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Fort Myers News-Press, Saturday July 17, 1976 Dateline: Florida Parental Consent Still Valid MIAMI (AP) Although the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that minor women may have an abortion without the consent of their parents, officials say parental consent still is needed for all other elective surgery. Atty. Gen. Robert Shevin says the July 1 ruling by the court is "limited strictly to abortions and only because of the right of privacy issue you can't say that in terms of an operation or any other surgical procedure." Therefore, minors seeking elective surgery to correct disfigurements or for sterilization must have the consent of their parents.

D. Ralph Millard, chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery of the University of Miami School of Medicine, said plastic surgery is performed without parental consent only in cases of emergency. Dr. Wiliam Little, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the same school, said his department performs between 600 and 1,200 sterilizations a year, but only one or two women under 21 had undergone elective sterilization. "We have not sterilized anybody less than 18 who has been single, unless it was therapy for a cancer or something.

else resulting in sterilization," he said. Even ear piercing might require parental consent, officials say. Although it does not appear to be surgery, the piercing of ears does involve making a tiny cut in the skin. IRS Agent Indicted After Probe PITTSBURGH (UPI) A former Internal Revenue Service agent was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury for accepting money from Gulf Oil Corp. to vacation in Pompano Beach, Fla.

while he was supervisan audit of the company's income tax returns. U.S. Attorney Blair A. Griffith called the indictment a "the first concrete result" of special investigation of gratuities authorities contend were accepted by IRS agents. The investigation was conducted by inspectors of the IRS Inspection Service's internal security division in conjunction with the U.S.

attorney's office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The indictment charged that Gulf paid a total of $356.80 for the agent, Cyril J. Niederberger, 69, Pittsburgh, his wife, son and daughter to stay at the Beachcomer Lodge and Villas resort between July 11-17, 1971. Gulf is accused of mailing a $50 deposit to the hotel in advance. At the time, Niederberger was the case auditor of a "routine audit" of Gulf's 1962, 1963 and 1964 federal income taxes.

He had several agents working under him, according to the IRS. Griffith said the five-year statute of limitations on the Niederberger case would have expired Saturday. He would not say whether Niederberger would be indicted on other charges later. 'Crazy Joe' Sentenced To Die SANFORD (AP) A former Orlando-area motorcycle gang leader was sentenced to death Friday in the 1973 mutilation killing of an Orlando hospital clerk. Joseph "Crazy Joe" Spaziano, 29, was convicted in a jury trial last January, but sentencing had been postponed four times.

He was sentenced for the 1973 killing of Laura Lynn Harberts, 18, whose body was found near Altamonte Springs in Central Florida. Circuit Judge Robert McGregor passed sentence with the traditional words, "Mr. Spaziano, may God have mercy on your soul." Spaziano turned to the courtroom full of people, and smiled, patting the death-head tatto on his arm. The trial jury had recommended a life sentence, but McGregor said Friday that he thought the jury would have recommended death if it had known more about Spaziano. Spaziano is appealing a sentence of life plus five years in the 1975 rape of an Orlando girl whose eyes were slashed by her attacker.

Children See Mother Stabbed JACKSONVILLE (UPI) A 44- year-old man stabbed his wife to death in the presence of his children Friday after he found her at another man's house before dawn, police said. Homicide Detective F. M. Williams said Lawrence Harris came home from work early Friday and then left, but returned and could not find his wife, Elizabeth. Harris took his two children, a 10-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, with him as he went looking for his wife.

Police said he found her at the home of Oliver Edmond Jr. The couple had an argument in the front yard of Edmond's home and Harris suddenly stabbed her while the children watched, police said. Police said both children said they saw their father kill their mother with a knife about five inches long. Police said he apparently threw the knife away and so far they have not been able to find it. Harris was arrested and charged with murder.

Runaways Raped By 2 Men JACKSONVILLE (UPI) Two runaway girls from Maryland, hitchhiking south, were picked up and raped by a man driving a tractor trailer rig full of chickens and another man who joined them later, police reported Friday. The girls, a 16-year-old from Poplar Bluff and a 17-year-old from Fisk, were picked up early Thursday on Interstate 75 and driven to the truck driver's home in Jacksonville, police said. They were joined by another man who followed the first man and the two girls in another car down a dirt road, where each man raped one of the girls, according to police. The girls were then taken to a downtown bus depot where the men promised to buy them tickets for Daytona Beach. The girls said they wanted to return to Maryland and asked the men for money.

The men refused and left the depot and the runaways called police. They were being housed in the city's juvenile shelter before being sent back to their homes, police said. Gambling Jury Indicts 25 ORLANDO (UPI) The statewide grand jury investigating gambling and its link to organized crime returned 25 indictments Friday against persons in Orange and Semipole Counties. The indictments were sealed but special prosecutor Eugene Whitworth, the Alachua County state attorney, said they all were felony counts and were about equally divided between the two Central Florida counties. He said the indictments bring to "close to 500" the number of indictments returned during the grand jury's 16-month investigation.

He did not have figures on how many convictions there have been. The panel will complete its investigation in September after meeting in Duval and Dade counties. It will present a final report of gambling activities in Florida to the Florida Supreme Court in early October. Included in the grand jury's probe in Orlando since Wednesday was a lottery operation in the area. Whitworth said the grand jury is "pointing out to citizens that there is a with gambling and organized crime.

Because grand jury sessions are secret, he said, it might be beneficial to have a public Crime Commission with subpoena power, similar to a body in New Jersey. Dr. FAHMY M. RIZK, M.D. announces the opening of his new oftice for General Practice.

Community Professional Plaza 3830 Evans St. Suite I By appointment only 936-4813 Southwest Florida Deaths, Funerals MR. AND MRS. H. IRWIN SOUTHWICK JR.

Funeral service for Irwin and Dorothy Southwick of Fort Myers will be held today at 11 a.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. W. Eric Dance officiating. Pallbearers will be Heard Edwards, Merle Lupo, Archie Ford, Bert Hoffman, Joe Kitchens and Murray Fussell.

Burial will be at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Harvey Funeral Home. H. DOYLE SNYDER Funeral service for H. Doyle Snyder, 78, of North Fort Myers, will be held today at 4 p.m.

at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. Hunter Hill, pastor of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, officiating. Private burial will Woodlawn Memorial Park in St. Petersburg. Arrangements are by the Harvey Funeral Home.

LESLIE E. MCCONKEY Funeral service for Leslie E. McConkey, 79, of Fort Myers Beach will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Schroeder officiating.

Burial will be at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Harvey Funeral Home. NOEL C. WOOTON Noel Wooton, 79, of 4207 Estero Fort Myers Beach, died Thurs- A retired cost accountant from Detroit, he had lived here for the past 15 He is survived by his wife, Irma Wooton; two daughters, June Wooton of Fort Myers Beach and Mrs. Joann Van Ramshorst of Wellsville, N.Y.; a son, Dr.

John Wooton of Grosse Pointe Woods, two brothers, three sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral service will be held Monday at 10. a.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry H.

Ward officiating. Burial will be at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Raphael's Episcopal Church. Arrangements are by the Harvey Funeral Home.

BLANCH SCHUBERT Blanch Schubert, 79, of Iona Gardens died Thursday. A native of Chicago, she had lived here for the past 22 years, coming from Hayward, Wis. She was a member of Fort Myers Beach Chapter 299 Order of Eastern Star and Fort Myers Beach Women's Club. She was past president of the Order of Eagles Auxiliary of Berwyn, Ill. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Laddie J.

Schubert; a daughter, Mrs. Blanche Bertuca of Palos Heights, a son, Donald Schubert of Glenview, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held today at 8 p.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home conducted by Fort Myers Beach Chapter 299 Order of Eastern Star. The body will be sent to the Chrastka Funeral Home of Berwyn, for final service and burial.

andriends may p.m. at call the today Harvey from 2 Funeral to CARL E. STOCKER Carl E. Stocker, 85, of 3716 Edgewood died Friday. A retired chef from Detroit, he was a native of Germany and had lived here for the past 16 years.

He was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, Mary Stocker and a daughter, Miss Dorothy Stocker of Fort Myers. Funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home with Vicar Ric Connor of Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harvey Funeral Home. OLGA BERENSTRAUCH Olga Berenstrauch, 73, of LaBelle died at her residence Wednesday. She had lived there for the past 25 years. She is survived by her husband, Hugo Berenstrauch of LaBelle.

Funeral service will be held today at 11 a.m. at Leo W. Engelhardt Funeral Home with Vicar Janssen officiating. Cremation will follow. HARRY ALOYSIUS HANKES PUNTA GORDA Harry Aloysius Hankes, 68, of 135 Donna Court, Punta Gorda Isles, died Friday morning at a local hospital.

He was a native of Aurora, and came to this area 11 years ago from Kalamazoo, Mich. He was employed in the building trades as a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 337 of Kalamazoo until his retirement in 1961. He was a member of Anchor Lodge of S.0. 87, F. A.M., Kalamazoo; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Grand Rapids, Charter Member of the Araba Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.

of Fort Myers; Charlotte County Shrine Club, Punta Gorda; Royal Order of Jesters Court 170.1 Fort Myers; First Unied For The Record Lee County LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS Joseph Clark, Fred VanEyck, Leo V. Moore, Burley J. Spillman, Patricia Palmer, Madeline I. Crosthwait, Joy M. Norris, Thomas G.

Parsons, Stacey L. Jones, Walt E. Collins, Peter N. Eckmeyer, Marianne Miller, Valerie Albury, James E. Dixon, Idella J.

Dixon, Kenneth Grieve, Josephine R. Fox, Charles R. Reinbolt, Patricia A. Peterson, Patricia A. Bateman, Veronica Block, D.

Mae Pearce, Jonnette M. Wolfe, Winnie M. Looper, Steve L. Ellis, Carl M. Clanton, Anna M.

Jobes. DISMISSALS Charles H. Foreman, Vera H. Winegar, William B. Meredith, Ethel L.

Fraser, Clifford J. Holthaus, Eva Lumpkin, John D. Williams, Laura Piracci, Willie Smith, Charles Wilhelm, Dorothy A. Klain, Asa Natale, Mary K. Sanders, Paul Stephan, Estelle Thompson, Carol Gates, Dolly C.

Matthews, Edward Kerr, Lessie C. Jackson, Dorothy Daniels, Vincent E. Rapacciuolo, Richard K. O'Steen, Kenneth C. Ball, George G.

George, Hugh B. Tait, Ethel G. Reed, Vernon D. Jackson, Janis L. Davidson, Robert J.

Spellman, Levi Johnson, Ruth V. Bachman, Steven Bowker, Dorothy E. Nye, Clarence L. Freer, Dean A. Williams, Joe Jones.

BIRTHS AT LEE MEMORIAL To Mr. and GARCIA, Jose, 2105 Riverview Road, boy, 8 pounds, 2 ounces, July 15. LARSON, Tibe, 4421 DeLeon boy, 8 pounds, ounces, July 16. TAYLOR, Fred, P.O. Box 173, Felda, boy, 8 pounds, July 16.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Joseph Odel Brindley, 20, and Janie Leigh Smith, 16. William G. Smith, 56, and Wilma Virginia Travis, 55." William Robert Klunder, 33, and Brenda Sue Williams, 29. James Joseph Massa, 36, and Virginia Eileen Cosentino, 33. James Michael Price, 22, and Cathy IT PAYS TO HAVE THE NE HOME DELIVERED (And it costs less, too) For Immediate Service Phone Fort Myers 334-2351 Cape Coral 549-0171 Collier Co.

649-9162 Charlotte Co. 629-7586 Lynne Cummings, 18. John P. Carew, 38, and Barbara L. Siggs, 22.

DIVORCES FINAL JUDGMENTS Shirley Maxine Wright and Fred L. Wright Mary Ellen Volker and Joseph H. Volker; Bobbie Lee Byrd and Joe Louis Byrd; Donna J. Falck and Richard S. Falck; Pamela S.

Oxnam and Richard L. Oxnam; Shelby J. Branch and William E. Branch; Edwina M. Holleran and George Francis Holleran James H.

Durham and Hildegard Durham; Eve Cioffi and William Cioffi; Danny L. Callahan and Iris Callahan; J.C. Peterson and Catherine G. Peterson; Sheila W. Johnson and Sammie Lee Johnson; Betty A.

McDaniel Williams and William Earl Williams; Judith Ann King and Ralph M. King Geraldine M. Grames and Melvin A. Grames Joyce 1. Goad and Stephen E.

Goad; B.A. Ball and Stephania Ball; Nettie Sue Power and William Rodger Power; Edith A. Nealon and Anthony J. Nealon. FILED Lawrence L.

Stefkovich and Darlene M. Stefkovich; Brenda Shaw and Walter L. Shaw; Hermina C. Gibson and Roger J. Gibson.

CARD OF THANKS The family of the late Kathrine "Kate" Pete wishes to thank each and everyone for their kindness, consideration, and gratitude shown during our bereavement. A special thanks to Sears Carter Funeral Home. Thank you and may God bless you. MRS. ESSIE MAE PETE AND FAMILY July 17, 18, 19 CENTER TE GREEN RIBBON PLANTS PLANT CLINIC 1960 MARAVILLA MESSMER 936-4899 COMING.

shop american Methodist Church of Punta Gorda, Gorda Isles; Burnt Store Golf and Racket Club; The Ostomy Association of S.W. Florida; The United Commercial Travelers Council 156 of Kalamazoo and the Gulf Coast Good Sam Recreational Vehicle Club. He is survived by his wife, Vivian Hankes of Punta Gorda Isles; a son, Harold Lee Hankes, of Big Rapids, Mich; two grandsons, Frederick Harry Hankes and Theodore Martin Hankes, both of Big Rapids, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Ponger Funeral Home Chapel in Punta Gorda with the Revs.

James McGonnell and Warren Host officiating. Burial will be in the Royal Palm Memorial Gardens in Punta Gorda. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 6-8 p.m. and Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. J.J.W. White, Dr. Francis T. Zinn, John Matarese, Manuel Sousa, John Rancorn, Arthur Smith, Joseph Barnstein and all members of the Araba Temple, the Charlotte Shrine Club and the Royal Order of Jesters Court 170.

ERNESTINE SHANDS for Ernestine Shands, 88, of GainesGAINESVILLE Funeral service ville, will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Johnson- Hayes Funeral Home in Gainesville, Fla. Mrs. Shands died Thursday in Gainesville. She is survived by one son, Judge Thomas W.

Shands of Fort Myers; one sister, Miss Montine Fagan of Gainesville, two grandchildren, Carroll Shands of Atlanta, Ga. and Virginia Sharp Gainesville, and one great-grandchild. ROBERT W. BYRNS Robert W. Byrns, 75, of 1740 Pine Valley Drive, Seven Lakes, Fort Myers, died Thursday of a heart attack.

He was a retired government engineer. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude of Seven Lakes; one son, Robert W. Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio; a brother Forrest Byrns of West Granby, and two grandchildren. Service was held in Waterbury, followed by cremation.

ROSE W. ROSSEY NAPLES Rose W. Rossey, 83, of 4350 22nd Ave. S.W., died Thursday evening at Naples Community Hospital. Born.

in Maryland, she came to Naples 10 years ago from Dayton, Ohio. She was a graduate of the University of Maryland and was a retired registered nurse. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dayton, Ohio. She Is survived by her husband, Blythe Rossey; two daughters, Gloria Benner of Dayton, Ohio, and Patricia L. Rossey of New York, and one granddaughter, Sandra Ann Benner of Dayton, Ohio.

Funeral service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Pittman's Naples Chapel, 850 6th Ave. with the Rev. Marshall Boroughs, pastor of East Naples Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will.

be at Memorial Gardens in Fort Myers. Friends may call Sunday at Pittman's Naples Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. MARJORIE D. BROWN Mariorie D. Brown, 57, of 5258 Tamiami Court, Cape Coral, died Friday.

She came to Cape Coral 10 years ago from Jackson, Mich. She was a member of St. Andrews Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband, Harold W. Brown of Cape Coral, and one sister, Geraldine Shaw of Groves, Tex.

Contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society or the local Heart Association. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Tant Funeral Home. REUBEN ANDREWS Funeral service for Reuben Andrews will be held Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church of Harlem Heights at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.

Andrew Brown officiating. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the L.R. Sears Memorial Chapel of Sears Carter Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Fort Myers.

FRANCES IRENE REID Frances Irene Reid of 1821 Cornwallis Parkway, Cape Coral, died Friday at her home. She came here seven years ago. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Lutheran Christian Women's Association, Cape Coral Retired Citizens and Fort Myers Rebekah's 68. She had been a pink lady for the Lee Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her husband, James M.

Reid of Cape Coral; one daughter, Mrs. David M. Till of Cape Coral; one sister, Florence Murphy of Buffalo, N.Y., and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. with the Fort Myers Rebekah's service conducted at 7:30 p.m.

Funeral service will be Monday at 11:30 a.m. at the chapel of the Tant Funeral Home with the Rev. Everett P. Bunck, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fort Myers.

Paul Gallico, Author And Sports Writer, Dies MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) Paul Gallico, whose Mitty-esque exploits in sports captivated a generation and whose novel "'The Poseidon Adventure" became a hit movie, has died at 78. Gallico, who started as a sports writer and branched into writing novels and short stories, was halfway through a sequel to "'The Poseidon Adventure" when he died in Monte Carlo on Thursday, 10 days before his 79th birthday. On the staff of the New York Daily News during the 1930s, Gallico reportedly was one of the highest paid sportswriters in a city where Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice and Westbrook Pegler reigned. He started his career in journalism in 1922 as a movie reviewer for the News and joined the sports department soon after. He was named sports editor in 1924.

In his early years as a sportswriter, Gallico began a series challenges to professional sportsmen, similar to the more recent exploits of writer George PAUL GALLICO in 1971 photo Plimpton and the daydreams of James Thurber's fictional Walter Mitty. He is survived by his widow, Baroness Virginia von Falz-Fein. They were married in 1963. He also leaves two sons, William and Robert, and a step-daughter, Lud- "Seventeen, and still in Sunday School." "And I wouldn't miss it for anything. We can talk about things we're thinking about like the future, or problems with parents, or new lifestyles and we get ideas that really help.

I'm finding out who I am, and who God is, and where I fit in His creation." Anyone through age 19 is welcome in the Christian Science Sunday School, every week. FIRST CHURCH Of CHRIST, SCIENTIST McGregor Blvd. and W. First St. Fort Myers Sunday Service and Sunday School 11 A.M.

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