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Weekend earcMngIMt Redding California November 7 1987 Vol 138 No 203 30 cents msazmsxamm Man arrested in 3 killings Police: His tips led to the burial sites of women By JUDI LEMOS In an unusual case with a bizarre twist Shasta County authorities Friday arrested a man in connection with killing three women they said he knew and then tipping police to the location of their remains got something really unusual here because we believe the man we arrested today (Friday) called and told us where to find the bodies Redding Police Chief Robert Whitmer said during a press conference with the sheriff and the district attorney announcing the arrest Robert Edward Maury 29 of Cottonwood was arrested at 1:25 pm at a home at which he had been staying on Palisades Avenue in Redding He was booked into Shasta County Jail on warrants charging him with killing Belinda Jo Stark 30 of Fall River Mills Dawn Marie Berryhill 20 of Redding and Averill Weeden 48 of Redding The warrants also charge him with two counts of forcible rape is our intention to seek the death Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton said Maury was being held at the county Jail in Redding in lieu of $750000 bail a jail spokeswomen 'said Maury is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Redding Municipal Court on charges he killed the women Shasta County Sheriff Phil Eoff said investigators may tie other unsolved homicides of women to the case know what the breadth or scope of this might he said at the press conference Eoff said one open homicide case involves the strangulation of Redding waitress Lora Stewart 44 Her nude body was found July 30 1983 in Battle Creek near Cottonwood Another case is the Oct 5 1983 homicide of Redding businesswoman Helen Faye Generes 63 who was strangled in her office Authorities said they still would like information on another woman missing in Shasta County since April Gretchen Olsten 28 disappeared from her Oak Run ranch leaving her car and belongings behind Authorities declined to comment on whether she is acquainted with Maury hope she isn't dead but we would like information on her Eoff said After Ms Stark's remains were Ginsburg to give up fight? WASHINGTON (AP) Even as he publicly defended his Supreme Court nominee President Reagan gave a Cabinet member permission Friday to ask Douglas Ginsburg to withdraw from consideration because he has used marijuana Ginsburg was non-committal when Education Secretary William Bennett told him the fight is and staying in the Pot popular See C-1 said Bennett's spokesman Loye Miller Miller said Bennett told Reagan Friday afternoon it is essential the nomination be withdrawn and that he was willing to give Ginsburg the message what you think is Miller quoted Reagan as responding A senior White House official later confirmed the account and said it would be best if Ginsburg stepped aside because it is a Earlier Friday Reagan rejected suggestions that he withdraw the nomination and said admission of drug use in the 1960s and 1970s doesn't make him Reagan said he was confident the nation would show compassion to a man who in his According to account Bennett called Ginsburg about 4 pm about an hour after speaking to Reagan and told the judge that continuing to seek the seat is He said Ginsburg would be able to See GINSBURG A-10 Users look elsewhere for library By GEORGE WINSHIP Shasta library woes are starting to have a ripple effect on libraries in neighboring counties and at nearby schools Since Shasta is one of 13 member' counties in the North State Cooperative Library System the 68000 library patrons can borrow books without charge from most public library systems between Santa Rosa and the Oregon border Many are beginning to do just that The number of books checked out each month to non-students at the Shasta College Library has risen more than 400 percent (from 106 in September to 504 in October) during the past three weeks said Maureen Stephens director of library services noticed a significant increase in terms of bodies circulation' requests for assistance in locating materials telephone inquiries and the Mrs Stephens said Library staffers in both Weaverville See LIBRARY A-10 R-S TV listings get a new look The Record television magazine "TV this week" is taking on a new look with added features for convenience Beginning today the weekly viewing guide will include evening viewing grids and alphabetical movie listings The grids outline the evening lineup of programs in an easy-to-follow format Movie descriptions will be listed in a special section US cautious on Nicaragua cease found Aug 17 a Joint investigation Involving the Police Department Department and Shasta County district office was begun At least two Investigators from the Police Department three from the Sheriff's Department and a deputy district attorney worked on the case full time from that noint Those officers discovered similarities in the tips received on the locations leading officers to arrest Maury Carlton said Authorities said the women all were acquainted with Maury They declined to say if there is anything else connecting the women to him Autopsies determine Ms Berryhill and Ms Weeden were strangled but the cause of Ms death has not been determined Eoff said evidence points to the probability of strangulation Authorities declined to say how the women were strangled Ms Stark's and Ms Berryhill's See ARREST A-10 Cardinal go-between See C-4 and four other Central American countries in August The plan was scheduled to have been implemented by Thursday but the region's leaders have informally extended the deadline until January would welcome any serious move by the Sandinista government to end the fighting in Redman said announcement can be considered a genuine step toward national reconciliation if it means the Sandinistas are prepared for real good-faith He added that bottom line is inside tip The United States must re- bund us space program and put a space station in orbit or lose world leadership to Russia the head of naSA warned Friday Dr James Fletcher said the explosion of the Challenger that yec seven astronauts pushed back the us space for 2)4 years See A-3 Robert Edward Maury fire talks Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto who will be in Washington for the annual Organization of American States General Assembly The administration has rejected Sandinista appeals for a resumption of a US-Nicaraguan dialogue contending that the Managua government should try to reach a settlement through talks with the Contras Nonetheless the administration remains interested in maintaining diplomatic contact with Nicaragua The White House announced Friday the appointment of career diplomat Richard Melton as ambassador to Nicaragua Melton is one of the State Department's most experienced Central American experts But his nomination is expected to encounter resistance In the Senate electrocuted Belinda Jo Stark that we and the Central Americans will be watching very closely to see if these words are translated into Redman reaffirmed the Reagan administration view that the Contras must remain in tact until the leftist Sandinistas are in compliance with the agreement and there is progress toward in Nicaragua The spokesman said that in announcing an amnesty for less than 1000 political prisoners" Ortega again was not in compliance with the accord because he said this represents only about one-tenth of the total number of detainees Redman ruled out the possibility of a meeting next week between Secretary of State George Shultz and Worker 21 WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department responded cautiously Friday to Nicaragua's offer to hold indirect cease-fire negotiations with the Contra rebels saying such talks can end the fighting only if the Sandinistas conduct them in good faith Department spokesman Charles Redman assessing a speech Thursday by President Daniel Ortega in which the cease-fire proposal was announced said Nicaragua still is "far from being in with the Central America peace plan In the speech Ortega reversed himself and agreed to open cease-fire talks with the US -backed rebels through an intermediary Agreement on a cease-fire is a major element of the peace plan signed by Nicaragua Inside Today Ann Landtrs TC-6 BrisfingPsoplsWssthsr A-2 CisMifisd Crimt and court A -9 Cryptogram D-7 Doonaibury D-i Finance C-6-7 Obituaries A-9 b-i-b Town Country TC-l-is BELLA VISTA A 21-year-old Oklahoma man was killed and a Redding man injured Friday afternoon near Bella Vista after receiving electrical shocks in a construction accident Shasta County Deputy Coroner Kelly Evans identified the dead man as Wesley Rolen Charles Engelbrecht 22 of Redding was listed in stable condition at Redding Medical Center Friday evening after being treated for injuries suffered in the Incident The accident occurred at about 1 pm Just east of Salt Creek on Highway 299 about four miles east of Bella Vista when a crane on a truck the I men were using came close enough to overhead powerlines to cause an electrical arc The men were touching the truck and were shocked Ken Kubisch a California Department of Transportation employee who was the permit inspector on the job said the men were boring a tunnel under a private driveway off the highway when the accident occurred A fiber-optic telephone line Is scheduled to be placed in the hole The crew had finished the tunnel and was lifting equipment out of the hole with a crane attached to the truck An autopsy on Rolen was scheduled today 4.