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Page Pour Tyrone Daily Herald, Tuesday, Febfuaryli. 1986 Dally Harold ItMtllthrt It, tot Art Htfflld by Tyrant HirtM Company. Enttrcd at Sacond Clan Matttr at Ml OHlta al Tyrant, Pa. Ittii untfar lha atl ol March 3, Mallad dally, anctti Sunday. Fubllthad by Tyrant htfald Ctmttny Slngla copy; IS ctnii; by carrltr aar 11.20; Meier MaUK IS tar month; by moll within Ponntylvanio, 14.50 par month In advance; outtlda anntylvanta, $5.00 par month In advance.

landtn Attociafei 750 3rd New Vork, N.V., IMlt, tale lorelfn rapreiantatlvei Member of Panntytvanla Nawipaper Publliher'i Aiioclatlon. House Votes To Letter To the Editor DfirRdltor: Thlt II io think lit of you In who our when my ton Kevin Fink dfcd in DtccmNr. The companion you thowM ana me com ion you Doubla Artificial Heart Racipiant Awaka, Alert It wn wondar fal to Mt who remembered Kevin when he a boy, nelihbori who Witched him teachers who helped shape his life, and soldiers Who knew him as an adult. Though the sadness Of losing him seems Impossible to bear, the love he shared with us helps bring us peace. A star In the sky has been named for Kevin, dedicated on December it, ins with the International Star Registry.

What a good feeling it will be to look up Into the heavens and know that a fight named "KEVIN FOSTER PINK" is shining down on us. Kevin was proud of Tyrone and he would have been so pleased to know that you were also proud of him Thank you tor caring and for showing It. With Immense gratitude, Sandra McChesney R.D.I Dayton, Pa. 16222 Thornburgh Increases Repeal Gy low Grants For Heating HARRISBURG, Pa, (UPI) Under two archaic state laws, local governments can require the licensing of "gypsies" or run them out of town. Although the laws are unenforceable, the House Wednesday approved legislation to repeal the statutes.

The measure was Introduced by House Speaker LeRoy Irvls, DAIlegheny, at the'request of the Anti-Defamation League. "We had no Idea those laws were still on the books in Pennsylvania," said House Parliamentarian 'Clancy Myer "1 don't know that they've been enforced in recent years," said Barry Morrison, ADL's Philadelphia regional director. "I don't see where there's any harm in repealing them." "They are an offense to the gypsy people," said Grattari Puxon of Los Angeles, vice president of the U.S. Roman! Council. "It's an affront as it would be against any other minority group." The" word gypsy-traditionally has been used to describe a wandering Caucasian with dark skin and black hair.

Believed to have originated in India, they have been stereotyped as fortune-tellers and musicians. The legislation to repeal the gypsy laws now moves to the Senate. One of the laws dated 1909 gives communities the right to force gypsies out of town for health reasons. The second law dated 1927 says gypsies must be licensed to set up encampments and sell their wares. The ADL has been in contact with national gypsy groups to repeal gypsy-biased laws, Morrison said.

Laws discriminating against gypsies also exist in Mississippi, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Maryland, he James Mark.a of Spokane, vice president Of the International Roman! Council, said gypsies have been active in the last two years in fighting for their rights. "Apparently 'gypsies' has been a bad word for thousands of years and a lot of our young people are trying to clear the water up," Marks said. "More and more people are getting rights because we are asking for them." i He said his people have become politically active by lobbying national lawmakers for recognition of the half million gypsies that died in German concentration camps in World War II. Marks said the gypsy nation "a happy nation, not a rich one" was also adjusting more and more into the American way of life. He said gypsies want about the same things the non- gypsies want out of life.

"There's no more scams out there," Marks said referring to long- held opinions about the gypsy character as being shifty. "The old people understand this." He said gypsies still run fortune- telling businesses and recently fought laws on the West Coast prohibiting them. "We've been telling fortunes for 2,000 years," Marks said. "Gypsy women can tell fortunes where they please." He also said many gypsies, instead of traditionally marrying off sons and daughters in their early teens, are sending them to college in an effort to break stereotypes. "We feel it's the only way we're going to get a better life for our children," he said.

"Yes, we're gypsies. But we're also Americans." HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) GOV. Dick Thornburgh crediting mild weather, the economic recovery and good program management ordered a 20 percent increase In the size of grants to help lowlncome families pay Winter heating bills; In' a prepared statement, Thornburgh Monday announced the larger grants and a twoweek extension of the federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The program is administered by the Public Welfare Department.

The Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition charged two weeks ago that grants this year had been cut in half and that the program would end the season with a surplus of as much as $60 million. The Public Welfare Department repeatedly has refused to confirm or deny PennPIC's charges concerning the $134.7 million program, Gorden Blain, a department spokesman, recently called PennPIC a group Of "calculator cowboys" who apparently have manipulated Incomplete figures to advance their special Interests. MOVE Survivor Is Convicted Off Riot Charge PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Ramona Africa remained defiant despite being convicted of riot for her role in the May 13 MOVE battle with police, shouting "Long live John Africa" as she was being led from a City Hall courtroom. Africa, 30, was also convicted of conspiracy Sunday but the Jury, which deliberated 15 hours over three days, acquitted her of more serious assault charges and a defense attorney, isuggested that could indicate a rejection of police actions during the confrontation. "I didn't expect anything so I wasn't suprised or not surprised," Africa said as she was being handcuffed for the trip back to prison.

Asked if she thought she received a fair trial, Africa, the only occupant of the MOVE house to survive the battle and blaze which left 11 MOVE members dead, replied: "Never. If it was fair I wouldn't have been here." As word a verdict was about to be announced rippled through City Hall, some 20 MOVE supporters who maintained a vigil outside the courtroom throughout the deliberations taped a sign on the wall saying "Free Ramona Africa." The courtroom, which had been Limit TV Watching Child Experts Say RADNOR, Pa. (UPI) Toddlers should watch appropriate television shows; such as "Sesame Street," and should not be allowed to view more one hour of TV each day, a panel of child experts says. Older children should be limited to two hours of television viewing daily, according to a panel of pediatricians, child psychologists, consumer advocates, network executives, and' teachers polled by TV Guide The Radnor-based magazine reported the panel's findings its Feb. 15 issue a sharp contrast to a recent; Nielson survey showing that (Children aged 2-17 watched an average of 25 hours of television a week, including violent cartoon Panelist Diane Koch, assistant professor of pediatric psychology at New York's Cornell Medical Center, was concerned about the aggressive nature of some cartoons.

"I see a lot of school-age boys in my practice who are very caught up in these aggressive cartoons. I think there's too much of a diet of these shows. There aren't enough choices," Koch told the magazine. Despite the proliferation of violent and action-adventure cartoons, ome some experts contend may be harmful to children, there still were plenty of shows the panel said it would recommend. The panel said the best network and cable programs for preschoolers ages 2 through 5 were "Sesame Street," which won the panel's approval, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," "Fraggle Rock" and "Welcome to Pooh Corner." For preteens, ages 6 through the choices were "3-2-1 Contact," "Reading Rainbow," "Faerie Tale Theatre," "Wonderworks," "Powerhouse," Lights! Camera! Action!" "You Can't Do That on Television," and "Mr.

Wizard's World." For teenagers, ages 12 through 17, the panel recommended "The Cosby Show," Family Ties," "Highway to Heaven," "Main Street," "After School Special," which won unanimous support, "Family Playhouse," "Schoolbreak Special," "National Geographic Explorer," "Livewire," and "Fame." Now You Know United Press International The Earth weighs 6 sextillion, 588 qulntillion short tons (a short ton equals 2,000 pounds), according to Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. disrupted by outbursts trom people in the audience several times during the trial, remained quiet during the verdict after the judge warned he would clear the courtroom if there was trouble. Daniel Stevenson, a public defender who assisted Africa in her own defense, said Africa, who gazed at the defense table during the reading of the verdict, told him to "relax, relax" after she was found guilty of conspiracy, the first charge read. Stevenson later said Africa's acquittal on the most serious charges "could be viewed as a complete rejection of police conduct" on May 13. After a daylong siege, police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto the root of the heavily fortified MOVE house.

The bomb sparked a massive fire in which 11 MOVE members, including five children, were killed and 61 houses destroyed. Thornburgh said the size of LIHEAP grants would be increased 20 percent retroactively, meaning those who 'already have, received assistance will get supplemental grants. New applicants will receive the higher amount immediately. The program also will be extended two weeks until March 15, the governor said. The emergency-aid portion of the program will end as scheduled April 30, he said.

The governor did not comment on PennPIC's charges of reduced grants and a projected In the program. "My administration is committed to providing the lowlncome Pennsylvanian this winter every single dollar the commonwealth receives from the federal government" for LIHEAP, Thornburgh said. The Public Welfare Department's $134.7 million In federal funding for LIHEAP this season Is a drop of $6.8 million from last year. Despite the decrease, the department expects to serve more than 400.000 households, up from 365,000 last winter. The department does not calculate the average size of grants so it does not know what impact the increase will have on the recipients, administration officials said.

However, Otto Hofmahn, director of the Public Utility Law Project, an advocacy group for the poor, said the department compiles the figures but refuses to release them A household's average grant for 1985-86 Is $176, compared to last year's $318, Hofmann said. "It will certainly be good to have a two-week extension, but it's obvious they have a whole lot of money left." Hofmann said. "The department overreacted to problems they had last year and cut benefit levels too much." MV In 1984-85 the department received $141.5 million for LIHEAP. Demand was so intense that the department temporarily stopped accepting aid applications when funds ran out in January 1985. TUCSON, Ariz.

(UPI) A 40-year- old wdmnn was awake, alert and wiggling her toes after becoming the first person ever to receive a second artificial heart implant surgery her doctor says had the impact of being hit by a truck, Bernadette wiggled her fingers and toes Monday, arid responded to verbal commands a day after receiving her second artificial heart implant in less than a week. Chayrez was still listed in critical condition, but was awake and alert after enduring surgery her doctor said compared with "getting hit by a truck." "She's a tough lady," said Dr. Jack Copeland. "I think she has a real strong will to live." Copeland said Chayrez has remained stable, since receiving' the second mechanical heart, and "we haven't changed a dial on the pump." Copeland said Chayrez. a Phoenix assembly worker and mother of three, would have died without the second implant, which was performed In an eight-hour operation after the human donor heart she received last Friday suddenly stopped beating.

Doctors said the heart had become nearly as hard as a rock. Copeland led a team of surgeons In an emergency "bridge-to-llfe" operation Sunday night at the University of Arizona Medical Center in which Chayrez failed donor heart was replaced with a miniJarvik polyurethane device. Doctors said It was not known how soon she would be strong enough to be given a second human donor heart. She received her Feb. 3 after her natural heart was destroyed by a viral Infection.

That mechanical pump kfept her alive for five days until it was replaced byothe heart of a 19-year-old El Paso, Texas, accident victim. When the donor heart unexpected failed Sunday, doctors Immediately administered cardlopulmonary resuscitation but the organ "was almost rockhard." Copeland sa d. Doctors spent Ihe day trying to determine the reason for the failure of the donor heart. Copeland said the only Indicator that Chayrez may have been rejecting the heart was a rise In her body temperature. Hospital spokeswoman Nina Trasoff said the doctors had "implied consent" from the Food and Drug Administration for Copeland to install the first mechanical blood pump In Chayrez.

Trasoff said she did not know whether Copeland consulted the FDA before proceeding the elco implant of the miniJarvik. which the government agency has not yet approved. In January the FDA temporarily halted the use of the mini-Jarvik, a scaled down version of the Jarvik 7 also manufactured by Symbion Inc. of Salt Lake City. Further study of the apparatus was ordered because, of concerns about blood flow and possible blood cell damage.

Adjustment hard for chllbren of alcoholics NEW YORK (UPI) Many children of alcoholics suffer a lifelong hangover" and grow with little concept of a normal lite, a report says. Children with a parent who has a drinking problem are taught to follow a creed of "don't talk, don't trust. don't feel." specialists said in a Glamour magazine article Monday. -An emotional hangover includes difficulty in establishing intimate relationships, a fear of expressing emotions and feelings, as well as compulsive habits such as rigid overachievement of eating disorders, and general low self-worth." therapist Sharon WegscheiderCruse said. Grown children of alcoholics wore twice as likely as children from nonalcoholic homes to have trouble identifying and expressing their feelings and in trusting, the report said.

The youngsters learn to cope by adjusting to or avoiding other actions rather than taking 1 action to change basic situations, the article said. "Children of alcoholics grow up without any Idea of what normal is. They don't have the tools for living." Dr. Janet Woltitz said. Ivanlnf A Saturday lAaaolntmants Available DR.

JAMES YUHNKE 684.4350 24 Die In Hotel Fire At Japanese Resort TOKYO (UHl) Fire raced through a 50-year-old seaside hotel early today In a popular eastern Japan resort. Holiday guests were trapped In the inferno as they slept and 24 people were killed, authorities said. The blaze, the third worst hotel fire in Japanese history, reduced the three-story, woodframe building to charred timbers and ash. Some 100 rescue workers searching through the smoking debris found seven bodies by noon Tuesday (10 p.m. EST, Monday).

A police spokesman said there was no hope anyone would be found alive. All the victims were believed to be Japanese. A guest list showed five college students were among the dead and missing. There were no reports of other injuries. Police said they believed 25 guests and three hotel employees were in the building, a 47-year-old annex to the Daitokan Hotel in Atagawa.

when the fire broke out about 2 a.m. today (12 p.m.iEST, Monday). i The hotel, In a popular hot springs resort in Atagawa on the Izu Peninsula about 50 miles southwest of Tokyo, was crowded with guests for the National Founding Day holiday weekend. Two guests and two employees escaped the flames, but police said the rest of the guests appeared to have been trapped as the fire raced swiftly through the building. A witness told the Kyodo News Service flames, surging 20 to 25 feet high, "engulfed the building in an instant." It took firefighter nearly three hours to put out the blaze.

The cause was not immediately determined. "The flames were reflecting on the ocean and the row of inns lit up like daylight," another witness said, Japanese television showed the charred ruins as a blackened gap in a row of newer hotels fronting southern Sagami Bay. The intense heat melted glass and plastic on cars parked, nearby. The Daitokan's adjacent main building, a newer structure made of brick, was jammed with more than 300 guests, police said. It suffered fire and smoke damage on its fourth and fifth floors, but no one there was The annex was not equipped with a sprinkler system.

Officials said when fire inspectors approved the main building system, they issued a warning to the hotel's owners to upgrade fire safety in the annex. Musical Valentines Each tittle the card is opened, a romantic tune plays for your Valentine. "You Made Me Love You," "Everybody Loves SomeDody" and more. $7.00 Tyrone News AW iSiftSlioppe iOW.ItthSt. 1984 Hallmarfc Inc have an IRA question, Mellon isyour answer.

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