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THE TIMES Sunday, March 18, 1979 Calumet Region Obituaries ANNA M. LUSH Anna M. Lush, age 83, of Munster, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 1979 at St. Anthony Rest Home, Crown Point. Survivors: three sons, Thomas B.

(Virginia) Lush of Hammond, Dr. Joseph F. (Lois) Lush of Munster, Dr. William E. (Santra) Lush of Dyer; seven grandchildren; one sister, Katherine(Joseph) Kinel, of East Chicago.

Funeral services Tuesday, March 20, 1979, 9 :00 a.m. at the Castle Hill (Czechanski)Funeral Home, 248 155th Place, Calumet City.IL, 10 a.m. mass at St. Anthony Rest Home Chapel, 201 Franciscan Road, Crown Point, with Rev. James Verdick officiating.

Interment Memory Lane Memorial Park, Schererville. Friends may call on Monday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. BEULAH REE BAKER Beulah Ree Baker, age 67 of Crown Point, passed away Friday, March 16, 1979 at the Munster Med Inn. Survivors: four daughters, Verta Marlowe of Hammond, Mary, (Cecil) Mullins of Indiana Illinois, and Effie (Charles) Neivels of Judy (Hershel) Stiefel Jr. of Crown Point; two brothers, Paul (Mary Rose) Howard of Cedar Lake and Hubert (Martha) Howard of Schneider; sixteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Howard. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 1979 at 1 p.m. at the Kuiper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.L. Twitty officiating.

Burial, Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond. Friends may call Saturday from 9 and Sunday from 2 to 5 and to 9 p.m. at the Kuiper Funeral 7 Home Chapel, 9039 Kleinman Rd. (2 blocks south of Ridge) Highland Mrs. Baker was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy of Hammond.

ROXIE M. ANDERSON Roxie M. Anderson, age 73, passed a away Saturday March 17, 1979 at St. Margarets Hospital. Surviiors: one brother, Perryman Lane of Washington.

Niece: Betty (Edward) Hamill of Hammond; several nieces and nephews. Service to be Tuesday March 20, 11: a.m. from the Clarence J. Huber Funeral Home 722 165th Hammond. Rev.

Al Reynolds officiating. Burial: Ridgelawn Cemetary, Gary. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday 2 to 4, 7 to 9 p.m. She was a member of the Hyde Park Methodist Church of Hammond. SUSAN M.

MILLER Susan M. Miller, age 16 of Crown Point, passed away Saturday, March 17, 1979. Survivors: mother, Vivian father, Donald; three sisters, Valerie Peggy Miller, both of Crown Point and Jackie Miller of Crawfordsville; one brother, Donald (Mary) Miller of Crown Point. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 11 a.m. at the Geisen Funeral Home, Crown Point with John P.

Starr officiating. Burial, Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. Friends may call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. TONY CASTILLO Tony Castillo, age 18 of Gary, passed away suddenly Friday, March 16, 1979.

Survivors: Wife, Mary of Gary. Son: Tony at home. Parents: Mr. and Mrs Nicolas Castillo Gary. Brothers: Roy (Cathy) Saldana of East Gary, Nick Jr.

(Lupe) Castillo of Gary. Three sisters: Esther, (Wayne) Hartis of Gary, Irma (Richard) Navarez of Dyer, Rachael (Jesse) Gonzalez of East Chicago Funeral Services will be Tuesday March 20, at 9:30 a.m. from Prusiecki Funeral Home at 3831 Main St. East Chicgo, and at 10: a.m. at St.

John Cantius Church. with Rev. Val. Janeczek officiating. Burial will be at Mt.Mercy Cemetery, Gary, IN.

Visitation: Sunday 7 to 9, Monday 2 to 7 to 09. Employed by Jim Hill Excavating Service. DONALD L. SCHMIDT Donald L. (Smitty) Schmidt, age 52 of Griffith, passed away Saturday, March 17, 1979.

Survivors: wife, Dolores (Dee); one son, Bill (Cathy) Schmidt of Hammond; three grandchildren, Indy Marie, Donnie and Kimberly Schmidt; mother, Mrs. Mary Schmidt of Chicago, two brothers, Marvin (Dutch) (Emma) Schmidt of Hobart and Maurice (Mo) (Cathy) Schmidt of Chicago, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 12 Noon at the Kuiper Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Zollinger officiating. Burial, Chapel Lawn, Schererville.

Friends are invited to meet with the family Monday 2:30 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kuiper Funeral Home Chapel, 9039 Kleinman (2 blocks south of Ridge Rd.) Highland. Mr. Schmidt was employed for 36 years at Dixie Dairy and was a member of Teamsters Local FRANCIS PAVLETICH Francis (Pebbles) Pavletich, age 70, passed away Wednesday, March 14 in Largo, Florida. Survivors: wife, Mary Ann; son, Paul (Sue); daughter, Pat (Donald) Dahlin; 4 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 17. He was a former resident of Calumet City and retired from the General American Transportation Corp. FRANCES SYNBORSKI Frances Synborski, (nee Korpus), age 70, of Pittsburg, passed away Thursday, March 15, 1979. Survivors: husband, Frank two sons, Richard F. of Donald A.

of Pittsburg; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Zych of Pittsburg, Mrs. Valerie Kleinedler of Indiana; one sister, Mary Rucki; one brother, Alexander J. Korpus, both of Pittsburg; seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 10 a.m.

at St. Pius Church, Pittsburg, Pa. Interment, Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Friends are invited to call at the L. Beinhauer and Son Mortuary, 2630 W.

Liberty Pittsburg, Saturday and Sunday. World Briefs ADELINE DRABEK Adeline Drabek, age 84 of Calumet City, passed away suddenly at her home, Saturday, March 17, 1979. Survivors: two daughters, Helen Borowski of Broadview, Ill. and Harriet T. Drabek of Calumet City; one son, Chester (Marie) Drabek of Calumet City; three grandchildren, Robert Alexandra and Bonita.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 1979 9:30 a.m. at the Castle Hill (Czechanski) Funeral Home, 248-155th Calumet City, Ill. and 10 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Church with the Rev.

Ervin Wysocki officiating. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City. Friends may call on Sunday and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Drabek was a 50 year member of the Ladies Rosary Confraternity of St.

Andrew Church, who will recite the rosary Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Apostleship of Prayer; Polish Women's Alliance Group JOE ZELDENRUST Joe Zeldenrust, age 82 of Lansing, passed away Friday March 16. 1979. Survivors: Wife Margaret; One son Herman (Joanne) of Lansing; six daughters: Caroline (Anthony) Porte, Henrietta (Edwin) Kooy, JoAnn (Harold) Eenigenburg, Ethel (William) Sikma, Elverna (Richard) Dykstra all of Lansing. Laura (Harry) Brown, Palm Harbor FL. Seventeen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren.

One brother John (Tina) Zeldenrust, Chicago Heights, I IL Funeral Services will be held Monday March 19, 1:00 p.m.at the Grace Reformed Church in Lansing; Rev. Russell Sydesma, officiating. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributations to the World Home Bible League would be appreciated.

Mr. Zeldenrust was a retired farmer. Charter member, Sunday School Teacher, Deacon, and Elder of the Grace Reformed Church of Lansing. WILLIAM B. CSIKOS William B.

Csikos, age 56 of Crown Point, passed away Friday, March 16, 1979 at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Dyer. Survivors: wife, Betty; four daughters, Linda, Darlene, Nancy and Barbara, all at home; four brothers, Joe Csikos of Michigan, John (Marge) Csikos of Illinois, Steve (Evelyn) Csikos of Florida, Don Csikos of Minnesota; sisters, Mrs. Mary Schofield of Florida, Irma Falusi three, of Hammond, Mrs. Irene Collins of Highland; four step-brothers, Steve (Doris) Gergely of Crown Point, Andy of Texas, Alexander (Irene) of Crown Point, Walter (Carol) of Highland; three step-sisters, Ann Wawczak of Florida, Grace (Walter) Stubler of Illinois, Mim (Louis) Petho of Florida; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 10 a.m.

from the Kuiper Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Raymond Wessler officiating. Interment, Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens. Friends are invited to call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

at the Kuiper Funeral Home, 9039 Kleinman (2 blocks south of Ridge Rd.) Highland. 003 IN MEMORIAMS IN LOVING MEMORY of Betty B. Chorba, who passed away 2 years ago today, March 18, 1977. Peaceful be thy rest, dear Mother, It is sweet to breathe thy name; As in life we loved you dearly, So in death we do the same. Love, John.

In loving memory of our grandmother, BETTY CHORBA, who left us 2 years ago today, March 18, 1977. We still love and miss you. Jennifer, Tommy and Sara IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH A. KOCUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY DEAR, What would I give to see you smile, To sit with you and talk awhile? The shock was severe to part with you I loved so dear. I Often sit and think of you, The things we use so say and do.

I wonder why you had to die, And leave us without saying Goodbye. LOVE, WIFE AND CHILDREN In memory of my daughter, BARBARA JEAN MODJESKI, who passed away 19 years ago, March 17, 1960. Sleep on, Angel. Love, Mom 005 CARDS OF THANKS THE FAMILY OF Ardessa Parnell wishes to express our heartfelt thanks to many relatives and friends. We wish to give special thanks to Pastor St.

Clair Williams, Rev. F. Burns, Rev. John Hulett and The American Art and Beauty Club. Your thoughtfulness will never be forgotten.

SHARI and MICHELLE WILLIAMS AND FAMILY. THE FAMILY OF JAMES DAWKINS EXPRESSES OUR GRATITUDE AND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR MANY FRIENDS WHO REMINDED US DURING OUR TIME OF SORROW HOW MUCH LOVE THERE IS IN THIS WORLD AND WHAT STRENGTH IT DOES PROVIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND INSPIRATION. The family of the late CAROLYN REBECCA YOUNG wish to thank their many friends and relatives for the kindness and sympathy shown during their recent bereavement, Also, for floral offerings and donations of cards. Special thanks to Bocken Funeral Home for their services.

The Family THE FAMILY OF the late GEORGE R. FAUGHT wishes to thank their many friends and relatives for their kindnesses and sympathy shown during their recent bereavement. Alao for the floral offerings and donations of cards. Jim and Laura Morgan and Gary R. Faught CEMETERY LOTS CHAPEL LAWN MASONIC SECTION-4 lots.

LOTS with crypt burial in Veteran Section at Chapel Lawn, $300 below cost now. 219-322-4396. EMM A DONAHUE Emma (Dorothy) Donahue, age 83 of Hammond, passed away Friday, March 16, 1979 at the Munster Med Inn. Survivors: two sisters-in-law. Mrs.

Martha Martens of Minnesota and Mrs. Rose Martin of Munster; several nieces and nephews and Funeral great-nieces and services great will Monday, March 19, 11 a.m. at the LaHayne Funeral Home, 5746 Hohman Hammond with Pastor Ralph C. Dipple officiating. Burial, Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond.

Friends may call at the LaHayne Funeral Home, Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials may be given to the Lutheran Home of Northwest Indiana. Mrs. Donahue was a retired supervisor from the Illinois Bell Telephone resident of Hammond for 65 years; member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hammond; member of the Pioneers Club of Illinois Bell. After retiring from Illinois Bell, she was switchboard operator for the Union Carbide Co.

FLORA E. LICHTSINN Flora E. Lichtsinn, age 47 of the Bethesda Lutheran Home of Watertown, Wisconsin, passed away Saturday, March 17, 1979 in a hospital at Watertown, Wisconsin. Survivors: father, Dr. I Walter F.

Lichtsinn of Crown Point, retired pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church; two brothers, Rev. Walter E. (Helena) Lichtsinn of Menasha, and William A. (Carolyn) Munster: four siWisconsin, sters, Mrs.

Ruth (Rev. Edward) Hessler of Conklin, Mrs. Margaret (George) Sabolsice of Lansing, Mrs. Betty Thaemert of Denver, Mrs. Dorothy (Rev.

Herbert) Zorn of Portland, several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Flora C. Lichtsinn, May 1978 and one sister, Mrs. Irmgard Zorn, March 1978. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 1:30 p.m.

at the Bethesda Lutheran Home Chapel, Watertown, Wisc. with the Rev. Frederick Stiemke officiating. Graveside services will be held Tuesday morning, March 20, 1979 at Concordia Cemetery, Hammond with Pastor Ronald C. Moritz officiating.

Visitation, 1 hour prior to services at the Bethesda Lutheran Home Chapel. No local visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Bethesda Lutheran Home of Watertown, Wisc. LaHayne Funeral Home, 5746 Hohman Hammond in charge of local arrangements. 931-7500.

Miss Lichtsinn was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Munster and a lifetime resident of Hammond. JOHN F. WILCZYNSKI John F. Wilczynski, age 71 of Hammond, passed away Thursday, March 15, 1979 at his residence.

Survivors: three daughters, Betty (August) Gabrys, Dorothy (William Poland, Marilyn (Paul) Zarowny, all of Hammond; nine grandchildren; one great-grandson; three sisters, Anna Pokuta of Chicago, Estelle Breault of Palatine, Ill. and Julia (Stanley) Stoga of Skokie, two brothers, Joseph (Stephanie) Wilczynski of Chicago, Ill. and Peter (Adeline) Wilczynski of Hammond; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine, Feb. 17, 1979.

Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 9:30 a.m. at the Anthony Dziadowicz Funeral Home, 4404 Cameron Hammond (2 blocks east of Hohman, 1 block north of Gostlin) and 10 a.m. Mass at St. Casimir Church with the Rev. Msgr.

Casimir Senderak V.G. officiating. Burial, Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, Ill. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Liturgical wake service 7:30 p.m.

Sunday. Mr. Wilczynski had been a Hammond resident for the past 45 years. He was a retired employee of Calumet Iron and Supply Co. (formerly of East Chicago).

OTTO W. SAMUELSON Otto W. Samuelson, age 72, of Crown Point, passed away Thursday, March 15, 1979, St. Anthony Medical Center, Crown Point. Survivors: one son, James (Drue) Samuelson of Crown Point; two sisters, Eleanore Samuelson and Hazel Collins; three brothers, Leslie, Lester, and Walter Samuelson; three grandchildren, Stacy, Sonja, and Jimmy.

Samuelson was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, 1972. Funeral services, Monday, March 19, 11 a.m., at the Eller-Brady Funeral Home, Cedar Lake. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery, Chicago. Friends may call Saturday 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Samuelson was a resident of Crown Point- -Cedar Lake for 30 years, formerly of Chicago; member of the Brick Layers Local, OTTO M. MERRIMAN Otto M. Merriman, age 95, of Munster, formerly of Whiting, passed away Friday, March 16, at the Lake County Convalescent Home, Crown Point. Survivors: one son, Gene (Josephine) Merriman of Munster; one grandson, Timothy (Nancy) Merriman of Griffith; one granddaughter, Betty Jo Kitchell of Richmond, VA; four great grandchildren; two nephews, Dr.

Charles (Maxine) Weirich of Paul (Florence) Merriman of Arkansas. Funeral services Monday, March 19, 9 a.m. from the Whiting United Methodist Church with Rev. Franklin Messenger officiating. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery, Ossian, IN.

Friends may call at Cooke's Memorial Chapel, 1620 Indianapolis Whiting, Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, by the Whiting Masonic Lodge No. 613. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the memorial of your choice.

Mr. Merriman was a teacher in the Whiting High School for 47 years in the Industrial Art Division; member of the National Teacher's Association; member and past master of the Whiting Masonic Lodge No. 613; member of the Ancient Scottish Rites Valley of South Bend; member of the United Methodist Church which he served as a member at large of the Administrative Board; member of the adult Fund and Recreation Group. Mr. Merriman was the organizer of the First Drivers Training Class of Lake County; resident of the Calumet area for the past 67 years.

JOHN A. ORMINSKI John A Orminski, age 72 of Calumet City IL. Passed away Friday March 16, 1979 at St. Margarets Hospital. Survivors: one brother Frank Orminski of Calumet City, one sister, Mrs.

Martha Nigh of Boulder, Texas. Nephews and nieces, great nephews and great nieces. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 19, at 9 a.m. from Nowak Funeral Home, 400 Pulaski Road, Calumet City, IL to St. Victor Church, 9:30 a.m.

mass. Interment Holy Cross Cemetary. Friends may call at the Nowak Funeral Home, Saturday 7 to 9 pm, Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mr.Orminski was retired employee of Standard Oil Company. Veteran of World War and a life long resident of Calumet City.

MARIANNE F. CLARKE Marianne F. Clarke, age 56 of 75 Ski Hill Ogden Dunes, formerly of Hammond, passed away Friday, March 16, 1979. Survivors: husband, Douglas; two daughters, Ruby (William) Fenton of West Lafayette and Victoria (George) Benson of Gary; two sons, Douglas Clarke of Hazelcrest, Ill. and Forrest Clarke of West Lafayette; three brothers, Eugene Fauber of Munster, Dean Fauber of Milwaukee.

Wisc. and Clarence Fauber of Terre Haute; three grandchildren. Mrs. Clarke will be taken to the Indiana University Medical Center for anatomical study. Memorials in her name are requested by the family to the Ogden Dunes Community Church youth fund.

Olson Funeral Home, Portage in charge of local arrangements. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 1:00 at the Ogden Dunes Community Church. Mrs. Clarke had been a resident of Ogden Dunes for the past 6 years. MARY KACER Mary Kacer, age 84 of Whiting, passed away Friday, March 16, 1979 at her residence.

Survivors: two sons, Michael (Janet) Kacer Jr. of Highland and Rev. Daniel J. (Barbara) Kacer of New Haven, two daughters, Amy (Kenneth) Canner of Hammond and Anne (John) Surber of Whiting; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael, Feb.

26, 1979. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 11 a.m. at the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Whiting with the Rev. John L.

Telloni officiating. Interment, Concordia Cemetery, Hammond. Friends may call at the Baran Funeral Home, 1235-119th Whiting Sunday from 2 to 10 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. she will be taken to the church for viewing until time of services.

Devotional services will be held at the chapel Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Kacer was a resident of Whiting for the past 58 years. She was a member of the United Lutheran Society of Whiting. JOSEPH ZYWIEC Joseph (Uncle Mose) Zywiec, age 59, of East Chicago passed away Friday, March 16, 1979.

Survivors: one brother, Walter (Sophie) Zywiec of East Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Kate (John) Nicksic of Highland and Mrs. Esther Blastick of Schererville; five nieces; five nephews; many grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 20, 9:30 a.m. from the Mysliwy Funeral Home, 4902 Reading East Chicago and 10 a.m.

St. Joseph Church, East Chicago with the Rev. Anthony Molnar singing the mass. Burial, Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, III. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.

and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Rosary will be recited Monday, 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Zywiec was a lifetime resident of Chicago; retired employee of the East Chicago School System and retired Amoco employee; member of the American Legion Allied Post who will post colors Monday, 7:30 p.m.

La RUE STIGGER La Rue Stigge, age 19, of East Chicago, passed away Thursday March 15 at St. Catherine Hospital. Survivors: parents, M. Mrs. August M.

(Yolanda) Stigger; two brothers, August (Jane) Stigger Jr. stationed in Hawaii, Roderick at home; one niece of Hawaii; nine uncles; one great uncle; seven aunts; one great aunt. Funeral services will be held Monday evening, March 19 at 8 p.m. from the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3715 Buttenut East Chicago, Rev. James Hunter officiating.

Burial Fern Oaks Cemetery, 10 a.m Tuesday. Friends may call at the Hinton Williams Funeral Home, 4859 Alexander East Chicago, Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. and at the Tabernacle Baptist Church from 7 to 8 p.m. Mr. Stigger attended the East Chicago Public Schools and was a Ifetime res ident of East Chicago.

CRAIG COURTICE Craig Thornton Courtice, age 33 of Munster, passed away suddenly Friday, March 16, 1979. Survivors: wife, Rebecca (nee Francis); daughter, Sarah Margaret, at home; mother, Bettye J. (Maynard) Adams of Lincolnshire, father, Dr. Thornton W. (Carole) Courtice; two Sisters, Cydney and Courtney, all of Highland; two uncles, John C.

(Josephine) Moorman and Dr. Clyde Courtice; several cousins. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 19, 11 a.m. from the Fagen-Miller Funeral Gardens, 2828 Highway Highland with the Rev. Duane Stidham officiating.

Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Courtice was a lifelong resident of the Calumet Region. He graduated from Indiana University School of Business, Bloomington.

He was a partner in Fetterolf, Courtice LaGrange, member of the Woodmar Country Club of Hammond and the Housewares Club of Chicago, Ill. Memorials may be donated to the Children's Pediatric Ward, Munster Medical Research Foundation at the Munster Community Hospital. Ugandan Battle NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Ugandan troops for the first time stood and fought an invasion force of Tanzanians and Ugandan exiles, resulting in hundreds of deaths in the heaviest fighting of the war, reports from East Africa capitals said Saturday. Tanzanian officials said Ugandan President Idi Amin took the war back into Tanzania Saturday as Ugandan warplanes struck the town of Kyaka, 20 miles inside Tanzania. The Tanzanians said only one Tanzanian was wounded and three Ugandan planes were shot down.

China's U.N. enovy Chen Chu laughs during light moment prior to a vote Friday on Security Council resolution calling on all parties in Indochina's conflicts to cease hostilities. The resolution failed after Russia cast its veto. China-Viet Talks Due? BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Hanoi proposed Saturday that Vietnamese and Chinese negotiators open peace talks in the war-ravaged Vietnamese border town of Lang Son next Friday, five weeks after Chinese forces struck across the frontier to "punish" Vietnam. Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-ping) said in Peking Saturday night that Chinese troops have "entirely" withdrawn from Vietnam.

He spoke with reporters during an intermission at a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert. But tens of thousands of Vietnamese were reported digging new defense lines Saturday on the border with China, and in the Laotian capital of Vientiane thousands of Laotians reportedly marched to protest what they said were Chinese plans to take over their country. For the first time in the 34-day-old Vietnam-China conflict, there were no reports of fighting. Hanoi's official radio said the Vietnamese government proposed that talks on the border dispute open Friday at the level of vice foreign ministers. The radio, monitored in Tokyo, said the proposal was made to Lu Ming, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam, by Nguyen Tien, Teacher, 95, Dies WHITING Otto Merriman, a Whiting High School teacher for 47 years, died Friday.

Mr. Merriman, 95, was living in the Lake County Convalescent Home in Crown Point. The former industrial arts teacher organized the first driver training class in Lake County. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.

today in Cooke's Memorial Chapel, 1620 Indianapolis Whiting. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Monday in the Whiting United Methodist Church, Community Court across from the Whiting Community Center. Burial will be in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Ossian, Ind. Merriman, a resident of the Calumet Region for 67 years, was a member of the Whiting Masonic Lodge 613, the Ancient Scottish Rites Valley of South Bend and the National Teachers' Association.

He also was involved with the Whiting United Methodist Church's administrative board, adult fund and recreation group. He is survived by one son, Gene Merriman of Munster; two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. ROSE CAMERON Rose M. Cameron, age 75. Passed away March 16, 1979 at her home in Whiting, IN.

Survivors: one daughter Mrs. Doris (James) Wood of DeMotte, IN. Five grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be Tuesday field March 20, at 9:30 a.m. at the Owens Funeral Home 816 119th Whiting A funeral will be held at Sacred Heart Church.

Father Raymond Fowerbaugh officiating. Burial St. John Cemetery in Hammond. Friends may call at the Chapel Monday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Rosary will be recited Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.

She was a retired bookeeper at the First State Bank of Whiting; member of the Altar and Rosary Society at Sacred Heart Church. LESTER J. SULLIVAN Lester J. Sullivan, age 74, passed away Friday March 16, 1979, St.James Hospital, Chicago Heights, IL. Survivors: two sons, James (Marian) Sullivan of Park Forest, IL.

Mr. Robert Sullivan of Park Forest IL. Three grandchildren; one sister Mrs. Margurite Swanson, of Cleveland Ohio. Funeral services will be held Monday March 19, at 11: a.m.

from the Clarence J. Huber Funeral Home, 722 165th St. Hammond. The Rev. Albert Swasko officiating.

Interment will be at Oak Hill Cememtary Hammond. Friends may visit the family Sunday 2 to 4 and 710 9 p.m. Mr. Sullivan was a resident of the area for over 70 years and retired from Standard Oil Co. German Voters BONN, West Germany (AP) Voters in West Berlin and the West German state of Rheinland-Pfalz go to the polls Sunday in elections that may put the Christian Democrats in power in the divided city for the first time in more than 20 years.

Richard von Weizsaecker, leader of West Berlin's Christian Democrats, is rated as having a good chance of unseating Mayor Dietrich Stobbe because a number of splinter parties may take votes away from Stobbe's governing Social Democrats in the city assembly. The SPD, led by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, governs West Germany. 2 Acquitted HONG KONG (AP) Two men sentenced to die in China as counterrevolutionaries were acquitted after a retrial, the Hong Kong Communist newspaper Wen Wei Po reported Saturday. The paper said Zhu Fengqi and Zhang Min were arrested in 1975 for criticizing former Defense Minister Lin Piao and the radical leaders who have come to be known as the "Gang of Four," and were convicted and sentenced to death in November 1977. Both appealed to China's Supreme Court, which ordered a new trial that resulted in acquittal.

Lin died in a plane crash in 1971, reportedly while fleeing to the Soviet Union after an attempt to kill Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Terrorist Seized ATHENS, Greece (AP) Police said Saturday they captured one of Greece's most wanted men, alleged rightist terrorist Apostolos Protopappas, 32, after a brief gunfight at an apartment building. He is accused of being a member of the National Resurrection group, which claims responsibility for a series of bombings in Athens since democracy was restored to Greece in 1974. The group supports the militarybacked dictatorship that ruled from 1967-1974. The bombings caused damage and injuries but no deaths.

Plowing Record NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Kenyan farmer Fanie Kruger claimed a world plowing endurance record Friday, plowing his father's farm no op for 54 hours, 24 minutes. Kenyan government officers supervised the feat. Kruger left the tractor seat for only 24 minutes. Farming sources said the previous record was set by a British farmer, John Sephton, at 50 hours in 1974. Book on Fossils TOKYO (AP) China is about to publish an illustrated book on fossils found in 1 Sichuan (Szechuan) province since 1949, the official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency said Saturday.

It said the book describes 2,800 species, 73 of which were the first of their kind ever found. Hotel Strike NCIA, Spain (AP) A three-day strike by 30,000 hotel workers in this city on the Mediterranean ended Saturday with a contract agreement. The settlement came hours after the strikers rejected an offer of a minimum monthly pay of $362 and continued to press for a $400 minimum. Terms of the settlement were not immediately released. WHEN THE TIME COMES IN YOUR FAMILY SEALMARK OF AGES MONUMENTS CALUMET MONUMENT and STONE CO.

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