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PAGE 2 THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon, Mount Union and Obituaries William W. Miller Mrs. Josephine DeLuca William W. Miller, 74, of 126 Second Belleville, died at. 11:35 a.m.

Wednesday, May 14, 1980 in the Lewistown Hospital. Born Nov. 8, 1905 in Milroy, he was the son of Dr. Henry E. and Margaret (Stroup) Miller.

He was united in marriage to Margaret Russler who preceded him in death Aug. 9, 1975. He is by the following children: Mrs. Gene (Audrey) Michael and Mrs. Thomas (Sally) Shingler, both of Langhorne; Mrs.

Jerald (Donna) Snook of Grand Island, Mrs. Nancy M. Aumiller of Belleville; and Mrs. Warren (Lucy) Bowersox of Granville R.D. 1.

Fifteen grandchildren also survive. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mary Ellen Laub of Belleville; Robert M. Miller and Jay R. Miller, both of Petersburg R.D.

Joseph H. Miller of Lewistown; Mrs. Hilda Strieker of Reedsville; and Mrs. James (Marie) Yocum of Etters R.D. 1.

He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Belleville. A 1922 graduate of Standing Stone High School, Stone Valley, he also attended Juniata College. He was retired from Sperry New Holland, Belleville, where he had been a tool crib attendant. He had also been a school teacher for a number of years.

He was active in the senior citizens group in Belleville. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Belleville, with the Rev. Thomas S.

Kramm officiating. Interment will be made in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Belleville. Friends may call at the Donald E. Baggus Funeral Home, Belleville, Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mrs. Josephine DeLuca of Dudley died at 6:20 a.m. today, May, 15, 1980, In the home of her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeLuca of Dudley.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Albert N. Masood Funeral Chapel, Saxton, and are incomplete at this time. A full obituary will be announced in tomorrow's edition of The Daily News. now held by Georgia's Herman Talmadge, and he boasted to reporters as he was led to the Jefferson County Jail by deputies he was "still a white racist." Stoner was booked and freed on bond. Blair Memorial Hospital Leroy F.

Frain Leroy F. Frain, 60, of Mill Creek Star Route, died Thursday, May 15, 1980, at 12:10 a.m. in the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon.

He had been ill since February. Born October 31,1919 in Mill Creek, he was the son of Edward. Ar, and Mary (Harshbarger) Frain. On Dec. 10, 1948, he was united in marriage with Alma June Crownover in Huntingdon by the Rev.

Fred Hartzfelt. Surviving are his wife and the following children: Mrs. David (Edna) Cohenour, William E. Frain, Mrs. Gary (Connie) Sechrist, Mrs.

Kenneth (Rose) Eichelberger, and Arlene Frain, all of Mill Creek Star Route. There are six grandchildren. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Edward Frain of Chambersburg; George Frain and John Frain, both of Greencastle; Mrs. Caroline Locke of Mount Union R. Mrs.

Eugene (Irene) Mitchell of Fayetteville, N. Mrs. Minnie Hoffman of Huntingdon and Mrs. Grace Kyle of New Cumberland. Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.

Mr. Frain was a member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church of Huntingdon. An employee of the Pennsylvania Rail Road for 20 years, he last worked as a group leader in the molding department at Elco. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions made be made to the Calvary Independent Baptist Church. Funeral arrangements, under the direction of the Robert E.

Peters Funeral Home, Huntingdon, are incomplete at this time and will be announced as soon as possible in The Daily News. Laurel Leigh Guerry Laurel Leigh Guerry of Woodbridge, Va. was dead at birth, May 8, 1980, in the DeWitt Army Hospital, Belvoir, Va. Surviving are her parents, Captain and Mrs. Frederick Guerry of Wopdbridge, her paternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Guerry of Huntingdon; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kane of Altoona; and her maternal great grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Usher Kane of Altoona. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Robert I. McClain Funeral Home, Cassville. Interment was made in the Wright Cemetery, Huntingdon Star Route, this afternoon.

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Arnold, Mapleton Depot. Esther Treece, 505 Sixteenth Saxton. -Zenda I. Sweger, Waterfall. Donna V.

Williams, Huntingdon R.D. 3. Joyce D. Wilson, Mill Creek. Vera G.

Gross, 50 Taylor Mount Union. Fred A. Jamison, Mapleton Depot R.D.I. Discharged Jason M. Arnold, Mapleton Depot.

Paulette D. Borger, 806 Washington Huntingdon. Mary L. Couch, Huntingdon R.D. 2.

Donald H. DeForrest, Huntingdon R.D. 4. Thomas T. Morder, 412 N.

Jefferson Mount Union. Donna J. Patterson, Alexandria R.D. 1. Helen R.

Stilt, 303 Thirteenth Huntingdon. Thomas K. Zdrosky, Dudley. Births Charles and Carol White of Burnt Cabins are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter on May 13, 1980 in the Chambersburg Hospital. Proud grandparents are Earl and Loretta Torrey of Marklesburg and Monroe and Marian White of Mill Creek.

Gets 10 Years Attorney Guilty In Bombing BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) J.B. Stoner, who once described Adolf Hitler as a racial moderate was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the bombing of a black church 22 years ago. Stoner was convicted and sentenced Wednesday for the June 29, 1958, bombing at the Bethel Baptist Church. No one was injured in the explosion.

The conviction and 10-year sentence the minimum was handed down by a jury of 11 whites and one black after just one hour and 20 minutes of deliberations. The controversial Marietta, attorney was released on $20,000 bond pending an appeal of his conviction. Prosecutor Burton Dunn conceded the government's case was weak and said Stoner was convicted "not on the strength of our evidence but on the testimony of Stoner himself." During cross-examination, Stoner acknowledged he was "proud to be a white racist" and advocated "sending them (blacks) back to Africa to solve the racial Stoner, a practicing attorney since 1952, has been a perennial candidate in Georgia saying he was the white people's choice and has helped defend members of the Ku Klux Klan and other white racist groups. His most notorious client was James Earl Ray, who was convicted of the 1968 murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Co-prosecutor John Yung III capitalized on Stoner's racist views during closing arguments, saying, "The main reason he blew up that church is just plain hate.

I doubt if you've ever seen a man eaten up, so possessed, with hate like that man J.B. Stoner." He "is a professional hater, a bold-faced liar and a cold- blooded bomber," Yung told the jury. The government's case was based primarily on the testimony of undercover police officer Thomas Cook, who testified Stoner plotted the bombing and claimed credit for it afterwards. Stoner contended he was framed by the FBI and Birmingham's Police Department and denied any connection with the explosion. Stoner said the verdict would not affect his plans to run for the U.S.

Senate seat Alexandria Post Office Bids Sought The U.S. Postal Service has announced it has advertised for bids for space to house a new main post office in Alexandria. The preferred site is within the area of the present post office providing a central location for postal customers. The recommended site size is 95' 130' or approximately 12,350 square feet. Space requirements are for a building containing approximately 1,856 square feet net interior space, 120 square feet of platform area and parking, driveways and maneuvering areas as may be required.

Bidders may offer either existing space, space to be modified, or facilities to be constructed. The Postal Service will lease the space from the successful bidder for a basic term of 15 years with 3 five year renewal options. Information on plans and specifications may be obtained from the Field Real Estate and Buildings Office, P.O. Box 31, Coraopolis. Bids must be received in the Field Real Estate Buildings Office by the close of business on June 30,1980.

On X-Rays Leukemia Study Data Released BOSTON (UPI) Low doses of radiation from dental and medical X-rays over long periods of time do not increase the risk of leukemia, a study published today shows. The research, appearing this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, seems to refute earlier evidence Unking leukemia to relatively low levels of radiation. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, compared 138 leukemia patients with two people each of the same age, sex, X-ray history and matching medical histories. They found that for two major types of leukemia, people in the comparison group had the same or less risk of developing the disease, despite having received the same number and doses of X-rays. Most test subjects received less than 300 rads (a measure of radiation) to their bone marrow in small amounts over a long period of time, said Dr.

Athena Lino, one of six investigators participating in the research. An average chest X-ray exposes a patient's bone marrow to 1.6 millirads or 16 10-thousandths of a rad, she said. The radiation from a dental X-ray would depend on the area of the jaw or skull exposed. High-level radiation is known to cause leukemia, she said, but research published in 1962 also reported a link between diagnostic X-rays and leukemia. She said the study may have been misleading because investigators lacked exact information on the doses of radiation a patient received.

Additionally, as the science of radiology was refined, machines were built to provide higher quality X-rays that deliver less radiation to the patient and the operator. "The new dental machines give you one-tenth or one-twentieth of the X- radiation you would have gotten only 15 years ago," she said. The small size of the Mayo study meant the estimate of relative risk might be subject to a sampling error, the doctor said. But if that were the case, she added, it was still 95 percent certain X-rays would less than double the leukemia risk. New Poll Data Analyzed Anderson Seen In Upset Role Illinois Congressman John Anderson, who broke ranks with the Republican Party for an uphill independent presidential campaign, could come within striking distance of upsetting Ronald Reagan and President Carter, ac' cording to the results of an ABC-Lou Harris poll.

The poll released Wednesday and reflecting the sentiments of 1,190 voters, showed that if the election were held today, Republican Reagan would get 39 percent of the vote, Carter 33 percent and Anderson 23 percent. But, when asked how they would vote if Anderson could convince voters he is a serious candidate with polls showing he has a reasonable cTiance of winning, his approval rating rose 6 points to 29 percent, compared with Reagan at 35 percent and Carter at 31 percent. The poll was taken in the last week in April after Anderson withdrew from the GOP race. Anderson's chief strategist, David Garth, Wednesday night said in a telephone interview from his New York office he is "obviously pleased" with the results of the poll, but that he is "not kidding himself" when he says "we still have a long way to go." Meanhile, the Michigan Court of Appeals Wednesday refused a request by the state GOP to rule Anderson off the state's May 20 presidential primary ballot. Anderson could not be reached for comment, but his wife Kiki, said from their Washington home, "I know John must be pleased, but will still work hard." "It is a question of time.

As the campaign proceeds Anderson will get 1 1161 1 11 and his situation will improve Garth said. He also cited recent polls in theLos Angeles Times and Hartford (Conn.) Courant showing Anderson just a few per- points behind centage Reagan. Garth greatest growth" said Anderson's "potential for is among voters 'who really don't know who John Anderson is yet. Meanwhile, Reagan's backers are talking up the possibility their candidate can clinch the Republican presidential nomination in next Tuesday's Michigan primary. But George Bush supporters believe, on the contrary, their man will win that primary.

In any case, according to UPI's delegate totals, a Reagan sweep of both Michigan and Oregon would not quite make it. The UPI totals show Reagan with 87fi, counting the 40 he picked up Tuesday, with 998 needed. Michigan and Oregon have a combined total of 111. Sen. Edward Kennedy, meanwhile, was expected to discuss his candidacy in a speech today at the Los Angeles Press Club.

The Massachusetts senator, who already was fighting a steep uphill battle, lost both Maryland and Nebraska to President Carter Tuesday and fueled speculation his campaign for the Democratic nomination is hopeless. Carter rtbw has 1,521 delegates to the senator's 813, in the UPI tabulation which includes firm selections and projections of caucus votes. It takes 1,666 to nominate on the Democratic side. Hike Sent To Governor Pay Boost For Justices OK'd HARRISBURG (UPD Following the lead of the Senate, the House has sent to Gov. Dick Thornburgh a bill that would boost by as much as $5,000 the annual salaries of Pennsylvania's 555 district iustices.

Meanwhile, the Democratic controlled Senate Tuesday approved several key nominations made by Thornburgh, including his choice of Republican Mario Melc for a seat on the Liquor Control Board. "You've got to pay people like this a salary that increases with inflation," said House Majority Leader Matthew Ryan, R-Delaware, after the House approved the $4.5 million magistrate pay increase bill by a 183-5 vote. "These people haven't had a pay increase for four years and probably won't get another one for a while." Justices who receive salaries ranging from $10,500 to $19,500 a year depending on the size of their districts would be paid $14,500 to $24,500, effective Dec. 1, if the measure is approved by Thornburgh. The bill also provides thai retired magistrates assigned temporary duties by counties be paid $50 a day, an increase of $6 from the current per diem reimbursement.

The effective date of the magistrates' increases coincides with the date lawmakers and commonwealth judges will receive pay increases approved by the Legislature last year. The House also approved and sent to the Senate by a 15331 vote a bill thatj confirms that security officers of the Philadelphia Housing Authority have full police powers to pursue suspected criminals on authority properties. The Senate's 49-0 vote to confirm Mele, of Fort Washington, Montgomery County, came after Thornburgh agreed to withdraw the name of Frank Ursomarso of Kennett Square, Chester County, to a second LCB post. Senate Democrats have refused to budge from their position that LCB Chairman Daniel Pennick, a Democrat, should not be replaced and that Democrats should retain political control of the board. The Senate also confirmed by unanimous vote Thornburgh's nominations of Eugene Clarke Jr.

and Leonard Ivanoski to Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Insurance Commissioner Harvey Bartle III and Deputy Budget Secretary Robert Bittenbender were approved by 490 votes to fill vacancies on the State Employees Retirement Board. But the Senate rejected by a 25-23 vote Thornburgh's nomination of Deputy Transportation Secretary James Scheiner to the retirement board. And, in a bizarre move, maverick Rep. Ronald Goebel, an Allegheny County Republican, announced he was switching his political affiliation to Democrat, effective today.

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The amendment substitutes the tax with a $400,000, six- month startup appropriation for a statewide cancer registry. Coppersmith predicted the proposed addition to the state cigarette tax could not win Senate approval and contended the state Health Department had not explained how most of the money would be spent. Sen. James R. Kelley, D- Westmoreland, said if the Senate approved the bill, most of the money "probably would be used for cancer research, which would duplicate federal research expenditures." Coppersmith declined to state the vote by which the House passed the bill, but said the measure cleared "in a late session when there were not many people on the floor." Cole, sitting in the rear of the Senate committee chamber, angrily protested that "that was not the case at all.

This committee is being given a lot of misinformation." Cole said the "money would go for a cancer control program, starling with no-names identification of cancer victims by types and geographical location, then include cancer screening, rehabilitation for cancer victims, cancer education and finally, ninth on the list, a possibility of clinical cancer research." Cole said Gov. Dick Thornburgh had indicated he would sign legislation adding the special penny-a-pack tax to the 18-cents a pack the state already collects for its general fund revenues. But Sen. Edward Early, D-Allegheny, said Coppersmith had proposed an unfunded new program likely to draw a gubernatorial veto in place of a cigarette tax Thornburgh has said he would sign. "I say let's give the cigarette tax a shot," Early said.

"Almost everyone in this room has lost a loved one to cancer in the past year or two." Cole told the panel that "cancer killed 25,000 Pennsylvanians last year and over 50,000 new cases will be diagnosed in 1980 compared with 43,000 diagnosed in 1977. "Little states like Connecticut and Massachusetts are spending up to $50 million a year on cancer control programs," Cole said, "while Pennsylvania spends under $500,000. "I know the additional cigarette tax is the problem," Cole said, "because of the opposition by the tobacco industry lobbyists. Governor Sees Near Disaster HARRISBURG (UPI) Declaring "there are no alternatives," Gov. Dick Thornburgh is reiterating his call for passage of a new gasoline tax plan that he says is needed to avert a near disastrous economic crisis in Pennsylvania.

A frustrated Thornburgh told a small group of Capitol reporters Tuesday he was "baffled" by the Legislature's opposition to his plan, which would raise revenues above current levels by tying the gas tax to the price of fuel rather than quantity sold. Gas tax revenues are used to pay for Transportation Department highway projects such as pothole filing, road construction and bridge repairs. "You've got to ask the legislative leadership," Thornburgh replied when asked to assess the reasons for mounting opposition to the gas tax plan. "I don't know. I am baffled." Thornburgh's plan to stabilize revenues would fill a $160 million gap in the highway projects budget in fiscal year 1980-81, created by a drop in gas tax revenues resulting from declining fuel sales triggered by the energy crunch.

Thornburgh said failure to stabilize gas tax revenues would result in: A cutback of more than 15 percent in projects underway by PennDOT. "There are commitments that have already been made this year with an expectation that a level of funding would be available that may or may not have to be abandoned," he said. "I'm not in a position to tell you precisely what stretch of road or what bridge may be closed." A loss of an unspecified amount of federal highway funds something less than $100 million because of Pennsylvania's inability to put up state matching dollars. A loss of an unspecified number of constructions jobs because of the road projects that will be canceled. A "serious crimp" in efforts to lure new business to Pennsylvania to revive the state's economy.

Thornburgh said some businessmen require good roads to receive and send supplies, "It will mean something just short of disaster," Thornburgh concluded. He said legislative leaders indicated to him that the proposal was opposed "because this is an election year." Highway funds have slacked off in the last year. Administration analysts say this is because the energy crunch has discouraged auto use, and when fuel purchases declined, revenues from the piggy-back tax dropped accordingly. The new Thornburgh plan would abolish 6 cents of the 11 cents-per-gallon gas tax and replace it with a tax amounting to 6 percent of the price of a gas purchase. While the new Thornburgh plan would actually raise the tax, it is not intended to boost revenues above the level approved by the Legislature' prior to the 1979 gas crunch, administration analysts claim.

Some lawmakers have said, however, that the percentage would open a door to unlimited PennDOT funding in the event the price of gasoline escalates to European prices such as $2.50 or more per gallon. PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY Wednesday, May 14,1980 BIG 50 Red -193 -White -22 Blue-1 BONUS 085670 23 FOR 1 LOTTERY THREE DIGIT 527 FOUR-DIGIT 4268 FIVE-DIGIT 57576 US Air Has April Traffic Increase WASHINGTON, D.C. -Despite last April's abnormal traffic levels, USAir flew 2 percent more revenue passenger miles to 484,885,000 from 475,455,000 last April. However, the number of passengers boarded declined 5 percent to 1,242,182 from 1,304,476 last April and the passenger load factor delined to 65 percent this April from 73 percent in April 1979. Edwin I.

Colodny, chairman and president of USAir, stated that April results were on target and very favorable, particularly the load factor at 65 percent, despite the slight reduction in passengers carried. Comparisons of the current April with April last year are distorted by the fact that USAir gained substantial traffic and operated at a higher than normal passenger load factor as a result of a strike against United Airlines. Available seat miles flown during April totaled 743,910,000 up 15 percent from 648,593,000 during the same month of last year. During the first four months of 1980 USAir flew 1,777,557,000 revenue passenger miles, up 20 percent from 1,485,868,000 flown during the same period of 1979. Available seat miles flown 1980 year to date were 2,934,873,000 a gain of 22 percent from 2,406,733,000 for the first four months of last year.

Passengers the first four months of 1980 were 4,578,137 an increase of 6 percent from 4,327,894 for the same period of 1979. Year to date load factor was 61 percent compared with 62 percent for the same 1979 period. Constant use will wear away anything especially friends. YOUNG ADULTS Age 15 22 $10,000 Life Insurance For $49 Per Year For Info, Phone DAVID CRESWELL 29 W.SHIRLEY ST. MOUNT UNION PH.

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