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Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Saturday, November 7, 1 1998 Vote (Continued from page 1) District include: House of Representatives. Paul Stephen E. A. Kanjorski Urban (R), 3,538. 116th Legislative District Todd E.

Eachus (D), John P. Rodgers (R), 4,280. Governor Tom Ridge (R), Ivan Itkin (D) Peg Luksik (C) 893. U.S. senator Arlen Specter (R), Bill Lloyd (D), Dean Snyder (C), 217.

In Luzerne County's second district, the 117th Legislative District seat was won by incumbent George C. Hasay (R), with 8,742 votes to William C. Conyngham (D), with 6,234. In the county's small piece of the 122nd Legislative District, Keith McCall (D) ran unnapposed, garnering 179 votes. If You Need Tol CALL US! Standard Standard-SpeakerSUNDAY 455-3636 OR OUT OF THE AREA TOLL FREE 800-843-6680 FAX 455-4244 CIRCULATION TO START THE PAPER EXT.

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21 North Wyoming Street Hazleton, Pa. 18201 Telephone 455-3636 Periodicals Postage Paid at Hazleton, Pa. Publication No. 238140 7 DAY DELIVERY The Hazleton Standard-Speaker is delivered by carrier for $2.85 a week. Paid in Office in advance Three months $37.05 Six months.

.72.10 One 143.20 Sunday Only Delivery Paid in office in advance Three months $9.75 BY MAIL Monday through Saturday One month $15.00 Three months 36.00 00 Six 70.00 0.00 One year. 135.00 Sunday Additional $1.50 per week by mail Obituaries Bernard J. Mehalick Bernard J. Mehalick, 69, of Somerset, N.J., died Oct. 17 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lyons, N.J.

He was a Korean War veteran and a native of Hazleton, and also lived in Manville, N.J. Mr. Mehalick was a forklift operator at the former Manville plant of Johns-Manville and was a member of the Thomas J. Kavanaugh Post 2290, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Manville; the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 988; Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church, South Bound Brook, N.J.; and the Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Bound Brook, N.J.

Surviving are his wife of 24 years, the former Mary Mirto; sons, Gerald, Ronald and Bernard; daughter, Jackyln; stepson, James Stainner, Hillsborough, N.J.; stepdaughter, Lisa Teodorczy, Manville; and brothers, John, Manville, and Joseph, Raritan, N.J. The funeral was held at the Bridgewater Funeral Home. Burial was in Forest Green Park Cemetery, Morganville. Winifred J. Cea Winifred J.

Cea, of Hazlewood Apartments, Box 288, Hazleton, died Friday at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Freeland, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Nettie (Hoffman) Daubert, and lived in Hazleton most of her life. She was a presser for the Publix Shirt Factory, Hazleton, before retiring. Mrs. Cea was a member of Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church, Hazleton; the Hazleton Senior Citizens; and the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, Louis, in 1949; brothers, Malcolm, Edward and Lloyd; and sister, Audrey Cea. Surviving are son, Robert L. Daubert, West Hazleton; sisters, Mrs. Henrietta Stower, Freeland, Mrs. Lee (Nettie) Kenvin, Hazleton, and Mrs.

Harold (Emma) Blose, Wernersville; and three grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Monday from the Hilary J. Bonin Funeral Home, 99 W. Green West Hazleton.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at Most Precious Blood R.C. Church. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.

A Christian wake service will be held Sunday evening. Violet M. Dresher Violet M. Dresher, 81, of 224 Furnace Turkey Run, Shenandoah, died Thursday at Penn State Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Girardville, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Susan (Babsiute) Boxer.

She graduated from Girardville High School and was a member of St. George's Church, Shenandoah. Mrs. Dresher worked for the and Garment Factory, Turkey Run, before retiring. Surviving are her husband, Grant; son, Charles Longview Terrace, Ashland; daughter, Linda Dresher, at home; and six grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held at the family's convenience. Burial will be in the St. Vincent Cemetery, Frackville. There will be no calling hours. The Robert M.

McDonald Funeral Home, Girardville, is directing the arrangements. In Loving Memory of Joseph J. Bridge November 7th, 1995 In Life we loved you In death we love you still And in our hearts you hold. A place no one can fill. Our hearts still ache with sadness.

Our eyes still fill with tears, Only God knows how much we all miss you At the end of three long years. Dolores, Debbie 2 David Moynihan will retire from N. Y. senate seat Mary R. Rindock Mary R.

Rindock, 64, of White Haven, died Thursday at her home. Born in Freeland, she was the daughter of Mary (Schenk), Drums, and the late Alexander Tomari. She lived in White Haven since 1995 after moving from Melbourne, and was employed by RCA Corp. in Florida, and Harris Semiconductor, Mountaintop. She was a member of St.

Patrick's Church, White Haven, and the Senior Citizens of White Haven. Preceding her in death, in addition to her father, were her husband, Joseph in 1989; and brothers, Alex: and Anthony. Surviving, in addition to her mother, are sons, Scott White Haven, and Joseph Flemington, N.J.; brothers, Joseph, Freeland, and John, Allentown; sisters, Cecelia Kennedy, Hazleton, Josephine Chitswara, Fallsington, Carol Bonevich, Freeland, and Sharon Merson, Puntagorda, and two grandchildren, and a dear friend, Donald Burkovsky, Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St.

Patrick's Church, White Haven, with the Rev. Stephen S. Stavoy officiating. Memorial donations can be sent to the American Cancer Society, 1109 W. 15th Hazleton 18201, or Hospice St.

John, P.O. Box 310, 901 Stacie Hazleton. The Joseph E. Lehman Funeral Home, White Haven, is in charge of the arrangements. Vincent L.

Hermany Jr. Vincent L. Hermany 46, of 710 Garfield Hazleton, died Friday at Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Vincent and Lillian (Kunkel) Hermany Sr.

He worked for Barletta Materials and Construction, Humboldt, and was a member of Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, Hazleton, and the United Steelworkers Union. Surviving are his wife of 25 years, the former Nancy DiBlasi; sons, John, David and Vincent III, and daughter, Christina Marie, all at home; brothers, Stuart, Kempton, Lewis, Temple, Dennis, Long Meadows, Terrance, Orefield, Delmar, Keen, Schuylkill Haven, Girard, Walnuttown, LeRoy, Mertztown, and Ross, Orwigsburg; sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Olwyn) Weber, Mertztown, Eloise Snyder, Emmaus, and Mrs. Dave (Marlene) Richards, Laureldale; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m.

Monday from the Joseph A. Moran Funeral Home, 229 W. 12th Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 9:30 at the Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations can be sent to Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church. SURVIVOR LISTED Ellen M.

Heckler, of Freeland, who died Tuesday at HazletonSt. Joseph Medical Center, is survived by a sister, Carrie James, Drums. Funeral The funeral of Genaro "Burke" Forte, of 562 Arthur Hazleton, who died Tuesday in Jim Thorpe, was held Friday morning from the Joseph A. Moran Funeral Home, Hazleton. Monsignor Neil Gugliemelli celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, Hazleton.

Burial was in the parish cemetery. The pallbearers were David, Neal, and Genaro Forte sons; Jerry Roman, son-in-law; Dan Provenzano, grandson; and Gary Rayno. Old power plant reduced to rubble to make way for park MILESBURG (AP) The old West Penn-Allegheny Power plant built in 1950 in Milesburg was reduced to a pile of rubble Thursday morning when a demolition company from Oklahoma set off 70 pounds of strategically placed explosives. The demolition workers spent several days packing the 270- foot concrete stack and a 60-foot steel and aluminum tower with the explosives, preparing to set them off at 9:30 a.m. Steven S.

Stashko Steven S. Stashko, 669 Quincy West Hazleton, died Friday afternoon at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Hazleton, he was the son of the late John and Mary (Spock) Stashko. After living in Baltimore for many years, he returned to Hazleton where he lived for the past 50 years. Mr.

Stashko worked for Pagnotti Enterprises and Myers Manufacturing, both in Hazleton, before retiring, and also operated the Stashko Bakery on North Locust Street, Hazleton, and was a shipyard worker in Baltimore. He was a member of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Slovak Church, Hazleton; the Hazleton Lions Club, the All American Senior Citizens, the Hazle Township Senior Citizens, and the Kosciusko Club. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, were his first wife, the former Helen Yurechko, in 1973; infant son, Gerald; son, Steven who died in a motorcycle accident; brothers, Michael, Thomas, George and John; and sister, Anna Kaminsky. Surviving are his wife of 23 years, the former Anastasia Antonaida; son, Dr. Robert Stashko, Berwick; sister, Mrs.

Nancy Baran, Bridgeton, N.J.; and two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Monday from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity R.C. Slovak Church. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held Sunday evening.

The Hazleton Lions Club will conduct a necrology service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. School (Continued from page 1) Labor and Industry issued the certificate on Wednesday, two days after the date on Kavitski's letter. Prior to Wednesday, the district had a permit from the state to occupy most rooms and a temporary occupancy permit from Freeland. To resolve the issues, Freeland suggested a tour of the school on Saturday.

Rather than take the tour, the school district will send an independent inspector to compile a scorecard of where the school meets and fails the BOCCA standards. If any failures appear, the district will fix them. But the district is willing to go to court to keep open the school. "To lock the kids out of the Freeland building, where would you send the kids?" Kenneth Temborski, a school director, said. Temborski said the threat to close the school was a political move organized by school Director Louis Rossi and involving Steven Jordan, the president of Freeland Borough Council.

Temborski called Rossi a puppet master and said he should resign. And Temborski said Jordan, who spoke about the condition of the school at a school board meeting on Oct. 5, is a soldier in Rossi's army. "Mr. Jordan admitted to his association with Mr.

Rossi and admitted that the items he was complaining about had already been resolved," Temborski said. Jordan, telephoned later, said his only contact with Rossi came during an hour-long tour of the school in September. "That's not an association," Jordan said. Rossi could not be contacted on Friday. Jordan said he didn't recall saying the problems he brought up at the school board meeting have been corrected, but knows the borough's experts still find faults with the Freeland school.

Doors, the chlorine filter room and a sidewalk are among the items that Jordan said need attention. Boyer said the doors came from the former Freeland Junior High School and would cost $80,000 to $100,000 to replace. "There's nothing wrong with the doors," he said. As for the chlorine tank, the school doesn't have one, Boyer said. The pool is purified with a solution that Boyer said is three times stronger than household bleach.

If the district used the more dangerous chlorine gas, then the school would require the provisions mentioned in the letters from Freeland, Boyer said. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who rose from New York City's gritty Hell's Kitchen to become a Harvard professor and one of the leading intellects in the U.S. Senate, said Friday he would not run for re-election in 2000. "I surely will miss it, but there are other things to do in life and there comes a time," the professorial New York Democrat said.

The 71-year-old Moynihan, with his trademark white shock of hair and slow speech, is serving his fourth, six-year term. The former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was considered a safe bet for re-election if he had run again. Moynihan's retirement came just three days after his longtime New York colleague, Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, was defeated in his bid for a fourth term by Democrat Charles Schumer, a congressman from Brooklyn. For years the two men played different roles in Congress, with Moynihan focusing on foreign affairs, social policy and other broad issues and D'Amato concentrating on bringing home projects and federal aid to the state.

"The world moves on," Moynihan said simply when asked about D'Amato's defeat and his retirement announcement coming in the same week. "Now we have Chuck Schumer so that when I leave, the senior senator from New York will be a Democrat and a friend," Moynihan said. Elected to the Senate in 1976, Moynihan said that "after the last election, my wife and I agreed: one more term, that's all; that's plenty; that's fine." "You're in your 70s and you don't want to press that too long, do you?" he added. But Moynihan has also been unhappy with his role as a minority legislator since Republicans took control of the Senate in 1994 and at the thought of having to raise the money needed for yet another race. "His last campaign, he ran for $5 million.

That sounds quaint compared to what happened this year," William Cunningham, a Moynihan confidant and former chief of staff, said. Noting that D'Amato and Schumer spent more than $35 million on their race this year, the Albany banking executive said, "I don't think he wanted to spend the next year and a half on the phone everyday trying to raise money." Moynihan said that other than a bad knee that may need surgery, he was in fine health. Moynihan, the author of 18 books, said he would continue to "scribble away" after he leaves the Senate and perhaps go back to the classroom. "I'll start teaching again if anybody will have me," he said. Moynihan 1 is the first senator facing re-election in 2000 to an- Regional police suggested for Stroudsburg area EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.

(AP) Officials are suggesting that three Strouds municipalities create a regional police department. Merging the departments of Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and Stroud Township would make for a more efficient, more specialized and less expensive law enforcement agency, according to a report recommending approval of the department. The bottom line is additional police officers at a price tag of about $100,000 less than the current combined cost after the first few years, according to a report from an independent accountant. And based on that Stroudsburg Borough Manager Bob Francis hopes the officials approve the new police department. "I think that our council should support it because the numbers make sense," Francis said.

"I believe they'll see better police coverage." If a majority of officials in each of the municipalities decide the proposal is promising, the Stroud Area Regional Police Department will be created on Jan. 1, 2000. TV PROGRAM Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theatre was the top-rated television program during the 1950-51 season. The following year, the number one show was Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, and over the following three years, I Love Lucy held first place. nounce his retirement.

With Republicans failing to expand their 55-45 Senate majority in Tuesday's election, Democrats have been hoping to recapture control of the chamber that year, when 19 Republican and 14 Democratic seats will be at stake. Moynihan is the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare all of which are at the heart of the Capitol's annual political fights. Known for lofty oratory that often includes the history of whatever program or institution is being debated, he is usually a reliable Democratic vote, but can sometimes stray. Moynihan grew up in the rough Manhattan neighborhood known as Hell's Kitchen. His father was an alcoholic who left the family when Moynihan was 6.

His mother operated a saloon. Born in Tulsa, Moynihan became an academic who taught at Harvard before going into public service. In 1976, he won a contentious four -way Democratic Senate primary that included feminist Bella Abzug. He went on to defeat the conservative Republican incumbent, James Buckley. He was re-elected easily three times after that.

For more than a year there has been speculation that Moynihan would not run again even though he had said last year that he planned to do so. "I thought this kind of speculation wasn't going to stop, so why not stop it?" Moynihan said Friday. Interest among Democrats in the Moynihan seat has been keen. On Thursday, newly reelected state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the only black elected to statewide office in New York, said he might be interested in the seat.

While stopping short of an endorsement Friday, Moynihan had encouraging words for McCall. "With the loss of (Illinois') Carol Moseley-Braun, there'll be no African-American in the Senate and the opportunity of Carl. if he thought it would be a chance to represent his community, I think that is grand," the senator said. Other Democrats thought to be interested include U.S. Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, son of former New York Gov.

Mario Cuomo; and Robert F. Kennedy son of the assassinated New York senator. The younger Cuomo is married to the younger Kennedy's sister, Kerry. Friends say New Yorkers are urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to enter the race. Shalala has upstate support from her years at Syracuse University in the early 1970s.

She was president of Hunter College in New York City in the late 1980s. On the Republican side, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio of Long Island are considered potential candidates. Montgomery DA to seek death penalty against suspect in rape, murder NORRISTOWN (AP) Prose- cutors in Montgomery County officially moved Thursday to seek the death penalty against Shane Wheale, the man from Upper Moreland Township who is accused of raping and murdering a 37-year-old teacher from Philadelphia.

Wheale's formal arraignment was held Thursday on charges that he Wheale murdered Regina Carr, whose body was found in August near his Willow Grove apartment. The legal basis cited for seeking the death penalty is that Wheale allegedly killed Carr as he brutally raped her. Prosecutors said it was both torture and a felony within a felony. Wheale's court-appointed attorney, Richard Winters, maintained that his client was not guilty and Wheale fought back tears as the charges were read into the court record. Judge Paul Tressler imposed a gag order that prevents attorneys in the case from discussing the case publicly, so that jury selection will not be affected by publicity.

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