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A B2 THiSrOKISMAN-RcVKW March 14, 1990, Spokang. Wash. Document confuses federal nuclear sites in Washington, S.C. Skeleton indicates suicide 9 I low-level contamination" at a tank farm had puzzled Hanford officials when it first came to their attention Tuesday, said Ken Morgan, a DOE spokesman at Richland. Thats not us," he said.

Thats funny. You ask headquarters how they screwed up." A second Hanford incident in the briefing paper, about a fire that destroyed a trailer on the Hanford site Friday, did occur, Morgan said. The trailer is at the training center for the Hanford Patrol, the site's security police, and is used by members to clean their weapons after target practice, Morgan said. A faulty light fixture apparently caught fire, and the fire department did further damage by deluging the small trailer with water, Morgan said. There were no weapons or ammunition in the trailer, Morgan said.

The memo said no one was injured. Kaliniak said the contamination at the Savannah River tank farm was discovered last week and was of such a low radiation level that the department did not have to report it Savannah River workers are still trying to identify what chemical was released, and are cleaning up the radiation, she said. Further confusing the issue was a comment from DOE press secretary M.J. Jameson about a recent spill of contaminated water at the Hanford tank farm. Jameson was apparently confusing the incident at the Savannah River tank farm with the spilling of 20 gallons of heavy water at Savannah Rivers Reactor on Feb.

7. i Staff photo by Anne C. Williams TRIO ON ICE. Broadway on Ice skaters Olympic gold medalist, assist Julie Uoyd at the Michael Seibert and Dorothy Hamlll, the 1976 Eagles Ice-A-Rena on Tuesday. Murderers release defended by Parole Boards chairman voted 3-0 to grant Woods parole in Missoula with restrictions: He must have a job and a place to live; participate in drug abuse, mental health and counseling programs; be under daily supervision of a parole officer; not drink alcohol or visit places it is served; stay in Missoula; and not contact anyone in Kalispell except his family.

No law enforcement officials appeared at the Feb. 28 meeting to oppose the parole, Burgess said. He said Woods met the conditions. He would live with his wife, had a letter from an employer offering him a job and was accepted for drug abuse and mental health treatment. Im willing to take flak, Burgess said.

God knows Ive taken plenty of it. The job is a miserable job, and we make tough decisions. But Ill be damned if Im going to take it when its not warranted. I think our record speaks for itself, Burgess said. The few inmates out on parole that commit new offenses is incredibly low.

Im proud of our figures, damn it. Ill match them up with anyone in the country. Ai Kicuted Press SEATTLE The skeleton of 70-year-old man who had been sought in the slaying of his wife last September, a case featured on the television show Unsolved Mysteries, has been found by hikers, authorities said. Joe Frisino of the King County medical examiner's office identified the man Monday as Joe Lynn Owens, 70. An autopsy Tuesday determined that Owens snot himself in the head, Frisino said.

It's a sad ending to a sad case," said city police homicide Sgt. Joe Ritter. I wish he would have at least left something to tell us why he did It" Owens disappeared Sept. 7, the day after police questioned him about the disappearance of his 78-year-old wife, Gladys. County Police Maj.

Jackson Beard said investigators were called to the the old Mount Si trail about 30 miles east of Seattle on Sunday after two hikers found a human back bone. Police cordoned off the area overnight and combed the area Monday morning, finding more bones, clothing, Owens hearing aid, glasses and a gun. His wifes body was found Sept. 14 under a false floor below a compost pile at the couple's West Seattle home after police acted on a tip from her nephew in Kansas. She had died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

When questioned about her disappearance, Owens told relatives his wife was going to school in Canada and neighbors that she had gone to Kansas to visit relatives. He was questioned Sept. 6 after a neighbor told police of the conflicting accounts. Detectives then learned Owens had told his wife's nephew she had overdosed on pills and he had buried her on family property near Mount Si. When detectives returned to question him Sept.

7, he was gone. Police got a search warrant and found Mrs. Owens body a week later. They then were told by county police that Owens was last seen Sept. 7 in a North Bend masonry yard, where he bought a shovel and returned a few hours later, very sweaty.

Owens handed his trucks keys to the man who described the shovel purchase and told the man he could use the truck. Owens then walked toward Mount Si, Ritter said. Awaited Prru RICHLAND A Department of Energy spokeswoman acknowledged Tuesday that a briefing paper prepared for Energy Secretary James Watkins contained an error showing a nuclear waste cleanup operation at Hanford instead of the Savannah River Plant. Hanford is located in Washington, while the Savannah River Plant is in South Carolina. Both sites for decades have produced key materials such as plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal.

This is a typo DOE spokeswoman Kathy Kaliniak in Washington, D.C. Its not Hanford, it's Savannah River." She characterized the briefing report as very rough" and said it was prepared by Watkins staff from field office reports to give him quick updates on projects at DOEs far-flung plants. Mistakes are possible, she said. The daily briefing was obtained Monday by The Associated Press after it was sent by mistake to governors' offices by fax machine. Three hours after the briefing paper was sent out, a note addressed to all state governors" urged them to disregard and destroy the document.

It wasnt known how many governors offices had received it. The report said current problems at the governments nuclear complex included widespread low-level contamination at a tank farm at Hanford. News that Hanford was in the middle of cleaning up widespread CONTINUED: FROM B1 Caucuses but a lack of participants. Between them, the Democrats and Republicans had scheduled 34 precincts for caucuses at Shadle Park High School, making it one of the largest concentrations of caucuses in Spokane. The Republicans, who had 24 precincts scheduled to meet in the school cafeteria, attracted 10 participants.

The Democrats, who planned a meeting for 10 caucuses in one of the social studies classrooms, drew only eight. Rather than divide into precincts which would have prompted many participants to debate issues with themselves moderators quickly decided to gather all members of their party for group discussions. At one point. Republicans strayed into the always thorny issue of abortion. 1 "Its a matter of personal choice, said Latenser.

I just don't think you late December and, because of the controversy, voted to delay a decision for two months. He noted that the Kalispell Daily Inter Lake reported Jan. 7 that the board had ordered a mental evaluation of Woods, "The whole community had an opportunity to find out we ordered him to undergo a mental exam, Burgess said. We gave them all the notice they needed that we were taking two months." Meanwhile, Burgess said, Parole Board members investigated the case. He said Woods 50-year sentence was cut in half by the state Sentence Review Board in 1988, in a separate proceeding.

While Woods did not compile a good prison record at first, Burgess 1 said, he settled down and responded to treatment, including counseling to control aggression and deal with psy-1 chological problems. He acknowledged that Woods had written letters to Flathead County of-; ficials during the first few years in prison, but described them as harass-i ing rather than threatening. Such be- havior is not uncommon, he said. At a meeting Feb. 28, the board Associated Press HELENA The chairman of the state Parole Board has defended the parole of a convicted murderer that was criticized by Flathead County officials, saying: Im willing to take flak.

But Ill be damned if Im going to take it when its not warranted." Board Chairman Hank Burgess was responding to criticism by Flat-head County Attorney Ted Lympus and Kalispell assistant police chief Don Hossack over the boards parole for convicted murderer Jake Woods, 27. Woods has served eight of the 50 years he was sentenced to serve in the murder of two young men in Kalispell in 1978. Woods, 16 at the time, was convicted of deliberately running over the men. Lympus and Hossack criticized the Parole Board for releasing Woods on a furlough without notice and said they were not given a chance to comment on his parole. They described Woods as a cold-blooded murderer who has continued to threaten people involved in his case.

But Burgess told the Great Falls Tribune that the board did notify Flathead County officials in December that Woods would be considered for parole. He said Kalispell Police Chief Addison Clark and Lympus responded in separate letters opposing parole. He said the board heard the case in can legislate morality. The Legislature says you cant murder. The Legislature says you cant use drugs, replied McLaughlin.

To me, abortion is no less of a moral issue. The Republicans split 1-4-5, respectively, on whether abortion should be legal in all cases, legal only in cases of rape or incest, or illegal in all cases. But even abortion, which has split the local GOP in the past, couldnt become a litmus test Tuesday evening. Anyone who wanted could be a delegate to the county convention in April. Seats were going begging.

Im allowed three delegates and Im the only one here, said Democrat Pasquale, as he filled out the report for his precinct. Do I have to get the precinct committeeman to sign this? It says caucus chairman. The caucus chairman must be elected if the precinct committeeman is not present. Elect yourself, said County Auditor Bill Donahue, a few desks away. Downtown SpokaneW.

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