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Daily Press, Monday, Nov. 4, 1985 WASHINGTON (AP) As the Coast Guard suspended some routine anti-drug patrols because of budget cuts, Congress was preparing to give it more money for military operations and was ordering the Navy to join the fight against narcotics smuggling. The conflicting actions last week dramatized both the dual role of the Coast Guard and the pressures on Congress to do something about illegal drugs at a time when rising federal deficits mean smaller budgets for many government agencies. The Coast Guard has both a civilian and military role. During peacetime, it is under the Transportation Department and has a variety of missions, including drug interdiction, life-saving and and routine law enforcement.

But in wartime, the Coast Guard would move to the Defense Department's jurisdiction and Pentagon planners routinely, include Coast Guard vessels in Navy plans and war games. When the Senate recently voted on the Transportation Department budget, it slashed Coast Guard operations by $230 million from the House-approved $2.5 billion budget. That led Adm. James Gracey, commandant of the service, to order an end to a number of routine anti-drug patrols by smaller Coast Guard vessels around the nation. Coast Guard officials said the situation would continue until Congress finally adopts a budget for the service.

The differing versions of the Transportation Department budget now go to a House-Senate conference committee to work out a compromise and supporters of the service say they plan to try to reverse the Senate cuts. Meanwhile, when the House passed its version of a bill appropriating money for this fiscal year for the Pentagon, it added $100 million in unsolicited money for Coast Guard operations. "You put this in the Transportation bill Congress ess readies Coast Guard aid and you are competing with Amtrak and mass transit," said Rep. Silvio Conte, but "nobody is going to argue about defense." At the same time, the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee was writing its version of a Pentagon budget and added $375 million for the service to spend for weapons that could be used during wartime. That money would go to purchase four C-130 transport planes, an icebreaking tugboat, and 16 110-foot patrol boats.

In yet another action, the House last week finally approved a Senate-passed bill authorizing the Pentagon's budget for the current fiscal year, a measure which is separate from the appropriations bills that are part of the complicated congressional budget process. That measure permits the Navy to help the Coast Guard in the anti-drug fights if the task doesn't hurt military readiness. The proposal was opposed by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Milton Berle gives Phil Silvers' eulogy LOS ANGELES (AP) Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Steve Allen were among the 100 mourners Sunday at an upbeat funeral service for comedian Phil Silvers, who made his mark as television's "lovable con man," Sgt. Ernie Bilko.

Berle drew laughter from the crowd with his eulogy laced with anecdotes from his 60- year friendship with Silvers, and talked about Silvers' best-known role as Bilko, the big-grinning schemer. "At this very moment, somewhere on this planet, some television screen is showing Phil Silvers as the inimitable Sergeant Bilko, that lovable con man character that Phil created," Berle said. "Phil Silvers was an original, a dynamic artist who was respected by his peers. He was the complete professional with superb timing the talent of this superb superstar Funeral today Funerals will be held today for: ANDERSON, Mrs. Vida 2 p.m.

in Bethel United Methodist Church, Andersonville; burial in Anderson Family Cemetery, Andersonville. BRINKLEY, Mrs. Annie: 1:30 p.m. in Gethsemane Baptist Church, Newport News; burial in Hampton Memorial Gardens. FITZGERALD, C.

O. 11 a.m. in University Baptist Church, Charlottesville. FREDERICK, Mrs. Mary 2 p.m.

in St. Mark Lutheran Church. HAMRICK, Dr. Robert 11 a.m. in Williamsburg Presbyterian Church.

HOLZBACK, Mrs. Evelyn 1 p.m. in Old Brick Church Cemetery, Surry. JOHNSON, Mrs. Anne 2 p.m.

in Lawrence B. Wood Funeral Home Chapel, Hampton; burial in Oakland Cemetery, Hampton. KENNEDY, Mrs. Blanche: 11 a.m. in 1 Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.

MUNDIE, Leonard 10 a.m. in 1 Hampton Veterans Memorial Gardens. PATSEL, James 11 a.m. in Lotz Funeral Home Chapel, Roanoke. REILLY, Mrs.

Sidney 1 p.m. in First Baptist Church, Suffolk; burial in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. SCHOLL, Paul 2 p.m. in Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News. SPINKS, Albert 2:30 p.m.

in St. John's Cemetery, Hampton. THIGPEN, Mrs. Mary noon in Franklin Funeral Home Chapel, Newport News; burial in Hampton Memorial Gardens. WHITE, Mrs.

Laura 2 p.m. in Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews; burial in Providence Cemetery, Miles. BLOODMOBILE COMING Tuesday, November 5 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Sponsored by: City of Newport News Juvenile Detention Center Gym 228 25th Street Newport News Blood Type 0 Negative Critically Needed! Administered by the American Red Cross Hampton Roads Chapter A United Way Member Agency Inventor seeks patent for 'energy machine' WASHINGTON (UPI) A bill before Congress would grant a patent to Joseph Westley Newman for a "revolutionary energy machine" the inventor from the Mississippi backwoods claims will eliminate home utility bills forever.

As if that were not enough, Newman insists I his contraption will replace all forms of energy and become the power source for all the world's industry. Newman contends the machine he has been working on for 20 years produces more energy than it consumes, a concept that for years has been rejected as impossible by the giants of science. For more than six years, Newman has been battling the patent office, which declines to discuss the case because it is in 1 litigation. Now, Newman has taken his case to Congress, where Rep. Dan Burton, introduced a private bill on his behalf.

"I'm hopeful people will get behind this bill and write their senators and representatives to vote for it," Newman said in a telephone interview from his home 1 near Lucedale, deep in the woods of southern Mississippi. The measure, which says the secretary of commerce "shall immediately issue a pioneer patent" to Newman, was referred to the Judiciary Committee for assignment to the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties and the administration of justice. Newman knows the bill could be pigeonholed interminably but is determined to keep battling for a patent on the machine he claims "will do more for the world than all the kings and queens and politicians of history." Newman said he will not wait for a patent to start producing the machine he is convinced will change the world. "I'm setting up a company to start production of a unit," he said, explaining that the generators will be used to power appliances such as refrigerators. "Manufacturers will all want this device in their products.

I don't have to create the demand for it. The demand is already there." What Newman claims to have done and conventional scientific wisdom holds is impossible is invent a machine that produces as much as 100 times more external energy output than external energy input. Newman, 49, can produce affidavits from about 30 scientists who swear it does what he says it does. will be sorely missed," he said. lesque, movies and television.

Silvers' was totally professional," Allen said est fame came as the frenetic Bilko, who before the private service at Mount Sinai gambled and schemed his way through his Memorial Park, 10 miles northwest of down- tour of duty at the mythical Fort Baxter in town. "He was one of a school of comedians the hit 1950s television show, "The Phil Silwho had a natural air of authority on stage. vers Show." When he went on stage, he took charge and The series won three Emmys in 1955. Silmade people know they were seeing a pro- vers was named best comedian and best fessional." actor in a continuing performance, and the "He was one of a kind. He was a great show won best comedy.

In 1957 "The Phil comedian," Caesar said. Silvers Show" collected another Emmy for Others attending included Morey Am- best comedy. sterdam, Danny Thomas and Carl Reiner. The Bilko character made Silvers' tradeInvitations to the service were posted at mark horn-rimmed glasses, bald pate and the Friars' Club, a show-business gathering mischievous grin familiar to American audiplace in Beverly Hills that Silvers favored, a ences. Reruns of the series were popular, club spokesman said.

particularly in Britain, long after producSilvers died Friday of natural causes at tion stopped in 1959. age 73. He is survived by five daughters and a His career spanned vaudeville, bur- granddaughter. Area deaths and funerals Miss Betty Costenbader CLAREMONT Miss Betty Jane Costenbader, 62, died Saturday in Surry County from injuries received in an automobile accident Saturday in Surry County. She was born in Claremont and was a lifelong area resident.

She was co-owner of Sunken Meadow Pond. She was a magistrate for Surry County and also served on the town council for 26 years. She was a member of Claremont United Methodist Church, Claremont, and the Argus Woman's Club of Claremont, Surry County Hunt Club and Claremont Sportsman's Club. She was an honorary member of Southwark Hunt Club. Survivors include a sister, Mrs.

Naomi Youngman of Fairfax, and a brother, William H. Costenbader Jr. of Hopewell. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Claremont Cemetery, Claremont, by the Rev.

Sherman S. Newton. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in Gould Funeral Home, Hopewell. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Surry County Rescue Squad or Claremont Volunteer Fire Department. Mrs.

Ruby S. Agnor NEWPORT NEWS Mrs. Ruby Smith Agnor, 63, of 781 Oyster Point Road, died Sunday at her residence. She was born in Waynesboro and had been a Peninsula resident for 35 years. She was a member of Riverside Baptist Church, Newport News.

Survivors include her husband, Roscoe E. Agnor; a daughter, Mrs. Pamela A. Robertson BLOODMOBILE COMING Monday, November 4 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

Sponsored by: Chapter House 4915 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton Blood Type 0 Negative Critically Needed! Administered by the American Red Cross Hampton Roads Chapter A United Way Member Agency Mrs. Meaco G. McAbee HAMPTON Mrs.

Meaco G. McAbee, 70, of 11 Bland died Sunday at her residence. She was born in Pauline, S.C. Survivors include two Mrs. Bonnie Morneault of Hampton and Mrs.

Carrolyn Forrest of Williamsburg; two sisters, Mrs. Floy Sprouse of Hampton and Mrs. Eloise McAbee of West Virginia; a brother, Virgil Bishop of Spartanburg, S.C.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted- at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton, by the Rev.

Robert E. Forrest. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the Lawrence B. Wood Funeral Home, Hampton. Albert G.

Spinks HAMPTON A graveside service for Albert G. Spinks, of 635 Willow Oaks who died Saturday, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today in St. John's Cemetery, Hampton, by the Rev. Rodney L.

Caulkins, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society. R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home, Hampton, is in charge.

John H. Wilson WINDSOR John Henry Wilson, 90, of Route 2, Box 250, died Friday at his residence. He was a member of Holly Grove A.M.E. Church, Windsor, and its trustee board and senior choir. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.

Alma Diggs of Hampton, Mrs. Adele Duck of Zuni and Mrs. Olivia Richardson of Windsor; eight grandchildren; 12 great -grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Holly Grove A.M.E.

Church by the Rev. David Holliday, pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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Republican Party Blanche Hickey, Treas. James C. Rispus HAMPTON A funeral for James C. "Clyde" Rispus, of 935 Langley who died Saturday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Ronald C.

Perkins Funeral Home, Hampton, by the Rev. Sherley A. Hudgins, assistant pastor of Queen Street Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Hampton Memorial Gardens. The family and friends will assemble at the residence by 1 p.m.

Tuesday. Thomas F. Brooks Jr. GRAFTON Thomas F. Brooks 67, of 106 Burcher Road, died Sunday in Riverside Hospital.

He was born in Smyth County and had been a Peninsula resident since 1945. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a member of Junior Order United American Mechanics No. 76 of Grafton. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Neva Burcher Brooks; two sisters, Mrs. Thelma Berry of Yorktown and Mrs. Peggy Rollins of Poquoson; and a brother, James R. Brooks of Grafton. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Grafton Christian Church Cemetery by the Rev. Howard Edwards and the Rev. George Massay. The family will be at the home of a niece, Mrs. Jerry R.

Karwac 106A Burcher Road, Grafton. The family will friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Amory Funeral Home, Grafton. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Providence United Methodist Church Building Fund, 113 Dare Road, Grafton 23692, or to the York County Rescue Squad. Mrs. Laura S.

White MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. Mrs. Laura S. White, 92, died Saturday in Morehead Nursing Home. She was born in Mathews County.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Smith of Morehead City; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Crockett of North and Mrs. Nettie Winstead of Wilson, N.C.; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m.

today in Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, by the Rev. Robert Pattisal. dence Burial will follow in ProviCemetery, Miles. Mrs. Carrie F.

Hawkins DEATHS AGNOR, Mrs. Ruby S. ANDERSON, Mrs. Vida A. BRINKLEY, Mrs.

Annie BROOKS, Thomas F. Jr. COSTENBADER, Miss Betty C. O. Jr.

FREDERICK, Mrs. Mary E. HAMRICK, Dr. Robert A. HAWKINS, Mrs.

Carrie F. HOLZBACK, Mrs. Evelyn F. JENKINS, Herman L. Sr.

JOHNSON, Mrs. Anne C. KENNEDY, Mrs. Blanche McABEE. Mrs.

Meaco G. MUNDIE, Leonard 0. PATSEL, James F. REILLY, Mrs. Sidney E.

RISPUS, James C. SCHOLL, Paul L. SPINKS, Albert G. THIGPEN, Mrs. Mary L.

WHITE, Mrs. Laura S. WILLIAMS, William T. WILSON, John H. of Newport News; a brother, Garland G.

Smith of Norfolk; and a grandson. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, by the Rev. Jack L. Hamilton, pastor of Riverside Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News. Herman L. Jenkins Sr. HAYES A funeral for Herman L. Jenkins who died Saturday, will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in Hogg Funeral Home Chapel, Gloucester Point, by the Rev. David Pouchot, pastor of Union Baptist Church, Achilles. Burial will be in Rosewell Memorial Gardens, Gloucester County. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the funeral home. BLOODMOBILE COMING Tuesday, November 5 9:00 a.m.

1:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Commonwealth College Riverdale Plaza Mercury Blvd. Blood Type 0 Negative Critically Needed! Administered by the American Red Cross Hampton Roads Chapter, A United Way Member Agency POQUOSON Mrs. Carrie Freeman Hawkins, 80, of 841 Poquoson died Sunday in Patrick Henry HealthCare Center. She was born in Poquoson.

She was a retired teacher and had taught in Poquoson and Norfolk schools for 35 years. She was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church, Poquoson, and for many years was the leader of the youth department. She was a member of the Mary Lizzie Phillips Circle, a member of the church choir and an active church worker. She was also a member of Retired Teachers Association and United Methodist Women. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.

Lenora Gillespie and Mrs. Margaret Forrest, both of Poquoson; a brother, E. T. Freeman Jr. of Poquoson; and eight nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Tabernacle United Methodist Church by the Rev. Aaron D. Smith, pastor, and the Rev. C.

Traynham Topping, retired. Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in Claytor-Rollins Funeral Home, Poquoson. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to' Tabernacle United Methodist Church Building Fund. William T.

Williams JAMAICA William Thomas Williams, 53, died Sunday at his residence. He was a retired correctional officer. Survivors include four sons, David L. Williams and Frederick Williams, both of Jamaica, and Guy E. Williams and Keith Williams, both of Church View; five sisters, Mrs.

Charlotte Anderson of Kinsale, Mrs. Alma Anderson of Warsaw, Mrs. Jacquelyn Turman of Salem, Mrs. Shirley Brown of Aquia and Miss Melinda Williams of Gaithersburg, a brother, Daniel Williams of Augusta, and two grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Wednesday in BristowFaulkner Funeral Home, Saluda. Burial will be in Hermitage Baptist Church Cemetery, Church View. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home..