Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 1

Bfeol Wing Children lose friend as Danny (aye dies IMlltlfll Wednesday March 4,1987 in Hcrirtjid, 5-3 A Gannett Newspaper Copyright 1987 Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan it 35 cents CD7 off 3500 to Webster accepts CIA nomination ocally far a muter Wtf Automaker also will buy back stock The White House Monday withdrew the nomination of CIA Deputy Director Robert Gates after it became obvious he'd face bruising congressional opposition. Webster was offered the job Tuesday morning and accepted it that evening. Said John Greaney of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers: "Webster's meticulous about adhering to the law and I think that's probably was why he was selected." Possible FBI replacements: San Francisco U.S. District Court Judge Lowell Jensen, Secret Service chief John Simpson, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudolph Guili-ani and Associate Attorney General Stephen Trott Gannett News Service WASHINGTON FBI Director William Webster's nomination Tuesday to succeed ailing former CIA Director William Casey seems like political deja yu: Nine years ago, he pulled the post-Watergate FBI out of worse troubles than the CIA's now.

Webster, 62, a former federal appellate judge, restored the FBI's image after allegations in the 1960s and 1970s about illegal domestic surveillance of political dissenters. "A highly regarded professional who will bring much-needed credibility to the CIA," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, ries of the cars they make. Employees who build bodies for and assemble the Oldsmobile Calais and Buick Somerset and Skylark were told Tuesday they will be laid off March 23 through 27. They are scheduled to return to work for their regular shifts March 30, said Linda Cook, GM spokeswoman. GM also announced Tuesday it will buy back up to 20 percent of its main class of common stock worth about $4.8 billion by the end of 1990.

In addition to that buyback of the main class of common stock, directors authorized the purchase of up to 5 million shares of its Class and Class common stock, tied to its Electronic Data Systems and Hughes Electronics subsidiaries. And early in the day GM officials said they would close the Norwood, Ohio, plant in August and spend at least $9 million preparing it for reuse as part of a program to reduce excess capacity in its domestic plants. "They're all three pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle," said Detroit See GM, Page 2A Reagan's Address 9 tonight. ABC. CBS, NBC and CNN.

By CAROLYN K. WASHBURN Lansing State Journal About 3,500 Lansing-area General Motors employees will be laid off for one week this month because there are high invento Reagan likes arms plan. 3A Poindexter yields star. 3A haslets womaim, shiev missiinig All in a day's work 5r SSKli i 'v iO "sr Police have no leads in odd disappearance By PHIL JURIK Lansing State Journal HASTINGS Dorothy Perkins' bap were packed for the drive home to Haslett But the 70-year-old woman and her older sister, Mary Moynahan, went on another ride. Days later, they've yet to return.

Barry County investigators said Tuesday night they had no solid leads into the baffling disappearances of Perkins, 70, of Grange Acres in Haslett, and Moynahan, 78, who lived along rural M-37 here. The women were last seen Friday morning when they drove to town in Moynahan's late-model luxury Lincoln, also missing, to have their hair done. A neighbor said she talked to Moynahan on the phone Friday night, the last known contact Moynahan and her friends faithfully called each other whenever they left their homes. That's why it was so unsettling when she and her sister left without a word. "We're trying to be optimistic," said Perkins' son, Alan Perkins of Delta Township.

"As each day goes by, that's tougher to do." "It's as if they dropped off the face of the earth," said son-in-law Les Crane as he and eight other anxious relatives packed the small lobby of the sheriffs office. Investigators have checked Moynahan's bank ac-' counts, and there have been no large cash withdrawals. They've also scoured her home and found no evidence of theft, ransacking or a struggle. The women were conservative, and family members don't believe they have unexpectedly taken a vacation. And they consider the sisters too mentally sharp to have wandered and become lost.

"(Perkins) didn't like to drive out here from Lansing because she was afraid her car would break down," Alan Perkins said. "If they were going to go anywhere, they would have called. They'd safeguard themselves against situations like this, whatever this situation is." Family members don't shy away from the prospect the sisters met foul play. Still, they've spent the past two days passing out hundreds of posters and canvassing businesses and houses. See MISSING.

Page 2A Lansing State JournalROD SANFORO Lisa Crane and Eric Perkins, both of Lansing, hope fliers such as this one will help track down their missing grandmother. Dorothy Perkins of Haslett and her sister were last seen Friday morning. Hastings ws i jk at a lansing; Lansing State JournalGREG DeRUITER Craig Blue, a sophomore.from Millington, applies the finishing touches to a gargoyle atop his fraternity's ice statue during Winter Carnival festivities at Michigan Technological University in Houghton. The ice statue competition is intense, and so is the party atmosphere; students say the carnival gives them at least one reason to enjoy a winter that can last for six months or more. More on the Upper Peninsula, Pages 1 and 4D.

TO Lansing State Journal Dorothy Perkins Mary Moynahan 88,000 fans expected to grapple for Wrestlemania III seats foul glances. He had traveled to Detroit to look mean and mad and 525 pounds; he succeeded in looking mean and mad and 400 or so. "I thought he was a real man," said Hogan, doing his best to sound pained. "Now I see his true colors, and it's not much." There were those, of course, who saw this as make-believe. They figured this wrestling match has simply become plus Danny Davis.

The other match has Hillbilly Jim, The Hait Kid and Little Beaver teaming against King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook. In a straight tag matches, the Killer Bees will face Nikolai Vol-koff and The Iron Shiek and the Rougeau Brothers face Brutus Beefcake and Greg The Hammer There will be four more individual battles. clothed villain. He'll be battling Adorable Adrian Adonis, who insists the loser will have his head shaved. Junk Yard Dog also made a promise.

The loser in his match with King Harley Race will get down on his knees and grovel. There will be two match-ups involving three-man tag teams. The British Bulldogs and Tito San-tana, to face the Hart Foundation Even if it is all fake even if Andre loves Hulk it stirs a mighty human spectacle. An estimated three million people will be watching the event on closed circuit, with others buying the videotape later. Tickets are available at Hudson's, at AAA offices and by calling 1-313-423-6666.

Other highlights include: This will be the final match for Rowdy Roddy Piper, the kilt- been sold for the March 29 event The federation predicts an sell-out, breaking the indoor sports record that the Silverdome set with 81,000 for the Super Bowl. Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant are the headlining this wrestling spectacular. And at a press conference Tuesday, the former buddies gave onlookers a glimpse of the fireworks to come. Hogan used threats. Andre used By MIKE HUGHES Lansing State Journal SOUTHFIELD It will be bigger than the Super Bowl, bigger than the Rolling Stones, and yes, even bigger than Bruce Springsteen.

Wrestlemania III is expected to draw the largest crowd in the Pontiac Silverdome's history. Already, the World Wrestling Federation says, 62,000 tickets have Friends say Nancy's not the boss Associated Press WASHINGTON Supporters of Nancy Reagan NcWSIIUlkcr I "3 Coming Up Inside Ann Landers 2D BusinessStocks 6B Classified 5C-10C CrosswordComics 0 Lottery v. 2B Metro 1B-4B Opinion 6 A Sports Television 6D Theater 3D Today 1D-4D Outside Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid- to upper 30s. Details, Page 2A. say reports painung uer as a power-uuugiy mai iauy are nonsense.

Washington Post Columnist William Safire called the first lady a powerhouse of patronage who manipulated appointments and held "the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached." In a separate story, the newspaper reported that during the final two years of her husband's presidency, the first lady plans to focus her attention on seeking an arms control agreement with the Soviets. "That's silly," said her press secretary, Elaine Crispen. "Sure, she's interested in arms control, she's interested in peace. But she's interested in arms control only to the point that it affects his planning and his policy and what he's doing with it" Few people question that Reagan has great influence over her husband or that she acts out of an intense concern about his health and his image. She has often commented that "all my little antennas go up" when she believes someone is attempting to take advantage of her husband.

Former press secretary Sheila Tate said that critics of the first lady confuse the closeness of her and her husband's 35-year union with undue influence. "They have a very strong marriage," she said. "He's the boss." Purdue is toe best pos tion to wifl the Big Ten bas ketbail tide. Find out whether the Spartans can be $po9er when they -host the Boiler, makers tonight, took for complete game coverage Thursday; Nancy Reagan: Newspaper says she will focus attention on arms control agreement..