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Thursday, March 6, 1997 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER City B5 Obituaries Weather Couple balk at contesting jail time -V-M noon today 7 fl highlow temperatures i ii' Montreal -fv- 1 David and Maryanne Miller of Abington were sentenced for having beer and sex with boys. Toonto 88- 4555 fy uetron VYNew York t.w Philadelphia Aano Chicago 3822 i i sentencing. Yesterday would have provided the court that opportunity. But Ennis explained that he now realized the boys' testimony would only contribute to the "circus" atmosphere that has surrounded the case and that a hearing would not help bring about reduced sentences. Carol Anne Dailey, Maryanne Miller's attorney, agreed.

"I did not want Maryanne to suffer anymore," she said. Assistant District Attorney Risa Ferman said, "It was the smartest thing they could have done. The judge could have lowered their sentences. He could also have raised them. I don't think they wanted to take that risk." One of the boys, who was 12 at the time, told police he had sex with Maryanne Miller, 31, more than 60 times during 1994 and 1995.

The boy said he was also involved with David Miller, 32, who watched or sometimes participated in the sex acts. By John Murphy INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT In the end, David and Maryanne Miller decided their prison sentences were not so bad after all. The former Abington teacher and his wife went to Montgomery County Court yesterday to fight what they considered harsh sentences for supplying beer, pot and sometimes sex to a group of teenage boys. David Miller was sentenced last month to four to 10 years in state prison. Maryanne Miller was ordered to Muncy State Prison for women for iVz to 10 years.

Both pleaded guilty to the charges in the fall. When the Millers arrived in court to argue for reduced sentences yesterday, they saw the two teenage Jogger's killing detailed to jurors I boys who told police they had sexual encounters with the couple. Both boys were sitting in the courtroom, prepared to testify about their experiences. At that point, instead of fighting, the Millers chose to flee. After consulting with Judge Paul Tressler in chambers, the Millers' attorneys withdrew their petitions for the judge to reconsider their sentences.

"We weren't interested in making a big show," David G. Ennis, David Miller's lawyer, explained outside the courtroom yesterday as the Millers were led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. In a petition requesting yesterday's hearing, Ennis argued that the court had not had the benefit of hearing from the boys during the that he had "done poorly" in the interview three weeks earlier, but that police told him things were fine because they did not have enough evidence to hold him and feared he might flee if told he was a suspect. Egenlauf was precluded by the judge from telling jurors that Wise had flunked a polygraph on Nov. 8.

Wise was also told that police "had evidence that he lied." Then, the detective said, he told Wise that Haak was "putting everything on you" and that Haak may cut a sweetheart deal to testify against him, "and you're going to deny it right to death row." Moments later, the detective said, Wise looked at him and said, much time do you think I'll I told him, 'I don't know, maybe not Then, Egenlauf said, Wise began to give his statement, which the detective read into evidence. In the statement, Wise said he attempted to rape Ernest in the backseat of Haak's 1987 gold Bonneville and then tried to rape her again in the stairwell at 21st and Pine Streets, where her body was found. Wise said Haak was nearby, and assisted him in dumping Ernest's body over the stairwell after the two drove around trying to figure out what to do with her. Wise's statement detailed how he and Wise were penny-ante thieves and robbers who went out "twice a TRIAL from B1 that the words were not his, the defense contends. The homicide detective who took Wise's statement told a different story.

Detective William Egenlauf testified that after Wise gave his statement, he was asked to check it over while the detective read it aloud. Egenlauf said he asked Wise to initial typos to indicate that he had read the statement. However, the detective said his main concern was that Wise check the state ment for content, and not spelling errors. Wise did initial several mistakes, but he did not initial the pages with details about the killing. In explaining to the Common Pleas Court jury how Wise confessed, Egenlauf testified that he had met and interviewed Wise three weeks earlier, when Wise was brought in for questioning after Haak had called police about threats Wise made Richard contends police fabricated statement.

Vancouver. 4537 Weather and forecast Portland Billinas 4025 5040 San Francisco 5945 2812 Los Anaeles ft I' 52 Phoenix rt High 8050 0Rain Thunderstorms ED Snow Qlce Houston MEXICO Today's highs and tonight's lows Scranton V. 3Q1 iNY' CONN. 2, 48 32 Allentown auk no-" narrisuurg 4524 Philadelphia 5028 liT jAtfantic City Wilisn ngton 5232 BaltimoreWjT 5226 (p YN-n Atlantic Ocean ji hc temperature: 41 vvctsiiiiiyiun Today's Forecast Strong winds today as an intense storm moves into New England. The wind can gust to between 50 and 60 m.p.h.

at times. Sunshine will mix with clouds. Although the high will reach 50 degrees, temperatures will fall into the lower 40s by evening. Turning colder tonight as high pressure builds across Virginia. Temperatures will dip into the upper 20s with a brisk northwesterly wind.

The dry and chilly weather will continue tomorrow and Saturday with some sunshine, then the next storm may bring some rain Saturday night into Sunday. Five-Day Forecast TODAY Strong wind with sunshine. 50c TONIGHT Brisk and colder." 28c FRIDAY ilCOOQC Intervals of clouds and sunshine. SATURDAY Clouds and some sunshine. 4432c SUNDAY Becoming cloudy with rain possible late.

50737c MONDAY Mostly cloudy with the chance for rain. 5436c Sun and Moon Sun Rises 6:27 a.m. Moon Rises 4:34 a.m. Sets 5:58 p.m. Sets.

3:25 p.m. Philadelphia Almanac Temperatures High yesterday 46 (3:50 p.m.) Record high for yesterday 79 (1976) Low yesterday 39 (12:00 a.m.) Record low for yesterday 5 (1872) Normal high low 4730 Yesterday's barometer 6 a.m 30.22 steady Noon 30.18 falling 6 p.m 29.97 falling Midnight 29.62 falling Daylight sky conditions yesterday 100 clouds with 0 sunshine. Precipitation Thursday. 0.10 in. Month through Thursday 1.16 in.

Year through Thursday 6.44 in. Normal through Thursday 6.52 in. Deficit 0.08 in. Degree days for heating Thursday 22 Month through Thursday 105 Season through Thursday 3589 Normal through Thursday Last season through yesterday 4002 A degree day for heating is an index of energy consumption for heating. It indictates the number of degrees the mean temperature fell below 65 degrees.

Yesterday In Philadelphia Seattle T. j. V- Denver DallasY 6442 Minneapolis 'A Wise his 3920 Washington ouis 4831 5432 Fronts: Atlanta (5536 Stationary 6650 New Orleans 8468 Cold Regional Forecast Poconos Chilly with strong winds; clouds and some sunshine with a few flurries. High 36. Parity cloudy, brisk and cold tonight.

Low 20. Jersey Shore Strong winds with morning clouds and showers, then clouds will break for some sunshine. High 52. Brisk and turning colder tonight. Low 32.

Delaware Strong winds with morning clouds and a shower, then some sunshine. High 52. Brisk and turning colder tonight. Low 30. Partly sunny tomorrow.

High 48. Marine Forecast Manasquan to Cape Henlopen Gale warning. West-northwest wind 20-40 knots, gusts near 60. Visibility improving to 5-7 miles. Wave heights 6-10 feet.

Delaware Bay Small craft Advisory. Wind northwest at 15-30 knots with gusts near 40 mph. Visibility 5-7 miles and wave heights will average 3-6 feet. Cape Henlopen to Virginia Beach Gale warning in effect. Wind northwest at 20-40 mph with gusts of near 50 mph.

Visibility 5-7 miles; waves between 6 and 10 feet. Tides Today Philadelphia (Chestnut Street) High tide 11:46 p.m. Low tide 5:53 a.m., 6:35 p.m. Delaware Breakwater High tide 5:58 a.m., 6:24 p.m. Low tide 12:11 p.m., Cape May (Municipal Pier) High tide 5:10 a.m., 5:41 p.m.

Low tide 11:26 a.m., 11:44 p.m. Atlantic City (Steel Pier) High tide 4:42 a.m., 5:13 p.m. Low tide 11:06 a.m., 11:24 p.m. Beach Haven (Little Egg Harbor) High tide 4:08 a.m., 4:39 p.m. Low tide 10:38 a.m., 10:56 p.m.

Barnegat Inlet High tide 4:48 a.m., 5:19 p.m. Low tide 11:22 a.m., 11:40 p.m. NWS radio forecasts: 162.475 VHF-FM. In the Region Weather indicatons sunny: pc partly cloudy; cloudy: sh showers; thunderstorms; rain; sf snow flurries; sn snow; I ice. City Yesterday Today Tomorrow Allentown 4434c 4825s 3921 Is Atlantic City 4529c 5232pc 47288 Hamsburg 5040r 4524s 4324pc Pittsburgh 4634r 3920pc 3425pc Salisbury, Md.

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i Wv Kazmar, sculptor, 79 By Dominic Sama INQUIRER STAFF WRITER William J. Kazmar, 79, a blue-collar worker who became a renowned wildlife artist and porcelain art sculptor, died of heart failure Tuesday at John F. Kennedy Hospital in Atlantis, Fla. Mr. Kazmar lived in Collingswood, N.J., and had been vacationing in West Palm Beach, Fla.

He was born in South Philadelphia. He joined his father making and restoring furniture when he was a teenager. After high school, he worked as a steamfitter at several local shipyards during World War II. After the war, Mr. Kazmar worked briefly as a machinist for Boeing Vertol and then opened an antiques and furniture restoration business with his wife, Barbara Mae Neville Kazmar, in Collingswood, where they lived for 52 years.

In 1958, Mr. Kazmar changed careers and went under the wing of Edward Marshall Boehm, of Trenton, who was renowned for his work with porcelain, Mr. Kazmar remained with Boehm for 12 years before establishing his own studio in Collingswood. "He learned furniture from his father and sculpting from Mr. Boehm," a son-in-law, John De An-gelo, said.

"But mostly, he was self-taught." Mr. Kazmar and his son, William teamed up to produce porcelain sculptures of animals such as ducklings, fledgling eagles, marsh sea lion pups, lambs, lions, owls and fish. He would visit wildlife refuges, museums and aquariums to scrutinize his subjects. Then he would make a clay model, cast a mold from the model and pour molten porcelain into the mold. He would paint the models by hand, often taking a month, to complete a single model.

Mr. Kazmar produced about 50 different porcelain subjects during his career, his family said. Some of his works were marketed by the Frank-. lin Mint. "He 'had a tremendous facility with the hands," his son-in-law said, "whether it was with wood, metal, painting, sculpting or making toys for his grandchildren.

But he couldn't repair a car." After a fire in 1985 destroyed his Collingswood studio, Mr. Kazmar went into semiretirement, working on commissions or restoration projects for museums and collectors. In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by daughters Judith Ann De Angelo, Ruth Duca and Karen Adams; and six grandchildren. Mr. Kazmar's ashes will be scat- tered Over Mount Diablo in North-'.

ern California. A.M. Slawskyigot nursing degree at 54 Augusta Magerman Slawsky, 89, who earned a nursing degree at age 54 tp support her family, died of pneumonia Tuesday at Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center, Berlin, Vt. She lived in the Northeast. Mrs.

Slawsky was born in Ukraine and came to the United States at age 3. She graduated from South Philadelphia High School, married and reared a family. Just weeks before her death, she had gone to stay with her daughter in Vermont. In the late 1950s, shortly after her husband died, she enrolled at the Philadelphia School of Nursing and graduated with honors in 1961. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at local hospitals and on private-duty assignments in homes.

As a single Mrs. Slawsky often worked double shifts, her to finance college tuitions for her son, who became an internist, and a daughter, who became a paralegal. Her son died several years ago. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Coble, and three grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m.

today at Hebrew Holy Society Cemetefy, South Burlingtorf, Vt. porcelai it'. mrrVmore week" stealing out of cars and "hassling people at night." Wise said he and Haak had been locked up together before iri Mid-dletown Township, Bucks County, in an attempted theft and conspiracy case. Wise said he had been living with Haak for two months, staying in the garage at Haak's apartment near 24th and Spruce Streets. In the early morning of Nov.

2, Wise said he and Haak "went out to steal. Haak was a burglar. We went out that night just to see what we could get steal out of cars, stereos or whatever. "I had a crowbar, wrapped so you couldn't hear the glass break. We spotted a car, around 17th Street, below Pjne.

I got out of the car. Haak was driving." In his statement, Wise said he decided to rape Ernest in the car, "but Haak kept on yelling at me. Haak was scared. He wanted her out of the car. We were going to dump her in Judy Garland Park at 25th and Spruce Streets, but it was too bright, and there were people around.

"So I told Haak to drive to 21st and Pine Street. I know there is a deep set of outside stairs there. And he pulled over, and I pulled her out of the car. And I drug her over to the steps but the gate was locked. And I couldn't pull her over the rail.

So Haak got out of the car. I called for him, in a low voice, and he helped me lift her over the rail." Wise said he dragged Ernest, on her back, to the bottom of the steps. "I tried to rape her but I was nervous. And I was having a bad time. I couldn't get off.

I was just having a tough time trying to do it." Wise said he did not know if he ejaculated, "maybe just a little." actor's corpse from the funeral home and propped it up in the home of another pal, Errol Flynn. Nearly 40 years later, his only son, John Drew Barrymore, had the body removed from its mausoleum in Hollywood, cremated and rebur-ied in the Vernon plot, which holds the remains of at least seven family members. John Barrymore's wish had been to be buried near his grandmother and his father, Appel said. "He walked in here with the urn," said William Jacovini of Pennsylvania Burial, in South Philadelphia, which handled the burial. By that time, John Drew Barrymore, who had acted as a young man, was out of the public eye.

"He was kind of disheveled," Jacovini said. John Barrymore's ashes were buried in Mount Vernon on Dec. 12, 1980, Jacovini said, two weeks after a lawyer had called from California to say that the son would be coming East with the ashes. "He still owes $730," Jacovini said of the son, pulling the old bill from for Barrymore." The statement also reads: 'Cash advance to John Barrymore, $200." He didn't pay 'that back, either. I JOHN 1942 ALAS POOR Y0R1U to Haak's girlfriend.

Haak told police Wise might have killed the jogger. Egenlauf testified that when he came to work about 6 a.m. Nov. 29 and learned Wise was being questioned again, he went into the interview room and Wise greeted him warmly: I'm glad to see Egenlauf said Wise was concerned because he thought he had been cleared of suspicion, but detectives were now accusing him of murder. Egenlauf testified he told Wise In Bucks, a snub of Stern By Heather Moore INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT DOYLESTOWN Forget his new movie.

Howard Stern isn't welcome in Bucks County. Ronald Reagan is. Bill Clinton might be. But the foul-mouthed New York radio DJ? No way. After receiving angry phone calls from parents in the Central Bucks School District, the coordinators of a Doylestown Township playground pulled from an auction a self-portrait drawn by Stern, whose four-hour morning show can be heard in Philadelphia on WYSP-FM (94.1).

The auction scheduled for tomorrow, the same day Stern's movie, Private Parts, opens nationwide is a fund-raising event for Kids' Castle, a playground to be built in Doylestown's Central Park. It will be held at the district's Lena-pe Middle School. "They were concerned we were sending an inappropriate message to the children in the community," said Jeff Byers, the playground's coordinator. "They were concerned not with the doodle, but that by auctioning it off we were associating the playground with Howard's name." Indeed, Stern's name alone is enough to ruffle feathers. "I don't think he represents Middle America," said Central Bucks school board member Jackie Wolchko.

Along with Stern's self-portrait, drawings by co-host Robin Quivers and television talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford were pulled. Byers said it isn't fair to pull one celebrity's drawing and not the others. The playground's auction will, however, include an autographed picture of Nancy and Ronald Reagan and Betty and Gerald Ford "because they are historical figures and not entertainment figures," Byers said. The Philadelphia Inquirer APRIL SAUL John Barrymore's ashes lie in a plot that his grandmother, Louisa Lane Drew, purchased in the 1840s. Plight of actor's grave site concerns Center City man Temp.

Hum. Temp. Hum. 1 a.m 4096 1 p.m 4596 2 a.m 3995 2 p.m 4695 3 a.m 4096 3 p.m 4692 4 a.m 3900 4 p.m 4688 5 a.m 3900 5 p.m 4596 6 a.m 4096 6 p.m 4592 7 a.m 4096 7 p.m 4593 8 a.m 4000 8 p.m 4495 9a.m 4100 9p.m 4495 10 a.m 4295 10 p.m 4596 11 a.m. 4396 11 p.m 45100 Noon 4496 Midnight 45100 BARRYMORE from B1 Maurice Barrymore, an English actor whose real name was Herbert Blythe.

(He took the Barrymore handle from a playbill.) Appel said responsibility for the grave site doesn't lie with the Barry-mores, whose most prominent member these days is Drew Barrymore, John's granddaughter. He traces ownership down from Louisa Drew's son to a man he said hasn't responded to pleas for attention. Louisa Drew raised John Barrymore and his siblings, Ethel and Lionel, in the house on North 12th Street. So great were their theatrical accomplishments, they were considered the royal family of American theater. John Barrymore, who took up acting only after he had been fired from his job as an illustrator for the New York Herald, was blessed with supreme talent and a monstrous alcoholism that consumed him and stalked him onstage.

During the two years before his death in 1942, he was reduced to being a buffoon on Rudy Vallee's Variety radio program. The drama didn't quit when he died. His drinking buddies swiped the Air Quality The worst pollutant in the region yesterday was particulates, produced mainly by power plants and home heating. The first column in the table shows yesterday's code and Pollution Standard Index, the second column shows yesterday's highest pollutant, and the third column shows today's forecast. Good (G) 0-60 Carbon monoxide.

CO Moderate (M) 61-100 Nitrogen Dioxide. NO Unhealthtull (U) 101-200 Suspended Particles SP Very Unhealthy (V) 201-300 Sullur Dioxide SO Hazardous (H) 301-400 Ozone OZ At a Pollution Standard Index rating ot 100, the general population begins to experience irritation and other unhealthtul effects. Yesterday'! High Pollution Pollution Pollutant Forecast Standard Index Yesterday Today Bristol 25 PA Burlington 28 PA Camden 25 PA Chester 28 OZ Norristown 27 PA Philadelphia 38 PA Trenton 10 OZ Wilmington 24 OZ Source: the Delaware Valley Citizens Council for Clean Air, 215-567-4004. 1 11 IM I.