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Passover Jewish holiday is time when food takes on new meaning 1D Campy Serving Bradford, Potter, Tioga counties Linda Albert gives tips for choosing a summer camp your kids will enjoy PROSECUTOR GRILLS MARCOS 3A SNOW today High: 37 Low: 30 2 A WEDNESDAY April 4, 1990 STAR' Oil ICE Jeannette Booth proves women have place in hockey 1 ZETTE i GA No bones about it, just skullduggery 1 l' i V' Iff. r. iiiiii'iinmt 1 1 "'it miMUhNNUIHIH of District Justice William Buckingham. Terry Wells said the skull looked pretty real. Snyder told Stokes he wasn't sure and didn't want to take any chances.

"It was pretty sure it wasn't real the first time I looked at it," Stokes said. "The black paint in the eye sockets is a pretty good clue. There isn't any hole for the optic nerve to come through. And if you look closely, you can see that one side of the jaw is held on by a common pin. It's either an April Fool joke or a heck of a coincidence." See SKULL2A Elkland find proves false By GEORGE OSGOOD Wellsboro Bureau ELKLAND One day earlier and it just had to be a hoax.

But the discovery Monday, April 2, of what appeared to. be a human skull and other bones in a long-enclosed area under a stairway at The Video Shop at 207 W. Main St. got a lot of attention from law enforcement officials for a little while, anyway. "It was full of papers and business records," Wells said.

"They were all from about 1918 to the end of the 1920s. There, was a pair of receipts, sales records and papers from the Patti-son Bank, which used to be the bank here in Elkland years ago, and some old garage signs." And the skull, sitting on the flooF, surrounded by a few small bones. The left side of the skull had been smashed in. Elkland Police Sgt. Jack Snyder was summoned and ultimately gave the skull and bones to Stokes, who was in Elkland for a preliminary hearing in the office "At first glance, it looks pretty real," Tioga County, Assistant District Attorney William R.

Stokes II said. "But it just doesn't hold up if you look at it closely." The Incident began Monday morning, when Rick Wells, husband of Video Shop manager Terry Wells, began tearing out an old partition under a stairway at the shop. The area, which had been boarded up decades ago, was being opened so it could be used for storage. Inside the small space was a trunk full of business papers from a prior tenant of the building, the Elkland Garage. GEORGE OSGOODStarGauttt ALAS, POOR YORICK: Tioga County, Assistant District Attorney William R.

Stokes II of Wellsboro looks over the skull found Monday at -The Video Shop in Elkland. Soaring Museum gears for anniversary exhibit DOIM) Senate bill would affect McDonald's, Burger King The Associated Press R-Allegheny. "This bill is the next logical step in getting trash problems under control," said Fisher, who chairs the committee and sponsored the bill. Under the proposal, have to recycle at least 30 percent of their disposable food and drink packages within 12 months; 40 percent within 24 months; and at least 50 percent within 30 months, i Restaurants were exempted from the state's mandatory recycling law, which begins to go into effect in September. Although the proposal includes all restaurants, fast food chains are the primary target, supporters said.

Pennsylvania Sierra Club spokesman Jeff Schmidt said the legislation would "force McDonald's to put its money where its p.r. is." He recommended the percentage of recycled materials be boosted to 90 percent. See RECYCLE2 A HARRISBURG A Senate panel Tuesday approved legislation that would require fast food and other restaurants to recycle at least half of their disposable packaging within 30 months. The proposal represents a significantly broader version of a bill unveiled last year that would have required restaurants, including McDonald's and Burger King, to use recyclable or biodegradable materials in their cartons. The reworked version goes a step further, and requires restaurants to establish recycling programs.

It was approved by the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 11-0. "Fast food restaurants in the New England state and New York are recycling disposable food containers. I see no reason why we can't get started in Pennsylvania," said Sen. D. Michael Fisher, Star-bazettg Above, Bill Gallagher, curator of education at the National Soaring Museum on Harris Hill, secures the tail of a Schweizer 1 -35 sailplane to a block and tackle chain so that it could be lowered by Ralph Gernert, right, and readied for removal Tuesday.

The Schweizer and one other sailplane were removed to make room for an exhibit honoring the first national soaring contest in Elmira in 1 930. The 60th anniversary exhibit will feature some'of the ships that actually flew in that contest as well as panels and displays describing those early events and associated personalities. The National Soaring Museum is open 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week, year-round and may be reached by taking exit 51 from Route 1 7 and following the signs to Harris Hill Park.

Arthur Houghton dies; ex-Steuben Glass chief Star-Gazette Arthur A. Houghton president of Steuben Glass for 40 Elmiran sells his United Dividers Co years, died Tuesday at Ven-ice Hospital, Venice, after a brief illness. Houghton, 83, was best known for his stewardship of Steuben Glass, became world-renowned. A great-grandson of the founder of Corning Amory Houghton, Arthur Houghton was born in Corning in 1906 and joined what was then known as Corning Glass Works in 1929 in its manufacturing department. He had been a director of the company until 1980 and since then, a life director.

Arthur Houghton was involved in many other organizations throughout his life. He was a former director of the USX Corp. and the New York Life Insurance Co. and an honorary trustee of the United States Trust Co. of New York.

See HOUGHTON2A By BOB JAMIESON Star-Gazette I wanted to enjoy doing some of my hobbies," said Wohl, who will remain with United Dividers for six months as a full-time consultant. "This seemed like the right business for myself and my background. Kurt's willingness to stay on was a big factor," said Woodin, who has worked in materials management for a number of large companies, most recently Raymond Corp. in Greene, N.Y. See DIVIDERS2A president.

Purchase price for the company, which employs 21 people, was not disclosed. Woodin said the two men met through a mutual friend. "We felt very comfortable. This is the guy who can take it over, make it grow. I have tremendous confidence in him," Wohl said of Woodin.

"I'm fortunate I made some money in this business. I wanted to look at the future, and 1 United Dividers, a 23-year-old Elmira company whose packaging protects Williamson, N.Y., apples as well as Pyrex pharmaceutical ware, was sold this week to W. Jackson "Tony" Woodin Jr. of Elmira. Woodin, 47, bought the company, located at 108 Stephens Place, from its founder, Kurt Wohl, 62, of Elmira.

Woodin will serve as which he took over in 1933 HOUGHTON and headed as president until 1973. During his years as Steuben's president, Steuben crystal INSIDE Nicaragua rocked by 6.5 earthquake MANAGUA, Nicaragua An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Rich-ter scale rocked Nicaragua and the neighboring region on Tuesday, causing panic in Managua and along its Pacific coast, but authorities said they had no reports of casualties. quake began at 5:57 p.m. (6:57 p.m. EDT) and was felt in the beach resort of Montelimar, where five Central American presidents are holding a two-day meeting to negotiate peace in the region.

Soldier threatens to blow up jetliner PORT AU-PRINCE, Haiti A soldier with a submachine gun seized a New York-bound jet at Haiti's airport and threatened to blow it up Tuesday if he was not flown to the United States. There were no passengers or crew on the plane, officials said. Pvt. Pierre Gerald, an airport security guard, boarded American Airlines Flight 658 on Monday afternoon as it was preparing to leave for New York, said Radio Haiti Inter and an American Airlines spokesman. The radio said it was not known whether the soldier was armed with explosives, but a Haitian resident said by telephone from Port-au-Prince that Gerald carried some grenades.

The radio said Gerald commandeered the plane in an attempt to desert the army after being reprimanded by an officer for alleged insubordination. It said he ordered everyone off the plane after seizing it. Negotiations with military and airport officials Monday night were fruitless and Gerald spent the night alone in the aircraft, the radio said.No flights were arriving or taking off from the airport Tuesday. Money 8C Morning Star 1 Movies 6D Obituaries 2B Opinion 4A People 1 Region Scoreboard 2C Sports 1 Tempo 1 TV 6D Weather 2A Abby Bulletin board 6D 70 Crossword 90 Comics 5D For the Record. 3B Horoscope Jumble 90 Letters 4A Local 1B Local stocks 6C 1B Captain gets order she can't refuse QUANTICO, Va.

Marine Capt. Dl-anne Davis was surprised when a colonel asked her if she wanted to spend the day playing golf and that President Bush was going to be her partner. Col. Dennis Herbert interrupted Davis during a meeting Friday and asked her if she had her golf clubs with her, which she did. "How would you like to play golf with the president of the United States?" Herbert asked her.

Davis later met Bush at the' golf course of the Quantico base. Vol. 28, No. 54 4 sections 30 pages Compiled from wire reports..