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Vol. 97, No. 4
Committee
may see
positives
After experiencing nearly three
years of frustration, members of the
Jackson Township Advisory Com-
mittee may finally be on the thresh-
old of seeing the fruition of their
efforts for the installation of warn-
ing sirens throughout the township.
Members of that group met last
Friday at the State Correctional
Institute at Dallas, along with state
and prison officials, including Reps.
George Hasay, Stanley Jarolin and
State Sen. Charles Lemmond, to
discuss the reason for the delays
and the completion date of the
project which now seems to be set
for September of 1986.
Since 1982, the committee, headed
by Pat Rusiloski, pressed for the
construction of the sirens and loca-
tions for them. But, for one reason
or another, problems developed
causing delays in the plans.
Rusiloski said the final piece of
land for development was secured
in October of 1984. Officials from
GSA (General Services Agency)
then assured her that bids would be
issued in March and that the com-
mittee would have its sirens by
August of 1985.
But that date came and went with
no official explanation. At Friday’s
meeting, John Raber, a spokesman
for GSA, said problems occurred
with the location of the second site,
causing the delay. Jarolin lashed
out at agency officials, however,
and urged them to ‘‘get off their
butts’ in regard to their procedural
operations.
Eugene Peters, former Scranton
mayor and a representative of the
architectural firm handling the
project, assured those in attendance
that the money allocated for the
deal has been approved and that
bids should go out by Feb. 15.
“I don’t have any bad news, only
good news,” Peters. stated. ‘The
been approved. We should be
receiving bids ‘around March fifth.
After that bids will be awarded and
the project will start there. From
that point it should be completed
within six months.”
Committee members, fearing yet
(See COMMITTEE, page 2)
A nation mourns
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
explosion shortly after lift-off.
Former Post editor
25 Cents
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Teachers at Lake-Lehman High
School will conduct special lessons
in the near future: to honor their
fallen comrade, Christa McAuliffe,
who died tragically along with six
other crew members of the space
shuttle Challenger shortly after lif-
toff last Tuesday.
Although no official date has been
scheduled for the two-part lessons,
teachers in both the science and
social studies departments say they
will begin the sessions some time
soon. The objective will be to give
students a better understanding of
the space program in general and
the benefits from it, along with
discussing the role of McAuliffe,
who subsequently gave her life fog
what she said was the chance to
“humanize the technology of the
space age.”
The 37-year old school teacher
from Concord, New Hampshire, was
chosen from 11,146 applicants to be
the first “ordinary” citizen to ven-
ture into space. But, just 75 seconds
into the mission the craft exploded,
making the tragedy the first in-
flight disaster in the 25-year, 56-
launch history of the United States
space program.
McAuliffe was to conduct two 15-
minute lessons from space with the
help of the PBS television network
which would have beamed them to
25 million students in schools across
the U.S. and Canada.
Because of the involvement of
MeAuliffe, who was a social studies
instruetor, teachers from around
the nation felt a speciai bond’ with
her, and feelings at Lake-Lehman
were no different.
“When she died I think, a part of
every teacher in America died,
too,” said Bob Roberts, chairman of
the Lake-Lehman social studies
department.
“I felt a special kinship to her,”
Wayne Hughes, an environ-
mental science teacher at Dallas
Senior High School, said he never
liked space science in his earlier |
days. But his interest had
changed so drastically that he
was one of thousands who |
applied to fly aboard the space
shuttle Challenger. |
“I originally sent in my appli-
cation and they seni me some
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added Christine Kopcho, chairman
of the Lehman science department.
Now, in a tribute to her
(McAuliffe), Kopcho said she will
attempt to explain to students the
importance of space exploration.
“The first lesson will be routine,’
Kopcho said. ‘We will talk about
some of the things they would have
routinely been doing like eating and
sleeping habits, that sort of thing.
The second phase will deal with the
actual benefits from the program.
We have a pamphlet of the technol-
ogical advancements as a result of
space travel.
“We hear a lot about the space
adventures but not much about how
we have benefitted from them,’’ she -
added. ‘‘This pamphlet is loaded
with information on what we have
accomplished and it is very
enlightning.”
Roberts will focus his two-part
lessons on .the . demystification of
space and the chronological history
of the space program.
“We are going to talk about all
the firsts in the program,” he said.
“We’ll talk about Sputnik and some
of the Russian flights. And we will
talk about all the risks involved.”
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Basing his campaign on economic
renewal and human development,
Lt. Gov. William Scranton III, offi-
cially announced his candidacy for
Governor of Pennsylvania Monday
night before a large throng of sup-
porters and well-wishers at the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Interna-
tional Airport.
Scranton made the announcement
following a whirlwind tour that
began early that morning in Harris-
burg and then through Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and Erie before stopping
in his home town. Following his
statements, supporters held a rally
for the 38-year old GOP nominee at
the Sheraton Inn, Scranton.
Scranton told those who gathered
at the airport that the Common-
wealh of Pennsylvania faces a chal-
lenge that comes once a century
and that we are a state determined
to succeed. j
“We have created a remarkable
record,”” Scranton said. ‘But a
to stand on.” 2
The former Yale graduate, now in
his second term as Pennsylvania’s
lieutenant governor, said his cam-
paign will be based on the two
issues of economic growth and more
jobs.
“My economic strategy for Penn-
sylvania will emphasize investment
and growth,” Scranton said.
“Investment in rebuilding the old,
not abandoning it. Economic growth
is the state’s highest priority and
our people must be partners in
change not its victims.
“In my seven years in public life,
I have worked with a government
that has made new things possible.
A government that has lowered
taxes where before taxes only went
up. A government that has kept
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Having left the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Airport after officially
announcing his candidacy for the
governorship of Pennsylvania, Lt.
Gov. William W. Scranton, III, son
of the former Gov. William W.
Scranton and one-time owner of The
Dallas Post, was greeted by friends
Mountain area.
Conservatively attired in a dark
business suit, white shirt and tie,
with neatly styled hair, was this
young man, laughing and chatting
with friends and acquaintances he
knew from his years as publisher of
the Greenstreet News, the same
individual I knew and worked with
16 years ago.
That Bill Scranton, then a ‘‘child
of the 60’s”’ was not a ‘‘hippie,”’ not
a radical, but a social activist — a
young man with the courage of his
convictions, a man down-to-earth,
who treated every one the same. If
this Bill Scranton of 1986 has the
same ambitions and goals as he did
then, he is a man I am proud to
know.
I first met Bill Scranton in a local
hospital room where, with several
other Dallas Post employees, he
came to visit the same person I was
visiting. Wearing a cast-off, too-
large Air Force overcoat, his hair
tied in a pony tail, he was uncon-
scious of any impression he might
have on a stranger. In the company
of persons ranging in age from 21 to
70 plus, he was very much at ease
and had that rare gift of putting
everyone else at ease.
It was several months later, that
unexpectedly I became an employee
of The Dallas Post, only one of three
papers owned and published by that
same Bill Scranton, young Yale
graduate, and it was there that I
came to know him.
Seeking to establish his own indi-
viduality, he had no time for
custom-made clothes, large homes,
new sports cars or money, all of
which were at his fingertips. In
faded jeans, denim jacket, shoulder
length hair usually tied in a pony
tail and wearing ‘‘clod-hoppers,” a
large Irish Setter always at his side,
he moved quietly, but noticeably
from one day into the next.
Yes, Scranton was a ‘“‘child of the
60’s”’ but not a radical. There were
no sit-ins, no demonstrations, no
protests. He was a man seeking the
“gold” at the end of the rainbow —
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spending below the rate of inflation.
And a government that has rebuilt
our highways, bridges and water
systems,” he continued.
“In the past three years we have
created over 400,000 new jobs and
record high numbers of Pennsylvan-
ians now working.”
Scranton also touched on other
issues at the conference, including
the Gramm-Rudman bill and the
abortion issue for which he has
taken a Pro-Choice stance.
With a group of Pro-Life demon-
strators awaiting his arrival at the
Sheraton, he was asked where he
stood on the controversial issue.
“I think there are too many abor-
tions,” Scranton said. “I have sup-
ported Pennsylvania law, but the
final decision is not with the govern-
ment, but with the individual.”
Scranton, who is not expected to
have any opposition in the May 20
primary, recently selected Alle-
gheny County Sen. D. Michael
Fisher as his preferred running
mate for lieutenant governor — a
choice that GOP officials said they
would probably agree with.
Appearing with the younger
Scranton at the press conference
were his wife, Coral, his father,
William, W. Scranton, who was gov-
ernor from 1963 to 1967, and newly-
elected Scranton mayor Bob
Wenzel.
Among those in attendance from
Luzerne County who showed their
support were commissioner Jim
Phillips and and State Sen. Charles
Lemmond from the Back Mountain.
Inside The Post
Calendar............ ...16
Classified ......... 13,14
Commentary ......... 6
Cookbook ............... 7
Obituaries ............. 2
People .......... esas 8
Police Blotter ..... wb
School ....... Sasenss 11,12
SPOris................. 9,10