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Sunday, Sept. 24, 1989 Santa Cruz Sentinel A-21 Obituaries Drug lords offer profits BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Colombia's top two cocaine lords want to negotiate an end to their war with the government and have offered to pump some of their illicit profits into the nation's industrial sector, a lawmaker said. Meanwhile, two men confessed to killing Luis Carlos Galan, the. popular presidential candidate whose assassination touched oil the war between the government and Colombia's drug lords, Colombian news media said Saturday. The president of Colombia's House of Representatives, Norberto Morales, said at a news conference Friday in Medellin that he was telephoned by Pablo Escobar and Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, kingpins of the infamous Medellin cartel.

A tape recording of the news conference was broadcast Saturday by Bogota radio stations. There was no answer at Morales' office in Medellin. The Medellin cartel is believed responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine that is smuggled into the United States. Morales said Escobar and Rodriguez Gacha offered to invest millions of dollars in Colombian industry if a truce is reached. He said he had passed the information along to President Virgilio Barco.

This would not be the first time that Escobar, Rodriguez and other suspected members of the Medellin cartel have tried to buy amnesty. In 1984, President Belisario Betancur even sent former President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen to Panama to meet with members of the cartel. was made Friday in a news conference, despite the fact that the two men have questioned or charged by civilian newspapers quoted Gen. Ramon Niebles the army now knows who hired the says confessed to killing Galan, the presidential candidate when he was Aug. 18 at a Bogota rally.

But the the general did not say who ordered killing. killing led the government to declare war on drug traffickers. men who confessed were part of a The Blackies, the general was saying. Two other men in the band to have set off a 500-pound bomb seriously damaged the Bogota daily men were captured Thursday in a Bogota where the army found ammunition and 220 pounds of packed under a car seat, the general before, police have said they captured killers once five men and once 11 times the suspects were released days. has a reputation of forcing confessions from people who later recant in civilian Colombia's armed forces have the to arrest and detain people under a siege that has existed in Colombia for few months of the last 40 years.

The cartel offered to pay off Colombia's foreign debt, then about $10 billion, if Colombia would end the war declared on drug traffickers after Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was murdered. The government rejected the offer, but a few weeks later the army stopped confiscating property of suspected traffickers. Medellin Mayor Juan Gomez Martinez, has been the biggest advocate of negotiations with drug traffickers. A U.S. Embassy official said earlier this month that the traffickers' specific demands have included full pardons in exchange for removing all of their drug operations from Colombia, perhaps to Bolivia and Peru.

The officials also said that traffickers offered to invest part of their fortunes in helping government security forces rid the country of leftist guerrillas. Barco has refused to conduct negotiatons with the traffickers. Forbes Magazine recently ranked Escobar as having between $2 billion and $3 billion. Colombian media have reported that all five members of the Medellin cartel are billionaires. The U.S.

Justice Department has given priority to the capture and extradition of 12 Colombians facing drug charges in the United States, including Escobar and Rodriguez. None of the 12 has been captured. Also Saturday, Colombian newspapers reported an army claim that two suspects in Galan's killing had confessed. Composer Irving Berlin dies; iii wrote many beloved songs to share became holiday anthems. When he noticed that he might have slighted Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, St.

Patrick's Day, New Year's Eve and Washington's Birthday he added "Something to Be Thankful For," "Say It With Firecrackers," "A Little Bit of Irish," "Let's Start the New Year Right" and "I Can't Tell a Lie." And in case he had missed anything, he composed "Happy Holiday." Irving Berlin was a slender, dark-haired man with a quick smile and lively eyes topped by wide, prominent eyebrows. FUNERALS NORMANS family chapel 3620 SOQUEL DRIVE SOQUEL 476-6211 CALIFORNIA CREMATION SOCIETY For tree brochure on complete services covered by Social Security and Veterans benefits call or write: PH. 998-4066 P.O. Box 452 San Jose, CA 95103 The claim not been authorities. The as saying two men it leading assassinated reports said the Galan's an all-out The two band called quoted as are thought Sept.

2 that El Espectador. The four house in weapons, dynamite said. Twice Galan's men. Both after a few The army courts. authority state of all but a and Diana Ross and became hits all over again.

"White Christmas" remains one of the most-performed standards in the entire Ascap repertory. The songwriter Sammy Cahn once said of Berlin's prodigious output: "If a man, in a lifetime of 50 years, can point to six songs that are immediately indentifiable, he has achieved something. Irving Berlin can sing 60 that are immediately identifiable. Somebody once said you couldn't have a holiday without his permission." "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade" were two Berlin songs that Thomas was an avid Softball player who played on several city teams. He is survived by his wife, Marsha Thomas of Soquel; his son, Chris Thomas of Soquel; and his brother, Tom Thomas of New York City.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Arnold's Funeral Home, 1902 Ocean Street Extension. Interment will be in Santa Cruz Mausoleum. Frances Marston No services will be held for Frances "Buzz" Marston of Santa Cruz, who died Friday at a local hospital. She was 89.

A California native, Mrs. Marston enjoyed cooking. She is survived by her son, Jim Marston of Santa Cruz; four nieces, Ginny Brett of Capitola, Betty Linx-wiler of Dos Palos, Nancy Young of Fresno and Marge Golden of Rio Vista; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. White's and Wessendorf Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be private.

Hoy Tong Yee No services have yet been scheduled for Hoy Tong Yee of Santa Cruz, who died Friday. She was 81. Mrs. Yee was a native of China. She is survived by her daughter, May Chen of Santa Cruz; her son, Donald Yee of Watsonville; her brother, Get Fong of Stockton; four grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Arnold's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mathew J. Mahutga Private services will be held Monday for Mathew James Mahutga, a Santa Cruz infant who died Wednesday following a sudden illness. He was 15 days old. He is survived by his parents, Dennis and Maria Mahutga of Santa Cruz; his sister Laura Mahutga of Santa Cruz; maternal grandparents Margaret and Nicholas Gralenski of Aptos; paternal grandparents, James and Lois Mahutga of North Dakota; his paternal great-grandfather Art Freeman Sr.

of North Dakota; his maternal great-grandparents Laura and Nicholas Gralenski of Massachusetts, and Susan Garvey, also of Massachusetts; and three uncles, Thomas Gralenski of Aptos, and Roger Mahutga and David Mahutga, both of Santa Cruz. Private graveside services will be conducted Monday at Norman's Family Chapel, 3620 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Interment will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Gaylord E. Snavely Services will be Tuesday for Gaylord E.

Snavely, a Ben Lomond resident who died Friday at a local hospital. He was 68. A native of Pleasanton, Ohio, Mr. Snavely moved to Santa Cruz County in 1968 from Hawthorne and settled in Ben Lomond. He worked as an electrician for 40 years and last worked for Watkins-Johnson before his retirement.

He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, and was a member of the Evangelical Free Church of Felton. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Dorothy Mae Snavely of Ben Lomond; his three sons, Gaylord Evan Snavely III of Ben Lomond, Douglas Mark Snavely of Marysville, and Samuel Scott Snavely of Aptos; his two daughters, Winona Lynn Sherrick of Felton and Amanda Ruth Knox of Corralitos; his two brothers, Leonard Snavely of Ohio and John Snavely of California; two sisters, Naomi Lather and Miriam Fey of Ohio; and 13 grandchildren. Eleanore H. Wegner Services will be held Tuesday for Eleanore Hassan Wegner, who died Wednesday at a Santa Cruz hospital.

She was 87. Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Wegner raised a family of 12 and lived all over the world. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Legion No. 375 in Palo Alto, the Redwood Garden Club in San Lorenzo Valley, and the Women's Club.

She is survived by seven daughters, Ruby Hatch of Lakebay, May Coplan of Ocala, Marjorie Wegner of Bakersfield, Dorothy Dunlap of Cinnaminson, N.J., Elsie Adams Cutsinger of Santa Cruz, Eda Bushnell of Seattle, and Anne Sutton of Modesto: three sons, David Wegner of Pleasanton. Clarence Wegner of Fayetteville, N.C., and Richard Wegner of Captain Cook, Hawaii; and more than 60 grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Clarence Wegner, and two daughters, Rose Frazier and Clarel Wegner, preceded her in death. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Main Post Chapel, Presidio of San Francisco.

Visitation will be held in the chapel from 9 a.m. until the services begin. Halsted N. Gray Carew English is in charge of arrangements. Robert Ostergaard Services have been- held for Rob-ert Jack Ostergaard of Santa Cruz who died Wednesday of AIDS.

He was 48. Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Ostergaard graduated from Monterey High School. He served 20 years in the Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve in Thailand and Guam. He later played violin in the Monterey Symphony Orchestra and was a member of St.

Stephen's Lutheran Church. Mr. Ostergaard was a member of the Santa Cruz AIDS Project's Speaker's Bureau and a founding member of the Living Room, the Santa Cruz People With AIDS Community Center. He was a pioneer in AIDS education in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. According to his wishes, a party was held in his memory at the Galaxy Club Saturday, following a memorial service at St.

Stephen's Lutheran Church. Memorial contributions to SCAP-The Living Room, P.O. Box 3500, 95063, or to St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, are preferred. Harold E.

Winfield Services were Saturday for Harold Ernest Winfield. a former Bay Area businessman who died Thursday in his Bainbridge Island, Wash, home following a sudden illness. He was 46. Born in Pittsburgh, Mr. Winfield recieved training in electrical engineering while he served in the U.S.

Air Force. Following his discharge, Mr. Winfield worked as an electronics engineer in the Bay Area, and late founded Winfield and Associates, a consulting firm. Later, he and his wife formed a wholesale and retail business that specialized in hand-crafted porcelain products. The family moved to Bainbridge Island earlier this year, where they opened Wild Beasts of Winslow, a store specializing in handcrafted clothing and gifts.

Mr. Winfield was a ham-radio operator, and held an amateur radio license. He is survived by his wife, Geor-, giann Gorchar Winfield. of Bainbridge Island: two sons. W'yatt Winfield, of Bainbridge Island, and Brent Winfield, now serving in the Air Force; a daughter, Victoria Winfield of Santa Cruz; stepfather Glenn Winfield of Pittsburgh; a half-brother, Jim Davis and a half-sister, Eleanor Davis.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Mr. Winfield Saturday in Bainbridge Island. Douglas F. Thomas Services will be Monday for Douglas "Doug" Floyd Thomas of Soquel who died Thursday. He was 46.

A New York City native. Mr. Vital statistics spedding jurors still deliberating SANTA CRUZ A Superior Court jury adjourned for the weekend Friday without reaching a verdict in the Robert Spedding murder trial. Spedding, 30, a Summit-area construction worker, is accused of ordering Ernie King to jump to his death from a fast-moving pickup truck after trying to rob King on June 24, 1988. He is charged with murder.

King, 38, of Live Oak, was a graduate student at San Jose State University. He was married with two young sons. The jury will resume deliberations at 9 a.m. Monday. FUNERALS YqM are welcome to write about your loved ones in an "In Memoriam" or "Card ol Photos or pictures can be included.

For details call Leslie Blanklnship at Santa CnuSrntincl Classified Department 423-4242 Eit. 2 6 ssssfcdstti SOQUEL CEMETERY CREMATORY OVER 135 YEARS of service to local families Compare our prices. Past Soquel High School 550 Old San Jose Road 476-2888 there was overwhelming support for the practice itself. The rationale for limiting the visiting hours was that it could be taxing to the family if prolonged However, nearly all believe that the family derives great comfort from a community of friends who demonstrate by their presence respect for the deceased and compassion for the survivors. Naturally, we are all concerned that a practice that seems to be such a source of support and comfort not become a burden The New York Times NEW YORK Irving Berlin, a Russian-born musician whose songs like "Cheek to Cheek" and "White Christmas" became part of the fabric of American life, died Friday night at his home in Manhattan, just a few miles from the Lower East Side tenement he lived in when he wrote the first of his 1,500 songs.

He was 101. A son-in-law, Alton E. Peters, said Berlin died in his sleep at his town house on Beekman Place. Berlin set the tone and the tempo for the tunes America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th century. By the time he was 30 he was a legend, and he went on to write the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films.

The musical giant who never learned to read or write music composed his first major hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band," in 1911. "With one song, the career of Irving Berlin and American music were intertwined forever," said Isaac Stern at Berlin's lOOth-birth-day celebration in May 1988, adding, "American music was born at his piano." The last Berlin song to be noted by Ascap was "An Old-Fashioned Wedding," the show-stopper he wrote for a 1966 revival of "Annie Get Your Gun." In the intervening 55 years, Berlin's outpouring of songs included "Always," "Remember," "Blue Skies," "Puttin' On the Ritz," "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody," "What'U I Do?" "How Deep Is the Ocean," "Easter Parade," "God Bless America," "Heat Wave," "White Christmas," "Cheek to Cheek," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Change Partners," "It Only Happens When I Dance With You," "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," "This Is the Army, Mr. Jones." "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," "I Got Lost in His Arms," "The Girl That I Marry" and "There's No Business Like Show Business." He often said there are only six tunes in the world. But from those six tunes he fashioned, according to his catalogue, 1,500 songs and nobody knows how many more he may have stored somewhere. When someone admired one of his melodies, Berlin was quick to say: "I like it, too.

I've used it lots of times." Not only did he compose the melodies; he also wrote the lyrics. And businessman that he was, he established Irving Berlin Music Corp. in 1919 to publish his works and retain control over all the copyrights, which he guarded fiercely. His was a classic rags-to-riches story that he never forgot could have happened only in America. His "Blue Skies" reached the top of the pop charts when it was written in 1927.

That was no surprise for an established songwriter. What is unusual is that the song was adopted some 50 years later by the popular country singer Willie Nelson and reached the charts again as part of an album released in 1978. Ten years later it was still on top. According to Ascap records, 25 Berlin songs reached the top of the charts. His songs, with their timeless quality, were picked up again and again by top recording artists like Frank Sinatra.

Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney FUNERALS ARNOLDS Funerals Cremations Burials THOMAS In Santa Cruz. California on September 21, 1989. Dougias (Dou9) Flovd Thomas. Survived bv his wife, Marsha Thomas of Soquel; one son, Chris Thomas of Soquel and a brother, Tom Thomas of New York City. A native of New York, N.Y., age 46.

Doug was an avid softtall player and played on several city teams. Services will be conducted at ARNOLD'S FUNERAL HOME, 1902 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, on Monday, September 25, 1969 at 2:00 P.M. Interment in Santa Cruz Mausoleum. 425-1902 Whites wessendorf MARSTON In Santa Cruz, California on September 22, 1989. Mrs.

Francis (Buzz) Marston. Survived bv her son, Jim Marston of Santa Cruz; four nieces, Ginnv Brett, of Capifola, Betty Linx-wiler of Dos Palos, Nancy Young of Fresno and Marge Golden of Rio Vista. She is also survived by three grandchildren and eight great grand children. A native of California, aged 89 years. She enioved cooking.

No services area planned. White's and Wessendorf Chapel, 138 Walnut in charge of arrangements, Russell Benson, Director. Interment is private. 423-4800 138 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz MAKE IT SIMPLE Call today for your Free Pre-Need Brochure, It make it iimple for you to leave solutions (or your family Not Problem. For Free Brochure or lirtmf diitc Need Call 475-6880 1570 Soquel Drive Santa Cruz Teach Someone to Read Teach Someone to Write Teach Someone to Live VOLUNTEER TUTORS NEEDED (408) 423 0554 VOLUNTEFR CENTER Santa Cruz County Tor melopes c.lll or write: I CRKM UIOt 1" Sfeg 11 Bl-- iwh NORMAN BENITO iLil Director CLERGY FAVOR VISITATION Mystery, confusion surround autopsy in possible LA murder Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at the Evangelical Free Church, Zayante Road at Graham Hill Road in Felton. The Rev. Gilbert Maple will officiate. Friends may call from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday at Chapel of the Four Seasons, 1050 Cayuga St.

Interment will follow the services at the Felton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Snavely's name may be sent to the Child Evangelism Fellowship, P.O. Box 759, Mount Hermon, Calif. 95041.

been fighting to have the inquiry reopened since Spencer was found in her apartment in this city just north of downtown Los Angeles on May 13, 1988. "There never was an investigation," Kline said. "Either that or it was bungled and they're covering up." Working with other friends and Spencer's family, Kline has had several medical experts review the autopsy and medical records and conclude that there should be an investigation and that the county medical examiner-coroner erred in failing to keep tissue samples for further review. Kline also says police have not interviewed some potential witnesses including the neighbor who said he heard screams In her apartment just after she was last seen alive. Burbank police say the case has been thoroughly investigated and that there is no evidence that Spencer was slain.

In a recent national survey of the clergy, over 95 found that a scheduled visitation period was helpful. In a Christian context, visitation normally means gathering at the funeral home both to view the remains and to express condolences to the family Depending on local custom and the prominence of the deceased, the visitation may extend through either one or two evenings. While a minority of Christian clergy suggested that visitation hours be shortened. Los Angeles Daily News BURBANK Friends and family say Crystal Spencer, an aspiring actress who worked as a topless dancer, was murdered in her Burbank apartment last year. They also believe that the Los Angeles County coroner's office examined the wrong body, preventing the police from investigating the death as a murder.

County supervisors ordered the Sheriffs Department last week to look into discrepancies in the autopsy. Spencer was listed as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds, but medical records show she was seven inches shorter and 35 pounds lighter three weeks before her death. The autopsy said the cause of death was unknown. "If the Burbank police are relying on the autopsy of someone other than Crystal, then there are questions as to their conclusions," said Anton Kline, a friend who has Remember a Friend or Loved One N7X NORMANS 1 jU family chapel Phone 476-6211 3620 SOQUEL DRIVE SOQUEL LOCALLY OWNED AND FAMILY OPERATED CB-Sr zEr Hosi'iiv Memorial Birtlul.iy Anniverviry Spi'i i.il OtT.ision We kntmlcdge nil gift TWUY FOUNDATION 1 'i'ii Sc)(iicl Drive, S.int.i Cm, CA ri0(i5 14081 4(2-77 1 2.