European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 30, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3michigan Man linked to four slayings Milford. Mich. Apr a paroled rapist arrested after a woman was found in his car trunk confessed to killing three teen age girls and a woman and led investigators to three shallow Graves authorities said thursday. The woman in his trunk was abducted from a cemetery after she placed a Wreath at her Mother s grave sunday morning investigators said. Leslie Allen Williams Drew suspicion after his arrest sunday when he told reporters he should be a locked up a Oakland county sheriff John Nichols said. Williams was to be arraigned Friday in two of the slayings. Williams a 39-year-old habitual offender from Detroit was released from prison in August 1990. Since his first arrest in 1970 for breaking into a Home Williams has been in and out of prison with four subsequent convictions on charges ranging from breaking and entering to first degree criminal sexual assault. He has spent about 15 years in prison since 1971. A Leslie Allen Williams should never have been on the Street. There Are four girls dead because of it a Nichols said. A the whole system needs to be  the first body was discovered wednesday in a Field after friends and acquaintances told investigators Wil Liams frequented the area. Also a former Girlfriend said he sometimes took her there and bragged he had killed animals there according to authorities. Confronted with the discovery of the body of Kami Marie Villaneuva 18, Williams a indicated he had a desire to talk about some other things he wanted to Clear up a sheriffs sgt. Doug Hummel said. Williams confessed wednesday night to Villa Neuvar a slaying and three others leading investigators to the other bodies thursday. Williams a we probably would have never have found them if he Hadnot cooperated with us a sheriffs capt. Glenn Watson said. Villaneuva was strangled and another victim Cynthia Jones 16, of Milford was stabbed once in the Chest the Oakland county medical examiners office told wbk to. Preliminary autopsy results on the other two victims weren t immediately available. Williams also a suspect in the abduction and rape last year of a 9-year-old girl was t formally charged in the slayings. He was charged with attempted murder attempted rape and kidnapping in sunday s abduction and was jailed in lieu of $ i million Bond. Besides Villaneuva and Jones the victims were identified As Michelle Urbin 16, and her 14-year-old sister Melissa both of Fenton. The three and Villaneuva a disappeared Between sept. 14 and Jan. 2. Authorities said he abducted and attacked the 35-year-old woman found in his ear trunk after she placed a Wreath on her mothers grave. That woman speaking on condition that she not be named said a i feel Lucky that in a alive. I think about these other women that he has killed and what their families arc going  the woman thanked Carl Paulson jr., a bystander who called the sheriffs deputies who arrested Williams after a Chase and found her in the trunk. Paulson said he approached the woman a attacker because the Many a car was in his Way. A i asked the Guy a would you please move your  he says a please leave us alone we re having  is amps Gary Miller Farewell Salute Gen. John r. Galvin and his wife Virginia review passing italian air Force members during a Farewell ceremony thursday at the Headquarters of Allied forces Southern Europe in Naples Italy. Galvin plans to retire in june after five years As natos supreme Allied commander Europe. Economic barometer shows faster recovery Washington a the . Economy grew at a somewhat faster rate than first thought during the first three months of 1992, the government said Friday. The Commerce department sail the upward revision in the Gross Domestic product the broadest measure of the Economy a health Pul growth at a 2.4 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate from january to March. In an Advance estimate last month the department had said the sum of All goods and services produced within the . Borders grew at a 2 percent rate. The revision brings growth to the brisket Pace since the Early months of George Bush a presidential term. However the change was not As positive As it first appeared. Most of the added strength came from greater production of manufactured goods for inventories. Because the Stock of goods held on shelves and backlogs was fatter than first thought there is less pressure on factories to step up production during the current Quarter. In a More positive accompanying report the department said corporate profits surged at an annual rate of 8 percent the Best gain in four years. Analysts Are convinced that Gross Domestic product growth is Strong enough to avoid a repeat of last year when the recovery fizzled out after a late Spring surge. However they also say the rebound is much slower than typical pos world War ii recoveries and it Likely will be months before the unemployment rate declines appreciably. Line forms Early to Purchase tickets for new Texas lottery Austin Texas apr for 147 years texans have forbidden debated and finally demanded a state lottery. Friday they started playing it. Gov. Ann Richards bought the first ticket a and lost. A ooh rats a she said after scratching off the ticket she bought just before 6 . At an Austin store. But she added later that she was glad she did no twin because a everybody would think the fix was  the store was packed with people waiting to buy lottery tickets and a line about 50 feet Long had formed in the darkness outside. A couple of lottery protesters also milled outside. Instant win tickets offering prizes of $2 to $10,000, went on Sale Friday in 14,712 retail outlets. There Are 17 million texans and lot Tery director Nora Linares predicted at least one ticket would be sold Friday for every resident. Lottery officials said Only 500 of the first 300 million tickets will offer $10,000. Nearly 30 million tickets will carry $2 prizes and an additional 6 million will carry $5 prizes. Some tickets also offer a Chance at one of 12 weekly drawings for a $1 million prize. Odds of winning that pot with a single ticket were pegged at about 1 in 41.6 million. Texas constitutions have always prohibited a state lottery and Texas has been the nations largest state without the gambling game. But after years of controversy and legislative Battles voters last november overwhelmingly approved a lottery  Glass Mission is last before Sac is sacked Offutt fab neb. Apr with the cutting of a Ake and a perfect Landing a remnant of the cold War slipped away t thursday. From february 1961 to july 1990, the strategic air come operated looking Glass flights around the clock As a nuclear command Post in the sky should sacks underground Center be damaged. Sac will cease to exist monday when a smaller strategic come takes its place As part of a Post cold War military restructuring. On thursday Gen. George l. Butler flew the last looking Glass flight under Sac command. A i Felt a lot of history Riding on that air plane Quot he said. Butler flew to a perfect Landing. His 25-member Crew Cut a cake during the flight to Mark the moment. The Senate has confirmed Butler Sac commander As the first commander of strategic come which combines air Force and Navy nuclear deterrent forces. The modified ec-135 aircraft used for looking Glass flights was Given the name because it mirrors the capability of the underground command Center at of butt just South of Omaha. An airborne Battle staff was headed by a Sac general officer designated As the airborne emergency action officer. On july 24, 1990, Sac began flying random looking Glass missions and maintained the aircraft on Alert status with a ready Crew when not in flight. Strategic Comdr a looking Glass flights will continue in the same manner with duties shared by Navy and air Force officers