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Lowell H. Good, 69, was RCA engineer BRIDGEWATER Lowell H. Good, of 1182 Delaware Drive, died Friday (Feb. 22, 1980) at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H. He was 69.

Born in Indianapolis, he received an A B. degree in 1931 and a B.S. degree in 1932, both from Indiana Central College. In 1933, Mr. Good also received an M.A.

degree in physics from Indiana University. He did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley and Butler University and in 1964, Indiana Central College awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. In 1941, Mr. Good joined RCA in Indianapolis, Ind. as an advanced development engineer until he was transferred to Camden, in 1946.

He was named director of engineering utilization at RCA in 1957 and two years later was appointed manager of microelectronics engineering i in Somerville. Mr. Good held this positon until transferring to the David Sarnoff Researh Center in 1963, where he was coordinator of technical relations. He retired i in March 1976. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Somerville, where he Charles W.

Cunningham BRIDGEWATER Charles W. Cunningham, of 463 Peterpar Road, died yesterday (Feb. 26, 1980) at Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital in Bernards. He was 54. Born in Somerville, he was a lifelong resident of the area.

Mr. Cunningham was a World War II veteran and was an airline pilot for Texaco. He was also a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville. He is survived by two daughters, Beverly Mc Hale of Bridgewater and Nancy Cunningham of Hopewell, two sons, Timothy of Flemington and Terrence of Werers Crave, his father, William Cunningham Sr. of Bridgewater; a brother, William of Somerville and two grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Cusick Funeral Home in Somerville. Margaret L. Sassman READINGTON Margaret L. Sassman, 80, of Park Lane, Whitehouse Station, died yesterday (Feb. 26, 1980) at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township.

Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Union and Roselle Park before moving to Whitehouse Station 13 years ago. Mrs. Sassman was a member of the Rockaway Reformed Church. Surviving her are her husband, Leonard; a son, Richard of Greenlawn, N.Y.; two daughters, Doris Reindell, of Bridgewater and Patricia Burden of Mt. Olive, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Kearns Funeral Home in Whitehouse. Florence D. Cornwell TRENTON Florence D. Cornwell, 80, of Plainfield, died yesterday (Feb. 26, 1980) in Trenton.

Born in College Point, N.Y., she lived most of her life in Trenton and was a teacher at Trenton High School for 40 years and a member of the New Jersey Education Association. Surviving her are two sisters, Mrs. Richard C. Peters of Sandwich, and Selena of Plainfield. Arrangements are by A.M.

Runyon Son Funeral Home in Plainfield. FUNERAL NOTICES CHRISTMAS Arnold on Februry 24, 1980, of 634 East 3rd Street, brother of Mrs. Eliza Stevens, Mahala Jordan, Esther Doddy, St. Clair and Richard Christmas. Funeral Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.

at Judkins Colonial Home. Friends may call Wednesday 7-9 p.m. 27 CORNWELL Florence on February 26, 1980, daughter of the late Charles Florence Cornwell, residence Plainfield, N.J., sister of Mrs. Richard C. Peters and Miss Selena Cornwell.

Graveside service at Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield on Thursday February 28th at 2:30 p.m. There will be no calling hours at the A.M. Runyon Sons Funeral home, Plainfield. -27 DULICAI Francis of Cranford, on Monday, February 25, 1980, in his 70th year, beloved husband of Ruth Keppler Dulicai, devoted father of James F. Dulicai and Mrs.

Linda D. Hagenau also survived by 3 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. Funeral from the Dooley Funeral Home, 218 West North Cranford, on Friday at 9:15 a.m. the Funeral Mass at St. Michael's Church at 10 a.m.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Friends may visit Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. 27 GOODSKY Peter, of Piscataway on February 25, 1980, husband of the late Anna (Janecek), father of Mrs. Joan Alexe, brother of Mrs. Lucy Mondok, also survived by 2 grandsons.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 28 at 8:30 a.m. from the Sheenan Funeral Home, 233 Dunellen Dunellen. Followed by a 9 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at St. Stanislaus RC Church, Plainfield.

Interment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery. Visiting hours Wednesday 2-4, 7-9 p.m. -27 McCOY Frank age 48, of Toms River on Monday, February 25, beloved son of Helen (Gorczynski) McCoy of Toms River, brother of John O'Neill, Michael South Bound Brook, David Ferri, of Germany Horner of Toms River. Friends may call Wednesday, 2-4 7-9 at the Anderson Campbell Funeral Home, 703 Main Toms River. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, 10 a.m.

at St. Joseph's C. Church. Interment will be at the Ocean County Memorial Park. 27 PETERSON Carl 77, of 243 Dunellen Dunellen on February 26, 1980, husband of Mrs.

Mabel (Corbin) Peterson, father of Carl J. Jr. and Mrs. Virginia Geschwindner, brother of Lawrence, Mrs. Margaret Miller, Mrs.

Ida Haskard, Mrs. Josephine Hogan, Mrs. Dorothy Britton and Miss Helen Peterson, also survived by 4 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday February 29 at 11 a.m. at the Sheenan Funeral Home, 233 Dunellen Dunellen.

Followed by interment in Hillside Cemetery. Visiting hours Thursday 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Donations may be made in his name to the Arthritis Foundation, NJ Chapter, 26 Prospect Westfield, N.J. 07090. -28 Open house for nurses Professional nurses are invited to attend an open house and luncheon program at John F.

Kennedy Medical Center in Edison on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both experienced registered nurses and new graduates are welcome. For information, call 321-7171. had served as trustee and lay leader, and he belonged to the Princeton and Somerville Rotaries.

Mr. Good also in various community service projects. He is survived by his wife, Elsie M. Good; two daughters, Barbara Good Mathews of Deerfield, N.H. and Linda Lee of Coulee Dam, two sisters, Julia M.

Wolfe of San Diego, Calif. and Ida Mae Good Miller of Plainfield, and two grandchildren. Mildred C. Spisso BARNEGAT LIGHT Mildred C. of 33 West Fourth St.

died yesterday, (Feb. 26, 1980) Brunswick. at Middlesex General Hospital, New Born in New York, she lived in South Plainfield and Watchung before moving to Barnegat Light eight years ago. Mrs. Spisso was part owner of the Inlet Deli in Barnegat Light.

She was a communicant of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, South Plainfield, and attended St. Francis Church, Brant Beach. Her husband, Joseph died in 1978. Surviving are three sons, Lt. Commander David J.

of Jacksonville, Dr. Kenneth R. of Eatontown and Ronald J. of Barnegat Light; a daughter, Joanne Saunders of Houston, two brothers, AnLos Vegas, and Nunzio cataloo" of Tampa, three sisters, Josephine Crouchelli of Point Pleasant, Congetta Spisso of South Plainfield and Nancy Cataldo of South Plainfield, and eight grandchildren. Arrangements are by the James W.

Conroy Funeral Home. Francis D. Dulicai CRANFORD Francis D. Dulicai, 69, died suddenly Monday (Feb. 25, 1980) of an apparent heart attack while boarding a plane at the Tampa, Fla.

airport bound for Newark. Born in Hungary, Dulicai came to the United States 47 years ago and settled in Jersey City. He was a resident of Cranford for 30 years. He retired in 1975 from the Mobay Chemical Corp. in Mountainside after 35 years as an accounting analyst.

He was a graduate of Columbia University in New York City with bachelor's degrees in chemistry and accounting. A member of the United States Chess Federation, the American Contract Bridge League and the Westfield Duplicate Bridge Club, he was a communicant of St. Michael's Church and a member of the parish Holy Name Society. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Keppler Dulicai; a son, James F. Dulicai of Roosevelt; a daughter, Linda D.

Hagenau of North Plainfield, three granchildren and a great-grandson. Arrangements are by Dooley Funeral Home, Cranford. Carl Peterson DUNELLEN Carl Peterson, 77, of 243 Dunellen died yesterday (Feb. 26, 1980) at Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home in Green Brook. Born in North Plainfield, he was a resident of Dunellen for 26 years and had also lived in Plainfield and Martinsville.

He was a retired electrician and a member for 50 years of Local 262 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He also was a member of the Elks Club of Plainfield. Surviving him are his wife, Mabel Corbin Peterson; a son, Carl Jr. of Bridgewater; a daughter, Virginia Geschwindner of Croyden, N.H.; a brother, Lawrence of Plainfield; five sisters, Margaret Miller of Morgan, Ida Haskard of Toms River, Josephine Hogan of Huntington Park, Dorothy Britton of Forked River and Helen Peterson of Toms River, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Sheenan Funeral Home, Dunellen.

Charles C. Darbig NORTH PLAINFIELD Charles C. Darbig, 72 of 63 Grove died yesterday (Feb. 26, 1980) at Greenfield Convalescent Center, Bridgewater. Born in Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary, he was a resident of North Plainfield for 20 years after moving there from Bound Brook.

He was employed as a watchman for' Robert Hall Co. Surviving him is a brother. Corn of Piscataway. Arrangements are by Sheenan Funeral Home, Dunellen. Elliot Coleman BALTIMORE (AP) Elliot Coleman, poet and founder of the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminar, is dead at the age of 73.

Coleman, who died Friday, attracted great poets to teach or read at his school, including Dylan Thomas, W.H. Auden, Katherine Anne Porter and Robert Frost. William Gantt BALTIMORE (AP) Dr. William Horsley Gantt, who introduced behaviorist Ivan Pavlov's conditioned reflex experiments to the Western world, died yesterday at the age of 87. John C.

Szukis, 64, owned plumbing firm BRIDGEWATER John C. Szukis, 64, of 94 Finderne died Monday (Feb. 25, 1980) at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield. Born in Bound Brook, he had been a resident of Bridgewater for a year after living in Manville for 40 years. Mr.

Szukis retired a year ago from his job as owner and operator of the Szukis Plumbing and Heating Corporation of Manville. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church in Manville, a member of Manville Elks and he had belonged to the Master Plumber's Association of New Jersey. He is survived by his wife, Yolanda A. Besprome Szukis; four sons, Charles of Manville, Robert J. of Pluckemin, Donald of Bridgewater and John of Somerset; a daughter, Goldie Abbruzzesi of Basking Ridge; his mother, Anna Szukis of Bound Brook; a brother, Charles of Louisville, four sisters, Ida Cihanowyz of Dunellen, Lillian Cierlio of Somerville, Theresa Luden of Belvidere and Marion Clifford of Hillsborough and five grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home in Manville. Peter Goodsky, 81, WW1 Hungarian Army vet PISCATAWAY Peter Goodsky, 81, died Monday (Feb. 25, 1980) at the Raritan Health and Extended Care Center in Raritan Borough. Born in Budalew, Hungary, he lived in Piscatway for 50 years. He was a World War I veteran of the Hungarian Army and was self-employed as a painter and decorator.

His wife was the late Anna Janecek Goodsky. Surviving him are a daughter, Joan Alexe of Astoria, N.Y.; a sister, Lucy Mondok of Piscataway and two grandsons. Arrangements are by Sheenan Funeral Home, Dunellen. Robert Hayden ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Poet Robert Hayden, a professor of English at the University of Michigan and the first black to hold the position of consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, died Monday of apparent heart failure.

He was 66. Driver jailed in slaying FRANKLIN (Somerset) A North Brunswick man who allegedly ran down his roommate with a pick-up truck as he walked along JFK Boulevard last week has been sent to Somerset County Jail in Somerville following his arraignment on a charge of aggravated manslaughter, police officials said. James Green, 23, of I-4 Oak Leaf Village, was arrested, Sunday following from his St. Pe- reter's Medical Center in New Brunswick, where he was admitted early Wednesday morning with head injuries he suffered in the 1:52 a.m. incident.

Green. was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Arthur S. Meredith and charged with aggravated manslaughter. Bail has been set at $50,000. Police have theorized that Green, a former Franklin High School student, killed his roommate, Jose Saavedra, with a truck as Saavedra, 20, walked with Green's brother, Jeremy Green, 20, on the shoulder of JFK Boulevard near Winston Drive.

The incident followed an argument between the two brothers, police said. The two Green brothers 8 on dr got into an a ment while driving Easton Avenue in Franklin. Saavedra, who was driving, reportedly then pulled over on JFK Boulevard near Webster Road and the two men then began to fight. James Green allegedly climbed back in the truck, drove toward Hamilton Street, then turned around a short while later and aimed the truck at the two men. The vehicle struck Saavedra, dragging him about 75 feet and killing him instantly.

If Green is convicted, he could face 10 to 20 years in prison. It Is Easier For Your Family if you select a family plot before it is needed. All Lots Sold in Fully Developed Areas 2 Grave Plots Including Perpetual Care Call or Write for Descriptive Booklet HILLSIDE CEMETERY Woodland Avenue, Plainfield Tel. PL 6-1729 NEW BRUNSWICK The following persons have been indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on unrelated charges: Sam Stepney, 45, of 1748 S. Second Piscataway, illegal possession of a knife and shotgun and assault with an offensive weapon on a Piscataway woman on June 16, 1979, in Piscataway.

Walter F. Smith, 24, of 372 Evona Plainfield, burglary and theft of jewelry worth more than $200 from a dormitory room on Oct. 1, 1979, at Livingston College in Piscataway. Wayne A. Hardy, 21, of 1872 W.

Seventh Piscataway, breaking and entering with intent to steal, larceny of stereo equipment, and receiving stolen property on Aug. 25, 1979, in Piscataway. Sentencings SOMERVILLE The following persons have been sentenced in Superior Court for various unrelated offenses: Steven Chalmers, 18, of 1 Sherwood Close, Hillsborough, an indeterminate suspended sentence and three years' probation for breaking and entering in Bridgewater and attempting to obtain money false pretenses in Manville July 11, 1979. Frank Puri, 36, Elmont, N.Y., a threemonth suspended sentence and two years' probation for soliciting unlawful sexual acts or indecent acts in North Plainfield on various dates in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Robert Dolan, 28, of Keansburg, a 1-to-2-year sentence, to run concurrently with one now being served in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, for obtaining money by false pretenses in Franklin July 28, 1978.

Budget approval set NEW BRUNSWICK Middlesex County's $121.8 million budget for 1980 is scheduled to be approved by the Board of Freeholders tomorrow at 5 p.m. There was no opposition voiced at an eight-minute public hearing on the proposed budget last night, the freeholders said. The budget represents an increase of 6.2 percent over last year's $114.7 million budget. Because taxable property in the county increased by $1.5 billion to $13 billion in 1980, the county's overall tax rate has dropped to 56.8 cents from 60.2 cents per $100 of assessed value. County taxes will vary among the municipalities.

For example, Dunellen homeowners will pay 70 cents per $100 of assessed value or $350 on a $50,000 home, $15 more than last year. Piscataway homeowners will pay 76 cents per $100 or $380 on a home assessed at $50,000, an increase of $25 over last year. South Plainfield homeowners will pay 65 cents per $100 or $325 on a $50,000 home, an increase of $10, and Middlesex Borough taxpayers will pay 82 cents per $100 or $410 on a $50,000 home, an increase of $15. THE February 27, 1980 B-5 Drug raid nabs 25 Twenty-five persons were arrested on Plainfield, Edison, Highland Park and gambling and narcotics charges early to- North Brunswick in Middlesex County, day in a series of raids coordinated by the and in a number of communities outside Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. the county, including Plainfield, SomerAssistant Middlesex County Prosecutor ville, Green Brook, Jackson Township and Bob Corbin said the raids were the result Jersey City.

of a surveillance instituted by Corbin said that in executing search the county's Narcotics and Organized warrants, raiders seized betting slips, Crime Task Force after it received drugs, a drug laboratory, and weapons. anonymous information regarding a gam- All of those arrested were being brought 'bling operation in Highland Park. this morning to New Brunswick for arCorbin said the gambling operation han- raignment before Superior Court Judge dled more than $1 million in bets on an John Bachman. annual basis. Corbin said additional arrests were exThe narcotics operation, said Corbin, pected.

had "the capacity to deal in kilosin dis- The investigation was headed by Detectribution of cocaine and metham- tive Thomas Maltese of the county task phetamines." force, with Investigators Dennis Watson Corbin said arrests were made in the and Ronald Dixon heading the gambling pre-dawn hours in Piscataway, South and narcotics surveillances, respectively. Police news PLAINFIELD Marilyn Vos of Victory Ave. and Audrey Lambert, 21, 1003 Watchung Ave. reported yesterday of Cacciola Place were arrested morning that a man wearing a blue Friday evening at the Ivory Motel in jacket and ski cap grabbed her purse as Green Brook after police executed a she was walking on Watchung Avenue court-approved search warrant. Both at East Sixth Street.

were charged with possession of heroin Police said the purse contained $45. with intent to distribute. Howard was remanded to Somerset County Jail in PLAINFIELD Virginia Richard lieu of $100,000 bail and Lambert was of 601 Richmond St. reported yesterday released on $10,000 bail. a TV set and radio, valued at a total of The arrests were the result of an $200, and $150 in cash, were stolen from investigation by the Somerset County her home.

Narcotics Task Force, Plainfield poLeonides Mora of North Plainfield lice and Green Brook police. reported a dwelling he owns at 208 E. Fifth St. was entered yesterday and tools valued at $455 were stolen. In brief NORTH PLAINFIELD A Plainfield man was nabbed yesterday by a Medical symposium set shopper entering Super- A panel of medical experts from the the Acme with market, theft of another 22, was charged metropolitan area will conduct a dayRoute and Police said a shopper's Crute, 25, purse.

of 535 long Respiratory Infections SymStephen posium at Muhlenberg Hospital in W. Front St. was allegedly running out of the store with a purse belonging to on Plainfield March Physicians who attend will receive Lois Hays of 1275 Rock Ave. According to five hours of Category I Continuing police, a man entering store Education Credit for the sessions, the heard the woman shout and saw a man trying to run out. The man was held in such fields on which include discussions developuntil police arrived.

The incident oc- ments in as pneumonia, curred shortly after 6 p.m. tuberculosis and respiratory infections in infants and children in the postAuthorities seized $3,000 worth of operative period. heroin and $1,800 in cash when they The symposium, coordinated by arrested a Plainfield man and a West- Muhlenberg Hospital, will be held in field woman last weekend. the Women's Auxiliary-Centennial Hall The Somerset County prosecutor's between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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