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Ftesord IsS-quarter loss for casinos: 3B immmmmmmmmsm panic Perfectionists prone to anxiety attacks, SOUTH JERSEY'S NEWSPAPER OUR Bill Murray Plays impatient patient in 'What About 1D researchers say: 3A VP, THY 'Police think she's alive it doesn't fit' Dateline: South Jersey Parents doubtful about fate of woman ory that she disappeared because of monetary problems. Rosenthal acknowledged that Dede "didn't make that much money" in her job at the Elwyn Institute working with autistic children. But he said, "I always helped her with money when she needed it." He said in 1990 he gave Dede about $4,000 and additional money to buy a leather jacket. "Her front door was unlocked, and her car was unlocked," he said, speculating. "Her raincoat and books were in the car.

It seems Please see PARENTS, Page 2A ByUZAJAIPAUL Courier-Post Staff CHERRY HILL Every year on her birthday Dorothy Rosenthal gets a phone call from her daughter. Not this year. "Dede would have called me if she was alive," Rosenthal said. Her daughter, Yeda "Dede Rosenthal, 32, disappeared from her apartment at Somerset Towers sometime between 11 p.m. Friday, Feb.

22, and Monday, Feb. 25, when she did not report for work. birthday (April 30) she said, unable to continue. Likewise, Rosenthal's father, Victor Rosenthal thinks Dede is either dead or unable to communicate with them. Both of her parents live in Canada.

"I don't think she's alive. She would not cause this much pain to me or her mother by choice." Rosenthal discounted a police speculation and his son Blaine Rosenberg's the Police have speculated that Rosenthal, a Canadian national, disappeared either of her own volition because of a "stressful situation" or because of "foul play." Her mother said, "I spoke to her just that Friday. She gave no indication something was amiss. I wish I knew what happened to her. "I've heard nothing.

All this time, and nothing, nothing, nothing," she said, crying. "I thought I'd hear from her on my Off-duty officer shot driving home Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN An off-duty Camden police officer was shot in the right arm early yesterday after two men approached his car at Interstate 676 and Collins Avenue, authorities said. 'The loss of Ricky is overwhelming' Gene tied to Gehrig's disease Victim's mother pleads for gun law According to police, Officer James Revelli, 24, a four-year veteran of the force, was treated for his wound at -f-f -'Si Mi a Htasi m-m jf" BOSTON (AP) Doctors have zeroed in on a gene that causes Lou Gehrig's disease, an early but important step toward understanding and eventually treating the lethal disorder. The researchers described their work as the first major advance toward unraveling the cause of the disease since it was identified 122 years ago. Two teams of scientists, working together, narrowed the location of the gene to a single small stretch of one of the 23 chromosomes that carry all of the body's blueprints.

They hope to isolate the culprit gene, figure out how it goes wrong and then design treatments to correct the defect. Until now, Lou Gehrig's disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS has been an almost complete mystery. No one knows what causes it or how to stop or even slow its lethal progression. "This is an important first step toward developing a treatment for ALS," said Dr. Lawrence Z.

Stem, research director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which helped finance the research. The disease strikes about 5,000 Americans each year, and patients typically die within five years. The disease destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in muscle wasting, paralysis and death. It is named after Gehrig, the New York Yankees first baseman who died of it in 1941. Other victims included former Sen.

Jacob Javits, musician Charles Mingus, and actor David Niven. Physicist Stephen Hawking is among the notable living victims of ALS. The research was directed by Dr. Teepu Siddique of Northwestern University and published in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Courier-Post photo by Glenn Scraggy picture and news clippings of his death.

His mother, Betty Bunn, created the shrine to her slain son In her Delran home. By JOSEPH BUSLER Courier-Post Staff DELRAN Tears are never far away for Betty Bunn since the murder of her son, Burlington County Assistant Prosecutor Richard Barbour on April 28 in Philadelphia. Her voice cracks as she reads a letter of condolence from his high school wrestling coach. Tears well in her eyes as she reads from his kindergarten report card, in which the teacher said Ricky was "working hard to keep his voice down." Bunn, 54, is a real estate saleswoman and school bus driver, as is her busband Charles Bunn, Barbour's stepfather. She has kept largely in the background since her 27-year-old's son's murder, committed during a $60 robbery at a automated teller machine in Society Hill.

Yesterday, she broke her silence. She invited reporters to her twin white clapboard house on Main Street here to share her grief and her memories of her son, and to make an appeal for gun control. Bunn, who declined to have her picture taken, took pen to paper, to put her feelings into the right words, and gave out copies of her two-page, handwritten statement "I was very blessed to have raised two fine boys who became two fine young men," she wrote. "Now the loss of my Ricky my first born is overwhelming. I always knew how I felt about Ricky, but did not possibly conceive how many lives he touched in his too short 27 years, two months and 25 days." "As I try to pick up the pieces of Shrine to a son: The flag that draped the casket of assistant Burlington County prosecutor Richard L.

Barbour Jr. is surrounded by his such a law would have saved her son, but wrote, "If a seven-day waiting period preserves one life like my Ricky or anyone by cooling off a temper or surfacing a criminal record, it must be Bunn's dining room table has She has been spared none of the brutality of her son's sudden and senseless murder. Her younger son, Randy Barbour, 25, of College Park, was the one to break the news to her. He had been visiting his father, Toms River attorney Richard L. Barbour when the call from the police came.

Later that day, Bunn got a chillingly sinister call: from a man who wanted her to tell him the Personal Identification Number of her son's bank card. Police believe it was from someone involved in the robbery. Asked how she was coping with her son's death, Bunn said, "I'm not." "I'm not expecting to for a long time," she said. my life for they can never be whole again I must direct some energy toward two things that have become so important in the past days: Victims' rights and gun control." Bunn will attend a conference on gun control sponsored by Jim and Sarah Brady in Washington later this week. She is also urging New Jerseyans to lobby for the "Brady Bill," which would mandate a nationwide seven-day waiting period to buy a gun.

The measure has passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. It is named after its chief advocate, Ronald Reagan's press secretary, who was wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. She won't speculate whether JAMES REVELLI Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center in Camden and released. Police gave this account of the incident: Revelli was en route home in his own car when he stopped at the intersection after exiting the highway shortly before 3:30 a.m. Two men approached his car, and one of them broke the passenger-side window with a rock.

One of the men then pulled out a handgun, and both attempted to enter the car. Police said the armed man shot Revelli in the right arm. No words were spoken to the officer by his assailants, according to police. Following the incident, Revelli drove to a convenience store on Collins Avenue and called police. Revelli could not be reached for comment.

The shooting is under investigation by the police department. Students suspended after trouble on trip GLOUCESTER Highland High School seniors were suspended for their behavior during a four-day trip to Disney World, principal Bernard F. Lynch said yesterday. The students, suspended Monday, were scheduled to return to school today after hearings with their parents. Lynch declined to elaborate on the behavior, except to say it was "not acceptable to their chaperones." He said it did not involve property destruction.

The students were among 150 who returned Saturday with their 10 teacher chaperones from their senior class trip. Lynch said it was the fourth time in 18 years that suspensions have resulted from such a class trip. He said there were no plans to reconsider such trips. Inside I Turn up the heat Page18A Consultant urges use of county incinerator to heat homes in Camden. I Plans muzzled Page19A Freeholders hope to change Camden County animal shelter plan.

Florio visit Page22A Governor returns to home turf, touting merits of tax relief package. Section A Nation-World Section Local-Money Section Sports Section Living-People become a shrine to Ricky's memory. Backed by floral arrangements mourners sent her are Barbour's picture, copies of front-page stories about the murder, piles of letters she received, his passport, his prosecutor's office identification, and a memorial tribute to him in the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office newsletter. Forming a centerpiece is the folded American flag that draped his casket. Matchmaker: Rules OK, but skip date quota victim" because of his emaciated appearance.

The state Attorney General's Office said 64 complaints were filed against dating services in Pennsylvania last year. Young said she has about 400 clients, mostly women, about half of whom live in Pennsylvania. She said she got involved in the business, which specializes in helping Jewish singles find compatible, partners for permanent relationships, about four years ago. She said all of her referrals are done after extensive personal interviews. to meet contract terms, provide a three-day cancellation period on contracts and ensure confidentiality for clients.

The proposal is similar to laws in New York and California. Several women told the panel yesterday they paid hundreds of dollars to dating services but were left feeling frustrated and misled after being paired with unsuitable men. In one case, a Philadelphia woman said she was dispatched to a hotel lobby to meet a date, only to find a disheveled man slumped in a chair, snoring loudly. Another woman compared one date to "a Holocaust "A matchmaker is for people who are looking for that one special person," she said. "Once they've found that person, then I never see them again.

A dating service is for people who want an active dating life. They're (clients) looking to meet a number of people. "If they're being more selective then you can't really legislate an imposed quota on someone's life." The Pennsylvania Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee has begun reviewing legislation that would set "reasonable" prices on dating service contracts, guarantee refunds if the agency fails Courier-Post Staff and Associated Press A South Jersey matchmaker told a Pennsylvania Senate panel yesterday she's in agreement with proposed legislation that would regulate the dating industry. But, Harriet Young, founder and director of the Cherry Hill-based Jewish Connections says the bill should address the differences between dating services and matchmaker services. Specifically, she objects to a regulation that would require such services to provide a minimum number of referrals to a client per month.

Ousted star upstages backup Rape probe focuses on Kennedy's behavior I I MK 14-year-old girl who lost her part in a high school play per formed her opening lines after all and then was hauled away to the principal's office. Bobbi Jo Shinsky had been yanked from the role of Sally Smith in the British musical comedy "Me and My Girl" after she lied about her absence from two rehearsals. The role went to her friend, Susan Johnson, but Bobbi Jo warned she would reclaim the role. She made good on the prom Tuesday night during Act 1 at the Laurel Highlands High School Auditorium. Rising from her scat, Bobbi Jo walked to the stage and said the same lines as Susan, on stage.

"Blimey! It's the bleeding Ritz!" both girls said. Security guards, alerted to the possibility of a disturbance, whisked Bobbi Jo to the principal's office. The principal told her and her father, Robert, she would be suspended for three days, beginning yesterday. "I did what I came to do," Bobbi Jo said, choking back tears. "I got the last word." And the play went on.

Yet Kennedy left Palm Beach on April 1 without speaking to police, who had made at least two attempts to contact him through his security guard. He has said he "was never never told that week-end" that there would be a rape charge. The Massachusetts Democrat stuck to Senate business yesterday, at first declining to address questions about when he first learned that his nephew was a rape suspect. But later he issued a statement saying: "There is no truth to sug- Please see KENNEDY, Page 2A WASHINGTON (AP) Statements to police by Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy's son Patrick raise new questions about the senator's behavior the weekend his nephew is accused of raping a Florida woman. Patrick Kennedy told Palm Beach police that his father knew before he left Florida after the Easter weekend that police were investigating the senator's nephew, William Kennedy Smith, in connection with a sexual offense. The senator himself later told investigators that he was concerned enough about the situation to contact a family lawyer. 40 6D 7B 6D 3D 2A 6D Entertainment 9B Experts SD Obituaries 5D People 6D Television 20A Weather Astrology Classified Comics Crossword DearAbby Editorials StateDelaware Valley: 3A Science health: 3A Nation roundup: 11A World roundup: 16A SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY 'I was never told that weekend'.