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The News-Journal, Wilmington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 1981 A5 121 candidates certified for county school board races By MAUREEN MILFORD School District into the four disStaff writer tricts the boards will govern. Candidates for the upcoming New There are 23 seats on the sevenCastle County school board elec- member school boards up for elections have been formally certified tion. The five remaining seats autoby the county Department of Elec- matically go to the five members of tions, said Everett Wilson, acting the current county board. Each director of the department.

board will govern one of the four The 121 approved candidates will separated districts that are being be running in elections Jan. 31, and carved out of the county operation. the boards will begin operation Feb. They are scheduled to go into opera5 the day after a federal court tion in September. begins hearings on the proposed Legislation to divide the consolidivision of the New Castle County dated district into four separate and Md.

trucker killed By DAVID L. PRESTON Hill, who had worked for the firm Staff writer about years, is survived by a A truck driver from wife and two children at home, Ms. Reliance, 37-year-old Williams said last night. She said was one of three peo- she sent another driver to Fremont ple killed Thursday night in a series Hill's back to of accidents involving a dozen vehi- to bring body Marycles on a fog-shrouded Ohio Turn- land. pike bridge, officials said Hill was not wearing the truck's yesterday.

driver seat belt, police said last Turnpike police said Richard J. night. Hill of the Reliance Trailer Park, On the fog-covered bridge 30 about four miles west of Seaford, miles southeast of Toledo, two men was hurled through the windshield who had left their cars to investiof his truck onto the frozen San- gate the ac accidents mistook a guardusky River during a four-truck col- drail for a highway median and lision about 10:30 p.m. two miles plunged to their deaths, state police north of Fremont, Ohio. He was said.

In addition, six people were dead on arrival at Fremont Memo- injured in the series of accidents, rial Hospital at 11:45 p.m., police which involved nine trucks and said. three cars, police said. Hill, a driver for Williams Refri- "There was a big cloud of fog that gerated Express Inc. of Federals- seemed to come down slowly. It burg, was transporting frozen lasted about a half-hour and then food from a Pepperidge Farm out- just left.

It was really strange and let in Downers Grove, to Salis- eerie. I never saw anything like it," bury, according to Barbara said Gary Logsdon, a rescue worker Williams, owner of the trucking who has lived in the area for 35 firm. years. Mayor announces grants to 14 community groups Wilmington Mayor William T. David W.

Singleton, the mayor's McLaughlin Thursday announced administrative assistant, said the that 14 community organizations money was awarded to organizahave been awarded a total of tions that demonstrated that they' $144,000 under the city's Neighbor- could put it to the best use. He said hood Facilities Program. the committee judged the impact of each organization's plan on the The community centers will use community it serves. the funds for basic renovations, The organizations awarded including the removal of architec- money under this year's program tural barriers and the creation of are: additional space. Money for.

The Boy Scouts of America, office! the Neighborhood Facilities Pro- Delaware Guidance Sergram comes from federal Commu- vices, Blackman's Develnity Development Black Grant opment Center, Goodwill money that the city receives Industries of Delaware annually. Last year the city was Grace United Methodist Church, awarded about $4 million in Com- LaFiesta Day Care, munity Development Block Grant Latin American Community Center, money. Neighborhood House This year 25 neighborhood organi- Peoples Settlement Assozations asked the city for money. ciation, St. Anthony's The applications were reviewed by Senior Community Center, a six-member advisory committee West Center City Communwhose members include A.

Lau- ity Center, the Wilmington rence Field, the Rev. John F. Hol- Drama League, the Young den, Dr. Bernice White, MaryAnn Women's Christian Association, Wright, Wendy Kolb and Muriel Gil- $9,000, and the Zion Neighborhood man. House, $14,952.

Driver gets probation for passenger's death A horse groom convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the auto-accident death of a co-worker at Brandywine Raceway was given a suspended one-year jail sentence and placed on probation yesterday. James J. Mullen of Cornwells Heights, who will be 24 tomorrow, was convicted Oct. 16 in the July 15 death of Raymond A. McClellan.

McClellan, 25, of near Southern Pines, N.C., was a passenger in Mullen's car when it ran off a private roadway east of Concord Pike. The car struck a nearby boulder and rolled over on its top, crushing McClellan. In sentencing Mullen, Superior Court Judge Joseph T. Walsh said he agreed with Mullen's lawyer, Howard Hillis, who had told the judge that although both Mullen and McClellan had been drinking, there probably wouldn't have been an Castle names Nancy F. Olsen, currently an administrative assistant to Gov.

Pierre S. du Pont IV, has been named executive assistant to Lt. Michael N. Castle. Castle, who is budgeted two staff aides, also hired Hope Tyler, an official in du Pont's re-election campaign, as his executive secretary.

Mrs. Olsen, of Dover, worked with accident if the large rock had not been near the roadway. Walsh said that if he thought sending Mullen to jail would prevent someone else's death, he wouldn't hesitate. But that the facts indicated the accident might have happened even if Mullen had not been drinking, he said. Noting that the diminutive Mullen was "a little fragile," Walsh said he wasn't sure that a jail term wouldn't "permanently scar" him and that the "minimum benefit to society" was "far outweighed by the possible harm" it could cause Mullen.

Mullen had no previous record and Deputy Attorney General Charles M. Oberly III also recommended probation. Walsh said that a condition of Mullen's probation would be an evaluation for alcohol abuse if recommended by his probation officer. two assistants the legislature throughout du Pont's first term. She has been chief clerk of the House and administrative assistant to House Republicans.

Mrs. Olsen will continue to do some work for du Pont, and be paid about $20,000 a year. Mrs. Tyler, of Hockessin, will be paid about $14,000 a year. Castle will be sworn in Jan.

20. SEPTA sets hearing on service The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will hold a hearing Monday night at 6:30 on its proposal to sharply reduce train service between Delaware points and Philadelphia and to raise fares. The proposal calls for eliminating service between Newark and Phila- smaller districts was approved by the General Assembly in June. Although the law is being challenged in District Court, the state Department of Public Instruction is proceeding on the assumption the reorganization will be approved. Because the federal court created the large district in 1978 by combining 11 old districts for purpose of desegregation, it has the final say on the division.

The filing deadline for the board elections was Jan. 2. Since then election officials have verified the addresses of each candidate. They also checked each signature on the petitions. Wilson said one candidate was placed in the wrong nominating district.

Four other candidates, who were not listed immediately after the filing deadline, have had their names added to the ballot. Only one candidate was disqualified, but four withdrew from the race. Ozie Lee Hall Jr. of Area IV, nominating district was disqualified because he had been convicted on robbery, conspiracy and thirddegree assault charges in 1978, Wilson said. Anyone convicted "of any serious crime" cannot run for public office, Wilson said.

Those who withdrew include John G. Parres of Area nominating district Harry E. Kenton, 203 Townsend Ave. of Area nominating district David Frampton of Area II, nominating district and Barbara Walker of Area III, nominating district C. Philip A.

Schneiderman was origi- in fog fog-shrouded pileup The series of accidents began when a car and tractor-trailer truck stopped in the eastbound lane of the double-span highway bridge because of the heavy fog, authorities said. That caused four trucks to collide. Hill, one of the truck drivers, was thrown through the windshield of his truck, over the guardrail and onto the icy river surface. A man who left his car to investigate the accident fell to his death after stepping over the guardrail, apparently thinking he was stepping onto a shoulder of the roadway. A second accident occurred five minutes later in the westbound lane, when a truck hit a car that had slowed because of the fog.

A final accident involved four more trucks and occurred directly behind the second crash, troopers said. One truck was pushed over the bridge railing and hung upside down over the river. Its driver's screams lured another trucker to the rear of the four-truck pileup. Apparently blinded by fog, he too thought there was a shoulder beyond the guar- drail, jumped over the railing and fell about 60 feet onto the river, troopers said. "The fog was so bad, you could only see about to the end of the hood of your truck," said Larry Longanbach, chief of the Sandusky Township Volunteer Fire Department and one of the first rescue workers to reach the scene.

"Everybody out there was kind of baffled about what happened." Funeral arrangements for Hill were incomplete last night. Father lauds stabbing victim By PETER HARRIS Staff writer Dirk Tyrone Henson, the 17-yearold stabbed to death Thursday night by a suburban Newark youth, was a "class leader" with a history of academic excellence, his father said last night. Henson, while attending Fairwinds Christian School through the 10th grade, earned straight A's, participated in special Academic Days, edited the school newspaper in 1976 and 1978, won a national essay contest and was a state chess champion in 1977, 1978 and 1979, Richard E. Henson, of 109 Mulberry, Road, Windy Hills, said telephone interview. In November, Henson earned his diploma "ahead of his class" through correspondence courses from the American School in Chicago, his father said.

Henson's parents transferred him into the private school in Feb. 1979 "so he could pursue studies to prepare for college his father said. "He was what you would term a class leader," said Henson about his only child. "Someone who the other students or people that he would come in contact with would look up to for leadership and guidance. Paul Weber, 18, of the unit block Winwood Road, Wingate Park, was charged with first degree murder and arraigned yesterday in Magistrate Court.

He was committed to Delware Correctional Center in Smyrna without bail, said detective Gerald Toner, an investigator with New Castle County Police. Weber allegedly stabbed Henson in Building 44 in the Harmony Crest Apartments during a fight at about 7:30 p.m., police said. He was arrested at the scene. Police said Weber was visiting a girlfriend in the complex off the Ogletown-Stanton Road when Henson showed up. Henson and Weber had been at odds since this summer, po 'ce said.

Henson's father explained that the tires on his son's car had been slashed then and teen-agers in the community implicated Weber. Last week, someone hit Weber's car with "a hammer or some kind of instrument," Henson said. He said Henson was at Newark High School to pick up a friend Wednesday when Weber confronted him and accused him of damaging his car. "My son told him he had not done it," and believed that Weber had accepted the denial, the elder Henson said. The two "were not friends," he said.

"They knew each other." Murphy Continued from Al ance matters will "be quite upset" if he gained the chairmanship of Murphy's committee. He said he's always been curious over where some of the bills that ended up in the committee originated. A six-year Senate veteran, Sharp made a name for himself as a vocal chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee. He had said he wants to work in a new area, adding that freshman Sen. James T.

Vaughn D-Clayton, former state Correction Commissioner, is a natural for chairman of the Corrections Committee. Vaughn was named to that post. Sharp will also chair the Judiciary Committee, another new assignment for him. Freshman Democrat, David B. McBride of Middleboro Manor, was named to chair the Education Committee.

Robert I. Marshall of Wilmington will chair Labor and Industrial Relations as well as Community nally listed in Area II, nominating district but is now running in Area III, nominating district F. Added to the list of candidates are Joseph A. Morris of 1019 W. Fifth St.

and Harlan W. Roberts of 221 N. Cleveland Ave. Both are running in Area II, nominating district 1 B. Richard A.

Peipher of 618 W. 20th St. has been added to the race in Area II, nominating district A. Dwight L. Davis of 806 W.

Eighth St. is a new candidate in Area III, nominating district B. Man sentenced to 21 years in shooting By TOM GREER Staff writer Gary R. Jackson, 19, received ja) sentences totaling 21 years yesterday for the shooting of a teen-age clerk during an attempted robbery at a Wilmington convenience store last June 10. Superior Court Judge Clarence W.

Taylor told Jackson, of the unit block E. 23rd that because of the "severity" of the offenses, a substantial sentence had to be imposed as a deterrent to others. In addition to his father, Dirk Henson is survived by his mother, Janet Jamison Henson, and his maternal grandmother, Jocelyn Jamison of Newark. Services will be Monday morning at 11 at Christiana Presbyterian Church, Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. There will be no viewing.

The family asks that flowers be omitted. Death count reaches 20 in boarding home blaze By MICHAEL BEZDEK Associated Press KEANSBURG, N.J. At least 20 people are dead and another 10 are missing after fire officials spent much of yesterday sifting through the charred rubble of a boarding home for the elderly and mentally retarded destroyed by fire just before dawn. Eight people were injured and scores of residents, some of them naked, were forced to flee into the freezing night. Firefighters spent hours searching for additional bodies in the remains of the two-story Beachview Rest Home.

The roof and large portions of the first floor caved in, making their job more difficult, and many of the bodies were badly charred. Officials suspended the search at midafternoon and said they would resume today with the help of a crane. Cause of the fire was not known. Frank Cappadona, owner of the boarding home, said the building did not have sprinklers, but he said it has smoke detectors in the individual rooms, the halls and the closets. Monmouth County Prosecutor Alexander Lehrer said Dr.

Solomon Goldberg of the state Department of Health waived a state law that would have required the boarding home to install sprinklers. However, Fred Hebler, director of the health facility inspection division of the state Department of Health, said there was no law requiring the building to install the sprinklers. He said the waiver issued was for a one-story intermediate care facility at the rear of the building, which also did not require sprinklers. Lehrer said he expected more bodies to be uncovered in what remained of the home, a former resort hotel that housed 111 residents. He said initial reports that 21 bodies were found were misleading because "unfortunately we only have parts of some bodies." "I'm positive I was lucky," said committees will be the same as last year's.

Cordrey, who announced the appointments, said he wanted to chair the Banking committee because, "I just wanted to see what's going to happen to Farmers Bank." Cordrey said Republicans were assigned to the committees of their choice. Democrats, who are in a 12-9 majority, chair all committees. Senate committee chairmen for the 131st General Assembly, which convenes Tuesday, are: Administrative and Energy, Harris B. McDowell III of Wilmington; Agriculture, Thurman G. Adams Jr.

of Bridgeville; Executive, Adams; Finance, Nancy W. Cook of Kenton; Health, Socal Services and Aging, Herman M. Holloway Sr. of Wilmington; Highways and Transportation, Roger A. Martin of Windy Hills; Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Jacob W.

Zimmerman of Turnbury, Revenue and Taxation, Cordrey, Sunset Review, McDowell. Jeffrey R. Welsh also contributed to this account. Frank Shultety, 68, who escaped from the second floor. "I walked out by myself.

I saw a lot of smoke. A lot of people were moving out. I saw the smoke outside. I moved out myself. Nobody warned me." One man apparently leaped from a second-floor window and was found dead in front of the building clutching a window screen, said First Aid Squad Capt.

Frank Folz. Another man was found dead behind the building, he said. The other bodies were found inside the building. Eight residents of the home, on Raritan Bay about 30 miles south of Newark, were injured in the fire, said Lehrer said. Several firefighters also were reported injured.

The fire was first spotted by a passing patrolman shortly before 4 a.m. By the time firefighters arrived, several residents had fled the building into sub-freezing temperatures. The Beachview, formerly the Colony Hotel, had been renovated from the original four floors to two stories. The main part of the Beachview was licensed as a boarding home, or "residential health -care facility," while a one-story, wood-frame extension on the rear was licensed as an "intermediate care facility" for the retarded, officials said. All 38 mentally retarded residents of the rear wing were evacuated safely, she said.

Jackson pleaded guilty in October to first -degree assault, attempted first-degree robbery, conspiracy and possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony. In a plea bargain, the state reduced an attempted first-degree murder charge to the assault count. The charges arose from the attempted holdup and shooting of Aaron Forward, 17, of 2807 Jefferson a clerk in the Robert's Place store at 20th and Jefferson streets. Two men and a juvenile walked into the store where Forward was working about 3:20 a.m. One pulled a pistol and ordered Forward to open the cash register.

When Forward was unable to get it open, Deputy Attorney General Stephen Walther told Taylor, Jackson shouted at the other man, "Goddamn it, shoot him," and the accomplice fired a shot into Forward's abdomen. The state contends that the shot was fired by Leroy Robinson, 20, of the 2200 block Monroe who still faces attempted murder and other charges. The case of a 15-year-old juvenile also charged in the case was handled in Family Court. Walther asked Taylor to impose a 25-year sentence on Jackson, who was described by his lawyer, John Amalfitano as a "bright young man." No lawyer could expect Jackson not to receive a jail term, Amalfitano said, but he asked Taylor not to make it too severe. Walther said Jackson had a criminal record that included drug dealing.

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