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J.D. Cohon Dies at Age 76; Stern and Co. Executive J. Donald Cohon of 23 Mountain Terrace Road, West Hartford, chairman of the board of Stern and a Hartford wholesale distributing company, died Monday at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.

He was 76. Born in Orange, Cohon had lived in the Hartford area most of his life. Earlier in his career, he was vice president of Herrup's Furniture Co. of Hartford and became vice president of Stern and Co. in 1948.

He was named chairman of the board three years ago. Cohon was one of the organizers of the Connecticut chapter of Common Cause, and a member of Temple Beth Israel of West Hartford and the Tumblebrook Country Club of Bloomfield. He leaves his wife, Florence Herrup Cohon; a son, J. Donald Cohon Jr. of Muir Beach, a daughter, Louise Kieffer of Hartford; two sisters, Helen Schorer and Gertrude Yates, both of Dallas, Texas, and four grandchildren.

The funeral is Wednesday, at a time to be announced, at the Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Farmington Hartford. Burial is in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Donations may be made to the Connecticut Lung Association, 45 Ash East Hartford, or the Connecticut Foundation for Childhood Leukemia, 296 Steele Road, West Hartford. Venezuela a Big Backer Of Junta in El Salvador L.A. Times Service CARACAS, Venezuela Spurred by a democratic ideology and concern over spreading Cuban influence, Venezuela has moved into the vanguard of opposition to leftist revolutionary movements in Central America and the Caribbean.

The immediate focus of Venezuela's increasing regional activism is El Salvador, where the government of President Jose Napoleon Duarte is being besieged by a leftist rebellion on one side and hard-line rightists on the other. There is growing evidence of direct Cuban support for the leftist side. Although Venezuelan President Luis Herrera Campins will not disclose amounts, he reportedly has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into El Salvador to help Duarte and his junta maintain control. In addition, there have been reports of direct Venezuelan military aid to the Salvadoran government, reports strongly denied by Herrera's spokesmen. But whatever the form of the aid and in whatever amount, Herrera is clearly Brookfield Resident Charged in Slaying BROOKFIELD A 19-year-old Brookfield man was charged Monday in the stabbing death Monday night of the man who managed the Brookfield Kennels and a nearby apartment complex.

Arne Johnson of 523 Federal Road was charged with murder and was being held in Danbury jail after the stabbing of Alan Bono, 40, of 519 Federal Road about 6:40 p.m. Police said the stabbing occurred on the front lawn of the kennel after an argument between the two men. They said Bono was stabbed several times in the chest and stomach. He was taken to Danbury Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Bono was the manager of the apartment building in which Johnson lives, they said.

Police said witnesses gave them a description of Johnson, who allegedly fled the scene after the stabbing. Police arrested him about 7:30 p.m. several miles from the kennel. A $125,000 bond was set on Johnson. He is to appear today in Danbury Superior Court.

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Born in Tokyo in 1922, Matsukata immigrated to the United States in 1940 and studied at Principia College in Illinois and the Boston of Fine Arts School. She operated an appointment-only showroom, the Atelier Janiye, in Boston's Copley Square, where she exhibited and sold her hand-crafted jewlery. Matsukata leaves her mother, Miyo Matsukata of Tokyo, and four sisters, Haru Reischauer of Belmont, wife of former American Ambassador to Japan, Edwin Reischauer; Naka Rawsthorne of Laguna Hills, Tane Matsukata of Tokyo, and Mari Bruck of Studio City, Calif. Funeral arrangments were incomplete. Charles Irving Dies; TV.

Radio Producer MINNEAPOLIS (AP)- Charles Irving, a veteran television and radio producer and movie actor, has died at Hennepin County Medical Center. He was 68. Irving, who died Saturday, had directed and acted in several television series, including the "Andy Griffith "77 Sunset Strip," "The Lawman," "Bewitched," "Bonanza," and the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." He also acted in several motion pictures including "A Face in the Crowd" and "Fate is the Hunter." A Minneapolis native, he began work in theater and radio while a student at the University of Minnesota. In the 1930s, he worked for several Twin Cities radio stations as an announcer, writer, editor and production manager. In the late 1930s, Irving moved to Chicago where he was an editor and newscaster for several radio networks, including CBS, NBC and ABC.

He later held similar positions in New York City and acted in early radio soap operas, including "Young Doctor In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was a producer and director of the first television soap opera, "Search for Tomorrow." He also worked in Hollywood as a producer and director. He returned to Minneapolis in 1970 to live and, although semi-retired, recently had taken part in several local radio and television commercials. Thatcher Backs Reagan LONDON (UPI). Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, dubbed the "Iron Lady" by the Kremlin, Monday endorsed President Reagan's tough stand against the Soviet Union. "It does not do the people of the free world any good if their leaders ignore the facts," Thatcher told a group of American journalists at her 10 Downing St.

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Officials at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in McDowell identified the dead as Martha Gibson, 45, and her grandchildren, Andrew Rose, Sylvia Jo Rose, Freddie J. Harmon, 1, and his infant sister, Martha Lynn Harmon, officials said. Five persons were admitted to the hospital at McDowell Cathy Rose, 25, mother of Sylvia and Andrew and daughter-in-law of Martha Gibson; her brother, Homer Harmon, 23, father of the Harmon children; Homer Harmon Mary Lou Harmon, 4, and Ronnie Travis Harmon, 3. All were listed in stable condition Monday night. Five others with more serious injuries were transferred by ambulance to the University of Kentucky medical center.

They were identified as Homer Harmon's wife, Virginia, 20; his brother Phillip Harmon, 20, the driver of the van; Beckham Harmon, 17; Paul Harmon, 8, and Ronnie Harmon, 2. Police said the tanker driver Larry Akers, 27, of Matewan had a slight head injury and was taken to the June Buchanan Clinic in Hindman, where he was treated and released. The tank truck, belonging to Akers Supply Inc. of North Matewan, W.Va., had carried non-explosive chemicals used in the processing of coal, but had made its deliveries and was empty at the time of the crash, officials said. the Carol Liepis Southington Carol's father bought the lucky color match ticket that made Carol a finalist.

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