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0 Pauline H. Sauers, 80, Selinsgrove RD1 Cook SELINSGROVE Pauline H. Sauers, 80, of Box 139, Selinsgrove RD1, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, 1992, at Penn Lutheran Village, Selinsgrove. Born Oct.

17, 1911, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Ward and Mary Agnes Mengle Beaver. In 1930, she married Norman Sauers. Mrs. Sauers was a cook at Susquehanna University, from where she. retired.

She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, Kratzerville. In addition to her husband of 62 years, she is survived by three sons, Harry W. of Shamokin Dam, Donald B. of Lewisburg RD1 and Roy N. of Selinsgrove RD3; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, John A.

Beaver of Kratzerville and Ralph N. and Frank L. Beaver, both of Kreamer; and a sister, Sarah Walter of Mifflinburg. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the V.L. Seebold Funeral Home, Sherman and High streets, Selinsgrove, by the Rev. George W. Henry and Rev. Charles A.

Brophy. Burial will be in Reformed Cemetery, Kratzerville. Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the 1 funeral home. Charles A.

Knapp, 83, Dauphin Danville native DAUPHIN Charles A. Knapp, 83, of 10 McCelwee Road died Monday afternoon, May 4, 1992, at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg. He was March 3, 1909, in Danville. He was married to the former Lavine Keefer, who died in 1982. He worked as a custodian at Patriot-News, Harrisburg, and in laundry department at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.

He was a member of Pine Street Lutheran Church, Danville. Mr. Knapp is survived by three Charles of Washingtonville, George of Danville and James of Iola; three daughters, Bertha Coleman and Pauline Umstead, both of Danville, and Shirley Day of Dauphin; 1 15 grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; and a brother, Robert of Bloomsburg. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Brady Funeral Home, Danville, by the Rev.

Martin Kessler, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Northumberland. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville. Visitors may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday at the funeral home. Gertrude F.

Ritter, 86, Milton MILTON Gertrude F. Ritter, 86, of 12 Songbird Lane died Monday, May 4, 1992, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, where she was admitted Friday after being a guest at Kramm's Healthcare Center, Milton. Born Aug. 4, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Reuben and Sarah (Edinger) Erb. She was married to Lee Ritter, who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Ritter is survived by five grandchildren, three great-grndchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Franklin and two daughters, Faylene McCormick and Marjorie Reichard. The funeral will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dale E.

Ranck Funeral Home, 127 N. Front Milton, by the Rev. Edward N. Reiter, a retired pastor from Milton. Burial will be in Mazeppa Cemetery, Lewisburg RD2.

Friends may call from noon until the time of the service Wednesday 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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Tuesday, May 5, 1992 Page OBITUARIES Leah E. George, 84, Sunbury RD2 Worked at hospital SUNBURY Leah E. George, 84, of Sunbury RD2 died Monday morning, May 4, 1992, at, Sunbury Community Hospital. Born June 29, 1907, in Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, she was a daughter of the late William and' Hannah Boyer Phillips. She was married to Albert C.

George, who died in 1980. In 1990, she retired from employ-, ment at Sunbury Community Hospital after 27 years of service. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, where she was a former superintendent of kindergarten of Sunday school and served on church council. She was also a member of Interfaith Council of the church, Lutheran Church Women and American Association of Retired Persons. She i is survived by one daughter, Mary A.

Sowers of Sunbury RD2; one son, William R. of Ocean City, N.J.; four grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild; and a sister, Emma Kreitzer of Sunbury. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, by the Rev.

Martin T. Young and the John G. Conz. Burial will Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington. Visitors may call from 10 a.m.

until the time of the service Thursday at the church. Contributions may be made to organ fund of the church. Arrangements were made by the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State Sunbury. Donald V. Gosline, 37, Liverpool RD1 LIVERPOOL Donald V.

Gosline, 37, of Liverpool RD1, who was discovered dead Sunday, May 3, 1992, at his place of employment. Born Aug. 19, 1954, in Endicott, N.Y., Broome County, he was a son of George D. and Shirley Ann Mead Gosline, Liverpool RD1. He was a graduate of Owego Free Academy, Owego, N.Y., and attended Culinary Institute, Poughkeepsie, N.

for one year. Mr. Gosline was in retail sales for the past two years until the time of his death. He served Army for four years and National Guard for the past nine years. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Katherine A.

Winters of Liverpool RD1 and Saridra M. Olivieri of Selinsgrove, and three nephews and four nieces. The funeral will be conducted at 11 Friday at the George P. Garman Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant Mills. Burial will be in St.

Paul's Cemetery, Liverpool RD2, where a military service will be conducted. There will be no viewing. Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. DEATH NOTICES BEVERIDGE, DAVID 91, 505.

Long Run Drive, Schuyikill Haven, formerly of Primrose, died Monday morning, May 4, 1992, at his home. Funeral at 2 Friday, May 8, at Primrose Bible Church, Pottsville RD2. Burial in Mount Peace Cemetery, Minersville. Visitors may call from 1 p.m. until the time of the service Friday at the church.

The family will provide flowers. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to Primrose Bible Church, P.O. Box 403, Minersville 17954. GEORGE, LEAH 84, Sunbury RD2, died Monday morning, May 4, 1992, at Sunbury Community Hospital. Funeral, at 11 a.m.

Thursday, May 7, at Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury. Burial in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington. Visitors may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to organ fund of the church.

Arrangements by the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State Sunbury, GOSLINE, DONALD 37, Liverpool RD1, died Saturday, May 2, 1992. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, at the George P. Garman Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant Mills. Burial in St.

Paul's Cemetery, Liverpool RD2, where a military service will be conducted. There will be no viewing. Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. KNAPP, CHARLES 83, 10 McCelwee Road, Dauphin, died Monday afternoon, May 4, 1992, at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg.

Funeral at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Brady Funeral Home, Danville. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville. Visitors may call from 10 a.m. Thursday until the time of the service Thursday at the funeral home.

RITTER, GERTRUDE 86, 12 Songbird Lane, Milton, died Monday, May 4, 1992, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Dale E. Ranck Funeral Home, 127 N. Front Milton.

Burial in Mazeppa Cemetery, Lewisburg RD2. Friends may call from noon until the time of the service Wednesday at the funeral home. SAUERS, PAULINE H. 80, Box 139, Selinsgrove RD1, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, 1992, at Penn Lutheran Village, Selinsgrove.

Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the V.L. Seebold Funeral Home, Sherman and High streets, Selinsgrove. Burial in Reformed Cemetery, KratVisitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Incumbents tapping PACs for re war chests David R. Beveridge, 91, Schuylkill Haven Born in Mount Carmel SCHUYLKILL HAVEN -David R. Beveridge, 91, of 505 Long Run Drive, Schuyikill Haven, formerly of Primrose, died Monday morning, May 4, 1992, at his home. Born Jan. 22, 1901, in Mount Carmel, he was the son of the late David E.

and Ettie Jones. Beveridge. He was married to the former Elizabeth Jones, who died in 1983. He was a machinist for Otto Collieries retiring in 1966. Mr.

Beveridge was the oldest member of Primrose Bible Church, Pottsville RD2, where he served as trustee and sexton. He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Calvin R. of Danville and David G. of Schuylkill Haven; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, John of Ashland; and two sisters, Martha Clauser of Pasadena, and Esther Stumpp of Primrose.

He was preceded in death by a brother and sister. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Primrose Bible Church, Pottsville RD2, by the Rev. Edward Eifert. Burial will be in Mount Peace Cemetery, Minersville.

Visitors may call from 1 p.m. until the time of the service Friday at the church. Memorial contributions in his name may be made to Primrose Bible Church, P.O. Box 403, Minersville 17954. Arrangements were made by the Miller- Funeral Home, Danville.

Ellen A. Gilbert, 74, Stuart, Fla. Born in Sunbury STUART, Fla. Ellen A. "Peggy" Gilbert, 74, of 6539 Southeast Federal Highway died at 8:45 a.m.

Monday, May 4, 1992, at Salerno Bay Manor Nursing Home, Stuart, where she had been a patient for the past month. Born April 5, 1918, in Sunbury, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Letha Rhoads Arnold. She was married to James W. Gilbert, who died in 1968. She lived in Florida for 30 years and was a former resident of Shamokin Dam, Pa.

Mrs. Gilbert was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Tequesta, Fla. She is survived by one sister, Frances A. Handy of Hobe Sound, Fla. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Zweier Funeral Home, 157 Chestnut Sunbury.

Harold L. Beaver, 65, Sunbury SUNBURY Harold L. "Red" Beaver, 65, of 130 S. Front St. died at 11:15 p.m.

Monday, May 4, 1992, at Sunbury Community Hospital. Arrangements will be announced Wednesday by the Zweier Funeral Home, 157 Chestnut Sunbury. George Murphy, 89, song-and-dance man By The Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. George Murphy, a Hollywood song- and dance man who served one term as a U.S. senator from California in the 1960s, died Sunday of leukemia at 89.

His best-known films included is the Army" in 1943, George Murphy with Ronald Reagan and Irving. Berlin; "Little Miss Broadway" in 1938, with Shirley Temple; and "For Me and My Gal" in 1943, with Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. A Republican, he was elected to the Senate in 1964, defeating Pierre Salinger, former press secretary for President Kennedy. He lost a reelection bid in 1970. Israel Galeano, 38, ex-Contra leader By The Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua Israel Galeano, a former Contra leader known as Comandante Franklin, died Monday in a car crash in Matagalpa.

He was 38. Galeano at one point was chief of staff for the U.S.-backed rebels who battled the leftist Sandinista government during the 1980s. By Robert B. Ottaway News Service HARRISBURG- Sen. Edward Helfrick, who raised big money to win a tough re-election race in 1988, is working to make sure he doesn't come up short this year.

The "Bear Gap Republican -has raised $57,000 for his re-election effort so far this year, with 75 percent or $44,000 of that amount. coming from political action committees, according to reports at the state Election Bureau. The major contributor is the Senate Republican Campaign Committee with $35,000. Among large Helfrick contributors are lawyer-oriented LAWPAC, doctor-oriented Pa. Medical PAC, $500; and Pa.

Realtors PAC, $500. Helfrick also has $15,000 in his campaign kitty left over from previous years. In 1988, Helfrick faced a tough reelection challenge from former Democratic Rep. John Showers of Former judge By David Hilliard Staff reporter SUNBURY A former county judge has been appointed to represent Robert D. Auker in the appeal of his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence.

James J. Rosini, who operates a private law practice in Shamokin, was appointed by Northumberland County President Judge Samuel C. Ranck to represent Auker at a rate of $40 an hour. Rosini replaces court-appointed attorneys Jeffrey J. Crossland and Union County.

Total spending by the two candidates topped $400,000 that year. Helfrick was unopposed for renomination in Tuesday's primary, but faces a challenge this fall from Democrat Thomas Herman, a former Montour County commissioner. Herman is under a $250 threshold for itemizing contributions. In other races, Sen. Roger Madigan, R-23 Towanda, which includes part of Union County, has a $61,000 war chest.

Some $27,000 was raised. this year, 65 percent or $17,000 from PACs. Among big Madigan contributors are teacher-oriented PACE $300; Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, $150; and Philadelphia Electric $500. Madigan's Democratic opponent in the fall, Union County Commissioner Harry VanSickle, has spent under $250. Both were unopposed in the primary.

Rep. Russell Fairchild, R-85 of Lewisburg, has spent under $250, while the Democratic candidate in to represent Edward A. Greco of the county public defender's office. Crossland and Greco handled Auker's case at trial and asked the court to step down after the conviction, citing Auker's apparent dissatisfaction with his defense. Rosini, a former county district attorney, was appointed as a county judge in 1986 and served until January 1988 when Judge Barry F.

Feudale took office. Auker, of Riverside, is entitled to a court lawyer because he cannot afford to hire his own attorney. During his trial last month, a the 85th, Lewisburg lawyer James Best, has raised $330 and spent $66. Both were unopposed, in the primary. In the 82nd District, which is being redistricted into western Snyder Rep.

Daniel Clark, R-Mifflintown, has a $14,000 war chest. Of the $11,000 Clark raised this year, 65: percent' or $7,000 came from individuals, mostly in sums of $100. Among major Clark contributors are U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Everett, Juniata County GOP Committee, Pennsylvania Rural Electric PAC, $200; and Bell of Pennsylvania PAC, $100.

The Democratic candidate in the 82nd, Realtor Phyllis Harmon of Belleville has spent under $250. Both Clark and Harmon were unopposed in the primary. Reps. Merle Phillips, R-108 of Sunbury RD2, and Robert Belfanti, D-107 of Mount Carmel, were unopposed in the primary and will not be opposed in the general election. Auker Northumberland County jury found Auker guilty of kidnapping and first-degree murder in the 1989 death of his estranged wife, Lori Ann.

The jury sentenced Auker to death for the premeditated crime. Before stepping down from the case, Crossland and Greco filed post verdict motions, asking Ranck to set aside the jury conviction and grant Auker a new trial. Those motions, which cite alleged errors made during the trial, are pending. If the judge upholds the verdict, the case will be forwarded to the state Supreme Court on an automatic appeal of the death penalty. Trial in fatality continues in Snyder County By Dave Hilliard Staff reporter MIDDLEBURG A Beaver Springs man is on trial in Snyder County court this week, charged with causing a fatal automobile accident while driving drunk.

Patrick Markel, 25, is charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol, separate counts of homicide by vehicle and drunken driving and five summary traffic violations in a Jan. 22, 1991 accident that claimed the life of Paul E. Blazer, 23, of Middleburg RD3. Two state police officers, a scien- Smoke from LIMESTONEVILLE Fire units from Montour and Northumberland County were on their way to Bowersox Antique Cars in Limestone Township after an automatic alarm sounded just before 9 this morning. But the alarm turned out to be false.

Don Meckley, who works for antique car owner Ray Bowersox, tist from the state police crime laboratory in Harrisburg and a forensic pathologist who examined Blazer's body, were among the witnesses who testified Monday, the first day of the jury trial. Union-Snyder Judge Harold F. Woelfel is presiding. The accident occurred on Route. 522, less than a half mile east of Route 235- State police said Markel's car was speeding west at more than 100 mph when it crossed into the eastbound lane on a curve, veered off the road and slammed into a bridge abutment.

The car flipped up onto the abutment and the front end of the vehicle hit a tractor trips said smoke from a tractor set off the alarm. Meckley said the tractor was started while parked under the smoke detector. The alarm company that monitored the signal, believing the location was in Northumberland County, initially called Union County Communications Center, which dis- Perot to cut appearances By Tom Raum The Associated Press NEW YORK Texas billionaire Ross Perot said today he will slack off on public appearances and interviews for the next few weeks to gear up for a prospective independent presidential run. "Watch my lips," Perot said when asked when he would formally enter the race, making a mocking reprise of President Bush's 1988 "read my lips" vow against raising taxes. He said he wanted to spend more time developing positions on issues and putting a campaign organization in place for a full campaign.

"At this point, I will cut back. Since the volunteers are so well organized across the country, they no longer need my public support," Perot said in a speech to the American Newspapers Publishers Association. He spoke as a new poll suggested Perot would be in a statistical dead heat with Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton if the election were held to-' day. A Times-Mirror poll, taken within the last week, showed Bush at 33 percent to 30 percent for both Clinton and Perot. Perot shrugged off that and other polls, saying "It's a long, long way from May to November." But, sounding more and more like a candidate, the Dallas businessman said he was moving into the next phase of his prospective campaign.

tree. Both Blazer and Markel were thrown from the vehicle. Blazer was pronounced dead the scene and Markel was taken Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, for medical treatment. Initially, police could not identify which man was driving the car, later said that Markel was behind the wheel. Markel told police does not remember who was ing.

The case for the prosecution continuing this morning. The -will decide the vehicular homicide and drunken driving issues and judge will issue verdicts on the mary traffic offenses. automatic alarm patched Turbotville and Milton units, according to Montour County Communications chief dispatcher Dave Yeager. Yeager later dispatched firefighters from Washingtonville after it was realized Montour County should have been called. Yeager said the misinformation has been corrected.

"I will cut back on interviews, television appearances and speeches and spend all of my time building an organization, finalizing a strategy and developing carefully thoughtout positions on each of the major. issues." He said that reporters have been swarming all over him investigating his background and seeking to pin him down on specifics. "Night and day, there is saturation bombing. There are Patriot missiles going down air shafts in my office from all your good reporters wanting to know my position on everything from mosquitoes to ants," he told the publishers. Later, speaking with reporters in a hallway, Perot said, have to plan for the next phase, or otherwise I'm not keeping my commitment to the people.

You've got to gear up now. It doesn't cost that much to gear up." Perot, who has said he will spend as much money as it takes to run such a campaign, even if the amount is in the neighborhood of $100 million, said he was going to cut back on what has been a steady diet of public appearances and interviews "because there's only 24 hours in a day." Soon after making the vow, he spent nearly a half-hour answering reporters' questions after the speech. Perot has suggested that he will make a decision by June on whether to run. Study: Hispanics lack health insurance By The Associated Press WASHINGTON Hispanics represent only 9 percent of the U.S. population but accounted for 20 percent of the uninsured population.

in 1990, two Hispanic advocacy groups say. The organizations blamed lack of coverage mainly on the fact that many Hispanics are employed in low-paying jobs that don't offer health insurance benefits. A third of all Hispanics were uninsured in 1990, compared with 19.7 percent of blacks and 12.9 percent of whites, according te a recent study prepared by the National Council of La Raza and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. current system is hurting Hispanics more than anyone else," said Esther Aguilera, a La Raza policy analyst who wrote the study. "We can't ignore the fact it's been a problem for a long time and it's a way that this population has been alienated unlike others," she said Monday.

A General Accounting Office study released earlier this year found that among uninsured Hispanics upder age 65, nearly 80 percent belong to families with employed adults..