Valley Independent, The (Newspaper) - December 1, 1986, Monessen, Pennsylvania District 1 Serve I f v Aimed Forces See Page Bears Slip See Page IB See Page Jjj VALLEY INDEPENDENT The Voice of the Mid-Monongohela Valley Area O MONDAY DEC Glance Charleroi sweeper Police Chief Ed Hank reminded all residents of Charleroi that beginning Dec the street sweeper again will be making regularly scheduled runs Hank emphasized that cars will be tagged if not moved during the runs of the sweeper Area road work Crews from the Westmoreland County Maintenance Office of the state Department of tion are scheduled for area projects this week Maintenance manager Ronald L Samuel said shoulder ning will take place on LR 247 at North Belle Vernon and LR 64118 in Twp TR 981 at will remain closed due to bridge repairs Turnpike throttled by holiday traffic Motorists on the Pennsylvania Turnpike found the traveling much slower than usual Sunday State Police at Somerset said there was as much as a backup on the Turnpike in the eastbound lanes approaching the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel They said the slowdown began around p.m and lasted throughout the afternoon Police said the delays were primarily because of ing travelers going college students returning to and hunters There also were several accidents in the affected area J Reorganization set for boards Several school boards in the area will hold reorganization meetings this week The schedule will run this Tonight Monessen School Board will reorganize at 6 o'clock at the Elementary and the regular monthly meeting will follow at Tuesday Belle Vernon Area School Board will reorganize at 8 p m at the high school and also will conduct general business Board will reorganize and conduct general business at a 7 p.m meeting at Roosevelt ing in New Eagle Bentworth School Board also will reorganize at 7 p.m at the Administration offices in Bentleyville Highway deaths near 400 in nation CHICAGO As the Thanksgiving weekend came to a almost 400 fatalities had been reported across the with nia and Flonda leading the count The National Safety Council had predicted that between 350 and 450 people would die in traffic accidents during the four-day weekend At 5 EST 389 people were known to have died in accidents since 6 p.m local time when the began for counting purposes The count ended at midnight local time Sunday Weather Views Cloudy and breezy tonight with a chance of rain Lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s Breezy day with freezing rain and sleet changing to rain Rain may be heavy at times Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s Classified Dear Jack Valley Weather efforts to throttle his gravest crisis TRADITIONAL The arrival of Santa Claus officially marked the opening of the holiday season in Monessen on Saturday Sponsored by the City of the traditional event featured a parade highlighted the Valley Independent Photo By Warren Park appearance of Mr and Mrs Claus Among those taking part in the celebration downtown were to Santa Mrs Mayor James who's holding Chris and Stacy Hunters launch assault on state HARRISBURG Hunters across the country set themselves up for a major disappointment today in Pennsylvania's woods and fields The state's deer season opened at 30 minutes before sunrise and the usual l million hunters were expected to take to the hills and valleys in search of bucks Last the army of back with and state Game Commission officials are looking for about the same number to be taken this year Commission spokesman Ted shall said 60 percent of the bucks will be taken in the first day and 15 cent the second day Monongahela fire is probed State and Monongahela police are seeking information into an attempt to start a fire at a home located at 414 Nelson St over the weekend The home was occupied by James didn't take long for children in Monessen to extend their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus After Santa appeared in the holiday kickoff parade Saturday children had the opportunity to meet with him at the Civic Center Leading this group are Aubrey and Tia 3 Vallej Independent Bj Warren Park Is pro football too McMahon stared at us from behind those dark blue glasses He may have been looking sad and it was hard to tell through those lenses For sure he wasn't but A tually when you think about Jim r McMahon is not what you would call s a perennial smiler -1 He gives the impression of having a delinquent sense of humor But back to the case in Jim McMahon appearing before the sion cameras to tell a waiting world that he would be for the season With the Chicago Bears hoping to make it down another Super Bowl their ace quarterback is telling us he's out for the probably including any post season play as Whv Well for starters McMahon is still nursing some old which may well have been aggravated by the cheap shot be took f com Charles the Green Bay Packer who slammed McMahon to the turf after a play had been McMahon got some follow-up headlines with the report that he's out for the Martin got some follow-up headlines ho was for two iames when the incident occurred Police said the incident took place between p.m Friday and p.m Saturday when police received the call According to Monongahela Fire Chief George there were outside near two ferent doors where the at- tempted to start a fire was no said DeVore was fire to the extent of ing to get one going It was ted that's what it was All we did was use our equipment to if there were any Monongahela police had no other information available on the ted fire as their investigation is con- Anyone with information ing the incident is asked to call either the Monongahela police or state police WASHINGTON President facing his gravest returns to work today confronting calls for a special session of Congress to in- a probe into the funneling of Iranian arms sale money to the Nicaraguan Contras Reagan is meeting today with a panel he appointed to review the National Security Council and its staff in the wake of disclosures that NSC aide Lt Col Oliver North arranged for transfer of up to million from the weapons sale to the aid of the Nicaragua's Contra guerrillas Senate Republican leader Bob a key Reagan urged the president Sunday to summon a special session of Congress next week to appoint a select committee from both houses to probe the clandestine which preceded the releases of three American hostages in Lebanon probably have to pattern it after the so-called Watergate com- said on Week With David referring to the panel whose televised ings played a critical role in forcing the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974 White House spokesman Dan Howard called Dole's proposal novel but declined direct comment on it simply haven't had time to consider he Although Republicans will retain control of the Senate until the 100th Congress meets jn Dole said a Democrat would probably be appointed to head any select com- No president has summoned a special session of Congress since Harry Truman called lawmakers back to Washington in 1948 to deal with labor Dole said Sen Robert Byrd of West the Democrat who will assume Dole's post as majority leader when the new Senate comes in next joined the call for a select joint com- but he said it have to wait until Congress in January Byrd was interviewed on The A special session oi Congress would to the crisis at- he urging Reagan to appoint an independent counsel as his immediate order of business One senior Justice Department of- who spoke on condition of said he believes Scene Hunters heading for the woods Note of appreciation to thoughtful Speers gal for her run Jovial Joe recuperating from his initial long-distance assignment Monongahela waitress drawing special day wishes Donora woman missing all the fun height of the arguments now favor moving to an independent But he did not believe that a decision had been made to take the probe out of the hands of Attorney General win Meese in and other Justice of- administration of- have resisted the idea of pointing a special prosecutor questioned by reporters as he returned to Washington Sunday from a Thanksgiving holiday in said doing everything necessary to get at the truth and we will make the truth In an interview published the president called tional and said the media must responsibility for what they have in revealing arms sales to Iran in a telephone interview with Time magazine on said he had bitter bile in my throat these because of the controversy set off by disclosure of the sales is driving me up the wall is that this wasn't a failure until the press got a tip from that rag in Beirut and began to play it Reagan said told them that publicity could destroy and that it could get people killed They then went right The Washington without reported today that Frank former deputy secretary of defense in the Reagan administration and the deputy tor of the CIA in the Carter ad- was the succeed Poindexter Holiday Cheer giving increases Monongahela Valley residents are opening up their hearts and purse strings in response to an appeal from The Valley Independent to ply gifts for the needy The Christmas Cheer Club is being operated in a joint effort with the Salvation Army A decorated yule tree in the lobby of the newspaper at Eastgate 19 towers proudly over the gifts area residents are placing beneath it for distribution by the Salvation Army at Christmas Persons are asked to bring un- wrapped new suitable for any valued at or to be ed under the tree At this time they wul be enrolled in the membership of the Christmas Cheer Club Those who wish may give monetary donations which will also be presented to the Salvation Army through their Christmas kettles The funds will be used to supply food and gifts for those in need Contributors will be asked to register in a charter membership Names will be published re- quested to be and photographs will be taken periodically Those donating gifts and money will also have the to sign a card which be placed on the tree undue physical force on A slap on the A suspension game for life 1 Is becoming too f 2 Should players guilty of c p shots be suspended for at least a long as T Should players who dish out injuries to oe be kicked oat of the game for V HELP EFFORT 11 of came dressed as a Christmas tree when she dropped off her gift for The Valley Independent's Christmas Cheer Club on Saturday Her also drooped off a gift and became a charter member of the dub the roster of Cheer Club members today on Page 7
