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Friday, November 20, 1987 The Star-Democrat Page 3A mmairylairid state review I 7 1 i i ti APUMrptwto Millionaire's yacht The 150-foot "Highlander," a yacht owned by millionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes, is moored at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The yacht has two speed boats and a helicopter on the upper deck. Forbes is in Baltimore to host a news conference with a Baltimore hotel which is putting an 18-page supplement promoting Maryland and Baltimore in an issue of Forbes Magazine this spring. Hughes to lead delegation to Nicaragua, El Salvador Motive sought in triple killing GLEN BURNIE (AP) Anne Arundel County Police on Tfturs-day were trying to find a motive for shootings that left a woman, a gun shop owner and the man who shot them dead. The dead were identified as David E.

Wolle, 39, the man who did the shooting; Charles Hittle, 59, of Lin-thicum, the gun shop owner; and Grace E. Cory, 63, of Pasadena, who had tried to persuade her daughter to stop living with Wolle, authorities said. Richard Crouch, who worked parttime in Hittle's gun store, said he "begged him to carry heat. "Dammit, you never saw me in there when somebody comes in when I didn't have my hand on the butt of that handgun," Couch said. The shootings began Wednesday at an apartment complex where WoUe lived with his girlfriend, Jeanette Gay, police said, Wolle and Ms.

Gay were leaving their apartment when her mother, Mrs. Cory, arrived and tried to persuade her daughter to accompany her, county police spokesman Richard V. Mdlloy said. During the argument, Wolle took a shotgun from the trunk of his car and shot Mrs. Cory in the chest, Molloysaid.

Ms. Gay ran to another apartment building and sought help from a woman. Wolle then stole that woman's car, police said, and drove to the sporting goods store Police said they do not know why Wolle drove to the store and confronted a clerk and Hittle, demanding a handgun. Wolle was shot and killed by Hit-tie's son, John, an off-duty county police officer, came out of the store's back room and killed Wolle with his service revolver, Investigators said. "She finally was going to get rid of him and I guess told him this morning," Ms.

Gay's friend, Pauline Hare of Catonsville, said. "The only reason she stayed with him so long is that she needed his car," Ms. Hare said. Wolle had criminal record, He Sheriff of Baltimore indicted BALTIMORE (AP) Baltimore's sheriff has been indicted on charges of perjury, conspiracy and election law violations for allegedly understating the amount of money raised during his successful 1986 campaign for office, the state prosecutor's office said. Indicted with Sheriff Shelton Stewart Wednesday was Rayner T.

Banks, Stewart's campaign treasurer. In nearly identical, eight-count indictments turned in by a city grand jury, the men were charged with "significantly understating" how much money came into the Stewart for Sheriff campaign coffers between August 1986 and April of this year. As sheriff, Stewart runs an agency of approximately 150 people with a budget of about $3.6 million. According to campaign funding reports filed with the state, Mr. Stewart said he raised $2,077 in cash, plus $2,531 worth of in-kind contributions.

State investigators believe the actual amount raised was much more than that, although they would not say exactly how much. 'Phantom fondler' touches no more BEL AIR (AP) The investigation into the so-called "phantom fondler" the intruder who crept Into bedrooms and touched women while they slept has come to a dead end, Harford County sheriff's investigators say. "The last reported appearance we have is July 17," said Maj. Jesse Bane. "I know of no new cases In Harford County where the fondler has made a reappearance." Over an 18-month period; police, received 20 reports of a man breaking into homes and touching sleeping women.

The incidents were all in the southern portions of the county. In each case, as soon as the woman awoke, the intruder fled. Bane said none of the victims could describe the person very well. University contributions double COLLEGE PARK (AP) Contributions to the University of Maryland more than doubled in the last fiscal year, despite the negative publicity surrounding the death of basketball star Len Bias. Gifts totaled more than $17 million between July 1986 and last June about 4.5 percent of the College Park campus budget.

The contributions were up 130 percent over the previous fiscal year, when donations were slightly more than $7 million, officials said. The increase surprised some UM officials who had speculated the scandal following Bias' death from cocaine intoxication would deter potential donors. Getaway driver in killing sentenced TOWSON (AP) The getaway driver in the robbery-murder of a Maryland National Bank vice president last, year has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for prosecutors recommending a 40-year prison sentence. The defendant, Tony Michie, also agreed to testify against Kenneth Cooper, who the state alleges was the gunman in the robbery, said Alexandra Williams, an assistant state's attorney for Baltimore County. Michie, whose first trial on murder and robbery charges ended in August when the jury deadlocked in favor of conviction, pleaded guilty Wednesday, as his retrial was about to begin in Baltimore County Circuit, Court.

The state is seeking the death penalty against Cooper, who will be tried next year. Wayne Breeden, the victim, was followed from an cratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland; Bernard Lifshutz, a businessman and chairman of the Texas Democratic Finance Council; Maryland lawyer John Hurson from Montgomery County; Michael Kerrigan, president of the Smokeless Tobacco Council, and Edward Haddock, a lawyer and businessman from Orlando, Fla. "The idea is to have interested people from around the country, from all walks of life, to sort of observe the progress being made in this Central American peace proposal," Hughes said. BALTIMORE (AP) Former Maryland Gov.

Harry Hughes is leading a delegation of seven people from Maryland, Texas and Florida on a five-day mission to monitor progress towards peace in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Hughes said Thursday that the trip is sponsored by Central American Peace and Democracy Watch, an ad hoc group set up to observe the peace process in Cen-. tral America. "The whole idea is to go down there with no ax to grind, not to go down there as pro-Sandinista or pro-Contra, but to take an objective look and to wrap it up with our comments when we get back on what we've observed," the former Democratic governor said. Hughes said New York Mayor Edward Koch led a similar mission recently, and that former Virginia Gov.

Charles Robb will head a delegation to Central America that leaves Saturday. The Hughe group was scheduled to leave Friday and return Tuesday. Members of the delegation included John Moag, Hughes' law partner, Judy Hoyer, wife of Demo Witness in shooting of a park policeman killed near his home of U.S. Park Police Officer Patrick Gavin during a routine traffic stop near Riverdale in Prince George's County After the court hearing, he was freed on personal recognizance under conditions set by a federal magistrate last month. Assistant U.S.

Attorney Michael B. Middleton told Judge Alexander BALTIMORE AP) A witness who was to testify against the man accused of shooting a U.S. Park Police officer was shot and killed Thursday, police reported. Police said the victim, Antonio Johnson, 27, of Baltimore, was attacked and shot twice in the back as he walked near his home about 1 a.m. Alexander, indicted last month on five federal, charges, is in custody on a state prison escape charge.

In return for Johnson's plea and cooperation, M.iddlt5 said, the government was to recommend no more than 30 months in prison for Johnson. Neither police nor Middleton would say Thursday if they believe Johnson's killing was related to his federal plea bargain. "We've not concluded the two incidents are related," iddleton said. "THutomatic teller machine on Loch Raven Boulevard to Johnson Dteaded. aiultv Wednes- Harvey II that Johnson agreed to was 'jaded, nungwfus tunssRMbr (y U.S.

District iCourt to plead guilty and testify against Kendall C. Alexander, 23, who is 1960s for narcptiOB vioTatiohand was sentenced ill r72 to 15 years in prison, for armed robbery, authorities said. charge Qf being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The charge stemmed from the Aug. 21 shooting accused of shooting Gavin along-the Baltimore-Washington Parkway 29 guards win $4 million for firing DIAMOND TENXIS BRACELET 4 ct.

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Breeden was shot and killed in a struggle with the robber. Michie then drove off with the gunman. Hancock teen subject of TV special HANCOCK (AP) A teen-ager who disappeared from Hancock last year and now is wanted in connection with a Michigan murder will be the subject of an upcoming episode of NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries." Cameras Were rolling Thursday at Hancock High School in Washington County where Melissa Kay Mun-day, now 17, once attended classes and played junior varsity basketball. She was riding in a blue Camaro when she was last seen by a school bus driver April 17, 1986. When she didn't report for class that morning, Maryland State Police believed the 15-year-old.

high school sophomore had run away. About a year later, she and her boyfriend became suspects in the armed robbery, kidnapping and murder of Elmer DeBoer, a courier for Leemon Oil Co. in Waterford Township, about 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Her boyfriend, Jerry Wayne Strickland, 26, who is among the 10 most wanted criminals in Michigan, has been accused of armed robbery, kidnapping and first-degree murder in connection with the May 11 slaying. I "We've been looking for them ever since," said Sgt.

Donald Bailey, a detective with the Waterford Township police department. SAPPHIRE DIAMOND BRACELET verdict, "I'm pleased I went through a lot of hardships and I think the jury picked up on it." The guards' walkout on Aug. 12, 1980, was part of a strike over a contract dispute that included county offrce workers, road crews and landfill operators, all of whom were represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. After most guards walked out at the jail in Upper Marlboro, inmates started fires, broke glass and ripped bunk beds from the walls. 12 cts.

of Sapphires 1 ct. of Diamonds Reg. Price $2400. SALE PRICE $1650. could alter the amount of the settlement.

The jury awards ranged from as low as $76,000 to as much as $240,000 for each guard, depending on the guard's salary and computations of actual losses during their three years of joblessness. The guards were awarded a total of $900,000 in back pay, nearly $1.5 million in compensatory damages and more than $1.6 million in punitive damages. "Our position was that they were not entitled to anything," said Assistant County Attorney Steven M.Gilbert. Sgt. Steven Stewart, a jail guard supervisor who was awarded $202,000 after he testified about his extended joblessness, said after the UPPER MARLBORO (AP) -A jury has awarded 29 Prince George's County jail guards a total of $4 million in back pay and damages for their illegal firing after a 1980 strike.

The guards, who were reinstated by a court order in 1983, were fired for striking by then-County Executive Lawrence J. Hogan, who cited safety reasons in calling their 11-day strike illegal. But the guards were reinstated after a Circuit Court panel upheld the legality of their strike. Wednesday night's Circuit Court verdict can be appealed, but county officials had no immediate comment on their plans. Circuit Judge James Magruder Rea reserved the right to rule on several motions that fHH ill 'D; I 'II FIKE'S ORCHARD Rt.

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Santa 's elves will be on hand to show you our silk and fresh arrangements, pictures, lamps and plants for gift giving and home decoration. A 3 Day Vacation at The Sea-Pines Village in Hilton Head South Carolina Bt'tjinning Monday, November 16th thru Saturday, November 2 1st. anyone visiting the fuller Aulo Park-showrooms will be eligible to design and pilot their newspaper airplane entry into a designated automobile (convertibles, sun roofs) parked in each of the three fuller Auto Park showrooms. Entrants successfully piloting their airplane Into any one of the three designated autos will be eligible to win the grand prixe. Kules A.

Two Divisions: Adult 1 3 years and up; Children 1 2 years and under B. All entries musl be on official entry forms available at alrrship and in ihe Slur -Democrat supplement. (No tm-thairital representations accepted.) C. One entry per person per showroom. D.

All contestants must be accompanied by a designated Fuller representative. fuller Auto Park employees and their families are not eligible to participate. I .) Winners wilt be decided front alt successful pilot contestants by a public drawing to be held at P.M. Sunday. November 2 1st.

Grand Prize Grand Prixe Adult Division Children's Division $1,000 Shopping Spree A Radio Controlled Car Merriment will prevail with refreshments being served. Plan to attend and join the fun! 'Remember Visa, Mastercard. American Express, and Choice are accepted. Special Wishes that your holiday is peaceful and we look forward to seeing you November 28, 1987. I Book Now For Your A Holiday Party In One I Of Our Private Dining Rooms.

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