Packwood probe continuing NORTHWEST WASHINGTON (Al’l - Critic* of Sen Bob Pack wood n{>{>«><*to<l to every mi'mlxtr of tin* Senate Thursday to block the Oregon Republican from becoming < hairinnu of a key panel until I he fvthic * Commits f ompli*!«*s a prolw of his allr^od wui al am) official imw undue.t On^onlam For Kthitai Kcpr»«mlalian. which earlier < ailed for I’m kwood s resignation, urged tho Senate to appoint a temporary chairman of the Senate Finance Committee pending the outcome of the ethic s inquiry. "Sen i’ackwood does not represent Oregonian* In hi* few trip* to our state in the past two years he ha* appeared only before carefully selec ted gatherings." the group said in a letter to all 100 senators "Ho has, by his own refusal to cooperate with the committee, delayed its investigation* and ac lions for nearly two years." the1 letter said "We urge public hearings be held immediately and that another senator lie appointed temporary Finance Committee c hair until this matter is resolved If Sen Packwood still resists the F.thic.s Committee, court orders, and the Senate, we urge that he lie held in contempt and expelled. "The .!') women who have courageously come forward deserve no less." the letter said The letter wa* signed by the group's co-chair* hri Armstrong, chief of *tnft to three former Repub li< An governors in Oregon. and Ntnrv Nolan, founder of the Oregon < hapter of the National Abortion Rights Action league Armstrong and Nolan said their group is a "broad-based coalition of men and women. Democrats and Republicans, representatives of organizations and thousands of Oregonians The Senate Kthic* ('.oimnittee is investigating sexual rniccondui t allegations from more than two dozen women who claim Pmliwood made improp er sesual ads am es It also is looking into whether he sought Job offers from lobby ists for his ex-wife in an effort to reduce alimony payments, whether he used his staff to intimidate women into kimping quiet about the alleged advances and whether he altered diary entries after they had been subpoenaed The a Ili-gat ions against Rack wood first arose fol lowing his re-elm lion to the Senate in late 1902 <-ntii said Thursday the I9‘M elections sent a message to f Congress that voters an* tired of jxihtii s ns usual “We urge you to keep faith with these Ameri t ans by acting promptly in the more than 2-year old Rack wood matter." the group wrote As ranking Republic an of the Finnm e Commit tec. he stands to bin ome the chairman when the (.OR take* control next Congress Mariners first team to offer Internet address, services SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Mariners have a new address cyberspat e The first team to run its own "web site" on the Inter net's World Wide Web, the Manners expect between 5,000 and 10,000 people to tap in once the season gets going, said Kevin Mason, Manner financial analyst The official version of the site became available Wednesday bv the Mariners and Semaphore Corp , a small .Seattle-based company that helped develop it Next year, Internet surfers around the world will be able to order Seattle Manners tick et* and merchandise elec tronically by just punching in their c redit card numbers, team officials say. The club may also extend electronic mail to individual players, so fans an commu nicate directly with their favorite star Mason conced ed that player* may nol have the limn or inclination to be involved in such an exchange Players with sound card* in their computer can hear audio of Mariner broach aster I)a\e Niehaus calling big plays from games By the start of next season, video dip* from big games in c lub history will be added, said (.nrth Brown, president of Semaphore Major League Baseball is treating the Mariners as its test case, and Mason expects oth er teams to enter cyberspace under a league umbrella. "If this thing gets hot and going, it's only a matter time before all the teams join," Mason said l lie Mariners expect the web site to cost $20,000 to $40,000 to run the first year, Mason said. Get Ready... Only Twice a Year! UNIVERSITY OF ORECON Now through December 11th * All Rosebowl items and some additional items are excluded from this sale. Exclusions are posted at cash registers. Main store only • Cash & cred t card sales oniy-no account charges No purchase orders • No further discounts • Limited to stock on hand ALL GENERAL BOOKS AND CALENDARS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 20% OFF THROUGH DECEMBER 24TH. Threat of flood in Washington lessens when rain decreases SEATTLE (Al*) — The throat of flooding eased Thursday as cooler temperatures and lighter rain combined to decrease the deluge of water flowing into Western Washington streams and rivers. By mid afternoon, a flood warning remained in effect only for the Snoqualmie River, which was expected to fall below flood stage at Carnation at about 5 p m.. the National Weather Ser vice said. Flood watches and warnings for other streams and rivers were called off early Thursday The snow level dropped to 2.000 feet Wednesday night and was expected to drop below 1.000 feet Thursday night Earli er in the week, it had been above 7.000 feet in the Cascades and as high ns 0,000 feet in the Olympics, allowing some early snow to melt and add its runoff to the deluge of rain Some roads that had been closed by high water Wednes day were reopened, including Washington 109 near Moclips in l.ray s Harbor County and Wash ington 9 south of the Whatcom County town of Acme, where the Nooksai k River spilled over its banks. Crews were working to i lear Washington 20 — the North Cas cades Highway — which was closed near Newhalem on Wednesday by a mud slide and a snow slide, about a mile apart Flooding along the Skokomi&h River al the south end of Hood Canal forced residents to evacu ate from several homes on Wednesday. Frnie Loertcher, aiding director of emergency ser vices for Mason County, said the river had dropped and he was not aware of any new problems Thursday. High tides also contributed to flooding problems at Moclips. on the coast about 25 miles northwest of Aberdeen. A Coast Cuard helicopter evacuated two fisherman who were stranded along the Klwha River on the Olympic Peninsula yvhen rising water turned the point from which they yvere Ashing into an island.