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doctor no Could 6 doctors be wrong about cancer diagnosis? Accent, 1C Bride gulria Today's newlyweds want trips and TVs, not toasters Homestyle, 13D Resign TigersBull 3 Oakland County's Murphy wants Detroit's Young out Local News, 3A Detroit hammered, 17-5; Chicago-Portland in Finals Sports, ID Showers. High 63. Low 55. AND Metro final Mmmmmi. 1 1 rajpte, mmm Jjquer slip By Perot saw 3 island as lure for drug war Ex-customs officials say plan was rejected Copyright, 1992 Knlght-Ridder Newspapers By Frank Greve, barbara demick And mark Thompson Free Press Washington Staff WASHINGTON Ross Perot hired a team of commandos and offered to buy a Caribbean island for up to $3 million to provide secret help to the United States Despite scrutiny, Williams stayed free 'r r- 1 I fti i A Af i iw TV mm mm CAf.lFAIGII war on drugs during the early 1980s, former U.S.

Customs officials say. Perot's extraordinary proposal described in a customs memo was to build an aircraft refueling station on a remote island near a major drug smuggling route. After luring smugglers to the station with cheap fuel, Perot's operatives planned to tip off U.S. border agents about A six-state satellite rally links Ross Perot with his backers. Page4A.

Hillary Clinton takes a swipe at Dan Quayle over family values. Page 4A. BY BILL MCGRAW AND MARYANNE GEORGE Free Press Staff Writers The rampage of murder and rape that Leslie Williams says he committed came while he was under intense scrutiny from the state criminal justice system. Williams escaped detection until Sunday, when a citizen saw him assaulting a woman and summoned police. Police, therapists, parole officers, relatives and others who knew of Williams struggled Friday to understand why he had slipped by them all for so long.

The answers were complex but included bureaucratic inertia, attitudes toward women, bad luck and the limitations of the criminal justice system. And investigators face this: Leslie Williams was far from unique. Hundreds of men assault and abduct women, which was Williams' criminal profile when he was paroled from prison in August 1990.. Williams, 38, has confessed to murdering four teenage girls, raping a 9-year-old, kidnapping a woman and sexually assaulting other women who did not report the crimes. "Who are we protecting most, the victim or the criminal?" asked Murray Burley, 65, grandfather of one of the victims, 15-year-old Cynthia Jones, of Milford.

The other murder victims were Kami Villanueva, 18, of South Lyon; and sisters Michelle Urbin, 16, and Melissa Urbin, 14, of Tyrone Township, just south of Fenton. Williams was a four-time loser with a history of sex crimes. Between that release and his capture on Sunday while abducting a woman from a cemetery, Williams was See WILLIAMS, Page 5A DAYMON J. HARTLEYDetrolt Ffee Press Above: A crowd gathered outside the Walled Lake District Court on Friday jeers Leslie Williams as he is taken away after his arraignment on rape and murder charges. Right: Police escort Williams, wearing a bulletproof vest, from the courthouse.

'a (' A 1 Hi I I lllllll Leslie Williams had psychotherapy before and after he was paroled. Some experts say such therapy reduces repeat offenses. Another says a "psychic monstrosity needs to be confined indefinitely." Services are scheduled for the four slain girls. Williams shows investigators where, he says, he raped a 9-year-old girl. Prison official remembers Williams as a shy and talented musician.

See Page 8A. drug planes headed north, a customs official said in an interview this week. Perot's plan was devised by a former commando on Perot's payroll and art ex-drug smuggler, according to Frank Chadwick, then the top U.S. Customs official in Houston and the agency's link to Perot. I A memo by Chadwick in March 1981 suggested that Perot's private commandos could engage in intelligence-gathering activities forbidden to government agents without elaborate formal approvals from Washington.

The plan offered customs "a unique opportunity" to wreak havoc on smuggling activities, Chadwick wrote. Despite such potential benefits, the plan was rejected by U.S. Customs as too risky and eventually was abandoned by Perot. Perot has made other initiatives in areas traditionally reserved for gov-'erhment, including using private commandos in a dramatic 1979 rescue of two of his employees imprisoned in Iran. Perot, an all-but-announced candidate for president, has been criticized as acting rashly in sensitive foreign policy areas.

Perot has maintained that his actions have always been consistent with government policy. was campaigning and could See PEROT, Page 4A IMP CMEESSEl Michigan Bell chief leaves; successor sees racial gains After the Elvis stamp, what rock musicians should be honored? Free Press readers picked three stars. One came from Texas, one was born in Britain and one burst from purple haze. For who they are and who else drew votes, Entertainment, Sunday. At-.

Kenneth Robert Hurst Millard CITY STORIES Ik fiA fc b) A'; J'-JT They are a mix of optimism and desperation. They are five of the 83,000 Michigan residents who lost their safety net when the state cut aid. Their stories, in photos, begin in the Comment section. 4frce tyxcm Business 9A Classified Index 7B Comics, Crossword 10B Death Notices 12B Doonesbury 10B Editorials 6A Horoscope 7B Jumble 88 Lottery numbers 2A Names Faces 2A Obituaries 12B Sports 1B Stock Markets 10A Weather 11B Volume 162, Number 23 1992 Detroit Free Press Inc. Detroit News Accent 1C Bridge 10C Classified 7C Comics 10C Crossword 11C Dear Abby 2C Dr.

Donohue 2C Editorials 12C Homestyle 1D Horoscope 10C Movie guide 6C Tastings 40 TV listings 4C Welcome Mat 3D 118th Year, Number 280 Copyright, 1991, The Detroit News, Inc. 5 by Hiawatha bray Free Press Business Writer Kenneth Millard has resigned as president of Michigan Bell, as part of a surprise corporate shake-up at the Chicago-based parent company Ameri-tech. His successor, Robert Hurst is the first black person to head Michigan Bell. Millard could not be reached for comment Friday. Hurst, hosting a reception at the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce legislative conference on Mackinac Island, said he was notified of his- promotion at 2 p.m.

Thursday. "It really did catch me by surprise," he said. "I had no reason to believe that this change was happening. But I'm delighted." Hurst, who grew up in Detroit and graduated from Northwestern High School, joined Michigan Bell in 1969 and spent all but two years of his career there. He said his promotion is a symbol of advancement for blacks in Michigan.

"I've always felt we do need African Americans in all positions everywhere so that we can serve as positive role models for young African Americans," he said. "Beyond that, I think this will cause other corporations to look around and see if this can be done." Other top Michigan Bell officials at the Mackinac Island conference were DAYMON J. HARTLEYDetroit Free Press resignation. None of them said they had any hint that major personnel changes were imminent. Michigan Bell said Millard would pursue other career interests.

Three other key Ameritech executives took early retirement in the shake-up. Robert Barnett is out as president of the Ameritech Bell Group, which oversees Michigan Bell and four other local telephone companies. Harold D'Orazio is leaving as president of Ameritech Services, which provides planning and support services for local phone companies, and Bruce De-Maeyer has resigned as president of Ameritech's cellular telephone and paging operations. Peter Bernstein, a telephone industry analyst for Probe Research in Cedar Knolls, said governments See R'. Larry Eady on eviction day.

Rebuilding House by house, person by individual-oriented programs work in Baltimore and Indianapolis. They show that cities do not have to surrender to crime, drugs and fear. Our series on how urban programs succeed concludes today on Page 5A. On Tuesday, the Free Press presents a full-page chart for the first Belle Isle Grand Prix including how to get to it. What does your family stand for? Share your values with Free Press readers.

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