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Standard-Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania • 18

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18 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1975 Democratic presidential candidate names former area man press secretary 1 i i iir I ttlt i-v: ii yZi Ji Taxpayers may oppose city budget The Hazleton Taxpayers Association will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Hazleton City Hall. Included on the agenda will be a comprehensive discussion of the 1976, Hazleton City Budget and the property tax millage increase. The H.T.A.

is expected to oppose the millage increase and will discuss an appropriate course of action on the subject. Election of officers will also takeplace.andadiscussionon the pending school split appeal will be featured. Pastor will Wrong way driver to face charge City police charged a Drums D. 1 woman with driving the wrong way on a one-way street following a two-car collision Tuesday morning at Cedar and Juniper streets. Patrolman Michael Petrilla said Gertrude Billig, 46, was traveling north on South Cedar Street, which is one-way for southbound traffic, when her car collided with an auto operated by Nancy Ann Gibbon, 40, of 98 S.

Poplar who was westbound on Juniper. Gertrude C. Billig, 69, a passenger in the Billig car, told police she struck her head upon impact. She was treated at the Hazleton State General Hospital. Visit vets at hospitals Members of the welfare committee of Drake-Wear Post 589, Veterans of Foreign Wars, A former McAdoo resident, Wayne Karmosky, sports editor of the Newport News, Daily Press, has been named national press secretary for Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex), an announced candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Karmosky, 28, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Karmosky, of Newport News, and currently resides in Washington, C. He was Capital Bureau Chief for Post-Newsweek television stations WPLG in Miami, Fla and WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla. He was based at the state capitol in Tallahassee and was responsible for covering state government political campaigns and other major news across the state.

Karmosky joined the Bentsen presidential campaign in August as a regional press secretary in New York City. In making the announcement. Sen. Bentsen said, "Karmosky has been working in journalism since 1060 and has had professional exposure to all aspects of the media-radio, television and newspapers. He has a working understanding of the needs of all the press and his knowledge of local, state and national government give him solid qualifications for the position.

I will rely heavily on him to help get our message to the people of America." Karmosky was legislative, state and political correspondent for WVKC-TV-radio in Norfolk, from H)(i8-72. He then became political editor for WCIX in Miami and also worked for TCKT TV in Miami before taking the bureau chief position with Post-Newsweek. Prior to his television experience Karmosky was a reporter for the Times Herald in Newport News. Karmosky staffed both national political conventions in 1972, covered the opening of the Senate Watergate Committee hearings, was assigned to the Florida White House when Richard Nixon was President of the United States, and represented his station in Nassau during the Bahaman Independence ceremonies in 1973. He has covered presidential campaigns since 19C8 and has provided coverage and analysis of major federal, state and local elections in Virginia and Florida.

"mm REPEAT PERFORMANCE Two homes were damaged, several cars wrecked and one person seriously injured when a large truck ran out of control on Rt. 11 yesterday and plowed through a section of Wilkes-Barre. It was at least the third time the same homes had been damaged by runaway vehicles in recent years. (AP) Sally Hobart Alexander speaker for Lions party for the blind Committee for Keller home officers this week visited veterans who are patients at the Hazleton State General and St. Joseph hospitals.

Gifts were presented to the patients, and assistance was given on claims with the Veterans' Administration. Veterans visited were: Charles Fendrick, John Kas-sick, Hiram Parks, John Vod-illo, John Logatto, F. Allen, Michael Salko, Edward Wagner, Joseph Yurcho, Frank Sarge, Joseph Scalise, Joseph Kubick, John Stefanik, Carl Kahley, William McCur-ley, Paul Parosky, Peter Yeager, Anthony Pakashie, Charles Sirosky, Robert Wat-kins, Frank Balas and John Pavlick. Members of the visitation committee were Commander Eugene Boyle, Joseph Catano, Stephen Krawizcki and Anthony Cherizona, hospital chairman. N.

J. Lotteries TRENTON, N.J. (AP)-The winning number for Tuesday i the New Jersey daily lottery was 78067 (seven-eight-zero-six-seven). The winning Pick-It number was 236 (two-three-six). The straight bet paid $188.50, the box bet payoff was $31 and the front or back pair paid $18.50.

plication to proceed with this effort. To supply the necessary documentation to support this request, extensive research will be necessary. Miss Isabell Dryfoos, a member of the committee has been in contact with an heir of Dr. Keller and has been fortunate to secure a voluminous amount of information concerning the home, such as data on the architect, the names of the many famous personages of that era who were guests at the Keller Home and many other items of Sally Hobart Alexander of Pittsburgh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Hobart, Con-yngham, will be the main speaker at the annual Lions regional Christmas Party for the Blind which will be held Thursday in Carmen's Restaurant on E. Broad St. Mrs. Alexanderreceived her bachelor of science degree from Bucknell University in 1965, then taught elementary school children in southern California. In September, 1969.

she joined thestaff of the Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind, Brideville, where she remained for one year. DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Nondisabled: The importance of Integration and how Groups Such as the Lions Can Help." The party ill begi at 6 p.m. with punch and hors d'oeuvre, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. William Imperiale will act as program chairman, with Walter Beltz, president of the Hazleton Lions Club, presiding. BATTERY STOLEN Garnet George, 339 E.

Kiefer told city police a battery, valued at $45, was stolen from his car early Tuesday morning while the vehicle was parked on West Green Street. The Standard-Speaker will pay $10 for the best news tip of the week. If you know of something newsworthy phone 455-3636 any time, day or night, seven davs a week. Trucking industry topic at Kiwanis Sally Hobart Alexander She received her master's degree in social ork from the University of Pittsburgh in April, 1973, after which she became a child therapist at the satellite center of St. Francis Hospital's Community Health Center.

Mrs. Alexander will speak on "The Disabled and the Friday great value historically to our area and of vital importance in making application to have the home designated a Historical Site. Miss Dryfoos will make this report at Friday's meeting and become acquainted with the plans of the committee. It is the intention of the group to initiate a plan for public financial support from the entire Hazleton Area with a meeting of representatives civic, social and professional organizations planned for Jan. 23.

tages are also high in many other industries. Klima said 12 per cent of the U.S. labor force is employed in trucking and trucking-related industries and that one out of every nine workers is employed in trucking. The LaBar firm, which has terminals in a widespread area of the nation, has its nerve center in Berwick. The firm has 355 employes and 800 tractors and combinations on the road.

LaBar also has a branch in Scranton. Jimmie McCarroll was program chairman. The club Christmas party will be held at O'Lear's Thursday, Dec. 11. Refreshments will be served before a nd after dinnerand dancing wifl follow dinner.

The deadline for reservations, Chairman Bart Ecker said, is Tuesday, Dec. 9. be host to parishioners Parishioners of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Harleigh, will be guests of their pastor, the Rev. Girard F. Angelo, at the parish's third annual Christmas dinner-dance Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

at the Lobitz Safari Room. The event will celebrate the accomplishment of building the outdoor Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the vicinity of the church. The theme of the holiday dinner-dance will be "Thanks to All for an Outstanding Year." Rev. Angelo, who is serving as general chairman, has announced that remarks will be made by Mrs. Mary Kelly, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the shrine, and Edmund Z.

Wienches a member of the shrine board of advisors. First Friday devotions will be held at the shrine church with masses at 5 and 7 p.m. Confessions will be heard before each mass. The public is invited to participate in the divine liturgy. CAR HITS GARAGE Brian Eugene Graaf, 17, of Box 66, RD 1 Drums, reported to city police his parked car apparently slipped out of park gear Monday at 4.25 p.m.

and rolled 50 feet before striking a garage owned by Joseph Cher-nock, of 534 S. Poplar St. The youth told police he had parked the car on W. Kiefer Ave. about 75 feet west of S.

Poplar St. a little earlier. Sheppton will have pre-school center The Child Development Program of Schuylkill County is opening a pre-school center in St. Joseph's school hall, Main Street, Sheppton. Registration will take place today, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. at the school hall. The center will be open to area children from two weeks to six years of age. Anyone wishing additional information should call the Child Development office, 1-628-2707. i iTi TT ikt TiiT 7i A A.

71 SHOP 7k fa A HOUSE PLANT CHRISTMAS CARD A new unique Christmas gift you send the card, a House Plant will be delivered to the recipient. GLEAMING FABRIC SAVINGS at the Height of the Glitter Season! Transportation has become the fourth necessity of life in the United States, trucking industry executive Thomas A. Klima told members of the Kiwanis Club of Hazleton at theirluncheon meeti ng at Stan Genetti's Mural Room yesterday. Klima, who is vice president and treasurer of LaBar Enterprises, and a member of Kiwanis, said there are 20 million trucks on the road in the United States and that 25,000 cities and towns are served only by truck transfer. The speaker said that 87 per cent of the nation's fresh and frozen meat, 82 per cent of the clothing, and 100 per cent of the ice cream products are transported by truck.

Percen- Today's events Reddy Wives party, Sunny Knoll, 7 p.m. All American Senior Citizens ofGreaterHazleton Area, reorganization meeting, West Hazleton Borough Annex. St. Stanislaus Christian Mothers and Daughters party, Niagara Lounge, 7 p.m. Ladies of Charity visit to St.

Luke Manor. Give a Gift Wrapped AAA Membership, the gift that keeps on giving. Anthracite Motor Club, 454-6658. Adv. will elect There will be a meeting of the "Committee for the Restoration of the Keller Home" on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Charles F. Gallagher, coordinator of this effort advised that the purpose of Friday's meeting is the selection of officers to head the committee and to discuss plans for decorating the home for the holiday season. Contact has been made with William H. Toner executive director of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, regarding the possibility of the home being registered with the Pennsylvania Register of Historical Sites.

Toner advised that the age of the building alone is not a criteria for selection; the main factor taken into consideration is the role of the site in the historic and social life of the community. He has forwarded to the committee the necessary ap- Rural health unit names director Stanford L. Weiss Robert Maskin, president of the Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania, has announced that Stanford L. Weiss has been named Project Director of the agency. The Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania provides medical and dental services in under-served areas of Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

Clinics, which are located in Noxen, Shickshinny, Black Creek and Freeland, currently serve a registered patient population of 16,000 individuals. Weiss holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University. He is a member of the Boards of the Wil kes-Barre General Hospital, King's College, Wyoming Seminary, United Health and Hospital Services and the First Eastern Bank. He is also a member of the Policy Committee of the Wilkes Hahnemann Medical Education Program and is a past campaign chairperson for the United Way of Wyoming Valley and the United Jewish Appeal. Weiss and his wife, Geral-dine, reside in Dallas and are the parents of two children; Marilyn, student at Syracuse University, and Richard, a student at Hahnemann Medical College.

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