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Overdrafts, Campaign Tied Funding of Lance '74 Race Is Probed m. OrMBlM ItIN Carl No harassment: Gedeon Jail Counselor Denies Harassment in Suicide From Wire WASHINGTON La Belle Lances bank overdrafts in excess of $100,000 in 1974 may have illegally financed the gubernatorial campaign of her husband, Bert Lance, a federal bank regulator testified today. The testimony from Robert Serino to a Senate committee came as embattled budget director Lance sharply attacked calls for his resignation based on what he called legations, innuendos and hearsay." Serino, enforcement chief at the comptroller of the currency office, said he had discussed Mrs. overdrafts with the Justice Department. Serino told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee his inquiry was based on newspaper interviews with Mrs.

Lance in which she allegedly said the overdrafts in her personal account went to unsucessful campaign for the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor in 1974. Lance himself will be questioned by the committee Thursday and Friday. Serino testified that it appeared "certain overdrafts had gone to the campaign." He said he had discussed the matter with the Justice Department in recent days and that it was his feeling "certain investigation is needed in that area." Mrs. overdrafts might have violated a federal law which prohibits national banks from contributing to political campaigns In order to convict a person for such a violation, it would have to be proved that the overdrafts constituted a willful advance from the bank through Mrs. Lance to the campaign.

Lance said today calls for his resignation are based on "allegations, innuendos, and and warned such calls before he can defend himself might harm ability to attract executives. How do we get people to be willing to serve?" Lance asked porters outside his home on the eve of his appearance before a Senate committee to answer allegations of improper personal banking practices. Sen. Richard Schweiker, RPa today added his name to the list of those calling for resigns tion. "If the Senate knew half as much in January as it knows now.

he never would have been firmed," said Schweiker pa a statement "I sense the beginning of the same sort of confusion and preoccupation downtown (at the White House) as we saw during Watergate," he said. Carter and his beleaguered budget director met in private for 30 minutes Tuesday. Neither man would comment on what went on during the meeting. Powell Raps Percy, Lance Critic White House Press Secretary Jody Powell, in an appar ent attempt to discredit critics of Lance, is saying Sen. Charles Percy, IU acted improperly.

Powell telephone the Chicago Sun Times Tuesday and provided information on a number of alleged ques tionable activities by Percy, a member of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, who has called for Lance to step aside temporarily or resign By John Sehroeder Freeman Staff The inmate who hanged himself in the Huber Law jail Aug 22 had not attempted suicide a day earlier, a jail counselor says Neither did Keith Bagemehl. 27, of 1606 Swartz Drive, seem depressed nor had he been harassed by the correctional officers who work as guards in the facility, according to Jeffrey Gedeon, 29. West Bend, a correctional counselor at the downtown Waukesha jail The day after death, several fellow inmates called the Freeman to say Bagemehl had been harassed by the guards unneces sanly and without explanation. Some of the inmates believed that led to suicide Bagemehl hanged himself in a cell where he had been placed to await transfer to the regular jail to face a charge of possession of cocaine Other inmates said they were told by Bagemehl that the cocaine was planted where Bagemehl would find it and be caught with it. Gedeon disputes all of this The complaints of the treatment of Bagemehl are common.

Gedeon said They are common complaints of what Gedeon called "good jail policy." Department Adminis trator Lawrence Lynch said most of the inmates are persons who are undisciplined and are probably being told what to do for the first time (Gedeon was the only officer in the facility contacted by the Freeman who would talk about the Bagemehl incident Sheriff Edward O'Connor allowed the Freeman to talk to Gedeon only in the presence of Lynch As to the alleged suicide attempt. Gedeon said he talked with Bage mehl for about an hour and a half the morning of the day Bagemehl hanged himself, which was the day after the attempt some inmates said Bagemehl told them he made Contradicting the report of an in mate, Gedeon said there were no marks on Bagemehl's neck nor was he hoarse A central element in the theory that jailers drove Bagemehl to suicide is the cocaine incident If he did smuggle the drug into the Huber jail, he would have to drop out of school at WCT1 and would be moved back to jail in Milwaukee County where he had been convicted of aiding a burglary. Fear of that drove him to suicide, the inmates say Gedeon agree For one thing. Bagemehl didn't tell Gedeon he thought he was being framed. And he knew the white powder found on him was cocaine even before lab tests confirmed it, Gedeon said When he learned the lab had iden tified it as the illegal drug.

Bage mehl asked Gedeon to notify WCTI he would be dropping out. He wanted that so he could get his reg istration fee back, Gedeon said. Gedeon described Bagemehl as a sociopathic" who "set himself up for Gedeon said "He thought of himself as a crurm nal and liked what he saw Gedeon has a Bachelor of Science degree in applied behavioral science from George Williams College in Downers Grove. Ill Before starting work here in Jan 1976 Gedeon was a juvenile case worker in Washington County for two years and before that a program director for the Milwaukee Metro politan YMCA in Menomonee Falls Wednesday, September 14, 1977 aukesha freeman 118th Year No. 143 Sections'50 Pages Senate OKs Privacy Bill MADISON (UPI) A bill es tablishing a legal right to privacy for Wisconsin residents passed the Senate Tuesday night after about six hours of debate Before sending it back to the As sembly, the senators struck down a controversial "false light" provision that news media around the state had fought for months The Assembly is expected to ap prove the bill and send it to Acting Gov Martin Schreiber before the September legislative session ends.

The final vote was 22 11. But the key ballot came earlier on Democratic Leader Bablitch's "false repealer Bablitch succeeded in getting nd of the provision by just one vote defamation laws now cover Secret Meetings Waukesha School Board Selection Committee, 7 Thursday, Lmdholm budding, to evaluate candidates for supenn tendent's job Waukesha School Board Personnel Committee, 6 30 tonight to discuss a personnel matter and then recon vene in open session to vale on it; the Waukesha School Board to do likewise on the same subject during its regular 7pm meeting tonight what false light is all about." Bablitch said "False light would cause havoc and a great deal of problems for the small media Wisconsin's newspapers and broadcasters claimed the section which would have allowed legal action for putting a person in an un clearly defined "false light" would prompt a rash of law suits and have a chilling effect on inves tigative reporting, especially by smaller newspapers and broadcast outlets light opens the door to any number of lawsuits." said Sen. Dale McKenna. Jefferson "The bill is open season for lawyers for people who do not like what is said about them." said Sen F. James Sensenbrenner.

Shorewood. Rep. R. Michael Ferrall, Racine, the author of the bill, said he was "delighted" with the final version even though "false light" was eliminated "The false light section was the least important portion of the bill There are three other strong sections," Ferrall said, endorsing the bill as it stood. He said the As sembly probably would pass it Sen James Flynn, D-West Allis, led the fight to keep the "false light" provision, saying.

"We've been get ting a lot of flak from just one source on false light (the media) The false light amendment meets all reasonable arguments against it." "The nght of privacy is a sacred right." said Sen Walter J. Chilsen. Wausau, "but I believe it is before the legislature now because there is an irritation with the news media Many lawmakers have been the subjects of recent news stories about abuse of long distance telephone privileges keeps the politicians asked Sen Gerald Lor Re. Bear Creek "His religion, his family and the press The bill states "the nght of vacy is recognized in this and outlines a system for damages if pnvacy is invaded. The bill would outlaw invasion of pnvacy "of a nature that harms the sensibilities of a normal person in a place that a normal person would consider pnvate It covers eavesdropping, wiretapping or photographing Powell said he had been told for a fact that in recent years Percy regu larly had flown on aircraft owned by Bell 4c Howell Co which the senator headed until May 1966.

Powell also said he has heard reports that Percy used airplanes, meeting rooms, se curity guards and facilities of the First National Bank of Chicago during his 1972 re-election cam paigns" and did not fully reimburse the bank Percy said there is "absolutely no to any of the charges "I have never ndden on a Bell 4c Howell plane," he declared "Bell 4c Howell has never owned an airplane and has never leased an airplane for Donald N. Frey, Bell 4t Howell chairman, confirmed that the com pany never has owned a plane Powell, who initially attributed his information to an unnamed source who had ridden with Percy on the plane, was unable to substantiate the allegation further when informed that Bell 4c chairman said it didn't own a plane Percy said he once boarded a First National plane when invited to "check the intenor" but did not fly on it. The only tune First National facilities were involved, Percy said, was in conjunction with a May 1972 fundraising dinner chaired by the bank's former chairman, Gaylord A. Freeman. For convenience, final arrangements for the dinner in the Conrad Hilton Hotel were handled out of a rented First National conference room, the sen ator maintained Percy produced a canceled check dated June 1972 for $2.409 81, which, he said covered rent of the room, plus typing, illustration and repro duction cost incurred by the bank of material attendant to the fundraiser.

In addition, there was a $49 69 check to Illinois Bell Telephone Co for phones used in connection with the dinner, and another $120 was paid for dinner related secunty services, Percy said. Waukesha County Technical Institute Randall Confession, Search OK'd AREA TO BE Alan Randall confession to the murder of two Summit police of Beers and a Summit man in January 1975 was freely and voluntarily given The search of room and yard which turned up items taken in burglaries in Summit and Oconomowoc was legal and done with the permission of the Randall family The resulting murder charges against Randall were based on sound evidence Those were the conclusions of County Judge WiHiam Callow in a decision made available today. decision denies all the requests by attorneys to suppress much of the evidence that Dist Atty Jerome Cahill has in the Randall case Cahill said this summer that, if Callow were to allow all or most of the evidence, then the issue at the Clear and Cool Clear and cool tonight Lows upper 40s to lower 50s Mostly sunny and a Little wanner Thursday. Highs lower 70s. Southerly winds five to 10 nules an hour tonight Temperatures tow Hgh Year iSis 0 ago noon 44 47.

ft4 74. 44 none Hourly Today 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 trial would probably be Randall's sanity at the time of the murders. The trial is set to begin Oct 3 with the selection of the jury in Janes viile, but the trial itself will be held here Estimates of the trial length go up to two months. Cahill thought it possible that could drop to three weeks if all that is tried is Randall's mental status Milwaukee attorney James Glover, who with James Shellow is defending Randall, this morning was meeting with Asst Dist Atty David Pike, who is working with Cahill on the tnal Glover would not comment on the decision One of Shellow claims was that Randall was coerced into confessing He presented much testimony about Randall's mental state Callow found the "psychiatric and psychological testimony was in conclusive "The efforts by the defense to impress the court with fuziy chological conjecture fails to bring this court to the conclusion that the defendant was intimidated into making his confession," Callow wrote Callow added that "officers have the obligation to remain within appropriate limits in the manner of in terrogation, but they must not be throttled in this difficult area of crime solving by excluding confes sions because of comment that might be considered threatening by one of fragile psychiatric status Stolen Car Driver Killed in Chase S3 44 44 44 47 44 SO S7 44 44 44 12 9 9 9 6 8 10 14 18 20 21 DELAFIELD TOWN An uni denLfied man, trying to elude police, was killed this morning when the stolen car he was driving in dark ness and fog flew off Golf Road and Highway SS and crashed in a field The man had sped off after Del Wayne Roberts tried to pull him over ui the fog because the car had dim headlights The car was found to have been stolen in Gurnee, 111, about 2 a just two hours earlier. As of this morning the dead man had not been identified, according to Coroner Donald Eggum It all started about 4 a when the state patrol called the sheriff department td watch for a car headed west on fog shrouded 194, The car had dim lights, and officers wanted to stop and warn the driver of the danger, according to informs Lon from the sheriff department fatalities tins 30 Roberts saw the car on Golf Road, the north 194 frontage road, and tned to pull it over.

The car started to pull off onto the shoulder but then took off at a high speed Roberts chased the car for a short distance but lost it in the fog He radioed back to the department with that information and predicted the driver was destined to crash Before other deputies could get to the area. Roberts saw tire marks on the road The tracks led off the road at the intersection of Golf Road and Highway SS According to sheriff department reports the car flew about 90 feet when it left the road It landed on its wheels, rolled over several times for 150 feet, stopping on its roof The man was thrown about 15 feet from the car and died apparently on impact He had head and internal in juries, according to the coroner report, He was carrying no identification, Eggum said. There was a bottle of pills with a doctor's name and telephone number but no area code or city. Eggum said The man was in his 20s. about 145 pounds and 5-feet 9.

Eggum said Doctors in the Gurnee area were being checked to see whether any match the name on the bottle. Eggum said If that it unsuccessful the man's fingerprints will have to be taken and checked. Eggum said WCTI Excavation To Turn a Profit PEWAU1CEE TOWN Waukesha County Technical Institute will move hills, if not mountains, to get its $6 8 million Phase Two campus expan sion plan underway Excavating the 90.000 cubic yards for its service occupations building would cost $150,000, the school es timales Instead. WCTI has in mind an am famous earth program in which the school would make money, not spend it Under its contract with Johnson Sand and Gravel of Waukesha. WCTI stands to make $90,000 by selling up to 750,000 cubic yards of gravel mined from the campus That is roughly equivalent to the volume of the first 15 stories of the I wefri.