces. ourweignmg me snip iiseir, or rr you nave otner evidence that you suffer from Lexington-itis, let us know. Send us your name, address, phone number and a brief description of why you should be considered as our ultimate Lexington fan. Deadline for submissions ia Thursday. Mail to:" i' Troy Moon Pensacola News Journal, 1 News Journal Plaza Pensacola, Fla.

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