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Afl Saturday, Aug 19,1995 --News Record Pittsburgh State At a glance Day-care worker to stand trial PITTSBURGH: A day-caw worker who left a 4-year-old in an overheated van wffl stand trial oa a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. City Magistrate Jack Simmons ruled Friday mat Betty Berube, 54, should stand trial. Berube left Shantque Lyons in a van operated by Grandmom's House, a Pittsburgh day-care center, for more than an hour on Aug 3. An off-duty poHce officer found the chDd before she was hurt "Grandmom's House had a procedure where head counts should be made on several different Simmons said. "It was never done." The state Department of Public Welfare has revoked the center's ficense.

Bembe's attorney, Aon Simms, argued that her client didot know she left the child in the van and even checked it after it was parked at a roller skating rink. Breyers to dose original plant PHILADELPHIA: The Breyers ice cream plant hi Philadelphia, where the company was founded 129 years ago, will be shut by November, a spokesman said. The factory will be the third Good Humor-Breyers plant dosed by Unilever NV since the Anglo- Dutch conglomerate bought the ice cream maker two years ago. The plant, which has 184 production workers, makes ice cream and other frozen desserts under the Breyers, Good Humor and Sealtest brand names. Production of those products will be shifted to a plant in Framingham.

Mass, Gas well fire burns two men SHELQCTA: Police found ammunition casings near a natural gas well that caught fire and burned two men But officers said they do not know whether the well in Young Township was ignited by gunfire. Steven Porter, 33, and John Sullivan, 38, were burned when the well ignited Thursday evening. Both men were flown to West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. A hospital spokesman said Friday the men are in the hospital's Burn Trauma Center Graveyard watch curbs vandalism BLAIRSVILLE: A man says the graveyard where he spends his evenings can be spooky at night, especially when the fog rolls up the hill from the river But Joe Kirkland said hell keep going there if that's what it takes to keep vandals and parties out of the Livennore Cemetery in Blairsville Members of the Livermore Cemetery Association are fed up with people toppling tombstones and burning flags left on veterans' graves to use as torches as they walk through the cemetery. Board members and their families started keeping a nightly watch at the cemetery after the most recent wave of vandalism Fifteen tombstones were upset the week of July 9, and 25 more were knocked off their bases the week of Aug.

6 Inmates stage hunger strike YORK- Imhates at York County Prison called a hunger strike, saying they were protesting abuse by prison guards, inadequate meals and plans to make them pay a nominal fee for health care visits About 240 inmates at York County Prison began a hunger strike of sorts Thursday morning The prisoners say they will continue turning downpnson food until the warden agrees to meet with their representatives County Commissioner Robert Minnich, chairman of the countv prison board, said "The warden has everything control When the inmates want to eat again, they will" Club bomber gets jail term SCRANTON: A federal judge in Scranton sentenced a New York City man to nearly eight years in for bombing a "West End night club in 1991 District Court Judge William Nealon sentenced Slevin. 31. of Brooklyn, to 93 months in for bombing the former Club Illusion, which was located Brodheadsvrfle Slevin, who was convicted of detonating several bombs of gasoline and dynamite, was one of several men charged in the plot From unre reports Lawmaker remembered as advocate for downtrodden Heart attack claims Philly representative The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA: State Rep. David P. Richardson who turned his youthful work against gang violence in Philadelphia's inner city into a successful political career as a champion for bbck died of a heart attack Friday at age 47.

The lawmaker was pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m. at Germantown Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Lisa i i said. He had become ill- at home. Richardson represented his childhood neighborhood of Germantown in the 201st District in the House, where he was the fourth-ranking Democrat and most senior black member. Richardson He was first elected in 1972 and was re-elected 11 times more.

Stunned colleagues in both parties remembered him as a larger- than-life political warrior for blacks and aB of society's downtrodden. Richardson's first bfll to become law prevented electric companies from cutting off service on weekends. Much later, he persuaded colleagues to repeal a law that allowed the state to place Gens on welfare recipients' homes. Gov. Tom Ridge, who called Richardson "a skilled, hard-working legislator who rose to prominence passionately fighting for his constituents," ordered flags on all slate office buildings flown at half staff.

Richardson's desk on the House floor was draped in Mack. State Sen. Hardy Wffiiams, a Philadelphia Democrat who nurtured Richardson's early career, called die death a blockbuster for the black community, comparable to the passing of a president. House Minority Leader William D-Greene, said Richardson climbed the ranks without sacrificing his individuality. His death temporarily widens the Republican Party's slim House majority from a one-vote to a two- vote lead.

House Speaker Matthew J. Ryan will not discuss fiTKng Richardson's seat until after the funeral, House Parliamentarian Clancy Myer Jr. said. When a death occurs, me speaker issues a writ specifying a special election date, to take place at least 60 days later. The earliest anyone could fill Richardson's seat would be October.

Funeral arrangements were to be announced today. Don't Miss It! The North Hills News Record Annual Community Guide The Associated Press Smith rests his foot against the tow truck he used last month to pull a van with a family trapped inside to safety moments before a truck involved in the accident exploded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Turnpike tow truck hero target of police probe Hie Associated Press HARRIS8LTRG: On the same day state police honored Glenn A. Smith for saving four people from a fiery traffic accident, a district justice issued a summons for the tow truck driver to answer 711 criminal charges. A state trooper investigating Smith's salvaging operation alleges that Smith crushed vehicles before obtaining the necessary certificates from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, a violation of the Vehicle Code Police were aware of the investigation when they honored Smith Tuesday for last month's heroics, but they said his actions overshadowed the alleged offenses.

"Mr. Smith was recognized solely for his act of heroism," said Cpl. Tim Allue, a state police spokesman. Smith. 49, operator of A Smith Towing, was awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award for pulling a van away from a tractor- trailer July 25 moments before the rig burst into flames on the turnpike in Londonderry.

His quick thinking saved four of the five occupants. On Sept. 6, he is to answer a complaint filed by Trooper Charles Reed, who charged Smith with 237 counts each of false swearing, tampering with public records and false application for certificates of Mechanical failure cited in fire truck accident Coroner will review tests in Munhall crash The Associated Press MUNHALL: A fire truck accident that killed a firefighter seems to have resulted from problems with the truck's standard transmission system, police said The truck went out of control and overturned Aug 5. killing William Marks The mechanical problems apparently prevented driver Dale Cannon, a 43-year veteran firefighter, from shifting into a gear that would have slowed the truck as it rumbled down a steep hill, according to Allegheny County homicide detectives and Munhall Police Chief Darryl Parker As the truck picked up speed, it sideswiped two parked cars near the bottom of the hill, jumped a curb and flew into the air It then rolled over several times Firefighters Marks and Isaac Boehme. who were ndmg on the truck's tail step, were thrown off.

Boehme" 19 remains in critical condition Friday at Mercy Hospital Four other firefighters and Cannon also were injured. Cannon has not officially been cleared by the coroner's office A spokesman there said acting Coroner James Gregns, who is on vacation until Monday would have to review the pobce findings and toxicology results before ruling that Marks death was accidental title. A man who answered the telephone Friday at the salvage business took a message but said Smith probably would not return the can. According to a probable-cause affidavit, Smith failed to obtain the necessary certificates from Penn- DOT. The affidavit also said Smith has used David D.

liddick an Enola man whose life Smith helped save after a 1993 traffic accident by setting up Liddick as a notary public. "Smith sometimes keeps Liddick's (notary) seal and tells him what to notarize," the affidavit said. The affidavit said Reed visited the salvage yard Feb. 22 and recovered the identification numbers from 22 vehicles that had been crushed and from 83 other vehicles in various stages of being dismantled. As a result of Reed's inspection, state police claim Smith hastily submitted 237 titles to PennDOT for certificates of salvage, all of which were received Feb.

24. Dddick's seal was used to notarize the titles. Smith swore that he appeared before Liddick with the owners of the 237 vehicles -to execute the transfers, according to the criminal complaint However, the complaint said the transfers of the titles were done in one sitting and without Smith's presence. BEN AVON CU.SVUE VALENCIA Monday, August 21,1995 Featuring 120 pages of complete information on the North Hills Neighborhood Profiles Shopping Day Care Golf Courses Schools Hospitals Libraries Everything you've always wanted to know about the North Hills. To order additional copies, call 772-7326.

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