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Hampshire Northampton, Nov. 4, 1983 announced Auto insurance changes announced BOSTON (AP) A safe driver insurance plan that will penalize "bad" drivers next year has been approved by Insurance Commissioner Peter Hiam. The plan, announced yesterday, was mandated in the automobile insurance law enacted by the Legislature earlier this year and signed by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis.

Hiam also announced he has approved new rating territory assignments for cities and towns. Insurance charges are based on 26 territories, with A the higher premiums in the higher numbered territories. Police Log Man arrested A 56-year-old city man was arrested about 10:30 p.m. yesterday after he allegedly chased several women on Main Street and made obscene and threatening remarks to passersby, police said. Police expect to charge Joseph J.

Kurasinski of 151. Strong Ave. with disorderly conduct. Emergency Services: a 24-hour crisis intervention agency, was notified of the arrest. And in an unrelated incident, Dennis Kelley, 27, of 17 Cherry was arrested about 9 a.m.

yesterday on Gothic Street for allegedly violating a court order requiring him to keep away from a city woman, police said. These incidents were reported to police yesterday: Wire-rim hubcaps valued at $200 were reported stolen from a car parked in the Friendly Ice Cream shop at 54 Main Florence. The theft was reported about 9 p.m. A Gothic Street man reported about 2:30 p.m. that sometime before Aug.

11 his car was broken into through a vent window and his glasses, boots, tools, and vest of undetermine valued were stolen. Vandals shot a pellet through the windshield of a car parked at Mark's Motors on North King Street. The incident was reported about 4:30 p.m. A check for $4.80 was reported stolen from a Harlow Avenue home. The check was intended for a newspaper carrier.

The theft was reported about 4 p.m. A rock was thrown through a small storm window at an Acrebrook Drive home. There are no suspects in the incident, which was reported about 8 p.m. In other incidents: A man recently discharged from the U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leeds was brought, to The Cooley Dickinson Hospital Monday after he apparently attempted to commit suicide in the Hotel Northampton on King Street.

The man had slashed his wrists. medical center and Emergency Services were notified. The incident was reported at about 10:45 a.m. Monday. Two flashlights valued at a total of $5 reported stolen from a car parked the city's Hampton keere Avenue parking lot.

The car was entered through a vent window and the flashlights were taken from a glove compartment. The theft was reported 9 a.m. Monday. A Crestview Drive woman reported about 10 a.m. Monday that she received an obscene telephone call from another woman.

Several acts of vandalism were reported in the Acrebrook Drive area about 9 p.m. Monday. Several signs were bent, pumpkins were smashed, and obscene words were written on the roads. Drivers cited Two motorists were cited shortly after 7 p.m. yesterday after the cars they were driving were involved in an accident at the junction of Market Street and Graves Avenue, police said.

One driver, Marianne McVarish, 25, of 1 Rolling Green apartments, Amherst, was cited with failure to use care in starting, police said. The other driver, Mark D. Chesak, 22, of 215 Crescent was cited with driving an unregistered car, police said. Police also reported these other accidents: Slippery conditions helped cause an accident between a pickup truck and a car shortly before 6:30 p.m. yesterday at the base of a hill where Maple Street meets Nonotuck Street in Florence, police said.

The truck was driven by Diane Ewing, 29, of 297 Wilson Road, and the car was operated by Nancy A. Valenta, 23, of 94 Austin Circle, Florence, police said. About 11 a.m. yesterday, the cars driven by Conrad H. Benoit, 27, of 73 Bridge and Jamie D.

Rosenthal, 21, who lives at Hampshire College in Amherst, were involved in an accident at the junction of Pomeroy Terrace and Bridge Street, police said. DORSEY MEMORIALS 707 MAIN AMHERST 57 Years of Quality Service -DIAL 413-253-5212- CEMETERY LETTERING CLEANING ALL STYLES OF MARKERS, MONUMENTS, MAUSOLEUMS WE CARRY MOST ALL GRANITES FAMILY MEMORIALS QUALITY FOR QUALITY DESIGNED ENGRAVED WE HAVE NEVER IN OUR BEEN UNDERSOLD ED SHEEHEY. 584-8250 Order in the court Area communities that will move into higher-numbered territories are Westhampton, Pelham, Chesterfield, and Huntington. That means premiums drivers who live in those communities will go up. Other area communities will either move into lower-numbered territories or stay the same.

Hiam said few communities are moved up or down from territories by one number and that no community is moved more than two territories either higher or lower. The dollar value of the unsafe driver points will be determined NANA FOOL FOR AROUND Safety tips after Hiam sets the 1984 automobile insurance rates, which are currently being prepared. A separate hearing on the safe driver regulations will be scheduled next month, he said. "The reapportionment of insurance premiums between good drivers and those drivers who demonstrate an unsafe driving record is a fundamental principle of reform," Hiam said." The safe driver plan differs from the existing merit rating plan. Hiam said no one who has "fully paid" merit rating surcharges will be BE ON A SEATED A poster contest to emphasize held in the schools with the safety officer.

The winners are Beth Kolodzinski, third; Jennifer Stolk, first. (Photo by Gordon assigned unsafe driver points for those incidents. Persons involved in serious infractions such as drunken driving and driving to endanger would be assigned four points for three years, a total of 12 points. Most other point-penalties drop by one point a year, he said. A person responsible for a minor accident (under $500) will be assessed two points, which will mean one point the second year and zero, the third.

The points for a major accident over three years will be three, two and one. school bus safety was recently help of Sgt. William J. Arnold, the from left, Kelly Facto, fourth place; Maxner, second; and Jennifer Daniels) Deaths and funerals funerals MERRITT RITES WILLIAMSBURG The funeral of Sarah May (Hyde) Merritt was held yesterday at Williamsburg Congregational Church with the John Williams, pastor, and the Rev. John Webster, former pastor, officiating.

Honorary bearers were her three sons, Richard H. Merritt G. William Merritt Sr. and Lucius A. Merritt Jr.

Active bearers, all grandsons, were Richard Merritt John 0. Merritt, Phillip Merritt, Albert Andersen, Walter Corbiere, Frank Corbiere, William Merritt, Morgan Merritt and Bruce Merritt. The burial was in the Village Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Merritt, 92, formerly of Williamsburg, died Saturday at the Masonic Home in Charlton.

WENTWORTH RITES SOUTHWICK A memorial service for Lance Cpl. Steven Wentworth was held today in the South Congregational Church in Southwick. Wentworth, 21, of Reading, the grandson of Marjorie Bedell of 81 Conz Northampton, was a victim of the Oct. 23 terrorist bombing attack on the Marine Headquarters at Beirut airport. The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m.

at the Pillsbury Funeral Home, 44 Union Littleton, N.H. The burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery in Littleton. Calling hours at the funeral home are today from 7 to 9 p.m. Reading Notices PAPER AVAILABLE. 16 customers, lower Florence Road area.

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Call The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Circulation Department, 584-5000. In Loving Memory of PAUL SMIGIELSKI who passed away Nov. 4, 1982 Wet think of you in silence and make no outward show, but what it meant to lose you no one will ever know. You wished no one farewell nor even said goodbye, you were gone before we knew it and only God knows why. Your golden heart stopped beating with tender hands at rest, all our hearts were broken to prove God takes the best.

To your resting place we wander the flowers we place with care none know the heartache as we turn and leave you there. To some you are forgotten to others part of the past, but to those of us who love you our memory will always last. Sadly missed by Wife family (Continued from page 1) Another reason for the successful month, added Ms. Thibodo, was teamwork of her staff in helping the judges "take on whatever they could Moreover, Ms. Thibodo said October's success in Hampshire County might inspire some judicial changes here and in other Western Massachusetts counties in the future.

She said she plans to ask the state's chief justice for permission to have two judges sit here for one month every year. "Why not?" said Judge Lynch, the former chief justice of the state's Superior Court system. "With two judges going at the same time you can get three or four times the amount of work Appointed to the five-year term as chief justice in 1978, the 61-year-old silver haired judge bench. is known for his "Nice try, but not today," he told one lawyer who brought motions this month to have a case dismissed. "Without a little some of these cases can be deadly," noted Lynch.

"You ought able to have a little fun The variety of cases that go before a superior court judge requires him or her to change gears quickly. for example, the day Judge Moriarty had in court Oct. 27. In the morning, the 57-year-old judge listened to testimony in the trial of Goshen man with raping a city woman charged, Then came a 26-year-old woman from the Northampton State Hospital who was charged with stabbing a Westfield doctor with a jackknife in June and who screamed and pleaded with the judge to transfer her from the hospital to jail. Immediately after the woman was escorted out of the courtroom screaming, Judge Moriarty listened to two lawyers argue the merits of their cases in a real estate dispute.

"But that's the genius of the superior court system it's said Judge Moriarty. "You never get bored you really don't. And that's one of the joys of this job." Added Assistant Clerk Jekanowski: "You can tell these judges love their And for taxpayers certainly get their money's Roadblock strategy FATAL Miriam Woods Curran NEW YORK, N.Y. Miriam Woods Curran, 65, of 20 Waterside Plaza, a native of Northampton, died October 3, of cancer in New York. Born May 10, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Helen Woods.

She graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York in 1940. Working as a letterer and calligrapher under the professional name of Miriam Woods, she created book jackets for Harper Row and other book publishers, including the cover for the Columbia Encyclopedia. She also designed books for Behrman House Inc. She was a vice president of the Bellevue Hospital Auxiliary Board and chairman of the patient's library committee. She is survived by her husband, Richard F.

Curran, also a native of Northampton; two sons, Douglas Cheney of Atlanta, and Peter Cheny of Roanoke, a brother, Charles Woods III of Grafton, and an aunt. A memorial exhibition of her work will be held at a time to be announced. Contributions may be made in her memory to the Bellevue Hospital Auxiliary. Emilia Franco Emilia (Rulfo) Franco, 84, of Barre, died Wednesday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital after a short illness. She had been visiting her daughter, Vivian Eastman, of Northampton.

The funeral will be Sunday in Barre. The burial will be in the Hope Cemetery in Barre. The John O'Connell Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Sheila Mary Rossi Sheila Mary (Gallagher) Rossi, 57, of 19 Orchard died yesterday at The Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Born in London, England, Dec.

12, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Claire (Heggie) Gallagher. Mrs. Rossi was educated in England. She came to the U.S. in 1947 and lived in Easthampton for several years before moving to Northampton 15 years ago.

She is survived by her husband, Frank B. Rossi; four daughters, Christine Bator of Easthampton, Marilyn Bouchard of Holyoke, Sarah Keyser of Amherst, and Sheila Rossi of Sarasota, an aunt; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be tomorrow at Douglass Funeral Service Richard G. Prout, Director Serving The Amherst Community Since 1835 87 No. Pleasant Amherst 253-3407 8:30 a.m.

from the O'Brien Funeral Home. A liturgy of Christian burial will be celebrated the Immaculate Conception Church at 9 a.m. The burial will be at the Brookside Cemetery in Easthampton. Calling hours at the funeral home are today from 7 to 9 p.m. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 393 Maple Springfield.

Douglas Galbraith NEW YORK CITY Douglas Galbraith, of 1257 Park a former resident of Hampshire County, died Oct. 17 at his home. Born in Concord, Feb. 12, 1914, he was the of former Williston Academy headmaster Archibald B. Galbratih and Ellen M.

Galbraith. Galbraith had lived in Easthampton and Northampton for many years before moving to New York about 20 years ago. He is survived by a brother, Frederick M. Galbraith of Spokane, and a nephew. Helen M.

Gorski Helen M. (Zdaciewicz) Gorski, 91, of 85 Hawley died yesterday at the No thampton Nursing Home. Borr. a Poland, Feb. 28, 1892, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Antonia (Rusinowska) Zdaciewicz.

She was the widow of Frank Gorski, who died in April 1949. Mrs. Gorski was a member of the Rosary Sodality and the Mothers of Angels Society of St. John Cantius Church in Northampton. She is survived by two nephews, Frank Kupchinski of Northampton and Charles Kupczynski of Holyoke and a niece, Helen Jablonski of Northampton.

The funeral will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from the Drozdal Funeral Home with a liturgy of Christian burial at 11 a.m. at the St. John Cantius Church. The burial will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery Calling in hours Northamptoneral home are today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. BARRETT RITES FLORENCE The funeral of Harold L. Barrett was held yesterday at the Pease Funeral Home with the Rev. John Smith, pastor of the Christ United Methodist Church, officiating. The bearers were George Button, George Button Lester Allen, David Southerland and William Massey.

The burial was in the Spring Grove Cemetery where Mr. Smith offered the committal prayers. Barrett, 79, of 77 Oak died Tuesday in a local nursing home. CHARTER BUS SERVICE Air Ride Air Conditioned Rest Room Equipped Coaches Strong Corporation 26 Pleasant Street Easthampton Tel. 527-3430 or 527-9475 (Continued from page 1) The lawyers Robert Bray and Byron Caplice, both of Greenfield also were attempting to prove that the state police did not follow the guidelines governing such roadblocks established by the Supreme Judicial Court earlier this year.

Those rules specify that the police must give at least three advance warning before establishing a roadblock. They also state that each roadblock must be adequately supervised, that safety be maximized, and that the inconvenience to motorists be minimized. A parade of media representatives, summoned by the state, took the stand yesterday as Assistant Northwestern District Attorney Edward Berlin attempted to establish that the state police gave the public an adequate warning of the roadblock. The news directors of two Springfield television stations, Northampton radio and Greenfield radio stations WRSI, WHAI and WPOE, described the publicity each station gave prior to July 2 to the plans to establish the roadblock. The circulation directors of the Greenfield Recorder, the Daily Hampshire Gazette and the Springfield Union also testified.

Although Berlin cited the "plethora" of news stories and features outlined by his witnesses as proof of the advance publicity, Bray and Caplice claim those reports were not the result of any police public relations campaign to advertise the roadblocks. "We found no one (of the media representatives) who could say that they had received word (directly from the police)," Bray said after yesterday's session. He said the "chance publicity" the roadblocks got prior to July did not meet the "public awareness" provision stipu- DE lated by the state court. Among other witnesses, Berlin may question state Secretary of Public Safety Charles Barry today in an attempt to find out exactly how much of the advance publicity came directly from the state police. In addition, Berlin will continue to question State Police Capt.

Thomas Fitzgerald of the Northampton barracks. Yesterday, Fitzgerald described the roadblock in detail, and he outlined the procedures used by the 13 officers who manned the Sunderland roadblock. He said that of the 503 cars stopped that night, 16 motorists were detained for questioning and eight, including, the defendants, were said most motorists were only stopped for a few seconds. In a curious turnabout, after court yesterday Bray was interviewed by many of the news editors he had cross-examined earlier. He told the press that, regardless of the technicalities about advance publicity, the use of roadblocks to apprehend drunken drivers is unconstitutional and violates his clients' rights under the Fourth Amendment, which protects people against "unreasonable searches and seizures" without "probable cause" and the issuance of a warrant.

He said the federal Supreme Court has allowed the use of roadblocks in a very few specific instances, such as checking vehicles for illegal aliens. He added that those cases were limited to instances where "specific and observable facts" that might warrant an arrest were not readily apparent. "Those kinds of cases are not analagous to drunken driving, where there are observable facts (that would lead to an arrest), such as slurred speech or driving erratically," he said. HAMPSHIRE OIL HAMPSHIRE OIL INC. 549-4016 Per Gal 24 HOUR DELIVERY FUEL OIL 100 GAL.

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