Indiana Gazette (Newspaper) - November 5, 1994, Indiana, Pennsylvania Saturday November Vol 91 No 75 Coal Bow Northern Cambria quarter back Ed Galiczynski threw the touchdown pass to Jonathan Lutch with just over a minute remaining as the Colts staked their claim on the Coal Bowl in high school foot ball action last night Page 13 INSIDE Cloudy tonight with a 30 percent chance of show ers after midnight low in the mid 50s Cloudy Sunday with a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms high in the lower 60s Details on Page 12 Brookville 27 Punxsutawney 0 38 0 Laurel Highlands 37 Deny 13 Northern Cambria 15 Cambria Heights 12 Shaler 31 Indiana 0 IUP graduates Area residents who received graduate and undergraduate degrees from Indiana Universi ty of Pennsylvania in August Page 5 Pope on the road Pope John Paul II puts his injured right leg to the test and tries to ease fears about his health as he travels along Sici lys eastern coast Page 4 Grenade explodes A student who brought what he thought was a dud grenade to school said a friend dropped it on the floor twice after another student urged him to do it The grenade exploded after the sec ond drop injuring 12 students in the music class Page 7 Obituaries on Page 17 DiBIASI Christopher Devon 15 Indiana STEVEN Donald A 82 Clark Avenue Spring Church Classifieds 1821 Comics 23 Dear Abby 23 Dick Kleiner 11 Entertainment 22 Family 24 Lottery Numbers 4 Regional 10 17 Religion 8 Sports 1317 TV 11 Viewpoint 2 Congress is on vacation again can you tell Country Kitchen Saturday Sunday Roast Pork Loin Galaxy Open 38 Rent Return Monday Glass Show Best Western Saturday And Sunday Jazz at the Sunday 3498170 Lets Get Check VIP Ads in Todays Classified Section Sing Along Karaoke All Occasions 3490372 Volunteer Fire Department Ham And Turkey Dinner November 24 Pages 2 1994 Indiana Printing and Publishing Company Indiana Pa ThirtyFive Cents Candidates run lowkey race in 60th WILLIAM WHEELER GOP By JOHN COMO Gazette Staff Writer The slightest winds whispering across Indiana and Armstrong coun ties from Blairsville to Freeport are making more noise than is generat ed by the campaign to represent the 60th Legislative District in the Penn sylvania House of Representatives Democrat Rep Timothy L Pesci of Freeport and Republican chal lenger William Wheeler of Blairs ville RD a former Burrell Township supervisor and tax assessor prefer the quiet as election day approaches Tuesday Both said they agreed to run positive campaigns based on issues and their records and qualifications because they believe people are fed up with negative campaigns and advertising by politicians I am running for reelection because I believe my track record in the House and previous service as a Freeport borough councilman and Armstrong County controller gives me the knowledge and experience to help address the needs of local Pesci said I want to continue using those experiences to better serve the people of the 60th Pesci said he supports reforming the state tax structure and welfare system and would like to see more cooperative efforts locally to age economic development We need to specifically deal with tax reform and I see the same bipartisan package of bills consid ered next year that the House moved to the Senate this Pesci said Because of the elections the bills stalled in the Senate but I expect a change in attitude there after the elections Basically the proposed bills would alleviate the burden of taxes on property owners through the use of personal income taxes and giving counties the option of establishing a 1 percent sales tax through a refer by the Pesci said the welfare system needs to be changed to give people a chance to accept low paying jobs and still receive Medical Assistance and to cut down fraud by people who receive benefits from more than one state I think a person on welfare should be able to get a job and receive Medical Assistance until he or she obtains an income to pay for Pesci said The Medical Assistance can be reduced as the individuals income increases I also support a fingerprint iden card that will connect to welfare systems in other states and help us identify people who are multiple users of the welfare sys tems so we can catch the I also believe in eliminating drug users from welfare if they are Continued on Page 4 In Union a lot of broken hearts By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN AP National Writer UNION Susan Smiths new boyfriend was leaving her because he wasnt ready to be a father to her two boys She was divorcing her husband after accusing him of cheating on her Her whole world was a law enforcement source said Fri day speaking on condition of ano She caught her husband in adultery She was having a relation ship with another guy and he was breaking it off He had told her he wasnt ready for a readymade fami Then police say Mrs Smith sent her car plunging into a murky lake with 3yearold Michael and 14 Alex strapped into their safety seats She concocted a story of a but con fessed after nine days of tearful pleas for the boys safe return police say A memorial wreath and bouquets of flowers were left at edge Friday New prayers went out Friday night for the family and for a community coping with a lot of broken as Mayor Burton Williamson Sr described the town during a memorial service Those children will always be part of all of said the Rev Brackett one of several ministers who spoke at the service designed for mourning and racial reconcilia tion Mrs Smith who is white had claimed a black man abducted the children How could it 4 Funerals for the boys will be held Sunday Earlier Friday the 23yearold secretary ducked low in the back seat of a sheriffs car that delivered her to the courthouse through a hostile jeering crowd Police held back a crowd of about 100 people that surged forward as Mrs Smith appeared Hold your head up Youre a baby murderer one woman shout ed as others yelled obscenities She deserves the same thing that happened to those two said Sarah Sims Mrs lawyer waived a bail hearing for the murder charges and she never appeared in court She was taken to a prison near Columbia to be held in isolation for her safety a spokeswoman said Prosecutor Thomas Pope said he may seek the death penalty Mrs Smiths lawyer David Bruck would not discuss a possible defense strategy or other aspects of the case All he would say about Mrs Smith was that she is heart Mrs Smiths confession led au to her burgundy 1990 Mazda submerged in John D Long Lake and the bodies were found in the back seat investigators said Divers Continued on Page 4 Susan Smith covers her head with a jacket as she is led into the Union County Courthouse for a bond hearing Friday AP photo Clintons strategists avoiding spotlight ATLANTA AP The political gurus who helped engineer Presi dent Clintons election two years ago are being heard but not seen this year as they advise Democratic candidates in Georgia and vania After roles in winning campaigns for Georgia Gov Zell Miller in 1990 Pennsylvania Sen Harris Wofford in 1991 and Clinton in 1992 political consultants James Carville and Paul Begala are stay ing out of the spotlight as Miller and Wofford seek reelection Carville was a crucial voice in the Miller campaign four years ago but hes barely been seen this said Charles Bullock a University of Georgia political scientist No bodys really made an issue of Carville and Begala had their unbeaten record blemished last year when they were involved in former New Jersey Gov Jim Florios losing reelection campaign Since then Carville and his new More election 3 6 wife Mary Matalin the top political strategist for former President Bush have written a book on their 1992 campaign experiences and Car ville has been busy this fall ing it The book tour and a conscious effort to keep the spotlight focused on Miller and Wofford may explain why Carville and Begala have low ered their own campaign profiles this fall But whatever the reason they havent lowered their involvement in campaign planning and strategy They have both been very active in my Miller said Fri day during a campaign stop in Perry Ga The fact of the matter is James is a celebrity If he goes to a debate or on a personal appear ance with me hes the Miller dismissed suggestions that having Carville and Begala as his top strategists makes him vulnera ble to Republican challenger Guy Millners efforts to link him to Clinton whose popularity in Georgia has plummeted since he narrowly won the state two years ago I think that the people of Georgia are beyond Miller said Theyre going to be voting on who the governor of the state is They dont pay as much attention to that as the media or maybe the Republi can Party would want you to think they In Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum has tried to inject Carville into the campaign running a televi sion ad that focuses on a quote attributed to Carville If you lie loud enough and long enough people will believe The ad which does not mention that Carville was quoting Sen Phil Gramm was used by San torum in a bid to discredit ads by implying that Carville had advised the Democratic senator to lie about Santorum The consultants also became an issue at a debate in Pittsburgh when Santorum accused Begala of coach ing Wofford during an intermission Begala angrily demanded that San torum take back his remarks While Carville and Begala have stayed mostly out of sight this fall analysts in Georgia and nia said they can see their finger prints on both the Miller and Wofford campaigns Wofford has been running behind Santorum and is using negative ads in hopes closing the gap G Terry Madonna a Millersville University political analyst said some of those ads are typical TIMOTHY L PESCI Democratic One in nine lack health insurance study says PHILADELPHIA AP One in nine Pennsylvanians out of million lacks health insur ance and many of the others have to buy their own or rely on family or the state for coverage a study shows The majority of uninsured are not deadbeats or panhandlers but part time workers and their family mem bers who cannot get benefits or employees in the service industry which often provides no coverage Penn State University said Most of the uninsured are part time workers and unemployed peo ple looking for said Gordon F DeJong senior scientist at the Population Research Institute But even many fulltime workers are on their own in obtaining cover age the study showed Barely more than half of adults 18 to 64 percent are employed full time Fewer than 70 percent of these are protected by a company provided health plan The traditional view is that most of the adult population is covered through health DeJong said er the economic transformations of the past decade have been nied by a decline in the proportion of the state labor force employed in the manufacturing sector and an in crease in the percentage employed in the service and small business sectors where health insurance may not be a DeJong wrote the study along with Assistant Professor Gretchen T Cornwell and David Steven a gradu ate student The report was based on data for Pennsylvania adults 18 to 64 from a March 1993 national survey of households The survey is conducted monthly by the Bureau of the Census Those who are insured obtain coverage from a of op tions Slightly more than one in five adults or 1 million parttime workers is covered by another family members private insurance or employer health plan Private health insurance is the third largest source of coverage but is held by only percent of Pennsylvania adults or peo ple Cornwell said Fiftyone percent of former work ers with a family income under the poverty threshold are uninsured Dejong said Twothirds of the 49 percent who are officially poor are covered by Medicaid Medicare provides in percent or Coming Sunday In every way but one Tom Kelly is a typical 16yearold He enjoys collecting tapes and shopping and playing drums in the High School band He likes cars and computers and wants to get his drivers license But Kelly was born with TAR Syndrome a rare genetic disorder that left him with no arms His hands attach at his shoulders and because knee contractures prevent his legs from straightening he de pends on a wheelchair Kelly has spent a lifetime over coming obstacles and denies there are even any challenges in his life Staff writer Wendy Szakelyhidi has a special profile of this remarkable young man in Sundays Indiana Gazette Other special Sunday features in clude A look at East and West Germa ny five years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall Half a decade ago the East and West Berliners danced and sang atop the crumbling wall Now they have pulled back from that embrace and are warily testing each other The Associated Press reports In sports and Laurel Valley begin their quests in the District 6A football playoffs and IUP takes another step toward a national playoff berth in a game at Clarion The hopes for a healthy walleye population at Yellow Creek Lake look bleak according to surveys conducted by the Pennsylvania Fish Boat Commission Outdoors writ er Jeff Knapp takes a look at the situation on the Outdoors Page Bosnian commanders vow to take more land TOM KELLY student By SAMIR KRILiC Associated Press Writer SARAJEVO Bosnian army commanders vowed today to press on with their most successful offensive in years of war despite Serb claims they had blunted the assault and were gearing for a showdown We will not stop at what we have achieved we have the strength and the possibility to Gen Mehmet Alagic the Bosnian commander whose troops captured a key town Thursday told Oslobodjenje daily news paper We arc going to liberate further he said Bosnian Serb leaders meeting Friday in their stronghold of Pale east of Sarajevo announced a gener al callup suspended university clas ses set up student brigades canceled all leaves and toughening penalties against deserters We are headed for the final declared Bosnian Serb lead er Radovan Karadzic Throughout the war Serbs have used their heavy advantage in fire power to take control of 70 percent of Bosnia In recent weeks however and more numer ous troops of the govern ment army have taken up to 160 square miles of territory Continued on Page 4
