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IIIOCA IPUNCH A ISPORT Green thumb? Create a greenhouse effect at your home Pago D1 Victims identified Three involved in the fatal car crash in Mishawaka are named Page B1 Indian uprising 41 years later, the Indians return to the Series Pago Cl nd tebme mShB METRO EDITION50 CENTS 0 1995 South Bend TrttountCoip, 123rd year. No 222 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1995 LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1872 Davis plea enrages victims Mn lATe've been waiting for electric chair day for a long time. We have our moments, but we're doing all right. 9 Kathy Lopez Victims mother wanted his death sentence commuted He made the commitment to travel from his home in Utah to the hearings Jeffs mother.

Kathy Lopez, last saw her son the night he left to go camping He was axed to death on her birthday. On Tuesday, she didnt want to talk about it, but said, Weve been waiting for electric chair day for a long time. We have our moments, but we're doing all right. After his son was killed, Mr. Lopez "wanted to come and kill (Davis).

Lopezs wife, Deanna, said. He wanted to justify Jeffs death When they received word that Davis would be getting a hearing to try and convert the sentence to years, Mrs Lopez said her husband got those feelings again." I'm a firm believer in the death penalty, Mr. Lopez said. "Life without parole eventually can be commuted to a regular sentence Eventually, hed ge: See DAVISPage A2 Bv LINDA L. JONES Tnbuno Staff Writer PLYMOUTH When confessed murderer Frank Davis was leaving the courthouse Monday, Henry Lopez shaped his fingers like a gun and pointed at Davis.

Davis, keeping his stare fixed on Lopez, then ran into the door frame. Its hard to sit there quietly, Lopez said. If this would have been 10 years ago, I would have been running over the railing, grabbing him around the neck. Davis, 42, is the confessed killer of Lopezs only son, Jeff, who was 15 in June 1983 when Davis molested him and then left his decapitated body near Kingsford Heights. A few days earlier, Davis also molested and killed Darrin Reed, 14, of Stillwell.

Sentenced to death for those murders, Davis has been in a Marshall County courtroom since last week, trying to get that sentence converted to a specified number of years in prison. hatred, anger. Davis was originally brought to trial in the death of Jeff Lopez, but pleaded guilty during the trial, just before photographs of the victims bodies were about to be presented. Henry Lopez, who was divorced from Jeffs mother for about 10 years before the murder, was not at the first trial. The last time he had seen his son alive was about two years before his death He did attend the funeral.

Guilt for not being more actively involved in his sons life has been an overwhelming emotion for Henry Lopez, but there was no hesitation on his part when he learned that Davis The case was moved here from LaPorte County. Hes already serving 100 years for the 1983 batteries of Erik Fuller, then 17, and Joseph Searing, then 16. Fuller was camping with Lopez when the attacks occurred in June 1983. Searing was the victim of an earlier attack in January 1983. Both survived.

Davis was also the primary suspect in the 1971 death of Duane Bush, but those charges were dismissed in 1984 after Davis pleaded guilty to the deaths of Lopez and Reed. Monday was the first time that Henry Lopez had ever seen Davis. He described his emotions toward Davis as Frank Davis is in court this week seeking a change in his sentence. Escorting him Tuesday were Marshall County Courthouse Security Officer Julian Keiser, left, and Sheriff Ed Criswell. No clues inB.H.

search -Vi- Phones jangling over TV switch By ALESIA REDDING Tribune StaM Wider SOUTH BEND The much-discussed switch in local television took place overnight without a hitch. But based on the phone calls to new ABC affiliate VVBND and Fox affiliate WSJV (formerly an ABC affiliate) not to mention the couple thousand 4 4 The lines are lit up and the phone is ringing off the hook. 9 Tribune Photo GENE KAISER Bv ED WHITE Associated Press Writer BENTON HARBOR Police suspended a door-to-door search for two brothers from a migrant farm family who mysteriously vanished last weekend while their mother washed clothes at a coin laundiy. We havent made a lot of progress. Right now were back to square one, said Lt Dave Parsons of the Benton Township police.

Its still important, though, that people give us tips. Authorities here in southwestern Michigan are stumped over the disappearance of Adan Alvarado, 10, and his brother Eleazar, who turns 3 in November. The Alvarado family, from Mission, Texas, is among thousands of migrant workers who travel north to Michigan each year. They live in trailers or small houses and toil for long hours, sometimes only for minimum wage. The boys parents, Maria and Martin, have maintained a vigil at the police station, hungry for any news on the search.

Cultural differences and language barriers have only worsened the ordeal. The father is very distraught, said Angela Walker, a paralegal at the Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project in Berrien Springs. They dont speak English well, this isnt their home state, and theyre not familiar with police procedures. The brothers accompanied Mrs. Alvarado to a coin laundry Saturday at Fairplain Plaza.

It was another routine trip to wash the clothes of family members who pick fruit and vegetables in Berrien See SEARCHPage A2 Firefighters from Bertrand and Niles Township fire departments Tuesday created what looks like a wintry scene by spraying foam on a wood-pile fire on Chamberlain Road. Fires spread to dry fields, woods calls this morn ing to WNDU TVs switch' hot line not all TV viewers have figured it out WBND TV and TCI olfi cials reached a down to-the-wire agreement Tuesday that brings the new ABC affiliate to TCI of Michiana cable television subscribers. The newest station, which went on the air at 3 a m. today, is found on Channel 4 ot TCI of Michianas lineup TCI dropped WFLD, the Chicago Fox affiliate, to make room for WBND WSJV-TV switched to Fox at midnight Tuesday WBND received a steady stream of phone calls this morning. People are still confused.

said Diana Gatiser. WBND sales manager "They re asking, Is that you on (channel) 4 They want to know it the soaps are going to be shown See SWITCHPage A2 inches, a little over third of an inch of rain has fallen since Oct 1. The thing today is the high-velocity of the wind, Gouker said between giving orders over his portable radio to deploy firefighters. Gouker pointed out that a coun ty ordinance prohibits trash burning. Its not legal, he said There is no open burning See FIREPage A2 That fire was contained before any homes were damaged, although several storage sheds went up in flames.

The fire also caused occasional traffic disruptions along Indiana 23. New Road was completely block off east of the highway. Its always a hazard when its dry like this, Gouker said. Though rainfall totals for the year are running a little over an inch above the normal of 31.11 Liberty when embers from a trash barrel at a home on Indiana 23, about a half-mile south of New Road, blew into a nearby field, said Liberty Township Fire Chief John Gouker. That fire involved more than 100 volunteer firefighters from 12 area departments.

A number of houses are scattered throughout the area, and firefighters were worried the flames would spread to the homes. A Tribune Staff Report Dry conditions and strong winds helped spark several field fires in northcentral Indiana and southwestern Michigan, including one that destroyed 40 acres of specialty trees in Starke County. Winds gusting as high as 30 mph fanned the flames of two separate field fires that began as small trash fires. One of the fires started about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday north of North TRIBWA7CH Bosnian peace plans call for U.S.

reservists help 1 WEATHER TOMORROW Windy; a shower. High 69, low 46. Complete forecast Page B8 and transport aircraft for such high-paced operations as the U.N. enforcement of no-fly zones over Bosnia and parts of Iraq and to provide aid in Rwanda in recent years, the Air National Guard managed to fill all its crew requirements with volunteers. Although they get less public attention than the active-duty soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines, members of the National Guard and Reserve components have been involved in every substantial U.S.

military operation since the end of the Cold War whether combat, humanitarian aid abroad See BOSNIAPage A2 a Bosnia peacekeeping operation as part of a U.S. contingent of 20,000, heavily armed troops. He gave no details on what missions they might perform. Typically, however, an Army-dominated operation such as Bosnia would require reservists for combat support jobs such as heavy-lift helicopter crews, medics and transportation crews. It was not immediately clear whether the Pentagon intended to amass the 2,000 to 3,000 reservists by asking for individual volunteers, as is often done, or by requesting presidential authority to mobilize entire units.

In providing refueling, fighter Bv ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer WASHINGTON A Pentagon plan to use perhaps 2,000 or 3,000 reservists in any U.S. force sent to Bosnia for peacekeeping is an example of increasing reliance on America's citizen soldiers. Reservists, who typically are in uniform one weekend a month and for an annual two-week training session, make up about one-third of the total U.S. military. But they play a more active role now than during the Cold War.

Gen. John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told senators Tuesday of the likelihood that reservists would be given THE U.S. MISSION TO BOSNIA Under both NATO and President Clintons orders: U.S. troop deployment would end after 12 months. 20,000 U.S.

troops in Bosnia would function under NATO command. The cost to the United States would be $1 billion to $1.5 billion. Forces would begin moving into Bosnia immediately after reaching a peace agreement. If forces encounter little trouble, their number could be reduced within weeks or rrionths. The United States is preparing plans to send a separate force to Bosnia to help train the Bosnian government military.

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