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Press Sun-Bulletin Saturday, February 1 1, 1986 Freedom for Mandela tied to Soviets CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) President P. W. Botha proposed yesterday to release Nelson 1 Mandela on humanitarian grounds if the Soviet Union freed dissidents Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Shcharansky and if Angola freed a captured South African commando. The proposal would free the guerrilla leader who, after 24 years in jail, remains the leading symbol of the black struggle against apartheid, South Africa's system of racial segregation, and two of the bestknown dissidents in the Soviet Union. In a speech opening Parliament, Botha said the deal should include the release of Capt.

Wynand du Toit, seized last year during a failed South African raid on U.S.-owned oil installations in Angola. There was no reaction from the Soviet Union or from Marxist Angola. Botha dealt mostly with his legislative plan to move away from apartheid. His Mandela proposal was added at the last minute. White business executives suffering the effects of foreign economic sanctions hailed Botha's vision of change.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb welcomed Botha's suggestion that South Africa "has outgrown the outdated concept of apartheid" and is looking to a future in which the rights of individuals and the rule of law will prevail without regard to race. "We welcome the South African government's suggestion that it might release Nelson Mandela on humanitarian grounds," Kalb said. Black leaders said the white-led government again missed a chance to slow the lurch toward a wider black revolt. The black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg, Desmond Tutu, turned from watching Botha on television and said, "Big deal." Legislator indicted on sex charges UTICA (AP) State Assembly. man Richard Ruggiero, D-Utica, was arraigned yesterday on felony sexual abuse charges, Oneida County Assistant District Attorney Timothy Fitzgerald said.

Ruggiero pleaded innocent to one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of attempted sexual abuse, and was released without bail. An Oneida County grand jury handed up the sealed indictment Wednesday, and it was opened yesterday at the arraignment. The assemblyman is scheduled to appear in court: again on Feb. 28, Fitzgerald said. If convicted on the most serious charge, a Class felony, he could face up to 7 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.

The state Public Officers Law also would remove Ruggiero as an assemblyman if he is convicted of a felony. Fitzgerald said Ruggiero is accused of forcibly touching a woman's breast on Jan. 3 in Utica. Harold S. Arnold of Owego Harold S.

Arnold, 85, of 132 Southside Owego, died Thursday evening, January 30, 1986 at Wilson Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth 1 Clairece Arnold, at home; one son and daughter-in-law, Harold S. and Dawn Arnold, Nichols; seven grandchildren; four great dren; one half-brother, Paul Arnold, Conklin, and one half-sister, Thelma Gould, Binghamton. He was predeceased by his sister, Mildred Hoovel, Waterbury, Conn. Harold and Clairece celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary November 1, 1985.

He was a retired employee of the Village of Owego. He guarded the Ashokan Reservoir with the State Guard during World War I. During World War II, he served with the 604th Ordinance Battalion and the European Theatre. He was a member of the B.F.W. Owego Post 1371 and was a 64 year member of Friendship Lodge No.

153 F. A.M., Owego. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 2, 1986 at the Estey Munroe Funeral Home, 15 Park Owego. The Rev.

Brown Naik, Pastor of Lounsberry Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Tioga Cemetery in the spring. The family will receive friends Sunday from 1 until the hour of the funeral. Friends wishing may make contributions to the Owego Fire Dept. Emergency Squad or the Lounsberry Methodist Church Organ Fund.

Mary Hawrylishyn of Vestal Mary Hawrylishyn, 87, of 229 Kimble Vestal, passed away Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. at the Wilson Memorial Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Pauline Harley, Vestal and Jennie Kage, Endicott; two granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas (Bonnie) Lacey, Binghamton and Mrs. John (Jenny) Ceccherelli, Manassas, one grandson, Robert and Margaret Kage, Endicott; two great-grandsons, Michael and Anthony Ceccherelli, Manassas, Va.

She was a member of the Northminister Presbyterian Church, Endwell. Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. At the request of the family, there will be no calling hours. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Hawrylishyn may be made to the Vestal Volunteer Emergency Squad, 324 Myrtle Vestal, NY 13850.

Arrangements are by the 1 Leon Pucedo Funeral Home 1905 Watson Endicott. Lydia M. House of Johnson City Lydia M. House of 52 Hudson went to be with her Lord, Friday morning. She is survived a by a son and daughter-in-law, Clifford and Letha House, Binghamton; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Myrna and Francis Weaver, Vestal, Avis and Ernie Shaul, Binghamton, Rita Rosengrant, Tioga Center, and Faith Ludwig, Johnson City; 19 grandchildren; 34 greatgrandchildren; several nieces nephews.

She was baptized at the All Saints Episcopal Church, Johnson City. Funeral services will be held at the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main Johnson City, Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Kenneth E.

Anderson, Associate Rector of the All Saints Episcopal Church officiating. Burial in the Floral Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Ina P.

Byron of Johnson City Mrs. Ina P. Byron, 89, of 285 Deyo Hill Johnson City, died at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, James T.

Byron and by a daughter, Barbara Grogan. She is survived by three daughters, Miss Patricia Byron, Binghamton, Mrs. Robert (Sandra) Brown, Mercer, Pa. and Mrs. Eugene (Judith) Rau, Vista, three sons, James T.

Byron, Richardson, Texas, John W. Byron, Hyannis, Mass. and Robert W. Byron, Binghamton; 19 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren. She was a member of Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, Binghamton.

Funeral and interment services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, corner of Main and Oak Streets, Binghamton. The Rev. H. Arthur Doersam, rector, will officiate.

The burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Harpursville, NY. The family will receive friends at the J. A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Binghamton, Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to the Living Church Fund of Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 44 Main Binghamton.

George Diachuk of Binghamton George Diachuk, 66, of 10 Merrill Binghamton, died unexpectedly at 10:26 a.m. Friday, 1986, at his home. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Diachuk, Binghamton; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Stefan (Doris) Diachuk, Johnson City; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John (Maria) Terela, Vestal, Dr. and Mrs. Michael (Irene) Trociuk, Camillus, N.Y.; four grandchildren, Mark and Peter Terela, Vestal, Daniel and Roman Trociuk, Camillus; five brothers and two sisters residing in the Ukraine.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, Johnson City. He was a retired employee of Endicott Johnson Corporation with 23 years of service. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from the Laskowski Funeral Home, 367 Prospect Binghamton and at 9:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church where the liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev.

Bohdan Kin. Burial in the parish cemetery at Castle Creek. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where a prayer service (Panachida) will be recited at 7:15 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Sacred Heart Church Building Fund in Mr.

Diachuk's name. John J. Shanley of Binghamton Funeral services for John. J. Shanley will be held at the J.F.

Rice Funeral Home 150 Main Johnson City, Saturday at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at St. James Church where a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

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She is survived by her son, Anthony Covey, Apalachin and twin daughters, Kristine and Rebecca Covey, Apalachin; her mother, Anne Kleber, one brother, Robert Kleber, Arizona; and one niece Allison Kleber, Arizona. She was a former director and coach of the A.Y.A.A. Major League Girls Softball. Funeral and committal services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at the Coleman Daniels Funeral Home, 25 E.

Main Apalachin. Mr. Joseph Federowicz, deacon at St. Margaret Mary's Church, Apalachin, will officiate. Burial will be at the family's convenience in Vestal Hills Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends at Coleman Daniels, 25 E. Main Apalachin, Sunday 7 to 09 p.m. Joseph A. McCormick of Pompano Beach, Fla. Joseph A.

"Phonse" McCormick, 76, of 380 Northeast 38th Pompano Beach, formerly of Johnson City, died January 15, 1986 in Florida. Mr. McCormick was the son of Ambrose and Ida McCormick, Binghamton. He is survived by his wife, Josephine McCormick, Pompano Beach; a daughter, Mary Jo Menhennett, Pompano Beach; two sons, Michael McCormick, Johnson City and Richard McCormick, Binghamton; one sister, Mary Backes, Albany, N.Y.; five grandchildren; several nephews and cousins. He was born in Hallstead, graduated from St.

Patrick's High School, Binghamton and of the University of Notre Dame and belonged to the Notre Dame Fifty Year Club. He was a retired employee of GAF Corporation. A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted at St. Elizabeth's Church in Pompano Beach. Funeral services were arranged through the Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, Pompano Beach.

And it's and Old It's Sad and Weary I go back to you, My Cold Father I rush, my only, into your mememormee! Till thousandsthee. Lps. The keys to. Given! A Way A Lone A Last A Loved A Long Thee" Elihu B. Dreher of Johnson City Elihu B.

Dreher, 85, of 20 N. Baldwin died Thursday evening at the Vestal Nursing Center. He is survived by his wife, Hazel M. (Dowart) Dreher, Vestal; a son, Elihu Dreher Lafayette, a daughter, Marjorie Skrepeinski, Florida; two step-sons, Elwood L. Dowart, Johnson City, Leonard M.

Dowart, Vestal; a sister, Mildred Brock, Liberty; a brother, Herbert Dreher, Wawassing; several grand and great also several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was former longtime employee of the Endicott Box and Lumber Funeral and committal services will be held at the J.F. Rice Funeral Home, 150 Main Johnson City, Monday at Noon with Rev. Ernest Calvert officiating. Burial in the Vestal Hills Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Katherine M. (Remus) Compton of Binghamton Katherine M. (Remus) Compton, age 81, of 23 Elm died Thursday afternoon at Willow Point Nursing Home after an extended illness. She is survived by her husband, Andrew Compton, Binghamton; one daughter and son-in-law, Agnes and Richard Horney, Johnson City; one son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Jeanne Compton, Binghamton; four granddaughters; two two sisters, Mrs.

Mary Jahelka, Mrs. Dorothy Simko, both of Binghamton; also several nieces and nephews. She was a member of St. Cyril and Method Church, its Altar Rosary Society and the Zivena Lodge. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a.m.

from the Sedlock Funeral Home 161 Clinton and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Cyril's, Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be offered. Burial will be in Slovak Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

A prayer service will be held Sunday evening. The family also requests that those wishing make memorial contributions in her name to Willow Point Nursing Home. Helen Baniak of Binghamton Helen Baniak, 72, of Ely Park Apartments, died Friday, January 31, 1986 at 10:05 a.m. at Binghamton General Hospital. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. John (Suzanne) Baniak, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley (Carol) Baniak, both of Binghamton; one daughter, Mrs. Laura Powell, Minneapolis, five grandchildren; one brother, Mr.

John Fudala, Binghamton; one sister living in Poland. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church; member of the Polish National Alliance, the American Civic Association, and a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary Polish Army Post No. 46 Veterans Association of America. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m.

at the Laskowski Funeral Home, 367 Prospect St. and at 11 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church where a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered. Burial will be in St.

Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. where a prayer service will be recited at 2:15 p.m. It is the family's wish that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Helen's name to the Broome County Chapter of the United Heart Fund. Gladys M.

Groover of Endwell Mrs. Gladys M. Groover, 81, of 35 Avenue Endwell, died Thursday at 3:30 a.m. at Vestal Nursing Home after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, Irving J.

Groover, Endwell; four daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Arthur Dennison, New Port Richey, Betty (Jackson) Harrington and Roger Harrington, Endwell, Jean and Douglas Taylor, Endwell, Jane and Donald Seymour, Arlington Heights, 17 grandchildren; 31 great -grandchildren; 3 great-greatgrandchildren. She was a longtime member of Endwell United Methodist Church and for many years she was a Red Cross Blood Bank volunteer. Funeral and interment services will be held Saturday, at 12 noon, from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 E. Main Endicott, with Rev. Jose L.

Valencia, pastor of her church, officiating. Burial will be in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott. Family will receive friends at the memorial home Saturday, from 11 a.m. until service time at 12 noon. Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to "Memorial Endwell United Methodist Church, 3301 Watson Endwell, N.Y.

13760. Gerald N. Mead of Owego Gerald N. Mead, 66, of 12 Talcott Owego, died Thursday, January 30, 1986 at Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lipka Mead, Owego; one son and daughterin-law, James G.

and Cornelia Dana Mead, Owego; his mother, Rose Mead, Owego; one brother, Joseph Mead, Owego; several cousins, nieces and nephews. He was born in Owego, June 25, 1919, son of Rose (Sauerbrey) Mead and the late Hulse Mead. He was chief of police in Owego for 22 years, a veteran of World War II, member of St. Patrick's Church, member of the following organizations: NYS Association of Chiefs of Police and former member of its Board of Governors; the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police; the National and NYS Auctioneers charter member of Owego Lions Club and past president; life member of Owego Fire Department Croton Hose life member of VFW Post Flemingville Grange Pittsford Carriage Carriage Assoc.

of America; founder of the Tioga Transportation Museum in Flemingville; principal of Mead Sons Auctioneers which was founded in 1946; past president of the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce; patron of Stray Haven Animal Shelter; board of directors of Assoc. for Retarded Children. He also spear headed the effort of the Owego Lions Club to purchase the first bus to transport children in Cortland, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins counties to the Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children Assoc. in Ithaca and was a member of its board of directors. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St.

Patrick's Church on Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Richards Funeral Home, Owego.

A prayer service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Friends wishing are asked to direct donations to the Association for Retarded Children, Upper Front Binghamton, or Parent's Group of Broome Developmental Center, Glenwood Binghamton, in his name. Start your Good Times with us! Good Times Fridays in the Press Sun-Bulletin Loretta Dunn VanGorden of Binghamton Loretta Dunn VanGorden, 74, of 7 Schiller died 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She is survived by two daughters and sons-inlaw, Allene and Joseph Cole, Sayre, Lorna and Robert Hock, Charlotte, NC; five grandchildren, Vincent and Raymond Cole, Jeffrey, Ronald Gretchen Hock; several nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the Tabernacle United Methodist Church of Binghamton and the Binghamton Senior Citizens. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the Barber Memorial Home 428 Main Johnson City. Her pastor, Rev. William D.

Bouton will officiate. Burial will be in Long Eddy Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the memorial home from 1 p.m. Sunday until the time of service. Mary S.

(Molly) Kilmer of Endwell Mary S. (Molly) Kilmer, 81, of 502 DenCary Lane, formerly of Chenango Bridge, died Thursday at her home. She is survived by her husband, Robert A. Kilmer, Endwell; one sister, Mrs. Ruth I.

Smith, Endicott; one niece, Mrs. James S. (Katie) Bell, Endicott; one grandniece, Kathy Bell Murray, Endicott; one grandnephew, James S. Bell Chenango Bridge; also several cousins. She retired from Singer Link in 1969 after 26 years of service.

Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the William R. Chase Son Funeral Home, 737 Chenango Port Dickinson. Rev. Larry N.

Hobbes, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Castle Creek, will officiate. Burial will be in Glen Castle Cemtery. In lieu of flowers, kindly consider memorial contributions to the Union Volunteer Emergency Squad or the First Baptist Church, Castle Creek. H. JoAnn Bennett of Vestal H.

JoAnn Bennett, age 61, of 309 Anderson Vestal, went to be with her Lord Friday morning at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital after a sudden illness. She is survived by her husband, Harold F. Bennett, Vestal; a son, David P. Bennett, Chattanooga, two daughters, Mary Ellen Wood, Vestal, and Carol Ann Squanci, Windsor; four grandchildren; an aunt, Hilda T. Clark, Romeo, Mich.

She was a graduate of the Lima Central High School, Lima, Ohio, Wayne State University, and the Henry Ford School of Nursing. Memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 3, at the Vestal Center Methodist Church, West Hill Vestal Center. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Lourdes Hospital Foundation, Inc. (Hospice Unit) 169 Riverside Binghamton, N.Y.

13905 or to the Vestal Center Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 124 Sunset Vestal Center, N.Y. 13850 i in her memory. Arrangements are by the Coleman Daniels Funeral Home, 300 E. Main Endicott. Richard M.

Tiberi of Endicott Richard M. Tiberi, age 46, of 513 Irving died at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, Friday 1:36 a.m., unexpectedly. He is survived by his wife, Jackie (Conti) Tiberi, Endicott; one daughter, Miss Ellen Tiberi, Endicott; two sons, Rob and Tom Tiberi, both of Endicott; his mother, Mrs. Anna Tiberi, Endicott; one sister, Mrs. James (Linda) Little, Endwell; one brother, Ray Tiberi, Endicott; several nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles.

He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, Endicott; employee of Ozalid Vestal for 23 years. Funeral services will be held Monday 9 a.m. from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 E. Main Endicott, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St.

Joseph's Church at 9:30. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. Family will receive friends at the Allen Memorial Home Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. with a prayer service in the afternoon. William J.

Opeka of Binghamton William J. Opeka, 74, of 106 Liberty Binghamton, died unexpectedly a at 9:21 a.m. Thursday at Binghamton General Hospital. He is survived by two daughters, Sara Opeka and Mrs. Frederick (Penny) Rovente, both of Binghamton; two sons, William Opeka, Las Vegas, Nevada, Joseph Opeka, Orinda, several grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.

Frances Shaggy, Maryland and Mrs. Mary Cross, New Jersey. He was a member of St. Paul's Church, Binghamton and a retired employee of the Kroehler Manufacturing Company. Funeral services will be held from the J.

A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Binghamton, Monday at 9 a.m. and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be offered.

Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Forest City, Pa. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 7 until 9 p.m. Winifred Haskell Keane formerly of Port Crane Mrs. Winifred Keane, 68, of 35 Spring Port Orange, Fla, died unexpectedly, January 26, 1986.

She is survived by her husband, Jack Keane; her mother, Florence Silvernail; a daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Gerald Casey; two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Joyce Haskell and Dale and Linda Haskell; eight grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Sunday, February 2, at 1 p.m. at the North Fenton Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to The North Fenton Methodist Church, Chenango Forks..