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7 you diss A59 OBITUARIES Randolph Apperson Hearst, 85, Newspaper Heir THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Randolph Apperson Hearst, the newspaper heir whose daughter Patricia was kidnaped by the revolutionary Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, died yesterday at a New York hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 85. Hearst was the last surviving son of the legendary newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Randolph Hearst was chairman of the family's media empire from 1973 to 1996. At the time his daughter was kidnaped, he was also editor and president of the San Francisco Examiner.

Throughout the kidnaping ordeal, Hearst left his mansion regularly to face the media and discuss the latest SLA demands. When the group demanded that the Hearsts give millions of dollars in food to California's poor, he headed up the People In Need giveaway program, pledging $2 million. "Randy was the center of calm in a very turbulent period," said his nephew. William Randolph Hearst III. Patricia later denounced her fami- AP Photo Randolph Apperson Hearst, right, sits with his daughter Patricia and wife, Catherine.

ly. took the nom-de-guerre Tania and joined in a bank robberv. She was eventually captured and convicted and served 21 months in prison. Randolph Hearst. one of five sons of the newspaper mogul, began work as a cub reporter covering police, courts and City Hall with the Hearst-owned Call-Bulletin in San Francisco.

An heir to the family's gold, silver and copper fortune who also earned By Erik Holm STAFF WRITER A Centerport Boy Scout on a weekend backpacking trip in upstate Ulster County drowned Sunday afternoon when he swept away while trying to cross a stream swollen by two days of torrential rain. Police said Timothy O'Lear, 15, a more at Harborfields High School. walking with another Boy Scout ahead a group of six other Scouts and two adults. when the trail crossed a stream. The group had been hiking for hours from their campsite on Slide tain, in the Catskill Mountains, but neared the end of the trail and were in sight of the cars they had left overnight at the trailhead.

But the cars were on of a swollen branch of the Neversink when Timothy tried to wade across he in the current and carried downstream. Two other Scouts, Sean Kennedy, 15, Tremley. 16. attempted to rescue Timothy from the frigid water. only to be swept up in the current themselves, said Mike Ennist.

a police officer in the Town of Shandaken. where the Scouts were camping. The two were later treated for hypothermia at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, and released. It wasn't until a county sheriff dive team and Shandaken police arrived on the scene that police officers were able to extract Timothy's body from the river. Visiting will be held at the Virag-Maddex Funeral Home in Huntington from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

today and tomorrow. and a funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of Martyr Church on Prospect Road in Centerport. In lieu of flowers. asks that donations be made to a scholarTimothy's parents have established in his Harborfields.

Donations can be sent to the Post Office Box 609. Centerport. NY 11721. Scout Drowns on Trip Knesset General the other side River. and the family ship fund was swept up name at and Edward church at Hospital Loses Patient's Lymph Nodes the test results.

he did not get answers. Finally, Nov. LOST from A6 plaint, consumed in a drama that began back in August. It was then that, after feeling a lump in her left breast, Anita Arias immediately made an appointment when she received a letter advertising that the hospital's mammography van would be offering free mammograms at the Hewlett Library. Later, she got a letter saying there was a suspicious mass that needed another look: then word that she needed a biopsy; then she was scheduled for surgery.

There was some good news: the cancer was small. only 0.7 centimeters. When they took it out, they also took out the surrounding lymph nodes; if they were clear, Arias wouldn't need any further treatment. But whenever Yury Arias called the hospital to get 1518 Country Clubs Rd Attn Hines, Wilmington NC 28404 WISNIEWSKI-Irene on December 18 2000 of New Hyde Park Be loved mother of Richard Robert Thomas. Gary and Linda Etinger Dearest grandmother sot fen grandchilden Also survived by sisters: Jane and Florence Pre kopiak.

Friends may visit Tues day and Wednesday 30 and New Hyde Park Funeral Home, 506 Lakeville Hd New Hyde Park. NY Mass of Christian Burial, Thursday 9 45am St Hedwig's RC Church, Floral Park Interment LI National Cemetery Farmingdale, Li. millions each year from the Hearst media holdings, Hearst had wealth recently estimated by personal Forbes magazine to be $1.8 billion. But acquaintances told the San Francisco Chronicle, which the Hearst Corp. recently acquired in a deal that also involved selling off the storied Examiner, that Hearst often seemed down to earth.

"He was a very bright, thoughtful, caring guy," said William Coblentz, a lawyer and friend for many years. "He was self-effacing, devoid of prejudice, and he cared for people. He had a desire to listen, which a lot of people in his position do not have." Forbes estimated the privately held corporation's 1999 revenues to be $4.4 billion. The Harvard-educated Hearst was an executive for a range of Hearst newspapers, interrupting his career to serve as an Army pilot in World War II. He remained interested in the family's newspapers and was president of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

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Shas' move proved decisive because the bill to dissolve parliament failed by a vote of 48 to 68. "The Shas leadership decided that it could not risk losing so many seats for Netanyahu's sake," said Yaron Ezrahi, a political science professor at Hebrew University. "They felt that Netanyahu might be bluffing in order to pressure them to dissolve the Knesset so Likud could win more seats." Shas leaders appealed to Netanyahu to change his mind. "There's no such thing as a deluxe election," said Knesset member Yitzhak Cohen. But if Netanyahu drops out, Shas would support Sharon, who holds a slight lead over Barak in most polls.

It was Sharon's visit on Sept. 28 to a Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews that provoked 11 weeks of violence in which nearly 330 people, most of them Palestinians, have been killed. Netanyahu called on Likud to oppose the law allowing him to run. So the Likud opposed it, while Barak's Labor party voted in favor. Barak said he did not want to be blamed for keeping Netanyahu out of the race.

Netanyahu feared that if elections are held for prime minister alone, he would be left with the present splintered Knesset and would be unable to forge a stable coalition. "If general elections are not held." he said, "We will find ourselves going to elections again and again." Barak is hoping to clinch a peace deal with the Palestinians in the next month and use it as the centerpiece of his re-election campaign. In an effort to restart peace talks, senior Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are expected to hold separate talks today with U.S. mediators in Washington. Even if his gambit works and Barak manages to defeat Sharon, he could return to office confronting the same opposition he faces now in the Knesset.

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