The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 5

TIMES-LEADER EVENING NEWS, RECORD. WILKES-BARRE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1S77 Blizzard-like Conditions Forecast for Tonight as Cold Continues Grip on Area Forum Postponed Due to Fuel Crisis Luzerne County Association for Retarded, Citizens has postponed its Saturday "Community Residential Service Forum" at the Holiday Inn. The session has been rescheduled to Feb. due to the fuel crisis.

Hearing In Stabbing February 4 A hearing for Michael P. Ri-lev. 36. of 387 Hill St Siiear Weather Conditions To Deteriorate Fast Here is the weekend weather forecast: Friday: High wind warning, traveler's advisory, snow beginning in the afternoon and accumulating two to four inches. Friday night: Windy, drifting and blowing snow, near-blizzard conditions.

Temperatures falling rapidly to overnight low of 5 to 15. Saturday: Continued extreme cold. High will be 5 to plus 5 degrees. Saturday night: Extreme cold, low zero to 10. Sunday: Very cold.

High of 5 to 15. Sunday night: Extreme cold, low again zero to 10. The barometer on Friday at noon was 29.47 and falling. Winds were out of the southwest at 15 miles-an-hour, but were to switch from the northwest at 20 to 30 miles-an-hour with stronger, blizzard-like gusts. Humidity was 60 percent.

It will remain cold Monday and Tuesday, with the temperature on Tuesday rising into the 20s. Sun rises, 7: 18; sets, 5: 16. Below-zero temperature's, blowing snow will create near- Frank Petrosky, assistant more snow and blizzard-like blizzard conditions tonight. vice president of said conditions are forecast for to- The temperature will fall Friday that the utility project night as the frigid winter of 77 rapidly, to an overnight tow of consumption of about 150 mil-continues to hold Wyoming 5 minus degrees. lion cubic feet of natural gas on Vallev in its k-v erin fcxtreme cold weatner will aaiuroay ana sunaay.

taurant is heated with natural gas. A spot check of other area restaurants, heated with all types of fuel, found all had no plans to close or reduce hours. Hoyt Library, Kingston, has closed and Back Mountain Library is considering such action. Osterhout Library, Wilkes-Barre, which is on the steam heat lines, will remain open. Acme Markets, which has A.

high wind warning and continue Saturday, the weath-traveler's advisory are in effect ean sa'd. with a high of five for Friday afternoon and night, degrees- tib Ytrim mid ic ovnArj. The wind, out of the south- Hazleton To Receive Bus Grant Hazleton City will receive a $70,000 purchase of service grant from PennDOT' to help maintain bus service in that area. State Transportation Secretary William H. Sherlock reported that because of recent problems, ridership on the four bus lines in the Hazleton area has declined by 10 percent in the past year and 18 percent in the last six months.

Bus service is provided by four independent, privately owned companies: Barons Transist, Luzerne and Carbon County Motor Transit Motor Transportation and Valley Transit Company. Sherlock noted that 923,000 passengers were carried in 1975 and only 831,000 in 1976. Senior citizen free rides, funded by PennDOT grants, increased from 303,000 in 1975 to 314,000 in 1976. Sherlock also said that Hazleton has not taken advantage of all the state aid available because it had raised, only $35,000 in local matching funds, and more local funds would be needed to qualify for additional state aid. While Luzerne County provides substantial aid to the Luzerne County Transportation Authority, the Wilkes-Barre area bus firm, it provides minimum, financial assistance for transit operations in the Hazleton area, Sherlock said.

ed to again increase the draw on the Pennsylvania lias and Water Company's natural gas system, and utility personnel were preparing Friday to handle the cold weekend. Some areas businesses began announcing cutbacks in hours, heeding Gov. Milton Shapp's request for voluntary shutdown of nonessential serv- ires or cutbacks in operating schedules. Organizations ranging from the State Civil Service Commis- sion to the Penn Mountains bcout council announced can cellation of weekend meetings or events, The National Weather Serv- ice station at the Wilkes- BarreScranton Airport said the weekend weather will in- cude hiRn winds, extreme cold and two to four inches of snow. A high wind warning and traveler's advisory are In effect west ln me.aay, was to begin flowing from the north west in the afternoon at 20 to 30 miles-an-hour, with stronger gusts.

A blizzard is defined as weather when the wind Is IS miles-an-hour for three hours or more with falling or blowing snow cutting visibility to one-quarter mile or less. The weather will continue cold through Sunday and Mon- day, moderating to a daytime h'8n the on Tuesday, if muse temperatures tail ue considered moderate. The weekend Arctic cold blast could make January of 1977 the coldest month ever recorded locally by the National Weather Service. Area schools are closed through' Monday, and it appeared Friday that the cold weather might force a further cancellation of classes in order to conserve energv. pipeline pressure is good and the utility sees no problem in meeting the home heating needs of its gas cus- miners, ne saio.

uov. onapp references to pipeline suppliers fearing such problems do not pertain to this.jtjgjon, Petrosky said. The gas draw on Thursday was 135 million cubic feet, heaviest of the week and reflection of the steadily increasing cold temperatures. The use on a normal winter day, including schools, industries and large commercial es tablishments now curtailed, is about mrf Petrosky said weather forecast is for "very cold" conditions. He said the weather picture is continually being assessed.

David Hansen, president, said the results of the imposition of the industrial curtailment can be seen daily. Had the curtailment not been started on Jan. 18, he said, would face the same supply problem now confronting other utilities in the state and nation. Aldino's Manor, East End section of Wilkes-Barre, announced Friday that it is cutting back on its hours. The res- It Certain-Teed, Mountaintop; Schott Optical, Duryea; Celotex Harding, and Roth American, Wilkes-Barre.

Number of Claims Fred J. Peters, manager of the Wilkes-Barre BES office, reported that a total of 318 new claims and 431 compensable claims have been filed to date in that office by persons fur-loughed by the plant closings. Compensable claims are claims that have been filed previously and are now being Peters-noted that many of these claims have been filed by non-professional school employes under the special unemployment assistance program. While natural gas users are facing problems, customers of the Wilkes-Barre Steam Heat Authority can take comfort in the fact that the authority's boilers are operating entirely on anthracite. Daniel Sweeney, plant manager, said Friday that the authority has been doing a "good job" in keeping central city supplied with heat.

He said the closing of Coughlin High School, one of the biggest steam heat users, has helped in relieving the strain on the system. In addition, the replacement of four blocks of new s'team heat main last year has meant the boilers "don't have to push so hard," Sweeney said. 1 He said another boiler has been put back in service and there are no problems in obtaining the necessary anthracite. Sales Increase The cold weather has been a windfall of sorts for local clothing retailers, many of whom reported better-than-average sales figures for winter clothing items. A spokesman for a men's clothing retail establishment on the West Side stated that most of the winter clothing is gone.

"The racks are pretty well cleared out," he noted. "The biggest sellers lately are wool slacks and wool suits." He stated that the outerwear selection at the present time is "pretty slim" because of brisk 0 sales. "Sales are definitely better than last year at this time," he indicated. again asks area residents to keep their water running this weekend to guard against frozen pipes. Clocks Slow Every electric clock in the Eastern United States ran 28 seconds slow during last week's cold spell because of an overload on electric generating capacity, a utility official said.

Few people apparently noticed the slight discrepancy between their electric clocks and windup clocks or watches, or the difference in time between Eastern and West Coast points. The tatter use a separate, generating system and were not affected, said Ron Mortensen, project supervisor for the Omaha Public Power District. Mortensen said the unusual slowdown began at about 6 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 17 when the subzero temperatures caused the electrical load to exceed generating capability for the system that services the en-" tire Eastern United States.

for late Friday afternoon and i Industrial natural gas cur-evening. Snow will begin fall- tailments have idled about 900 ing late in the day, accumulat- workers in Luzerne County, Ing to two to four inches, the I some 6,000 in the region and weather service said. across the Corn-Windy weather and drifting, monwealth. Stroudsburg Man Slain by several stores in this area, said it would maintain regular hours. Most of the chain's stores have heat exhangers which collect excess heat from refrigeration units, and gas and oil consumption is kept low, an Acme spokesman said, i State Civil Service examinations scheduled for Saturday at Coughlin High School have been cancelled due to closing of the school.

The commission said from Harrisburg that a new test date will be set in March. Penn Mountains Council, ScoutingUSA, has postponed the first annual Winter Fun and Eskimo Run program from Saturday to Feb. 5 at Kirby Park. I rem Temple announced all activities at the country club, Dallas, have been cancelled through next Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, has been closed until further notice. A check with the District Office of Bureau of Employment Security in Scranton disclosed that some 900 workers have been affected by plant closings in the BES said the figure, compiled from data supplied by the four BES offices in the county, is Plants that have been forced to close due 'to the natural gas curtailment include Owens-Illinois, Jenkins Township; Bennett Is Guilty Of Attempted Rape John R. Bennett, 1126-A Freas1 Berwick, has been found guilty on a charge of attempting to rape the late Barbara Fedder, 17, Berwick. A Columbia County jury deliberated approximately 15 minutes before returning the yerdict earlier in the week. The charge against Bennett stems from an incident which took place at a party in his apartment on July 23, 1976.

Miss Fedder was found dead of an overdose of drugs in the apartment that same night. Title Transfer Transfer of title of the former Elby's Restaurant, Dallas, to Marvin Franklin, 520 Hawley Building, Wheeling, W. has been recorded at the office of Recorder of Deeds Frank C. Castellino at the courthouse. First Eastern Bank, Wilkes-Barre, handled the transfer.

Several Elby's Restaurants have been changed to Franklin's Family. Restaurant, including facilities in East End, Wilkes-Barre, and Narrows Road, Edwardsville. Mashed A 70-year-old Stroudsburg man was shot to death during a robbery at his home Thursday night. The victim is Franklin B. Bachman, 10 Fetherman St.

Bachman's wife, Grace, and the woman's father. Adam S. Berger, who also reside at the Stroudsburg home, were taken to Pocono Hospital for treaf-' ment of shock. Stroudsburg Police Chief John Baujan gave this account the robbery and murder: wir. ana Mrs.

uacnman ana Mr. oerger wem 10 oea inurs- day night about 8:30. About 10 p. Mrs. Bachman heard glass breaking and thought that her father may have fallen.

She got up to check on Mr. Berger when she was surprised in the kitchen of the home by three men wearing ski masks. Both Mrs. Bachman and Mr. Berger were tied with rope.

It was not known Friday at what point in the robbery Mr. Bachman was shot. His body was found of the floor between a bedroom and bathroom. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed sometime today at Pocono Hospital by Dr. Francis Gruszka.

Stroudsburg Police reported Oil Situation Oil dealers either are having no-difficulty getting the fuel or can't get it at all. This seemed to be the situation here Friday regarding heating oil as winter refused to release the area from, its icy clutches. A random survey of oil dealers showed some are getting the oil though they are waiting longer at the terminals for it while still others have used up their January allotments and have to wait until Tuesday so they can draw on the February quota. Dealers contacted said the price ranges between 43.9 and 44.9 cents a gallon. It was reported the fuel is selling for 48.9 cents a gallon in the metropolitan areas.

Those dealers still able to get oil said they are not accepting new customers at this time though they are trying to assist emergency cases after taking care of their regular patrons. The dealers who don't have their own storage facilities said they are going on a day-to-day basis, adding the -reserves are gon and a prolonged cold spell will cause serious effects. Due to the lines at the terminal being longer now than usual, dealers reported they are working overtime. One compared the situation to the long lines of coals trucks at breakers in past years. Those' able to get oil described the situation as a little tighter than usual, but not critical.

They said the fuel is coming in to the terminals, but the companies can pump only so much through their transmission lines. An "overreaction" by consumers also was noted by dealers. One dealer cited the example of receiving a call from a regular customer requesting oil. He said when the driver began to fill the customer's tank, it took only 80 gallons though it had a 500-gallon capacity. It was report-, ed customers also are afraid the trucks won't be able to make deliveries because of ice or snow and are requesting oil long before they need it.

One dealer in the Back Mountain area reported he can't get oil and his customers are running out of fuel. He said his allocation was cut back from last year and due to the cold spell the customers have used 30 more oil so far, causing him to exhaust his supply. He said in other years he could get a release from the gov-' ernment for emergency supplies, but that isn't the case this year. He said he has been receiving calls from persons ask-, ing him for oil, even by the can, and he has to tell them his supply is He said he now has to wait until Tuesday, Feb. 1.

Rep. Bernard O'Brien of Wilkes-Barre said Friday his office at City Hall has not received any complaints from customers of no being able to receive oil. Location Mixup Caused by Sign A resident of East Chestnut wrong because I didn't order Street, Wilkes-Barre, got an any oil from the company list-unordered delivery of 114 gal- ed on the bill. When I went to Ions of home fuel oil pumped the basement and checked the into her house recently because oil tank, it was full, and I real-of a sign erected on the street ized that a delivery had been several years ago by Wilkes- made to my house when I Barre City. wasn't home." The woman did not request The woman said 114 gallons the fuel' oil and has not yet paid of oil were delivered but the Driver Hurt tsTk strikes iree A Wilkes-Barre area man was injured early Friday morning when his truck left Route 115 Bear Creek Twp.

an(j slammed into a tree, Admitted to Wilkes-Barre: General Hosoital was Donald Mosley, RD 1, Box 22, Meadow I ru RoaQ. ne suffered a severe laceration of the head, According to the State Pol- jce at Wyoming, the mishap oc- curred at 12:30 a. m. about one-quarter of a mile north of the Bear Creek Dam. Report notes that i Mosley was traveling south when his 1973 Chevrolet pick-up truck went 0ff the road and struck the tree off the west berm.

Damage to the truck was es- timated at $2,500. Dividend Declared Pnmnanv IjUIIipdllJ The board of directors of Pennsylvania Enterprises, nas declared a quarterly divi- en 0f 37 cents per common share. The dividends are paya ble March 15, 1977, to stockholders of record as of the close of business March 1, 1977. In a related development, the board of directors of Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, the utility operating subsidiary of Pennsylvania Enterprises, declared a quarterly dividend of $1,025 per share for the 4.10 series pre ferred stock, $1.4375 per share for the 5.75 series preferred stock, and $2.42 per share for the 9.68 series preferred stock: Gas company dividends are payable March 15, 1977, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 1977. Qjy Uem0CratlC Wtin? PoStHOned Notch, who is accused of stab- bing his 72-year-old father to death January.

20 at their home, is scheduled for February 4 at 10 a.m. before Hanover Township District Magistrate Patrick Cooney. The hearing had orginally been scheduled for yesterday but was postponed at the re- quest of the Luzerne County ruwic uerenaer onice, Mate Police and Luzerne County District Attorney Patrick Toole's office. Riley is charged with murder and involuntary man slaughter in connection with me biauunig ueain oi nis lain- er, Michael J. Riley, same ad- dress.

The incident reportedly occurred following an argu- ment concerning who was re- sponsible for the pipes freezing at the Sugar Notch home. The defendant is currently in the Luzerne County Prison. No bail had been set in the case. Robbers when Mr. Bachman was found, there was too much blood on the body to determine how many times he had been shot, It is believed the murder weapon was an automatic pis- tol.

Chief Baujan said the three men gained entry to the home by breaking a window in a ga- rage door and then made their way to the kitchen. Telephone and television lines leading to the home were cut by the intrudersbefore en- tering ine nome, imei Baujan saia. une 91 me men was equipped with a walkie-talkie. He was wearing a green quilt jacket, camel-colored trousers, a black ski mask with possible white trim and brown hush puppies.v Chief Baujan said the home was completely and what was taken from the resid- ence. Motive has been set as robbery, according to the pol- ice chief.

After the intruders left the home, Mrs. Bachman managed to free herseit ano went 10 a neighbor home to call ponce. Mr. Berger was found tied near the foot of a bed. Customers having frozen pipes will receive four one-gallon plastic milk containers of water daily.

The water will be free of charge, but is to be used only for drinking purposes. Correction in Story In a story concerning Homei Data, Kingston, which ap- peared in the early emuons 0 this newspaper Thursday, was erroneously reported that the firm was formerly Rent-A arm and a tote bag in the other arm. Upon examination, the seven pounds of suspected marijuana was found in the bottom of the tote bag. The marijuana was covered with several A search warrant then was obtained and officers, assisted by members of the Lake Twp, Police Department, went to the Zaborny home. An additional 18 pounds 'of suspected mari- juana was found at the resid 1 ence.

Total value of the marijuana confiscated was listed by State Police at $16,000. It was noted the 25 pounds of marijuana included eight ounces of Hawaiian marijuana, which, according to police, is sold for $4,000 a pound in this country, State Police noted that additional arrests are Pipes Frozen, Water Delivered at Hazleton the bill for the delivery to her house, and she feels Wilkes- Barre City is to blame. The woman, who requested that her name and address not be published, claims the city sign is also causing misdirected mail deliveries on Chestnut Street by substitute mailmen. Cause of the misdirected deliveries, the woman claims, is the city-erected sign, "Brook-side USA," which is attached to a utility pole on East Chestnut Street, at North Washington Street, and which, so the woman states, is being mistaken for Brookside Street. price per gallon was higher than the price she receives from her regular supplier.

"I would pay for the oil delivered, but I wouldn't want to pay more than the price I get from my delivery man," the woman said. She also expressed concern about the delivery man who mistakenly pumped the oil. into her house. "He made a mistake but it's not his fault. I wouldn't want him to lose his job.

It's certainly not his fault. It's that sign," the woman claimed. When contacted by this newspaper, the East Chestnut The Hazleton City Authority, unable to cope with the large number 'of frozen water pipes in that city, began Thursday delivering fresh water to the affected homes. In addition, the authority has arranged for showers at the yw-ymca to be available tor tnose same customers. An HCA official said Thursday that 410 calls have been received from customers concerning frozen water pipes.

Of those. 268 hart their service res tored, with 148 still without wa- ter. Home, a company that operat- HCA also has five frozen ed in this area sometime ago. 1 main lines and four main Home Data has never been leaks. affiliated with Rent-A-Home.

Suspected Marijuana Seized in Arrest of Sweet Valley Area Man Meeting of the Wilkes-Barre wmte House Conference on City Democratic- Committee, Handicapped Individuals to be scheduled for 7:30 tonight at held May at tne Sheraton-Aldino's Manor, East End Bou- Park Hotel in Washington, D. levard, has been postponed due C. to the current energy crisis and Tney are: Joseph Margalis, forecasts of poor weather con- 67 E- Thomas SU, Wilkes-ditions. Robert Brader, chair- Barre, and Albert Whitenight, man, said the meeting will be 2- Bloomsburg. rescheduled for a later date.

Approximately 2,500 persons are scheduled to attend the conference. Mrs. Elizabeth Bradbury Mrs. Elizabeth Bradbury, Man 87, of Sugarloaf RD 1, died 0 -1 Thursday morning in General IS free OH Bail MIDDLEBURG, Pa. JAP) 1 1 1 mi 1111 niiiiiiiiw tl Mtaww BR 0 OH.SlDEusij 1 1 1 lr i vii 'x I Two Area Men Named Delegates Two area men are among 16 persons appointed by Gov.

Milton Shapp as delegates to the cBinQDrAvp man ie frPP nn $5,000 bail pending a county grand jury appearance in May on involuntary manslaughter charges. Magistrate William Saylor set bail for Austin Gulick III. Gulick was ordered to stand trial in connection with an automobile accident which killed three vSynder County youths Jan. 6. County Gymnastic Classes Cancelled Luzerne County Recreation and Parks Commission has cancelled its gymnastic classes until further notice.

The class- Brookside is a section of Street woman said she had Wilkes-Barre, and generally filed a complaint about the extends northward from Chest- "Brookside USA" sign to the nut Street. In addition, there is Public Works Department at a Brookside Street in Brook- city hall but still had not con-side, just a few blocks north of tacted the oil company which Chestnut Street. mistakenly delivered the oil to "Delivery men and substi- her home but was planning to tute mailmen mistake the sign do so. for Brookside Street and are The fact that the "Brookside making deliveries to East USA" sign is attached to the Chestnut Street instead of to utility pole directly at the in-Brookside Street," the woman tersection of North Washington said. "The oil man delivered to and East Chestnut Streets is no the wrong house and when the doubt causing it to be mistaken regular mailman is off, the for a street sign, substitutes sometimes deliver Another city-erected sign, mail to the wrong place." "Miners Mills USA," is located The East Chestnut Street on East Main Street at the woman, who filed a complaint entranceway to Miners Mills, about the sign to the Public However, the sign is north of Works Department at city hall, the intersection of Dillon told this newspaper that the Street.

It is not at the USA" sign can be tion but about 20 yards in-block easily mistaken by persons un- from the intersection and is not familiar with the Brookside mistaken for a street identifica-area. She said apparently an tion sign as is the one at Brook-oil delivery man was to make a side. delivery to a home on Brook- Meantime, Ptrblic Works side Street and spotted the Director Robert McGinley said "Brookside USA" sign. Think- he will immediately have the Ing he was on Brookside Street, VBrookside USA" sign relocat-he drove to the woman's home ed from East Chestnut Street, on East Chestnut Street. She McGinley said he was unaware was not at home at the time, of such a sign until the corn-Since her home is also heated plaint was received at city hall, by oil, the delivery man McGinley said the Brookside pumped oil into the tanks at and Miners Mills signs were her home.

The woman said she apparently Installed by the city was unaware of the situation following the 1972 flood to until she came home from assist out-of-town persons in-work and found an oil-delivery volved in post-flood work in lo-bill which was deposited at her eating the Brookside and in-home by the delivery man. The ers Mills sections of the city, bill was for the delivery of oil McGinley, who was not public to a home having the same ad- works director at that time, dress-but only on Brookside said the "Brookside USA" sign Street and not on East Chestnut will be immediately relocated Street. to prevent any further knew something was sion. iiieioiiuercnoeuiwis, she was born Dec. 29, 1889, in Larksville and lived in Luzerne 50 years, moving five years ago to Sugarloaf.

She was a member of Luzerne United Method-' jst Church where she was a former Sunday School teacher. Her husband, William died In 1967. Surviving are Mrs. Sheldon Applegate, with whom she resided; Mrs. Row- ena Jones, Hazleton; sons, TrTckiiiersuter, MfsBasii at 2 from Russell C.

Davis Funeral Home, 365 Bennett Luzerne, with Rev. Donald Schalk, pastor of Luzerne UM Church, A tote bag used to carry baby diapers was Utilized by a Sweet Valley area man Thursday night to conceal about seven pounds of suspected marijuana. Arrested in Wilkes-Barre about 7:30 p. m. was David J.

Zabornyi 24, of RD 1, Sweet Valley, who was charged with possession with intent to deliver. -v' 1 Zabornv was arraigned be fore District 'Magistrate Leon- 1 11 r- 1 1 1 aru narvey, uunas, unu released In $10,000 bail. A hearing will be scheduled later. According to the police report, Zaborny was arrested by members of the Region 8 Strike Force and officers from the narcotics bureau at Wyoming Barracks as he was about to enter an apartment building on South Washington Street. It was noted that Zaborny was carrying a babv in one SIGN CAUSING PROBLEMS This sign, "Brook-side USA," attached to a utility pole on East Chestnut Street, Wilkes-Barre, is being mistaken as an indentifica-tiofi sign for Brookside Street.

A woman who resides on East Chestnut Street had an oil delivery mistakenly made to her home when it should have gone to the same address on Brookside Street. She claims the sign is also causing misdirected mail deliveries by substitute mail carriers. The city public works director reports the sign will be relocated immediately. (I.vnndwood Photo) officiating. Interment in Forty es will be resumed when Luz-Fort Cemetery.

Friends may erne County Community Col-call Friday 7 to 9 p.m. leRe reopens. (1.