Public Opinion from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 1

Monday May 21, 1984 Chance of some showers Tuesday, with temperatures around 80. Additional weather; information on Page 2. mmimiL if a i i i i i 115th Year No. 258 A Gannett Newspaper Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 20 Pages, 25 Cents Today Letterkenny struts its stuff See Page l5 1 (SinTWxt WW More homes switch back to Md. phone service to justify discontinuing the service, offered to provide the service through under Tariff 260, which allows special exceptions.

prohibited local companies from pro- viding service outside their geo- graphical boundaries. One of boundaries is the Mason-Dixon line, The Groves went to Maryland's attorney general and Public Service Commission, Pennsylvania's consumer protection bureau, the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission for help. The FCC ordered and Pennsylvania and were connected to telephone service based in Hagerstown, for up to 40 years. For a few dollars a month, they could make unlimited toll-free calls across the state line to the Hagerstown area.

discontinued the special service in January, when American Telephone and Telegraph Co. was forced to break up. Regulations covering the change in telephone service By TINA NOLL Staff Wrilr GREENCASTLE Four Franklin County homes will be reconnected to Maryland telephone service this week. The home of Arthur and Carrie Grove was reconnected to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. lines Friday.

The five homes are just inside 1,000 animals receive shots '19 i i i. 4, i Four residents said they were told last week that their phones would be reconnected this week. They are the homes of Amos Showalter, Leitersburg Road; Paul Diller, north of Maugansville, Lloyd Horst, Hollowell Church Road; and Robert Tresler, State Line. cludes four raccoons, one dog, one groundhog, one fox and one skunk. A Gettysburg area man is undergoing rabies post-exposure treatments after being bitten on the neck by a bat that was on his jacket when he entered his Waterworks Road home, according to Dr.

Robert Jones of the state Department of Health's Division of Epidemiology. State health officials expected Scalia said 239 animals were vaccinated at Fayetteville Fire Department and 55 at Central Fulton Elementary School, Mc-Connellsburg, on Saturday. A total of 173 dogs and cats received injections at Farmers' Union Co-op, Greencastle, on Saturday, according to Beverly Shade, executive director, Antietam Humane Society. Last week, 88 were immunized in Waynesboro and 139 in Mercersburg, she said. Cost of the treatment which is good for three years for animals age 6 months and older is $5.

Dogs and cats between 3 and 6 months old also may be vaccinated, but the treatment is good only for one year. Only dogs and cats will be vaccinated and they must be under control either by leash or cage, Scalia said. Upcoming clinics are: Saturday Shippensburg Community Center, from noon to 3 p.m., and St. Thomas Fire Hall, from 9 to 11 a.m.; June 2 South Mountain Fire Hall from 10 a.m. to noon and Valleys Community Medical Center, Dry Run, from 9 a.m.

to noon. By LORRIE LEHMAN Staff Writer Nearly 1,000 dogs and cats in Franklin County were vaccinated against rabies at recent low-cost clinics. Clinics sponsored by Antietam and Cumberland Valley Humane Societies and Cumberland Valley Veterinary Medical Association have been scheduled countywide from May 12 to June 2. A total of 560 pets received shots on Saturday at Franklin Fire Company, according to Michael Scalia, executive director, Cumberland Valley Humane Society. "It's pretty much what we expected, but I feel there's still a lot of people out there who don't have their animals vaccinated," he said.

"Dogs and cats are the link between wildlife and people. There's a chance that at some point rabies can end up in the human population." Scalia said he believes that community residents are becoming increasingly educated about the fatal disease and realize the necessity of having domestic animals vaccinated. "I feel the general public is afraid, and aware," he said. Adams By LORRIE LEHRIAN Staff Writer Rabies is spreading eastward and pushing into Cumberland and Adams counties, according to state Department of Health statistics. Although Cumberland County has had only eight confirmed cases of rabies this year, compared to Franklin County's 59, "it seems like more cases are com fciiiin i -al Staff photo by Katy Hamilton Angel Hetzer is one of several hundred people waiting to have pets vaccinated at Franklin Fire Company Saturday morning.

She is holding Tiny, owned by Lee Martin of Chambersburg. Crash cuts electricity A single-car accident on U.S. 11 near the Norland Shopping Center left 1,598 West Penn Power customers without electricity for more than two hours this morning. Pennsylvania State Police said Evangelos H. Hronis, 42, 231 E.

King lost control of his car when It skidded on rain-slicked U.S. 11 and slid into the pole, snapping it off Just above the ground. Lin Meyers, operating superintendent for gest Penn Power, said the pole supported three phase lines that carried electricity to a large number of customers In the Norland area. Meyers said most of the customers had power restored within two hours of the 5:15 a.m. accident.

Hronis was taken to Cham-bersburg Hospital, where a hospital spokeswoman said he is in satisfactory condition. Inside Wilson 57 students graduate from Wilson College Area, Page 1 1 Organs Five people helped by organs from shooting victim Wire, Page 2 Gold Area track athletes grab many victories Sports, Page 4 Index Ann Landers 15 Area News 11-14 Astro-graph 19 Classified 16-18 Comics 19 Crossword 19 Editorial 20 Entertainment 13 Family 15,16 Hospitals 14 Obituaries 13,14 People 2 Police 11 Sales 16-18 Sports 4-10 TV Tonight 18 What's Going On 12 Smile Those April showers that brought May flowers also guaranteed roof repair bills for some come June. Lottery Pennsylvania HARRISBURG (AP) The winning numbers In Saturday's Daily Lottery were 8-3-5. The winning Big Four numbers Saturday were 5-0-7-7. Maryland BALTIMORE (AP) Winning, lottery numbers drawn Saturday were: Daily 9-3-5.

Lotto 13-16-17-19-31-35. One player hits Lotto jackpot HARRISBURG (AP)-One player will collect 93.2 million for choosing all six numbers drawn in the Friday night Pennsylvania Lotto game, according to a lottery official. The winner will receive the jackpot in 21 annual payments of $153,392, lottery director Lynn R. Nelson said Saturday. Choosing five of the six numbers will pay $816 to 619 bettors, while 27,641 players will collect $27 for picking four lucky numbers.

"We were nappy to hear that we're getting it back," Fannie Diller said this morning. Their house has been connected to Maryland telephone service for almost 40 years, she said, and more than 85 of the calls from their dairy farm go to grain elevators, veterinarians, farm businesses and other numbers in Maryland. Changing to a Pennsylvania telephone number tripled their monthly bill, she said. Meeting set for Tuesday Area residents who are concerned about the local rabies epidemic may question experts on Tuesday evening. Seven state and local authorities on the disease will talk with people at a free informational meeting at 7 p.m.

in the Science Center Auditorium on the Wilson College campus. The program will be sponsored by Public Opinion and the college. Franklin County has had more than half of Pennsylvania's confirmed cases of rabies so far this year. Speakers will explain how rabies is transmitted and the procedure for reporting suspected cases. An open discussion will follow presentations by the following: Dr.

John Cable of the state Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. Robert Jones of the state Department of Health's Division of Epidemiology; Ellie Moore, community health nurse for the State Health Center in Chambersburg; Frank Clark, game protector, Pennsylvania Game Commission; Dr. Robert W. Bashor, Chambersburg veterinarian; Dr. Peter Midgley, emergency room physician at Chambersburg Hospital; and Philip Waper, dairy agent, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Service.

rabies to appear in Adams County located east of Franklin County and south of Cumberland County long before this, Jones said. "We're sure there's been some in the area; it just hasn't shown up yet," he said. While rabies in raccoons and skunks tend to spread through the species in certain areas, rabid bats are likely to turn up anywhere, Jones said. star award" for improvements, said Jim Winsor, executive editor of Heavy Duty Trucking, a California-based magazine with 92,000 readers. Mack is now building a four-valve cylinder head, which should improve fuel efficiency by a margin of 5 to 7, Winsor said.

The device, he said, "will leap-frog the competition as far as fuel economy goes." Winsor said Mack and other manufacturers are trying to develop elec- See MACK on Page 2 County man bitten by rabid bat Weekend accidents in area leave four people dead S-' it if 1 4Y A i i mmu-i-rx-M, me? turn nurse for the state health center. Moore said the dog was not immunized against rabies; therefore, she recommended that it be killed as a precaution. There was no human contact with the raccoon. Statewide, 108 animals have been confirmed to be rabid this year. Franklin County has had 54 rabid raccoons and five rabid skunks.

Cumberland County's count in rolled onto its roof, pinning both Daileys in the cab. Rescue crews from Hancock, and Needmore worked for more than 3Vz hours to free the victims, according to police. A Hagerstown woman was killed early Saturday in a two-vehicle accident on Md. 65 south of 1-70, according to Maryland State Police. Police said Debra K.

Bowers, 26, 731 Maryland was pronounced dead at the scene of the head-on collision. Police said Bowers was northbound on Md. 65 when her pickup truck collided with a vehicle entering the highway from 1-70 driven by Jill Sedgewick, 27, Burlington, Ontario. Charges against Sedgewick, who was uninjured in the accident, are pending, according to police. development of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber said Mack, along with other truckmakers, probably is working to find ways to eliminate the gap between truck cabs and trailers, thus cutting down on turbulence.

"I fully'expect that Mack, for example, is thinking along these very lines," said Hall. "I'm sure they are." Jack Klinedinst, purchasing director for New Penn Motor Express of Lebanon, said he thinks ing in on the county line," said Dr. John Cable of the state Department of Agriculture in Har-risburg. A rabid bat bit a man in Adams County, state officials reported today. It was that county's first rabies case this year.

Franklin County's latest case involved a raccoon that entered a doghouse at a home on Star Route 3, Shippensburg, according to Ellie Moore, community health Starner was thrown from the vehicle. Police said an investigation into the accident is continuing. The New York couple was killed in a tractor-trailer accident eight miles east of Breezewood on Pa. 643, in Fulton County, according to state police. Police said Dwight Dailey, 39, and his wife Mary Ellen, 45, Spencerport, were pronounced dead at the scene by Fulton County Coroner Dr.

Russell McLucas. Dailey was traveling west on Pa. 643 when his Kenmore tractor-trailer apparently skidded out of control on a steep downgrade, according to police. Police said the truck ran over an embankment into a wooded area and most forward-thinking," said Mele. "They were one of the pioneers In the use of diesel in trucks.

I definitely expect them to be in the forefront in the future." An official of the Allentown, Mack, which has a major manufacturing plant here, would not discuss any new designs the firm might have in mind, citing the need to keep plans secret from competitors. Bob Hall, manager of new product A Mount Holly Springs girl was killed in a Friday night crash and a New York couple and a Maryland woman died in separate accidents Saturday night. Stephanie Lynn Starner, 17, 215 Chestnut was pronounced dead in the emergency room of Carlisle Hospital shortly after the 10 p.m. accident on Ridge Road, Dickinson Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Police said Starner was a passenger in a jeep driven by Shawn Paul Adams, 17, R.R.

5, Carlisle. Adams was traveling east on Ridge Road when he apparently lost control of the vehicle, which swerved across the road, struck an embankment and flipped over, according to police. Staff photo by Tina Noll RIDING THE CIRCUIT The Rev. D. Wayne Bender, pastor of Otterbein United Methodist Church in Mont Alto, rides to a service Sunday commemorating the bicentennial year of the United Methodist denomination.

Preachers 200 years ago traveled from congregation to congregation on horseback. Sunday's service was on the lawn behind Mont Alto State Bank. Industry expects new design from Mack Trucks It is time Mack Trucks started build ing aerodynamics into the U-model Mack his firm buys. New Penn Motor Express has a fleet of 345 Mack trucks, and 60 more on order. "To be very, very truthful with you I've been complimentary to them as far as their engines their cab fenders and hood assembly haven't changed a bit since 1967," said Klinedinst.

"I think they (Mack) get the gold HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) Officials at Mack Trucks aren't talking about it, but trucking industry observers say they expect the firm to maintain its track record of in-, novative truck design. "Mack, in the past, has a long history of being very innovative," said Jim Mele, managing editor of Diesel Equipment Superintendent, a Connecticut-based magazine with 23,000 subscribers nationwide. "Their engines are some of the.