Indiana Gazette (Newspaper) - January 30, 1980, Indiana, Pennsylvania IUP Trustee Nominees Confirmed By Senate HARRISBURG AP The Senate has approved 48 of Gov Dick appointees to various state boards and agencies Among those receiving con were three ap pointees to the Indiana Univer sity of Pennsylvania board of trustees Frank Gorell In diana Sam In diana and David L Johnson Haver town All were confirmed unani on Tuesday Included were some nominees whose names were rejected last week in a dispute between the Senate and Thorn burgh The Senate had contend ed that the governor did not file the names within the 90day deadline set by the state con However the Senate in it would approve the names if Thornburgh would re submit them which he did AFLCIO President Harry Boyer and former Congressman John Ware of Chester County were among those confirmed following no votes last week They were named to the state Planning Board Other nominees confirmed Tuesday Planning Board Frederick W Anton III of St Davids Charles S Conrad Lancas ter and Margot Hunt Swarth more Allentown State Hospital board of trustees Donald K Kirts of Easton and Evangeline Coeyman Ashland State Hospital board of trustees Hubert H Strunk and Lucille Goyne both of Ash land Bloomsburg State College board of trustees La Roy G Davis of Feasterville and Lucy E Szabo of Berwick Cheyney State College board of trustees Susan A Brickus of Coatesville Clarion State College board of trustees Dr Syed R Ali Zaidi of Marcus Katzen of Reynoldsville and Edgar L Lawton of Knox Clarks Summit State Hospital board of trustees William C Cole Sr of Chinchilla and Do minick L Touch of Archbald Coaldale State General Hospital board of trustees Charles S Guy of Tamaqua Rudolph J Valentine of Tama qua and Anthony G Wargo of Coaldale East Stroudsburg State Col lege board of trustees Henry A Ahnert Jr of Bushkill Higher Education Assistance Agency John D Wickert of Camp Hill Laurelton Center board of trustees William Wilkin son of and Dale L Book and Jane B Troup both of Lewisburg Lock Haven State College board of trustees Kenneth R Clapper of Hollidaysburg and Shirley Thomas of Lock Haven Locust Mountain State General Hospital board of trustees George W Knott of Shenandoah Mansfield State College board of trustees Dr Andrew Michanowicz of Pitt State Medical Education and See Page 6 Column 4 The Indiana County Area Newspaper That Serves Every Member of the Family TEDDY People with time on their bands should get tighter watch straps Vol 80 No 178 Five Sections ti mnn 1980 Indiana Printing and Publishing Company AH Rights Reserved Indiana Pennsylvania Wednesday January 30 1980 LATE Fortyfour Pages Twenty Cents Burglary Ring Pillow Case Gang Arrested The pillowcase burglars have been appre hended and questioning by police in four counties reveals the gang is responsible for 63 burglaries in Indiana Cambria Some and Bedford counties since August 1979 Arrested since Jan 7 when the first break came from a Washington arrest were George Harold Sirbaugh 22 of Johnstown and Washington Charles Melvin Ying ling 28 of Johnstown John Roscoe Shipley 30 of Johnstown Lester Harrison Sirbaugh 20 of Johnstown Bonnie Sirbaugh Lesters wife and Mary Cookie Shipley John Ship leys wife State police were brought into the in by Johnstown City Police and then police from boroughs and townships in four counties joined in the spreading in that revealed 531 charges were filed before District Magistrates Louis in Blairsville Julia Ann Rozum and Frank Brosius in Cambria County Kenneth Jewell and Robert J Shaffer in Bedford County and Constant Ferre in Somerset County Tallying up the value of the stolen proper ty including cash bonds certificates jew elry electronics gear etc came to a whop ping The property damage alone to taled by police estimates In addition to the burglaries in and around Johnstown and neighboring counties state police from Indiana have filed charges against several of the gang over Indiana County burglaries The area incidents dates places and loss are as follows Dec 28 David C Allison Vintondale RD 1 three guns cash and other property George Sirbaugh and Yingling charged Dec 2 Richard N Killen Armagh money and jewelry George Sir baugh and Yingling charged Nov 29 Beatrice E Lacorte Seward RD I gun and cash George and Lester Sirbaugh and Yingling charged Nov 29 Cecil M Fry Seward RD 1 jewelry cameras money George Sir baugh Shipley and Yingling charged Oct 12 Gloria F Lindsey New Flor See Page 6 Column 6 Iran Silent On Escape Of Diplomats Divers Continue Search ST PETERSBURG Fla AP With little hope of find ing any more survivors mili tary divers dropped into the murky water of Tampa Bay this morning to look for 17 Coast Guardsmen missing a a cutter and an Officials said the final death toll likely would reach 23 to make it the worst peacetime Coast Guard accident in more than 35 years Twentyseven of the 50 crew members were plucked from the water by rescuers after the late Monday accident Six bod ies were found I would seriously doubt that anyones said Jim Lo gan one of the civilian divers who futilely tapped on the cut ters torn hull Tuesday search ing for air pockets that might hold survivors Five bodies were recovered from the hull Another had been pulled from the choppy bay waters shortly after the collision Military divers Navy and Coast Guard took over the underwater operations shortly after full daylight this morning Divers from area fire depart ments and agencies had made Tuesdays dives The last area we searched was the he said We thought there would be an air pocket There Four bodies were recovered Tuesday from the submerged hull another from the choppy bay waters A sixth was found Monday night after the vessel sank within minutes of the col Rescuers plucked 27 of the cutters 50 crew members from the bay Robert Payne another diver said the faces of the dead men bore startled expressions They didnt have a he said They went down so The 180foot buoy tender Blackthorn leaving Tampa Bay after four months in sank less than four minutes after its port side was ripped open on impact with the in bound 605foot Capricorn A board of in plans to begin hearings into the tragedy in Tampa on Thursday Shooting Ruled As Justifiable GREENSBURG Pa AP The shooting death of a West moreland County man by his 15yearold son has been ruled justifiable homicide by a coun ty coroners jury The jury Tues day recommended that the dis attorney take no action against David Hauser of Ruffs dale Four persons testified in the youths mother and brother William Hauser 60 died Jan 19 He was shot arguing with his wife Hazel testimony Indicated CHARGES FILED Police officers lead Charles Yingling right to an arraignment in Johnstown Tuesday Yingling and five others from Johnstown have had a total of 531 charges covering 63 burglaries filed against them Yingling faces 177 charges himself The ring allegedly committed the burglaries in Cambria Somerset Indiana and Bedford counties from August to December of last year AP Alternates Sought Congress Looks Beyond Possible Olympic Boycott Con gress firmly on record against in the Moscow Olympics while Soviet troops occupy Afghanistan is ready to explore other forms of com petition for American athletes Should the International Olympic Committee fail to relocate postpone or cancel the Summer Games while the Soviets remain in Afghanistan the United States may help form a separate international event or competition some where in the United States A House interstate and for eign commerce subcommittee arranged hearings on the issue today with Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher Olympic officials and New Jersey Gov Brendan Byrne scheduled to testify Well explore a possible al site since it would almost certainly require federal Heating and refrigeration re pairs Commercial Services 4799936 Regency Mall Sidewalk Sales Thursday Friday Sat Great Bargains Re gency Mall money committee counsel Gregory Lawier said You cant just put together alternative games on short no Lawier said And even if the IOC International pic Committee does move the Games an awful lot of action and money will be needed on a pretty quick Byrne was to make a pitch on behalf of the tristate area of Connecticut New York and New Jersey New York had un successfully sought to host the 1984 Games which were awarded to Los Angeles The subcommittee hearing comes after the Senate voted 884 Tuesday to urge all Ameri cans to boycott the Summer Olympics in protest of the So viet action in Afghanistan pro viding the IOC fails to move or the Games The House approved a similar measure supporting President Carters boycott proposal last week 38612 In another development Tuesday White House officials said Carter has decided not to attend opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid next because of crises in Afghanistan and Iran where some 50 Americans are still be ing held hostage in Tehran The official who asked not to be identified said the decision was not tied to the possible boycott of the Moscow Games The United States Olympic Committee which has said it would support Carter in his re quest to relocate postpone or cancel the Moscow Games has deferred a vote on whether to send a team to Russia until after the IOC acts The USOC executive board directed its staff to continue to select and prepare a Olympic team and to consider staging its own sports festival sometime this year either among Americans or with for eign athletes who share the view and decide not to participate in the Moscow Games F Don Miller USOC execu tive director said he believed a sports festival of American ath letes could be held in Colorado Springs using Air Force Academy facilities at the same time the Moscow Games were staged Get Your Sleds Ready The West and the Plains states were hit by rain and snow the past couple its our turn Chief Tom my Hawk says well have an 80 percent chance of snow tonight and Thursday with overnight lows from 10 to 15 and highs tomorrow in the teens Related story on page 6 By The Associated Press The Canadian rescue of six members of the Embassy staff from Tehran most prob ably will result in harsher treatment for the approximate ly 50 Americans still held hos tage Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh said today If it does he added Canada will be responsible Any change in the harshness which may be imposed on the hostages its only the govern ment of Canada which is going to be responsible for told a news confer ence in Tehran called to deliver the Iranian reaction to the es cape of the six Americans The and Canadian gov confirmed on Tues day that of the Embassy staff escaped when militants seized the em bassy on Nov 4 took refuge with the Canadian embassy and left the country during the weekend using Canadian pass ports After they were gone Canada closed its embassy on Monday and withdrew its last four officials from the country We wiil not bother to protest what Canada has said but we indicate that sooner or later here or anywhere in the world Canada will pay for this violation of the sovereignty of Iran the forging of the passports and the actions they have He called the issuance of false passports to the six Amer a flagrant violation of international law He said this supported the view of the mili tants holding the hostages in the Embassy that the only purpose of international law is to help the major powers sup press small countries also claimed that Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark informed him Tues day night through a govern ment he did not identify that his government helped the Americans escape only to boost its chances in the Canadian national election Feb 18 But La Presse the Montreal newspaper whose Washington correspondent broke the story of the escape on Tuesday re ported today that other Ameri cans escaped from Tehran with help from Canadian diplomats and those of other correspond ents La Presses Washington cor respondent Jean Pelletier wrote that because of the rela neutral image the Cana dian embassy maintained and developed during the crisis over the hostages it became the best connection for all Americans living in Tehran who wanted to leave the coun try The four American men and two women who escaped were reported at a military base in West Germany and the State Department refused to say when they would be brought to the United States The State Department identic fied them as Mark Lijek a con sular officer his wife Cora a consular assistant Roger G Anders a consular officer Henry L Schatz an See Page 6 Column 7 Blames Oil Presidents New Inflation WASHINGTON AP President Carter today painted the bleakest outlook yet for in in the United States saying high oil prices could make inflation much worse for years to come unless those prices are kept from affecting the economys underlying price structure Carter and his advisers made clear their hope that workers will pay the higher prices gen by more expensive fuel without demanding they be ful ly offset with higher wages That would mean workers would accept at least a tem reduction in chasing power The rise in wages and other income Ass to be re in order o bring down the rate at costs are ris the president and his aides said in the adminis trations annual economic re port to Congress Since produc decreased last year ris ing wages result in prices they said Carter also said that while the immediate focus of govern ment policy must be to keep in from getting worse than 1979s percent rate it is es to make progress in cut ting the inflation rate Over the long term we will either bring inflation down or it will assuredly get Car ter said Another sharp rise in oil prices or a worldwide crop shortage could provide the next turn of the No administration in recent memory has presented such a grim outlook for inflation Carter said the underlying in rate meaning inflation after discounting volatile in TMI RECOVERY The Three Mile Island nuclear plant plans to send technicians into a contaminated building as part of the cleanup effort See story on page 7 LCB PLANS CHANGE The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in definitely postponed a planned 10cent surcharge on every bottle of liquor and wine sold in the state Details on page 24 OTHER FEATURES Business Dear Lottery Womens Obituaries on page 32 CARROLL Frederick 65 Indiana RD 2 ELBEL Edward 78 Rossiter RD 1 SHIELDS Connie Lamar 45 Jamestown SOLTIS Margaret 83 Blairsville RD 4 STERN Morris 80 Lake Park formerly of Indiana TAYLOR Ellsworth B 69 Monroe formerly of Robin dale LATE DEATHS GOSNELL Elizabeth 85 Point Pleasant Salts burg SHIRLEY D Blair 83 Seminole formerly of Indiana RD 3 creases in food fuel and hous ing costs is now 8 to 9 percent up from 6 to percent just two years ago Consumer prices increased percent last year the big gest increase in 33 years The administration is forecasting an additional rise of percent this year and percent in 1981 Charles L Schultze chair man ol the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers said the forecasts anticipate an increase in energy prices of 20 per cent this year and an increase in world oil prices slightly See Page 6 Column 8 Oil Prices Contribute To Trade Deficit WASHINGTON AP Ris ing oil prices contributed to a billion trade deficit cember the worst in 11 months causing the United States to finish the year with an overall trade deficit of billion While there was improve ment in 1979 over the 1978 deficit of billion it was not as good as the Carter ad ministration had hoped for at the beginning of the year The 1979 total raised the total trade deficit in the last four years to more than bil lion meaning the nation has imported that much more in goods than it has exported The last surplus was in 1975 when exports exceeded imports by billion The trade deficits have been a major factor in the decline in the value of the dollar The Commerce Department re leased the trade results for De cember and the year Tuesday The 1979 improvement was attributed to a rise in ex ports to a record billion However Commerce Depart ment analysts expect little fur ther improvement in part because of trade with Iran and the Soviet Union The December trade deficit was up from billion in No vember and was the highest since billion last January The increase was attributed to the higher cost of imported oil and a drop in gold Indiana Elks Polish Night tonight Members guests Shoes to help your feet Dr Hiss Dr Locke Dickersons Kims Shoes
