European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Monday november 30. 1992packwood accuser says she was pressured Portland Ore. Apr one of 10 women making allegations against sen. Bob Packwood said saturday she 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 Don my Back a Williamson Sandoi 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 took 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. Los Aucoin d-Ore., 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. 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 Senate Leader backs probe of Packwood Washington full Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell said sunday that he expects a formal complaint will be filed soon before the Senate a ethics committee regarding allegations that sen. Bob Packwood sexually harassed female aides and lobbyists. Mitchell a Maine appearing on abcs this week with David Brinkley said he received a report that a formal complaint will be filed before the ethics committee launching what he expects will be a a prompt and thorough investigation of the matter. A the allegations Are serious and should be taken seriously a Mitchell said. Packwood r-Ore., said in a statement Over the weekend that he would support such a probe and would cooperate fully with it. Ten women have accused Packwood of making unwelcome sexual advances toward them while they worked with him on Capitol Hill. Packwood has stopped Short of admitting any wrongdoing but acknowledged he has a problem with alcohol abuse and pledged to seek counselling. Mitchell declined sunday to say whether an ethics probe is warranted in the Case of sen. Daniel k. Inouye a Hawaii another senator accused of making unwanted sexual advances. Republican minority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas appearing on the same program cautioned that Senate leaders cannot comment on such cases with out risking compromising the ethics committees Independence. Mitchell agreed. However Dole said he supported the probe in Packwood Scase adding a the quicker 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-year-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 Lime but told Elias a i can to talk about  Williamson declined go into detail about what Elias said but characterized the Call As a a warning or an attempt to indicate that they knew things about me i  want to see in print and that kind of business. If this incident became Public they would not hesitate to try and smear  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 newspaper s internal  ride rails to Honor King of the Road by Beth Harris the associated press Colton 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. I in was remembered by the hobos in poetry and song including a rendition of King of the Road accompanied by the rumble of a passing Southern Pacific train. A it s just one of Many songs that have contributed to the myth of the Hobo a said Fred Starner 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. Millers 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 Arr. 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 stay awake a Ratliff said. �?o1 could Hitchhike but then id have to keep the Driver  new radio station tunes in to homosexual issues artists Denver a the manager of a new coast to coast homosexual radio station said listeners will find plenty of music from Gay artists and Issue oriented news but those looking for Titi Lalion should tune out. Quot people will be bored before they will be  Clay Henderson a Iid saturday night soon after Gay went on the air. Quot there i it nothing that will go out on the airwaves that will offend my Sweet Little old Republican Mother in Bra Oria county Texas Quot he said. Broadcasting from a Liny Denver studio crammed on opening night with television Magazine and radio reporters Henderson said investors pumped is million into the station to bring Quot mainstream radio for a Gay and lesbian audience to Market. The station Isnit available without a satellite dish. Although the nation has other radio stations that offer Gay and lesbian programming Gays expected to reach an estimated 7,5 million Homes in the United states can Ada Mexico and the Caribbean. Direct broadcast satellite reception will be an option on some late 1993 and 1994 automobiles. Anti the station is w orking to encourage Cable systems to carry Gay As background music for their information channels. Specifically lesbian and Gay programming is scheduled for about 65 hours each week coupled with 105 hours of progressive Rock music. The stations news programming includes reports from the Albuquerque based Gay net news service Henderson said. The nation is not governed by the Federal communications commission hut Henderson said his staff members a 12 people in Denver Anil eight correspondents a have been instructed to be Quot journalists first Guy journalists second. Gay does not give out its station address to the general Public partly because of anti homosexual sentiment in Colorado. The slate s voters approved a measure in november that invalidated Gay rights ordinances in three  to raise rebel Flag angers Black lawmakers Montgomery Ala. A Black legislators said saturday they would Boycott the rededication of Alabama s Capitol to protest gov. Guy Hunts decision to Fly the Confederate Battle Flag Over the newly renovated building. State rep. George Perdue chairman of the legislature s Mack 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. A a thai is unfortunate since the dedication is for All alabamians. But it is their decision to make a Abbott said. Alabama s Black leaders have for years sought the. Moval 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 hotel Motel association mayor Emory Folk our and prominent state historians have joined m opposition. Business leaders contend the Flag o hurting Alabama a image by causing racial unrest. Historians argue that the Flag a the la Miliar Blue Quot a a with White stars on a red Field a is inappropriate because it never flew above the Capitol until the 196 1&Quot. When it came to represent Southern ism Tance to forced integration. Historians say the Flag that flew Over Montgomery when it was briefly the capital of the confederacy was the concede 1 ate National Flag showing three wide stripes a two Reid one White a and a Circle of seven White stars on a Blue Field m the upper left Corner ironically there May be no flags pm Over the Capitol when the reopening Cere Mony takes place. Renovation work included reinforcing the Capitol domes flagpole which normally flies the . Flagon ton the stale Flag in the Middle and the Confederate Battle Flagon the Bottom. Abbott said officials weren to certain a that work would be completed in time i next months ceremony