The latest on Baltimore police-custody death: Court records show race of officers charged (AP) Online court records list the race of three of the officers charged in the Freddie Gray case as black and list the three others in the broad category of Caucasian, Asiatic Indian, without specifying. Officer Caesar R. Goodson Officer William G. Porter and Sgt. Alicia D.
White are listed as black. Lt. Brian W. Rice, Officer Garrett E. Miller and Officer Edward M.
Nero are listed in the other cat- egory. Goodson is the driver of the vehicle that transported Gray and faces the most serious charges. He allegedly repeatedly failed to secure Gray using a seat belt as required by police, top prosecutor said Friday, adding that Gray suffered a severe neck injury while hand- cuffed, shackled and unsecured in the van. 3 former allies of Gov. Chris Christie charged in bridge scandal; Christie is not implicated NEWARK, N.J.
(AP) Federal prosecutors brought charges Fri- day against three former allies of Gov. Chris Christie but not Christie himself in the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal, apparent- ly easing the legal threat that has hung over his 2016 White House ambitions for more than a year. One of those charged, David Wildstein, a former high-ranking official at the transportation agency that operates the bridge, pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors, saying he and the other defendants engineered huge traffic jams to get even with a local politician. Christie was not implicated in court or in the indictments. on the evidence currently available to us, not going to charge anyone else in this U.S.
Attorney Paul Fishman said at a news conference. The Republican governor claimed vindication. Pentagon struggles to assess, stamp out retaliation in sexual assault cases WASHINGTON (AP) not against the law or military regula- tions to choose not to sit with someone in the dining hall or to unfriend them on Facebook, but in the traumatic aftermath of a sexual assault, a victim could interpret those moves as retaliation. In these days when a tweet or Instagram photo can be wielded as weapons, the Pentagon is struggling to define retaliation and rein in bullying or other behavior that victims perceive as vengeful. At the same time, military leaders are expanding efforts to better train their lower- and midlevel commanders to detect and deal with retaliation, while also insuring that other, more innocent actions are not misinterpreted by assault victims.
On Friday, the Pentagon released a deeper analysis of the sexual assault survey data made public last December. That report acknowledges the difficulties in gathering data about retaliation, including problems with how some of the survey questions may have been misinterpreted and that incidents of retaliation may have been over counted. a thorny problem for the military, in the aftermath of a RAND study that concluded that about 60 percent of sexual assault victims believe they have faced retaliation from commanders or peers. Members of Congress are demanding swift steps to protect whistle-blowers, including sexual assault victims who have been wronged as a result of their reports or complaints. Pentagon leaders said the survey questions need to reflect what legally constitutes retaliation, which includes taking action to discourage someone from going forward with an assault complaint.
But they also acknowledged that often victims believe they are being retaliated against if peers no longer invite them to parties or if they are disciplined for illegal drug or alcohol use in connection with the assault. Nearly a week after deadly earthquake, officials say Nepal still urgently needs shelter, food KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) Nearly a week after a massive earthquake killed more than 6,200 people and collapsed buildings, tem- ples and homes, Nepal still urgently needs basic aid like shelter and food, while remote villages remain cut off from help. Aid workers still face logistical U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Friday, noting that the scale of the devastation in Nepal would be an obstacle for any government. The U.N.
has estimated the quake that struck April 25 affected 8.1 million people more than a fourth of population of 27.8 million. In Kathman- du, rescue workers in orange jumpsuits continued to search through col- lapsed buildings, but fewer tents were standing in a central part of the capital that had been packed with people in the first few days. Some res- idents who had been fearful of aftershocks have left the city or moved elsewhere. The government announced it was giving the equivalent of $1,000 to families of each person killed and another $400 for funeral costs, state-run Nepal Radio said Friday. Black mothers who were told babies had died at St.
Louis hospital now wonder if they are alive ST. LOUIS (AP) Eighteen black women who were told decades ago that their babies had died soon after birth at a St. Louis hospital now won- der if the infants were taken away by hospital officials to be raised by other families. The suspicions arose from the story of Zella Jackson Price, who said she was 26 in 1965 when she gave birth at Homer G. Phillips Hospi- tal in St.
Louis. Hours later, she was told that her daughter had died, but she never saw a body or a death certificate. No one is sure who was respon- sible, but daughter ended up in foster care, only to resurface almost 50 years later. Melanie Gilmore, who now lives in Eugene, Oregon, has said that her foster parents always told her she was given up by her birth mother. attorney, Albert Watkins, is asking city and state officials to investigate.
In a letter to Gov. Jay Nixon and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, Watkins said he suspects the hospital coordinated a scheme steal new- borns of color for marketing in pri- vate adoption children tracked recently down her birth mother to mark their 50th birthday. The search led them to the now 76-year-old Price, who lives in suburban St. Louis.
Obituary Notices Latrobe Bulletin Gary Siegel, Publisher Steven J. Kittey, Editor Chris Ulicne, Assistant Editor Published Daily, Except Sunday and Holidays Entered As Second Class Mail At Post Office, Latrobe PA 1211 Ligonier PO Box 111, Latrobe, PA 15650 Phone: 724-537-3351 Subscription Rates: Single Copy Week of Home Delivery $2.12 (1 year subscription) Mail Subscriptions: In Westmoreland 3 months 6 months 1 year $163.00. Out of Westmoreland 3 months 6 months 1 year $172.00. Out of Pennsylvania: 3 months 6 months 1 year $257.00. Page A2 May 2-3, 2015 Obituaries Circle That Date MONDAY, MAY 4 7 p.m., Derry Borough Council, agenda prep, Derry Station TUESDAY, MAY 5 10 a.m., Westmoreland County Commissioners, agenda prep, courthouse 7 p.m., Derry Township Supervisors, municipal building 7 p.m., Unity Township Planning Commission, municipal build- ing WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 4 p.m., Cook Township Supervisors, municipal office 4:30 p.m., Ligonier Township Municipal Authority, municipal building THURSDAY, MAY 7 10 a.m., Westmoreland County Commissioners, courthouse 6 p.m., Derry Area School Board, agenda prep, audion 7 p.m., Bolivar Borough Council, borough office In Loving Memory of Victor R.
McCoy Oct. 17, 1984 May 3, 2012 You touched so many lives with your smile, laughter and zest for life! Love, Mom, Gram, Uncle Rich, Aunt Sue Her Family, Kayla, Hadley Family and all who knew loved you! Sadly missed, never ever forgotten. In Loving Memory of Peggy Bell Jan. 10, 1937 Dec. 1, 2012 On Our Anniversary May 3, 1958 Only the memory is left, dear wife Of the happiness we knew; But the love that kindled memory's torch Will feed it my whole life through.
With All My Love, Your Husband, Ken Thomas D. Kaminski, 79, of Latrobe died Friday, May 1, 2015, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by John J. Lopatich Funeral Home 601 Weldon Latrobe. Lawrence C.
Myers, 60, of Greensburg died Friday, May 1, 2015, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by John J. Lopatich Funeral Home 601 Weldon Latrobe. Raymond H. Schwickrath, 76, of Latrobe died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Loyalhanna Care Center, Derry Township.
Friends will be received 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 3, in Beatty- Rich Funeral Home Route 136, Madison, PA 15663. A blessing service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, May 4, in the funeral home with the Rev. Jonathan Wisneski officiating.
Interment will follow in Greensburg Catholic Cemetery. NEW YORK (AP) Ben E. King, the unforgettable lead singer for the Drifters and solo star whose plaintive baritone graced such pop and rhythm blues classics as by Goes My and has died. He was 76. King died Thursday of natural causes, his publicist Phil Brown told The Associated Press on Friday.
His attorney, Judy Tint, said he died at The Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jer- sey, near his longtime residence in Teaneck. amazing an artist as he was, multiply that by a million and how nice a guy he she said. A native of North Carolina who moved to New York City as a boy, King was singing with the Five Crowns when they were hired in 1958 to become the new incarnation of the Drifters, a top act for Atlantic Records who had several doo-wop hits featuring tenor Clyde McPhat- ter. The new Drifters, their records among the first in the rock era to use strings, had a more polished production and vocal style and became key influences on recordings by Phil Spector and others in the 1960s. King co-wrote and sang lead on Goes My and he and the Drifters followed with such favorites as the Last Dance for and Magic romantic and emotional ballads most- ly written by the team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
Known for his warm smile and trim mustache, King stay long. He left the Drifters in the early because of a dispute over salary and royalties, but quickly found success on his own. He broke through with co-written by Spector and Jerry Leiber, and sealed his name in music history with by A reworked gospel num- ber co-written by King, Leiber and Mike Stoller, by was a soaring declaration of dependence and devotion, chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of Ameri- ca and added earlier this year to the Library of National Recording Registry. John Lennon covered it in the 1970s and by found new listeners in the when it was featured in the Rob Reiner movie of the same name. The song returned to the charts and King appeared in a promotional music video along with cast members River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton.
course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the King told www.classicbands.com in 1993. gave a tremendous lift to me as an Like many early rock performers, King had seen his career fade when the Beatles and other British acts arrived in the mid-1960s. He did manage a hit during the disco era in the with and continued to record and tour, including with an edition of the Drifters. According to Billboard, he had 21 songs in the top 100 between 1961 and 1975.
King and assorted other Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. He is survived by his wife, Betty; three children and six grandchil- dren, according to Brown. Darlene Love, Smokey Robinson and Stoller were among those offering tributes Friday, with Stoller telling the AP that overwhelmed him from the time they met more than 50 years ago. Ben E. King was a stage name.
He was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in Henderson, North Carolina, and moved to Harlem at age 9, giving him early exposure to both country and urban music. He sang in church and joined local street corner groups in Harlem, although admittedly as much to impress girls as for the music. By age 20, he and some friends had formed the Five Crowns, who shared a bill at the Apollo Theater with a previous version of the Drifters and were noticed by manager George Treadwell when he needed to recruit new singers for a group that changed personnel often. was an honesty about all that was going King told clas- sicbands.com about his early career. connected with the people in the street.
You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled things happen he added. feel sorry for the kids in the industry today. They have on sunglasses, eat caviar in jet planes, but never know the true feeling that we HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Gov.
Tom administration advanced plans Friday to main- tain federal health insurance sub- sidies for nearly 400,000 Pennsyl- vanians ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could wipe out the aid to insurance buyers in some states. The Democrat wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Sec- retary Sylvia Burwell to declare his intent to take over operation of the insurance marketplace in 2016. The federal government currently operates the marketplace, which is a promi- nent feature of the 2010 federal health care law designed to extend insurance coverage to 35 million Americans.
order to protect 382,000 Pennsylvanians from potentially losing subsidies that help them afford health care coverage, I have written to the federal gov- ernment outlining a contingency plan to set up a state-based mar- ketplace to ensure no one loses their health Wolf said in a statement released by his office. administration said the letter is not binding, but it ensures the option is available next year in case the high ruling is adverse. In any case, approval from the Republican-controlled Legislature would be required for any money needed to run an exchange and potentially for the legal authority, legislative offi- cials said. are concerned about the cost. What are the costs involved and how does (Wolf) propose paying if there are costs said Steve Miskin, a House GOP spokesman.
The move comes as a number of states are reconsidering the exchanges they run amid financial or operational difficulties. A Health and Human Services Department spokesman said he did not immediately know whether Pennsylvania is the first or only state to take such a step as a result of the Supreme Court case. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit before the Supreme Court say the Obama administration is unlaw- fully providing subsidies to peo- ple buying health insurance in Pennsylvania and the 36 other states using healthcare.gov, the online gateway to the federally run insurance marketplace. They say the wording limits those subsidies to people purchasing policies on the 13 state-run insurance exchanges. The court is expected to rule by late June.
The federal government said in March that about 473,000 Pennsylvanians had enrolled in insurance plans for 2015 sold through the marketplace. Of those, about four in five 382,000 qualified for a tax credit to help cover the cost of monthly premiums, the Wolf administration said, citing federal figures. The Kaiser Family Foun- dation estimated last November that there could be 736,000 Penn- sylvanians enrolled in subsidized marketplace plans in 2016, if the court does not void the subsidies. The U.S. Census estimated last fall that 1.2 million Pennsylvani- ans, or one in 10, did not have health insurance in 2013.
Since Jan. 1, about 250,000 more Penn- sylvanians have enrolled in an expansion of income guidelines under the federal health care law, on top of those who bought a marketplace insur- ance plan. LORAIN, Ohio (AP) A woman who missed graduation in 1952 because she needed a half-credit of gym class has received her high school diplo- ma decades later in a surprise ceremony. A graduation march played Thursday while 80-year-old Susan Bostik Reynolds was pushed in a wheelchair by her daughter, Cindy Bracy, to a stage at Clearview High School. She had been told she was receiving an early Day gift.
Clearview Superintendent Jerome Davis handed the diplo- ma to Reynolds and shook her hand. She wore a blue gradua- tion cap for the ceremony in a new auditorium at her old school, The Morning Journal reported. Reynolds said she waited a long time for the diploma and was glad her children could see it. She said fallen short of graduation requirements because of an illness that sent her to the hospital. She pass her gym class because she participate in one of the physical activities.
had an appendix Reynolds said. finish gym class. I go up on that She went on to raise five chil- dren with her husband and worked at Lorain National Bank. Clearview guidance coun- selor Jean Branzel said the cere- mony illustrated the importance of getting a diploma, no matter how long it takes. And it was a good lesson for students.
thought it was pretty said Brandon Folley, a senior who attended the ceremony. waited so long to accom- plish something that not every- body can PHILADELPHIA (AP) A New Jersey man is accused of stealing enough musical equip- ment to outfit quite a few bands. Philadelphia police said Fri- day that Jason Mackenzie of Berlin, New Jersey, has been charged with burglary and relat- ed offenses in a break-in at a self- storage unit on Castor Avenue. Investigators say Mackenzie and two accomplices cut a hole in the top of the storage unit on the night of March 25 and took 35 guitars, 10 amplifiers and other electronic equipment as well as vinyl records and chil- toys. Detectives apprehended Mackenzie on Thursday.
There was no word on the status of the two alleged accomplices. not clear yet whether Mackenzie has retained an attor- ney who could comment on his behalf. Saudi-Yemen border clash kills 3 Saudi soldiers and of Yemeni rebels, kingdom says RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Shiite rebels attacked Saudi border posts, sparking fierce fighting overnight that killed three Saudi troops and dozens of rebels, the kingdom said. Saudi- led airstrikes continued to bomb rebel positions inside Yemen on Friday, including a strike in the capital, Sanaa, that killed at least 20 civilians. The attack late Thursday by the rebels, known as Houthis, was the most dramatic border incident since Saudi Arabia launched an intense campaign of airstrikes against the rebels just over a month ago.
It also brought to 11 the number of Saudi soldiers killed so far in border skirmishes during the air campaign. The assault underscored how the Iran-backed Houthis are still capable of launching major operations despite the airstrikes that have relentlessly targeted their positions and those of their allies military units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Saudi-led offensive, which started March 26, aims to dimin- ish the military capabilities of the Houthis, who have overrun the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and are advancing deep into the south. The U.N. says at least 550 civilians have been killed so in the war, whether from airstrikes or ground fighting.
MDA telethon long Jerry Labor Day show is ending NEW YORK (AP) The Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon is ending its annual Labor Day telethon, a television tradi- tion for decades that has slowly disappeared from view since the sudden end of Jerry role as host following the 2010 show. The telethon was a relic from a different age, a tuxedoed Lewis oozing show biz schmaltz and hosting stars from Frank Sinatra to Jennifer Lopez over 45 years, pushing through his exhaustion to sing Never Walk as a tote board rang up millions of dollars in donations. From 21 and a half hours in final year, the show had been reduced two hours the last two years on ABC. not a 21-hour world said Steve Ford, MDA executive vice president, on Friday. With television time costly, the fundraising efforts will move primarily online, he said.
The success of a viral event like Ice Bucket proves this is a potent area for philanthropy, he said. Thomas D. Kaminski Lawrence C. Myers Raymond H. Schwickrath Area Blessing Service Monday By singer Ben E.
King dies at 76 Latrobe policy: All obituaries must be submitted by a funeral home or cremation society. lb.society@verizon.net Wolf opens door to running insurance marketplace Man cuts hole in storage unit roof, steals 35 guitars Woman gets diploma 63 years after missing graduation.
