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Police, FBI gather to profile clerk killings
RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) Police investigating a string of store clerk slayings in three states are urging businesses near interstate highways to keep more than one employee on duty, especially at night The FBI and police from six departments met Wednesday in Raytown to compare notes and begin creating a psychological profile of a suspect in the killings of six clerics since April 8. THEY SAID THE assailant might be a drifter or hitchhiker who kills just for the thrill. All but one of the victims was a woman and the sole male victim was wearing his hair in a ponytail at the time. “My personal opinion is that he’s a cold blooded psychopath,” said Raytown Police Capt. Larry Overfield. Ballistics tests indicate the same .22-caliber handgun was used to kill clerks in shops near interstate highways in Raytown and Sl Charles, as well as Indianapolis; Wichita, Kan., and Terre Haute, Ind. The killer left physical evidence in one case that will aid police in making an arrest, Kansas City Police detective Rick Pilgrim said. “HE MADE A mistake along the way,” Pilgrim said, but would not comment further. In each case the killer entered a small store at the end of a strip mall near an interstate highway, usually Interstate 70, from early afternoon to mid-evening when customer -traffic was low. Each store had only one clerk, except in Wichita, where two clerks were killed. All the victims were taken to a back room and shot in the back of the head. Descriptions of the suspect are similar.
PSI wins okay to build plants
. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) PSI -Energy has won regulatory approval of its plan to spend S9B million to build two new electric units in western Indiana. *. On Wednesday, the Utility Commission approved Ithe Plainfield-based utility’s
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State rejects Carmel plan
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The State Tax Board has unanimously denied the proposed lease agreement for Phase 2 of the controversial S9O million Carmel High School renovation project. Kurt Zorn, chairman of the State Tax Board, said the board rejected both the original S4O million lease agreement and a scaled-back $33 million proposal which was adopted by
THE MOST recent slaying was in Raytown, a Kansas City suburb, on May 7 when a female clerk was shot at a boutique near closing time. The Indianapolis Star reported Thursday that one person survived a confrontation with the killer. The witness found a man carrying a gun when he walked into the Laßride/Sir Knight Tuxedo & Formal shop on April 11, said Wichita Police Lt Ken F. Landwehr. “THERE WAS A‘ short conversation, then the witness felt that he was in danger,” Landwehr said. “The witness then fled the store and called police.” Shortly thereafter, police found owner Patricia A. Magers, 32, and clerk Patricia A. Smith, 23, dead at the shop. THE KILLER is described as white, 35 to 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 170-180 pounds. He has a thin build and light-brown or blond
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hair. The investigation is focusing on Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and Illinois, which is involved because it lies between Indiana and Missouri on 1-70. Interstate 35 passes through Wichita. Raytown apparently has the best case and is the focus of an investigation involving about 50 detectives from the cities where the killings occurred, said Pilgrim, a spokesman for the Kansas Cityarea Metro Squad, which was assigned the case Monday. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL profile, which draws on FBI records of interviews with criminals, could clarify the motive for the shying, said FBI spokesman Max Geiman. Witnesses in Raytown say someone who matched the killer’s description was seen leaving the area, Pilgrim said. In no case has the killer been seen in a car, leading authorities to think he is a hitchhiker, Pilgrim said.
million, should be completed by April 1994. Other equipment needed to bring the units on line is expect to cost about $7.7 million. A 1985 law requires utilities to receive a certificate of need for a proposed facility. The utility must show it needs the new capacity and has considered alternatives before deciding to build new generating units.
Perot sought early release from Navy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Ross Perot sought help from Texas Sens. Lyndon Johnson and Price Daniel in 1955 in an unsuccessful effort to be released two years early from his Navy obligation, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Perot, who is readying an independent presidential bid, said he raised the question because the Korean conflict was over and he hoped to change a four-year pledge of service back to the original twoyear commitment. JOHNSON’S presidential library in Austin and Daniel’s Senate papers, stored in Liberty, east of Houston, yielded correspondence from Perot’s father, a cotton broker from Texarkana, who appealed to the senators for help in getting the 25-year-old lieutenant off active duty. “Ross has now served two years in the Navy and has sent in his resignation asking for release from active duty and transfer into the reserve,” said a July 11,1955, letter
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An unarmed Bosnian militiaman is framed by a bullet hole in the window of a bus in Sarajevo, where fighting has intensified as rebels and Serbs grapple for control. The capital of Bosnia-
Bosnia too dangerous for peacekeepers, U.N. says
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Her-zegovina (AP) The battle for Sarajevo exploded with new intensity today as Serb attackers and Muslim defenders fought a fierce artillery duel. Shells were said to hit government buildings and a hotel and vehicles used by UN. peacekeepers. The fighting began at dawn, just hours after U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared Bosnia-Hercegovina too dangerous for U.N. peacekeepers to maintain their frustrated mission. HE ALSO SAID the Serbian population of Bosnia was largely to blame for the violence, which began when the republic’s majority Muslims and Croats endorsed independence from Yugoslavia in February. Serb irregulars, often backed by the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army, have seized about half the republic in the fighting, which has claimed at least 1,300 lives. Shelling continued five hours after it started, and a Sarajevo defense official said in a radio broadcast that virtually the entire
New poll shows dead heat
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton and independent Ross Perot are in a virtual dead heat in a new nationwide poll. A Washington Post poll published in today’s editions says Bush had 33 percent support to Clinton’s 29 percent and Perot’s 28 percent The poll of 858 registered voters had a 3 percentage point margin of error. The survey also questioned 1,144 adults by telephone about the causes of American innercity problems. Fifty-five percent said a major cause of current urban problems was “the failure of
from Ross Perot Sr. to Daniel. “Ross has definitely made up his mind that he does not wish to make the Navy his career and is very anxious to be released, serving in the reserve the number of years required,” the letter said. “INASMUCH AS we are not in war at this time and the Navy is just training a young officer who desires to be released I was wondering if you could assist us in this matter through the Secretary of Navy.” A similar letter also appears tc have gone to Johnson, who was then Senate majority leader. A response from Johnson aide Arthur C. Perry, dated July 21, 1955, said: “ ... with reference to your son who desires to be released from active duty in the Navy. I know how important this must be to him and, in the senator’s absence, I am anxious to be as helpful as possible.” IT ADDED, “I’m sure you realize, however, that the Senator has no personal authority in matters of this kind, which are under the sole jurisdiction of the Navy. Nevertheless, I am immediately getting in touch with the proper Navy officials here in the Senator’s name in an effort to see what might be done to help.” Perot did not return numerous
Hercogovina and the site of the 1984 Winter Olympics, Sarajevo once stood as a symbol of ethnic harmony. (AP photo)
city was under bombardment. JOVAN DIVJAK, deputy territorial defense commander, appealed on the radio for all citizens to be prepared to defend Sarajevo from an all-out Serbian attack. No full casualty figures were immediately available in today’s fighting. But one member of the U.N. peacekeeping force was wounded when the hotel where the team is staying was hit five times by shells, a French non-commis-sioned officer with the U.N. force said by telephone. Bosnia’s BH news agency said the building housing U.N. headquarters had been hit but there had been no damage to peacekeepers’ offices. A RUSSIAN officer, Igor Filipov, said about 10 U.N. vehicles in die parking lot were apparently hit by shells. The Bosnian presidency building, headquarters of President Alija Izetbegovic, a Slavic Muslim, also was reported under attack. A presidency official, Hajrudim Somun, said by telephone that the building’s staff was staying in in-
President Bush and former President Ronald Reagan to deal with the problems of the inner cities.” But 42 percent said the failure of social programs of the 1960 s was a big cause of urban distress and fully 67 percent said a new approach was needed to solve inner-city problems. AMONG THE registered voters, 34 percent picked Clinton, the expected Democratic nominee, as the candidate who would do the best job dealing with race relations, compared to 28 percent for Bush and 18 percent for Perot.
telephone calls to take questions about the matter. His staff returned written answers to a list of questions from the AP. That written response said Perot’s inquiries stemmed from confusion about how many years the U.S. Naval Academy graduate was obligated to serve and that they don’t tarnish his patriotic reputation. PEROT SAID THAT when he entered the academy, he signed an agreement to serve in the Navy for two years after his 1953 graduation. He said the Navy, however, extended that obligation to four years because of the Korean War. “Perot raised the question in 1955 about whether or not his original obligation of two years was back in effect because the war was over,” Perot’s statement said. Perot eventually abandoned his efforts to leave the Navy when he was reassigned to another ship. He was honorably discharged in 1957. THE LETTER-writing by Perot’s father occurred the same year that a 1990 Perot biography says the young officer had a falling out with the captain of his ship. In “Perot An Unauthorized Biography,” author Todd Mason described Perot as having been on the career fast-track in the Navy. He had become chief engineer
side corridors, and that shells were exploding about every 20 seconds. Somun said the Bosnian Interior Ministry also had been hit. But he declared Serb-led forces could not capture the city. “THE SERBS cannot enter the city,” he said. “All they can do is wreak more destruction.” In Serb-held Ilidza, at leat two grenades hit a hotel where most foreign journalists are staying. The Serbian press center in the hotel later issued a statement prohibiting any filming or photography around the hotel. “Non-observance of these rules could put your life in danger,” the statement said. Serbs fired on positions around the airport held by Bosnia’s Mus-lim-dominated defense forces. ELEMENTS OF the defense forces have been threatening to attack the airport. They are impatient with President Izetbegovic’s attempts to continue peace talks with the Serbs, who have surrounded Sarajevo and are blocking vital food and medicine supplies.
on the destroyer USS Sigourney but then the ship’s command changed hands. Perot clashed with the new captain, according to the book, although no details are given. ACCORDING TO the statement given to the AP, Perot says the dispute with a senior officer arose when he directed Perot to carry out two illegal acts. Perot says he refused to do so, but didn’t specify what the illegal acts were. The whereabouts of other personnel involved in this incident were not readily known. Perot met with Adm. James Holloway Jr., chief of Naval personnel, and then was assigned to an aircraft carrier, the USS Leyte, according to the documents reviewed by the AP. TWO YEARS later he left the Navy and went to work for IBM. According to the correspondence between Perot’s father and Daniel, the senator contacted the Navy to look into Perot’s situation. On Feb. 17, 1956, Capt P.F. Hauck wrote Daniel that the issue was settled after Perot met with Holloway. “As a result of a personal interview with the Chief of Naval Personnel, Lieutenant (junior grade) Perot reconsidered his requests to resign,” Hauck wrote. “HE IS CURRENTLY serving in a new duty station, USS Leyte ... and has resolved to complete his obligated service in the same exemplary fashion which has characterized all of his active service,” the letter said. Hauck said that all Naval Academy graduates “are commissioned to serve at the pleasure of the president; present administrative interpretation of this time is four years. Lieutenant (junior grade) Perot will complete this obligated time in June 1957.” The statement from Perot to the AP said Perot “enjoyed the Navy, ships, and going to sea,” But it added, “At the time he was in the Navy, promotions were based entirely on seniority or ‘time in grade.’ Perot wanted to work in an environment that promoted people based on merit and contribution.”