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The Daily News, Lebanon, PA, Sunday, May 30, 1993 1D BUSINESS LOCALLY Manor appoints coordinator Joan Marsan Johnsen, Lancaster, has been appointed development coordinator at Cornwall Manor. Previously, she was capital campaign director for the Franklin YMCA and executive director of the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce, both in Franklin, County. In her new post, Johnsen will oversee the daily operations of the development office and fundraising. Johnsen holds an associate degree in business from Peirce Junior College. She also attended Southwest Texas State and Clarion University.

Cornwall Manor retirement community has more than 500 residents. Executive named Edward K. Houser, P.E., has been named vice president of EPSYS Harrisburg. Houser has more than 21 years of experience in business operations with the Herco, Houser most recently as general manager of the design, engineering, and construction division. Houser earned his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Drexel University.

He is a past director of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, Harrisburg, Chapter, and is currently chairman of the North Londonderry Township Authority. EPSYS provides comprehensive environmental protection services and the removal, replacement, and upgrade of above ground and underground storage tank systems. Doctor honored Richard R. Hoffman, M.D., of Annville, was recently elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Hoffman is medical director of radiology Hoffman at the Good Samaritan Hyman S.

Caplan Pavilion and serves as president of Medical Imaging Consultants, Ltd. Candidates are nominated by a member of the academy. The college maintains an extensive independent biomedical library and historical collections, a museum of anatomy and pathology, and an institute for the study of the history of medicine. Man joins studio Scot Gordon has joined Lori Stahl Photography of Leola as a staff photographer. Gordon will be responsible for providing product photography in 1 the studio.

He graduated from Gordon Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991 with a bachelor of science degree in photography. He was most recently self-employed as a commercial advertising photographer in Hershey. Dividend declared The board of directors of CoreStates Financial Corp. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 54 cents per share payable on July 1, 1993, to shareholders of record June 4, 1993. JOBLINE The Lebanon Area Job Center has listed the following job openings.

Interested people should apply in person at 35 E. Cumberland Lebanon. Wages listed are hourly, unless otherwise specified. Chemist, not listed; assistant counselor, LPN, math teacher, not listed; English teacher, not listed; vocal music teacher, not listed; executive assistant, management trainee, not listed; senior center manager, dispatcher, $6.60. Community worker, office clerk, not listed; office clerk, cashier, computer assistant, billing clerk, not listed; scale house weigher, telephone operator, $5.

Front desk clerk, sales representative, not listed; insurance sales agent, $530 biweekly; insurance sales agent, not listed; financial sales representative, not listed; business services sales agent, media sales representative, not listed; furniture salesperson, sales clerk, not listed. Sales route driver, $20,000 yearly; telemarketer, food delivery driver, fast food worker, two openings, counter attendant, bartender, bartender, two openings, cook, short order cook, $5. Holdup alarm Security officers tell bank By TODD MEYERS FBI statistics. And the most Staff Writer mon weapon in a bank robbery "Don't try anything cute." not a gun, but a note demanding It sounds like the bark of a gunmoney. toting gangster, but actually it's Bonczek said the golden rule the sage advice of Tim Huggins.

customers and tellers during Huggins, security officer for bank robbery can be spelled said Farmers Trust Bank in Lebanon, five syllables: "total that tellers or customers un- "The next most important lucky robbery enough should to witness a bank is to be an aggressive observer," cooperate fully he said. "Pay attention. Look with the holdup man instead of details. Listen to the tone of trying to foil the robber. voice.

If you're lying face down "The best thing is not to try any- the floor, look to see if he's thing to be a hero," Huggins said. ing Nike tennis shoes." "He's in control. We're not going Guidelines for to call their bluff." duct during a bank robbery employee The advice is timely. Twice in rooted primarily in the the space of four weeks, shrill federal Bank Protection Act bank alarms have pierced the 1968. The act quiet of small towns in the Leba- tect the lives of bank was designed to employees non Valley, where robbers have and customers in the event made off with an undisclosed holdup.

amount of money from commun- Here are some tips offered ity banks. the experts to stay safe during claimed -First, on he April had 26, a man who bank robbery: a gun grabbed cash from tellers the Meridian Assume all bandits in Bank at 2 E. Main Palmyra, armed. and fled out the back door. Then Remain calm.

last Monday, a brazen gunman Make no sudden with no disguise save for pos- movements. sibly an ill-fitting toupee un- Follow the robber's corked several shots at surveil- instructions. lance cameras before robbing the Meridian's Campbelltown branch Tell the robber if you physically unable to follow his on Main Street. Both men are still ders. For example, a bum at large.

Robbers could hit banks even keeps you from getting to harder if economic conditions floor. worsen, said Glenn Bonczek, FBI Don't try to foil robbery bank robbery coordinator for the chase down the suspect after Harrisburg residency agency. robbery. "It's a crime of desperation," he Mark Ford, owner of Profit said. "They're in there to get mo- tection a Miami-based ney, not harm people." urity consultant, said training The average bank robbery lasts deal with bank robbers from 1 to 2 minutes, according to changed much in the past Microsoft creating new office machines NEW YORK (AP) Microsoft Corp.

is spearheading the development of software to link personal computers with copiers, fax machines and printers that would radically change the machines' roles in the office, chairman Bill Gates says. Microsoft, the nation's largest software company, and several large office product makers on June 9 will announce the new standard that could eliminate the overlapping functions of printers, copiers and fax machines. "Everyone who makes a fax, printer, copier or phone should be aware of this and take a hard look at participating in making products that conform to this architecture," Gates said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. The standard is the first step to a "digital office" that distributes documents more efficiently and securely, he said. The road to the software standard is being paved by some advances in infrared technology led by Hewlett-Packard analysts say.

"They've got some very good patents that they have received in the area of infrared that they're licensing to the competition to help assure there's an open standard," said Ken Jacobsen, consultant with Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, Calif. Hewlett-Packard unveiled some palm-sized computers that incorporate the infrared technology this week. "Today, it exists in some small products. You're going to see it in large products down the road," said Roy Breslauski, an HP product line manager in Corvallis, Ore. Although many office machines can already "talk" to computers, the new standard will be based on Microsoft's Windows operating system, popular in many personal computers.

Fax manufacturers Ricoh and Muratec, formerly Murata Business Systems have said they would participate in the Microsoft announcement. Sharp, Panasonic, Canon and several others are also planning products incorporating the software, the trade journal Infoworld reported this week. REAL ESTATE LEBANON COUNTY Lebanon Brian A. and Kim M. Kessler to Jonathan D.

Klohr and Stephanie Hess, 746 and 748 Hill $50,000. Charles L. and Arlene E. Lengle to Harry L. and Linda A.

Fox, 227 E. Cumberland $10,000. Modeste Camasta Estate to Judy L. Hlavaty, 233 E. Guilford $25,000.

Michael J. DeLeo, Sheriff of the County of Lebanon, to CoreStates, N.A. Trustee for Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 329 N. Fifth $25,000. Michael J.

DeLeo, Sheriff of the County of Lebanon, to GMAC Mortgage employees, customers, 'Don't try comi is ML Average take per robbery in 1991: $3,177 Reported Bank Robbies all robberies 1988 7.739 in 1991. 1989 7.932 1.6 percent of 1987 7.316 robberies Nationwide accounted for 1990 9, 345 Of $911.7 million in 1991 11,019 stolen cash and notes in 1991, only $45 million, or was recovered. Source: Uniform Crime Report FBI Annette News graphic years. "After a quarter of a century, bank robbery, is still bank robbery," "Someone comes in, puts a gun in your face, and demands money. You just try to get it out of the way without getting anybody Ford said bank robberies are far more common in larger cities like Los Angeles dubbed "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" than in smaller towns like Palmyra or Campbelltown.

The need for drug money is a prime motive in such crimes, he said. People like Glynnis Kofler, security manager for Lebanon Valley National Bank, know bank robbery is a random-type crime that can strike small towns as well. "We've been very fortunate, we haven't had a robbery in a long time," she said. "But you never know where they are going to strike there doesn't seem to be a pattern." Kofler said LVNB reviews robbery procedures with employees quarterly. "If our employees remain calm and rational, hopefully they'll set an example for our customers to do the same," she said.

Kofler said there are two basic types of bank robbery; one where robbers hold up the entire bank, and a second where the bandit quietly robs a single teller. The Earl Brightbill The Daily News Bonnie Azeles, owner of Extra Special Inc. in the Lebanon Valley Mall, places a pink ceramic cherub in a custom-made gift basket. Extra Special recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. In addition to custom-made gift baskets for all occasions, the store offers a line of specialty gifts.

Corporation of Pennsylvania, 25 N. Sixth $18,000. Michael J. DeLeo, Sheriff of the County of Lebanon, to Source One Mortgage Services 133 S. Sixth $2,286.

Charles L. and Arlene E. Lengle to Harry L. and Linda A. Fox, 223 E.

Cumberland $20,000. Candis and Thomas A. Hilton to Jessica M. Colon, 383 Partridge $33,500. Betty Galbraith to Betty M.

Galbraith and Elita M. Galbraith, 615 Maple $1. Meridian Bank to Steve Knolles and Frances C. Julius, property at Lehman to be a hero' for a out in thing for their on wear- conare 10-point of proof a by a are are orknee the or the Prosec- to hasn't 25 rationale behind the latter is for the bank robber to escape the building without witnesses noticing enough to generate an accurate description. Whether or not a robber displays a weapon, Kofler said people should always assume the bandit is armed.

No one should run out the door after a robbery to scribble down the license plate number of a getaway car or to follow a suspect. Customers should remain inside the I bank until police can interview them. In the meantime, bank employees follow written instructions in a post-robbery procedures kit. Key tasks include securing the building, sealing off the crime scene, and filling out robber description forms. The packet also contains picture cards to help employees and customers identify the type of gun or weapon used in the holdup.

Ford said tellers often mix "bait" money bills with prerecorded serial numbers into the stash. That way, if authorities catch the robber before he spends the bait money, there is direct evidence to link him to the crime. Bank robberies are traumatic events particularly when shots are fired as in the Campbelltown heist. Meridian Bank spokesman Bob Shade said common postrobbery ailments include sleeplessness and apprehension. 1 Meridian did not want tellers who witnessed last week's robbery to be interviewed.

But, Shade said the bank sent counselors to the Campbelltown branch to help employees cope with the robbery. Electric vehicles on a roll By GREG ZYLA For Thomson News Service Has the electric car era begun? An important page in the history of transportation was written recently when the first federally approved, safety certified, electric vehicles rolled off the assembly line in Auburn Hills, Mich. With production limited to only 50 vehicles for 1993, this "happening" will have far reaching implications. Affected will be our economy, environment and the petroleum industry, the latter which stands to lose income if and when electric transportation becomes the norm. The new electric vehicle (EV) is Chrysler Dodge Caravan Electric.

The buyers are selected utility companies scattered throughout the country, fitting first users. Most compelling is the industry's crossing from oil-based internal combustion to clean running battery power. This major "test of the waters" is lined with both internal and external problems. "As we roll these first vehicles to electric utility companies around the country, we will be working closely with them to get feedback on many issues of practicality, reliability, troubleshooting and vehicle development," said Robert Davis, executive engineer of Chrysler's troubleshooting and vehicle development. "We believe we have an excellent first step with this vehicle, but there are many critical hurdles to clear in making EVs a practical reality for consumers." Davis went on to explain that use of electrical vehicles by everyday consumers carries with it difficulties that must be overcome.

On a nine day, 3,000 mile test run from Detroit to Los Angeles and back, problems such as battery overheating and inconsistent recharging times showed that further work is needed to make these vehicles practical. "At present, truly viable battery technology is not available that will offer the blend of cost, performance, reliability and environmental responsibility in an EV to meet market demands for sale to the public," Davis explained. "We are working as diligently as possible with other U.S. auto manufacturers, along with other research companies to develop this technology. When that breakthrough will occur remains to be seen." and North Fourth streets, $37,500.

Richard T. Jr. and Ann M. Ray to Richard T. Ray 29 Mifflin $1.

Ned L. Kolle Estate to Jeffrey J. Kolle and Scott A. Kolle, 526 Walnut $1. Violet M.

Folmer to William L. Speraw, 333 N. 14th $29,900. Charles C. Russell Jr.

to Herbert L. and Evelyn O. Hoover, 31 Hoke $45,000. North Lebanon Township Paul J. and Florence N.

Reber to Carl A. and Mary L. Hornickell, 1153 Cappa $23,900. Dean C. Ebersole to Kenneth L.

and Esther H. Garman, one tract of land on township road T-497 and one tract of land in North Lebanon Township, $125,000. Bernice J. Allwein to Colleen F. and Charles R.

Burkholtz, 911 Miller $1. Rosetta P. Hurst Estate to Dean C. Ebersole, property on Route 38017, $62,500. South Lebanon Township Clayton C.

Kleinfelter to Keith W. and Amy J. Donnachie, property on S. Kiner $19,500. Kenneth J.

Cyr to Kathryn Y. Long, two tracts of land in South Lebanon Township, $1 (corrective deed). Meridian Bank to Gregory L. and Ka- thryn J. Adams, 36 Moravian $1.

R. Paul and Esther W. Miller to Michael G. Kaer, and Gretchen R. Jagnow, property on Wilhelm Avenue, $107,200.

KAPA Associates to Dana W. and Janell L. Hollinger, 151 Palm Lane, $74,650. North Cornwall Township Classic Communities Corp. to Thomas P.

and Annetta M. Snyder, property on Walden Road, $45,000. Runnymeade East Inc. to Robert H. and Valerie R.

Chevalier, property on Waterford Way, $32,000. (Continued on page 7C).