0 Jeal refresiment AP Photo- Joe Croom of Covington, Ga. finds a good way to beat the heat as he relaxes in relieved from the heat as the recent heat wave that hit much of the South and a cool stream near Pisgah Forest, N.C. Croom isn't the only Southerner to be Southwest finally broke several days ago. MUNRO DECLARES INNOCENCE, WA VES EXTRADITION Freeway Killer From UPI and AP PORT HURON - Declaring his in- nocence, a teenager charged as the third suspect in the string of 40 "Freeway Killer" slayings in Califor- nia waived extradition yesterday and agreed to return to Los Angeles to stand trial. James Munro, 19, was -arraigned in 72nd District Court on a California warrant accusing him of one count of murder in the grisly killings. THE FREEWAY Killings case in- volves the deaths of 44 young men whose bodies have been found along freeways in southern California since 1972. Most were strangled or smothered and many were nude and sexually molested. More than half were hit- chhikers. Munro was arrested by Michigan State Police late Thursday at a cousin's apartment in Port Huron. Police said the cousin was not implicated in the case. Reporters asked Munro as he was being taken to the courtroom from the St. Clair County Jail if he was involved in the killings. "NO I WASN'T," he shouted. "I'm going back to volunteer for court." Det. Sgt. Gary Teeter of the state police said Munro told investigators he had lived for a period of time in Los Angeles with William Bonin, a 33-year- old trucker, Vietnam veteran and registered sex offender. Bonin and Vernon Butts, 22, a factory worker and amateur magician, have been charged in Los Angeles with a combined total of 20 murder counts in the case. LOS ANGELES Municipal Judge Nancy Brown ordered that the criminal complaint against Munro, and the at- tached court documents, be sealed. Aaron Stovitz, the Los Angeles County district attorney, said he made the request "to protect witnesses" in the case. Munro's adoptive parents, Leighn and Yvonne Munro, who live in nearby St. Clair where the youth grew up, said Munro had a history of psychiatric problems and had once been lodged in the Clinton Valley Center, a state men- suspect nabbed tal hospital in Pontiac. Yvonne Munro said she had even However, Leighn Munro said, "He's talked with Bonin on the telephone and had some problems but he was never in said.Bonin told her he was attempting any serious jams. I just don't believe he to help her son get settled and find done it." work. The Munros said their son was a "He sounded like a normal human frequent runaway during his later teens being who is trying to help our son get and left for Los Angeles last November. ahead," she said of Bonin. TEUrejets AA TA offer for third time (Continued from Page 3) ALTHOUGH Ettinger said TEU TEU official Sandy Ackerman members have so far refused to work criticized AATA for refusing to modify without a signed agreement, she said their final offer after a week of she had no idea what the membership bargaining. "We offered substantial decision would be. "Either everyone movement but they rejected will go back, or nobody will," she said. everything," she said. "It's their turn In an attempt to force the Authority to propose something new." to submit to binding arbitration, the IN A WRITTEN statement, the Board union vice-president informed AATA said it had unanimously reaffirmed its officials yesterday they would soon be goals and objectives presented served a subpoena to appear in federal throughout the bargaining process, and district court in Detroit. Ettinger said therefore rejected the union's requests the union has filed a complaint under for concessions in five areas including section 13c of the UMTA Act. work rule arbitration, absenteeism, "It's an unprecedented move," she sub-contracting, union paid time for admitted. "I don't know if it'will work future negotiations, and a wage - we should know in another couple of package. weeks." Ackerman said AATA's final MANAGEMENT officials have proposal had been altered in one repeatedly rejected neutral party op- respect. "They took out the no-reprisals tions including binding arbitration or clause which was in their last offer. If state fact-finders. we accepted, they would be wide open "All along it has been our main objec- to boot out anyone they wanted to." tive to reach an agreement by our- Ackerman said she was almost afraid selves - without a third party. 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