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2 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Tuesday, February 19, 1991 Obituaries Harold W. Lewis, 78; former area teacher THIS PAQB MADE OVER FINAL ECITJGN SEE END OF ROLL A I i I. lift Harold W. "Hal" Lewis, 78, of Saddlebag Lake Road, Lake Wales, died Sunday afternoon at Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Fla. Lewis was born in Shenandoah and resided in Florida for the past 10 years.

He was a member of the Lutheran faith and most recently was member of the Saddlebag Lake Community Church. Lewis held memberships in the Saddlebag Lake Resort Shuf-fleboard Club and the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Before retiring in 1975, he was employed as a math teacher, basketball coach, and guidance counselor for the Pennsylvania Public School System in West Hazleton and Upper Dublin. He was honored by the Hazleton YMCA-YWCA in 1976 for his outstanding work as a a basketball coach. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M.

Lewis; sons, Sen. H. Craig Lewis, Southampton, Bucks County; Raymond Lewis, Columbus, Ohio; and William H. Lewis, Marietta, a brother, Raymond New Holland, Lancaster County; a sister, Sarah J. Brauer, Lancaster, and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Marion Nelson Chapel. The Rev. James H. Bradley, pastor of the Saddlebag Lake Resort Community Church, will officiate.

Interment will be in the Lake Wales Cemetery, Lake Wales, Fla. Friends may call Wednesday at the Marion Nelson Chapel from 10 a.m. until the service begins. The Marion Nelson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 829, Lake Wales, is in charge of the arrangements.

STRIKES TELEPHONE POLE An accident Monday afternoon resulted in this vehicle being heavily damaged after it struck a utility pole at the corner of Diamond Avenue and Arthur Street. The vehicle apparently was eastbound on Diamond when it struck the pole. Another car that swerved to avoid missing this vehicle was not damaged, according to an account at the scene. Hazleton police did not have a report prepared on the accident at press time. Ex-Tigers pitcher killed in accident Bush cool toward plan Troops Saddam would not be punished HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -A Soviet peace plan offered Monday would require Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, but would bar punitive action against Saddam Hussein and his government, a report said.

The plan was distributed to allied leaders, but details were not imme-i diately released. The Bild newspaper, saying it obtained details of the four-point Soviet proposal from "informed sources" in Moscow, reported it also urges negotiations on the Palestinian issue, and declares that Iraq's government and borders would not be tampered with. The British Broadcasting Corp. early Tuesday quoted Kremlin spokesman Sergei Grigoriev as indicating the Soviet plan involves a promise that Iraq would survive intact if it withdrew unconditionally from Kuwait. Bild gave these four "central points" from the proposal: "Iraq withdraws from Kuwait without pre-conditions, to allow for a 'quick "The Soviet Union supports the maintaining of the 'national structure and the borders of "The Soviet Union opposes 'all sanctions' against Iraq, including any punitive action against Saddam Hussein himself." "All other problems, including the Palestinian question, are to be negotiated." Baghdad (Continued from page 1) mistake.

Iraqi officials say 130 civilians were killed in the attack. "This false British justification exposes the behavior of the old and new imperialists," the radio said. "World public opinion is called upon to open the record of British crimes and to condemn this savage action." A military communique released Monday moming said Iraqi forces had inflicted casualties on frontline allied troops in Saudi Arabia with a barrage of field missiles. It also reported 130 allied air raids on Iraqi troops and 25 air attacks on civilian targets in the previous 24 hours. The military communique, read over Baghdad Radio, said Iraqi soldiers "directed a series of destructive strikes jvith tactical field missiles at the enemy's positions and concentrations of men and equipment inside Saudi By FRANK ANDRUSCAVAGE Standard-Speaker Staff Writer A Shenandoah Heights man who once pitched for the Detriot Tigers was killed Monday morning when he was crushed under his car.

Edward "Lucky" Marchefsky, 66, of 115 Schuylkill was pronouced dead inside his garage at about 12:30 ajn. by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Jack Thomas of Shenandoah. County pathologist Dr. Richard Bindie is scheduled to do an autopsy today at the Pottsville Hospital to determine the exact cause of death. According to state police at Troop Frackville, Marchefsky was apparently parking his Buick Century at a 194 Schuylkill Ave.

garage when the accident occurred. Police said as Marchefsky was opening the garage doors, the Robert J. Ecker Funeral services for Robert J. Ecker, 52, of 771 S. Church Hazleton, who died Sunday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

from the Fierro Funeral Home, 26 W. Second Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Interment will be in Mount Laurel Memorial Park, Hazleton.

Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Bora in Joliet, 111., he was the son of Jacob and Catherine (Asson) Ecker, Hazleton, and resided in the Hazleton area for most of his life. Ecker owned and operated Ecker's Trucking Firm. He was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Hazleton, and the Hazleton and West Hazleton lodges of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Preceding him in death was a son, Robert Jr. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his former wife, Angeline Massa; a daughter, Mrs. Michael (Deborah) Reed, Hazleton; sons, Robert J. Ill, Hazleton, and Joseph Robert, Mount Pocono; a sister, Mrs. Lamar (Catherine) Snyder, St.

Johns; a brother, George Hazleton; and a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. Death Notice BEVAN At Hazleton General Hospital, Sunday, February 17, 1991, William W. Bevan, beloved husband of Esther (Tomasko) Bevan. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home, Second Street entrance, with continued services at 10 a.m. in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Stephen W.

Gaulke will officiate. Interment will be in Mt. Laurel Memorial Park. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Card Of Thanks PETER A.

RENTZ We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all our kind neighbors and friends and relatives who assisted and consoled us during the illness and death of our beloved Father, Peter A. Rentz. A special thanks to Dr. E. Polashinski and his staff, Visiting Nurses Assoc.

Hospice St. Johns and the Meals On Wheels. Also to James Petrilli our funeral director, to the pallbearers, those who sent spiritual or floral bouquets, donors and drivers of cars and all others who assisted us in any other way. Anthony R. Rentz Family George Huczeg Family (Continued from page 1) deputy Robert Gates and White House chief of staff John Sununu.

In the past officials of the Bush administration have noted Soviet support of the United Nations reso-lutions demanding Iraqi withdrawal. The four-sentence statement contained no such assurances, though the Soviets have Funerals The funeral of Roland Totera, Fort Myers, who died Thursday in Fort Myers, was held Monday morning from the Moran Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. Richard Ghezzi celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Grace Church, Hazleton. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery, Drums, and the Rev.

Ghezzi gave the blessing at the chapel. The pallbearers were Robert Evanko, Peter Lombardo, Pat Malloy, all nephews; and James Moran, Al Lamont and James Taylor. Serving on the Benedict XV Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Color guard were John Gaudiano, Daniel Steber, Fred Cheslock, Jack Kuzcheck and Peter Pogar, commander. The funeral of James R. Yurisikovic, rear 101 Oak Tresckow, who died Thursday at the Spring House Personal Care Home, Tresckow, was held Monday morning from the John J.

Pusti Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. John Ondic gave the blessing at the funeral home and celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in St. Michael's R.C. Church, Tresckow.

He also gave the final blessing in the chapel at Calvary Cemetery, Drums. The pallbearers were Chris Figuerido, Eugene Nevedal, Francis Pelot and John, Jack and James Pusti. The funeral of Michael Pleban, R.R. 2, Box 1099, Drums, who died Thursday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Monday from the Hilary J. Bonin Funeral Home, West Hazleton.

The Rev. Richard E. Czachor gave the blessing at the funeral home and celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church, West Hazleton. He also gave the blessing in the chapel at Calvary Cemetery, Drums. The pallbearers, all grandsons, were Ricky, Thomas, Jeffrey, Christopher, Richard, William and Michael Pleban and Val Strock.

The funeral of Mary I. Gabuzda, formerly of Freeland, who died Thursday at the Greenbriar Nursing Home, Woodberry, N.J., was held Monday morning from the Cot-terall-Petrilli Funeral Home, Freeland. The Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated by the Rev. E. Francis Kelly, V.F., and the Rev.

Richard J. Gabuzda, nephew of the deaceased, in St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Freeland. Both gave the final blessing in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. The pallbearers were Jerry Lacattiva, Donald Scalise Gereoge Barna, Francis Plot, James A Petrilli and Vincent Damiano.

The funeral of Thelma E. Lewis, 638 Penn Lane, West Hazleton, who died Friday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Monday morning from the Rosenstock Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. Joseph W. Hager officiated at the funeral home and gave the final blessing at the grave in Mountain View Cemetery, Hazleton.

The pallbearers were Norman and David Lewis, both sons; and Jeff Wolf, William Payne, Andrew Petrushka and Larry Bonin. (Continued from page 1) in the air, they're inflicting casualties." At the command's daily news briefing, the Marine general reported that partly cloudy weather Monday cut into the number of Desert Storm air sorties, reducing them to 2,400 in 24 hours, down from the usual 2,600 or 2,800 of recent days. Almost 1,000 missions were flown against the Republican Guard and other Iraqi units in Kuwait and southern Iraq, where air strikes are "softening up" the dug-in defenses in advance of a U.S.-led ground assault. A recent change in air tactics was giving American warplanes greater success against Iraqi armor and other targets, a U.S. military source said.

"We're not experiencing too many misses. We're really having a field day taking out his tanks and artillery," the source said, without elaborating on the new techniques. The lost plane was an Air Force F-16 fighter whose pilot bailed out 40 miles inside Iraqi-held territory, Neal said. The spokesman did not specify whether the plane went down in Iraq or Kuwait, and said it was not immediately known whether the jet was shot down or had a mechanical problem. Air Force helicopters, protected by warplanes, made a dash into "Indian country," and lifted the airman out the desert, Neal said.

"They did a superb job and there was one happy camper of a pilot," he said. Monday's marine-mine explosions, the first time U.S. vessels have struck Iraqi mines in the war, came as dozens of warships crowded farther north in the gulf in preparation for a possible U.S. Marine amphibious landing. A news-pool dispatch from the USS Tripoli said sleeping crewmen were jarred awake by a mine blast at 4:30 a.m.

as the helicopter assault ship led a minesweeping operation off the Kuwaiti coast. The explosion ripped a 16-by-20-foot hole in the forward starboard hull, 10 feet below the waterline, and flooded several compartments, the report said. IRA (Continued from page 1) Police, said his department gets about six bomb threats a day. Churchill-Coleman said the warning was passed to the British Transport Police, who already were searching all the main railway terminals when the blast at Victoria occurred. The bomb, which was hidden in a trash can on the concourse, "was quite deliberately intended to maim and kill," he said.

British Rail Chairman Robert Reid said it is not unusual for police to keep rail stations open after a bomb warning. "Let's face it, as soon as you have an incident, your telephone lines are choked with hoax calls. Since these two incidents we've had hoax calls all the way up the line," Reid said in an interview on British Broadcasting Corp. radio. British Rail closed all mainline stations in London after the bombings, suspending service that carries 500,000 people into the capital every day.

Several hours after the Victoria blast, Heathrow airport, Britain's busiest, was evacuated briefly Monday after police received a vague bomb threat, an airport spokeswoman said. Police searched and found nothing. The blast at Victoria killed a man in his 30s and injured at least 40 people, Churchill-Coleman said. Matthew Cyprus, 22, who lost part of his right foot, described the explosion from his hospital bed. said they have not backed off from their demand to Iraq for an immediate withdrawal from Kuwait, the key U.N.

objective. Bush, just back from a weekend at his seaside home in Ken-nebunkport, Maine, said before the meeting: "A lot of interesting things (are) happening. I don't want to talk about them." Fitzwater said Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh called Baker and told him he'd prefer not to discuss the proposal, but would send Baker a cable. Asked why Bessmertnykh would not talk on the phone, Fitzwater said simply, "It's the way he chose to do it." The president, during a brisk walk earlier on the beach in Maine, brushed aside questions about Moscow's proposal. "I have nothing to say about the Soviet matter.

I'm not going to discuss that at all so put your notebooks away," the president said, striding briskly on the sand under a bright, sunny sky. Separately, Fitzwater refused to say if Bush had decided on the timing of advancing the war from air strikes to a potentially bloody ground conflict. "It happens when it happens," he said, adding that no one should assume a ground war would be held off while Moscow's peace initiative was pending. Soviets (Continued from page 1) dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who appointed Pavlov.

Pavlov said his plan would permit so-called "contractual prices" on items including natural-fiber fabric, adult-size leather shoes, carpets, refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, radios, smoked sausage and imported cigarettes. He did not say if there would be a ceiling on the prices. Recently, many consumer items have appeared on shelves with price tags several times higher than the fixed, state-subsidized levels. Pavlov said the plan has not been finalized because several republics were still objecting to parts of it. Russia, Byelorussia and the Ukraine are seeking authority to set their own salary compensation levels, but Pavlov said this would be unfair to other parts of the country.

He also suggested the salary increases should be introduced before the price rises, saying many people do not believe government promises. The smallest increase would be $96 a month, a 22 percent rise of the average salary of $432 a month. Maryland (Continued from page 1) provision barring such suits. It also includes a parental notification provision, but one that doctors may opt to ignore. The Senate approved the bill Feb.

11 on a vote of 29-18. "By securing a woman's right to choose, the Maryland Legislature is taking a necessary and vital step toward safeguarding the health and lives of Maryland woman," said Kate Michelman, director of the National Abortion Rights Action League. In the hours leading up to the House session, lobbyists for the Roman Catholic Church and other anti-abortion groups sought support for the amendment, which would have sent the measure back to the Senate. "It will become the most liberal, the most extreme, abortion law in the entire 50 states," said Democratic Delegate Timothy Maloney, an anti-abortion leader. "Maryland will stand alone as being the most unregulated state in the nation regarding abortion." brakes on the vehicle slipped and he was struck by the car.

Marchefsky was then knocked to the ground and the vehicle came to rest on top of him, officers reported. Personnel from the West End Fire and Rescue Squad, Mahanoy City, used air-pressurized bags to lift the vehicle off Marchefsky. Responding to the scene were Shenandoah Borough Police, the Shenandoah Community Ambulance and the Shenandoah Heights Fire Co. Marchefsky was once known as "Lefty March" when he pitched for the Tigers. He also was a pitcher for the Toledo Mudhens.

Born in Shenandoah, he was the son of the late Joseph and Veronica (Bulchis) Marchefsky. Before retiring he was employed by Mrs. T's Pierogies, Shenandoah. He was a member of St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church, Shenandoah, the Shenandoah Senior Citizens and was inducted into the Jerry Wolman Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

Marchefsky also held memberships with the Shenandoah Heights Ambulance, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Shenandoah, the Diabled American Veterans, Shenandoah, and the Eagles Lodge. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Dombrowski; a son, Michael, Pottsville, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from the Oravitz Home for Funerals Shenandoah. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m.

in St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be held in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m. Nicholas T.

Jemo Nicholas T. Jemo, 76, of 25 Dunnigan Weatherly, died Monday morning at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Maizeville, Schuylkill County, on Dec. 22, 1914, he was the son of the late Metro and Pearl (Guzzi) Jemo. He was a member of St.

Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Hazleton. Before retiring he was employed as a welder at Thoren Industries, Hazleton. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, were a-brother, Charles, and sisters, Margery and Christina Jemo. Surviving are his wife, the former Grace Kropp; a son, David, Weatherly; daughters, Mrs. Lou (Marjorie) Mattioli, Sugarloaf, and Mrs.

Gene (Lisa) Prushko, San Jose, brothers, John, Newport, R.I.; Andrew, West Hazleton, and Stephen and Michael, both of Hazleton; sisters, Mary Trishman, Nuremberg; Mrs. Emil (Anna) Smolewicz and Mrs. Nicholas (Martha) Caputo, both of Hazleton; and Helen Ritz, Cranberry; and four grandchildren and two great-granchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. from the Philip J.

Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly. The Divine Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Hazleton. The Rev.

Francis Gera will officiate. Interment will be in St. Matthew's Cemetery, R.R. 1 Weatherly, Packer Township. Friends will be received at the funeral home today from 8 to 9 p.m.

Memorial donations to the American Lung Association, 112 N. Third St, Pottsville, would be appreciated by the family. People believe if you hang a string of onions in your house you will be healthy. Corrections Anne Cherasara was a candidate for the queen of hearts at H.F. Grebey Junior High School.

Her name was omitted from a list which appeared in a photo caption in Monday's editions. Jay Wetterau was mistakenly listed as Joy Wetterau in an article about Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science winners which appeared in Monday's editions. Wetterau, an eighth grade student, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wetterau, West Hazleton.

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