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Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Monday, July 29, 1996 Okla. Obituaries Hazleton FOP to solicit funds MCVEIGH Expect laboratory tests showing traces of pentaerythritol tetranitrate, or PETN, on the shirt McVeigh wore when ar-rested about an hour and a half after the bombing. The substance is found in detonating cord believed used in the Oklahoma City explosion. Problems: Defense attorneys contend the FBI laboratory was contaminated with PETN and that laboratory tests were flawed. A federal report' on problems with the FBI lab is not expected to be released until later this The Hazleton Fraternal Order of Police, Power City Lodge No.

18, will conduct its yearly solicitation for the "Oldies Show" produced in cooperation with Professional Marketing Consultants. Funds collected will be used to produce the show and an advertising book, and to support the lodge. The FOP has been organized in Hazleton since 1919 and is the local Hazleton City Police Officers benevolent and police representative fraternity. Leading the show committee this year are Edward McAlarney and James Schellhamer. The solicitation will begin today and continue for about six weeks.

Margaret Plesh Margaret Plesh, who lived with her daughter, Peggy Boret-ski, at 125 E. Penrose Beaver Meadows, died Friday evening at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Hollywood, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Liptach) Kakaley. She was a lifetime resident of the area and was a member of Most Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church and the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She was employed by several local garment factories before retiring.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, James Plesh, 1984; son, Raymond; a brother and a sister. Surviving are sons, James Jr. and Michael, both of Hazleton; daughters, Mary Felicioni, Camden, N.J.; and Peggy Boret-ski, Beaver Meadows; sisters, Agnes Kakali and May Caso, both of Hazleton; and 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Most Precious Blood R.C.

Church. Burial services will follow in Most Precious Blood Cemetery. The Joseph B. Conahan Funeral Home, Hazleton, is directing the arrangements. Asuntina V.

Beacco Asuntina V. Beacco, 92 Walnut Sugarloaf, died Saturday at Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Calumet, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Armida (Bianchi) Tognetti. She was a member of St.

John Bosco Roman Catholic Church, Conyngham. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, Raymond and son, Roger. Surviving are daughter, Leora Kalowsky, wife of Dr. Joseph Kalowsky, with whom she resided; brothers, Natale, Warren, and Emo, Farm-ington Hills, and three grandchildren and nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held in Warren at the family's convenience.

Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice St. John, Hazleton. The Fierro Funeral Service Hazleton, is directing the local arrangements. Helen M. Pelley Helen M.

Pelley, 85, of R.R. 3, Bloomsburg, died Sunday evening at her home. Born in Ringtown Dec. 11, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Barbara (Koslofski) Bolinsky. She lived in the Bloomsburg area for 50 years after moving from West Hazleton and was a member of St.

Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Nuremberg. Pelley was a homemaker. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, John, in 1991; brothers, Stanley, Bernard and Alfonso Bolinsky; sisters, Mary and Florence Merook; and a great-grandson. Surviving are sons and daughters, John, Walter, Helen Pelley and Mrs. Kerry (Irene) Fisher, all of Bloomsburg; sister, Isabell "Angie" Cymbala, Bloomsburg; and nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home (West), Conyngham-Rock Glen Road, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's R.C.

Church, Nuremberg. The Rev. Joseph. Bonner will officiate. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Weston.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian wake service will be held on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Continued from page 1) at a quarry in Marion, sometime between Sept. 28 and Oct. 3, 1994, and stole 299 sticks of an explosive -called Tovex Blastrite, 544 electric blasting caps, and 93 Primadet detonator cords.

Potent explosives were needed to set off the fertilizer and fuel oil that made up most of the bomb. Prosecutors have indicated they will introduce a drill and drill bits found in Nichols' home that they believe were used to break locks at the quarry. Primadet detonator cord and blasting caps were found in a search of Nichols' home. BUYING FERTILIZER Prosecutors allege McVeigh and Nichols bought 40 bags of ammonium nitrate the fertilizer believed used in the bomb from a farm supply store in McPherson, on Sept. 30 and again on Oct.

19, 1994, both times using the alias "Mike Havens." The FBI laboratory has identified McVeigh's fingerprints on the receipt, agents said. Ammonium nitrate was found in Nichols' home after the bombing, and FBI agents have testified that neighbors saw him spreading large amounts of the fertilizer on his otherwise neglected yard. Problems: Experts say there is no way to tell if a particular type or brand of ammonium nitrate was used to make a particular bomb. The search of Nichols' home has been challenged on legal grounds. ARKANSAS ROBBERY Prosecutors say McVeigh and Nichols robbed Arkansas gun collector Roger Moore on Nov.

5, 1994, netting almost $60,000 worth of guns to finance the bombing. They have introduced photos of items found in Nichols' home that include a black-and-white checkered bedspread and camera stolen during the robbery. Also expected are guns found in Nichols' home that match descriptions of those stolen from Moore. Problems: McVeigh's attorneys claim he has an unbreakable alibi for the day of the robbery, and Moore could not provide a list of serial numbers for the guns. GETAWAY CAR Prosecutors believe McVeigh stashed his car in an alley near the federal building on Easter Sunday, April 16, three days before the blast, before catching a ride back to Kansas with Nichols.

According to Nichols' statement to FBI agents, he said he drove McVeigh from Oklahoma City to Kansas that Sunday after McVeigh told him his car was broken down. He also said McVeigh asked him to lie to his wife by saying he was picking up McVeigh in Omaha, Neb. Problems: Nichols' statement implies he had no knowledge of any McVeigh plans to bomb the building, contradicting prosecution theories. Defense motions to suppress the statements are before the judge. BUILDING THE BOMB The indictment alleges the two built the bomb on Tuesday, April 18, at Geary State Fishing Lake, six miles south of Junction City, Kan.

Eyewitness reports indicated a yellow Ryder truck was parked next to a dark blue or brown truck with a white camper shell for most of the day. Prosecutors plan to offer Nichols' statements that he met McVeigh in Junction City that day and loaned McVeigh his dark blue pickup with a white camper shell. At the lake, FBI agents found a circular area of dead vegetation and the smell of diesel fuel. Other agents found blue paint scraped against a tree; Nichols' truck, with paint missing, is expected to be offered as evidence. A bug expert is expected to testify about insects reportedly linked to Nichols' truck and to the lake.

Problems: Again, Nichols' statements contradict the prosecution's theory. And the physical difficulty of building a bomb raises the issue of whether someone else might have been involved. "OUl Funeral A 1 vurtinQio and Luncheons call for prices and details Rt. 309, Hazleton ftl 455-2061 rJrVr- John Balogansky John Balogansky, 439 E. Muir Hazleton, died Sunday morning at his residence.

Born in Hazleton, he was a son of the late George and Anna Balogansky. He was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Hazleton, and the church's Holy Name Society. He was a lifetime resident of Hazleton. Balogansky served in Qthe Army's 759th Medi-cal Hospital Ship Platoon during World War II in the European theater.

Balogansky worked for the Dorr-Oliver Hazleton, before retiring and was a member of the Hazleton Heights Fire Co. and the Heights Rod and Gun Club. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, was a brother, Michael. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, the former Helen Kokin- da; son, John at home; sisters, Mary Sudo, Hazleton; and Helen Butkus, West Lawn, and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton, followed at 9 a.m. by the Divine Liturgy with Office of Christian Burial in St. Mary's B.C.

Church. Burial will be in St. Gabriel's R.C. Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.

A prayer service will be held today at 7 p.m. Melba L. Jenkins Melba L. Jenkins, 75, of 621 E. Mahanoy Mahanoy City, died Friday night at The Pot-tsville Hospital and Warne Clinic after a lengthy illness.

Born in Mahanoy City, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Maria (Wall) Richards. She was a lifetime resident of Mahanoy City. Jenkins was a member of the First United Methodist Churchl, Mahanoy City, and graduated from Mahanoy City High School in 1938. She once worked for the Atlas Powder Co. and last worked at the General Cigar Factory, Mahanoy City.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were sisters, Bessie Dower and Selina Llewellyn; and brothers, Harold, Clarence, Charles and Daniel. Surviving are her husband of 50 years, Harry R. "Dick;" daughter, Bette Jane Foreman, Barnesville; sister, Elizabeth Bachert, Mahanoy City; and two grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren and nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are in vited to the funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the David D.

Jarrett Funeral Home, Mahanoy City. The Rev. Salim Y. Khan will officiate. Burial will be in Sky View Memorial Park, Hometown.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Church, care of the David D. Jarrett Funeral Home, Second and Pine streets, Mahanoy City. Death Notice PEKALA At Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Friday, July 26, 1996, Lawrence Pekala, Nurem-burg, beloved husband of Celestine Longo Pekala. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 a.m.

from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home (West), Conyngham-Rock Glen Road. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Nurem-burg. Interment in St Joseph's Cemetery, Sheppton.

Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m. A wake service will be held this evening at 6 p.m. SMITH 'LORAL CO. 41 E. Broad Hazleton 555 No.

Broad, West Haz. 1896-1996 A Century of Serving The Hazleton Area ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 12 roses Arranged Cash Carry When making arrangements for funeral needs, Always specify BOB SMITH FLOWERS 454-1621 or 454-4471 i I year. NICHOLS After Nichols' surrender in Herington two days after the bombing, FBI agents say they found a small arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in his home. Prosecutors plan to introduce Primadet detonator cord, blasting caps, ammonium nitrate, and plastic 55-gallon barrels similar to those believed used to build the bomb. UNKNOWNS Many aspects of the prosecution's case remain hidden from public view, including eyewitness reports and results of forensic tests from the bombing site.

Although U.S. Attorney Patrick Ryan has said prosecutors may not seek testimony from any eyewitnesses at all, these key elements may surface at the trial: Witnesses or a handwriting match putting McVeigh at a body shop in Herington where the bomb truck was rented. Witness testimony also could raise questions about the "John Doe No. 2" seen with him. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, three witnesses told the FBI they saw a man resembling McVeigh outside the federal building moments before the blast.

However, several witnesses have recounted conflicting sightings. Records tracking the use of Nichols' phone card show more than two dozen calls were made to suppliers of bomb components in the months before the bombing. TWA (Continued from page 1) Some passengers in the, plane's first-class section were, thrown out by the July 17. explosion 10 miles off the south shore of Long Island, which kill-, ed all 230 people on board. Francis said Sunday that 153 bodies had been recovered, and others spotted on the ocean floor.

All but four of the bodies' retrieved were identified, accor-, ding to the Suffolk County medical examiner. The divers are working in difficult conditions. "Most of the wreckage is not recognizable as to exactly what it is. Sometimes you see a win- dow and you know, 'It's a This is a wreck, this is not an airplane down there. This not an aluminum tube down there," he said.

Investigators said they planned to move the private ship Pirouette, one of two primary search and salvage vessels, a mile and a half from one search area and anchor it over the area where the first debris landed. And the Navy said another salvage ship, the Grapple, was en route to the same area and should be ready to lift wreckage by Tuesday. The source said the disaster "has a lot of similarities to Pan Am 103," which exploded over Scotland in 1988 after a terrorist bomb went off in a cargo hold. Major electrical equipment on a 747 is located just ahead of the front cargo bay, which could explain why the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data re-. corder were cut off abruptly 11 to minutes after the jetliner' left Kennedy Airport.

After the recorders, the so-called black boxes, shut down, radar continued to track the, plane, or a part of it, through the sky for some seconds. The source would not sayt what new evidence might have turned up to focus investigators' on the bomb theory. No physical evidence such as chemical residue of explosives on airline debris had been found to confirm suspicions of sabotage. On Saturday, search crews raised their first significant part of the 747 a 15-foot-by-4-foot chunk of the right wing. The piece was moved to look for bodies, but none were found, and investigators conceded that they may never recover all the victims' remains.

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Born in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late David and Ida (Rubinsky) Finkleman. He served in the Army Ij during World War II and jSSg owned Berson's Jewelers, 5 Shenandoah. He was a member of Kehillat Israel Congregation, Shenandoah; the Masonic Lodge, Shenandoah; the Valley Country Club, Conyngham; and the Independent Jewelers' Association. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, was a daughter, Joyce, in 1964. Surviving are his wife, the former Sylvia Berson; son, Dr.

Martin Finkleman, Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter, Judy Weinstein, Wynnwood, brothers, Paul and Daniel, both of Los Angeles; sister, Sylvia Lawson, Los Angeles; and two grandchildren and nieces and nephews. The funeral is scheduled for 3 p.m. today from the Oravitz Home for Funerals, Shenandoah, with Rabbi Arthur Haselkorn officiating. Burial will be in Kehillat Israel Cemetery. Agnes Little Agnes Little, 79, of 92 W.

Main Ringtown, died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Center, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County. Born in Shenandoah May 31, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John and Bertha (Oravitz) Kutney. She was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ringtown. Little was a member of the Ringtown Lions Club, the Lionesses; the Quilters' Guild of Ringtown; and the Ringtown Area Senior Citizens.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, was her husband, John who died in 1981. Surviving are daughter, Kathryn L. Dwojeski, Swar-thmore, brother, John Kutney, Ringtown; and two grandchildren and nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St.

Mary's R.C. Church. The Rev. James Gaff-ney will officiate. Burial will be at the family's convenience.

Friends may call at the Stauf-fer-Heizenroth Funeral Home, Ringtown, on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Memorial contributions can be made to the Old White Church Memorial Fund, Ringtown. Sfteciat 'P'Uoid NEIL KINNEY who passed away July 29, 1 993 Just a prayer from the ones who love you Just a memory sad and true In our hearts you will live forever Because we thought the world of you. Sadly Missed Love, Bob Joan Stolpe John Wascavage Jr.

Graveside services for John Wascavage 13 E. Clay Avenue, West Hazleton, who died July 22 at Hazleton General Hospital, were held Thursday at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sheppton. The Rev. Raymond Slezak officiated.

Born in Shenandoah, he was the son of the late John and Julia (Dempsko) Wascavage and lived in this area all his life. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Frank (Jackie) Luchi, Har-risburg; and Mrs. Richard (Diane) Searles, Sheppton; and sister, Irene Ravco, Shenandoah. The Fierro Funeral Service Hazleton, directed the arrangements.

NEIKAM SURVIVORS Sylvia A. (Spohr) Neikam, who died Monday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neikam, 561 N. Locust Hazleton, is also survived by brothers, Clayton, McAdoo; Phillip, Lat-timer; and Thomas and George, Hazleton; and sisters, Betty Spohr and Mrs.

Earl (Thelma) Gleim, both of Drums. The Beltz-Petrilli Funeral Home, Hazleton, is directing the arrangements. GENETTI'S Presidential Ballroom Available For FUNERAL BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHEONS Please Call 454-2494 gencttfg Route 309 Hazleton.