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Rockland Watch B2 Tuesday, August 16, 1994 Rockland Journal-News FOR THE RECORD AROUND COUNTY HewCityX iUrmoni I XX: vBuuveiteL K4 No injuries in Congers accident Central Nyack firefighters hose down a car yesterday that was involved in an accident on Route 303 by the Bully Boy Chop House in Congers. Clarkstown police said last night no more details were available on the driver of the car or the cause of the accident. They said no one was hurt. Coopersmith's appeal for trial SODOMY CHARGED: Julio Peralta, 26, of 149 West Haverstraw, is awaiting arraignment after being arrested and charged with first-degree sodomy. Village police said Peralta had sexual intercourse in June with a female under the age of 10.

ASSAULT CHARGED: Two Spring Valley brothers were arrested on Broad Street in Haverstraw on Friday during a dispute over money, village police said. Police said Mohamad Amro, of 33 Harmony Road, was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree assault after he struck an elderly man numerous times with hammer, and struck a woman during a money dispute. His brother, Aziz Amro, 24, also of 33 Harmony Road, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing governmental administration when he attempted to free his brother from the police car by pushing away a police officer, village police said. After being told he was arrest, Aziz Amro punched the officer repeatedly, police said. Compiled by Jennifer Fiore.

MEETINGS TODAY LEGISLATURE: 8 p.m., legislative chambers, Allison-Parris County Office Building, 1 1 New Hempstead Road, New City. WESLEY HILLS ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD: 8 p.m.,-Village Hall, 432 Route 306. TOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS: 8 p.m., Town Hall, 1 Rosman Road, Garnerville. Calling hours are from 10 to 11 a.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be' sent to the Salvation Army branch' or local library of your choice. ELSEWHERE RICHARD ABRAMS, 56, who led the test flight division of Lockheed's top-secret "Skunk as it developed the YF-22 fighter1 plane, died Thursday in a Washing-, ton, D.C., hospital. The cause of death was not given. RET. LT.

CMDR. LEONARD GOLDSWORTHY, 85, Australia's most decorated World War II naval officer, died Aug. 7 in Canber-. ra, Australia. He is credited with potentially" saving many Allied ships and thou-! sands of lives.

TOBY ROWLAND, 77, a stage' producer and a former joint man- aging director of Stoll Moss The-' aters, the largest theater group in- London, England, died of cancer Tuesday in London. LIST OF DEATHS MCCARTHY, Barbara on Saturday, August 13, 1994. of Rockland Co. Cherished daughter of Albert McCarthy. Devoted Mother of Carleen Call Renee McCarthy.

Dear Mother-in-law of Brian Call. Dear Sister of Dolores Solga, Teresa Geraci June Martinez. Loving Grand'-' mother of Sabrina. Also survived by-many nieces nephews. Relatives friends are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral Services on Tuesday, 81694.

at 10am from the LEBER FUNERAL HOME, Kennedy Boulevard at 20th' Street, Union City, NJ, thence to Our Lady of Libera Church, West New York, NJ where at 11am a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, NY. UVEGES, Robert J. of Houston, TX, ort August 12, 1994.

Beloved son of Alice Skrn- fa of Margate, Fla. Loving brother of, Judy Schaefer of Blauvelt and Barbara Orapello of New City. Dear nephew tor Andrew Uveges. Also survived by six. nieces and nephews.

Funeral from the ANTHONY R. PIZZI FUNERAL HOME, 120 Paris Ave, Northvale, on Wednesday at 9:15 AM. Funeral Mass at St. Cathet rine's R.C Church, Blauvelt, at 10:00 A.M. To Publish: Death Notices Card of Thanks In Memoriams St.

Jude Lodge Notices CALL: 914-694-5147 Before Day of Publication M-F: 9:00 am 8:00 pm Sat.t 8:00 am 6:00 pm Sun: 2:00 pm 6:00 pm Local Gannett-Suburban Newspapers Listed in The Telephone Directory, is, CLARKSTOWN SENTENCING: Thomas Hughes, 47, of Central Avenue, Spring Valley, was sentenced yesterday to two and one-half to five years in state prison after pleading guilty on July 12 to fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz announced. Hughes was sentenced in Rockland County Court in New City by Judge Robert R. Meehan. Gribetz said that on both Oct. 8, 1993, and Oct.

22, 1993, Hughes sold $40 worth of crack cocaine to undercover members of the county Narcotic Task Force at 75 W. Central Spring Valley. HAVERSTRAW DWI CHARGED: Nelson Rodriguez, 27, of 6 Allison Havers-traw, was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation on Sunday. Haverstraw police yesterday said they stopped Rodriguez for driving in a reckless manner and found him to be intoxicated. He was awaiting arraignment yesterday.

and 1969, which attorney Brady says was before Gold underwent surgery for an ileostomy that left the scar. And during the trial, Brady argues, Justice Lefkowitz ruled that while other former patients of Gold would not be allowed to testify, Coopersmith's attorney could have questioned Gold about having sex with other patients, "which she chose not to do." In response, Coopersmith attorneys Herschlein and Boston said Brady ignored a third ex-patient who, with Coopersmith, showed "that Gold maintained the same course of sexual misconduct with his patients continuously from 1974 through 1991." may be sent to the Rockland County Council Boy Scouts of America, Frank Road, Stony Point, N.Y. 10980 or the Marian Shrine, Filors Lane, West Haverstraw, N.Y. 10927. This obituary is being reprinted because of an error in yesterday's edition.

Dorothy Michelle Schweitzer, 50 New York City teacher Dorothy Michelle Schweitzer of New City died Sunday, Aug. 14, 1994, at her home. She was 50. She was born July 21, 1944, in Brooklyn, to Harry Pearlman and Hannah Silverman Pearlman. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Queens College and her master's degree in education from the College of New Rochelle.

Mrs. Schweitzer taught in the Bronx for nearly 11 years. She married Herbert Schweitzer Aug. 22, 1964, in Jamaica Estates, N.Y. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Adam and Evan, both of New City.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today at Schwartz Funeral Home in Rego Park, N.Y. Burial will follow in New Montefiore Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y. Mrs. Schweitzer's family will observe a period of mourning through Friday afternoon at 9 Dolphin Road in New City.

A memorial scholarship in her name is pending. For more information, contact the family. Borghild Thome, 98 Registered nurse Borghild Thome of Craryville, N.Y., died Thursday, Aug. 11, 1994, at the Adventist Nursing Home in Livingston, N.Y. She was 98.

She was born Dec. 7, 1895, to Fredrick Tornstensen and Elise Abrahamsen Tornstensen in Risor, Norway. As a registered nurse in Brooklyn, N.Y., she worked for her husband, Dr. Lawrence Thome, for many years. She is survived by three sons, George F.

of Piseco, N.Y., Lawrence H. of Hilton Head, S.C., and Eric H. of West Taghkanic, N.Y.; 15 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. Her husband died in 1971 and a son, Robert, died in 1970. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.

tomorrow at Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, Route 59, Suffern. Burial will follow in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, N.J. atkatk CLARKSTOWN Clarkstown schools to set tax rate NEW CITY The Clarkstown of Education will set the tax rate during its regular meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Clarkstown High School Library, Congers Road. The public is invited.

Nancy Cacioppo HAVERSTRAW Golfing event to benefit charity The Third Annual Frederick H. Viohl Golf Outing will take place Sept. 22 at the Phillip Rotella Golf Course to benefit the Rockland division of the American Heart Association. A donation of $100 per person includes breakfast, golf and cart fees, lunch and dinner at Kruckers in Pomona and tickets to Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge. For more information, call 429-4418, 362-6701 or the heart association at 268-9250.

Khurram Saeed RAMAPO rrr Improvements are planned AIRMONT A $438,000 allocation from the state Department of Transportation to Ramapo will finance several road improvement projects throughout the town. Eckerson Road and Grove Street are slated to get new sidewalks and curbs. Roman Boulevard, Maple Leaf Road, East Hickory Street and Grand View Avenue will be re-paved. Diana Alaimo STONY POINT Park commission seeks exhibitors BEAR MOUNTAIN Officials of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission are seeking exhibitors for the October Juried Arts and Crafts Show at both Bear Mountain Park and State Line Lookout in New Jersey. Applications will be accepted for these categories: wood, leather, clay, cloth, fiberglass, paint (oil or water), pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, photography, jewelry and mixed media.

Details: 786-2701, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Khurram Saaed if you have news for the Around the County Column, call the Rockland Journal-News at 578-2424, or fax us at 578-2477. EARTH WATCH Don't dump used oil Are you planning to change ypur car's oil? Pouring used motor oil down a storm drain pollutes the Hudson River and local streams. Take used oil to a gas station that regularly changes oil or to a recycling center.

Lederie's progress in the '50s Trust and confidence were cited as the foundation of success for the sales and development of Lederle Laboratories' products in ap article appearing in the Oct. 7, 1952, issue of the Rockland Journal-News. According to Henry Wendt who was in charge of the firm's distribution system, these two elements are essential in the field of drug promotion and development. he The usual salesmanship practices, Wendt said, are just not appropriate for prescription items. Lederle Laboratories was said to be "a fast-moving organization" in a "fast-moving segment of the chemical process industry." A Moment in History appears each Tuesday in the Rtkkland Journal-News.

Karen Vatrane Staff photoDiane Stevenson Herschlein, did not return a call yesterday. But a key argument of his and of attorney Sheila Boston of Manhattan has been that Justice Lefkowitz never should have allowed Gold to bare his torso to the six-member, all-male jury. Gold exposed a surgical scar, which Coopersmith testified she never saw during sex sessions at his office. Coopersmith should have been allowed to present testimony from other women patients, who said they also had sex with Gold without seeing the scar, her attorneys said. One former patient, identified in court documents as M.R., testified she had sex with Gold between 1968 OBITUARIES Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.

Calling hours are 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at Leber Funeral Home, Kennedy Boulevard at 20th Street, Union City, N.J. This obituary is reprinted because of an error in yesterday's edition. Louis Olori 83 Businessman Louis Olori Sr. of New City, owner of Olori Crane Service in Nanuet, died Saturday, Aug.

13, 1994, at Nyack Hospital. He was 83. Mr. Olori was born Aug. 27, 1910, in Ascoli Pi-ceno, Italy, to Ad-auto and Enrica Capriotti Olori.

He came to the United States in 1920, working in the brick yards in Kingston, N.Y. He moved to Rockland in 1929 OLORI: Founded crane service and worked in the brick yards of Haverstraw. Before founding Olori Crane Service in 1950, he worked for Beck-erle-Brown of Pearl River for many years, becoming a member of the Operating Engineers Local 825. Mr. Olori was a committeeman for the first Catholic Cub Scout pack in Rockland, which was organized at St.

Peter's Church in Haverstraw. He also has served as executive board member and chairman of the Rockland County Catholic Scouting Committee. He served on the board of directors of Camp Jawonio and was a member of the General Warren Fire Co. 2 in Haverstraw, the Haverstraw Council 581 Knights of Columbus, the Filippo Mazzei Lodge 2207 of the Sons of Italy in New City and the Pearl River Elks Lodge. Mr.

Olori also was active in the Marian Shrine in West Haverstraw, Catholic Youth Organization and the Catholic Committee on Scouting and the Rockland County Boy Scouts Council. His wife of 54 years, Catherine Olori, died in 1991. Survivors include five sons, Louis Olori Jr. of Pomona, Ronald T. Olori Sr.

of Bardonia, Robert N. Olori and Kenneth J. Olori of Pearl River and John J. Olori of Congers; a daughter, Mary Ann Van Houten of New City; nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial is set for 10:30 a.m.

tomorrow at St. Francis of Assisi Church in West Nyack, followed by burial in St. Peters Cemetery, Haverstraw. Visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Higgins Funeral Home, 321 S.

Main Street, New City. Donations in Mr. Olori's name two who were ready to testify against him in the Coopersmith case. A decision has not been made. Responding to the request for a new trial, Gold's attorney, Bruce Brady of Manhattan, said a jury already made its decision based upon the most believable evidence.

"The resolution of this case," Brady argued, "began and ended with the jury's assessment of credibility. Ultimately, the jury was faced with the stark decision of which party to believe. They chose, for overwhelming reasons, to credit the testimony of Dr. Richard Gold and to discredit that of the Appellant (Coopersmith)." Coopersmith's attorney, James will follow in Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, N.J. A fireman's service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow at the funeral home. Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, Route 59, Suffern.

Donations may be sent to United Hospice of Rockland, 18 Thiells-Mt. Ivy Pomona, N.Y., 10970. Marina Matos, 81 Retired dress designer Marina Matos, a retired dress designer from Hillcrest, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at her home. She was 81.

She was born June 23, 1913, in Vieques, Puerto Rico, to Candido Lopez and Francisca Figueroa Lopez. She lived in Flushing, N.Y., before moving to Hillcrest 21 years ago. For 40 years, she worked as a dress designer for Taylor Jr. Co. in New York City, retiring many years ago.

She is survived by a daughter, Nellie Miller of Gaithersburg, a brother, Santiago Lopez of Puerto Rico; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph's Church in Spring Valley. Entombment will follow in All Faiths Mausoleum at George Washington Memorial Park, Par-amus, N.J.

Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Wanamaker Carlough Funeral Home, Route 59, Suffern. Barbara McCarthy, 44 Homemaker Barbara McCarthy of Garnerville died Saturday, Aug. 13, 1994, at Nyack Hospital.

She was 44. Ms. McCarthy was born Oct. 6, 1949, in New York City to Albert and Lois Moreback McCarthy. She previously lived in North Bergen, N.J., and was a homemaker.

She is survived by two daughters, Carleen Call and Renee McCarthy of Stony Point; three sisters, Dolores Solga of North Bergen, N.J., Teresa Geraci of Sarasota, and June Martinez of Seminole, her father, Albert McCarthy of North Bergen, N. and one grandchild. A service is set for 11 a.m. today at Our Lady of Libera Church in West New York, N.J. Burial will follow in St.

Mary NOW joins COOPERSMITH continued from B1 her "only tool in strengthening her credibility. Coopersmith's trial attorney, Susan Corcoran of New City, argued during the 15-day trial that the defense had evidence of "an unbroken timeline" between the late 1960s and the early 1990s of several patients who claimed to have been seduced by Gold in his office. The state Office of Professional Medical Conduct held hearings between September 1993 and April 1994 to decide whether there was sufficient evidence to revoke Gold's medical license after hearing from several former patients, including Lillian L. Holbrook, 93 Grandmother of Clarkstown supervisor Lillian L. Holbrook, a Bronx homemaker and grandmother of Clarkstown Supervisor Charles Holbrook, died Sunday, Aug.

14, 1994, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., after a long illness. She was 93. She was born Oct. 16, 1900, in New York, N.Y., to Anna Miklas Wolfrath and William Wolfrath.

She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Manhattan and the Bronx. Her husband, Emmet L. Holbrook, died July 17, 1979. She is survived by a daughter, Lillian Auerback of the Bronx; two sons, George H. of Orlando, and Francis X.

of Flemington, N.J.; 22 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. A son, Martin E. Holbrook, died in 1991. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St.

Paul's Church in Congers. Burial will follow in Gethsemane Cemetery in Rockland Lake. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the T.J.

McGowan Sons Funeral Home in Congers. Ronald K. Mariano, 57 Golf course groundskeeper Ronald K. Mariano died Sunday, Aug. 14, 1994, at his home in Hillburn.

He was 57. He was born July 18, 1937, in Suffern, to Adam Mariano and Wilhelmina Kruger Mariano of Hillburn. He was employed as a groundskeeper for Spook Rock Golf Course in Suffern until three years ago. Mr. Mariano is the former owner of Village Service Station in Hillburn.

He also was a former chief and life member of the Hillburn Fire Department and a member of Rockland County Volunteer Fireman's Association. He was also a life member of the Rockland County Fire Chiefs Association. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Rita Jenkins-Mariano of Hillburn; a son, Ronald, and daughter, Roseanne, both of Hillburn; a brother, Travis of Hillburn; and three nephews. His father, Adam, died in 1988. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the Sacred Heart Church in Suffern. Burial i. i i i it ttttn tti fi f-, i i r-i.