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I Butting in the lunch line leads to stabbing with a fork at Central Page D1 3843915 960831 02 BRANAN MICROFILM 125 THEOBOLD ST CREENSBURC PA 15601 2 HOME EDITION YORK PA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1996 35 CENTS IT urn oirads Police say a former Airville man was starved and beaten in at his Wya farmhouse: Trooper JB Arm- By ELIZABETH EVANS David Freeman was being held Wetzel County WVa in 1991 state police police said decomposed body was found at the farmhouse in November 1994 after police received an anonymous call from an apparent would-be burglar Good was killed about a year before his body was found police said Good and Cooper planned to build a religious commune or church in the secluded area said last night without bail in the Northern Regional Jail in Mound-sville WVa His wife Arlene Whitehurst also known as Eliza Coojier remains at large authorities said The pair are accused of killing Timothy Good who grew up in Airville They lived with Good at his York County farm for at least a year before all three moved to and LESLIE GRAY STREETER DispatchSunday News A couple accused of starving beating and strangling a former Airville man in his West Virginia farmhouse were indicted by a grand jury last week on felony counts of murder and conspiracy William Cooper 39 also known by various aliases including strong Both family and police have said Cooper hadjan ominous hold over Good based on apocalyptic religious views They called Cooper a charismatic man who played on spiritual yearnings and turned him into a virtual servant making him live in See MURDER Page Crews push I to finish up work on 1-83 Nov 27 deadline or risk big fine Fallout at Michael Wagaman 1 1 of York crutches while looking around after the York Fair ended By JOHN CALAMAN For the DispatchSunday News Work on the Interstate 83 restoration in northern York County is about a month behind schedule much to the chagrin of the 45000 or so motorists who have endured the four-mile detours each day since March But a near round-the-clock and Saturday work schedule plus the possibility of a $10000 per day penalty for the general contractor if the job done by Nov 27 should have this portion of the 75 mile $279 million project finished before the snow falls been working nights the last two weeks and got on their schedule to be done by Thanksgiving Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 8 spokesman Greg Penny said contractor feels they can do Camp Hill-based Hempt Cooper Todd Slouch Staff artist Bros crews have been on the job into the wee hours with an added 6 pm to 2 am six day per week shift The delay: A raiiw spring and summer See 1-83 Page A6 CREC MAHANYSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TOMORROW 7 Full report A2 PORI hammer home run record set by 1961 Yankees Beat up on Detroit 16-6 to pull within 2li games Page B1 i i York running a week late County holding national observance after over Page D1 Problems on the shuttle? Equipment trouble may cut Atlantis mission short Page A3 US can now send troops Kuwait gives the OK to let in American soldiers Page A3 CLKIDDIN Independence Day weddings They Married on July 4th Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards Jr (1961) Anne Bancroft (1954) Sonja Henle (1940) Karen Black (1975) John Carradlne (1975) Peter Finch (1959) George Scott and Colleen Dewhurst (1967 They were remarried on this date) World Features Syndicate OailtfONlGHlM Monday Night Football: Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers live 9 pm Channel 27 Movie: Dreams" 1996 suspense starring Tiffany Amber Thiessen 9 pm Channel 8 Ann Landers C7 Around Town A2 Classified Larry Hicks A5 Comics C6-7 Obituaries C2 County briefs C8 Sports 61-6 Doctor CottC6 TV C5 Editorial: A4 YorkToday Cl Cause of our deaths WHO says auto crashes depression will be top killers By LEE BOWMAN Scripps Howard News Service Germs will no longer be the leading cause of death and disability in 25 years as heart disease depression and car crashes take over as top killers the World Health Organization says Worldwide deaths from diseases and injury are expected to rise to 73 percent of all deaths up from 558 percent in 1990 The findings are contained in two reports sponsored by the WHO and the World Bank assessing coming changes in the global disease burden and now spending on health research and development should change as a result Harvard University economist Christopher Murray who co-edited the disease study said the trend is mainly accounted for by two factors: Populations worldwide are growing older with the proportion of people aged 45 and older expected to increase 200 percent between 1990 and 2020 while the population under age 5 will have grown just 20 percent due to declining fertility Pro- Si life expectaney at in 2020 will be 71 years for men and 88 for women in industrialized nations A continuing tobacco epidemic with the number of tobacco-related deaths rising from 3 million a year in 1990 to 84 million in 2020 not talking about new smokers but long-term health impact on everyone smoking Murray said Thus the toll of cancers led by lung cancer and increased respiratory disease is expected to double over the next quarter century the study said Unlike most traditional mortality studies the dis- See WHO Page A5 the fair found a discarded pair of the fairgrounds yesterday a day DO A looks as if a disaster hit And that has nothing to do with the fact that attendance was down by 125 percent and spending by more at this fair In the wake of the nine-day celebration litter is everywhere across the fairgrounds and the smell of See FAIR Page A6 Up the creek Attendance spending were down as some vendors fought to break even Deb Slawson and Jeff Hovis navigate a canoe during the 1996 Codorus Flatwater Slalom yesterday For winners see Page B6 By DEBORAH GRACE DispatchSunday News i Two days ago throngs made navigating the midway at the York Fair difficult Today you could drive down the midway without a problem Not only are the York fairgrounds deserted but it Introducing the challengers on as Newcomer Hoefler has eye on 31st District seSat Only 41 Hoefler has made two careers first as a weapons specialist a nuclear bomber during the Cold War and next a college professor teaching note: As campaigning for election intensifies around the county The York Dispatch has been taking an introductory look at the challengers in upcoming congressional and state legislative races This is the last profile in our series By JP KURISH DispatchSunday News If all it took to get elected to the General Assembly was an impressive resume Jim Hoefler might be packing his bags already moyne Republican already has it Mowery holds the state Senate seat in the 31st District one of the most staunchly Republican districts in central Pennsylvania Hoefler a Democrat never held Eublic office wants the job and feels lie? as the credentials But he knows that his political affiliation is his biggest handicap care if people vote against me and my ideas as long as they are making an educated he said See 31 ST Page A5 Hoefler Mowery written three books and served on a few campaigns Now he wants another job Problem is Hal Mowery the Le- tea.