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The News Tribune Sat Dec 5 1987 B5 turn WPPSS into weapons plant Cynics doubt plan to The Associated Praia default the report concluded that DOE could acquire the plant through condemnation we fight it (condemnation) if it was the best arrangement for the ratepayers and the said Petersen who is based In Richland Petersen said WPPSS lawyers had yet to review the report and that even when they did the supply system would have to be careful in its comments to avoid any appearance it was trying to sell the plant While WPPSS has the authority to sell the plant if it failed to receive the $21 billion needed to pay off the bonds a default could be triggered The proposal outlines a plan in which Northwest electric ratepayers would continue to pay off the bonds In exchange the federal government would pay no more than million and perhaps considerably less and complete the plant to produce tritium for nuclear weapons and electricity for the Northwest power grid Petersen said chances of a bond default if the plant were condemned would be a very low" firmly believe It would not lead to default and ere would take every step possible to protect the bondholders under any condemnation Petersen said the electricity the plant would produce even though WPPSS would have to invest another $200 million in the plant would an excellent The plant WPPSS No 1 located at the Hanford nuclear reservation was 63 percent complete when mothballed five years ago because of the supply financial problems and growing questions about whether it was needed Rep Peter DeFaxio (D-Orc) uld that not only hiul the report failed to convince him that conversion was a food idea raised some very troublesome questions see a scenario of massive legal entan- you look at the political problems this has in Washington state and DOE thinks they can buy something at bargain-sale prices then they probably have an unrealistic proposal on their hands" said Swift Swift suggested that the conversion of the WPPSS plant be tied to a commitment from DOE that it launch a comprehensive program to clean up the radioactive wastes at the Hanford reservation they have no intention of doing that and it makes this report very said Swift Washington Republican Rep Sid Morrison whose district Includes Hanford backs the conversion of the plant there might be some legal entanglements but the attorneys who worked on the report are very optimistic they could be handled MoiTison said WASHINGTON A report recommending the federal government torn a mothballed Washington Public Power Supply nuclear power plant into a weapon-producing plant has drawn a skeptical reaction from some Northwest congressmen The Department of $1 million 200-page report advocates condemning the plant so it can be turned into military production reactor WPPSS spokesman Gary Petersen called the report a document The report officially was released Friday However DOE officials have deferred their comment until a House subcommittee hearing on the proposed conversion takes place Monday in Portland Despite a web of legal entanglements Including the possibility of a fSl billion bond glements that could involve hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees" DeFaxio said settle any of the outstanding questions and I feel ratepayers would end up taking a huge DeFaxio also was critical of the cost of the report do you get for $1 million? Not much" DeFaxio said '1 see reports like that that are produced all the time at minimal cost by government Washington Democratic Rep A1 Swift said DOE would probably have to the before the conversion proposal would be politically acceptable in Washington state Utah files released to Florida Couple killer? Police may link slayings of BC pair to others The Associated Prass the Associated Prass apart father Gordon Cook said Thursday that nothing was out of place in the van Van Cuylenborg father Willem Van Cuylenborg said Thursday that he spoke with a Skagit County detective for seven hours but he declined to reveal any information about the investigation In an Interview Wednesday however Van Cuylenborg said the cou ple likely would have picked up hitchhikers especially if the hitchhikers had been about their Tantalising similarities have prompted police to consider whether the slayings of two young British Columbians may have been committed by the same person who killed two other couples in Washington state have given the cases a high priority because of the type of crime they Skagit County Sheriff Gary Frazier said of the slayings of Tuna Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook are asking other law enforcement agencies to look for any and all Cook and Van Cuylenborg and the other two couples all were found dead while on rural excursions in the state within the past three years A fourth couple vanished while traveling the same route as the BC couple which included taking the Bremerton-Seattle ferry Last week Van Cuylenborg 18 was found fatally shot and Cook 20 was found strangled Their bodies were discovered about 20 miles Pete Piccini said Van Cuylenborg and Cook traveled the same route as Robot and Dagmar Linton a couple in their 60s who vanished Aug 22 1986 The Lintons were on their way to Expo 86 in Vancouver when they disappeared Their trailer was found at a campsite in Jefferson County and their truck at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Piccini laid a man openly used their credit cards in the immediate area after they disappeared Police circulated a composite drawing of the suspect in those slayings who was described as 6 feet 3 inches tall 240 pounds in his late 30s or early 40s with a graying beard and medium-length hair had a voice that was gruff but he could be very glib very disarming with a smile that made you believe everything he Piccini said Piccini said his department has gut feeling" the suspect in the previous unsolved murders might hare been involved in the case of the two British Columbians Van Cuylenborg and Cook were traveling to Seattle to pick up parts for Cook! furnace business them from the defense He said the records which include medical history and psychiatric evaluations at the Utah prison were to be shipped to Florida Friday Wilkinson said earlier that while Bundy is a Florida problem is suspected in several murders of young girls in Utah We feel a responsibility to the families of those victims as well as all Utahans to do our part in seeing justice is finally Bundy is suspected in disappearances in the mid-1970s of young women In several states including up to five in Utah Police in King County Wash have called Bundy their in the unsolved 1974 slayings of eight young women in Western Washington Biundy who grew up in Tacoma lived in the Puget Sound area when those slayings were committed No charges ever were filed In those deaths Besides his death penalty in the Leach murder Bundy also was sentenced to die for the murders of two Florida State University coeds killed in 1978 as they slept in their Chi Omega Sorority house Bundy released the records to his own lawyers who hope they will help them prove he was not mentally competent in 1980 Bundy was transferred from Utah to Colorado to stand trial for the slaying of a young nurse who disap- SALT LAKE CITY A Judge Friday released Ted Utah State Prison records to the Florida attorney general's office so it can use them in a federal court hearing on his appeal of a 1980 murder conviction Judge David Young granted a request by Utah Attorney General David Wilkinson who said he was serving as a special assistant attorney general for the state of Florida The Florida attorney office wanted the records to for a Dec 14 federal court in Orlando Fla to determine whether Bundy was mentally competent to stand trial when he was convicted of killing Kimberly Leach 12 of Lake City Fla Because of laws on confidentiality the prison could not have released the records without a court order or the written permission of Bundy who had refused No one appeared on Bundy's behalf at the brief hearing Bundy a former University of Utah law student served several months at Utah State Prison on an aggravated kidnapping conviction Wilkinson told the judge that since Bundy had released the records to his own attorneys Florida also should have access without having to resort to potentially lengthy civil proceedings or to rely on the discovery process to obtain Ted Bundy 1 while on a skiing vacation in He escaped twice from Colorado authorities and later was arrested in Florida for the Chi Omega murders attorneys and the Florida Attorney Office also want to look at X-rays of skull that were taken at the prison Part of arguments center on the claim that he suffered head trauma as a child which caused a personality disorder own age Police said a Kent couple sightseeing in the eastern put of the state were murdered in March 1985 and their bodies found a few miles apart Ed Smith 25 was located in a Columbia Rivu Gorge gravel pit his hands bound and throat cut while his fiancee Kim LsiVine 28 was found five months later 10 miles to the south The following August Stephen Harkins 28 was shot in the head in 'his sleeping bag south of Tacoma His companion Ruth Cooper 43 was found in woods 1 miles away Jefferson County chief deputy CHARLES CURL MD Would bke to announce that his medical practice will be limited to GYNECOLOGY SURGERY as of January 1 1988 Office hours by appointment Monday-Thursday 222 North Street Tacoma WA 88403 272-4248 FREE Hot Chocolate and Coffee! 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SATURDAY SUNDAY NOTICE OF SPECIAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT ELECTIONS PIERCE COUNTY WASHINGTON DECEMBER 8 1987 NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that on TUeeday (he 8th day of December 1987 a Special Election wN bo held In Plaice County wasNngton lor the purpoxe o( nomlnetlnfl cundMntee tor the office ot Commissioner lor center Pnlnefle Districts within Plsree County Washington Voters must bo property owners Mthin the dteMct LISTED BELOW we the three and pieoee ol Election tar each dstrtet oonoamed DRAINAGE MBTHICT NO 10 Residence 4303 47th Are Taooma to 8:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 11 8umnarCttyHafe 1104 Maple 8L8umnnr 4:00 to 8:00 PM pradiaoe district no is Baneton Grange Hal 1820 Kapowsin Hwy Graham 4-00 to 6:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 14 No Nnga offlcaa stricken from ballot DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO IS Ford Mkk9a8choolCaataria 1602 104th 81 Taooma 6:00 to 8:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO FHe Senior Cantor 21 11 64th Are We 1:00 to 7:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 18 Fife SankxCantir 2111 54th Ave Eflfe 1:00 to 7:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 94 No Nng office stricken from ballot DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO 25 Residence 16511 106th 8L Puyalup 4:00 to 8:00 PM DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO NofMnge office stricken from baSot Dated this 25th day of December 1987 BRIAN SONNTAQ PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR SELLING 8TART8: 12 nobn dally preview 1 1 AM LOCATION: Sadlers Furniture Port of Tacoma DIRECTIONS: Take Port of TeooexniWgoweal Sights on ttaMU Possibly the largest new furniture aucllonln the Sofas-Loveseat8-Chairs-Reclinere-Dinlng and Bed-ft room Sets-Sleepere-Mattresses Brass Beds-Day- beds-Leather Fumiture-Desks-Lamps-Entertainment Centers-Accessories And much more Xr BRAIID NAMES LKU Make your last-minute shopping decisions at home before you get caught in hordes of indecisive shoppers read The Morning News Tribune's Last Minute Gift Guide This special section will include local shopping ads articles on the hottest gift ideas what toys are popular tips on sending Christmas cards popular spots for holiday travel and much more Watch for The Last Minute Gift Guide on Thursday December 10 1987 To subscribe call 1-800-562-8101 rune Lane-Banett ThomasvUle Emerson Somma Sealy Ser-ta Simmons Dresher Oakcrest Bite Deana Don Ward Ubolnn anti nwx Jt- VvV Mission and more TERMS of SALE: Cash-Vtoa-Maatercharae-AI x'' thing soldssle-Notreeponilble lor accidents Mai eaiee Ikwl-Every-Cfe Marchandbe must be picked up by 6 PM 8un Deo 6th Sets Conducted Auctioneer Soott8endtedt He 17 i ihe wttfik kMmfw.