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LATE SPORTS: Gerhart error in sixth helps Blue Jays beat Orioles, 5-2 SPORTS LIVING I ENTERTAINMENT Defending champ wins tournament for 17th time: 1D After the battle For the people burg, the Civil when the troops field, and left 18 Change of venue Singer Tommy Conwell told the crowd at the Chameleon Wednesday night that it's difficult to put together a first-rate rock 'n' roll club, but he had no idea how tough it was for the owner of the Lancaster club. 1E FRIDAY York Daily Record June 24, 1988 173rd Year, No. 174 York, Pennsylvania Victim relives horror of attack GETTYSBURG In a clear, forceful voice, Claudia Brenner described in an Adams County courtroom Thursday the terror she and a companion felt as they were shot repeatedly while camping in the woods near the Appalachian Trail just west of here six weeks ago. of the sudden the world exploded. I grabbed for my right arm," Ms.

Brenner said. "I didn't know it was a gunshot. I heard the exploding. My first thought was that the world had Ms. Brenner, 31, of Ithaca, N.Y., was testifying in the murder case of Stephen Roy Carr, the so-called mountain man charged with shooting and wounding Brenner and killing her friend, Rebecca Wight, 29, of Blacksburg, Va.

After Thursday's three-hour preliminary hearing, District Justice Harold R. Deardorff ordered Carr, 28, to stand trial on charges of murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault. Ms. Brenner recounted to Adams County District York's first newspaper Attorney Roy A. Keefer how she and Wight, who she said was her lover, had met on Thursday, May 12, for a weekend of backpacking and camping.

The women, students at Virginia Polytechnical Institute, spent their first night camping near a spot along the well-known trail. When they awoke the morning of May 13, Brenner testified, Wight first encountered a man Brenner later identified as Carr while Wight was walking, naked, to a campsite outhouse. The two had met no other people since they started hiking. Ms. Brenner said Ms.

Wight told her about the man when she returned. She said she had seen Carr inside a lean-to, and he had asked her for cigarettes. Knowing they were no longer alone in the woods, Ms. Brenner testified, she and Ms. Wight got dressed, had breakfast, broke down their campsite and began hiking south.

Upon reaching the Rocky Knob Trail, an offshoot of the Appalachian in Michaux State Forest, Carr approached them, Ms. Brenner said, carrying a rifle, and asked whether they were lost. Carr, she said, proceeded south on the Appala- By RUSSELL E. ESHLEMAN Knight-Ridder Newspapers chian Trail. Ms.

Brenner and Ms. Wight veered onto the Rocky Knob. After walking awhile, Ms. Brenner said, she and Ms. Wight began setting up camp before stopping to lie near a stream.

About two hours later, at 5:30 p.m., Ms. Brenner testified, shots rang out from the woods. Ms. Brenner said she was hit four times in the arm, neck and face. Ms.

Wight, who was apparently blocked by Brenner's body, was unharmed at that point. screamed, as loud as I could, Ms. Brenner testified. at the top of my lungs. I thought I was going to die." At that point, Brenner said, Wight, believing that the person shooting was Carr, said to her, "He came back." Ms.

Brenner was hit again, on the top of the head. Ms. Brenner, bleeding profusely but still able to move, and Ms. Wight dashed for a large tree nearby. Ms.

Wight was shot twice once in the neck, once in the back on the way. Ms. Brenner said the shooting stopped, and she Please see ATTACK on 15A of GettysWar did not end left the battletheir dead there. Record photo by Bil Bowden Joseph Nolan, 5, of East Prospect cooled off in the Sun Valley swimming pool with his mother, Lisa. Farmers edgy doesn't know of any area of the county that has received more than a half-inch of rain in the last two weeks.

Still, Rowehl and area farmers said a good rain within a week or so could prevent any damage. "It's not like it's really critical at this point, Rowehl said. still room for a fairly good crop. The National Weather Service forecasts a 30 percent By ANDREW COMPART today But will provide Daily Record staff writer lief. farmers said really need is rain.

Temperatures are falling but John Rowehl, a rain is not, leaving some York cultural agent with County farmers sweating out an tive extension service, early summer dry spell. "It's unusual to be this dry and this hot this early," said Paul McPherson, owner of the Maple Lawn Farms near New Park, west of Fawn Grove. "It's very difficult to tell where you're at this early," he added. "What we're seeing is a lot of stress (on the crops), and every day, it goes on there's more The break in the heat the National. Weather Service forecasts a high of about 80 degrees as dry spell what some they re- Drought could the county coopera- agri- many troubled said he By GEORGE GUNSET and TERRY ATLAS Chicago Tribune CHICAGO Governors of farm states were warned Thursday that the continuing Midwestern drought could prove the final blow for as many as 15 percent of the nation's farmers already in financial trouble.

Agriculture and weather experts, told the 10 governors meeting in Chicago that big increases in crop prices, spurred by the drought, are masking Area man's love still strong for fugitive wife His appearance had changed considerably, but he was the same Jon Yount who was convicted of murder and later escaped from prison with the aid of former Wellsville resident Diane Brodbeck. Mrs. Brodbeck's appearance hadn't changed, and neither had husband Chester Brodbeck's feelings for her. When asked Thursday if he still loved his wife, Brodbeck replied, "Yes, I do." "She looked exactly the same," said Brodbeck, of Wellsville RD 1, who went to visit her Sunday in an Idaho prison. 1988 York Daily Record Billy bounced again Talk about a routine fire drill.

The second-place New York Yankees fired Manager Billy Martin for the fifth time Thursday, replacing him with Lou Piniella, who managed the Yankees last season. Stories on page 1D. Springetts OKs preliminary plans for Zamias' mall By CONSTANCE WALKER Daily Record staff writer The outcome of Thursday night's Springettsbury Township meeting was the gun at the beginning of a race. The supervisors' approval of preliminary plans for the controversial Galleria at York mall makes the mall more than a drawing. Machinery to start moving dirt will be in place within two weeks, Donald Baer, vice president of construction for developer George Zamias, said after the meeting.

Zamias' response: "Can't we make it Actual building cannot occur without final approval. Supervisors will have to wait for County Planning Commission's recommendation before giving the plan final approval. That recommendation IS expected in July, Township Manager David Deutsch said. Before the township meeting, Zamias eliminated a potential stumbling block when he purchased a nearby resident's property for $163,000, Zamias confirmed. The purchase quashed an appeal to the township zoning hearing board made by resident Steven Baker, 2283 Whiteford Road, earlier Thursday.

Zamias plans to buy additional land in the township after he sees the long-range plans for the township, which will be addressed in the upcoming Comprehensive Plan update, he said. Approval of the mall's preliminary plans came after the board's chairman refused to hear comment from Edward Roberts, attorney representing the York Mall, the leading opponent to the new mall. have had ample opportunity to give input," Chairman Albert Spinner Roberts. Please see MALL on 15A continues could bankrupt farmers deeper financial problems that could drive some farmers out of business this year or next. The governors met to formulate an agriculture relief program to present to the Reagan administration.

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng told the governors that it's too early to measure losses, "but we will do what is needed minimize the severity of the damage." Please see DROUGHT on 15A featured on a May 18 episode of NBC's Unsolved Mysteries. The next day, a caller told FBI agents that people resembling the two were living in Boise, Idaho, under the aliases of James Marvin Forgren and Mary Kathrene Kerman. Before agents could make the arrest, Yount and Mrs. Brodbeck, 45, fled to northern Idaho. Pennsylvania police submitted the story to the television program two years of fruitless search for the pair, according to an Associated Press story.

At the time of his escape, Yount was working on the prison farm, baling hay and Twp. seeks moratorium on development By CONSTANCE WALKER Daily Record staff writer In a split vote and an unprecedented move for Springettsbury Township, the supervisors Thursday night took the first steps toward pulling in the reins on new developments in lowdensity residential zones north of Route 30. The temporary moratorium would be in place until longrange land use plans are established sometime in 1989 or '90. The move was a result of a citizen proposal to control runaway development in R-2 and R-3 zones, primarily in the northeast quadrant of the township. The supervisors asked Township Solicitor Donald Yost to write an ordinance that would restrict lot sizes to three acres in R-2 and R-3 zones north of Route 30.

The moratorium would automatically terminate 60 days after a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan or at the plan's adoption, which ever comes first. The three-acre lot size is typical, Yost said, in conservation zones. The supervisors will vote on. the ordinance at the July 21 meeting. In January, residents Jeff Snyder and Mel Campbell proposed a zoning amendment that would more than double minimum lot sizes in R-2 zones and would triple the lot sizes in R-3 zones.

The proposal eliminated the provision that alPlease see HALT on 9A Please see FARMERS on 15A By IRVIN KITTRELL III Daily Record staff writer The two fugitives were brought. back from Idaho Thursday morning by two state police troopers, the Centre County sheriff and a deputy to face escape charges, according to state police in State College. Both had planned and executed Yount's escape from Rockview Correctional Institution near State College in April 1986. Yount, 50, escaped after serving 20 years of his life sentence for the murder and rape 18-year-old Pamela Sue Rimer. The victim was a student in Yount's advance mathematics class at Du Bois High School, Centre County, FBI agents in Idaho were tipped to the fugitives location after their story was doing other agricultural chores.

He was a trustworthy "model prisoner, who taught accounting to other prisoners and was president of the prison chapter of Jaycees, the story said. Disappointments added up, however. Ten times Yount appealed to the parole board to release him. Ten times the requests were denied. In December 1985 his petition for a new trial was denied.

All legal avenues apparently had been exhausted and Yount began making his plans, the story said. Yount and Mrs. Brodbeck allegedly forPlease see ESCAPE on 15A INSIDE Abby 28 Horoscope 28 Amusements 2-6E Neighbors Bridge 68 Obituaries 16A Business 1-4C Opinion 17A Classified 4-18C Sports 1-6D. Comics 5-68 Television 48 Crossword 68 What's Happening 38 WEATHER Sunny and pleasant today, high around 80. Mostly clear tonight, low around 60.

Mostly sunny Saturday. 164..