European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. January 25, t987 the stars and stripes widow praises victim of suicide As a hero Hershey a. Up r. Budd Dwyer the Penn Sylvania stale treasurer who committed suicide during a televised news con Terence was eulogized saturday by his widow As a hero at a memorial sen ice attended by about 500 mourners. He fell shamed and like a failure. But Budd was not a failure Budd was a hero Joanne Dwyer told friends and relatives at All saints episcopal Church. Many of the mourners were forced to sit in the base ment of the Tudor style Church to listen to the service Over a Public address system As the main floor was filled. Dwyer shot himself thursday with a .357-Calibcr magnum pistol before television cameras and horrified aides and reporters. He was 47. The two term Republican treasurer was 10 have been sentenced Friday for a Federal bribery conviction. He faced up to 55 years in prison. Mrs. Dwyer said she still believes her husband was innocent of the charges on which he was convicted last month. She said his Trust in people made him vulnerable and in part led to his conviction. He trusted everyone and not everyone was Hon est she said he Felt the system for which he worked All his life betrayed  at the news conference where he ended his life Dwyer repeatedly denied his guilt and called for re forms of the judicial system. He was a wonderful husband. He was a wonderful father relative and Friend to All mrs Dwyer said after being escorted into the Church by her son. Robert 21,and daughter Dyan is the mourners including sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., i. Gov. Mark Singel and former it. Gov. William Scranton Iii heard several speakers Praise Dwyer for his 23 years of Public service. He served in the Penn a Philo mrs. Joanne Dwyer and son Robert enter Church. Sylvania House and Senate before being elected trea surer in 1980 and re elected in 1984. Dwyer was to be buried monday morning in Mead Ville in Northwest Pennsylvania where he grew up. At tended College and taught Public school before pm Burk ing on his political career in 1964. Dwyer had been ruined financially and politically by the bribery related charges and two of his close associates said he May have killed himself in part to Case the  Burden on his family. Official said the widow May be eligible to receive his state pension. Under slate Law a corrupt government official is stripped of his pension upon conviction. Most lawyers agree Dwyer would not be officially convicted until sentenced. It was aim disclosed Dwyer made a plea on the eve of his suicide for a presidential Pardon. He first made a plea in a letter to Specter in january aides to Specter confirmed and telephoned him on wednesday to ask again Specter told Dwyer that a presidential Pardon was not at All realistic aide Phil Goldberg said Dwyer had Little personal wealth. He earned $58,000 a year As treasurer hut the salary slopped upon hit dec. 18 conviction. To help pay Legal costs Dwyer planned to sell i he family s Home in an upper Middle class neighbourhood in Hershey Duke Horshock the Treasury depart ment s press Secretary said. Gov Robert Casey nominated g. Davis Greene jr., the president and owner of a Philadelphia investment counselling firm to serve the remaining two years of Dwyer s term. Soap opera shares in family planning Grants Chicago a the Macarthur foundation saturday awarded si.7 Mil lion in Grants to family planning efforts including a soap opera about two Brothers in Kenya who Divide their land among their children. Officials Are hoping that the television melodrama in which one brother has 13 children and the other has three and other shows like it will Lead people in developing countries to control Popula Tion growth. Despite impressive achievements the family planning movement seem to have reached a plateau in South Asia and latin America said John Corbally the president of the Chicago based foundation. It has had Little or no effect in Africa where population growth continues to outstrip the capacity of National economies to Deal with in. This is a time of great  the Center for population communications International based in new York is developing the soap operas with its 5200,000 Grant. Fertility is tied to land ownership in Kenya said David 0. Piti Dexter the Center s president. The kenyan program plot will show the benefits of keeping families Small he said. Poin Dexler said his programs Are based on the Lel Novela format used by Mexico s to clevis network which began airing socially conscious Melo dramas in the 1960s. He said a 1977-78 televise series with a family planning theme was credited for a 13 percent de Cline in Mexico s population rate. Other Grants to new York organizations include $1 million Over three years to the International women s health coalition 1930,000 Over 2 a year to the Alan Geltmacher Institute 11,3 million Over three years to the Western Hemi sphere Region of the International planned parenthood federation and $750,000 Over three Yean to the global committee of parliamentarians on population and development. The Center for development and population activities will get jj7s,000 Over three years. The Center for population options will gel 1300,000 Over three years. Both Are in Washington. The Pathfinder fund in Boston will gel $700,000 Over three years. The Macarthur foundation established by John d. And Catherine t. Macarthur has awarded More than 1437 million in Grants since 1978. Fields supported include communications individual creativity education and International peace. Trailer fire kills family of five in Alabama Lincoln Ala. A a fire sparked by a Wood burning Heater in a Bouse trailer killed a family of five while they slept Early sat urday authorities said. Talladega county sheriffs department investigator Mike Mcburnett said the trailer was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Mob melt said a Utility worker repairing electrical lines in the area reported the fire he said uie family had been without electricity since an ice storm on wednesday but a preliminary investigation indicated the Wood burning Heater which started the fire had been used regularly for heat. There was no explosion but Wilh other space Heaters in the trailer some of them running Oft butane in spread quickly he said of the fire. He identified the victims Stanis Alvin of easier age unknown Mattie Lee Feaster 34 Tanis jr., 16 Rod Ney 10 and Larissie 7. Couple disrupts film about Vietnam Dallas a a woman leaped up during the movie platoon saturday night began Yelling about the Vietnam War and sent Many in the crowd diving to their Knees when somebody cried out that she had a gun police said. The woman actually carried a can of Mace which she sprayed in the faces of two North Park theater Security officers and at least one moviegoer As she was wrestled to the floor witnesses said. The woman and her husband who tried to fend off police As they arrested his spouse were handcuffed and taken to the Dallas county jail officer Stephen o Donnell said. No charges were immediately filed against the unidentified couple he said Vic Schubert who was sitting in the Row ahead of the woman said she had already twice interrupted the movie which chronicles an american army platoon s experiences in Vietnam. He said she stood up a third Lime at a particularly gory segment Midway through the movie and yelled you be got to see what they did you be got to see How the War started people began streaming from he theater when someone cd she s got a gun he said. Some dropped to their Knees an raw cd out he said. Theater Security officials rushed in and knocked the woman Down but not before she sprayed Mace in their faces and thai of moviegoer Rene Berger. No one was seriously injured police said. Giant Sapphire will be Cut this week Plano Texas up a 1,905 Carat Star Sapphire which its owner said he purchased at an Arizona Gem show last year for $10, will be Cut and pre pared for Sale in the next few Days. Gem broker Roy Whetstine refused to say exactly when or where the culling will Lake place Only that in will be in the Dallas area and be done by jeweler John Robinson of piano. Robinson who said he has Cut pre Cious stones All Over the world said Cul Ling the 13-ounce Sapphire will be the Opportunity of a Hundred  it s a remarkable piece of rough Star Sapphire he said. Frankly no Cutter has Cut anything this Large or this value  Whetstine estimates the Sapphire will be Worth $3 million when Cut. Published estimates for the rough Stone run As High As s2.5 million although some experts question the value and Whetstine s Story of How he obtained in. Whetstine said he bought the Stone for his sons who each gave him is to bring them something Home from inc Gem and Rock show last november in Tucson. The Sapphire was certified at 1,905 carats by a California Laboratory Robinson who s been in the Gem Busi Ness for is years said in will Lake 40 id 60 hours to Cut the Stone with tools much larger than Normal Gem cutting Loots. Twiet Sling said he will be present throughout the process. His wife and sons 11 and 14, will be there Ai the beginning. For Good tuck we re letting the older Start the first Cut he said Robinson will Cut the Stone for free. He s doing in out of the goodness of his heart Whetstine said. A lot of Cul lers would have been willing to do in for free. Whoever cuts in will have a place in history with this  Whetstine said he will let reporters see the final product but then will place in in a vault and offer it for Sale