Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 10

Page 10, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Monday, October 4, 1S82 HONORED Sgt. Steve Swanson, second to the left, and Lt. Keneth Steinnerd, next to him, were awarded citations in a ceremony at Sitka Police Department Friday. Steinnerd had served as acting police chief before the new one was hired and Swanson was in charge of the patrol division during that time. Awarding the citations were Police and Fire Commission Chairman Bill Howey, left, and Police Chief Art LeTourneau, right.

(Sentinel photo by Betsy Longenbaugh) Gubernatorial Candidates Hold Pre-Debate Debates By BRUCE HARTLEY Associated Press Writer ANCHORAGE A The debate leading up to the debate overshadowed the actual encounter Thursday as the four candidates for governor squared off in their first major televised debate. A dispute" over the format, specifically whether candidates for lieutenant governor would be included, was the source of charges and countercharges in past questioned Thursday by a panel of journalists and by one another, the candidates and their responses were sedate and familiar. The closest any came to displaying any emotion was when Democrat Bill Sheffield accused Republican Tom Fink and Libertarian Dick of "shocking insensitivity" for what'he called their lack of understanding and appreciation for the problems facing Alaska. But after his amiable conquest in the Democratic primary, it was obvious that Sheffield is unaccustomed to the role of attacker, and he stumbled several times as he tried to make his points against Fink and Randolph. Fink, however, suffered through a bruising Republican primary in which he and Lt Gov.

Terry Miller launched scathing, attacks on one another. On Thursday, Fink seemed determined to project a moderate image. Randolph, forced to sit out primary by state election laws which don't recognize the Libertarians as an official political party, had his first opportunity to illustrate his differences with the other candi- dates. But he seemed unable to define clearly what sets him apart from them. Joe Vogler of the Alaska Independence Party, who got his spot on the ballot through an Alaska Supreme Court ruling, was the most strident of the- group, his pithy, blunt language in sharp contrast to 'the cautious and often rambling responses of the other three.

Vogler also provided the only real levity in the hour-long session, comparing the governor's race to a bullfrog jumping contest in the voters must who is a frog and who is a toad. Such sensitive issues as the subsistence law and moving the capital from Juneau to Willow were addressed only in passing, usually in some other context, and never by all four candidates simultaneously. The candidates for lieutenant governor were included in a separate half-hour appearance following the gubernatorial candidates. Perhaps because their tune was shorter, their debate was much more lively with quick, sharp answers. Democrat Steve McAlpine pointedly thanked Sheffield for insisting that they be given an opportunity to appear.

Republican Mike Colletta promised that a Fink administration would be a breath of fresh air from prevailing "doom and gloom" attitudes. Libertarian Donnis Thompson challenged the others to match Randolph's plan ior sharing Alaska's oil wealth with its citizens. mate, Roger Dee Roberts, claimed earlier he was the most right-wing of all eight candidates. But in response to a question from Colletta about dealing with environmentalists, Roberts reminded him that public officials must listen to and serve all of the people. SAYS WAR MAY BE CALLED: Saudi Arabia Warns Iran By The Associated Press.

Saudi Arabia, conservative guardian of Islam in the Arab world, warned Iran's revolutionary Moslem leaders they face a "no holds barred" war with all Arab states unless they accept mediation to end the war with Iraq. Arab Moslem Sudan said it was prepared to send troops to aid Iraq in the two-year-old Persian Gulf conflict. The threats came Sunday as Iran announced its 'third attack in as.many days against Iraqi positions east of Baghdad, the capital, in the central sector of the warfront. Iraq says its forces repulsed all three Iranian assaults. Iraqi Foreign Minister Saa- aoun Hammad' flew to New York on Saturday to repesent his nation at an emergency U.N.

Security Council meeting on the war later today, convened at Iraq's request. Baghdad also called on Arab, and non-aligned nations and the countries in the' Organization of African Unity to sever ties with Iran and provide urgent military and financial support to Iraq. Saudi royal palace in Jidda issued a statement. Sunday urging the two ancient Persian Gulf foes to end their war through negotiations. The Saudi peace' appeal was followed by a broadcast on Saudi state radio that called for "quick and serious pan-Arab moves" to back Iraq "before it is too late." The broadcast warned Iran it faced foreign intervention that could lead to a "no holds barred" war.

and other oil- rich Arab nations already have provided massive amounts of aid to Iraq, fearing an Iranian victory would, spread Iran's fundamentalist Islamic revolution to their conservative Moslem governments. Iran claims Arab aid to Iraq has exceeded $30 billion, and has repeatedly threatened revenge against Iraqi allies. The Sudanese government announced in Khartoum Sunday that it was prepared to send troops to Iraq, but made no mention of the number or types of forces that might be committed. The announcement, carried by the official SUNA news agency, said President Gaafar Nimeiri and senior military commanders discussed "preparing and equipping the required forces to support sisterly Iraq following the attacks on its territories by Iranian forces." Basketball Fees Due All teams participating in the 1982-83 Men's League Basketball season are reminded that sponsor fees are due 5 p.m. Oct.

8. Early payment will be appreciated For further information, call Ron at Community Schools at 747-8670. Sitka School Lunch Menu TUESDAY Burritio with meat sauce, tossed green salad, chilled pears, milk. WEDNESDAY pie, hot buttered roll, but- Pizza pita, green salad, yellow cake milk. FRIDAY Hot dog, Tater Tots, carrot and celery sticks, brownie, milk.

Attention Voters: Do you feel represented by the present City Assembly? Are you tired of having the city spend your excess tax dollars without your consent, on programs you don't necessarily believe in? presen such I AM! Vote for Me JOE GARRISON For City Assembly Oct. 5th. PaW for by Joe Garrison, P.O. Box 2287, Sitka, AK 99835 Balloon Accident Fatal for Four By STEVEvBREWEH Associated Press Writer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP).

Passengers in a hot-air balloon were about to "applaud a good landing" when the craft suddenly exploded in flames and shot skyward, and four people aboard plummeted to their deaths. Five others were injured. "Jump, it's going to blow!" 'Thomas Speer, 43, said he shouted to his fellow passengers an instant before the blast Sunday during the llth annual Albuquerque International Balloon The five people injured included pilot Joe Gonzales of Albuquerque, who was hurled from the gondola when the fire caused one of. the propane tanks aboard to erupt in sizzling flames. Gonzales was bringing the balloon, called the El Globo Grande, gently to Earth at 9:30 a.m.

when leaking propane vapors apparently ignited the wicker gondola. The balloon, which was carrying nine people, exploded, and four passengers jumped out at or near ground level, witnesses said. The balloon, free of the weight, shot skyward, and four others jumped or fell to their deaths from heights of up to 200 feet. In another ballooning accident Sunday, two men were killed and another was critically burned in Piedmont, S.C., when a hot-air balloon hit a power line. The dead were identified as Lawrence Langston Abrams, 28, of Easley and August Schwires, 26, of Pelzer.

Abrams' brother, Anthony Neal Abrams, 26, of Simpsonville, was flown to the regional burn center at Talmadge, Memorial Hospital in Augusta, where he was listed in critical condition with second-and third-degree burns over 65 percent of his body. In Albuquerque, Speer, 43, Lakewood, recalled, "I turned around to applaud a good landing. When I did, l' heard a hissing sound and saw vapors escaping very rapidly. I recognized what was going to happen Speer and two other survivors leaped from the gondola as it caught fire on the ground and Speer's wife, Ann, jumped into his arms as the suddenly lightened balloon shot into the air. After Speer saw that his wife was safe, he looked skyward, where the blazing balloon already had climbed to more than 150 feet.

"At that point, a gentleman id He just knew he" wasn't-alive. I could a re He hear when hit. i a wasn thrown from the gon- bounced" I saw him land, Sitka Concert Association Presents: Friday, October 8 Centennial Building Individual Tickets fjj-50 A 5 5 0 0 Students Sr. Citizens $3.00. under 5 Years of Age This program is supported by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

This tour is coordinated by Arts Alaska, Inc a not-for-profit arts management and service corporation Reflect Earl Richards 11 years representing you on the Assembly Paid for by Earl Richards, Box 933, Sitka, Alaska 99835 Bartenders Culinary Workers APFIUATED WITM A. P. OF L. AND C. O.

LOCAL'873 SITKA, ALASKA. HOIK us fluuuuit Inu'wiioiuiAiiiacE 9 AFL-CIO LOCAL no. 873 HOTEL RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES Has a message for organized labor. Please help us save our jobs on General Election Day, Tuesday, October 5,. 1982.

VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION NO. 1 After many meetings, and much discussion with several of the bar owners we as officers of Local No. 873 are of the firm opinion we will lose many jobs if Proposition No. 1 is approved by the voters th( igh rate of in Sitka at the present time would only help fuel the poor economic, conditions that many of us TdC6 HOW. Day Tuesday October 5 VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION NO.

1 Paid lor by AFL-CIO Local No. 873.