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2 The Daily Herald Monday, October 16, 2000 The Inside Story OBITUARIES Theda G. Dysart Mrs. Theda G. Dysart, 80, of Tyrone, R.D. 4, died at 2:55 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13, 2000, at Epworth Manor, after a wonderful life. Born Dec. 25, 1919, at Homewood, she was the daughter of John Ermine and Ruth H. (Snouffer) Bailey, Sr.

She was married to Edward Dysart Sept. 2, 1939, at the First Methodist Church, by the Rev. J. Resler Shultz. Mr.

Dysart preceded her in death April 7, 1989. She is survived by three children; Gail Masser, Phoenix, Edward A. (Viola) Dysart, Tyrone, R.D. and Avis S. (James) Rice, Warriors Mark; five grandchildren; Jessica and Gretchen McClellan, both of Phoenix; Cynthia Merritt, Warriors Mark; Jeremy Rice, Newquehoning; and Janele Warriors Mark; and one greatgranddaughter.

Also surviving are three sisters and two brothers; Delores Hooper, Hershey; Elaine Lamson, Tyrone; Roamine Wilson, Tyrone, R.D. John E. Bailey Jr. and Robert: and Bailey, both of Tyrone. She was preceded in death by one sister.

A graduate of the Tyrone High School class of 1937, she had been employed by Big Yank and the Tyrone Area School District cafeteria before retiring. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church: a member of Howard Gardner Post No. 281 American Legion Auxiliary of which she was a past president and served as secretary-treasurer; was a charter member and key originator of Keystone Salon 8 and 40 in which she was very active and held a number of offices; and was a member of the Blair-Bedford Council American Legion Auxiliary and had served as both president and secretary. She was also a member of Anderson Denny Post No. 4559 Auxiliary, a member of the Grazierville Gang; and the Order of Eastern Star No.

288 of Tyrone. Mrs. Dysart was responsible for having reintroduced to the area the Charomali Assembly of Rainbow Girls. Funeral services for Mrs. Dysart were held at 11 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 16, at the Richard H. Searer Funeral Home, 115 W. 10th Street, Tyrone, with Pastor Jay Jones officiating. Interment was made in Blair Memorial Park, Antis Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to Home Nursing Agency, Hospice program, 201 Chestnut Altoona, PA 16601, or to a charity of the donor's choice. Martha Faye Riggleman Martha Faye Riggleman, 68, of tion of the Feller Memorial Home, Grazierville, Tyrone, R.D. 4, died are incomplete at this time. A comSunday, Oct. 15, 2000, at Tyrone plete obituary will be published in Hospital.

a future edition of The Daily HerArrangements, under the direc- ald. State-owned universities struggling financially PITTSBURGH (AP) The finances of five state-owned universities in western Pennsylvania are not as pretty as their ivy-covered walls and leafy campuses. And Pennsylvania has only itself to blame for fiscal policies that are wracking California, Clarion, Edinboro, Indiana and Slippery Rock universities and most of the eight other state-owned universities. So' says 'a' D.C. researcher who was asked to examine the schools' finances, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Sunday.

"The high tuition (set by the state) is preventing, discouraging many Pennsylvania high school graduates from going on to in-state public institutions," said Kent Halstead, director of Research Associates of Washington, an educational consulting firm. The 13-state-owned schools raised tuition nearly 5 percent this year, the largest increase in eight years, citing declining enrollment, rising costs and a smaller state subsidies. Hospital News October 13-15, 2000 Altoona Hospital Admitted Phyllis M. Gillmen, 215 E. 4th Altoona.

Carrie V. Oblinger, 187 Crosskeys Village, Duncansville. Melissa Sue Shoeman, 2104 11th Altoona. Discharged Elaine L. Campanaro, 707 3rd Altoona.

Richard E. Figurelle, Williamsburg, R.D, 1. Robert A. Fogal, 2105 Juniata Gap Altoona, Danette L. Madonna and daughter, 822 Hemlock Gallitzin.

Barbara N. Meersand, Hawk Run. Georgianna Novak and daughter, 311 Clark Bellwood. J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital Admitted Kaitlyn J.

Bilger, James Creek, R.R. 1. Verneda M. Brown, Huntingdon, R.D. 1.

Karen S. Leonard, 126 Hartman Village, Mount Union. Devon V. Posey, 110 Hartman Village, Mount Union. Jana D.

Runk, Broad Top City, H.C.R. 1. Eugene M. Smith, 702 Crawford Huntingdon. Betty L.

Wilson, Alexandria. Steven D. Williams, Huntingdon, R.D. 3. Discharged Doris R.

Borst, 2305 Warm Springs Huntingdon. Richard C. Covert, Orbisonia. Lee Ann Tustin, Huntingdon, R.D. 3.

Florine M. Knable, Wesuninister Woods, Huntingdon. 60 Minutes investigates Shuster FILE- House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Bud Shuster, meets reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000, to discuss last summer's airline delays.

A television news crew found Shuster hiding in the back seat of a vehicle driven by close friend and former top aide Ann Eppard to conceal how often he stayed at her home. Shuster, who was criticized on Oct. 5, 2000 by the House ethics committee for his "serious official misconduct," was accused by "60 Minutes" Sunday night, Oct. 15, of accepting accommodations worth more than $250 from Eppard, who is now a lobbyist. (AP J.

Boitano, File) "60 minutes" (Continued From Page 1) approved by the Transportation Committee. Eppard told The Associated Press on Sunday night that the person driving the vehicle shown in the segment was her sister, not her, and that the person shown wearing a baseball cap was not Shuster. "Once again, 60 Minutes gets it wrong," she said. Eppard added that she hadsbeen advised by her lawyer not to comment on the other allegations in the report. The segment includes criticism of Eppard and Shuster's relationship by the heads of two public interest organizations: Gary Ruskin, director of the Congressional Accountability Project, which filed the ethics complaint against Shuster, and Scott Harshbarger, president of Common Cause.

year after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge of receiving improper compensation. She had been accused of illegally receiving money and gifts to intercede with Shuster and government agencies on behalf of companies threatened by the Big Dig, Boston's massive federal highway project. Shuster has represented the 9th District in southcentral Pennsylvania since 1973 and is running for election. 'GOP rules limiting the terms of chairmen would prevent him from heading the 'committee next year if Republicans retain control of the House. On the Net: Shuster's site: http://www.house.gov/shuster/ House ethics rules: http://www.house.gov/ethics/ 60 Minutes: Eppard was fined $5,000 last http://cbsnews.cbs.com/ Central Pa.

Briefs STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Lloyd Rhoades and Pauline Shay were married in front of a justice of the peace in Bellefonte in 1940, the day before he joined the Army and the year before the United States entered World War II. Sixty years later, in a hospital room at Centre Community Hospital, where Pauline is recovering from surgery, the Mingoville couple renewed their wedding vows in front of their family and a pastor. "I always wanted to be married by a minister," Rhodes said after Saturday's ceremony. "It took 60 years, but we did it." About 20 family members, including two sons and three daughters, watched Lloyd, 78, and Pauline, 77, exchange vows and rings.

Four great-granddaughters fidgeted slightly as the Rev. James Riser read a prayer for the couple. "It really doesn't seem like 60 years when you are married 60 years," Rhoades said. Rev. Riser, whose grandson married the Rhoades' daughter nearly 20 years ago, said the renewal of vows after more than half a century is an important milestone.

"Today, not many couples reach marriage of 50 years or better," he said. "They are a wonderful couple. A very loving couple." HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -An ammonia leak from a rail tanker car in the Lucknow Rail Yard prompted city authorities to close a bridge and ask residents of one street to remain indoors. The car, heading through the area from Harriman, N.Y., had been carrying 34,000 gallons of liquid anhydrous ammonia when a valve problem caused a leak discovered al 7:09 p.m.

Sunday, authorities said. Mayor Stephen R. Reed said he considered evacuating about 350 people who live nearby but decided against it because of the mild weather conditions. "If there was wind or a plume, we would have had to move 350 or more people away," Reed said. Representatives of the Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency, Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Team and Harrisburg Bureau of Fire were on the scene and contained the leak, blocking Maclay Street Bridge.

No injuries were reported. GAP, Pa. (AP) A man driving a horse and buggy in Salisbury Township was killed when he was struck by a car, state police said. The man and a female passenger, both from Narvon, were heading west on Route 340 just after 6:30 a.m. Sunday when the car came up behind them and hit the left rear corner of the buggy.

The buggy driver was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Robert Good. His name was not released. NOTICE TO NORTHWOOD WATER CUSTOMERS Service will be interrupted for new pumping station installation on Wednesday, October 18, 2000 between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The following areas will be affected: Hancock Street from Maple Street to McCoy Street McCoy Street from Hancock Street to Main Street Meade Street from McCoy Street to South dead end of Meade Street The above areas will be completely out of water.

Pressure may be low and water may be cloudy and dirty in other parts of the system. Alternate day due to weather will be Thursday, October 19, 2000 between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Gary L. Barr, Superintendent Tyrone Borough Water Department The Blotter.

Violence in Vail A verbal argument between Paul Richard Grassmyer, Jr. and Lori Ann Grassmyer, both of Tyrone, R.D. 3, turned violent. Paul Grassmyer pushed Lori Grassmyer to the floor and restrained her as she attempted to leave their residence, ultimately pushing her down the patio steps. The accused was arrested, arraigned and released on bond.

Gary L. Jasper, Coalport, mototcycle along SR 865, when he the north berm, striking an embankment. and his bike was moderately damaged. Found State Police have reported 550 in Halfmoon Township. The Johansen and may be claimed by 342-3370.

Four-Wheeler A Yamaha four-wheeler, garage of Theodore A. Cherry, of the victim's residence. was riding his 1992 Harley-Davidson failed to negotiate a left turn and ran off Jasper received moderate injuries Motorcycle Books finding two books along State Route authors are Mary Higgins Clark and Iris calling the State Police in Philipsburg at Stolen, Found valued at $1,100, was taken from the Tyrone. It was found about one mile from Senseless Act of Recklessness State Police report that three male juveniles from the Hollidaysburg area, ages 9, 12 and 12, were playing on the abandoned railroad bed off three Upper Reese Road, Frankstown Township, where they were approached by unknown teenage white males. The suspects pulled up in a recent model car with a sunroof, tinted windows, a "Penn State" vanity plate on the front, displaying an unknown Pennsylvania registration plate, a zoological tag displaying a tiger.

The suspects got, out and threw kerosene onto the victims and threatened to ignite the boys with a lighter. Anyone who has information may call 696-6100. Missing Tyrone Borough Police Anderson, a white female, 5-feet resedence at 221 6th Ave. Altoona at has not returned. She has long brown police ask that you instruct her to call Valve Sometime overnight, an stem caps from the drivers side tires Tyrone.

Borough police are investigating. Football -An unidentified caller told youths were playing football at the p.m. Complainant had to stop the car plainant stopped, the football struck incident was accidental. Burglar -A burglar alarm, sounding at 1:56 a.m., was investigated by Tyrone found open. A keyholder who responded secured at closing.

Nothing seemed to are investigating a report that Karen tall, approximately 160 left her approximately 10:30 p.m. Oct. 14, and hair and wears glasses. If you see her, her family. stems gone unknown person(s) removed two valve of a vehicle parked on West 15th Halstead's newspaper-sponsored study found that tuition covers between 44 and 56 percent of the cost of instruction at the state schools compared to 33 percent at public universities nationally.

That means students at Pennsylvania-owned universities are shouldering a larger share of educational costs than those at other public Nicole: 22, of McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, is a at' Slippery Rock who borrowed $32,000 and works 40 hours a week to pay for college. "If I were to tell someone I spent $32,000 at a state school, they would wonder," Sharp said. "A lot of people have the impression that state schools are cheap." Enrollment at the five western Pennsylvania universities dropped during the 1990s, from a low of 4 percent at Clarion to a high of 12 percent at Edinboro. Because outof-state students are charged tuition rates 250 percent higher than instate students, out-of-state enrollment at the five western Pennsylvania schools dropped 45 percent from 1992 to 1999, the study showed. The state-owned universities are also hurt because they've typically targeted traditional-aged students a population that has declined and will continue to drop by about 6 percent by the year 2010, according to Penn State's office of budget and resource analysis project.

But the universities are starting to fight back. "You can. wallow in self-pity about the enrollment decline and the financial difficulties or you can do something about it," said Robert M. Smith, provost of Slippery Rock. The state has allowed four universities Edinboro, California, Clarion and Mansfield to discount tuition for some out-of-state students.

And three schools now have centers aimed at attracting nontraditional students in Pittsburgh's more affluent suburbs. Indiana University of Pennsylvania has a center in Monroeville, Allegheny County; Slippery Rock has one in Franklin Park, Allegheny County; and California has two, one in Southpointe, Washington County, and one in downtown Pittsburgh. Lottery Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday and Sunday, in the Pennsylvania State Lottery SATURDAY Daily Number 7-8-7 Big 4 4-0-6-7 SUNDAY Daily Number 9-8-0 Big 4 7-4-2-9 game Tyrone Borough Police that several 9th St. foot bridge at approximately 5 to avoid hitting someone. When comthe car.

Complainant believes the alarm Rite Aid on Pennsylvania Avenue at Borough Police. The back door was felt the door may not have been be missing or removed. Mansion with love triangle legend to be auctioned LORETTO, Pa. (AP) A lavish central Pennsylvania mansion with a history racy enough to inspire a 1955 Joan Collins movie is for sale. Elmhurst Mansion in Loretto, about 70 miles east of Pittsburgh, has 12 bedrooms, eight fireplaces and a winding stairwell and a tale of marital deceit ready for the highest bidder at an auction next month.

"It would be gorgeous as a bed and breakfast," said Linda Lewis of Cresson, who owns the mansion with her husband, Al. "But it could also be a country club or golf (club)." The 98-year-old mansion's first resident was Harry K. Thaw, a wellheeled son of a Pittsburgh railroad magnate, and his young New York bride, Evelyn Nesbit. Legend has it that Nesbit carried on a torrid affair with the mansion's designer, New York architect Stanford White, who also designed Madison Square Garden. Thaw allegedly shot and killed White at a cabaret in New York in 1906.

Thaw was never convicted of the killing, but he spent eight years in an asylum for the criminally insane. The story inspired the 1955 film "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing," starring Joan Collins and Farley Granger. Nesbit died in Florida in 1982. In the years before the Lewises bought Elmhurst in 1989, it served as a church retreat, a restaurant and a banquet hall. Lewis said she and her husband poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the mansion to restore it to its 1902 grandeur.

Rumors that Nesbit's ghost haunted the mansion circulated during its days as a restaurant. Neighbor Cyndy The Daily Herald 1018 Pennsylvania Ave. Tyrone, Pa. 16686 "Continuing Our Longstanding Tradition Of Serving The Area's Phone (814) 684-4000 Fax (814) 684-4238 Serving Residents Of Tyrone, Antis Township, Snyder Township, Bellwood and Warriors Mark Acker, who lives in a carriage house near the mansion, said curious onlookers who had heard the ghost stories used to be a problem particularly around Halloween but not so much any more. "Now I suppose news of the auction will bring more people," she said.

Lewis said she and her husband decided they had no choice but to downsize. "It's just too much work," Lewis said. "My husband is always cutting grass on the 35-acre lawn." So the couple called J.P. King Auction Co. in Gadsden, to sell the property.

King spokesman Carl Carter said the company handles auctions only for "high end" property. He wouldn't say how much money Elmhurst is expected to bring, but he said he wouldn't be surprised if it fetched $1 million or more. He said the company auctioned Calumet Farms, a Lexington, Ky. horse-breeding farm, for $20 million. The Daily Herald The Paper That Cares About Northern Blair County Phone: (814) 684-4000 Fax: (814) 684-4238 Serving the residents of Blair and Huntingdon Counties for 131 years.

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