mT g 8 . SE = = - =» er, = : F Page 22 Robert P. Bomboy, formerly of 11 Shaver Ave., Shavertown, program to combine talents in a new coordinated research effort in the field of drug abuse. Mr. Bomboy, a journalist at the Chicago Center for Public Study, was among nine Fellows chosen by the Drug Abuse Council, an independent, non- profit national organization established in February by the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Motorcyclist Bound Over A disorderly conduct charge against Thomas P. Noon III of RD 2, Dallas, was dismissed and charges of aggravated assault and battery upon a police officer and obstructing an officer in the performance of a hearing Oct. 26 before District Magistrate Leonard D. Harvey. Mr. Noon, 18, was repre- sented by Atty. Stephen Teller; Dallas Borough police officer Ronald Dudik, affiant was rep- resented by Atty. Charles D. Lemmond Jr. According to testimony of- fered by Mr. Dudik, the defen- dent was operating a white motorcycle at approximately 8:30 p.m. the evening of Sept. 26 at Center Hill Road and Route 415, Dallas when he was stopped by officer Dudik on the berm of the roadway near the Disque Funeral Home. When Mr. Noon failed to pro- duce a motorcycle operator’s license at Mr. Dudik’s request, the policeman stated, he wrote up a citation for the defendant. Mr. Noon began using foul and obscene language, said Mr. Dudik, and headed back toward his motoreycle. Officer Dudik claims he warned the youth not to mount his motorcycle again, but that Mr. Noon disregarded the warning, started running into the parking lot of the funer- al home and, after a shouted arrest order for disorderly con- duct by the patrolman, picked PAINT Corporation, Commonwealth Fund and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and based in Washington. The Council supports research, evaluation, and information activities in a variety of drug abuse related areas and a major goal of the Council is to clarify the options available for public policy on drug abuse issues at the local and national level. : Besides working on individual projects to improve under- standing of such issues, the Fellows will also be available as a team of consultants to provide seminars for public officials and policy makers as well as to help plan the Council's future activities. Among those who nominated 106 candidates for the first year of the Drug Abuse Council Fellows Program were deans of law schools, medical schools and other graduate schools, government officials and drug abuse program administrators throughout the country. Officer Dudik testified that he followed him and grabbed him from behind, whereupon the youth dropped the cinder block, hitting the police officer’s hand. “I had to hold him down on the ground until I could get the handcuffs on him,” the patrol- man asserted, ‘“‘and he was ‘screaming and kicking and using foul language the whole time.” Mr. Noon denied resisting in any way the patrolman’s arrest, and insisted that he at no time used foul or obscene language. “After he gave me the ticket I walked away from the patrol car and told him, ‘I don’t want to argue with you, I don’t want to mess,’””’ Mr. Noon testified. “As I was putting my wallet back in my pocket, I saw a shadow coming up behind me and picked up a cinder block— and dropped it in front of me just as Officer Dudik jumped me from behind and grabbed me around my neck,” Mr. Noon said. Robert Joseph Whalen of 55 Columbia Ave., Dallas, recalled window that evening and seeing the altercation going on. He had turned to call his wife to the scene and consequently saw no part of the cinder block in- cident, he said, and because the doors and windows of his home were shut he could hear no shouting or yelling. SALE The Paint That Really Covers SALE PRICE PHONE 824-1019 A passenger on Mr. Noon’s motorcycle, Michael Robert Stewart, corroborated the de- fendant’s testimony and stated that he had called Mr. Noon’s father shortly after the defen- dant was taken to the Dallas Township Municipal Building. Mr. Noon was subsequently taken in police custody to the Dallas Borough Building, to the office of District Magistrate John Bednarz for arraignment, and was ‘committed to the Luzerne County Prison before bail was posted by his father. The charges of aggravated assault and battery upon a police officer and obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties will now be con- sidered by a grand jury. (Photo by James Kozemchak) \ George Gilbert of radio station WARM was recently honored by the Kingston Township Recreation Commission for his work on behalf of the youth of Wyoming Valley. Pictured above at a plaque presentation are Edward Richards,,6 township super- visor; Nicholas Taddei, soap box derby chairman; Martin Karchnar, Hazleton Kiwanis representative; W. Richard Mathers and Edward W. Hall, township supervisors. READ THINK VOTE John Joseph Davis of Box 215- A, Harveys Lake, has been charged with furnishing alco- holic beverages to minors and violating the controlled sub- stance, drug and device act following an incident which occured Sept. 25 in a parking lot at College Misericordia. According to complaints filed by Dallas Township Patrolman James Gruver and Dallas Borough Patrolman Ronald Dudik, Mr. ‘Davis was the operator of a Volkeswagen stationwagon parked at College Misericordia which was found to contain 20 full and four empty cans of beer at approximately 8:30 p.m. the night of Sept. 25. Occupants in the car were listed as James Anthony of Box 182, Harveys Lake, -and Patrick Buono, RD 2, Harveys Lake, Both occupants are ‘minors, police records show. Officer Dudik relates that a plain vial containing three cap- sules was visible to him in the open glove compartment of the vehicle. Two of the capsules contained Amobareital amphe- tamine and another contained Darvon, Officer Dudik stated. In a hearing before District Magistrate Leonard D. Harvey Oct. 25, a prima facie case was established on the drug pos- session charge. The charge of furnishing alcohol to minors will be heard tonight by Magis- trate Harvey at 7:30 p.m. Hearings for Mr. Buono and Mr. Anthony for alcohol violations by minors will be held at 7:45 p.m. A disorderly conduct charge filed against Mr. Davis was dis- charged by Magistrate Harvey following a hearing Oct. 17. Atty. Joseph Gale represents : Mr. Davis. Lunch avdiable To Lehman Voters The Friendship Class of Leh- man United Methodist Church will hold a bake sale and snack bar at the Lehman Fire Hall Election Day, Nov. 7. The menu will include homemade vegetable soup, hamburg barbeques, hot cogs and sauerkraut, cuitee and homemade pie. Larceny by, Bailee Charge Difnissed A case of larceny by bailee was discharged Friday after- noon following a hearing before District Magistrate Leonard D. Harvey. According to a complaint filed by Monroe Monseur of 32 Loomis St., Wilkes-Barre, Jacob Holliday of Lake Silk- worth Road, Chase, was listed as the bailee of Mr. Monseur’s 1969 Snowmobilg@ Snogia. Mr. Holliday had theff converted the snowmobile to his own use, Mr. Monseur insisted. The case was discharged for lack of evidence. Paint FREE PARKING! Men—Nov. 7th, 6:30 CALL 288-1434 g P.M. to 8:00 P.M. WRITE Kingston Racquet Club HOW SECURE IS YOUR PENSION? One man worked 32 years, but because he changed union locals during that time, he was not eligible for a pension. Another worked 40 years for a restaurant chain, qualified for $50 a month pension, but lost that when the fund went broke last October. For years, the pension sys- tem has been degenerating bi! I'm Douglas Ayers A Vote For My Father Is A-Vote For YOU CITIZENS 11th Congressional District. into a morass of complica- tions. Funds have been mis- broke, miners pension as an example. All the time, many workers have been paying in, expecting a pension and end- ing up at retirement age with a bleak future. An example of this was the closing of the anthracite in- dustry, Money was set aside to guarantee the retired miner Yrs. Age Contirbutor = Employer Total 1 ¢ 21 400 400 800 13 33 400 400 10,400 26 46 400 400 20,800 39 60 400 400 31,200 40 Yes i6Y 400 400 32,000 41 62 400 400 32,800 Every 13 years grand total principal, This system needs compounds itself. overhauling. The Social Security fund is not operated on a business like basis, and if it were, a contributor could live from the interest of $5,394.04 per year and never touch the A Congressman can retire and receive $25,000 per year. BUT HOW ABOUT YOU? You only get a small check monthly. I propose that a per- ON NOVEMBER 7th Joi $100 per month, but the re- tired miner now receives only $28.75 per month. How about that? Listed below I have ouilined contributions by employee employer plus 5.2% interest on a computation of 400 dol- lars. Maximum is $468 based on gross of $9000.00 Over 50% of working people earn over $10,000.00 per year. Grend Total $50 $100 $ 678.28 $ 14 Son E Next November you'll get this much $2 075.03 $ 42,399.48 Christmas shopping money, plus your $4,791.52 $ 96.858.65 42% Interest on completed clubs: $5,085.08 $102,743.73 $5,394.04 $108,937.77 son who contributes to the social security program should receive half of the grand total that he and his employer have contributed “over the years, plus interest as outlined above on retirement. Carbon and Luzerne Counties Deposits insured to $20,000 by F.D.L.C. $20 $6 $10 $250 hr
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