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Airstrikes on Libya continue
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011
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“I’M GLAD THAT we could have some peace now that we know where she is.” -- Michael T. Vough, assistant district attorney
Discovery ends local search Authorities say man walking along Susquehanna River found remains of the missing Lillian Calabro, 48.
A third day of coalition bombing kept Gadhafi from halting the uprising, but rebel forces remain in disarray.
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com By RYAN LUCAS Associated Press
ZWITINA, Libya — Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night Monday, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the rebels, who were on the verge of defeat just last week. But the rebellion’s more organized military units were still not ready, and the opposition disarray underscored U.S. warnings that a long stalemate could emerge. The air campaign by U.S. and European militaries has unquestionably rearranged the map in Libya and rescued rebels from the immediate threat they faced only days ago of being crushed under a powerful advance by See LIBYA, Page 10A
Horse racing doing ‘bettor’
Pa. tracks get more business than other states. Casinos still a gamble.
By ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com
PHILADELPHIA – The horse racing industry in Pennsylvania is much healthier than it is in other states, but the efforts to attract INSIDE: Young casino guests to the drivers kick off wagering window are harness racing, still a work in proPage 1B gress. That was the message given during the opening day of the annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress and Mid-Atlantic Racing Forum held this year at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Officials credited the continued infuSee RACING, Page 12A
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Luzerne County Coroner John Corcoran hugs Christine Henderson, daughter of Lillian Calabro of Pittston, after Calabro’s body was found on the west bank of the Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre on Monday.
Local residents will picket to save Sterling from wreckers
Former city NIT coordinator heads group to march in front of Wilkes-Barre landmark.
WILKES-BARRE – WilkesBarre resident Sally Healey said she and others will be picketing in frontoftheHotelSterlingonFriday afternoon to try to save the landmark property from demolition. “The whole idea is to get someone to take another look. Even though many people feel it’s doomed, we feel something has to be said for it while it’s still standing,” said Healey, an adjunct English professor at Luzerne County Community College.
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Healey said she still vividly recalls the disappointment of witnessing the removal of 70 residents from the hotel in 1998, when electricity was cut off because of $227,000 in unpaid bills by the See STERLING, Page 12A
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Affording residence, nurse difficult, says woman, 79, after losing $107K
Woman says kin’s alleged theft haunts her By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – Investigators on Monday hauled the body of 48-year-old Lillian Calabro from the west bank of the Susquehanna River. Calabro had been missing since March 11, when she did not return to her apartment at Gabriel House, a transitional housing residence for women in Pittston. Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll said at 5 p.m. Monday that investigators Calabro found Calabro’s body and that Calabro appears to be the victim from a crime scene Pittston police discovered 10 days ago beneath the Fire- To see video fighters’ Memorial from the Bridge, better known as D.A.’s press the Water Street Bridge. conference, visit In the morning of www.times March 12 investigators leader.com discovered a 6-inch-wide strip of blood streaked First reported at across a sidewalk in Pitt5:01 ston’s Riverfront Park, as well as personal items p.m. later identified as belong- www.times leader.com ing to Calabro. Pittston police, also on March 12, arrested Arthur Stoss, a Pittston Township man who was identified by a friend of Calabro’s as having left Stephanie’s Bar on Main Street in Pittston with Calabro the evening of March 11. Police searched Stoss’ residence on Frothington Street on March 12 and subsequently charged him with one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $20,000 bail. Speaking in Nesbitt Park a few hundred yards from where the body was discovered, Musto Carroll said she could not comment about Stoss or the details of the ongoing investigation by local and state police and the county D.A.’s office. Investigators have been
“I hope with all my heart she is planning on paying back the money.”
clothing boutique in Edwardsville. Marisa Harlen, 29, of Kingston, is awaiting trial on one count of receiving stolen property in Luzerne CounLouise Olenik of niece’s ty Court. At a alleged theft November preliminary hearing, Harlen said the thefts came, in part, due to a gambling addiction. “If I could take back what hap-
LARKSVILLE – Louise Mary Olenik moved into her Sondra Drive home eight years ago with her husband, expecting to live out their lives there together. But now the house has a for sale sign in the front yard, while Olenik worries daily about how she’s going to pay her bills. The worries for Olenik began, she said, just about a year ago when her niece allegedly began taking a total of $107,000 from the recently widowed woman Olenik, 79, also said Monday it’s like a “slap in the face” to see her niece’s life unchanged, and that she may be part owner of a See SENIOR , Page 10A
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