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Tuesday, April 16, 1985 Akron Beacon Journal C3 CSTY ARID REGION CITY AND REGION deiBerling recoverm at home EM BIRD from surgery for prostate cancer Three area teachers among space hopefuls Three Akron area teachers named Ohio semifinalists in NASA's Teacher in Space Project are Virginia Cook, Erwine Middle School in Coventry Township; Ronald Douglas, Wayne County Schools Career Center in Smithville; and David Koch, Hoover High School in North Canton. Others selected Monday were Bruce Brombacher of Jones Middle School, Upper Arlington; Edward Corley, National Trail High School, New Paris; Michael Grote, Mariemont High School, Hamilton County; Gail Klink, Newark High School, Newark; Daniel getting everybody upset until we knew what the facts were," he said. "I didn't even tell my staff until the week I went in (to the hopsital)." Seiberling maintained his schedule up until entering the hospital and showed no signs of slowing down. "The only thing was that in the month prior to the operation, I had to donate my own blood to be used in the operation," he said. Seiberling, re-elected last November by more than 70 percent of the vote in the 14th District (most of Summit County), said the operation would have no bearing on whether he decides to seek a ninth term next year.

Seiberling said he would have been able to go to the House floor Monday to vote if necessary. Votes are scheduled to begin next week on President Ronald Reagan's request to provide $14 million for the Central Intelligence Agency to aid rebels fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, a proposal Seiberling opposes. "If the Nicaragua thing comes up, you can bet I'll be there with spurs on," Seiberling said. produces the fluid that helps to nourish and transport sperm. Elena Fletcher of the American Cancer Society's District of Columbia office said prostate cancer is the second leading cancer killer in adult men.

Seiberling said his operation was performed in Baltimore rather than in Akron so that he could spend his convalescence in Washington, where he will be able to work with his staff and go to the House for important votes. The cancer was diagnosed after Seiberling underwent surgery Jan. 8 in Akron to relieve conditions caused by prostate enlargement. That surgery, called transurethral resection, was to relieve a non-cancerous condition, but analysis of the tissues showed the presence of a small number of cancer cells, Seiberling said. The next surgery had to await Seiberling's recovery from the first.

"I had to wait 12 weeks not knowing whether the cancer had spread or not," he said. Seiberling said this uncertainty prompted him to delay any announcement of the condition. "I didn't think there was any point in By William Hershey Beacon Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. John Seiber-ling, D-Akron, was released Monday from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after undergoing surgery for removal of a cancerous prostate gland.

The surgery was performed April 5 by Dr. Patrick Walsh, an Akron native who is director of urology at the hospital. Walsh said the "analysis of the tissue removed from the prostate was the best possible analysis he'd ever seen," Seiberling said in a telephone interview from his home, where he is recuperating. "The doctor feels I will have a healthy, cancer-free future as far as anyone can tell," he said. Seiberling, 66, said tests indicated that the cancer was in an early stage and had not spread outside the prostate.

The doctors expect that with the removal of the prostate he will have a complete recovery, he said. "I'm very encouraged by all of that," Seiberling said. "Of course, they'll never swear you'll never get cancer again." The prostate is a gland surrounding the male urethra at the base of the bladder. It est Twfi prilfil1 snfi u4iV Jfl 1 -vs. -v i J.

I 1 nrV I Pallante, Granville Elementary School, Granville; James Rowley, Centerville High School, Centerville; Clifford Schrad-er, Dover High School, Dover; David Weaner, Westerville North High School, Westerville; and Kathleen Wetta, Clinton Elementary School, Tiffin. All 12 will be interviewed Monday in Columbus and five will be chosen for physical exams. From the five, two finalists and alternates will be announced April 26. The 10 national semifinalists will be picked in July. CAR-TRAIN CRASH INJURES WOMAN: A 24-year-old Plain Township woman was in guarded condition today at Canton Aultman Hospital after she struck a train with her car in Jackson Township.

The Ohio Highway Patrol reported Christine Swanson of Aspen Street Northeast was eastbound on Mount Pleasant Street Northwest near Pittsburg Avenue Northwest when her car hit a train. Troopers said she told them she hadn't seen the train. AKRON RAPE SUSPECT ARRESTED: An Akron man who allegedly broke into a home and raped a woman was arrested early today after he passed out on the living room floor, Akron police said. David Hatcher, 25, of East Lods Street was charged with rape, felonious assault and aggravated burglary for breaking into the home. Police said the victim, a 30-year-old woman who lives on North Hill, said a man she knew came to her house about 2:30 a.m.

today. She said he asked her about a child for whom she was babysitting, then forced his way into the house and assaulted and raped her. She said the man passed out on the floor and she went to a neighbor's house and called police. Police said the man was still on the floor when they arrived. The woman was treated at St.

Thomas Hospital Medical Center and released. COPLEY TRUSTEES GET AIDE: The Copley Township trustees have hired David Gravis to be the township's first administrative assistant. Gravis, "28, a Copley Township resident, will earn $16,000 a year. He will assist the trustees in the day-to-day operations of the township. He began his duties on Monday.

SCHOOL LEVIES SUPPORTED: The Summit Seniors Coalition, an advocacy group for seniors, today endorsed the Akron public school levies on the May 7 ballot. The group also called on Akron school Superintendent Conrad Ott to set up a task force after the election to study some of the coalition's requests. For example, the group wants schools to respond to seniors' needs by sharing vacant space in neighborhood school buildings for senior activities. Ott made no commitment about such a task force, said Marge Morris, coalition director. Akron schools are seeking a 3.56-mill renewal levy for construction for five years and a new 5-mill continuing operating levy.

IN OHIO U.S. POST FOR OHIO TREASURER: Ohio Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow was elected Sunday to the Democratic National Committee's 50-member Fairness Commission that will consider making changes in party rules governing the presidential nominating process. Mrs. Withrow was selected along with nine others at a meeting of the Democratic Party's Mid-West Caucus in Lincoln, Neb. WORTH NOTING GOOD NEIGHBORS' BANQUET: Good Neighbors of Akron will hold its 21st annual banquet at 6 p.m.

Thursday at the High Street Christian Church, 131 S. High Akron. Officers to be installed are president Doris Pettengill, vice president Gloria Woodford, secretary Anita Balogh and treasurer Betty Doll. New trustees to be installed are Mae Eastin, Ruth Lowe, Lee Strawn and Tony Zito. For reservations, call Good Neighbors at 253-1050.

Tickets cost $4.50. COUPLE TO LEAD SEMINAR: Bruce Fisher, founder of the Family Relations Learning Center in Boulder, and his wife Nina, will present a seminar on Rebuilding After the Crisis of Death or Divorce on Friday and Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, 263 E. Mill Akron. Fisher will conduct a session from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday with clergy and professional church workers on the intricacies of couple communication.

At 7 p.m. Friday, he will discuss his ideas with interested singles. He and his wife will conduct another session from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Fee is $5 per session and lunch is included. For information, call 376-8143. DINNER TO AID COUNCILMAN: "Cooking with Style," a Louisiana seafood gumbo dinner, will be held as a political fund-raiser for Akron Councilman Carter D. Womack, D-4, on April 26. The dinner will be at Marzell's restaurant, 1414 Copley Road, Akron, from 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Donation is $25 per person. For reservations, call 867-6064 by April 24. CRIME WATCH Akron police arrested Robert K. Owens, 25, and Anthony C. Owens, 24, on Saturday after they allegedly threatened another man with a gun in the 1000 block of Superior Avenue.

The brothers, who live in the 400 block of Douglas Street, were charged with carrying a concealed weapon after police found a loaded revolver under the right side of a passenger seat during a search of a car driven by the younger brother. The victim said he was walking down Superior Avenue when the car the Owenses were in almost hit him. According to the police report, words were exchanged and Robert Owens threatened the victim with a gun. The two fled, but were found later by police in the 1000' block of Raymond Street. Anthony Owens also was charged with driving without a license.

The two are being held in lieu of $3,500 cash bonds. Here are some other incidents recently reported to Akron police: Beacon Journal photo bv Ron Kuner Fair weather fraternity their books outside their fraternity house welcome spring sunshine while staying current in their studies. These members of Siema Nu fraternity at on Carroll Street Monday to soak up some the University of Akron took chairs and Witness tells of gas station holdups Says McCarthan admitted shooting bystander 11 er description oi me cioines worn by his attacker, Zuch said. Defense attorney Bradley lams called the charges against McCarthan "a case of mistaken identity." He told the jury that McCarthan wasn't even at the gas station on the night of Sept. 12 but at his father's house.

lams also called the case "somewhat unusual" and told the jury that police and prosecutors had worked backward. Instead of gathering evidence and letting it lead them to a suspect, Stark County authorities had nabbed a suspect and then gathered evidence to convict him, lams said. He added that Chester at one point tried to retract his statements against McCarthan. The youth was dazed when police questioned him, the defense lawyer said, and detectives coerced him into giving a story. the death penalty.

In opening statements Monday, special prosecutor Frederick Zuch, an assistant Summit County prosecutor, called the events of Sept. 12 "a criminal action that is fairly straightforward" and told the 12-member jury it would have "more evidence than is necessary to convict the defendant." McCarthan first tried to shoot Hunter in the chest but the gun didn't go off, Zuch said. During the holdup, Hunter stood between McCarthan and the gas station cash register, prosecutors said. Lab tests show that a sweatshirt found in a wooded area behind the gas station belonged to McCarthan, Zuch said. Hairs found on the gray and red sweatshirt match hairs belonging to McCarthan but not to the other two defendants.

The shirt also matches Hunt- declined comment Monday in the opening day of McCarthan's trial in the Stark County Common Pleas courtroom of Judge Sheila G. Farmer, who has issued a gag order in the case. Shooting victim John Hunter who survived a gunshot wound in his abdomen, also testified today that McCarthan shot him during the Sept. 12 robbery. McCarthan, 19, is charged with aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated murder for his alleged role in the Sept.

12 holdup. He also is charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in a holdup the next day, Sept. 13, in which a 21-year-old mother was killed at a Canton gas station. Judge Farmer ordered that the cases be tried separately. If convicted of murdering Kimberly Mercier, McCarthan would face Darrin S.

Chester, a 19-year-old Canton man who has confessed to his role in the holdups of two Stark County gas stations in September, took the stand today in the trial of another defendant. In an agreement with prosecutors, Chester today implicated Jon Oney McCarthan in the attempted murder of a bystander. Chester said he drove the getaway car used in the robbery, and said that when McCarthan returned to the car from the station, McCarthan said he had shot a man during the attempted robbery. Chester also said he agreed to testify in return for an agreement that he would be sentenced to 15 years to life for his part in the incidents. He could have faced the death penalty.

Other than their prepared opening statements, prosecutors Lights generate heat in Akron council r.infr tirrMinrr fnr- half nlan. citinc Grace Park's Ions covering liehtine for half plan, citin? Grace Park long- nance er of inappropriate conduct Bv Kathleen Byland of the park, which is on Perkins and Prospect streets near downtown. City planners already had budgeted for the expense in this year's capital improvements The dispute between Council-men Leo Mueller, D-5, and Pat D'Andrea, D-at large, began when parks and recreation committee chairman Joe Kidder, D-6, and Mueller introduced an ordi Beacon Journal staff writer The seemingly routine approval of $10,000 for security lighting at Grace Park flared into hostility Monday with one Akron City Council member accusing anoth Court hearing due in robbery established reputation as a hangout for homosexuals and prostitutes. When D'Andrea pressed Mueller to explain why the lighting is needed, Mueller replied that the park is advertised in a gay magazine and has taken on a derisive nickname. D'Andrea started laughing, and Mueller, who represents the area, started fuming.

"For you to make light of this legislation is beneath the dignity of this council," Mueller told D'Andrea. "I think $10,000 to cute the reputation of one of the most beautiful parks in Akron is inadequate," Mueller said. The argument ended with their colleagues unanimously approv- ing the $10,000 ceiling. a laoe plaver valued at $30. A house in the 400 block of Wooster Avenue was ransacked Saturday.

Furniture and appliances, with an estimated value of $1,465, were taken. ROBBERY The Lawsons store at 1281 S. Arlington St. was robbed Sunday. A clerk told police that a man with a gun took an undetermined amount of cash.

MISCELLANEOUS P6lice are ing a report Irom an U-vear-old boy who said that a 42-year-old Rhodes Avenue man has been commiting sexual acts with him for the last three years. The bov related the story Wednesday to his school principal and police officers. No arrests have been made. ASSAULT A Cole Avenue man reported that he and his 11-vear-oid son suffered minor injuries Sunday when the window ol their truck was shot out bv someone with a pellet gun in the 1200 block of Bellows Avenue. Police are seeking a 32-vear-old Akron man for allegedly using a pocket knife to cut a man in the face.

The incident occurred early Sunday morning at a bar in the 200 block of Memorial Parkway The victim, who was treated at Akron General Medical Center and then released, reported he was trying to break up a fight. BURGLARY A man who lives in the 300 block of South Main Street said someone broke into his home and took $160 in cash, a color television valued at S250, a radio worth S40 and After about 20 tense minutes and telephone conversations between the men and police, the two men surrendered. The employees had locked themselves in a storage room and the manager's office before the surrender. Police confiscated a automatic pistol, but they would not say how much cash was taken. Parker, police said, was a former Chi Chi's employee.

scheduled for a preliminary hearing next Tuesday. Home is Parker's uncle. Both men were being held in Summit County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bonds. More than two dozen Akron police officers surrounded the restaurant at about 7 a.m. Monday after employees reported to police that a robbery was taking place.

Jesse Earl Home, 40, of Curtis Street, Cuyahoga Falls, was to appear in Akron Municipal Court today on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping in a robbery attempt at Chi Chi's restaurant at Chapel Hill Mall Monday. Joseph Parker, 24, also known as Jeff Denman, also of Curtis Street in the Falls, is charged with the same counts. He is.