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5 -THb' COURiER-JOURNiAL, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1988 Trestle east of Louisville attracts more teens, and another is lulled mi 111 v-' 1 TEENAGER I KILLED I ON TRAIN TRESTLE Brother is forgiven for denying marrow Continued from Page I the rift between the brothers, who grew up in Bedford playing basketball and fishing together. "We tried to figure out what he was mad about We just figured he had a chip on his shoulder," the elder brother said. "Randy was always a loner. He got worse after Dad died in 1967.

Tm glad he's OK. I'd like to see him," Chapman said. He said his disease is in remission and he hopes to leave the hospital next week. He said his physician is considering a treatment used when compatible donors are not available, in which the victim's bone marrow is removed and treated to get rid of the leukemic cells before it is returned. Willard F.

Dunn's next of kin sought The Jefferson County, Department for Human Services seeks next of kin of Willard F. Dunn, 59, who died Wednesday at Summer-field Manor Nursing Home. He had formerly lived at 1365 S. First St Anyone with information about Dunn's next of kin should call Larry Young at the department at (502) 625-6007 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday. 1 ft TO Visitation will be at Russman Son Funeral Home, 1041 Goss from 1 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Spalding University or St. Xavier High School.

Information for this story was also gathered by staff writer Larry Keefe. "Mli2 suffered a year earlier when he jumped from the trestle when a train was coming. "It takes a tragedy, sometimes, to understand how dangerous the trestle is," said Rick Harris, manager of public relations for Norfolk Southern. "This is certainly a senseless tragedy, but definitely avoidable." Harris stressed that youths who walk the trestle are trespassing, and that the company has been trying to educate the public about the dangers. "People should know that it's illegal to be on Pope Lick trestle, and anybody, with a cursory observation, would realize it's a very dangerous thing to be up on as well." Southern Railway Co.

and Norfolk Southern Corp. have settled two cases out of court involving falls from the bridge. Both suits charged that the trestle was "an attractive nuisance" and had no barriers to prevent pedestrians from mounting it "There was really nothing to prevent the kids from getting up there," said Marvin Fleischman, whose son, Samuel, fell in 1984. "There was a little chicken-wire fence you could just climb over. And now, it sounds like they certainly haven't done anything to make it safe." "We have to rely on the good judgment of people themselves to stay off that trestle," Harris said.

"I don't know how you could make it impossible for somebody who's bound and determined to get up there." He said wire fences and warning signs have been erected but were torn down or vandalized. The bridge is marked with a "No FILE PHOTO This 80-foot-high train trestle has tempted many teen-agers. Yesterday, one was was killed, the second in less than a year. By LAWRENCE MUHAMMAD Staff Writer Teens often congregate to drink and socialize at the base of the 80-foot-high train trestle off Pope Lick Road near Fisherville in eastern Jefferson County, and neighbors come out to wave when the train whistles blow. And sometimes youths take up dares to walk the trestle.

One of them, 17-year-old Spalding University student Charles Jack Bahm IL was killed by an oncoming train early yesterday while he and two companions walked the trestle. "They were driving around, got bored, and decided to see if they could make it across," said Officer Gary Fields, Jefferson County police spokesman. Fields said Bahm, Kevin P. Schnickel, 18, of 3807 Wayside Drive, and Christopher N. Keisker, 18, of 3135 Sudbury Lane, were walking across the bridge about 1:45 a.m.

when they saw the lights of the approaching Southern Railway train. Schnickel and Keisker escaped but Bahm was struck by the 107-car freight train that was headed for Danville, Ky. Schnickel suffered a laceration on his chin when he fell and was treated at Humana Hospital-Suburban and released. Keisker was not injured. John Bunch, the train's engineer, told police he was traveling about 30 mph when he saw the three, but couldn't stop in time to avoid the accident Bahm, of 2940 Rio Rita died of multiple injuries, Deputy Coroner Money led By MARY O'DOHERTY Staff Writer Frances Hause lived with David Williamson, a man who was 36 years her junior, for what her friends believe were the best two years of her otherwise lonely life.

The two bought a house in a tidy subdivision in Okolona, and Hause, 65, named Williamson, now 31, as the sole beneficiary in her will. Their cozy life together ended abruptly on Aug. 23, 1986, when Williamson told police that Hause had disappeared mysteriously. Twelve days later, police found her body in the trunk of Williamson's 1983 Cadillac, parked in the long-term parking lot at Louisville's Standiford Field. Yesterday, the opening day of Williamson's murder trial, Assistant Jefferson Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Stengel told a jury he would prove that Williamson was responsible for Hause's death.

Evidence will show that Williamson who stood to gain more than prosecutor says Trespassing" sign at its concrete base, but there are no barriers and the 80-foot summit is easily accessible from Pope Lick Road. Bahm's survivors include his father, Jack Bahm; his mother, Sue LaRue; three sisters, Tamala S. Bahm of Meinz, West Germany, Dana D. and Leigh M. Bahm; and his grandparents, George D.

LaRue Sr. of Orlando, and Genevieve Bahm. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St Pius Catholic Church, 3521 Goldsmith Lane, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. eliminate them," he said.

"We never could eliminate Mr. Williamson." Profit seemed an unlikely motive at first but police soon learned that Hause had amassed substantial savings during her 21 years as an inventory clerk at Cardinal Carryor a firm that rents forklifts. About the time Hause's body was found, Stengel said, police received a call from a man who told them that Williamson had asked him if he knew anyone who could kill Hause. Since then, Stengel told the jury, police have talked with five other people who said Williamson offered to pay them to kill Hause. When it comes to selling household items Senior Citizens Homeowners who will be 65 or over anytime during 1988 may be eligible to receive the HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION You may apply with the PROPERTY VALUATION ADMINISTRATOR'S office Homestead 504 Fiscal Court Bldg.

for more information, CALL 625-6380 Homestead applications will be mailed on request TIM FIRKINS Property Valuation Administrator Jefferson County RAILROAD ROAD STAFF MAP BY WES KENDALL Danny Chapman said. He was the second teen-ager in less than a year to be killed in such an accident Police say the bridge, which was built in 1929, has long attracted teens who take up dares to walk across it "To see if you've got courage, they'll dare each other to walk across," Fields said. "It's apparently kind of a boast to say, 'I walked across the Although police say the Pope Lick trestle is less a teen gathering place than in the past, neighbors once called police regularly about the youths. In the past nine years, at least two youths have fallen to the creek below, one a 17-year-old boy who suffered head injuries and a broken leg, arm and pelvis after he tried to climb off the trestle when a train was coming. Last May, 19-year-old David Wayne Bryant died of injuries he to slaying, $66,000 upon her death asked six people to kill Hause, Stengel said.

But Williamson's attorney, Geoffrey Morris, said the state's case against Williamson is circumstantial and that police have no evidence linking him directly to Hause's murder. Morris suggested that police and Hause's attorney conspired to blame Williamson because they felt that "it wasn't right" for him "to get everything." If he is convicted, the prosecutor will ask the jury to sentence Williamson to death. At the request of Williamson's attorney, Jefferson Circuit Judge William McAnulty ordered the jury sequestered throughout the trial. It's a rare move, one that McAnulty said was necessary to shield jurors from what he anticipates will be widespread media coverage. Williamson told police that he last saw Hause on Saturday, Aug.

23, after the two had celebrated her birthday at a Louisville restaurant. He told police he went to bed at 10 it was probably a blessing that he did not know," Fisher said. Fisher, as spokesman for the Higgins family, met with reporters yesterday afternoon. "I would say with two things facing the family that they're doing very well," Fisher said. "It's difficult to accept the death of a father and then at the same time something that's so unknown as what's really taking place" with the colonel.

"The hardest part is seeing the other eight (U.S. hostages in Lebanon) and seeing how they have been held captive with no resolution in sight Being the ninth, you just don't know," he said. school-day bill and we're winning the hearts and minds of the legislature on the basis of that." Margraf argued that parent-teacher conferences are valuable, especially in the lower grades, and should be recognized as such when the state decides what to classify as instructional time. "Presently we can take kids to the zoo and count that as instructional time, or the governor can visit a school and that counts. But a parent sitting down with a teacher doesn't count" he said.

Orr contended that if the ISTA wins this round in the education battle, the union might try to change other parts of Orr's package. Margraf acknowledged that the ISTA has concerns about parts of the program, such as competency testing, but added, "We cannot react to the program until we see how it works." The revival of the parent-teacher conference issue came in an hour-long debate just before midnight Using a rare parliamentary move, the House agreed to accept amendments on an education bill that was eligible for final passage. Normally, changes are offered during the amendment stage and after that bills are left unchanged. I (1 If Father of kidnapped Marine dies that night and that Hause was gone when he awoke at 10 the next morning. When Hause didn't show up for work the next day, Williamson called police.

Detectives testified yesterday that in the next 12 days, they discovered some inconsistencies that bothered them. Friends said that Hause was a meticulously tidy person who didn't go out unless she dressed up and who never wore shorts outside her home. But Jefferson County Police Detective Frank Kron said that when he went to her home at 5012 Mile of Sunshine Drive, her bedroom was "a mess." Hause was barefoot and was wearing shorts when police found her body, Detective Don Burbrink testified. An autopsy determined that she had been strangled. Burbrink said yesterday that investigators focused their attention on Williamson immediately.

"Everyone is a suspect until you Fisher said the family has no regrets about the colonel's military duty. "On behalf of the family, we are very happy (Higgins) chose to serve our country as a U.N. observer," Fisher said. "We have confidence that our government will do what is best or necessary for our country and his safety." Fisher said the colonel's wife, Ma rine Maj. Robin Higgins, who works at the Pentagon, told him that President Reagan called her yesterday "and offered her all the support that he knew how to give her I think it helped her tremendously." Fisher declined comment on published reports that a radical Lebanese group, claiming credit for the kidnapping, had accused Higgins of being a CIA agent Fisher also said he thought his brother-in-law would handle a hostage situation well.

"I would say with the training that he has, he could handle it better than most people," he said. "He's a very strong individual." Fisher thanked the news media and public on the family's behalf for their concern and prayers. The elder Higgins was a native of Garrard County, a retired controller at Louisville Downs Race Track, past president of the Kentucky Accountant Association and a member of Beechmont United Methodist Church. Survivors besides his son and daughter include another daughter, Linda Miller of Memphis, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m.

today at Arch L. Heady Okolona Funeral Home, 8519 Preston Highway, and at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ramsey Funeral Home in Lancaster, Ky. Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery. Visitation at the Heady funeral home will be after 11 a.m.

today and at Ramsey after noon tomorrow. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Humana Heart Foundation. By ROBIN GARR Staff Writer William F. Higgins, the father of the Marine colonel kidnapped in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, died yesterday morning at Humana Hospital-Audubon. Higgins, 72, of 4909 Dee Road in Okolona, died of cardiopulmonary arrest and kidney failure, hospital officials said.

Higgins was not told that his son, Lt Col. William Richard Higgins, had been taken captive, said Harold Fisher of Louisville, whose wife, Mary, is the colonel's sister. "Due to the illness there is no way he could have understood so Orr would veto Continued from Page 1 But he said he understands it is difficult for a legislator to stand up to pressure by the ISTA. He said the teachers' union has boasted of its role in unseating former House Speaker J. Roberts Dailey, R-Mun-cie, to threaten legislators who don't sympathize with its position this year.

ISTA lobbyist Robert N. Margraf said his group isn't brow-beating lawmakers, but instead is winning them over with a reasonable argument. He said that when lawmakers voted last year for a longer school year, they didn't know the State Board of Education would adopt a rule prohibiting the counting of parent-teacher conference days as full instructional days. The state rule, adopted last year, would allow a school to hold parent-teacher conferences and a half-day of classes and count that day as an instructional day. But a full day devoted to conferences couldn't be counted toward the 180-Jay total.

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