The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 2

PAGE TWO THE DAILY COURIER, CONNEUSVILIE, PA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1978 Quick Look at People, Places, Events in the News In Pennsylvania USW Striking In Burrell LOWER BURRELL, Pa (UPI) About 300 members of Local 1084, United Steelworkers of America, remained on stnke Thursday at the Braeburn Steel Corp plant in this Westmoreland County community Hearing Set For Unger The workers walked out Wednesday to protest the company's hiring of a nonunion contractor to install a new heating system in the plant. (more) EASTON, Md (UPI) A hearing is scheduled next Monday in Talbot County Court on a change of venue motion filed by lawyers for accused police slayer Merle Unger Jr of Greencastle, Pa The location of the trial already has been changed from Westminister, Md, to Easton Defense attorneys contend a further change of location is necessary for the 27-year-old Unger to get a fair trial The motion follows an article in a Maryland newspaper last weekend detailing an alleged confession that Unger made to police Unger is accused of murder in the death of a Hagerstown. Md, policeman who was shot following a grocery robbery Dec 13, 1975 Unger's trial had been scheduled to begin Monday. Commercial Gas Cutbacks Sef LONDON--A radiant Miss Jamaica, Cindy Breakspeare, was crowned Miss World 1976 during the final segment of the contest at the Royal Albert Hall Thursday (UPI) World Summary Back In Prison Gary Gilmore is in prison today under a 24-hour suicide watch The condemed taller, who received a hero's welcome from fellow inmates, sent a yellow rose to his fiancee, Nicole Barrett Carter Meets With Bush (CARTER) Plains, Ga George Bush to discuss President-elect Jimmy Carter intelligence activities meets with CIA Director Carter, Ford Meeting Monday us PITTSBURGH (UPI) Equitable Gas Co said Thursday it will cut natural gas deliveries 25 per cent Dec 1 to 33 area industrial customers that use 500,000 cubic feet or more of natural gas per day A company spokesman said the cutback is expected to continue through the remainder of the fall and winter, but should not result in industrial layoffs "Past experience indicates that these large companies can adjust to a cutback of this size, either changing their production schedules or by using alternate fuels, and they will not have to shut down various operations or lay offlmployes," said Alcorn, manager of Industrial Market Services for Equitable Cited as reasons for the curtailment were a reduction of gas supplies to Equitable by its two Southwest pipeline suppliers, a cutback in deliveries from the company's strikebound subsidiary and increased demand resulting from a heating season currently 65 per cent colder than normal Kroger, AP Plan Legal Appeal PITTSBURGH (UPI) Legal counsel for the Kroger and AP food store chains plan to appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today a Superior Court decision reaffirming the constitutionality of the state's Sunday blue law "We will also ask for a stay from the Superior Court decision which we think automatically entitles us to continue Sunday operations because we've been open on Sundays for the past two years," Paul A Manion, legal counsel for Kroger and AP, said Thursday Kay Kyser A Real Knowledge, walked on PHILADELPHIA (UPI) A man in cap and gown interrupted Mike Douglas as he was taping his 15th anniversary television show Kay Kyser, who more than two decades ago ran Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical stage Thursday as Douglas was singing "Ole Buttermilk Sky It was the first meeting for the two men in 25 years Douglas was then a vocalist for Kyser's show Milk Producers Seek State Help Uniontown Fire Burns Warehouse (FORD) Washington -President Ford expects to have a "get-acquainted" session rather than a discussion of specific problems when he meets with Jimmy Carter Monday Gen. Bradley To Lead Parade UNIONTOWN, Pa (UPI) A fire Thursday destroyed a large storage and display facility of the Uniontown Furniture Co in a shopping center on 119 just south of here There were no injuries Damage was not estimated but was expected to be heavy The blaze was believed to have started in a chair, but the cause was not known An AP discount center adjoining the burned-out building sustained smoke damage Firemen from Uniontown and South Union Twp fought the blaze Bellevue-Stratford Closes HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Gen of the Army Omar Bradley, 83, last of the five-star generals who commanded the American war machine in World War II, will be grand marshal of the annual Christmas parade on Hollvwood Boulevard Bradley will ride in the lead car of the nationally televised parade Nov 28, which will include 87 movie and television stars PHILADELPHIA (UPI) As the last guests of a United Way Campaign dinner straggled out of the Bellevue- Stratford Hotel early today, the hotel's doors closed permanently behind them The 72 3 ear-old hotel was forced to State Warned Of Thieves UAW Calls Selective Strikes DETROIT (UPI) The United Auto Workers called selective national stakes at 16 of General Motor's 119 plants in seven states at 12 01 a today The walkouts were unprecedented because the union never has struck two auto companies in a single bargain- ing year The UAW called 80,000 workers off the job a series of short strikes to force General Motors to agree to terms of a new contract for 390,000 workers Sources indicated a settlement could come before noon HARRISBURG (UPI) Ronald Lench, state secretary of general services, Thursday issued an "administrative circular" warning state employes to be on the watch for thieves during the coming holiday season "Each year before the holiday season, there has been an increase in the number of thefts and unexplained losses in offices in the Capitol complex," Lench said 'Securing and protecting personal belongings is primarily an individual responsibility," he said Lench made a series of suggestions for all state em- ployes, including locking all desks, keeping purses, wallets and other items under guard and being alert for suspicious persons Salvaging Sunken Japanese Ship SAN DIEGO (UPI) A Japanese ship, the Awa Maru, which was sunk by a submarine in the Formosa Strait in April 1945, is the object of salvage by the Hong Kong- based firm of Salvage and Diving The sunken ship reportedly had $5 billion aboard in metals, money and artifacts Bill Burton head of the salvage company is afraid publicity ma jeopardize their negotiations with the People's Republic of China for salvage rights Patty May Be Freed--Temporarily LOS ANGELES (UPI) If surety bond of $5,000 in Superior the judge of a federal court in Court Thursday to guarantee San Francisco grants Patricia her appearance for trial on Hearst her release on bond state charges Judge William pending appeal she may go free, Ritzi said that with the bond the at least temporarily state hold on her had been lifted Miss Hearst's father, Ran- and the judge in San Francisco dolph Hearst and his twin has indicated he may grant her brother David signed a personal release any day Hackman Hospitalized For Injuries ICE CREAM i buled BY ROSE'S LONDON (UPI) Screen star Gene Hackman has been hospitalized in London for what newspapers say are injuries he received while filming in Morocco The Wellington hospital confirmed the Oscar-winning actor had been admitted but declined ICE CREAM COMPANY Since 1898 to disclose the reasons News reports, which could not be confirmed, said the actor suffered severe back and leg injuries in a fall while on location in Morocco making a film about the French Foreign Legion titled "March or Die GET SOME TODAY AT YOUR ROSE ICE CREAM DEALER CUSTOM BUILT HOMES Build From Your Plant or Ours Financing Available With As LittU As Down RAY MARTIN Builder-Contractor 1200 Isabella Rood, 626-1249 TURKEY STENCiLED ICE CREAM for parties dinners and banquets Individually sliced ond wrapped Ready to serve ORDER FROM OUR OFFICE ONLY! 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The board's chief counsel, Walter Sullivan, told the more than 75 dairy farmers and three cooperatives supplying milk to Menzie they probably would end up with "29 cents on the dollar" He indicated bankruptcy proceedings were almost a certainty Sullivan scheduled a hearing into the matter Tuesday in the Agriculture Building in Hams- burg Menzie merged its operations last July with Beverly Farms Milk Co in an effort to save both operations Operations at the merged dairy have been at a standstill Illegal Gaming In Johnstown JOHNSTOWN, Pa (UPI) Six local men were free on $1,000 bond each today pending a Dec 2 hearing on charges of operating an illegal dice game The suspects, arrested at the Club" in downtown Johnstown, were identified as James Crocco, 60, Willy Shipman, 41, Glen Wagner, 41, Frederick Pireman, 37, Richard Williams, 50, and John DeFaleo, 58 State police said an mvestiga tion was continuing and more arrests were possible close after suffering losses of $10,000 a da since the outbreak of the mysterious "Legionnaires' Disease" which killed 29 persons following a state American Legion convention in July LONDON (UPI) Cindy Breakesoeare, 22, a physical education instructor from Jamaica, was crowned Miss World Thursday in a competition depleted by the walkout of nine contestants protesting South Africa's entry of two beauties one white and one Caron Files For Divorce SANTA MONICA, Calif (UPI) Actress Leslie Caron filed for a divorce Thursday from her third husband, producer Michael Loughlin "We have decided after a separation of a year to get a divorce as the result of irreconcilable differences," said Miss Caron The French- born actress, 45, and Loughlin, 38, were married in Jamaica in 1968 lives in London and Miss Caron in Beverly Hills, Calif They have no children black Miss Australia, Karen Jo Pun, 19, was second and Miss Guam, Diane Duenas, 17, third The winner received a check for $8,000 and international modeling and publicity contracts Shootout Convict Released PITTSBURGH (UPI) Joseph Gaito, 57, one of two bank robbers arrested in a 1959 epic police Shootout known as the "Battle of Chicken Hill," was released on parole Thursday from Western Penitentiary Police Academy Administrator James Slusser, who was the city's police superintendent at the tune of the Shootout in which two policemen were wounded seriously, branded Gaito's release as "beyond insanity Drunk Driving Penalties Vary HARRISBURG (UPI) A drunk driving arrest in Beaver County could cost you your license for a year, but if you are arrested on the same charge Allegheny you might find yourself in counseling program A Transportation Department attorney Thursday told a special Senate committee that drunk driving penalties in Pennsylvania vary so much each county is essentially writing its own drunk driving laws Gulf Oil Suits Settled PITTSBURGH (UPI) A $4 million settlement of eight stockholder suits filed connection with a multimillion- dollar political slush fund operated by the Gulf Oil Corp has been approved by District Court Senior Judge Joseph Willson, who an- nounced approval of the settlement Thursday, indicated the evidence revealed that none of several ousted Gulf officials profited personally from the slush fund and that the corporation since had reformed its financial and ethical policies GET YOUR CHRISTMAS DRAMA-LITE CANDLE With the opening of your 1977 CHRISTMAS CLUB Yough Valley National Bank Pays Interest On The Average Balance Of Completed Christmas Clubs. Christmas Clubs Are Available In The Following Denominations: M.OO, 10.00 And OPEN YOUR 1977 CHRISTMAS CLUB Beginning On November 1, 1976 1976 Christmas Clubs Will Paid On November 15, 1976 STOP IN TODAY FREE CHECKING FREE PARKING You may pay the following bills Electnc Cos Telephone North Fayelte County Municipal Authority and Pleasant Volley Woler Authority HELP US GROW 125 S. Arch St. Connellsville Member Phone 628-3200 I.