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A2 GETTYSBURG TIMES WEDNESDA MA Y12, 2004 Digest National weather The forecast for May 12. lines tcpaiale high temperature zonae lor ttw Ooy 2004 Inc Partly sunny, highs in lower 80s Partly sunny with a chance of showers or a thunderstorm, mainly in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s Light wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight, partly cloudy.

A chance of evening showers and thunderstorms Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Thursday, partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday, partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Saturday, mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. What's happening Adams County A shrimp feed will be on May 29, in the Irishtown Fire Company. 934 Irishtown Road, New Oxford. The meal will include hot and cold steamed shrimp, fried shrimp, fried chicken, snacks and beverages Doors open at 5 p.m.

For contact Tony at 624-3204 Fairfield The Fairfield group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets today, at 8 in St. John's Lutheran Church. Gettysburg The Gettysburg High School Class of 1950 will meet May 19 at noon at the Crazy Horse Saloon Steak House, York Road, New Oxford. Classmates, spouses and guests are invited to attend. To list news of your upcoming event in "What's Happening," call 334-1131 or 334-1132, or in Littlestown, 359-7749.

The deadline for entries is noon the previous day. The Gettysburg High School Class of 1953 meets for lunch Thursday at noon, in the Cross Keys Diner, Route 30, New Oxford. The Gettysburg group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at noon, today, St. Jamesi Lutheran Church, corner of Stratton and York Strect.s. The Support Group meets Thursday at 7 p.m.

at the Gettysburg Presbyterian Chuich. For more info, call 334-1235. "Reaching Adolescents i i on the Strengths of Youth" will be on Friday, from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Gettysburg Hospital Community Room. The speaker will be Ken Ginsburg.

MD, MS Ed, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Registration is required, call Laura Reyka, RN at 337-4272. Exercise classes will be on Friday, from 10 to 11 a in the Gettysburg Senior Center, 142 N. Stratton St. For call 3345012.

Elsewhere The Toughlove Support meets each Thursday at 7 p.m. at 527 L.W.E.. Chambersburg. Call 267-2213 or 267-2206 for an appointment. Trouble at home, abroad for Charles Graner Jr.

UN1ONTOWN, Pa. (AP) A trail of abuse allegations has followed Charles A. Graner Jr. from his home in western Pennsylvania to the state prison where he worked as a guard, and now to the cells of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Graner, 35, a military police officer serving in the 372nd Military Police Company based in Cumberland, was accused of abuse by his former wife, and by inmates at the Stale Correctional Institute in Greene County.

The allegations surfaced years before were shown worldwide of Graner standing behind a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners, his arms folded and smiling broadly. Raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Whitehall. Graner joined the Marines after high school and married in 1990. Seven years later, his wife, Staci, filed for divorce, claiming her husband had been violent and threatening against her. and their two children, now 1 1 and 13.

According to court documents, she he grabbed her by her hair and dragged her out of their son's room. When a friend tried to calm him down, she said he replied. "I have nothing if she's not my wife. She's dead," court documents show. The two divorced in 2000.

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At the prison where he worked as a low-level guard, Graner was accused in two separate lawsuits of abusing prisoners. Graner and the other guards implicated in the lawsuits said they were at all times acting in the scope of their jobs as prison guards, and that they never violated anyone's rights. Both suits ended up being dismissed. Horatio Nimlcy, who served time for burglary, accused Grar.er and other corrections officers in a 1999 lawsuit of planting a razor blade in his food. He said officers kicked and punched him when he refused to give them the razor blade in exchange for getting medical treatment for bleeding in his mouth.

A judge dismissed the case when Nimlcy could not be found after his release from prison in June 2000. Inmate Osbome Johnson said he fell on his face while Graner was patting him down for contraband, according to a 2000 lawsuit. Johnson said he was handcuffed when told to put his face against a cell door and stand on one foot. As the cell door began to close, the lawsuit said, Graner kept hold of Johnson's foot, causing him to fall. The state Attorney General's office succeeded in getting the suit dismissed.

Harry E. Clingan Harry Elvin Clingan, 93, of Carroll Heights, Taneytown, died Tuesday, May 11, at his home. Born Sept. 1, 1910, in Taneytown, he was a son of the late Samuel Elvin and Beulah Roberta Smith Clingan. He was the husband of the late Sarah Catherine Clingan, who died Dec.

14, 2003. Mr. Clingan had worked as a machinist mechanic for the Cambridge Rubber Company in Taneytown, Md for 47 years. He was a member of Grace United Church of Christ, Taneytown, where he served on the consistory. Mr.

Clingan was a life member of the Taneytown Rod and Gun Club, and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Littlestown. He started the Taneytown Memorial Park in 1949 He is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Jean Clingan of Baltimore, and Joan Clingan Thompson of Thurmont, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren He was pre-deceased by one son, Fred Elvin Clingan; seven brothers, Charles Henry Clingan, Raymond E. Clingan, Jerry Clingan. Edward A Clingan, Donald R. Clingan, Samuel S.

Clingan and Walter Clingan, and Bv The Atwiiaied Virginia Capers LOS ANGELES (AP) -Virginia Capers, who won a 1974 Tony award for her performance in the original version of the musical "Raisin," died Thursday. She was 78. Capers, who played Lena Younger in the musical, died Thursday after being hospitalized for pneumonia, said her son. Glenn S. Capers.

Capers also appeared in Broadway productions of "Jamaica" in 1957 and "Saratoga" in 1959. On film, she played Mama Holiday in "Lady Sings the ab'out blues singer Billie and Nurse' Florence' Sparrow in "Ferris Bueller'S Day Off." among other roles. She was a regular on the television show "Frank's Place'' in the late 1980s. She also made guest appearances on "Daniel Boone" and "Marcus Welby. M.D." in the 1960s, "Murder, She Wrote" in the 1980s and "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" in the early 1990s.

She was nominated for an Emmy award in 1973 for her performance in an episode of "Mannix." Phil Gersh LOS ANGELES (AP) Phil Gersh. an agent who for decades represented some of Hollywood's two sisters, Annie Clingan Warner and Ethel Clingan Mort. Funeral Services will be on Thursday, May 14, at 11 a.m., in Grace United Church of Christ, 49 W. Baltimore Taneytown, with his pastor, the Rev. Steven M.

Ostendorf-Snell officiating, assisted by the Rev. Matt Poole. Interment will be in Grace United Church of Christ Cemetery, Taneytown, Md. The family will receive friends at the Skiles Funeral Home, 136 E. Baltimore Taneytown, on Thursday, May 13, from 7 to 9 p.m., and at the church, on Friday, from 10 a.m.

until the time of the service. Memorial contributions can be made to Grace United Church of Christ, 49 W. Baltimore Taneytown, MD 21787, or to the Harry E. Clingan Memorial Park Fund, City of Taneytown, 17 Baltimore Taneytown, MD 21787. Raymond E.

Lawyer Raymond Lawyer, 75, of Hanover, died Saturday. May 8, in the Hanover Hall Nursing Center. Born May 26, 1928, in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, he was the son of the late John D. and Mary Altland Lawyer He was the companion of Bertha V. Blevins of Hanover, for 17 years.

Mr. Lawyer was employed as a laborer in construction for many years. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during the Korean War. Mr.

Lawyer was a member of the Harold H. Bair American Legion Post 14, Hanover. He is survived by three brothers, Charlie Lawyer, Roy Lawyer and Jerry Lawyer, all of Hanover, and two sisters, Ruth Utz and Shirley Croft, both of Hanover. He was pre-deceased by a son, Michael E. Lawyer, and two brothers, John Lawyer and Floyd Lawyer.

Graveside services, with military honors provided by the Hanover Allied Veterans Council, will be on Friday, May 14, at 1:30 in the Rest Haven Cemetery. Westminster Road, Hanover, with the Rev Philip K. Nace officiat- ing.There will be no public viewing The Wetzel Funeral Home, 549 Carlisle Hanover, is in charge of the arrangements. Earl A. "Abie" Rebert Earl A.

"Abie" Rebert, 74, of Littlestown, died Monday, May 10 at the Hershey Medical Center. Born Aug. 13, 1929 in Adams County, he was the son of the late E. A. and Annie Belle Strevig Rebert.

He was the husband of Margaret "Peggy" BeachtelJ Rebert for 54 years. Mr. Rebert was a member Christ United Church of Littlestown, Littlestown FOE, the Gettysburg Moose, the Littlestown Alpha Fire the McSherrystown Association, the Blue Sportsmen Association, and National Association of Gamers. He was a social membqr', of the VFW in Littlestown. Mr.

Rebert was a formerj Littlestown school board member." He was a retired postal carrier, and had previously worked for his father, E.A. Rebert Farm Implements of Mr. Rebert graduated in 1947' from the Littlestown High School. 1 Surviving in addition to his' wife are one son, Eric A. Rebert'' of Lancaster; one daughter, L.

Battiste of Fairless Hills; fouf' grandchildren, and one brother, Clay A. Rebert of Gettysburg. He was pre-deceased by sister, Betty Hall. Funeral services will be on Friday, May 14, at 10 a.m., irn Little's Funeral Home, 34 Ave, Littlestown, with the S. Mundie and the Larry A.

McConnell of St. Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Christ Church Littlestown. Memorial contributions can made to the Adams County SPCA, 11 Goldenville Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325. Deaths Elsewhere top celebrities including Humphrey Bogart, Lloyd Bridges and Karl Maiden, died Monday.

He was 92 Gersh died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home, his family said. He became an agent in the mid- 1930s, and launched what became known as the Gersh Agency in 1949. Today, the business employs 60 agents in offices in Beverly Hills and New York City. Gersh's list of clients also included David Niven, Fredric March, Mary Astor, Lee J. Cobb, Dorothy McGuire, James Mason, Eddie Albert and William Holden.

Gersh also represented such writers Budd Schulberg, Epstein "and'' Abraham Polonsky. In' the' 1 1950s, Gersh helped Bogart. one of his biggest clients, expand beyond his typical tough guy roles. The company has been run by Gersh's sons, Bob and David; Leslie Siebert, and the elder Gersh, who continued to come into the office every day until about 10 weeks ago. Samuel Iwry BALTIMORE (AP) Samuel Iwiy, one of the world's leading Hebrew scholars and an authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls, died Saturday of a stroke.

He was 93. Iwry was born and raised in Bialystok, Poland. He was a direct descendant of Rebbe Israel Baal Shem Tov, who lived from 1700 to 1760 and was founder of Judaism's Hasidic Movement He graduated from Warsaw University. After the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, he wandered from Warsaw to Moscow to Tokyo, and finally to Shanghai. He reached Japan in 1941, and was appointed to serve as Far East representative for the Jewish Agency for Palestine.

He negotiated with British authorities for the escape of thousands of Jewish families in the Far East, said his son, Mark Iwry. He was later imprisoned in Shanghai by the Japanese occupying 1 forces, and tortured for his activities, his son said. Dr. Iwry's life was saved by'a woman he later married, the former Nina Rochman, a hospital administrator who persuaded authorities to release him. The couple wed in 1946, and settled in Baltimore, where he began work on doctoral studies at the Johns Hopkins University with William Foxwell Albright, "the noted Orientalist and archaeologist.

"With his mentor, Professor Albright, he was the first scholar to identify and authenticate the Dead Sea Scrolls, their antiquity and significance, and wrote the first doctoral dissertation on the scrolls," the son said. Dr. Iwry joined the Hopkins- faculty in 1951, and was professor of Near Eastern studies. He retired in 1991. In 1964, he was awarded av Fulbright scholarship and Visiting Professor of Biblical i Studies at the Hebrew in Jerusalem and Haifa.

William Luck KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) William Sheldon Luck, a member of the' 1 Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame;" who flew 59 types of aircraft, died Sunday of cancer. He was 94. Luck logged more than 26,000 hours in 51 years as a bush, arctic, military, firefighting and conf- mercial pilot, and reportedly made'-' the first nighttime flight across the 1 Canadian Rockies. On Sept. 5, 1935, according to Lynne Schyler, who has about Luck's exploits, he decided' 1 to fly home to Calgary because he "was homesick, hungry and broke" after a day of ing in Williams Lake.

The 320-mile flight over Rockies took four hours, and co-pilot had to light matches Luck could read the compass. Luck also flew the first sched- tl uled airmail flight from Vancouver to Kamloops on Not 1, 1939, led the way in establish- ing scheduled commercial between Vancouver and Yukon and became chief pilot of Canadian Pacific Airlines in 19417-, STATE REACTIONS TO THE DEATH OF NICK BERQ Pennsylvania Gov Ed Rendell expressed his "deepest condolences" to the Berg fami- iy. "It just seems so senseless that an American can go over therc and try to help this country rebuild its telecommunications infrastructure and wind up with a fate like this," Rendell said. Rendell said he believes Berg's captors "misread" the American will. "If they think that acts like this will cause the American people to decide that the time has come to cut and run, I think they will find that the American people will have their resolve strengthened by atrocities like this." Rendell said.

"It's terrible," said Rep. John P. Murtha, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and leading House military hawk Story, Page Al who lately has been highly critical of the Bush administration's policy on Iraq. "That's absolutely sickening. And when you don't have enough resources, this is what happens when we don't have enough troops on the ground." "All of these things add up to make it much more difficult," Murtha said.

"We'ic taught to retaliate things like that. And yet if you do and I under-, stand the troops wants to, that's the way you're taught to do -it's terrible. And there's going to be an uproar in the country. As there should be." Republican Sen. Aden Specter, who is from Philadelphia, and in line to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, vowed an "intensive manhunt" to find the executioners, whom he believed would be identified despite their face- covering masks.

"They brag about it," Specter said. "This is the kind of atrocity that is going to be pursued, that is not going to go away. And I think it'll produce an intensive manhunt." Rep. Jim Gerlach, a first- term Republican who represents the district where the Bergs live, said he had been working with the family since March, when Nick was detained by Iraq) police. At the family's Gerlach said he turned to thJe" State Department, the FBI and- the U.S.

military for help. "I don't know if there was a sufficient response," said after an afternoon meeting with the Bergs. "The question is whether or not there was cnougji' effort being made to find what was going on with regards to Nick, and then have Nick in a position then to get out the country." Fimerals J. William -Bill" Stambaugh Funeral Services for John William "Bill" Stambaugh, oFKeymar, who died Wednesday May 5, were on Monday, May 10, in Grace United Church of Christ, Keysville, with his pastor, the Rev. John P.

Silassy officiating. Interment was in Keysville Union Cemetery, Key mar, Md. Pallbearers were Edward Sell II, Bradford Gist, Jeffrey Gist, Michael Keyton, Dennis Stambaugh and Arthur Fauble. The Skiles Funeral Home, Taneytown, was in charge of the Annie Belle Davis Funeral services for Annie Belle Davis, 71. of Littlestown, who died Thursday, May 6 at the Hanover Hall, were on Saturday in Little's Funeral Home, Littlestown.

with the Rev. Rick Cordell officiating. Interment was in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Pallbearers were Donald L. Davis, Darrell L.

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