PAGE 12 THE DANVILLE NEWS, MONDAY; JULY 7, 1986 Regional news briefs GMC sued for $30,000 COURTHOUSE A Montour County man is suing Geisinger: Medical Center, claiming he suffered permanent nerve damage due to negligent treatment at the hospital. Eric Bickhart, 23, is seeking in excess of $30,000 in damages from GMC and the Geisinger Clinic, according to a suit filed in Montour County Court, The civil suit states Bickhart was diagnosed with acute appendicitis on Aug. 19, 1984. The next day anesthesiologist John Garrett made four unsuccessful attempts to perform a spinal block. That same day, Bickhart was given a general anesthetic and underwent surgery.
Bickhart later had no sensation from the waist down, according to the civil suit. He was discharged from the hospital Aug. 25, 1983, still suffering from neurological problems, the suit contends. Bickhart claims he has a permanent loss of sensation in the genital, rectal and bladder areas. Plea made in bomb threat SUNBURY A Danville RD 5 man has pleaded guilty in Northumberland County Court in connection with a bomb threat at Time Market in Riverside on March 21.
Robert Stackhouse, 31, pleaded guilty to harassment by communications under a plea arrangement. In return, he was not prosecuted on a related charge of making terroristic threats. Harassment by communictions carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. Stackhouse is also accused of calling in bomb threats to Tim Markets in Danville and Mahoning Township. Teen shot in head PAXINOS An 18-year-old Paxinos RD 1 man is listed in satisfactory condition after accidentally being shot in the forehead by a friend.
Jeffrey L. Derr was taken to Geisinger Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery following the shooting Thursday at the home of Christopher R. Gedman, near Paxinos. State police at Shamokin said Gedman was holding a .357 Magnum revolver, when the weapon discharged, sending a bullet into the left side of Derr's forehead. Gedman thought the gun wasn't loaded, according to police, who said the two men were sitting on a sofa, looking over some guns when the revolver went off.
Police said they will confer with the Northumberland County district attorney to determine if any charges will be filed. Teen slightly injured ANTHONY TWP. A Wilburton teenager was slightly injured Sunday when the car her brother was driving drifted off the road and plunged down 8-foot embankment. Diane Casey, 19, was taken to Geisinger Medical Center by a passing motorist following the accident at 4:45 p.m. on Route 54, north of Washingtonville.
She was released a after treatment. State police at Milton said Brian Casey, 17, was southbound when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, causing the car to plunge down the embankment and strike a utility pole. Pendergrass 'stable' PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Doctors treating Teddy Pendergrass say the soul singer is "progressing right along" at a hospital where he is recovering from injuries suffered during a traffic accident last week. Pendergrass's condition was upgraded from serious to good on Sunday, and officials at Osteopathic Medical Center said he should be moved to a private room from the hospital's intensive care unit today. "His doctors are extremely happy with how he's moving ahead.
He's progressing right along," said hospital spokesman George Hatzfeld. Hatzfeld said Pendergrass is increasingly active and is able to communicate fully with doctors and family members. He said doctors are continuing to monitor minor infections in the singer's hip and lungs, conditions that threatened to extend Pendergrass's recovery period. Pendergrass, 36, was paralyzed from the waist down after his $108,000 slainmed into a tree in Philadelphia in March 1982, seriously injuring his spinal column. Hatzfeld said the singer suffered from the hip infection before his specially equipped van plowed into a utility pole in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Thursday, tearing a 4-inch gash in his liver and lacerating his legs and feet.
Pendergrass also suffered a bruised right lung in the accident. A passenger in the van, Pendergrass's nurse, Mary Deal, 48, suffered facial bruises and a broken thumb during the crash and was released from a suburban hospital Saturday. Youth shot to death while camping SCRANTON, Pa. (UPI) A Scranton teenager camping with several other young men near Lake Scranton was shot in the head with a rifle and killed, city police said. Randy Smith, 17, was shot early Sunday morning in a wooded area about 4 miles south of the lake in an area popular with hikers, police said.
Lackawanna County Coroner William Sweeny said the shooting was considered suspicious but police have not ruled out the possibility it was accidental or self-inflicted. An autopsy was planned later today. Two killed in York plane crash SPRING GROVE, Pa. (UPI) Federal Aviation Administration officials say they have not yet determined what caused a single engine plane to crash in a rural area of York County, killing two passengers and seriously injuring another. State Police at York said the plane crashed at about 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, shortly after taking off from the Thomasville Airport in North Codorus Township. Killed in the crash were the pilot, and passenger, Marion Root, 31, also of York. A third passenger, Mary Fabie, 24, of York, was listed i in serious condition at York Hospital. Thomasville Airport General Manager Robert Eno Jr. said the Piper Cherokee 140 plane was owned by a three member partnership.
The FAA began its investigation of the crash late Sunday. Looking For Something CLASSIFIED ADS' Area Deaths Sister Elizabeth Dohanyos Sister Elizabeth Dohanyos, 98, died at Maria Hall on Friday. A Hazieton native, she was in her 74th year as a professed Sister of Saints Cyril and Methodius. She entered St. Mary's Seminary, Scranton, in 1900, where she studied instrumental music and began her training for the sisterhood.
She received her degree in education from Marywood College. Sister Elizabeth taught school for 52 years, primarily in the primary grades in the archdiocese of Chicago and the dioceses in Scranton, Harrisburg and Syracuse. She retired 20 years ago to Maria Hall. Surviving are a brother, Augustine, Claymont, and a sister, Julia Swartz, North Hills. A Mass of Resurrection was held today at Maria Hall Chapel.
Arrangements were under the direction of the John J. Brady Funeral Home. Mary L. Sidler Services for Mary L. Sidler were held at 2 p.m.
today with Elder Howard Puterbaugh, Jehovah Witness Church, officiating. Burial followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery, under the direction of the John J. Brady Funeral Home. Bearers were William Concini, Robert Rudy, Edward Rudy, Mick Kurtz, John Kurtz, and Thomas Kurtz. Brian Derrick Boudman Brian Derrick 1 Boudman, 19, of 314 Alton Danville, died i in a car crash late Saturday evening.
He was born Oct. 15, 1966, at Fort Campbell, the son of John R. Boudman, of Doylestown, and Lynette L. Hoffman Boudman of 314 Alton Danville. The family moved to Danville from Somerset eight years ago.
He was an electrician's mate third class, stationed at the U.S. Naval Sub Base in Groton, Conn. In addition to his parents, survivors include one brother, Edward Boudman, at home; maternal grandparents, Thomas and Ada-Margaret Hoffman, of Bloomsburg; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Tom (Elva) Livsey, Bloomsburg. Services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
from the Shiloh United Church of Christ with the Rev. Robert Paden and the Rev. Christie -Ramage officiating. Burial will be held in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, under the direction of the Miller-Visneski Funeral Home. Relatives and friends are invited to a a a a a viewing Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
at the funeral home and at the church from 9:30 a.m. to time of service Wednesday. Memorial contributions can be made to the Sun Home Health Chaplaincy Program, P.O. Box 232, Northumberland, 17857. Prime minister's party wins in Japan TOKYO (UPI) Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's Liberal Democratic Party held its biggestever majority in parliament today after a stunning landslide election victory that could give Nakasone a third term in office.
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PA DE 1-800-526-3361 Phone Three Shamokin children show possible signs of lead toxicity HARRISBURG Only three of 187 preschool children (1.6 percent) in the Shamokin area tested for levels of lead in their blood show signs of possible "toxicity," according to the results of a study released today by the state Health Department. The average blood level of the 187 children was 12 micrograms per deciliter compared to the national average of 16.5 micrograms per deciliter. "Put simply," said Dr. James Fox of the Health Department's Environmental Health Division, "the average blood lead level of the Shamokin children we tested was below the national average." FOx cited a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey released in 1982 that lists 30 micrograms per deciliter as the point health officials considered to be excessive amounts of lead in the blood. "The -federal Centers for Disease Control revised that figure last year 25 micrograms per deciliter," Fox said.
"But whichever national figure one chooses, the Shamokin area children are well below levels considerd to be excessive." "It is apparent from our data, and a similar study of Shamokin children conducted by the Geisinger Medical Center, that a general environmental problem does not exist in the area. The few children exhibiting excessive lead blood levels may have a specific or isolated problem such as exposure to lead-based household paint rather than a general environmental lead problem such as lead contaminated drinking Fox said. He said the Health Department is recommending that the three children be retested and examined by their personal physicians. He said the Health Department will "further investigate possible sources of lead exposure or possible nutritional deficiencies" in the three, as well as 10 other children whose levels were not considered toxic, but did indicate some undue exposure to lead. He said letters detailing individual test results were being mailed to parents of the 187 children.
In addition, Dr. Steven Messner, superintendent of the Shamokin Area School District, will receive a report of the Big Four 9801 Health Department's findings, Fox said. The Health Department tests were conducted between May 26 and June Hospital admissions SUNBURY Paul S. Strausser, Sunbury RD Sophia C. Howard, Sunbury; Edward F.
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