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Florida m93 HjP Wmm Reports From TODAY Staff Wrjters. Bureaus and Wire Services 10B TODAY, Thursday, April IM1 Execution set May 6 for killer of three The State Inmate indicted in hostage incident TODAY Wlr Srvlc LAKE BUTLER A Florida State Prison in learrf Ihrft rushed a OnimiComytioiiantetiliiieot Tlce'wneura ieiletary wa's "being ViirtRisiag ws indicted Wednesday in connection with the Feb 16 standoff Jerry Rasberry, 27, who is serving life plus 20 vears for a Pinellas Count robbery and aggravated assault, was indicted by a Union County gTand jury on one count of murder, one count of attempted murder two counts of kidnapping, attempted es tape and possession of a weapon b) a state prison er The special two page report handed down by lurors praised prison officials for their actions in i he 10 hour incident in which Rasberry and con killer Ray Anthony Mitchell held 'Terry Rimes at knifepoint, prison officials said Rimes received a minor stab wound in the inci dent Kidnapping charged MIAMI One policeman and a former officer nae been charged with kidnapping, breaking up a uang allegedh responsible for numerous abductions in Dade Couniv. police said Wednesday David Earl Rogers. 30 the Medley police department officer of the year for 1979. was sus pended without pa after his arrest late Tuesday A warrant was issued for Jose Prieto.

30, a former officer with several departments in Dade and Brow ard counties who was freed on bond in a gun harge Police said thej weren certain how many people have been the subject of big money kidnappings in recent weeks, since some have paid the SI million ransom and not reported the crimes Authorities said some of the victims were drug smuggling king Jax teacher held JACKSONVILLE An elementary school eacher has been jailed on charges that a downtown aar he owns is a house of prostitution, authorities aid Jacksonville Sheriffs Office vice squad Sgt Larry Hudgins said Francis Mills. 42. a teacher at Woodland Acres Elementary, was booked on one count of running a house of ill fame Tuesday night and held in the Duval County Jail in lieu of 1526 bond "The dancers meet the johns (clients) while they re dancing, then they take them back to the girls' restroom and for $40 give them anything they ant Hudgins said, adding that Mills would re cei ve $20 in the operation Duval County school officials said Mills teaches reading to kindergarten and first grade students Cabinet approves deal TALLAHASSEE Convinced that Florida and ts tiny Miccosukee Indian tribe got a good deal, the Cabinet unanimously approved a land settlement with the tnbe Wednesday The pact already has been accepted by the 500 member tnbe, which lives in Broward and Dade counties "This culminates a five year effort and I think our settlement is in the best interest of the Indians and the State of Florida," said Attorney General Jim Smith Forecaster denies claim TAMPA A National Weather Service forecaster says a special weather statement was issued the morning of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, but he adds conditions apparently didn't warrant the issuance of a full fledged storm warning The National Transportation Safety Board in Washington Tuesday said the pilot of the freighter that rammed the bndge last May 9, causing it to collapse into Tampa Bay and claim the lives of 35 travelers, wasn't the only cause Board members said the weather service also was a primary factor Fred Crosby, chief meteorologist for the Ruskin office, which serves the Tampa Bay area, said weathermen warned of "scattered showers and thunderstorms, some very heavy," for three hours before the wreck No charges to be filed TALLAHASSEE Prosecutors say no criminal charges will be tiled against former Monroe County State Attorney Jeff Gautier, suspended last year by Gov Bob Graham amid allegations that he used cocaine and other illegal drugs in the presence of state and federal investigators TALLAHASSEE (AP) Gov. Bob Graham Wednesday ordered the execution of convicted killer Gary Eldon Alvord, who committed three murders while he was an escapee from a Michigan mental institution The execution was jet for 7 a May 6 Alvord, whose sanity has been questioned by judges, as ordered to jhe.elerJrir chair at the Florida State Prison at Starke after refusing to be interviewed by three psychiatrists Graham appointed to assess Alvord's mental state Defense lawyer William J. Sheppard of Jacksonville was expected to ask for a stay of execution because Alvord has bad an appeal stalled before the Florida Supreme Court for more than a year Defense lawyers main tain Alvord is mentally unfit to be executed and charge that his trial lawyer inadequately represented him.

venr olrt klter wrnje.jj. Florida Supreme Court to ask that his pending appeal be dismissed, leaving him vulnerable to execution. Although he did not state explicitly he wanted to be put to death, Alvord said he preferred not to appeal and "to live this torture and hypoc racy (sic) of Florida justice The Justices refused and are still considering Alvord's CJrhrT' prtlnij In fh. Alvord case came while an other death warrant he had signed remained In effect for triple murder convict David Leroy Washington, 31. Washington, condemned (or tho 1976 murders of three Miami area people, had been scheduled to die In the electric chair at Florida State Prison Wednesday morning, but Tuesday U.S District Judge C.

Clyde Atkins fen arguments. A hearing in the Wash ington case Is set for this af ternoqjj, and It remained possible that Washington still could be executed before the death warrant expires at noon Friday. Alvord was condemned for the June 17, 1973, strangulation deaths of Lynn Herrmann, 18, and her mother, Ann Herrmann, 36, and 5t '(Sr home. llBBBBBBBBiflSBBBBBr k'E irxLsBMlLsLsW.Jvts'xn r.ARV.Ai vonn Michigan escapee Alvord: dismiss appeal TALLAHASSEE (AP) Here is the text of a letter that Gary Eldon Alvord, a 34 year old man convicted of killing three women in Tampa while he was an escapee from a Michigan mental institution, wrote to the Florida Supreme Court last December Errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation have not been corrected "Sirs "l'am Gary Alvord on death row l'am tired of the abuse the courts permit to inflict on me To my knowledge I was sentenced to die, not to be daily tortured and pemitted to be hand cuffed and beaten, in mind and spirit as well as body "I have seen there is no justice In Fla. courts and find a acute hipocracy to say I have a appeal on paper and no justice by a cultural system so depraved and intent to seek ways to deny rather than to defend justice and country "It is my right not to appeal and prefere not to than to live this torture and hipocracy of Florida justice and exercise my right by requesting this court terminate my appeal, hopeing on has at least that right in Flonda "Respectfully, "Gary Alvord" At the bottom, presum ably written by Chief Justice Alan Sundberg, was scrawled in pencil "Treat as motion to dismiss appeal and deny CJ 12 3 80" iiiiiiBr hllllllllllllljk 'frESHS I mi" $mM ANYTIME mmwM I I'vt 1 lissssssssssl I ssssssssssssssssssl ssssssB I sssssssssssssssfl lisssssssH I Issssssssssssssfl IH jHkw sLsLsLsLss lassssssssr Second skeleton identified So tow me away One good thing about being able to fly is that when you're caught doing something illegal it's easy to get away.

This warbler parked just long enough to get his picture taken in Gainesville and then flew away. WEEKI WACHEE (AP) The fourth body found burled on the 'rural property of a convicted sex offender was identified Wednesday as that of a young woman who disappeared from a Tampa bar last year As crews continued turning the soil in search of additional bodies on the five acre tract, Hernando County Sheriff's Ll John Whitman said authorities identified the latest victim as Sandra Jean Graham, 21, who was last seen at a bar April 26, I960. Only one other body has been identified Graham's remains were unearthed Tuesday, three eeks after the grisly search began. Police, based on confidential information, said two more bodies may be buried on the tract in this tiny North Central Florida community known mostly for a giant bubbling spring which serves as the heart of a thriving tourist attraction. "We're Just continuing the excavation," Whitman said "We had about 15 by 15 foot section we were unsa tisifed with, so we're digging that section out today.

"Then we're continuing to go across the five acre tract with the excavation," the officer added. The land owner, William Mansfield, 56, is serving a 30 year prison term in Florida's Union Correctional Institution following nis no contest plea last November to four sex charges involving young, girls. Originally he had been indicted on 40 sex charges iri Hernando County. Mansfield's wife and several family members live in a mobile home on the junk littered five acre site Earlier Wednesday the only other skeleton that had. been identified was that of a 15 year old Warren, Ohio, girl, Elaine Ziegler, who disappeared from a Brooksville.

campground in 1979. Charges in the Weekl Wachee deaths had not been, filed as of Wednesday, ant) authorities said it could be a long time not only before they identify the victims, but before causes of death could be established. However, police have mentioned Mansfield's oldest son, William "Billy" Mansfield 25, as someone they may want ts question In connection with the case. He Is in jail In Santa Cnu, awaiting a first degree murder trial In the strangulation last December of a 29 year old housewife. His brother, Gary, 23, charged In that case as an accessory and also is in Jail there.

Another of Mansfield's seven children, Robby, 18, also is in trouble with the law. He was charged Tuesday with burglary and grand theft, but police said that had nothing to do with the Week! Wachee case. Cabinet delays Gordon's math, English proposal TALLAHASSEE (AP) Action on Sen. Jack Gordon's proposal to require Florida college students to take more math and English courses was delayed by the state Cabinet Wednesday. Gordon, a Miami Beach Democrat who feels education standards ere too low, claimed victory on the grounds he had made his point to the Cabinet and Gov.

Bob Graham, who also serve as the State Board of Education Barbara Newell, new chancellor of the state's uni versity system, and a spokesman for the state's community colleges, urged postponement of Gordon plan Declaring there is no substitute for classroom experience, Gordon wants Flonda colleges to require at least two years of English and one year of math studies A host of college educators and administrators off ered a mixed reaction to the recommendation Some of the teachers used the forum to lobby for more money for public schools Nearly all the professors and department chairmen who appeared before the Cabinet Wednesday agreed that Gordon's plan would be costly. Robert L. McLendon, president of St Johns Community College in Palatka, said Gordon's proposal should be rejected McLendon said he was acting as a spokesman for presidents of the other community colleges in the state He described Gordon's proposal as an "arbitrary doubling of our basic course requirements Most Florida community colleges now require three semester nours ot math and six semester hours of English Gordon wants a minimum of six semester hours of math and 12 of English. The senator offered this rebuttal to opposing arguments' Florida colleges and universities will not take dramatic steps to improve academic quality because schools don't view lackluster student achievement as a big problem Plus, educators often seem set in their ways by "institutional pressures," he says. Uniform minimum college standards should be adopted statewide.

Gordon noted that Miami Dade Community College does not have a math requirement, while students at other junior colleges must take math to earn associate of arts degrees Gordon acknowledged some students' academic deficiencies can be traced to poor training in high school. He suggested high school course requirements should be tighter and college en trance standards should4e upgraded. Education Commissioner Ralph Turlington and other school leaders advocate an "exit test" for college sophomores, similar to the functional literacy exam given to high school students The college skills test, which would be a prerequisite to earning a two year degree, is In planning stages and will be implemented soon, according to Depart ment of Education spokesman Howard Friedman. tug'ene Whiiworth, a Gainesville prosecutor picked Dy Liranam to nead the Gamier investigation Graham Tuesday amended his Nov 21, 1980, suspension order to drop allegations that Gautier admitted he used cocaine and that the former prosecutor had offered to help smuggle marijuana into the Keys in exchange for payment of several thou sand dollars under the guise of a campaign contn button Florida couple indicted OXFORD. Miss A Florida man and woman, whose activities while living in a Greenville, Miss motel aroused suspicions of local authorities, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on narcotics and firearms charges The indictments, which were made public Wednesday, charged George and Lise Alford of Pom pano Beach with possession of about two pounds of cocaine and with mailing a gram of cocaine to Upland, Calif They also were charged with causing 100 Quaalude capsules to be mailed from California to Greenville Bond was set at 130,000 each They said it Following the arrest of a suburban Miami police officer on charges of being pan of a kidnapping ring, a stunned Medley city police officer said Wednesday "It's almost like we've lost a man in the line of duty." Knives, machete camping gear, FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) High school honor student Thomas Caltone, who has been accepted to Purdue University, says the pair of hunting knives and a machete found in his car in the school parking lot were part of his camping equipment The Broward County school system says they're illegal weapons and the penalty should be expulsion The School Board wants Cattone already accepted to study physics at Purdue University this fall expelled before he graduates this year, The Fort Lauderdale News reported Wednesday.

"How many colleges in this country are going to accept a kid who has been expelled for something like this?" said Fred Goldstein, an attorney for Child Advocacy which is helping the Cattones in their case against the school "The point is there is school tomorrow and I want that 'How many colleges in this country are going to accept a kid who has been expelled for something like Attorney Fred Goldstein kid in there Cattone's troubles began when he reported to school officials a CB radio had been stolen from his 1964 Ford in the school parking lot March 26. Inside the car. South Plantation High School officials saw one of the two knives and subsequently con fiscated all three weapons Cattone, 17, immediately was suspended for 10 days. The student and his mother, Bonnie, filed suit against the school system Tuesday, charging that the suspension last week by principal Larry Walden violated his constitutional right to due process. The suit charges thttf school board's policy of re quiring expulsion of any student found with a weapon at school Is "vague, overbroad and fails to provide adequate notice of what the prohibited conduct is According to the suit, the equipment In the car also included a tent, sleeping bag, utility belt, backpack, uniforms Cattone, who said he had never been in trouble before, said he was prepared for a Civil Air Patrol outing planned for the weekend )'We already had It planned," said Cattone, who serves as a survival instructor for the air patrol "It Was going to happen that weekend but it was postponed." Circuit Judge James Reasbeck Tuesday refused to lift Cattone's suspension, saying that "irreparable injury has not been proven The youth will stay out of school this week, but Goldstein still is asking for the suspension to be overruled Goldstein told The N.eJ that eventually the sEnool system's entire weapons policy will end up in court Board members have been arguing over the policy for several weeks, but a majority of them are hesitant to revise the policy this school year Under the policy, the principal had no choice but to suspend Cattone for 10 days, and Superintendent Emogene Todd of the south central area schools will have to suspend Cattone another 20, days when the first suspension ends An independent hearing officer then will hear the case and determine whether Cattone took the weapons to school In bis car.

so, the recommendation would be expulsion. Gun shy Dade zuxijcucia.OjQJUMt MIAMI (AP) Dade County officials, frustrated' by a crime rate that won't let up, have said "enough already" to nine businesses seeking licenses to sell guns "1 think licenses should be given on the basis of need," said Commissioner Ruth Shack. "The last thing this community needs Is more places to buy guns." The action came as a surprise from a commission that routinely approves gun shop licenses. But It also came in the face of a recent report from the FBI showing that violent crimes have Increased In Miami more than any other city in the nation Gun sates have soared in Miami along with the crime rate. More than 51,000 guns were sold in Dade County in 1980, about 10,000 more than in 1979 The number of gun shops has almost doubled in the past 16 months "I'm sorry they have to use someone's business to make a political statement," said Thomas who was to have the 148th gun shop in the county "This is not the right way to approach it." Half the commissioners agreed.

The commission was deadlocked at 4 4 on a motion to approve the licenses. County Attorney Robert Ginsburg said the commission was wrona in dM ilino arKiirarllu A a iwicjcvi A these licenses. "The law has to apply to everyone across the board," he said Commissoner James Redford was one of those vot Everyone of these will be in court." Ing to grant the licenses. "If you want gun control go for gun control," he said. "But this is not eun control.