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York (Pa.) Daily Record, Wednesday, November 9, 1977 1 1 Like A Motherless Child 7ater Customer Has His Problems right to set water rates for suburban customers without PUC supervision a belief upheld by a 1904 PUC decision Involving the cities of Bradford and Bethlehem. Then East Hempfield Lancaster County, opened a new test of that doctrine in a county court challenge to Lancaster City's suburban water rates in 1971. The county court and the Superior Court gave jurisdiction to the lower court but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided that where an authority does not set the rates or approve water main extensions, the PUC has jurisdiction over suburban service. If the authority exercises those powers, the county courts have jurisdiction. And the PUC last May slashed Bethlehem's $123,100 proposed rate Increase to its 7,000 suburban water customers to $50,000.

Bethlehem now is exploring the possible return to 'the Bethlehem Authority of its right to set rates, carry insurance and approve water main extensions. The PUC's Law Bureau has told the city such changes would be necessary forautomatic removal of Bethlehem's suburban water customers from commission jurisdiction. water purveyors to go even further beyond their boundaries to serve new customers. One of the most recent examples came in a PUC order directing a reluctant Erie City Water Bureau to extend service farther In Harborcreek Twp. A combination of soaring water service costs and jealous rivalries among many capitalpoor water companies, authorities and municipalities has stifled expansion and adequate service in some suburban areas of the state.

That kind of situation can interest and Involve the Department of Environmental Resources, father of the state's water plan. Many of the state's major water suppliers, denied the right to halt service to suburban water customers beyond their boundaries, would at least like a freer rein to increase suburban rates. The City of Bethlehem, serving 7,000 water customers in 11 townships and boroughs beyond its boundaries, typifies that dilemma for many municipalities. Bethlehem's water system is owned by the Bethlehem Authority but leased to the city for operation on a 40-year basis. Bethlehem City officials historically believed they had the suburbanites under the PUC "because the water pressure has often been so low they had to haul in water to fight fires.

"Suburban customers have no representation on that authority board," Piccola said, "and although hassles have led to resignation of all the board members, the service situation hasn't changed." Even more drastic legislation to bring all authorities under PUC jurisdiction, carries the sponsorship of Rep. Reid Bennett, D-Mercer, the drafting label of the Pennsylvania (Home) Builders Association, and limited hope for approval. Association Vice President Don Payne said their bill is aimed at ending "the absurd situation where there's one water rate when you go to bed, and one that's two or three times higher when you wake up in the morning." He said builders and developers would prefer dealing for water service with five PUC members instead of as many as 16,000 board members on more than 2,200 authorities In addition to city and borough council men. To many municipalities and urban water authorities, suburban water customers outside their borders represent business they'd prefer to shed. But PUC orders and court decisions frequently direct HARRISBURG (UPI) The lot of Pennsylvania's subur-J ban water customers is not an enviable one.

They may pay water rates set by a neighboring municipali-! ty where they lack the right to vote; their only recourse If they find rate increases unfair and service miserable, or both, lies In filing county court suit If the rate setter is an operating authority, or appeal to the Public Utility Commis- sion If they are served by a neighboring municipality. And to make matters worse, many water purveyors would like to do without their business. All of which must make these customers sometimes feel like a motherless child. And to further complicate matters, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court six years ago shifted the avenue for redress for thousands of suburbanites from the county courts to the PUC. And two separate bills now before the House Consumer Affairs Committee would shift thousands more suburban water consumers from the jurisdiction of the courts to the PUC.

Rep. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, aimed his bill at putting Lykens Water Authority service to Wiconisco Twp. Senators Opposed Aid To Philadelphia Schools proved) in House amendments to this bill allowing municipalities, by ordinance, to waive the costs normally imposed for a summary parking violation when the defendant pays the fine within eight days of issuance of the ticket. If the defendant is notified by mail and has not previously received a ticket for the violation, his payment would have to be postmarked within eight days of issuance. Hess and Hopper voted for the amendment.

SB 539 (Passed) Would ban the use of drugs on horses, engineers and would permit the employment of females 18 or over in bituminous coal mines. All five representatives voted for the bill. HB 1731 (Passed) Would require any Public Utility Commission proceeding not involving rates to be referred to an administrative law judge rather than the commissioners and establishes time requirements for decisions and appeals. All five representatives voted for the HB 1765 (Passed) Would transfer the powers and duties to sell motor boat licenses from the Department'of Revenue to the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. All five representatives voted for the bill.

ticipate in its purchase con- -acts for petroleum products, the stipulation that payments for the products would be made directly to the vendor by the participating group. Hess and Hopper voted for the bill. HB 949 (Passed) This is the controversial Philadelphia school borrowing bill and would permit the Philadelphia schools to borrow $50 million to keep the schools open. School officials have said the schools would have to be closed after November 11 if they do not get the money which is needed to balance the school budget and qualify for a short-term $45 million loan. Hess and Hopper voted against the bill.

HB 949 Amendment HB 804 (Passed) Spells out the forms of permissable Investment of county funds, i.e., interest bearing accounts in FDIC or FSLIC insured institutions or U.S. Government obligations. All five representatives voted for the bill. HB 949 Concurrence in Senate amendments (Approved) to this bill that permits the debt-plagued Philadelphia School District to borrow $50 million to keep the schools open. Geesey, Anderson, Lehr and Dorr voted against the bill.

Foster did not vote. HB 1462 (Passed) Prohibits discrimination against a person who has been cured of cancer. All five representatives voted for the bill. (Defeated) that would have made Philadelphia City Council responsible for the school budget, as opposed to the current responsibility-split between school board and city council, and would have required the levying of a minimum 35 mill tax for school purposes only. Hess and Hopper voted for the amendment.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HB 222 (Passed) Amends the Senior Citizens Property and Rent Assistance Act by providing that a widow or widower need not file an affidavit in order to establish or prove status for the purpose of qualifying for a property tax or rent rebate. All five representatives voted for the bill. Area Deaths HB 1508 (Passed) Would allow persons guilty of violating the Motor Boat Law, except in cases of misdemeanors, to sign an acknowledgement of any offense before or after prosecution and pay all penalties and any costs to a salaried officer of the Fish Commission. All five representatives voted for the bill. HB 1624 (Passed) Directs the State Local Government Commission to distribute an updated copy of the appropriate local government code to each elected official in the state.

AH five representatives voted for the bill. HB 1691 (Passed) Removes the age requirements for bituminous coal mine inspectors and electrical but he had star backing from actress Elizabeth Taylor, now a Virginia resident as the wife of former Navy Secretary John Warner. Warner is expected to be a Republican candidate for the Senate next year. Bateman, a 19-year veteran of the New Jersey legislature, Incumbent Gov. Byrne ins New Jersey Race Raymond Bateman this summer.

But the former prosecutor and judge who had won his first term in 1973 on an an-ticorrup ion campaign heightened by the Watergate disclosures took the tax issue head on. Responding to Bateman's pledge to let the new income tax expire at the end of its first year, Byrne warned property taxes would have to go up another $1 billion. Bateman's lead in the polls vanished. Howell, making his third try for the Virginia governorship, was well ahead of Dalton after the hotly contested Democratic primary reinforced the fiery DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE called on former President Gerald Ford for campaign help. In New York City, it was Koch the way once the five-term congressman had bested the beleaguered incumbent, Abraham Beame.

33 Girl's name 34 Oslo name 35 Describing some orders of food 36 Resembling: Suffix 40 Brothers 42 Bay trees 43 Amount in excess 44 Astronomer's find 45 Piece of china 47 Appear unexpectedly 50 French school 52 British author 53 "How do thee?" 54 Salamanders 55 Not merely apparent 56 Esparto grass 57 Climb sharply, as a plane 59 boy! 62 Historic unitials, in U.K. 63 Arrest: Slang (Special To The Daily Record) HARRISBURG Following is the voting record on major bills in the state legislature for the week of Oct. 31 by the seven legislators who represent York County: Senator Ralph W. Hess (R-28th), Senator John D. Hopper (R-31st), Rep.

Eugene R. Geesey TR-92nd), Rep. A. Carville Foster R-93rd), Rep. John Hope Anderson (R-94th), Rep.

Stanford I. Lehr R-95th and Rep. Donald W. Dorr (R-193rd). I SENATE SB 524-Concurrence (Ap York Mrs.

Ralph B. Jacobs Mrs. Amelia Lentz Jacobs, formerly of 148 E. Jackson wife of the late Ralph B. Jacobs, died Monday at 10:10 p.m.

at Rest Haven-York, where she had lived the past seven years. She was 82. Mrs. Jacobs was a receptionist for more than 40 years at J.E. Baker Co.

before her retirement in January 1960. Her husband died in 1969. Mrs. Jacobs was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

She was a daughter of the late Charles and Susan Deyeney Lentz. Surviving are one niece and several nephews. The Rev. Paul J. Kane, assistant pastor at St.

Paul Church, will officiate at funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Fred M. Sauter Funeral Home, 306 Harrisburg East Berlin. Burial will be in Green-mount Cemetery. Mrs.

Elizabeth M.Ebaugh HANOVER Mrs. Elizabeth Mae Carrill Ebaugh, 69, widow of Paul Ebaugh, died Tuesday at 2 a. m. at her home, 360 Grant Drive. Mrs Fhangb was a mfinhpr of Trinity United Church of Christ.

She was a daughter of the late Albert and Edith V. Klinefelter Carrill. Surviving are two children, Mrs. Barron Mouring, Timonium, and Daniel D. Ebaugh, Damascus, six granddaughters, and a sister, Mrs.

Ellsworth Smith, Cumberland, Md. The Rev. Carroll C. Lucken-baugh, her pastor, will officiate at private funeral services at the convenience of the family at the Panebaker Funeral Home, 311 Broadway. Burial will be in Mt.

Olivet Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the York County Heart Associa- MUIardY.Wherley NEW FREEDOM Millard Y. Wherley, husband of Ethel M. Zeigler Wherley, New Freedom RD 1, died Tuesday at 1:34 p.m. at York Hospital where he had been a patient for 11 days.

He was 73. Until his retirement in 1966 he was employed as a carpenter by Allis-Chalmers Corp. He also refinished furniture during his retirement. He was a member of the Stewrtstown United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company and the American Association of Retired Persons.

Born in York, he was the son of the late Milton S. and Margaret Yost Wherley. Surviving also are a daughter, Mrs. Walter A. Fourhman, New Freedom RD ii three grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ruth Haas, Shrewsbury; Esther Jones, Sinking Springs, Adams County; June L.

Frey, York, and Jane I. Crawmer, Bowie, Md. i His pastor, the Rev. William 7. Lippert, will officiate at funeral services Friday at 10:30 a.m.

at the J.J. Harten-stein Mortuary, Second at Franklin Streets. Burial will be In New Freedom Cemetery. 1 including phenylbutazone (bute) within 48 hours before they race. Included within the definition of drug is stimulant, medication, depressant, hypnotic, or narcotic.

Also banned is the use of electrical devices or local anesthetic or irritant on a horses legs within 12 hours before a race. Hess and Hopper voted for the ban. i HB 571 (Passed) 1 Would permit the governing body of first class townships to allow any paid or volunteer fire, ambulance or rescue company within its borders to par- Deaths KLINE On Nov. 6. 1977, at 5:29 p.m., at York Hospital.

Robert T. Kline. 22 W. Maple East Prospect, husband of Dorothy Reichard Kline, aged 69 years, 1 month, 10 days. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services will be Wednesday, Nov.

9, at 10 a.m., at the Burg Funeral Home, Red Lion. Interment in Riverview Cemetery, East Prospect. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home Tuesday evening 7 to 9. Masonic service Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. by Riverside Lodge 503.

and AM, of Wrightsviile. n8.2t MARTIN On Nov. 7. 1977, at 4:30 a.m., at her residence, Hanover RD 5, Mo. e.

Martin, widow of Thomas H. Martin, aged 100 years, 3 months, 18 days. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m., at the JcSn D. Jackson Funeral Home, 1205 E. Market St.

Interment in Mt. Rose Cemetery. Viewing Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., at the funeral home. n8 2t MIEDWIG On Nov. 6, 1977, at 6:45 p.m., at the York Hospital, John A.

Miedwig, husband of Mamie Anstine Miedwig, 1619 W. Philadelphia aged 78 years, 3 months. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Robert F. Koller Funeral Home, 2000 W. -Market.

Interment in Shrewsbury Lutheran Cemetery. Viewing Wednesday evening from 7 to 9. nB.2t WALLACE On Nov. 8, 1977, at 10:30 a.m. at her residence, 226 Harding Court, Pearl J.

Wallace, aged 86 years, 7 months, 7 days. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Baomeister Orcutt Colonial Mortuary, S. Queen at Jackson St. Interment in Slate Ridge Cemetery, Delta.

Viewing Friday 12 noon till time of service. Kindly omit flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of the Niles Bible Class of First Presbyterian Church, York, Pa. n9.2t WHERLEY On Nov. 8, 1977, at York Hospital, Millard Y.

Wherley, husband of Ethel M. Zeigler Wherley, of New Freedom RD 1, aged 73 years, 5 days. Funeral services will be held on Friday. Nov. 11, at 10:30 o.m.

from the J.J. Hartenstein Mortuary. Second ot Franklin New Freedom. Interment in New Freedom Cemetery. Friends may call ot the mortuary on Thursdoy from 7 to 9 p.m.

n9.2t In Memoriam GEMMIIL In memory ot our deor mother. Esther Fulton Oemmill. who passed owoy Nov. 9. 1924.

Pearl Ellen Fulton Gemmitl (n9.lt) Card of Thanks We ore deeply grateful to our relatives, friends, and neighbors, for the many expressions of kindness and sympathy extended la us an the passing of our beloved husband and father. Albert W. Bmgoman. Tour thoughtfulness in flowers, and the mony other kmdnesses our time of sorrow' were greatly appreciated. The Fomify (SS.nS 2t) DOWN 1 Shapes 2 Approximately 3 Food from heaven 4 Also 5 Studio TV set 6 Suffix in names of acids 7 Cornwall's neighbor 8 Declare 9 Cotton fabric 10 Famous bell 1 1 Agora coin 12 Hawaiian goose 13 One of the Scotts 18 Emulate Churchill 22 Pivot 24 Danish physicist 26 Crustacean with seven pairs of legs 28 Boxing Day drink 30 Of like measure: Prefix 31 Regretted 32 Store sign School Aid Panels Reorganize In City ACROSS 1 Doll's word 5 Trendies 9 Government issue 14 Resort in Scotland 15 Genus of trees 16 Historic river of Italy 17 Famous fog 19 Pasi, old blyie 20 Shade of brown 21 Puerto 22 Walked, in a way 23 Mater." Lenten hymn 25 Undeliverable piece of mail: Slang 27 Sioux 29 Adam and Eve, for example 33 Nursery character 37 Sine non 38 Swan genus 39 Cheat: Slang 40 Petrol 41 Pester 42 Hardy perennial saxifrage 46 Tropical fruit 48 Rue Paix 49 Dif kens' Barnaby 51 Warp of an airplane wing 55 Shavers 58 Stage group 60 English country festival 61 Runoff 62 Historic bridle path 64 In a tangle 65 Ski resort in Utah 66 Classified item: Abbr.

67 Headlights 68 Suspect 69 Cricket runs Miss Pearl J. Wallace Miss Pearl J. Wallace, 86, a self-employed seamstress for many years, died Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at her home at 26 Harding Court following a lingering illness. She was born near Delta, a daughter of the late William and Margaret Anderson Wallace.

Miss Wallace was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Women's Association of the church and Niles Bible Class. She also belonged to the AARP of York. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Archer, Whiteford, and Mrs. Beulah McGin-nis.

White Hall, and three nieces and two nephews. Her pastor, the Rev. John T. Galloway will officiate at the funeral Friday at 2 p.m. from Baumeister Orcutt Colonial Mortuary, South Queen and E.

Jackson Sts. Burial will be in Slate Ridge Cemetery, Delta. The family suggests memorial contributions in lieu of flowers to the memorial fund of Niles Bible Class of First Presbyterian Church. Michael H. Kerchner DALLASTOWN Funeral services for Michael H.

Kerchner, 93-year-old former Dallastown resident who died Monday at Pleasant Acres, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Austin H. Eberly Funeral Home, 104 W. Main St. The Rev.

C.R. Ness, York County institutional chaplain, will officiate and burial will be in Shrewsbury Dunkard Brethren Cemetery. Mr. Kerchner, husband of the late Catherine T. Jones Kerchner, lived until June with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. Henry L. Smy-ser, 23 W. Main St. The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Pleasant Acres.

Deaths BERKHEIMER On Nov. 7. 1977. at 11:45 a.m.. at her home, 1783 Bannister Esther Beecher Berkheimer, widow of Clarence S.

Berkheimer. aged 77 years. 4 months, 1 day. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Robert F.

Koller Funeral Home. 2000 W. Market St. Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery. There will be no evening viewing.

Viewing one hour prior to time of service. Memorial contributions may be made to St. James Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. n8.2t JACOBS On Nov. 7, 1977.

at 10:10 p.m. at Rest Haven-York, Amelia Lentz Jacobs, widow of Ralph B. Jacobs, aged 82 years, 11 months. 14 days. Funeral services at the Fred M.

Sauter Funeral Home. 306 Harrisburg East Berlin. Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment in Greenmount Cemetery, York. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from I p.m.

until time of service. No viewing Wednesday evening. n9.lt Emergency school Aid Act Student Advisory Committees recently were reorganized in York City School District middle schools for the 1977-78' school year. The following will serve in their respective schools: Phi-neas Davis Carol Moultrey, Glenda Keeney, Theresa Wey-man, Maria Casiano, William Duke and Carlton Smith, chairperson; Hannah Penn Tracy Romero, Michael Wagner, Michelle Inners, Timothy Romey, The major political parties fought to a standoff in the 1977 offyear elections Tuesday as Democratic Gov. Brendan Byrne won re-election in New Jersey and Republican John Dalton kept the Virginia governorship in the GOP column.

Democrat Edward Koch, as expected, was elected mayor of New York City in the biggest of two score municipal elections. Cleveland voters made Dennis Kucinich, 31, the youngest big city mayor in the nation. Erastus Corning retained title as the country's senior mayor by winning his 10th teVm since 1941 in Albany. Coleman Young was re-elected mayor of Detroit, defeating fellow black Ernest Brown Jr. The Democrats lost their bid for the top job in Virginia but won the lieutenant governorship as Charles Robb, the son-in-law of former President Lyndon Johnson, easily won his first try for political office.

The two statewide elections left the Democrats overwhelmingly in control of the nation's governorships. Thirty-seven statehouses now are held by Democrats, 12 by Republicans and one by an independent. The outcome also was a wash for President Carter, who lost both states in his own 1976 effort. He returned to campaign this year for Byrne in New Jersey and for loser Henry Howell in Virginia, but state issues and can-didatepersonalities were judged more crucial to out-( in both states than the appearance of national political figures. At 10:45 p.m.

EST, here's how the major races shaped up: In Virginia, with 76 percent counted, Dalton led 539,617 to 409, 173 or 56 to 42 percent. In New Jersey, with 68 percent counted, Byrne's lead was 794,961 to 582,556 or 58 to 42 percent. In New York City, with 31 percent counted, Koch led Secretary of State Mario Cuomo, the Liberal Party candidate, 203.286 to 177,363 or 49 to 42 percent. Republican State Sen. Roy Goodman and Conservative Barry Farber trailed badly.

The Byrne and Dalton victories had been predicted in late campaign polls, which showed both making strong comebacks after trailing in early surveys. Byrne, who presided over the enactment of New Jersey's first-ever state income tax during his first term, was regarded as a sure casualty when he faced off against Republican state Sen. Norfolk lawyer's voter recognition. But Daltonhe son of a federal judge who led Virginia's then slim GOP two decades ago, pinned the radical label on Howell and went on to show that the Old Dominion is now firmly in the Republican fold. The Virginia campaign was no example of southern courtliness.

Dalton, claiming Howell had compared him to Hitler and called him "mean as a junkyard dog," refused in midcampaign to continue a series of scheduled debate appearances with the Democrat. Dalton brought in no outsiders to boost his campaign, Bonnie Long and Andre Brown, chairperson; Edgar Fahs Smith Stella Dombroski, Venessa Barnes, Craig Hupp-man, Pamela Hardesty, Craig Bailey and Lance Sease, chair- person. The Emergency School Aid Act provides funds to help supplement materials and personnel in the reading and math centers. The students serve as an advisory body to school district officials on the implementation of that project. York Hospital President Paul Keiser will speak on "Hospital Costss" as part of the council's business meeting.

A luncheon and tour of hospital facilities will follow. The Consumer Advisory Council is composed of 57 representatives from the Capital Blue Cross 19-county service area. It serves as a liaison between subscribers and the health care plan. Witmer. Knoxville, at St.

Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville, Saturday, a son. Brent Allen. Mrs. Witmer is the former Lois Flory, daughter of Mrs. Grace Flory, Dallastown, and the late Raymond Flory.

The father is the son of Mrs. Ethel Witmer, Dallastown, and Russell Witmer York. ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE rGToTLTFrj RACEDF1RAHS ARLE NFE3MAIR II iLI A eEb a sHe I Blue Cross Group Meets Here Today MS HOT ETE3 III 5 A pfcaT i tor "uTr "$1 ST A 3P JTl 11 ip i HasTH ivga MlQliTs 3s1e ll eIrIsEJ 0 i fT lag: A r3N 0 A 1 1 A hlM A EHfl 1 1 0 IsTiRlElPlT The semi-annual meeting of Capital Blue Cross Consumer Advisory Council will be held today at York Hospital, marking the first time in its six-year history that the council has met in a member hospital. Blue Cross President Richard D. Rife said the object was to give the consumer representatives greater understanding and a first hand view of a hospital's operation.

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