Tarrytown Daily News from Tarrytown, New York (2024)

August 2, 1985

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Tarrytown Daily Newsi

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Tarrytown, New York

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Friday, August 2, 1985

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4

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4 TR Gannett Westchester Newspapersriday August 2 1985 A Section Man found stabbed to death A Mount Vernon man who had not been seen for a week was found stabbed to death in his apartment Thursday police said Polly Carter the wife of the superintendent of the building at 160 4th St called police at 1:56 pm to report a strong odor coming from the apartment of Delane Mc Laughlin 33 The superintendent led police through the apartment to a locked bathroom door which Mount Ver non firefighters forced open police said Inside they found McLaugh lin's partially decomposed body ly ing face down under a blood soaked bathroom rug He had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest back and side Police said McLaughlin an em ployee of Iona College in New Ro chelle was last seen at 6:30 pm on July 25 by his mother who was not identified Police said they have no sus pects Bob McMahon Mfr' RONT END DAMAGE A 28 year old lorida man was slightly injured Thursday when the front end of his car was run over by a tractor trailer on air Street in Carmel the Putnam County Department said Police said Thomas Leonard of Marco Island la was heading west on air Street near Carmel High School at about 1:35 pm when he rounded a sharp curve in the wrong lane and was struck by the truck driven by John alloon 46 of Cold Spring Leonard who suffered cuts and bruises was treated at Putnam Hospital Center and released Police said they issued Leonard a summons for crossing pavement markings OBITUARIES Ruth Morris Bakwin doctor Swift heiress Man convicted in torture slaying Couple nabbed on cocaine dealing charges DEATH NOTICES CARD THANKS Doctor nurse put on Beechwood TRENT WHITAKER AMILY LODGE NOTICE SPECIAL NOTICES IN MEMORIAM MAS Zdrodowski and the late Anna Chodkowski Rev Sr Rozalia CR Joseph William and Casl Inter hours may call at the CASTIGLIONE UNERAL HOME 134 Hamil ton Ave Greenwich ri 6 9 BELL James A on Aug I 1985 Beloved husband of Thelma Bell Dear father of Betty Der ry and Mary Culmer Grandfa ther of 11 great grandfather of 7 Reposing BARNEY MCCLANAHAN UNERAL HOME riday 7 9 pm at which time family will receive friends uneral Service Satur day 9 30 a Gospel Taberna cle Church 99 Lincoln Ave NANSSOILSven Vkter On July 30 1905 Beloved husband of Alice (Couto) Hansson de voted father of Mrs Ken (Car ol) Lauro and Mrs Vincent (Jean) O'Antonio Also sur vived by 3 grandchildren The family will be present to re ceive visitors at THE SINATRA UNERAL HOME INC 315 $0 Broadway on Thors and ri from 2 4 and 7 9pm uneral Mass on Saturday at ST MARY'S CHURCH at Interment Mt Hope Cemetery KINSLERRirfll On July 1904 Of Eastchester NY Entomb ment private Arrangements by WESTCHESTER UNERAL HOME Eastchester 337 4505 Interment Mt Hope Cemetery Ms Jefferson's body was discov ered behind the Nanuet Holiday Inn on Oct 11 by a group of soccer players The Bronx resident's face had been slashed repeatedly and she was stabbed in the heart several hours after her abduction GOLDINGCIairc Beloved wife of the late Louis devoted mother of Mitchell and Karen Dear sister of William Arbeit man Dear mother in law aunt and friend uneral services were held riday EDERICO Alex A On July 31 1905 of Mt Vernon NY Hus band of Rosemary Musiello ederico Son of Josephine DiSabato Brother of Leonard Robert and Mary ederico Beloved nephew of Louise and Anthony Tieri riends may call at the WESTCHESTER UNERAL HOME Eastches ter Thursday 7 9 pm and ri day 2 4 7 9 pm uneral Mass at the immaculate Heart of Mary Church Scarsdale Saturday August 3rd at 10:00 am Interment erncliff Cem etery home and found another 12 Vz ounces of cocaine and $2000 in cash Defense attorney Otto usco of the Bronx renewed the war of words Thursday that characterized relations between the judge and lawyers during the trial by accusing Zugibe of a of experience'' that forced him to make frequent legal objections to the prosecutor's case Edelstein noting Thursday that he had apologized before the jury for his comment said of his deci sions during the trial I've made any mistakes I've been reversed before (by a state appeals court) and been affirmed JONES ZaUa May On August 1 1985 Services at Craft Memo rial Home Inc Port Chester at on Saturday Visitation from 6 9pm on riday Inter ment in Hartford CT In lieu of flowers contributions to the Port Chester Rye Volun teer Ambulance Corp appre ciated RiBUO Gievanna on July 1985 Visitation at Craft Memo rial Home Inc from 6 9 pm on Wed Thurs uneral Mass at Corpus Christi Church at am ri Entombment at St Mary's Cemetery Rye Brook TRENT Raymend Sr Dur Ing the time like this we learned how much our friend and relatives really mean to1' us Your expression of sympa thy win always be treasured Thank you for the lovely flow ers cards telegram Also like to thank the Oncology Unit New Rochelle Hosp Medical' Center for the care their gave' McCullough was arrested after a four month investigation by Clarks town police and investigators from the Rockland district of fice Bro Peter OM Cap Also survived by three Grandchil dren and several Nieces and Nephews uneral from the YONKERS UNERAL HOME INC 107 Yonkers Av on Sa tAug3 at Mass of Christian Burial in The Mon astery Church of The Sacred Heart at Interment St Josephs Cemetery Visiting Thurs 7 9PM and ri 2 4 7 9PM By George Walsh Staff Writer usco said he would appeal the conviction laws but Allen said they would also be charged in Putnam for alleged drug sales made in the county ear lier in the investigation They are each being held on $150000 bail in the Bridgeport jail awaiting a court' appearance Elsewhere GRANT WILLIAMS the actor who starred in the classic science fiction film Incredible Shrinking died Sunday in Los Angeles He was 54 Rivera and his wife were charged with violating Connecticut DiMANZO GiMafD Cm) 15th Anniversary Too dearly loved ever to Be forgotten Loving Suter Brother SMITH Evelyn on July 31 1M5 of 321 So 9th Ave Mt Vernon NY Beloved Wife of Warren Smith two Sitters and three Brothers predeceased her Reposing at THE CAMELOT UNERAL HOME INC174 Ste PI AST A John Beloved hus band of Edith (nee Campena ro) and devoted father of Mrs Angelo (Barbara) Stanzione Lynn and Stanley Piasta Dear brother of Michael Raymond and Paul Piasta Mrs Vincent (Stella) DIDavIde Winnie Piasta Mrs rank (Julia) Ludjan and Mrs Alexander (Catherine) Wekulchlk and the late Stanley Piasta and Mary Ganzo Beloved grandfather of Danielle and Bethann Stan zione and Evan Piasta une ral from the YONKERS UNERAL HOME INC 107 Yonkers Ave on Saturday Au gust 3rd at Mass of Christian Burial In St mir's Church at ment private Visiting riday 2 4and7 9pm helped them do the things they wanted to do They worked Got up at 7 in the morning and just worked all Mrs Bakwin was born in Chi cago on June 3 1898 to Edward and Helen Swift Morris Her pater nal grandfather Nelson Morris was a Jewish immigrant who founded Morris Co one of first and largest meat processing compa nies Her father was Gusta vas Swift the New Englander who founded Swift Co which became the Chicago based multinational conglomerate Esmark Inc Mrs Bakwin received a bache lor degree from Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1919 and earned a medical degree from Cornell Uni versity in 1922 She went to Vienna for post graduate studies in psychol ogy with Anna reud and received a degree in psychology from Columbia College Besides having been the first female intern at lower ifth Ave nue Hospital in New York she was variously a professor of pediatrics at the New York University College of Medicine a pediatrician at Belle vue Hospital and an author Her husband Harry who died about 10 years ago was also a professor and pediatrician As Dr Harry and Dr Ruth they co authored books Mrs Bakwin dis tinguished herself in the treament of dyslexia the reading disability Mrs Bakwin is survived by two sons Edward Morris of Chicago and Michael of North Va twn daughters Barbara Rosenthal ano Patricia Selch both of New York and New Castle nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren On August 1 1985 Of Bronxville NY and Pompano Beach la Wife of John A Peterson Sr mother of Elsa Tidwell and John A Peterson Jr Also survived by 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren Visiting at the WESTCHESTER UNERAL HOME Eastchester Saturday and Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 pm Service at the uneral Home TIMCHAK Elizabeth (Betty) on Aug 1 1985 Mass of Christian Burial Sacred Heart RC Church Byram Saturday at 10 am interment St Mary Cem GREGORY Nicholas on July 311985 Beloved Husband of the late Teresa Devoted a ther of Eleanor Moffa and Richard Gregory Brother of Rae Colucci Mildred Balascio Theresa D'Amore Joseph Charles Rocco and rank Gre gory Also eight Grandchildren and six Great Grandchildren Reposing GEOTDAVIS INC 14 Le Count Pl New Mass St Gabrielles Church Sat Visiting 2 4 A 7 9PM SISTOR A PAINO DIREC TORS By Geoff Walden Staff Writer Dr Ruth Morris Bakwin of New Castle an heir to the Swift Co meatpacking fortune and well known doctor died Wednesday of a heart attack while yachting with her sons off Kodiak Alaska She was 87 Mrs Bakwin who built her New Castle home in 1930 also main tained a residence in New York City before moving to Westchester Coun ty last year She became interna tionally known as a collector of impressionist art after buying works by Cezanne Renoir and van Gogh in Paris in the 1920s She directed pediatrics at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children now combined with Beekman Downtown Hospital from the 1940s until 1979 was one of the hardest working women ever said her son in law rederick Selch publisher of Ovation the classical music magazine and program guide for New York radio station WQXR Mrs sister Muriel Gardiner a psychiatrist who died earlier this year claimed to be the basis for Lillian Hellman's charac ter Julia Ms Hellman's story told of an American medical student who was part of the Austrian Nazi resistance in the 1930s It was made into a movie starring Vanessa Red grave and Jane onda Selch described Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Bakwin as "very avant garde did what they wanted to do in he said they were both very He said their inheritance Deputy Chief Owen McClain commander of Investigative Serv ices said that Wilfredo Gonzalez 30 of 1815 152nd St the Bronx was arrested at his home at 11 a by Yonkers Detectives Vincent Pa talano and Robert Hunt and charged in the second degree mur der of Jose Marcelino 28 of 25 Ravine Ave Sun 2 5 thereafter 7 9PM at MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH 141 So 9th Av Mt Vernon NY where uneral Service will be held Monat 10AM Interment Kensico Cemetery ValhallaNY KUCMIEROWSKI Casmira (mb Zdredswski) Beloved Wife of the late Ludwig Devoted Mother of Ludwig Kuchmierowski Dear Sister of RevSrMethodia CR Helen TRACE Reterf of Mahopac uneral Service Sat 2 pm CARGAIN BARBER UNE RAL HOME Rt 6 Mahopac Interment Milltown Rural Cemetery Brewster Visiting at the funeral home ri 2 4 SMITH Evelyn Members of the Order Of Eastern Star wifC assemble at Mace THANKSGIVING TO ST JUDE Thank you St Jude for art swering my prayers MC ORLANDO Mary We wish to thank all our friends and rela tives for their kind expression of sympathy in our recent be reavement We also wish to thank Dr Marshall St Agnes Hospital The White Plains' Center for nursing care and' the White Plains Presbyterian'1 Church Thank you The amily of Mary Orlan a do CARL Reberf Henry Sr on July 28 1985 Beloved Husband of Dorothy nee Bengel Devoted ather of Robert HJr Steven Ronald and Alison Di git ond Brother of Marjorie Taylor Reposing at THE YANNANTUONO UNERAL HOME MtVernonNY Reli gious Service Sat at 10AM Visiting Thurs A ri 2 4 A 7 9PM The state Board of Regents has recommended that a doctor from Mount Vernon and a registered nurse from Bedford Hills be put on probation because of involvement in separate incidents of Medicaid fraud and stealing drugs The doctor Vito Scardino whose last practice was at 211 Central BERG Elaanar on August 1 1985 Survived by 1 son 1 daughter 1 brother 3 sisters 9 grandchildren Reposing: DORSEY UNERAL HOME INC ri 7 9 pm uneral Mass Sat 10 am St Augus tine's Church Interment St Augustine's Cemetery Allen estimated that the cocaine which he said was of fairly high quality had a street value of about $75000 Allen said several arrests for smaller amounts of cocaine cre ated a trail leading to the Riveras started at the bottom of the pole and worked our way up" Allen said Parkway Mount Vernon was charged with professional miscon duct by the state Department of Health for a series of Medicaid frauds he was found guilty of in 1983 Scardino was placed on proba tion for one year Also recommended for probation was Larry Kirschner a registered woman who had been terrorized for a long period of time" Zugibe said Testimony during the 12 day tri al revealed that McCullough was angered by Ms refusal to marry him and that she had been attacked by McCullough with a baseball bat and an ax during sepa rate incidents in 1983 and 1984 Thank you St Jude end Blessed Mother for answeringJI my prayers 4s Eleanor Berg Eleanor Berg of ishkill a former resident of Ossining died Thursday at Vassar Brothers Hospi tal Poughkeepsie at age 65 Mrs Berg who was a clerk at Maryknoll in Ossining before she retired was bom April 11 1920 in Peekskill the daughter of Maurice and Mary O'Connor Quill She was a graduate of Ossining High School and a former communicant of St Augustine's Church Ossining During World War II Mrs Berg worked for Eastern Aircraft in North Tarrytown Her husband Au gust Berg died in November 1981 She is survived by a son Peter Berg of ishkill a daughter Marily Sullivan of Rhinebeck a brother Maurice Quill of Hyde Park three sisters Virginia Thorton of Queens Catherine Merritt of Croton on Hud son and Dorothy Cantwell of Scar sdale and by nine grandchildren Williams began his film career in 1956 appearing in such movies as on the Sun Monolith Monsters" and He also had a role in and was one of the co stars of the television series from 1960 to' 1963 Williams also appeared in the television shows Outer and "The Munsters" JOE WALKER one of only three cameramen elected to the Motion Picture Hall of ame died Thurs day at the age of 92 in Las Vegas Walker's career as a cameraman: began in the 1920s with director' rank Capra coffee shop clerk and lived at 1604 Metropolitan Ave testified during the trial that he was at a relative's home in New Jersey on the day of the killing When asked by Edelstein wheth er he had anything to say for him self Thursday the burly defendant said that I'm innocent your MOLINO Julia (Man) on July 31 1985 Visitation at the JAMES GUNIPERO UNE RAL HOME INC 3S3 West chester Ave Port Chester NY 5 9 pm Thur A ri Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady Of The Rosary Church Sat am inter ment St Mary's Cemetery Rye Brook NY A 39 year old Bronx man con victed of the 1984 torture slaying of his former girlfriend was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in pris on by a Rockland County judge Samuel McCullough who was found guilty June 28 in the stabbing death of Marie Jefferson 32 stood quietly as County Judge Harry Edelstein said he could not believe the defense claims that the young woman was killed by a hired killer who resembled McCullough "She would have screamed her head off if a stranger was pushing her up the Edelstein said referring to eyewitness accounts of McCullough abducting the victim as she left work at a Manhattan office of the New York Telephone Co on Oct 3 McCullough who worked as a Describing the killing as an Assistant Rockland Dis trict Attorney Thomas Zugibe asked Edelstein to impose the maximum sentence on the single count of second degree murder is the story of a young He also blasted Edelstein for what he believes were erroneous legal rulings and for calling usco during one spate of objec tions He described the judge com ment as and prejudicial to McCullough's case Edelstein's remark came after the apparently frustrated judge had repeatedly ad monished usco to simply raise his objections without argument in front of the jury but the lawyer persisted in going beyond a simple objection believe you're so Edelstein said at the time thanksgiving to Thank you Sacred Heert of Jesus for answering prayers Church 141 So 9th Ave Mt Vernon 7pm Sun for funeral services" Worthy Metron Pauline Gray Secretary Mary Summers By Joel Benenson Staff Writer One of Putnam larger cocaine rings was smashed Tuesday with the arrest of a Connecticut couple believed to be selling $100000 worth of cocaine weekly in the Danbury and Putnam areas police said Thursday Investigator Gordon Al len head of Narcotics Task orce said Ezequiel Rivera and his wife Argenis were arrested by Connecticut narcotics officers after a joint five month investiga tion with the department and the Putnam County District Attorney's office think we really put a dent in these people" Allen said was one of our biggest Rivera 27 was arrested on Mill Plain Road in Danbury after he allegedly tried to sell 3 ounces of cocaine to an undercover officer Allen said police then went to the Riveras' home on High Ridge Road in Danbury and arrested Mrs Rive ra 25 Police said they searched the Gonzalez' arraignment was ad journed until today when a lawyer was expected to be appointed to represent the suspect Two other suspects were ar rested in connection with the case last month Jose Viera 25 of 1635 University Ave in the Bronx sur rendered July 15 to detectives after learning that he was being sought Renaldo Gonzalez 25 of 240 Echo Place in the Bronx was arrested a week earlier The Regents also returned the license of Rye physician Arnold Charrow which had been revoked in 1982 and placed him on probation for five years Charow's license had been revoked for recommending and performing unnecessary sur gery 3rd suspect arrested in July 4 death The third and final suspect in the July 4 beating death of a Yon kers man was arrested Thursday Yonkers police said probation professional nurse Kirschner ad mitted to the general counsel for the Department of Health that he stole drugs including morphine while employed at the White Plains Hospital Medical Center Kirschner was placed on probation for two years a 1 Wk Jean Santopatre GRASS BREAK Sundown takes five on a beautiful Thursday afternoon and chomps down some grass as Debbie Wheeler also takes a break at Old Salem arm in North Salem I.

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