Standard-Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania • Page 2

THIS PAGE MADE OVER FINAL EDITION SEE END OF ROLL Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Thursday, October 24, 1991 Petition to oust Benyo has 33 fake signatures lawyer Mrs. Helen Price, LCCC founder I 22 Region picked as one of 15 'super cities9 The Wilkes-BarreScranton area was saluted as one of the top 15 "super cities" in the United States by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. The magazine, formerly Changing Times, ranked the Wilkes-BarreScranton area which includes Greater Hazleton as one of 15 "cities" where "people are moving and opportunity is knocking." James Boyle, executive director of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, called the magazine article "extremely encouraging" because it definitely included the Hazleton area. "For somebody with a national or, rather, international reputation to recognize those things makes you feel good," said Boyle. "It gives you added incentive and a great deal of additional confidence that we're in a great position to compete in the future." The magazine editors said considered such factors as "good jobs and lots of them, a house you can afford, a safe neighborhood, low crime rates, skiing, hiking, biking, tolerable taxes, support for the arts, and uncongested highways." Other cities selected by the magazine editors were Albuquerque, N.M.; Boise, Idaho; Charleston, S.C.; Des Moines, Fort MyersCape Coral, Grand RapidsKalamazoo, Huntsville, Lincoln, Nashville, Peoria, Portland, Salt Lake City, Utah; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Tucson, Ariz.

Of the ScrantonWilkes-Barre area, the magazine stated: "Employment in this coal country remains stubbornly above average, but leaders in financial and service industries got wind of Scran-tonWilkes-Barre's low costs and easy highway access to New York and Philadelphia, and the ski slopes. So the area (population 734,175) is getting a fresh start." Reference to the population means the Hazleton area definitely has been included as part of the Wilkes-BarreScranton area in the article appearings in the November issue. An advance copy was sent to Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership Inc. Gary Boam, the organization's vice president, said the group is thrilled with the positive Meanwhile, Pedri has asked the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office to bring criminal charges against Sabatino Esposito and Raymond Marchetti, who filed the suit last August. Pedri said the two should be charged with "unsworn falsification to authorities" for faking 33 of the 271 signatures on a petition to oust Benyo from office.

Pedri said yesterday that those charges are still pending. Esposito, who is Hazle Township's zoning officer, and Marchetti, a resident of Maple Manor, accuse Benyo of malfeasance and misfeasance in office. The suit was filed in con-' nection with allegations that Benyo, serving as the township roadmaster, spent more than $100,000 on unauthorized road projects in 1989 and 1990. Under state law, a petition to remove a supervisor requires the signatures of 5 percent of a township's voters, or in Hazle Township's case, 183 genuine signatures. The Benyo petition carried the required amount, even if 33 of the signatures are false, as Pedri alleges.

Arabs (Continued from page 1) Arab world into political disarray when it took its military might out of the Israeli-Arab equation with the Camp David accords. Wednesday's session was dominated by a U.S. proposal for most Arab states to participate in broad regional talks with Israel immediately after the ceremonial opening of the conference, the sources said. The conference is expected to break up into three sets of bilateral talks between Israel and Syria, Lebanon, and a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation. Then the other states in the region are to join in discussions on broader issues such as arms control, water and energy.

Many Arab states perceive this as a move that would automatically give Israel the status of an equal in the region that has tried to ostracize it. Conference sources said Damascus wanted to make acceptance of group talks involving countries like Saudi Arabia and Morocco dependent on Israel's stance on three issues: Jewish settlement building, the status of Jerusalem and U.N. resolutions calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories. Syria has already told Secretary of State James A. Baker III that it opposes convening such a regional conference until Israel's "intentions" are made clearer.

Vietnam (Continued from page 1) meuts are fulfilled, he said. The pace and outcome of the talks with Vietnam will depend on Hanoi's cooperation in resolving the issue of U.S. servicemen missing in action in the Vietnam War, Baker said earlier Wednesday, before a meeting with Vietnam's foreign minister, Nguyen Mann Cam. About 2,300 Americans are listed as missing in action in Indochina from the Vietnam War, including 1,678 believed missing in Vietnam itself. Washington will normalize economic relations with Cambodia once an advance U.N.

team arrives in the country and begins implementing the peace treaty, Baker said. The several hundred civilians and U.N. peacekeeping troops should arrive within 10 days. The promise means that the U.S. would lift the economic boycott imposed on Cambodia after Vietnamese troops invaded the country in 1978, driving out the murderous Khmer Rouge and installing their own puppet government.

The United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cambodia once elections called for the by treaty are held, probably within 18 months, Baker said. "We intend to proceed step by step as the United Nations process unfolds," he said. Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Inc. 21 North Wyoming Street Hazleton, Pa. 18201 Telephone 455-3636 1-800843-6680 Second Class Postage Paid at Hazleton, Pa.

Publication No. 238140 DELIVERED BY CARRIER The Hazleton Standard-Speaker is delivered by carrier for $1.80 a week. Obituaries Wayne Lustig, lawyer, politician Wayne Lustig, 56, of Norfolk, died Tuesday of a heart attack while exercising on a treadmill. His wife, the former Elaine Bohorad, was a former Hazleton resident. A lawyer, he was active in Virginia politics for the past 30 years, having run usuccessfully for the U.S.

Congress and the Virginia Senate. Born in White Plains, N.Y., he began his legal career in Norfolk soon after graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1959. He joined the Virginia Beach firm of Guy, Cromwell, Betz and Lustig in 1979, then left in 1989 to estabish a Norfolk office for the Richmond-based firm of Mays and Valentine. Surviving in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Tracy Feldman, Virginia Beach; Heidi Lustig, Norfolk; a son, Charles Washington, and one grandchild. The funeral will be conducted today at noon in Ohef Sholon Temple, Norfolk, by Rabbi Lawrence A.

Form an. Interment will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. The H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Norfolk, has charge of the arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Old Dominion University or to the University of Virginia Law School.

Mrs. Veronica Tito Mrs. Veronica M. Lonzinski Tito, 76, of Raritan Borough, N.J., died Sept. 8 at her home.

Born in West Hazleton, she lived in Weatherly before moving to Raritan 32 years ago. Mrs. Tito was a needle inspec-tor with Ethicon Inc. of Bridgewater for 13 years, retiring in 1977. She was a communicant of St.

Ann's R.C. Church, Raritan. Her husband, Rocco, preceded her in death. Surviving are a son, Rocco, Manville, N.J; a sister, Helen Steiner, Princeton, N.J.; a brother, Julius, Great Bend, Susquehanna County; two stepsisters, Dorothy Hudock, Weatherly; Harriott Rutz, Hicksville, N.Y., and two grandchildren. Services were held from the Bongiovi Funeral Home, Raritan.

James Hildebrand James Morton Hildebrand, 68, of Woodhaven, N.Y., died Oct. 9 at Parkway Hospital, Queens, N.Y. Born in Hazleton, Nov. 5, 1922, he was the son of the late Walter and Janet (Lewis) Hildebrand. Hildebrand was a Navy veteran of World War II and was on a PT boat in the Phillipines.

Surviving are a son, David, Woodhaven, N.Y.; brothers, Thomas and Boyd, both of Titusville, Harry, Brooklyn, N.Y.; sisters, Judith Hildebrand and Janet O'Connor, both of Titusville, Phyllis Sleeva, Brooklyn, N.Y., and one grandchild. Interment was held in Pinelawn Memorial Park, New York, on Oct. 12. Death Notices DOUGHERTY At the Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, Tuesday, October 22, Daniel J.

Dougherty. The funeral will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. from the Boyle Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. in St.

Gabriel's Church. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. LUSTIG At his residence, Norfolk, Tuesday, October 22, Mr. Wayne Lustig, beloved husband of Elaine (Bohorad) Lustig (formerly of Hazleton).

The funeral will be conducted Thursday at noon in Ohef Sholon Temple, Norfolk, by Rabbi Lawrence A. Forman. Interment will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. The H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Norfolk, Va.

23517, has charge of the arrangements. In Loving Memory of CATHERINE GOETSCH Who died Oct. 23, 1989 Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the mornings hush. I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds In circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry.

I am not there; I did not die. Loved and missed Husband, Children and Grandchildren A detective agency has reported finding 33 improper signatures on a petition to oust Hazle Township Supervisor Andrew J. Benyo, the embattled official's legal counsel said yesterday. Attorney Charles J. Pedri, who is defending Benyo against a civil suit filed by two township residents, said the fake signatures were uncovered by the Intrepid Detective Agency.

The township hired the agency last month to perform investigative work in connection with the case. Luzerne County President Judge Patrick J. Toole has scheduled the case for trial Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. Teen (Continued from page 1) David Harper, a 16-year-old sophomore, wore a sequined jacket with a rhinestone pin atop a pair of fashionably patched jeans and expensive sneakers.

The outfit, he said, cost $400. His 27 hours-a-week job at a children's store is a start, he said, at keeping him "fly." Students complained about the pressure to keep in style and their fears of traveling in public to school or to work. Kenya Knight, a 17-year-old freshman who wore several brass bangle bracelets, a gold-plated chain and a nose earring, said she'd been robbed six times. Muggers grabbed a leather trench coat, an eight-ball jacket, and three pairs of earrings, she said, Tasha Morris, a 16-year-old junior wearing a baseball-style cap, said she wasn't allowed to wear her big jewelry to school Wednesday. "My mom stripped me of the stuff," she said.

"She said, 'You're going to leave these on the dresser." Miss Williams was killed Tuesday afternoon when she and a friend went to a subway station in North Philadelphia to buy passes. They were approached by two men who demanded Miss Williams' earrings. She refused and one of the men chased her, snatched the earrings, and then shot her in the throat, police said. The friend was not injured. The two men and a third man who waiting in a car drove off in a 1978 Chevy Malibu.

Police had not made any arrests or had any suspects by Wednesday afternoon. It was not the first time that Miss Williams' earrings, a gift from a former boyfriend, were stolen. In June someone had stolen them from her in another subway station. However, she was able to get them back after the thief sold them for $75 to someone she knew. Miss Williams was stubborn about wearings the earrings, despite her mother's warnings.

"She told me lots of times, 'I'm not going to give them her mother, Barbara Williams, told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I told her give the earrings up, it's just a material thing. If someone has a gun in your face, give them up." Planet (Continued from page 1) the planet," Kemp said. The United States has refused to give money to the U.N. Population Fund since the 1980s because the agency operates in China, which has coercive population-control policies that have included forced sterilization and forced abortion.

A foreign aid bill stalled in the House would provide $20 million for the agency this year, but President Bush has threatened a veto if the bill passes with that provision in it. Environmental groups lined up Wednesday to hail the U.N. report. "We call upon the Bush administration and Congress to take aggressive leadership to address the population emergency today," said Nancy Wallace, Washington director of the Sierra Club's international population program. "We can't begin to talk about the environment, the economy or human suffering on this planet without addressing the population crisis," she said.

The report also was praised by Zero Population Growth, the National Audubon Society, the Population Institute, the National Wildlife Federation and the Population Crisis Committee. In Loving Memory of JOSEPH BROWN He passed away October 24. 1988 Sadly missed by Wife and Grandchildren Mrs. Helen Price, 231 W. Diamond Hazleton, died early Wednesday morning at Mt.

Sinai Hospital, New York. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late T. DeWitt and Mayble (Hunter) Lewis. Mrs. Price was a graduate of White Plains High School, New York, and continued her education at St.

Ann's Academy School of Business Adminsitration. She also attended Penn State University's Continuing Education Program and later Saigon University, South Vietnam. Her husband, the late Harold was a supervisory mining engineer in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. In 1961, she accompanied her husband to Vietnam. After her stay there, her name was cited in the Congressional Record by Sen.

Hugh Scott for volunteer work aboard the Hope ship and for teaching at the Dr. Tom Dooley Orphanage in Saigon. Mrs. Price was a founder and trustee of the Luzerne County Community College. She served as past president of the League of Woman Voters, and served on the board of directors of the Crippled Childrens' Association.

She was an executive secretary and board member of the Luzerne County Commission on Economic Opportunity. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a past president of the Crusaders Bible Class, a member of the Valley Country Club and a past member of the Hazleton Art League and Hazleton State Hospital Auxiliary. Daniel J. Dougherty Daniel J. Dougherty, rear 616 Seybert Hazleton, died Tuesday evening at Hazleton-St.

Joseph Medical Center. Born in Hazleton, he was the son of the late Peter and Rose (Roarty) Dougherty. He was a member of St. Gabriel's Church, Hazleton, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was employed as a salesman for Sears, Roebuck and Co.

for 46 years, until his retirement. Preceding him in death were three sisters, Mrs. Rose Boyle, Mrs. Bessie Kline, Mrs. Mary Auburn, and a brother, Neil.

Surviving are two brothers, Peter, Hazleton; Francis, Philadelphia; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from the Boyle Funeral Home, 100 S. Wyoming Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m.

in St. Gabriel's Church. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. Florence Michael Florence Michael, 92, of R.R.

3, Bloomsburg, died Tuesday evening at the Bloomsburg Health Care Center. She had been in ill health for the past year. Born in Main Township, March 18, 1899, she was the daughter of the late Wesley and Jane (Longenberger) Hauck. She spent all of her life in Bloomsburg. She was a member of St.

Peter's Lutheran Church, Beaver Township, and a past member of Ladies Aid at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Preceding her in death in addition to her parents, were her husband, Robert, in 1973; a brother, Harry Hauck; and a sister Hattie Harger. Surviving are three children, Robert Mrs. Robert (Dawn) Schell and Mrs.

Norman (Gloria) Fritz, all of R.R. 3, Bloomsburg. Eight grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren and one great-great granddaughter also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. from the Mark S.

Harman Funeral Home, Con-yngham-Rock Glen Road. The Rev. Judy Wadswoth will officiate the service. Interment will take place in Hargers Cemetery, Beaver Township. Friends may call Friday at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m.

HAZLETON MEMORIAL CO. Hazleton-McAdoo Hwy. 455-4956 FAMILY MONUMENTS Owned and Operated By The Perslco Family Since 1913 Open Weekdays 7 AM-4 PM Saturday 9 AM-3 PM Sunday Evenings By Appointment We Accept MasterCard Visa MI fwm m. She is survived by a daughter, Patricia Price Keiser, New York City. The funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.

at the Joseph B. Conahan Funeral Home, 532 N. Vine Hazleton. The Rev. Thomas R.

MacAdam, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will conduct the service. Interment will follow at Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Funerals The funeral of Louise M. Roskos, a resident of Green Valley Gardens, Drums, who died Saturday evening at Hazleton General Hospital was held Wednesday morning from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. The Rev. Richard Czachor gave the blessing at the funeral home, celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in Transfiguration R.C. Church and gave the final blessing in the parish cemetery were interment took place. Pallbearers were John S.

Palet-ski, Jeffrey J. Stock, Thomas J. Shaw and George Petrilak. The funeral of Leonard J. Kudla, 121 Fourth Haddon Heights, a former Freeland resident, who died Friday in New Jersey, was held Tuesday from the DuBois Funeral Home, Audubon, N.J.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church, Haddon Heights. Interment was in the New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr, N.J.

Pallbearers were Eugene Kudla, brother of the deceased; William Gross and Joseph Fedor-shak, brothers-in-law; David Fedorshak, Theodore Gross and Matthew Gross, nephews. The funeral of Dolores B. Krzywicki, 217 E. Broad West Hazleton, who died Sunday morning at her home, was held Wednesday morning from the Hilary J. Bonin Funeral Home, West Hazleton.

The Rev. Richard Czachor gave the blessing at the funeral home, was the celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial in Transfiguration R.C. Church, West Hazleton and gave the final blessing in the chapel in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Pallbearers, all nephews, were Paul and Matthew Broyan, Frank Broyan IV, Dennis Ganc, and Louis and David Visintainer. The funeral of Aurelia Piskel, who died Sunday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Wednesday morning from the Fierro Funeral Home, Hazleton.

The Rev. Neil Gugliemelli gave the blessing at the funeral home and was the main celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial held in Holy Rosary Church, Hazleton. Concelebrating the Mass was the Rev. August Ricciardi. Rev.

Gugliemelli gave the final blessing at the graveside in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Pallbearers were Daniel Berlitz, Jay Yurcho, Neil Rodino, Gordon Gebauer, Edward Harry Paul Fierro and Jeffrey Fierro. NOTICE WILL CLEAN CEMETERY FOR THE WINTER MONTHS! PLEASE REMOVE ALL Vases Will Be Inverted From Nov. 1,1991 to March 1,1992 Nicole (Continued from page 1) things like band concerts at Eurana Park, a gar wash and a walkathon at the high school that generated more than $650. In September, elementary school children in the Hazleton Area School District mailed Nicole hundreds of handmade cards.

"She loved it," Robert said. "Her mother sat and read the cards to her and she just loved it." Robert thanked everyone who helped Nicole and her family during their difficult time. "The gifts, the cards, the prayers, the monetary gifts this town was fabulous," he said. "The people were marvelous." Nicole had been admitted to Geisinger recently for intensive chemotherapy treatments. Her family had hoped to take her to a New York City hospital for laser surgery to remove the rest of the tumor.

She died unexpectedly yesterday morning at Geisinger before her latest treatments had started. "She was a piece of love," her father said. "If nothing else, she taught some people how to love in this world." Born in Hazleton, April 13, 1983, she was the daughter of Robert and Joann (Mehalko) Houseknecht of 54 Wilbur Weatherly. She was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly. She was a third grade student at Weatherly Elementary School, and was a cheerleader for the Weatherly Biddy Basketball League.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Dawn, Weatherly; brothers, Chris, at home, and Spec. 4 George "Lee," Fort Riley, maternal grandmother, Betty Mehalko, Weatherly; and a nephew. Several aunts, uncles and cousins also survive. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Monday at 11 a.m. at Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly.

The Rev. Donald J. Stump Sr. will officiate. No viewing is scheduled.

Donations to Salem United Church of Christ or Citizens Fire Co. No. 1, Weatherly, would be appreciated by the family. SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL Paid In Advance One Six Three One One $94.00 48.00 25 XX) 10.00 2.50 1.