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fO DFWOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1986 TP it Li! li ViJ Wine pioneer Konstanlin Frank died.

He was 80 years old. In a landslide, ThomM P. Ryan Jr. becomes Rochester's first directly elected mayor 58 years Stephen Van Dec Sluya, of Farmington. is sentenced to one year in jail for rape in the pregnancy of his then-16-year-old foster daughter, and in the ensuing publicity authorities reopen investigation of the deaths in the 1970s of three of his infant children; he's charged with suffocating one.

Fire destroyed much of the business district in Oakfield LOOKING BACK ON Fin iv LOCAL NEWS 1885 marked by dramas jo humanity fefPOM PAGE 1B keep the Eastman House archives in Rochester comes up with a plan that give the collection to Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in exchange for the Smithsonian maintaining the collection in a new facility that the wants to build in Rochester, pj March 14 GCA, a Massachusetts firm, says it want to build a new plant to replace Holleder Stadium which was to be demolished later in the year. the stadium was leveled, the lea with CCA fell through. March 16 Thomas Termotto throws gala opening for new art gallery atop the Powers Building in downtown Rochester. Thousands attend including many local luminaries.

I March 16 Terry Anderson, 37, of Ba-tavia, is kidnapped by four gunmen outside his home in West Beirut, where he been the thief Middle East corre- spondent for the Associated Press for nearly three years. March 19 Ingersoll-Rand announced i the layoff of 234 employees at its Painted Post plant in Steuben County. March 20 Fire destroyed a historic building which housed the Pinckney Hardware Store and Murphy and Bishop Tax Service on the main four corners of the Penn Yan business district. March 28 Artists and dealers begin removing works from Termotto's opulent gallery' after word spreads that the 28- year-old entrepreneur has disappeared or ne into hiding. March 23 High school studentd in BrcK'kport leave classes to protest a ban on necking.

April I April 1 Edward McDonald, 49, charged with the second -degree murder of Dagmar Hutton in 1983, dies of cancer at Mount Carmel House hospice after his lawyers win his release from Monroe County jail. 5 April 12 Vandals tip over 673 head- stones, causing $20,000 damage in West 1 Avenue Cemetery in Canandaigua. April 14 The waiting list for kidney transplants at Strong Memorial hits a record high of 51, illustrating the growing success of such transplants and the grow-; ing need for organ donors. April 16 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves a vaccine against Hemophilus influenza the leading cause of meningitis in the nation.

The vaccine, which the federal Centers tor Disease Control recommend for all children ages 2 to 5, was devised by Praxis Biologies, a Rochester firm headed by Dr. David H. Smith, former chief of pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. April 17 Local Red Cross officials re veal they've started testing some blood collected in the Rochester area for anti-' bodies to the AIDS virus with a newly licensed blood test. April 18 Eastman Kodak Co.

donat-l ed a San Francisco building worth be-; tween $13 million and $15 million to es-' tablish an endowment for an International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. April 20 Carl Smith, an 84-year old Port Byron man. died 10 days after a i licensed practical nurse put him in a i coma by accidentally giving him 30 milli-; grams of morphine instead of the pre-i scribed 3. The incident triggers an investigation into the Auburn hospital, which had pre-i viously been cited by state health officials for problems in its nursing staff. It also triggers a state Health Department rule, implemented later, expanding require-! ments for hospitals to tell state officials Barbara Zartman, chairwoman of Monroe County Republican Party, is the first woman to head a local political party.

An 18-car pileup on I-390 resulted when bitter cold and the worst storm of the season swept over the area in February. Or. John Kraai, the popular physician, was charged with murder in what authorities said was the mercy killing of an elderly patient. Released on bail, Dr. Kraai committed suicide at home.

He was 76. yrVWWBBWBBWmiJi i Edward McDonald, facing murder charges, is released from jail after cancer is diagnosed. He later died. Two weeks later. Dr.

Kraai, home on bail, kills himself with an injection. September SepL 1 Rochester Police Chief Del-mar Leach retires and CapL Gordon Ur-lacher later is named to replace him. Sept. 2 Canandaigua's Rowland Park closes and equipment later is auctioned to make way for a controversial condominium development SepL 3 Keuka College begins the new year with 44 male students on the campus of the former all-women's college. Sept 6 Winemaking pioneer Kon-stantin Frank of Hamraondsport dies at the age of 80.

He helped shape the history of wine industry in America. Sept 10 Park Ridge Chemical Dependency opens the first inpatient unit for drug- and alcohol-abuse treatment, a 40-bed unit with 10 beds reserved for teen-agers. The opening spotlights Park Ridge Hospital's growth as a diversified agency in health care for northwestern Monroe County, and the growth of drug and alcohol treatment programs in general. Sept. 11 About 400 Genesee County residents scour the cornfields in Pavilion for seven hours through the night looking for a 2-year-old boy who got lost playing hide-and-seek with his mother.

He was found in the cornfield about 2:30 a.m. by his father. Sept 12 County Court Judge Donald J. Wisner finds Yen Wang, 25, of China, guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the May 2, 1983, death of her newborn boy. Wisner later sentenced her to a year in Monroe County Jail.

Sept. 15 State University of New York trustees approve the sale of 15 acre9 of land at the edge of Monroe Community College for a new county jail. Sept. 17 Jimmy the Chimp, a popular resident of the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, dies in his cage. At 56 years of age, he's believed to have been the oldest chimp in captivity.

Sept 19 Monroe County Health Department officials announce they've closed the books on Brighton High School's tuberculosis investigation after finding an inexplicably high number of people with positive TB skin tests, but no apparent pattern indicating a TB epidemic. Sept 30 Rochester Police Officer Carlos Perez fatally shot city resident Louis Davila at a Main Street bar. Davila was shot after he entered the bar and shot the bar owner and doorman. October Oct. 1 The Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit against 35 Rochester anesthesiologists, charging they acted illegally in concert when they pulled out as Blue Shield participating physicians in 1981.

The suit charges iOe-gal restraint of trade. Oct. 19 Astronaut Sally Ride visits Seneca Falls to return Amelia Earhart's scarf to the National Women's Hall of Fame, which lent tlie scarf for her to carry on her second space flight, Oct. 22 The legislature narrowly approves borrowing for new a jail, clearing the final obstacle to construction. Oct.

29 Hostage Terry Anderson's sister, Peggy Say of Batavia, and relatives of four other hostages rrteet with President Reagan, bolstering their confidence that the administration is taking steps to obtain their loved ones' release. November Nov. 5 Perm Yan trustees throw out a controversial parking limit for tractor trailers on village streets. Nov. 5 Highlights of the general election in the Rochester area include: Greece Arcadia high school guidance counselor Tim O.

Mains narrowly defeats Beverly Jackson to become the first avowed homosexual to be elected to the city council; Jackson challenges Mains' 14-vote margin in court. In a landslide, Mayor Thomas P. Ryan Jr. becomes the city's first directly elected mayor in 58 years. Sheriff Andrew P.

Meloni Jr. is elected without opposition to his third term as sheriff. Rochester lawyer Ann Pfeiffer is elected the first woman to the Rochester City Court bench. At 32, Pfeiffer is the youngest ol the seven City Court judges when she takes her seat Jan. 1.

Nov. 9 Assemblyman Roger Robach, the senior member of the Rochester delegation to the state Assembly, is stricken with an aneurysm in the major artery leading from his heart. He undergoes successful surgery three days later and by the end of the month announces that he plans to seek re-election in 1986. Nov. 9 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, receives a letter from the four American hostages appealing for negotiations in their release from kidnappers who "are growing impatient." The archbishop's special envoy, Terry Waite, then travels to Beirut and meet with the captors.

Nov. 11 A three-alarm fire destroys part of the tradition-rich Genese? Valley Club on East Avenue, but club officials' vowed to restore the damaged bidding. Nov. 17 John See, of Greece, and family members picket Our Mother of Sorrows Church in Greece because priest won't baptize a baby born out cf wedlock to See and Michele King. Nov.

18 David E. Felker, 55, of Fair-port, suffering from life-threatening skin cancer, becomes one of only abut 25 patients in the nation treated with an experimental therapy that turns ordinary white blood cells into roving cancer killers that can destroy or dramatically shrink tumors. The treatment immediately begins shrinking Felker's tumors on" his legs and lung. Nov. 19 The historic Franklin Hotel Waterloo is gutted in a majtir fire.

Nov. 20 Monroe County Aidge Donald J. Wisner picked by the Justice Department as its choice to join U.S. Dis- TURN TO PAGE 5B aoout mishaps. Owiocfdt 4fd Chronicle killed in a two-vehicle accident near Stry-kersville.

William F. Booker 31, and his two sons, William III, 6, and Joshua, 4, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Joshua's twin, Jeremy, died two days later. James Orndorff, 22, of Stry-kersville, was charged with driving while impaired and four counts of criminally negligent homicide. He was driving his pickup truck when it struck the Bookers' car.

July 29 The choking death of an inmate at the state's Wyoming Correctional Facility July 28 sparks an uprising at the prison, with 11 assaults among inmates, who claimed guards were responsible for the inmate's death. August Aug. 8 Silent film star Louise Brooks, a Rochester resident, dies. She was 78. Aug.

9 Inese Rencis, of Brighton, says she unknowingly sold her family jewels, concealed in a box and valued at $10,000, for a dime at a garage sale. Following the publicity, a Rochester woman returned the jewels intact and received a reward of about $100. Aug. 14 The bridge over Irondequoit Bay is demolished, opening water passage between Lake Ontario and the bay, as kx'al residents protest. Aug.

16 Laval Wilson, Rochester City School District superintendent, bids the city school board farewell at his last board meeting before going to Boston as that city's new superintendent. Aug. 17 Michigan resident Kristin O'Connell, 21, is found slain in a cornfield in Ovid. No arrests have been made. Aug.

19 About 400 firefighters battle a fire that nearly incinerates the entire business district of Oakfield, a Genesee Countv village of 1,800 people. Village resident express outrage that officials allowed the two-story wooden building where the fire started to exist as a fire hazard and eyesore for several years. The cause of the blaze, which destroyed 11 apartments and caused $250,000 damage to five buildings, has still not been determined. Aug. 23 Gov.

Cuomo cuts the ribbon to open Rochester's $45 million Riverside Convention Center, which greeted 142,000 visitors in its first 13 weeks. Aug. 24 Plans are announced for making pink grape juice to help the distressed Finger Lakes grape growing industry. Aug. 26 Dr.

John Kraai, a popular Fairport physician whom patients and colleagues describe as dedicated and hard-working, is charged with the murder of his patient, Frederick C. Wagner, 81, two days previously. Investigators describe the act as a mercy killing, saying Kraai told them he gave Wagner three fatal shots of insulin because he could no longer stand seeing the elderly man suffer from advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease. The incident triggers a community-wide debate over the issue of mercy killing, euthanasia and the right to die. May 13 Peter Schiltz, 37, and his 2'2 -year-old son, Matthew, are shot to death after making a feed delivery to a Bennington, Wyoming County, farm.

John Kohl, 30, a tenant at the farm is convicted of second-degree murder Nov. 4. A second son, Joseph Schiltz, 3'z, recovered from the shooting. May 18 The Lilac Festival opens with a record-breaking crowd. May 21 Stanford Forte Sr.

and his son, Stanford Forte plead guilty in connection with a scheme to sell jobs at Eastman Kodak. Forte a supervisor at Kodak's Elmgrove plant, admitted accepting $500 in December 1981 to get a man a job. His son pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness during the investigation of the job-selling scheme. U.S. District Judge Michael A.

Telesca later sentenced the elder Forte to five years' probation, community service work and fined him $1,000 for his part in the scheme. The son was sentenced to two years' probation for a misdemeanor in connection with the case. In July, three others were fined and sentenced to probation and community service work. May 23 The body of Pat Vitarelli, 26, of Rochester, was found in a gully in Chemung County, in an insurance fraud slaying. May 26 Honolulu police arrest Richard D.

Lindsay, of Greece, accused of participating in one of two killings related to an extensive scheme involving auto theft and car insurance fraud in the Rochester area. June June 6 Thomas Termotto is indicted for allegedly defrauding the widow of a Rochester police officer of $50,000 and a week later he is indicted for his role in allegedly bilking area banks of more than $600,000 in loans. He pleaded innocent and his case was pending at the end of the year. June 6 A medication error at Beth-esda Community Hospital in North Hor-nell starts a months-long investigation and move by state Health Department to close it down. June 7 The state Court of Appeals strikes down Rochester's dual property tax rate system as it applies to county taxes.

June 9 Auburn Memorial Hospital is fined a record $77,000 in the death of Carl Smith and agrees to change its practices. June 13 Plans for a $10 million Steuben County office building unveiled in Bath. June 14 The Tall Ship Merkur visits Rochester's Charlotte harbor. June 14 Monroe County Health Department officials announce plans to test entire Brighton High School staff and student body about 1,400 people for tuberculosis after diagnosis of a single student with active TB. June 19 Taylor Wine Co.

in Ham-mondsport, Steuben County, announces cutback of grape purchases, raising questions about future of wine grape growing in the Finger Lakes region. June 24 Fifteen students have unexplained TB reactions at Brighton High. June 26 Cornell University grounds crew razes the shantytown erected in April by apartheid protestors and obtained a court order prohibiting reconstruction of the ramshackle settlement. July July 1 Day one of a slowdown by doctors, especially orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons, who refused to do surgery in protest of high premiums for malpractice insurance. Doctors, who had been lobbying for changes in the law since late winter, claimed insurance rates were so high they couldn't afford to practice higher-risk specialties.

July 2 Gov. Mario Cuomo signs into law a malpractice revision measure that cut fees for lawyers representing patients who sued doctors, penalized frivolous lawsuits and stiffened quality assurance requirements for hospitals to prevent malpractice. The law lacked provisions to limit doctors' liability or to limit awards for "pain and suffering" two key demands of the doctors. A few days laters, doctors begin returning to work but threaten additional action if more legislative relief isn't undertaken. July 6 Thomas Bianco, 23, of Auburn, is arrested on a five-count indictment accusing him of kidnapping and murdering his former girlfriend, 18-year-old Auburn college student Julie Monson, in September 1981.

Bianco was released on $100,000 bail. Rape and attempted sodomy counts later were dropped and the case was set for trial in February. July 8 Seneca Army Depot officials arrest 45 women during a night protest at the depot sponsored by Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice. July 23 Church officials and Monroe County prosecutors appear in Gates Town Court and officially drop grand larceny charges in St. Jude's Church theft case against Margaret C.

Burke. Burke, 37, of Gates, found $10,000 in cash at the statue of St. Jude at the church. She said she believed the money was the answer to her prayers to St. Jude, the patron saint of the hopeless.

She said she had spent the money on bills and other necessities and was not required to repay it July 25 The New York State Health Department moves to shut down Bethes-da Community Hospital in Hornell after concluding an investigation that disclosed numerous problems, including 120 medication errors in six months. A Steuben County judge stays the department's order, setting in motion a lengthy battle between the department and the hospital over Bethesda's future. July 25 Walter Snacki, Tadeusz "Ted" Snacki and Robert Capo sentenced to three years' probation and 500 hours of community service work for their convictions of extorting between $500 and $1,000 from about 20 people during a two-year job selling scheme at Eastman Kodak Co. July 28 Four members of a Java Center, Wyoming County, family are April 22 Barbara Zartman becomes the first woman chosen to head a major party in Monroe County, taking over in the last five months of the term of longtime Chairman Ronald J. Starkweather, who became an elections commissioner.

April 23 Apartheid protests begin at Cornell University, where 217 were arrested at a sit-in in the administration building. Students began erecting a shan-tytown behind the building. April 24 Farash Corp. of Rochester announces plans for a $100 million building project in Ontario County but later it's scaled down. May May 1 Monroe County Clerk Patricia B.

Adduci is picked by Gov. Mario Cuomo to be commissioner of the New-York State Department of Motor Vehicles. May 2 Derrick Maddox. at 14 the youngest murder defendant in Monroe County history, and his brother, James, found innocent of murder and attempted murder charges stemming from a March 24. 1984, fight in their neighborhtxxl that left (ne outh dead and another wounded.

State Supreme Court jury convicts both teens on charges of criminal possession of a weapon. May 8 A City Court jury finds Dominic Pilieci, a 65-year-old immigrant grocer, innocent of assault in connection with the Sept. 29, 1984, shooting of a teen-ager running from Pilieci's grocery store with a stolen case of beer. May 10 Hattie Harris, 88, nicknamed the Mayor of Strathallan Park for her work to help bring the luxury Strath-ill. hi Hotel to her east Rochester neighborhood, says she'll drop her $500,000 lawsuit and allow the Strathallan Hotel to ue her name for its rooftop bar.

An undisclosed amount of money was put toward a scholarship fund in Harris' name as part of the out-of-court.