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BEIRUT (UPI). Sunni Moslem gunmen recaptured their headquarfrom: Druze militiamen and battled its rival force. "in every alleyway" of West Beirut in a drive to retake other lost strongholds. At least 17 people were reported killed. The fighting Friday between the Druze and the Sunni Mourabitoun militia was the heaviest since antigovernment rebels drove Lebanese army troops from West Beirut i in February.

Scattered clashes continued Friday night in the densely populated neighborhoods of the mostly Moslem area, despite a cease-fire call bv Hassan Khaled. the Sunni grand mufti and Shiite Moslem and Druze leaders. The appeal followed intense house-to-house battles that erupted when the Mourabitoun regrouped and launched a counterattack after being forced by the Druze from their West Beirut strongholds on Thursday. Beirut television said almost 100 people have been wounded since the Druze began their assault Thursday. The Druze claimed the Sunnis were responsible for violations of a ceasefire -declared last week at unsuccessful peace talks in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Druze raids were also Arab Factions Clash in Beirut Again prompted by concern over the Sunnis' close ties to Palestine Liberation Organization elements, whose return to Beirut the Mourabitoun supports. During the battles Friday, French Ambassador Fernand Wibaux told reporters his government would announce within 48 hours the pullout of its troops the last members of the multinational peacekeeping force from Beirut. Government spokesmen in Paris said only that any decision will be announced "at appropriate time." Embassy sources in Beirut said the contingent would leave within two weeks. Area Deaths and Services- by the Rev. Ottis L.

Sauls at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Voss Funeral Home at Seymour. Calling hours will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. until service time Tuesday.

Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Seymour. Mrs. Tankersley was born June 2, 1916, in Jackson County, the daughter of Cleveland and Letha Durham Goens. She was a member of. Immanuel Lutheran Church at Seymour and a housewife.

Other survivors include a daughter, Bonnie P. Guerrero of Seymour; two sisters, Bernice Woolls and Edith Hill, both of Seymour, and three grandchildren. Feature Writer Wanda Long's Husband Funeral service will be conducted Leonard H. Verbarg 1901 Taylor Leonard H. Verbarg, 80, a resident of Four Seasons Retirement Center, died at midnight Friday at the Center.

He was a former feature and reporter for the San Francisco Herald and Oakland Tribune newspapers. During his career he was granted personal interviews with Gen: Douglas MacArthur, the Queen mother and Queen Elizabeth. He also had written two books. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Joseph McNally at 10 a.m.

Monday at St. Columba Roman Catholic Church. Calling hours will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hathaway-Myers Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Hayward, Calif.

Memorials may be. made to the Bartholomew County Library. Verbarg was born Oct. 26, 1903, in Jennings County, the son of W. and Catherine Gasper He was the widower of Gertrude Eaton Verbarg.

He had lived in California from 1926 until May 1981, when he moved to Columbus. He was one of the founders of Alameda County Historical Society, a member of Oakland Museum of History and the California Newspaper Guild. He was also a member of St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church at Oakland. Survivors include a brother, Lawrence Verbarg of Indianapolis; two nephews, Robert Verbarg of 9092 Tulip and Larry Verbarg of Indianapolis, and two nieces, Virginia Neff and Marilyn Marten, both of Indianapolis.

IUPUI Plans Two Nursing Workshops IUPUI Columbus will conduct workshops next week on Alzheimer's Disease and eye disorders. The class on eye disorders is designed for registered and licensed practical nurses. Anne Belcher, assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing, and Dr. George Brueggeman, Columbus ophthalmologist, will teach the workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday at the campus, 2080 Bakalar. Alzheimer's. Disease will be the subject of a workshop to be taught from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday by Judith Pollman, nurse education specialist and consultant in geriatric nursing at the Veterans Association Center in Lexington, Ky.

Both workshops are being sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education in Nursing. Participants of each workshop will be charged a $35 fee. Those attending the class on eye disorders may earn seven" tact hours. The planning committee for the Alzheimer's workshop includes registered nurses Joan Able of Bartholomew County Hospital, Betty Blomquist of Jennings Community Hospital, Fran Cherry of the North Vernon Nursing Home, Dorothy Anderson of Madison State Hospital, JoAnn Rahm of Sancrest Medical Corp. and Ann Jones of the IUPUI Columbus staff.

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Downtown Columbus 372-1849 21180d38 Major Credit Cards Layaway Credit Available 3441 Wayne F. Long 3440 W. Carr Hill Wayne F. Long, 62, of 3440 W. Carr Hill, died at 12:14 Friday the room of Bartholomew emergency, Hospital.

He was taken to the hospital by Medic I ambulance after becoming ill at home. He was the husband of Wanda Beatty Long whom he married Dec. 14, 1945. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. William McCoy at 10 a.m,- Monday at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home on Jonathan Moore Pike.

Calling hours will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday and from 8:30 a.m. until service time Monday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Memorials may be made to East Columbus Christian Church.

Long was born Oct. 5, 1921, at Grammer, the son of George and Sylvia Hulse Long. He was a World War II Army veteran and had retired from Farmers Marketing after 34 years employment. He was a member of East Columbus Christian Church where he served as a deacon. Surviving with the wife are a son, Bruce Long of 2950 Lucas Way; two brothers, Ralph Long of North Vernon and Francis Long of Evansville; two sisters, Martha Troli-.

nder of Shelbyville and Marie Hawley of Circleville, Ohio; and two grandchildren, Wendy. and Jason Long, both of 2950 Lucas Way. Brown County Plan Director James Wright Haxton Nashville NASHVILLE James Wright Haxton, 56, of Nashville, died Thursday at Bloomington Hospital. He was Brown County plan director and was employed at the Brown County Health Department. Memorial service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at Brown County Ramada Inn. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Haxton was born Aug. 3, 1927, at Richmond, the son of James and Blanche Wright Haxton. He retired from Hoosier Energy and was a veteran of the U.S.

Navy. Survivors include a daughter, Connie DaQuino of Carmel, N.Y., and a grandson. Arrangements were made by Bond-Mitchell Funeral Home at Nashville. Ira Tankersley's Wife Hilda M. Tankersley Seymour SEYMOUR Hilda Marguerite Tankersley, 67, of 70412 S.

Vine, died at 4:05 a.m. today at Jackson County Hospital at Seymour. She had been in failing health two years. She was the wife of Ira J. Tankersley, whom she married Feb.

14, 1934, at Seymour. Services Keith E. Rush Graveside service for Keith E. Rush, 66, of Nashville, was conducted Friday at Garland Brook Cemetery by J. Irwin Miller.

Rush died Tuesday at Rancho Mirage, Calif. Local arrangements were made by Hathaway-Myers Funeral Chapel. Roger F. Strohe Funeral service for Roger F. Strohe, 40, of 222 Sycamore was conducted Friday by the Rev.

Loren Boettcher at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home. Burial was at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery at Pallbearers were Alvin Horn, Robert Schafstall, Robert Eickbush, Donald Brandt, Lloyd Morledge and Will Brooks. Military graveside rites were conducted by the Seymour American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Strohe died Tuesday in a truck accident near Union Springs, Ala.

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