Tyrone Daily Herald (Newspaper) - April 18, 1984, Tyrone, Pennsylvania 1215 Hi Camp Pa 170H rone Daily Herald USPS 645800 Number 208 of Our 117th Year April 181984 Per Copy Facing SlowGoing Reagan Scrambles For Support For Policies MEDAL WINNERS Kristin second from and Todd were presented certificates and cash awards as the outstanding eighth grade girl and boy at the annual Americanism Awards Assembly held yesterday at Tyrone Area High The awards were presented by Theda president of the American Legion the sponsoring At left is Tyrone attorney Benjamin Jones who won the award in 1944 and was yesterdays principal Americanism Awards Assembly Honors Outstanding Students Congress Not Told Of CIAs Covert Actions WASHINGTON UPI Congressional intelligence com were not told of broader CIA actions against including supervision of commando raids against port facilities from a mother ship in international reports said The Washington Post reported in todays editions the CIA leased the ship last summer and agents aboard it furnished guns and From that the agents directed a raid by an rebels in the port city of Latin commandos piloted the speedboats into harbor and shot up an oil the newspaper The raid heavily damaged oil storage tanks and forced thousands of inhabitants to At the Nicaraguas San government charged the raid was part of a CIA but supported contras fighting Nicaraguas government from bases in Honduras claimed credit for the Contd on Page 2 Nations Oldest Man Dies At Documented 124 UPI Arthur believed to have been the oldest man in the country when he died two months short of his 124th never drank whiskey or smoked but loved CocaCola and candy I only got drunk one time and 1 never got drunk Reed said in an interview before his death from heart and kidney Friends said the wiry Reed looked 40 years younger than his 123 years and in the interview on his last bir Reed said he hoped his youth ful appearance would help him find a fourth They made me out of he They took time and they made me I dont drink or but I eat plenty of candy bars and lots of Coca At he was farming 10 acres of cotton in At he was riding his Until he was he worked parttime as a watchman at the Phoenix Iron Works in where in earlier days he heaved 100 pound sacks of ore off Born in on June the year Abraham Lincoln was elected Reed traveled in the South with his who cooked for Union troops during the Civil He ran away from home at the age of nine and began the first of several jobs he claims kept him fit Contd on Page 2 Two eighth grade students the Tyrone Area High School and a group of essay contest winners were honored at the 42nd annual Americanism Awards Assembly held Thursday morning in the The assembly is sponsored by Howard Garnder Unit American Legion in cooperation with the school faculty and the Junior High School student Medal Winners Kristin daughter of Sally 565 Oak and Todd son of and William Port were named the outstanding eighth grade girl and boy by their The selection process is based on scholarship and Theda presented a cer and five dollar cash gifts to Kristin and Guest Speaker Attorney Benjamin a recipient of the medalist award in was a special guest and ad dressed the recalling his high school years and how much receiving of the award had meant to Jones told the junior high school that they were kids under Jones graduated with honors from Tyrone High School in He is a graduate of Phillips and Princeton He served as an officer in the Army With the 79th Infantry Division and the Armored ending his service as an instructor in weaponry at the Armor School at Fort He graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in 1960 and has law in Tyrone for the past 24 He is member of the bar of the Supreme Court of The Superior Court of the several courts of Blair County and the Federal District During his years in Jones has been active in community ser serving over 30 years in the emergency is presently the assistant director of civil past president of the Chamber of and holds positions of responsibility with industrial the borough govern the school the school authority and the sewer Jones advised the students that growth is achieved through listening and He told them that their objectives should be to work and ending with the Good God and give it your best shot Essay Winners Eleven winners of the annual essay were cash awards by Americanism Chairman Elizabeth The theme for the contest for this year was The Things that Make America Winners were seventh grade first Aaron Vance second Theresa third John Eighth grade first Steve Lewis second Jennifer Albright third Joy Contd on Page 2 Weather Sharpshooters Ring Embassy In London While Libyans Counter In Tripoli Periods of rain but possibly light snow over higher Low in the mid Colder Thursday with a few periods of High in the mid Extended forecast Friday through Sunday A return to near normal Partly sunny Lows 25 35 and highs 45 Mostly sunny and nice Saturday with a chance of showers on Easter Weekend lows in the 30s to low Highs in the 50s to low Fears Major Quake Near Along The Mississippi WASHINGTON UPI Pressure is building along the New Madrid the source of the most violent series of earthquakes in and the government is taking steps to limit the devastation that could be caused in Missouri and six other nearby Federal emergency officials said it is not possible to predict when or if a new quake will shake the but if historical patterns hold a new tremor could strike before the end of the The Federal Emergency Management Agency Tuesday awarded for a effort to prepare for the next big earthquake along the New Madrid which it said could cause significant damage over a The fault is named after the southeast Missouri town of New about 125 miles southeast of which was struck by the first tremor of the most violent series of earthquakes in The tremor felt as far away as Pittsburgh and Emergency management officials fear the potential risk of another major quake is The pressure is building up on the said Samuel associate FEMA director for state and local You have to start FEMA Director Louis Giuffrida said a quake in the area could cause from billion to billion in damage and sever major gas and oil Deaths would total certainly in the one FEMA official FEMA gave the money to the Contd on Page 2 CIA Secretly Involved In Central America WASHINGTON UPI President Reagan has invited members of the Roman Catholic Church some of whom have been critical of his Central American to the White House today to hear his side of the He arranged to host a luncheon for a group of bishops as another in a series of meetings aimed at shoring up support for his beleaguered aid program for El Salvador and anti Sandinista rebels in Its slow acknowledged Faith assistant to the president for public liaison who has lined up some of the briefings on Central But she said the president believes they are important to explain his foreign policy goals in the Caribbean As Reagan worked to draw support for his there were widespread reports Tuesday the CIA has been directly involved in other covert activities in in of Nicaraguas principle oil center off the port of Corinto three months before the mining of the harbors NBC News said the CIA directed attacks on Nicaraguan ports and CBS News said the CIA selected targets for air raids against Nicaraguas capital of Managua by light planes The reports said the United States made extensive use of Salvadoran and Honduran frogmen to set charges against oil The Washington quoting a congressional reported in todays editions that some members of the House intelligence committee did not know until yesterday that the Contd on Page 2 BA Schools Set April 2327 For Conferences The Elementary Division of the School District has scheduled its annual spring Conferences for the week of April 23rd through Kindergarten conferences wil be held each afternoon beginning from First through sixth grade conferences will be held each afternoon from beginning April N To better equalize the attendance of tne students during this the afternoon kindergarten students will be attending morning All students will be dismissed at NOON beginning Classroom teachers will be sending with the a scheduled conference appointment Please try to attend these scheduled ap for the benefit of your A Listening Ear A Tyrone Drug and Alcohol Hotline is available to anyone who needs someone to talk a listen ing ear to help with any problem involving drugs or The number to call is 6841920 or 684 Also available is a support group which meets every day at the hospital conference Sharpshooters surrounded the Libyan Embassy in London today in a standoff with a gunman who pumped a crowd of Libya countered by ringing the British Embassy in Tripoli with trapping 24 Britons inside and detaining three The showdown began in London at EST Tuesday when gunfire rang out from the Libyan killing a policewoman and wounding 11 It was not clear how many people were in the Libyan how many were diplomats or how many were Junior Foreign Office Minister Richard Luce said British officials negotiated through the night with Libyans in the embassy in central London and that they had expressed regret for the killing of the We ask them to come out peacefully and thus enable us to go in and search for weapons and ex he A Libyan in the embassy told a reporter by telephone that Libyan leader was in constant contact with the situation and that negotiations The talks in London were held amid Libyan threats of the detention of three Britons hi Tripoli and a virtual siege of the British Embassy in Tripoli where the am and diplomatic staff were holed The government Tuesday warned Britain against storming the Contd on Page 2 News From Around Here JOHNSTOWN State police took their time unloading the cargo of grass they confiscated from aircraft early Monday fearing possible booby A briefcase discovered wired to a black box put investigators on Army ordinance disposal experts from Let Ordnance Depot in Chambersburg were called They found the briefcase not to be containing explosives and the marijuana was STATE COLLEGE Dick noted was the guest speaker at Eisenhower Auditorium on the Penn State campus over the He called Penn State a racist and told the students they cared too much for athletes and He was sponsored by the Black Arts Festival ALTOONA Altoona Area School Director William Kimmel walked out of a school board finance committee meeting Monday night when an Altoona Mirror reporter walked Kimmel objected to the media being present and stated that When shes elected to the school then she can attend all the Other board members did not agree with that and as did the ALTOONA The Altoona School budget hassle is still Blair County District Attorney Brooks Smith announced that he has given the state police all the information prepared for him by the legal staff and has asked them to undertake a full and complete investiga tion into allegation there were criminal activities that occurred within the HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County Commissioners have acknowledged several problems with the voting machine but they expressed op and support for the punchcard Commissioner William Stouffer said the county had five teams on call to handle problems that may have arisen with the STONE VALLEY The Shavers Creek Environmental Center is spon soring Coastal Ecotours this spring to enable people to learn more about sea birds and shore There is a workshop scheduled for April 22 at 7 in room 272 of Recreation Building on cam For additional STATE COLLEGE Centre Area Transportation Authority CATA Contd on Page 2 Mondale Is Solid Favorite In Missouri Walter Mondale is the solid favorite heading into tonights Missouri a showdown in which state Democrats decide the political loyalties of 75 delegates going to the partys national Mondale ends a brief respite Irom campaigning today with a visit to Kansas City that includes a television hookup with broadcasters around the Despite the efforts of Gary Hart and Jesse political experts in the state say the former vice president holds a solid lead going into the which begins EST at caucus Pat state Democratic Contd on Page 2 Food Bank Needs Help The Salvation Army Tyrone Unit Food Bank needs your Captain Edna reports that due to the heavy demand caused by the delay ol food the unit has had 25 extra families in need ol This is in addition to the meals regularly served at the Gisewhite who can spare a can of sack of loaves ol bread are asked to look again into your All donations of food will be accepted at Un building on West 10th from 9 to 12 Gisewhite New Pumper Fire Truck By William Snyder The Neptune Fire located in East Tyrone at 1700 Lincoln will be receiving a new addition to their firehouse in a few The company ordered a new pumper truck last December and it is ex to be on the doorstep by early May or sometime in The company currently has two pumper a Dodge and an American The firemen feel the third truck is a necessity in order to handle fires quicky and ef Company personnel say that the part of town they are located in should and expect quick and adequate fire protection from The third piece of equipment should help the volunteers with that they Big Price Tag The truck has a price lag of counting principal and Like firemen must start out with the basic truck and then modify their choice to suit the need and Paying for the truck is going to be the the company They have undertaken what they feel are reasonable and comfortable payment arrangements with the company who sold them the Their interest will be the firemen will have 10 years to pay at one payment a year of and a down payment of was plunked down up Asked if the company might have Contd on Page 2 Good Friday Services Set At Brethren Church The Revelation of Calvary is the theme of the annual Community Good Friday Service to be held this Friday from noon until 3 at the Church of the Adams Avenue and 18th Sponsored by the Tyrone Area Cooperative the service will feature messages by six area The scripture will come from Luke with each pastor speaking on a specific section of that text Prophecy Fulfilled will be the title of the first to be given by the Fred Hickok of the Bald Eagle United Methodist His scripture text will come from Luke This will be from noon until Contd on Page 2 Having Problem Giving Away Money By Robert Jubelirer It is indeed an oddity when a government agency has trouble distributing Pennsylvania is having a problem allocating all of the million federal appropriation it receives to administer a program designed to pay fuel bills for our low income You might think that a program to provide heating assistance to needy people would be swamped with especially during the severe winter But this is not the And it is not a new It has been a recurring problem since this program was first implemented three years Million For the past two Penn sylvania failed to allocate some million of its total federal ap propriation by the end of the program Fortunately for the needy citizens of this amount was turned over for use in the next program The Low Income Home Energy Assistance better known as is a federally funded program administered by the State Department of Public Welfare through is 67 county assistance of Grant eligibility is based upon the number of people residing in a household and the household income An individual need not ex difficulty in paying their heating bills or be on public assistance to With high and continually rising costs of utilities and high Contd on Page 2 Brownies Send Mail By Balloon Fortyone balloons floated up and away from the Church of the Good Shepherd last month carrying greetings from Brownie Troop 1213 in the form of postcard and a request for a message in To three of the troop Erin Stacy Moore and Cindie Taylor have received their postcards back and the rest of the 41 member troop is looking for ac cording to Peggy leader of the Adams School PTO sponsored with nice more post cards will be found and well hear from other areas of Penn she With a little we may even hear from as far away as like we did last Borman
