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forecast TV sox battle tonight 'Hill Street Blues' heats up the seamy actionB-6 Army disarms troops GIs must give up Soviet guns from Grenada A-9 Tales Academy girls enrich the lives of sick kids 0-5 Colder 2914 Weather on B-1 3 Tlpoff But there are some good fishing spotsC-l Friday: Catholic schools show what they do, Port Plaza Mall, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. I (Gnram Mm IPiRBss- Kaistttte Thursday February 2, 1984 A Gannett newspaper 42 pages Three sections 25 cent Friday's James River considers major expansion here Fries flunk taste test get buried By Scott Hlldebrand Of the Press-Gazette Jerry Pokel called it a "quality control problem." In other words, the french fries didn't taste very good. About, 30,000 pounds of french fries that were supposed to end up in the stomachs of Green Bay area school children are instead buried beneath the ground at a local landfill. The french fries had been stored at Northland Cold Storage, 1132 Lincoln until fed- Press-Gazette graphic by Jerry Perrlgoue Green Bay mill manager.

He declined to reveal the specific cost figure. Sievert said installation of another paper machine would add about 150 jobs to a work force that now totals 1,240 persons. Manufacturing plants in Green Bay, Naheola, Ala. and Old Town, Maine, are the sites being considered. "We're working hard to be the approved site," Sievert said.

"Part of the decision-making will be the way the state sees investments of this type." He referred to both the time needed to obtain the necessary permits and the over-all state tax climate, including personal and corporate taxes. If Green Bay is selected, Sievert said the machine could be installed and in operation within two years. Regardless of which plant is selected, all three are scheduled for expansions within the next five years. James River, based in Richmond, was founded by Brenton S. Hal-, sey and Robert Williams in 1969.

It acquired the former American Can Co. plant in Green Bay in July 1982. By Harry Maler 01 the Press-Gazette Green Bay's James River Dirie- Northern plant is among three plants being considered by the parent company for a major capital investment program that could mean 150 more jobs. The project would be part of a $1 billion corporate expansion scheduled for James River plants over the next five years. One of the first projects will be construction of a paper machine and related paper converting operations.

The project was described "as a sizable investment" by Ken Sievert, of Public Instruction, said the department received letters of concern about the french fries from numerous school districts. Some cooks in those districts said the fries gave off a bad odor and did not taste very good, she said. The french fries were produced in Illinois. eral and state officials told the company this week to get rid of them. "I was told the taste was off," said Pokel, president of Northland Cold Storage Inc.

Erlene Solas, administrative assistant in comroodoties distribution for the state Department Phoenix oh the rise Saw WW 'Hit man' in city, victim's brother says LTD WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon plans to leave a "permanent" force of 700 to 800 American soldiers in Honduras after military exercises end there this month, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger says. Meanwhile, an unpublished House report says the extent of U.S. military construction in Honduras much done without formal 0 By Mike Smothers Of the Press-Gazette The "hit man" Margaret Anderson's brother claims he has hired to find her killers and bring them to him alive is in Green Bay, he said Wednesday. "I hurt inside," David Copple said in a telephone interview from hi3 home in tiny Pawhuska, Okla. "I have nightmares of her murder; she keeps calling out to me for help." He said the only way he can heal himself is to make his sister's killers suffer the WmMminttUti erfTni.mn.in.iiii Anderson As she looked in 1964 congressional approval suggests "an ongoing, significant presence" for American forces in the Central American country.

"The recent U.S. military exercise has created a substantial, semi-permanent military capability id Honduras," said the eight-page report by the House Appropriations subcommittee on military construction. Weinberger's statement Wednesday was the first public confirmation that a sizable contingent of U.S. troops will remain after joint U.S.-Honduran exercises, known as "Big Pine II," are over. U.S.

troops may take part in another round of exercises starting in June. Weinberger, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, was asked by Sen. Carl Levin, about reports that 1,000 American servicemen would remain in Honduras. "As far as a permanent presence is concerned, there will be some men in there in that category," said Weinberger. "I don't think it will be quite 1,000 somewhere around 700 or 800." The defense secretary noted that a number of major facilities, including roads, ocean piers, radar stations and other installations, have been "built during Big Pine II "and you don't take that with you when you leave." Weinberger said more exercises might be scheduled later if Honduras, a strong U.S.

ally, invites the Pentagon to participate. "Oh, they will?" snapped Levin, who has been critical of the military buildup. Honduran armed forces chief, Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, said this week that new U.S.-Honduran maneuvers, to be called Granadera will begin in June and that Sal-vadoran and Guatemalan troops might be invited to take part ii way she did. So, ignoring Green Bay police officials who have tried to calm him, he hired what he called a "hit man" for $25,000.

He said he'll mortgage his house to pay him if necessary. "I won't pay if he kills them or if the police get them," Copple said. "I want them. "If 1 wasn't in this wheelchair I'd be up there (in Green Bay) myself," said Copple, 44, who was injured in a car accident 18 years ago. Instead, with the help of a "good friend" in Chicago, he found a man to hire.

Copple knows him only as "Memory" and said he "doesn't work alone." "I thought we calmed him down," Green Bay Deputy Police Chief Richard Rice said today of Copple's comments. Rice doesn't believe Copple. "I think he's blowing a lot of hot air, but there's al- Pleasesee 'Hitman7A-2 Fan-tastic! City Hall group gives tailgaters, Packer backers high marks By Dennis Chaptman 0 the Press-Goiette Report cards arrived for Green Bay Packer football fans Wednesday and City Hall gave high marks. But the grades are still short of straight "A's." A committee appointed to keep an eye on your conduct at Lambeau Field and slap your collective wrists, if needed, thinks you deserve a pat on the back. But there will always be some class clowns.

They're the guys who leap to the playing field after the game, spill beer on their neighbors and spar with cops. Nineteen of them were arrested at the Dec. 4 game, but police say fan behavior was greatly improved over that during the strike-shortened 1982 national Football League season. Deputy Police Chief Howard Erickson drew laughter when he mistakenly told the committee Wednesday night that four of the Dec. 4 arrests were of "players on the field." The city last year passed an ordinance barring fans from the playing field and imposing fines of up to $500.

Erickson said the ordinance has been effective in controlling rowdyism. "This has been the best year we had at Packer stadium," Erickson said, noting there were no arrests during the first two games. Committee members viewed a police video Press-Gazette photo by OrveM Peterson UW-Green Bay basketball mascot, Pat Whiting, a student at the school, leads the cheers during Wednesday night's game won 60-53 by the Phoenix. Game details on C-1 oafc 15 dropped from suit MINNEAPOLIS i API rh.rnx, Surrender, relatives ask Whiting By Gerry McDowell Of the Press-Gozette OCONTO Randolph Whiting's father and stepmother today urged Whiting, a prime suspect in the murder of Margaret Anderson, to surrender. "Please turn yourself in, Randy," Please see SurrenderA-2 corporation operating the College of St.

Theresa in Winona, Minn. The judge said the action leaves the six deprogrammers as defendants in the case. They are Deborah Ann Coy, Charles Graham, Robert L. Brandyberry, Christopher Carlson, Larry Bisman, and Vincent Jennings. The decision to drop most of the defendants was worked out in a pretrial conference.

The case was then recessed until 1 p.m. today, when jury selection was scheduled to begin. MacLaughlin said that attorneys for both sides had agreed to drop Eiler's mother and stepfather, Marilyn and Henry Raping of New Ulm, as defendants. Also dropped as defendants were Daniel C. Graham; Joann M.

Hansen; Thomas Shader; Steve Morin, relatives of Eilers' ex-wife Sandy; Lloyd and Charlene Morin, parents of Eilers' ex-wife; Norman and Jesse Eilers; Vance and Kathryn Smith; Beth Haas; Linda Morin, twin sister of Eiler's ex-wife, and the Academy of Our Lady of Lourdes, a non-profit missed today against 15 of the 21 defendants in a religious deprogramming case, as trial was about to begin in a $8.1 million civil lawsuit. The suit was brought in US. District Court by Bill Eilers, 25, of Galesville, who alleged his parents and others kidnapped him in an effort to get him out of a fundamentalist religious group. Eilers claims his civil rights ware violated during a religious deprogramm-inr attempt in Winona, Minn. However, VS.

District Judge Harry tape of tailgate parties taken from atop the stadium. The tape showed orderly and good-natured tailgating. Please see High marks A-2 Newsman feels a cop's terror Groundhog Jimmie sees early spring SUN PRAIRIE (AP) Jimmie the Groundhog did not see his shadow this morning at Sun Prairie, thus predicting an early spring. About 300 people were on hand for the occasion shortly after 7 a.m., and cheered the result. The more famous Punxsutawney Phil groundhog in Pennsylvania saw his shadow, predicting another six weeks of winter.

Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette had proclaimed Jimmie "official groundhog of the United States" Wednesday, contending the one in Punxsutawney was a "colossal fraud." La said Jirrnie, who has actually bren five different groundhogs since the first prediction was made here in 1948, has been accurate 90 percent of the time. I XKi I I 1 Shooting test errors leave many 'dead' By Michael L.GraczyK Of The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) A New York Times photographer is dead because I shot him by mistake. So is at least one Houston police officer. And I've been gunned down at least four times in 10 hair-raising, heart-pounding minutes of terror through eight situations designed to simulate what a police officer can expect daily on the job. The guns were real.

So was the bulletproof vest. My victims and assailants were Houston police officers playing those roles. The cartridges, fortunately, were blanks. The forum Wednesday waa the "Shoot-No Shoot" obstacle course at the Houston Police Academy, where officials wanted reporters and photographers to better acquaint themselves with situations that call for an officer to fire or not fire his weapon. "Most of you will loll somebodv," Officer Terry Bratton, an instructor, said.

"Think of what you'd tell your. 10-year-old or 5-year-old that you killed someone." The course has been in operation since 1980 and is modeled on a similar one used by the FBI. More than 2,000 polios officers from around Texas have gone through it, Lt. D.L. Smith said, "All the scenario have happened," Officer Jim Conley, another instructor, said.

"It's not something we've made up. These are high-stress, life or death "Here's your pistol," Bratton told me. "It's got six round in it." Please see NewsmanA-2 Insfdo today Around Wisconsin B-11 Kid bits A-12 Bombeck column B- 7 Landers column B- 7 Classified ads C- 8 Larson column B-13 Comics C- 7 Metroregionalstate B- 1 Crossword puzzle C- 9 Opinion page B-12 Deaths, funerals C- 3 Scene B- 5 Entertainment B- 8 Sports C- 1 Financial C- 5 Spotlight B- 1 Horoscope C- 7 TV listings B- 9 ii fil i -n rr iiai'afc i r.i minvit r. AP Loserphoto Hold It! Houston Police officer Jim Conley, right, watches as Associated Press correspondent Mike Graczyk holds a suspect (another officer) at bay during a training session. 1.