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Alex Matukitis was re-ap-
pointed chairman of the Frank-
lin Township Board of Supervis-
ors at the annual reorganization
Drug Raids
(continued from PAGE ONE)
Township patrolman of the
‘same name.), were also invelv-
ed in a “bust”, but found no ar-
resting evidence at the scene.
Also taken in the drug-
prostitution raid, which was en-
gineered by Lt. Donald D. Dor-
ris, commanding officer of the
Wyoming State Police bar-
rack’s criminal division, were:
Ronald Mitchell, 19, of 33 Cal-
vert St., Yatesville. He was
charged with one count of deli-
very of methamphetamine, and
released on $5,000 bail.
Thomas Ventura, 24, of the
Imperial Motor Inn, Wilkes-
Barre, charged with solicitation
to patronize prostitution. He
was released on $2,000 bail.
Maureen O’Hara, 18, Im-
perial Motor Inn, Wilkes-Barre.
She was charged with solici-
tation to commit prostitution.
Her bail was also set at $2,000.
John B. Corcoran, 23, of 113
Luzerne Ave., West Pittston,
charged with one count of deli-
very of phencycline. He was re-
leased on $5,000 bail.
Marty Iorio, 18, of rear 47
Hughes St., Luzerne. He was
charged with one count of deli-
very of marijuana. He was
released on $5,000 bail.
Daniel Kasteleba, 20, of 69
Hillside St., Plains, charged
with one count of delivery of
hashish and one count of deli-
very of marijuana. He was re-
leased on $10,000.
Ronald Chapman, 27, of RD 2,
Glendale, was charged with one
count of delivery of marijuana.
He was committed to the
Luzerne County Prison upon
failing to post a $5,000 bail bond.
Steve Fisher, 20, 6 N.
Washington St., Wilkes-Barre,
was taken on one charge of deli-
very of hashish. He too was re-
manded to the county prison for
lack of $5,000 bail money.
Thomas Evans, 27, of 50 Yale
St., Wilkes-Barre. He was char-
ged with one count of delivery of
marijuana, and was released on
$5,000 bail.
Donald Dunsmuir, 21, of
North Grant Street, Wilkes-
Barre, was charged with one
count of delivery of marijuana.
posted and he was released.
Raymond Chickeletti, 23, of
200 Village Drive, Taylor, was
charged with one count of deli-
very of methamphetamine and
one of delivery of marijuana.
He was released on $10,000 bail.
A female juvenile from King-
ston was charged with delivery
of marijuana and remanded to
the Luzerne County Juvenile
Center.
Other local police depart-
ments involved in the raid were
Kingston, Swoyersville,
l.uzerne, Wilkes-Barre, Plains,
Pittston and West Pittston.
Lt. Dorris commended all
local police and troopers involv-
ed in the early evening raids.
The drug offenders charged
with delivery allegedly sold
narcotics to undercover State
Police officers during the past
months.
Following State Police
questioning, fingerprinting,
photographing, and being
‘booked’, those arrested were
arraigned before district
‘magistrate Joseph Verespy at
the Plains Municipal Building.
‘Hearings have been scheduled
for Jan. 16 through 23, before
Mr. Verespy.
Lt. Dorris, who noted that
most arrests were made at the
person's home, claimed that
those taken included some of
the area’s major drug dealers.
He added that more arrests can
be expected to follow.
In the majority of cases, bail
was set by a professional bail
bondsman.
meeting last week. Russell
Race was named vice chair-
man, Harold Hoover, secretary-
treasurer of the board, and
James Reinert was appointed
solicitor.
The supervisors approved
Richard Bartholomew as chief
of police and special officers,
Dan Sekera, Nelson Dymond
and Richard Jatkowski.
Mr. Dymond was also named
sewer inspector and Robert
Morgan, zoning officer. Road-
master for the coming year will
be Mr. Race.
Richard Love was appointed
to the planning Commission.
Regular meetings will be held
on the first Monday of each
month in the Orange United
Methodist Church at 8 p.m.
Taxes were set at six mills,
one-half percent real estate
transfer and earned income,
and $5 per capita.
Donald J. Evans, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Evans, 236
Church St., Dallas, an agent
with Prudential Insurance
agency, 4641 Montgomery Ave.,
Bethesda, sold over a million
dollars of insurance in 1973.
Mr. Evans, who joined
Prudential in 1958, has received
several company awards for
sales achievement. This is his
10th year as a million dollar
producer. A U.S. Army veteran,
he attended the University of
Pennsylvania and has com-
pleted insurance courses given
by the Life Underwriter
Training Council.
Mr. Evans is a member of the
Suburban Maryland Life Un-
derwriters Association. He and
his wife, Joan, live in Falls
Church, Va., with their two
daughters.
The newly reorganized Har-
veys Lake Borough council was
advised, at their first regular
meeting of the year, to expect a
delay in funds for the Warden
Place flooding project because
there have been so many simi-
lar requests from Eastern com-
munities.
This information came in the
form of a Department of En-
vironmental Resources letter to
council.
The Warden Place flood pro-
ject, when it is funded, will be a
$122,000 DER-financed
operation. A reinforced 10-foot-
by-600-foot, concrete channel
will carry water from an un-
named tributary, through a cul-
vert under the lake road, into
Harveys Lake. The project is
intended to prevent flooding,
which annually has caused
about $7000 damage. DER
engineers blamed low stream
banks for previous flooding.
In accepting sponsorship of
the project, council agreed that
the borough would oversee the
removal of an upstream cottage
and redesign the sewer system
plans to meet with the flood pro-
ject’s needs. They also agreed
to pay $1,000 annually in main-
tenance costs, to provide land
deeds and rights-of-way, and to
arrange for culvert work assis-
tance from PennDOT.
Acting chairman Robert
Wintersteen was asked from the
floor how the sewer project
stands since a special meeting
Dec. 30. Mr. Wintersteen said
that things seem to be proceed-
ing smoothly.
A person who asked the
question had been referring to a
meeting of the outgoing
horough council, at which Al-
bert Gulitus was chosen to re-
place Harveys Lake Municipal
Authority chairman William
Gunster, on the authority. Mr.
Gunster’s term expired Dec. 31.
Credit Union
Sets Meeting
Natona Employees Federal
Credit Union will hold its annual
meeting Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in
the: Swoyersville American
Legion Home. A buffet supper
will be served after the
meeting.
All members are invited to
attend. Reservations can be
made with Betty Reese. 696-
2065, or Joseph Kravitz, 477-
5934.
Music for dancing will be
from 9 p.m. until midnight. The
officers are in charge of
preparation for the affair.
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The change was made over
the objections of councilmen
Fred Merrill and Robert
Wintersteen, and mayor Wil-
liam Connolly. Mr. Merrill
of replacing the man before his
term had expired. Mr. Connolly
claimed that the outgoing coun-
cil should obey the public
election mandate, which un-
seated the two strongest coun-
cilmen opponents of Mr. Gun-
ster’s authority, by leaving the
decision on the HLMA chair-
man’s term up to the newly-
elected council. He added that
by letting such an.experienced
man as Mr. Gunster go, they
were doing a great disservice to
the community.
Former chairman William
Hoblak, one of the two unseated
councilmen, answered the
mayor's argument by charging
that the mayor had managed to
get his home off the sewer pro-
ject network. Mr. Hoblak
claimed that initial project
plans included the mayor's
home, but that Mr. Connolly
had gotten his home and several
others nearby deleted.
The mayor stated that the
fact that it was his home made
no difference in the decision.
The steep hill on which the
mayor’s home is located was
given as the reason for omis-
sion.
At a more recent meeting
Jan. 10, Mayor Connolly an-
nounced that ice fishermen are
required to acquire Department
of Forest and Water permits,
through the borough, for the
erection of any fishing huts on
the lake. Permits can be obtain-
ed at Javer’s Store, Alderson.
The mayor also noted that
normal parking ordinances will
he enforced following and dur-
ing large snow falls. He em-
phasized that all cars should be
kept out of the path of borough
and state snow plows.
The mayor also read the
names of three full-time
borough police officers and five
special police. Any names not
read would be considered in-
eligible for special police work,
he noted. He indicated that he
was attempting to simplify the
borough's special police situa-
tion.
It was announced that the
county board of assessors had
determined a $4,888,070 total as-
sessment for Lake Borough.
The report noted that there
were 2,408 buildings in the
borough.
The meeting was adjourned
until Jan. 18 when council will
again open bids for borough
garbage collection.
The new borough solicitor,
John J. Thomas, was intro-
duced.
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