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Page v. The Indiana Gazette Thursday, October 15, 1987 Page 2 Zaccaro acquitted of scheming charges Indiana man killed in crash Continued from Page 1 to avoid htting Bordorff, police said. The injured predestrian was taken dictment," Ms. Ferraro said on the courthouse steps. "It should never have happened.

There's a four-letter word I can use lo describe John Santucci." "What is it?" someone yelled. "Dumb," she replied, smiling. "It is a dumb indictment. It was a dumb political action. But 1 guess, of course, anybody who sits on their brains for 14 hours at a time must suffer some sort of damage." Asked if she would consider running for office again, Ms.

Ferraro said, "Perhaps." "I really don't see answering the charges," Santucci responded. "She worked here. She and her family have been through a very trying episode, and I will take the statements in the manner in which they were made." Zaccaro's business dealings had come under intense scrutiny after Ms. Ferraro's nomination as Waller Mondale's running mate. "John is going back to being John Zaccaro, real estate broker, no longer John Zaccaro, husband of Geraldine Ferraro, who ran for vice president of the United States," Ms.

Ferraro said. Prosecutor Paul Pickelle had characterized Zaccaro and Manes as partners in crime, and the judge, State Supreme Court Justice John Thorp, told the jury it must find that Manes broke the law to convict Zac- Insufficient evidence," said Lester Anthony, the jury foreman, declining further comment. "They never proved he was working for Donald Manes," said juror Ronald Forte, a postal worker. Pickelle's case began unraveling with the testimony of the prosecution's star witness, stale Power Authority Chairman Richard Flynn. Flynn, Cablevision's lawyer at the time of the alleged bribe, had testified Zaccaro told him the franchise could be had for a substantial sum of money.

Flynn said he told Zaccaro that-Cablevision would not pay. However, under cross-examina-tion Flynn said he felt Zaccaro was not soliciting a bribe but merely informing him that the franchising process was corrupt. The defense rested without calling a witness. Defense attorney Robert Morvillo said the prosecution witnesses were all he needed. "Thank God it turned out the way it did, and I'm glad it's over," Zaccaro said after the verdict.

"I've tried corruption cases now for over a dozen years," 'Pickelle said. "It's a classic case of a bribe-receiving allegation where you have one witness testifying to the bribe. Even in the best of circumstances you always have a chancy result." Pickelle and Santucci said they will review Flynn's grand jury testimony to see if his story changed at trial. NEW YORK AP) Geraldine Ferraro lashed out at her former boss, the Queens district attorney, with a "four-letter word" dumb after he tried and failed to convict her husband of trying to shake down a cable TV company. Juhn Zaccaro, 54, was acquitted Wednesday on bribery and extortion charges in an indictment Ms.

Ferraro reiterated would not have been brought if she hadn't been the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate. After the verdict, Ms. Ferraro said she might run for office again and would work to defeat in 1989 District Attorney John Santucci, who helped launch her career by hiring her as a prosecutor and later backed her for Congress. "If we can't find a Democrat to do and the Republicans come up with someone I' he there to help out," she said. Ms.

Ferrao's real-estate broker husband was accused of scheming in 1981 with then-Queens Borough President Donald Manes to solicit a bribe from- Cablevision Systems Corp. for the lucrative contract to wire the borough. Manes, who also was implicated in unrelated corruption cases, committed suicide in 1986. Zaccaro, if convicted, could have received up to seven years in prison. "I'm angry at John Santucci tor bringing this obviously empty in to the flrookvUle Hospital ambulance where authorities say he is in fair condition.

PUNXSUTAWNEY A Punxsu-tawney man and a passenger escaped serious injury here Wednesday night when he crashed along the Indiana Hill on Route 119 in the borough, according to police. Borough police said Stephen Fet-terhoff of Punxsutawney was traveling north down the Indiana Hill at 10:35 p.m. when he swerved he swerved his car to avoid a deer on the highway. Fetterhoff vehicle went off the berm, hit a PennDOT sign and then skidded 100 feet before hitting a utility pole, police said. Fetterhoff and an unidentified passenger both suffered minor, injuries but were not hospitalized.

Damages top the car were severe, borough police said. ROSSITER A Rossiter area man was not injured but his car was severely damaged in a one-car accident on Route 336 in Banks Township Wednesday afternoon at 12:20 p.m., according lo state police at John Zaccaro, right, husband of 1984 Democratic vice president tial candidate Ceraldine Ferraro, left, and their daughter Donna Zaccaro, center, arrive at state Supreme Court in Queens, N.Y. Wednesday, (AP Laserphoto) Duarte disputes rebels7 claims Wednesday with Reagan, said the Salvadoran leader reported a dramatic change in the battlefield situation since 1984 when he was elected and the United States became a reliable source of assistance. WASHINGTON (AP) Salva-doran President Jose Napoleon Duarte, disputing claims by leftist rebels, lold President Reagan that his military forces are now in a position to control all of the nation's ter Punxsutawney. Troopers said Dennis Neal of Rossiter RD 1 apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving south on Route 336.

He left the highway, hit a guard rail cable, skidded 84 feet and struck six guard rails before stopping, police said. HOMER CITY A New Florence man suffered a minor injury in a two-ear accident on Route 680 in Center Township Wednesday evening. State police in Indiana said the accident occurred on Power Plant Road at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Drivers involved were Lewis Oswalt, 29, of Creekside, and Johnnie Glenn Labbee, 34, of New Florence, police said.

Lynn Labbee, 30, of New Florence, was slightly injured in the crash and was treated and released at Indiana Hospital, police said. Stale police in Indiana said a Perm Run man suffered a minor injury in a two-car accident on Route 286 in White Township Wednesday. State police said the accident occurred at 2:12 p.m. and involved cars driven by John C. Heller, 27, Penn Run Rd 1, and Barbara Kellar, 4D, Indiana.

Heller suffered a minor injury in the accident but was not hospitalized, state police said. ritory. A senior U.S. official, briefing reporters on Duarte's meeting Armstrong to advertise water plan SHELOCTA The Armstrong Township supervisors have taken a required step toward installation of a public water system in their area. At a Wednesday night meeting, the supervisors voted to advertise a proposed township ordinance requiring the water system, beginning sometime next week.

A final vote is expected Oct. 28. The Indiana County Municipal Services Authority needs the ordinance in order to proceed with its Water Renovation IV, a project to provide public water supplies to the Armstrong Township and Shelocta areas. Shelocta passed its own enabling ordinance on Oct. 8.

Township secretary Don Harris State police and fire company rescue personnel are shown at the scene of an early morning accident in Black Lick Townsnip roaay wntcn rarany miurea the unver, Purivt-iv (7uuy SwuniyO, 28, of J30 Lincoln Indiana. See story an page one. (Gazette Photo by Campisano) Shultz heads for Middle East to weigh peace prospects At the time of Duarte's election, a military stalemate appeared to have developed in El Salvador, partly because Congress was reluctant lo provide assistance to a country plagued by human rights abuses. Over the past three years, however, the administration's requests have enjoyed bipartisan support and U.S. aid has run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Duarte, in Washington on a state visit that included a dinner hosted by Reagan on Wednesday night, was expected to review the overall situation in El Salvador today during a meeting with House and Senate members. His support on Capitol Hill remains strong. The U.S. official, speaking only on condition of anonymity, said Duarte told Reagan that government troops have "regained and retained" the initiative and are prepared to spread their authority throughout the country. While rebel strength has declined in recent years to an estimated 5,000 insurgents, military experts have said the guerrillas maintain a capacity to carry out successful raids against Salvadoran military installations.

Rebel strongholds are in the northern and central parts of Ihe country. Duarte's assessment contrasts sharply with that of the insurgent leadership. Salvadoran rebel leader Guiller-mo Ungo said last week that the insurgents continue to be a force "without which it is not possible to decide the destiny of our country." Another rebel leader, Leonel Gonzalez, said his forces "have expanded the war lo the entire country" and are developing a capacity to wage a "permanent war of the said the proposed ordinance would require that all buildings and mobile home parks in the township be connected into the system, that all private wells or other water sources be abandoned within the area of the system, and that provisions be made for inspection of the system. Provisions for charges and penalties were also provided for. ICMSA executive director Mike Duffalo said Wednesday that the authority can proceed with Water Renovation IV once the enabling ordinances are in place.

The project is to be funded through a SI .6 million Farmers' Home Administration grant. for 20 years and generally backs Arab positions. Peres, in an interview broadcast on Israel army radio earlier this week, said he would keep trying to persuade Shamir to accept a conference and raised the possibility Shultz would be able to come up with ideas to sway conference opponents. "Shultz must be coming with proposals. And it is possible that some of them will be interesting," Peres said.

Shultz ostensibly is visiting Israel to receive an honorary doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science and to see a business fellowship established in his name at Tel Aviv Institute. Soon after his arrival. Shultz has back-to-back meetings scheduled with Shamir and Peres. He makes a sidetrip to Jidda on Saturday for talks with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and returns that evening for a meeting with Palestinian Arabs in Jerusalem. to counter speculation that he could be talked into a peace conference with the participation of the Soviet Union.

In an interview published in the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Shamir said such a conference would force Israel to yield alt the territories captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Shamir's right-wing Likud bloc is idelogically opposed to ceding any part of the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights or east Jerusalem. While there is virtual unanimity among Israelis never to permit another division of their capital, Jerusalem. Peres and the Labor party are willing to give up much of Ihe West Bank in exchange for peace with Jordan, which controlled the territory rrom 1948 to 1967. "The disagreements are not about procedure, but about substance, in the final analysis," Shamir was quoted a saying.

"Labor's intention is to coerce the people of Israel, through the international conference, to relinquish the territories." Shamir has proposed direct peace talks with the Arabs without preconditions. He is wary of a Soviet role in negotiations since Moscow has not bad diplomatic relations with Israel WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of Slate George P. Shultz heads for the Middle East today to weigh the prospects for Arab-Israeli peace talks without any solid indications that the parties are ready to bargain. Shultz has consistently taken the position that the United States should not seem to be more eager for talks than the parties themselves. However, he has been under pressure from Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to see if he can prod the two sides to the negotiating table.

But even ihe Israeli government is divided on the question. Its prime minister. Yitzhak Shamir, is cool lo the idea of an international peace conference, which is Ihe way King Hussein of Jordan wants lo proceed. In addition, there is no agreed formula for representing Palestinian Arabs. Shultz was set to outline his views at a news conference before his departure for Tel Aviv.

He will be away nine days and hold talks in Moscow Oct. 22-23 on arms control and on selling a date for the next U.S.-Soviet summit meeting. Shamir has issued repealed statements in advance of the Shultz. trip Missile hits oil terminal Continued from Page 1 Iran has targeted ships trading with or belonging to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, charging that they aid Iraq's war efforts. To deter Iran, the Kuwaitis have turned to the United States and other countries for help.

The Reagan administration agreed lasl summer to reflag and provide U.S. Navy protection for 11 of Kuwait's 21 tankers. During the early U.S.-escorted convoys, American officials had expressed worry that Iran would fire Silkworm missiles at U.S. ships in the narrow Strait of Hormuz. Dr.

Gordon Anderson, the mayor's cardiologist in Erie who attended the news conference, said the disease has affected Tullio's heart, which caused the fluid retention Erie mayor also has rare illness ERIE, Pa. (AP) Longtime Mayor Louis Tullio said today that he suffers from the same rare, usually fatal disease that has struck Pittsburgh's mayor, but plans to remain in office. "I really want to finish my term. It would he better to finish. It gives me something to do," Tullio said in a statement to the Erie Daily Times.

Tullio, 71, a Democrat whose sixth four-year term as mavor expires at the end of 1989, disclosed he has amyloidosis at a morning news conference at City Hall. His announcement came 13 days after Pittsburgh Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri said he suffers from amyloidosis, an incurable disease that attacks vital body tissues and organs. sorecUEf. NEW YORK 10:30 m.

Las Zti9. Slocks; AWiHCoro 35V, HARHISBURG (AP) Sales for Wednesday's drawing of the Super 7 game totaled a record $27 million, but lottery officials were unable to determine if a winning ticket was sold. "As a result of the heavy sales volume, payout amounts for Super 7 Will not be available until 9 a.m. Thursday morning," lottery spokesman Michael Keyser said after the drawing. "We have to process all 27.6 million plays to see how many, if any, of the players have seven of the winning numbers." The $27,662,192 in sales broke the previous record of $16,529,812, set April IS.

Keyser said. Shortly he fore 1 p.m., lottery sales per minute hit a state-high when 19,140 tickets were sold, breaking the previous record of 17,885, also set on April 15, Keyser said. The winning numbers Wednesday in the Pennsylvania Super 7 game were 06, 07, 10, 13, 19, 35, 55, 64, 65, 74 and 79. Airgain Al can Alums AllcgCp AllMh'ntt Alieg Pw AlleiisCp viAllisChal Alcoa AmCvarn AmenteOis AmerTM Amoco Armcolnt Jl'4 I SI 1H 36U Colutn Gas Comwl ConEdisn OanaCo OCwChem EslKodsK Eon FMCCP PordWoK GTE Corn GenCorp GerElits GenWilli Gen Motor GnMotrE GPUCo Gcnesco tC Goodrich Goodyear Greyhound ITT Corp IBM. InilPaoors Kancrtech MaiiMar McOermiot Merck NCR CO NWA inc Nat Distill Olir.Cfr PPGs PacTBt PerwevJC Penni PwLt PepsiCo Phil Elec Polaroid ProctGamb SearsRoeb Singer Co S-st Bells USX Com (jnCarbde UnPar.Cs USWest WestohEt viWMPilSII WWHakr Woolwithi 44H ArmWIfi Awrc AflRicMltl rullio said he underwent heart surgery about five years ago and had been suffering from a build-up of fluids as well as shortness of breath after physical exertion.

He recently had lost weight and at times looked haggard. CAMPAIGNING IN ATLANTA Vice President George Bush emphasizes his campaign concerns Wednesday to meeting of the Buck-head Business Association and the Midtown Business Association during a campaign stop in Atlanta. He is seeking the Republican presidential nomination. (AP Laserphoto) Bell Allan BollScjIhi flenell Cp eeir Sieol BrunswckS CBS Chevron ChrvsUf 36' MTIt 50.