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10 Us an 10 amt al July 7, 2000 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER B5 Obituaries raft ELM 010 John V. Lisovitch, 85, sitom a retired firefighter AN6M iu2 ,9. 153 V6A 152 no By Rusty Pray AA3V INQUIRER STAFF WRITER John V. Lisovitch, 85, a retired Philadelphia firefighter who was in'strumental in starting the Hero Scholarship Fund, died Tuesday at Parkview Hospital of complications following a stroke. Mr.

Lisovitch, a lifelong resident of Philadelphia, had resided in the Lawncrest section of the city since w1952. Les Yost, former president and current chairman of trustees of the Philadelphia Association of Firefighters Local 22, said that in the mid-1950s Mr. Lisovitch took the lead in starting the scholarship NITE fund, which benefits children of the city's police officers and firefightpers killed or injured in the line of duty. Lisovitch was the union's first vice president, serving in that capacity from 1951 until he retired sin 1960. He was the only vice president and one of just four officials overall granted emeritus status by the union.

He continued to work part-time in his office at union headquarters at Fifth and Willow Streets until recently. 5 harol on Mr. Lisovitch also served as vice president of the Fire Department's relief fund, and he was on the board of directors of the firefighters' pension fund, the Philadelphia Police and Fire Medical Association and the Fire Department's blood bank. "His door was always open to me," Yost said. "I learned an awful lot from him.

He was just a world of knowledge of pension plans and how they should be handled." A graduate of Central High School, Mr. Lisovitch joined what was then known as the Bureau of Fire in 1940. He was assigned to the Society Hill and Queen Village sections of the city. After suffering a leg injury while fighting a fire, he retired on disability in April 1960. Mr.

Lisovitch was active with St. Michael the Archangel Russian Orthodox Catholic Church, serving as recording secretary and as a member of the church council. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ersilia; a son, John a daughter, Barbara Fagan; three sisters; and four grandchildren. Divine liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St.

Stephen's Orthodox Catholic Cathedral, 8598 Verree Rd. Friends may call at 9 a.m. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Adams and Ramona Streets, Crescentville. bovolod James Bonelli, 84, painter 10 of Philadelphia scenes 88 dele By Sufiya Abdur-Rahman Sadist INQUIRER STAFF WRITER for James Bonelli, 84, a Philadelphia artist who painted scenes of the city and its neighborhoods, will be held at 10 a.m. today wat Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 63d Street and Lancaster Avenue.

Mr. Bonelli died June 1 in Palm "Beach, of complications associrated with Alzheimer's disease. He lived in Philadelphia all his tlife until about three years ago, when he moved to Florida to stay with his nephew Richard Ombres. Mr. Bonelli was awarded most prestigious scholarship at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts the Emien Cresson European Travelling Scholarship which allowed him to study art in Europe during the summer of 1939.

Role dIn 1948, after serving as a chief 15910 beat daTe In the Region William J. Demorest Jr. Engineer, tennis teacher, 78 William J. Demorest 78, of Berwyn, an engineer who worked for more than 35 years for Honeyto well and who taught tennis to inner19070 to city youth, died of cancer Sunday at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Mr.

Demorest was a product manager when he retired in 1987 from Honeywell. He worked at the company's offices in Hartford, Chicago and Fort Washington. an He was active in the National Junof for Tennis League, now called the Philadelphia Youth Tennis Association, for more than 20 years as an instructo tor and college placement counselor. 005 04 Mr. Demorest taught mostly preteens and teenagers from the inner city and helped many of them get into college.

For 13 years before his death, he dirt ens To Submit Obituaries 1209 1 The Inquirer welcomes obituary phs relatives and friends. Please our obituaries to be timely, and obituary more than five days after publishable quality are desired. To contact obituary writers 5 HIV Weekdays Philadelphia: 215-854-2717 South Jersey: 856-779-3869 a (Sunday through Thursday) Delaware and Chester Counties: 215-702-7803 I Montgomery and Bucks a Counties: 215-702-7804 nodisH Weekends a All obituaries: 215-854-2717 My ay Fax numbers for obituaries 0d Weekdays Philadelphia: 215-854-5099 I South Jersey: 856-779-3221 (Sunday through Thursday) I Pennsylvania Suburbs: 20 2215-702-7820 Anal (Monday through Friday) artist for the Army, including service during World War II, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. The next year, he earned his master's degree. Mr.

Bonelli taught art at Drexel Institute, before it was a university, at Villanova University summer school, and at other area schools. His work included portraits, landscapes and murals. His art was featured in shows in Philadelphia, including a portrait of himself displayed in City Hall in 1993 with more than 200 other self-portraits by Philadelphia artists. Mr. Bonelli never married and had no children.

In addition to his nephew, he i is survived by a sister, Lenore 0m- bres, and several other nephews and nieces. was a volunteer for the Eighteenth Street Development a nonprofit organization that rehabilitates homes and other facilities in Philadelphia. Born in New York City, he graduated from Williams College in 1944 with a bachelor's degree in physics and from Carnegie Tech in 1948 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering. During World War II, he served with the Army in the Philippines. Besides tennis, he enjoyed golf.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Constance Gould Demorest; a son, Stephen two daughters, Lawrie E. and Amy three sisters; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 226 Righters Mill Gladwyne.

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Broad second floor The Inquirer It's. how you know. Suspects' accounts of Sambor slaying read at hearing SAMBOR from B1 old man at gunpoint a block away, according to police. The four robbers spotted Sambor, approached him, and demanded that he empty his pockets. Police said Sambor resisted and was shot several times in the back, dying later at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

During yesterday's hearing, the alleged statements of Nichols, and two other defendants, Sherrod Harvey, 18, and Gerald Yee, 19, both of West Philadelphia, were read into evidence, and Judge Louis G.F. Retacco ordered the three to stand trial on murder, robbery and related charges. The three also were held without bail for the other robbery, which had occurred 15 minutes earlier on North 66th Street. In addition, Nichols and Harvey were ordered to stand trial for an armed robbery the day before in Frankford. "It's obviously a very serious case," Retacco said.

A fourth defendant, Dwayne Quintana, 19, of West Philadelphia, waived his preliminary hearing after prosecutors agreed to drop murder charges against him. Quintana has agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge to rob Sambor, as well as to robbery and related offenses in the earlier holdup. He will testify at trial against the others, said his lawyer, Hope C. Lefeber. In his statement, Nichols, a senior at Overbrook High School, told police the four defendants started out as a rap group, and turned to robbery to get money to support their music.

Nichols said they called themselves "Young Guns, A.N.S." with the initials standing for the nicknames of some of the group members. Nichols said in his statement that on May 10 he and his friends had been "walking around looking for. robbery victims" when they saw Richard Harris, a 33-year-old cook, standing near the No. 65 bus stop. Nichols said he pulled out his gun and demanded Harris turn over his cigarettes, bus tokens and identification.

"I was the gunman because it was my gun," Nichols said in the statement. Yee, known as "Sanjo," patted down victims i in search of money. Harvey, nicknamed "Roddy," and Quintana were the lookouts, Nichols said. The day before, on May 9, the teens robbed two men one on Oxford Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, and the other at 63d and Market Streets i in West Philadelphia, police said. The first holdup netted $5 and a bag of marijuana; the second robbery turned up a cell phone, a Walkman and $19, the defendant said.

Assistant District Attorney Hugh Colihan said all four defendants gave police similar statements admitting their involvement. "So there's a great body of evidence to present at trial," Colihan said after the hearing. "When this series of crimes happened, the Philadelphia Police! Department ran a very dogged and tenacious investigation around the clock for a couple days. They didn't stop until these four young men were brought to account for what they had done." Gregore Sambor, who was police commissioner in the mid-1980s, sat listening to testimony with his arms folded across his chest. Several detectives came up to him and shook his hand after the hearing.

Sambor attended the session with his daughter, Marie, and his son-in-law, and afterward hastily left the courtroom escorted by police. "I don't think we're going to be saying anything," Sambor said politely. "There is nothing to say at this stage." Nichols said that when he learned the day after the attack that Nicholas Sambor had died, he shaved his head to disguise his appearance, went home, got $80, and was planning on taking a plane to Florida. "I knew it was bad because it was the ex-commissioner's son," he said. "I can't say anything to the family.

They will always think that I am their relative's killer. I did prey on him." Linda Loyd's e-mail address is Street gives a warning in police union talks TALKS from B1 Matthews said that rather than address core concerns such as wages and health care, the city's negotiating team focused on "little nitpicking things," such as minor changes to sick leave and vacation policies. "It looks like the city is stalling and they just aren't facing the issues," Matthews said. Matthews said he does not want a strike, and said one is unlikely this week. But he said the union workers are unwilling to make any concessions on health care, and are ready to walk.

With the July 31 to Aug. 3 Republican convention in Philadelphia, labor leaders know a well-timed, crippling strike could give them the upper hand at the bargaining table. "It's getting closer and closer to the convention, and we will use that," Matthews said. "It will be national and everyone will see it." Although negotiators met alternately Wednesday with the blueand white-collar unions over a span of 14 hours, the city failed to address pay and health-care benefits with either group. District Council 47 President Thomas Paine Cronin said he was eager to return to the table on behalf of the city's 3,200 white-collar workers.

"The next 10 days are the most critical time," Cronin said. "It obviously has something to do with the convention, because everybody has their eye on that." Cronin said he would consider studying health-care consolidation or agree to cost-saving, joint purchasing of items such as prescription-medication coverage. But he said the union would not agree to decreased benefits or turning over their health care administration. "If someone says, 'It's my way or the then there's going to be a fight," he said. Jacqueline Soteropoulos' e-mail address is Mother charged in alleged Graterford escape scheme TNT from B1 plosives.

Vickers and Marshall are named in a conspiracy indictment returned yesterday by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia. Marshall was convicted of the 1988 murder of Suzette Richardson, who was sitting with her 4-year-old son in a truck selling fish in Southwest Philadelphia. Authorities said Marshall, who was 17, fatally shot Richardson when she surprised him by pulling out her own gun to defend herself. During the yearlong plot to break Marshall out of Graterford, authorities said, the mother, the son and others whom they did not name used codes in their letters. On July 22, Marshall wrote his mother a letter asking her to find three "exotic candlesticks" and said he would need them before December, authorities said.

The next week, Marshall wrote to an unidentified man and asked him to help get three sticks of dyna- Weather Weather conditions are updated throughout the day or www.philly.com Vancouver Weather at noon today CANADA and forecast temperatures Montreal Seattle Portland Billings Minneapolis Toronto Boston Detroit San Francisco Chicago New York Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Denver St. Louis Washington Los Angeles 0 Low Phoenix Memphis Atlanta Fronts: 1 High Dallas Stationary Rain Warm Thunderstorms Houston New Orleans Snow ice MEXICO Miami Cold Mold spores 11741 very high Today's highs and tonight's lows Source: The Asthma Center, 1-800-4-POLLEN. CONN. Scranton N.Y. Regional Forecast N.J.

New York Allentown Trenton: Manasquan Harrisburg PA. Philadelphia MD. Atlantic City Wilmington Baltimore Atlantic Ocean temperature: Washington DEL. Cape Henlopen Today's Forecast High pressure will build slowly down from the eastern Great Lakes and southward over the weekend toward the Carolinas. Pleasant weather is expected today and tomorrow with sunshine for the most part.

The humidity will begin to increase either Sunday or Sunday night as the high slides southward. The front in the south will eventually return as a warm front early next week. This will bring clouds and some moisture from the Tennessee Valley and send it eastbound. Wet weather is possible Wednesday and Thursday with a cold front moving through the Great Lakes into the East. Five-Day Forecast Today and Mostly pleasant.

sunny Tonight Mainly comfortably clear and cool. Saturday cloudy Sunny to and partly nice. Sunday 86 a Some sun; thundershower. maybe Monday Humid, thunderstorm, clouds, sun; maybe. a Tuesday Some thunderstorm sun, humid, possible.

Sun and Moon FIRST Q. FULL LAST Q. NEW July 8 July 16 July 24 July 30 Sun Rises 5:39 a.m. Sets 8:32 p.m. Moon p.m.

Sets 12:18 a.m. Philadelphia Almanac Temperatures High yesterday. 81 (4:30 p.m.) Record high for yesterday 98 (1999) Low yesterday 66 (6:00 a.m.) Record low for yesterday 52 (1960) Normal Yesterday's barometer 6 a.m. 29.91 rising steady 6 p.m. 29.88 steady 10 p.m............

........29.91 rising Daylight sky conditions yesterday clouds with sunshine. Precipitation Thursday 0.00 in. Month through Thursday 0.40 in. Year through 21.70 in. Normal through Thursday 21.49 in.

Surplus. 0.21 in. Degree days for cooling Thursday 9 Month through Thursday 67 Season through Thursday 408 Normal through Thursday 332 Last season through yesterday 413 Yesterday In Philadelphia 1 a.m............. 2 a.m............. 3 a.m.

4 5 a.m. 6 7 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m.............69/52 10 a.m. 11 a.m.

Noon 1 p.m.............78/38 2 p.m.............79/38 3 p.m............80/40 4 p.m.............80/37 5 6 p.m.............79/34 7 8 p.m.............77/35 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Air Quality The worst pollutant in the region yesterday was ozone, produced mainly by sunlight reacting with vehicle emissions. 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) 0-50 Carbon monoxide CO Moderate (M) 51-100 Nitrogen dioxide NO Unhealthful (U) 101-200 PA Very Unhealthful (V) 201-300Sulfur dioxide SO Hazardous (H) 301-400 Ozone OZ At a Pollution Standard Index rating of 100, the general population begins to experience irritation and other unhealthful effects.

Yesterday's High Pollution Pollution Pollutant Forecast Standard Index Yesterday Today Bristol GO OZ Burlington G48 OZ M33 OZ Chester. OZ Norristown GO OZ Philadelphia. GO OZ Trenton G33 Oz Wilmington Source: Clean Air Council, 215-567-4004. Ozone forecast available daily at 1-800-872-7261 and at http://www.dvrpc.org Yesterday's pollen, count and discomfort levels: grass low Poconos Sunny to partly cloudy and pleasant with low humidity. High 72.

Cool tonight with a mainly clear sky. Low 44. Sunshine and a few clouds tomorrow. High again 72. Jersey Shore Sunny and delightful with low humidity.

High 78. Mainly clear and pleasant tonight. Low 50. Sunny to partly cloudy tomorrow; nice. High 78.

Delaware Mostly sunny and nice. High 82. Mainly clear and pleasant tonight. Low near 60. and a few clouds tomorrow; still nice.

Sunshine, Marine Forecast Manasquan to Cape Henlopen Winds today north to northeast at 10-18 knots. Waves running 2 to 3 feet. Visibility will be clear to the horizon. Delaware Bay Winds today will be north to northeast at 8-16 knots. Waves averaging to 2 feet.

Visibility will be unrestricted. Cape Henlopen to Virginia Beach Today winds will be from the northeast at 10-18 knots. Waves running 2 to 4 feet. Visibility unrestricted. Tides Today Philadelphia (Chestnut Street) High tide 7:01 a.m., 7:44 p.m.

Low .1:41 a.m., 2:14 p.m. Delaware Breakwater High tide 1:43 a.m., 2:24 p.m. Low tide 7:59 a.m., 8:20 p.m. Cape May (Municipal Pier) High 12:59 a.m., 1:43 p.m. Low tide 7:10 a.m., 7:33 p.m.

Atlantic City (Steel Pier) High 12:31 a.m., 1:15 p.m. Low ...6:50 a.m., 7:13 p.m. Beach Haven (Little Egg Harbor) High tide 12:41 p.m., Low .6:22 a.m., 6:45 p.m. Barnegat Inlet High tide. 12:37 a.m., 1:21 p.m.

Low 7:06 a.m., 7:29 p.m. NWS radio forecasts: 162.475 VHF-FM. In the Region Weather indicatons sunny; pc partly cloudy; sh showers; thunderstorms; snow flurries; sn snow; i ice. City Yesterday Today Tomorrow Allentown Atlantic City Baltimore Harrisburg New York Pittsburgh Salisbury, Md. Scranton Washington Wilmington U.S.

Cities Yesterday Today Tomorrow Albany, N.Y. Albuquerque Anchorage, Alsk. Atlanta Billings Boston Buffalo Charleston, S.C. Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City, Mo. Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis, Tenn.

Miami Minneapolis New Orleans Orlando Phoenix Portland, Maine Portland, Ore. Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco San Juan Seattle Tampa, Fla. City Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Beirut Berlin Bermuda Bogota Brussels Budapest Buenos Aires Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Geneva Havana Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg London Madrid Manila Melbourne Mexico City Milan Montego Bay Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osio Paris Perth Prague Rio de Janeiro Rome St. Petersburg Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tokyo Cities Abroad to mite, authorities said.

A short time later, they said, Vickers wrote to her son saying that she could not get the "special candles," but that maybe someone else could. In August, the unidentified man wrote to Marshall telling him that he could not get the "sticks," but that he had obtained "hammers" signifying guns and "vests" bulletproof vests, authorities said. Then in October, Vickers received telephone call from an undercover investigator posing as a friend of her son's. The caller said he had some "candlesticks" for Marshall, and Vickers agreed to meet him at a restaurant, authorities said. Vickers was given a handgun and five fake sticks of TNT, which she stored in a shed attached to her townhouse, according to authorities.

Authorities would not say how the investigation got started. John Way Jennings' e-mail address is Yesterday Today Tomorrow.