Huntingdon Daily News (Newspaper) - March 21, 1994, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania I Opinion Line Monday to Phone 6434043 MOUNT AND SAXTON 73 Il H COPY MARCH 1994 Use our tollfree telephone number 18006345692 or 6434040 j 36 Clintons are pitching for health care in Florida BAL AP President Clinton and his wife Hill ary hope to boost their faltering health care campaign with a week long promotional splash while shift ing some attention from the White water They planned to begin work hosting a health care forum for a senior citizens community in nearby The president has health care events on his schedule every day this The idea is to get our best spokes men out President Clinton and and explain to people what our plan is all White House spokesman Jeff Eller said aboard Air Force One on The trip guarantees Clinton media coverage in a state he barely lost to George Bush in 1992 and wants to win over in time for the 1996 It also is a fining site for a health care forum Nearly 20 percent of the population is and state officials are on the verge of imple menting some of the most revolution ary health care reforms in the Although under proposals by Florida Lawton Chiles could create a realworld laboratory to test the theories under discussion at the White House and Capitol Clintons plan commanded broad public support after he presented it last fall and again after he made it a centerpiece of his State of the Union But support has slumped in Continued on Page 2 Its about time The arrival of spring coupled with warm weekend helped to melt some of the snow and ice which has covered Lake for the past three but the snow line is disappearing from the sprawling manmade lake as indicated in this photo taken from the deck of the New Entriken Bridge Sunday The high span carries Route 994 across the lake in Lincoln Photo by Ron Morgan Schindler s List top favorite but quake grabs Oscar spotlight LOS ANGELES AP A hot Oscar rumor that surfaced on the eve of tonights Academy Awards was torpedoed a day before the awards The story had it that in last years Academy presenter Jack Palance called My Cousin Marisa Tomei for best supporting actress when the actual winner had been Vanessa Redgrave from Howards The which was circulating throughout carried some credibility because the young Miss Tomei was considered an Oscar longshot for the lowbrow Veteran performer on the other was the favorite for her part in the acclaimed Arthur president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and said Sunday that if Palance or any other presenter announced the wrong accountants from Waterhouse would They would immediately rush out and Thats not Hiller Steven Schindlers List enters tonights 66th annual awards show as the heavy favorite for best best director and best adapted Other likely winners include Tom Hanks for best actor from Philadelphia and Holly Hunter for best actress in The The best supporting actress and best supporting actor categories are considered the most A Schindlers List win for Ralph in the latter category may presage a sweep for the Holocaust Whoopi Goldberg replaces Billy Crystal as the host of the internation ally broadcast Award presenters have been urged not to make impromptu political The biggest surprise in this years show may have been delivered a day early when a strong aftershock rattled the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Sunday afternoon in the middle of a final Among those backstage in the downtown auditorium at the time of the quake were Jeff Geena Davis and her director Renny The first Elijah was working on his introduction of the best visual effect nominees when the temblor As part of the announcement of that the winning envelope is Continued on Page 11 Route 305 closed A barn fire early Saturday along Route 305 in Logan just beyond Petersburg closed the highway to traffic most of the Owned by a Muncy the its remains seen at the was used for storage and had no heat or The cause of the fire is Photo by Fagan Dont forget to purchase your dog license A sharp decline in 1994 Huntingdon County dog licenses was noted today by county trea surer Trudy The 1993 dog tags expired and there are an estimated unlicensed canines in the county at this Kyler said her office in the courthouse has sold about of the 1994 licenses to date and that total is 700 below last years Much of the decline in the dog tag sales is blamed on the severe winter but now that the snow is it is time to think about buying a 1994 dog Dog law enforcement officers have been lenient with dog owners due to the but an increase in enforcement procedures is office issues about dog licenses Regardless of when the tags are they expire on the last day of the year of There has been no change in the fees this year The regular fee neutered female and spayed The senior citizen fee dog owner must be 65 years of neutered and spayed The county treasurers office is open Monday through from until The office is closed on Satur days and legal but is open daily during the luncheon Cause of barn fire Saturday not apparent A barn fire near Petersburg Borough kept firefighters on call over the weekend as the smoldering remains flared up several The bam was visibly located along Route 305 in Logan Township across from Juniata It is on property owned by Galen Ingram of Ingram used the barn for storage and it contained two old vehicles and a There was no heat source nor electricity to the large wooden Petersburg Fire Chief Joe Hammers said the fire was reported about 7 by Donald a and flames had fully engulfed the barn at that The cause is unknown and Hammers asked the state police fire marshal to assist with the investiga He said the slate police were summoned to the barn Friday when students were out of school for the Continued on Page 2 Carillon must go from Petersburg schoolhouse Petersburg Community Development PCDA president Marian Longenecker was notified by telephone Friday that the group will be given until April to remove its memorial carillon from the former Petersburg Grade School Building on King The call came from corporate headquarters of in owner of the historic community school build The Technitrol official advised the Petersburg civic group that the company had secured an agreement of sale with a buyer who does not want the carillon on the Neither the name of the buyer nor the proposed use of the building were disclosed to PCDA by A letter to PCDA from rol confirming the telephone call is According to Guy Croyle PCDA public information coordina tor and former Petersburg Technitrol had placed the building on the market several months ago after ceasing electronics manufacturing operations in last PCDA enjoyed an excellent relationship with the Technitrol people for the eight years this project has been in said They were just wonderful to When we first approached them with the car illon idea in they worked with us all the way on it they understood what this building meant to our community and were genuinely excited to help us with the The entire project and relationship were transacted essentially on a handshake agreement basis between our little civic group and a major corporate Croyle When we learned that Technitrol was going to close operations here last we reiterated to them our interest in the building from the standpoint of community We felt assured that our interest would be communicated to the new I am profoundly disappointed that Technitrol did not seem to have found a buyer who shares our sense of place nor our concern for community The carillon and the building mean a great deal to our citizens they wont be happy about The Petersburg Grade School building was built in 1874 by Abraham a former Petersburg chief for the joint use of Logan Township and Petersburg Borough schools with one room reserved for use by Petersburg Borough It remained in use as a school until Since that time the building was used as a manufac turing site by G C Tresco Company and most recently by In 1987 it was the thematic focal point for the 14th Annual Hunting don County Arts Since 1985 it has been the site of the Peters burg Memorial a PCDA civic heritage project developed in cooperation with Between 1984 and nearly was raised in private contributions from all over the United States from individuals with family ties to The carillon project was completed with the restoration of the original bell tower in the fall of The entire carillon and tower restoration project received recognition the following year from the Huntingdon County Commissioners by being designated an Official Huntingdon County Bicentennial Indicted former judge taking Whitewater plea WASHINGTON AP In the first major development of ter prosecutor Robert Fiskes investi an indicted former judge who has linked President Clinton to a questionable loan will cooperate with says an individual familiar with the David Hale will avoid a scheduled March 28 trial by entering a plea during an appearance Tuesday before a federal judge in Little said the speaking on condition of The pica is part of a deal in which Hale has agreed to tell a federal grand jury all that he knows about involve ment in Whitewater by Clinton and his wife the individual NBC News first reported the plea agreement Sunday Hale has alleged that he was pres sured eight years ago by who was Arkansas governor at the to make a loan to Susan a business partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater real estate The federally backed loan went to McDougals public relations and Hale says some of the proceeds wound up in Clinton has denied pressuring Hale and says he doesnt recall anything about the A guilty plea by Hale would expe dite the Whitewater investigation by He is examining the Clintons tics to the failed Madison Guaranty Savings and which was owned in the 1980s by James Susan McDougals former The McDougals and Clintons were partners in the Whitewater Develop ment formed to purchase and develop 200 acres of land as a vaca tion retreat in A guilty plea by Hale would clear the way for him to begin testifying before a federal grand jury in a matter of If he were to have undergone a trial and been convicted on all four counts with which he is Hale would face a minimum of 46 months in pris on under federal sentencing guide has suffered two heart A trial of Hale could have led to embarrassing public disclosures for the Arkansas political possibly including the At a pretrial hearing this a lawyer said there would be testimony in the Hale case that proceeds from bogus loans went to important political The lawyer did not Before Hale dabbled in the insurance business and started his company in the late 1970s that made loans backed by the Small Business Then he became a municipal a position he resigned after his indictment last When the FBI raided Hales office last investigators seized thou sands of pages of loan documents a trail that led straight to Arkansas political figures and to Madison Continued on Page 2 Inside Ann 12 Hints from News of 2 People Lottery Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the vania State Lottery Daily 121 and Big The winning numbers drawn in Saturdays Pennsylvania Super 7 game were 62 and The winning numbers selected Sunday were Daily 605 ami Big Weather SO percent chance of evening rain showers then Low in the lower High 45 to Extended forecast Low 25 to High in the showers and Low 35 to High 55 to Low in the High in the Teaser Huntingdon 25 years received an urgent warning from Pennsylvania Fore st and Water officials to be careful of outdoor fires because of no rainfall in the Our District Foresters name Its in News of
