hin re a men 2 1 * Walter Schaffner, Box 31, Shawnese, Harveys Lake, is asking more than $20,000 in a damage suil against Robert and Richard Ceccoli, Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. Mr. Schaffner claims to have been severely hraten by the two meninan «ci, Feb. 22, atthe Victory Pig Restaurant, Wyoming. The restaurant is run by the €eccoli’s. The Harveys Lake man says that in the beating he was kick- ed while down and that large patches of hair and scalp were torn from his head. He also re- ports that his clothing was damaged and torn. He lists his A witness reports having seen {wo men leave seats on one side of the restaurant and walk across the building toward the opposite side exit the night of the alleged beating. As the two young men reach- ed the exit door, the source re- ported, the {wo Ceccoli’s, father and son, rushed afteg them. He said that what followed was a mainly by the Ceccoli men upon the other two. The two were bounced against the sides of the restaurant’s exit way, struck and thrown out the out- side doors, down the steps, he added. The wilness also reported seeing one of the two young men pick up what appeared to be a large clump of hair, look at it strangely and then put it in his pocket. The Victory Pig has a reputa- tion of not serving young adults who are considered ‘‘unclean or unkempt in fact or appear- ance'’. as ‘a sign reads in his establishment. The source gives the opinion that Mr. Ceccoli bases his decision of ‘‘unclean- ness’ largely upon hair length of young men, adding that the two jostled men had ‘‘rather long hair”. The two Ceccoli men are locally noted for their prowess in weight-lifting, wrestling and for their competition in body- development events. The formation of the Alcohol- ism Council of Luzerne County was announced today by its pre- sident Atty. Stephen Teller. The council, which is a member of The National Council of Alco- holism, is located at North River and Chestnut Streets and alcoholics in neighboring com- munities. According to Mr. Teller, the council will serve the commun- ily in two areas. IU is currently under contract with the Gover-/ nor's Council On Drug and Alco- hol Abuse to provide out-patient service, ‘al The Wilkes-Barre In conjunction with the Center, the council will also acl as a source of education and information on the disease of alcoholism, and will maintain a speakers bureau for this purpose. Some of the many duties of the council will be to sel up seminars for the local hospitals, local physicians, local industry, state and municipal ‘police, the clergy, and various educational enrollments in the two-county area. Mr. Teller states that it will also be the responsibility of the council tosupply information on alcoholism to local radio, televi- sion and newspapers. In the medieval monarch days of merry old England ‘kings were always free from criticism, claiming a ‘‘divine right.” They supposedly were designated by the Higher Power invested with immunity from mere human complaint, despite any negligence on their part. And even today Pennsylvania enjoys a similar distinction in its freedom from being sued for damages. A ‘sovereign immun- ity’’ has protected the Common- regardless of fault. House Democratic Floor Lea- der Herbert Fineman, D-Phila- delphia. terms this condition “the result of an outdated belief that. government can do no wrong. We must begin to recog- nize that government is made up of men and women and is equally subject to error,” says Fineman. Or this basis, Fineman has introduced legislation in the House thal would reverse the situation and allow citizens to file suit against any official or employe of the state without fear of a governmental immun- ty defense plea. "A person can lose an arm or leg—or even his life—in an acci- den! caused by the negligence of cause of this so-called ‘Divine Right of Kings’ concept, the vic- tim cannol bring suit, much less collect his due,” Fineman ex- plains. If passed, the measure would permit damage suits against the Commonwealth by all per- forming within the ‘scope of his office. The May 23 court deci- sion reaffirms that right of the General Assembly, and our bill is an effort to respond.” Urging speedy passage, Fine- man suggests, “It is high time to bring government to the level of the people and bring equity to all involved parties. There is no reason why the state should not have (o answer for its mistakes, especially when personal damage to innocent citizens is the result.” The Dallas School District will present a three-week theatre workshop beginning this Monday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 at the senior high school. This activity will center around rucksviiie Girls On Bucknell Deans List Mary E. Cully. 3 S. Pioneer Ave. Trucksville. and Nancy E. Pichert/ 53 Carverton Road. Trucksville. were among a record number of students, 1.190. named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University for the spring semester of the 1972-73 academic year. The total. which represents 42 percent of the undergraduate student body. is 92 more than Two the second semester last year. Named (o the list, which requires a grade-point average of at least 3.2, were 291 seniors, 336° juniors. 291 and 271 freshmen. Miss Cully is a sophomore; Miss Pichert. a freshman. Gossip has been well defined as pulling two and two together, and making it five. DATSUN 240% 4 Spd,, Mags. JAVELIN SST, V8, Auto 1 TH $3595 1995 CHEVELLE Conv. 350 4 Spd., Mags. "10 1985 '68 Sai. 995 | LANGE MOTORS 56% E. Main St., Plymouth—825-5311 aT \ WOLFS HEAD oiL STULL presented Aug. 2. Because a production is involved, the workshop will cover all phases of theatrical activity and participants may function: as crew members as well as ac- tors. The workshop is open to all residents of the Dallas School District, both adults and students, who are interested in theatre arts. Anyone who has been interested in the theatre but has never had the oppor- tunity to participate, can join residents of the district and enjoy a true. community production. The workshop will run five evenings a week from July 16 to Aug. 3. Donald Hopkins will be the program director. Ever since the days of common law in England, the doctrine of ‘hot pursuit” has been in full force. It is a doctrine that says a policeman or any other law. enforcement official has the right to go anywhere, including across boundary lines, to make an arrest when the law has been violated. But this past month, the State Superior Court severely cur- tailed ‘that ability with a de- cision upholding the ruling on an Allegheny Court Judge prohibiting police from leaving their own municipalities in any case other than a felony or an accident involving a fatality. The decision has caused major concern and alarm among Pennsylvania’s law enforcement fraternity. And in response to that concern, the the Senate legislation that would authorize ‘‘hot pursuit’ in all circumstances where the law has been violated, whether it be a felony, a misdemeanor, or a summary offense. ‘The Superior Court restric- tion can only serve to further handcuff our police in their efforts to try and fulfill their responsibilities of protecting their communities and the public,” says State Reps. 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Ruggiero: and Doyle pointed out. “For example, if a motorist might also go through another, with more serious consequences such as a fatal crash. Also brought up during debate on the amendment was an instance where a motorist went through ared light, but the police officer continued hot pursuit until an ching the motorist, the officer discovered that the car was full of firearms that were to be used in a robbery. Had the officer not continued the chase, in this case. a more serious crime would’ have been committed. ‘We are not. mandating hot pursuit; what we are doing is giving our police the right to make their own decision on whetheft hot pursuit is neces- sary. And we are far more com- fortable with giving our police that decision-making capacity, than handcuffing them as the proponents of the amendment would have done. The amendment was defeated on a vole®of 61-127, and the favorable vote on the full bill followed. misdemeanor, our police offi- cers cannol cross into a neigh- boring community when in- vestigaling ‘such cases,’’ Reps. Ruggiero and Doyle explain. “This means that a person can go lo a tavern near a municipal boundary line, get drunk, and know that he can jump over the border before he can be arrested. It wouldn’t even do the police any good to radio ahead because all the driver would have to do is cross the line and step out of his car. Nobody could touch him.” “Advocates of the new bill has- tened also to highlight the fact that a policeman often needs a certain amount of time to ob- serve the suspect in order to arresting him. This implies that often ‘‘the suspect will have ample time lo cross a municipal line and escape.” Or else, in the case of an actual chase, the police officer might be encour- aged to drive faster and more dangerously. ‘‘There is already too. much daner in hot pursuit chases without forcing a police- man lo catch his suspect within a shorter distance,” sponsors say. Finally, Reps. Ruggiero and Doyle point out that even the judge who, handed down the original ruling outlawing ‘‘hot pursuit” in cases of misde- meanors and summary offenses himself expressed the hope that the decision would be overruled. “The judge was quoted as saying he reached his decision because he could not find any case of law to the contrary, but he hoped the Superior drunken drivers. ‘Since drunken driving is a overrule his decision,” note. 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