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Students model nude... see Friday Magazine THE BG NEWS Vol.71 Issue 57 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, December 2,1988 Prosecutor Presser's proves guilt relative testifies of Wheeler CLEVELAND (AP) - The Wood County Common Pleas uncle of the late Teamsters by Greg Connel Court Judge Gale Williamson union President Jackie Presser, managing editor said because of an alleged rob- after testifying this week that he bery conviction against Wheeler had done no work during the five A sentencing date will be set in 1983. he could face a mini- years he received a salary from today for Orville D. Wheeler, mum of between 10 and 15 years the union said Thursday that he Jr., who was found guilty last and a maximum of 25 years for had handled occasional chores night of masterminding the 1985 each count. for the Teamsters. fire which killed seven Perrys- The maximum possible sen- Allen Friedman, completing burg Township residents. tence would be 120 to 200 years, his third day on the witness After more than seven hours Williamson said. stand in the trial of two Team- of deliberation, a jury found Assistant Prosecuting Attor- ster leaders accused in a "ghost Wheeler guilty of seven counts ney Alan Mayberry said state- employee" union payroll pad- of involuntary manslaughter ments by Wheeler's friends Jeff ding scheme, said he occasional- and one count of aggravated ar- Carnes and John Pack were the ly handled member inquiries at son. key to the conviction. the union office window from Wheeler's girlfriend, Rhoda "I think the strongest evi- 1977 through 1981, the period in Maddor, confessed last summer dence was the testimony of his question. to setting the Dec. 27,1985, blaze two buddies who had no motive "Some people asked for me," which killed her mother, brother except that five children died," said Friedman, who had testi- and five nieces and nephews in a Mayberry said. fied Wednesday that he did no dispute over Christmas gifts. The two testified Wheeler ad- work while receiving $1,000 a Maddox testifed Wheeler mitted he was involved in the week from Local 507. "bolstered her ego," and that fire, thus corroborating Rhoda In addition, Friedman ac- her mother gave her several Maddox's testimony. knowledged during cross- skeins of yarn while giving her The defense attorneys left the examination that he had attend- brothers a videocassette recor- courtroom immediately follow- ed "hundreds and hundreds of der for Christmas, two days be- ing the verdict and were una- meetings" of the union pension fore the fire. vailable for comment. and health and welfare fund "(Wheeler) said, 'You de- However, in his closing argu- boards during the period. serve better than that... she de- ments, defense attorney John Friedman also said he occa- serves to die," Maddox testified Dunipace said in his closing ar- sionally went on his own to var- Wednesday. guments the prosecution "went ious shops where employees She also testified he drove her digging beneath rocks and found were represented by the union. to her mother's house, gave her some witnesses," to support Still, Friedman said, Presser a lighter and threatened to kill Maddox's story. BG News/Paul Vemon and Harold Friedman, a Team- her and put her daughter in a "Jeff Carnes held his secret sters international vice presi- home if she refused to start the for eight long months — maybe Rigging Repair dent and trial co-defendant, Ore. that's what drug addicts, thieves Jack Zlegler (top) and Jerry Wheatly. from Tiffin Scenic Studios, remove parts of the rigging for the bat- tried to keep him out of the union Maddox is currently serving and escape artists do — hold on tens from Eva Marie Saint Theater. The rigging, which is used to hang scenes, lights and curtains, has not offices and refused to let him eight consecutive six-to-25-year to a secret until it could do them been renovated to this extent since the theater was built. work. sentences at Marysville State some good," Dunipace said. □ See Teamsters, page 4. Reformatory for the crime. .: See Wheeler, page 5. Lighting fund designated Windy weather Editor's note: this is the last of a three part series. Bess said the money will be used to fund be "tagged onto the $4,500." grounds shuttle installing more lights in pedestrian walking Part of problem is the lack of proper light- areas. The exact location of those areas has ing in parking lots, he said, adding the uni- by Dennis Robaugh versity has a special problem with car thefts CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. because NASA, operating reporter not yet been determined, he said. (AP) — Weather permitting, under strict Air Force se- Although Bess said the University must because it is close to Interstate 75 and NASA will try again Friday to crecy requirements, did not wait for the approval, the existing lighting Toledo. send Atlantis on a secret mili- carry the usual shuttle-to- According to a USA Today poll, 42 percent problems currently are being corrected. Richard Michelson, a national crime pre- tary mission after scrubbing launch control conversations of college women feel unsafe in college According to Bess, $4,500 in state funds is vention specialist, said parking lots are Thursday's attempt because over its radio circuit. towns. being used "on lights that need to be re- prime areas for assaults, rapes and break- of violently shifting 104 mph Using all the resources at But with $125,000 in state funds which has paired or replaced. ins because they are usually located away from the center of campus and very poorly winds in the shuttle's flight its command — high-altitude been approved by the State House, the prob- President Olscamp sent a letter to Bess path. weather balloons, radar, and lem may be alleviated at the University last month asking that a lighting survey be lit. Officials said they would a shuttle pilot flying through within a year, said Bill Bess, director of pub- conducted because he thought there might Bess said parking Lots 6 (stadium lot). Lot look at the forecast late the clouds — NASA contin- lic safety. be insufficient lighting between some cam- 12 (north of the University), Lot 8A (behind Offenhauer), Lot A (next to Kohl Hall) and Thursday before giving a go- uously sampled the weather However, Bess said, before the University pus buildings, he said. ahead to fuel the spacecraft before finally calling it quite. can receive the funds, the project must be Bess said Public Safety personnel are Lot D (east side of Rogers) are designated again for a launch Friday in a "We were watching the approved by the state architect and the conducting the survey and any new lighting for improved lighting when proper funds are three-hour period beginning weather all the way and final- Board of Regents. problems they find requiring attention will available. at 6:32 a.m. EST. If the ly scrubbed due to the winds weather looked bad, NASA aloft," Sieck said. "There would wait until Saturday. was no hope we were going to "We're going to take a hard get out of the situation." Counselor defines problems look at the weather agaian," Rain had left the area and said launch director Bob skies had begun clearing, but meet us," said Lisa Holland, Holland, however, said she is more responsible attitude eight miles above the Atlantic by Jeff Batdorf not as optimistic about the suc- toward the service to find out Sieck. "If it is clearly a no-go staff reporter junior communications and per- tomorrow, we don't want to Ocean winds exceeded hurri- sonnel management major and cess of the program. about it," Holland said. exercise the launch team, the cane force. Lawrence B. Wil- peer counselor. crew and the systems." liams, a NASA engineer, said Peer counseling is designed as The program started last She said she is supposed to According to information Navy Cmdr. Robert L. Gib- the blasts were so powerful a service to help freshmen spring and two counselors act as meet with her 15 assigned stu- released by Student Support son and his four-man military and erratic that the shuttle's having problems with the Uni- role models for students and dents three times a semester, Services, students eligible for — crew, dressed in uncomforta- computer could not be pro- versity, but help them become involved in but she has in fact met with five this program must have parents ble, bulky flight suite, had grammed to safely adjust its one peer coun- campus activities, work out and each of them have attended who did not graduate from a been lying on their backs in flight path. selor says the schedule problems and solve only one meeting. four-year college, live in a low- cabin seats for nearly five Such winds could cause se- program is other difficulties in adjusting to income family, or have physical hours Thursday when the de- rious damage to the shuttle's having prob- college life, said Aurelio San- The other students will not or learning disabilities.