The Cumberland News from Cumberland, Maryland • Page 16

16-The Cumberland News, Tuesday, July 19,1977 Mercury Hits 101; Hottest In Years For the fourth time in July, the mercury touched the 100 degree mark here yesterday, but it continued to rise to a 101 degree of- ficial reading to give Cumberland what may have been its hottest day of the decade yesterday. Except for a slight chance of thunderstorms, local observer Tim Thomas of the National Weather Service says area residents can expect more of the con- tinuing wave of high tem- peratures, stale air and little rain. Bringing a slight break in the poor air quality, breeze i moved through Cumberland yesterday afternoon and brought back patches of blue sky. Mr. Thomas says that a "Bermuda High" area is dominating the weather here and preventing rain or fresh air from entering the region.

A high pressure system, centered directly over the Canadian border, could have brought relief, but the system is moving off directly to the east, to the north of the local area. Daily high temperatures in Cumberland during July have averaged over 93 degrees, and yesterday's 1 low went down only to 75. Rain has become a fond memory, as the last measurable precipitation was three one-hundredths of an inch last Wednesday. i i i precipitation, the North Branch of the Potomac is at its lowest level in years, registering only 2.2 feet at the Wiley Ford river gauge. The Phase 2 pollution a issued Baltimore and Washington areas last Friday has been extended and has resulted in some plant production cutbacks.

The Phase 2 alert means persons with respiratory problems should remain indoors, and signals that .2 a i i hydrocarbons is in the air. These index readings are unhealthy, but the warning phase does not result until a level of .4 part per million is reached. A reading of .5 would mean a state of emergency. Thunderstorms dropped temperatures and improved air quality in much of Maryland on Sunday night. Many homes and factories experienced power outages as a result of the storms.

Area Pools Pose No Health Hazard The excessive heat and humidity has led to in- creased use of area pools and lakes, but Gaylord Brooks, director of Environ- mental Health for the Alle- gany County Health Depart- ment said the increased use and heat has not brought the area any particular health hazards. He noted that throughout the 20 pools in the county, the greatest health problem he is encountering is the need for pools to use more chlorine than usual, due to the heat. Samples have been taken on a regular basis from the area pools, and have only indicated a need for pool managers to step up the chlorine use. The sampling of pool water has been stepped up, according to Mr. Brooks.

Rocky Gap, the state park east of Cumberland, has experienced only one high sample, according to Mr. Brooks He noted that a misunderstanding develop- ed last Friday, resulting in the closing of the park beach for a few hours. Don Gaver, park superin- tendent, said he was given an order on Friday by the state department of health in Baltimore to close the north beach to swimming after a high sample was reported, which later was found to have been in error. Mr. Gaver said that the park was called back within a matter of hours, explain- ing that a misunderstanding had developed in reading the lab reports.

The health department rescinded the closing order, and gave Rocky Gap clearance to reopen. The health department checks the water at Rocky Gap on a regular basis. The sample taken by health officials on Saturday was The second of the two number is the chloroform count and is considered dangerous only when it approaches 200. Mr. Brooks indicated that while the Washington and Baltimore areas have ex- perienced very poor air quality the past few days, the air quality in the Cum- berland area has been good.

Yesterday at 3 p.m. the air quality index read 13. The air quality is considered dangerous when it reads 100 or higher, according to Mr. Brooks. Mr.

Brooks also noted that the extreme heat also requires people to watch what foods they take on picnics to avoid spoilage, and to avoid extreme ex- posure to the sun. Rissel! Indicted In Slaying FAIRFAX, a A Fairfax County grand jury Monday indicted Montie Rissell of Alexandria in the death of a Fairfax County woman, one of five Northern Virginia women he is ac- cused of slaying. The grand jury charged the 18-year-old with a three count i i murder, rape and abduction of Ursula A. Miltenberger, a 22-year-old Springfield woman whose battered body was discovered March 6 near rural Burke, a At- torney Robert F. Koran Jr.

said a trial date would be set Tuesday i for Rissell, who was being held in the Fairfax County Jail. On May 20 a special grand jury in Alexandria charged him with 12 counts, four each of murder, rape and abduction, in the slayings over a nine-month period of Aura Marina Gabor, Gladys R. Bradley, Jeannette M. McClelland and Aletha B. Byrd.

He will be tried twice, once for the Miltenberger slaying and once for the four other deaths. Rissell's trial in Alexandria is set for Oct. 3. Miss Miltenberger-worked as a management trainee at a restaurant near Rissell's home and the four other women lived in the same area. In Alexandria, a defense motion is pending to sup- press confessions Rissell is alleged to have made to police.

He said he confessed to the slayings on two oc- casions because police promised to get him psychiatric help. He said he was told he would not be prosecuted, hut police denied that. Two Die In Crash Two teenage girls from Latrobe; were fatally injured yester- day afternoon on Pennsylvania Route 31 near Kooser State Park in Somerset County. State Police at Somer- set said no names were available until the next of kin had been notified of the deaths, but said that two 17-year-old girls were killed when the car they were driv- ing at a high rate of speed went out of control and struck a tree. Another 17-year- old girl in the car was seriously injured.

The accident occurred around 4:10 p.m. OTHER LOCAL NEWS ON PAGE 15 Officials, Sheriff Agree About Off-Duty Services The Allegany County Board of Commissioners has held a meeting with Sheriff Francis D. Michaels and policies have been agreed upon concerning off- duty services by sheriff's deputies and the work release program whereby prisoners can be gainfully employed during the daylight hours. This meeting was held after Sheriff Michaels sub- mitted a letter to the county commissioners July 8 point- ing out that House Bill 1280, permitting deputy sheriffs to perform certain off-duty services, became effective Julyl. Commissioners John J.

Coyle and Linda A. Golden said at yesterday's meeting of the commissioners that the meeting with Sheriff Michaels was held last week. They noted that James F. Lewis of the De- partment of Probation and Parole also attended because all payments for work release by prisoners are supposed to be handled through his office. When Mr.

Lewis com- plained about insufficient manpower in his office to handle the additional paper work, the commissioners agreed to provide a CETA 'employe to assist him. Sheriff Michaels had written the county com- missioners in his letter of July 8 that compensation for off-duty services will be at the rate of $7.50 per hour. Payment will be made directly from the contract- ing agency or person to the county commissioners, he wrote. He further requested that $5.50 be credited to the deputy's pay and the remaining $2 be set aside in contingency for purchase of equipment for use in and by the sheriff's department. This proposed contingen- cy fund proved a stumbling block.

Paul W. Barnett, attorney to the county commissioners, pointed out that no- county department can carry over funds from one fiscal year to the next. Unexpended balances revert to the general fund of the county. Sheriff Michaels also disclosed in that letter that his department will begin bank escorts for businesses in Allegany County on an approximate cost basis. The base charge for an escort will be $6 plus 25 cents per mile.

Here again, Sheriff Michaels had requested that these funds be set aside in contingency for his depart- ment vehicular mainten- ance, improvement or replacement. The sheriff believes that the county commissioners have been less than generous in budgeting funds for his department. Despite the increased emphasis upon law enforcement he said, only 1.2 per cent of the county's overall budget of $23,140,820 for the fiscal year which started July 1 is for the sheriff's department. In the county's regular budget of $21,393,515, the only funds for the sheriff are Members of the Clarysville Volunteer Fire Company won the team pumping contest Sunday in competition with other volunteer fire companies at Bowling Green. In front row from left are Bob Rizer, Gary Evans, Larry Bendle and Paul Adams Jr.

From left in the back Clarysville Company Wins Contest are John Troutman, company president, Michael Kenney, and Paul Adams Sr. All but Mr. Troutman and Mr. Adams, who is the chief, are members of the winning team. The pumper shown in the background cost over 541,000 and arrived only recently.

$51,635 for the operation of the county jail. Last fiscal year the amount was $45,108. All of the rest of the funds for the sheriff's department, $225,028, come from federal revenue sharing. Last year that figure was $216,623. The "jail and the sheriff's depart- ment together receive $276,663 out of a total budget Of $23,140,820.

Sheriff Michaels believes the work release program is (Continued on page 15) Candy Maker States Road Is Important F.V. Smith, who operates Polish Mountain Maple Products yesterday submitted a letter to the Allegany County Board of Commissioners as a follow- up to his verbal request last week that he would like to see the county do something to keep down the dust on John Stewart Road on the mountain. After Mr. Smith made his verbal request for reduction in dust on the road, Harry T. Skelly, a superintendent, told the i i a "considerable" had been spent on John Stewart Road.

In his letter yesterday, Mr. Smith questioned just what the' world "con- siderable" means. He pointed out that the old Cumberland Road on Polish Mountain had been resur- faced. He said that more had been spent on the Cumberland Road than on the John Stewart Road. Mr.

Smith noted that in the half-mile stretch of John Stewart Road there are four homes, two trailers, two hunting lodges and his candy factory. He said his operation has 13 full and part-time employes and contributes a great deal to the economy of Allegany County. His candy products, mostly made from maple sugar, are sold in Virginia, West Virginia and Penn- sylvania, as well as in Maryland. The commissioners said they would refer the letter to Mr. Skelly.

Weather FORECASTS Maryland Mostly cloudy, hot and muggy with a chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorms through tomorrow. High in the mid to upper 90s both days. West Virginia Partly cloudy, hot and muggy CITY TEMPERATURES Memorial Rejects Proposal To Increase Parking Area Memorial Hospital's board of governors ap- proved two contracts yesterday but voted down a proposal that would have increased parking at the hospital because bids on the project were too high. The hospital had con- sidered having 63 new parking spaces installed on Memorial Avenue lots owned by the hospital. However, the lowest bid was for $945 per space, ac- cording to Robert J.

Brown, chairman of the board's property committee. Mr. Brown said that because the bids were so high, the property com- mittee recommended that the project be abandoned. The board concurred with the recommendation. Mr.

Brown also noted that 10 firms were asked to bid on the project but only two offers were submitted. The board approved a contract with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company for major-medical and medical-surgical in- surance benefits for hospital employes at a cost of $91,846.92 per year. i a programs had been shared during the past year by Connecticut General and Maryland Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Robb A. Ruyle, Memorial administrator, said that because of the split coverage, the hospital found that costs for filing separate insurance claims were rising at Memorial.

He said that with only one firm handling the insurance, administration costs will decrease and employes will find it easier to file claims 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. p.m. 94 94 94 95 5 p.m.

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81 11 p.m. 79 Midnight 77 Some Tax Bills Not Delivered The office of Francis G. Philpot, county treasurer, mailed out 36,000 Allegany County and state tax bills early in July but about 400 of them were returned by the Post Office because of in- correct addresses, ac- cording to Mr. Philpot. About 250 of them have been delivered through further investigation but about 150 still have not yet reached the taxpayer.

Mr. Philpot said that his office has tried to get the correct addresses and mail the bills before the five per cent discount on county and special taxing area taxes runs out July 31. "If you haven't received your bill, please call 777-5965 and we will try and find out what happened," Mr. Philpot said. Failure to receive the tax bills does not give the county treasurer the right to allow a five per cent discount after July 31, Mr.

Philpot added. The county treasurer said he does not have an up-to- date report on July tax collections but doubts that a exceeded $1,000,000 with less than two weeks remaining. Banks throughout the county are serving as tax collection points. Last year about $1,500,000 was collected at the banks around the county during the three discount months of July, August and Sep- tember. The discount drops to four per cent in August and three per cent in Sep- tember.

and receive insurance benefits. Blue Cross-Blue Shield submitted a bid of $106,312, but the board of governors accepted i General's lower bid. The other contract action yesterday was approval of a bid from Ray C. Lapp Inc. for $9,300.

to install air conditioning for the section of the hospital which will house the new CAT scanner this fall. The other bidder was Walter N. Yoder and Sons, $10,950. In other board action yesterday afternoon, a i i a i disclosure policy which has been drafted was forwarded to City Solicitor J. Frederick Sharer for comment.

The policy, which the board says will give it guidelines to use in deciding what may or may not be released to the public, was first discussed at last month's meeting. George M. Wyckoff board chair- man, said final action will be taken to adopt the policy at next month's meeting. However, the board declined a request to release copies of the proposed policy to the press. Mr.

Wyckoff said he saw no reason to release the proposal yesterday, adding that the policy will be adopted at the board's public meeting next month if anyone is in- (Continuedon page 15) Volleyball Tourney Scheduled Today The annual Intra-City Coed Volleyball Tour- nament for city playgrounds begins at noon today at Washington Junior High. Each team in the single elimination tournament is required to have three boys and three girls competing at all times in a boy-girl-boy- girl arrangement. Fifteen points will constitute a game, and a match, will consist of the best two-out- of-three games. A $15 gift certificate will be awarded to the first place winner. The second place team will received a $10 certificate, and.

the third place squad will earn a $5 award. Summer athletic director Mark Paupe will coordinate the tournament. Post Playground was last year's champion, while Centre Street was second and Braddock finished third. The Department of Parks and Recreation also reminds all first, second and third place winners in the recent county track meet, who are planning to com- pete in the state meet on August 6, that practice will be held today at Fort Hill Stadium. Practices will also be held on Tuesday, July 26, and Tuesday, August 2.

Both practices will begin at 7 p.m. and will be Held at Fort Hill Stadium. Heinrich's Men's Shop Burglarized Merchandise valued at close to $30,000 was removed sometime over the weekend from Heinrich's Men's Shop in LaVale Plaza Shopping Center when the store was burglarized. The owners discovered the burglary yesterday morning when they arrived to open the store for the day. William Heinrich Jr.

said it appeared that entry had been gained through the front door of the store. It is uncertain whether entry was gained Saturday night or Sunday. The lock was pulled from the front door, enabling the burglars to enter and remove all the suits in the store; sportscoats, jackets, topcoats, outer wear for fall, and between 250 and 300 pairs of slacks, according to Mr. Heinrich. Mr.

Heinrich said the leather coats were taken from the warehouse in the back of the store. Jewelry in the store was not disturbed. The Heinrich's Men's Shop was burglarized two years ago when nearly $15,000 worth of mer- chandise was taken. The incident is being in- vestigated by the State Police. C.C.

Manillas, Retired Shop Owner, Dies Christ C. Charuhas, 73, of 707 Sylvan Avenue, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Born in Sparta, Greece, he was a sori of the late George T. and Stella Charuhas. His wife, Theresa M.

(DiGilarmo) Charuhas, also preceded him in death. Mr. Charuhas retired in February of this year after 33 years as owner and operator of the Nu-Way Hat and Cleaners and Shoe Rebuilders on North Mechanic Street. He was a member of Greek Orthodox Church Johnstown, Lodge AHEPA; a charter member of the Dapper Dan Club of Allegany County and a charter member of Has- Beens, a member of Cumberland Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge 245. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Stella C. Whal, Baltimore; two sons, Peter C. Charuhas; Walke'rsville, and George Charuhas, city; a brother, Thomas G. Charuhas, Rockville; two sisters, Mary and Helen Charuhas, both of Athens, Greece; and four grand- children. The body is at the Right Funeral Home, where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m.

and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Eagles Lodge 245 will conduct a memorial service at the funeral home tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Candidate For Senate Meets With Demo Committee Here oca Rneal Found Dead In His Office By AtBERT D. DARBY News Staff Writer The Allegany County Board of Commissioners had an unexpected visitor a Commissioner Burton R. Hoffman of Washington County.

It seems that Mr. Hoff-. man and his brother, Delegate Irwin F. Hoffman of Washington County, are both interested in being appointed to succeed John P. Corderman in the State Senate.

Because the eastern portion of Allegany County is included in the district which Senator Corderman has been representing, candidates to succeed him are seeking the endorse- ment of the Allegany County Democratic State Central Committee as well as the Washington County Demo- cratic State Central Com- mittee. Burton Hoffman was scheduled to meet in- formally last night with the Democratic committee here. His brother is Plan Hoagie Sale The Ridgeley Volunteer Fire Company will hold a hoagie sale tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. at the fire hall for the benefit of the truck fund. Phone orders may be made bv calling 738-9680.

scheduled to be here on Thursday evening. Last Thursday the committee met with Victor Cushwa of Williamsport, who was the runner-up to Senator Cor- a in the 1974 Democratic primary. Meanwhile, the Allegany County Democratic State Central Committee has published a legal notice that any qualified person in- terested in filling the State Senate vacancy should send a full resume to Thomas Deaths ARMENTROUT Andrew, 77, Gormania, W. Va. CAIN William 68, Moorefield, W.

Va. CHENOWTTH A. Ed- ward, 67, formerly of Cumberland. GRAIM Mrs. Raymond 83, of 834 Columbia Avenue.

GROVE Ray, 78, Petersburg, W. Va. HOUT Harry 73, Flintstone. MAN Ralph 59, Petersburg, W. Va.

MARTIN Guy 78, formerly of Romney. McKINDLESS Mrs. George 96, of 1812 Frederick Street. MICHAEL Henry 0., 72, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

(Obituaries on Page 8) Finan chairman, on or before Monday, August l. The procedure for filling this vacancy will be in ac- cordance with Maryland law and the rules of the Democratic, State Central Committee of Maryland, the legal notice states. Mr. Finan indicated yesterday that the com- mittee here plans to have a public meeting at which time the Hoffman brothers, Mr. Cushwa and any others interested in the appoint; will be interviewed by the comrriittee.

The a i Democratic committee has made no such plans for-a. -ironY Mr. Mattingly's wife Francis H. Mattingly, 52, a local realtor, was found dead yesterday morning in his office at 12 Greene Street. Attorney' John M.

Robb, who has an office in the found Mr. Mat- tingly hanging in his office from a black electric cord which had been tied to a pipe coming from the wall. Mr. Robb said that he found the body shortly after 10. a.m.

after he had received a call public meeting. Senator Corderman appointed -several, weeks ago by acting Gov. Blair Lee III to fill the vacancy in Washington County Circuit Court caused by the resig- nation of Associate Judge a i resignation is effective July 31. a a i yesterday that he is now in the third term as a county commissioner. He was first elected as a Democrat in 1962 and re-elected in 1966.

In 1970 he decided to run for county treasurer and was defeated. In 1974 he regained his seat as one of the five county com- missioners in Washington Countv. him to check his was -'officeforMr. Mattingly. Mr.

Mattingly had not been heard from since "8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Dr. Benedict Skitarelic, medical investigator, that no foul play was volved and a he estimated that Mr. Mat- tingly died at approximately 2 a.m., Sunday.

City police were called, and Mr. Mattingly's body was taken to the Scarpelli Funeral Home by McDonald Ambulance. Born in Cumberland, Mr. Mattingly resided at 23 Long Drive. He was a son of Mrs.

Sylvia G. (Grabenstein) Mattingly, city, and the late Francis DeSales Mattingly. (Continued on page 15).