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The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. Wednesday, January 20, 1993 Page 15 Crews begin cleanup after storms OBITUARIES 30 people were killed. The Mexican army was flying in 50 tons of supplies daily, while more than 1,200 army troops patrolled Tijuana streets. Mudslides in Tijuana claimed two lives Tuesday. Hundreds were homeless in Arizona, where 550 homes have been damaged.

The state's death toll rose to two Tuesday when the body of a 39-year-old woman was pulled from a pickup stuck in the overflowing Gila River near Sacaton. In California, at least nine people were killed in the most recent series of storms that came ashore starting last weekend. Generally sunny skies were forecast across the West through Thursday. "It's stopped raining!" Phillip Robertson shouted over and over Tuesday at the Arroyo Seco Golf Course in South Pasadena. "We can play golf!" President Bush declared Arizona a disaster area, making federal aid available.

California Gov. Pete Wilson proclaimed emergencies in three more counties, bringing the total to seven eligible for state help. A foot of raia had fallen over most Coastal areas and nearly 2 feet fell in some mountain regions of California, Arizona and Mexico. An estimated 10,000 people re-, mained homeless in Tijuana; where At least 41 dead after 13 days of rain, tornadoes WS ANGELES (AP) The deluge finally over, crews across the Southwest searched for bodies in receding floodwaters, tried to shore up unstable hillsides, fixed damaged homes and picked through those 4hat were destroyed. The i3 days of rain, wind and tor-nadoes that broke on Tuesday killed at least 41 people and caused more than $164 'million in damage in Southern Caliornia," Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

1 G. Harold Brown, 80, Middlesex, N.J. Born in Northumberland MIDDLESEX, NJ. G. Harold Brown, 80, of Middlesex died Monj day, Jan.

18, 1993, at his home after a long illness. Born in Northumberland, he, was a son of the late John G. and Es-tella Yoxtheimer Brown. He was married to the former Margaret E. Hunsinger.

He was raised in the International Order of Odd Fellows Orphanage, Sunbury, Pa. He was a 1930 graduate of Sunbury High School. Mr. Brown was a laboratory tech- nician for 42 years with American Cyanamid Bound Brook, before retiring in 1977. He was a member of the Presbyte-.

rian Church, Bound Brook, where he was in the choir, a founder of the Middlesex Little League in 1953 and was one of its first coaches; and was a member of the 25-Year Club of -the American Cyanamide Corp. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, SSgt James Brown, ret. of Middlesex; a daughter, Robyn Ann Wollard of Wilmington, a brother, John Noecker of Northumberland; a sister, Sarah Hunt of Sunbury; five grandchildren; and" one great-grandchild. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook, by the Rev.

Dr. Brian T.Hislop. Burial will be in Bound Brook Cemetery. Vistors may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 pan.

Thursday at the Tag-gart-Chamberlain Funeral Home, 305 E. High Bound Brook. Contributions may be made to the Hospice Program of Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, N.J., or the Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook. UrgT' g-r- p-nn i i If sis' I Photo by The Associated Press ANNIVERSARY: This lounging California sea lion at San Francisco's Pier 39 seems oblivious to the celebration Tuesday marking the third anniversary of the sea lions' arrival. The dock is closed to humans and the sea lions are protected under federal law.

At last count there were 340 sea lions who used the dock as a hangout. (Sunlight linked to crash ,7 killed, 69 hurt 'when trains collide GARY, Ind. (AP) Federal in-3" vestigators found no immediate evidence of signal or other mechanical trouble in a deadly crash of two commuter trains and raised the possibility that sunlight interfered with an engineer's vision. John Lauber of the National Transportation Safety Board re-fused on Tuesday to blame Monday's crash on human error. "It's much too early to tell what was appropriate and what wasn't," i he said at a news conference.

The crash killed seven passengers -if and injured '69. It occurred when one train sideswiped another near a vjji trestle where two tracks converge and overlap. According to newspaper reports, uboth engineers claimed they had a green light to cross the trestle. Lauber said the engineer of the train traveling east, David Riordan, yi told investigators that he received a green light to cross the passage, then Vu.saw a second signal go dark or turn TjnWd and he hit the emergency His train stopped 250 feet from the end of the bridge and was swiped seconds later by a westbound train, Lauber said. Riordan told investigators he had sunglasses on, Lauber said.

The bridge is on a rise, so visibility is poor from both ends, Lauber said. Investigators planned to run test trains today, partially to determine whether sunlight reduced visibility, he said. The NTSB also planned to complete checks today on electrical relays connecting signals. But Lauber said indications Tuesday were that all signals "were operating the way tthey were supposed to." He refused to say which train had the right of In addition, there were no defects the tracks, and the brakes on both 7. trains were working, Lauber said.

fact, our investigators de- scribed the cars as being in good Brewery ailed by order to take nutrition labels off beer bottles Ernest R. Ritter, 82, Lewisburg RD3 Retired plumber LEWISBURG Ernest R. Ritter, of Lewisburg RD3 died Tuesday morning, Jan. 19, 1993, at Evangelical Community Hospital, where he was admitted Monday. Born" June 10, 1910, in Selins-grove, he was a son of the late George and Elsie "(Burns) Ritter.

In 1947, he married the former Marion CSmeron He was a retired plumber, He was a member of St John's Lutheran Church, Lewisburg RD3. Mr. Ritter was a 50-year member of the Woodmen of the World. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Robert Noll of Mechanicsburg, Kenneth Noll of New Columbia RD1 and William Ritter of Lewisburg RD2; one daughter, Kathryn Leitzel of Win-field RD1; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and five brothers, Robert of Vero Beach, Lloyd of Falls Church, Raymond of Hurlock, Arthur of Hughesville and Thomas of Wil-liamsport He was preceded in death by bis first wife, the former Marie Fairchilds, in 1945; a son, Ernest in 1987; four brothers; and one sister. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Friday at the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, 127 N. Front St, Milton, by the Rev. David W. Mc-Carty.

Burial will be in the Lewisburg Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 jn. Thursday at the funeral home. Mary E. Brady, 76, Bloomsburg RD5 Riverside native BLOOMSBURG Mary E.

Brady, 76, of Bloomsburg RD5, for- merly of 211 Upper Mulberry Danville, died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 1993, at the Bloomsburg Hospital. Bora March 1, 1916, in Riverside, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Florence Reed Love. She was married to Francis M. Brady, who died in 1977.

Mrs. Brady was an aide at the Danville State Hospital for 24 years before retiring in 1974. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Danville. She is survived by one daughter, Mary Gordner, with whom she lived; one granddaughter; and one sister, Gloria Davies of Santa Maria, Calif.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St Joseph Catholic Church, Danville. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitors may call from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the Brady Funeral Home, Danville.

Robert O. Raup, 70, Sunbury SUNBURY Robert O. Raup, 70, of 429 Vine St. died at 5:27 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.

19, 1993, at Sunbury Community Hospital. Arrangements will be announced Thursday by the Zweier Funeral Home, 157 Chestnut Sunbury. DEATH NOTICES BRADY, MARY 76, Bloomsburg RD5, formerly of 21 1 Upper Mulberry Danville, died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 1993, at the Bloomsburg Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 1 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 22, at St Joseph Catholic Church, Danville. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitors may caU from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the Brady Funeral Home, Danville.

PAUl, ETTA 99, Penn Lutheran Village, Selinsgrove, formerly of Lincoln Tower, Shamokin, died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1993, at the village. The funeral will be at 1 1 a.m. Friday, Jan.

22, at the Farrow Funeral Home, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Shamokin. Burial will be In St Paul's Evangelical Congregational Cemetery, Pitman. Visitors may call from 1 0 a.m. until the time of the service Friday at the funeral home. RITTER, ERNEST 82, Lewisburg RD3, died Tuesday morning, Jan.

19, 1993, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. The funeral will be held at 1 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, 127 N.

Front Milton. Burial will be in the Lewisburg Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Sincere Thanks We wisn to manic an or our family, friends and neighbors for all of the flowers, cards, food, special donations and prayers that everyone so thoughtfully provided in our time of need at the loss of our beloved husband, father and grandfather Deri Kauffman.

Also many thanks to Pastor Bensen, Pastor Snook and the doctors and nurses at Geisinger Medical Center for the excellent care Deri received while there. Wife June family RmnWn Si ia Kl Jeff, Nancy, Fred Grandchildren S3 14, was pulled Tuesday from a receding creek in Escondido. He was swept away Monday while riding his bicycle across a flooded road, said San Diego County sheriffs spokesman Ed Lynch. Searchers Tuesday recovered the body of a man they believe was swept into a flooded wash in Palm Springs almost two weeks ago. Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies searched for two men who disappeared beneath raging floodwaters in separate parts of the county.

A Bureau of Indian Affairs po- liceman was missing in Arizona after he disappeared while checking, floods on the Gila River Indian Res- ervation. II wery in 1981 after years as a employee for major brewers in the United States and Canada, said his company cannot afford to battle the government in court. He has long been a proponent of moderate social drinking, and fears that "neo-prohibitionists" are out to eliminate alcohol consumption. The company will be allowed to list the calorie, fat, protein and carbohydrate contents of its ale, Grant said. But it will have to remove references that each 12-ounce bottle provides 4 percent of the U.S.

Recommended Daily Allowance of protein, as well as 4.6 percent of the vitamin B-2, 14.6 percent of Niacin, 62.5 percent of Folacin and 170 percent of vitamin B-12. Those labels began appearing last November. The labels could not appear on the bottles because of federal regulations, but were printed on the cardboard containers of six-packs, and on store signs and displays. Northumberland County commissioners Tuesday awarded a $275,349 contract to Hepco Construction, Selinsgrove, to renovate the exterior of the courthouse. Work is scheduled to begin this spring to replace nearly 200 double-hung windows and repair and paint the outside of the courthouse.

Eight firms submitted bids for the work. Xykens driver dies of heart attack CARSONVILLE A Lykens man died of a massive heart attack while driving a car in Wayne Township near Carsonville, according to state police at Lykens. Police said Carl Rebuck, 67, was pronounced dead at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, following an accident Monday afternoon. After Rebuck suffered the attack, his car continued on, striking a fence post and coming to rest against a fence and a mailbox. Contract awarded for wood planer MIDDLEBURG K.

Layne Inc. of Texas has been awarded a $13,713 contract for a wood planer by the Midd-West school board. It will replace an older piece of equipment at West Snyder High School. T1 The body of Christopher Flowers, The brewery will have to remove references that each 12-ou nee bottle provides 4 percent of the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance of protein.

ate a misleading impression." The agency contends that publicizing the vitamin content of ales would mislead people into believing the products would benefit health. "I feel very strongly that beer contains dietary factors other than alcohol," brewery owner Herbert Grant said in a news release Tuesday. "Apparently the government has decided this information is misleading." Grant, who started his microbre- by stimulating the market for recyclables. The resolution creating the policy also notes federal law requires certain governmental agencies to buy recycled products. County solicitor G.

Robert Fitzpatrick said the policy would require the county to buy recycled material whenever possible. Two appointed to SEDA-COG board SUNBURY The Northumberland County commissioners Tuesday named Commissioner Samuel S. Deitrick and Ferdinand Adamcik as the county's representatives to SEDA-Council of Governments and authorized the chief clerk to serve on the Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners' county code committee. Because Chief Clerk George J. Edwards' wife is ill and assistant chief clerk James M.

Brennan is on a leave of absence, the commissioners temporarily named administrative assistant to the chief clerk Frank J. Kelley as acting assistant chief clerk. It was announced that Commissioner Chairman James P. Kelley has been appointed to the state association's human services committee. Contract awarded for courthouse work SUNBURY shape and well maintained," he said.

Results of drug and alcohol tests on crew members were not expected until later this week. Etta Paul, 99, Selinsgrove Once of Shamokin SELINSGROVE Etta L. Paul, 99, of Penn Lutheran Village, formerly of Lincoln Tower, Shamokin, died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1993, at the village, where she was a resident for four years.

Born Sept. 8, 1893, in New Berlin, she was a daughter of the late Land-is W. and Viola Frantz Smith. She was married to Melvin A. Paul, who preceded her in death.

She was a housewife. Mrs. Paul attended Shamokin schools. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, Shamokin. She is survived by two daughters, Jean Heil of Dade, and Shirlee Ballantine of Middleburg; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Farrow Funeral Home, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Shamokin. Burial will be in St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Cemetery, Pitman. Visitors may call from 10 a.m.

until the time of the service Friday at the funeral home. TO REPORT OBITUARIES Obituary notices are accepted: Until 9:30 a.m. weekdays to appear in that day's edition. Until 9 p.m. Friday to appear in Saturday's edition.

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Market Sunbury 286-0781 In Memory In memory and honor of your 34th birthday. Marty, We miss you and love you. Mark, Bruce, Tina, Pat, Mom Dad IN BRIEF YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) The federal government has ordered Yakima Brewing and Malting Co. to remove nutrition labels from its beer products, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said.

Yakima Brewing recently added information about vitamin, mineral and other nutrition elements to the packaging of its Grant's Scottish Ale. The' ATF bureau ordered Grant's to stop using that information because it violates federal law, agency spokeswoman Kris Meldrum said Tuesday from Washington, D.C. "We told them use of that was not authorized," Meldrum said. The agency is examining the issue of allowing such information on alcohol products, but has not reached a she said. For now, the agency relies on a regulation that prohibits any statement "that the use of any malt beverage has curative or therapeutic effects if such statement is untrue in any particular or tends to cre- restraint, two counts of simple assault, recklessly endangering another, two counts of harassment and disorderly conduct.

Police said those charges stemmed from a shooting incident in Shamokin in which Birrell allegedly held his wife, Christine, hostage. Four officers from Shamokin and Coal Township shot Birrell in the left side of his torso and arm. Initially, Birrell was reported in critical condition in Geisinger Medical Center in'Danville. He has since been released from the hospital. Following an investigation, Northumberland County District Attorney Robert Sacavage ruled the shooting was justified.

Police said Birrell pointed what appeared to be a large handgun at them. Police later discovered the weapon was an unloaded pellet gun. County to buy more recycled goods SUNBURY Northumberland County officials plan to do their part to save the environment by buying more recycled products. The county commissioners on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a Recycled Product Procurement Policy. Under the policy, the county would buy recycled paper for masthead stationery, envelopes and other uses.

The policy is intended to reduce the volume of trash going to landfills a' Theft charges filed against Sunbury man MILTON A Sunbury man was jailed in the Northumberland County Prison Tuesday in connection with the alleged theft of a truck owned by the manager of Diehl Chevrolet in Lewisburg. Glenn D. Gross, 44, whose last known address was on North Fourth Street, was arraigned by Milton Area District Justice William F. Kear. Gross was charged by state police at Milton with the theft of a GMC truck owned by Rick Diehl, who had traded in the car fox a boat at Robbins Marine, according to documents filed with Milton Area District Justice William F.

Kear. Marine owner Larry Robbins allowed Gross to borrow the car Oct. 8, but Gross never returned it, documents state. Gross remains in prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. a (i Shamokin man charged In shooting Incident SHAMOKIN A Shamokin i man, shot by police Nov.

28, was charged Tuesday with offenses related to the shooting and unrelated offenses of theft and forgery. Mark R. Birrell, 30, was arrested by Trooper Carey Latsha of state police at Stonington for causing or risking a catastrophe, making i terroristic threats, unlawful.