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Daily Press, Wednesday, May 22, 1985 Drug Drug-intercepting Air Force unit OK'd in Senate WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate voted Tuesday to approve creation of a new Air Force unit of 16 planes equipped with sophisticated radar to try to intercept -smuggling boats and airplanes before they reach U.S. shores. "This is a giant step foward. It means we are finally getting serious about going to war against drugs," said Sen. Dennis DeConcini, chief author of the measure.

Sen. Pete Wilson, said "the magnitude of the challenge is incomprehensible" and argued that the United States "is engaged in a war, a war against drug abuse." DeConcini's proposal was approved without dissent as an amendment to the bill authorizing fiscal 1986 Pentagon spending. A similar proposal is contained in the House version of the defense bill, although that measure has not been approved by the House. Earlier Tuesday, Rep. Charles Bennett, introduced a bill that would go a step further and permit the Navy and Air Force to intercept drug smugglers.

NS AP photo Mother Robbins Mother Robin seems to have set up her Service to ensure prompt delivery in Arhome in the perfect spot to receive her gyle, N.Y., even though the spelling on the mail. She found a good way for the Postal mailbox is off a little. It will be up to the Air Force to pick the types of planes and where they will be based, although at least two will probably be stationed at U.S. bases in Panama, DeConcini said. He said, "There is nothing in here which permits the military to make arrests," and he noted that while they will be flown by Air Force reserve officers, the information will be passed along to the U.S.

Customs Service and Customs agents will make any arrests. An 1878 law, the Posse Comitatus Act, bars the military from enforcing civilian laws, but Congress changed it four years ago to permit information would pay for the planes and do major picked up by Air Force and Navy maintenance, although the Customs planes and ships to be turned over to Service would pay for items like fuel. Customs officials. Currently, besides the P-3 Orion, The 16 planes will include six P-3 Navy surveillance planes flying from Orion planes now used for anti-subma- their bases in Virginia on training misrine missions, DeConcini said. One of sions to the Caribbean Sea pass along the planes has already been delivered to the Customs Service information and the other five are scheduled soon they pick up.

for delivery. The most recent use of military All 16 of the planes will be military equipment in anti-drug efforts came surplus equipment, he noted. The other last month in a 16-day operation. It 10 planes have not been picked. used more than 30 planes and a halfDeConcini told the Senate that dozen radar facilities to root out drug under his proposal, the Pentagon sanctuaries in the Bahamas.

2 killed in Louisiana storms NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) A wave of sudden thunderstorms swept across the state Tuesday, spawning tornadoes, waterspouts and 70 mph winds that whipped through the French Quarter and killed two people. The savage weather briefly hampered rescue efforts at a capsized oil rig off Morgan City, where six crew members were killed. However, divers continued searching late Tuesday for more survivors inside the rig's partially submerged hull. The high winds crushed a house under construction in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner.

A construction worker was killed in the collapse, authorities said. A fisherman was killed after his fishing boat capsized in Lake Borgne, said Randy Heller, a Area deaths and funerals John R. Stevens HAMPTON John R. Stevens, 23, was found dead Monday in Cape May, N.J. Survivors include his mother, Mrs.

Judith L. Jenkins of Edenton, N.C.; his father, Robert Stevens; two sisters, Miss Becky Rader of West Virginia and Miss Tammy Newman of Edenton; a brother, Jimmy Newman of Edenton; and his maternal grandfather, Don A. Hampton Sr. of Norge. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday in Williamsburg Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the home of his grandfather in Norge. Vincent Funeral home, West Point, is in charge. Doug W. Moskalski WEST POINT Doug William Moskalski, 18, died Tuesday in Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond.

Survivors include his parents, Douglas and Judy Moskalski of West Point; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Middleton of Florida; and his paternal grandfather, Stanley Moskalski of Haskell, N.J. A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Vincent Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Sunny Slope Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in the funeral home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to West Point Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad. Mrs. Pearl L. Thomson NEWPORT NEWS Mrs.

Pearl Lavinia Thomson, 83, a domicilary patient at the Patrick Henry Healthcare Center, died Monday. Born in Tacoma, she had been a Peninsula resident for five years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Washington State Grange. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Thelma McNew of Tacoma, Mrs.

Ruth Mayer of Anchorage, Alaska, Mrs. Lois Smith of Zweibruckin, West Germany and Mrs. Wanda Maulhardt of Camarillo, a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Wintz of Monta Vista, and two brothers, William Powell of Del Norte, and Roy Powell of Creede, Colo. The body has been sent to Tacoma for services and burial in Mountain View Memorial Park.

Weymouth Funeral Home is in charge locally. C. Rhett Dutton HOUSTON C. Rhett Dutton, 40, died Monday in Park Plaza Hospital, Houston. Born in Hampton, he had spokesman for Jo Ellen Smith Hospital in New Orleans, where the man died.

Seven shrimp boats overturned in Vermilion Bay south of New Iberia, where winds were also clocked at 70 mph, the Coast Guard reported. Four crew members of one capsized craft were rescused by a passing boat, said Keith Spangler, a Coast Guard spokesman. In five other incidents, Spangler said, passing boats picked up all those thrown into the water. But a seventh boat was floating upside down. "There was never a distress call," Spangler said.

"We flew over the area looking for the other six and spotted this one floating upside down. We're trying to determine what's going on with that one." been a Houston resident for the last 10 years. He was employed at General Electric Houston. He was a member of Wythe Presbyterian Church and a 1968 graduate of Louisana State University. There are no immediate survivors.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday in Parklawn Memorial Park by the Rev. Randall C. Blankenship of Chestnut Memorial United Methodist Church. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge.

Major D. Johnson Sr. HAMPTON Major D. Johnson of 912 Shell Road, died Saturday in Whittaker Memorial Hospital. Born in Prince George County, he had been a Peninsula resident for 40 years.

He retired from Newport News Shipbuilding after 44 years of service. He was a member of Wesley Grove United Church of Christ. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Lewis of Hampton, Mrs. Ardenia Janes of New York and Mrs.

Loretta Connelly of La Platt, a son, Major D. Johnson Jr. of Hampton; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Jones and Mrs. Ellen Jones, both of Prince George County, Mrs.

Pattie M. Jackson of Hampton and Mrs. Lillian Jones of Hopewell; six brothers, Willie Johnson of Newport News, Arthur Johnson of Chicago, and James Jones, Tim Jones, Charlie Johnson and Collins Jones, all of Hopewell; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in Wesley Grove United Christian Church.

Burial will be in Pleasant Shade Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church by 11 a.m. Thursday. Family and friends are to assemble at the residence by noon Thursday. Gilmore's Funeral Home is in charge.

Demetrios Papadakos NEWPORT NEWS Demetrios "James Pappas" Papadakos, 67, of 1 Dozier Road, died Tuesday in Riverside Hospital. BLOODMOBILE COMING Thursday, May 23 12:00 Noon 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Virginia Natural Gas 750 Diligence Drive Oyster Point Industrial Drive Newport News Blood Types 0 Urgently Needed The driving rain had one positive side-effect, Spangler said: it put out a fire on a vessel at the entrance to the Empire Waterway with four people aboard. On shore, two small tornadoes blew across Plaquemines Parish, just south of New Orleans, but no serious damage was reported. Two waterspouts spun off the New Orleans Lakefront Airport in Lake Pontchartrain, the National Weather Service said.

Winds gusted to 70 mph in the French Quarter and 65 mph in Houma, about 30 miles southwest of New Orleans. Several houses were reported damaged in Thibodaux, about 50 miles southwest of New Orleans, where winds hit more than 50 mph. Funerals today Funerals will be held today for: ARMSTEAD, Mrs. Ruth: 2 p.m. in Zion Baptist Church, Charles City; burial in the church cemetery.

BROWN, Cecil 3 p.m. in Weymouth Funeral Home Chapel, Newport News. BRUCE, Benjamin D. 3:30 p.m. in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.

CAMERON, K. 1 p.m. in St. 'John's Episcopal Church, Hampton. DEAL, Mrs.

Louisa 2 p.m. in Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News; burial in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. HOBBS, Paul 1 p.m. in Gospel Spreading Church, Newport News; burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News. MOONEY, Rex 0.: 2 p.m in Carmines family plot, Poquoson.

ROLLO, Mrs. Emily 2 p.m. in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. STALL, Roland R. 10:30 a.m.

in First Friends Church, Newport News; burial in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. Roland R. Stall Sr. HAMPTON A funeral for Roland R. Stall 81, who died Sunday, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m.

today in First Friends Church, Newport News, by the Rev. C. R. Creed and the Rev. Owen Glassburn.

Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge. Benjamin D. Bruce Sr. NEWPORT NEWS Benjamin D.

Bruce 80, died Monday in Riverside Hospital. Born in Bedford, he had been a Peninsula resident for 45 years. He retired from the security department of Newport News Shipbuilding in 1969 after 29 years of service. He was a member of Bethany Gospel Chapel, Newport News. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Annie T. Bruce; a son, Benjamin D. Bruce Jr. of Newport News; two brothers, Thurman T. Bruce of Hampton and John Edward Bruce of Petersburg; three grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. today in Peninsula Memorial Park by the Rev. Tommy Harrell of Orcutt Baptist Church. The family is at the home of the son, 785 Childress Road, Newport News. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge.

John M. Lee POQUOSON A funeral for 1st Sgt. John Marvin Lee, 45, retired, who died Monday, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Claytor-Rollins Funeral Home, Poquoson, by Commander George B. Hummer of the U.S.

Navy. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Veterans Memorial Gardens, Hampton. Richard D. Maloy HAMPTON A graveside service for Richard D. "Doug" Maloy, 49, who died Monday, will be conducted at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday in Peninsula Memorial Park by the Rev. Paul T. Eure of Parkview Church of God. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marguerite E.

Maloy; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Darlene Krause of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and two sons, Richard D. Maloy Jr. and John Henry Maloy, both of Hampton; a brother, William Maloy of Beltsville, and two grandchildren. The family will be at the residence, 248 Columbia Hampton.

Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge. Howard O. Greene LEWISBURG, N.C. A funeral for Howard O. Greene, 80, formerly of Gloucester, who died Thursday in Warrenton, N.C., was conducted Sunday in Nelson Chapel Baptist Church.

He was buried in Lewisburg. He retired in 1967 after 35 years of service with the City of New York. He was a member of the St. George Association of City Employees, the Negro Benevolent Society and Nelson Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Manervia L. Greene; four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Hill of Costa Mesa, Mrs. Brady Jones of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Cryder Williams of Mount Clemens, and Mrs.

Cora Gaines of Gloucester; and a brother, Robert Greene of Brooklyn. Alvin Ponton BRONX, N.Y. Alvin "Rock" Ponton, formerly of Newport News, died Sunday in his home. Survivors include two daughters, Ms. Gloria Ponton of New York and Mrs.

Delores Ponton Shaw of Florida; two sisters, Ms. Vernell Ponton and Mrs. Arnetta Ponton Threatt, both of Newport News; and four brothers, Albert M. Ponton of Tacoma, James C. Ponton and Rochelle Ponton, both of Salem, and Alexander R.

Ponton of Newport News. A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Franklin Funeral Home by the Rev. D. M.

Willis of New Grafton Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Pleasant Shade Cemetery. The family will be at the home of his sister, Ms. Ponton, 728 18th Newport News. DEATHS ARMSTEAD, Mrs.

Ruth BROWN, Cecil D. BRUCE, Benjamin D. Sr. CAMERON, Mrs. K.

P. DEAL, Mrs. Louisa D. DUTTON, C. Rhett GREENE, Howard 0.

HOBBS, Paul I. JOHNSON, Major D. Sr. LEE, John M. MALOY, Richard D.

MOONEY, Rex 0. MOSKALSKI, Doug W. PAPADAKOS, Demetrios PONTON, Alvin REW, Jack T. ROLLO, Mrs. Emily F.

STALL, Roland R. Sr. STEPHENSON, Roy STEVENS, John R. THOMSON, Mrs. Pearl L.

TYRRELL, Herbert 1 R. Herbert R. Tyrrell NEWPORT NEWS Herbert Raymond Tyrrell, 76, of 6 Sidney Place, died Sunday in his home. Born in Detroit, he had been a Peninsula resident for 31 years. He was the owner and operator of The Bible and Book Center, Newport News.

He was a member of Denbigh Baptist CHurch. Survivors include a son, Milton Tyrrell of Glen Ellyn, four grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild. A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Weymouth Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. Herbert D.

Arnold of Denbigh Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home. Roy Stephenson IVOR Roy Stephenson, 83, died Tuesday in his home. Born in Southampton County, he was a retired real estate broker.

He was a member of Ivor Baptist Church and had been a member of Masonic Lodge No 291, since 1928. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eunice Dunn Stephenson; a daughter, Mrs. Agnes S. Showalter of Richmond; a son B.

G. Stephenson of Fairfax; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. J.

Lytle Buckingham and the Rev. J. Russell Comer. Burial will follow in Ivor Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the funeral home, and at other times at Bell Avenue, Ivor.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Ivor Rescue Squad. Born in Sparta, Greece, he had been a Peninsula resident for 30 years. He was a member of Sts. Constantine and Helene Greek Orthodox Church. Survivors include his father, Peter E.

Pappas of Newport News; two sons, Pete Pappas and Stanley Pappas, both of Newport News; a daughter, Mrs. Maria Venieris of Williamsburg; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in Sts. Constantine and Helene Greek Orthodox Church by the Rev.

Peter H. Makris. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. A prayer service will be held at 8 tonight in Riverside Funeral Home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Sts.

Constantine and Helene Greek Orthodox Church Library Fund. Jack T. Rew NEWPORT NEWS Jack Timothy "Tim" Rew, 24, of 107 Adams Drive, died Tuesday in Norfolk General Hospital from injuries he received in a construction accident Friday. He had been a resident of Newport News for 14 years and was employed by Thomas Roofing Co. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Anita Shiflett Rew; a daughter, Miss Krystal L. Rew of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Farring "Jack" Rew of Newport News; two sisters, Mrs. Connie R.

Jarvis of Yorktown and Mrs. Lisa R. Cook of Fredericksburg; a brother, Barry S. Rew of Gloucester; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Virginia Rolston of Newport News; and his paternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. S. Farring Rew of Cape Charles. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Peninsula Memorial Park by the Rev.

1 V. Allen Gaines of Parkview Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Peninsula Funeral Home. BLOODMOBILE COMING Wednesday, May 22 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.

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