Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 4B

A 4B AOBITUAHIES, REUGIOH, HEALTH SCIENCE SATBDAI POUGrfKEEfrSIE JOURNAL I. Hi" DEATH NOTCtS Fisher, Hazel 91, of ifie Town of Pou'ghkeepsie, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 1999 at her residence. Arrangements by Straub Fu neral Home lnc (914) 297 2610, Gallagher, Laura 71, of New Hamburg, died Friday; Oct 29, 1999. Arrangements by Straub Funeral Home (914) 297 2610.

Gor mley, Lois 79, of Hudson, died Thursday, Oct 28, 1999. Arrangements by Bates Anderson Funeral Home, (518) 828 3371. Poalinelll, Joseph 91, of Highland, died Oct 29, 1999. Arrangements by the Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home (914) t3Z rfriJtf Scott Ruth Sterling Hawling, 78, of Eden, N.C., died Tuesday, Oct 26, 1999. Arrangements by Reynolds Funeral Service, 1336) 623 3141.

Spangenberger, Robert W. Phoenix, died Thursday, COt 28, 1999. Arrangements by McHout Funeral Home (914) 221 2000. Syvertsen, Thorolf 74, died Oct 28, 1999 ArrangerrtentS under the direction of Robert H. Auchmoody Fu neral Homes, (914)221 9234 Thurston.

EricR, 45, of the Town of Wappingers, died Wednesday, Oat. 27, 1999. Arrangements under the 'direction Straub Funeral Home, lnc, (914)297 2610 VanDeWater, John David, 71, of Poughkeepsie, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999. Arrangements by Parmele Funeral Home, (914) 452 0790.

Ruth H. Scott EDEN, C. Ruth Sterling Hawley Scott 78, of 139 Wilson St, died Tuesday, Oct 26, 1999 at Morehead Memorial Hospital. There will be no service. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery in Oneida, N.Y.

A native of Oneida, Mrs. Scott was a graduate of Oneida High School in 1939, Albright School of Fine Arts in 1942, Stat University of New York in Buffalo with a S. in Art Education in 1943. She also did graduate work at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. She was an art teacher for 40 years in New York at Arlington High School, Poughkeepsie.

School, Wellsville. She was a member of the Arlington Teachers Association, Dutchess County Art, Association, National Women in the Arts, and the New York State Teacher's Association. She was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are cousins, Jean Sterling Snyder of Merritt Island, Mari 'lyn Sterling Argentine of Carmichael, and aunt, Helen Seybold Moo nen of Verona. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.

Reynolds Funeral Service in Eden, is in charge of arrangements. IN MEMORIAM SEE. In Loving Memory of Frank I See who passed away 11 yean ago today. We Love You and Miss You more eacn aay. JphnoJDavid VanDeWater iJohn, David VanDeWafer, Tl, 'of Poughkeepsie, died Thursday, Oct 28, 1999 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston.

Mr, VanDeWater was a at IBM East Flshkill, retiring in 1992. He was a member1' of Mary's Church, Poughkeepsie and was a past member of Poughkeepsie Town Zoning Commission. Also, He was a' member of the National Guard. He was an avid golfer and bridge player. Born in Poughkeepsie on August 22 1928, he was the son bf Howard and Schult VanDeWater.

He graduated from Pine Plains High School and Eastman School of Business. On Oct 24, 1953 at Holy Tnnitv William O. Kuhnle, Eric ft EJT" PLEAsAiiT Valley waiianl b. Thurston Kuhnlfe, 60, resident of Pleasant The See Family Today on your birthday Jo Ann, nut as everyday, you are missed deeply You fought a loni hard finite Sim Katinf hiioq soon put me many ocainiiui memories you left us with we treasure dearly a. help keep us smilinf Your lotc remains stronf.

in ournejrtt Loe A Cod Bleu Mom youi tiller Pal Tow children Kin A Join rCrandcruldna i KMryn itvaBBa ljpffIStal 0. In Roving Memory of EMILIO(Tarzan) RIVERA Killed in Vietnam October 30, 1969 aVEss1 tMafSEBBHraaW3k He had nature you could not help loving. And I he an that was purer than told, And lo those who knew turn mdlovcd htm, Hu memory will never grow cold. We Miss You! Love. Your Mother and tutere Axifie, Penny, Minnie, Nery, Ada, "luccctand nephews WAPPINGERS FALLS Eric gers resident, died Wednesday.foct ST0RMV1LLE He was erriployed as an Investigatpr for the Putnam County Sheriffs Dept and, a vaiievaiea wt at home.

Mr. Kuhnle mated to Pleas ant Valley in 1984, where he built a Jog home, fulfilling a lifelong dream of his. He previously resided in Med ford. I Mr. Kuhnle was employed by Consolidated Edison Company far 37 years as an Mechanic on, high, voltage electricity.

He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather; and friend, as well as a hunting and fish 'ing enthusiast He was born on Sept 9, 1939, in New, York City; the son of Alfred O. and Eleanor M. Clark Kuhnle. He attended Newton High School in' Queens, and. a music student s.uy, asussij, Vl.j Vv.lv.

unurcnm rougnKeepsie, he mamed School and attended Dutchess Com Helen Travis. Mrs. VanDeWater suiV flcu "cr; mumtv Colleue REUGIOH NOTES r. vi Contiriued in'Carmel for the rjast 12 vears ant previously worked for the Dutchess County ShenlTs Dept for four years. He was a resident of So.

Dutchess. County for most of his life. He was a member of the Marlboro Presbyterian Church, and he also served in titer 1.S Marines from 1971 1973. Born on December 24, 1953 irt New burgh, he wasthe son of Robert and Manon Lombard! Thurston. He graduated from Beacon High Mount Zkon Baptist Church Route 216 and Green Haven Road 221 6662.

Sunday worship at 11 a m. wiltrthrj RrW Wallet Hall JIVOU ir I St Sytvta's 'Broadway 757 2442 Saturday Mass at 5 30 tn Sunday Masses at 9 15 and 11 30am. St Paul' arte) trinity Pariah Woods Road 1 757 3131. Rev T. Kanellakla 1s pastor.

Holy Eucharist Sunday at 10 30 a m. UNION VALE mvin nt hnm now voomees recn in New York CltV. Survivors include two sons. Daviri He married Cecelia M. Collins on Oct Travis VanDeWater, Kingston, and Richard John VanDeWater, Highland; four grandchildren, Travis Van uewater, Courtney VanDeWater, Kaleigh VanDeWater, and Robert Robinsoh; and two nephews.

Mr. VanDeWater was predeceased by a brother, Edwin VanDeWater' Calling hours are 5 8 Monday, at Parmele Funeral Home, 110 Fulton Ave Poughkeepsie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 10 a Tuesday, at St Mary's 269 Church sie. Bunal will be in Poughkeepsie Ru ral Cemetery Robert W. 'Spank Spangenberger PHOEMTXJ Ariz.

Robert W. "Spanky Spangenberger, 44, of Phoenix, Ariz, and formerly of Salt Lake City, UT, died Thursday, Oct 28, 1999 at Bigmita Hospice, Peoria, Ariz. Mr; Spangenberger was an electro plater for Treffer's Precision in Phoenix, Ariz. Born in Yonkers on Feb 12, 1955, he was the son of Albert Joseph and Eleanor Gramlich Spangenberger. On April 4, 1998 in Salt Lake City, UT, he married Susan "Suzie" Pinne rud.

Mrs. Spangenberger survives at home. Survivors include his father, Albert, of Hudson; a daughter and son, Melissa Spangenberger and Robert W. Spangenberger, both of Salt Lake City, UT; a brother, Raymond Spangenberger, Millerton; a sister, Renee Walker, Poughquag; and a twin Spangenberger, Hopewell Calling hours are 2 4 and 7 9 Sunday, at the McHoul Funeral Home Route 82, Hopewell Junction. Funeral services will be 10 Monday, at Clove Valley Alliance Church, Clove Valley Road, La Grangeville.

Burial will be in Clove "Cemetery, LaGrangeviUe. Memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society 1 Kyjo Ann (Kopser) Monaco5 X. Happy Birthday In Heaven A 9, I960, in St Nicholas of Tolentine Church in Jamaica, I Mr. Kuhnle is survived by his wife, Cecelia Kuhnle, Pleasant Valley, two sons, William Thomas Kuhnle, East Moriches, and Robert William Kuhnle, Pleasant Valley, two daughters. Donna Marie Douglas, Sharps burg, and Kelly K.

Birkenstock, Glen Spey; seven grandchildren, Robert William Jones, Ashley Nicole Douglas, Robert Michael Kuhnle, Bnttany Marie Douglas, Nicole Marie Douglas Brenna Lynne Birkenstock, and Audrey Taylor KuhnTe'! one brother, Alfred E. Kuhnle, Massapequa; one sister, Eleanor Mane De Muth, Claremont, Fla. Calling hours will be 2 5 and 7 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct 30, and 2 5 and 7 9 m. Sunday, Oct 31, at Allen Funeral Home, Main St, Pleasant Valley.

A Mass of Christian Bunal will be held Ham, Monday, Nov. 1, at St Stanislaus, Main St, Pleasant Valley. Burial will be at Nine Partners Cemetery, MiUbrook. Memorial donations can be made to the American Diabetes Assoc. Eastern Regional Office, 50 Colvin Ave, Albany, NY 12206 1106 Lois M.

Gormley HUDSON Lois MfGormley, 79, of Warren died Thursday, Oct 28, 1999 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Bom on June 14, 1920 in Poughkeepsie, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Ada (Babcock) Mas ten. Mrs. Gormley was a homemaker and member of Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson. Surviving are two sons, William E.

Gormley of Germany and David Gormley of three daughters, Jane M. Gaeta, Judith Palmatier, and Caroline, S. Levesqua, all of eight grandsons, James R. Gormley and John W. Gormley, both of Germany; Sean Palmatier, Jason Palmatier, A'dam Palmatier, Christopher Gormley, Matthew J.

Gormley, and Robert S. Rawlings, all of Mass and four granddaughters, Jan E. Gormley and Lynne Gormley, boh of Germany; and Amy E. Palmatier and Gene vieve C. Rawlings, both of Mass.

Also surviving is her aunt Gladyce Bab i surviving is hei TlinnlF Fi CemoWr nn COCk Of Hudson. Jciocn husbandi ftotert convey aiea in im rTWf 1 1 JtW'mHA L4GRANGEVILLE Thorolf D. Syvertsen, 74, died Oct 28, 4999. was born in Brooklyn, on Sept, 25, 1925, the son of Inga and, Charles i Syvertsen. He a veteran and served as a radio operator in the Army Air Force during World War II.

He served on the NY City Police' Force for 20 years. He later worked for IBM and Command Airways, after his retirement from the police force. In addition to his wife, Lucille, Mr. Syvertsen is' survived by his daugh ter, Carol, and son, Thomas, both of LaGrangeville. He is also survived by his brother, Harry, a niece, Debbie, and nephew, Richard, Mr.

Syvertsen was a loving, devoted father and will be greatly missed by his family. Friends and relatives call 7 9pm Saturday, and 2 4 Sunday at Robert H. Auchmoody Funeral Homes, Route 82, Hopewell Junction. Funeral services will be 9,30 AM Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be made at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY.

IN MEMORIAM mumty College. On May 221988 he TTiarried Coleen Anne Close at the Flshkill Reformed Church. Thurston survives at home. VA Survivors also include three sons, Jason C.Thurston, Highland, Robert; D. Thurston and Ryan Thurston, both at home.

(His Mother, Manon Lovelett Beacon; maternal grandmother JeanLombardi, Beacon; his brother Bruce C. Thurston, Rexford, several nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his father Robert Thurston and his stepfather William G. Lovelett. A Memorial Service will.

be held Saturday, Octt30, 1999 at 5pm at the Straub Funeral Home, 55 E. Mam Wappingers Falls. Bunal will be at the convenience of the family. i In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Putnam County Sheriffs Dept. Cadet Program, Attn: Sgt Daniel Valentine, 3 County Center, Carmel, NY 10512.

Joseph A. Poalinelli HIGHLAND Joseph A. Poalinelli, a 38 year resident of Highland and former Poughkeepsie resident died Friday, Oct 29, 1999 at the Hudson Valley Nursing Home, after a brief illness. Mr. Poalinelli retired as office manager frorrf Schatz Federal Bearing in 1972.

He was a communicant St Augustine's Church, Highland. A musician, Mr. Poalinelli was a guitar player and a member of the "Singalongs" of Highland. He was former secretary and trea surer for the Schatz Federal Employee Rod and Gun Club and was a member of the NRA. Bom July 2, 1908 in Poughkeepsie, the was the son of Biagfo and Emma Cortpassi Poalinelli.

He is survived by his wife, Angie Timperio Poalinelli, who he mamed in 1961; two daughters, Joan Dittus of Saugerties and Sanara Mackey of Poughkeepsie; a step daughter, Rae Ann Field of BarkamsteoV a step son, Ronald Ostrander of Rouge mont N.C.; a brother, Alfred Poalinelli of Poughkeepsie; a Anita VanKeuren of Poughkeepsie, seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two sisters, Josephine Zeoli and Bruna Alessandrim. Calling hours are 2 4 and 7 9 Monday, at the Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home 38 Main St, Highland. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 Tuesday, at St Augustine's Church, Highland. Fr.

Thomas Lutz will officiate. Burial will follow in St Mary's Cemetery, Mari boro. Vesta Montet, 84, I sports editor In Loving Memory of LARRAINE P. SPRINGSTEEN KalH REMINISCENCE You re thought of on tunny day and Uairtti night You re though! of mihctcry lately untie weee You re thought ol uiin ctery line we rejd You it though! of nh ev cry good mo ve You're thought of hen we need omcone xo ulk loorjuu to share good newt You're thought of with ctery beautiful mile we tnVel You're thought of with every ebb and fldw Mommy, you're thought of. with every brcdih we uke Mommy, we mmour Luighlcr and our unik You touched our ict gently, ycl mi dec.y and for far too khort a while You will alwa) be in our lov tog beans and lot ing memories for the balance of our live and we (hank you far being yojt Wih nrriwl hxr und udmiraium ytmr beh ett i hiUrrn Mumqoc, Ninctfc and Shawn Vaffay Biota FMiomhlp Church Clove Road.

724 3984, Worship al it aiti with he Rev Jim Wlckstead officiating BATON ROUGE, La. Vfesta "Bud" Montet, the former Advocate sports editor whose career in news paperjournalism spanned 64 years, died Thursday. He was 84. Montet became sports editor of theState Times, the city's afternoon paper, in 1941, si months after he loined the Advocate's staff. He became sports editor of the Morning Advocate in February 1949.

He wrote six columns a week for nearly 40 years, even after1 he retired in 1980. Abraham Polonsky, 88, screenwriter BEVERLY HILLS, Calit Abraham Polonsky, 88, director and Oscar nominated screenwriter who worked under pseudonyms after being blacklisted in McCarthy era Hollywood, was found dead Tuesday from a heart attack. Polonsky earned an Oscar nomination for the 1947 John Garfield boxing film "Body and Soul" Polonsky best known work as an outcast scribe was the 1959 crime melodrama "Odds Against In 1996, the Writers Guild of America restored his real name to the credits, VERBANK 1 varbanh United Mathodlsrt Church On the Green. 677 5534 The Rev OaiHoon Lea 1a pastor. Worship at 11 am an apparent heart attack on Tues day.

He was tsa. Van Bourg rose from picket lines to establish, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger Rosenfeld, which represents more than 400, unions. He represented Cesar Chavez's lnosat730prri.Mpnday MM Hihimmi lalarhhi AudelMJori 125 AX Angels HIII.Roaif. nsag Irham (prayer i loader) Hattt Ansarll Five1 OalrySalat (prayer) times fajr at a 43 am, I 12 30 prr! AsfeM p.m. Maghrib after sun Vel.lsha a atS 30 t.m.

Friday prayer, Juntas at 1230pm. MKJ Hudaan Chrnea Oirhrtlao Church 306 All Angels HiH Road 298 9345, Sunday wori ship at 11 a m. Jhe Rev pavW Pan Is pastor. Mount Arvemla ftotiiat House Detavergne venue, 297i570B j' New HacKanssKk Reformed Church 'Route 376 462 0810 The Rev James Neevet and Rev Michael Ploeger are pastors 'Worship at 9 .15 ami, and 11 am South Dutchess Church of Christ Qak vGrove Grange Haltxcqmer of New Hacken sack end St. Nicholas roada 463 9108.

Led by Dan Peters Worship 4 pm, Sunday St Gregory Orthodox Church 1824 Route 376. 462 3887. Sunday service at 9 a The Rev Wexis Vinogradov officiates St Mary'a Church 19 Clinton St. 297 6261 Saturday Mass at 5 30 Sunday Masses at 7 30 a 9 a 10 30 a and noon United Methodist Church of Wappingers 1 Main Street and Mesier Avenue 297 3208 i Worship at 10 55 a with the Rev Sandra Don Episcopal Church East Main Street 297 9797 The Rev Jerry L. Miller officiates Sunday Holy Euchanst at 7 30 and 10 am WAPPINGERS FALLS WASSA1C Community Baptist Church 250 All Angels Hill Road 227 5730 IrVorshipal 11 a The Rev.

William F. Dalryrnple officiates Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Wappingers Lodge, yers Corners Road 227.9264 Sunday worship at 10 30 am Faith Bible Church 158 Myers Comers' Road, 297 3328 The RevScott Hams offict ales Sunday worship at 11' a aha 6 pm First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls Elm Street and South' Avenue297 2800 The Rev Sharon Williams is pastor Worship at 10 am, Grace Bible Church 158' Myers, Comers Road '298 8481. The Rev Scott L'Hams) is pastor Sunday worship at 11 am andSpm Immanuel Christian Reformed Church 253 Myers Comers Road 297 3409 Pastor Jim VandeLune leads Sunday worship at 10 30 am. Kagyu Thubten Choline Buddhist Monastery 127SheafeRoad 297 2500 Minister Ven Lama Norlha officiates. Meditation and teach tirace Baptist Church Furnace Bani Road 373 8161 Sunday worship at 11 am and 6 Pastor Rtck Totten officiates W1CC0PEE I i Old Grai Wlccopee Community Church Ulg Grange Road 897 4521 SUnday Worship at 9 a.rp The Rev David ManU officiates WINGDALE Dover Pint Baptist Church Church HiiV832 4 3770.

Pastor Anthony Baclno officiates Sunday worship at 11 am and 7 pm, Our Lady of Sofaca Chapa I (Hutchinson Avenue Saturday Vigil Mass at 7 m. Sunday Mass at 9 45 a Traditional Latin High Mass Sunday at noon 877 9934 The United Methodist Church Church Street The Rev Hyoung Dock Yoo is pastor Sunday worship service 9 30 to 10 30 a Planets' proximity promises brilliant sky Jupiter, Saturn to be visible to naked eye There wll be ho calling hours. Funeral services will be 2 Monday, from Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson. Interment will be in Cedar Park Cemetery, Hudson. Memorial donations may be made) to Christ Church Episcopal, P.O.

Box' 411, Hudson, NY 12534. Arrangements are with Bates An derson Funeral Home, 110 Green St, Hudson, Laura E. Gallagher NEW HAMBURG Laura E. 71, of New Hamburg since 1961 and formerly of Hyde Park, died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999 at Vassar, Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie.

Mrs. Gallagher was a timekeeper at IBM Poughkeepsie for 25 years, retiring in 1990. She was a member of the Quarter Century Club of IBM. Bom in Poughkeepsie on March 1928, she was the daughter of Charles and Mary Waldren Godfrey. She was a graduate of Roosevelt High School.

On May 13, 1960 in Hyde Park, she married Claude E. Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher survives at home. Survivors include three daughters, Peggy.

Ann Beneway, StaniordvUle; Mary M. Gallagher, Fredericks, Ml; and Jane C. Spezzo, New Hamburg; one sister, Jane Garcia, Red Hook; 10 grandchildren; four great several nieces, nephews, and cousins. There are no calling hours. Funeral services are private and at the convenience of the Burial will be in, Community Mausoleum at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 22 IBM Road, Suite 108, KANDR Poughkeepsie. NY 12601. TaniAC VpIpt 95 Arrangements are under the direc jallica Vvlval tion of Straub Funeral Home 55 JJcoUlwl nAvnntiia E. Main(St, Wappingers Falls, NY CllSaDieCl adVOCate 1 NEW YORK James Velez, 25 it. ro who became ihe focus of an ambi YlCtOr Vail BOlirg, OO, tious effort to attain an independent in.

We for a disabled person, died IaW lirm IOUnder Wednesday of an infection. ran pnANrisrnvir4nrVan veiezs uuiess causea mm Bourg, who helped found one of the nation's top labor law firms, died of KnlaJM RMctor News Sorvtc If you're out looking at the stars over the next two weeks, be careful. You might get hooked. Just ask James Webb. "The view of Saturn through a small telescope is what got me into astronomy in the first place," said ebb, now professor of astronomy at Florida International University in Miami.

"It's one.thing to see a picture of the rings on a television screen, but it's another to see it with your own eyes and to realize there are other worlds out there." Saturn is orJy part of a dazzling light show taking place every night for the next two weeks, as it chases Jupiter across the night sky. Both planets, will appear brighter. than they have 'in yean, while the star cluster known as the Pleiades rises to its highest point of the year. And stargazers are loving it "Jupiter a the closest it's been in 12 years, and Saturn is the' closest it's been in 22 years," said Jack Horkheimer, executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium. Both planets are clearly visible to the naked eye, he said, but it's better to gaze through a telescope, or a decent pair of binoculars.

Every year the earths jirbit takes it directly between Jupl Jupiter is the closest it's been in 12 years, and Saturn is the closest it's been in 22 Jack Horkhlmf executtvo director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium now tilted in a way that makes it much easier to see the planet's famous rings, "This is as bright as it gets," Horkheimer said "Now is the time to see Saturn. It hasn't appeared this bright since March of 1977" Jupiter rises in the east at about the same time the sun sets, about 6:40. Saturn comes up about 45 minutes after Jupiter, then follows' its path almost exactly. They reach their point some time after midnight, Horkheimer said Even with a brightly shining moon, both planets are clearly visible as the two shiniest points in the night sky. It should get even better this weekend, when the moon rises later and less brightly, Horkheimer said.

Jupiter and Saturn will appear to be and the ven more prominent. Pleiades will also be easier to spot. and the sun. Astronomers call that, ne. rs f.

rr w' wif stars in the constellation Taurus, occurrence "opposition." Jupiter reached oppqsiUon last Saturday. The largest planet takes a dozen years' to travel around the sun, and this year it is at its closest point to the sun, or its "perihelion." The combination results in a bigger, brighter Jupiter, Horkheimer said. I and they are also known as the "Seven Sisters." Because they reach their highest point in the sky at this time of year, they have traditionally been associated with Halloween, called in some cultures' "the day of the dead" The Aztecs and Mayans believed the end of the Saturn will reach opposition on' world would come on a dav when Nov. 6, and although it will get clos the Pleiades were directry over er. to the sun in seven years, it's head, Horkheimer fexplained Doctors warn penicillin IV'type running short WASHINGTON A shortage 6f one type of intravenous penicillin, which began last spring, has worsened, sparking the government to urge doctors to use remaining supplies carefully.

But the Fodd and Drug Adrninis tration said there is no need for pan kr. Intravenous penicillin is the preferred therapy for only a handful of rare infections! Even for those, other types of penicillin or newer antibiotics are successful treatments. The shortage began In June, when Marsam rjharmaceuticals recalled penicillin is the preferred therapy. Those cases: babies bom with syphilis; people whose syphilis has spread to the nervous system, which happens in about 5 percent of untreated syphilis cases; and preventing pregnant women from spreading group strep to the fetus. The CDC told doctors there are alternative antibiotics for these conditions.

Including other forms of penicillin not in short supply, and newer antibiotics. The FDA. meanwhile, is trying to increase IV penicillin supplies by scratch himself so hard he ripped open his skin. Institutionalized from age, Velez longed for a more normal life. In 1994, Job Path, a social service agency, began efforts to help him.

The agency succeeded in 1996, gaining His release and moving Velez into his own Queens anart National Farm Workers Union and ment The improvement of Veiez's two years ago, bis firm was one of lue, documented in articles in The the first to sue tobacco companies New York Times, drove, others to for health and welfare trust funds, ask for similar assistance for dis The Associated Press abled childrea The Associated Press its IV onn supplies and cpiit woridngwiuiMzerandomermau rrSS i "jnuiyieajm er suppliers to Increase productioa hadcsenpmajiiifactunngdefi also is tooking to Europe and other ciencies that sakl raised questions about the drug's safety. Pfizer the other major manufacturer of IV penicillin has back orders with pharmacies awaiting new supplies as soon as it can make them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday published an update telling doctors the shortage had worsened and advising them to use remaining stocks only for those infections where IV countries where the drug is sold, considering imported supplies. While the drug is preferred treatment for only a few infections, newer antibiotics have a broader range of action, meaning they can fight more kinds of germs at once. Because antibiotic resistance grows whenever germs are exposed to the drugs, doctors prefer to use the narrowest acting type, so getting new supplies of IV perjrillin is important 4r 4 rdr.