Rapid City Journal from Rapid City, South Dakota • 11

Saturday, November 23, 1985 the Rapid City Journal B3 I Beached freighter gives tourism boost to Duluth 0 it Although strong winds delayed the Coast Guard's salvage efforts again Friday, Strange said the gales of November, 22-degree temperatures and 3 Inches of snow shouldn't hurt the tourism revival, "We were just thinking that with a little snow cover that ship looks even better," he said. "It adds to the whole eerieness of it. "We could have big bonfires on the beach all winter, maybe decorate the ship for Christmas, The possibilities are endless." 1V the port and the shipping Industry, and here's this huge ship stranded here and it really gives people an idea of what Lake Superior is all about," he said. Strange estimated that more than 1 million people contribute to an $80 million to $100 million tourism industry in the city of 100,000 each year. He didn't have figures on the number of tourists who have visited the Socrates so far, At Grandma's Saloon Deli, where customers can look out the window and see the Socrates four blocks away, manager Brian Daugherty said he's doing twice as much business as a year ago at this time.

In a tribute to the ship's Greek crew, the restaurant is offering specials on Greek-made Metaxa brandy and Ouzo aperitif as well as a "Greek Freighter" pork-and-potato soup. "What we're trying to figure out next," Daugherty joked, "is how much it would cost to have a captain drive a boat into the sand once a week." as soon as Indian Summer ends. The November doldrums are very common." But after the Socrates ran aground off Park Point, and flocks of freighter-gazers headed out to catch a glimpse of the ship, the visitors bureau decided to lend a helping hand. The bureau borrowed a bus from the city transit service and transformed it into the Socrates Shuttle. The bus has averaged more than 100 people per trip since its debut run on Wednesday.

It runs between downtown and the Park Point beach from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. "You give us anything, we'll promote it," said Strange, whose bureau last summer created a Bear-Watcher's Hotline and Extended Bear Outlook when bruins invaded Minnesota's third-largest city. "Now we've become something of a Shipwreck Hotline," Strange said. Strange sees nothing wrong with taking advantage of the frlghter's hard luck.

"One of the big things we always sell about Duluth is Lake Superior, DULUTH, Minn. (AP) It was November doldrums time in this scenic city on Lake Superior. The legendary black bears had retreated for a winter's sleep and the flaming fall foliage was just a memory. Then along came a 584-foot Liberian freighter. "We've always been looking for an event like this," a gleeful Rory Strange of the Duluth Convention and Visitors Bureau said Friday.

With a Hotline" and a shuttle bus for freighter-gazers, the bureau quickly geared up to capitalize on the ship's beaching. What the Coast Guard regards as a headache, as long as harsh weather keeps the massive Socrates from being refloated, Strange's office sees as a windfall almost literally. Strong winds and heavy seas on the lake Monday night pushed the anchored ship aground on sandy bottom within 50 yards of shore, just a mile north of downtown Duluth, easy gawking distance for tourists. "November is usually just dead," Strange said. "There's a 50 to 60 percent drop (in tourists), just like that, '4 For Health and Human Interest Catch Dr.

Paul Donohue, Cathy Paulsen and Dr. Val Farmer. mk theRapidCrtyJoumaJ Si, The freighter Socrates was still beached Friday on Duluth's Park Point. (AP Laserphoto) THIS week, toflitwg Wort IXLUj LTTT3 SAT. NOV.

23 LAST DAY ATU RES SAT. NOV. 23 LAST DAY Volks pleads guilty to DWI The Associated Press State Treasurer David Volk pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in downtown Rapid City after a police officer stopped him early Friday going the wrong way on a one-way street. Volk was taken to jail, processed and released on bond. He was scheduled to appear in municipal court Dec.

5 on the DWI charge and a traffic citation of going the wrong way on a one-way street. However, Volk asked that the court date be moved up, said Jim Jeffries, Pennington County deputy state's attorney. Volk entered his plea Friday morning before Magistrate Jack Klauck and was given the standard sentence for first-time DWI offenders. Jeffries said Volk was required to pay $262 in fines. He was given a 30-day jail sentence with the time suspended on the condition that he attend classes for DWI offenders, obey all laws for a year and pay the fine.

Volk's drivers license also was suspended for 30 days. Daschle switches campaign committee focus to U.S. Senate SIOUX FALLS (AP) The cam-paign committee for Rep. Tom Daschle, will be raising money for a possible U.S. Senate bid from now on, campaign treasurer Marion Baughman announced Friday.

In papers filed with the South Dakota secretary of state, the purpose of the committee called A Lot Of People Supporting Tom Daschle was switched from congressional reelection to raising money to explore a possible Senate bid. Baughman said Daschle could have formed a separate committee to support his possible run for the Senate, and such a group would have been exempt from financial disclosure laws. He also could have formed a new, Senate campaign committee that would have operated at the same time as the existing congressional commmittee. "The congressman concluded, however, that the public interest was best served by the operation of a single committee which would fully report all funds raised and expended on his behalf for election-related purposes," Baughman said in a written statement. Baughman said Daschle has not decided to run for the Senate, but he is giving the idea serious consideration.

Brookings Lake Telephone Co. files complaint with PUC BROOKINGS (AP) Brookings Lake Telephone Co. a rural phone cooperative has filed a complaint with the state Public Utilities Commission against Brookings Telephone a city-owned operation. The complaint said Brookings Telephone has illegally taken service territory away from Brookings Lake Telephone over the years as the city grew and annexed new areas. Brookings Telephone has caused unspecified economic damage to Brookings Lake Telephone by violating a state law that gives the PUC authority to determine service territories, the complaint said.

In its response, the city-owned company said state law allows municipals to serve any new customers in an annexed area. Brookings Telephone officials said the PUC doesn't have jurisdiction and should deny the claims of Brookings Lake Telephone Co. ON APPROVED CREDIT PURCHASES NOT JUST 18 MONTHS, NOT JUST 24 MONTHS, BUT 30 MONTHS FREE INTEREST FOR MAJOR HOME FURNISHING PURCHASES AND SALE PRICES CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, NOV. 23! Stofferahn says he'll work on new compact with North Dakota PIERRE (AP) South Dakota Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ken Stofferahn said Friday that he will contact North Dakota officials to work on a new waste disposal compact between the states. The state can now negotiate a true Dakota Compact, he said in a written release.

"We can address this question responsibly without having to be a garbage dump for the rest of the nation." South Dakota voters Nov. 12 defeated the Dakota Compact, which called for North Dakota and South Dakota to join together to dispose of low-level radioactive wastes. The compact also allowed the state to host a national waste site, such as the one Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc. wanted to open near Edgemont. The company this week announced it was abandoning plans to build the site.

South Dakota can now solve its waste problem without Chem-Nuclear's interference, said Stofferahn, who is a state Public Utilities Commissioner. Chem-Nuclear officials said the Edgemont site wasn't suitable for the disposal site. Chem-Nuclear's project was plagued by problems, including well-organized opposition, Stofferahn said. "Last week's election was the nail in their coffin, regardless of what they say." Attorney seeks change of venue for Miller trial ABERDEEN (AP) The attorney for Todd Michael Miller has asked that Miller's trial be moved out of Aberdeen and that some court proceedings be held in a closed courtroom. Miller, 20, Aberdeen, faces trial on a nine-count indictment that includes charges of murder and kidnapping in the death of Michael Kinney, 19, also of Aberdeen.

Drew Johnson filed 23 pre-trial motions Thursday, including one requesting a disclosure of information prosecutors have against Miller. Another motion asks that certain courtroom proceedings be closed to the press and public, Including suppression hearings, jury selection and any hearings involving inflammatory photos. Another motion seeks to have a portion of law allowing the death penalty struck down as unconstitutional. No trial date has been set. Miller was released on bond last month.

He was indicted in September on charges including three counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, and two counts of kidnapping. Kinney was last seen May 8. Two days later his mother received a $200,000 ransom demand. Kinney's body was found May 28 in an abandoned farm building west of Aberdeen. He died of blows to the head and gunshot wounds to the chest.

Man gets probation for mail obstruction A Pine Ridge area man, Lyle A. Stands, has been sentenced to 18 months' probation after he pleaded guilty to obstruction of U.S. mail as part of a plea bargain. Stands originally had been charged with six counts of theft of mail for allegedly taking six letters on Jan. 18 from the Pine Ridge post office.

ac-cording to court records. The government reduced the charges to one count of obstruction of mail, a misdemeanor. U.S. District Judge John B. Jones suspended imposition of sentence for Stands, ordered him to serve 18 months probation and to take treatment for alcohol dependency.

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