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Preparing for the holidays Inside Pages 9-12 Bort Fond du Loc. Wis. JUL Thursday, November 17, 1988 35c CoaotnicnD sttirttiissDes wUh bud mmL-m' 118th year-No. 75 geft mm a mm Dan Thompson, are promotional exams, pre-employment physicals and updating eligibility lists. Councilman Jim Nintzel sought to add two positions to the police department a patrolman and a detective who would concentrate on drug enforcement.

"We need the people," said Police Chief Melvin E. Heller. Councilman Mark Weber said he cipated expenditures for electric typewriters was cut from the machinery, tools and instruments portion of the police budget, $5,000 in drug buy money was added. The fire department Budget summary was OK'd without any changes. Also cut was the outside services portion of the administration department's personnel budget.

A total of $20,000 was cut from the outside services line item, leaving $6,358 in that account. The cut means that the city will not be funding in the budget the hiring of a consultant to assist with labor relations negotiations in 1989. It had been proposed that the city spend $11,500 for the hiring of a labor relations consultant. Also likely to be affected by the $20,000 cut, according to City Manager opposes hiring additional police department employees, adding that taking preventive measures to halt the mcreasing use of drugs might be a more effective step. Ninzel's effort to add two police positions failed on a 3-3 vote, with Weber, Council President Jay Metzler and Wilbur Rickmeyer opposing the motion.

Absent from (See COUNCIL Page 2) council ended up reducing the proposed 1989 city budget by $17,000 to $18,199,976. More work on the budget document is expected when the council meets at 7 p.m. today in the City County Government Center. The council gave preliminary approval to line item budget summaries for both the police and fire departments. While $2,000 in anti- By THOMAS GUENTHER Reporter Staff Writer Efforts to add two positions in -the police department and to cut up to -three positions in the fire department failed Wednesday as the Fond du Lac Common Council held the first of two scheduled budget workshops.

After 3 hours of discussion, the grs rHrlh Baltics debate ties to Moscow t. 7f ps i LJ1' ties will consider amendments to the Soviet constitution, but did not mention the sovereignty issue. Estonia's Supreme Soviet passed the declaration of sovereignty by a 258-1 vote with five abstentions. Legislators argued that too much Soviet control has ruined the economy and environment and that Estonia must control its own land, factories and laws. The declaration called for a treaty with Moscow that would "determine the further status of Estonia in the of the Soviet Union." About two-thirds of the republic's 1.6 million people are ethnic Estonians.

Moscow Radio said without comment that "by a majority of votes, members of Estonia's parliament gave priority to Estonia's laws over national ones." In 1940, the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic republics, which have looked toward the West and rankled under Soviet control, suffering brutal repressions under dictator Josef Stalin. Proponents said the Estonian declaration was consistent with President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's campaign for democratization. MOSCOW (AP) Lithuania's parliament convened today to debate the Baltic republics' ties to Moscow, one day after tiny Estonia struck an unprecedented blow for independence' by declaring its sovereignty. The Lithuanian Supreme Soviet met in Vilnius, the republic's capital, to debate amendments to the Soviet Constitution that opponents say would shift power to Moscow and eliminate the right of the Baltic republics to secede.

The Lithuanian parliament also is expected to consider a measure similar to Wednesday's declaration of sovereignty by the Estonian Supreme Soviet, which stopped short of a declaration of independence. A declaration of sovereignty in the third Baltic republic, Latvia, could follow. Estonia's parliament, meeting in Tallinn, also declared that Estonia has the right to veto Soviet laws. The Kremlin had no immediate reaction. In a three-paragraph announcement, the official Tass news agency said the Lithuanian depu Jornado victim Charlie Scott, 10, cries after finding his dog in debris of his mobile home which was destroyed by a tornado that hit the town of Scott, Wednesday.

The storm was one pf 10 tor-nados that struck Arkansas, killing six persons and causing damage to many homes and businesses. 4 3 Reporter Christmas Section Vol II Kohls Department Store Window Specialists AP Laser Photo Not far away 1 A stuck motorist needed a push to get out were slippery from freezing rain that fell be- of an apartment building parking lot in St. fore the snow and visibility was poor due to Cloud, Wednesday after a storm high winds, dumped more than a half-foot of snow. Roads ffoled irt Charges Dodge County tax decrease turns into increase, Page 19. Lottery drawing MADISON, Wis.

(AP) Former Milwaukee Bucks basketball player Bob Lanier is to pick the 10 finalists for trie second $1 million Match 3 grand-prize drawing in the Wisconsin lottery. Officials announced Wednesday that Lanier would randomly draw 10 entries next Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the lottery offices in Madison. Forecast Clear, cold (Weather details on Page 24) The accident Saturday night in the Zimmerman was freed on $15,000 Racine County County Assistant personal signature bond after his parents also posted a $15,000 property bond using the equity of their town of Caledonia nome. Circuit Judge Jon Skow said the defendant would forfeit his bonds if he is caught operating a vehicle or drinking any alcohol.

Zimmerman already has two previous drunken driving RACINE, Wis. (AP) A 21-year-old Caledonia man whose pickup truck struck a hayride wagon, killing one woman and injuring 11 others, has been charged with homicide. Jack Ray Zimmerman was charged Wednesday with one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and another count of homicide while operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of 0.1 percent or more. town of Caledonia killed Pamela Lelin-sky, 25, of Milwaukee. Authorities said Zimmerman's pickup truck did not have its headlights on when it struck the wagon.

Several relatives and friends of Mrs. Lelinsky were on hand for Wednesday's hearing and sobbed openly when it was clear Zimmerman would be freed on bond. District Attorney Zoe Stowers said Zimmerman can be convicted on both charges but sentenced on only one for a maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Zimmerman, whose blood-alcohol level after the crash was 0.22 percent, also was charged with four counts of causing great bodily harm. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec.

6. High school basketball previews, Page 16. Officials are hoping for safe, successful deer hunt, Page 16. TT i it Ripon rezoning plan opposed NEW YORK (AP) The stock market rallied today, attracting some buyers at its lowest level since late summer. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which had fallen nearly 89 points over the previous six sessions, rose 11.56 to 2,050.14 in the first half hour today.

Gainers outnumbered losers by about 5 to 3 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed issues, with 618 up, 370 down and 461 1 rt Yx If 3 mm Bush announcement WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect George Bush will announce his choice of New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu as White House chief of staff at a mid-afternoon news conference, sources close to Bush said today. The sources, who insisted on anonymity, said Bush is also likely to announce that Lee Atwater, his campaign manager, will succeed Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. as chairman of the Republican National Committee. 'Ml use.

Asked by Plan Commission member Tom Chase what the rezoning would mean to affected property owners, Rollin said that existing residential uses would continue until the properties are sold. As long as residential use continues, the properties remain housing sites, he explained. According to Rollin, the rezoning would bring about "fairly major changes" in the city land use map and help protect single-family residences by prohibiting new multi-family units in single family-zoned areas. The change also would expand industrial districts in the east and northeast sections of the city. Marv Stark said he is purchasing land on East Jackson Street in the area recommended for rezoning.

Property owner opposition is not aimed at stopping Speed Queen expansion, he said, but told the commission, "You're going way overboard" in expanding industrial zones. Walter Rueger of 122 Stanton accused the city of "taking a step (See RIPON Page 2) By PATRICK KUBISIAK Reporter Staff Writer RIPON Property owners on Ripon's northeast side are upset over a city plan to rezone residential properties to industrial. Many property owners in the affected area near Speed Queen Co. voiced their opposition to the plan at a public hearing Wednesday night conducted by the Plan Commission. Fond du Lac County Planner Wayne Rollin told the approximately 40 people at the hearing that his department developed the rezoning plan at the request of the city.

Rezoning was recommended in the 1987 Community Development Plan by the Ripon Strategic Directions Commission and McMahon Associates Inc. of Menasha. Alderman David Gray, who chaired the hearing in the absence of Mayor John Haupt, said an "informal petition" signed by about 100 people from the northeast quadrant of the city asks that their property not be zoned for industrial mm 1 AP Laser Photo Bhutto elections Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto covers votes in the general election. Benazir Bhutto her head with a traditional shawl as she joins claimed victory today after partial returns her mother Amir Begum wife of the late showed her populist party leading in former Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto, at a Pakistan's first open National Assembly voting station in Karachi, Pakistan, Wed- elections in more than a decade, nesday.

They had Just finished casting their Twenty years ago, on Nov. 17, 1968, broadcasting's Heidi Incident" took place. Outraged football fans jammed NBC switchboards after the network cut away from the final minutes of a game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders in order to begin a TV adaptation of "Heidi" on schedule. Viewers in the eastern United States were prevented from seeing Oakland come from behind to beat the Jets, 43-32. Tomorrow in jThe Reporter Living: Meet Steve Chlcka in nice folks to know.

Mother's death described Terrorists kidnap Red Cross worker 1 Business P.8 Classified Pp.21-23 Comics P.18 Editorials P.4 Entertainment P.6 Uving Pp.13-15 LocalNews Obituaries Regional Pp. 19-20 Sports Pp.16-17 Thought for Today: "It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." -Andre Cide, French author and critic (1869-1951). WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) A Marshfield teen-ager accused of murdering his mother made plans with two companions to go to Iowa but said "he knew he shouldn't have killed her," a friend testified. Tara Vercli, 14, was called to the witness stand Wednesday in the Circuit Court trial of Brian Moefler.

18 for first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Shirley Moeller, 37, at their Marshfield home Dec. 7,1987. Moeller wept openly as Dr. Robert Huntington, a Madison pathologist, testified that the victim died of a blunt force injury, possibly combined with strangulation, and there were numerous signs the woman put upa struggle. Verch, who was with Moeller when he was arrested in his mother's car near Pitt-sville the day after the slaying, said" Moeller told her and another 14-year-old that he had killed his mother.

After the three made plans to go to Iowa Moeller told Verch "he knew he shouldn't have killed her and that he should have just slapped her up a little," Verch testified. Moeller also told her his mother "should have known it was coming," she testified. Moeller was too shaken to drive and sat staring out the window, Verch said. After his arrest, Moeller gave authorities a statement, saying he had argued with his mother, thrown a baseball bat at her and strangled her with his hands, testified Marshfield Police Detective Randy Laessig. i Laessig said Moeller told him, "It was not my intent to kill my mother.

I just lost control." According to the statement. Moeller told the detective that on the day before her death Ms. Moeller came to pick up her son at the police station after he was cited for underage drinking. The statement said that, when Moeller began strangling his mother with his hands, she said "something like, 'Don't be stupid Moeller told authorities he thought this meant be shouldn't kill her but he grabbed a bat he had thrown at his mother, placed it across her throat and continued to choke her, Laessig testified. 3 SIDON, Lebanon (AP) -Gunmen today kidnapped the Swiss head of the International Committee of the Red Cross's mission in this southern port, Lebanese police said.

The official, Peter Wingler, 30, was grabbed by three gunmen from nis official car on Sidon's Hisbeh Square at 9:45 a.m. police said. The kidnappers, driving a BMW car, intercepted Wingler's white Peugeot, grabbed him from the front-right seat, pushed him into their car and sped away, a police spokesman said. kidnappers did not hurt Wingler's Lebanese driver who reported the abduction to police," said the spokesman, who cannot be named in line with standing regulations. He said there were reports Wingler was taken to the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein El-Hilweh on Sidon's southern outskirts, "But we haven't been able to verify this." Wingler took up his duties in Sidon, 25 miles south of Beirut, about a month ago, the police spokesman said.

He said an emergency meeting was underway between Palestinian guerrilla leaders and the command of the Popular Nasserite Organization militia in Sidon to try to determine Wingler's whereabouts. The PNO is a leftist Sunni Moslem militia that has been governing Sidon since the 1975 outbreak of Lebanon's civil war. Mohsen Jammal, a Lebanese spokesman in Beirut for the Geneva-based Red Cross, said he could not comment: "We are checking the report." i 1 $1.09 per day Jodi S. had a great response and sold all four of ner akc registered cocker spaniel puppies in just four days. Looking for a great friend? You'll find the perfect pet in classifieds..