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Page Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka. Alaska, Wednesday, July 30,1986 Kenai Police Check Suspect in Slaying KENAI (AP) Police still are trying to son out the past of a fugitive arrested by the Alaska State Troopers on charges he killed two Virginia men. David Lee Williams was arrested last week at the Sea-Nik fish processing plant near Ninilchik. The 37-year-old Virginia man is a suspect in the slaying of two elderly men in Chesapeake, Va. He was jailed at the Wildwood Correctional Center in lieu of $1 million bail.

A hearing has been set for Aug. 21 in Kenai District Court. Williams is accused of killing sculptor Joszef K. Orsolya, 69, and artist- watchman Robert G. Brown, 64.

They were slain Jan. 26 at Orsolya's estate. Williams was renting a room from Orsolya, police say. The slain men's bullet-riddled bodies were found Feb. 12 on a brush- covered highway median north of Chesapeake, FBI reports show.

"They (investigating officers) found a lot of blood in the cottage after the two men had been reported missing," said Ken Marischen, an FBI agent in Anchorage. Marischen said the FBI suspects Williams dropped the bodies on the median after Williams' car slid during an ice storm and got stuck. The car later was found abandoned. "Investigation revealed a large quantity of human blood found in the rear wheel well," Marischen said. The Virginia Pilot Ledger Star newspaper reported June 3 that Williams, using the alias David Abrams, was found working in a Jewish hospital in Berkeley, Calif.

He escaped authorities through a window of the hospital. Williams 9 served with the Army's 101st Airborne Division. He suffered shrapnel wounds while in Vietnam. He has "a hell of a military record," Marischen said. Williams also served with the Israeli Military and National Police Force in 1972 and 1973, positions that require citizenship and loyalty to Israel, the newspaper reported.

Williams applied for citizenship, but did not receive it until after he had left Israel. At that time, he assumed the name Ben Avraham. He returned to the United States, and 1983 went to work as a security officer in a naval shipyard on the East Coast His co-workers said they remained uneasy around him. The newspaper, quoting a Williams' co-worker who asked not to be identified, said working with Williams was "kind of like being in a cage with a lion who is supposedly tame, but you weren' really "He would get something in his mind if you argued with him," another co-worker told The SStar. "You couldn't joke with him." Anchorage Preacher Takes Aim at Dr.

Ruth Sheffield Helps Open Native Conference KOTZEBUE (AP) The Inuit Circumpolar Conference opened Monday in Kotzebue with a call from Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield for native people to keep their land and develop whatever resources are in abundance there. The conference, an alliance'of indigenous people from arctic and sub- arctic regions around the world, meets every two years. This gathering was expected to draw thousands of people to Kotzebue. Sheffield, speaking during the opening ceremonies, said he was impressed when he found out the Yupik Eskimos have no words equivalent to the English phrase "for political reasons." But he said Yupiks and other native people now need political savvy to keep their traditional cultures and get the capital improvements such as roads, sewers, schools and airport runways that political representation has gar- nere for Kotzebue.

"All these are examples of how the people of the north have adapted Western structures to northern goals. This conference shows that same independence and strength throughout the polar region," Sheffield said. The governor said he supports efforts to fine-tune, through amendments, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, because to do so will help natives keep the private land they were given under the act. "That keeps your regions and your culture strong. And that, in turn, makes our whole state stronger," Sheffield said.

And he said rural residents should look to the resources found on their lands when seeking local development and jobs. "A real, practical understanding of what we have to offer in Alaska help," he said. "We're not going to create high-tech industries out here. We're not going to have Silicon Valley on the Kuskokwim." But he noted that the Kuskokwim Delta is rich with a fisheries industry that could be further developed. "Developing new fish products, bringing jobs off processing ships and onto the shore, and stopping the illegal interception of Alaska salmon on the high seas is going to produce real jobs and real opportunities for local people, "he said.

Kenai Fireworks Ban Affirmed I Anchorage Property Added Up KENAI (AP) Kenai Peninsula Borough voters on Tuesday reaffirmed a ban on the sale and use of most fireworks. With only one precinct still out, the vote to retain the ban was 1,782 to 1,194. The outstanding ballots weren't enough to change the result Only 15 percent of the registered voters went to the polls. Last fall, voters overwhelmingly approved an advisory question on whether to restrict fireworks. Acting on that vote, the borough assembly in December banned botUerockets, Roman candles, smoke bombs and most other black powder devices.

Louie March, president of the Alaska Fireworks Association responded by circulating an initiative petition, collecting 1,200 signatures and forcing Tuesday's special election. The ballot measure would have allowed fireworks between June 17 and July 8 and between October and April when the fire hazard is minimal. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Dennis G. Wallin, Agent 407 Halibut Pt.

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is a distant second in Anchorage property 3 Projects Win Grants WASHINGTON (AP) --Three Alaska projects have won grants from the U.S. Department of Interior and the Federal Administration, the Alaska 'concessional delegation announced. to receive $850,000 from the FAA to construct and light the at Savoonga Airport, to relocate runway lighting, and to expand the snow removal equipment building. Savoonga is on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, southwest of Nome.

The North Slope Borough is to receive $933,520 to install a medium intensity airport lighting system at the Atqasuk Airport, south of Barrow. A matching land and conservation grant of $37,000 was awarded to the city of Wrangell by the Interior Department. The grant is for construction of tennis courts, a backstop, a parking area, fencing, trash receptacles and signs. 'Restraining Order Granted in Suit On Open Meetings KETCHIKAN (AP) A superior court judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday preventing the city council from any further action on compensation plans for city or utility employees. The Ketchikan Daily News filed a suit against the city July 17 alleging that the plans were illegally formulated in secret executive sessions.

Judge Thomas Jahnke said in his order it appears the city council continued to implement the Ketchikan Public Utilities and general employee compensation plans after the newspaper filed its complaint. "The council's continued effort may constitute a violation of law and should be restrained until the court has had an opportunity to rule on the validity of the meetings referred to in the complaint and the issues raised by the plaintiff," Jahnke said. The city council rescinded its approval of the utility plan after the suit was filed. It adopted it again on July 24, this time in a regular meeting open to the public. Jahnke scheduled Aug.

14 for a hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction. Appointed ANCHORAGE (AP) William Keppler, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska- Anchorage has been appointed vice chancellor of academic affairs and student services for the campus, said UAA Chancellor David Outcalt. The number two position at UAA was vacated earlier this year when Jack Brownell announced he would leave Anchorage to accept a similar position in California. Keppler will assume his new duties Monday. Outcalt has announced he will be leaving his post this fall to accept a position in Wisconsin.

His replacement, Clark Ahlberg of Kansas, was selected earlier this month. ownership, the records show. The company, which owns hotels and shopping centers, has holdings valued million tho rororHc inriipflfp Alascom, the state's largest communications company, has Anchorage property valued at $63.8 million by city officials. The remainder of the top 10 property owners in Anchorage are: -Calais property developers, $60.1 million. -Standard Alaska Production petroleum company, $50.6 million: Hunt, real estate, $45.8 million.

-National Bank of Alaska, $40.4 million. -Westgate property development, $36.4 million. -Enstar, natural gas, $36.2 million. Penney, department store, $33.7 million. ANCHORAGE (AP) Dr.

Jerry Prevo, an Anchorage preacher who has led anti-homosexuality campaigns and quizzed politicians on moral issues, is trying to stir his congregation to speak out against Dr. Ruth Westheimer, one of America's best-known sex therapists. Westheimer's sex column is syndicated in more than 100 newspapers. It started appearing on a trial basis in the Anchorage Daily News last week. "But before we commit to publishing her regularly, we want to be sure she reflects the values in our community," the newspaper said in a plea for reader response.

The newspaper asked readers to clip out and return a questionnaire about the column. Preyo lashed out at the column Thursday. He appeared on a national Chris dan call-in radio show originating in Colorado and broadcast in Anchorage on KATB-FM. The show's host called Dr. Ruth "a little old lady with a dirty mind." He later was interviewed by KTVA-TV.

Prevo said he thought some of Westheimer's advice was good, but he objected that she does not tell unmarried people and homosexuals to abstain from sex. "By what she doesn't say she is promoting what is not healthy," Prevo said. "She is propagating that any sexual perversion is OK. 1 During Prevo's 20-minute televised sermon Sunday at the Anchorage Baptist Temple, he urged his congregation to complete and mail in the Dr. Ruth survey that appeared in the Daily News.

"You know why she's becoming so popular?" he asked. "Because she's telling people what they want to hear. They need to hear what they're doing is wrong." He criticized Dr. Ruth for saying there is not an easy answer to when teen-agers should have sex. There is an easy answer, Prevo said: When you are in love and after you are married, "The authority on sex is God Almighty," he told his followers.

As he talked, television viewers who wanted to "stop Dr. Ruth" were asked to call the Anchorage Baptist Temple. Prevo told the Daily News that he found Westheimer's columns mild compared to her books and cable TV show, which he had researched. He said most readers probably found them inoffensive. "In our community, I'd say you won't have that much opposition," he said.

Two Anchorage radio stations polled their listeners to see how they felt about the column. At KFQD-AM, disc jockey Mike Ford received 30 calls in five hours one day last week. Twenty-five supported Dr. Ruth, five were opposed. At KWHL-FM, the Whale Blabber line was opened up to callers beginning at 6 a.m.

Monday, and the results were to be tabulated early Tuesday. "I can guess what the poll's going to say," said production director John Frost. "It's going to be 90,95 percent in favor of Dr. Ruth. We've always had a pretty darn liberal The Daily News received only a few, mostly positive telephone calls on the column until Monday, when some 40 callers voiced their displeasure.

Daily News management says it is waiting for completed survey forms, however, before making any decision on whether to run the column. "We're testing the waters. advisory said Howard Weaver, the paper's managing editor. "But we. never said (our decision would be based on) an up or down Business at Airport Slows ANCHORAGE AP) Aircraft landings and transportation of passengers and freight declined at Anchorage International Airport in May from the activity level a year before, according to the airport's latest statistics.

The landings of jet planes dropped by 0.9 percent, from 2,923 in May 1985 to 2,898 in May 1986. Landings of other planes dropped by 14.2 percent, from 3,226 to 2,768. Passengers moving through the airport, including those on brief stopovers, were down 3.2 percent. In May 1985, 382,533 departed or arrived, while 370,303 moved through the airport during May 1986. Freight transit was down 4.1 percent.

Figures showed roughly 24.9 million pounds in May, compared to about 26 million pounds for the same month last year. Alaska to Get CG Gutters ANCHORAGE (AP) The Coast Guard cutters Mustang and Naushon will be assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District, replacing two smaller Coast Guard vessels, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens said. While the Mustang will be stationed at Seward, the Naushon will be assigned to Ketchikan, Stevens said. The new 110-foot Island Class vessels will complete preparations for sea duty in Lousiana before they are assigned to Alaska.

The vessels will offering greater operating capabilities than the 82-foot or 95-foot patrol boats now in use, Stevens said in a news release. Their primary duties will be enforcement of fisheries laws and treaties, narcotics interdiction and enforcement of other U.S. laws, he said. Additionally, the vessels will be responsible for search and rescue, defense operations, marine environmental response, port and environmental safety, short range aids to navigation and recreational boating safety missions. Each cutter carries a crew of two officers and 14 enlisted crew members.

Firms Seek Dismissal From Suit ANCHORAGE (AP) The Alaska Railroad, Oil Field Specialties Inc. have asked they they be dismissed from an $8.4 million lawsuit filed by Crown Point residents after they were forced from their homes by a chemical leak. About 50 families evacuated their homes in March after a cloud of gas escaped from a railroad car parked on a Crown Point siding. The car was loaded with a urea-formaldehyde mixture. The residents were allowed to return home the next day, but many have complained of various symptoms and lingering odors in their homes.

Unocal and Borden Chemical manufacturer of the mixture, defendantsm.thecase. -v The lawsuit, among other things, claims the companies were negligent in handling the mixture. The tank car was overheated in Anchorage, setting off a chemical reaction. The car then was taken to Crown Point. Its contents were destined for the Unocal fertilizer plant inNikiski.

Alaska Oilfield Specialities said it safely warmed the car and, because of shipping delays, the railroad again heated the car to a point in excess of 200 degrees. Alaska Oilfield says it is not responsible for what happened after it heated the car. Plea Entered in Fairbanks Death FAIRBANKS (AP) The nephew of a man convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of Larry Skipper pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of manslaughter only hours before his first-degree murder trial was to get underway. Gary Schrader also pleaded no contest early Thursday to tampering with evidence. Schrader was to go on trial Thursday afternoon.

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