European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday november 30, 1992packwood accuser says she was pressured senator s Friend issued warning woman alleges Portland Ore apr one of 10 women making allegations against sen. Dob Packwood said saturday a Etc was pressured last Spring by a Friend of the Oregon Republican to remain silent about allegations of unwanted sexual advances. Julie Williamson said that in a phone Call in May Ann Elias told her that a if this became Public an Effort would be made to find things in my life that would be  a it Felt like a cold ice cube going Down my Back a Williamson said of the alleged phone Call from Elias. Elias is a Friend of Packwood and her husband James ran Packwood a 1968 Senate Campaign. Elias declined to comment on Williamson a account. But she confirmed in a newspaper interview a week ago that the phone Call look place. The phone Call came two months after a columnist for the oregonian a Portland newspaper printed an account of a purported sexual overture Packwood made to Williamson in 1969 a without using the names of the participants. Williamson said she was the source for the columnists account. Williamson now a democratic political consultant worked a decade ago for rep. Les Aucoin d-orc., whom Packwood narrowly Defeated in a nov. 3 Senate race. Williamson says she confided to Elias in 1969 that Packwood had kissed Williamson on the Back of the neck grabbed at her clothes pulled on her Ponytail and at one Point stood on her toes As he struggled to take her clothes off. He gave up As Williamson resisted she said. Williamson is one of 10 women who told the Washington Post in october that they were the victims of uninvited and unwanted sexual advances by Packwood. If this incident became Public they would not hesitate to try and smear  a Packwood accuser Julie Williamson Elias in recent weeks provided Packwood with a statement about Williamson that the senator gave to the Post the newspaper has reported. Elias wrote that she believed Williamson had wanted a romantic relationship with Packwood the Post said. The newspaper said Elias neglected to mention that Williamson came to her apartment upset and agitated to Tell her about Packwood a conduct the Day it occurred. The alleged incident occurred in Packwood a Portland office while Williamson was a 29-Ycar-old Legal Secretary for the senator. Williamson said she and Elias were friends who drifted apart and talked Only once in the past eight years or so before Elias who lives in Seattle telephoned. Elias asked Williamson about the democratic . Senate primary in Oregon before steering the conversation to the 1969 incident involving Packwood Williamson said. Elias asked if Williamson thought word of the incident would leak out before the general election Williamson said. Williamson said she replied that she had a never made a secret of  Elias then asked if there were other women Williamson said. Williamson said she knew of none at the time but told Elias a i can to talk about  she said Elias brought up personal matters a and she said a you done to want to talk about that and i said that a  a Williamson declined go into detail about what Elias said but characterized the Call As Quot a warning or an attempt to indicate that they knew things about me i  want to Sec in print and that Kina of business if this incident became Public they would not hesitate to try and smear  Elias contradicted one Point in Williamson a account of the Call during an interview a week ago with the oregonian. Elias said it was Williamson who brought up the alleged incident involving Packwood. A spokesman for Packwood Matt Evans said the senator s staff would be in his Washington office today and expected to comment then. Packwood a chief of staff Elaine Franklin has refused to release the Elias letter and the other statements prepared for the Post saying they were Only for the newspapers internal use. Packwood said Friday that drinking May partially explain his alleged unwanted sexual advances involving 10 women. The senator promised to undergo tests for alcohol dependency. And he requested a Senate select committee on ethics investigation of the allegations. The sunday oregonian quoted two Quot unidentified friends who said Packwood planned to leave Washington this weekend to go to a alcohol treatment Center. The friends told the newspaper they did not know where the Center is located. A the knows he has to answer questions publicly a the newspaper quoted one Friend As saying a but he just does no to feel Strong enough to do it  Evans declined to comment on the  ride rails to Honor Kina of the Road by Beth Harris the associated press col. I on Calif. A Over Beer and bowls of Mulligan Stew a group of hobos rolled into a Dusty rail Yard saturday to pay homage to the King of the Road a the late country Singer Roger Miller Miller who popularized the Hobo life in his 1960s hit died in los Angeles on oct. 25 of cancer at age 56. He was remembered by the hobos in poetry and song including a rendition of King of the Roud accompanied by the rumble of a passing Southern Pacific train. Quot Quot it s just one of Many songs that have contributed to the myth of the Hobo a a it r said in Rotl Olarner a Folk Singer from Winnetka in the san Fernando Valley who performed the song at the memorial service. A a it a a modern poem. It has some images that Are very realistic that he had to have experienced a Starner said. Miller s widow Miller Mary Miller sent 14 boxes of the singers clothing and shoes from Santa be n.m., for distribution by the los Angeles based National Hobo association. Five boxes were passed out saturday and the others will be saved for later. Miller a grammy winning Singer song writer also wrote the music for the Tony award winning Broadway musical big River based on Mark Twain a Huckleberry finn. Larry Ratliff 31, a Hobo from Vancouver Wash proudly displayed the new additions to his Backpack a Thermal underwear and a pair of pants. He joined the other 20 hobos for bowls of the Stew Rolls and Beer at a Windy site 50 Miles East of los Angeles where the Santa be Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads intersect Ratliff said he a Ridden the rails for 17 years and shares a Boxcar with his German Shepherd. After the memorial service he planned to hop on a train bound for Yuma ariz., As part of his trip to Florida to Sec his Mother a a it a great. You can ride 400 Miles and you done to have to slay awake Quot Ratliff said. A i could Hitchhike but then id have to keep the Driver  survivors help Mark fire that killed 491 in 1942 b Jonathan yen Kin the associated press Boston John Rizzo Ami Anthony Man a Iasi saw each other 50 ears ago As they were desperately crawling out a basement window escaping a deadly fire at the a of Eoanu ii voc nightclub. On saturday they joyfully pm Biacco at the same spot where nov. 2k, 042, they escaped the fire that killed 401 people a the second deadliest Hla a in . History. Survivors of the fire joined City officials to Mark the 50th anniversary of the tragedy which left deep emotional scars but also prompted better building safety codes and improved medical ease for Burn victims. T Hose lives were not lost in vain Quot i Ivor Raymond Flynn said. Something positive did come out of the infamous night of horror. Quot people children and elderly Are much safer Quot he said. About 100 people attended sat in Days Here Mon at the site now of espied by a parking lot and a Motel. Rizzo then 22, was a waiter at the Nia Hijleh. When the fire broke out he it Ald lie went Down the stairs Quot head Over heels a to the basement where he ran into Marra. Marra a 15-year-old Busboy had seen the Blaze erupt As he prepared to work the nightclubs spotlights for a floor show. He recalled seeing Waves of people Rush toward one exit which was locked then Circle Back to a set of revolving doors which quickly became jammed with people. Quot the bodies piled up Quot he said. Marra crawled along the floor searching for an escape while the heat made his face feel like it was on fire. He found a Brief respite trom the smoke by sticking his Lack into an ice Cream Chest. In the cellar he and Rizzo broke a window with a liquor hot lie uni crawled  to raise rebel Flag angers Black lawmakers Montgomery Ala. A Black legislators said saturday they would Boycott the Rcd Dialion of Alabama s Capitol to protest gov. Guv Hunt s decision to Fly the Confederate Battle Flag Over the newly renovated building. Slate rep. George Perdue chairman of the legislature s Black caucus said the five Black senators and 19 representatives in the 135-member legislature would skip the dec. 12 ceremony. A we will attempt to have other members of the legislature join us a he said. Hunt spokesman Terry Abbott expressed regret at the decision. Quot that is unfortunate since the Rcd Edi cation is for All alabamians. But it is their decision to make a Abbott said. Alabama s Black leaders have for years sought the removal of the rebel Battle Flag which they contend represents racial oppression and bigotry. They have cited its frequent use by the Kun flux klan and other White supremacist groups. At least a half dozen Chambers of Commerce. The Alabama stale employees association. The Montgomery  association.  emms Colmar and prominent state historians have joined in opposition. Business leaders contend the Flag is hurting Alabama s image by causing racial unrest. Historians argue that the Flag a the familiar Blue Quot a a with while stars on a red Field a is inappropriate because it never flew above the Capitol until the 1960s, when it came to represent Southern resistance to forced integration. Historians say the Flag that flew Over Montgomery w Hen it was briefly the capital of the confederacy was the Confederate National Flag showing three wide stripes a two red one White a and a Circle of seven White stars on a Blue Field in the upper left Corner ironically there May be no flags flying Over the Capitol when the reopening ceremony takes place. Renovation work included reinforcing the Capitol domes flagpole which normally flies the . Flag on top the slate Flag in the Middle and the Confederate Battle Flagon the Bottom. Abbott said officials weren t certain if that work would be completed in Lime for next month s Here Mon