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THIS PAGE MADE OVER FINAL EDITION SEE END OF ROLL 2 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Thursday, May 4, 1 989 Locust, Wyoming set for cleaning Locust and Wyoming streets, from Diamond Avenue to 22nd Street, will be cleaned today by the Hazleton City Street Department's mechanical sweeper, beginning at 7 a.m. Foreman Angelo Cusatis urges motorists to cooperate by not parking in the designated zones until the cleanup has been completed. Police arrest man West Hazleton police said they arrested and temporarily jailed Randall H. Conklin, 24, 424 W. Broad West Hazleton, on a charge of public drunkeness.

Conklin, taken into custody in the 100-block of East Broad Street at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, was held overnight in the borough jail for his own personal safety, according to police. He has until May 12 to appear before District Justice Edward Verbonitz to answer the charge. If found guilty, he can be ordered to pay a maximum of $148.50 in fines and court costs. In truder nabbed Martin J.

Lesh of 36 N. Broad West Hazleton, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday inside the apartment of Dennis Slosser, 317 E. Broad and subsequently jailed following an arraignment before District Justice Edward Verbonitz. Police said Lesh, 24, is charged with burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, criminal trespass, resisting arrest and sniffing glue containing a toxic base.

Unable to post $30,000 bail, he was taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, Wilkes-Barre, to await a hearing at 1:30 p.m. on May 9. Fred E. Rex Fred E. Rex, 84, a resident of Weatherwood, Weatherly, formerly of Normal Square, died Tuesday in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton.

He had been a farmer in Carbon County for many years. Born in Andreas, he was a son of the late Granville and Jennie (Zettlemoyer) Rex. There are no immediate survivors. Graveside services will be conducted on Friday at 11 a.m. in St.

John's Cemetery, Mahoning Valley. There will no viewing. The Thomas Funeral Home, Palmerton, is in charge of the arrangements. Joan M. Gasper Joan M.

Gasper, 49, 701 W. 24th Hazleton, died Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital were she had been a patient for one day. Born in Hazleton, she was the daughter of the late Andrew T. and Agnes (Makuta) Gasper.

She was employed by Columbia Footwear and was a member of St. Joseph's R.C. Church. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, was a brother, Robert. Surviving are brothers Andrew Hazleton, and James Mc-Adoo; two nieces and several aunts and uncles.

The funeral will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home (use Second St. entrance). Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St.

Joseph's Church and interment will follow in St. Mary's R.C. Cemetery, McAdoo. Friends may call Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The rosary will be recited Friday at 3 :30p.m.

George D. Shelhamer George D. Shelhamer, 92, Bedminster Township and a Hazleton native, died April 27 at Doylestown Hospital. He was a son of the late Jacob and Maria (Eckrot) Shelhamer, and was the husband of the late Ada Suskind, who died in 1969, and the late Beatrice Hann, who died in 1984. He lived in Pompton Lakes, N.J., for many years.

Before retiring in 1962, he was employed as a machinist at the Wright Aeronautical Co. in Woodridge, N.J. He was a Mason, belonging to Silentia Lodge No. 168 F. and A.M.

of Butler, N.J., and had been a resident of Bound Brook, N.J., before moving to Bedminster about two years ago. He was making his home with his daughter, Mary J. Kinsey, and her family. Surviving with his daughter, Mrs. Kinsey, are four sons, Ralph Bound Brook, N.J.; Walter Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Donald, Towanda, Bradford County, and Harry Nazareth; three daughters, Miriam A.

Walton, Plainfield, N.J.; Marie Carey, Liverpool, N.Y., and Janet Mayrovitz, Baltimore, 24 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Services were held Monday at the Reed and Steinbach Funeral Home, 182 W. Court Doylestown. INicole 1 ommassello home from hospital Nicole Tommassello, Moun-taintop, injured March 23 when a vehicle driven by her brother overturned on Route 309 in Dor-rance Township, has been discharged from Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Miss Tommassello, 14, whose father is a Hazleton financial planner, suffered head and leg injuries when thrown from the vehicle, operated by her brother Robert, 17.

NAACP will honor New York Rep. Fish WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr. will be recognized for his support of civil rights and his role in passage of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987. The NAACP announced Tuesday that Fish, a Democrat from Millbrook, N.Y., will receive the ninth annual Walter White Award for "uncommon achievements in civil rights." "We hold Rep.

Fish in the highest esteem," said Benjamin Hooks, NAACP's executive director. "His vision, his understanding of the truly important issues of our times and his total commitment to fairness and fair play make him a most worthy recipient of an award that memorializes one of our own and one of America's great leaders in the struggle for racial justice." White was executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1931 to 1949. He died in 1955. Previous recipients include then-President Lyndon B. Johnson; then-Vice President Hubert H.

Humphrey; Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and then-Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N. J.

Prince didn't violate copyright, court says ST. LOUIS (AP) A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a song by rock star Prince called Got the Look" did not infringe on a copyright composition by his half-sister. Lorna L. Nelson had sued her half-brother, whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson; her brother, her father, and PRN Productions claiming Got the Look" contained lyrics similar to lines in her copyright song, "What's Cooking in This Book." The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Minnesota court ruling that found no substantial similarity existed between the lyrics of the two songs and dismissed Nelson's copyright infringement claims.

Protests (Continued from page 1) were burned to death or asphyxiated, police said. Ten officers were in critical condition and police said they expected more to die. Officials said about 10 other policemen and students suffered minor injuries. About 700 police raided the school, firing tear gas. Eighty-eight arrests were reported and the hostages later were freed unharmed.

Jo Jong-suk, chief of the national police, resigned after about 150 officers in Pusan conducted a sit-down protest and accused senior officers of mishandling the assault. His office said it was the worst loss of police life in recent years. The Education Ministry ordered the Dongui campus closed indefinitely. Roh said in his speech Wednesday: "It has become clear that, behind the flames that took the lives of young people, there are revolutionary groups which resort to violence to achieve their goals." He said the government was prepared to crush radical groups and halt what he called the use of universities and factories as revolutionary bases. "It is time for us to make a firm resolution to mobilize whatever means to get rid of violence in this society." Opposition leaders also denounced violence and urged students and workers to end their protests.

News reports Wednesday said the U.S. Cultural Center in the provincial city of Kwangju, a frequent target of radical students, would be closed temporarily and moved to a location as yet undetermined. Police said they expected more violence in Masan, a strike-ridden industrial city near Pusan where militant labor groups scheduled a huge rally for Thursday. Thousands of workers in the city held violent protests all last week. Officials said about 7,000 riot policemen were being assembled in Masan and nearby Changwon.

News reports said police set up barricades Wednesday outside Masan and made arrests. About 3,800 officers have been injured this year by firebombs, rocks, clubs and iron bars, police said. Police and government officials are seeking laws to provide tough punishment for users of firebombs. Obituary Charles Miller Charles Miller, 86, White Haven, died Wednesday at the Weatherwood Home for the Aged, Weatherly. Born in White Haven, where he resided all his life, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Prutzman) Miller.

He was retired from the Atlas Chemical White Haven, and the Berylium Hazleton. Preceding him in death were his wife Marie (1982) and son Charles (April 1989). Surviving are his daughter Regina Shrosky, White Haven; sister Nora Segner, York; six grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Joseph E.

Lehman Funeral Home, 403 Berwick White Haven. The Rev. John Hazel, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, White Haven, will officiate and interment will follow in Laurel Cemetery, White Haven. Friends may call Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

at the funeral home. Andrew Mehalick Andrew Mehalick, Morrisville, died Wednesday morning at Delaware Valley Medical Center, Morrisville. Born in Oneida, he was the son of the late Andrew and Mary (Yurick) Mehalick. He was a veteran of the Korean War, and was a member of the American Legion Post of Shepp-ton and St. John the Evangelist Church, Morrisville.

He was preceded in death by brothers Thomas and Joseph. Surviving are sons Russell and Mark at home; brother George, Oneida; sisters Mrs. William (Anna) Fellin, Mrs. Albert (Marie) Salvatelle, Mrs. Michael (Julia) Seder and Irene Mehalick, all of Oneida, and Mrs.

John (Martha) Hysock, Shenandoah. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Edward W. Stauffer Funeral Home, 412 W. main Ringtown.

Interment will follow in St. John's Memorial Park, Ringtown. Friends may call Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Church at the Mall, Plymouth Meeting.

Mabel A. Spangler Mrs. Mabel A. (Heller) Spangler, 82, 761 Roosevelt Hazleton, died Wednesday afternoon at Hazleton General Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born in Conyngham, she was the daughter of the late Grover and Pearl (Whitebread) Heller.

She spent her entire life in the Hazleton area. She was a member of West Hazleton Trinity Lutheran Church where she served as president of the Ladies Aid Society from 1975 to 1984. She also was a member of the Greater Hazleton Area Senior Citizens, the All American Senior Citizens of West Hazleton and the Hazle Township Senior Citizens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George (1987); brothers Leroy and Loise and sister Iola Huttenstine. Surviving are son George Plainfield, N.J.; daughters, Mrs.

Robert (Dorothy) Bator and Mrs. Catherine Bartlinski, both of West Hazleton, Mrs. Albert (Betty) Duksta, Hazleton, and Mrs. Richard (Diana) Walck, Sugar-loaf; sisters Mrs. Claude (Edna) Warner, Hobbie; Mrs.

Ada Bray, Hazleton; Mrs. Earl (Berdine) Moser, West Hazleton; Mrs. Grant (Alverta) Van Fossen, Frenchtown, N.J., and Miss Blanche Heller, Hazleton; brothers, Burton, Netcong, N.J.; Grover, Nescopeck, and Earl, Boykins, 12 grand children and 14 great-grand-children. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at West Hazleton Trinity Lutheran Church with pastor Thomas Cvammen officiating.

Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Friends may call at the Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home, 426 W. Broad Hazleton, Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and again at the Church Friday from 10 a.m. until the service.

Contributions to the Memorial Fund of the West Hazleton Trinity Lutheran Church are welcome by the family. Card Of Thanks MR. PAUL LAMONT We wish to express our sincere thanks to all the kind relatives, friends and neighbors who assisted and consoled us during our recent sorrow. Also to the pallbearers, donors drivers of cars, those who sent spiritual and floral bouquets and all others who assisted us in any other way. The FAMILY chool (Continued from page 1) money per student than our major foreign competitors, Japan and Germany.

And yet our students consistently fall behind the competition in competitive testing," Cavazos said. "Money alone is not the answer to our education deficit." Cavazos said he would write to state school chiefs, governors and school board presidents and urge them to adopt specific goals such as boosting high school graduation rates to 90 percent and cutting in half the number of children who fail a grade. He said states and districts should issue annual reports on their progress toward such goals. Specifically, the department's chart shows that national scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) fell from an average of 906 to 904 (on a scale of 400 to 1,600) from 1987 to 1988. Fourteen of the 22 states in which the SAT is the dominant college entrance exam registered declines.

Scores on the American College Testing Program (ACT), marked on a scale of 1 to 36, showed a scant 0.1-point gain. And 11 of the 28 states in which the ACT dominates posted decreases. The high school graduation rate rose from 69.5 percent in 1982 to 71.7 percent in 1985. But it edged down in 1986 to 71.6 percent and dropped to 71.1 percent in 1987, the latest year for which such statistics could be calculated. Department officials noted several encouraging trends: Minority students are continuing to lift their test scores, close a high school "graduation gap" and in increasing numbers take the Advanced Placement test that qualifies students for college credit.

In addition, states with relatively high poverty rates such as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina have registered some of the largest increases in college entrance test scores since 1982, though they still rank at the bottom of the heap. Cavazos' generally dismal assessment comes amid a spate of reform efforts in the past few years. Asked if the reform movement has failed, he replied that "some of it has lost its momentum" or failed to achieve its goals. He said fundamental restructuring which he defined as parental freedom to choose public schools, provision of alternate ways to become a teacher and more parental involvement in education has yet to occur. "We have some examples but we don't have a lot of them out there," he said.

In a telephone interview, California schools superintendent Bill Honig accused Cavazos of misrepresenting data, ignoring progress and flinging cold water on educators who have been able to improve their students' performance. "We've got statistics showing that achievement test scores are going up substantially in the country," Honig said, calling them a better indicator than college entrance tests because they include average students as well as the college-bound. 1 BRAINERD MEETING The Brainerd Church and Cemetery Association will hold its regular monthly meeting today at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the First Eastern Bank, Main Street, Conyngham. Shuttle (Continued from page 1) cloud seen spewing from the line, thought at first to be gas, was trapped water vapor.

Sofge reported both new parts had been checked and certified for flight and that the engine compartment had been closed up. The launch team prepared to pump 528,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into Atlantis' external fuel tank early Thursday. The five astronauts reviewed flight plans and honed their flying efficiency over central Florida in T-38 jet planes. "This time we're going to see if we can get it right," said David Walker, who will command the mission. "We're extremely pleased the folks here at the Cape were able to do such a good and quick job getting it ready to go again." The other crew members are pilot Ronald Grabe and mission specialists Mary Cleave, Mark Lee and Norman Thagard.

Cleave and Lee are to deploy Magellan from the shuttle's cargo hold six hours after launch. An hour later a rocket will ignite to propel it on its 15-month journey to Venus. Magellan has a radar system powerful enough to pierce the dense sulfuric acid clouds shrouding Venus and map its surface. The mission costs $550 million, not including the $225 million-cost of the four-day shuttle flight. Magellan's radar images should reveal details as small as 100 yards across, about the size of a football field.

Scores (Continued from page 1) test, which is scored on a scale of lto36. The lack of overall improvement in test scores and graduation rate is "not a matter of dollars," Cavazos said. Spending nationally is up to $3,977 per student, compared to $3,756 last year. Pennsylvania spent $4,616 per student, ranking 11th in the nation. In teacher salaries, the state's average of $29,177 placed it 14th, its highest ranking in eight years.

Pennsylvania also fared well in graduation rate. While 1988 figures are not yet available, the rate for 1987 was 78.7 percent, up from 78.5 percent in 1986 and good enough for a No. 15 ranking. While the Education Department did not address reasons for fluctuations in scores, the report noted that Pennsylvania was initiating reforms, including exploring new routes into teaching. Creating new ways to certify teachers was hailed last month by U.S.

Rep. William Goodling, as a way "to get the best and brightest into the classroom" by allowing qualified professionals from other fields to teach without traditional training. March (Continued from page 1) traffic order. Students who uphold the party and socialism please return to school." More than 40 universities around Beijing were expected to join in the march to Tiananmen Square, China's symbolic seat of power, student leaders said. While most moved southward from the main university area in northwest Beijing, thousands more from at least eight universities held a separate march toward Tiananmen from the northeast section of the city.

Since April 15, when the current demonstrations began, students have successfully marched to the square on five different occasions. Last week, 150,000 students and supporters staged a 20-mile march through the capital. Students also have boycotted classes the past two weeks in the largest protest the Chinese Communist authorities have faced in their 40 years of rule. Student leaders participating in Thursday's march said they were considering returning to class on May 8. Police closed off the central square early Thursday, clearing all pedestrians off the vast 100-acre plaza.

Police were stationed about 15 feet apart around the perimeter to keep people off. About 2,000 international finance officials and bankers were to gather at the Great Hall of the People, on the western side of the square, Thursday morning for the opening of the annual meeting of Asian Development Bank. "They tried to close it (the square) on April 22, and look what happened then," Beijing Normal University student leader Wu'er Kaixi said Wednesday. On that day, more than 150,000 students and supporters occupied the square in defiance of a police order. Police presence has been heavy at previous demonstrations, but police are unarmed and have made only rninimal efforts to stop the marchers.

Marches were reportedly planned in Shanghai, Tianjin and other cities. About 60 journalists from state-run newspapers also said they planned a rally outside the gates of the official Xinhua News Agency. The tightly controlled press has barely covered the demonstrations and has expressed the government line that the independent student unions formed by the activists are illegal. Students from five universities outside Beijing, including Hong Kong's Chinese University, said they had come to the capital to participate in the protest. Yu Shunshing, 26, said he and another friend came from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to participate in the march and brought $1,282.

"We came here to find out more about them and to give them some support," Yu said. On Wednesday, Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, in a major speech to mark the May Fourth Movement, called for stability. "Haven't we had enough social turmoil? Since 1849, China has had only about 20 years of stability," he said. Grandma Thatcher shows new baby LONDON (AP) Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher cuddled her first grandchild for cameras Wednesday, cooing "Isn't he beautiful? Isn't he good? Isn't he peaceful?" Two-month-old Michael Thatcher, son of Mark Thatcher and his American wife Diane, paid no attention to the photographers and television crews gathered outside the prime minister's 10 Downing St. residence.

The fair-haired baby, dressed in a blue-and-white sailor suit, kept his eyes closed throughout the photo session. Funerals The funeral of Mrs. Sue Bugda, 679 N. Laurel Hazleton, who died Monday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Wednesday morning from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home, Inc.

The Rev. Joseph Manarchuck gave the blessing at the funeral home and at the chapel in Calvary Cemetery and celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's R.C. Church. Pallbearers were Chris Walko, Tim and Brian Jacobs (great grandsons), George Oressie, Thomas Shaw and John J.

Peters. Howard P. Chittick, R.D.I Sug-arloaf, who died Sunday in the Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, was buried Wednesday from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home, Conyngham-Rock Glen Road.

The Rev. Shirley Yolton of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sugarloaf, conducted the services. Interment was in the Red Rock Cemetery, Sugarloaf. Pallbearers were Thomas Lee Thomas Lee Robert Kamerzel, Fred Wright, Joseph Palushock and Edward Vergari Sr.

The funeral of Julia Potoma, formerly of McAdoo, who died Monday in Danville, was held Wednesday from the Damiano Funeral Home, McAdoo. The Rev. Christopher Petruska gave the blessing at the funeral home, was the celebrant of the Divine Liturgy with the Office of Christian Burial in St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, McAdoo, and also gave the final blessing in the parish cemetery. Pallbearers, all nephews, were John Damiano, Dr.

John A. Damiano, Vincent Damiano and John Sobeck. The funeral of Margaret A. Resovszky, who died Saturday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Wednesday from the Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial followed and was celebrated by the Rev.

Edward Barrett at St. Francis of Assisi Church, West Hazleton. Msgr. Joseph Gilgallon gave the blessing at the grave in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Pallbearers were Steven and William Gadola, Emro Kipikasa Emro Kipikasa HI.

Charles Brooks and Joseph Pavick. SPft ft a (Ae SPend SWEET ANNIE'S Floral Gift Shop 113 Diamond Ave. 435-3499 Death notice HENDERSCHEDT At Mt. City Convalescent Rehabilitation Center Tuesday, May 2. (Viola) Henderschedt.

Funeral Friday 11 am from the Beltz-Petrilli Funeral Home. Rev. Donald L. Steinhauer officiating. Interment at Mt.

View Cemetery. Friends may call 9am till time of service. Beltz-Petrilli Funeral Home James A. Petrilli; Director Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker. Inc.

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