News... S orts... Lifest les... 'No. 2 LETTERS 'SCOTTY'EAMS-UP AND SCIENCE VANDALS CAREER CLIP LAUGHS SEMINAR EAGLE' AT UI WINGS P. 9 gkL P. T =MmaaaaD ~ ' ~ s s ~ Convicted murderer still at large after local jail break SHARI IRETON By the vehicle, said the er made contact with him, Davi- Assistant News Editor five minutes before he was approached Clearwater County Sheriff and noticed missing." witness, and Buxton said "we service personnel involved in son ran. He was aprehended A twice-convicted murderer Apparently, Davison escaped are assuming that he did get in the search. "The jurisdicational eight hours later and arrested for escaped from the Latah County through a one-foot hole in the the. vehicle." This information authority cooperation has been failing to appear in the Walla Jail Friday afternoon and is still fence of the inner gate leading has led to a new approach in excellent today," said Buxton Walla County District Court on a at large. from the exercise yard to an out- how the investigation will be yesterday afternoon. fourth-degree murder charge. Regular radio reports con- side walkway. When he reached run, he said. Davison was convicted Sept. When he was 14, Davison was cerning the escape of William the walkway, Davison then Although police have made 24 by a federal jury of murdering convicted of robbi'ng and beat- Andrew Davison, 33, kept climbed over the outer gate that door to door searches in Mos- Victor Pierre on the Couer ing to death 81-year-old Emma Palouse residents informed on leads to Sixth and Adams streets. cow, they had another witness d'Alene Indian Reservation last Johnson, also of Worley. He was the while Sheriff escape Friday night, Latah County Ken say that he was sighted in the November. The body of the tried as an adult and recieved 12 con- police blocked off the main high- Buxton said a witness made Plummer/Worley area. They 68-year.-old Worley man was years in prison. ways to and from the Moscow tact with them on Sunday and discovered in a trailer with sev- checked four 'eparate resi- 'avison, a Couer d'Alene area. said he/she observed Davison dences in those towns and found eral bullets in his head. Davison, of Plummer, Idaho, leaving the jail by climbing over Indian, is 5feet 4 inches with col- nothing, said Buxton, but he sus- This incident was not Davi- escaped from the jail's exercise the gate from the excercise yard. lar length black hair and brown pects Davison might still be in son's first escape from authori- yard at 3:50 p.m. according to The witness said there was a eyes. He weighs around 140 the area. ties. Last Davison ran from Latah County Deputy Prosecu- silver or gold Pontiac Sunbird May, pounds and was last seen wear- an officer who was checking on a tor Douglas Whitney. He told with a man and women, both . Buxton said that they had the ing blue overalls from the Latah disabled vehicle. When the offic- the Spokesman Review Davison with long hair, sitting in the Bureau of Indain Affairs, US County Jail. was under "periodic visual con- apartment parking lot across the Marshall, Benewah County tact, the last time being about street from the jail. Davison. Sheriff, Latah County Sheriff, ALEX eases job hunt By BRANDY CORGATELLI Staff Writer Job-seeking UI students don't have to go any further than the Student Union Building to find one. The Idaho Department of Employment has stationed 15 Auto- mated Labor EXchange machines throughout the state. The ALEX in the SUB furnishes up-to-date information on state and national openings and has been operational for about one 4 job month. "C. On Friday, 13,857jobs available in Idaho and around the nation were listed. Filled positions are removed from the AL'EX listing daily and new jobs are added. Ron Flathers, office manager of the Moscow branch of the Ida- ho Department of Employment, explained how the SUB became a member of the 15 select state-wide locations for ALEX. Flathers considered the UI library and the Palouse Empire Mall, in addition to the Student Union Building, as possible loca- tions for ALEX. "The library wasn't even remotely'.interested because they are doing all that remodeling," Flathers:said. "The Student Union Building seems to get a lot of student traff- Law students Ed Yarbrough and Omar Valverde are enjoying the sunny weather by playing acouple ic," Flathers said. "Since we have such a large student population games of tennis. ( JQE STRQHMAIER PHQTQ) in the community it made sense to put it there." "I think the main advantage of ALEX is its location (in the SUB)," said Daniel Blanco, director of UI Career Services Center. "Some students for some reason or another won't go down to the MLDEDC takes stand agianst initiative local Job Service." first heard about ALEX, he walked over to the By TIM HELMKE When Blanco They feel that the passage would lopment." Swanson backed up "I interesting and easy to Staff Writer SUB and tried it out. found it really very also hurt the school, cemetery, this by saying that if there is a use," he said. ALEX is operated through a touch screen, where The One Percent Initiative fire, library, recreation, road and decrease in quality of these dis- users can search for jobs based on a certain salary, location in the received another negative highway, and sewer districts in. tricts, there will be less economic U.S., or length of job. endorsement last week, this time Latah County. development in the state. "We'e had some feedback from people who have used it and from the Moscow-Latah County The sources for the board's The resolution is also in favor liked it. There have only been a few minor problems with soft- Economic Development Council, resoultion predict that the nega- of quality education in the state ware," Flathers said. The MLCEDC is a group of tive impact would total over $7 of Idaho. The resolution states Having ALEX means employment office staff will spend less public and private entities which million per year to the University "providing quality education to time looking through job listings with clients, according to are working together to encour- of Idaho and over $2 million or our citizens is imperative in order Flathers. Clients can search for jobs on their own through ALEX. age economic growth in the nearly 16 percent of the total for the United States and the State Yet, ALEX cannot make a connection with the employer about a Moscow-Latah County area. The property tax budgets of the other of Idaho to compete in a global job. Flathers is expecting more staff work contacting employers MLCEDC also has a Board of districts. economy." With the passing of after people have found a potential job through ALEX. Directors which works together B.J.Swanson, President of the the initiative, the education level "Ifwe can place more people (into jobs), that's what we are here for this growth. The Board of MLCEDCB of Directors, said that is predicted by the group to for," Flathers said. Directors is made up of 15 seats they are working to "bring new decrease. On Thursday, October 22, the same day Governor Cecil with private and public officials businesses into the area and to The resolution concludes by Andrus will help celebrate the new ALEX system in a Nampa representing all of Latah County. keep the existing ones here." encouraging voters to vote mall, Flathers and others will be doing some demonstrations of The board last Monday signed Swanson fears that the passage of against the One Percent Initiative the system at the SUB. a resolution against the One Per- the initiative would hurt the area to ensure that the economic "We hope to have a few people present," Flathers said. "I think cent Initiative. The group's resol- and would work against the growth that is important to the the important thing in the end is to get the information out that it ution cites several reasons for board. Moscow-Latah County area as (ALEX) is here so people can use it." which they are against this The resolution states that the well as the State of Idaho. Swan- Flathers complimented the state for pursuing the $341,'120 initiative. MLCEDC endorses that "the pro- son said that the opinions Department of Labor Employment Services automation grant to The board feels that the pas- vision of basic infrastructure: expressed through the Moscow- begin the ALEX program. sage of the One Percent Initiative water, wastewater treatment, Latah County Economic Deve- "Idaho has for a long-time been a front runner in automation," would negatively impact the streets, bridges and highways is lopment Council are not neces- Flathers said. "Some states are still dealing in filling out manual University of Idaho, Latah Coun- absolutely essential to support sarily the opinions of the busines- paper forms (for job listings)." ty, and the cities of Latah County. commerce and economic deve- ses represented on the Board. TUESDAY ARGONAUT OCTOBER 20, 1992 Edited by Samantha Groom 2 News Desk (208) 885-8924 i L R S hosts job search seminar I By TANYA MADISON Editor-in-Chief Students at the University of Idaho can get a jump on the Great American Job Search through a program offered by the College of Letters and Science. The college is hosting "Seminar Five: A Coffee Break," Friday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m.