The Times-Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • 3

THE SCRANTON TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1982 "3 Warrqnt Out for RobberySuspect, but Not One First Named Police have obtained a warrant for a third suspect in Saturday nights armed robbery of the Giant Market on Meadow Avenue, but they will not identify the person being sought. Scranton Pjolice Chief Robert Williams did say, however, that Ernest Caswell, who was identified in a police report on the robbery as one of the participants, is not being sought for the neist. Williams had told The Times on Monday that police were seeking Caswell. He said he-believed the man was being sought because he was identified in a police report on the robbery as one of the participants. But after checking with Detective Capt.

Frank Roche today, however, Williams learned that police are looking for another individual and that Caswell was not connected with the incident. Early Sunday morning, police arrested Hector Molina and Roberto Acevada, both 21. They were taken into custody within two hours of the Saturday night robbery, but Were not formally charged with armed robbery until they had been questioned for several hours. Janet Caswell, who police said was driving the car carrying the two robbery suspects, also was taken into custody, along with another woman. Ms, Caswell was charged with hindering and obstructing arrest and prosecution, and Judy Ashman, 24, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Both women reside at 2645 S. Main St Wilkes-Barre. According to police, the robbery occurred at about 8 30 when a 6-foot, 4-inch man wearing a dark wig, fake moustache and glasses approached the office of the market and pointed a pistol at the woman inside, who was cashing a check for a customer. After ordering people nearby to lie on the floor, he entered the office, emptied a paper bag that was filled with coupons and ordered another clerk to fill it with money from the safe He then ordered all cash registers opened and took the money from them In a police report on the holdup, the clerk identified the hold-up man as Ernest Caswell One of the two suspects who later was arrested allegedly was watching the doors of the market, while the other allegedly drove the vehicle used in the getaway Florida Police Nab Suspect in Murder of Ex-Dunmore Resident Family of 3 Is Homeless After Blaze A Scranton family was left homeless this morning by a fire of undetermined origin which erupted in a double block house at 1922-24 Smith Place Flames gutted the home of the John Gaylets family at 1922 Smith Place alter burning intensely for about 30 minutes The blaze was reported shortly after 9 a m. and wflS extinguished by about 9 30 am, but not before one fireman received a minor injury while fighting the fire Fireman John Gilbnde suffered a cut above the left eye while inside the burning building, and was treated by the Fire Bureau Ambulance crew which stood by at the scene No other injuries were reported Gaylets was at work at the time of the fire, but his wife and their young son.

Brendon. managed to escape without being hurt The adjoining dwelling, occupied by Mary Ziobro sulfered heavy smoke, water and fire damage Scranton Fire Bureau Acting District Chief Howard Hinkley directed firefighters at the scene A large group of neighbors crowded in among the firefighting equipment during the height of the blae and had to be asked, at several points to move back so fifefighters could have -more operating room which were not left by the victim. The prints were entered inlo the computer of the Miami Police Department and matched against the prints stored in the files. After nine hours of checking, it was determined that the prints on the papers were left by Williams, who Rivers described as a man with a long criminal record At the time the match was made, Williams was in custody in Miami on charges related to an armed robbery and the pistol-whipping of an elderly womgn Detectives assigned to the case then returned to Doughertys home and managed to find anothei print allegedly left by Williams. They also were told that Williams had sold a stereo casette player which had been stolen from Doughertys car.

Williams is scheduled to be brought before a grand jury on the homicide and grand theft charges within 20 days Dougherty, a son of the late Mr and Mrs James Dougherty who resided at 1605 Roosevelt St Dunmore, was single and had operated a grocery store near Mill Street in Dunmore prior to leaving this area about 20 years ago Police said he was a retired union representative in Florida and owned several apartment complexes in the Coral Gables area. By ROBERT FLANAGAN Times Staff Writer Police in Florida have arrested a suspect in the murder of a former Dunmore man beaten to death in his Coral Gables home last month Sgt David Rivers of the Metro Dade County Police homicide division told The Times today that Henry Williams. 27, of 135 Dixie Highway, Miami, has been arrested for the murder of Robert Dougherty, a 54-year-old Dunmore native Williams has been charged with first-degree homicide, grand theft and grand theft auto in connection with Dougherty's death Dougherty's body was found July 3 in the kitchen of his home. Police at the time said he had been beaten to death one or two days earlier According to Rivers, the investigation which led to Williams' arrest was somewhat like the plot of a television police i story because the first big break came when a computer helped match the suspect's fingerprints to the murder scene The homicide detective said that a few days after Dodgherty's body was found, his car was located in Coral Gables Papers in the glove department were treated with a chemical, which allowed investigators to obtain four fingerprints John Gaylets, holds his son, Brendan, in his arihs morning. The fire also damaged the adjoining as he talks to a policeman about the fire which home of Mary Ziobro at 1924 Smith Place.

(Times gutted his home at 1922 Smith Place this Photo by Mullen) Prospective Buyers of WDAU-TV Get Deadline Extension By JOSEPH X. FLANNERY Times Special Writer Today was the original deadline for the transfer of control of WDAU-TV from local owners to three New York City businessmen but, while the $12 million deal was not concluded on schedule, the parties have agreed to an extension Mrs Madge Megargee Holcomb, general manager of the station ana a member of the family which now owns the station, said she expects the sale to be concluded within a few weeks Meanwhile, the prospective buyers submitted financial data to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday, prospective buyers to complete the FCC application to outline how the financial end of the transaction would be completed. they admitted they could come up with just S8 million of the needed cash Both sides then agreed upon a series of delays for completing the FCC application The latest filing an amendment to the purchase agreement is what both sides now say should satisfy the FCC request and clear the way for approval of the transfer by that agency While both sides express optimism over the completion of the sale, they were equally reluctant to give details of the new agreement especially how or when the prospective buyers propose to come up with the $4 million they had trouble raising in the past What almost sunk the deal in the first place, according to one source, was the rapid rise in interest rates a circumstance that made it difficult for the prospective buvers to borrow the funds an affordable price However, the recent downturn in interest rates has brightened the picture once again, according to the same source.4 The delay caused changes in some of the planning of the prospective new owners They had planned to mgve the station into new headquarters when The Scranton Preparatory School insisted that it vacate its present studios at its building at 1000 Wyoming Ave However it fell to the current owners to ai quire the new studios the former Kresge Building 411-17 Lackawanna Ave and the work on the new laciiities is being done under the supervision ot Mrs Holcomb So far. the station's executive offices have been moved into the structure but the rest of the operations are not sched uled to move until the last two wcekol November. Mrs Megargee said By then the new owners may be ir charge of the operation, she added "It shows they are fully qualified to complete the transfer.

he said, agreeing with Marks that the transaction should be completed in September or October The sale involves the transfer of control of Scranton Broadcasters Inc from the heirs of Frank Megargee. a broadcasting pioneer in Scranton, to Robert Dudley, Charles Woods and A Richard Benedek. New Yorkers who also own TV stations elsewhere in the country. The corporation now is owned by Megargees widow and his four daughters, including Mrs Holcomb The sale was announced almost a year ago, but when the time came for the raising their hopes that the governmental agency will approve the transfer of ownership within a few days. Attqrney Richard Marks, a member of the Washington law firm of Dow, Lohnes Albertson, which represents WDAU, said- "1 expect the deal to go through He guessed that it would happen two to eight weeks from now Attorney Howard Liberman, the Washington lawyer who represents the prospective buyers, said that he personally gave the FCC the data last Friday which should satisfy the agencys original request for more information on how the $12 million sale would be consummated Co-Licensee Is Fined 1 00 For Beer Sale in Fatality Case sold him three six-packs at the tavern then denied him service moments later when he returned to purchase two more six-packs after taking the first bag of beer outside to a car.

Munley, who was found delinquent in Juvenile Court of vehicular homicide as a result of Fallon's death, also testified that he had consumed about four cups of beer at a keg party at Clearfield Street Field and at a Vine Street house prior to going to the tavern His testimony was supported by Mark holmes, then 17. who said he initially waited in a car for Munley and went back in the tavern with him the second time to purchase cigarettes. Special Deputy Attorney General Michael Bart, a Luzerne County assistant district attorney assigned to prosecute the cases, told court that Frank Maher, 15, whq was with Munley and Holmes on the night in question also was available to testify, but Kosik declined to hear the testimony because it was cumula By WILLIAM J. MANG Times Staff Writer A Green Ridge man. who is the co-licensee of a South Scranton tavern with which he has had no association for the past four years, pleaded "nolo contendere" today to saTes of alcoholic beverages to minors Andrew OBrien, 32, of 1012 Delaware pleaded before Lackawanna County Judge S.

John Cottone, who sentenced him by imposing the minimum fine of $100 The plea came one day after O'Briens co-licensee, Thomas P. Needham, was found guilty in a non-jury trial of selling beer to a minor who was involved in a fatal automobile accident last year Attorney James O'Brien Jr who was counsel for his brother, told court that the defendant and Needham were partners in Needhams and O'Brien's, a tavern at 305 Prospect from the fall of 1977 to August. 1978. when Ne Jham took over sole operation of the tavern However, O'Brien's name tive Needhqm and three minors who 'were at or near the tavern at the time in question testified for the defense. Needham, who admitted he served some minors he knows at the bar, said he was playing pool with Tom Conway, then 20, of Moosic.

when Munley entered the tavern. He said he asked Conway whether he knew Munlev's age and Conway said Munfey had just graduated from high school Needham said he went behind the bar and refused to serve Munley after he failed to produce a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board card 4 Conway corroborated Needham's testimony and said Munley came in the bar only once Jim McIntyre, then 20, who also was in the tavern, supported the testimony of the other defense witnesses Michael Conway, then 19, of 433 Genet St said he was in a car outside the tavern and saw Munley exit without beer. He also said he called Tom Conway the next day, (Continued on Page 12) never was removed from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board license and under Pennsylvania law he was held responsible for the' alleged transaction. Attorney O'Brien told court that while his brother was not contesting the charge "he feels no moral responsiblity for what transpired and the events that happened afterwards "He had nothing to do with it Kosik returned the verdict against Needham, 1721 Clay Ave Dunmore. on Monday, following two hours of conflicting testimony involving the alleged purchase of three six-packs of beer by Michael Munley, then 17, from Needham shortly before midnight on July 27, 1981 Munley.

of 1436 Silver Ave was the driver of an automobile that struck and killed Timothy Fallon. 826 River St who was operating a motorcycle at Harrison Avenue and Vine Street, in the early morning hours of July 28, 1981 Munley claimed Needham Work progresses on former Mercantile Building at Penn Avenue and Spruce Street, where Helen Schwartz Gifts is expected to reopen in early October. The business was destroyed in a fire Jan. 9 at its former location in the 200 block of Wyoming Avenue. As a Kid, Joe Also Didn't Relish Labor Day's Approach Joseph X.

Flannery Commentary while the tablets were rolled into a neat round package? Such names would virtually disappear when the tablet was unrolled, but they would reappear magically when it was rolled up again. The new pencils were in the same category of being prized. You knew from experience that they soon would be worn down, would lose their erasers and would have their shiny yellow paint ruined by being bitten repeatedly during tense classroom moments while you were waiting to be called upon to recite. Books were another matter They seldom were new because there was not much money around in those days in public or parochial schools to buy new volumes. so the old ones were recycled for years and years.

Sometimes they were held together with tape and sometimes the pages were loose, but we were givdti them and told that our lives depended upon returning them in June without any further damage befalling them On the rare occasion when new books were acquired and were distributed, we received severe warning that they must be kept in mint condition during the entire year Thus, we absolutely had to cover them as soon as we got home from school that first day and woe to the coming" depression began 'to close in on me. The last lew days of August used to fill me with a growing sense of doom. By the time the holiday arrived, I was too morose to enjoy the fact that we might have relatives visiting from out-of-town and everyone else might be in a festive mood. Then that terrible day would inevitably arrive when 1 had. to get up early in the morning, put on my "school clothes" and head for that wooden-frame structure where I would sit five days a week for the next nine months.

There was a' lump the size of a hen's egg in my throat as I walked that last mile. Oh. there were some compensations. Upon arriving, for instance. I would see some of the classmates whom I hadn't seen all summer.

And we would exchange stones on some of the things we had done on our vacations Sometimes these stones were exaggerated for effect, of course, but no harm was done by their telling Another happy part of starting to school was that we were outfitted at home with some new clothing and shoes This was a big event in those days of the Great Depression, even if they mean little to today's more pampered tots. Well, school is about to begin and I tell my youngsters that I wish I were in their shoes eager to go back to classes after a summer of doing nothing Of course, they don't believe me and wisely so. I hated school as much as any other red-blooded American child. Thus, as I enjoyed the dog days of August sometimes in play and sometimes just lying in a field of grass watching the clouds drift by I began to cast a nervous eye periodically toward the calendar. I could see that most dreaded of all holidays Labor Day approaching like a freight train It meant just one thing for me: School was about to reopen.

Oh. I suppose I knew then that there was a serious reason for America to celebrate the growth of its labor movement. We probably had read about it in one of our history classes But I was in no mood to share in the jubilation of labor when my own freedom from school was about to be terminated for nine months. If the labor movement wanted me to be happy over its ascendancy, then it should have baa arranged for its holiday to be the happy, carefree days of June long before the mid-August school s- hapless student who lost one or let one foil into a puddle of water There was plenty of reasons for kids to hate schools in those days They were physically unattractive and almost always were in need of paint They were hot in the warm weather and cold in the winter And teachers used rulers and blackboard "pointers" to whack children with much greater frequency than physical punishments are administered today It was an era. too.

when parents were in collusion with the teachers Thus, if you had your knuckles rapped by- a teacher, you never went home to report it because your parents would immediately conclude that you were guilty of an unforgivable violation and they would crack you a few times, too. Yet. through it all. we did get a good education In fact, it probably was more sound and filled with basics than ihe one our children is getting today However, one thing will never change Children hate to see the new term approaching So right about this time August, they start to gel downright depressed Oddly, however, in almost the exact ratio, parents start ta smile again Being assigned to a classroom with a "nice" teacher also could lilt one's spirits Some teachers had reputations that werewolves would not want and getting them was a truly fnghtenmg expenence But to get one of the kind, friendly and jovial teachers was a development that could edge a student close to being happy if only for a few moments Finally, it was nice when the new supplies were passed out Brand new tablets and pencils with new erasers were prized because students knew that not many of them would be issued for the school year In time, of course, the tablets would get dirty, become torn and be filled with doodles. Dut when they had their odor of factory newness, they were prized After all.

who could resist writing one name on the smooth edges of the pages.