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Monday, March 19, 1990 Obituary Arthur Frask Arthur Frask, of 722 N. Locust Hazleton, died Saturday evening at the Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Hazleton, he was the son of the late Pasco and Theresa (Tombasco) Frask and lived in Hazleton all his life. He was a member of Faith Assembly of God Church and was employed as a computer programmer for Leader Data Processing, Valmont Industrial Park, West Hazleton.

Preceding him in death in addition to this parents, three brothers, Anthony and Peter; and a sister, Mrs. Florence Smolen. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. William (Anne) Finney, Allentown; and Kathleen Longo, Hazleton; and several nieces and nephews. funeral will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

from the Fierro Funeral Home, 26 W. Second with services at 10 a.m. in Faith Assembly of God Church, Fox Manor. The Rev. Joseph Adams will officiate.

Interment will be in Mt. Laurel Memorial Park, Hazleton. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Ethel A. Donald Ethel A.

Donald, of 740 North Weatherly, died Sunday morning at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Tamanend, Schuylkill County, on Christmas Day 1899, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Amelia (Schultz) Lindner. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Weatherly. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by, her husband, George H. Donald, in 1988; a and daughter, Elinor Megonigal; a grandson.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Ruth) Boyer, Weatherly; and Mrs. William (Doris) Cliff, Philadelphia; six grandchildren; 11 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Philip J.

Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly. The Rev. Robert vonFrisch, pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua. Friends may call Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Donations may be made to the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Weatherly. Paul P. Sheeto Paul P. Sheeto, of 101 S. Kennedy Drive, McAdoo, died Saturday at 4:40 a.m.

at his residence. He was born in McAdoo, son of the late Adalbert and Eva (Walzonek) Sheeto. He was an Air Service veteran of World War II and a member of St. Kunegunda's R.C. Church, McAdoo.

Prior to retiring he was the proprietor of Sheeto's Gas Station in McAdoo. Preceding him in death were three brothers and two sisters, John, Frank, Joseph, Anna and Mary. Surviving are his wife, the former Helen Kosko; and a son, Francis. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Stanley E.

Anilosky Funeral Home, South Kennedy Drive, McAdoo. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Kunegunda's Church, followed by interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m.

A wake service will be held this evening at 8. Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Inc. 21 North Wyoming Street Hazleton, Pa. 18201 Telephone 455-3636 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. SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL Paid In Advance $94.00 48.00 25.00 10.00 2.50 Card Of Thanks LILLIAN DUTZ We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all the kind relatives, neighbors and friends who assisted and consoled us during the illness and death of our beloved mother and wife, Mrs. Lillian Dutz. Also, to Joe Moran, the pallbearers, those who sent spiritual or floral bouquets, donors and drivers of cars and all others who assisted us in any other way. The Dutz Family Reagan big draw on campaign trail WASHINGTON (AP) Less than a year and a half after proclaiming himself "at the end of a long political journey," Ronald Reagan is back on the campaign trail.

The former Republican president is putting his popularity to work for GOP candidates running for Congress and state legislatures, as some ex-presidents have done before him. Already, Reagan has helped with fund raising for state GOP organizations in Georgia and Washington, for Senate candidates in Indiana and Iowa and for Sen. Pete Wilson's gubernatorial bid in California. And although he normally commands speaking fees of $30,000 or more, Reagan accepts no pay for his party appearances, spokesman Mark Weinberg said. Reagan, campaigning on Nov.

5, 1988, for George Bush, told a national radio audience, "We're now at the end of a long political journey that marks for me the end of my last campaign as an officeholder." Still, Reagan "intends to be out there" for fellow Republicans this year, Weinberg said. GOP leaders are delighted to have the ex-president's help. When the Georgia Republican Party announced that Reagan would speak at its annual Presidents' Day lunch in Atlanta on Feb. 10, "the response was just phenomenal," said Bill Thorn, the party's executive director. "It was not a hard sell at all." Funerals The funeral of William H.

Halye, of Hamburg, who died Tuesday evening at the Laurel Living Center, Hamburg, was held Saturday morning from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home, Conyngham-Rock Glen Road. Pastor Richard Haas and Pastor R.M. Gardner officiated at the services. Interment was in Mountain Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers, all grandsons of the deceased, were Arnold Halye, James Halye Scott Halye, Dale Halye, Robert Halye and David Moll. The funeral of Susan Sessock, a former resident of North James Street, Hazleton, who died Wednesday evening at St. Luke Pavilion where she was a guest, was held Saturday morning from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Inc. The Rev.

Stephen Gaulke officiated for the services in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Interment was in Mt. Laurel Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Joseph Silock, Ryan Kennedy, Thomas J.

Shaw, Bernard Choma, George Petrilack and Jeffrey Stock. The funeral of Anthony Yankowski, a resident of St. Luke Manor, who died Wednesday at the Hazleton General Hospital, was held Saturday from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home. Divine Liturgy with the Office of Christian Burial was celebrated in St.

Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church by Msgr. Stephen Shemansky, who also gave the blessing at the funeral home and at the grave in the parish cemetery. In attendance and assisting was Msgr. Hilary Wroblewski. Pallbearers were Anthony, Walter and David Yankowski, David Montville, Ronald Swankosky and Michael Villuto.

The funeral of John J. Shuscevich, of 109 N. Broad West Hazleton, who died Thursday at the Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, was held Saturday from the Hilary J. Bonin Funeral Home.

The Rev. Richard E. Czachor gave the blessing at the funeral home, was celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial in Transfiguration R.C. Church and also gave the blessing at the chapel at Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Pallbearers were William Sharkey, James Capparell, Joseph Harvilla, Hilary Clatch Robert Bednar and Albert Mariano.

Funeral services were held Saturday from the Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home for Irene D. Thrash, a resident of the Hazleton Nursing and Geriatric Center, who died Wednesday at Hazleton General Hospital. The Rev. Richard D. Abernethy, pastor of St.

Paul's Reformed United Church of Christ, West Hazleton, conducted the services. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Brad Thrash, Shawn Thrash, Guy Kotansky, Roger Thrash, Kenneth Krouse, Gene Thrash Jr. and James Ayre, all grandsons of the deceased. FUNERAL SYMPATHY FLOWERS -Design Work At Competitive PricesOPEN 10-5 SAT.

10-2 CLOSED SUN. BROODY FLOWERS Rte. 309, Drums 788-1147 Typewriter Ruth E. Swank, of R.D. 2, Weatherly, died Sunday morning at St.

Luke Manor. Born in Wilkes-Barre, May 6, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Clark P. Croman and Flora Berry Croman. She was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly, and the Friendship Senior Citizens, Weatherly. Prior to retirement she was employed as a seamstress at the former Carbon County Home.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Howard M. Swank, in 1978. Surviving are two sons, Donald C. Swank, Drums; and Bruce H. Swank, Greenbelt, a daughter, Mrs.

Gerald (Joan Hittinger, Weatherly R.D. a brother, Edwin Croman, Montgomery, two sisters, Alice Evans, Weatherly, and Helen Seigfried, Drums; eight grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly, with the Rev.

Donald J. Stump Sr. officiating. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Weatherly. There will be no calling hours.

Donations may be made to Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly, or the American Cancer Society. Catherine Lamonica Ruth E. Swank Catherine Lamonica, Main Street, Sheppton, died Saturday afternoon at Hazleton General Hospital. She was born in Phinneyville, daughter of the late Jacob and Josephine (Wewer) Serafini. She lived in California and Philadelphia for some time.

She was educated in Sheppton and graduated from Sheppton High School and Kutztown University and had been a teacher at Sheppton Junior High School for 18 years. She was a member of St. Joseph R.C. Church, Sheppton. Preceding her in death in addition to her parents was her husband, Joseph.

Surviving are two sisters, Mary Dawson, Bethlehem, and Elizabeth M. Serafini, Sheppton, and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. from the Louis Truskowsky Funeral Home, 300 W. Center Mahanoy City.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph Church, Sheppton. Interment will be in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazleton.

Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m. Viola MacNeal Viola MacNeal, of 412 Johnson Highway, Norristown, died Saturday at Suburban General Hospital, Norristown. She was born February 5, 1908, in Slatington, daughter of the late Ellis Davis and Mary Roberts Davis. She was affiliated with Centenary United Methodist Church, Weatherly. Prior to retirement she worked more than 25 years in the laundry of Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1959, and three brothers, Alfred and Robert Davis and William Gaumer. Surviving are sisters, Catherine Scott, a Weatherly; Jean Davis, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mrs. Roy (Gertrude) Cole, Palmerton; Mrs. Arlington (Dorothy) Solt, Aquashicola; Mildred Yeager, Skippack, and Gladys Banicky, Hudson, and numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held from the Philip J.

Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Pastor Clyde E. Scott, of the Ironville United Methodist Church, Mt. Joy, will officiate.

Interment will be in Red Rock Cemetery, Sugarloaf. A calling hour will precede the services on Wednesday. Vera N. Berger Vera N. Berger, 72, of R.R.2 Drums, died Saturday evening at Winter Park Hospital, Winter Park, Fla.

Funeral arrangements, under the direction of the Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home, are incomplete at this time and will be published in a later edition. When planning for FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS Always specify SMITH FLORAL CO. 41 E. Broad Hazleton 555 N. Broad, West Hazleton Consult us for your Funeral Wedding and other special occasions Phone 454-1621 or 454-4471 Robert W.

Kaminsky Robert W. "Hooky" Kaminsky, 49, of Hidden Acre Farms, R.D. 3, Drums, died at his residence Sunday afternoon after suffering a five-year illness. He was born in Hazleton July 19, 1940, son of Peter and Anna (Kalinovich) Kaminsky, R.D. 1, Freeland.

He spent the past 16 years in Drums and prior to that in Upper Lehigh. He was employed by the past 24 years as a lineman. He was a member of Good Shepherd R.C. Church, Drums, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife of the past 16 years, the former Josine Yackanich; two daughters, Jennifer and Krista, both at home; brother, Eugene, Freeland; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home, Conyngham-Rock Glen Road. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Good Shepherd Church, Drums, where the Rev.

Joseph Weber will be the celebrant. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7to9p.m. Rev. Weber will conduct a wake service Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.

Mrs. Rose Telatovich Mrs. Rose Telatovich, 70, of 655 Prince Northumberland, died Saturday evening in the Nottingham Village Nursing Home, R.D. 1 Northumberland. Born in Hazleton, Dec.

22, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Esther (Erenchock) Krippe. She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Northumberland; the Auxiliary of the VFW and the Auxiliary of the American Legion, both of Sunbury. Preceding her in death was her husband, Chester, who died in 1977. Surviving are two sons, Ben North Lauderdale, Chester Sunbury; three grandchildren; one brother and two sisters, Mrs.

Katherine Kapuschinsky, Mrs. Anna Dworsky, and Joseph, all of Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Northumberland.

Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Danville. Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Blank Funeral Home, 309 Water Northumberland, 17857. Mrs.

Mary C. Arner Mrs. Mary C. Arner, age 80, of Owl Creek, R.R. 3 Tamaqua, died Friday evening at the Pottsville Hospital.

Born in Tamaqua, she was a daughter of the late Martin and Katherine (Throne) Derr. Surviving are her husband, William Stanley Arner; three stepchildren, William Arner, Warminster; Howard Arner, Texas, and Mrs. Sylvia Lileck, Spring City; one sister, Mrs. Grace Hess, Hazleton; one brother, John, Lebanon, and two nieces. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11.

a.m. from the Robert C. Reeser Funeral Home, 305 E. Broad with the Rev. Alvin Reese, officiating.

Interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua. Friends may call Tuesday from 10 a.m. until time of funeral. Pepsi (Continued from page 1 1) He ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate in 1932 and worked on Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's mayoral campaigns. He also served as chairman of the New York County Republican Committee.

"He was an extraordinarily energetic and creative man," said Republican state Sen. Roy M. Goodman. In 1978, at 82, Mack brought together a group of former cola company executives to launch King-Cola Corp. It filed for bankruptcy three years later.

"Work keeps me alive, as it does a great many people," he testified before the House Select Committee on Aging in 1981. "As he aged he came more to believe that you do your best and keep trying and if things don't work out you keep going," Walter Jr. said. "That's probably what kept him young." DORSO'S FLORAL SHOP W. Broad St.

leton 459-2200 Courteous Service TeleFlora Nearly 2,000 people turned out, bringing in more than $200,000. A few weeks later, Reagan traveled a few blocks from his Los Angeles office to speak at a private fund-raising lunch for Iowa GOP Senate candidate Rep. Thomas J. Tauke. The lunch attracted about 45 people who each contributed $500 or, in some cases, $1,000.

Combining politics with a paycheck, Reagan pulled in about $40,000 for Washington Republicans in December by making brief remarks and posing for photographs at a private reception while he was in Seattle to deliver a paid speech to business executives. For Wilson, the former president spoke at fund-raisers in the Los Angeles area and in San Diego. Reagan also lent his signature to a fund-raising letter for Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana several months ago. "Right now we are helping coordinate a political plan which is geared toward all of the various things that he can do to be helpful, particularly in the target races," said Leslie Goodman man.

spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. Former President Richard Nixon, an increasing presence on the political scene, "has agreed to work with us as well," Ms. Goodman said. Sitting out the 1990 campaign will be former President and House GOP Leader Gerald Ford, but not by choice, said his spokesman, Bob Barrett. Ford has a knee operation scheduled for this fall.

The only surviving Democratic president, Jimmy Carter, is not expected to take part in the 1990 campaign. (Continued from page 1) "The technology can address all segments of the workplace," says Janet Baker, who founded the company with her husband, James, in 1982 after stints in speech-recognition product development at IBM Corp. and Exxon Corp. The system is designed for professionals who don't type well or who want to write reports and letters that otherwise would be dictated to a secretary, then transcribed. "The only people who are really good typists are journalists, computer programmers and secretaries," said and lot Baker.

of "'Doc- other lawyers a people often just hunt and peck or they rely on handing notes to someone to type up." DragonDictate is also seen as a great boon to the disabled. Whitney and others with disabilities have used the system in test marketing around the country for the past year. Laura Harris, a 19-year-old sophomore at Harvard University, was born without fingers on her left hand. She taught herself to type with her right hand, but did so much typing as a freshman government major, she injured her hand. She was forced to dictate her papers into a tape recorder and give it to another student to transcribe.

Since January, Harris has used DragonDictate. "It was so hard to dictate before because I couldn't actually see what I was writing, SO I couldn't edit. I often ended up trying to write longhand and that was painful," said Harris. "DragonDictate is just amazing. It allows me to go back to typing and editing my work." The system adjusts to each user's voice and vocabulary because individual voices can vary widely.

Crews work to clean up hazardous chemical spill PHILADELPHIA (AP) The cleanup of a hazardous chemical from the Delaware River resumed this morning while officials revoked the Norwegian tanker's license to unload chemicals in the United States. Saturday's spill forced the evacuation of about 250 people in Northeast Philadelphia. Eleven people were treated at area hospitals for headaches and nausea after breathing the spill's fumes. Officials said 12,843 gallons of cumene, a solvent used in fingernail polish remover, leaked from the tanker Jo Rogn in the early morning hours Saturday. About 1,000 gallons of cumene ran into the river, according to officials of the GATX Terminal, where the ship was unloading.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Louis Moore said the cleanup resumed this morning after breaking for the night. Coast Guard officials were not sure how much of the leak spilled into the water, he said. A large portion of the spill was contained in a slop tank aboard the tanker. The tanker's permit to unload chemicals in the United States was revoked Sunday pending investigation of the spill, according to Moore.

Coast Guard organized the cleanup, which involved removing more than 20,000 gallons of a mixture of water and cumene from the river. Cumene is a fire hazard and dangerous if inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through the skin in large quanities. Coast Guard Lt. Robert Mitchell said the spill occurred when the tanker was unloading the chemical into a Unitank Co. holding tank.

The unloading began overnight Friday, but the spill was not detected until about 6:40 a.m. Saturday, he said. The Jo Rogn was carrying 3.2 million gallons of cumene. Mother keeps media at bay while guarding daughter CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) An American woman who was jailed two years for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of her daughter was reunited with the girl over the weekend, then spent today guarding her from the media. Dr.

Elizabeth Morgan drove her daughter, 7-year-old Hilary Foretich, the 200 yards to her school this morning after learning that photographers and reporters were outside the hotel where Hilary lives. She took a different route when she drove Hilary back to the Diplomat Motel. Hilary has lived there with her maternal grandparents since mid-1988. Morgan refused to speak to the media or allow herself to be photographed with Hilary. She would not say how long she expected to stay in Christchurch.

Morgan, a plastic surgeon from Washington D.C., has accused her ex-husband, Eric Foretich, of sexually abusing Hilary. She was jailed 25 months in 1987 for refusing to reveal Hilary's whereabouts. The girl and her grandparents came to live in New Zealand 18 months ago after living on the run in Canada and Europe. Foretich saw his daughter last week for the first time in more than two years and has since Game show host plans dream house LOS ANGELES (AP) Veteran game-show host Alex Trebek plans to build a dream house for himself and his future wife on a Hollywood Hills mountaintop he bought for $1.5 million. "We'll have to cut off the top of the mountain to make a pad, but that's the kind of thing I enjoy doing," said Trebek, 49, host of the television a quiz show "Jeopardy." returned to his Falls Church, home where he works as a dental surgeon.

He found Hilary in Christchurch three weeks ago. The New Zealand Family Court is to rule on the custody issue and has barred reporters from covering the proceedings. No date has been announced for the hearing. Greyhound strike talks break down One Six Three One One PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) Greyhound and its striking drivers exchanged barbs after negotiations broke down when company officials charged that union leaders failed to negotiate and were "stepping up the violence." Union leaders presented a new contract proposal in talks held in Tucson on Saturday, but the company said it was unacceptable.

Negotiations broke off Sunday after only about an hour. A federal mediator said he is disappointed but not surprised that the first negotiations in the 18-day-old Greyhound bus drivers' strike quickly broke off. "The issues remaining are serious and they are many, and it's not unusual at this stage of negotiations for both sides to remain very firm in their position," said Paul F. Stuckenschneider. Greyhound and union officials were less diplomatic.

"There is no way to reach an agreement with people who are trying to break down the company through intimidation, violence and terrorism," the company's executive vice president, Anthony Lannie, said in a statement Sunday..