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TS If III -Mt2i 2 l) Hey, look 4 meover I makes a face one Good QB draft seen Teams could find some surprises after the first roundC-1 New stores, challenges Wal-Mart's plans for this area generating varied reactionsD-1 3v WedneS(ay's forecast Cloudy Low 26High 53 Fair and cold tonight. In- L- I creasing clouds Weather on A-7 Wednesday. Tuesday April 18, 1989 A Gannett newspaper 36 pagesFour sections 35C Wright: 1 intend! to win' Speaker launches ethics defense before House Democrats 1 VP- 1 predicted Wright will be able to knock down many of the 69 charges against him and will remain speaker. "The main thing is for the American people to understand that these are mere accusations," he said. Filing of the charges on Monday made Wright the first speaker in U.S.

history to be formally charged with ethical wrongdoing by the House. The report of the ethics committee included new details about how he sold thousands of copies of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, to special-interest groups. Several colleagues called those deals the most troubling of the charges against the Texas Democrat. In one case, a March 1986 speech to the Fertilizer Institute, the trade group planned to give Wright a plaque or a small gift in return for his appearance. But Wright's office arranged instead for the group to buy $2,023 worth of books, yielding the congressman $1,112 in royalty income.

House members are limited by the rules to accepting no more than 30 percent of their salaries in outside speaking fees. The House ethics panel found reason to believe Please see WrightA-2 ovation at the end of the 30-minute speech. As lawmakers left, they described Wright's defense as detailed and specific, but they appeared agonized over the decision that faces them in the coming weeks. "The easy thing for Democrats to do is to throw Jim Wright over the side and instantly install (House Majority Leader) Tom Foley behind the wheel," said Rep. Pat Williams, D-Mont.

"It may be that the toughest political vote of our lives will be the one to save him." Democratic Whin Tonv Coelho. By JimDrinkard Associated Press WASHINGTON House Speaker Jim Wright today took his defense against ethics charges to the most important jury of all the 260 House Democrats who reelected him speaker just four months ago, and who will have the final say over whether he keeps that post. "I told them I intend to fight, and I intend to win," Wright, D-Texas, told reporters after addressing a closed -door session of the Democratic Caucus in the House chamber. He received a standing Press-Gazette photo by Ken Wesely Olejniczak funeral: The casket holding Dominic Olejnic-zak is taken into St. Mary's of the Angels Catholic Church in Green Bay this morning past a Knights of Columbus honor guard.

Olejniczak was mayor of Green Bay for 10 years and Green Bay Packers president for 24 years. Last-minute filers ommunity 1 1 says gooemye to Olejniczak A' 'J- (J "How do you take a few moments to try to do justice to this splendid man?" Rev. Richard Mauthe 3 1 IS- Press-Gazette photo by Joan E. Gutheridge By Tony Walter Press-Gazette The Rev. Richard Mauthe stood before the congregation at St.

Mary's of the Angels Catholic Church in Green Bay this morning and called it "the last Alleluia for Ole." Dominic Olejniczak, former mayor and Green Bay Packers president who died Saturday evening at the age of 80, was eulogized as a giant in his community arid the professional world this morning. His funeral Mass, concele-brated by Bishop Aloysius Wy-cislo and Auxiliary Bishop Robert Morneau, drew civic leaders from throughout the community. An estimated 475 people crowded into a church with a capacity of 450. Among the mourners were members of the Packers board of directors, coaches, employees, as well as representatives of ot her 'National Football League teams. There were judges and mayors, aldermen and state representatives.

There were also numerous representatives from the Green Bay professional community where Olejniczak spent most of his life. "How do you take a few moments to try to do justice to this splendid man?" asked Mauthe, who gave the homily. Mauthe noted that it was fitting that Olejniczak's funeral was held at St. Mary's. Olejniczak's parents walked a few blocks from Crooks Street in August of 1910 to have him baptized there.

Olejniczak served the church as an acolyte and was confirmed there. He was parish treasurer for 24 years and had his two sons baptized at St. Mary's. Linjala at the Port Plaza Mall Monday evening. De Grave and Linjala are from Green Bay.

Getting help: Mary De Grave, left, gets help with her taxes from Internal Revenue Service employee Nancy "We praise God for his sharing the marvclousness of his being with us," said Mauthe. Olejniczak's son, Thomas, a Green Bay attorney, read one of the scriptural lessons, a passage from the Book of Wisdom that said, in part, "The souls of the just are in the hands of God." His other son, Mark, a Green Bay Realtor, read from I Corinthians, where Paul wrote that "Death is swallowed up in victory." Olejniczak was Green Bay mayor from 1945 to 1955 and became president of the Green Bay Packers in 1958. He held the position longer than any other man in the Packers history and headed the corporation during its most successful years. It was during his tenure as president that the football team enjoyed the greatest success since it was organized in 1919. Olejniczak was president when the team hired Vince Iombardi in 1959, and the Packers won five world championships in the 1960s.

Olejniczak continued as president until 1 982, when he became chairman of the board, turning the reins over to Judge Robert Parins. Olejniczak was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1979. He was a lifelong resident of Green Bay and worked in commercial real estate much of his life. Even the fiddlin' folks meet the fiddler Green Bay Post Office processes 63,000 tax returns on deadline day a half-truth at best. Hager stopped at the IRS booth only to drop off her federal return, she said.

She also keeps the books for Hager's Hilly Haven, a family campground in Sheboygan County, and works as a bookkeeper for other small businesses owners. The scene was about the same at the Port Plaza Mall. "I just forgot about it," said Linda Sonder-berg, 400 S. Fisk St. She said she had needed some forms from a former employer, and when they were late she didn't realize Monday was the deadline until she heard a radio reminder at noon.

Bruce Moorend of Oneida said he "just ignored" the approaching deadline. "I've got a refund coming," he said. Plaza Mall during a four-hour period. Taxpayers said they appreciated the help. "Very helpful, very helpful," repeated Iiza Kanitz of Ashwaubenon at the East Town Mall.

She said she found the answer to a deduction question that foiled another volunteer group. Eliza Cappelle, 16, of De Pere, admitted at East Town that she was nervous in this, her first-time filing. "I'm just unsure, I guess. Everyone makes such a big deal of this. I just want to make sure I did it right so it doesn't come back to haunt me," she said.

Marge Hager of De Pere, who has a full-time job in Schreiber Foods Inc. accounting department, and two part-time jobs, said she was a late filer "because I'm not organized" By Harry Maier and Tom Murphy Press-Gazette Hundreds of people jammed the lobby of the Green Bay Post Office Monday evening, purchasing stamps and mailing state and federal tax forms to beat the midnight deadline. Green Bay Postmaster Danny Jackson said 63,000 state and federal tax returns were processed Monday, which he estimated to be "slightly higher than last year." Nationwide, an estimated 6 million forms were mailed Monday. Eleventh-hour tax filers didn't knock down the doors Monday evening at special last-minute assistance posts staffed by the IRS. About 50 taxpayers sought IRS assistance at Green Bay's East Town Mall and Port Tribe may study cutback on fish Women's education PLANET 'best contraceptive' IN PERIL Population growth slows as literacy rises lakes and still maintain their credibility as conservationists.

"This next step creates major problems and it's a whole new ballgame in terms of the way we'll look at the problem at the federal level," Kasten said. Maulson suggested a review of spearing plans because of his own fears for the safety of tribal Please see FishA-2 day after Gov. Tommy Thompson asked tribal leaders to cut back on the number of fish they plan to bag during the spearfish-ing and gill netting season, as a way of contributing to a peaceful harvest. Also on Monday, Sen. Robert Kasten, said Chippewa fishermen cannot claim 100 percent of the walleyes biologists say can be caught safely in some By Maryann Mrowca Associated Press WAUSAU Chippewa Indian Tribe leaders likely will consider scaling back plans to spear 100 percent of the safe walleye catch this year on 15 northern Wisconsin lakes, Lac du Flambeau tribal Judge Thomas Maul-son said today.

Maulson's comments came a By Ellen Hale Gannett News Service Defusing the population bomb that threatens to destroy Earth's natural resources depends on a single, crucial weapon: women. Their education is the single most important tool in curbing global population growth because it raises the status of women and empowers them, studies show. "Literacy is the best contraceptive," says world-reknowned agriculturist Dr. Robert F. Chandler Jr.

In Kenya, where fewer than 40 percent of women can read, each woman has an average of eight children. In the United States nearly 100 percent of women can read and Some say U.S. population pushing land to limitA-8 write, and they have an average of less than two children. "There is a reverse relationship between degree of literacy and population growth," says Chandler, who won the 1988 World Food Prize for his work halting famine in Asia. "In poor countries, the most important thing to do is educate women." In the world's most populous and poor nations, women are responsible for child-raising, running the household and earning money for the family.

As much as 75 percent of Africa's food supply is pro- i Insidetoday Copyright 1989 Green Bay Press-Gazette Business D1 Horoscope C- 8 Sports C-1 Classitied ads C-6 MetroState Television B-5 Comics C-4 Opinion page A-6 Washington Crossword puzzle C-7 Records B- 2 Weather A-7 Deaths, tunerals C3 Scene B- 3 Wheel ot Fortune C11 Entertainment Showtimes B5 World A5 duced by women. Yet in most of these countries, women are politically powerless and often by law subservient to their husbands. Forced to marry Please see WomenA-8 Coming Wednesday: Food coverage looks at quality of school lunch menus I.