Many area high school graduates judged capable of “attaining a college degree but who did net qualify for ad- mission. to Penn State University under regular ad- missions standards because of low achievement in high school and-or on entrance examinations will now have an opportunity to apply for ~ enrollment in the 1973 freshman class at the Wilkes-Barre Campus or at one of the other ~ Commonwealth Campuses of the university if they desire. This opportunity for disad- vantaged students to continue their education has been made possible through the univer- sity’s Educational Opportunity Program. This program provides remedial instruction and financial support through grants and loans. The local campus has been given a quota of 25 spaces for admission of students under the program, the third largest number throughout the Com- monwealth, a number largely determined because the university recognized the economic need brought about by the June flood. The program is tailored to help bridge the academic disadvantage of the selected students through a special . summer course which the student is required to attend. This intensive 10 week non- credit course during the summer preceding admission ~ (continued from PAGE ONE) Volunteers worked feverishly against mounting odds that the boy would not be found alive. The cold, stinging rain was soon compounded by darkness, but the rescue workers stayed on. Generators for search lights * were rushed to the scene by Dancheck’s Fire Equipment Co., and the Dallas Area Municipal Authority supplied lengths of new hemp rope to assist in the operations. The prevailing mood of the rescue workers was somber and grim, for as Kingston Township Patrolman William Pugh recalls: “After the first half ~ hour, nearly everyone realized there was little hope he could have survived.” Despite the - flickering hope, he says, “We were determined to recover the body at all costs.” The search ‘was made all the more poignant for Mr. Pugh because young ~ Men stationed themselves on fallen trees in the creek. or strung rope around their waists and perched on slippery rocks in the middle of the current. The ‘rampaging water would have made any recovery effort ex- \ or 22 and enrollment is for the pur- pose of strengthening the student’s high school education or to strengthen weak points. The total expense of the course is assumed by the Com- monwealth Campus. Criteria used to determine eligibility for acceptance of the students is based on verifiable level of financial need and academic. achievement below the regular admission requirements of The Penn- sylvania State University. Wilkes-Barre Campus is making a continued effort to assist all students, and requests for University-administered financial aid must be submitted before January 15, 1973 in order to be given first consideration for admission to the program. Procedure to be followed includes obtaining a special application, a personal in- terview at the local campus, and submitting a parents’ confidential = statement on financial situation to the dean of students office. Nonresidents of Pennsylvania do not qualify for the Educational Opportunities Program. Twenty-five students will be selected from the total number of applicants to the Wilkes- Barre Campus for registration in either the associate or bac- calaureate degree program. Students need not, however, be flood victims in order to apply for admission under the program. tremely hazardous, but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that had the youngster been sighted, rescuers would have braved the hazards. The night stretched on, and still men stood watch. For the boy’s parents, Richard and Beverly Mills Akoff of 99 James St; Shavertown, the interminable night was interrupted once by an anonymous telephone caller who told them that their son had crawled ashore in a dazed condition near the Long Branch Inn. The call proved a cruel hoax. To spike other rumors, Chief Sabol contrived a code to be used when the boy was found. The Chief let it be known that he wanted the body recovered as quickly as possible--and with as few onlookers at the scene as possible. With daybreak, rescue workers re-grouped to continue the search. At approximately 6:50 a.m., a scant 20 minutes after formal search operations had begun, Tom Schmidle called the Chief with the designated code number: The youngster’'s body | had been located on what was described RINGS WN ...leaves no residue to cause rapid resoiling! 7) | PHONE 824-1019 FREE PARKING! Once a student is admitted, he or she is given individually- tailored financial aid including E.O.P grants, National Defense Student loans, or college student work program op- portunities. These various types of financial assistance insure that the student will be able to afford a college education. Once enrolled, funds are provided for remedial tutoring and there are contingency funds for emergency situations. Total financial support for the student remains in force as long as he or she is enrolled at the local campus or transfers to the four year campus providing ‘there is no significant change in the family’s financial situation. Interested high school graduates may contact John R. Murphy, dean of student affairs at the Wilkes-Barre Campus, or Robert Sabatino, campus counselor. Area guidance counselors also have the in- formation concerning the Educational Opportunity Program of Penn State. Dean Murphy emphasized that interested students should first contact the Wilkes-Barre Campus, obtain and complete the special application form, return it accompanied by the parents’ confidential statement, and then request a personal interview. He also reminds applicants that although ap- plications may be submitted as late as Jan. 15, plications will receive first consideration. as a tiny “island” in the creek, north of the Carverton Road bridge. Three men had stood watch all night at the spot where the body was recovered, one rescue worker remembers, but police believe that the body could have been snagged beneath the churning water until the creek went down in the morning. Robert’s body was removed to the Disque Funeral Home, Dallas, but was later tran- sferred to the Luther Balliet Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre March 24, 1965, Robert moved to Shavertown with his family about seven years ago. He at- tended the Shavertown United Methodist Church. Surviving in addition to his parents are two brothers, Richard and Michael Mills, and a sister, Karen Mills; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mills, Wilkes-Barre, and maternal grandmother, Han- nah Burgit, Wilkes-Barre. The funeral was held Saturday morning from the Balliet Funeral Home, with interment in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Photo by James Kozemchak The ‘Bradford-Wyoming County Libraries has added several new gift and memorial books to their collection. An appropriate gift for the Christmas season from the Bradford-Sullivan Counties Pomona Grange is Thelma R. Newman’s Creative Can- dlemaking. Here are in- structions on how to make candles from the simple, basic candle to the most intricate sculptural form. Also from the Grange is Prehistoric Art.and Ancient Art of the Near East by Ariane Ruskin. The author begins be describing the early European hunters and how they developed the oldest known art. A great deal of ancient Egyptian art shows everyday aspects of the Egyptians as they worked, mourned their dead, played games, posed for family por- traits, gave parties and did all of the things we do. 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